Chapter 896: Boundless Arrogance

A scream rang out, startling everyone into terror.

What had happened?

The lords of the forbidden lands turned their heads to look, and in the next moment, all were unable to suppress their horror.

As lords of forbidden lands, what had they not seen?

But had you ever seen a being of immense power, one who had just slain two lords of forbidden lands and then fallen, possibly truly resurrected?

All because of the Lord of the Dead’s necromancy?

In that moment, they saw it!

As if crawling out from an endless hell, beneath the Demon Ancestor’s feet, a pair of hands emerged, grasping the Demon Ancestor’s ankles.

Those hands gripped a lord of a forbidden land tightly.

They seized a supreme being!

Countless strands of the Great Dao spread upward!

Silent and unseen, even a supreme being could not evade—this was the truly terrifying and horrifying thing.

To ambush a lord of a forbidden land was exceedingly difficult!

And now, it seemed not an ambush, but a true resurrection, rising from hell!

“You’re stepping on my head!”

A faint voice sounded, tinged with a hint of laughter, “I… have been reborn!”

Boom!

Thunder erupted from nowhere, the void quaked, heaven and earth shattered!

A realm materialized out of nowhere, enveloping the forbidden land behind the Demon Ancestor, enveloping the Demon Ancestor himself.

And in the distance, the Lord of the Dead’s eyes blazed with astonishing brilliance.

Truly alive!

Truly!

He laughed wildly, his laughter shaking heaven and earth.

“Summon souls, revive!”

“Undying and indestructible, I emerge from death, I command death, I am eternal and immortal!”

The Lord of the Dead roared!

And this statement, once dismissed as nonsense, was now realized.

In the distance, the Immortal Ancestor paled in horror, retreating several steps, muttering in disbelief, “It can’t be real…”

This was impossible!

If the Lord of the Dead could resurrect a lord of a forbidden land at will, without any cost, then… who could oppose him?

When you pay an immense price to slay an enemy, only for them to rise from the dead, how can you continue to fight?

Remember, it had just cost the lives of two lords of forbidden lands to kill this Su Yu.

But he… was alive!

Would two more die?

And be resurrected again?

“Impossible… there must be something wrong…”

As a supreme being, he suspected a flaw, but where was it?

When the flaw remained hidden, everyone would be terrified and despair, for you faced an undying existence, and your sacrifices were worthless!

That was the most despairing thing of all!

“It’s all an illusion!”

A lord of a forbidden land roared, “Fake, don’t fear him…”

Boom!

Before the words faded, a thunderous crash echoed through heaven and earth!

The one crawling out of hell bellowed, tearing the Demon Ancestor’s legs apart with fury: “You stepped on my head!”

“Ah!”

The Demon Ancestor screamed as his legs were torn—not a simple rending, but laced with countless flames of the Great Dao!

In that moment, all saw clearly: a man in a black robe, hair flying wildly, had fully emerged from hell, and heaven and earth revived!

From the unseen, a grand voice resounded across the cosmos.

“Extinction has passed, revive now!”

Boom!

A great crash, and countless auras suddenly surged!

In an instant, the Lord of the Dead’s eyes flickered; with a wave of his hand, those who had just perished appeared one after another.

The Four Great Emperors opened their eyes at once, their auras boiling, not only surging but also rising.

The next moment, as if grasping something, they were overjoyed, prostrating themselves, gazing at Su Yu in the distance, and roaring: “We pay homage to the Calamity Lord!”

“We bow to the Calamity Lord!”

Hundreds of strong men shouted in unison!

The Calamity Lord had returned, and all were resurrected from death!

And around them, the lords of the forbidden lands, instead of aiding the Demon Ancestor, were all pale with horror—they had all been revived!

All alive!

The Calamity Lord!

And Su Yu, with a faint smile, his voice shaking heaven and earth: “I open the realm of calamity, establish the heaven of calamity, undying and indestructible, death is not the end, eternal life without perishing…”

His voice resounded in all directions.

At the same time, Su Yu seized the initiative; now, myriad paths converged, and he struck with a single blow—a thunderous boom!

The Demon Ancestor flew backward, then roared, demonic aura surging, and turned to flee!

And Su Yu’s voice came softly: “My dear grandfather, slaughter! We are undying and indestructible, trade life for life, fight these lords of forbidden lands…”

His eyes, like sun and moon, fixed on the Lord of the Dead.

His gaze was laden with profound meaning!

Go and battle the Immortal Ancestor of Eternal Heaven; now, we must show a fearless style, making everyone believe we truly cannot die. If you can slay the Immortal Ancestor of Eternal Heaven and then rise from the dead today… then Su Yu could guarantee that from now on, no one would dare provoke them!

And the Lord of the Dead’s eyes flickered.

He was tempted.

Because Su Yu had truly come back from the dead!

"Kill!"

A low shout shook heaven and earth, and the next moment, a black book spread out toward the Immortal Ancestor. The Lord of the Dead, at this moment, also pondered deeply, and in an instant, made a decision.

He had been putting on a show for so long, all for this moment—to intimidate everyone!

Before, they all wanted to surround and kill him.

Every time, he had to be cautious!

But today, if he could show an attitude of "I am not afraid of death, I can come back from the dead," even if he couldn't kill anyone, he could still deter them. Though later they might deduce something, in the short term, these people would absolutely not dare to provoke them again!

And at this moment, Su Yu's aura was also formidable!

In the blink of an eye, thirty-two golden dragon-like Dao principles swirled around him.

Heaven and earth were covered!

All around, countless chains locked toward the Demon Ancestor, carrying an overwhelming momentum.

Su Yu sneered coldly, "You stepped on my head, and you think you can just walk away like that?"

Meanwhile, the Lord of the Dead threw a punch, shattering the sky, straight at the Immortal Ancestor, with an unmatched force. This momentum surged forward without hesitation, and even the Immortal Ancestor was instantly chilled to the bone!

Boom!

The Immortal Ancestor broke through the void and fled.

As he fled, he shouted, "Kill him! Join forces, or we'll all die..."

"Join forces?"

The Lord of the Dead said darkly, "It would be best if you killed me!"

At this moment, he truly seemed capable of resurrection, fearless. Before the Immortal Ancestor could say more, he suddenly enveloped the entire void with the black book, sealing all forbidden lands, and sneered, "My dear grandson, join forces and kill them all! You still have the power of resurrection, right?"

Su Yu instantly understood and smiled darkly, "I still have it... enough to resurrect a few more times... enough to kill them..."

Everyone was shaken!

The power of resurrection!

So that was it!

Where did these two get some kind of power of resurrection, granting them the ability to come back from the dead? What was the power of resurrection?

Never heard of it!

But before their eyes, a lord of a forbidden land had been resurrected—that was a fact. How much of that power did they still have?

How many more times could it support their resurrection?

No matter how many times, it was an extremely terrifying thing!

"Retreat for now!"

A lord of a forbidden land roared. The situation was unclear now; if they fought recklessly and killed the opponent, only for him to resurrect instantly... what was the point of fighting?

Boom!

Several lords of forbidden lands on the periphery directly shattered the heaven-and-earth cover by force and immediately fled with their forbidden lands.

Inside, the Immortal Ancestor and the others' faces changed drastically.

Because the Lord of the Dead was truly extremely powerful!

Everyone had left; they couldn't fight at all!

The next moment, several powerful beings, regardless of anything else, merged their Dao into their bodies, instantly transforming into the essence of the Dao, and fled outward!

"Think you can leave?"

"Extinction!"

The Lord of the Dead threw a punch, laced with the power of extinction. With a thunderous roar, the Immortal Ancestor had no way to avoid it and was struck by the punch. He quickly erupted with the power of life, resisting with all his might!

Boom!

In an instant, the power of life was destroyed. With a bang, a black fist imprint was stamped on his back. A mouthful of golden blood sprayed out, instantly turning black, as death qi overflowed!

The Immortal Ancestor's face changed drastically!

He let out a low roar, and in the blink of an eye, his aura instantly returned to its peak. With a hint of desperation, a powerful life aura enveloped the surroundings, covering heaven and earth, extinguishing all death qi.

Just as the Lord of the Dead's second fist came crashing down, he instantly burned a massive amount of life force, broke through the void in a flash, and vanished!

But as soon as he flew out of the heaven and earth, the Lord of the Dead suddenly appeared and threw another punch!

"Where do you think you're going?"

At this moment, the Lord of the Dead, his black robe flying, was arrogant and domineering.

"You bastards have intimidated me for years—this time, you'll pay the price!"

He was immensely powerful!

...

On the other side, Su Yu's Dao principles erupted one after another, like chains, circling the Demon Ancestor one by one. He had advanced!

And after his advancement, the Demon Ancestor, a supreme-level being, no longer had an insurmountable gap with him.

The moment Su Yu crawled out, his Dao principles severely wounded the Demon Ancestor.

Now, the Demon Ancestor, with demonic flames raging, transformed into a demon god, roaring madly, wielding a huge long blade, slashing at Su Yu. Su Yu neither dodged nor avoided, throwing a punch!

Boom!

Death qi also surged, corroding the long blade until it was pitted and scarred.

Su Yu smiled darkly, "You're too late!"

Before his advancement, he couldn't have taken this blade, but now that he had advanced, this blade was nothing!

"Prison of the Dead!"

With a low shout, his Dao principles instantly transformed into a cage. Su Yu closed in on his opponent in a flash, and the next moment, he roared, "Let one go first, or we won't kill anyone! Kill one, then kill the others!"

The Lord of the Dead cursed wildly!

No, I want to kill the Immortal!

If I kill him, I have hope of seizing his Dao, I have hope of converting life and death. Killing the Demon Ancestor is meaningless!

"Kill the Immortal!"

He roared, and the Immortal Ancestor's face changed drastically. But Su Yu frowned. It wasn't that he didn't want to kill the Immortal Ancestor, but... the other had once again restored himself to his peak with life force—hard to kill!

The Demon Ancestor, however, had been severely wounded by him from the start and was now trapped in his own heaven and earth, easier to kill.

At this moment, if Su Yu gave up killing the Demon Ancestor and instead went after the Immortal Ancestor... he might lose both the watermelon and the sesame seeds, ending up with nothing!

He understood the Lord of the Dead's intention, but right now, he had to choose one!

Otherwise, once those lords of forbidden lands came to their senses and all returned... there would be little chance!

"Kill the Demon!"

Su Yu let out a sharp cry!

Every man has his selfish desires—he too wished to aid the Lord of the Dead, but now was not the right moment; speed was essential, lest the others return and the chance be lost!

The Lord of the Dead wanted to roar!

Yet he also saw that the Immortal Ancestor had instantly regained his peak; one who cultivated the Dao of Life was exceptionally hard to kill.

He bore some reluctance!

Some anger!

But in the end, he chose to fly toward Su Yu, for killing the Demon Ancestor had cowed all sides; with Su Yu grown strong, perhaps there would still be an opportunity.

"Roar!"

He bellowed wildly, and the Dead Realm materialized, enveloping Su Yu's side. The Immortal Ancestor's face changed slightly, but he could not care for much else—flee!

If none had fled, with six or seven Forbidden Land lords just now, they could still fight.

Now that all had run, the Demon Ancestor... could only fend for himself!

"No..."

The Demon Ancestor's despairing cry came—don't!

If the Immortal Ancestor fled, then he would face the siege of two mighty ones. He screamed madly: "No, don't be fooled, it's all fake, all fake... they cannot be resurrected..."

He himself did not believe what he said!

But to survive, he had to say it: "It's all fake, an illusion... come back... or we will be picked off one by one..."

"Ah!"

Before the words faded, Su Yu threw a punch, and the Lord of the Dead arrived in an instant, also throwing a punch!

Two great powers—the Lord of the Dead likely possessed the force of thirty-five Daos, immensely strong—struck the wounded and trapped Demon Ancestor, shattering his defensive barrier in a flash!

"Demon Body Disintegration!"

A furious shout resounded through heaven and earth; the next moment, a vast demonic aura shook the cosmos.

But in the blink of an eye, a wave of death qi swept in, and a force of myriad Daos descended.

Suddenly, two layers of heaven and earth appeared in the entire realm!

Two Kai Tian powerhouses joined forces—at this moment, their might was boundless; heaven and earth suppressed, Daos erupted, rumbling!

The great battle erupted instantly!

In the distance, the Immortal Ancestor fled at once, his roar echoing in all directions: "Rally! Forbidden Lands, rally! Come to aid!"

The void trembled!

At this moment, some Forbidden Lands that had not come earlier also sensed the anomaly and teleported in one after another, but teleportation took time; one Forbidden Land after another was manifesting, and the few lords who had fled earlier were also flying swiftly toward this spot.

Their faces were all pale!

...

Meanwhile, within Su Yu's realm.

The Lord of the Dead also felt the pressure; the next moment, he looked at Su Yu and transmitted his voice: "Summon your realm first. While your realm is blocked by the Heavenly Gate, I will thrust my realm in and kill him!"

Su Yu did not hesitate in the slightest!

In an instant, the phantom of the Heavenly Gate appeared.

A powerful force seeped in.

Before long, a colossal gate emerged in the distance, as if a realm was charging at it...

...

In the myriad worlds, Su Yu's realm suddenly vanished, and those who had been extinguished earlier all revived.

The next moment, these people seemed to travel through time, arriving at the end of the River of Time. There, a gate appeared; as they stood stunned, the realm seemed to try to burrow into it.

But the gate burst forth with an immensely powerful aura, shaking the realm back!

Just as Su Yu's realm was repelled, the Dead Realm seemed to manifest, and in an instant, it plunged inside, with laughter and madness: "Idiot!"

The realm's power entered!

...

And within the gate.

Amid the crowd's shock, the colossal gate was suddenly wrapped in death qi; then a realm materialized, and in an instant, it descended upon the Lord of the Dead's head. Everyone was startled!

"It's over!"

The Heavenly Gate had not blocked it!

It's over!

Truly over!

The Lord of the Dead had merged two realms into one!

Why?

The Heavenly Gate had always blocked before—why did it not block the Lord of the Dead's dual-realm union this time?

In the distance, those Forbidden Land lords had wanted to gather more people before rescuing the Demon Ancestor, but at this moment, they all showed helpless expressions—there was no way!

Because the Lord of the Dead, with his dual-realm union, had once brutally slain a Forbidden Land lord; and today, with his grandson, another Kai Tian powerhouse of supreme rank, they jointly besieged the wounded Demon Ancestor!

The Demon Ancestor... was doomed!

Sure enough.

At this moment, even Su Yu sensed that the Lord of the Dead, with his dual-realm union, had instantly grown in aura, stronger than before!

The trapped Demon Ancestor roared madly.

"No, don't..."

"I have lived for countless ages; I witnessed the opening of the River of Time; I was born from chaos—I do not want to die..."

"Don't kill me!"

The Demon Ancestor went berserk!

His Dao fluctuated wildly; a demonic path churned violently, burning his Dao, shattering it. He exhausted everything to escape—no, I am merely a latecomer; I have done nothing!

I do not want to die like this!

"I will tell you secrets, great secrets, the secret of the Human Gate—don't kill me... ah!"

A miserable scream rang out, but Su Yu and the Lord of the Dead paid no heed.

They did not delay a single moment!

Both were resolute to the extreme—how could they be swayed?

Secrets?

Both held the same belief: if we are strong enough, no secret remains a secret!

Under the stunned gaze of the crowd, the Demon Ancestor’s physical form was instantly shattered by a single punch from the Lord of the Dead. Then, both Kai Tian powerhouses roared, the heavens and earth suppressed, and a mighty Great Dao sought to escape!

Other Great Daos could not destroy it!

But the power of heaven and earth could.

In that moment, countless forces of heaven and earth converged. The Lord of the Dead, with his dual heavens united, was truly formidable. With a roar, he reached out with both hands, as if seizing a great dragon, grasping the head and tail of the Great Dao in one fell swoop!

His body instantly swelled beyond measure. With a bellow, he compressed the Great Dao, crushing a giant dragon into a millstone-sized Great Dao. At that instant, Su Yu and he roared together, and the core of heaven and earth plunged in!

Su Yu dove in with his physical form, madly devouring the power of the Great Dao!

The Lord of the Dead also roared, “Mine!”

A supreme Great Dao, containing infinite rule power, was seized at this moment—why not take it?

As he spoke, Su Yu frantically fled out.

Boom!

A deafening explosion resounded through heaven and earth, and the Great Dao snapped!

The Demon Ancestor’s agonized cry echoed in all directions!

“I won’t accept this!”

“I won’t accept this!”

“I wasn’t the first to arrive… I wasn’t…”

“I won’t submit! I… will never submit even in death!”

Why me?

Why me?

Why, oh why!

I have lived since the dawn of creation. I witnessed the opening of heaven and earth. I saw the Lord of Time. I founded the Demon race. I survived the calamity of annihilation. I established a forbidden land…

I won’t accept this!

Why me?

The Heavenly Gate is about to open, the era of destruction is returning, and I have grand ambitions…

Today was just an ordinary outing, just to see what happened to the Lord of Lost Souls. He only came to look. He even arrived late on purpose. Why did it have to be me?

He truly could not accept it!

Countless resentments erupted!

The entire heaven and earth were filled with his venomous voice: “I won’t submit! I curse you all!”

“Come and join me!”

“This heaven and earth shall be utterly destroyed!”

“No one will survive!”

“I curse you…”

His venomous voice filled heaven and earth, carrying boundless resentment.

On Su Yu’s side, rumbling booms resounded through heaven and earth. The next moment, a vast forbidden land emerged—the Demon Domain!

Rumble!

The Demon Domain instantly collapsed, and countless powerhouses were blasted to death.

“Demon Ancestor!”

Within that Demon Domain, countless people wailed in anguish.

All around, the lords of some forbidden lands changed color!

Dead!

The Demon Lord was dead just like that.

Today, the third forbidden land lord, the second supreme powerhouse, had died just like that, beaten to death before their eyes by two mighty beings.

“Why didn’t the Heavenly Gate stop them?”

A forbidden land lord roared!

Why?

If it had intervened, without the dual-heaven-united Lord of the Dead, it wouldn’t have been so easy to kill him!

If more had arrived, they could still have acted.

Alas, there was no if!

At this moment, Su Yu and the Lord of the Dead exchanged a glance. The next second, both laughed wildly. Then, in the next instant, the two powerhouses charged madly in that direction!

The Lord of the Dead laughed heartily: “Why would the Heavenly Gate stop me? He and I are old friends! Why would it stop me? To stop me from clearing out some disobedient obstacles for him? Do you think you are the Law? Back then, it stopped me only because the Law was its lackey!”

Some forbidden land lords changed color!

So that was it!

“Flee!”

Everyone roared, even though they had gathered eight or nine powerhouses. But they were uncertain whether these two could revive after death. They could only wait—wait for the Lord of the Dead’s dual-heaven power to dissipate!

Yes, after all, it was power from beyond the gate. Heaven and earth still rejected it. Unless the Lord of the Dead was willing to be completely assimilated into the power of the underworld, his other heavenly power had to retreat!

In truth, the Lord of the Dead could not maintain it for long!

Because the Heavenly Gate was shaking violently!

Su Yu’s heaven had only blocked it for a moment earlier. Now, the Heavenly Gate had reacted, frantically repelling him, even attacking him!

The Lord of the Dead felt some regret but still forced calm, laughing loudly: “A bunch of trash, if you’ve got the guts, don’t run, hahaha…”

After a bout of laughter, he roared with glee: “Forget it, I don’t want my heavenly power assimilated… I’ll spare your dog lives!”

The next moment, his heavenly power in the myriad realms instantly dissipated!

In the blink of an eye, the distant Heavenly Gate also vanished.

In reality, the Heavenly Gate had completely shattered his infiltration of heavenly power.

Of course, no one knew that at the moment.

Su Yu knew, but he wouldn’t expose it. The next moment, the two appeared before everyone. Opposite them, eight or nine forbidden land lords instantly gathered together.

But at this moment, both Su Yu and the Lord of the Dead were extremely arrogant, showing no fear!

Their auras were overwhelmingly powerful!

Su Yu had also changed into a black robe, just like the Lord of the Dead. Now, they both stared coldly at the opposite side. Those forbidden land lords, one and all, wore heavy expressions.

Instead of feeling outnumbered, they seemed to feel that these two were invincible.

They were all deeply shaken!

Revived from death… and slaying the Demon Ancestor!

Today, three forbidden lands were actually destroyed, and two super-tier beings perished—unbelievable.

The Heavenly Gate did not block the Lord of the Netherworld's infiltration of heaven and earth, and Su Yu rose from the dead...

All of this left them utterly horrified.

At this moment, across heaven and earth, only the wild laughter of the Lord of the Netherworld echoed!

Opposite him, an ancient being of immense antiquity, bearing some gravity, gazed at the Lord of the Netherworld, then at Su Yu, and spoke in a low voice: "What more do you want?"

Two super-tier beings had been slain!

The Lord of the Netherworld sneered coldly: "What more? Nothing more! I just want to try... if I die, can I be reborn? I am too powerful; my grandson has revived, but I... am stronger than him. I want to give it a try, everyone—can you grant me this wish?"

The crowd held their breath, saying nothing.

He wanted to test death and rebirth!

How to test it?

To kill him—what price would that exact?

And if they killed him... what if he truly came back to life?

But the Ancestor of Immortals swept his gaze over them, then looked at Su Yu, and said coldly: "Death and rebirth... no, I see this man is surrounded by the power of life and death... Could it be that he revived only after fusing the great path of life and death? There must be something wrong with you... As a supreme being, how could revival be so easy... Impossible!"

He didn't believe it!

But his disbelief was useless—Su Yu had truly come back to life!

That was what everyone feared most!

The Lord of the Netherworld laughed, and Su Yu laughed too.

Don't believe it?

You don't believe it, but do you dare to try?

...

And at this moment, from all directions, more forbidden lands continued to emerge.

Some scattered cultivators were now so terrified they didn't know where to hide!

Today was even more perilous than in years past—several lords of forbidden lands had died in an instant, and the great battle might still continue!

Then, from a distant direction, a voice suddenly came, tinged with curiosity: "Can one truly die and be reborn? Lord of Death, how about we try... I'm also curious—can you really come back from the dead?"

The Lord of the Netherworld remained impassive, transmitting to Su Yu: "Lord of the Heavenly Vault!"

Su Yu understood.

That one, too, had taken an interest.

Yet the Lord of the Netherworld stayed calm, his expression unchanged: "If you want to try, I can grant your wish! Vault, others may fear you, but do you think I would be afraid?"

"Hmph... quite the bold words!"

The Lord of the Heavenly Vault was indeed intrigued!

But Su Yu did not wish to clash with this being at this moment. He knew the Lord of the Netherworld could not afford to lose face, and in truth, might not truly fear the other, but engaging in a contest with a top-tier existence now was not a good thing.

Su Yu smiled and said: "Lord of Heavenly Vault Mountain, this is a matter between our Netherworld Hell and the other forbidden lands. Strictly speaking, I am still a guest elder of Heavenly Vault Mountain. The Sword Venerable's son serves me, and the Sword Venerable himself counts as one of our own... We are all family. Lord Vault, won't you help us? Must you help these worthless ones instead?"

"Family... Six Directions Mountain... Black Tomb?"

"Exactly!"

Su Yu's voice shook heaven and earth, laced with laughter: "My Netherworld Hell has stood here for countless ages, simply because I... my grandfather..."

He stressed the word "grandfather" heavily!

"He had a realm in the outside world, and everyone has been targeting him ever since—how ridiculous is that? Because he is powerful? Because he has a realm outside? You all want to break out, isn't it also for the union of yin and yang?"

"Now, we don't even know those strong ones from the outside world—what Human Sovereign, what Wen Wang... My Netherworld Hell has never interfered. Yet you keep pressing us, as if we are easy to bully!"

Su Yu said coldly: "Falling Soul Valley, knowing no bounds, provoked us again and again. I laid a net across heaven and earth and annihilated them! The Demon Ancestor, reckless and ignorant, trampled on my head, humiliating a lord of a forbidden land—I cut him down!"

"Lord of Heavenly Vault Mountain, this is a private grudge of ours. In the old days, when they besieged Netherworld Hell, you did not take part... Now, will you fight alongside these people against us?"

Su Yu laughed heartily: "In this age, is being strong a crime? These weaklings, with no ambition, only know to gang up on the strong. Because my Netherworld Hell is powerful, they keep targeting us—how hateful! Mountain Lord, you too are strong, and you've been excluded from the forbidden lands all these years... These scum are not worth you making enemies of us for their sake!"

The voice of the Lord of the Heavenly Vault drifted over, carrying a hint of amusement: "I have no interest in sticking up for them. I'm just curious—how did you achieve death and rebirth? Is it the fusion of life and death, or is there truly some power of revival? Or is it just an illusion... An illusion that can fool even me would be beyond imagination!"

He had no desire to help anyone, but he was very interested in Su Yu's revival!

Just then, another voice quickly rang out with laughter: "Lord of Death, Su Yu, it's me, Xing Yu—family! All of us are from the yang world. Let's fight the strong enemies together. Heavenly Vault is also family... If we fight..."

Boom!

A great sound erupted, and the next moment, the Human Sovereign's voice vanished.

The Lord of the Heavenly Vault said indifferently: "This one has started his mad provocations again. Pay him no mind!"

Who would believe you!

That fellow had seized the chance to pop up and stir discord!

And at that moment, from a distant direction, Wen Wang's voice suddenly echoed with a smile: "Lord of Death, Su Yu, join forces to kill Fa... We are all family. All realms are one family... With the Lord of Heavenly Vault Mountain here, united, we fear nothing!"

"Hmph!"

A cold snort resounded in all directions. The Lord of the Netherworld frowned, looked at the crowd, then toward the direction of Eternal Life Mountain, and said coldly: "I hate being used as a pawn!"

But Wen Wang laughed softly: "Family, where is there a pawn... Su Yu... I remember, in the myriad realms, there is also a Su Yu... Yes, Xing Yu's successor... Su Yu, have you forgotten? We are all one family?"

Su Yu's face darkened, and he said gloomily: "Wen Wang, why must you do this? If you want help, we will naturally help you. If not... no matter what you do, you will only earn disgust. You are a wise man—why make me loathe your myriad realms?"

"Haha... I hope it won't come to that!"

Wen Wang's voice faded away!

At this moment, Su Yu turned to face the lords of the forbidden lands opposite him, and said with a dark smile: "You have disrupted our plans today. Do you have anything to say for yourselves?"

What did he mean?

Su Yu said calmly: "You have repeatedly provoked my Netherworld Hell, ostracized us. The strong—you weaklings always envy, exclude, and even seek to destroy them. So it is with us, and so it is with Heavenly Vault Mountain!"

From the crowd, the Dragon Ancestor of Dragon Domain said coldly: "What are you trying to say?"

Su Yu replied flatly: "Nothing much. Pay the price, or else... no one will have an easy time!"

Price?

Everyone was almost laughing in anger. You killed several lords of forbidden lands, and now you want us to pay a price?

"Su Yu, do you really think Netherworld Hell is invincible?"

Su Yu's aura surged, cold and fierce as he stepped forward: "Because we can be reborn, because if we join forces, some of you might still die! Who wants to die? Even a cornered rabbit will bite. Do you truly think my Netherworld Hell is easy to bully?"

Su Yu said coldly: "Now, it's no longer just my grandfather standing against you all. I think, if war truly breaks out... the Lord of Heavenly Vault Mountain will also help us!"

The Lord of the Heavenly Vault's indifferent voice came: "That has nothing to do with me!"

Su Yu looked in that direction and said calmly: "I am a guest elder of Heavenly Vault Mountain... If I die, Jian Kong will die, and the Sword Venerable will be heartbroken. Is the Sword Venerable not the Lord Vault's brother? Or is he worthless? If so... then let the Sword Venerable enter my realm instead. Why should the Lord Vault, a great figure, refuse to protect his own strongest subordinate? Why occupy Heavenly Vault Mountain as its master? Better to be a free cultivator!"

The Lord of the Heavenly Vault said lightly: "A junior, trying to provoke me?"

He said no more. Was the Sword Venerable to be protected?

Yes, indeed!

But... but something's off, what does the Shelter Sword Lord have to do with you?

Forget it, I can't be bothered.

He stopped observing, stopped caring—let them fight it out!

The crowd, however, felt uneasy.

The Sky Dome Mountain Lord... wouldn't he really make a move?

Those two before them were already hard to deal with, and now another Sky Dome Mountain Lord...

At that moment, someone spoke gravely: "Dome Lord, why have you kept letting Star Universe open the Heavenly Gate?"

They had heard the Human Emperor's words just now—what was the Dome Lord doing?

"None of your damn business!"

The Sky Dome Mountain Lord, who had been ignoring them, suddenly snorted, utterly indifferent: "The strong have their own thoughts. As that young man said, don't always think about suppressing the strong. If you kill the strong, does that make you strong? Childish! If you want to become strong, grow strong yourself, rather than killing those stronger than you—then you'd be strong!"

He found some truth in Su Yu's words.

In his view, the Lord of the Dead came from the outside world—so what?

Who cares!

Everyone wanted to break out anyway; sooner or later they'd all be outsiders, so why bother with all this?

These people were just wary that the Lord of the Dead would leave the gate, merge with heaven and earth, and become an even more powerful being.

Was that necessary?

If you want to be strong, just cultivate yourself!

At his words, everyone fell silent for a moment.

And now, Su Yu smiled as well: "The Dome Lord speaks truly! These fellows, lacking ability themselves, only want to kill those who have it... but a true strong one—how easily would they be killed?"

He sneered, not mincing words even in front of several lords of forbidden lands.

Now, Su Yu said calmly: "Stop with the useless talk. Targeting my Nether Hell... I think you'd better just go to bed. The Heavenly Gate is about to open, and I can't be bothered to settle scores with you over some things. Otherwise... you can try it!"

With that, Su Yu said coldly: "You weaklings have always rejected us, even excluding my Nether Hell from this forbidden land assembly. The quotas for leaving the Heavenly Gate—what, do you want to hog them all? Besides... don't think we know nothing!"

Su Yu smiled slyly: "I heard that Wen Wang's sister, Wen Yu, has a Time Book, said to be immensely powerful. This time, we want to join the forbidden land assembly too. Not only that... that thing belongs to me. Then the grudge from the earlier siege will be settled. Otherwise... just try it!"

The crowd stared at him coldly—an insolent junior!

The Lord of the Dead, hands clasped behind his back, looked at them with utter indifference: "If the Dome Lord doesn't act... you can try it. How many of you can withstand my dual heavens united? I don't believe that, having lived this long, none of you fear death! As long as someone fears death... you'll be just like back then. Hah, kill one, and the rest will surely scatter—a bunch of trash!"

"Arrogant!"

Someone roared!

Too arrogant!

Facing a group of forbidden land lords, the Lord of the Dead was so insolent, directly calling them trash, and so was Su Yu!

Both were extremely arrogant!

At this moment, no one doubted whether they were grandfather and grandson, because both were so arrogant—this wasn't something just anyone could teach!

Su Yu sneered: "Is what I said wrong? Trash is trash! My grandfather was born at the end of the Creation Era... and I was born not long ago. Yet now, we easily slay those so-called forbidden land lords, those so-called invincibles, those undying and indestructible beings. The fall of three forbidden lands is right before your eyes... try it, fight us to the death, and see how many more will fall! Who dares to be the first!"

Su Yu was utterly arrogant, with a fierce tone: "Trash is trash—so what if I curse you! Who dares to step forward? Immortal, want to try? If I hadn't been about to kill Demon just now, you'd be dead!"

The Immortal Ancestor's face darkened, and he said gloomily: "Blasphemer!"

"My Nether Hell has that right!"

Su Yu sneered, "So what if I'm arrogant? What can you do?"

Everyone held their breath!

Su Yu sneered: "I crawled out of hell once, and I can crawl out a second time! I'm just afraid you don't have the guts!"

This, too, was what everyone feared.

At this moment, all the forbidden land lords fell into silence.

...

And at this moment, in the myriad worlds.

Su Yu's heaven and earth returned, and all the extinguished strong ones revived.

But the Human Emperor stood there, dumbfounded.

Not because they had revived, but because... damn, he had just heard Su Yu's name.

He had heard it before, but didn't know the specifics. Now he knew—Su Yu seemed to have opened a heaven and earth, undergone life-death transformation, risen from the dead, killed one super-level being, and then killed another!

"Wen the Second... trash!"

He muttered, trash!

You've been inside for so many years, and you've achieved nothing.

Look at Su Yu!

Entered half a year ago, and in one day he destroyed three forbidden lands, and even seemed to have teamed up with the Lord of the Dead. My god, how did that brat do it?

"This is a wolf..."

Wherever he goes, he's ferocious and rises instantly!

At this moment, he saw the beings in the heaven and earth reviving. Those who had experienced extinction seemed somewhat different, yet also unchanged.

For a moment, the Human Emperor felt deeply complicated!

These people had been willing to perish together with Su Yu.

Now that Su Yu had revived... they too had gained something—the harvest between life and death. Was this a case of gain and loss?

At this moment, he suddenly patted his old brother beside him.

The Bright King was also deeply conflicted, but the Human Emperor smiled lightly: "I know you're not afraid of death; you have a duty to protect... old brother, I understand you. They are too familiar with Su Yu... you are different!"

The Bright King looked melancholy, and after a long while, he said softly: "Perhaps. It's fine. The Dao of Formations—I'll pass it to my grandson's grandson's grandson..."

He smiled. Yes, at that moment, he had withdrawn.

Wan Tiansheng and the others could face death, but he could not.

He still had to fight on... Su Yu, after all, was not the Human Emperor. The Human Emperor was his elder brother. At this moment, he also felt relieved and smiled: "Big brother, if you die, I will perish with you..."

The Human Emperor rolled his eyes—curse you!

Don't jinx me!

Soon, he showed a smile and patted his shoulder: "Live on... live well!"

At this moment, he gazed into the depths of the River of Time, lost in thought. Su Yu... that brat was inside the gate. He was very worried—the Three Gates would open soon!

Because with him there, he was bound to stir up some big trouble!