Chapter 939: Secret of the Three Races

Darkness, doomsday.

The long river of time trembled, enveloped by a dark aura, as a massive swarm of devouring locusts emerged; the powers of world destruction, tribulation, and annihilation swept through the myriad realms, filled with widespread wailing and tumultuous upheaval between heaven and earth!

This was the myriad realms at this very moment.

Even if Su Yu and his side had not suffered a loss in that battle, the descent of the Heavenly Gate and the Earthly Gate still impacted the myriad realms, plunging them into a doomsday era.

Not only that, but a portion of the ancient beasts from the Earthly Gate and rogue cultivators from the Heavenly Gate had also slipped into some of the domains during their grand battle; at this moment, they did not dare to launch an assault, but once chaos erupted, they would likely explode into action very quickly.

Of course, no one came to the Human Realm.

They did not dare!

When Blue Sky fought against Tian, those people no longer dared to come; it was far too terrifying!

……

At the same exact time that Su Yu and his companions returned to the Human Realm.

There was a group of people who also swiftly fled and vanished.

The God Emperor and his faction!

For no other reason than the God Ancestor was dead, the Immortal Ancestor was dead, and the Demon Ancestor was dead!

Originally, while the God Ancestor lived, the God Emperor still held some reliance and hope, but when the God Ancestor died, this figure no longer dared to harbor any hope, seizing the opportunity while Su Yu and the others were causing an uproar to instantly flee with his people.

At that time, everyone was busy and paid no mind to this group of insignificant figures.

Even a first-class existence, by this point, was of no consequence in the eyes of the crowd.

Now, as Su Yu and his companions returned to the Human Realm, a group of people gathered cautiously near the edge of the Earthly Gate; the missing Tian Gu and his associates finally surfaced, merging together with the God Emperor and his group.

Things remained, but people had changed!

The Immortal Emperor and those like him were also dead, though the God Empress, at long last, encountered the God Emperor once more—a separation that had lasted for a hundred thousand years.

At this moment, within the pitch-black crevices of space.

A group from races that had once openly and secretly contended with one another in the past were now all profoundly silent.

Tian Gu watched the God Empress and the God Emperor in silence; the God Emperor and the God Empress merely held each other's hands, saying nothing, speaking neither of the hardships of separation nor of the doomsday peril of today.

To be able to live was already exceedingly difficult!

After a long while, Tian Gu spoke to break the tranquility: "Lord God Emperor!"

The God Emperor turned his head to look at him, nodding slightly.

On the day the Immortal Emperor fell in battle, he had said that if he survived, he would take care of the Immortal Race.

Tian Gu!

The disciple of the Immortal Emperor, unseen for many years, and now meeting again, his strength was decent, having entered the fourteenth path; obviously, Tian Gu had gained some harvest in the Chaos River previously, but the fourteenth path now held no significant use.

The myriad races had completely become the cannon fodder of this era!

Those currently locked in struggle were all those peerless powerhouses!

"What is it?"

The God Emperor looked toward Tian Gu; to be able to lead his race in flight during the period when Su Yu dominated the myriad realms showed that Tian Gu indeed possessed some capability.

Tian Gu spoke softly: "This junior merely wishes to ask one thing!"

"Speak."

"Back then, the powerhouses within the Heavenly Gate enticed my master and you, Lord God Emperor, to join the ranks of the Heavenly Gate, and for this, you fell out with the Human Race; could it be that not a single benefit was given? Not a single promise was made?"

The people were dead, yet Tian Gu still felt compelled to speak: "I believe that my master and you, Lord God Emperor, were not foolish! Would you truly take a baseless promise seriously? And then oppose the incomparably powerful Human Emperor and King Wen of that era? If the Human Emperor had not been severely wounded, wouldn’t you all have been wiped out long ago?"

Clearly, the severe wounding of the Human Emperor should have been anticipated; these people must have had some connection with the Heavenly Gate.

Of course, these things were no longer important!

What mattered was that Tian Gu wanted to know what kind of promise the Heavenly Gate had actually given back then that would cause the powerhouses of the myriad races to take such a perilous risk and choose to betray the Imperial Court of the Human Race.

As for the words spoken between the God Emperor and Su Yu last time, he did not know them, and even if he did, he would not take them seriously.

The God Emperor remained silent for a moment, looked around, considered it briefly, and said: "Opposing the Human Race and resisting them back then was, on one hand, to strive for freedom, unwilling to remain in the Starry Mansion as those prisoners!"

"The second point, precisely as you said, was that an existence within the Heavenly Gate contacted us, promising that they could allow us to overthrow the Human Race!"

"Of course, empty words and white talk, no one would believe it, take it seriously, or go risk waging war against the Human Race!"

The God Emperor hesitated a moment, yet still continued: "However, the senior within the Heavenly Gate back then once said that after the Heavenly Gate opened, they would help elevate us to an extremely powerful level..."

Tian Gu watched him silently, extremely powerful?

How powerful?

The people were all dead and gone!

If they were truly that powerful, would they themselves have perished?

In truth, he did not harbor much hope, but he was still somewhat unwilling to accept it—unwilling to accept that the myriad races would completely decline like this, becoming nothing but cannon fodder on the battlefield.

"How the Immortal Ancestor promised the Immortal Race, I do not know. Many things back then were operated by the Immortal Ancestor, but my God Race's God Ancestor also made some arrangements..."

Tian Gu looked at him, waiting for him to make it clear.

The God Emperor also looked at Tian Gu, remaining silent for a moment before continuing: "Do you know of the innate skills of the three races?"

Tian Gu frowned slightly, nodding: "The God Transformation of the God Race, the Demon Descent of the Demon Race, and my Immortal Race has Flesh and Blood Rebirth, Immortal Power Possession..."

Innate skills, of course he knew of them.

Many races possessed them!

Of course, those of the three races—God, Immortal, and Demon—were the strongest.

And innate skills were actually a type of Great Dao, a type of divine character, an innate divine character Great Dao.

The God Emperor waited for him to finish, then continued: "Then you must know that the God Ancestor, Demon Ancestor, and Immortal Ancestor are the very ancestors who founded the three races!"

Tian Gu nodded; who wasn't clear on this?

"Since they are the ancestors, our so-called Demon Descent, God Transformation, Immortal Power Possession... under normal circumstances, doesn't everyone think that it is the Great Dao of the three ancestors granting us power?"

Of course!

Tian Gu was just about to speak when he suddenly froze, looking toward the God Emperor, who nodded slightly: "You think correctly; the three ancestors could also use these innate skills!"

Tian Gu was stunned!

We know innate skills because we feel the ancestors are powerful, the Great Dao is powerful, lending power to their descendants, so it is very normal for us to know them!

There was nothing abnormal about it!

But the three ancestors could also use them—what kind of ghost was that?

Did they borrow power from themselves?

That was what was truly abnormal, alright!

Seeing that Tian Gu understood instantly, the God Emperor nodded and said: "You must know that before the opening of heaven, the world was actually a blanket of chaos; at that time, cultivation was primarily based on the Chaos Great Dao! And back then, there actually existed some inheritances of innate skills... and the three ancestors of God, Demon, and Immortal were considered among the extremely powerful kind within that!"

Tian Gu said in a deep voice: "I don't quite understand the God Emperor's meaning! Does the God Emperor mean to say that before the ancestors of our three races existed, the innate skills were already present?"

The Divine Emperor was in no hurry, and continued, “A talent technique is a manifestation of the Dao, is it not?”

A nod!

Tiangu’s understanding of the Great Dao was now considerable, and he spoke: “Indeed, if I were to govern a single Dao, my descendants, inheriting my bloodline, might also be born with some grasp of the Dao’s origin—that is what is called a talent technique!”

“And the Dao—where does it come from?”

“The River of Time!”

Tiangu said at once.

The Divine Emperor smiled: “Then where do the strong of the Human Gate get their Dao?”

A start!

Tiangu was stunned in an instant. Yes, the Human Gate… existed before the River of Time!

Before this, no one had paid it much mind. The Human Gate was too mysterious. Until today, when several Great Saints were slain, a Dao did indeed exist, but their Dao was somewhat different—it was not connected to the River of Time!

Instead, it stood alone!

After death, the Dao manifested, contained within the body. Whether this was because they had absorbed the Dao into themselves upon reaching the Supreme level, or because even the weak harbored a solitary Dao within them, none could say.

The Human Gate—still, they understood it too little.

Tiangu looked at the Divine Emperor with some bewilderment, silent for a long while.

He was pondering the meaning behind the Divine Emperor’s words.

Talent techniques, the Dao of the Human Gate, the River of Time…

These terms, seemingly isolated—could there be some connection between them?

The Divine Emperor spoke again: “No more beating around the bush. Back then, when the Divine Ancestor contacted me, he actually mentioned…”

“Wait—how could the Divine Ancestor contact you from within the Heavenly Gate? Did the great one also open the Heavenly Gate?”

“Not at all!”

The Divine Emperor shook his head, smiling: “We cannot open the Heavenly Gate; we are not of the same lineage. Su Yu and his kind are the ones of the Heavenly Gate lineage! Later generations of humanity are almost all of the Heavenly Gate lineage. Only a few with unbroken ancient bloodlines possess the blood of the Human Gate and can open it.”

“It was through talent techniques that contact was made!”

At this moment, Tiangu was utterly stunned!

“Of course, it was exceedingly difficult!”

The Divine Emperor laughed: “In truth, when the Human Emperor was ambushed back then, others had a hand in it, and so did our ancestors. You probably do not know—at that time, our ancestors also took part in the siege…”

Tiangu nodded slightly.

The Divine Emperor continued: “Talent techniques are also different! There are two kinds. For instance, your Celestial race’s talent techniques are not limited to one—they include Flesh Rebirth and Vitality Stimulation. These actually came later, tied to the Celestial Ancestor’s Dao of Longevity, the Dao of Life! But as for Celestial Force Possession—do you not think it has little to do with the Dao of Longevity?”

“Including my Divine race’s Divine Transformation and the Demon race’s Demon Descent—it is the same. In truth, they have little connection to the Daos of the various racial ancestors. Have you noticed?”

Tiangu had never really considered this before, and he said instinctively: “I thought it was the ancestors lending us power…”

“How could everyone borrow?”

The Divine Emperor laughed, and Tiangu came to his senses, but his ingrained thoughts still made him blurt out: “You mean, it is not the Celestial Ancestor and the others lending power, but… something that truly exists?”

“Yes!”

The Divine Emperor nodded: “In this world, there should truly exist three immensely powerful Daos, or… one!”

The Divine Emperor’s eyes grew complex: “Like the Dao of the Human Gate, they do not depend on the River of Time; they existed before the heavens were opened! The Divine Ancestor, the Celestial Ancestor, and the Demon Ancestor may have inherited a single Dao. So have you noticed? The talent techniques of our three races are merely different in name, but in effect, they are the same—when summoned, great power descends! As for the difference in power, that is because the forces we cultivate are different, so the borrowed power differs!”

At this moment, Tiangu was somewhat shaken: “So, senior means…”

The Divine Emperor nodded: “In this world, there exists a Dao. This Dao should have been inherited only by our three races. The three races wield its power, and even their bloodlines contain it! Just as Yanhuo possesses the blood of the Earth Gate, and humanity possesses the blood of the Heavenly Gate… our three races should also have their own foundation. The three ancestors each inherited a portion of this Dao’s power…”

“But did the three ancestors not know this?”

“They knew!”

The Divine Emperor nodded: “If they did not, why would they scheme?”

Then, with a sigh: “Pity—they all died! They never had the chance to use it; they died in vain! That Dao is not within the Heavenly Gate, but in the myriad realms, or rather, in the myriad realms at a specific time… Where exactly, I do not know! But back then, the Divine Ancestor, through talent techniques, must have relayed the message onto that Dao, and then we received it. The Divine Ancestor might have known the exact location of that Dao, but alas, we do not!”

“Our opposition to humanity back then, our rebellion against them—part of the reason was precisely this!”

Tiangu frowned: “Still, I do not understand. Even if this Dao exists, what does it have to do with humanity? Yes, perhaps we are all humanoid and should be called the human race, but according to what you say, senior, this Dao should belong only to our three races, and humanity indeed has no such talent techniques!”

“There is a connection!”

The Divine Emperor spoke: “This Dao must be extremely powerful. If it were not, the three racial ancestors could not have borrowed even a fraction of its power! And all three could borrow—they tried it… but once they entered the Heavenly Gate, they could no longer borrow. Do you know what that means?”

Tiangu understood instantly: “It means this Dao is not in the past, not within the gate, but outside the gate! Because we can still borrow power!”

“Correct!”

The Divine Emperor smiled: “Yet they could still make contact to some extent, just unable to transmit power into the Heavenly Gate. That means this Dao has always existed outside the gate, eternal and undying!”

“The three ancestors may have already discovered some clues, perhaps even knew where the Dao was hidden, and could have taken control after leaving… What a pity!”

He showed some regret. The Divine Ancestor died the latest; he was so close to leaving the Heavenly Gate!

Once out, he might have found that Dao. With his strength, once he inherited it, he would have been immensely powerful!

The Divine Ancestor died unjustly.

The Celestial and Demon Ancestors were not worth mentioning—they had fallen earlier. The Divine Ancestor nearly lived to the very end!

Tiangu frowned: “Then…”

He still wanted to say that this had no connection to their opposition to humanity.

The Divine Emperor laughed: “You want to say that this has no connection to our rebellion against humanity, right? Wrong—there is a connection! The Divine Ancestor once said through talent techniques that after humanity grew strong, he could no longer clearly contact that Dao from within the gate. But before humanity grew strong, he could still vaguely borrow a little power!”

“Do you understand?”

Tiangu’s eyes flickered; this time, he grasped it: “Senior means that this Dao might also have some link to humanity! When humanity is strong, this Dao is suppressed; when humanity is weak, this Dao emerges! So, back then, to make this Dao emerge again, the myriad races rebelled against humanity?”

“Yes!”

The Divine Emperor nodded: “In truth, you may not know this, but we are clear! Before humanity unified the heavens, our talent techniques were very powerful! But after humanity unified the heavens, our talent techniques became… extremely weak! The boost they provided was almost negligible! And according to the Divine Ancestor and the others, even back then, when they had reached thirty Daos, they could still borrow a great deal!”

Tiangu’s thoughts raced: “Humanity strong, that Dao weak! Humanity weak, that Dao strong! The stronger that Dao, the more we borrow! So, this might be related to humanity’s fortune?”

“Indeed!”

The Divine Emperor continued: “In the years when the Human Emperor was wounded, our talent techniques actually grew much stronger, and this confirmed what the Divine Ancestor and the others said! So we later firmly believed that this Dao truly exists! Therefore, for the future, for our races, we had to rebel back then—to prevent humanity from remaining strong forever. Otherwise, this Dao might never have a chance to appear! And when that time comes, the talent techniques of the three races will vanish completely!”

The Divine Emperor added: “This matter is a secret among our three races. So, outside and inside, our three races generally advance and retreat together! Of course, by your generation, no one knows these things anymore, so internal strife may be more common!”

Tiangu suddenly grew interested: “Where does senior think that Dao lies?”

The two exchanged glances; in truth, both had some vague answer.

Tiangu continued: “Then, senior means that Dao is a legacy from before the heavens opened, or perhaps simply a legacy of the world itself, and we have been borrowing from it all along. But now it is heavily suppressed, talent techniques are useless—the stronger one is, the more useless they become. And the three talent techniques—Divine Transformation, Demon Descent, and Celestial Force Possession—cannot form divine patterns or transform into Daos.”

The Divine Emperor nodded again.

Tiangu took a deep breath: “Then let me ask one more thing: before the Human Emperor rose, were our races’ talent techniques very strong?”

“Very strong!”

The Divine Emperor nodded: “Back then, I was only at the second rank, around twelve Daos—weaker than you are now—but after borrowing power, I could at least increase by one or two Daos’ worth of strength!”

This was terrifying!

The Divine Emperor spoke again, "In truth, back in our era, the Human Emperor had already risen. His advancement was even more terrifying, far ahead of us!"

Tiangu licked his lips. "What I fear most is that it's simply too strong for us to ever inherit!"

The Divine Emperor sighed. "Indeed. That was exactly our thought back then. If the Ancestors of the three races had emerged, they would surely have been capable of inheriting it, but we... the gap is just too vast! That was why we always maintained our confidence, holding on until the very end, until the Heavenly Gate opened and the Ancestors came forth to become the supreme paragons! That was the very core of our belief, and yet..."

A look of profound bitterness washed over the Divine Emperor's face. "Now, to say nothing of the fact that we cannot obtain it, even if we did, the Ancestors are all dead. If we took it, do you truly think we could inherit it? This is a Dao that offers amplification even to ultra-grade entities. I imagine it must possess at least thirty-six rules, perhaps even more!"

At this moment, besides Tiangu and the Divine Emperor, there was another listener—the Divine Empress.

She frowned slightly in bewilderment. "You two have spoken for so long, yet you do not even know where this Dao is hidden. Isn't discussing all this utterly meaningless?"

They were already debating whether they could inherit it!

Tiangu let out a bitter laugh. "Senior Divine Emperor has made it so blindingly clear. Is there even any need to ask where it is? It is within the Seal of the Human Emperor! After the Human Emperor rose to power, his Seal became incomparably formidable, suppressing the leaking power of that Dao! Once the Human Emperor weakened, the Seal weakened along with him, which is why we can still utilize our innate talents! Whether this is true or false can be easily verified right now just by testing how our innate talents fare compared to before!"

Prior to this, the Human Emperor had grown stronger once more!

So now, how much amplification could those innate talents still provide?

The Divine Empress's gaze flickered slightly. She had not used her innate talent for a very long time, for at her current realm, the amplification it provided was minuscule. Yet, at this moment, she still decided to test it. This thing was an innate talent, born with her, and would never truly vanish.

With that single attempt... she froze in astonishment. "I do not know if it is an illusion, but I truly feel as though there is no longer any amplification..."

Tiangu sighed. "In truth, if we were to find a weaker cultivator—someone at the Soaring or Cloud-Sea realm—and have them try, it would become much clearer and more obvious! If it truly exists, it must be within the Seal of the Human Emperor! Rumor has it that the Human Emperor simply picked up a stray stone and polished it into his imperial seal. That object is a natural supreme treasure! There are some records in the historical annals that proclaim it as the number one imperial weapon and divine artifact of the Primordial Era."

The Divine Emperor nodded. "That item was indeed picked up by chance! The Human Emperor himself once admitted that he merely stumbled upon it. Seeing that the stone was indestructible and immensely powerful, he assumed it was a remnant of Chaos Stone and chose to use it as the token of the Human Emperor! It gathered the destiny of the human race, the very fortune of the Human Emperor! In the end, he went ahead and used it as an imperial seal, but he has left us suffering for it..."

The Divine Emperor smiled bitterly. "The three Ancestors also deduced back then that a Dao—or perhaps even an entire world—might be sealed within that grand seal! Regrettably, the Human Emperor remains ignorant of this, and while he does not know, we are utterly incapable of seizing it... The only way was to whittle away at the human race's destiny, to diminish their strength and rebel against them! Otherwise, had the Myriad Realms been unified until now, the Human Emperor might have already commanded the power of thirty-eight rules. With the human race's fortune unparalleled, even if the three Ancestors had emerged, they could never have hoped to wrest this object away!"

Tiangu inhaled sharply. "So that is how it is! No wonder!"

To think such a secret was hidden here!

At this moment, they still had no idea how aggrieved the Ancestor of the Divine Race had been before his demise. *I still had a trump card left, but alas... it was useless!*

Because at that time, the Divine Ancestor had no way whatsoever to seize the Seal of the Human Emperor!

He had even intended to sell this secret to Su Yu in exchange for his life, but who could have foreseen that that bastard Su Yu would execute him without a second word, leaving him to die in utter humiliation!

The Divine Emperor continued, "Previously, I did not quite understand, but upon witnessing those Daos of the Human Gate, I began to comprehend a little! Before the Era of Heaven Splitting, the methods of cultivation must have been different; those Daos were cultivated individually, rather than through the Long River! Therefore, I am now certain that if a Dao truly exists within the Seal of the Human Emperor, it must be the very Dao that all three Ancestors once inherited... It might have been left behind by an ancestor of the three Ancestors! The three Ancestors might very well share a common progenitor!"

No living creature could ever appear out of thin air. The Ancestors of the Divine, Demon, and Immortal races must have had parents and ancestors as well; it was indeed highly possible they stemmed from the same person.

The Divine Emperor spoke again, "They might have been a figure from the same era as the Master of Time... In the end, that figure perished, but the Dao remained, eventually transforming into the original form of the Seal of the Human Emperor—a mere stone!"

By this point, Tiangu found himself caught between tears and laughter. "Then how are we to seize it?"

Stop joking!

That object was not just the Seal of the Human Emperor; it was now the very core of the Human Emperor’s world. Furthermore, now that the Human Emperor had attained thirty-six rules, who could possibly go and snatch it away?

Not only that, Tiangu added, "We had best keep this hidden. We cannot let the Human Emperor find out. Otherwise, the moment he learns that a powerful Dao—or even a world—is sealed within, it will only serve to fulfill his own potential!"

The Divine Emperor sighed. "Indeed. That is why over all these years, we have never brought this matter up! We would never actively mention anything regarding the Seal of the Human Emperor! It was just such a bizarre coincidence that this item was picked up by him of all people... You tell me, if it had been picked up by us instead, how could we have ever ended up facing these predicaments?"

In truth, they did not know that the Human Emperor had always judged his seal to be a Stone of Ten Thousand Daos. When he lent it to Qiong last time, the Human Emperor had explicitly stated that he picked this thing up by chance, and that it was highly likely to be a Stone of Ten Thousand Daos.

Back then, the Human Emperor had never actually seen a Stone of Ten Thousand Daos. Of course, by this point, the Human Emperor had managed to obtain one and had already absorbed it.

At this moment, the Divine Emperor looked toward Tiangu with a look of helpless resignation. "Let us speak no more of this. Even if we discuss it, we cannot actually obtain it anyway! Let the secret remain buried in our hearts. Even if we die, we must not let the Human Emperor and his lot profit from it. They are our ancient enemies!"

Tiangu, however, scanned the people around them before speaking after a long silence. "Senior, do you think that if we sell this secret... sell it to Su Yu and the others... we might secure a slim chance of survival?"

The Divine Emperor's brow furrowed instantly!

Tiangu said in a heavy voice, "Senior, do you believe that in the upcoming chaos, it will be Su Yu and his side who emerge victorious, or will it be the Earthly Gate and the Heavenly Gate? Our three races... have virtually no hope left! The three Ancestors have fallen. Even if we truly obtained the Seal of the Human Emperor, who would be there to inherit it? Furthermore, we cannot possibly lay our hands on it at all!"

"Unless the Human Emperor is slain, or something close to it!"

Tiangu sighed. "Even if the Human Emperor is killed, his Seal remains a supreme treasure. Would the person who slays him simply disregard it? Setting aside whether they discover that Dao, even if they do not, they would never abandon such an object, for it is the core of the Human Emperor's world! Therefore, no matter which side wins, it is virtually impossible for us to ever obtain this treasure!"

The Divine Emperor's face filled with bitterness!

Yes!

The Seal of the Human Emperor. If it were a mere stone, perhaps no one would pay it any mind. But unfortunately, this object now commanded immense fame; everyone assumed it was merely the grand seal of the Human Emperor. The Divine Emperor, however, knew it was far from that simple!

"We are mortal enemies!"

The Divine Emperor let out a long sigh. "With Su Yu's temperament... the Human Emperor is actually reasonable enough, but Su Yu... you have seen him, you should be more familiar with him than I am! He is utterly vengeful, incomparably crazed, and a matchless slaughterer. Do you truly believe that if you tell him, he will choose not to kill us? Even if their side wins, do you think he will let us go?"

Tiangu said in a low voice, "He will not!"

Then what nonsense are you talking about!

Tiangu fell silent for a moment before replying, "Yes, people like us, whose hands are stained with the blood of the human race, are destined for a wretched end! Setting Su Yu aside, even the Heavenly Gate and Earthly Gate have never taken us seriously. Now that the three Ancestors are dead, the three races no longer possess any status to speak of within the Myriad Realms!"

"However, it suffices to execute only the chief culprits! Senior, within our three races, there are still vast numbers of citizens who, throughout countless years, have never once stepped outside our home realms!"

Tiangu looked toward the Divine Emperor. "Should we... leave a path of retreat for these people?"

He looked at the Divine Emperor, but the Divine Emperor only met him with silence.

Only after a long while did the Divine Emperor speak. "Tiangu, by doing so, we would be funding the enemy! That is our greatest foe! Over all these years, countless experts of our three races have perished at their hands. Right now, the only reason we do not kill them is because we lack the ability. Do you truly wish to aid the enemy?"

Tiangu fell silent as well. I do not wish for this either!

However, I fear... the utter extermination of our race!

The Divine Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps we can devise another way. Or rather, we do not necessarily have to tell them; instead, we could inform the Heavenly Gate and Earthly Gate, utilizing them to slay the Human Emperor! Once the Human Emperor dies, Su Yu will absolutely refuse to let the matter rest. It would be best to let them fight until both sides are utterly ruined!"

In truth, he still harbored a faint glimmer of hope!

A hope that they might reclaim this object.

This was the true future of the three races!

The Divine Emperor had shared this with Tiangu in the hope that Tiangu might possess some small method to win this item back. Yet, to his dismay, Tiangu’s immediate thought was to inform Su Yu and his allies to barter for the future of their people!

The Divine Emperor was entirely at a loss for words.

Seeing that Tiangu remained immersed in deep contemplation, the Divine Emperor spoke again, "Furthermore, as things stand now, the Three Gates still hold the absolute advantage. Su Yu's faction possesses no advantage whatsoever... Are you certain that the one who can ultimately preserve the three races will be Su Yu? If they lose, and we have disclosed the matter of the Human Emperor's Seal to Su Yu, once the Three Gates find out... that would be the true, absolute catastrophe!"

Tiangu let out a helpless sigh. "If the Three Gates win, whether we inform them or not, it will be an absolute catastrophe all the same!"

The Divine Emperor froze!

Tiangu felt an immense bitterness swell within him. "On our side, there are still so many living beings of the three races. The Gods, Demons, and Immortals are the strongest three races in the Myriad Realms, stronger rather than weaker compared to the humans, lagging behind only in high-end combat power. But once the human race is eradicated... Senior, who do you think those entities will seek out in order to restore their vitality?"

The Divine Emperor's expression changed subtly!

"If the three Ancestors were still around, they could naturally shield us. But the three Ancestors are gone!"

Tiangu looked up at the sky and let out a long, sweeping sigh. "Those rogue cultivators, those ancient beasts—right now, they actually do not dare to provoke the Myriad Realms! They dare not easily slaughter even the minor races. Yet our three races are currently displaced and wandering, leading the various dragon and phoenix races along with us—all of whom are the powerhouse races of the Myriad Realms! We are the fattest pieces of meat! Senior, you may have overlooked this point! Even regarding the fusion of the three bodies you mentioned, that requires at least the Sun-Moon realm. Not everyone among the three races belongs to the Sun-Moon realm!"

With the Ancestors of the Divine, Demon, and Immortal races dead, they were destined to become choice targets!

By now, everyone likely knew that the three races were wandering, and Su Yu would never concern himself with their survival!

No one would care!

Since those entities could not devour the flesh, blood, vitality, and Dao rules of the supreme experts, then by devouring those of the weak in massive quantities, the cumulative effect might turn out to be much the same!

Tiangu gazed out into the distance, sighing once more. "Therefore, I know Su Yu is our enemy, and I wish nothing more than for him to drop dead this very instant! If the three Ancestors were still alive, then aligning with the Three Gates would indeed be a fine choice. But with the Ancestors dead, no one will ever take us seriously! Our only option is to use this single secret as our final trump card, trading it to buy Su Yu's protection..."

Begging an enemy for protection!

How utterly ridiculous!

Yet this is reality.

Only Su Yu possesses the strength, the ability, and no desire to covet the weak—for they are useless to him—but the Three Gates, however feeble, still hold yang energy, a fine treasure, and he devours them!

Now that he cannot feast on all beings of the myriad realms, who else but your Three Clans would he consume?

The God Emperor’s eyes flickered; suddenly he sighed, deeply dejected.

For a moment, he felt utterly powerless!

Yes, after all calculations, perhaps only Su Yu would protect the Three Clans, for the weak he truly ignores, caring not for their survival.

Yet… this is a path to death!

Those who have not stained themselves with human blood, Su Yu might overlook—but Tiangu and the other strong ones, which of them rose without slaying humans?

Would Su Yu spare them?

Impossible!

“Trade secrets… and myself… for the future of the Three Clans?”

The God Emperor gazed at Tiangu, a strange sorrow welling up: “Is there truly no way out?”

Tiangu nodded, then suddenly his expression shifted.

The God Emperor’s face also changed slightly. At that moment, an ancient beast burst into the place, as if stumbling into the crevice by accident. Its eyes widened, and then it erupted in ecstasy!

“The God, Demon, and Immortal Clans…”

A great feast!

Wealth!

Boom!

Within the rift, all the mighty figures struck out!

These people were not without means to resist—the God Emperor, Dragon Emperor, and Nether Emperor, all First-Class, still lived!

And First-Class beings were not everywhere.

Few remained in the Earth Gate, and the Heaven Gate had been nearly swept clean by Su Yu, leaving almost none. A mere Second-Class peak ancient beast dared to be so insolent!

They swiftly slew the beast.

Yet the God Emperor’s heart grew heavy.

This was an omen!

Indeed, someone was hunting them—the Three Clans had become a coveted prize!

For now, it was only a Second-Class beast; the stronger ones had not yet decided to use them as substitutes—the Heaven Gate’s Supremes, for instance, hesitated because the quality was too poor!

But if they could not deal with Su Yu and his allies for long, what choice would they make?

Naturally, they would choose the Three Clans as replacements!

At least there were a few First-Class Yang Realm Paths among them.

After killing the ancient beast, Tiangu let out a long sigh: “Across the myriad realms, Su Yu is the most insane, the most arrogant, the most venomous, and has slain the most Three-Clan experts—yet if he gives his word, he is also the most trustworthy!”

If Su Yu promised that the Three Clans would endure in the myriad realms after their victory, Tiangu believed Su Yu would not break his oath.

Su Yu, most of the time, cared little for such matters.

Ridiculous?

Not at all!

On the contrary, the Three Gates were far less reliable—even if they agreed, they might later annihilate the Three Clans outright!

Not only that, Tiangu suddenly said: “Su Yu and his people may not be able to inherit or even digest this Path! And Su Yu—I know him—he harbors great resentment toward the God and Immortal Clans, but he rather appreciates the straightforward Demon Clan… Modona!”

The God Emperor turned sharply to him. Tiangu said gravely: “Modona is a battlefield prodigy. He has slain humans, but always in fair duels on the battlefield of the myriad realms—genius against genius! He and Su Yu once fought side by side, cooperated! If no one can inherit or digest that Path… Elder, do you think it possible?”

“Modona is too weak…”

Before the God Emperor finished, Tiangu said firmly: “Yes, weak—even now, after absorbing the Chaos Origin, he barely has the power of eight Paths! But Su Yu’s side might find a way to forcibly elevate him…”

He paused, his eyes gleaming: “The Three Clans need a leader to survive—lest Su Yu’s indifference lead to their ruin… Modona is actually most suitable! If he could inherit that Path, it would be an even greater… opportunity!”

“Would Su Yu agree?”

The God Emperor’s face was hesitant. Tiangu thought for a moment: “It’s possible! Of course, a price must be paid—for instance, if Modona inherits that Path, he could help Su Yu’s side slay several strong foes. And with our heads offered in exchange for Su Yu’s promise… that would ease his wariness!”

At that moment, the two conversed, and the only listener was the God Empress.

Hearing these men speak, a look of sorrow crept into her eyes.

With our heads… to trade for a future for the Three Clans!

One of them was her husband, the other a junior she greatly admired. The God Empress suddenly felt that even in death, perhaps… she would have few regrets—at least, she had seen him!

Then the God Emperor smiled: “Wait, no rush! Adding flowers to brocade is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow… Let us wait until Su Yu’s side feels they have no other choice… then we may gain more promises!”

Tiangu nodded. They said no more, leading their clans to migrate again, wandering through this apocalyptic world.

Survival!

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