Chapter 937: I Am the Winner

(Immortal cultivation, opening the heavenly aperture, gone)

The God Ancestor was slain, and the Heavenly Gate forcibly revived.

In that moment, the Long River trembled; within the Heavenly Gate, a deathly, annihilating aura swiftly stirred, spreading toward all realms.

The era of the Heavenly Gate and the era of the Earthly Gate were both rapidly merging into all realms.

As the two great eras forcibly revived, in that moment, from the lower reaches of the River of Time across all realms, a power gradually surged forth, waves crashing, the river churning, as if the Human Gate was about to descend!

Heaven spun, earth turned!

Heaven and earth quaked, locusts ran rampant!

In that moment, countless locusts appeared across heaven and earth—the apocalypse was truly coming.

In the distance, Void and Stone, frantically tearing through space, heedless of all, finally reunited with Void before Su Yu and the others could catch up.

In that moment, the Heavenly Gate also took human form.

It was an old man with kind eyes and a white beard, looking like a benevolent soul.

By his side stood the two Supremes, Sun and Moon, one male and one female, radiant as sunlight and moonlight, flanking the Heavenly Gate.

When Void and Stone fled over, gasping heavily, the Supremes within the Heavenly Gate gathered.

Five!

Only these five remained: Heavenly Gate, Void, Stone, Sun, Moon.

Wen was not seen—perhaps because his strength was too weak to come.

The Zhou Tian civilization: Sun, Moon, Stars.

Of the eight tribal leaders of yore, Su Yu had yet to meet Civilization and Wen.

They had reunited!

Su Yu, in the midst of forcibly devouring the God Ancestor’s Great Path, now swiftly arrived opposite the Heavenly Gate. He gazed at the five across from him, expressionless, without regret.

Void and Stone were, after all, thirty-six-path experts.

And the Heavenly Gate, having forcibly revived, had arrived quickly—failing to slay those two was only natural.

A good thing!

On this day,

both the Heavenly Gate and the Earthly Gate had forcibly revived. Forcibly revived, their combat power had not yet returned to its peak, which was akin to self-inflicted damage. Forcing both gates to awaken early was still a favorable outcome!

At that moment, the man incarnated by the Heavenly Gate sighed: “Su Yu, you are courting destruction! If the Earthly Gate and I had revived normally, our strength would still be decent, and we would have a better chance against the Human Gate!”

“But now, you insist on forcing us to revive prematurely—thus… both the Earthly Gate and I have suffered losses in strength. The Human Gate was already powerful, and now it is even harder to contend with… Su Yu, is this the result you wanted?”

Su Yu smiled.

He looked at them and chuckled lightly: “No, this is not the result I wanted. To deal with the Human Gate, I need dozens of Supreme Great Paths. I can kill the Human Gate with absolute certainty. So, I ask you all to yield your Great Paths and your heavens and earth for me to devour! For the peace of all realms, for the sake of world peace—you elders have lived long enough. It is necessary for you to do this, to complete me, so I can go deal with the Human Gate!”

Su Yu’s voice boomed mightily: “I beg all elders to yield the path! If you do not yield, you are cold-blooded and heartless! If you do not yield, you harbor selfish motives! If you do not yield, you court your own destruction! If you do not yield, you are enemies of ten thousand ages! If you do not yield, you are worse than beasts! If you do not yield, you are bastards!”

Su Yu laughed heartily: “Does what I say make sense? Isn’t this your own logic? Can’t I use it? A pack of dogs—will you yield the path or not? Come here, line up for me to slaughter!”

His laughter swept across the heavens. As the Heavenly Gate revived, its era also descended upon all realms.

At that moment, even the Earthly Gate and the others could hear his words.

Their eyes turned somewhat strange.

Su Yu was sometimes hard to handle; in words, he never suffered a loss.

Moral blackmail against him?

Before they could even begin, he was already blackmailing them!

Su Yu’s voice rose again: “You have all lived so many years, long enough. For the sake of our future, I, a young man, must take on the heavy responsibility of dealing with the Human Gate. Elders, will you not yield the path? Have your consciences been eaten by dogs?”

Su Yu roared in rebuke: “Do you still have consciences? Are you even worthy of being called human? Look around—how many people are displaced and pitiful? Are you unwilling to yield the path so I can succeed?”

Su Yu bellowed: “All realms of the heavens, I beg the Human Ancestor to yield the path, I beg the Ancient Beast Ancestor to yield the path, I beg all elders to yield the path!”

In that moment, a series of thunderous shouts erupted across heaven and earth.

“Beg all elders to yield the path!”

The shouts rose one after another across the heavens!

“Beg the Human Ancestor to yield the path!”

“Beg the Ancient Beast Ancestor to yield the path!”

“Complete Emperor Yu, restore clarity to heaven and earth!”

“…”

The cries resounded in all directions, shaking the Long River. Waves of overwhelming momentum, vast and boundless, swept across the world!

Please yield the path to me!

At that moment, the old man incarnated by the Heavenly Gate furrowed his brow, sighed softly, and said nothing more.

Su Yu was better at this game than they were!

Before they could even begin to blackmail Su Yu, Su Yu had already dragged all realms onto his war chariot, using the tide of momentum to press down on them instead!

In that moment, Su Yu’s aura surged. He looked around and laughed heartily: “I am honored by your esteem! If these elders yield the path to me, I will surely slay the Human Gate and bring peace to all realms! If these elders fear death, do not wish to die, and only want to dominate the world for their ambitions, then do not yield the path!”

“What Human Ancestor, what Beast Ancestor, what elder sages… all are jokes! True sages, virtuous men, should at this moment step down and yield to the worthy!”

“Complete me—I will take on this responsibility!”

Su Yu’s voice was like a great bell, shaking the four directions: “All realms of the heavens, who does not know that Su Yu’s enemies I will surely slay? If you all complete me, the Human Gate will be my only enemy, and I will surely slay it!”

“…”

At that moment, the Earthly Gate in the distance remained utterly silent.

Well, there was no point in using the ‘let’s unite against the Human Gate’ argument with Su Yu anymore. This one was not the type to swallow a bitter loss in silence.

He could sway hearts and minds no less than they could.

He was asking you to yield the path, to yield heaven and earth—would you yield or not?

If you didn’t yield… then shut your mouth.

The Heavenly Gate also fell silent.

The Lord of the Dead and the others watched the scene with amused smiles. You try to blackmail Su Yu?

These fellows always came out with the line: “Su Yu, you have made a grave mistake; because of you, our strength is diminished, and we cannot face the Human Gate…” Now, Su Yu could outtalk them all!

Su Yu laughed again, his voice clear and resonant: “During my time in Daming Prefecture, the dean of Daming Academy, Niu, told me that some people never speak up—they do good deeds, but in the end, others steal the fruit, and you end up blamed by a thousand fingers!”

“I, Su Yu, have fought for years, slain on all sides—who does not know that my merits overshadow heaven and earth? I am the only savior of this era! You old relics, defeated time and again—do the vanquished still have the right to fight? You emerge and slap a big hat on me, saying I disrupted the fight against the Human Gate? Ridiculous! A bunch of losers, roaring at a victor, blaming the one who saves the world for not letting you kill and devour yang energy—how dare you even open your mouths!”

Su Yu’s voice was immense, audible across all realms!

“I, Su Yu, also use schemes, but they are open schemes! Aboveboard and righteous! I say I will kill you, and I kill you; I say you are an enemy, and you are an enemy! Unlike you lot, who wish you could kill me instantly, yet still pretend to be good people—who are you fooling? Are the beings of all realms idiots? Can they be deceived by you? When the Three Gates descend, they must devour yang energy and slaughter all beings to recover—who doesn’t know that?”

“Take you, Heavenly Gate, the Ancestor of Humanity—you want to maintain sufficient yang energy. If you can’t kill us, perhaps you’ll need to slaughter tens of billions of living beings to keep your yang energy abundant!”

"You lot, slaughtering all living beings across the myriad realms, might just be enough to replenish your yang energy!"

"There are plenty of fools in the myriad realms, like the Divine Sovereign and his ilk, who, for their own selfish gains, betrayed every living being across all realms, and even prided themselves on resisting humanity's tyranny—all utter nonsense, nothing but betrayal! They sold out the interests of all races, just to serve as dogs for you! Divine Sovereign, am I right?"

Su Yu's eyes pierced like sharp swords, suddenly fixing on those drifting figures in the distant River of Time!

The Divine Sovereign wanted to retort, but before he could speak, an overwhelming will descended, crushing him, refusing him any chance to speak!

You talk shit!

I say it is, so it is!

At this moment, the Heavenly Gate sighed and said no more, knowing he could not out-argue Su Yu.

Besides, the myriad realms were no longer their home ground.

Saying more would be utterly meaningless!

Boom!

A thunderous roar shook heaven and earth, and the Era of the Heavenly Gate descended fully upon the myriad realms!

The River of Time was compressed, and deep within the Chaos of the myriad realms, a perished world made contact with the Chaos. With a rumble, a colossal heaven and earth began to merge with the myriad realms!

The Era of the Heavenly Gate had arrived!

Arrived ahead of time!

Above, the Era of the Earthly Gate was also descending—or rather, it had already merged long ago, existing within the same space.

At this moment, the River of Time, like an arched bridge, had the already-descended Era of the Heavenly Gate at one end, and the descending Era of the Earthly Gate in the middle. Only the Era of the Human Gate had not yet come, nor appeared ahead of schedule.

The River of Time was now entwined with the aura of annihilation, its former radiance gone.

And just then, with another thunderous roar, Evil Heaven let out a furious howl: "Ji Heaven, you will not win!"

Boom!

The Earthly Gate and Ji Heaven had been encircling and attacking for a while, and finally, at the moment the Heavenly Gate descended, they slew Evil Heaven!

A great path manifested, immensely powerful, yet somewhat broken. Evil Heaven had chosen to delay until the very end, leaving no time or chance to self-destruct.

Still, he was a 38-path powerhouse after all.

Now, Ji Heaven was gasping for breath, and the Earthly Gate was also panting. He was rather unlucky—his plan had just begun, and he should not have been forced to awaken so early, yet he had to under duress.

Now, he too was severely drained!

Over there, Shock Heaven and Prison King were besieging Thought Heaven, who was also growing weary.

At this moment, the Human Sovereign and the others all turned to Su Yu.

Forcing the Heavenly Gate to open early had failed to slay the two 36-path experts; instead, it had given the Heavenly Gate side five super-tier beings, plus Ji Heaven, Earthly Gate, Shock Heaven, and Prison King—nine experts on their side!

On Su Yu's side, there were Su Yu, the Human Sovereign, the Literary King, the Martial King, the Lord of the Dead, Qiong, and Wen Yu—at most seven!

The key was that the enemy's quality was higher!

This made the situation even more troublesome than before!

What was to be done?

Su Yu said nothing. With a single palm, he crushed the Ancestor of Humanity, who exploded. A great path spread across heaven and earth, which Su Yu forcibly extracted. The Ancestor of Humanity had also opened a path within the Earthly Gate, even vaguely forming the semblance of a nascent heaven and earth.

It seemed he had also entertained the idea of opening a dual heaven.

Of course, Su Yu paid no heed to that.

Ignoring the Ancestor of Humanity's roars, he said coldly, "Since Prison refuses to yield the great path, then let Zhou contribute some strength for the great cause of my human race, for the great cause of all heavens! Qiong has merit for heaven and earth. Zhou's nascent heaven and earth—Qiong, devour it! After you grow strong, do your utmost for the great cause of all heavens!"

Qiong cared little for such talk and was overjoyed, quickly saying, "Fine, fine, fine..."

Do I even care about that?

Say whatever you like!

All I know is that I have a yang great path to devour.

At that moment, Prison King, who had remained silent all along, suddenly shouted, "I will trade the Heaven-Opening Sword for him!"

Silence fell all around!

Ji Heaven and the others changed color.

Just then, Prison King reached out and grabbed multiple great paths from the void—the paths of Sorrow Heaven, Enchantment Heaven, and Vast Heaven—along with a multicolored stone and a small sword!

Now, Evil Heaven's path was with Ji Heaven, and Uphold Heaven's path was in the Stone Hand's grasp.

Prison King seized three great paths and two treasures, then looked toward Su Yu's side and into the depths of Chaos, shouting, "Su Yu, I will trade the Heaven-Opening Sword for him! Stop now!"

At this moment, her heaven and earth trembled violently, the newly opened realm shaking. The core of her heaven and earth existed—not the path of myriad laws, nor the path of seven emotions and six desires, but the path of Law!

The path of Law was stern!

Fair and just!

Yet now, she was handing over these things to ransom the Ancestor of Humanity—she was not being fair!

Her core path clashed, and that was the real trouble!

Ji Heaven wanted to curse!

Damn it! Prison had finally cracked. The moment Su Yu truly intended to kill the Ancestor of Humanity, she had broken down.

Prison King shouted again, "And also, let Blue Sky withdraw! The Myriad Paths Stone can be given to you!"

She would trade the Myriad Paths Stone and the Heaven-Opening Sword for the lives of her parents.

Prison King's voice boomed: "The three great paths are not mine alone; I cannot trade them to you... Su Yu, if you refuse, then so be it!"

At this moment, Prison King's heaven and earth began to collapse.

Her core path was unstable.

Nearby, Shock Heaven was both shocked and furious: "Prison, how dare you..."

Damn it!

He roared, "Zhou and Heaven only treated you as a puppet; there is no parental affection between you..."

You, Prison, are without emotion or desire. Zhou and Heaven only saw you as a puppet—why would you choose to do this?

Prison King regained her calm, gazing at the chaotic great paths in her newly established heaven and earth, as path after path collapsed, and the core path crumbled. She sighed softly, "Since I am human... even if I do evil... how can I truly be without feeling?"

In an instant, everyone fell silent!

It was over!

Prison King's actions would nullify many previous schemes, and might even cause her heaven and earth to collapse completely!

But Prison King remained serene: "It is not that I have feelings; it is that you never considered... I have spent tens of thousands of years with Star Universe and the others, and tens of thousands of years with Flame Fire..."

She laughed bitterly.

The path of emotionlessness was no more.

Yes, she is indeed more cold-blooded and ruthless than others, but you must understand, this is not a matter of days or months—it spans tens of thousands of years!

She entered the Earth Gate a hundred thousand years ago, and within the Earth Gate, ten thousand years passed. For ten thousand years, Yanhuo obeyed her every word, speaking with her day and night about life, ideals, and laughter—fully ten thousand years!

In the end, he died for her, without hesitation, even knowing he had been set up!

Or rather, from the very beginning, he understood!

The Dao is not broken in a single day.

It is accumulated day by day, one day after another!

Zhou and Tian, indeed, only gave birth to her, never fulfilling their parental duties, even treating her merely as a tool to oppose the Human Gate. Yet, in the end, they were still her parents. Moreover, aside from nurturing her to be emotionless and Dao-less, in that fleeting moment just now, Zhou did not beg her for help but instead told her not to worry about him… This, instead, shook the Prison King.

And Tian’s shrill, agonized screams further unsettled her resolve.

Blue Sky was too twisted; if this continued, Tian’s fate would be too miserable.

Even if he survived in the end, he would be a madman—a madman with a chaotic will.

When she saw Su Yu truly about to kill her father, and that Qiong was about to devour him alive, her Dao was still shaken!

Prison looked at the others, sighing: “I, my father, my mother—all have given much for you all! Must we now watch them die with our own eyes?”

Ji Tian was somewhat furious, holding a long sword stained with blood, his tone sharp: “Do you know that the Heaven-Opening Sword was given to Qiong…”

The Prison King said calmly: “He devoured my father, gaining strength—does that differ from having the Heaven-Opening Sword? That way, we lose one strong one instead. If we save my father, we gain another strong one, Ji Tian, isn’t that so?”

At this moment, the Prison King was finally able to speak; before, she had been silent.

But when the Dao began to collapse, something was broken!

She could no longer maintain her previous state!

And Ji Tian’s gaze turned cold and fierce.

Trouble!

The Prison King’s emotionless Dao had been broken; the strictness of her Dharma Dao was no more. This meant that even if he refused, the Prison King would still make a deal. Moreover, if he rejected it and Zhou was saved, that would instead add two enemies!

It wasn’t Su Yu who broke the Prison King’s Dao, but the accumulation over countless ages, bit by bit, until at this moment when Zhou was about to be killed, the Prison King could no longer sustain this Dharma Dao!

What to do?

At this moment, the Prison King still held three great Daos.

Earlier, to lure Su Yu and the others into the trap, all the good things had been thrown to the Prison King’s side.

And now, with the Prison King suddenly ceasing hostilities, Jing Tian’s attempt to kill Si Tian became more difficult. Ji Tian and the Earth Gate wanted to cross over, but the Prison King’s icy gaze fixed on them, clearly worried they would forcibly seize the Daos and treasures!

She still needed these to trade for Zhou and Tian’s lives!

At this moment, the Heaven Gate also sighed: “Earth Gate, enough. If Prison wants to trade, then trade! Su Yu, release Zhou!”

Zhou’s so-called betrayal back then was nothing but a grand play!

The eight leaders of the human race were never truly traitors; back then, knowing they could not defeat the Human Gate, Heaven Gate chose to lie low at that time.

In the distance, the Earth Gate said nothing.

After all, Zhou’s relationship with Heaven Gate was not ordinary.

If Ji Tian and he refused, then the human ancestor Zhou, as the intermediary, would be lost. Without an intermediary… perhaps cooperation would face some problems. Zhou was very important—he was not only the intermediary between Earth Gate and Heaven Gate but also between Ji Tian, Jing Tian, and everyone else.

Without Zhou, future cooperation might run into some trouble.

…

They were tangled, struggling.

Su Yu, however, paid them no mind, continuing to peel away the embryonic form of heaven and earth. Earlier, no one had noticed, but now Heaven Gate frowned: “Su Yu!”

We are talking about exchanging people!

What else do you want?

Su Yu looked surprised, glancing around: “Did I agree? Who said the Heaven-Opening Sword and the Ten Thousand Dao Stone would be enough? Strange fellow! Did I say I would agree? Am I an idiot? Just these two things, and I release a 36-Dao cultivator, then let you come kill me? Sometimes, life is worth more, don’t you understand?”

Su Yu said calmly: “These two things can be traded, but only to turn Zhou into a 1-Dao cultivator. Yes, I plan to take Zhou into my heaven and earth—am I not generous enough? I’ll spare his life!”

“…”

Everyone was furious!

Nonsense!

If Zhou really became a 1-Dao cultivator, what was the point of saving him?

“What do you want?”

In the distance, the Prison King’s tone was icy!

Su Yu smiled: “I don’t want much. Now, aside from Si Tian not being dead, you have five great Daos—give them all to me! Oh, and if you kill Si Tian, you can leave her Dao behind. I’m generous enough; I won’t take everything!”

“You’re dreaming!”

Ji Tian said coldly: “Su Yu, do you really think we will agree?”

Su Yu shook his head: “Of course not! But… what does it matter? Breaking Prison’s Dao makes her hate you. I doubt you’d dare trust her again or let her swallow the Dao. So who will swallow? You, Ji Tian? Will everyone trust you? That way, you can’t create a strong one to match the Human Gate. Then we’re finished… and you’re dead too—we all die together!”

Su Yu laughed, delighted: “Dying together—I’ll take the loss, living a little less. Fine, you got off easy! Of course, if Zhou is saved, I can hand him over to you for safekeeping… Prison may have acted out of selfishness, but once Zhou is rescued, maybe he can still be salvaged. If you control Zhou, you can still use him… At this point, treat a dead horse as a live one!”

Su Yu laughed joyfully, unrestrained: “Don’t threaten me with death—it’s useless! If I, Su Yu, feared death, I wouldn’t have come this far! Of course, you can threaten Old Death and the others—go ahead, try! See if they’ll betray me!”

Su Yu’s smile was mocking!

Ji Tian stared at Su Yu with a cold, fierce gaze.

Su Yu was indifferent, looking back with a smile: “What are you looking at? Old classmate, you’ve been in the myriad realms for a while—don’t you know my character?”

Ji Tian said slowly: “You have family too…”

Su Yu nodded: “Then let it all perish!”

Su Yu laughed: “Right now, I see no hope of victory. So I have the right to make you despair too—I’ll fight you to the bitter end!”

The Earth Gate spoke: “Su Yu, why must it be this way? I said, our enemy is the Human Gate! There is a chance for cooperation… As for the lack of yang energy, I also said we would find another way to solve it!”

Su Yu ignored him, speaking only to himself: “You’re powerful now. I have no choice but to kill Zhou, collapse Prison’s Dao, and besides, we still have so many people gathered here, not moving, just waiting for you to come. When you come, we’ll kill one for each—let’s see how much strength you have left to deal with the Human Gate!”

Su Yu chuckled darkly: “I like this three-way standoff! If you kill me, you have to consider the cost. Old Death is still very strong—at 39 Dao, the two of you awakened early, probably only as strong as Old Death. If Qiong devours Zhou, he can match Ji Tian! As for me, I can still fight Jing Tian! King Wen, you few will have to work harder—deal with Stone and Sky… If you can’t win, self-destruct. With your power, self-destruction will be somewhat useful… Then lure out the Human Gate… Heh… Let both sides suffer and let the Human Gate pick up the pieces!”

The surroundings fell silent again.

On the side of Heaven Gate and Earth Gate, because the two had awakened early, their strength had declined; they no longer had the power to directly crush Su Yu and his group.

Su Yu had broken Heaven Gate and Earth Gate early, which brought great trouble, but it also gave everyone a chance. Otherwise, even the Lord of the Dead alone could not be fought. But now, with the 39-Dao Lord of the Dead truly fighting to the death, one of these two might be finished.

Most likely Earth Gate—he had consumed too much!

At this moment, Heaven Gate sighed softly: “We are all human…”

Su Yu yawned: “The Human Gate might also be human—otherwise, how could you have cultivated the Human Gate? The Lord of Time might also be human. So what, humanity should sacrifice itself for you? Do you want to sacrifice yourself for me? Heaven Gate, you are an elder! Don’t be so naive, okay? Does your grand righteousness mean anything to me? If it did, I would have killed myself long ago to fulfill you!”

Saying this, Su Yu laughed again: “Also, Earth Gate is not human! Stone and Sky are not either. But Heaven Gate, we are all human—how about we join forces? I’m more reliable than Earth Gate, right? Earth Gate is nothing—he’s alone now, while I have a stronger side!”

Su Yu suddenly became interested: “King Wen? He is my ancestor! Also, I cultivated the Heaven Gate—Heaven Gate, maybe we are all your descendants! We are family! Yes, I almost forgot! We are one family—fighting among ourselves? Let’s join forces! You kill Stone and Sky, I’ll swallow their Dao, and I’ll be even stronger—let’s cooperate!”

“…”

At this moment, the Celestial Gate fell silent.

Su Yu said impatiently, "Can't we cooperate? Weren't you just talking about cooperation? I agree! Let's kill the foreign races together, cooperate!"

"..."

The Celestial Gate fell silent once more.

Beside him, Shi He Kong, however, grew wary and stepped back a little. At this moment, Shi He Kong was also filled with dread—what if the Celestial Gate suddenly struck them?

That would be terrifying!

The Celestial Gate sighed, "Cooperation is impossible!"

Su Yu laughed heartily, "How's that for a slap in the face? Weren't you just clamoring for cooperation? Now it's impossible? Hah!"

Su Yu sneered with contempt, but the Celestial Gate paid it no mind, turning to the Lord of the Dead and saying calmly, "Yin, are you going to keep being this reckless with him?"

Su Yu was startled, looking at the Lord of the Dead.

The Lord of the Dead frowned slightly.

Su Yu looked stunned, "What the hell?"

"..."

The Lord of the Dead stared at Su Yu, frowning in irritation, "What's wrong?"

Is there a problem?

"No, what did he call you?"

The Lord of the Dead was speechless, "Do you have a problem?"

Yin, so what?

He had first cultivated the path of Yin and Death, then later fully converted to the Great Dao of Death. Back then, many didn't even have names; after achieving mastery in their Dao, some named themselves after their paths. Was there a problem?

Su Yu quickly shook his head, "No problem, Yin!"

Damn it!

The Lord of the Dead was almost amused, "At a time like this, you still dare to provoke me?"

If he didn't side with Su Yu now, Su Yu's side would be utterly doomed without him!

And you still dare to mock me now?

"Grandpa!"

"..."

The Lord of the Dead was momentarily at a loss for words, staring at Su Yu, witnessing his shamelessness once again!

For a long moment, he couldn't utter a single word.

Beside them, the Human Emperor and the others laughed. At this moment, everyone laughed heartily—Su Yu, when he threw away all shame, was truly shameless!

At this point, seeing that Su Yu was still stripping away Zhou's Great Dao, the Celestial Gate sighed helplessly and said, "Su Yu, let Zhou go! I can give you the Heaven-Opening Sword, the Myriad Dao Stone, and the Path of Wrath. As for the rest, I can do nothing. You must understand, Yu and I might want to save him... but that doesn't mean everyone is willing to!"

Su Yu laughed, "Fine! Then bring the Heaven-Opening Sword and the Myriad Dao Stone first. Let the Human Emperor use the Myriad Dao Stone to enter the 36th Dao, and let Qiong use the Heaven-Opening Sword to enter the 37th or 38th Dao. Then I'll release Zhou, and you give me the Path of Wrath!"

Do you take us for fools?

At this moment, Ji Tian saw that both the Celestial Gate and Yu meant this, and noticed the Earth Gate remained silent. He roughly understood their thoughts—they hadn't yet recovered to their peak.

Clearly, these two were unwilling to start a war with Su Yu's side now.

But Ji Tian understood one thing: they couldn't give Su Yu too much time. He looked at the others and said gravely, "Everyone, if we give these things to Su Yu and make them stronger, our troubles will only grow. Once you two recover from your injuries, Su Yu and his group might... become uncontrollable!"

Su Yu said lazily, "Hah! Do you think the Celestial Gate and the Earth Gate are willing to fight to the death with us when they're not at their peak? If they die before reaching their peak, they'd probably regret it bitterly! Ji Tian, old classmate, you know me. You know I'm not bluffing. If it comes to a real fight, I'll go straight for the Earth Gate, kill him first... Do you think the Earth Gate is willing to fight alongside you at a time like this?"

Su Yu sneered, "I've seen through you people long ago! No matter how much you cooperate, it's just a facade—hearts never truly united!"

Ji Tian said sternly, "Su Yu, you say only we are divided. What about your side? Qiong? The Lord of the Dead?"

"If we target only you..."

Before he could finish, Su Yu sighed and interrupted, "You fool, the partners I choose aren't that smart—the kind who are all brawn. Smart people think too much! I really like Qiong!"

"..."

At that moment, Qiong's eyes widened as he stared at Su Yu, unable to speak for a long time!

The heavens fell silent!

The Lord of the Dead and the others twitched their mouths, remaining quiet for a while.

Ji Tian didn't even know what to say for a moment.

He understood!

Su Yu's meaning was simple: I'm not afraid, because the people I've chosen are all brutes—they don't scheme much, so I don't worry. But you—Celestial Gate, Earth Gate, Ji Tian, and the Human Ancestor—none of you are easy to deal with!

With so many people, everyone loves to scheme, and when they come together, problems multiply!

And Ji Tian couldn't refute it, so he said coldly, "Lord of the Dead, Qiong, you heard that..."

Su Yu turned back, grinning at the Lord of the Dead, "Grandpa!"

The Lord of the Dead was embarrassed. Damn it!

He had nothing to say!

Qiong looked a bit angry. Su Yu bared his teeth and laughed, "Brother Qiong, I'm getting benefits for you!"

"..."

Qiong was speechless and didn't respond.

For a moment, the heavens were eerily silent.

Su Yu chuckled, "Old classmate, anything else to say? Come on, keep sowing discord. See if you can lure the Human Emperor away. The Human Emperor and I have been at odds for a long time. I've always wanted to kill Yu, but he kept stopping me. Why don't you take the Human Emperor back?"

Su Yu glanced at the current situation and laughed again, "Alright, Shi He Kong is still confused. If I weren't chasing them, they wouldn't even bother with you, let alone help you. Do you really think you have us cornered? Let's call a truce, how about that? Send some good stuff over, we'll all recuperate, and fight again later?"

The others felt stifled!

They hadn't lost anything this time, but they had to hand over the spoils to Su Yu—it was still frustrating.

The real heavy losses were on the side of the Human Gate!

It just felt unpleasant!

Not satisfying!

This time, most of the plan had been completed. Si Tian was dead, and all six Great Saints of the Human Gate had been wiped out.

But the spoils had to be given to Su Yu!

This was hard for Ji Tian and the others to accept!

So in the end, they had been working for Su Yu?

Su Yu wasn't in a hurry, continuing to strip away the Great Dao's power. The Human Ancestor's groans kept rising. On the opposite side, the Celestial Gate frowned slightly, "Either we attack and kill Su Yu and his group now, or... we change the plan!"

He was growing angry.

Make your choice now!

Because Jitian was wasting time with his prattle, Su Yu kept drawing away the power of the Great Dao, and Zhou was on the verge of falling below the Thirty-Sixth Dao.

Su Yu knew exactly what Jitian was plotting, but at this moment, neither he nor the Earth Gate were prepared for an all-out war.

Su Yu had spoken truly: no one wanted to die not at their peak, but in this period of decline—who could accept that?

Jitian sighed. "Su Yu, you've won again!"

Su Yu had gotten his way!

They had no choice but to swap.

He was reluctant; he knew this was aiding the enemy, and not by a small margin. But if the Heaven Gate and Earth Gate were unwilling to fight to the death now, what use was his single will?

If he opposed any further, this alliance of theirs would shatter!

They had thought the alliance unbreakable, that everyone would unite against the Human Gate. Yet before the Human Gate had even emerged, Su Yu had already thrown the alliance into chaos.

After all that bloody fighting, most of the spoils had been taken by Su Yu and his people... truly infuriating!

A suffocating frustration!

And Su Yu, adding fuel to the fire, chuckled, "Jitian, if I've won, shouldn't I thank you? If you hadn't babbled on and on, would I have ever thought you were all in league together? Would I have suspected you were in cahoots with the Human Ancestor? You just had to stay put on Bihua Mountain, and he didn't kill you, and you even showed me the Human Gate before... Tell me, was that intentional?"

"..."

Dead silence!

Jitian was seething with indignation. Nonsense—he hadn't insisted on staying at Bihua Mountain for no reason; he needed the Human Ancestor to grant him a powerful physical body. If he had left then, it would have been too obvious!

But now, in Su Yu's words, it was as if he had exposed everything!

Su Yu laughed again. "But seriously, your endless chatter bought me a lot of time. Truly worthy of being Grand Secretary Wan's grandson, my old classmate—you helped me enter the Thirty-Sixth Dao! And now you're still babbling away. Look, I've almost stripped the Human Ancestor down to the Thirty-Fifth Dao..."

"All this gain I've made is thanks to my old classmate. I'll treat you to a meal someday!"

"..."

Jitian's energy churned violently; he was so frustrated he could spit blood!

The next moment, he roared, "Swap! One hand the person, the other hand the treasure!"

No more delays!

If they delayed further, this alliance would truly collapse. The key was that Su Yu, that madman, was still peeling away the Great Dao—if this continued, his gains would only grow!

Jitian felt powerless: I know we shouldn't swap, everyone knows, but we have no choice!

The Earth Gate and Heaven Gate didn't want to start a war now; swapping was merely to avoid immediate bloodshed.

Yu was here to rescue someone; she insisted on the swap.

At this point, his opposition was futile.

Su Yu had won again!

Forcing open the Heaven Gate, making it unseal ahead of time—this step seemed to strengthen them, but in truth, it deepened their divisions. Su Yu had gambled and won!

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