After founding the Pan Gu Sect, Chu Kuangren opened up nine more forest realms in Myriad Arms City.
Eight of them were used to store the Great Dao Mountains, and the last one was for the Great Dao Lake.
The forest realms were used as cultivation grounds for the Pan Gu Universe's cultivators.
With the help of the Great Dao Mountains, their cultivation speed would increase.
Chu Kuangren was in a palace looking at a floating mirror.
The mirror was showing him the situation inside the forest realms. He watched as the cultivators' cultivation progressed smoothly and nodded in satisfaction.
"They're progressing smoothly. Not bad."
To most of the cultivators, it was rare to come across a Great Dao Mountain in their lifetime. It was even normal for them to fight each other to acquire the resources in it, which happened back in the Great Dao Spirit World.
However, Chu Kuangren wanted to test the cultivators with the Great Dao Mountains as well.
He wanted to see if the cultivators could strengthen not only their bodies but their minds. Now, it seemed like he was not disappointed.
The Pan Gu Universe's cultivators started off with minor conflicts. However, with the help of the Three Clarities, Nuwa, and the others, the conflict dissolved, and they cultivated in harmony.
The Pan Gu Universe had been through many catastrophic events, and many of them used to fight side by side. Hence, it was easier for them to unite than other cultivators.
He summoned the Black Heave Nine Stars.
Other than Hua Wuai, who was still in the Underworld of the Pan Gu Universe, the other eight were here, and they were his most trusted people.
He had to train them even harder.
"Lil Red, take this Celestial Divine Lance and refine it."
Chu Kuangren took the Celestial Divine Lance out, which he got from Tianshen Chang. It was a Hongmeng Supreme Treasure with outstanding power that even a Monarch had to take seriously.
Since Chu Kuangren already had multiple Hongmeng Supreme Treasures and the Celestial Divine Lance was not much use to him, he gave it to Chu Hong.
Then, he gave the Celestial Dzi Bead to Lan Yu.
Others got some treasures as well.
The Fantasy Roulette was the source of his endless Supreme Treasures, which he usually saved up every time he did a gacha draw. Now, there were enough to distribute among the eight of them.
The Supreme Treasures would be useless if he kept them. It was only by putting them to good use that its full potential could be unleashed.
After the Black Heaven Nine Stars got their respective treasures from Chu Kuangren, they started their cultivation. They had to become stronger so that they could contribute to the sect.
A few days later, Nuwa went to talk to Chu Kuangren.
"Sect Leader, I have something to talk to you about."
She looked serious.
She took the Hongmeng Supreme Treasure she got from the Great Dao Spirit World, which was the crystal. "I have refined this Hongmeng Supreme Treasure and found a secret I think you should know about."
"Oh? Come in."
Chu Kuangren was intrigued.
"This is the Creation Crystal, which is also one of the Nine Humanity Treasures. It is closely related to the origin of the human race," Nuwa said.
There were humans all over the Infiniverse, and Nuwa was the founder of the human race in the Pan Gu Universe.
She was the mother of all humans back in the Pan Gu Universe.
As a matter of fact, there were many other cultivators with similar roles to her in other universes. They were led by a mysterious force to create the human race in their respective universe.
They were known as the Human Guardians.
Among the Human Guardians, some were named the Human Ancestors.
They were the origin of the human race in the Infiniverse, the first humans.
They possessed unlimited power, and their consciousness was scattered across the Infiniverse. It was the Human Ancestors' consciousness that led the Human Guardians to create the human race.
"I know this from the Creation Crystal. The Human Ancestors left an inheritance in the Great Hongmeng Universe, and it can only be accessed with the Nine Humanity Treasures. This Creation Crystal is one of them."
Chu Kuangren was intrigued after listening to Nuwa's explanation.
The origin of the human race was the Human Ancestors.
It was surprising that the Hongmeng Supreme Treasure that Nuwa found had such a deep history.
No wonder Nuwa resonated with the crystal. Other than her Creation Dao, she was also one of the Human Guardians.
"You can keep the Creation Crystal for now. As for the Human Ancestors' inheritance, when the time is right, it will show up," Chu Kuangren said.
The power distribution of the Great Hongmeng Universe was complicated.
As one of the bigger forces, the humans founded different forces among themselves.
However, as humans, they would all be interested in the Human Ancestors' inheritance. That was why he believed they would eventually show up.
"I understand." Nuwa nodded.
After she left, Chu Kuangren continued to ponder about the Human Ancestors.
There was no rush in acquiring the inheritance, so he put it aside for now.
"Next, we will have to develop slowly, starting from Feng Domain," Chu Kuangren thought.
However, he had to deal with the remains of the Apocalypse Martial Society first.
They would be an underlying danger if he allowed them to stay in Feng Domain.
He had to deal with them quickly and take total control of Feng Domain.
With that in mind, he exited the palace and headed to the headquarters of the Apocalypse Martial Society, trying to erase the remains.
As soon as he stepped out of the palace, he ran into someone — Armament Destruction.
He looked at Chu Kuangren and said, "If you're going to deal with the remains of the Apocalypse Martial Society, count me in. I'm itching for a fight."
"Sure. Let's go."
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Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Apocalypse Martial Society, Long Sha and Ling Sha managed to escape the slaughter of Myriad Arms City.
They had regrouped, but they did not look good. In fact, they were drowning in fear.
"What should we do now? The Apocalypse Martial Ruler is dead. Chu Kuangren will never let us go!" Lin Sha said with a trembling voice.
"Not only Chu Kuangren, but other forces will not let go of this big piece of meat either," Long Sha said with a sigh.
The Apocalypse Martial Society was strong because of the Apocalypse Martial Ruler, and the members were practically villains in the Great Hongmeng Universe.
Now, with the Martial Ruler dead and only two out of the ten Killer Stars left, the society was as good as dead.
The forces they used to oppress would never let that chance slip.
They would be at the doorstep sooner or later.
"What should we do now?"
"Let's open the thing the Apocalypse Martial Ruler left behind."
A glint of hope flashed in Long Sha's eyes.
The Apocalypse Martial Ruler had left behind something mysterious. He said if he was not around and the Martial Society was in danger, they could open it.
Now would be the time.
With that, Long Sha and Lin Sha went to the underground bas.e.m.e.nt to retrieve a bronze box.
The box was carved with countless mystical runes.
With the instructions left behind by the Apocalypse Martial Ruler, the two of them infused their Great Dao energy into the box to open it.
A streak of light flew out and transformed into a ball of light covered in countless mystical runes and Daoist laws.
"It's the Monarch's Heart!" Long Sha cried in shock.
The box was holding the Monarch's Heart!
"Wait, this isn't complete. It's broken," Long Sha said after a closer look at the ball of light. He was baffled.
Before he could understand why, a mysterious force in his body suddenly erupted, attempting to escape his body.
"What?"
Long Sha and Lin Sha could not react in time. Their bodies exploded into clouds of blood mist and were absorbed by the ball of light.
Soon, it formed a human figure that was the Apocalypse Martial Ruler!
He was still alive!