Chapter 963: Not a Single One Can Be Missing

The great battle still raged on.

At this moment, Su Yu was not participating, but watching from afar, deep in thought.

Had Blackscale spoken those words without reason?

There was no need!

So what was the purpose of his words?

The only chance for victory I might have… master, servant, unwelcome guest, prisoner.

The door was meant to seal the prisoner, and the door was also meant to block the unwelcome guest.

At this moment, it wasn’t just Su Yu who was thinking; within Su Yu’s world, the Human Emperor and the others were also pondering.

The Child of Time!

Su Yu and the others were born within the Myriad Realms, which were created by the Lord of Time. The true ancestor of humanity was actually the Heavenly Gate, but did the Heavenly Gate truly pass down its bloodline?

The Heavenly Gate was a clone of the Demon Flame!

Back then, many humans entered the Myriad Realms alongside the Heavenly Gate—such as the Immortal, Demon, God, and Nether—they were the first batch of humans to enter, but they were not born within the Myriad Realms.

Who truly knew the real origin of Su Yu and his kind?

In any case, it was all ancient history.

At this moment, the Human Emperor was also murmuring.

Recalling Blackscale’s words.

Suddenly, the Human Emperor spoke: “Su Yu, is it only by returning to the Myriad Realms that we have a chance of victory?”

The Myriad Realms now lay with Cang!

It had become his sword!

The River had absorbed the Myriad Realms, and the Myriad Realms had been seized by Cang.

“According to Blackscale, the Myriad Realms are our foundation, our home. Shutting the door to beat the dog—perhaps that is the only hope for victory… to imprison the servant, the unwelcome guest, and the prisoner all within!”

The Human Emperor spoke swiftly.

Meanwhile, the Lord of the Dead, his eyes flickering, quickly added: “Su Yu, don’t forget, the River and the Myriad Realms are also a world. If it is a world, it can suppress the enemy! But… our world cannot suppress them, because our world is too weak!”

Su Yu’s eyes shifted. “You mean, to take control of the Myriad Realms? To use the Myriad Realms as a world? But…”

Su Yu frowned: “The Book of the River is with Cang, not in our hands. If we kill Cang, it will be hard to seize it. If we could truly take it, we wouldn’t even need the Myriad Realms as a world—we could just kill the Demon Flame outright!”

“No!”

At that moment, the voice of the King of Wen came through, somewhat weak: “Su Yu, I say, suppose you are the gateway to the Myriad Realms! You could seal them within the Myriad Realms! But now there is a problem: we cannot control the world of the Myriad Realms, can we?”

Su Yu nodded. That was exactly the point!

Even if I transformed into the door, I might seal them into the Myriad Realms, but the key was that I couldn’t defeat them—sealing them would be useless!

Everyone fell into thought. At this moment, a relatively clear will spoke up in Su Yu’s mind—it was the Great Zhou King. Now, the Great Zhou King said softly: “Everyone’s world, everyone’s Dao, originates from the Myriad Realms, from the River! In fact, they are all like branches of the River!”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered again.

The Great Zhou King quickly continued: “Your Majesty, if your world and the branches of the Dao join forces, can they control your world?”

He had not opened his own world, so he was not asking knowingly, but truly puzzled: if they all joined forces, could they control Su Yu’s world?

Su Yu’s expression shifted slightly, and he said slowly: “It’s difficult! I have my own will—you cannot manage it…”

“Your Majesty speaks of Cang? Cang is not the original spirit of the world, nor the Lord of Time who opened the heavens. Cang’s status, in my view, is only equal to that of the Supervisor of Heaven. The Supervisor of Heaven might be able to manipulate some power within Your Majesty’s world, but can he prevent everyone from controlling the world?”

Su Yu’s heart stirred. No!

Of course, the premise was that everyone could control his world.

Could they?

Actually… yes!

The prerequisite was that Su Yu himself did not interfere.

But now, the scene was so similar.

The Lord of Time was absent, Cang was like the Supervisor of Heaven, the Demon Flame was an outsider, and Blackscale was a prisoner sealed within Su Yu’s world. Now, if Su Yu were absent, the prisoner in his world was too strong, the unwelcome guest had arrived, and the servant was betraying the master.

Could those under his command resist?

Yes!

By merging the Dao, unifying the acupoint Daos, and blending with each other, even if the enemy was powerful, they could still deal with it.

For example, the Great Zhou King and the Martial Emperor—one now controlled 360 divine acupoints, the other 360 primal acupoints. If they joined with others, they could activate the suppression power of Su Yu’s world, suppressing the outsiders and the enemies!

At this moment, everyone’s thoughts were churning violently.

The Human Emperor quickly said: “That means we return our worlds to the River of Time, strengthen our control, join forces, find a way to merge the Daos, and take command of the world. Only then can we take back our home! And also kill these unwelcome guests!”

All of this was just Blackscale’s claim.

If it went wrong, it would be walking into death—returning the world’s Dao to the River. If they could not then control the new world, the Myriad Realms, it would be certain death!

But now… was there a choice?

“Su Yu, are Wàn Tiānshèng and Lántiān still in the River?”

Su Yu nodded. Yes, they were still there.

They had merged into the River, partly because there was no time to leave, and partly because they were unwilling to leave, still hoping to find an opportunity to strike a fatal blow at Cang. Cang now had too many opponents and was constantly in battle, with no time to deal with these two—it was hard to peel them away.

The Human Emperor quickly said: “Should we try? Return the world’s Dao to the River! In fact, there aren’t many of us left now—you, me, Old Wen, Taishan, Wenyu, the Lord of the Dead… just us! The others are either in our worlds or haven’t taken command of the Dao… Only we have taken command of the Dao! If we return our worlds to the River, can we seize control of the River?”

“What about me?”

At this moment, Qiong spoke up. What am I?

Was the wicked servant referring to me?

Bah!

I am not!

The Human Emperor quickly said: “You… you are… you are the sword in the new master’s hand! Times have changed. The old master is gone, the new master has ascended. Your original body was long shattered, and its essence was drained by Cang. Now you can be the new master’s sword!”

How unpleasant that sounded!

The Human Emperor added: “Su Yu, do you think there is hope?”

But Su Yu was lost in thought. Return the world’s Dao to the River?

If it succeeded, great joy would follow!

If it failed… then they would all go together.

The gateway, sealing the Myriad Realms.

With himself as the gateway, sealing the entire Myriad Realms, returning the world’s Dao, activating the suppression power of the River world to suppress the powerful ones—was this feasible?

So simple… probably not.

He thought of his own world. The difficulty for King Dazhou and the others to take control of his world was no small matter—it was not something to be grasped at will.

There must be someone at the core, either King Dazhou or the Martial Emperor.

Then, the others must cooperate, merging their great paths, and assist in wielding control.

720 acupoints…

A gate?

A world?

One thought after another swiftly surfaced in Su Yu’s mind. He pondered, putting himself in their shoes, considering how King Dazhou and the others might smoothly seize control of his world. By analogy, perhaps there was indeed hope!

At that time, even if someone had taken charge of his Civilization Chronicle, could they suppress it?

Yes, by analogy, now Cang was the one wielding his Civilization Chronicle.

Remember, the Civilization Chronicle was the core of the world.

If the Civilization Chronicle was seized, if it was seized by the Heaven-Watching Marquis, could King Dazhou and the others contend with him?

Su Yu thought, and quickly convened a meeting in his mind. In an instant, the wills of all emerged.

Su Yu asked, “Now, the Heaven-Watching Marquis holds my Civilization Chronicle. King Dazhou, Martial Emperor, your strength is inferior to his…”

Well, truly inferior!

No need to mention, it perfectly matched the scene before them.

“So, how can we wrest control of my world from the Heaven-Watching Marquis, suppress him in turn, and thus slay him?”

Within the collective will, the Heaven-Watching Marquis was also present. At this moment, he felt somewhat helpless.

Using me as an example again, why must it be so!

King Dazhou quickly replied, “If we follow the deduction based on Your Majesty’s world, then each of us must grasp a great path, merge them together, and resist the suppression of the Civilization Chronicle! The Civilization Chronicle is the origin of the great paths. Without joining forces, we cannot withstand it!”

Su Yu nodded.

“The key lies in who will be the core, who will wield the great paths, and how to position the fusion…”

Su Yu nodded again.

King Dazhou continued, “Moreover, according to the Time Master, the River of Time is actually the great path after unification, the state where acupoints merge into one. Is that correct, Your Majesty?”

Su Yu nodded once more. At this moment, he was also deep in thought.

Hearing this, King Dazhou immediately said, “If that is the case, then we need to do one thing: within these unified great-path acupoints, how to detach the part each of us can control!”

“Detach?”

Su Yu was startled. Was detachment necessary?

King Dazhou quickly replied, “We must detach! If we don’t, can Your Majesty directly wield the River?”

No!

Nonsense—if it were possible, why would I need to think?

King Dazhou promptly added, “For this matter, if Blue Sky were still alive, he could attempt it! Detach the unified River! If we don’t detach it, the River Book’s control over the great paths would be too strong. But once it is detached, the entire River Book would also scatter… Your Majesty, if we detach all the great paths within your world, will your Civilization Chronicle still possess absolute control as it does now?”

Su Yu judged—no, if his will were present, it might still be possible. Otherwise, relying solely on a book and the Heaven-Watching Marquis, at that point, it would spiral out of control, unable to fully master the world’s great paths.

Detach!

Blue Sky!

Let Blue Sky split the already unified world apart. The River of Time, according to Wen Yu’s earlier explanation, was ultimately the state where all acupoints merged into one.

Could Blue Sky accomplish this?

Extremely difficult!

Though Blue Sky wielded ten thousand paths and walked the path of all living beings, with his strength, the difficulty of detaching the great paths was still immense!

Wan Tiansheng was also there. If they joined forces, perhaps they could try… but they might only be able to split a portion, not fully separate everything.

Wielding the myriad worlds was not a process of becoming stronger oneself.

Su Yu had always thought that only by growing stronger could he defeat his enemies.

But perhaps not!

If the enemy grew weaker, that in itself meant you grew stronger. Now, if he could wield the myriad worlds, regardless of how much power was involved, if he could suppress the enemy, that would be weakening them!

If the enemy weakens, I become strong!

King Dazhou continued, “After detaching the great paths, Your Majesty is also familiar with the ten thousand paths. You can summarize them and take charge of a portion of the great paths—those you are proficient in. The Human Emperor and the others can assist in merging, like King Daqin, taking charge of the great paths they excel in. Ultimately, everything converges to Your Majesty!”

“For example, if the Martial Emperor and I face the Heaven-Watching Marquis alone, who wields the Civilization Chronicle, we would certainly lose! But once everyone cooperates with us, assisting us in wielding Your Majesty’s world, then even the Heaven-Watching Marquis can be slain!”

Su Yu listened intently. At this moment, Bai Feng, who had been mostly silent, suddenly interjected, “Disciple, haven’t you always said that the four corners of the world, above and below, are all yours?”

Su Yu was taken aback. He had said so, because he had declared he would walk the path of cosmic civilization!

“If you transform into a gate, enveloping the myriad worlds, then the four corners of the world will be yours!”

Space!

Seal off!

Su Yu’s eyes flickered. Bai Feng chuckled, “In truth, after wielding control, there are many difficulties, such as how to prevent the enemy from escaping. This is a good method—the Way of Space! Perhaps… it is also the Way of the Gate! With the gate as space, control the four corners within!”

Su Yu’s thoughts stirred. The gate as space?

Control the space within the gate?

His own Way of Space—Su Yu had actually abandoned it, for he had little insight into it, and its enhancement was weak. It was only useful for traversing space; for other purposes, it was rather mediocre!

Since he could not truly master all the four corners of the world, perhaps mastering the small space within the gate would suffice?

Deny the enemy any chance to escape!

Bai Feng added, “Also, I just heard Black Scale ask whether time could flow backward. My good disciple, do you think time can flow backward?”

“No!”

Su Yu denied it outright. Impossible!

“But what about within your world?”

Bai Feng pressed on, “Then let me ask you: within your world, can you make time flow backward?”

Su Yu frowned. “I cannot either! Slowing, stopping, sealing, accelerating—all these are possible, but reversing time is absolutely impossible!”

Besides, what meaning would time reversal hold?

Utterly meaningless!

Su Yu did not think time reversal would be of any use.

Could he reverse the enemy back to childhood?

Bai Feng said softly, “I’ve heard that the Lord of the Dead can harvest source power. Can you?”

“I couldn’t before, but now I can. Moreover, I have transformed into the Human Gate, which inherently has the function of harvesting source power!”

Bai Feng was silent for a moment, then said, “The myriad worlds are not only you; there are many others. They all share in the spiritual power of the myriad worlds. If all living beings in the myriad worlds were to die in an instant, including the Human Emperor and the others… You freeze time. After you kill the enemy, can you instantly let the source power return and revive all beings?”

Su Yu gasped!

He was beginning to understand what Bai Feng meant.

Bai Feng continued, "The multiplicity of wills still interferes with you, after all. Can you freeze everyone's will and origin in an instant, making time stand still at that moment? If you can, even at the cost of annihilating all realms... you could seize the power of the River for an instant, cast aside all interference, and unleash unprecedented strength! As long as you slay the enemy, you can then restore everyone's origin and revive them!"

Su Yu kept gasping. Time standing still!

That meant plunging all realms into a frozen state in an instant.

Was it possible?

In Su Yu's own world, he could perhaps try—it might be feasible.

Bai Feng went on, "How about... you give it a try?"

How to try?

Just as he thought, the Great Zhou King nodded: "You can try it. In your own world, after we die instantly, can you freeze our death? Stop time for an instant, slay the enemy, and then revive us..."

Don't joke!

Su Yu almost wanted to curse—was this a joke?

At that moment, others also spoke up: "It's worth a try. We all heard what Black Scale said, including the Human Emperor. If you can seize control of all realms and turn them into your own world... then casting aside all interference, drawing on all the power of the realms, and sealing them—that's what you should do!"

Su Yu said gravely, "I don't necessarily need to draw on the power of all realms. I am already a 44-path cultivator. If I can seize control of all realms, there's no need to risk such a desperate measure!"

"What if?"

Bai Feng said, "What if you can't wrest control from Cang? If you can't? When all things fall silent, at that moment, if Cang is unprepared, the River will also enter an instant state of silence... If you are prepared, you can seize control in that instant!"

That was also a possibility.

What if Su Yu couldn't seize control?

Cang's River Book was, after all, the core of the heavens and earth.

At this point, the Great Zhou King added, "That's right. You can try. At the moment we all fall silent, will the Chronicle of Civilization lose control? If it does, that proves this method is feasible. Otherwise, if something goes wrong in the earlier plan, and you return the realms to the River but fail to seize control... that would be a real problem!"

The Great Zhou King continued, "As long as you can freeze time for an instant, none of us will die—we can be revived. Your Majesty, since we've come this far, we might as well treat a dead horse as a live one. Maybe it will succeed!"

At this moment, Su Yu's thoughts were swirling.

Seize control!

Using the Way of Yu, or rather the Way of the Gate, to seal all directions—on one hand, to trap the enemy, and on the other, to prevent the leakage of the origins of all realms.

Using the Way of Zhou, to freeze time, freeze origins, and allow all things to revive.

But... Su Yu couldn't do it!

He had no confidence—this was the first time he felt so uncertain. His understanding of the Way of the Universe was too shallow. The Way of the Gate might be manageable, but freezing time, even for an instant... Su Yu felt it would be extremely difficult for him!

At this moment, the Great Zhou King spoke again: "When Black Scale said that just now, was he also hinting at Your Majesty? With conventional methods, even if you dismantle the great paths, Your Majesty might still be unable to control the River and seize Cang's authority? So only by doing this can you seize control of the River Book?"

Su Yu suddenly looked into the distance and said, "Then I'll wait until Cang dies..."

The Great Zhou King said gravely, "No, Your Majesty. If you wait... once the Demon Flame seizes the River Book, do you think you'll still have a chance? If he devours all realms... all realms will be destroyed!"

Su Yu took a deep breath. The next moment, he said quickly, "That makes sense... So this matter... let the Deathless and the Human Emperor do it. I'll assist. I'll take charge of the Human Gate and seal all realms!"

At this moment, Su Yu was backing out!

I'll assist you!

The Human Emperor and the others were also listening. Su Yu said rapidly, "If you two can't do it, then let Wen Yu try, or the Wen King..."

Su Yu continued quickly, "I'll assist you. I'll definitely seal them and prevent these bastards from escaping, and stop the origins of all realms from leaking! This thing—a slight difference in strength doesn't matter. It's all about controlling the River... Whoever does it is the same!"

As soon as he finished, the Deathless Lord said coldly, "My path is death. I can't do it!"

Su Yu said quickly, "You can. Don't you want to devour the River? Old Death, you do it! You also have 42-path power. Really, you can do it!"

The Deathless Lord ignored him completely and simply closed his eyes.

The Human Emperor also said quickly, "Don't look at me. I can't! I have no grasp of the Way of Time at all, and no research into it. If you ask me, you're asking the wrong person!"

The Wen King's weak laughter came: "I can barely manage 36 paths. You want me to instantly wield 45 paths, or even stronger power? I'd lose control immediately! The only ones who can really do it are you, Big Brother, and the Deathless Lord. Big Brother at least managed to grasp 39-path power for a while... If we try, we'll definitely lose control instantly!"

Only you three have a chance!

No one else could do it.

"Then let the Human Emperor do it!"

The Human Emperor refused: "No. I told you, I'm not familiar with the current state of all realms. Also, I can't make all realms fall silent instantly. You have a chance. If there are still some people alive in all realms—the humans and the three major races should be the most numerous. Xia Huyou and the others listen to you. Moduo Na's side, though enemies, might also listen to you. With a single command, you might make them all fall silent. How could I do that? By the time you give the order... I won't be able to trigger it instantly. So only you and the Deathless Lord can do it!"

At this moment, while the battle raged fiercely in the distance, Su Yu and the others were shifting responsibility.

Su Yu refused!

The Deathless Lord, who had always wanted to devour the River, also refused. The Human Emperor refused even more.

They wouldn't take responsibility!

If the slightest thing went wrong, all realms would be destroyed by them before anyone else could devour them.

Su Yu was somewhat irritated: "I told you, I'll assist you. I'll take charge of the Way of the Gate. One of you can take charge of the other great paths, take charge of the heavens and earth, take charge of the Way of Time... Actually, it doesn't have much to do with the Way of Time. The main thing is to make all realms freeze instantly!"

"This can all be seen as the Way of Sealing and Imprisonment!"

No reply!

The Human Emperor and the Deathless Lord played dead, both silent, eyes closed as if healing.

Then Qiong's voice suddenly came: "How about I try?"

"..."

At that moment, Su Yu and the others all wanted to curse!

Get lost!

You?

Then all realms might as well wait for death!

There would be no way out!

"Su Yu, this might be the only way out..."

Now the Human Emperor had to speak, sighing: "The fate of all realms is still in your hands. We are old. Can you bear to make us take such a desperate risk at this time?"

The Deathless Lord also said gloomily, "Stop stalling. If we delay any longer, Cang will really be killed, and the Demon Flame will seize the River... then it's over!"

Now was the only chance!

Otherwise, whether Cang won or the Demon Flame won, Su Yu would end up badly.

And if Cang died, it would be even more troublesome.

The Human Emperor added, "Don't forget, you are the only one with experience in merging paths. Wen Yu might know a bit, but he only talks in theory. He's never actually done it. You are the first to have practical experience!"

Wen Yu's voice also came: "That's right! I'm just all talk. I don't have time to operate. I have no experience. Su Yu, you have the most experience. No one else has as much as you. Haven't you always wanted to be the boss? Now the opportunity is given to you, and you don't want it!"

Want it? Bullshit!

Su Yu cursed under his breath!

At a moment like this, he truly wanted to cast everything aside, to not care, to just charge in and fight for them without thinking, rather than being this kind of commander and arbiter.

"Old Death!"

"Shut up!"

The Lord of the Dead let out a low growl, speaking quickly: "I'm badly injured, healing now, don't bother me!"

"..."

What a piece of work.

And you want to devour the River of Time?

Pah!

Su Yu cursed inwardly, feeling conflicted. Could he freeze time in an instant?

He could try it within his own domain first—there was no need to make them die, that was unnecessary. Just attempt to freeze time and space directly.

After a moment's thought, Su Yu quickly began his attempt.

His domain instantly sealed off space—that part wasn't hard.

But freezing time...

Su Yu tried, and the domain fell silent at once. Yet the next moment, with a bang, something seemed to shatter. Everything returned to normal; time remained time, not frozen.

"Time..."

Su Yu murmured. Freezing time—don't overcomplicate it. What we call the flow of time is only relative. In a given area, if everything stops, then for that area, time is effectively sealed!

It could even be categorized under space!

Seal the entire space completely, including will, thoughts, and ideas—that would be the freezing of time, the stagnation of time in that region!

"Yes, treat it as the simultaneous operation of multiple paths—space, sealing, and imprisonment. Maybe it's worth a try!"

Su Yu tried again, moving swiftly.

In an instant, the domain froze!

Everything seemed to come to a halt, but soon Su Yu discovered a new problem: the power of the origin couldn't be sealed.

"Still, the Human Gate itself seals origins, at least preventing them from leaking out... but it requires coordination!"

At that moment, Su Yu looked back at the Lord of the Dead and quickly said, "Old Death, you've ruled the Death Realm for years and know how to extract origins. When others die, you can preserve their origins... What's your record for preserving origins at once?"

"What record?"

The Lord of the Dead felt a headache coming on: "You're not asking me to help stabilize origins, are you?"

"Exactly!"

Su Yu said rapidly: "If everyone perishes together, it won't be just one or two people, but billions of living beings. I don't know how many are still alive in the myriad realms—maybe many have died, but there are still eight hundred million, a billion, at least that many! Can you, at that moment, instantly help me stabilize their origins so they don't dissipate?"

The Lord of the Dead's head throbbed: "You really think too highly of me!"

Su Yu suddenly said, "Prioritize humans first, then allied races, then the three tribes, and then the other realms... Save as many as you can; if some truly die, let them die! My understanding of sealing and imprisonment is decent, but origins are hard to control... So, if we combine forces, maybe we can use this as a substitute for time freezing!"

Su Yu said seriously: "So, without cooperation, it's very hard to achieve. We need to work in tandem!"

The Lord of the Dead took a deep breath: "I can try!"

Good.

Su Yu thought for a moment and then said, "And what about the Human Emperor here..."

The Human Emperor said directly: "After the Lord of the Dead and I return our domains to the river, he can control the origins through will. As for me... it seems I have no other abilities?"

Nonsense, of course you do!

Su Yu said quickly: "Your task is simple. When the myriad realms are about to perish in an instant, the key is that not everyone will listen to me. I'm not omnipotent—if I tell everyone to die, will they all die? You think too highly of me! Your Great Blarney Path can spread instantly across the myriad realms. At that moment, if the Human Emperor Path covers heaven and earth, even if only for an instant's influence... that will be enough. Then, in my capacity as the Human Sovereign, I can make everyone perish!"

"What Great Blarney Path?"

The Human Emperor didn't like hearing that!

Still, he also felt a headache coming on: "Spread instantly across the myriad realms? That... is no small feat!"

Su Yu said flatly: "Then you take charge of the myriad realms and fight!"

Fine, forget I said anything. The Human Emperor quickly replied: "Alright, I'll do my best!"

Su Yu assigned the tasks: "Then it's settled. The Human Emperor will make everyone in the myriad realms obey in an instant—most are weak, so the influence should be great. As for the few who aren't affected and don't perish, ignore them. The majority is enough! At that time, a powerful wave of will will sweep through. If those people's wills still exist and get swept away, so be it... If they don't obey, I don't care if they live or die!"

Sometimes, Su Yu could be quite ruthless.

"The Lord of the Dead will solidify the origins of those who perish!"

"Blue Sky and Wan Tiansheng—I'll have them split the River Path!"

"The moment the myriad realms perish is also the easiest time to split it... but I need Wen Yu's cooperation. Wen Yu, you and the Wen King shouldn't be idle either. You need to help them split the path, break it apart!"

Wen Yu and the Wen King responded simultaneously.

Su Yu continued: "The same goes for everyone else. Before the perishing, you must exert effort to shatter the path into pieces—only then will it work!"

"As for Qiong, you also have a task!"

Qiong said gloomily: "What do I do?"

"You hold back Cang!"

Su Yu said immediately: "Your task is very important! At the moment the myriad realms perish, the River Book that Cang controls might go out of control, but he himself is still very powerful and can react instantly. He might interfere with my control over the myriad realms... At that time, you just need one word—absorb!"

Absorb?

Qiong was momentarily stunned. Su Yu quickly explained: "Yes, absorb him! Distract him! You two share the same origin. Once he loses control of the river, his main power will be the Sky Dome Sword. At that moment, you need to hold him back for an instant, giving me a chance to seize control over the myriad realms!"

Qiong thought for a moment and said, "That's possible, but I might not be able to absorb him better than he absorbs me."

Su Yu said helplessly: "Nonsense, at that moment, his first thought will be to regain control of the River Book. Do you think he'll immediately think about sucking back the waste?"

"..."

That stung!

Qiong nearly exploded with rage: "Su Yu, what did you mean by that last part?"

"..."

Su Yu had just said it offhandedly. Now, he coughed dryly and quickly said: "I didn't mean you. I meant he won't think about sucking back the power he discarded back then..."

Damn it, wasn't that the same thing?

Qiong was furious!

Su Yu hurriedly said: "Don't be angry. If you succeed this time, you'll be the number one sword in the world. Right now, Cang has stolen that title!"

Qiong grumbled and cursed.

Meanwhile, Su Yu added: "Since we've reached this point, everyone should contribute their strength. No one should be idle. Those splitting the path, do your work. Great Zhou King, you all have experience too—we've split things before. We've all done demolition work, right?"

Everyone laughed. Yes, they had.

Back when Su Yu dismantled the River of Time, everyone had taken part.

At that moment, King Wu suddenly spoke: "Everyone has a task—what about me?"

"..."

Well, that!

Somewhat awkward—King Wu was useless!

As a king who could not dismantle the Dao, could not solidify the Origin, could not influence Cang, could not deceive the myriad realms' beings into marching to their deaths, and could not govern heaven and earth... at this moment, he truly seemed to have no use!

Su Yu considered for a moment: "Your Will can be in charge of recording video!"

"..."

What kind of job was that?

King Wu nearly choked to death!

Just then, Emperor Wu's voice suddenly rang out, tinged with mockery: "Taishan, you have a loud voice—you can be in charge of cursing at that time, curse at Cang, stun him with your curses—that would count as a great contribution!"

Su Yu heard this—made sense!

"Emperor Wu, your voice is not soft either—back when you cursed Taishan, it was quite chilling. You and King Wu can coordinate... since you have nothing to do, be in charge of cursing and diverting attention!"

"..."

Emperor Wu instantly shut up.

King Wu sneered: "Fine! Good, let it be so!"

Emperor Wu still had the nerve to mock him?

Now it was settled—everyone had a use, only the two of them were useless. Fine, cursing it is—who didn't know how to trade insults?

At this moment, the Human Emperor spoke: "Su Yu, since Black Scale proposed these things, it means he knows, or rather, hopes we will do this. Then regarding Black Scale... do you think there might be a problem? Will he seize control of the River at that moment? Don't forget, he holds thirty percent of the River's power—it's not that Cang alone controls it!"

"Will he use us to completely seize control of the River at that moment?"

Su Yu was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "No. If he had wanted to, he would not have fled back then. This River was originally used by the Lord of Time to imprison him—it is his cage. Tell me, would a prisoner think to completely seize the cage, becoming an immortal, eternal being trapped within it?"

Black Scale, to Su Yu, gave more of a feeling of 'no freedom, rather death.'

Unable to regain freedom, then die completely!

He did not even have the desire to revive!

The Human Emperor thought for a moment and nodded. In fact, everyone felt the same—Black Scale had almost no hope of escape. No matter who won, whether they swallowed the River or protected it, Black Scale would almost certainly come to no good end!

Black Scale was the true despair!

He had no chance to leave this River, unless the Lord of Time came, or... Su Yu and his group could find some way to let him go.

But Black Scale carried three-tenths of the River's power—could he even leave?

At this point, Su Yu stopped thinking about Black Scale and said solemnly: "Then prepare to act. We must return to the Myriad Realms, draw everyone in, and I will transform into a gate to seal them!"

For a moment, everyone's hearts surged with excitement!

This time, in this battle, it seemed everyone could participate—no matter how much strength they could contribute, at least they could join in and take control of their own life and death.

Everyone drew in a breath, and Su Yu instantly flew toward that direction.

At this moment, Cang, whose whole body was smoking from being burned by Demon Flame, his eyes lit up with joy.

Su Yu had come to help him?

If not, Su Yu would have no reason to join the battle now.

Demon Flame's eyes turned cold!

Damn it, they had come after all!

Black Scale and Su Yu—those two were too annoying.

At that moment, Su Yu suddenly roared: "Drag Demon Flame into the Myriad Realms to fight!"

Cang hesitated slightly, but... whether outside the Myriad Realms or inside, the difference was not great.

Besides, he was about to die!

If Su Yu and the others did not join the battle, he could not match Demon Flame at all.

At this point, he stopped thinking about anything—whether life or death, he had to gamble once!

In an instant, the enormous longsword once again transformed into a river!

Cang instantly dove into it, and Demon Flame, his expression shifting slightly, snorted coldly and also dove in—what did it matter if he entered?

They had been fighting inside the Myriad Realms before!

Black Scale, with a knowing smile, glanced at Su Yu and also stepped into the void, following—clearly, he had guessed something.

Su Yu paid no heed and in an instant also dove into the longsword.

Within the longsword was the Myriad Realms!

The entire longsword was the Myriad Realms.

The moment he entered, Su Yu transformed into a gate.

Life or death—all staked on this one gamble. If this succeeded, the battle of the Myriad Realms would end completely; if it failed... well, it would also end, because failure meant certain death!

In that instant of entry, the first to act was the Human Emperor.

The Human Emperor said almost nothing. The moment he entered, he flew out from within Su Yu. Just as Su Yu transformed into a gate, his heaven and earth suddenly appeared and instantly collapsed, unleashing countless Dao forces that surged toward the vicinity of the Human Realm!

Or rather, at this moment, the Myriad Realms had only one realm left—the Myriad Realms had converged into one!

Countless forces poured into that place.

Sweeping across heaven and earth!

The Dao of Responsibility!

Every being should have a responsibility to contribute to this final battle!

The moment the Dao scattered, Cang and Demon Flame changed color—the Human Emperor... had dissolved his heaven and earth!

A top-tier powerhouse, without a word, directly dissolved his heaven and earth. The power scattered too widely—it had no effect on Demon Flame and the like, too weak.

But this power had a tremendous impact on the weak!

At that moment, Su Yu's voice resounded through heaven and earth: "Beings of the Myriad Realms, if you do not wish to die, do not wish to be annihilated, then listen to me—all of you, extinguish! For your race, for the Myriad Realms, shatter your acupoints, disperse your vital energy..."

A sharp cry rang out in all directions!

At this moment, the entire heaven and earth fell silent for an instant. Accompanied by the scattering of the Human Emperor's heaven and earth force, movements began on all sides.

On the Human Realm side, heaven and earth had been violently fluctuating.

Many had died!

But Xia Huyou and the others had been protecting them all along. Now, hearing Su Yu's voice, the influence of the Human Emperor's power was actually irrelevant—Xia Huyou trusted Su Yu.

At this moment, Xia Huyou's voice shook: "Shatter your acupoints, disperse your vital energy, trust the Yu Emperor! We... will surely triumph!"

Boom!

He was the first to shatter every aperture, dispersing all his primal energy.

Nearby, the domain lords, each with complex expressions, soon followed, shattering their apertures and dispersing their primal energy—for a cultivator, shattering apertures and dispersing primal energy meant almost certain death!

But in this moment, Xia Huyou and the others trusted Su Yu, without hesitation!

……

In this moment, the humans of the mortal realm followed one after another.

At the same time.

Near the mortal realm, Modona gazed into the distance, took a deep breath, and said, "Heed my command! Do as he says!"

"Demon Lord..."

Bang!

With a thunderous sound, Modona struck dead the one who spoke, and said coldly, "If you want to continue your race, if you want revenge... then listen to me. If others don't act, and die, don't blame me!"

Boom!

The great path snapped, apertures shattered, primal energy scattered—in an instant, Modona became ancient beyond measure, his breath faint, his eyes clouded, his will beginning to fade.

Behind him, the myriad-race powerhouses, seeing this, hesitated no longer, and low roars arose: "Follow the Demon Lord!"

Boom!

Explosions rang out one after another—perhaps they would die, but they trusted the Demon Lord, the heir chosen by His Majesty Tiangu and the others, the heir to lead them to rise again!

In that instant, amplified by the influence of the Human Emperor's great path, countless beings extinguished themselves!

Across the myriad realms, primal energy burst forth in an instant, and the power of the great paths scattered everywhere.

The primal energy and rule power of the myriad realms suddenly became much denser!

But Cang's face changed drastically, for the River Book began to fluctuate at that moment; as these beings extinguished themselves, the River Book trembled, as if wanting to absorb that power.

Before he could react, a deafening boom!

Wen Yu and the realm of the Wen King shattered completely, the great paths returning to the heavens and earth!

The next moment, the Lord of the Dead let out a fierce shout, his will stabilizing the origin of life within the heavens and earth, yet the heavens and earth also shattered instantly, and countless death energies scattered!

The sky had changed!

In that moment, streams of willpower surged into the River of Time, and then countless blue skies appeared, rapidly beginning to dismantle the great paths, while the River Book quivered violently.

And Qiong, with a sharp cry, madly sucked toward Cang!

Mo Yan's face turned ashen; he wanted to strike... but at that instant, Hei Lin appeared with a hint of a smile, "This... is more interesting, isn't it?"

Mo Yan's face changed drastically!

Interesting, my ancestor!

Hei Lin, you're asking for death!

Boom!

A thunderous crash rang out; his blow set Hei Lin ablaze, yet Hei Lin smiled, his face full of mirth.

This is very interesting!

Mo Yan, you don't understand.

And in that moment, Su Yu transformed into a colossal gateway, sealing the entire heavens and earth—the four corners of the world... he would seize control!

A powerful will surged into the river!

To seize control of the river!

If he succeeded, he would surely win.

If he failed, then so be it!

PS: Only two chapters left. The novel ends on the 31st. Everything that needed to be written is done. Opening a new map would be pointless. There might be a loose end left. You'll see the finale the day after tomorrow.