Chapter 955: Heaven and Earth Merge into One

The Lord of the Dead, merging into the long river, a surge of deathly aura towering to the heavens!

This group, at this moment, is vying for control of the river, each seeking to devour it.

Whether it be the Heavenly Gate, the Earthly Gate, the Blue Sky, or the Lord of the Dead, all are contending for mastery over the river.

And the Heavenly Gate, at this moment, speaks with a faint laugh: "Devouring the river is not so simple!"

Su Yu pays him no heed.

He observes, watches for a while, then suddenly says: "The River's Book hasn't even appeared—what are you all fighting for?"

Every realm has a book!

The Human Ancestor had one, and so did the Prison King.

But Su Yu shattered them directly; when the realm collapsed, the book was broken as well.

Now, with the River's Book yet to emerge, can these people truly seize the river?

After speaking, Su Yu glances at the newly descended Human Gate, sacred and majestic, and he smiles: "Who exactly is the Human Gate? Is it this gate, or someone else, or perhaps... Ji Tian or Wan Fu Chang?"

Ji Tian, in fact, is quite plausible.

What was it that the Lord of Time sought to seal back then?

Was it the flowing origin?

The evil within the origin?

Su Yu is uncertain, but he knows that Ji Tian is a being born from the Human Gate, a convergence of all paths' origins—is this fellow the seventh elder of the Human Gate?

"At this point, do you still need to hide?"

Su Yu's voice booms like a bell, echoing through heaven and earth!

He shouts aloud: "At this stage, where is the River's Book? Where is the Human Gate? Don't tell me this gate is the true Human Gate!"

The one he speaks of does not appear.

Instead, Ji Tian's voice drifts out from the Human Gate, tinged with laughter and a hint of amusement: "This gate seals what everyone calls the existence of the Human Gate! So this gate is not truly the Human Gate... Su Yu, didn't you say the Human Gate lies within the heart?"

Standing beneath the long river, Su Yu's smile is radiant: "The Human Gate within the heart? Don't tell me that in truth, there is no so-called Human Gate in the myriad realms, and the real Human Gate is the evil in our hearts?"

As he speaks, Su Yu suddenly shakes his head: "No, I don't think so! When I said the Human Gate is within the heart, I meant only myself. If the Human Gate truly exists in the myriad realms, it might be the evil of the Lord of Time, or his evil thoughts gave birth to the Human Gate! Thus, he chose to seal it!"

"Ji Tian, old classmate, at this point, do you still deceive me?"

Su Yu's laughter is hearty: "Are you the Human Gate? Don't you know yourself?"

"I truly am not!"

Ji Tian laughs, his voice drifting from within the gate, mingled with bursts of desolate screams—not his own, but those of him slaughtering all the origin spirits within the Human Gate.

"Su Yu, you are clever... but cleverness does not equal strength!"

Ji Tian's smile is brilliant: "I am not what everyone calls the Human Gate; I am merely the remnants of some origins after the Human Gate was sealed and escaped!"

Then he adds with a laugh: "Su Yu, do you know what lies behind the Human Gate?"

"I do not. Pray, old classmate, enlighten me!"

Ji Tian chuckles, speaking lightly: "Let's put it this way—the entire myriad realms were created by the Lord of Time to seal what you call the Human Gate! Actually, it's not so much a seal as a... redemption!"

Su Yu's face shows doubt: "Redemption?"

"Indeed! Redemption!"

Ji Tian's voice resounds through heaven and earth: "Using the myriad beings and all paths, using the seven emotions and six desires, to redeem the Human Gate! The Human Gate is emotionless, heartless, born as evil! Thus, it needs cleansing, needs the river to gather the power of all paths to wash over the Human Gate!"

"The gate you see is merely a treasure of the Lord of Time!"

"I know you want Wan Tian Sheng to inherit this treasure... It is sacred, majestic, truly rare!"

"And this treasure has one function: to amplify the path of the seven emotions and six desires. The entire tone of the River of Time, including its core, is based on this gate, and its main purpose is to redeem the true Human Gate!"

Su Yu's curiosity is piqued: "So you mean the true Human Gate is genuinely evil or emotionless, and thus needs the gathered seven emotions and six desires of the myriad realms to redeem it, to move it, to make it a being of flesh and blood?"

"Exactly!"

Ji Tian's laughter rings out: "And we, the beings within the Human Gate, are merely incarnations of certain emotions. Our original purpose was to move that one; we could never become true beings or true souls! But that one escaped..."

Ji Tian laughs heartily: "The Lord of Time was not truly omnipotent or omniscient! He never expected that the river he left to redeem the Human Gate would itself give birth to a spirit! This is heaven's will, the Dao of Heaven! All things can become spirits! And the river's spirit, naturally wishing to become a true spirit, a true living being, no longer wished to remain a tool for redeeming the Human Gate..."

"Thus, the river's spirit stirred, even deliberately intercepting some power of all paths, causing a flaw in this sealing gate, allowing that one to escape..."

"To make amends and ensure its own eternal existence, the river's spirit chose to seal that one!"

Ji Tian's voice continues: "You must understand, redeeming that one is the very foundation of this river's existence. Once that one escapes, unredeemed, or leaves the river, it means the task is complete, and the river's purpose should vanish! So the river's spirit can neither kill that one nor seal it easily—it's an impossible task..."

Su Yu smiles: "Interesting. Mutual dependence, is that what you mean?"

"More or less!"

Su Yu grins: "Then I'm even more curious—how did you, startled, split into Jing Tian? And you also wish to become a true living being—aren't you afraid those two will destroy you?"

Ji Tian chuckles lightly: "I knew you'd be curious! Startled—because I discovered some secrets that truly surprised me. Of course, the Human Gate needed a Jing Tian, so Jing Tian was born..."

"Secrets?"

Su Yu asks with interest: "What secrets? Care to share? Since you've come this far, what's there to hide?"

Ji Tian laughs: "True, it's not much of a secret after all."

Ji Tian's voice drifts over: "The secret I discovered is actually..."

"Let me say it instead!"

Just as Ji Tian is about to speak, the Earthly Gate suddenly chimes in. At this moment, this supreme being bearing the river speaks with unusual calm: "Ji Tian, you've been beating around the bush, dawdling—aren't you just trying to buy some time?"

Su Yu's eyes widen with curiosity: "Earthly Gate, you know too? Then speak quickly!"

The Earthly Gate's laughter emerges: "Su Yu, do you know why the river has an end?"

Su Yu is taken aback, genuinely stunned for a moment, then says: "Because the two gates block both ends, naturally there is an end..."

"Su Yu, you are a clever man. Have you never considered that the Heavenly Gate was born later—was it naturally blocking the river from the start?"

At these words, Su Yu instantly falls into deep thought.

The Earthly Gate laughs: "Su Yu, the river was not born with an end. When the Lord of Time created it, it had only one end; the other stretched infinitely! Do you understand?"

Su Yu ponders, then nods: "True. The Heavenly Gate was born much later. So initially, the river had no end, and only later did it gain one?"

"Exactly!"

The Earthly Gate smiles: "Do you know the meaning of the Heavenly Gate's existence?"

Su Yu thinks, glances at the scene before him, and after a long pause says: "To block the River of Time from spreading further, and also to compress it."

"Correct!"

The Earthly Gate laughs: "If the river kept spreading, it could never be sealed or compressed, and the River of Time might truly become eternal, never fading! So, to allow the river to be compressed, the Heavenly Gate was born!"

Su Yu narrows his eyes!

He looks at the Earthly Gate, at this one among the three gates—the simplest, the most direct, the most transparent.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that some things, he might have truly misunderstood.

This one... was not simple!

The Earth Gate continued: "Su Yu, do you know what the essence of a gate is?"

Su Yu raised an eyebrow: "The essence of a gate..."

"Yes, do you know?"

"Seal!"

Su Yu spoke: "Sealing the human gate, sealing the era..."

"You are wrong again!"

The Earth Gate laughed: "How could the essence of a gate be sealing! Are we born to seal others? The essence of a gate is actually to mark territory..."

Su Yu was stunned again, listening foolishly.

"Mark territory?"

The Earth Gate smiled and nodded: "Exactly! To expel things that are not needed, close the door, and rule within! Along the way, devour everything inside the gate. You think the era behind us is inside the gate... then you are wrong. The true inside of the gate... why isn't it the myriad realms?"

He laughed: "Look, look now. At this moment when the three gates converge, isn't the myriad realms shut inside? The void is outside the gate, including the old, decaying era—all outside! Inside the gate is the new era!"

The myriad realms were inside the gate!

Inside the three gates!

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he looked around. Indeed, at this moment, aside from the myriad realms, everything else was outside the gate, all being destroyed!

Only the myriad realms remained unharmed.

Su Yu exhaled: "I understand a bit now. So the Heaven Gate was born later. And the Earth Gate... perhaps it wasn't sealed, but blocked outside!"

Su Yu said solemnly: "Is that what you mean?"

"Clever!"

The Earth Gate laughed: "You are indeed sharp. Now that I've said this, you truly understand."

At this moment, the Human Emperor and the others also changed expression slightly.

As for Qiong, he was still confused, somewhat impatient and annoyed: "What does that mean?"

"Qiong... your intelligence... truly foolish!"

The Earth Gate chuckled, and Qiong immediately grew furious.

The Human Emperor exhaled and said softly: "Still don't understand?"

Qiong was speechless. What was I supposed to understand?

I don't understand at all!

The Human Emperor slowly said: "He is outside, we are inside. To put it plainly, why is the Earth Gate not in the myriad realms, but in the upper realm?"

What nonsense, how would I know? The Earth Gate had always been in the upper realm!

The Human Emperor was exasperated and had to explain again: "To make it clearer, back then when the Lord of Time opened the heavens, he probably designated some to enter, not just anyone. And the Earth Gate was one of those excluded outside... So, he found ways to infiltrate inside!"

The Earth Gate interjected, smiling: "It's not that not just anyone could enter... but that only humans could enter this realm. Non-humans could not!"

The Earth Gate laughed: "So all the ancient beasts were actually excluded! Including me!"

Qiong, however, grew more and more confused.

Su Yu and the others sighed simultaneously.

The Martial King felt he had understood and now explained: "Still don't get it? When the Lord of Time opened the heavens, any human could enter. But this guy wasn't human and couldn't get in. So to enter, he kept infiltrating, stubbornly refusing to leave. It wasn't that the Lord of Time sealed him, but that this bastard refused to go and always wanted to take over the myriad realms!"

"Crude but true!"

The Earth Gate laughed: "That's the idea. The Lord of Time was a great figure. The realm he casually opened was complete in all paths and immensely powerful. So I refused to leave, unwilling to go. What they call being sealed in the chaotic era... it wasn't a seal. I was just trying to forcefully break some barriers, open cracks, and let some ancient beasts infiltrate the myriad realms... Over the years, I've been somewhat successful."

Su Yu was now astonished: "So you are the biggest mastermind?"

"Not exactly!"

The Earth Gate smiled: "I just want to devour the long river, devour all of you. But the myriad realms have their own things. I'm just fighting for it, aren't I?"

Qiong now understood and said oddly: "But that's not right. Creatures like Shi freely entered the myriad realms, didn't they?"

"It's different!"

The Earth Gate laughed: "Shi was a stone born within the realm. You are the Lord of Time's sword. As for Kong, he was an ancient beast I spent considerable effort to infiltrate into the myriad realms... Unfortunately, I am far more powerful than Kong. It could enter through the cracks I opened, but I cannot. In the early years, I infiltrated many ancient beasts, but each time they were repelled and killed. A pity!"

Qiong was now dazed.

Su Yu sighed as well: "So, the Heaven Gate was your arrangement? The so-called era of extinction was actually to weaken the power of the long river, corrupt part of it, so you could infiltrate more power into the myriad realms?"

"Exactly!"

The Earth Gate laughed: "I was also extracting some of the source power of the myriad realms, weakening it. That is the biggest difference between the Earth Gate and the Heaven Gate. Inside the Earth Gate, there is no path of the underworld, no complementary paths!"

The Human Emperor said coldly: "So the era of extinction was entirely your scheme?"

The Earth Gate laughed again: "No, no, no. I was only one of them. The other was the Human Gate, who wanted to escape. He wanted to flee, I wanted to enter... So we reached an agreement. He didn't care if the myriad realms were devoured by me, and I didn't care if he escaped or not... With mutual understanding, we cooperated to extinguish the era of creation, just to weaken the power of the long river. If this era is also extinguished, the long river's power will be weakened to the point where I can devour it!"

The Earth Gate smiled: "Ji Tian, this is what you wanted to say, isn't it?"

At that moment, before Ji Tian could reply, Qiong grabbed his head, troubled: "Let me sort this out! I kind of understand now! The Lord of Time opened the heavens and left, sealing the Human Gate here. And you, coveting the power of the long river, wanted to enter... but you couldn't? So you stayed outside, even standing above the myriad realms, always watching, waiting for the end of the world. Is that it?"

The Earth Gate laughed: "You've finally caught on!"

"And the Heaven Gate..."

He pointed at the Heaven Gate: "Was it someone you arranged?"

The Earth Gate laughed again: "No."

Qiong exhaled: "That's a relief. Otherwise, I would have been dumbfounded!"

The Earth Gate suddenly laughed: "The Heaven Gate is my avatar. Of course, it wasn't someone I arranged!"

"..."

Qiong was utterly stunned!

The Earth Gate laughed: "My power is immense, and I am strongly repelled, unable to enter at all. So I cut off some of my source, and when Kong and the others entered, I went in with them, eventually becoming the Heaven Gate, destroying the era of creation and greatly weakening the power of the long river!"

The Earth Gate laughed again: "Also, the purpose of the Heaven Gate was to prevent the long river from growing stronger, to block it, lest it continue to spread!"

He looked at everyone and sighed: "You don't understand! The Lord of Time was too powerful! He was an extremely fearsome being! He came here once, and his next visit might be countless years later... So before he comes again, I must devour this place and leave, otherwise... meeting him again would be very dangerous!"

"Back then, the Blood Ancestor who roamed this land was easily killed by him just for offending him... A terrifying existence!"

Su Yu's eyes flickered: "Blood Ancestor?"

"You must have obtained his shattered realm, right?"

The Earth Gate laughed: "The Blood Ancestor was also very powerful. In your terms, he had about 45 paths of power—a fearsome being! But when he met the Lord of Time, he was still no match and was easily slain!"

"So I dare not provoke that one lightly. I can only choose to infiltrate bit by bit, gradually weaken the power of the long river, and then find a way to devour this place!"

The Earth Gate sighed: "It's too hard for ancient beasts! Unlike you humans, who improve quickly, our cultivation is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Reaching my level is even rarer... The long river of time is my opportunity!"

At this moment, Qiong was completely stunned. He was still thinking about what had just been said and stammered: "You... you mean... the Heaven Gate... is also you?"

The Earth Gate chuckled: "Did I not make myself clear enough? The Heaven Gate is me, I have always been here! Observing all realms, seeking ways to strengthen them, and also ways to weaken them!"

"Impossible... how can this be!"

Qiong was stunned: "Since you are so powerful... the Heaven Gate is you, you could simply annihilate all realms!"

"Foolish!"

The Earth Gate cursed again: "As that one's sword, how can you be so foolish! Did I not say? What I seek is not to destroy you, but to make you strong, yet within controllable bounds, and then let you devour the River's path, weakening it, corrupting it..."

"Only thus can I gain the strength and opportunity to devour the River, understand?"

Then he added: "Moreover, if the Heaven Gate had not flowed down along the River, do you think I could have moved forward to merge with the Three Gates? No, I cannot. I can only wait, wait for the Heaven Gate to slowly flow down, so that the River can be naturally compressed. I cannot forcibly compress the River to this extent..."

Having said that, he smiled again: "For all this, I must thank you, Su Yu and the others! The more Openers there are, the better it is for me. Each time you weaken the River's power, you allow the River of Time to gradually converge. If you had not stripped away so much of the River's strength, I would have found it difficult to compress the River of Time to its current state!"

Su Yu smiled: "So, you're saying you've got us cornered?"

"Is it not so?"

The Earth Gate laughed: "Of course I am confident, that's why I act this way! Su Yu, I said you are clever, but sometimes not so clever. You might have guessed the existence of the River's Spirit. You devoured the so-called future self, strengthened yourself, but you have always been guarding against the River's Spirit, haven't you?"

"Your caution is both reasonable and unreasonable. You could easily devour vast amounts of future power because the River's Spirit actively provided it to you, hoping you would block me. But alas, the River's Spirit is stretched thin... On one hand, it must deal with the one you call the Human Gate, on the other, it must resist my invasion... How could that be possible!"

Su Yu nodded, breathing deeply: "Impressive! So it seems the seemingly honest senior Earth Gate is the real winner behind the scenes! Now I understand! There are three truly supreme beings in all realms: senior Earth Gate, the seventh of the Human Gate, and the River's Spirit! Senior Earth Gate and the seventh of the Human Gate have joined forces—one wants to escape, the other wants to devour all realms. Meanwhile, the River's Spirit wants to control all realms while preventing the seventh of the Human Gate from escaping... Thus, a grand drama has unfolded over countless ages. Eras have been extinguished, countless have died in battle—it's all just you fighting over the ownership of the River, isn't it?"

"The seventh of the Human Gate?"

The Earth Gate paused, then laughed: "That name... not bad!"

He nodded slightly, somewhat reluctantly: "Something like that."

Su Yu smiled: "Then I'm curious—what was Ji Tian trying to achieve with all his scheming?"

"Ji Tian, you knew that the Earth Gate is the Heaven Gate, didn't you?"

Su Yu asked. Was this the secret Ji Tian had spoken of?

At that moment, from within the Human Gate came the screams of some beings, followed quickly by laughter. Ji Tian's voice rang out: "Senior Earth Gate is quite candid! Something like that! Su Yu, you must understand—when I learned that the destruction of eras, the so-called Heaven Gate and Earth Gate, were one and the same, I was indeed astonished!"

Su Yu, however, laughed: "I doubt it! Ji Tian, we're old classmates—don't try to fool me! Your split happened before the destruction of the Opening Era, didn't it? You knew then? And then you split?"

"Indeed!"

Ji Tian sighed: "Otherwise, what do you think? What was Zhou's purpose? Zhou's greatest role was to split off part of the Heaven Gate's fortune, to prevent it from truly absorbing too much of the power of all realms... Of course, the Heaven Gate also needed Zhou's existence to once again lead humanity to rise. Without rising, without drawing on the River's power, how could it be weakened?"

"In those days, it was precisely because I discovered these things that I chose to cooperate with Zhou, and through Zhou, to cooperate with senior Earth Gate. Cooperation had its benefits—after all, didn't the Human Gate become mine? Without cooperation, how could I have had this chance? A pity, Su Yu, my old classmate, you had to stand in my way. Look at the mess now—I'm stuck in an awkward position. How about letting me devour the Second Grandfather? Senior Earth Gate is not easy to deal with!"

At this moment, the Human Emperor and the others suddenly felt a sense of defeat.

The Human Emperor sighed: "So all these years, you all knew each other's purposes, while we were merely tools for you to weaken the River, is that right?"

The Earth Gate said calmly: "Not exactly. In this world, humanity reigns supreme! If you hadn't risen, someone else would have eventually. It has nothing to do with who you are! Xingyu, do you understand? For example, in this era, if Su Yu hadn't risen, another human would have inevitably risen! Because the essence of this world is that humanity is supreme! It's just a pity that every time humanity rose, it never seemed to be nurtured by me..."

He said with some regret: "For instance, the Lord of the Dead in the last era, and Su Yu in this era—it's a shame! Yu and Zhou were both candidates. I originally thought they might have hope, but in the end, they didn't. Otherwise, things would have been much easier to handle."

The Earth Gate shook his head, his expression full of emotion and regret.

Su Yu, however, smiled: "Then I'm curious—since you could create a Heaven Gate in the last era, in this era, did you focus all your energy on Yu and the others? Why didn't you split off another incarnation to see if you could once again lead humanity and make them your pawns?"

"I wanted to!"

The Earth Gate sighed: "But splitting off the Heaven Gate in the last era already wounded me severely... You don't really think I spent all these years just watching silently, deliberately sleeping, do you? That's not the case! The existence of the Heaven Gate requires constant struggle against the will of the world. Over these years, I have truly been injured..."

The Earth Gate smiled: "I had no choice but to go into slumber, together with the Heaven Gate, to resist the self-resistance of all realms, and also to recover from my injuries. I said it before—the Lord of Time was too powerful. The world he left behind does not allow us outsiders to enter. So entering naturally comes at a price!"

He sighed again: "It's a pity this world was not created by ancient beasts; otherwise, it wouldn't be so troublesome! Humans... indeed, they are everywhere in the great universe, powerful beyond measure! I wonder, if I devour this River, can I take a step further, break out of this dark chaos, and move toward a new world?"

Su Yu's eyes flickered: "Where did the Lord of Time come from?"

"Where?"

The Earth Gate laughed: "A place with countless powerful beings... Of course, it has nothing to do with you, nor with me! The world he opened was just a random one he left behind. Neither you nor I can control it, so why bother to trace its roots?"

Su Yu nodded slightly, then asked: "One more question—where did Ming, the leader of the Eight Divisions, go?"

He had seen the leaders of seven divisions, but Ming was never found. Su Yu was somewhat curious.

"Ming?"

The Earth Gate laughed: "You like to get to the bottom of everything! What use is knowing so much?"

Then he smiled: "Since you mentioned the seventh of the Human Gate, who hopes to weaken the River's power, the River's Spirit naturally would not allow it! Ming was a pawn of the River's Spirit back then. Ming's only task was to prevent us from destroying the Opening Era. At the cost of his own fall, he opened a crack in the Heaven Gate... allowing the Lord of the Dead to enter. The Lord of the Dead's existence caused many of my plans to come to nothing... You still haven't seen through it. If you had, you would realize that the Lord of the Dead forged the Dead Realm, allowing the dead to revive—this was actually plundering the origin, just as I seize the power of origin!"

The Earth Gate sighed: "In this world, I plunder the origin of all realms, Ji Tian does the same, and the Lord of the Dead does as well. All of this is actually the River's Spirit's calculation—to prevent me from plundering more origin and greatly weakening the River of Time!"

The Lord of the Dead could collect origin; otherwise, he could not have built the Dead Realm and gathered countless dead spirits. Not only in all realms, but also within the Heaven Gate, the Lord of the Dead gathered many powerful beings and led them into all realms. Thus, the Lord of the Dead achieved the 39th Dao.

"So, back then, when the Lord of the Dead entered the gate... it was Ming who opened the crack and let him in?"

"Correct!"

The Earth Gate said flatly: "At that time, I was too exhausted and had to go into slumber. That fellow seized the opportunity; otherwise, I would never have let him enter and cause trouble!"

Su Yu nodded, then asked: "One more thing, senior, please enlighten me—why can we cultivate the Heaven Gate? Isn't the Heaven Gate your incarnation? Why not simply seal it completely and prevent us from entering? Why give us the chance to enter?"

The Earth Gate smiled: "I told you, this world is the world of your human race! Behind the gate is also the domain of the River of Time. It cannot be completely sealed; at most, we can limit your entry as much as possible. How many people can cultivate the Heaven Gate? Some things are unavoidable. This world, after all, is not mine. In every matter, it leaves a sliver of hope for your human race... That is a very helpless thing!"

"Then I understand!"

Su Yu nodded, pondered for a moment, and looked at the Earth Gate: "Senior, by revealing all this today, does it mean you believe you are about to succeed? If the Heaven Gate and Earth Gate merge, can you truly devour the River?"

"Very confident!"

The Earth Gate nodded, appearing quite amiable: "Now that the Human Gate has descended, my confidence is immense! Especially since you thwarted Ji Tian's plans. Ji Tian originally wanted to inherit the Human Gate, but now you have let Wan Tiansheng inherit it—that makes my confidence even greater!"

At that moment, the sacred Human Gate began to tremble violently!

On the Human Gate, a face seemed to emerge, as if it were Wan Tiansheng's.

Seeing this, the Earth Gate laughed: "If Ji Tian had inherited the Human Gate, I would have had some concerns. But Wan Tiansheng is, after all, a step behind. This way, my chances are even higher!"

At this moment, the Human Gate shook violently, and Ji Tian's voice echoed again, tinged with regret: "Su Yu, you have ruined my plans. This time, you will pay the price! You brought this upon yourself!"

Su Yu laughed: "As if you were a good person! Stop pretending! You thrive on the origin and emotional power of humanity—fear, dread, destruction—all of it strengthens you. You don't care whether humanity in all realms perishes or not. You're all birds of a feather, so stop putting on airs!"

Su Yu sneered: "Ji Tian, so you're saying you're on the same side as the River's Spirit? While the Earth Gate and the seventh of the Human Gate are allies?"

Ji Tian laughed: "If you insist, it's not impossible. In essence, both the River's Spirit and I do not wish for all realms to be destroyed. If all realms are destroyed and humanity is gone, that would be bad for me. Without humanity, who would provide me with powerful emotions? So the ones who truly want to destroy all realms are the Earth Gate and the seventh of the Human Gate. From the current perspective, we are still on the same side, aren't we? Su Yu, what do you think? If you let me devour the Second Grandfather, and I inherit this sealed gate, I think I would do a better job!"

He continued: "When the Heaven and Earth Gates merge, they will at least possess the power of 42 Daos, perhaps even 43! Once all realms are devoured, he might reach the pinnacle of all realms, achieving the power of 49 Daos! Then he would become a true invincible..."

"Su Yu, how can you match him?"

Ji Tian's voice rose again: "Now, all realms are at their final moment. Su Yu, perhaps only I can save all realms now..."

Before he could finish, Qiong roared angrily: "All of you, shut up! This world—when did it become yours? This world is mine!"

Silence fell all around!

Qiong roared: "What's the matter? None of you take me seriously? This world was opened by the Lord of Time. I am his divine script, his sword! What right do you have to devour or inherit it? According to the order of succession, this world should belong to me! All of you are fighting over nothing!"

“……”

How reasonable!

Su Yu laughed: “Well… that doesn’t seem wrong! If anyone in this world is most qualified to take it, of course it’s Qiong. I’ve always said, Qiong is the true master of this world—no mistake!”

Qiong snorted coldly: “Every single one of you, playing with this, playing with that, playing with people’s hearts… Do you really think you’re something? Forty-two paths, forty-three paths—do you truly believe you’re invincible? I already know where Cang is!”

Su Yu was surprised and looked at him: You know where Cang is?

I don’t even know!

Even Earth Gate and Jitian might not know—otherwise, wouldn’t they have taken it long ago?

Seeing Su Yu’s gaze, Qiong spoke: “Cang is inside the sword!”

Su Yu was stunned: Cang is inside the sword?

The Creation Sword?

He had examined it before and sensed nothing; Qiong had also merged into the sword’s body. If it were truly there, they would have discovered it long ago.

Qiong sneered: “It’s in the sword! Su Yu, your eyesight is terrible!”

Su Yu was taken aback: You’re saying my eyesight is bad?

Qiong said irritably: “What are you looking at? Are you blind? Can’t you see that after this long river was compressed, it’s become a sword?”

Su Yu was stunned!

The others were also shaken, all turning to look at the long river. At that moment, even Earth Gate looked toward it.

The compressed long river… really… looked like a sword!

No one had paid much attention, but Qiong had been staring at it, as if he had discovered something. Now, he felt it was a sword. Before he said it, no one had that impression—but once he did, everyone thought it really did resemble one!

Qiong snorted: “Now I understand why the Sky Sword shattered—because this world was transformed from the Sky Sword… I am but its remnants, and Cang… perhaps is what you call the spirit of the long river!”

Su Yu had guessed this before, but now, looking at the compressed long river, he suddenly felt it might indeed be possible.

Cang might have truly become the spirit of the long river!

And Qiong might simply be fragments left behind after all power was exhausted, eventually becoming Qiong. This sword of the Lord of Time was unimaginably powerful!

“A sword…”

At that moment, Earth Gate murmured as well, whispering: “Is this what the Sky Sword turned into?”

He wasn’t sure either. At the moment of creation, he hadn’t dared to approach—anyone who did would die!

Now, everyone fell into deep thought.

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