Chapter 947: A Trip to the Future

In the long river of time, darkness encroaches.

The breath of annihilation spreads, and within the river, locusts of decay are born endlessly.

What are these locusts of decay?

At this moment, Su Yu lies quietly in the river, letting the currents wash over him. He is actually sensing—sensing the book within the river, the river’s tome of the long river of time.

Of course, he is also refining his myriad paths.

Balancing them all!

Su Yu seeks that book. The realm of the Blood Sovereign made him certain: at the core of any world, everyone should possess a book. He must find where this book lies.

Beyond the book, he ponders: what do these locusts of decay represent?

Previously, they were said to be linked to the Gate of Humanity.

Yet the locusts embody a force of destruction. And then it is claimed that the Gate of Humanity cultivates the path of the seven emotions and six desires. What connection exists between destruction and that path?

“Or perhaps,” he muses, “the Gate of Sealing represents the seven emotions and six desires, while the so-called Seventh of the Gate of Humanity actually cultivates the path of destruction?”

“Is the locusts’ purpose to shatter the river and unseal him?”

One by one, newly born locusts drift around Su Yu.

At the moment of their birth, Su Yu sees clearly: they are formed from the river’s destructive force, mingled with that rotting, dark aura, giving them shape.

Now, Su Yu opens his body and mind, even allowing the locusts to enter him, to seep into his paths and corrode him.

But he also notices that these locusts seem less interested in him.

They show far more interest in Lan Tian beside him. Around Lan Tian, many locusts have already gathered.

“Little interest in me?”

Su Yu finds this strange. After a while, he understands.

“Because my path is not within the river!”

Su Yu ponders, extending a finger. From it, a thread of path-force spreads rapidly, reaching toward both banks of the river. Gradually, this fragile path touches the long river of time.

The next moment,

locusts fly toward him, beginning to corrode this newly born path, devouring it!

“So that’s it!”

Now Su Yu gains some insight.

These locusts are meant to devour the paths upon the river—or rather, they are scavengers, clearing away the chaotic path-forces clinging to the river.

“The Lord of Time created the heavens, letting beings merge into the world, opening paths, and strengthening the river! The locusts’ role is to eliminate these paths, reducing their attachments… That indeed serves to unseal!”

Locusts devour many things—even space, even worlds.

But now Su Yu vaguely understands: what they truly devour is not these, but the path-forces upon the river. They cleanse these things, keeping the long river of time singular.

When the world has no beings, no paths, only a solitary river of time, it will eventually fall into silence, like the realm of the Blood Sovereign!

“So, unsealing might be real! The river may indeed be a seal! And the Seventh of the Gate of Humanity might truly exist… but he may not be one with the Gate of Sealing!”

That the locusts are linked to the Gate of Humanity—Su Yu now grasps somewhat.

But where the Seventh of the Gate of Humanity truly lies remains hard to judge. The Gate of Sealing may not be the Seventh; they are not one entity!

At this moment, within Su Yu, the forces of his paths gradually balance.

He silently perceives, feeling the river’s power, and vaguely deduces: if the long river of time has a core tome, it might lie in the segment of the Gate of Humanity—the dawn of creation, the river’s starting point!

Perhaps even inside the Gate of Humanity!

And the Gate of Humanity, according to Su Yu’s inference, may descend in about ten days. Originally, this gate was already about to descend.

“Ten days…”

Once it descends, even if the Gate of Heaven and the Gate of Earth do not wish to fight Su Yu, they will not let him seize the Gate of Humanity easily. The Gate of Humanity stands motionless, but Old Wan needs it!

The Gate of Humanity, perhaps like the Human Emperor Seal, is a treasure!

“Moreover, within the Gate of Humanity are some super-existences… After its descent, even if the so-called Seventh does not appear, those super-existences may emerge and descend!”

Previously, only eight great saints came.

Now six have fallen!

The remaining two may be able to control those beings.

The Gate of Humanity had eight above the 36th path. How many between the 32nd and 35th?

The 31st path is not a concern.

Above the 32nd path is a transformation. Three or five super-existences at the 34th path can fight a 36th-path being. In the past, Qiong, at the 36th path, had difficulty dealing with the God Ancestor and Immortal Ancestor, both at the 34th path.

“So, even if I do nothing, in ten days, trouble may come.”

“Unless I ignore it and let them come and go. Besides, the Gate of Earth and Gate of Heaven said they need a month to recover… but do they really need a month?”

Deception is Su Yu’s forte.

He says a month, but sometimes it might take only a day.

Those gates will not honestly say how many days they need. Three days ago, Su Yu heard the Gate of Earth say it needed twenty days. Perhaps… ten days?

At the moment the Gate of Humanity descends—the time they would normally descend—they might have already recovered!

Thoughts arise one after another. A locust is crushed by Su Yu.

The force of destruction and calamity surges into him.

His path of calamity strengthens by a hair.

Su Yu’s eyes flicker. He does not really wish to devour too much calamity force, feeling it may not be auspicious. But if the Gate of Earth and Gate of Heaven truly recover early, they will not be at the 39th path but above the 40th!

Then even the Lord of the Dead cannot handle them.

Su Yu has means to improve himself now. He was reluctant to use the locusts’ power to boost himself—this is what Su Yu said: he can improve, but it depends on willingness.

The locusts are a sign of world-ending!

They are also linked to the Seventh of the Gate of Humanity!

Su Yu is actually afraid—afraid of what?

Afraid of becoming that Gate of Humanity that ends the world!

A natural thought: in Su Yu’s mind, the Gate of Humanity might just be the evil in everyone’s heart—destruction, annihilation, ruin, doom!

The Gate of Humanity resides within the heart!

Perhaps every heart houses a Gate of Humanity, waiting to see if you will open that door and become the greatest enemy of all realms—the Gate of Humanity!

In ancient times, the Lord of Time might have sealed only a kind of evil!

To make the myriad realms brighter!

Yet this evil constantly breeds and grows stronger.

Su Yu is very clever. He has always wondered: what kind of thing could the Lord of Time not kill, forcing him to create a long river to suppress it?

The Blood Lord was not weak, was he?

Yet he was still slain!

And that Seventh of the Human Gate, no matter how strong, could the Time Lord not kill him?

“Perhaps… he too is merely sealing the evil within his heart?”

Sealing the demon within!

And such a thing, maybe, cannot be killed!

“Also, the River of Time, according to the saying, can only be devoured after the three gates converge… The three gates gather, the core appears?”

Su Yu was startled—the three gates gather, and only then can the book appear?

Or perhaps, more troublesome, destroy the three gates to reveal that book?

One thought after another, giving Su Yu a headache!

“Past, present, future… the power borrowed by the Future Self—is it the power of the Sealing Gate, or the power of the Seventh of the Human Gate, or simply the power of the River of Time?”

Su Yu had many ways to improve himself.

But even in his madness, he would not recklessly seek death.

Take the Future Self, for instance!

Last time, Su Yu had only fused a tiny bit of the Future Self’s power; he was not at ease with that thing—it seemed to cost him by drawing on his own power from the next instant, rather like a reversal of time, lending him the power of the moments to come.

“The Human Gate… the Future Self… what is the connection between these two? Is it like the Blood Heaven and Earth, where one merely borrows its power, but must repay what is borrowed?”

“Or is it that the borrowed power actually comes from the book of the River of Time, and after a while, the book will draw it back?”

“…”

Even though Su Yu had reached the thirty-sixth path, his understanding of these matters was still insufficient.

“Perhaps, at this point, I should not be overly cautious!”

Su Yu pondered for a moment, “Perhaps I should throw caution to the wind and madly improve myself! The path of calamity is powerful—make it a trump card! Condense the Future Self—make it a trump card! At a critical moment, maybe I can use it… borrow the power of the Future Self, and even if there is backlash, perhaps it can be resolved!”

Should he go mad once, without restraint, or slowly polish himself further and find a way to merge the great paths?

Su Yu suddenly opened his eyes!

As his eyes opened, the face of Blue Sky appeared before him, carrying a hint of a smile. Su Yu just looked at him, and Blue Sky said cheerfully, “Awake? That fellow down below has come out!”

“How many days?”

“Five days!”

Su Yu frowned slightly—five days!

Just the blink of an eye, truly a blink, and it had been five full days since Tian Gu and the others fell.

At this moment, five days was no short time.

Perhaps he should no longer have any reservations!

For the Human Emperor and the others, Su Yu had done all he could; now, he had to consider himself.

“And the Academy Head?”

“Still experiencing life!”

Blue Sky’s smile was radiant, “He must be quite happy right now—he just became a woman for a while!”

Su Yu was not interested. You pervert, torturing the Academy Head again—the poor Academy Head.

Su Yu did not dwell on that, but said quickly, “Prepare yourself—prepare to merge with my myriad paths…”

“Enter your body?”

Blue Sky suddenly laughed, “Just like last time when we dealt with Tian—merge with you? That feeling… is quite wonderful!”

Su Yu rolled his eyes, then suddenly said, “Blue Sky, at this point, do you have any ideals?”

“Ideals?”

Blue Sky laughed, “Of course! To create my own sacred land! To create that holy place of mine…”

Was he joking?

Not necessarily!

Blue Sky had founded the Primitive Demon Sect among the Ten Thousand Races Sect, but this fellow insisted on calling it the Sacred Sect, gathering many sacred followers. Su Yu had seen them—in the Battle of Great Xia Prefecture, those sacred followers were utterly fanatical.

Like moths to a flame, they launched suicidal attacks on the enemy, shouting slogans about building a sacred land!

It was indeed a demon sect!

But the sect’s philosophy might well be Blue Sky’s true desire—to build a sacred land!

Su Yu was actually somewhat interested in Blue Sky’s past and knew a bit about it. Now, lying in the river, he asked, “Blue Sky, back then, Prefect Wan ordered you to infiltrate the Primordial Demon Sect…”

“Wrong!”

Blue Sky laughed, “He didn’t order me to infiltrate—I wanted to perfect my truth, and it was merely cooperation with Tian Sheng! In that era, Great Xia Prefecture was actually quite turbulent: Ye Batian had fallen, Xia Longwu had just taken charge of Great Xia Prefecture, the human realm was in chaos, the prefects of other prefectures turned a blind eye… plus the upheaval of the multi-pattern scripts, Great Xia Prefecture fought against the heavens abroad, slaughtered the Ten Thousand Races Sect followers at home, and had to fend off other prefectures…”

“Internal and external troubles—seemingly strong, but actually a collapsing mansion! Wan Tiansheng, Xia Longwu, Xia Xiao’er, Liu Wenyan, including the Great Xia King—in that period, they were all mad! They wanted to launch a cleansing war with Great Xia Prefecture as the core! Of course, that war was prepared for many years, and in the end, you joined in…”

Su Yu nodded. In that period, Great Xia Prefecture was indeed in utter chaos!

The Xia family ignored everything, allowing strongmen from other prefectures to enter, allowing the Ten Thousand Races Sect to infiltrate, allowing the myriad races of the heavens to cause trouble.

It could be said that in that period, Great Xia Prefecture seemed peaceful but was already riddled with holes!

The Great Xia King and the others had already made up their minds to carry out a great cleansing with Great Xia Prefecture as the core!

And Blue Sky, in the midst of executing this plan, chose to join the demon race and take over the Primordial Demon Sect.

Blue Sky smiled, “So, in that period, I joined not to obey anyone, but to build my own pure land! To carry out a great cleansing—I thought it would be difficult, a near-death experience, but because of your involvement, the plan went much more smoothly, and the human realm was cleansed once!”

It was that battle that united the human side.

Suppressing all dissent!

Su Yu smiled and then asked, “And now? Do you still have that idea? To build your own pure land?”

Blue Sky also smiled, “Isn’t it good?”

“Then what does your pure land look like?”

Blue Sky suddenly smiled charmingly, “With you there, with Tian Sheng there—shut the door and live our little life…”

Su Yu just looked at him, looked at him, kept looking at him.

It made Blue Sky a bit annoyed and uncomfortable.

Su Yu’s gaze was like looking at an idiot—very obvious, very clear.

Su Yu smiled, “Don’t count me in. Take the Silkworm Exterminator King with you, take all those you’ve harmed with you—go live your own little life!”

Blue Sky was annoyed, “I haven’t harmed anyone!”

Su Yu snorted disdainfully.

Suddenly sitting up, he laughed, “Everyone has their own convictions! Alright, I understand a bit now. Enough of that—I’m thinking about a problem. Blue Sky, tell me, if I borrow power from the future, but suddenly lose control and my power is drained away… at that moment, you instantly bring the power of the River of Heaven and Earth and take over my physical body—can you achieve perfect control?”

Blue Sky raised an eyebrow slightly. “You want to outline your future self again?”

“Yes!”

Su Yu nodded slightly. “Let me give it a try!”

“It’s possible, but... I’m not too familiar with your physical form!”

Blue Sky suddenly smiled, a smile of extraordinary allure. “Then lend me your body to play with for a few days. Once I get used to it, there won’t be any unfamiliarity!”

“Sigh!”

Su Yu let out a sigh. Dealing with someone like this was truly a headache!

But Blue Sky was indeed the most suitable choice.

Su Yu was already thinking.

How to face the crisis!

First, borrowing power from the future—this was the easiest, simplest, and best method.

However, there might be an unexpected turn at a critical moment, like the sudden disappearance of power. At that point, if Blue Sky, wielding the power of heaven and earth, instantly seized control of Su Yu’s realm and his physical form, then Blue Sky could still help Su Yu merge the myriad paths and unleash another surge of power!

Once Su Yu got through this period, the tribulation would pass!

Should he merge with his future self?

Yes!

Su Yu had made up his mind. If he didn’t merge with his future self, perhaps when the three gates converged, he might not be able to command heaven and earth and retrieve the book in the River of Time.

“The River of Time might truly require the convergence of the three selves to take it!”

“If I don’t merge with my future self now, I’ll have to do it sooner or later!”

Su Yu glanced at the crowd below, then looked at Blue Sky and said, “Find a secluded place, enter the River of Memory, and merge with my future self! With my current strength, merging with some powerful future selves shouldn’t be a problem!”

Blue Sky suddenly grew solemn. “Are you really going to do it? This thing, you still need to be careful. Beware that at the moment your power spirals out of control, someone might seize your body! The future self might not just be a source of borrowed power, but also a form of invasion... Just like the beings in the Heavenly Gate, who leave a mark of origin before descending into the myriad realms. The future self might be such a mark, like Zhou Ji and Moduo Na, a preparation for possession!”

Su Yu nodded. “So, I need your help!”

He looked at Blue Sky. “If you take control for me at my weakest moment, using your chaotic will to conceal mine, I don’t believe the other party can seize my will!”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered. “And if such a being truly exists, wanting to take over my body... we might even be able to trap and destroy them! You can absorb them!”

Su Yu spoke with a hint of coldness, sneering, “If such a being exists, it can only be one of three!”

“Three?”

Blue Sky looked at Su Yu, who nodded. “First, the Lord of Time! Second, the Seventh of the Human Gate! Third, the Spirit of Heaven and Earth!”

Blue Sky’s heart trembled.

Su Yu said softly, “Everyone knows only the Lord of Time and the Human Gate, but why has no one ever mentioned the Spirit of Heaven and Earth? I have one, because I am one! The Human Emperor has one, because he is! King Wen had a book spirit, and now Wen Yu has Doubao. The Lord of the Dead also had one—the one I named the Lord of the Dead...”

“The Lord of Time couldn’t have merged himself with heaven and earth. So I ask you, does this River of Time, this myriad realms, have a Spirit of Heaven and Earth?”

Blue Sky gasped!

He looked at Su Yu. Indeed, it was possible, very possible!

Su Yu continued, “This myriad realm is just a world opened by the Lord of Time. He himself might have left long ago... So everything in this myriad realm might be controlled by the Spirit of Heaven and Earth! Let’s assume such a Spirit exists. What do you think it wants to do?”

Blue Sky pondered and then said, “To become the true master of the myriad realms!”

Su Yu smiled and nodded. “Earlier, Qiong asked me if the ‘Cang’ in the Cangqiong Sword had vanished. I was thinking, if there were a Book of Time, and Cang had transformed into the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, wouldn’t it want to turn the entire heaven and earth, the entire river, into its own?”

Blue Sky nodded again!

At this moment, he grew serious, looking at Su Yu.

Su Yu laughed. “So now I’m thinking, if this being exists, things become quite complicated! What if the Seventh of the Human Gate also exists, and these two are in opposition—one hoping to break the seal, thus severing the River of Time, and the other hoping for the river to endure forever, preferably eliminating the Seventh of the Human Gate? Are they locked in a silent standoff?”

Blue Sky gasped again!

Su Yu’s words made him feel it wasn’t impossible!

“Do you think it’s possible?”

Su Yu nodded. “I think this scenario might occur! And no one has ever considered why the River of Time couldn’t give birth to a Spirit of Heaven and Earth. Everyone has one, so why wouldn’t the River of Time? Even a dead world can give birth to Doubao, though King Wen facilitated it. Still, it shows that a world might need a will to govern it!”

At this point, Su Yu was constantly deducing and thinking, continuing, “Also, Ji Tian and the others said the Human Gate exists, truly exists... But why has no one ever seen it? Sometimes it’s described as majestic, sometimes as world-destroying. Don’t you think ‘majestic’ and ‘world-destroying’ are completely opposite?”

Blue Sky kept nodding.

After a moment, Blue Sky spoke again. “There’s another thing!”

“What?”

Blue Sky said, “You might have overlooked one point. The Earth Gate was actually sealed by the Lord of Time himself, not by the Human Gate!”

Su Yu was slightly startled. Yes, I know. Is there a problem?

“That means the Earth Gate was already sealed before the creation of the world. So why would the Earth Gate keep claiming the Human Gate is evil, an enemy, a world-destroyer... You know, according to their claims, the Human Gate was sealed by the Lord of Time, and so was the Earth Gate. So logically, the Earth Gate and the Human Gate should be on the same side. Do you understand what I mean?”

Su Yu was suddenly moved, looking at Blue Sky.

Blue Sky smiled. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If I were the Earth Gate, sealed by the Lord of Time, I’d be eager to unseal the Human Gate and let it trouble the Lord of Time. Why would I help everyone fight against the Human Gate?”

Su Yu said gravely, “True, that’s the logic. Of course, the Earth Gate might fear the Human Gate’s power... and also want to kill us to grow stronger!”

Killing Su Yu and the others didn’t conflict with the Earth Gate’s stance.

Blue Sky continued, “Let’s hypothesize that two beings exist: one is the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, and the other is the Human Gate. The Human Gate wants to break the seal, while the Spirit of Heaven and Earth won’t allow it, because it needs the river to exist!”

“Assume these two have been struggling and entangled with each other!”

“Now, both need external help. One wants people to destroy the path of the myriad realms, the other doesn’t...”

Blue Sky looked at Su Yu. “From your perspective, who should you help?”

Su Yu thought for a moment. “Kill them both!”

“...”

Blue Sky suddenly felt powerless, speechless. I thought you’d choose to help the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, but you came out with that. You really are a little genius!

Blue Sky smiled bitterly. “Why kill them both?”

“Neither is good!”

Su Yu said nonchalantly, “The situation is very complicated now. If our deductions are correct, it’s unimaginably complex! Even the Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate might not be as harmless as they appear; each has its own calculations. If we assume the Earth Gate, Human Gate, and Shihuang are one camp, then are the Heavenly Gate and Spirit of Heaven and Earth another camp?”

“What about Ji Tian and the others? They’re also very complicated!”

“Of course, whether complicated or not, we’re the ones who will suffer!”

Su Yu smiled. “If the Earth Gate and Human Gate are in league, hoping to destroy the myriad realms, then the Earth Gate will definitely come after us!”

Blue Sky nodded.

Su Yu continued, “If the Heavenly Gate and Spirit of Heaven and Earth are in league, they’ll also come after me... Because we world-openers have taken too much wool from the River of Time. They won’t allow a large number of world-openers to exist, taking away many cultivators and many rule powers!”

True!

Blue Sky nodded again, looking at Su Yu. “Then the situation is indeed complicated! Are you sure? If so, what do Tiansheng and the Seal Gate represent?”

“They represent the Lord of Time!”

Su Yu laughed: "The Seal Gate might truly be a seal! Wan Fu, perhaps, represents the Lord of Time. He himself may not realize it, but the Lord of Time does not wish for his world's spirit to conceive the idea of seizing the world, nor does he want the Seventh of the Human Gate to be unsealed... That requires a neutral point to exist—the Seal Gate!"

Truth becomes clearer through debate!

As he spoke, Su Yu looked at the blue sky, and the blue sky gazed back at him—all of this was possible.

If so, things actually become more straightforward!

Su Yu grinned: "A rough guess, the specifics unclear, but it doesn't matter! No matter who wants to deal with whom... we have only one goal: wipe them all out!"

Lan Tian smiled and nodded.

"Then I need to become even stronger!"

Su Yu stood up: "The Heavenly Gate and the Earthly Gate may each have their own schemes. That's why they hide and lurk, unwilling to act—there's a reason for it. It's not just fear of death or lack of recovery; it's possible both harbor ulterior motives and their own agendas."

"Perhaps they even hope for the three gates to converge... or maybe they aren't pawns of those entities at all, but have their own ambitions, wanting to be the victors."

"They're actually waiting—waiting for the Human Gate to appear, waiting for the Book of Time to emerge!"

At this moment, Su Yu grew even more enlightened.

He rose and said: "Let's go, to the River of Memory! I rarely visit the future, but today I can take a look. The future is all illusion, yet it might be a kind of deduction by the River of Time about its own future—still somewhat useful for reference."

Su Yu smiled: "Check how many future selves I've merged with, how much power I've borrowed, and when I borrowed it. It might come in handy. At critical moments, perhaps at those very nodes, I'll meet my downfall."

"That's when I'll rely on you!"

Lan Tian nodded again, then looked at the people from the Human Realm and asked: "Actually, Wen Yu could also cooperate with you. Lately, you haven't been too close to them, including Wen Yu. Wen Yu's Time Book was the root of your rise."

Su Yu pondered for a moment before replying: "It's different! Let me put it simply: if I die, knowing I can't match them anymore, what do you think the Human Emperor and his people would most likely do?"

Lan Tian thought: "They'd take their people and retreat, flee this place."

"And you all?"

Su Yu chuckled: "If I fall in battle, what would you all do?"

Lan Tian smiled coquettishly: "Of course, I'd lie with Brother Yu in the earth, a pair of joyful..."

Bang!

Su Yu punched him flying. Another Lan Tian materialized on the spot, and Su Yu, unconcerned, laughed: "That's the difference! To put it bluntly, is a bond of a few days worth more than one of tens of thousands of years? Not that they're bad... If I allied with a powerful figure from tens of thousands of years later to fight a strong enemy, and that guy died, would I still care about the others? Of course, I'd take my people and run. Would I sacrifice my own brothers to protect those strangers?"

That's human nature, that's reality!

Su Yu patted Lan Tian and smiled: "The Human Emperor himself taught me this. Actually, I wanted to open my heart to them, but the Human Emperor showed me this rawest, bloodiest truth. I know what he meant—it's already good that he told me in advance."

This wasn't something Su Yu guessed on his own.

It was the Human Emperor and Wen Yu, with the utmost sincerity, who revealed their true thoughts to Su Yu.

Lan Tian said nothing more.

And Su Yu, with Lan Tian, vanished from the spot in an instant.

...

Moments later.

The two appeared in a hidden minor realm.

Su Yu waved his hand, and a river materialized before them—the River of Memory, part of the River of Time yet quite unique.

Su Yu had never truly visited the future; even last time, he only captured a future self in the next instant.

Today, however, he wanted to go further and see what the future held.

Even if that future was unreal, merely a deduction.

One of billions of possibilities!

Su Yu and Lan Tian plunged into the river together.

After a while, a surging torrent emerged.

Now, Su Yu sensed these things more keenly. This River of Memory was peculiar—it lay within the River of Time yet seemed not to belong to it.

It might be a power within the River Book—a deduction!

Just like when Wan Tiansheng used the Mirror of Heaven to deduce the future, except back then, Wan Tiansheng's deductions were too brief and only worked on weaker beings.

Above was the past; below was the future.

The past, Su Yu didn't care about!

What was past was past; past selves were nothing special. But future selves held infinite possibilities.

Now, Su Yu led Lan Tian onto the River of Memory, heading downstream. Waves surged skyward. As soon as they entered the downstream, colossal waves battered heaven and earth—the bigger the wave, the greater the event!

One wave after another crashed against the firmament.

Su Yu advanced a distance, and a massive wave appeared.

He and Lan Tian instantly entered it.

The moment they entered, Su Yu saw a future version of himself—a long blade piercing heaven and earth, slaying a powerful being in one stroke...

Su Yu immediately looked across. This seemed to be the near future: he killed Zhou with one blow.

Su Yu raised an eyebrow. I killed Ancestor Zhou soon after?

Was this one possibility of the future?

At that moment, Su Yu looked up. A colossal gate hovered in the air—it seemed to be the Human Gate. A crowd was fighting near it, and the war erupted at that moment.

When the Human Gate descended!

The vision flickered and vanished. Su Yu and Lan Tian, unable to withstand the immense impact, were ejected from the wave.

Lan Tian looked at Su Yu: "The Human Gate descends, war breaks out, and you kill Zhou."

Su Yu nodded and smiled: "Let's continue! Who knows if this is real?"

Lan Tian nodded and plunged into the second wave.

This time, the wave's roar was louder. As soon as Su Yu entered, he heard a furious shout: "You seek death!"

Now, Su Yu saw himself again, along with Lan Tian and Wan Tiansheng. Wan Tiansheng seemed truly merged with the Human Gate, immensely powerful. Together, they fought, and in a flash, the vision faded—Jing Tian was slain!

Su Yu saw it!

He seemed to have won again!

With Wan Tiansheng and the others, he continued the victory from the previous battle, killing Jing Tian!

"First Zhou, then Jing Tian..."

Su Yu murmured. This aligned with some of his thoughts, but he still said nothing and didn't capture the future self. At this moment, the future self felt like it had the power of 37 or even 38 Dao!

Su Yu instantly left and pressed forward. The further he went, the harder it became!

The waves grew stronger!

Su Yu continued... and entered the third wave!

Boom!

As he entered, he saw multiple gates colliding—the Heavenly Gate, Earthly Gate, Human Gate, and even Su Yu himself, all manifesting as gates, battling in the sky. Heaven and earth were a chaotic blur!

The Lord of the Dead and his companions seemed wounded, perhaps even fallen; he thought he glimpsed the corpse of the Martial King...

Su Yu frowned, looked again, and seemed to see the Human Emperor and the others, fleeing, taking some with them, escaping this place!

And Su Yu was locked in fierce battle with the Heaven and Earth Gates!

Blue Sky’s voice sounded in his ear: “They really ran?”

Su Yu said nothing, gazing at the sky—the violent clash, the mighty shockwaves sweeping heaven and earth; he felt stronger than before, fighting against the gates!

Blue Sky added: “Not capturing them?”

Su Yu shook his head. With a thunderous crash, the waves shattered, and Su Yu and Blue Sky tumbled out again. Su Yu gasped slightly—truly formidable!

He entered the next wave.

This wave... darkness!

Boundless darkness!

The world seemed destroyed!

Corpses littered the land!

In the void, only Su Yu remained, white hair flying, a long blade in hand; the others had all fallen, it seemed.

He appeared to have won.

But everyone else seemed dead.

Blue Sky’s voice rose again: “Are we all dead? Is this the future? Somewhat regrettable... if only you survive, aren’t you lonely?”

Su Yu frowned, staring at the figure in the void.

Suddenly, the figure turned back, looking at Su Yu!

At that moment, Su Yu was slightly startled.

Blue Sky was also taken aback—that Su Yu seemed not quite Su Yu, with an icy gaze like the abyss.

“All dead... this age, this world... all gone!”

The Su Yu in the void murmured, with a hint of desolation, a trace of coldness, a scornful smile, then vanished on the spot!

Su Yu was dazed; after a while, the waves began to shatter.

And Su Yu, along with Blue Sky, reappeared above the long river. Looking ahead, they saw nothing but endless darkness.

Blue Sky turned to Su Yu and smiled: “You seemed to win, but that final you didn’t look much like you...”

Su Yu was silent for a moment, then nodded: “A possible future extrapolation. Perhaps I was possessed by the Spirit of Heaven and Earth or the Human Gate, or maybe you took over my will—that’s one possibility for the future... Don’t take it too seriously, it might happen!”

With that, Su Yu suddenly laughed and shook his head: “Don’t mind me!”

He didn’t say much, only that it felt a bit false!

Because none of the things he had extrapolated appeared!

Where was the Spirit of Heaven and Earth?

Where was the Book of Time?

Where was the Seventh of the Human Gate?

Nothing appeared—just some shadows, a bit unreal, or perhaps those beings were too powerful to be extrapolated at all!

Of course, Su Yu didn’t care much about that.

Now he pondered: could he still enter?

To fish out his future self!

That final Su Yu felt quite strong, but that Su Yu might have issues—perhaps a projection of the will of the being lending him power. Su Yu wasn’t foolish; he had some vague guesses.

That Su Yu was very powerful!

But he might become Su Yu’s next great trouble!

He looked at Blue Sky and transmitted: “That guy just now—if you fought him to seize control of my body... could you win?”

Blue Sky grinned, transmitting back: “Don’t joke—ten to one I’d lose! That gaze... honestly, one look at me and I felt I’d split apart—at least over 40 Dao strengths!”

Su Yu licked his lips. Blue Sky quickly added: “Find a weaker one—like the you who killed Jingtian earlier, about 38 Dao strengths—just merge with that! Don’t insist on the strongest!”

“That you at around 38 Dao strengths... I think is quite amiable, still contestable... That final you looks terrifying!”

He could be scared too, okay!

“Less nonsense—that improvement is too small!”

Su Yu rubbed his chin, transmitting: “That last one—you have to find a way to deal with him! That thing is most likely a will projection of the being lending me power. The stronger the power, the greater its influence on me! Either the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, or the so-called Seventh of the Human Gate... you have to hold out!”

I want to cry!

Blue Sky was speechless—how could I hold out?

“Don’t worry, I’ll bear it with you!”

Su Yu smiled, transmitting: “What’s there to fear? Fortune favors the bold! At least until I deal with some people, this thing won’t seize my flesh or my world... Besides, I’ll restrain it!”

How to restrain?

Su Yu had some insight—the Dao of Calamity!

The Dao of Calamity should be the key to restraining the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, or the being lending him power.

And that required Su Yu to maintain a balance.

Plus Blue Sky, to break that balance!

Blue Sky thought for a while, then said: “Let’s try it. You’re a madman anyway—I won’t talk you out of it!”

Su Yu grinned.

The next moment, the shattered waves reappeared. Su Yu grabbed Blue Sky and entered again, and this time, he saw that same Su Yu once more.

Su Yu paid no heed—he instantly reached for that Su Yu!

The white-haired Su Yu suddenly turned back.

He seemed about to resist, but paused for a fraction of a second, and Su Yu seized him. Su Yu was even more certain—there was definitely something wrong!

But who cared?

The moment Su Yu grabbed the white-haired Su Yu, he pulled him into his own body. A surge of immense power exploded within Su Yu. Sensing it, Su Yu smiled!

No power of calamity!

Interesting—the future self had not a trace of calamity power!

Nonsense!

Of course, Su Yu’s own calamity power was weak; if he didn’t have many thoughts, he wouldn’t have so many ideas. But Su Yu had far too many thoughts!

Boom!

Su Yu’s flesh suddenly split open—the overwhelming power cracked his body!

This future Su Yu had at least 40 Dao strengths, perhaps even more!

And Su Yu suddenly began to furiously bombard a projection of Su Yu above his head—the future Su Yu. He struck wildly, and only after a long while did he finally shatter it into pieces!

At this moment, the entire River of Memory seemed on the verge of collapse, drained of too much power by Su Yu, unable to sustain itself any longer!

Su Yu grabbed hold of Blue Sky and swiftly flew back!

Meanwhile, within his body, surging torrents of power ceaselessly filled his entire flesh and every acupoint—an enhanced version of Su Yu, fused into himself!

"Once it's in my belly... it won't be so easy to take back!"

At this instant, Su Yu roughly guessed the source of this power!

The power within the River of Time, the power from the Book of Time held by the Spirit of Heaven and Earth!

This makes it even more interesting, doesn't it?

A smile crept onto Su Yu's face, a smile that was cold and chilling.

It was somewhat similar to the smile of that future Su Yu from before. Blue Sky glanced at him, about to say something, a little worried, but then Su Yu's eyes gleamed with brilliance, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

That smile... even colder!

Blue Sky felt relieved at once. A smile so sickening—few could make people shiver like that, except Su Yu!

This guy was more villainous than any villain.

Even the worst of bad guys couldn't produce such a nauseating smile.

A chill that came from the depths of the heart!

Since that's the case... well, no big deal. When it came to being bad, Su Yu was hardly inferior to anyone!