Chapter 861: Return

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Upstream of the River of Time.

The great battle ended the moment the Human Emperor arrived.

Swift beyond reach!

God Emperor and his ilk, taking the remnants of the strong, fled, moving upstream, choosing escape.

Could they give chase?

They could!

But if they pursued further, Su Yu's domain would not reach there, and it would still be a bitter struggle.

Moreover, if they truly slaughtered all the myriad-race strong, losing their suppression, the Human Emperor's side, plus Su Yu's side, might not be able to hold back the river's flow for now, causing it to quicken, forcing the Human Emperor and Su Yu to return swiftly to the myriad realms, and the three gates to open.

In this battle, they slew over forty myriad-race Rule Masters and three First-Class powerhouses!

God Emperor led fewer than fifty Rule Masters, fifty to sixty non-Rule Masters, nearly a hundred in total, moving upstream, vanishing before their eyes...

From the previous one hundred and twenty-five Rule Masters, after two great battles, the myriad races had lost more than half!

And on Su Yu's side, now looking around, Su Yu's face was expressionless, he spoke not a word.

Losses, there were still.

Even though he had approached near omnipotence, facing many strong alone, the losses were not small.

On the Human Emperor's side, Ming Wang and Zhan Wang had severed their paths.

Originally, besides these two, the Human Emperor's faction, plus the four myriad-race Rule Masters who surrendered last time, excluding the Human Emperor, still had forty-nine. This time, twenty-seven strong had fused into the Human Emperor's domain, leaving over twenty to fight here.

But now... only eighteen remained.

Besides Ming Wang and Zhan Wang, four strong had died.

Last time, four had also died; in two battles, the Human Emperor's lineage had lost a full eight Rule Masters.

This time, Su Yu's side had mainly borne the pressure from the First-Class, yet still several had fallen in battle. It must be said, such is fate—weapons are blind. The Human Emperor's faction and Su Yu's coordination was not optimal, and over two battles, many had died.

And on Su Yu's side... Su Yu swept his gaze once, slightly startled.

Someone... was gone.

His people, they were gone!

On his side, besides himself, there had been thirty-five strong before, and he had brought Yue Wang, Da Zhou Wang, Shu Ling, plus a few from the Dark Division. Not counting the Dark Division, that was still thirty-eight strong, plus Xing Yue, whom Su Yu had temporarily ignored.

Thirty-eight strong, yet now, some were missing.

He swept his gaze; all were wounded.

During the recent battle, he had not paid much attention; the battle's fluctuations were too intense, and he had no mind for it. Now, he furrowed his brow slightly.

After a long while, Su Yu said calmly, "Where are Nanxi and Lie Kong?"

All around, silence fell.

A moment later, Wan Tiansheng, somewhat weak, said softly, "They died in battle."

Su Yu knew.

He just wanted to know how they died.

It shouldn't be!

Or rather, Su Yu did not really want to know; he just wanted these people to find some excuse to fool himself.

Wan Tiansheng was silent for a moment, then said, "Lie Kong was here; the Space Dao was too restricted, the art of teleportation nearly useless. As for Nanxi... Yingwu had just faced a crisis, and he went to save Yingwu... and died in battle."

Su Yu was silent.

After a long while, he spoke, "Did Nanxi die because I said he had once betrayed me, or rather, had once disobeyed my orders, and in his heart, he refused to accept it, deliberately trying to prove himself?"

Wan Tiansheng and the others fell silent again.

Su Yu looked at them and said slowly, "As for Lie Kong... how do I explain this to Shi Kong?"

Lie Kong Hou, Su Yu did not know him well.

He was the king of the Space Ancient Clan in the upper realm.

The dao partner of the Space Ancient Emperor in the lower realm, Lie Kong Hou, at their first meeting, had given Su Yu all the Space Teleportation Paths hidden by the Space Ancient Clan.

Shi Kong, Su Yu had just made him join the Human Emperor's system, but because the Space Dao was occupied by Lie Kong, there was no choice but to send him to the Human Emperor's side.

And now, Lie Kong had died in battle.

Su Yu was silent; what would Shi Kong think when he learned of this?

On his side, two Rule Masters had died.

The reason he found it unbelievable was that,

Su Yu's side held the advantage. After all, even those who had recovered from injuries came to face Su Yu, and Su Yu's side had more Rule Masters than the enemy.

In truth, aside from the First-Class battle, not many strong had died elsewhere.

Including the myriad races!

The myriad races had lost over thirty on Su Yu's side, and nearly fifty had fled. In other words, the myriad races had lost fewer than ten strong in other areas!

Su Yu had not had time to check; if he checked now, he would find that the number of dead... was the same as on his side!

Six to six!

Yes, even with humanity holding some advantage, they had fought to a draw.

Nearby, everyone remained silent.

In one battle, six Rule Masters had died, yet the results were brilliant—they had slain nearly forty enemy strong, worthy of celebration. But this battle's main credit lay with the First-Class, with Su Yu, even with a few from the Dark Division.

The other sides had not held any significant advantage.

Su Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "I want to know, when our numbers are equal, can we still not defeat the myriad races?"

Nearby, the Human Emperor, hearing Su Yu's question, sighed and spoke, "You cannot say that. The weak of the myriad races were all severely wounded! That is, those who faced you; the other weak of the myriad races were also killed by you last time... Those who remain are all the elite forces of the myriad races! Those who were not severely wounded and avoided battle represent that they are all elites. Gathering the elite of all races, weeding out those who dared not fight, who feared death, in a desperate battle, the strength they unleash is unimaginable!"

This was the first time Su Yu had discovered that when humanity and the enemy had equal strength, they had fought to a draw. A draw, in fact, meant defeat.

Because Su Yu's side had more people!

Su Yu was silent.

Since the great battle began, very few strong under his command had fallen. The most vivid memory was still that time when they raided the Tianyuan Domain, and Su Yu led people to defend the human realm, and several Kai Fu Kings died in battle.

That time, Su Yu had felt for the first time that these Kai Fu Kings might have all sorts of faults, yet they dared to fight, were willing to fight, willing to die for humanity.

Before that, Su Yu had only resentment toward them.

Resentment that they did not help the Duo Shen Wen faction, resentment that they ignored and allowed internal strife among humanity.

Resentment that their descendants, at critical moments, were unwilling to join the battle.

Resentment that they...

It was only after that battle that Su Yu felt that being the master of the human race was not such a bad thing—at least, in critical moments, these people dared to fight and didn’t hold him back.

But today… the deaths of Lie Kong and Nan Xi left Su Yu silent.

As more and more powerful subordinates gathered around him, he had actually grown somewhat arrogant: I alone can fight all the strong ones; you shouldn’t die, and you won’t.

Yet at this moment, he suddenly realized.

In any war, accidents will always happen; it’s impossible to avoid unexpected situations.

Six Ruler Masters!

Last time, four died; in these two battles, ten Ruler Masters have fallen.

As for Nan Xi, Su Yu had always felt some resistance toward him, because he hadn’t listened to Su Yu before. Su Yu had even called him out once. Now, Nan Xi had died saving Ying Wu…

Su Yu looked at Ying Wu. This valiant and spirited woman now hung her head, silent.

Among the ancient marquises, they had split into two factions last time—one following Su Yu, the other following Bai Zhan. Ying Wu had often scolded Yun Shui and An Ying.

Earlier, Su Yu had killed Yun Shui and An Ying; Nan Xi and the others had defected to him. Ying Wu usually showed them no kindness.

Today, she faced a crisis, on the verge of death. Nan Xi, that good-natured man, chose to come to her rescue at that moment. This went against Su Yu’s orders: each was to handle their own opponent, and unless circumstances allowed, never trade your life for another’s!

If Nan Xi had the ability to save someone, there would be no complaint—but he didn’t.

He chose to trade his life for hers!

In the crowd, Wu Ji, Hong Yue, Zhen Nan, and the others all hung their heads.

This battle was a great victory!

Yet some strong ones had still fallen, especially on Su Yu’s side. Everyone shared a belief: follow Su Yu, and you’ll win every battle; in a victorious war, no one would die. Today, that myth was shattered!

The Human Emperor looked at Su Yu but offered no comfort. In his view, death in war was inevitable. He simply felt that Su Yu was still too young.

When his old brothers fell in battle, he would grieve and ache, but he would never show it in front of anyone.

Because this was war.

Of the thirty-six Human Kings of old, fewer than half were still alive; the rest were later-generation strong ones.

The old brothers were growing fewer and fewer!

The Human Emperor directly ignored the fallen. It wasn’t that he was heartless—it was that he was the Emperor!

At that moment, the Human Emperor suddenly laughed: “A great victory!”

His laughter shook the heavens!

A great victory!

A victory for the ages!

In one battle, they routed the myriad races, whose losses exceeded half; three first-class warriors died, and core leaders like the Immortal Emperor and Demon Emperor fell. This victory laid the foundation for the war across all realms and heralded the complete unification of the human race!

Su Yu looked at him, showing no grief, only calmness: “Your Majesty the Human Emperor need not change the subject. I have endured many setbacks; I won’t collapse just because someone died… That doesn’t exist. I simply feel that I haven’t done well enough. In a war where I am present, to have my own strong ones fall—that is the real problem!”

Sadness?

A little. More than that, it was a kind of self-blame. Yes, self-blame, because Su Yu… pursued perfection!

In this battle, six Ruler Masters died. He felt his calculations were still insufficient.

The Human Emperor smiled bitterly!

A great victory!

In total, ten Ruler Masters had died on their side, while more than seventy Ruler Masters had fallen on the enemy’s side—a loss ratio of one to seven. And Su Yu still thought he hadn’t done well enough.

Should I just go and die?

Su Yu continued: “These are all on the surface. In reality, our losses are greater. Ming Wang likely cannot recover; Zhan Wang still has hope. And I… my injuries are severe!”

Severe!

Indeed, very severe. But at this moment, Su Yu didn’t care much. Some pain, once you get used to it, you realize it actually makes you more clear-headed and calmer.

His world was a mess!

Blown into chaos by those people, at least a hundred of his Great Paths had snapped. As for Zhu Tiandao and the others, Su Yu had taken them in near the Heavenly Gate at the last moment, and their Great Paths had also snapped. For them, a snapped Great Path meant death.

Fortunately, Su Yu had taken them away.

Otherwise, these Dark Guards, having just appeared, could have been finished.

At this moment, Su Yu’s injuries were extremely severe. Ming Wang had fallen from first-class; Wen Wang’s world might have been exposed; Da Zhou Wang had also broken some Great Paths…

These were losses unseen.

And the Human Emperor himself—Su Yu glanced at him and vaguely sensed that he might only be at second-class now. Perhaps his world wasn’t connected here; within his own world, he might still have first-class combat power.

Such losses were also extremely heavy.

The top-tier strongman, the Human Emperor, was also half-crippled.

Hearing this, the Human Emperor sighed, but quickly regained his smile: “But we… won, didn’t we?”

Only then did Su Yu slowly show a smile: “We won! And we defeated the enemy without the Human Emperor coming to our aid!”

“…”

He deliberately mentioned it. The Human Emperor was speechless.

So you’re saying that without me, you could still win?

Well, indeed, that was true.

But Ming Wang and the others are my people, you know?

Su Yu now looked at Ming Wang and suddenly laughed: “They say that among the Four Extremes Human Kings, Ming Wang has the weakest presence, even unworthy of his status. Today, Su has gained a new respect for you!”

Calm in crisis, decisive in action, quick to make decisions—cutting off his path when needed, merging when needed. Zhan Wang, a being like that, obeyed him completely. He had many methods and a stable world…

It could be said that without Ming Wang, Su Yu’s side would have lost more people. And Su Yu himself would likely have chosen to abandon other Great Paths and keep only the Path of Life and Death, because that path allowed him to resurrect.

This was the first person Su Yu praised in this battle!

Ming Wang smiled: “Your Majesty Yu Huang overpraises me!”

But Su Yu laughed: “No, if I had to choose between Wu Wang and you as a partner, I would pick you. A pure martial artist can be quite annoying sometimes. You might be much weaker than Wu Wang, but you are more useful than him!”

The Human Emperor was helpless, laughing wryly: “If Tai Shan heard this…”

Su Yu grinned: “Am I afraid of him hearing it?”

Well, the Human Emperor had no reply.

This battle had also cemented Su Yu’s status. Among the surviving strong ones, if it had been before, Zhen Wu Wang would probably have lost her temper. Now, she just pouted and said nothing.

Her husband being looked down upon by Su Yu, right in front of her—it was unpleasant.

But Su Yu was formidable!

Many methods, many kills, ruthless in action. Even Zhen Wu Wang, who didn’t like to think, knew not to provoke such a person. Her own husband couldn’t afford to provoke him; even if he was stronger than Su Yu, he might die without knowing how.

And at that moment, another martial artist, Wu Huang, looked a bit awkward. He grabbed someone and threw him onto the open ground, grumbling: “What do we do with him?”

At this moment, Gui was filled with despair and panic!

He himself had no idea what he had just experienced.

All he knew was that several First-Class had died, and Rule Masters had fallen in droves.

This was the first time he had seen Su Yu like this—so cold and indifferent.

And beside Su Yu was the rumored strongest of this era, the Human Emperor. Yet, standing next to Su Yu, the Human Emperor seemed far more merciful by comparison, while Su Yu was terrifying beyond measure.

“Su Yu… no, no, Yu Emperor!”

Gui’s face was filled with despair, and he hurriedly said, “Don’t kill me… I’m useful. If you kill me, if you kill me… Your Majesty the Yu Emperor will suffer a great loss. If I die, my friends inside the Gate will know…”

Su Yu looked at him. He hadn’t paid much attention before, but now he noticed that he had reconnected a very inferior Dao for him—the Dao of Seduction.

It was somewhat similar to Yueluo’s Dao.

Unfortunately, Gui was simply too ugly—vile, repulsive. The Dao of Seduction on him was a complete mismatch, instead making people feel uncomfortable and disgusted.

To have turned the Dao of Seduction into such a ghastly sight—that took some talent.

Su Yu looked at him and smiled. “Aren’t you supposed to be comparable to the Human Emperor at his peak? Weren’t you boasting that you were one of the strongest inside the Gate? Gui, you were lying to me, weren’t you?”

Su Yu’s face turned cold. “I hate it most when people lie to me. If you were truly one of the strongest, your true form descending and killing three or five First-Class would be no problem, right? But in the end, you, this useless fool, couldn’t even defeat a single Demon Emperor!”

Gui was on the verge of tears. The Demon Emperor’s Dao was stronger than mine!

He quickly said, “Yu Emperor, I… I just entered the First-Class. I didn’t mean to deceive you. I was just… just…”

“You thought that since I was going to be crushed under your palm anyway, it didn’t matter whether you told me the truth or not, right?”

“No, absolutely not!”

At this moment, Gui was terrified. All around were powerful beings, their killing intent boiling over. He had seen with his own eyes the massive slaughter just now. After his Dao was severed, he had quickly dodged to avoid being killed.

Now, he didn’t want to die like this—that would be too unjust!

Su Yu raised an eyebrow slightly. “Those who cultivate the physical Dao are all warriors. And you, a warrior, are so afraid of death!”

Gui’s face was bitter. “I… we have cultivated for countless ages. There haven’t been many battles inside the Gate. How… how could we have the blood and courage of you all!”

This was the truth.

Gui suddenly felt that even if the Gate opened, could those people really win against this bunch of killing fiends?

Every single one of them—whether on Su Yu’s side or the Human Emperor’s side—the Rule Masters, who among them hadn’t fought endlessly over the years?

Inside the Gate, there might not have been a large-scale battle for a thousand or ten thousand years.

Su Yu smiled!

He waved his hand casually. “Take him away. Hand him over to Lan Tian for custody later!”

Everyone exchanged strange glances but said nothing.

They quickly seized Gui. Gui dared not resist, nor did he have the strength to. With some helplessness and pessimism, he thought for a moment and suddenly said, “Yu Emperor… Yu Emperor, I… my friends…”

“What’s the hurry!”

Su Yu smiled. “I don’t need you to do anything. I’ll impersonate you and chat with them for a bit, let them keep projecting their power in peace. Eventually, they’ll descend in true form. It’s best if they call more friends over—I’ll take them down one by one!”

“…”

Gui was utterly despairing. So I have no chance at all?

Su Yu paid him no more attention.

He looked again toward the upper reaches of the long river and said softly, “If we wait here, will they keep being washed down?”

The Human Emperor thought for a moment and nodded. “Yes. The power in the upper reaches is growing stronger, and it will wash them down. But if they forcibly resist upstream, there’s an advantage—it delays the opening of the Three Gates… until they are washed down, and we are as well, only then will the Three Gates truly open!”

Su Yu understood.

After a moment’s thought, he added, “On the myriad races’ side, there are still four First-Class. As for Rule Masters, after this battle, some will still advance. Those Heavenly Lords and Heavenly Kings, some are still alive—probably around fifty or so can be maintained.”

That was still a formidable force!

The Human Emperor nodded.

That was inevitable.

He looked at his own side and smiled. “On our side, even more will emerge!”

Then he asked, “What’s your plan now? Continue the pursuit, or wait here?”

After this battle, the myriad races would only hold on upstream until the Three Gates opened. They probably wouldn’t come back, nor would they dare to. They would wait until Su Yu and his forces withdrew, then they would retreat, allowing the Three Gates to appear alongside them.

Su Yu thought it over and said, “In your opinion, if we pursue and kill all of them, how much would it cost us?”

The Human Emperor considered. “They have no way back now. It’s a last stand, even a desperate battle. If they fight recklessly… we would lose at least ten or more Rule Masters, that’s certain—maybe even more.”

This was his answer, already taking Su Yu’s extraordinary abilities into account.

Otherwise, against more than fifty strong beings, including four First-Class, wouldn’t we need to lose twenty or thirty to take them down?

Su Yu smiled. “Then forget it. We won’t pursue them for now. Scaring them is enough. Because we will progress faster than them. Time, in fact, is on our side!”

How could the myriad races progress?

Su Yu and the Human Emperor, however, could improve through the enhancement of heaven and earth—elevating themselves!

People would keep advancing, keep growing stronger. Their power would only increase!

This battle had killed countless strong beings, and that was not without benefit.

Even the number of First-Class had increased by several!

Su Yu looked at the Human Emperor and asked, “How are things on your side?”

“Not too clear…”

Just as he finished, the Human Emperor smiled. “Someone’s coming!”

Before long, a group of people emerged from the distance.

All were Rule Masters!

And there were more than before. Earlier, the Human Emperor had taken twenty-seven strong beings with him. Now, over thirty had arrived, meaning many had advanced. Some were the Human Emperor’s original ancient marquises, and some were people Su Yu had sent over.

For instance, Dingjun… Su Yu was surprised to actually see Dingjun Hou!

That fellow, after failing to break through several times, had finally gotten lucky this time and succeeded.

The group of strong beings arrived quickly, and soon the two sides merged. After asking about the situation, they were all overjoyed!

A great victory!

Everyone couldn’t help but look at Su Yu. This guy was too monstrous!

But the key point… what about Ming Wang and Zhan Wang?

Not just them—at this moment, seeing Su Yu chatting with the Human Emperor, Daming Wang couldn’t hold back and said, “Um… Ancestor, why don’t you give up your Dao? I…”

Ming Wang rolled his eyes and said irritably, “I just reconnected my Dao. My Great Dao snapped—a First-Class Dao. I just reconnected it and suffered the backlash. If I give it up now, I might die from the backlash. Do you think I’m a weakling like you, who can break a Dao without much consequence?”

Speechless!

Daming Wang was stunned. “Then… Ancestor…”

The Bright King said angrily again, “What do you know? I’ve severed my path now. Without my formation suppressing things, the heavens and earth on the Emperor’s side might collapse. You’re supposed to be a cultivator of formations—can’t you see that? Are you an idiot?”

“……”

The Great Bright King was a wily old fox, but at this moment, he looked closely, paused slightly, then suddenly went wild: “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”

He abruptly turned to the Bright King’s Consort, wailing, “Ancestral grandmother, he did it on purpose! He saw the Emperor’s great future and deliberately severed his path to steal mine! Ancestral grandmother, the old ancestor won’t help the Zhu descendants, and now he’s even robbing the younger generation’s path!”

The Great Bright King grew frantic: “This path of mine—I took it from my own son! Now he, using the Emperor’s heaven-and-earth upheaval, steals my path and won’t give it back!”

Seeing this, the Human Emperor coughed lightly and soothed, “Don’t grieve. You can come to my heaven and earth, my formation path…”

“No!”

The Great Bright King was truly panicked now: “No! I won’t go! Even if I have to switch paths within the Emperor’s heaven and earth, I won’t go! I finally became the Emperor’s logistics chief…”

He almost said, I finally clawed my way to the top—how could I go be your underling?

Besides, your future compared to the Emperor’s… ahem, that’s not easy to say, but unless absolutely necessary, I’m definitely not going!

The Human Emperor’s lips twitched, then he smiled lightly and said, “It’s fine, no matter.”

But as he said this, he transmitted to Su Yu: “Send this brat to me. I don’t want anyone else—I want him! The Bright King and War King aren’t fit to sever their paths now, I don’t want them. Send this dog thing to me immediately—my formation path… it’s him!”

Ha!

You’re fighting me?

You’re not giving me face?

The Human Emperor’s smile was radiant, but inside he was cursing, Who do you think you are?

Su Yu’s lips curled slightly, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

After a while, he transmitted back: “We’ll see. The Great Bright King was the first strong one to support me, even earlier than the Xia family…”

This… was also the truth.

When he left the Great Xia Mansion back then, Zhu Tiandao was the first to accept him, and the Great Bright King showed his support. Otherwise, a genius fleeing from one great mansion to another would have run into trouble.

Later, when he faced a crisis in the ancient city, it was the Great Bright King and the Great Xia King who came to rescue him together.

So, regarding the Great Bright King, if he himself wasn’t willing, then let’s wait and see.

Su Yu knew the Human Emperor meant no harm, but… the Great Bright King’s words were quite satisfying to hear.

Listen—even if I switch paths, even if it’s not suited for me, I won’t leave. I’ll follow the Emperor, not you, Human Emperor… how satisfying!

But this logistics chief title of the Great Bright King… who appointed it?

Su Yu himself was confused. The Zhu family and the Xia family each called themselves commanders and chiefs—the key was, I never appointed anyone, right?

Good heavens, you’ve already named yourself logistics chief!

Did I ever bring that up?

Have I had any logistics work to do lately?

He said nothing, but the Bright King’s face darkened. As if I care about this third-class path! I’m a top-tier first-class powerhouse—I could crush you with one slap. If it weren’t for necessity, do you think I’d sever my path?

The Bright King didn’t want to talk. Su Yu’s heaven and earth were indeed unstable.

He still needed formation power, a third-class formation path, to maintain the previous stabilizing array. Otherwise, once he severed his path, the array would shatter, and soon Su Yu’s heaven and earth would collapse!

This great array was no simple thing—it burned the will sea of a first-class being as its energy source!

And at this moment, strong ones from both sides gathered, more and more of them.

Su Yu looked at the Human Emperor and exhaled: “You go back first. On your side, the heaven and earth aren’t stable—you haven’t even stabilized them. Your path isn’t strong, and it seems you haven’t absorbed the Human Emperor path…”

Just then, the Great Zhou King said softly, “Your Majesty and the Human Emperor should both return. Here, I, the Martial Emperor, the Yue King, the Book Spirit, the Town Martial King, the Bright King’s Consort… we’ll lead the defense! The rest can go back and rest. We’re fine.”

Here, it was extremely draining, and time was too short—not as fast as recovery in the myriad realms.

Here, it was somewhat a waste of time.

Now, the myriad races definitely wouldn’t dare to return rashly. Besides, on his side, almost all the first-class strong ones were here.

Su Yu was half-crippled, the Bright King was crippled too, and the Human Emperor was about the same. Staying here was useless.

Su Yu thought for a moment and nodded slightly: “Then you guard here and coordinate with the others. By the way, the several paths you severed—do you need to reconnect them here?”

The Great Zhou King smiled: “That would be best… otherwise, I’ll likely drop to second-class soon. But even if reconnected, I can probably only maintain second-class power, losing the chance to enter first-class.”

As for the Martial Emperor, he really profited this time.

But the Martial Emperor was actually a bit uneasy. At this moment, he coughed and said gloomily, “Um… does the Immortal Emperor count… count as killed by me?”

Does it count?

I contributed too!

Su Yu looked at him calmly: “If you say it counts, it counts. If you say it does, you can leave now—I won’t keep you.”

“……”

The Martial Emperor snorted, said no more, turned, and left.

Fine, then it doesn’t count!

Leave?

I’m not leaving!

Damn, I’ve only been here a few days and I’ve stepped into first-class—you want me to leave?

Am I really that stupid?

Ha!

The Martial Emperor had made up his mind: until he could beat Mount Tai, he absolutely wouldn’t leave. Here, the improvement was too satisfying!

Although now he had reached his limit—without Su Yu improving, he had no chance—but that bastard Su Yu improved so fast!

Even though he was badly injured this time, so what?

Su Yu recovered quickly too!

Others didn’t know, but the Martial Emperor knew that Su Yu was definitely still eyeing the strong ones inside the Heavenly Gate—lure them out, kill them, merge their paths into the heaven and earth. That heaven-and-earth power would soon recover.

……

Su Yu couldn’t be bothered with the Martial Emperor. He looked at the Human Emperor and smiled: “How about it? Now I’m keeping you company, Human Emperor—we’ve both become spirits of heaven and earth.”

The Human Emperor raised an eyebrow slightly: “Can your physical body recover?”

“Yes.”

Su Yu nodded: “A spirit of heaven and earth isn’t much different from before. The only difference… as you know, Human Emperor, is that I’m completely tied to the heaven and earth. Unlike before, I could abandon the heaven and earth and go flirt with the River of Time, connect to the River of Time path. Now… I can’t!”

Su Yu shook his head. That was the difference.

He and the Human Emperor were the same—except the Human Emperor had no choice. Su Yu didn’t really care. His physical body could still be restored. Becoming a spirit mainly meant his will sea was linked to the heaven and earth.

If he truly abandoned this identity… the heaven and earth would inevitably be destroyed!

The Human Emperor looked at Su Yu and suddenly sighed: “The two of us—one calls himself Human Emperor, the other calls himself Universe Emperor… just the two of us—can we still be considered human?”

Neither of us can.

After speaking, he couldn’t help but laugh, and Su Yu, in truth, knew that the Human Emperor still yearned to preserve his human identity, but at this moment, he had indeed become a spirit in essence.

Su Yu was the same!

Su Yu also laughed, and around him, a crowd joined in the laughter, yet each face was complex.

These two, speaking so lightly in this moment, actually left everyone feeling helpless and pained—two supreme powerhouses of humanity, leaders fighting for the human race, had both lost their human identity for the sake of their people.

Existing in the form of spirits!

Was this not tragic?

Su Yu didn’t dwell on it much, turning to look at Great Zhou King and the others, then at the Human Emperor, and said with a smile, “Come, let’s go back and recuperate. After this battle, we both need to restore our strength… There are still plenty of hard fights ahead!”

The Three Gates were the key.

As for the myriad races, it was enough to have scared them for now.

With this battle over, no one would dare cause trouble again.

The Human Emperor nodded as well: “I need to recover my strength quickly, or else it’s too embarrassing!”

Having left the Heaven and Earth, a mere second-rank—the Human Emperor almost felt he had no face left!

At the very least, after leaving the Heaven and Earth, he should still maintain first-rank combat power—that would barely count!

With that, the two walked downstream together, and the injured powerhouses followed in droves.

Behind them, Great Zhou King and the others chose to stay and guard this place, denying the myriad races any chance to return.

Only after the two had gone far did the remaining guardians let out a slight sigh of relief. The one wielding the cleaver, Town Wu King, could no longer hold back and spoke: “Zhou Tian, this Su Yu…”

Beside her, Martial Emperor sneered: “No manners!”

Town Wu King’s face turned cold: “He’s gone now—try being arrogant again?”

“I’ve entered the first rank—how could I fear you?”

Martial Emperor looked haughty, “What, your man doesn’t dare come back, so you want to fight me in his place? Little worm, even if you’re first-rank, I’ll still take you down!”

Town Wu King’s face was murderous; she loathed this fellow.

And Martial Emperor was equally disdainful—fear you?

I’ve reached the first rank—I’m not afraid of you at all!

Great Zhou King saw this and felt helpless, almost forgetting the grudge between these two.

Both were first-rank, but… Martial Emperor didn’t stop to think: Town Wu King still had a group of sisters beneath her. Are you sure you want to tangle with her?

He was just pondering whether these two might stir up trouble for him, when suddenly Su Yu’s ethereal voice drifted over: “How you fight, I don’t care. If you kill each other, I don’t care either. But you two first-ranks—if you don’t first kill two enemy first-ranks and deliver their corpses to me… and you dare waste each other’s strength… I’ll slaughter you both and be done with it! Hmph!”

A cold snort shook heaven and earth.

Martial Emperor pursed his lips and said nothing.

Town Wu King also muttered something and fell silent.

Forget it!

Too lazy to speak with Martial Emperor, her husband’s defeated foe!

Martial Emperor also found himself an excuse: a good man doesn’t fight a woman—fine, just ignore her!

Great Zhou King saw the two first-ranks instantly quiet down and was speechless.

Su Yu… had enough deterrence over both of them!

Not to mention Martial Emperor, even someone like Town Wu King feared Su Yu—a feeling entirely different from her brashness before the Human Emperor.

Nearby, Bright King’s Consort smiled, appearing much more amiable. She was only fierce toward Bright King; ordinarily, she was very gentle.

At this moment, Bright King’s Consort looked in the direction Su Yu and the others had gone and fell into thought.

That man of mine… does he truly not want to leave Su Yu’s Heaven and Earth, or is he really unable to?

Is he taking root for the Human Emperor, or does he have his own ideas?

After all, Su Yu’s rise had been too swift!

Bright King’s Consort knew well that her man was extremely shrewd—perhaps he was doing it on purpose, snatching the grandson’s grandson’s Dao and refusing to give it back!

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but want to laugh.

The way Great Bright King had just wept and complained left her speechless too—your ancestor stole your Dao, what could I say?

With that thought, she turned to Great Zhou King and asked, “Zhou Tian, how do you view these two human emperors?”

Great Zhou King was silent for a moment, then spoke: “The Human Emperor is the righteous path; the Yu Emperor… is the demonic path!”

Everyone was stunned, silent for a long while.

Those words… did have some truth.

And Great Zhou King, after a pause, added: “Two sides of the same coin. The Yu Emperor needs someone like the Human Emperor, and the Human Emperor, in truth, also needs the Yu Emperor. Complementing each other, I think humanity will grow stronger!”

With that, he sighed: “The demonic path… was also my creation!”

He gave a self-deprecating laugh, shook his head, sat cross-legged on the ground, and spoke no more.

This tidal wave’s demonic path—wasn’t it something I myself manufactured?

It was I who forced them to become demons!

Great Zhou King thought to himself, yet he felt no regret. If you hadn’t become demons, perhaps humanity would have been beyond saving. Now, at least there is a chance—a great chance!

The Three Gates are mighty, but with all of you here, that is success!

He gazed silently into the distance, thinking of many things, of some past events.

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