Chapter 783: Peak of Combat Power

When Xingyue revived, this revival journey came to a complete end!

Su Yu had returned.

From the River of Time, he plunged into the River of the Dead, and soon returned to the Land of the Dead.

The ripples in the River of the Dead gradually subsided.

The ephemeral Lord of the Dead might have vanished forever, or might appear again next time—once someone dares to attempt resurrection and devour the origin, he will surely reappear!

And the situation in the Netherworld had undergone earth-shattering changes.

The Northern King died, Dragonblood died, and in the Sealed Land, fourteen top-tier experts perished; among the powerful dead in the River of the Dead, some died, while those who survived, like Tianhuo of the Fire God Clan, now merged into Su Yu's world.

Su Yu's world had also expanded greatly!

At this moment, Su Yu's strength had indeed grown considerably, and his Dao had been greatly perfected.

Xingyue had fused the Dao of Life and Death, taking away Su Yu's Dao of Life and Death—but this Dao belonged to Su Yu's world; if Xingyue's power grew, these two Daos would also strengthen.

Thus, Su Yu's world would become even more perfect.

There were both advantages and disadvantages!

Xingyue took away Su Yu's Dao of Life and Death; if Xingyue died, the cycle of the Dao of Life and Death in Su Yu's world would be disrupted, causing turmoil throughout the world.

But if she strengthened the two Daos, they would also give back to Su Yu's world.

This depended on Xingyue's situation.

……

In the new world.

There were twenty-six revived dead, almost all of them Su Yu's subordinates, but a few were not, such as Tianhuo.

As for strength, at this moment, Nan Wang was the strongest.

When Su Yu stepped into this world, he suddenly felt that in this world, he himself, as its master, might not even be stronger than Nan Wang—that was the terrifying part.

Of course, only inside.

Once outside the world,

Su Yu was still Su Yu, but Nan Wang... might not be the Nan Wang of now.

The drawbacks of the false Dao were now fully evident.

Lanshan Hou here possessed the power of a top-tier Heavenly King, even approaching a Celestial Venerable, but once outside, at most he would be just a newly ascended Heavenly King.

As for Tianhuo, here he also had Celestial Venerable power, and outside he would definitely have Heavenly King power, and not a weak one at that.

The others all had improvements.

For example, Hetu here barely seemed to have a bit of Heavenly King power; Xia Chen was probably a second-rank Dao Integration, also close to the Heavenly King realm; others like Zhengyang Hou were second- or third-rank Dao Integration, not far from Heavenly King.

Twenty-six powerful beings, some strong, some weak, but even those who were previously Eternal, after merging with the origin, most now possessed Dao Integration power.

This was a group of experts, a full twenty-six.

On the garrison side, there were a full thirty-one experts.

Just these two sides alone made fifty-seven, plus experts from other races, human experts, ancient experts...

At this moment, Su Yu's side truly had experts like clouds!

Su Yu landed.

At this time, everyone gradually returned.

Giant Axe and Sanyue also arrived; seeing the previously scattered people gather, and after entering this world, Giant Axe and Sanyue were secretly shocked!

Outside, some people were ordinary in strength.

But for example, Daqin Wang and Daxia Wang—as soon as they entered, their auras surged wildly, instantly transforming into Heavenly King-level existences—that was the terrifying part!

Outside before, there were over a dozen Heavenly Kings.

Once inside, there were nearly twenty!

Moreover, Nan Wang and the others here gave Giant Axe the feeling that even he could not match Nan Wang, let alone Nan Wang—he might not even be able to match Tianhuo; here, Lanshan Hou's aura was not far from his.

Sanyue was also shocked!

He looked around; it was not a large place, only about the size of a small town, or the territory of a mountain of the Iron-Eating Clan.

Yet this place seemed completely different from the outside world.

Here, it was not the Netherworld domain, but it was not like the Myriad Realms either.

As Sanyue pondered these things, Su Yu smiled and said, "Senior Sanyue, this time it was fortunate that you and Senior Giant Axe came to help; otherwise, I wouldn't have known how to handle it!"

That was just polite talk!

If they hadn't come, it wouldn't have made much difference.

At that time, Su Yu had already used the Sacred Transformation Seal; defeating those people was only a matter of time. What truly could have affected Su Yu's plan this time was actually the Netherworld Emperor.

If he had acted, there would have been a change.

But since he didn't act, everything was within Su Yu's plan.

Without thorough preparation, how would Su Yu dare to act rashly? Since he dared, it meant he was almost ready!

Sanyue quickly said, "Your Majesty Yu is too kind!"

Giant Axe hesitated, thought for a moment, and said nothing.

Su Yu then smiled and said, "Senior Giant Axe, this is our first meeting. I had only heard of your name before, but never seen you. Now that I see you, your strength is truly extraordinary!"

Giant Axe said sheepishly, "Your Majesty Yu's place is full of experts like clouds. I thought..."

Never mind, he didn't finish.

I thought your side was really pitiful.

He then said, "Then... then those people from before, they didn't die?"

He thought they were all dead!

Su Yu smiled and nodded: "Of course not. I just didn't want to become the balance point between the Chaos Clan and the myriad races, so I took the opportunity to bring people away."

"That's good!"

Giant Axe sighed in relief and said, "I was worried that because of saving me, Your Majesty Yu's side would suffer heavy losses, and I felt guilty. Now I'm much more relaxed."

Su Yu chuckled lightly: "Feeling guilty... that's already much better than many! But Senior need not worry. Having the myriad races release Senior was just an attempt. It was because the myriad races hoped Senior could contribute that they were willing to release you."

Then Su Yu smiled and said, "Let's not dwell on this for now. Senior, put this matter aside!"

After speaking, Su Yu looked at Tianhuo. At this moment, Tianhuo had four people with him, all Dao Integration.

A group of five were the outsiders this time.

The others were all dead.

Seeing Su Yu look at him, Tianhuo said solemnly, "Thank you, Your Majesty Yu, for your help!"

Revived!

This time, I’d truly stumbled upon a great bargain—the danger wasn’t too great, though of course, those who faced danger had all perished.

Su Yu looked at them and said calmly, “Spare me the pleasantries; they’re meaningless! You chose to merge your paths with my world, so you must know what that entails. I’m not fond of exchanging empty courtesies with strangers! Here, you and I are bound by a single path—if I fall, you gain nothing; if you fall, you damage my Great Dao’s power!”

Tianhuo said in a deep voice, “I’ve sensed it. Since we’ve chosen to merge into the Emperor’s path—whether out of no alternative, resignation, or gratitude—we will all fight for the Emperor!”

No one spoke of being won over; that was a matter for later.

For now, they were strangers.

Now they had to serve Su Yu!

If they refused, they could sever the path and leave, reverting to the Sun-Moon Realm, and then… die of old age!

Yes, they would surely die!

Their lifespans were calculated as before death—how long could a Sun-Moon cultivator live?

Without Su Yu’s Great Dao power, they couldn’t be accommodated by any other path and would instantly wither and die.

Su Yu smiled. “I like clear-eyed people. I just fear those with blind eyes—that would be troublesome. If anyone dares to haggle with me now, I won’t hesitate to leave some grudges!”

“We wouldn’t dare!”

Tianhuo clasped his hands. On Su Yu’s turf, using his path, to haggle would be sheer folly.

Moreover, who wasn’t awed by Su Yu’s myriad methods?

The Sealed Land—were there not many strong ones there?

And now?

Most were dead!

Su Yu nodded slightly, then looked toward the Sealed Land. Suddenly, he smiled and cupped his hands in that direction. “Congratulations, Emperor of the Dead!”

His voice carried far. In the distance, the Dead Emperor opened his eyes and said calmly, “What joy is there? I should be congratulating Emperor Su instead!”

Su Yu laughed. “Joy there is indeed. This time, many dead spirits have perished, King Nan and the others have revived, and the origin of the Dead River has calmed. I think this is the perfect moment for you, Emperor, to elevate yourself! Even among Rule Masters, there are strong and weak. I suspect you may soon step into the next realm!”

Yes, no one was competing anymore!

Those who competed were either dead or reborn—this was a period of growth for the weaker dead spirits. Now, with the right opportunity, becoming a Dead Spirit Heavenly King, or even a Heavenly Venerate, was not difficult!

On Su Yu’s side, there were still some dead spirits—not everyone had the courage to be reborn, including some who had merged with the Dao.

These people now faced a chance for development.

By this point, Su Yu’s side had pushed its combat power to an extreme.

And he himself had grown far stronger than when he first opened his path, as more and more people merged into his Great Dao, expanding the world he controlled. Now, Su Yu’s own power was rising like a tide.

At this moment, Su Yu had many strong warriors under his command.

Heavenly Venerates: March, Giant Axe, Fat Ball, King Nan

Pseudo-Heavenly Venerates: Tianhuo, Lanshan

Heavenly Kings: Blue Sky, Wan Tiansheng, Great Zhou King, Doubao, Chuinbing, September, Life Emperor, Fire Cloud, Giant Bamboo Marquis, Qi Princess, Hongmeng

Pseudo-Heavenly Kings: Great Qin King, Great Xia King, Floating Earth Spirit, Yingwu, Hou Emperor, June, Space Beast Emperor, Hetu

The pseudo-Heavenly Venerates Tianhuo and Lanshan could barely exert Heavenly King-level power in the outside world, while King Nan could truly unleash Heavenly Venerate-level power. If she were within Su Yu’s world, she might even be able to fight the ancestor of the Prison King lineage.

Such was the harvest!

A tremendous harvest!

If this strength were known abroad, it would be terrifying—likely not much weaker than any other faction.

Blue Sky, in fact, vaguely felt like a Heavenly Venerate, but that fellow kept self-destructing his clones, his injuries healing and worsening in turn. For now, no one knew when he might advance.

Hou Emperor, Floating Earth Spirit, and the others had all merged into Su Yu’s world. Within this world, Floating Earth Spirit, though a latecomer to Dao-joining, had overtaken many because the Five Elements Clan was perfecting his Five Elements Dao.

In this world, those with Heavenly King-level combat power exceeded twenty!

Su Yu glanced around—strong warriors were as numerous as clouds.

He was in a good mood.

Even Tianmie, that fellow, could probably be considered a second-class Dao-joiner in his world. Moreover, enlightenment was simpler here; everyone would have a period of growth, not an abrupt halt.

As for false paths… Su Yu didn’t think his side’s paths were false. It was just that the master of this world was not as strong as the Lord of Time—it had nothing to do with the truth or falsehood of the path.

Among the ancient strong ones still alive, only Dingjun, that unlucky wretch, remained a second-class Dao-joiner, having not merged into Su Yu’s world.

The reason was simple: that fellow stubbornly insisted on merging with the spear path.

Now the spear path was gone. Even the similar halberd path had been taken by Marquis Lanshan, and the staff path by Tianmie. Su Yu felt that this fellow truly couldn’t catch a break—it seemed there was no suitable path left for him.

As Su Yu was thinking, Dingjun himself felt a bit inferior.

Outside, it hadn’t mattered.

Great Qin King and the others were on par with him.

His old friend Yingwu, outside, was his equal.

But once inside… well, he was surrounded by Heavenly Kings, while he alone, pitifully, was pushed back from the first circle by the pressure of these strong warriors.

I’m about to be kicked out of the front ranks!

With Su Yu at the core, more than twenty strong warriors stood in the outer circle. He barely managed to stay in the first circle, but… he felt he’d soon be pushed out.

Seeing Su Yu lost in thought, he couldn’t help but whisper, “Your Majesty, is there any path in this world suitable for me?”

I want to merge with a path!

Earlier, Great Qin King had merged with the spear path faster than him. He thought he could take his time, but in a blink, the halberd and staff paths were gone. What should he do now?

Su Yu squinted and smiled. “You want to merge with a path?”

“Yes!”

Dingjun nodded hurriedly, a bit helpless. “Your Majesty, but… there’s no path suitable for me!”

I want to become a Rule Master too!

If I end up fighting others, won’t that be trouble?

“There is!”

Su Yu laughed. “I told you to merge earlier, but you didn’t. Now you come to me. If I weren’t free, I wouldn’t bother. There’s still a spear-lance path and a spear path—choose one. The spear-lance is hard to master, but the spear isn’t much different from a long lance. Just lengthen your lance a bit. I kept it for you on purpose!”

This last sentence filled Dingjun with joy. Kept for me on purpose?

My face… it’s solid!

Of course, Su Yu was just saying that—no one else had merged yet. He added, “Warriors should merge early, unlike Civilized Masters, who have a wide range of choices. Warriors have far fewer options!”

This was true. The common warrior path was used by many.

With a wave of his hand, Su Yu revealed a path and then ignored Dingjun, letting him figure it out. Merging paths wasn’t new—many had done it before, and Dingjun had watched, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

Su Yu looked at the crowd and smiled. “Strength has been raised to about the limit. Next is the final boost—I’ll shatter and extract the Wild Beast Path to help everyone restore their full physical power! For a short while, there won’t be many opportunities for enlightenment.”

Everyone rejoiced—there was still one more chance!

Following Su Yu, it was like eating three meals a day; not following him, you couldn’t even get one meal in three days!

Su Yu left his own realm behind, staying in that place, leading the others as they flew back. Behind him, Marquis Dingjun was anxious like nothing else, hastily merging with the Dao, shouting as he did so: "Your Majesty, slow down a bit on breaking the path of the Desolate Sky Beast, wait for me!"

Tianmie cackled: "Gone, you go back, there's nothing left!"

Marquis Dingjun cursed under his breath, utterly impatient.

Really!

If I had known earlier, I would have merged with the Dao sooner.

Su Yu couldn't be bothered with him, leading the group as they flew once more toward the sealed land.

Within the sealed land, fifteen pillars of light now stood, only a solitary one remaining.

The Death Spirit Emperor opened his eyes, gazing at Su Yu.

Su Yu looked back at him, smiling: "Earlier, Director Wan agreed on your behalf, to help you break the seal!"

The Death Spirit Emperor said nothing.

Su Yu continued: "Wait a little while, once I finish my current affairs, I'll come to break your seal! Don't worry, it won't be too long, at least faster than for the Martial Emperor, and it saves you from being unsealed now and clashing with my people."

"Emperor Su need not be too hasty."

The Death Spirit Emperor was in no rush, "Sooner or later, it's all the same. Being unsealed now holds no great benefit for me. It's good to calmly contemplate the path of death."

"The Emperor is quite open-minded!"

Su Yu smiled, said no more, and departed with his people.

The group flew toward the Tianyuan Domain.

In the distance, the Martial Emperor seemed to be spying again, peeking from afar. Su Yu vaguely sensed it but ignored him, while the distant Martial Emperor felt a pang of sorrow, wanting to curse!

What the hell!

Lately, the sense of deathly crisis was too obvious. Someone kept muttering that he had fallen, fallen. Was it Su Yu?

If not Su Yu, who was so idle as to keep saying he had fallen all day long?

Was this even human?

He was alive and well!

Now, he no longer fully trusted his crisis intuition. Had he fallen or not?

At this moment, seeing Su Yu leading so many strong beings toward the Tianyuan Domain, his teeth ached. They were growing stronger, more numerous.

Clearly, his own unsealing was imminent, yet... why did it feel more and more dangerous!

It was said that after unsealing, he would beat that brat to death.

But... how could he beat him now?

Su Yu's own strength was now terrifyingly powerful, not to mention the many strong beings under his command.

"Not afraid... after I unseal, I'll be stronger than an ordinary Rule Master!"

Rule Masters had their own ranks, and he was no weakling. Why should he fear Su Yu?

What use were numbers?

Well, numbers seemed decent, at least more heads to kill.

The Martial Emperor amused himself. These days, life was barely livable.

...

Tianyuan Domain.

When March and Giant Axe entered, they were both stunned.

Was this still the Tianyuan Domain?

This was practically a cultivation paradise!

Indeed, their earlier thoughts were all nonsense. March had already seen, in the distance, a massive bamboo mountain covered in bamboo, with countless Iron-Eating Beasts eating, drinking, and sleeping!

Their lives were far more comfortable than his own.

The entire domain was brimming with abundant vitality, picturesque scenery, birdsong, and floral fragrance!

Even the power of rules was overflowing.

They had thought you were living a hard life, but damn, you were the ones truly living like immortals!

So comfortable!

Giant Axe also looked around, silently pursing his lips. Damn, so comfortable!

This place was more comfortable than the human realm.

Who said Su Yu was suffering?

Nonsense!

March seemed to recall something, quickly saying: "Your Majesty, I remember something. This time we descended, it was actually tacitly approved by the myriad races' strong beings. They hoped we would bring Tiangu and the others up, which is why they gave me and Thunderstorm the chance to descend!"

"Lord Giant Bamboo and the others were taken as hostages, right?"

Su Yu chuckled, and March nodded: "Yes, our clansmen up above are all hostages, all over there!"

Su Yu smiled: "Then bring them up! If you don't, Thunderstorm will. Now, Baizhan is itching for a fight up above, while the myriad races fear trouble down below. Sending people up shows that the lower realm has no intention of joining the war."

March nodded slightly, then quickly added: "By the way, there have been some changes up above. In the Chaos Mountain region, two top-tier strong beings suddenly appeared—an eight-winged tiger and a dragon with a broken tail..."

Everyone's expressions turned strange.

Feiqiu muttered: "That tiger actually went up? Will he betray us? And that dragon went up too—we broke his tail. Will he take revenge on us?"

March and Giant Axe were taken aback. Damn!

This was connected to you too?

Su Yu said calmly: "The eight-winged tiger probably won't. The Chaos Dragon is hard to say... but it may not dare. It should have heard the voice of King Wen. Ignore it. Even if it does betray us, so what? Will the myriad races believe it? As long as one side doesn't believe, it doesn't matter. They saw my heavy losses last time. Would they take a Chaos Beast's word seriously?"

Compared to the Chaos race, at least from Su Yu's side, the threat didn't seem too great.

March nodded slightly, then remembered something else. He suddenly took out a large block of ice and said urgently: "This is General Xuelan. What should we do with her?"

Su Yu was surprised: "How did she end up with you?"

Xuelan's physical body had exploded last time. Su Yu had seen it. It wasn't her active self-destruction but an opponent's explosion that forced her body to shatter, and a freezing power sealed her.

This was a form of self-protection. With a glance, Su Yu knew the seal was not weak—ordinary Celestial Lords would find it hard to break.

How did she end up with March?

Su Yu had thought she was taken by the Chaos race.

March briefly explained. Giant Axe hesitated but still said: "Xuelan is the daughter of the Snow King, his legitimate daughter. The Snow King may not have fallen. Saving Xuelan... might still be useful. And Xuelan is not a bad person..."

Last time, he and several strong beings were captured together.

As a result, Nanxi and the others followed Baizhan, while he came to Su Yu's side, and Xuelan sealed herself.

Su Yu smiled: "She's disobedient!"

Giant Axe said sheepishly: "She... she's not too familiar with Emperor Yu. Self-destruction... that means death. I think... maybe it's still because they're not familiar. Once they get to know each other, it'll be fine!"

Su Yu nodded slightly and said with a faint smile, “True! But even if we’re not close… Elder Giant Axe, I ask you: in ancient times, if you were under King Wu’s command and were transferred to King Wen’s, when the great battle began, would you dare disobey orders on the battlefield?”

Su Yu said coldly, “This isn’t about closeness. I am the master; they are soldiers! I am the current Human Sovereign. Since that’s the case, I saved their lives, and if I lead them to battle, orders must be obeyed without question! If I order them to charge and serve as a suicide squad, they must do so! It’s that simple!”

“That is a military command, not a matter of personal favor. Elder Giant Axe, do you understand my meaning?”

Su Yu glanced around, looking at Tianhuo and the others, and said coldly, “In daily life, laughter and anger are fine! But on the battlefield, you are soldiers, troops! I am the master, and on the battlefield, there will only be one voice!”

“If I say self-destruct, then self-destruct. If you trust me, do it; if you don’t… you still must do it. Not doing so is disobeying military orders!”

The crowd shuddered.

At that moment, Great Qin King interjected, “Of course! On the battlefield, orders must be obeyed without question—this must be done in any era! On the battlefield, there is no room for personal feelings or the right to choose tasks. You must go when you can, and you must go when you cannot! Now is wartime; the wartime military system is mandatory, regardless of strength!”

Marquis Giant Axe looked a bit embarrassed.

Then Su Yu turned to Giant Axe and smiled, “However… Elder Giant Axe traveled thousands of miles to come here for the first time, and despite knowing my strength is greatly diminished, you still came to aid. So, Elder Giant Axe, I can grant you a favor!”

Su Yu smiled, “As for Snow King’s gratitude, it’s unnecessary. I don’t need it! I care nothing for such things!”

“Elder Giant Axe, the rescue and unsealing of Xuelan this time will be credited to you!”

Giant Axe looked even more awkward, “This…”

Su Yu smiled, “Elder, say no more. Tell me, will you save her or not? If not, then keep her frozen, and later find a chance to toss her out. It’s not right to leave her here forever! Or perhaps you’d like to keep the ice chunk as a collection yourself!”

Giant Axe grew even more helpless. Credit to me?

I… I’m not that close with Xuelan.

But if it’s credited to me, does that mean I owe another life?

How annoying.

He glanced again at the frozen Xuelan. Su Yu added, “This time is also a chance for recovery. I will cleave the Path of the Desolate Beast, using its physical power to help everyone recover. If she isn’t unsealed now, even if she recovers later, restoring her physical body… might be possible with Baizhan, but otherwise, it will be difficult!”

Right, Giant Axe remembered!

Xuelan’s physical body had also been shattered. If she didn’t recover now, it would indeed be hard later.

Thinking this, Giant Axe bared his teeth and said, “Then… then I beg the Yu Emperor to save her. Though Xuelan and I aren’t very close, Snow King… is still quite beautiful!”

“…”

The crowd was stunned by this sudden remark.

What does that mean?

We thought you had feelings for Xuelan, but no—you actually have feelings for her mother?

Nearby, Marquis Huoyun couldn’t hold back and grumbled, “Giant Axe, are you also setting your sights on Snow King?”

He grimaced, “Is there some gossip between Snow King and King Wu?”

Giant Axe scolded, “Nonsense! Even if King Wu had intentions, Snow King wouldn’t entertain them. Snow King is a pure and virtuous woman!”

Damn!

The crowd cursed inwardly. What gossip?

How did King Wu get dragged into this?

Now someone grew curious. Tianmie said dazedly, “Could Xuelan be King Wu’s daughter?”

“Bullshit!”

Giant Axe shook his head, “Rubbish! Of course not. Xuelan was born before Snow King became a king. I even know Xuelan’s father; I’ve met him a few times. Of course, he’s quite ancient. Huoyun might know him.”

Marquis Huoyun nodded; he did know him, but couldn’t help saying, “He died rather early. Xuelan was born more than thirty years after his death.”

“…”

The crowd’s eyes grew even more strange. What a huge scandal!

But Giant Axe said helplessly, “Nonsense! Back then, we were still in the midst of war. Snow King froze the pregnancy process. You know that, Huoyun. Why bring up such irrelevant things? Are you deliberately stirring up trouble?”

For the strong, who said you had to give birth the same year you conceived? If you didn’t want to, you could seal it first and give birth when you wanted!

He defended himself a few times, and the crowd understood, nodding one after another.

They said no more.

But their eyes were all very strange.

Could Marquis Giant Axe really have feelings for Snow King?

This guy really kept it hidden well!

No wonder he was so eager to unseal Xuelan—he wanted to be her father!

Su Yu, however, just smiled and said nothing more. He reached out, grabbed the ice block into his hand, examined it carefully, and said with a smile, “This path of freezing is quite interesting. Under normal circumstances, it’s hard to break, but it’s not a bad way to preserve life!”

As he spoke, a strange flame emerged from his hand, different from ordinary flames—somewhat piercingly cold.

The flame rose, and the ice gradually thawed.

After a moment, a sphere of light appeared. The next instant, General Xuelan condensed into human form. She looked at Su Yu, somewhat surprised.

Su Yu… here?

Then where am I?

She swept her gaze around, astonished inwardly. Where did so many strong people come from? And those who had self-destructed last time—they were all still alive!

Su Yu didn’t give her a chance to speak. He said coldly, “Elder Giant Axe asked me to unseal you and restore your physical body. From now on, you will follow Elder Giant Axe. In return, Elder Giant Axe will serve me!”

Xuelan was extremely surprised. Marquis Giant Axe said awkwardly, “No, no, it’s all the Yu Emperor’s generosity!”

Su Yu smiled, “Enough, it’s a small matter! I will soon channel the Path of the Desolate Beast. Everyone will restore their physical bodies. Xuelan, you will recover too!”

Though Xuelan was still full of questions, this didn’t seem like a good time to ask.

Where was this place?

The human realm?

Was the human realm like this?

She vaguely felt it wasn’t, but if not the human realm, then where?

So many strong people!

Last time, she had communicated with Yingwu and the others; she hadn’t heard of so many strong people. And how long had she been sealed?

Why did it seem that those who had self-destructed last time had all grown much stronger?

A hundred years?

A thousand years?

For a moment, Xuelan didn’t know how much time had passed.

…

At that moment, Su Yu walked to the spot where he had previously channeled the great path and dug a pit in the River of Time.

From here, he could channel the Path of the Desolate Beast.

The Path of the Desolate Beast had been sealed by King Wen, then given to Great Qin King and the others. Now, it was masterless again.

He also wanted to see what Xingyue had left for him.

A drop of blood surfaced in Su Yu's hand—the blood of the Desolate Beast, a trace saved earlier. Now, as he activated it, a surge of primeval power emerged, and a Great Dao faintly took shape.

By now, Su Yu's understanding and insight into the Great Dao had deepened; even if the Desolate Beast's Dao was not here, drawing it over would be the same.

After a moment, Su Yu opened the Heavenly Gate once more and saw a strand of Dao power spreading toward him!

Soon, the power of the Dao extended down through the opening.

Su Yu reached out and grabbed, tearing the void apart!

The next moment, he stepped into the River of Time.

Before long, he spotted the tributary of the Desolate Beast.

Su Yu stepped into the tributary. As he entered, a resistance first met him, but it quickly faded. Su Yu sensed it and smiled—this was sealed by the power of his own Life-and-Death Dao, which posed no obstacle to him, though it would be troublesome for others trying to delve deeper.

As he entered, he was momentarily stunned.

Such dense vitality! Such dense physical power!

"Where did this come from?"

Strange!

Even if Xingyue had revived and taken command of the Life Dao, she had only just revived, not long ago. How could she have so much physical power and vitality?

And not the wild kind—this was tamed, domesticated!

That made it even stranger!

"Could it be left over from before?"

Su Yu could only guess. He hadn't expected Xingyue to go find Baizhan and the others, draining their vitality and physical power.

Su Yu smiled. Well, it was fine!

He needed physical power badly now, and he had worried that one Desolate Beast's power wouldn't be enough. Now, it was more than sufficient.

As for vitality, it was indeed excellent—could heal wounds, strengthen the body, enhance life force, restore lifespan… but Su Yu didn't pay it much mind. Xingyue might have left it to help restore his lifespan.

But he didn't really need it!

Su Yu felt that if he could improve, he would surely break through within ten years!

Then, he could naturally recover.

If he couldn't improve, in ten years… it probably wouldn't take that long before he fell. Lifespan didn't really matter; ten years was more than enough!

Three years was more than enough!

"Besides, once my own Life Dao grows strong, it can naturally replenish my lifespan!"

Lifespan was a good thing, and some old-timers might need it.

After all, nearing the limit of one's lifespan could cause a decline in condition!

"Great Axe, Third Moon, Fire Cloud… these people are all advanced in years. Absorbing some vitality would let them recover better and reach a peak state!"

And the newly revived Southern King and the others also needed it.

After revival, their vitality wasn't abundant.

That was fine!

Su Yu smiled. The power Xingyue had left was exactly what they needed now, saving him a lot of trouble. Everyone should be able to recover fully!

"It seems her memory has indeed recovered a lot…"

Su Yu chuckled, a little puzzled. Xingyue had lived for hundreds of thousands of years and been a dead spirit for countless ages. In just these few years, could she really remember?

But on second thought… probably yes.

What could you do? She'd been holed up for hundreds of thousands of years, seemingly just tending flowers and plants. Even in life, she might have been the same. For such a recluse, you couldn't guess that her memory held anything besides planting flowers and grass.

"Terrifyingly reclusive!"

Su Yu shook his head and stopped thinking. The next moment, he let out a low shout and suddenly threw a punch, striking the Desolate Beast's Great Dao until it trembled violently!

Su Yu intended to forcibly split this Dao and let all its power spill out!

Other Daos either had masters or were fused with someone; a forceful attack would mean a fight to the death.

But this Dao—Su Yu knew it well—was completely unclaimed. Punching a hole in it, no one would interfere.

…

Boom!

Heaven collapsed, earth sank!

A great hole suddenly appeared in the sky. Su Yu stepped out from it, followed by countless streams of physical power and vitality. Su Yu laughed, "Restore your bodies! The older generation, strengthen your vitality!"

No one needed his instructions; they all began to absorb this mighty physical power!

The Great Qin King and the others devoured it at lightning speed.

Especially the Great Qin King and the Great Xia King, who had already mastered this Dao. Now, as physical power overflowed, the two of them absorbed it frantically.

Meanwhile, Su Yu's eyes flickered as he looked at some people in the distance and smiled, "Great Jin King, Great Chu King… see if you can seize this chance to draw more physical power and directly advance to Dao Fusion!"

These former human lords of domains hadn't yet advanced!

The few of them exchanged glances. Suddenly, the Great Jin King called out loudly, "Your Majesty, after we absorb physical power and advance to Dao Fusion, may we carry that physical power and merge it into Your Majesty's world, opening a Physical Dao, and together forge a new Physical Dao?"

Su Yu looked at them and smiled, nodding. "You may, but… do you have to create a Physical Dao just like the Time Dao?"

"We… are warriors!"

The few of them sighed. They didn't want to, but they were warriors, and warriors were destined to have strong bodies!

The Weapon Dao had already been snatched up by those bastards. They had no choice—so they would forge a new Physical Dao!

At worst, they would become kings through the body!

Su Yu smiled and nodded. At that moment, these former human lords of domains who hadn't yet switched Daos all began to draw physical power and advance!

After advancing, they had no interest in going to the human realm to compete with Baizhan for the Physical Dao. Instead, they would directly merge into Su Yu's Dao, forge a new Physical Dao, and become the founders of that path for a time!

In an instant, the number of Dao Fusion experts increased by several!

The others also began to recover their bodies rapidly.

Su Yu's external world expanded once more. The strength of the multitude was Su Yu's strength; they were perfecting his Dao.

Rising without lifting a finger!

Thus, Su Yu's combat power reached a peak. The Great Qin King and the Great Xia King, now that their bodies were fully restored, seemed on the verge of stepping into a stronger realm.

Could these two become false Heavenly Lords ahead of time?

If so, they would be Heavenly Kings in the outside world!

Su Yu felt a faint anticipation, hoping these people would grow even stronger!

Best if they all became Heavenly Lords, becoming the rulers of the rules within his Dao. Even if their power was downgraded, it would be enough to suppress the myriad realms as they were now!

"Protect the Heavenly Monitor Marquis. My side will eventually become the strongest!"

Yes, protect the Skyward Marquis!

At that moment, Su Yu suddenly had this thought—yes, since I’ve separated myself from the Path of Time, I don’t expect to kill the Skyward Marquis, but I can let my subordinates advance to Lords of Rules!

I must protect him!

If the Skyward Marquis does not die, my side will eventually become the strongest!

He watched the others recovering, calculated for a moment, and sighed: “It’s been over a month since I left the human realm!”

So long!

I’ve already given up the human realm for over a month—how fast time flies.

Nearby, Fat Ball, who didn’t need to restore his physical form, glanced at Su Yu with a strange expression and wagged his tail.

Over a month… is that long?

I’ve been watering flowers for over a hundred thousand years!

Why, hearing Su Yu’s sigh, do I suddenly feel that over a month is also quite long!

PS: The third chapter will be between 10 and 11 PM.

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