Chapter 902: Methods

The Time Master was getting by well enough here.

Su Yu was furious, of course, but only furious—"well enough" meant, as the Time Master put it, finding joy in misery.

Su Yu felt a bit helpless, but she knew how to live.

Indeed, whether to weep and wail while awaiting death, or to be happy before death—the Time Master had made her choice.

King Wen had been unable to breach the Eternal Mountain for so long; her chances were growing slimmer.

At this moment, the Time Master was merely a prisoner.

A prisoner caught in many schemes.

Yet she was very open-minded.

Such open-mindedness left Su Yu helpless and almost tearful—he simply didn’t want her to be happy; if she suffered a bit more, he’d feel less cheated, otherwise he’d feel too shortchanged!

Inside the barrier, the Time Master looked pitiful and a little aggrieved.

How was I supposed to know you’d come to save me!

Just a copy of a recipe—I left a few things casually, thinking they’d fall into some strong hand, not a little brat like you.

And you actually came charging in!

Only a few years!

At that moment, the Time Master thought these things, then suddenly said, “Are you from the Human Path Sacred Land?”

The so-called Human Path Sacred Land was what the Sun and Moon and their faction called themselves.

Wen Yu suddenly thought, this guy… is he really not a con artist?

Could this be another trick from the Human Path Sacred Land to fool me?

If so, that trick was quite deep.

Could this person be a strong one from the Human Path Sacred Land?

Had the copy actually been intercepted by the Human Path Sacred Land?

But she had set some obstacles in the copy—only beings from the myriad realms should be able to fuse with it.

She, Wen Yu, still had that much skill.

Could he have been nurtured by the Human Path Sacred Land in the myriad realms?

At this moment, Wen Yu had no choice but to think along these lines.

It was too terrifying—just a few years, and you’ve soared countless levels to become a super-tier?

Wen Yu kept eating as she thought.

And Su Yu, seeing her eating again as the Heavenly Gate opened, was speechless.

“I’m not from the Human Path Sacred Land!”

Su Yu said calmly, “If the Human Path Sacred Land could nurture a super-tier in just a few years to deceive you, they wouldn’t need to devour you! My rapid progress comes partly from the Time Book and partly from the boost of fortune! The fortune of humanity, the fortune of the myriad realms, the fortune before the crisis… The myriad realms, or rather, this era, to save itself, gave birth to countless fortunes, aiming to cultivate someone with great fortune, great perseverance, and immense strength to rescue the age!”

“In this process, I defeated countless opponents; each victory was a rise in fortune. Now, with the fortune of the myriad realms gathered in me, I have everything going smoothly!”

By now, Su Yu himself understood his situation.

His success came from several aspects.

The Time Book went without saying; his own daring and quick thinking were also key.

And then there was the flourishing fortune!

It hadn’t been so flourishing from the start—he kept slaying opponents, sweeping across the heavens, rising swiftly in the myriad realms. This was a process of fortune concentration, so in the later stages, he grew smoother and smoother because he had amassed too much fortune from the myriad realms.

An era knows it is about to perish, and naturally, it gives rise to a sense of crisis.

Thus, the destined one appears!

Su Yu is that one!

Having cultivated to Su Yu’s level, few things remained opaque to him.

The fortune of the myriad realms gathered into one—

This was still a terrifying thing. Wen Yu’s heart stirred as she continued gnawing on the lamb leg. If this man was nurtured by the Human Path Sacred Land, then the myriad realms were in danger!

How to rule out that possibility?

Wen Yu said with a grin, “Then I misunderstood you! By the way, did you see my brother?”

“I did.”

“Did he say…”

“Stop testing!”

Su Yu said calmly, “It’s meaningless! The Forbidden Land Assembly is about to begin; countless lords of forbidden lands will soon gather. You have no way out now—either wait to be killed in fifteen days, along with your brother, or cooperate with me and await my rescue!”

Su Yu’s tone was even: “I save you; if you succeed, you gain. If you fail, you lose nothing… The biggest loss is being swallowed by Law, and Law will grow stronger!”

Wen Yu looked somewhat simple: “So you’re a good guy? Really here to save me?”

“Don’t give me that!”

Su Yu rolled his eyes, drinking wine, “I know that act too! I need you to truly trust me!”

Wen Yu’s face fell, dejected: “But you haven’t proven you’re not from the Human Path Sacred Land! They’re worse than Law! What proof do you have that you’re not one of them? I’d rather die than help you!”

If Law grew stronger, that would be helping him!

I won’t!

I’d rather a broken net than a whole fish!

Even if the net couldn’t break, she’d die rather than let Law have it easy.

Wen Yu snorted: “I’ve held out here for so many years; Law has tried to seize my control, but I’ve beaten him back every time. I won’t trust you just because of a story or a word! I know that trick too—trying to reverse-trick me?”

Su Yu laughed: “You don’t even trust your own half-disciple?”

“Why should I?”

Wen Yu was dismissive: “You’re too wicked. It was you who dragged me into Law’s forbidden land back then—do you think I don’t know?”

She wasn’t stupid; King Wen’s sister couldn’t be stupid.

She wasn’t a shut-in like Xingyue. The Time Master loved roaming heaven and earth, wandering the river of time. She was lively, liked to travel everywhere, see the races of the myriad realms, and collect ingredients along the way.

What she had seen and heard, immersed in King Wen’s circle, she understood everything.

Su Yu continued sipping his wine, almost amused. At this moment, he wasn’t so angry anymore. A mind that liked to think was good—it would be troublesome if there were no brains at all.

Now, Su Yu wasn’t in a hurry.

Gaining the Time Master’s trust might not be too hard; even if he couldn’t, it didn’t matter—as long as she cooperated.

At this moment, Su Yu didn’t dwell on that but asked, “Back then, why did you think of making a copy to send out?”

“The Human Path Sacred Land kept pestering me. I thought if I dragged it out too long without giving some sweetener, they’d stop sending me good food and drink. Plus, I wanted to send some messages out, so I chose to split off some power and created the recipe copy.”

On this, the Time Master had no reservations.

After all, everything had been taken by this person.

Yet, Wen Yu was still somewhat curious. "But even if I had sent it out, it shouldn't have ended up with you. You said you were only six years old, very weak—how did it come into your hands?"

Su Yu thought for a moment. "Your Time Scroll flew toward your and King Wen's homeland. Traveling through time consumed too much power..."

"Homeland?"

Wen Yu was taken aback. After a long pause, she denied it. "No, that's not right. Why would I send it back to my homeland? I placed some tracking abilities on the recipe copy. My brothers are outside, so I locked onto Brother Xingyu's aura... It shouldn't have gone back to the human realm."

Su Yu was startled. He recalled what Xing had said in his memories—he too had thought the recipe copy should have gone to the Human Emperor.

But Wen Yu's meaning was clear: she had indeed sent it toward the Human Emperor.

Su Yu said gravely, "You sent it toward the Human Emperor?"

"Yes!"

Wen Yu continued eating. It would be a waste not to, as she had been frugal all these years. Between bites, she said, "I knew the Human Dao Sanctuary might see through it and even send someone to follow, but Brother Xingyu is quite slippery..."

Slippery?

That word left Su Yu speechless.

Wen Yu went on, "So the chances of the Human Dao Sanctuary tricking Brother Xingyu are slim. But I could send some information over to let him know the situation..."

She added, "Back then, I never intended to use the recipe copy to cultivate any strong beings. That myriad-path power is actually very weak for Brother Xingyu. Even if he got it, he wouldn't be tortured like you. Nothing would have happened!"

Wen Yu was also puzzled. "Why did it fall into the homeland?"

Su Yu frowned. "How strong would someone need to be to twist your tracking system?"

"Not too strong, I suppose. I only set up a simple tracking system—breaking it would be enough. After passing through the Heavenly Gate, the power was mostly spent. Maybe someone with ten or twenty paths of power could have twisted it?"

Wen Yu paused, then said, "You suspect someone tampered with it? Someone who didn't want it to reach Brother Xingyu?"

She was sharp and quickly guessed something.

Su Yu nodded. "I suspect someone might have interfered. But back then, Xing's projection went out with it, roughly at the level of a Second-Class powerhouse. To twist it right under his nose..."

Who could do that? It would have to happen the moment it left the Heavenly Gate, perfectly avoiding the Human Emperor and the others. Otherwise, the gate's true form upstream in the River of Time would have sent it downstream to them first.

Now that he thought about it, Xing had appeared directly in the Myriad Realms. That meant some force had redirected him here.

Thoughts swirled in his mind. Su Yu quickly asked, "Are you sure?"

Wen Yu was exasperated. "Damn—cough, yes, I'm sure!"

That person must be very powerful. I'd better not curse him. If the story is true, he's pitiful enough.

Su Yu's mind began to piece things together. If that was the case, some events might be connected.

At that moment, Wen Yu, hearing him mention her homeland, couldn't help asking, "Is my Feiqiu still alive?"

"Alive!"

Su Yu sneered. "If it weren't for Feiqiu, I wouldn't have bothered to make that promise! You two just left for a hundred thousand years, and that silly dog stayed there, watering flowers for a hundred thousand years without rest. Three days without watering, and the flowers wither. A hundred thousand years without sleep... Is that something a person would do?"

Wen Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "It was foolish... I never told it to keep watering forever. I just asked it to watch the house..."

She sounded a bit dejected. "Don't scold me. I didn't mean for this to happen! Back then, I was drawn by the aura of Fa's Myriad Laws Domain. I followed the River of Time searching for it, trying to perfect my Recipe Dao. I was just using ordinary methods to find opportunities to improve myself. Who knew my Heavenly Gate would suddenly erupt and I'd be teleported inside? If I hadn't been clever and merged with Fa's world before he could devour me, seizing partial control, I would have died long ago!"

Wen Yu sounded aggrieved and downcast. "I was schemed against by several powerful beings. How was I supposed to know it would turn out like this?"

Why did everyone always blame her? She had already been imprisoned for thousands of years!

Su Yu was unimpressed. "Keep pretending. Act a little more pitiful. Learn from that time—shed another tear..."

Wen Yu was annoyed. "No way!"

Why would she cry? Having cultivated to her level, she wouldn't be sobbing like a child.

Then, suddenly, her sorrow turned to joy. She beamed, "Feiqiu is still alive? Has it grown bigger? Gotten fatter?"

"It turned black!"

"What?"

Wen Yu immediately thought of something, looking as if she might cry. "No way! You didn't awaken its Sun-Eating Divine Dog bloodline, did you? Black dogs are ugly. White dogs are cute..."

"Black ones are stronger!"

"You... have no sense of aesthetics!"

Wen Yu felt their tastes were incompatible. Black dogs were so ugly, white dogs so adorable. As for strength—why would she need Feiqiu to be strong?

Su Yu sneered. "You have taste, huh? Making your dog's fur the same color as your brother's. What were you thinking?"

"..."

That... actually made a lot of sense!

"Hey, can we have a normal conversation?"

Wen Yu grew even more dejected. "Don't be so harsh all the time. Be optimistic, face life with a sunny attitude!"

She took on the role of a life coach, advising, "Look forward. Don't always dwell on the past. You're still young. Even if you've suffered a lot, the future is bright!"

"The future is three gates appearing together and the world collapsing!"

"You're too pessimistic!"

Wen Yu chuckled. "So young, yet so gloomy. Look at me—I've been locked up for so long, with some guy always wanting to eat me, and I'm still optimistic! When I really get out, to thank you, I'll cook you a grand feast of ten thousand beasts. It'll be delicious!"

Optimistic...

Wen Yu was indeed optimistic, but so optimistic she was about to die.

Su Yu didn't want to waste more time on this. He said directly, "Enough nonsense. The Human Dao Sanctuary has found a way to deal with you. If they succeed, Fa will devour you..."

"I've been prepared for that!"

Wen Yu smiled. "If it comes to that, there's nothing I can do..."

"What about your breeding grounds?"

"I'll eat them all before I die!"

"..."

Su Yu felt that discussing life and death with her was pointless. She had truly prepared for death. After so many years of being unable to escape, she had probably exhausted all her despair.

Su Yu stopped trying to scare her and said seriously, "The Heavenly Gate has found a way to locate your core. You and Fa both control the world, so although it's incomplete, it has two cores—one is your Time Scroll, the other is Fa's core."

"If you devour him, or he devours you, the world will be fully controlled by one person without much disturbance, because you're both already in control."

"If I'm not mistaken, you control less than Fa?"

Wen Yu said gloomily, "Yeah. Back then, I wasn't as strong as him. I opened up the world temporarily and unleashed my full power, but even at my strongest... I only had about twenty paths of power, not even a Super-Class!"

She added, "Actually, over the years, he's been encroaching on this world. Now, he controls about seventy percent, and I only control about thirty percent. So he can imprison me, suppress me, devour me... while I can barely fight back. The only thing he worries about is me blowing up that thirty percent of the world, which could cause the whole world to collapse—or at least severely wound him. That's why he's been trying to force me to hand over my core all these years."

As he spoke, Wen Yu added with some helplessness: "My brothers have been pestering him all these years, just to slow him down. Otherwise, he might have already grasped eighty or even ninety percent of the heavens and earth... By then, even if I self-destructed, I couldn't severely wound him! So if my brothers can't rescue me... I figure, once I've eaten all the food I've stored, I'll fight Fa to the death!"

With that, he even bolstered his own courage: "I can win!"

Su Yu rolled his eyes. Win, my foot!

As a Heaven Opener, Su Yu knew in his heart: one controls thirty percent, the other seventy percent—you're doomed. At best, you'd shatter the heavens and earth, and Fa would likely be gravely wounded, but not killed.

Of course, Fa wouldn't want that!

If it came to that, he might even fall in realm!

So all these years, he'd been locked in a struggle with Wen Yu for control.

Thirty percent... that's still too little!

Swallowing the big with the small is no easy feat.

Still, Su Yu was also a Heaven Opener; he understood and knew. He spoke: "You both rule the heavens and earth simultaneously. The essence and insights of that realm—whatever he knows, you should know too. It's like a Supergrade sharing millennia of enlightenment with you. So you could actually seize control of the heavens and earth quickly, right?"

"I could... but do you have a plan?"

Wen Yu looked hopeful: "What if you team up with my brothers, beat Fa into a pulp, and I give it a try?"

"Forget it. Your brother's too big a target!"

Too many eyes on him!

Fa was watching like a hawk too. There's no way to join forces.

"Your only option is to devour his heavenly core. Of course, I'll need to suppress Fa while you find a way to swallow him in the shortest time. That way, even if he dies, the heavens and earth won't collapse! Otherwise, the commotion would be too great!"

Wen Yu clicked his tongue. What bold talk!

He didn't argue, but asked: "You said the Human Path Sacred Land could deal with me. How would they do it? I've hidden my heavenly core very well. Unless I die—and if I die, I'll self-destruct—how could they seize it?"

He didn't believe it.

Su Yu sneered: "Don't be too cocky! Your so-called self-destruction only works if your core isn't taken before you die. Otherwise... go ahead and blow yourself up. What difference does it make?"

"Your heavenly core—hard to find, yes. But easy to find, too."

Wen Yu was defiant: "Find it for me, then!"

"Actually, it's not that hard. If Fa had the guts, he could definitely locate it."

"Tell me!"

Wen Yu still didn't believe.

Su Yu smiled: "As a Heaven Opener, after enough time, you naturally pick up some things. Fa only needs to do one thing to make your core reveal itself!"

"Hurry up and say it!"

Wen Yu grew impatient. How?

"Simple: drain the power of the heavens and earth, exposing the core!"

Su Yu explained: "You two opened the heavens not too late, but the realm is incomplete, and with your constant struggle, your control is shallow—you don't understand. If Fa extracts all the power from the heavens and earth, turning the realm into an empty void, both your core and his will appear. Of course, his core will be stronger than yours, so he'll definitely devour you."

"Drain?"

Wen Yu frowned, puzzled: "How does he drain? If I refuse to let my thirty percent be drained, and he drains only his portion, I can kill him!"

Su Yu shook his head: "Do you really think a Heaven Opener is all-powerful? Let me ask you: if seventy percent of Fa's heavens and earth's power dissipates, how much power do you think you'll have left?"

Su Yu calculated and said: "Fa is currently around 32 Dao-force, because he hasn't fully mastered the realm. That means the power he controls can unleash 32 Dao-force. Without his support, you'd be lucky to reach 30 Dao-force!"

"Maybe even less!"

"Not to mention, once you drop below 32 Dao-force, do you think you can withstand the combined assault of the Six Meridian Lords? Don't be ridiculous. Without a qualitative leap, the six Lords can definitely kill you! And even if you choose to self-destruct then, the blast won't be that powerful, because it won't resonate with the full force of the heavens and earth..."

Draining!

Wen Yu fell into thought, still doubtful: "But if he drains the power, he won't be able to recover it. Where does that power go? Is it consumed directly, wasted?"

"That's where the Heavenly Gate's methods come in!"

Su Yu laughed: "The Heavenly Gate gave the former Envoy a technique—or rather, a strategy. Their idea was for Fa to drain all the power, temporarily leave the heavens and earth, find the Wen King, and use that power to self-destruct, killing both the Wen King and the Wu King. Meanwhile, the Six Meridian Lords would deal with you inside the realm. Once Fa kills the Wen and Wu Kings and returns, you're as good as dead. Your brothers too... though maybe they could escape, depending on luck. But no one would stand in his way anymore."

"Temporarily leave the heavens and earth?"

Wen Yu sank into thought: "How does one leave temporarily?"

Leaving the realm was still difficult.

Otherwise, he could have done it himself.

Su Yu smiled: "Pseudo-Quiescence!"

At that moment, his words echoed what the Wu King and the Death Lord had said earlier. And indeed, this was the method the Human Path Sacred Land had provided—allowing Fa to eliminate the Wen King without causing the heavens and earth to collapse. After killing the Wen King and Wu King and devouring the Time Master, Fa would briefly enter a period of weakened strength, but he would recover quickly and become even stronger. It wouldn't take long!

"Pseudo-Quiescence?"

The Time Master frowned: "How does one achieve pseudo-quiescence?"

"It's not that hard. When he fights the Wen King and Wu King, if he sets the trap right, your brother will definitely fall for it... He'll create an opportunity for Fa to enter quiescence. Fa absorbs the Dao into his body, absorbs the heavens and earth into his body. If he shows signs of weakness, won't your brother try to seal him?"

Wen Yu thought for a moment and nodded: "He would."

"He might even use the power of the Heavenly Gate. Once he does, the Gate can transmit some power over, completely isolating Fa from the heavens and earth, creating a pseudo-quiescence effect—as if he's no longer in the realm, as if he's fallen..."

The Time Master looked a bit strange and took another bite of lamb chop: "Is that really possible?"

"Of course!"

Su Yu laughed: "You think this is fake? The Gate, after all, is a Heaven Opener of many years, with deep understanding of the heavens and earth. It's just that before, it might have had other ideas, or hadn't awakened, so it didn't give Fa these suggestions. In reality, this way, Fa can solve all his problems at once! Sacrificing 32 Dao-force, even if he doesn't kill the Wen King and Wu King, he'll definitely gravely wound them. Then where will you be to struggle?"

The Time Master weighed the idea, pondering whether such a plan could work.

Theoretically, it was feasible!

But the risks were considerable. Failure could lead to trouble.

"So the Human Path Sacred Land has even my brother figured into their scheme?"

Su Yu smiled: "Even if your brother isn't tricked, the Wu King will fall into the trap. Besides... they have no choice. As long as Fa shows he's determined to kill you, they must take the bait! If not for you, the Wen King wouldn't have kept tangling with Fa. But for your sake, he has no choice but to persist!"

Wen Yu grew a little sad: "Yeah. If not for me, my brother could have acted alone long ago and wouldn't be in this mess. He might have even opened his own heavens—both inside and outside the Gate!"

He wouldn't be weaker than you, at least!

Wen Yu muttered inwardly, feeling a pang of sorrow. But there was nothing he could do. He couldn't bear to die just yet, and if he died, his brother wouldn't be happy either.

Su Yu continued: "So, once Fa masters pseudo-quiescence, he can act without restraint, quickly killing or gravely wounding the Wen King and the others... And then you're doomed."

"What if... what if I could devour his heavenly core while he's in pseudo-quiescence?"

"Then you'd win!"

Su Yu smiled: "But do you have the chance? The Six Meridian Lords, over a hundred Rule Masters, plenty of First-Class ones—can you beat them?"

No.

"But this is all theoretical... Fa might not dare to try."

Su Yu chuckled. “That’s not necessarily true. If the odds are good, why wouldn’t I dare? Besides, Fa is ultimately a junior of the Heavenly Dao. At this point, the Human Path Sacred Ground has no reason to deceive him. Killing him off would do them no good! Fa will most likely go through with it!”

“Then I’m doomed?”

Su Yu smiled. “Am I not here?”

Wen Yu gave an awkward laugh. She didn’t trust him!

She always felt he wasn’t a good person!

“Sigh!”

Su Yu let out a sigh. Women—too naive was bad, too sharp was also bad. Wen Yu thought too much, doubted him—that was only natural. After all, his life, Su Yu’s life, was too legendary!

Like listening to a myth!

But an outstanding man, even if he talked himself down as trash, would still be outstanding. He couldn’t keep belittling himself forever, could he?

Proving he was a good person—that was the real trouble.

Thinking this over, Su Yu spoke up. “Alright, you know your brother well. Let me show you a recording. This sort of thing isn’t easy to get, and if I can get it, maybe it proves I’m a good person…”

“What?”

Su Yu didn’t waste words. Soon, an image appeared. Wen Yu hurriedly opened her Heavenly Gate to look.

And she froze.

In the void, two figures.

One was riding on the other’s neck, pounding him mercilessly…

Wen Yu stared, dumbfounded, and murmured, “A recording of Brother Xingyu beating my brother… I think I remember this… This was recorded by Brother Taishan. That time, my brother was drunk and said Brother Xingyu was so shrewd, but Sister Xingyue was a simpleton—they couldn’t have been born from the same parents… He also said Brother Xingyu had a screw loose, just talking nonsense, but ended up fooling himself into becoming the Human Path Saint…”

And then he got beaten!

Wen Yu was dazed. “Where did you get this?”

“From King Wu!”

“That makes sense. No one else would have it… I didn’t even get a chance to record it… Later, my brother and Brother Xingyu beat him several times, but they never got it out of him…”

Wen Yu was still puzzled. “Why would Brother Taishan give it to you? My brother and the others beat him every day back then, and he wouldn’t hand it over—would rather die than give it. Why would he give it to you?”

Too strange!

“I won him over with my charisma!”

“Shameless…”

Wen Yu muttered under her breath, then suddenly grew interested. “Can I have a copy?”

“…”

Su Yu was speechless!

They were talking about serious matters!

“Does this count as proving my identity?”

Wen Yu thought for a moment. “I don’t know. But Brother Taishan gave it to you… Either he was fooled by you, or even my brother was fooled by you. If they were both fooled, then your trickery is too high. In the myriad realms, you might even have fooled my brother Xingyu… Then I’d have no choice either!”

Just one recording, and she decided to trust Su Yu!

There was no other way. Because if it really came to that, whether she believed or not, it wouldn’t matter anymore.

And she firmly believed that Brother Taishan wouldn’t casually give such a recording to an outsider—even if that person was formidable, even if the recording itself was trivial, just a bit of fun between friends.

But Brother Taishan still cared deeply about his brother’s reputation. He wouldn’t hand it out to just anyone. He wouldn’t even let others see it, let alone give the recording away.

“Seriously, how did you trick—no, how did you coax—no, how did you get it from Brother Taishan?”

Su Yu smiled. “I gave him a chance to beat up a Lord of the Forbidden Lands. He repaid me by offering it himself! Didn’t you sense it? A few days ago, I took down three Lords of the Forbidden Lands and let him have a taste of it too. He was in a good mood and gave it to me afterward!”

Su Yu laughed again. “He also promised that if I help him kill a Lord of the Forbidden Lands someday, he’ll even give me the recording of your brother cross-dressing!”

“…”

Wen Yu suddenly got excited. “Really? I’ve never seen it! I only heard Brother Taishan vaguely bragging about it once. I tried to steal it a few times but never got it. Would he really give it to you?”

“…”

Su Yu grinned. “Of course!”

“Then… when you get it, share a copy with me?”

“Why should I?”

“I… I’ll cook you something delicious? I don’t have the ingredients here, but otherwise, my cooking is amazing. My brothers all love it… but I don’t feel like cooking for them.”

“We’ll see!”

Su Yu laughed, glanced at the time, and said, “That’s it for today. From now on, I’ll come see you every day. The Assembly of the Forbidden Lands is fifteen days away. We need to solve this within ten days! Actually, saving you isn’t hard. The hard part is saving you while letting you keep your strength—or even advance further. Otherwise, I could take you away right now, force a departure, or even kill Fa!”

Wen Yu nodded. “You want me to emerge while also devouring this world, directly reaching the Super Rank, instead of stripping my power and leaving?”

“Exactly!”

Su Yu added, “Of course, it’ll be more dangerous for you…”

“I love danger!”

Wen Yu’s eyes crinkled with laughter. “I love danger the most!”

True enough—a Time Master wouldn’t shy away from risk.

Su Yu said no more. He erased everything, stood up, and turned to leave, a hint of relief in his voice. “After I save you, I won’t owe anyone anything anymore. Saving you repays the debt of your inheritance, your brother’s legacy, and Feiqiu’s gift of blood back then… All those debts, I’ll have cleared them. Then I’ll be Su Yu, no longer your disciple!”

His words were somewhat heartless, but the Time Master fell silent. As he walked away, she suddenly said, “I’m sorry… I… I never thought before that I would pass this inheritance to you…”

“No need!”

Su Yu didn’t look back. “Without the Time Scroll, there would be no me today. Every cause has its effect. I acknowledge the help the Time Scroll gave me, but it also brought me pain. Once I save you… debts are settled. As for the future, we’ll see then!”

Perhaps then, I’ll have fewer burdens.

Su Yu thought silently.

When I have no burdens, maybe I can do as I please. Maybe I won’t have to worry about waking up when I fall into oblivion…

…

When Su Yu vanished from sight, the Time Master felt troubled.

I didn’t mean for this!

If the story was true, it was indeed pitiful. But… I never imagined that a copy could create a peerless powerhouse.

“I’ll just… cook you something nice. Eat more, and you can forget everything…”

She muttered to herself, then closed her Heavenly Gate.

I… might really be saved after all.