Chapter 851: King Wen's Heaven and Earth

Boots, the boots of the Civil King.

These were, in Su Yu's memory, a rather formidable weapon, and there were even some amusing anecdotes circulating about the Civil King's boots. In truth, this pair of boots lived in everyone's hearts.

Yet, no one paid them much heed.

No matter how powerful the Civil King's boots were, they were still just his shoes.

But now, with the news brought back by Gui, Su Yu had formed a judgment: these boots might conceal a whole world—that was the truly terrifying part.

The thing was hidden right before your eyes, yet you couldn't discern it.

Even the Human Emperor, if he had killed the Civil King, would never have imagined that the Civil King would open his own world inside his shoes!

"That shoe of Fatty's... might be the key, like the divine script in the Civil King's tombstone, a guide for others to find the world... So, the Civil King's world is likely in the other boot!"

Su Yu made another judgment, probably not the one Fatty had, because Fatty was always moving; if it were there, it would mean the Civil King's world could be shifted at will.

To confirm this, he still needed to find Fatty and retrieve that shoe.

Ignoring Gui, who was condensing his clone, Su Yu waved his hand, and Xingyue appeared once more.

At this moment, Xingyue was somewhat speechless, a bit annoyed. "What now?"

Calling me all the time—it's annoying.

I'm busy working!

Many were injured this time, and she had been helping heal them. Su Yu summoned her every now and then, over and over—very troublesome!

"Tell Fatty to toss his boot into the world and let it drift downstream. I can't be bothered to fetch it myself!"

He didn't ask Fatty to return either—too much trouble.

What if the dog wandered off alone and got lost?

"Got it!"

Su Yu waved his hand, and Xingyue vanished. As she left, she felt like cursing—summoned at will, dismissed at will, that was her, wasn't it?

Su Yu was really going too far!

Su Yu chuckled, then looked into the distance at Gui, who was forming his clone. Around Gui, there was a hint of illusion—the mirage within Su Yu's world. Su Yu laughed softly, then suddenly summoned his own Human Sovereign Seal!

The seal instantly dropped like a massive canopy, securing everything!

With the seal here, even if Gui's true self came in person, he might not be able to break through and escape.

A mere clone had even less chance; it was impossible!

Meanwhile, at the Heavenly Gate, Gui was exhausting his power to transmit the ball gifted by the Civil King. Clearly, the power was not weak, and the transmission would take some time.

At that moment, the Great Zhou King also soared over.

He sensed something unusual and furrowed his brow slightly. "Your Majesty?"

Su Yu smiled. "It's nothing. Just a first-class being from the Heavenly Gate, one who just crossed over. Only a clone. Let Lantian play with him."

The Great Zhou King's expression shifted oddly.

That really was playing!

Lantian had been idle lately, unable to go upstream, so here he could practice the Great Dao.

"The Heavenly Gate..."

The Great Zhou King thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty should still be cautious. There are extremely terrifying beings behind the Heavenly Gate!"

Su Yu nodded slightly.

After a pause, he asked, "Are you familiar with the Sixth Generation Human Sovereign?"

"The Sixth Generation?"

The Great Zhou King recalled and nodded. "I know him fairly well, but we didn't interact much. The Sixth Generation was also a remarkable figure—or rather, every generation was. But the Sixth Generation was taciturn and reserved. The Flame Transmission lineage had some supporters back then, so I didn't interfere much."

"He opened the Heavenly Gate. Did you know?"

The Great Zhou King shook his head.

But he added, "I didn't know while he was alive, but after his death, I investigated his sudden demise. He likely opened one of the three gates and was ambushed!"

Opening the Heavenly Gate with exceptional talent wasn't impossible.

But now, Su Yu was considering something else. He said softly, "I'm wondering where he got the method to open the Heavenly Gate."

The Great Zhou King was startled.

Su Yu said calmly, "The method to open the Heavenly Gate is very rare, very uncommon. Of course, he might have been gifted, having traversed the Starry Mansion passage between life and death, thus mastering the Heavenly Gate method on his own. Otherwise, there are no written records of the Heavenly Gate method. Even I learned it thanks to the Martial Emperor's technique!"

With 720 acupoints and countless methods, how could you know which one opens the Heavenly Gate?

Trying them one by one would kill you.

Even if you survived, each attempt would be a severe injury.

The Sixth Generation Human Sovereign, without a word, opened the Heavenly Gate. Su Yu was more curious about this: where did he get the technique?

Back then, the Martial Emperor was still in chaos.

Thinking this, Su Yu continued, "Also, the Baizhan lineage seems to be connected to the Human Gate, but they've always been fixated on the Earth Gate... That's another issue. Since you opened the Human Gate, why not enter it? Why are you so intent on entering the Earth Gate?"

The Great Zhou King was taken aback and couldn't help saying, "The Human Gate cannot be opened; perhaps its location is unknown, so the Earth Gate is more suitable..."

Su Yu waved his hand and shook his head. "Let me ask you: on the Heavenly Gate side, have they always wanted to open it? Look at Gui—this guy I'm in contact with—they're all trying to get out. The ancient beasts in the Earth Gate are the same. The Human Gate... not a peep. Have you sensed anything?"

The Great Zhou King raised an eyebrow. "Your Majesty means..."

"Could it be that they've already made arrangements?"

Su Yu smiled. "Or perhaps they've already taken over, already descended into the myriad realms?"

"Your Majesty is referring to... Zhou Ji?"

The Great Zhou King was stunned. "Is Zhou Ji the spokesperson of the Human Gate?"

Su Yu nodded. "I'm guessing, just guessing. Zhou Ji is actually quite off. He's cold toward Baizhan, and toward Yu, he's just indifferent. The reason he saved Yu feels more like maintaining a connection with the Human Ancestor. Yu, after all, is a descendant of the Human Ancestor!"

"Baizhan opened the Human Gate, and Yu did too. Did Zhou Ji?"

Su Yu smiled. "Also, after he severed the human fleshly path earlier, I suddenly noticed that his strength hadn't weakened much. So where did his power come from after severing the path? I didn't understand before, but now that I've connected to the Heavenly Gate myself, I have some ideas... Power is being transmitted from within the Human Gate!"

That day, when Zhou Ji severed the human fleshly path, Su Yu had actually wanted to kill him.

But he suddenly realized that the guy's strength hadn't diminished at all, so he gave up.

At the time, Su Yu didn't understand the situation.

But now, having connected to the Heavenly Gate himself, Su Yu had to consider: could Zhou Ji's sustained power be due to someone behind the gate transmitting power to him?

Was Zhou Ji truly of Baizhan's bloodline?

Or had the being behind the gate taken over Zhou Ji's body?

Who knows!

What exactly exists within the Human Gate?

Human race? Myriad races? Or the Ancient Chaos race?

Su Yu now had a general understanding of the Heavenly Gate and the Earthly Gate, but the Human Gate—he suddenly realized it was the most mysterious. Aside from knowing through Bai Zhan that the Human Gate existed, he knew almost nothing else!

It wasn’t just Su Yu; even the Human Emperor was unclear about the Human Gate. The Human Emperor had laid some plans within both the Heavenly Gate and the Earthly Gate, but when it came to the Human Gate, he was helpless. According to the Human Emperor, the Human Gate lay downstream of the River of Time, perhaps at its very end.

Su Yu was only speaking casually. Since the Heavenly Gate and Earthly Gate were unresolved, he only needed a rough idea of the Human Gate.

These matters would be handled step by step.

As for Zhou Ji… if he was the Human Gate’s spokesperson, then his entry into the Earthly Gate was ill-intentioned. Perhaps he had wanted to enter voluntarily from the start—that was possible. Bringing Yu along… heh, maybe she was just a stepping stone, a guide.

He might have been trying to find the Human Ancestor through Yu!

The Great Zhou King pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, “If Zhou Ji is the Human Gate’s spokesperson, then the Heavenly Gate also has a spokesperson.”

“Oh?” Su Yu frowned. Who?

“His Majesty the Human Emperor!”

Su Yu furrowed his brow. What did that mean?

The Great Zhou King smiled. “After His Majesty the Human Emperor opened the Heavenly Gate back then, he seemed to have some contact with a powerful being inside the Heavenly Gate. I’m not clear on the specifics, but they might have fallen out later… Still, His Majesty might know something about the situation inside the Heavenly Gate. If you have time, Your Majesty, you could ask him in detail.”

Some things, if you don’t ask, others won’t bother to mention, or they simply forget to bring them up.

Su Yu recalled that the Human Emperor had mentioned before that when he was dealing with the Immortal Emperor, he happened to be in a period of weakness, and at that same time, the Heavenly Gate was in turmoil. He had to suppress the Heavenly Gate, fight the Immortal Emperor, and cope with his weakness all at once—that was what led to his severe injury.

Thinking about it, the Human Emperor was truly formidable.

How much Dao power did the Human Emperor possess at his peak?

Over thirty-two strands of Dao power?

If so, that was terrifying!

For now, Su Yu set this aside. He quickly said, “Never mind that. After I left, the Earthly Gate was in some turmoil, wasn’t it?”

The Great Zhou King grumbled inwardly—he hadn’t even had a chance to report it, and Su Yu already knew. Indeed, Su Yu was the boss here; at the slightest sign of trouble, he would know immediately.

The Great Zhou King nodded. “That’s right. It’s possible that those who entered had some contact with the beings inside, telling them about us. They thought Your Majesty had gone upstream, so they tried to come out, but I stopped them!”

Who told them?

Su Yu made a judgment. Zhou Ji and Yu?

That was possible.

As for Tian Gu and the others, it was also possible, but they would have been cautious, trying to hide rather than actively approach. Of course, the demons might have done it too.

It seemed there was still a demon emperor inside the Earthly Gate.

Was that demon emperor deliberately placed there, or did he enter the Earthly Gate by accident?

As Su Yu waited for Gui’s teleportation, he walked toward the Earthly Gate.

…

Soon, Su Yu arrived before the Earthly Gate.

That gate stood there, seemingly with nothing behind it, suspended in empty space.

“If what lies beyond the Earthly Gate is chaos, does the Great Dao of Time exist there?”

Su Yu murmured, gazing at the Earthly Gate again. He had heard that Yi Yue and the others were still inside, not dead. He wondered if they had ever looked outward from the other side.

“Why can’t I cultivate the Earthly Gate and the Human Gate…”

Su Yu, thinking about this, had a vague idea: to cultivate both the Earthly Gate and the Human Gate.

Cultivate all three gates and link them!

It would be best to find three powerful beings, kill them all when the chance came, or use them to understand the inner workings of the three gates in reverse.

Su Yu suddenly asked, “Great Zhou King, why can Yu’s lineage cultivate the Earthly Gate?”

It seemed that only the direct bloodline of King Yu could cultivate the Earthly Gate.

As for the Human Gate, Su Yu knew it required opening seven hundred and twenty physical apertures.

This seemed to depend on bloodline and race.

So why could Yu’s lineage cultivate the Earthly Gate?

“Yu’s lineage—it might be the combination of Yu’s bloodline and that demon emperor’s bloodline that formed the current bloodline, allowing them to cultivate the Earthly Gate…”

Su Yu looked at the Great Zhou King. “Does the demon bloodline have something special about it?”

The Great Zhou King thought for a moment, then shook his head. “I’m not sure about that. If we trace it back, it’s too distant!”

Fair enough.

Su Yu didn’t dwell on it.

He felt a bit regretful, but he still wondered if there was a way to cultivate it. His Dao fluctuated, and a moment later, Lord Tongtian appeared. Su Yu looked at him. “Is there a way for me to open the Earthly Gate and the Human Gate?”

Lord Tongtian, surprised by the sudden question, thought for a moment. “It’s difficult! But Your Majesty could try the method of reversing the bloodline and cultivating a clone.”

He added, “Others cultivate the Earthly Gate and Human Gate probably because they have some connection to those gates. It’s not really about bloodline; it’s more that the bloodline’s originator had some link to the gates.”

He chuckled. “For example, if Your Majesty had a connection with me, then after Your Majesty dies, your descendants could also cultivate my Tongtian Gate!”

Su Yu just stared at him silently.

Lord Tongtian felt a bit awkward. He hadn’t been loose-tongued for a while, and today he seemed to have said something wrong right away.

“Ahem, Your Majesty won’t die, and besides, Your Majesty has no descendants…”

Su Yu kept staring at him. Lord Tongtian grew even more embarrassed and forced a dry laugh. “I didn’t mean to mock Your Majesty! I have no descendants either. See, I haven’t even found a wife from the Tongtian clan!”

The Great Zhou King rolled his eyes. It would have been better if he hadn’t said that.

The more he said, the worse it got.

Lord Tongtian had no choice but to quickly change the subject. “Those who can cultivate gate powers must have made some agreement with the gates, or perhaps there is a will imprint within them. For example, Your Majesty can cultivate the Heavenly Gate… so perhaps Your Majesty’s ancestor, or the human race’s ancestor, was a supreme being who imprinted their power on the Heavenly Gate!”

Su Yu raised an eyebrow. “Who is our ancestor?”

The Human Ancestor wasn’t that; he was merely one of humanity’s former leaders, like Wen, Sun, Moon, Star—great figures of certain eras, but not humanity’s original progenitor.

The Human Emperor could open the Heavenly Gate, and so could Su Yu, King Wen, and the others. That meant their ancestors might have been such beings. Could there be a connection to the Heavenly Gate?

And the Human Ancestor—had he left an imprint in the Human Gate?

Did King Yu or the Blazing Fire Demon Emperor leave imprints in the Earthly Gate?

At this point, Su Yu had grown interested in the ancient powerhouses of even earlier times.

Lord Tongtian shrugged. “Perhaps the Lord of Time? If he had descendants, I think they could cultivate all three gates without issue.”

Well, that made some sense.

The Lord of Time… Su Yu’s interest in him grew. Where was this supreme being?

Even the Lord of the Dead hadn’t died, so Su Yu didn’t believe the Lord of Time was dead.

Su Yu was pondering something, and soon, a flicker of movement crossed his eyes.

The next moment, he reached out and grabbed—a boot was pulled from the void. It was the boot of Fatball, drifting downstream along the river of time, flowing into Su Yu's world.

Su Yu caught the boot, sensing its power. A very formidable boot.

Back when Fatball was at the Heavenly King realm, using this boot could elevate him to the level of a Celestial Venerable. Even now, when Fatball wielded King Wen's boot, it could greatly amplify his strength.

Su Yu examined it carefully, raising an eyebrow slightly. He sensed nothing within.

So, if King Wen's world truly existed, it was not inside this boot.

At that moment, Tongtian couldn't help but speak again: "Your Majesty, does King Wen's boot smell that good?"

What were you sniffing?

He almost suspected Su Yu had some peculiar hobby—out of nowhere, he was clutching the boot and sniffing it. He recognized it; it seemed to be King Wen's boot.

"..."

Su Yu looked at him, frowned slightly, then quickly broke into a smile: "Interesting! Tongtian, ever since you devoured the Martial Emperor's Heavenly Gate, it seems you've reverted to your old nature. Do you think that because your strength has grown, you're no longer afraid of me forging a door bolt for you?"

This argumentative door hadn't actually argued in a long time!

Last time, after Su Yu scared him, he had been very obedient. But today, he seemed to be slipping back into his old ways.

Tongtian chuckled awkwardly: "Your Majesty jokes, how could that be! I was just saying that!"

Su Yu glanced at him, his tone meaningful: "Don't get cocky. Even though you've entered the Fourth Rank and feel like you're close to the Third, with your rate of progress... let alone you still needing to devour gates, even if the Three Gates themselves were to awaken one day, they might not catch up to me. Understand?"

"Understood!"

Tongtian immediately fell silent, not daring to speak further.

Su Yu was merely giving him a warning. He looked back at the boot in his hand, deep in thought about how to find the other boot!

Where was the other one?

It would be best if the world opened in the Chaos.

If it didn't open in the Chaos, it would be rejected by the River of Time. Could it be that this boot wasn't in the Ten Thousand Realms, but hidden in the Chaos?

That made sense—if a boot were hidden in the Chaos, it would be hard to discover.

Su Yu seemed to have an idea. He chuckled, suddenly conjured a brush, and with a single stroke, touched it to the boot. The boot emitted a faint glow, but it wasn't enough—just a faint radiance.

Su Yu's eyes flickered. After a moment's thought, he took out the *Chronicle of Civilization*. On its cover, the aura of the original recipe trembled slightly.

And at that very moment, a phantom suddenly emerged from the boot!

As Great Zhou King and the others stood stunned, Su Yu smiled, quickly produced a recording talisman, and laughed: "King Wen emerges from his boot! Indeed, King Wen's tastes are unique—he is everywhere!"

The phantom was much like the ones Su Yu had seen before.

Back turned to the world!

Hands clasped behind his back, white robes fluttering.

Su Yu grinned: "So, a trace of an imprint was left after all. King Wen, your interests are truly vast—you are everywhere!"

This King Wen fellow left phantoms everywhere.

Su Yu had encountered them several times before!

Once at King Wen's residence, once in the Path of the Brush, and now here again.

At this moment, King Wen's phantom, with its back to him, let out a sigh: "Holder of the Path of the Brush, I didn't expect you to discover my secret..."

"You are quite remarkable!"

Su Yu bared his teeth: "Fool!"

"Quite remarkable indeed!"

Last time, Su Yu had cursed him the same way, and this time he did it again. But King Wen's programmed response continued, unaffected.

"Do you wish to seek my world? Perhaps you will be disappointed, for my world—you may spend your entire life and still fail to inherit it... But no matter, it should be of no small help to you!"

Clearly, this was King Wen's final contingency after the Path of the Brush—his world.

If he died and the world did not collapse, the successor of the Path of the Brush might be able to find it.

It had to be said, King Wen had left behind quite a lot.

Su Yu's smile was radiant: "I don't want your shabby world!"

"..."

The phantom did not respond, lacking the ability to do so. It continued: "To discover the secret of the boot means you possess sufficient wisdom, ability, strength, and fortune! And you have gained Fatball's recognition! Otherwise, if Fatball did not voluntarily hand over the boot, once he died, the boot would be rendered useless, and you would find no clues!"

Su Yu raised an eyebrow. There were indeed many tricks.

Fatball had been left with numerous items and methods by this man, including King Wen's former residence, the Four Great Paths, the Time Scroll... Many things were tied to Fatball. This only strengthened Su Yu's conviction that he must train Little Ball to become a second Fatball!

Now, Little Ball had been largely forgotten. He needed to keep a lair.

"Of course, if the successor of the Path of the Brush were my elder brother... then I'd be out of luck!"

King Wen's phantom spoke again, with a hint of melancholy: "But if my elder brother found it, or came specifically looking for it... it would mean he, too, is nearing his end. That would be fate, unavoidable!"

"Perhaps, by then, I would have already fallen!"

Su Yu couldn't help but laugh. This guy was so afraid of the Human Emperor merging with his world!

King Wen's phantom continued: "Come with me, successor. Do you want to guess where my other boot is?"

"No!"

Su Yu had no interest in guessing. But the phantom went on, as if to itself: "You will never guess. Even if you say 'no,' it only proves you cannot guess or imagine, showing that your intelligence and wisdom still fall far short of mine. But that is only natural—how many in this world can compare to me?"

"..."

Su Yu laughed. Great Zhou King and Tongtian Hou also grinned. This phantom will of King Wen was quite narcissistic. Well, King Wen had always been like that—he was that narcissistic!

The strong of that era all tended toward that trait.

"Come, follow me. I'll take you to find my boot... You cannot imagine where my boot actually is!"

This time, Su Yu was genuinely intrigued. Where?

In the Chaos?

That was the most likely possibility, but judging by King Wen's tone, it might not be in the Chaos. Otherwise, he wouldn't speak so arrogantly, saying you wouldn't dare imagine where it's hidden.

Could it be in King Wen's former residence?

Su Yu thought about it. Worlds possess a certain repulsive force.

For instance, his world now occupied the Upper Realm, and it didn't merge with the Human Emperor's world. Worlds repel each other. Su Yu had been repelled in the Netherworld Realm before, and also in the River of Time, though the River of Time's repulsion was weaker than that of the Netherworld Realm.

As he mused, Su Yu quickly followed King Wen's phantom forward.

At that moment, the phantom flew ahead, and Su Yu had no idea where it was heading.

Great Zhou King and Tongtian Hou were also intrigued.

Where was King Wen's other boot?

And Su Yu, even more gossipy: "Did King Wen never wear shoes later on? Why does it feel like he only had one pair?"

Tongtian couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty... doesn't change shoes either, right?"

"..."

Su Yu was taken aback. Is that so?

He looked down at his own boots—gold-rimmed, black surface. Su Yu thought carefully, then nodded: "Seems like it!"

Where did these boots come from?

Oh, last time when he ascended to the position of Human Sovereign, Great Zhou King and the others gave them to him. After putting them on, he found them fine and never changed them. During battles, including the last fight with the Chaos Dragon, when he was beaten to death and blown apart, these boots had long been shattered. But soon, Su Yu reforged them, exactly as they were before.

But he'd gotten used to them; he simply had no mind to change.

No need!

At Su Yu's level, he was already beyond dust and grime.

Su Yu smiled and said nothing more.

He continued following the phantom of King Wen.

The phantom flew all the way, even descending to the lower realms.

Su Yu followed him down.

Could it be within the Human Realm?

Su Yu guessed—perhaps it truly was in the Human Realm. But... wouldn't it be rejected there?

Or did King Wen simply not care about rejection?

Occupying a small patch of land, the River of Time's rejection meant nothing to him.

The phantom of King Wen soon entered the Battlefield of All Realms.

Under Su Yu's somewhat astonished gaze, the phantom suddenly stopped. Su Yu looked around, still bewildered. Where was this?

This was the Star Sea.

Could it be hidden within the sea?

That was possible!

But the next moment, the phantom of King Wen laughed—with a hint of pride, a touch of arrogance, a dash of insolence: "Do you know where it is now?"

"I bet you don't, because your wisdom is still far inferior to mine!"

Just then, Su Yu noticed that the shoe Feiqiu had been holding earlier suddenly floated up.

And the phantom of King Wen, with a smug expression, said: "Let me show you what it means to steal the heavens and replace the sun!"

"Rise!"

With this light shout, under Su Yu's stunned gaze, the entire sea began to tremble violently!

In that moment, Su Yu was startled!

Suddenly, he shot upward, soaring to the sky above the heavens, rising higher and higher. Gradually, he saw the Star Sea—now the entire Star Sea came into his view!

Great Zhou King and Marquis Tongtian quickly followed, both looking confused.

And Su Yu, after a moment of daze, murmured: "Holy shit!"

Great Zhou King was taken aback. What's wrong?

He also looked down... He didn't see anything unusual. But as the Star Sea trembled, Great Zhou King looked more carefully. He'd never paid attention before, but now he couldn't help murmuring: "Tongtian, do you remember what the Star Sea looked like when it first floated?"

Marquis Tongtian thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't remember."

"Then... doesn't this sea now look like a shoe—a shoe filled with water?"

Marquis Tongtian looked down carefully, stunned: "It does!"

No one had ever noticed!

Su Yu's mouth twitched, and then he suddenly laughed: "Bright King!"

Both of them turned to Su Yu!

Su Yu laughed: "Bright King suspended the Star Sea... Good heavens, was the Star Sea swapped out back then, or did King Wen secretly do it later? If it was swapped that early... it means King Wen opened his heaven very early—even earlier than the Human Emperor!"

Yes, he saw it now.

The entire Star Sea was King Wen's boot!

Inside the boot was filled with water, thus creating the floating Star Sea!

So he pondered a question: Did this boot appear when Bright King suspended the Star Sea?

If so... it would have concealed the commotion!

After all, Bright King suspending the Star Sea must have caused a huge stir!

Su Yu laughed again: "Interesting! So Bright King was on King Wen's side, deliberately covering for him, right?"

He looked at Great Zhou King: "When did Bright King suspend the Star Sea?"

Great Zhou King thought for a moment, then quickly said: "Not long after the Yong'an calendar began. Back then, Bright King, to please his Bright Queen, suspended the Star Sea... The commotion was enormous. Of course, it was also meant to intimidate the myriad races. That time, he lifted the entire ocean from the ground, suspended it in the air, and stabilized it for hundreds of thousands of years—a shocking feat..."

Of course, back then, Bright King was at most a second-rank.

But suspending an ocean was enough.

Su Yu laughed: "Interesting. That might have been when King Wen opened his heaven!"

Now he understood why no one had found King Wen's heaven.

Because King Wen's heaven was too bold—it was opened right in the Battlefield of All Realms!

And right under everyone's noses—everyone, because any cultivator who had reached the Sun-Moon Eternal realm would have to come to the Battlefield of All Realms. Once there, they couldn't miss the Star Sea, couldn't fail to see it.

So that meant all the myriad worlds had always known where King Wen's heaven was!

Su Yu sighed: "What a brilliant move! Truly, the greatest concealment is in plain sight! Everyone knew Bright King suspended the Star Sea, but suspending it had no real purpose. Now I see—it was to help King Wen hide the commotion of opening his heaven, because opening a heaven makes a huge disturbance..."

No wonder even the Human Emperor didn't know where King Wen's heaven was.

Did Bright King himself know?

Perhaps... he didn't either!

King Wen had quietly slipped his boot in while Bright King was suspending the Star Sea!

Su Yu chuckled, then couldn't help saying: "Interesting. His boot, his heaven, hidden here—and yet it wasn't rejected!"

And all of us, when we entered the Star Sea, were we actually swimming inside King Wen's boot?

At that moment, the Star Sea trembled again, revealing a bit of the boot's shape.

But it hadn't fully appeared yet.

Su Yu smiled and quickly descended. The phantom of King Wen was about to fade, but with a hint of pride, he laughed heartily: "All the mighty ones of the myriad realms are beneath my feet. Even the Human Emperor lives inside my boot. Impressive, isn't it?"

Su Yu was stunned!

After a long moment, his mouth fell open. Yes—Star Mansion was also in the Star Sea!

This... he couldn't help but want to laugh, "Impressive!"

Just how strong was the Civil King?

At that moment, he truly grew curious.

Did the Human Emperor really not know?

After all, the Human Emperor also lived in the Starry Mansion, and the Starry Mansion, now only two floors remained, at this time, actually floated above the Starry Sea—so, the entire Starry Mansion was actually built inside the Civil King's boot!

Of course, which came first, which came later, there was no need to investigate; it should be that the Starry Mansion existed first, and later the Civil King secretly stuffed his boot in.

So, the Human Emperor had actually lived inside a boot for many years!

Su Yu laughed uncontrollably: "The Civil King is quite wicked!"

The Great Zhou King had long been rolling his eyes; the Civil King wasn't wicked, he was bored!

He must have done it on purpose!

All the supreme powers of the heavens are in my shoe—smell my foot odor, does it feel good?

Whether others felt good or not, Su Yu didn't know, but he knew the Civil King must have felt great!

After laughing for a while, Su Yu suddenly said, "The Civil King... is he stronger than the Human Emperor?"

He looked at the Great Zhou King, who hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "This is truly unclear. At their level, unless they fight to the death, who can say who is stronger? But in the eyes of the mighty across the myriad realms, the Civil King's reputation is indeed greater than that of the Human Emperor!"

Su Yu nodded slightly: "Perhaps the Civil King truly is stronger; otherwise, wouldn't the Human Emperor have noticed something? The Human Emperor back then probably hadn't yet opened the heavens... The Human Emperor's opening of the heavens came later; the Civil King should have been earlier than him!"

At this moment, the Civil King's phantom was also about to completely dissipate, carrying a hint of emotion as he said, "Encroaching on the territory of the River of Time is very difficult! But I insisted on doing it! Inheritor of the Brush Path, remember, my strength is beyond your imagination... but I cannot unleash my full power because I am suppressed by the River of Time... Yet I must do this, to carve out a piece of land that belongs to me within the myriad realms!"

"The Three Gates will open sooner or later. Whether it's me or Big Brother Xingyu, we all want to create a pure land for humanity and for ourselves... He opened up the desolate lands—that's admitting defeat. I won't admit defeat... I, old man, will seize the territory of the Lord of Time, hahaha!"

At this moment, the phantom suddenly became somewhat wild and unrestrained, laughing in a way that didn't suit a scholar's temperament.

But Su Yu's heart trembled slightly.

The Civil King... he did it on purpose!

He deliberately opened his own heaven here!

This fellow had such boldness; he wanted to seize the territory of the River of Time, open a heaven within heaven, and on the Lord of Time's domain, open another domain belonging to him.

What was the purpose of doing this?

What were the benefits?

Su Yu thought carefully, and his heart stirred—the benefits were enormous!

Whether it was the war of the myriad realms or the simultaneous opening of the Three Gates, the mighty of all heavens and myriad realms would likely soon converge in the myriad realms, and the gathering place would most probably be the Battlefield of the Heavens, especially the Starry Sea!

And the Starry Sea... had actually been secretly seized by the Civil King!

If that were the case, once all the mighty of the myriad realms entered it, they would essentially all be within the Civil King's territory.

Su Yu's thoughts flickered one after another... How interesting!

Was he planning to catch them all in one net?

This was somewhat similar to his own original idea—using the tea tree to attract others into his own heaven and then catch them all in one net!

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he looked again at the Starry Sea; the Starry Sea had long since returned to calm, as if the recent upheaval had been false and illusory, and others seemed not to have felt much at all.

Su Yu raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Impressive, this method... this power of heaven is far stronger than mine!"

Indeed, it was far stronger than his own; Su Yu could not do what the Civil King had done—at this moment, to bite off such a large piece of territory on the River of Time's domain!

The key point was that the location of this heaven was too special!

Even if the mighty from the Three Gates came out, their first choice would be the Starry Sea.

As for the various realms or the Upper Realm, none were suitable.

Although the Upper Realm had dense primal energy, it was not within the coverage of the River of Time; there was also the Human Emperor's heaven, and now Su Yu's. If someone truly came out, they would definitely not go to the Upper Realm, nor would they choose the Nether Realm.

Instead, the myriad realms were most suitable for everyone, and the Starry Sea was the most important of all!

Su Yu sighed!

The Civil King was still powerful—not only powerful, but years ago, this fellow might not have initially targeted the Three Gates, but from the start, he must have made up his mind to target the myriad races!

Yes, because the Starry Mansion was here!

Thus, the Civil King's original purpose might have been to encompass all the mighty of the myriad races!

But before he left, he did not activate it.

Later, he should have been making preparations to deal with the mighty of the Three Gates, because if he had activated it then, the myriad races would have known that this place was his heavenly domain!

It was only at this moment that Su Yu deeply realized the methods and formidable nature of these ancient mighty ones.

Both the Civil King and the Human Emperor were actually scheming against the Three Gates!

The loss of control over the myriad races was merely due to too many unexpected events.

Otherwise, once the Human Emperor's heaven opened, occupying the Upper Realm, and the Civil King occupied the Starry Sea, when the mighty of the Three Gates emerged... they would inevitably enter one of their heavens, and then, perhaps, they would be caught in one net!

And the Great Zhou King, watching the Civil King's phantom dissipate, also raised his brows: "Your Majesty, does the Civil King mean that this place was prepared by him to deal with the people of the Three Gates?"

Su Yu nodded slightly: "What a pity!"

He smiled: "If not for the Time Master's sudden accident, even if the Three Gates opened and the Human Emperor's heaven was fully opened... those mighty of the Three Gates would surely have suffered a great loss at their hands!"

After saying this, Su Yu laughed: "It's fine, we can still continue. After all, except for us few, no one knows about this! First, let's find the core of the heaven. The Civil King's heavenly power has not dispersed; it should still be in a state of internal convergence. Let me go see just how strong his heaven really is!"

...

After a moment.

Su Yu followed the other boot and found the location of the heaven's core.

It seemed to be in another void; a golden boot floated in the air, with a powerful force contained within—this was the core of the boot.

Su Yu's eyes moved slightly as he looked toward the boot, and vaguely saw over a thousand great paths of power!

Su Yu's expression changed slightly, then he quickly smiled: "The Human Emperor... seems to have lost face!"

Among the heaven-openers, not to mention the Lord of the Dead walking a single path alone, the Human Emperor's heaven was definitely not as complete as the Civil King's, nor did it have as many dao principles!

"The Civil King might truly be stronger than the Human Emperor!"

Su Yu sighed with emotion—the Human Emperor had lost face!

But the Great Zhou King and Tongtian paid no heed to that; both looked toward that heaven—the core area was actually very small!

It seemed as if the entire heaven was within the scope of that boot.

Yet both could faintly feel that terrifyingly immense power!

The Great Zhou King couldn't help but complain: "He really can endure. I think the Civil King's way of endurance is strong; his heaven was almost never used, nor was it ever exposed!"

If it had been exposed, the Civil King would surely have been even stronger than he was in that era!

Su Yu smiled, not too concerned, because the Civil King's ambition was great—he was preparing to spring a big trap. Before springing it, he was obviously unwilling to reveal it.

In this regard, it was similar to Su Yu—hadn't Su Yu not brought the tea tree along before leaving?

He also wanted to spring a trap!

But as it seems now, even if he has managed to ensnare some, it pales beside King Wen's trap—this one means to annihilate countless Three Gates experts in a single stroke!