Chapter 942: Fulfill Your Wish!

Beyond the Human Realm.

At this moment, one mighty figure after another emerged.

Originally only Tian Gu and Shen Huang were outside, but now, one by one, powerful beings stepped out from spatial artifacts.

There were Long Tianzun, Long Huang, Feng Tianzun, Feng Huang, Ming Huang, Shen Huangfei, Mo Tianzun, Yuan Shenghou, Shenghou...

A crowd!

Some knew, others did not.

At that moment, someone’s expression shifted slightly.

"Human Realm?"

Ming Huang’s face changed, and he abruptly looked at Shen Huang!

He had no idea about this!

Shen Huang remained calm, saying nothing more, only murmuring: "The only means of survival!"

"You!"

Ming Tianzun’s face turned ashen!

Earlier, Shen Huang and Tian Gu had said that with too many people, the target was too large, so they should hide first and plan for the future; he had been badly injured before and had not yet recovered, so he had followed the others into hiding.

After all, there were still many three-race powerhouses in the spatial artifact, and he knew Shen Huang and the others cared about these people, so he wasn’t afraid they would abandon the three-race cultivators.

And now... they had come to the Human Realm!

Are they insane!

Ming Huang cursed wildly in his heart—truly insane!

He wanted to flee!

But it was too late.

At that very moment, waves of overwhelmingly powerful auras spread forth, and the next instant, figures materialized one after another!

Terrifying beyond measure!

Ming Huang and the others all changed color drastically, no longer daring to mention leaving now.

At this point, curses aside, they could only hope that these madmen were not here to die, or else they would be dragged down horribly!

With the wisdom of Tian Gu and Shen Huang, they might not be here to court death—perhaps they had a way to survive?

The few of them clung to some hope, and now could only lower their heads, not daring to look too much.

In the void, one mighty existence after another appeared.

Soon, even some Rule Masters manifested, coming to watch the spectacle.

The myriad realms were now in utter chaos.

But one must still watch the show.

Perhaps this would be the last spectacle of their lives!

The key point was that this time, the confrontation was still against the long-time enemies of humanity.

Shen Huang and the others had faced off against the Human Emperors for years, while on Su Yu’s side, from the beginning of this human tide, they had been fighting the three races for five hundred years, until humanity finally prevailed.

Last time, to deal with Bai Zhan and the others, Su Yu chose to let these people go and enter the Earth Gate.

Later, the Earth Gate was forcibly broken, and these people had escaped; who would have thought they would reappear, and even take the initiative to come to the Human Realm, surprising everyone.

At this moment, even Great Zhou King, Great Qin King, Great Xia King, and others appeared.

Their expressions were all strange beyond compare!

Even some human powerhouses hidden in the shadows emerged one after another, all greatly surprised.

Of course, there was also resentment!

They had struggled against the three races for centuries,

A great number of Mansion Masters had died; in five hundred years, countless humans had fallen in battle. For these people, Su Yu, the human of this tide, would have no mercy whatsoever.

Only hatred!

Some even wished to devour their flesh!

Soon, Su Yu’s figure materialized!

Seeing Su Yu, Tian Gu, who had not spoken before, now sighed softly. He did not bow or salute, but only looked at Su Yu, and after a long while said: "Tian Gu of the Immortal race greets Yu Huang!"

Shen Huang, on the other hand, remained silent now; earlier, he had been the one shouting.

Tian Gu!

At that moment, a large fluffy ball suddenly popped out from the crowd—Doubao, with both eyes narrowed, suddenly spoke: "Tian Gu, you really aren’t afraid of death!"

Tian Gu had actually come!

Tian Gu laughed upon hearing this, now quite composed, looking at Doubao, then at King Wen over there, and suddenly smiled: "King Wen, Doubao has held a grudge against me for many years. Tian Gu does not understand why. Since King Wen is here today, could you enlighten me?"

Su Yu had speculated about Doubao’s identity, but it might not be accurate; King Wen, as the party involved and the one who orchestrated everything, should know clearly.

King Wen looked at Tian Gu and chuckled: "Tian Gu! After all these years, to see you again!"

Tian Gu, an Immortal of no great strength, was even weaker in the ancient era.

But King Wen knew him.

Not only King Wen, but many old cultivators knew Tian Gu—this one had once defeated King Wen’s student, and King Wu’s student... In that era, he was a true peerless prodigy!

"What a pity!"

King Wen suddenly sighed: "You took the wrong path. Back then, your master took you in hoping you would break his shackles and forge your own Dao! Unfortunately, the ancient era suddenly collapsed, and without your master’s guidance, you ended up walking his path, blinded by a single leaf... Quite regrettable!"

King Wen did not rush to speak of Doubao’s matter, but lamented for Tian Gu: "If you had opened your own Dao back then, even if the ancient era was sealed and you could not advance, you would not have come to this today!"

Tian Gu laughed: "It’s fine. Amidst the dazzling flowers, one’s eyes are easily confused; walking along, it’s normal to lose one’s way! It also has to do with humanity’s failure to rise in recent years—they didn’t put enough pressure on me, lacking that sense of urgency from the old days! After you, King Wen, left, the nine generations of human lords gave me no pressure, including the one called the strongest, Bai Zhan... No matter why he retreated, he brought me no pressure either... I won against humanity for ninety thousand years; with no pressure, where would I find the motivation to walk my own path?"

Yes, no pressure!

Tian Gu continued, laughing again: "Pity, the last time, I stumbled badly, and by the time I woke up, it was too late! So, one must be vigilant in times of peace!"

"If the myriad realms had only humans and no other races, it would be the same—no geniuses would ever rise again. Having no sense of crisis is the greatest crisis!"

These words carried hidden meaning!

Su Yu listened silently.

Only humans left, humanity without a sense of crisis—was this a plea for mercy, trying to tell humanity that without the myriad races, humanity would eventually decline completely, regardless of whether they won this time?

Tian Gu used himself as an example, and now laughed again: "If I had always lived in the ancient era, in that age of countless powerhouses, I would not say I could become a Super Grade, but at least a First Grade peak—I am confident!"

King Wen smiled and nodded: "Perhaps! Back then, your talent was indeed good; among your contemporaries, you surpassed others! But to say you could surpass the Four Kings of humanity... that is not certain!"

With that, he looked at Doubao, then at Tian Gu, and smiled: "You wonder why Doubao has always been after you?"

"A little!"

Tian Gu nodded and laughed: "Yu Huang once made some judgments, saying that Doubao is the spirit of my race’s Eternal Life Dao Venerable after death, occupying the Dao and becoming the Dao’s spirit. Because the Eternal Life Dao and my Immortal race’s Emperor’s Life Dao share the same origin, Doubao wants to devour me to make up for his own Dao?"

"That's not it!"

Su Yu was somewhat surprised, looking at the Civil King. Wasn't it?

The Civil King laughed. "The Eternal Life Venerable... you mean that fellow I refined into the Eternal Life Pill? I made him so dead he couldn't be deader, shattered his Great Dao—how could I leave any spirit intact?"

At this point, even Doubao was curious, looking at the Civil King. Wasn't I?

I thought I was!

Was Su Yu's judgment wrong?

Su Yu now grew interested as well, smiling. "Then I'm curious: is Doubao a spirit born naturally from the Great Dao, or one created artificially?"

"Artificially!"

The Civil King explained, "Back then, I enjoyed doing research, and turning the Great Dao into spirits was one of the more important categories! I created many spirits—like the Book Spirit and the Sky Monitor are both spirits. Doubao is actually quite special. You know the situation with his Great Dao—turning illusion into reality! I first set my sights on Doubao because he had a very unique ability..."

Su Yu was puzzled. What was so special? He hadn't noticed.

"The ability to turn illusion into reality—the kind where wishes come true!"

The Civil King even chuckled. "Actually, back then, Doubao appeared mainly for Wen Yu to play with. Wen Yu liked research and also liked eating. Doubao could make wishes come true, turning into all sorts of things, so Wen Yu could eat all kinds of food... Of course, it was all fake. Once Wen Yu grew a bit older, she stopped enjoying that game!"

Su Yu opened his mouth, and Wen Yu looked speechless. That was so many years ago—why bring it up now?

Doubao was also a bit downcast. I... was just for turning into food?

Su Yu couldn't help but laugh now. The Civil King continued, "Doubao isn't anyone's spirit, nor is he a resurrection of the dead. Resurrection is actually very difficult! Back then, only the Lord of the Dead could do it, reviving in the Dead Realm. If it were that simple, we wouldn't have let some people die back then."

Su Yu understood.

That made sense!

"Doubao is essentially a spirit born from the Human Emperor Seal..."

Su Yu's heart stirred slightly. Was that so?

Tiangu and the others also changed expression slightly. Was that the case?

Then some things... might have an explanation.

But Doubao was skeptical. "I'm the spirit of the Human Emperor Seal? But... but I don't feel it! When the Book Spirit encountered your Heaven and Earth, there was a resonance. When I encounter the Human Emperor Seal, I feel nothing."

The Civil King nodded. "I'm actually curious about this too. Back then, I indeed extracted you from the Human Emperor Seal using the method of extracting spirits, but the result was... you didn't have much attachment to the Human Emperor Seal!"

The Civil King laughed helplessly. "Maybe there was a mistake in the extraction, or some other issue arose. Or perhaps the Human Emperor Seal is somewhat complex, divided into inner and outer parts, but the seal couldn't be split... I studied it for a while, but Big Brother's Great Dao had a strong influence on me, and I wasn't keen on staying with him, so I eventually stopped researching. Big Brother actually took care of you for a time, but found you couldn't control the Human Emperor Seal or enhance its power, so he abandoned you. He doesn't really like raising spirits!"

Beside him, the Human Emperor glanced at him. What do you mean by that?

Sure enough, Doubao looked at the Human Emperor with some resentment.

The Human Emperor was speechless. It was the truth—he really didn't like raising spirits. The Civil King did, so he gave the Civil King the seal. What was the problem?

The Civil King continued, "Later, I saw that your ability was quite special—you could transform into various things—so I found a path of transformation for you and attached you to it. That's how you became Doubao!"

"As for targeting Tiangu..."

The Civil King thought for a moment. "I'm not entirely sure about the specifics, but back then, Tiangu gathered the luck of the Immortal Clan, perhaps comparable to Su Yu now. You, fellow, might have a natural affinity for those with strong luck, so you had a special fondness for Tiangu... Over these nine tidal surges, Tiangu has always won, and his luck has been strong. It's only natural that you've always wanted to devour him!"

He added, "Or... it might have something to do with the Human Emperor Seal!"

The Civil King explained, "The Human Emperor Seal was forged from a stone Big Brother picked up casually back then—indestructible. You were born from it, yet you couldn't control it... You are somewhat special and strange. Unfortunately, there's no way to study it deeply! I never fully understood the Human Emperor Seal back then, and now there's even less chance!"

Beside him, Su Yu was also curious, glancing at the Human Emperor.

The Human Emperor Seal was really just picked up?

Su Yu had never used it, but he had used the Star Universe Seal, which was quite powerful. The Human Emperor Seal should be powerful too, at least its suppression ability was strong—it seemed to suppress anything.

Even the fluctuations of the Long River could be suppressed!

And Doubao was actually the spirit of the Human Emperor Seal. Su Yu had never thought of that, because Doubao had never shown any closeness to the seal; he couldn't sense that Doubao was its spirit at all.

Su Yu wasn't in a hurry to ask why Tiangu and the others had come. Now, he was intrigued and smiled. "What about Congbing?"

What was Congbing's origin?

And Maoqiu?

What was Maoqiu's origin?

These were things Su Yu couldn't trace back to.

"Congbing?"

The Civil King recalled for a moment before laughing. "I do know about Congbing. Congbing is indeed a spirit of the Great Dao—some lingering spirit left after the Great Dao was shattered, nurtured and strengthened by Doubao himself. I had Doubao take it and nurture it himself back then. He's better at nurturing Dao than we are. There were some plans at the time, but not long after, I left."

At that moment, Congbing poked his head out from the crowd. Who am I?

The Civil King smiled. "It's not easy to talk about Congbing. Big Brother, you say it!"

The Human Emperor was speechless and said flatly, "You go ahead!"

Su Yu found this a bit odd. What were you two doing?

The Civil King laughed helplessly, thought for a moment, and then said, "This matter... really isn't easy to talk about!"

Doubao was getting anxious. "Say it!"

The Civil King sighed. "Speaking of this, it has something to do with the Iron-Eating Clan!"

Everyone was startled. In the crowd, First Month, Third Month, Fourth Month, Fifth Month, Seventh Month, Eighth Month, Ninth Month, Giant Bamboo... all poked their heads out, a row of curious faces.

The Civil King hesitated but still said, "Back then, Prison assassinated Second Month. Before that, Prison had assassinated several strong ones. When Big Brother and I rushed over, we were always too late! When Second Month was assassinated, Big Brother and I arrived not too late... but Second Month was still killed. Just as Prison was about to strip Second Month's Great Dao, Big Brother and I arrived, and Prison fled first..."

The Civil King sighed again. "Because the Great Dao wasn't extinguished or shattered, although Second Month fell back then, some lingering spirit remained, combining with some remnants of broken rule power to form Congbing."

"Second Month's Dao was still there back then. Big Brother and I sealed it, partly to wait for Congbing to grow strong and see if he could inherit that Dao, and partly to see if the Iron-Eating Clan could produce another genius to inherit Second Month's Dao... But later, too many things happened, and we directly destroyed the ancient era..."

At these words, the Iron-Eating Clan's months all widened their eyes.

Third Month was dumbfounded. "Lord Civil King means..."

The Civil King nodded. That was exactly what he meant.

Third Month's mouth fell open.

Ninth Month was also shocked. "Congbing is the Devouring Great Dao! He even competed with me for the Devouring Dao before. Lord Civil King means... Congbing is Second Month?"

"Not exactly!"

The Civil King explained again. "Congbing is just a tiny wisp of Second Month's original essence, gathering some broken Great Dao power to form a Great Dao spirit! Strictly speaking..."

He thought for a long time before finally saying, "Yes, similar to Chen! Chen is also just a bit of the Great Dao's origin, not the real Chen. That's the situation!"

Despite his explanation, Third Month still couldn't accept it. "Lord Civil King... I won't acknowledge it! Congbing is Doubao's wife now, and you're saying... she's my father?"

I won't accept that!

The Civil King was a bit embarrassed and coughed. "It's just a game! Spirits have no gender distinction. Besides, I said Congbing is not strictly Second Month. Congbing is a spirit! Understand?"

Not Second Month!

But it could be considered Second Month.

Thinking about it, he had to add, "Yes, similar to that little fellow..."

He pointed at the Floating Earth Spirit again. "This fellow, born from the remnants of the Five Elements Ancestor back in the day, counts as a kind of spirit too! He claims to be the Five Elements Ancestor—do you think he is?"

The Floating Earth Spirit said sheepishly, "I've always thought of myself as the Ancestor's son!"

"Exactly!"

King Wen nodded. "March, your words... you could treat him as your brother."

Bah!

March was speechless. Your brother!

February had been dead for many years, so there wasn't much grief, but now, suddenly having a spirit of February appear—he was at a loss for words!

So, my father's spirit got snatched back by Doubao to be his wife?

This... this was just too much to say!

Su Yu was equally astonished. So much gossip?

So explosive?

At a time like this, they were putting on such a shocking drama?

Doubao also looked innocent. "Was Cooking Cake male when he was alive?"

That wasn't good!

But it didn't matter... Doubao quickly added, "I don't distinguish between male and female. If Cooking Cake wants to be male, I can be female!"

"..."

The crowd stared at Doubao, utterly speechless. You really aren't picky—you're dead set on this, aren't you? This one's yours now, right?

At that moment, First Month's expression was complicated. Whether the Iron-Eaters were complicated or not could be seen from the size of their eye sockets.

What should have been a deeply sorrowful matter now left everyone torn between laughter and tears.

No wonder King Wen said it was hard to explain!

King Wen continued, "That's roughly it. There's no need to treat Cooking Cake as February. February did fall..."

He glanced at First Month, paused for a moment, then said, "Back then, the Eldest and I were indeed too selfish. There's nothing more to say."

First Month was silent for a moment before speaking, "It's fine. Back then, the Human Emperor split a portion of humanity's fate to our clan, binding our survival to theirs. In that era, it wouldn't have been hard for humanity to wipe us out. That the Human Emperor would share a part of fate... was beyond imagination. But as for Cooking Cake..."

King Wen explained, "I was afraid you'd place too much hope on him and end up disappointed. February is truly gone. Cooking Cake is not February. I hope you can understand that."

First Month nodded, but as he looked at Cooking Cake now, there was a trace of melancholy and complexity. "No wonder back then when Doubao and Cooking Cake came to cause trouble in our clan, I couldn't bear to harm him. So that's how it is... blood is thicker than water!"

Cooking Cake trembled all over and quickly hid behind Doubao. First Month had gone mad—the way he looked at him was wrong!

He wished he hadn't asked!

Su Yu was also torn between laughter and tears. He hadn't expected these two clans to have such ties.

Though King Wen had repeatedly said that Cooking Cake was not February, only a spirit born from February's Great Dao power combined with some fragmented origin, First Month and the others would probably still see him as February!

Sure enough, First Month sighed. "March, though Cooking Cake is not February, not your father, from now on... call him uncle!"

"..."

March's mouth fell open. After a long pause, he said, "I... I'd better not! My father's Dao was inherited by September. Does that mean I have to call September uncle too?"

Forget it!

Just pretend I don't know about this!

If it were according to First Month's logic, he'd have to call September uncle. What nonsense was this!

March was speechless. Then he added, "That's how Dao attachment works, Grandfather. If someone attached to your Dao, would they all be my grandfathers? I've attached to your Dao too—does that make me my own grandfather? That won't do!"

He could be closer to Cooking Cake in the future, but calling him uncle—that was going too far!

First Month was also at a loss for words.

Silence fell for a long time.

True, but Cooking Cake did contain some of February's origin, so there was still a connection.

Then September suddenly said, "Then Cooking Cake is my brother from now on..."

Everyone turned to look at him. September grinned sheepishly. What?

Su Yu suddenly laughed. "Strictly speaking, Doubao is of the same generation as First Month. Even if a bit lower, he's still of February's generation. Now he's your brother? That makes you March's uncle? Are you determined to be March's elder?"

September grinned awkwardly. He hadn't thought that far!

But still, it was quite thrilling.

Next, August said in surprise, "Then I'm of the same generation as Ancestor First Month?"

July murmured, "Does that mean Ancestor First Month has to call me uncle?"

"..."

The crowd rolled their eyes. You Iron-Eaters sure know how to have fun!

On the other side, Tiangu and his group were helpless.

Clearly, the human side didn't take them very seriously.

That was a kind of tragedy too.

Even though they had come to pledge allegiance with their entire clan, they were treated as insignificant.

In truth, Su Yu didn't pay them much attention. His mind was more occupied with the fact that Doubao was the spirit of the Human Emperor's Seal, yet couldn't control it—that was indeed strange.

He sent a telepathic message. "King Wen, is Doubao truly born from the Human Emperor's Seal?"

"Indeed!"

King Wen also replied telepathically, "I know what you're thinking—that there might be some treasure inside the Human Emperor's Seal. But there's no way to check. The Eldest investigated for years and found nothing. Unless you can break it open, but the Seal is powerful, and the Eldest is now nurturing it as the core of heaven and earth. If you break it and there's nothing inside, it's ruined. We tried every method back then, to no avail. If there is a treasure, it's beyond our reach."

"Even you couldn't break it?"

"Yes."

King Wen nodded slightly. The Human Emperor also sent a message. "It can't be broken. Not only that, after Doubao was extracted, he couldn't re-enter. If there's a sealed membrane inside the Seal, it's airtight. Once a spirit like Doubao is extracted, it can't return."

"I originally guessed it was the Myriad Dao Stone, but after absorbing one earlier... it doesn't feel the same."

The Human Emperor had indeed treated it as a Myriad Dao Stone over the years. The Myriad Dao Stone existed only in legend. He had vaguely heard of it in ancient times, but had no physical proof. After absorbing one recently, he now knew what a Myriad Dao Stone was like, and he suddenly felt that his Human Emperor's Seal might not be one. He had been studying it these past few days, but hadn't figured anything out.

Su Yu didn't press further.

After finishing this, he finally looked at Tiangu. Doubao's interest in Tiangu was because of fate power?

Could it be stronger than mine?

Doubao hadn't been trying to eat me all day.

Maoqiu, on the other hand, was always trying to lick him, but Maoqiu wasn't Doubao.

He looked at Tiangu, raising an eyebrow. "Enough small talk. Tiangu, you didn't come here today hoping to hand over your tribes to me and ensure their legacy survives, did you?"

Su Yu laughed. As he spoke, he reached out to grab Tiangu. "Since you're here, no more words. Stay! I didn't kill you last time only because the timing was wrong, not because I actually like someone like you..."

Tiangu knew this man was ruthless and wouldn't hesitate. Without delay, he quickly transmitted a message: "It's about the Human Emperor Seal! A secret! It might create another cultivator above the 36th path!"

Bang!

Su Yu turned his grab into a slap. With a loud crash, Tiangu was sent flying, spitting blood as he tumbled through the void. He scrambled up quickly, coughing up large clots of blood, but he was smiling—he was alive!

Tiangu looked at Su Yu, grinning, and transmitted again: "The secret, in exchange for your protection of all tribes!"

Su Yu raised an eyebrow, saying flatly, "I can barely protect myself!"

Tiangu laughed. "As long as you live, the tribes live. If you die... naturally, we expect nothing else!"

Su Yu frowned slightly. Tiangu continued, "I know you won't tolerate me. I'll give you an account myself!"

Su Yu said coolly, "An account?"

"Let's not talk about that now. Can we speak alone for a moment?"

Su Yu raised an eyebrow. Something about the Human Emperor Seal, yet he wants to speak with me alone? Deliberately sowing discord?

He looked at Tiangu, who remained calm and composed, with no intention of stirring trouble—it would be pointless.

Su Yu nodded slightly. With a wave of his hand, a barrier formed around them, shutting everyone else out.

Tiangu breathed a faint sigh of relief and didn't beat around the bush. He quickly said, "The Human Emperor Seal holds a secret—it might forge a cultivator at the 36th path or even stronger. Of course, the specifics are hard to say. Doubao has been after me, and I might understand something about it—it's related to this."

Su Yu said flatly, "Skip that. State your terms."

He was direct. Tiangu didn't waste words either. "First, you must protect the cultivators of all tribes—at least those I've brought here. As for those in the myriad realms who haven't left, they're none of my concern."

"Second, I am the leader of the tribes that have opposed humanity over the years. As for the others..."

He saw Su Yu's cold expression and continued, "The tribal leaders can be executed. As for the soldiers... on the battlefield, each serves their own master. In war, even the defeated, when they surrender, are rarely slaughtered wholesale, are they?"

He looked at Su Yu. "If you intend to kill them all, then many have stained their hands with human blood. In the early days of the war, your own humans fought among themselves—the Thirty-Six Prefectures battled each other. Would you slaughter them all too?"

Su Yu said indifferently, "That's none of your concern. Go on."

Tiangu nodded and continued, "At least seventy percent of each tribe never participated in the fighting—certainly not against humans. These people must survive."

"Third, the tribes will choose a leader—not someone else. What do you think of Moduona?"

"Fourth, the contents of the Human Emperor Seal can be given to Moduona. Others might not be able to take it... Of course, if you can take it yourself—'holding a jade invites crime'—if you want to take it away, that's fine too."

"Fifth, if you ultimately win and the myriad realms still exist, you can exile the tribes. They don't necessarily have to live alongside humanity. I've said it before: 'Be prepared for danger in times of peace.' Without external threats, your humans love to fight among yourselves—sooner or later, you'll fall into infighting."

"Sixth, preserve the civilizations of all tribes. Don't let them be extinguished. Civilization is brilliant, the crystallization of wisdom. I hope you preserve the languages, scripts, customs, and even the cultivation methods of each tribe."

"Seventh... let me have a chance to die with dignity. I don't want to become Doubao's food."

He looked at Su Yu. "This last point is a personal request, unrelated to this agreement. You can refuse."

Su Yu laughed. "You didn't ask for your own life?"

Tiangu said calmly, "That's impossible, so why mention it? If it were the Human Emperor, I would. Even if he didn't agree, he'd consider it. But you... I know you too well."

Su Yu smiled. "Actually, I admire you in some ways. But it's a pity—you're my enemy."

Tiangu laughed. "Your enemy—there's no helping that. I am the leader of the Immortal Tribe. I made a mistake long ago. I told the Divine Emperor: I don't regret being your enemy. I only regret not going all out to kill you sooner."

"Truly a pity."

Su Yu grinned. "You're ruthless enough. Back then, when I was so weak, you sent people to kill me in the ancient city, forcing me to turn into a half-dead spirit. But that gave me the chance to rise."

"I only regret that the ones sent weren't strong enough."

Tiangu laughed too. "If they had been, none of today's troubles would exist."

Su Yu chuckled. "Some things are still up for discussion. Tell me, what's this secret? I'm listening. What's inside the Human Emperor Seal?"

"A path, or perhaps a world."

Tiangu didn't hide it. "Similar to the paths of the Human Gate Saint and the others—an independent path. It was also the path that the three ancestral tribes cultivated together, or rather, they inherited a mere fraction of it. Even the three tribal ancestors might not fully understand it."

He briefly explained the matter.

Su Yu raised an eyebrow. "Is that so? Interesting. Back then, when I borrowed the Time Book, I actually used your tribes' talent techniques."

Humans had no talent techniques, nor could they use those of other tribes. But Su Yu, borrowing the Time Book, had managed to do so. The Time Book contained some great-path power collected by Wen Yu—had it also collected this path within the Human Emperor Seal? Of course, it might have been inherent in the bloodline, mixed in. It was possible that the Time Master primarily used bloodline power to activate it.

Tiangu didn't mind. "Either it was triggered by the three-tribe bloodline power inherent in the Time Book, or it means you have some mixed blood. Mixed blood is actually quite normal. Five hundred years ago, when the tribes invaded the human realm, there were many mixed-blood offspring between humans and tribes, especially human-immortal hybrids. Tracing back, they're all human, just not obviously so."

That was normal. How many pure-blooded humans were there now? Pure blood was actually abnormal. Back then, the Forbidden King's bloodline was swapped by his father to pure human blood—purified too cleanly, which became a problem. In the Tenth Tide, many humans were mixed-blood.

Su Yu nodded slightly. "Then how do we extract this path? The Human Emperor Seal—even the Human Emperor couldn't open it."

Tiangu thought for a moment. "Purify it. Purify the bloodlines of the three tribes and pour that bloodline power into it—maybe it will open. Just in time, if a batch dies, it might be enough for you to pour in and open the seal."

Su Yu said flatly, "What if it's not enough?"

"Then kill more."

Tiangu was also a ruthless character. "First kill the tribal leaders, then kill those who fought in the war. If that's not enough, start from the Sun-Moon realm and above... keep killing until it's enough."

"What if the three tribes are all killed and it's still not enough?"

Su Yu stared at him. Tiangu took a deep breath. "Then it's fate. If you can't gain the benefit, will you, Su Yu, help preserve the three tribes? No, you won't. So we have to gamble—gamble that we don't need that much bloodline power to open it. Gamble that just our bloodlines are enough. Also, there's a 26th-path divine tribe member who's been chasing us—rich bloodline. Though he's from a previous era, he's still divine blood. We can use him too. The bloodline power of those remnants can all be used."

Having said this, Tiangu added, "I've said all I need to. What do you think?"

Su Yu smiled. "Why not negotiate with the Human Emperor?"

Tiangu also smiled. "Even if I reach an agreement with the Human Emperor, you wouldn't care about the rules. If he accepted us today, tomorrow you'd dare to slaughter all three tribes. Conversely, if I settle with you, the Human Emperor won't do such a thing."

"Am I that ferocious?"

Su Yu chuckled. "Tiangu, you're demonizing me. I'm not that brutal. The living members of the three tribes—together, not a hundred billion, but several billion living beings exist. If I killed them all, I'd be too bloody, wouldn't I?"

Su Yu laughed heartily. Tiangu laughed too, but said nothing. Throw them into a spatial artifact, toss it into a realm, and you don't have to kill them one by one—just shatter the realm, and it's all over.

Su Yu said lightly, "You said give it to Moduona... forget it. That's impossible. Tiangu, Moduona is good, but that doesn't mean I'll nurture a strong enemy. That would be asking for trouble. Even if I admire an enemy, I won't treat him as an ally. The better the enemy, the more trouble. I wish all my enemies were fools."

Tiangu was somewhat disappointed but didn't argue. He nodded. "If you can take it yourself, that's fine too."

"Preserve all tribal civilizations..."

Su Yu fell silent, and only after a long while did he say, "You certainly know how to make demands. Civilization—that thing is the most terrifying of all! Wildfires cannot burn it out; spring winds revive it again! The extinction of a civilization may be followed by an even more brilliant rise! To destroy its spirit—that is true annihilation! If civilization endures, the race is not extinguished!"

How many live is actually secondary!

No matter how many live, if the script is gone, the language is gone, the techniques are gone, all past glories vanish, the old generation dies out, then the new generation of every race is essentially finished!

For civilization to rise again requires the accumulation of countless ages!

Tiangu seemingly casually proposed preserving the seeds of civilization—that is the core of the conditions he put forward this time!

It doesn't need many people, even if only a hundred thousand, or even ten thousand, but as long as civilization endures, these people, if they do not perish, will pass on the civilization... perhaps after many years, it will rise again!

Tiangu looked at Su Yu: "Do you dare not? Are you afraid that the races will rise again and defeat humanity once more?"

Su Yu laughed: "That provocation is too childish!"

Tiangu also laughed: "In your eyes, what is not childish? I'll bet once, bet that your pride is high and you won't care about things countless years from now! Even if the three races want to rise, that is countless years away! By then... perhaps you will be gone! If you are still alive, how could the three races rival you?"

"Giving the three races some hope... is better than them living like walking corpses!"

He looked at Su Yu: "What does the Yu Emperor think?"

Su Yu smiled: "It doesn't matter really. I don't even know my own future, let alone the future of your three races!"

Tiangu breathed a slight sigh of relief, then said, "Your future... I do believe you can win!"

"Because I defeated you, so I can win?"

Su Yu laughed. I don't even believe I will definitely win, but you believe it?

Tiangu shook his head: "It's not that I believe you will definitely win, but I believe that if you lose, then there will be no winner! Even if you lose, those fellows won't get off easy! You have slaughtered all the yang-bearing realms... they will die sooner or later anyway!"

Su Yu gave a thumbs-up and suddenly laughed: "Clever!"

Tiangu smiled. Not clever—others dare not think it, but I dare. You, this man, are too ruthless!

You really would do it!

He laughed once: "Actually, it's simple—these people just don't understand you enough! Strictly speaking, Baizhan, Yunshui, Anying—none of them had much impact on your era! Yet you killed them without any hesitation! You are indifferent to these people, to anyone outside those you know well. Even though you are the lord of this era, you are indifferent to them!"

Tiangu smiled: "So, if you lose, would you care about the myriad realms' beings? Even with your hands stained with blood... you would still go your own way!"

"You have your part in that!"

Su Yu laughed once, nodded: "Alright, I can agree to your request. As for the last condition... how do you want to go out in glory? I'll grant it! Truly, Baizhan wanted to keep some dignity, but I didn't grant it because I looked down on him! You... I'll give you some dignity, some respect!"

"Thank you!"

Tiangu laughed once, "I guessed it! I thought you probably wouldn't refuse me."

At this moment, Tiangu's smile was like a spring breeze, immortal and ethereal.

Su Yu teased: "Do you believe that if I slap you to death right now, you might not feel like smiling?"

Tiangu laughed again: "Afraid—if others said it, I'd take it as a joke; if you say it, I take it seriously!"

Having said that, he looked at several people in the crowd, and after a long while said: "Me, the God Emperor, Ji Wu, Mo Ji, the God Emperor's Consort... all of us, grant us dignity! Let the Thirty-Six Domain Lords fight!"

Tiangu said calmly: "They are not weak now either! We have fought for too many years. I think if you just slap us to death, they will have regrets. Today, let them settle old scores! We all wish to fall in battle... what do you think?"

Su Yu looked at him. Today's Great Qin King and the others were not the Great Qin King of old.

Tiangu now had fourteen Dao, and the God Emperor was close to twenty.

But... that was all it was!

Among the Thirty-Six Domain Lords, there were still those who could match them!

Seeing Su Yu silent, Tiangu added: "During the battle, could you refrain from interfering? As for them... if they are defeated, you can replace them... until we fall!"

Su Yu looked at him for a moment, then nodded: "Good."

"Thank you!"

Tiangu thanked him again, revealing a smile.

And Su Yu, with a wave of his hand, lifted the confinement.

Everyone turned to look at him.

Su Yu said calmly: "Great Qin King, Great Xia King, Great Zhou King, Great Ming King, Great Tang King... all generals, hear my command! Spar with Tiangu and the others—life and death are not to be discussed!"

Boom!

Around them, gasps of shock instantly arose.

What does this mean?

But Su Yu said no more. The grudges and grievances, the myriad races' enmity, would end here today!

The next moment, Su Yu declared loudly: "Tiangu, release your followers! Our human realm will also project this battle! Let humanity see, let your races see—once slack, this is the consequence! No race lasts forever! Without gods, immortals, and demons, other races will still rise! This is the myriad realms!"

Tiangu suddenly looked at Su Yu, with some shock.

To let the three races' cultivators observe—this battle they will surely die, and the seeds of hatred... will remain forever!

Remembered and never forgotten!

Not seeing it with one's own eyes is one thing; seeing it with one's own eyes... such hatred may never be forgotten, etched into the bloodline!

He looked at Su Yu, but Su Yu was as calm as water.

Seeds of hatred?

Would I care?

I do not care!

Cultivation is like this—sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat!

Today I can protect you, but what of another day?

Responsibility has a time limit.

Even if I defeat those people this time, I will not protect you forever. When this era no longer belongs to me, then you must support the new era yourselves!

Since Tiangu wants dignity, I grant it to you!

The three races, these old ones—at least they will never forget you!

And this battle, Su Yu will also record it, engrave it in the river of history, so that later generations remember: the fate of the three races' leaders is the fate of tomorrow's losers!

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