Chapter 894: You Are the Faith!

"You killed my brother!"

In the absolute domain, flames raged.

At this moment, the Valley Lord of Fallen Souls stared coldly at Su Yu, his gaze icy.

Su Yu smiled. "What does that have to do with me?"

"You devoured him yourself—what does that have to do with me?"

Su Yu's face bore an air of utter indifference. Your brother, you fused him yourself—who killed your brother?

Su Yu's smile was radiant. "You insisted on coming in. Your brother was dying, and you wouldn't even release the seal. Why say so much?"

The Valley Lord of Fallen Souls was utterly cold.

Release the seal?

If he did, outside there was still the Martial King who had fused with heaven and earth.

Then, it wouldn't be just one death!

At this moment, he suddenly grew calm.

He sat cross-legged, said nothing more, and waited in silence.

Burn!

If this dragged on, who would live and who would die—that was far from certain!

Surely some master of a forbidden land would make a move!

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Even if it wasn't for the Martial King or Su Yu, if the Nether Hell itself suddenly acted, someone would intervene. Back then, when the Nether Lord came here, everyone blocked him—it would be no different now!

Drag it out!

At this moment, here, he realized Su Yu's will was unimaginably tenacious. He had initially thought Su Yu young, but now he saw that youth... also meant charging forward without hesitation!

This man must have endured many hardships.

Indeed, without suffering, how could he have come this far?

At this moment, the Valley Lord of Fallen Souls made his decision: drag it out!

...

Flames scorched Su Yu.

Su Yu also saw the other man sitting cross-legged. After all, his opponent was a top-tier powerhouse, and moreover, within the seal of his own Dao. If this dragged on, Su Yu might not necessarily lose, but—

A master of a forbidden land might come.

"You want to drag this out?"

Su Yu smiled. The other man said nothing.

"Why don't you try to kill me by force? I am weaker than you, after all!"

The Valley Lord of Fallen Souls was unmoved by any provocation.

Having cultivated for countless ages, he understood provocation and would not be swayed.

Su Yu sighed. "Kill me, and you might gain a great harvest! After all, I am a Heaven Opener..."

The other man remained utterly silent.

This kid... Su Yu was a bit helpless. Regretfully, he said, "Truly patient—even your brother is dead!"

With that, he said no more and continued adding various Dao forces to the flames.

The flames blazed wildly, fiercer than before!

"Playing with fire and burning yourself!"

The Valley Lord of Fallen Souls replied coldly. With his brother fused, he was far more stable than before. This madman was simply immolating himself!

Did he really think he couldn't be burned to death?

This flame was not Su Yu's alone—it was the Valley Lord's own Dao flame, fueled by Su Yu's additions. It burned not just one person. You are weaker than me; you will collapse before I do!

In all his years of cultivation, this was the first time he had encountered someone who set himself ablaze.

Su Yu chuckled. "Burning myself? That remains to be seen!"

He continued adding fuel, smiling. "Fiercer—if you burn to death, I'll devour you and recover... Of course, if you burn me to death, you'll devour my heaven and earth and recover as well. Why not take a gamble? Whoever dies, the other wins! If I die, the Martial King dies, and everyone else dies too—you become the ultimate victor!"

The winner takes all!

The Valley Lord of Fallen Souls remained silent, saying nothing, resisting the flames.

Su Yu smiled. "Not willing to gamble?"

The Valley Lord of Fallen Souls said indifferently, "At my level, why gamble? Just wait for the outcome. Those who gamble are always the weak!"

"How rigid!"

Su Yu laughed, adding more fire. The flames scorched heaven and earth. Su Yu's body was ignited, and so was the Valley Lord of Fallen Souls. Now, the flames burned with a frenzy.

Su Yu gasped, smiling. "This is your absolute domain. The flames burn you, and they also burn your Dao... You're paying twice the price!"

"And so are you!"

The Valley Lord of Fallen Souls replied. Because it was Su Yu who added the fuel—these fuels were also Dao forces—so their consumption was roughly equal. But with an extra Dao force, that was a massive gap!

He was simply stronger than Su Yu!

Dreaming of burning him to death? Impossible!

At this moment, no one else could intervene, unless they shattered the Martial King's Sea of Will. But if the Martial King were shattered, Su Yu would surely lose.

Thus, at this moment, the Martial King, no matter how furious or how he roared, was utterly helpless. Faintly, one could hear the Martial King's powerless roars.

Within his Sea of Will, both sides had set up their absolute domains, tormenting each other, burning one another.

But he, the master, could do nothing!

The Martial King's voice echoed, filled with rage and roaring: "Wait for me—I'll go kill all those bastards, then come back to save you!"

Su Yu smiled, saying nothing.

Save me?

I don't need it!

He wasn't necessarily weaker than his opponent. With the four emperors fusing their Daos, Su Yu had actually advanced a bit on the 31st Dao. Of course, that still hadn't reached that level—but remember, Su Yu had a dual heaven and earth!

He didn't have just a single heaven!

At this moment, if Su Yu wished, he could summon his heaven and earth. Of course, he might not be able to break through the Heavenly Gate. As for the Heavenly Gate's phantom, it could only bring Su Yu a portion of power, not the full force of his heaven and earth.

Summoning his heaven and earth... if he did, the commotion would be immense, and everything would be exposed!

Whether he was the Nether Lord's secret weapon or a Heaven Opener of the myriad realms—that made a difference.

At this moment, Su Yu had not yet decided to summon his heaven and earth.

He would simply endure the pain!

Between life and death!

I have opened up life and death outside the gate, but here, I have not opened it.

Su Yu ponders: here, what if I open up life and death?

Even the Lord of the Dead, here, cannot open up life and death.

Su Yu, here, has indeed opened up the path of death—Qu Gang opened it upon merging—and the path of life, too, has been opened, but opening them does not mean the Heaven of Life and Death!

The fusion of life and death, the transformation of life and death—that is the true Heaven of Life and Death.

At this moment, Su Yu does not summon the heavens, does not wield the power outside the gate. He endures pain, endures the agony of burning, even sets his own path ablaze, all in an attempt, in contemplation: should I risk a trial here?

Open the Heaven of Life and Death!

But his life force is too weak.

Yes, too weak.

Su Yu’s death aura is formidable; after the fusion of the four emperors, his path of death is immensely strong, but what of his path of life?

How can balance be achieved?

Without balance between life and death, how can the Heaven of Life and Death be opened?

The Lord of the Dead’s heaven is stronger than Su Yu’s, yet precisely because of that, opening life and death is far harder for him than for Su Yu, and he lacks experience. Su Yu does not lack it, but he lacks the power of the path of life!

Without enough power from the path of life, if he dies, he cannot revive!

Then, any talk of life-death transformation becomes a joke.

Of course, since Su Yu intends to open the Heaven of Life and Death, he is not without confidence. He looks at his opponent, the Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley—a being of immense power, immortal and indestructible, whose life force is astonishingly dense.

At the moment of Su Yu’s death, if he slays him and merges his life force, allowing himself to die and be reborn, it might be feasible. A powerhouse of the 32nd path would be enough to support Su Yu’s revival!

But… can he do it?

To kill him at the cost of his own life—if Su Yu fails to slay him in his final moment and dies himself… then he truly dies!

Not only he, but everyone in his heaven would perish.

On the Myriad Realms side, there is still a period of collapse; the Human Emperor is there, enough to shelter those people as they leave the heaven. But here, including the Martial King, everyone would die.

“Life and death…”

Su Yu smiles. Should he give it a try?

When he came through the gate, Su Yu carried all kinds of thoughts, but never the burden of dread!

The world beyond the gate is utterly despairing.

Yet, having reached this point, Su Yu does not despair. Only his quest for the Dao, his yearning for freedom, his desire to probe the heavens and earth—these allow him to cast aside all despair!

He looks at the Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley and smiles: “Valley Lord, how about we play a game?”

The Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley’s heart chills!

What does he intend to do now?

Su Yu’s smile is dazzling: “Want to play? It’s quite fun!”

“What do you want?”

The Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley says coldly: “You madman, are you truly unafraid of death? At our level, must we fight to the death every time we meet? Is there some deep, abiding hatred between us?”

Su Yu laughs: “No… but… you want to leave! What if you didn’t leave?”

The Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley is silent.

Su Yu chuckles: “You see, this is the struggle of the Dao. What need is there for deep hatred? I have no choice either!”

The struggle of the age, the struggle of the Dao!

The Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley remains impassive, saying nothing more.

No matter what you say, I will not heed it.

Su Yu laughs, his laughter growing more and more manic.

One by one, his paths ignite. Fierce flames scorch the Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley, forcing him to grunt repeatedly. Su Yu groans in agony, gritting his teeth until they crack, yet still he smiles through the pain: “A world of calamity, a world of darkness, a world of doom—this world truly makes one despair!”

Despair!

“The age of the three gates, the age of the myriad realms… must they all endure repeated apocalypses?”

“I do not know who is right or wrong… Perhaps when my age is sealed away, I too… might think of leading my age out to slaughter, to annihilate the next age, to revive my own!”

“Is the Lord of Time the one at fault?”

“Perhaps… he never even cared about us… merely following the normal rules of the cycle of ages, while we—we refuse to accept!”

Su Yu roars, with some pain, some pride: “So, I will defy heaven! You want to annihilate us—impossible!”

Watching his twisted face, the Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley frowns again and again.

This man before him, clearly a powerhouse of the new age, is even more frenzied, more anguished, more despairing than those of the old age!

Is it because we have become numb to despair?

While he—he refuses to accept!

Refuses to accept the opening of the three gates, refuses to accept that the gates will annihilate them!

Right and wrong, at this moment, are not so clear, not so distinct.

What right? What wrong?

There is none!

There is only refusal to accept.

Su Yu has never known hope.

From the day he was born, humanity was besieged by all realms. War has been constant since his birth. He spent six peaceful years in the rear, the most tranquil six years, yet they left no deep memory.

From the day his memories grew sharp, he has experienced despair after despair.

At this moment, Su Yu wails, shrieks in agony. The flames have torn his soul apart, and they also force the Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley to groan incessantly, in unbearable pain. Yet he feels he is about to win!

That madman before him is burning himself to the brink of death, still adding more power from his paths!

So, the victor is him!

“Why… was I born at the end of an age?”

Suddenly, Su Yu lets out a bone-chilling laugh: “If… I had been born at the beginning of an age… perhaps I would not struggle… When I have lived peacefully for a hundred thousand years, two hundred thousand years… what is death? But I… am still young… why must despair fill my entire life?”

“You have already collapsed!”

The Lord of the Fallen Soul Valley sighs suddenly, closing his eyes and saying no more.

This man has broken down!

Though his spirit and will are strong, in the end, he cannot withstand such intense pain!

“Collapsed?”

Su Yu laughs. At this moment, he actually laughs: “Heh heh… how could that be? I have always been sane. How could I collapse? Isn’t this what a normal person does? It is you who have gone mad! If an age is to be destroyed, then let it be destroyed—why must you seek death?”

The flames incinerated him, and Su Yu wrenched his neck!

Had I broken down?

No, I had not!

How could that be!

...

And at this very moment, out in the world beyond, the Martial King was frantically slaughtering those fleeing powerhouses; those he could capture were forced to sever their paths and fuse into the world, while those who refused were swiftly executed, their paths violently stripped away and forced into fusion!

Right now, the Martial King's countenance was grimly ashen!

He could see it!

That was, after all, his own sea of consciousness!

At this moment, he beheld Su Yu's blood-chilling smile, and in an instant, he suddenly cast aside all of his lingering resentment!

Just what kind of despair had he endured to transform into such a demon?

Was there truly not a single shred of hope in his life?

What exactly had the Myriad Realms gone through these past years, and what, pray tell, had Su Yu gone through?

Su Yu had inquired about his past, yet he had never questioned Su Yu's.

Because Su Yu was too young—so young, in fact, that the Martial King had harbored no true interest in him; a mere few decades of life meant this lad had lived too briefly, so what could he possibly know?

What could he possibly understand?

Yet at this very moment, the Martial King understood that perhaps he had been wrong; precisely because the youth had risen in such a fleeting span of time, perhaps his life was all the more intriguing, all the more labyrinthine!

Otherwise, how could he have ascended with such staggering velocity?

"Su Yu!"

Beholding Su Yu's unraveling state and his maniacal laughter, he could endure it no longer, roaring frantically within his sea of consciousness: "Do not court your own death! If you cannot kill him, then abandon it! Lord of Soul-Fall Valley, undo the seal and we shall withdraw!"

"Otherwise, there is nothing to be gained for you either!"

The Lord of Soul-Fall Valley heard this, and in truth, he desired nothing more than to undo the seal and retreat, but at that exact instant, Su Yu bellowed fiercely: "How dare you! Taishan, how dare you! I have plotted for so long, he is mine! If you dare release him, I will kill you! How dare you defy orders upon the battlefield!"

Seeing him so utterly crazed and beyond restraint, the Martial King let out a furious roar, shattering a foe before him into fragmented pieces with a single punch, turning them to pulp!

He bellowed and raged: "Kill! All those who refuse to fuse their paths, slaughter them all! Do you hear me?"

All around, the Blade Master and his compatriots felt their hearts turn to ice.

This Martial King was terrifyingly insane!

They dared not dally, frantically hacking down those formidable enemies!

With the Four Emperors present, with the Asura Envoy present, and with the Martial King present, the entirety of Soul-Fall Valley—populous though it was—soon saw a vast multitude of its powerhouses slaughtered!

A massive horde of powerhouses surrendered!

Those rogue cultivators who had been drawn here previously were likewise slaughtered in great numbers, while the remnants surrendered one after another!

In the blink of an eye, across all directions, the dead lay still and the living bowed in submission!

In less than five minutes from start to finish, the vast expanse of the Soul-Fall Valley region had fallen utterly quiet!

A deathly silence reigned!

The void was littered with corpses, drifting aimlessly through the expanse.

As for those who remained, all knelt trembling in the center, encircled by powerhouses whose eyes were crimson with the lust of slaughter.

These men, one by one, turned their gazes toward the Martial King.

Where was the Tribulation Master?

Where was the Lord of Soul-Fall Valley?

They were still alive, yet they had vanished entirely!

At this moment, not even a ripple of energy remained!

The entire region was hushed; where on earth had those two gone?

The Martial King remained silent.

Several of the Sovereign Emperors, however, faintly discerned where Su Yu was, and they turned their eyes toward the Martial King; the Martial King sat cross-legged, ignoring everyone around him, acting at this moment like a mere bystander, watching Su Yu and the Lord of Soul-Fall Valley test their endurance and match their madness within his sea of consciousness!

...

"Keep burning!"

The flames grew ever more ferocious, and the Lord of Soul-Fall Valley coughed up blood continuously, turning his head to look at Su Yu, whose very soul appeared on the verge of shattering from the incineration!

"You are courting death..."

The Lord of Soul-Fall Valley could not restrain a furious roar: "Must you insist on a mutual destruction? If you die, I can still survive!"

Yet, even if I survive, being tormented so by this madman might very well leave me grievously wounded and on the brink of death!

Of course, devouring his world might yield a bountiful harvest.

However, he would rather forgo such a harvest entirely!

"Su Yu, stay your hand now, and I shall not hunt you down... Even if those people arrive and you flee, they will not fight you to the bitter end..."

"Cough, cough..."

He coughed incessantly, and with every cough, blood burned and the grand path incinerated; what he spat out was the pure power of the path, the fragmented remnants of the grand path!

He was exasperated beyond measure!

Just where had I provoked him?

Of all the forbidden lands, why must he come for me first!

As for Su Yu, he no longer cried out, nor did he speak; he simply continued to feed the fuel, continuing to stoke the flames, until the fire scorched him beyond recognition and twisted his very soul!

At this moment, Su Yu was contemplating: how could the transition between life and death succeed?

How could he deliver a fatal, singular blow to his opponent?

In the fleeting instant of my own demise, killing the foe and causing their life force to detonate—that alone was the chance for survival; of course, he could summon the world... but why should he?

There was no benefit to be gained from summoning it now.

"Or perhaps, instead of summoning it, I can draw upon a portion of the world's power through the Heavenly Gate for an instantaneous burst... in the precise moment the enemy deems me weakened... I shall slay him in a flash?"

Thought after thought surfaced.

Soon, these thoughts were incinerated; this soul-fire was exceedingly venomous indeed!

At this moment, Su Yu forgot his agony.

He was accustomed to thinking amidst torment.

He looked toward the Lord of Soul-Fall Valley, his gaze remaining as bright as ever, harboring a hint of profound contemplation within that brilliance.

At this very instant, the Lord of Soul-Fall Valley was suddenly seized by a wave of unease!

What on earth was this fellow planning to do?

Su Yu suddenly smiled. Even though the smile was invisible, the Lord of Lost Soul Valley still knew—he was smiling!

“Su Yu!”

He roared, a mix of anger and unease. “I am unkillable! You cannot kill me! Su Yu… we can cooperate! Cooperate, do you hear me?”

“You come from the Myriad Realms. Aren’t you worried the Forbidden Lands will invade them? I’ll help you! I attained the Dao through spirit. The essence of spirit and soul is immortality and indestructibility. I swallowed the Dao into my body—I am an eternal existence!”

Su Yu said faintly, “How could that be? Spirit is also a form of power. And power—there is no invincible power, no immortal and indestructible power… I’m thinking about how to annihilate you.”

“Spiritual power… soul… there are actually many ways to annihilate it… the simplest being corrosive power, death power—both can target it… You swallowed the Dao into your body, but that doesn’t make you invincible! I even swallowed the heavens into myself, and I don’t think I’m unkillable!”

He smiled, a hint of contemplation in his expression.

Watching the agonized Lord of Lost Soul Valley, he suddenly asked, “War King, has anyone entered the Forbidden Severance Canyon?”

…

Outside, the War King suddenly opened his eyes and scanned the surroundings.

He sensed for a moment!

Faintly, he felt several powerful auras approaching. At that moment, the Lord of the Dead also shouted sharply, “I can block the teleportation, but if they come in person, I cannot stop them!”

This had been agreed upon long ago!

He could prevent them from teleporting in, but once they arrived, he couldn’t join the battle. If he did, the teleportation would go unblocked, and if they surrounded and killed him… he’d be in trouble!

…

The War King sensed carefully and quickly transmitted through the Sea of Will: “Soon. The Lord of the Dead has blocked teleportation but cannot stop their arrival. Some nearby Forbidden Lords, those close by, are already approaching the Forbidden Severance Canyon!”

“How long?”

Su Yu asked. The War King quickly replied, “No more than thirty Earth-Years. They are Forbidden Lords!”

He wasn’t sure of the exact time.

But thirty Earth-Years—for a Fourth-Rank, that would take a month; for a First-Rank, perhaps only three days.

For a Transcendent, maybe just half a day.

It seemed slow, but if they used teleportation or spatial techniques, it would be faster. Those arriving quickly all had some means of teleportation!

The Lord of Lost Soul Valley heard this too, and with some excitement, he roared, “The first to arrive will surely be the Immortal of Eternal Heaven! He excels in all kinds of Dao arts and can get here quickly… Su Yu, don’t be stubborn! Flee!”

“Is that so?”

So the Immortal Ancestor would be the first to arrive. He was indeed skilled in all Dao arts, teleportation included. Su Yu estimated—maybe three minutes?

Very fast indeed!

For the Lord of Lost Soul Valley to hold out for three minutes was no challenge at all!

This was the first time Su Yu had encountered someone so difficult to kill!

Strictly speaking, they were only half a Dao apart. Su Yu was even a Heaven-Opener, yet he couldn’t gain any advantage. The gap of half a Dao stretched infinitely, flattening all his advantages.

This was also the first time Su Yu truly felt the vast difference between Transcendents and those below.

The thirty-Dao Soul Lord had died, and he himself was near death, yet this guy still held on!

And he himself was about to collapse!

“To hell with it—let’s do it once!”

Su Yu weighed the moment to strike. His Dao power was draining away, growing weaker and weaker, while the Lord of Lost Soul Valley was also weakening, his aura fluctuating.

He watched Su Yu slowly wither to the brink of death, utterly speechless.

This guy really wanted to burn himself to death before he’d give up?

Who fights like this?

The War King’s urgent voice came through, “Enough! Stop! Don’t you still need to save Wen Yu? If you die now, how will you save her?”

Su Yu ignored him.

Not enough!

The flames continued!

And the Lord of Lost Soul Valley suddenly stopped panicking. Though he was extremely weak, Su Yu was even weaker!

He looked at Su Yu, even entertaining a thought—what if I kill him now?

At this moment, Su Yu was so weak that a single slap might finish him.

Within his Absolute Domain, he could sense that this was no feint—Su Yu was truly at the edge of death!

His heart stirred. If he killed Su Yu, everyone would die.

He could devour everything Su Yu left behind!

Though wounded, after devouring, he might recover—or even open the heavens!

He stared at Su Yu, who was also watching him, smiling. “If I die, I’ll give you one last fierce blow—blow up this world and leave you with nothing…”

“Then die!”

A cold voice suddenly rang out. The next moment, the Lord of Lost Soul Valley, who had been standing still, vanished and reappeared beside Su Yu, a sharp sword materializing in his hand!

The sword was the Lost Soul Valley itself!

Fearsome and mighty!

In an instant, he seemed to have returned to his peak, aiming to strike Su Yu down in one blow!

No chance for Su Yu!

With a *pfft*, the sword pierced his body!

It felt effortless. The Lord of Lost Soul Valley was slightly stunned—so easy?

Well, he was too weak!

But at that very moment, Su Yu suddenly burst apart. In the explosion, a gate appeared.

The Heavenly Gate!

That was nothing—almost everyone who came had a Heavenly Gate. The Lord of Lost Soul Valley didn’t think much of it, but he intended to destroy the gate as well, lest Su Yu survive through it.

Yet at that instant, from within the Heavenly Gate, a surge of power emerged.

Not too strong!

But this not-too-strong power flowed into Su Yu’s body, and he, who had seemed utterly dead from the sword strike, instantly coalesced again. At this moment, the Lord of Lost Soul Valley saw nothing but a pair of eyes!

Eyes cold and icy!

Filled with madness and calm, with contempt—as if saying, *Finally, I’ve been waiting for you.*

“It’s you who should die!”

At this moment, from Su Yu's body surged a power utterly different from this place, merging with the power of this land, and in that instant, a special force erupted!

Yin and Yang united!

The power drawn out was indeed not strong!

Roughly equivalent to twenty-two strands of power, in such a battle, it was not truly formidable.

Yet the moment it combined with Su Yu, his own power seemed to undergo a qualitative transformation; in an instant, Su Yu appeared to return to his peak, even stronger than his prime!

With a smile, he suddenly transformed into heaven and earth, tightly enveloping the Lord of Lost Souls Valley, as if seeking to merge with him!

And the Lord of Lost Souls Valley struggled violently, roaring, and bellowed, "Even so, you cannot kill me... unless we die together!"

At this moment, Su Yu's power was roughly on par with his!

But even so, for Su Yu to kill him, he would have to pay with his life—was it worth it to perish together with me?

Not worth it!

He wanted to say, let's each take a step back, forget it, no need!

Yet at this moment, Su Yu suddenly reverted to his original form, smiling, clad in a white robe, with an air of calm, "How could I die? I will never die... because I have faith!"

Of course, that was nonsense.

Because I will attempt a fusion of life and death, to be reborn once more!

But there was no need to say that.

At this moment, all the Great Dao power within Su Yu instantly snapped!

A flame of extreme ferocity engulfed them both in an instant. Su Yu, smiling, clung tightly to the Lord of Lost Souls Valley, and looking at the sky, said, "Be careful, fend for yourselves. If I return too late... we're all doomed!"

At this moment, the Martial King's expression shifted slightly!

The next moment, suddenly, the strong around him began to tremble violently. One by one, their faces changed drastically, their Great Dao power dissipated, and then their Great Dao snapped!

Rumble!

Some exploded directly, but others did not explode—instead, they were instantly extinguished!

"No..."

Someone wailed, but it was too late!

Rumble!

A great sound rang out, as if heaven and earth were collapsing, and in that instant, everyone fell into extinction.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of figures floated in the void.

Some wore expressions of despair, some of fear, some of unwillingness, some of resentment!

And the Martial King struggled as well; the next moment, his eyes gradually dimmed, carrying some helplessness, some disappointment—damn it, Su Yu, you madman!

I know what he's going to do!

Rebirth again!

Just like the first time he saw Su Yu, the cycle of life and death—but that state was too hard to wake from. He seriously doubted that if he and Old Man Wen hadn't called out to him last time, Su Yu would have died!

As for Su Yu saying he had set his own alarm clock, the Martial King didn't believe it!

"You're just a madman..."

He muttered, and his eyes lost their luster.

The next moment, his head held high, his eyes were utterly devoid of spirit. Not just him—at this moment, everyone around was the same, all entering extinction!

The vast area, in an instant, was deathly silent!

No sign of life!

In the distance, a ripple came, carrying some confusion—where are the people?

All dead?

...

At this moment, a tremendous explosive force swept across the entire heaven and earth!

Two powers suddenly erupted, shattering the sky!

Two frenzied figures appeared in the Forbidden Canyon.

"Su Yu... you madman!"

The Lord of Lost Souls Valley's voice, filled with despair, rage, and unwillingness, resounded through heaven and earth!

And at this moment, Su Yu's laughter came, "I am no madman, I am a seeker of the Dao... to seek the Dao... one may die... hahaha..."

Boom!

The sound of the Great Dao snapping came!

In the sky, a dark river suddenly appeared!

That river suddenly trembled violently!

Because a Devourer of the Dao had died!

Rumble!

The river surged, and the might of annihilation swept in all directions!

...

"Su Yu?"

At this moment, from all directions, one powerful figure after another was shaken, murmuring.

Su Yu?

The Lord of Lost Souls Valley is dead?

Two lords of forbidden lands have died today?

Even if the Soul Lord was weaker, the Lord of Lost Souls Valley was not weak at all—truly a supreme being!

And now, he perished together with his enemy?

Where did this madman come from?

Su Yu...

This name was well-known in the Myriad Realms, had some fame in the Earth Gate, but in the Heaven Gate, it was almost unknown.

Those who knew, like Gui, had already entered the Myriad Realms.

In truth, some vaguely felt they had heard this name.

Fa!

But they couldn't recall where they had heard it, or couldn't connect it—Fa seemed to have once heard the Literary King threaten the Lord of the Dead, mentioning Su Yu's name once.

Yet still, they couldn't connect it!

The violent fluctuations now swept in all directions, and no one had time to think further.

Because, they were all dead!

In that precise instant, the great river shuddered violently!

The entirety of the Forbidden Gorge was instantly bathed in a blinding, daytime brilliance!

...

Within the domain of the Soul-Falling Valley, a monstrous, heaven-surging lifeforce erupted!

A single breath later, this tumultuous vitality vanished into nothingness.

The entire region fell into an absolute, deathly stillness, save for several hundred corpses suspended in midair, among them the Martial King!

...

At that exact moment, in the vicinity of the Mountain of Eternity.

The King of Wen’s expression shifted subtly!

"Dead..."

He murmured softly, and in the next heartbeat, his eyes flickered: "A conversion of life and death?"

He knit his brows; could such a thing truly succeed?

Su Yu was stark raving mad!

How could he dare to risk everything time and time again!

The King of Wen had witnessed Su Yu play this exact game once before, a gamble that had brought him to the absolute brink of demise; if he failed to revive swiftly enough, it would mean true and everlasting annihilation!

Moreover, at this very moment, lords of forbidden grounds were already rushing toward that location; a delayed resurrection would mean certain death nonetheless!

The King of Wen’s brow furrowed so deeply it carved the character for a river into his forehead!

Taishan was still over there!

He knew Su Yu was reckless, but he had never realized that this fellow was not merely reckless, but thoroughly demoniacal!

Even if the Lord of the Soul-Falling Valley could not be slain, what of it?

Was it truly necessary to go to such lengths?

Worry gnawed at the King of Wen, a heavy, suffocating anxiety he had not felt in countless years!

...

Upon the Vault of Heaven Mountain.

The Lord of the Vault of Heaven sighed with deep emotion: "It is over, the show has ended. A ruthless bastard dragged two lords of forbidden grounds down to the grave with him... what a pity!"

Beside him, the Heavenly Gate trembled slightly, and after a long silence, the Human Emperor spoke in a low, gravelly tone: "All dead?"

"Dead!"

"Just now, I caught the name Su Yu..."

"Yes, that was the vanguard of the assault. Let it be said, the lad was truly no weakling!"

The Human Emperor fell utterly mute!

Soon, he ceased speaking entirely; his manifestation within the Myriad Realms cast a swift glance toward Su Yu’s cosmos, which at this very moment appeared to be on the verge of collapse!

Yet, the deceleration was not absolute!

Wan Tiansheng and the others soared forth in rapid succession, their faces uniformly pale and grim!

Grit-toothed, the Human Emperor roared: "Sever your paths, merge into my cosmos!"

Su Yu had likely met with disaster!

Did that madman possess no restraint whatsoever?

Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng, gazing upon the trembling cosmos and the violently fluctuating Seal of the Human Ruler, let out a soft sigh: "Sever the paths, merge into the cosmos of the Human Emperor!"

As for himself, he merely smiled faintly, vanishing in an instant as he entered the Seal of the Human Ruler!

Are you truly dead?

Surely not!

Or is it that you have once more fused life and death?

I do not know... but since you are absent, we shall wait for you here!

Stepping into the great seal of the Human Ruler, his gaze gradually grew vacant; the cosmos was sinking into utter annihilation!

Yet in that very moment, several figures materialized at his side.

Someone laughed genially and said: "Why sever our paths? If Su Yu survives this, wouldn't we lose all hope of returning? And if he truly faces eternal silence... then let us embrace eternal silence together! We have campaigned for years... we have slain enough to break even!"

One powerhouse after another walked forward: the Great King of Qin, the Great King of Ming, Xia Longwu...

If it was to be annihilation, let everyone face it together!

Su Yu represented the collective defiance of them all!

Never to surrender!

To fight until the bitter end!

He was their faith, the solitary beacon of light in the consuming darkness!

When even he had succumbed to eternal silence, then the rest of us shall vanish alongside him within this cosmos!

Outside, the Human Emperor bellowed and raged: "Bastards! A pack of wretched dogs! What kind of teacher rears such creatures! Damn it all!"

Had they lost their minds?

If they truly embraced annihilation, were they all simply waiting to die?

Wan Tiansheng and the others locked eyes and smiled; across the three gates, the creeping power of annihilation took a brief moment before it finally transmitted over, causing the light in the eyes of each powerhouse to dim one by one.

A serene smile graced Wan Tiansheng's face; I... believe in you!

Always and forever, I believe in you!

Su Yu, you are our faith... do you know that?

Without you, we... simply cannot fight on any longer!

The light in his eyes turned completely lifeless, the brilliance of the great seal extinguished, and the cosmos fell into absolute silence!