Chapter 848: You Were Born When I Was Already Old

The Land of Dao Origin.

Su Yu came again.

This time, he was openly and legitimately here to pluck wool—no, to save the Human Emperor!

The Human Emperor was too pitiful!

Even if he wanted to merge his own world, it was difficult; one misstep and he would be burst to death. To keep the Human Emperor alive, Su Yu had no choice but to help him weaken his world.

Su Yu stepped into the Land of Dao Origin, walking as he spoke: "A strong man like the Human Emperor doesn't want to be weakened. Even if he dies, he still wants to create two first-class beings—that's unnecessary!"

Su Yu shook his head: "Others' paths are, after all, just others'! A elite like the Human Emperor, given time, even if weakened, can still rise again. But he can't bear to cut off his own arm, or rather, he didn't dare before, and he doesn't dare now!"

The Human Emperor actually knew he could be saved, but the burden was too great.

Success came from the path of responsibility, and failure came from it too.

His Human Emperor path, barring accidents, was likely tied to responsibility; the path influencing the world was inevitable.

The Great Zhou King listened half-understanding, but roughly grasped Su Yu's meaning, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty means that the Human Emperor can still be saved?"

He won't die?

"Nonsense!"

Su Yu laughed: "A strong man like this, unless killed instantly, doesn't die so easily! The Human Emperor kept saying he would die because he bore the heavy burden of responsibility. But don't you think about who is saving him now?"

The Great Zhou King looked at Su Yu, who said calmly: "What are you looking at? Am I, Su Yu, not as good as the Human Emperor? I've gotten through harder times than this, let alone now? At worst, I'll return to the myriad realms, lie low, and wait for the Three Gates to open. I don't believe the strong inside the Three Gates are of one mind? How could figures from three eras be united!"

"So I'm here—what's he worried about? Nothing to worry about!"

The Human Emperor feared being weakened too much, thinking it better to give birth to two first-class rule masters. But in Su Yu's eyes, even if the Human Emperor was weakened to second-class, he was still stronger than two first-class!

Thus, his thoughts were actually different from the Human Emperor's.

The Human Emperor couldn't bear to have his world's power drained, which would weaken his world. But Su Yu didn't care—if the world weakened, so be it; what's the big deal?

As long as the world's foundation remained, there was hope for a comeback!

A figure like the Human Emperor,

daring to start over, would not rise slowly.

It was time to travel light!

Why bear such a heavy burden? Making trouble for oneself, always saying "I'm about to die"—Su Yu thought the Human Emperor was acting like a woman, annoying!

When Su Yu said this, the Great Zhou King's face turned purple.

Acting like a woman?

If the Human Emperor heard that, he'd have to fight Su Yu even if it cost his life—who dared call him a woman?

Su Yu continued: "So my plan is to drain the power from his world, collapse part of it, keep the most essential part, and start over! Then, when he merges with the world, he can reshape his body however he wants, even turn into a woman if he likes!"

"Your Majesty..."

The Great Zhou King looked troubled: "Don't say that, please—he was my old master!

I'm in a difficult position!

If I weren't no match for you now, I'd have to fight you!"

Su Yu chuckled, unconcerned, and went on: "I'll drain most of the path power from his world into mine, leaving the source untouched. As for his Human Emperor path..."

Su Yu said quickly: "When I go back, I'll also drain the power from his Human Emperor path, extracting its strength. That way, both sides will be weakened. Then I'll let him merge with the world or the path. Once stable, I'll merge the Human Emperor path back into his world for an enhancement..."

That was Su Yu's plan.

The Great Zhou King frowned slightly: "Will the Human Emperor... agree? This would waste the world and path that could have produced two first-class beings."

"You're all like women!"

Su Yu cursed, annoyed: "Hesitating and wavering! Do I, Su Yu, care about those two first-class beings? As long as the Human Emperor doesn't die, his existence is worth more than two first-class—don't you understand that?"

Su Yu grew impatient: "I'm just telling you, not asking you to decide. The Human Emperor has no say either! Now that he's crippled, I call the shots. If he doesn't listen, I'll smash his world!"

"Alright!"

The Great Zhou King immediately shut up. He knew Su Yu's temper—if Su Yu insisted on doing this, then it had to be done.

As for the Human Emperor... well, the Human Emperor had a good nature; he wasn't indecisive, but he rarely refused his own people and often favored his own strong. If Su Yu forced him, the Human Emperor probably wouldn't refuse... or would just not refuse.

...

Su Yu ignored the Great Zhou King, directly tore open the void, and entered the Human Emperor's world path.

He headed straight for the end of the Human Emperor's path of responsibility. Seeing the river still flowing, Su Yu said nothing. Strands of path power quickly spread out, sealing the gap!

He had to block that gap first!

Since the Human Emperor was already crippled, why keep such a big gap?

Better to strip his world entirely!

Just as Su Yu sealed the gap, the path seemed to sense something and trembled slightly.

"Who?"

Bang!

Su Yu punched out, the path trembled, and the voice that had just sounded vanished instantly—gone!

The Great Zhou King's mouth fell open!

Damn!

Is this how you persuade the Human Emperor?

...

At the same time.

In the gathering place, the Human Emperor, who was in seclusion maintaining his sea of will, suddenly trembled and spat out: "Damn!"

What was Su Yu doing?

He had gone back, entered his world—what was he up to?

He only wanted to ask a question, say hello, but that madman Su Yu suddenly punched him, destroying that bit of willpower and nearly affecting his healing.

"Crazy!"

The Human Emperor was exasperated. He had roamed the world for countless years—wasn't he this kid's senior?

So disrespectful?

He wanted to complain, but then thought, forget it—he didn't care about that world anymore. Let Su Yu do as he pleased!

The key was, what was Su Yu doing?

At this moment, the Human Emperor didn't quite understand what Su Yu intended.

It seemed he was sealing the gap in his world!

The land of the Dao’s origin.

The Great Zhou King opened his mouth, but for a long moment, no words came. Meanwhile, Su Yu continued to mend that enormous rift, endlessly weaving the power of chaos to patch it, to seal it—but this rift was truly too vast!

Su Yu couldn’t help but curse under his breath. Back then, when you opened such a huge gap, did you really think your world would expand quickly?

Ha!

It was doomed from the start, all for nothing—you tore open such a massive hole, and now it won’t even close properly!

Su Yu kept weaving chaos power, repairing the rift. The walls of the River of Time were made of chaos force; he had done this once before, so he had some experience. But the Heavenly River’s mouth was indeed too large. Even though his strength was far greater now than back then, the torrent of river water crashing against him still wore him down. He cursed again: “Might as well have let someone blow it up last time!”

“Your Majesty, are you trying to seal this rift?”

The Great Zhou King spoke. Su Yu, struck by a thought, turned his head and said, “Go! Go to the far end, call Blue Sky, and connect the Human Sovereign’s Great Path to my world. I’ll draw some power from over there!”

“This…”

“Hurry!”

Su Yu barked. The Great Zhou King sighed inwardly. Damn it, I just wanted to say I don’t want to deal with that freak Blue Sky.

Last time, he disgusted me to no end!

Forget it. Su Yu probably didn’t want to hear his excuses anyway. Besides, it was best not to let Su Yu know about that. Hopefully, those bastards didn’t record it last time—otherwise, Su Yu would definitely demand the footage!

Whoever recorded me, I will have my revenge!

The Great Zhou King hardened his resolve. Yes, revenge!

Let that matter be buried.

Soon, the Great Zhou King left the place to find Blue Sky. Blue Sky was more useful than Liu Hong—at least in this situation, far more so.

Meanwhile, Su Yu continued repairing the massive rift.

He patched it bit by bit. This was only possible in the Ten Thousand Realms; if he were still in the upper reaches, he wouldn’t have had this much time to waste.

He worked swiftly, and the enormous rift began to shrink.

The force of the river’s impact was no longer as terrifying to Su Yu as before. He could endure it without needing the Human Sovereign’s Star Universe Seal.

“The Human Sovereign has the Human Sovereign Seal, hailed as the foremost divine artifact of the heavens… Perhaps I can use it as a foundation.”

Su Yu calculated constantly. “Also, the power of this world cannot go to waste. It’s been purified by the Human Sovereign’s realm, but it doesn’t suit me. I’ll draw a little and leave the rest for others.”

The reason was simple: the Human Sovereign’s world power was saturated with the Dao of Responsibility.

Strictly speaking, the Human Sovereign’s path was a trap!

Like the Human Mountain—it was merely the physical vessel of the Human Sovereign, but it had long influenced those who dwelled upon it. Over time, everyone came to see humanity as their burden. Su Yu had known this for ages; that was why the myriad races had avoided occupying the Human Mountain before.

Later, when the myriad races wanted to gather, they chose the Human Mountain because it was indestructible and hard to breach.

The same went for the Human Sovereign’s world power—it would subtly influence those who absorbed it. Even the pseudo-Dao experts of old, after prolonged exposure, would grow fond of humanity.

This stuff was poison.

At least for Su Yu, it was. The contagion was severe!

“This power is perfect for the myriad-race experts who recently defected. The Great Zhou King and his ilk should absorb some. Even the Martial Sovereign ought to take more…”

Su Yu schemed. I’ll take only a little; let them have the rest.

Soon, a harmonious family would be forged.

All for one, one for all!

The Human Sovereign’s world… Su Yu had to hand it to him. No wonder the Literary King had fled from it!

If it were me, I’d flee too. Terrifying!

It wasn’t that the Human Sovereign himself was a saint—it was that he believed everyone else should be saints too. That was the real horror.

With this thought, once Blue Sky connected his Great Path to the Human Sovereign’s, Su Yu swiftly manipulated the world, drawing a massive amount of the Human Sovereign’s power. Most of it, he funneled directly into his Physical Body Dao.

As long as it didn’t disperse throughout the entire world, Su Yu would still be affected, but the influence would be diluted. For those cultivating the Physical Body Dao, however, it would not.

…

At that very moment.

In the gathering place.

The Martial Sovereign, who was fusing the Physical Body Dao, suddenly twitched. He turned his head to look at the few people chatting behind him and frowned. “Alright, enough talk. Focus on cultivation. None of you have improved your strength, yet you waste time chatting? Wu Ji, if you have questions, ask me. You walk the Martial Path, similar to mine…”

“…”

The whole place went silent!

Had he gone mad?

Wu Ji looked terrified. What was wrong with the Martial Sovereign?

The Martial Sovereign himself shook his head slightly, a bad feeling rising in his heart. He wanted to curse. Damn it, what’s wrong with me?

Why should I bother with Wu Ji?

Why should I care about them?

Only a fool would bother with these bastards. Let them live or die. I’ll just follow Su Yu, reach the First Rank, and then go take revenge on Tai Mountain… Wait, Tai Mountain is also human. Do I really have to kill him?

The next moment, he was horrified. Damn it, Tai Mountain is my archenemy! Of course I want revenge!

What the hell?

He was terrified, though deep down he understood the situation. But thinking was one thing; soon, another thought crept in: Why bother? We’re all human, let’s not be so harsh…

“What the hell?”

The Martial Sovereign cursed inwardly, but he also felt that the Physical Body Dao had grown stronger. Amazing!

He felt that if he fully fused the Physical Body Dao, he would definitely be stronger than before he severed his path.

Could Su Yu really turn the Physical Body Dao into a First-Rank Great Path?

Then he might have hope of reaching the First Rank!

As these thoughts churned, he saw Wu Ji’s terrified expression and snapped, “What are you looking at! You stupid insect! Come here, I’ll explain the Martial Path to you!”

“…”

Wu Ji grew even more frightened and shot pleading looks at the others. They all returned a look that said, Go ahead. He won’t kill you. At worst, he’ll chat with you about life… But if you don’t go, none of us can afford to offend the Martial Sovereign!

Wu Ji was helpless. His path was indeed very similar to the Martial Sovereign’s, but… he didn’t want to learn from him. Would the Martial Sovereign even teach him sincerely? With that temper, teaching was the last thing he’d do!

He was utterly depressed!

Behind him, someone was laughing smugly. The moment that person smiled, the Martial Sovereign glared and roared, “You big monkey! You come too! I’m skilled in all weapon Daos, so you’d better listen!”

Tian Mie stood dumbfounded. I… I don’t want to!

Just as he was about to refuse, the Martial Sovereign snarled, “If you dare refuse, I’ll slap you dead right now! Big monkey, do you think you can match me?”

After cursing Tian Mie, the Martial Sovereign cursed himself again. Damn it, why am I bothering with this big monkey?

I'm sick!

But looking at them today, I suddenly felt a frustration like iron not turning into steel—each one wasting time, good-for-nothings!

If this continues, how can they face everyone, face the race, face the Emperor of the Universe?

"Hmm?"

The Martial Emperor shook his head, a chill running down his spine. Damn, Su Yu's path—after merging, could it passively make him think Su Yu is amazing?

Hell, no wonder I felt something was off, terrifying!

Meanwhile, far away, the Human Emperor, who was in seclusion healing, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the Martial Emperor. He vaguely saw wisps of power leaking out. The next moment, he opened his mouth, speechless for a long time.

This... Su Yu, that bastard, is he extracting my world's power?

This Martial Emperor is clearly being influenced by some of my world's power!

"Not bad either..."

The Human Emperor glanced, thought for a moment, and nodded. It was still acceptable. The Martial Emperor, a man with no sense of good or evil, no right or wrong, acting willfully and fiercely, now receiving some of my Great Way's influence isn't a bad thing.

The Human Emperor nodded slightly. Not bad!

My Great Way—I wouldn't normally preach or pass it on to just anyone. For you, Martial Emperor, to hear the rhythm of my Great Way, consider yourself lucky!

But was Su Yu's earlier move to extract my world's power meant to brainwash... ahem, civilize the Martial Emperor?

Brainwashing—the Human Emperor wouldn't admit to that.

This is called civilizing!

The Martial Emperor, a barbarian ignorant of etiquette, being civilized a bit isn't bad. My Great Way's power won't make him lose his nature. His character remains what it was, but he'll gain a sense of responsibility toward his own people and the human race.

He'll feel that he must save everyone.

Hmm... this isn't brainwashing; it's civilization.

"Extracting my world's power... that guy really dares to do it... I hope he doesn't take too much, or else my successor won't be able to inherit the first-class power!"

Thinking this, he couldn't help but want to curse.

This Su Yu is really too much. He didn't even ask me before extracting my world's power. In my prime, I'd punch you to bits!

Forget it. I'm old, my temper has mellowed, and I'm about to kick the bucket. Extract away, take it all into your world if you want. I won't need it anyway!

...

Meanwhile, Su Yu didn't care about any of that.

To be fair, the Human Emperor's world, accumulated over the years, had absorbed an immense amount of Great Way power, and it was incredibly pure!

At this moment, in the distance, Su Yu's world was expanding.

He had also absorbed a fair share of the Human Emperor's world power.

As for the path of responsibility, it didn't affect Su Yu much. On one hand, he was very strong; on the other, responsibility is something everyone has—just varying degrees. Su Yu's sense of responsibility toward humanity was already strong, so the Human Emperor's slight influence was almost negligible.

With a thunderous roar, at this moment, the entire Tianhe Estuary was directly sealed by Su Yu!

And now, the Human Emperor's world trembled.

Having severed its connection to the River of Time, his world became unstable, quickly showing signs of collapse. From the outside, the bridge-like river was crumbling!

A massive amount of rule power spilled out!

Just then, Su Yu's world shook and rapidly enveloped the Human Emperor's world, compressing it. The radiation range of the Source Land was instantly shrunk. The originally enormous world was compressed to the size of a small city in the blink of an eye.

And Su Yu continued to compress!

After the Human Emperor's world severed its connection, it became extremely unstable.

At that moment, a force of life and death spread, and Xingyue's voice echoed: "My brother says, are you crazy? What's wrong with you, going berserk like this? Stop messing around and hurry up!"

"Don't bother with him. You go back immediately. Don't let this spread and affect the flow of time!"

Fine. Xingyue delivered the message and quickly vanished.

Su Yu kept compressing the Human Emperor's world until it was only the size of a small town, unable to compress further. Only then did he stop.

Soon, Su Yu stepped out of the Great Way.

Looking around, he saw that the Human Emperor's world was now heavily suppressed by his own world, occupying an extremely small area.

Su Yu laughed!

This was good!

But the internal power was still very strong—that wasn't good.

"Keep extracting!"

His world rapidly drew power from the Human Emperor's world.

The Human Emperor's world lacked some foundational elements. Just then, Su Yu suddenly took out an object—the cover of the Civilization Chronicle, which was also the Human Emperor's Great Way Diagram!

Su Yu exhaled. Returning the item to its rightful owner!

"Merge!"

With a low shout, a page floated out and instantly fused into the world. The Great Way Diagram was restored, immediately stabilizing the Human Emperor's world.

But that wasn't enough!

At this moment, Su Yu shouted, "Jian Tian!"

Jian Tian Hou appeared instantly, his aura not weak. Su Yu said gravely, "Draw one-fifth of my world's luck and merge it into this place!"

Jian Tian Hou's expression changed slightly.

In the distance, the Great Zhou King also showed a slight change in expression. What was Su Yu doing?

Su Yu said calmly, "Hurry!"

His luck was extremely prosperous!

But in truth, much of it was inherited from ancient times, including what Jian Tian Hou had merged. Su Yu had actually seized a great deal of ancient luck; otherwise, the Human Emperor wouldn't have been so unlucky.

However, in the previous battle, the Human Emperor had been quite unfortunate. If his luck had been truly strong, his physical body might not have been completely ruined.

Seizing ancient luck—Su Yu hadn't cared about this before.

Now, he vaguely understood something: it was because the Human Emperor had allowed him to seize the ancient luck. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for him.

But now, the Human Emperor's luck was poor. If this continued, he would eventually suffer misfortune, or even die.

Su Yu wasn't giving much—just one-fifth!

His luck was extremely abundant, including that of the Giant Clan, his own, ancient times, modern humanity, the strong who supported him, and even the luck of myriad races he had plundered. Every major victory was a plunder of luck.

Even one-fifth was no small amount.

At this moment, Jian Tian Hou's aura was actually quite strong.

He vaguely seemed to be approaching the second-class level. He was the gathering point of Su Yu's world's luck; the stronger the luck, the stronger he was.

Hearing Su Yu say he wanted to share luck, he said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Universe, this..."

Su Yu said coldly, "Hurry. I am the master of this world. You... just obey the order!"

The Heaven-Watching Marquis sighed, said no more, and swiftly peeled off a portion of fortune. At that moment, the power of fortune, like a golden dragon, roared once and flew instantly toward the Human Sovereign's realm, merging into it in the blink of an eye!

And at that moment, the Human Sovereign's realm trembled; the previously ethereal power of the realm quickly solidified.

A long dragon of fortune roared within his realm.

Su Yu watched coldly from the sidelines. Soon, he raised an eyebrow slightly, and at once, the power of his realm spread out. The phantom of Xingyue, who had just left, reappeared, looking bewildered: "What?"

You told me to leave, so why call me back?

"Tell the Human Sovereign to toss out his Human Sovereign Seal, including the Xingyu Seal, and be quick about it!"

"What for?"

"Why bother with that... Fine, I need a stool. I'll use this thing as a stool, alright?"

Xingyue was speechless!

Knowing Su Yu had a purpose, she asked no more and quickly vanished.

...

The gathering place.

As soon as Xingyue finished speaking, the Human Sovereign frowned!

He vaguely understood what Su Yu was doing!

He frowned and said, "This fellow, acting recklessly..."

Xingyue was merely the messenger. Seeing her brother angry, she couldn't help but say, "Just give it to him. You don't want it anymore, and you can't use it now. Don't you want him to be the next Human Sovereign? Then give him the seal. Are you going to hoard it?"

"..."

The Human Sovereign's nose was twisted with anger!

Nonsense!

And what do you mean by hoarding?

This is mine to begin with, alright? What do you know?

He immediately said, "You don't understand..."

Xingyue said indifferently, "It doesn't matter if I don't understand. Su Yu understands. Can't you just give it to him?"

My heart is so tired!

The Human Sovereign wanted to cry!

Are you still my sister?

Whose side are you on?

"No, he wants to..."

"He's not a bad person!"

Xingyue said angrily, "Brother, if this is gone, does it affect you?"

"..."

It seems not.

The Human Sovereign didn't even say it, but Xingyue saw and said, "See, it doesn't affect you, yet you still don't want to give it. Brother, are you reluctant to part with power? You've gotten used to being the Human Sovereign, and now transferring authority, you're unhappy?"

"..."

The Human Sovereign wanted to just beat her to death!

"Brother, hurry up! A moment here is a long time over there!"

"..."

My heart is too tired. I can't take it. I want to die.

Pressured by Xingyue with no way out, the Human Sovereign gritted his teeth and tossed the two seals into the river. The seals, carried by Su Yu's realm power, swiftly flowed downstream.

The Human Sovereign couldn't help but mutter, "He's completely reckless!"

"He's saving you, and you don't even appreciate it!"

Xingyue muttered. She wasn't stupid; she had actually been there twice before and had seen Su Yu's realm with her own eyes. She knew Su Yu was probably trying to save her brother, which was why she quickly provoked her older brother into handing over the seals!

Su Yu was saving her own brother!

The Human Sovereign's expression changed slightly. He looked at Xingyue: "You figured it out?"

Somewhat surprised!

Xingyue looked displeased. "Nonsense, I'm not an idiot. Besides, Su Yu doesn't get up early without profit. He must have a reason for doing that. Add to that your attitude, and thinking from Su Yu's perspective, I could roughly guess, couldn't I?"

Was it that hard?

Speechless!

Her own brother, was he looking down on her?

Xingyue's face darkened: "Is it strange that I figured it out? Such simple things, and you think I couldn't see them? You never trust me. And when I said before that my subordinate would come to save you, you didn't believe me. Now do you believe?"

"..."

The Human Sovereign had no words to reply. Those words sounded truly sad!

As he was thinking, his expression suddenly changed.

...

At the same time, Su Yu's realm shook as he pulled the two seals out of the long river.

Too lazy to look at Great Zhou King's egg-shaped mouth, Su Yu let out a low roar and threw a punch. Countless rule powers trembled, instantly grinding the Xingyu Seal to dust. A vast force overflowed and surged into the Human Sovereign's realm, helping it stabilize.

And the Human Sovereign Seal also fell into his realm. Su Yu's myriad great paths spread out, beginning to sort out the internal paths of the Human Sovereign's great path.

He intended to use the Human Sovereign Seal as the foundation of the Human Sovereign's realm!

To make the entire realm similar to his own, with something at one end to stabilize it, so that the previous reliance on the River of Time would no longer occur.

In this way, the expansion speed of the Human Sovereign's realm would slow down, but it would be extremely suitable for the Human Sovereign at this moment.

Su Yu had already planned it all for the Human Sovereign: just merge into your own realm, then sever the Human Sovereign's great path, and then merge into the realm, expanding your realm. In this way, the new Human Sovereign's realm would suit you much better than before.

As for whether the Human Sovereign agrees... what do I care!

I've arranged it for you. If you don't agree, your Human Sovereign Seal and Xingyu Seal will all be destroyed, and your realm will be pulled out of the River of Time by me.

You figure it out yourself!

The Human Sovereign is an honest man. An honest man should just obediently wait for arrangements.

At this moment, the Human Sovereign's realm quickly began to stabilize.

The Human Sovereign Seal at one end was immensely powerful, capable of suppressing the entire realm, even more stable than Su Yu's realm.

Because the Human Sovereign's realm was not strong at this moment, such a powerful seal was more than enough to suppress it!

Moreover, the great paths in the Human Sovereign's realm were not too many. Su Yu had gathered thousands of great paths to complete the realm's weaving, but Su Yu also discovered that the Human Sovereign's realm only had a few hundred aggregated great paths.

"So... the Human Sovereign only has insights into a few hundred great paths... trash!"

Su Yu let out a laugh, not a quiet one, and the Great Zhou King, hearing it, was left speechless.

Are you addicted to humiliating the Human Emperor or what?

Su Yu chuckled heartily, thoroughly pleased.

You just don’t get it!

The Human Emperor once said his realm was perfect, that he simply didn’t want to risk a gamble… but come on, just admit your talent falls short of mine. Sure, I’ve had the advantage of being a Time Master, dabbling in all the Great Paths.

Yet the Human Emperor, after all these years, has only delved into a few hundred Paths—truly an unlearned man!

In Su Yu’s eyes, mastering the number of Paths and the depth of insight was a matter of how much one had read.

Clearly, the Human Emperor had read little too!

And as for himself, one Time Book was worth ten thousand volumes.

After a moment of glee, Su Yu swiftly linked the Human Emperor’s realm with the entire great seal. The void trembled, the realm steadied, and the seal vanished into the realm itself!

Su Yu’s realm power also withdrew in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the once mighty Human Emperor’s Path had weakened by at least half!

But it was far more stable!

And the Source of the Way in the upper realm—this time—had vanished!

The barriers of the Source of the Way dissipated one after another.

Soon, only a patch of black earth the size of a village remained!

The Great Zhou King now fully understood. Seeing this, his face shifted: “Your Majesty, you… compressed the Human Emperor’s realm into this?”

“Is there something wrong?”

Su Yu smiled. “This suits his current strength. Too strong, and he’d collapse on his own. That’s it, roughly. I’ve saved the Human Emperor’s life. When he returns and merges with the realm, and then severs his Human Emperor Path from it… I reckon he can at least hold the peak of the Second Rank, or barely the First Rank. Not bad at all!”

He’s not dead!

He can probably recover to the First Rank—what more could he want?

The Great Zhou King gave a bitter laugh, then quickly nodded: “Perhaps Your Majesty is right. Living is hope. The Human Emperor is gifted and experienced; he only lacks accumulated power. I believe he can soon return to his peak!”

Su Yu shrugged. That, I wouldn’t know—it’s up to the Human Emperor himself.

Anyway, I’ve made the decision for him. Whatever he does next is his own affair.

“Xingyue!”

Su Yu summoned her again. Xingyue reappeared and couldn’t help asking: “Didn’t you say not to disturb the flow of time?”

“Mm, I won’t summon you again. Nothing else—just tell the Human Emperor to come back soon. Once he returns, merge with the realm and recover, so he doesn’t kick the bucket right away. That’s all.”

“Can my brother be saved?”

“There was never much of a problem!”

Su Yu was dismissive. “He’s just stuck in his own stubbornness!”

Su Yu didn’t agree with the Human Emperor’s thinking.

Now, it was fine.

Maybe losing one First Rank, or even two—so what?

What’s so special about the First Rank?

I’ll find a way to deal with it. Solutions come from thinking. As long as you, the Human Emperor, live, that’s all that matters!

At that moment, Su Yu was in high spirits.

Returning to the Ten Thousand Realms, on the very first day, he had done something great—saved the Human Emperor’s life!

“Go back and tell the Human Emperor: I saved his life, and this is the second time. He owes me two lives. He’s not allowed to die without my permission. That’s it!”

Two lives?

Xingyue was puzzled. Was there?

Fine, I’m just the messenger!

…

“Fuck it!”

At that moment, the Human Emperor cursed!

He swore!

Who owes you two lives?

You, Su Yu, really know how to keep accounts!

Now, he was grieving. You won’t even let me die?

You make decisions for me… what the hell are you doing!

Two First Ranks are gone!

Otherwise, I could have created two First-Rank experts, and now that brat has ruined it all!

Of course, he could still persist, ignore Su Yu, and keep giving away the Human Emperor Path, but… forget it. One First Rank might not even match myself!

The Human Emperor sighed deeply, then suddenly broke into a smile and chuckled: “Forget it. That kid knows his limits. He knows that without me, he can’t hold on!”

Looking at it from another angle, his mood lifted.

Su Yu, you bastard, you’re scared, aren’t you?

Afraid I’ll die, right?

If I die, you can’t hold on, can you?

Indeed, I, Xingyu, am the one and only in all the heavens, the most important figure. Who isn’t afraid of my death?

Look, back then, Old Wen was terrified I’d fall. Every battle, he’d rush in panic: “Brother, stay back, I’ll handle it!”

And now, with you, Su Yu, it’s the same. My importance surpasses everyone’s!

Xingyue was silent. “Brother, he told you to return soon and merge with the realm.”

“What’s the rush!”

The Human Emperor wouldn’t stoop to Su Yu’s level, nor to his sister’s. “Why leave now? The myriad races are still here. I’ll go when he comes back!”

He sent his sister away.

After a moment of self-consolation, he soon sighed again.

What a mess!

Even if I merge with the realm, recovering will be extremely difficult, and now… time is what we lack. You, of all people, should know that!

Otherwise, why would I have relied on others?

Because you rose too late!

If you had come a few decades or a century earlier, I wouldn’t have needed your help. I would have decided myself.

"You were born when I am already old!"

Too late!

At this moment, the Human Sovereign let out a sigh.

My life is saved, but what about you?

Once I sever my path to save myself, you will know the immense pressure you will face. His severing of the path will surely cause a great commotion; all races will come to block it. Su Yu... will have to face a crisis!

At this moment, the Human Sovereign felt complex, gratified, yet also somewhat helpless.