Chapter 1675: Carnage Unleashed (3)
Boom!
Great Yuan trembled violently while Great Yuan King's laughter spread everywhere.
"Su Yu, if humanity survives this, your position as the leader will be solidified. If humanity fails to survive this, you will be nothing but a piece of trash! Hahahaha!"
Boom!
A second explosion followed as all three Invincibles died together. Even more crimson clouds covered the sky while the rain of blood grew heavier.
Great Yuan King, dead.
With his greatly injured body, he had killed three enemy Invincibles. Updates are released by novel_fіre.net
No, that was not all. The spear he had unleashed with all his strength stabbed through an Invincible behind Su Yu before the Invincible could react.
The said Invincible instantly lost a body. When the second body emerged, the spear exploded, killing the second body. And when the third body emerged, Su Yu's blade arrived to turn it into micemeat.
The two remaining Invincibles paled as Su Yu roared, activated his Myriad Door Formation, mustered the strength of his crown, and threw a punch out while waves of death qi billowed out of his body.
Boom!
That one punch blew the two apart.
They could keep him tangled when there were three of them. But with only two of them, they were no match for him.
This was a result of Great Yuan King's sacrifice.
"Me? A piece of trash?"
Su Yu roared.
Who was Great Yuan King to call him a piece of trash?
Who was Great Yuan King to judge him?
Boom!
In his fury, Su Yu attacked madly. His furious attacks shattered all space around him. The sky itself changed color from his onslaught. After losing two bodies in a row, the two Invincibles self-detonated.
Boom!
The explosion sent Su Yu flying away. His body was reduced to a mess of broken bones. All his flesh had been reduced to nothingness by the explosion. After some time, he finally rose into the sky again, dragging his badly injured body as he flew toward Zhu Tiandao's group.
All his opponents were dead.
All of Great Yuan King's opponents were dead as well. Alas, Great Yuan King himself had also perished.
Great Yuan King. The fourth human Invincible to die today.
Someone hostile toward Su Yu.
But he had ultimately sacrificed himself to help kill Su Yu's opponents. All for humanity.
As of this moment, Su Yu did not have the luxury to think about anything else. He only had one thought in his mind: to kill. To kill all these bastards.
All the enemy Invincibles in the Human Realm must die.
A total of twenty-six had appeared.
Ten remained.
Great Yuan King and Great Zheng King had perished.
Far away.
The enemy Invincibles fighting Zhu Tiandao's group paled.
Five more had died!
Today, Invincibles were dying like bugs.
"Ignore him! Kill these people first! Su Yu is so badly injured that he's as good as a cripple! He can't do much to us!"
They started shouting among themselves. They only needed to kill these people before Su Yu's arrival. Su Yu couldn't change anything alone. Humanity would still lose!
Right at that moment, both Zhou Potian and Yun Chen were blasted out of their fused state, each splitting into three bodies. Su Yu still needed some time to arrive, but they couldn't hold on for much longer.
Noticing that the two old Invincibles were on the verge of self-detonation, Yun Chen laughed and said, "Su Yu is coming. Nobody else will die. Don't detonate your—"
Boom!
A massive explosion erupted!
Both Yun Chen and Zhou Potian were the ones to detonate two of their bodies each. The surrounding enemy Invincibles were hit by the sudden explosions. All of them coughed blood from the newly inflicted injuries.
At almost the same time, Niu Baidao detonated one of his bodies as well. With a rumble, an enemy Invincible lost his second body. With this, all of them had turned into singles. Even with such a high sacrifice, the situation still didn't improve much for them.
Suddenly, a massive bamboo appeared in the sky.
"Hehe, my chance is here..."
The enemy Invincible, who had just lost a body, was blasted apart.
Boom!
More crimson clouds covered the sky.
Up in the air, September was casually strolling out of thin air. At the same time, Hu Xiansheng was sighing in Nanyuan. His newly rebuilt teleportation door had exploded right after teleporting September over.
Yes. September.
Almost everyone had forgotten that he was here as well. He had been maintaining a surprisingly low profile after arriving at the Human Realm.
Even when battles were erupting everywhere, he was silently eating to the side. When Su Yu took all the myriad race guests into the Mark of Civilization, September had been left out. After all, the iron devourers had helped him once. He saw no reason to take September into his book as well.
In fact, he had hoped that September would help protect the people at Nanyuan. Thus, September had caught the perfect opportunity to arrive and kill an Invincible. After killing the first Invincible, the massive bamboo swept toward a second Invincible.
Boom!
The seriously injured Invincible instantly lost a body. His remaining two bodies hurriedly fused into one, but he still wasn't September's match. As for Qin Zhen and the others, they started attacking the other Invincibles to create more openings for September to attack.
He was no Invincible, but he was incredibly strong. He started swinging his bamboo everywhere.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A River of Time snapped as the second Invincible lost his second body. When his third body emerged, September descended from the sky and sat on him, crushing his third body.
The River of Time fell apart completely.
Just like that, two Invincibles died.
After killing his second Invincible, September's body enlarged, blocking in front of Zhu Tiandao and the others. He took on the attacks of the remaining enemy Invincibles with his body, protecting Zhu Tiandao and the others from them. The numerous attacks caused him to cough blood repeatedly, but he appeared completely nonchalant about it.
In fact, he was grinning as he said, "Come on! Hit me! If you can't kill me, it will be your turn to die soon!"
Boom!
The enemy Invincibles were greatly shocked. Was he really not an Invincible? His body was a tad bit too terrifying. Even as he was pushed back repeatedly, September still stood in front of the humans. The humans were already greatly weakened. They wouldn't be able to survive these attacks.
He was different as his body was terrifyingly powerful. However, that was all he could do. He had exhausted most of his strength killing the two Invincibles right after arriving. For now, he could only serve as a shield.
Further away.
With a roar, Junior Zhou King wrapped his River of Time around a fleeing Invincible. Beside him, Heavenly Forge King tossed a body over with a pitiful expression before detonating that body.
He had detonated all his heaven weapons long ago. Thus, he was left with his own bodies to detonate. For now, they could only prioritize killing these people.
At the same time, Junior Zhou King was also tossing character after character forward before detonating them. After a short moment, the bound enemy Invincible started crumbling apart. With his last breath, he roared and detonated himself.
Yet another self-detonation.
Such was a war between races.
In such a war, each battle could be a desperate battle to the death.
Both Heavenly Forge King and Junior Zhou King were sent flying by the explosion. As the dead enemy was stronger than them, it took them quite a while to recover and walk out of the pile of dirt they were buried in. With a sigh, Heavenly Forge King asked, "I'm left with one body. How about you?"
"One." Junior Zhou King remained expressionless.
With the same pitiful expression, Heavenly Forge King lamented, "Well done. All the survivors have been reduced to being singles. Well done, myriad races."
They were all singles now. That included Su Yu, who had never trained a tri-life body before. This applied to all the Invincibles and Pseudo Invincibles in the Human Realm.
Well, this wasn't too bad.
Since everyone was single, nobody could laugh at the other for being a single, right?
Junior Zhou King said nothing else. The two hurriedly flew elsewhere to help with the battle that had yet to end.
All these enemies must die.
Damn these bastards!
So what if they were singles?
They were still alive. That was enough.
While flying, Heavenly Forge King said, "By the way, do you think those nine-leaf skylotus petals of Su Yu are real? If they are real, there is still hope for us to recover. Otherwise...well, he's quite rich in carrier treasures. He probably wouldn't mind giving us some, right? We're too poor to buy his carrier treasures so if he refuses to gift them to us, I suppose we'll have to start a singles club or something like that."
"..."
"Enough talking."
Junior Zhou King was annoyed. Did the geezer go mad after becoming a single? Then again, the geezer was right. This war had created quite a lot of single guys. He wondered how the people in the Celestial Chasm Realm were doing.
If they all returned as singles as well...good heavens. Just imagine it. All human Invincibles as singles. What a sight to behold.
***
A short while later.
Su Yu arrived.
He came bearing a boundless killing intent. Noticing his arrival, the five enemy Invincibles wanted to flee, but September was keeping them too occupied to actually flee. Additionally, the now-single humans were also madly attacking to prevent them from escaping.
Right after arriving, Su Yu attacked like a mad fiend. His Mark of Civilization dropped down from the sky while his crown emanated a powerful pressure to suppress them. Meanwhile, Jade King and the other immortal king had lost all their previous calm. Rather, they were attacking the female furball desperately to create an opportunity to flee.
Fuck!
The humans had gone mad! When they first arrived, things were looking quite good for them. But in the blink of an eye, humanity had reversed the situation by using their tri-life bodies as bombs.
Naturally, the furious female furball wouldn't allow them to flee.
Why flee?
She was angry!
She had encountered so many annoying bastards today! She decided to wait until Su Yu was done over there before getting his help with these two. She swore to eat these annoying bastards. How dare they annoy her so?
***
Shortly after, Junior Zhou King and Heavenly Forge King arrived as well. Together, they surrounded and bombarded the five enemy Invincibles.
Boom!
One of them self-detonated, blasting an arm of Su Yu apart. Next, a second Invincible self-detonated, blasting a leg of Su Yu apart. The other three wanted to self-detonate as well, but Su Yu's mouth suddenly enlarged before biting down. All his teeth broke apart, but one of them was bitten into two.
Then, he slammed his head forward.
Boom!
With his head that had been tempered in the Luminous Domain Mansion, he smashed another Invincible apart. He was fighting like a wild beast.
Next, he wrapped his sole remaining arm around another Invincible before crushing that Invincible. Desperate, that Invincible self-detonated and blasted his sole remaining arm apart.
With both arms gone, Su Yu started attacking with his head.
He was not fighting alone. The others were also fighting. They were fighting in such a brutish manner that it looked more like a street brawl, yet space continued shattering within a radius of a hundred meters.
Up in the sky, numerous crimson clouds appeared. After an indeterminate amount of time, they landed on the ground again. All their enemies had died.
Boom!
The tired September sat down, using Qin Zhen as a cushion. The tired Qin Zhen coughed a mouthful of blood before complaining, "F-fuck you! F-fuck off! Or..or I'll die!"
With great difficulty, September crawled off. Then, he turned around and patted Qin Zhen's head with his gigantic paw. He looked rather apologetic at having nearly crushed an Invincible to death by sitting on that Invincible.
Then, all of them turned to look at Su Yu, who had been reduced to a human stick. He had lost all four of his limbs to the self-detonations of their enemies. In fact, he had lost so much blood that he wasn't even bleeding anymore. If it wasn't for the fact that his head was still moving, they would have thought that he was dead.
While gasping for breath, Su Yu asked, "Two more. Who...can still fight?"
It would be quite hard for the female furball to kill Jade King and the other immortal king alone. That much was obvious from how long the battle had lasted. As he spoke, he released a large amount of solidwater pearls like they were free. He also took out numerous dragonblood fruits before feasting upon them.
That was not all. He even crushed a small dragonblood fruit tree to replenish everyone with a large amount of life force. Not satisfied with the speed, he soon crushed the bigger dragonblood fruit tree as well. This was not the time to care about wastage.
Eat.
Absorb.
And recover.
They still needed to kill the two immortal kings after recovering. Thus, everyone started feasting on the treasures to recover and replenish their energy.
Su Yu was taking out his treasures like they were free. After all, their injuries were too heavy yet they couldn't afford to take their time with recovery. At this point, all twenty-four of the hidden enemy Invincibles had died. Only the two immortal kings, who had sneaked into the Human Realm after the start of the battle, remained. With two Invincibles and numerous tri-life bodies as the price, humanity had eliminated twenty-four enemy Invincibles.
By the time all the treasures were devoured, Su Yu had regrown all his limbs. He still looked weak, but he roared loudly, "Let's go. There are more people to kill!"
With that, they set off.
To kill more people.
Today, they had sustained heavy injuries. But they also felt great.
They had killed a large number of Invincibles.
They had never experienced such freedom, not even during the war four hundred years ago. As such, even the old Invincibles were looking as excited as a boy with a toy. As far as they were concerned, this was how a war should be fought.
Kill. Kill until the very sky changed colors.
Kill until nobody dared to covet the Human Realm anymore.
***
Far away.
Jade King's expression changed slightly when he noticed the approaching group. With a rumble, his second and third bodies exploded while he shot off as a red beam of light in his sole remaining body.
With a flicker, he vanished into nothingness.
The other immortal king paled upon realizing that he had been left behind.
"Jade King—"
"Nom!"
With a bite, the female furball crunched the immortal king in her mouth before swallowing him. Just as she was about to give chase, the immortal king exploded inside her body, sending her flying around like a leaking balloon yet again.
Up above, the sky split open.
Jade King could be seen flying through the crack without any hesitation.
He had escaped.
Of the twenty-six Invincibles who had appeared, he was the sole survivor. Even so, he had survived with only one body. He knew that everything was over the moment Su Yu's group started approaching. Thus, he detonated his two bodies before using the other immortal king as a shield to escape the female furball.
By the time Su Yu's group arrived, the female furball had recovered from the explosions inside her body. She looked incredibly furious and gloomy. She was very angry! Alas, the target of her wrath had escaped.
With that, the battle in the Human Realm ended. Twenty-five Invincibles and two of Jade King's bodies had perished in this battle.
It was worth noting that Jade King had just lost a body not long ago. He had recovered after receiving a valuable treasure from the immortal race. Barely two months had passed since then, yet he had lost two bodies this time. He was an ancient fossil who was also a ninth-degree Eternal. He had acted only two times after his awakening. Yet he had suffered massively both times.
Su Yu sneered and said, "I will not allow this to happen a third time. The next time I meet him, he will die!"
The female furball was fuming, but she said nothing. Her injuries were quite heavy as well. Thus, she returned to the Mark of Civilization and resumed sulking in the book instead. She was very angry.
Noticing her anger, Su Yu poked the little furball and told the little fellow to comfort his mama. Why was the unfilial little fellow watching without doing anything when his mama was in such a bad mood?
With a grumble, the little furball flew into the Mark of Civilization as well. What could he even do? He knew that his mama was sulking because she was embarrassed at failing to eat Jade King. His mama would be fine if she were fed with Jade King. How simple.
Su Yu retracted his focus from his sea of willpower and looked around. Moments later, he cursed. How were they supposed to keep fighting? Just look at all the single guys around him.
A massive battle was still raging outside the Human Realm. When an Invincible was reduced into a single, the Invincible would be greatly weakened. And a whole bunch of them had turned into singles.
How were they supposed to counterattack in such a state?
Chapter 1676: For The Future (1)
Even after looking around repeatedly, all Su Yu could see were singles. They still had a considerable number of Invincibles, but the combat strength they could muster had probably dropped by half.
But for now, Su Yu had something else to focus on. After consuming so much blood and flesh, his Mark of Civilization was in a state of rapid growth. Before long, the 142nd golden stripe appeared on it.
Its rapid growth was understandable since it had consumed so many Invincibles in one day. It was now a peak heaven weapon. Even the incomplete stripes were increasing as well. Including the incomplete stripes, the total number of stripes reached 169.
This signified that with enough replenishment, the Mark of Civilization would be guaranteed to reach no less than 169 golden stripes in the future. That would make it a high divine weapon. The growth of the Mark of Civilization would naturally be helpful for Su Yu.
As his book grew, his culture and radiance characters grew as well. Inside his sea of willpower, his willpower was also increasing in quality. After the intense battle, his 360 apertures had completed their fusion into nine apertures, signifying that his willpower cultivation had reached the peak of the Mountainsea Realm. He was only a step away from the Sunmoon Realm.
Even his body felt like it was on the verge of advancing and transforming further. It was showing signs of finally stepping into the Mountainsea Realm. And the moment that breakthrough happened, he could very well reach the ninth stage directly. However, he suppressed the breakthrough for now.
An advancement might generate a heavenly reward for him. It would be better for him to delay until a heavenly tribulation was coming after him. At the time, he could summon the heavenly reward. That way, the tribulation and reward would clash, allowing him to handle the tribulation easily. This was a trick he had learned from his own experience.
For example, if he were to cause a death spirit disaster, tribulation would come. At that time, he could either reach the Mountainsea Realm in physical cultivation or the Sunmoon Realm in willpower cultivation. Either of the two would potentially summon a heavenly reward. Or he could simply kill a few Invincibles.
Since he had not received any rewards for killing so many Invincibles in the Human Realm, he suspected that the heavenly laws governing these kills had yet to cover the Human Realm. However, each kill, even in the Human Realm, would be a form of accumulation. Perhaps he only needed to kill a few more outside the Human Realm to trigger a reward.
While Su Yu was deep in thought, Zhou Tianyuan sighed and said, "Great Zheng King and Great Yuan King died."
Su Yu said nothing. This was already a very good result for them. With the lives of two Invincibles and the tri-life bodies of more than ten top experts, they had slaughtered dozens of enemy Invincibles. This was already as good a result as they could get. Su Yu didn't feel like saying much about the two dead Invincibles.
He didn't want to see them dead as well. However, death was inevitable in a war. Humanity had lost five Invincibles today, but the myriad races had lost even more. They had essentially delivered ten times the damage to their enemies.
All around them, the battles between the Sunmoons ended as well. This was still the Human Realm. Without those Invincibles, it was inevitable that humanity would win. After a while, the blood-soaked experts of the various prefectures gathered around Su Yu's group. Nobody said anything.
Those from Great Yuan and Great Zheng were grieving. However, this was still a great victory. Thus, they didn't know what to feel about the result. Eventually, they noted that there were many missing faces among the crowd. Over a hundred myriad race Sunmoons had perished this time. As for the humans, they had lost over twenty Sunmoons and some Mountainseas as well.
After a short silence, Cheng Mo of Great Tang looked around and said, "Reporting to the holy lord, a total of 112 enemy Sunmoons and around 300 enemy Mountainseas were killed. We lost 26 Sunmoons and 162 Mountainseas. Countless below the Mountainsea Realm died as well."
Yes. The losses below the Mountainsea Realm were too high to count. In such a war, it was impossible for the regular people to remain unharmed.
The armies of the various prefectures had also joined the fight. Just the military alone had lost over ten thousand people. The militias of the various prefectures had also lost a large number of people.
Including the ordinary people who were killed as collateral damage, over fifty thousand people below the Mountainsea Realm had perished.
After some time, even more experts arrived. Wu Ji of Allheaven Prefecture came carrying a storage ring. With blood dripping down his body, he said loudly, "Reporting to the holy lord, eighteen carrier treasures have been found on the battlefield."
Eighteen carrier treasures and a storage ring, to be precise. Toward the end, the battle was so intense that Su Yu and the others didn't have the opportunity to loot the battlefield. They could only focus fully on the battle.
Thus, the Allheaven Prefecture had proceeded to survey the battlefield after the battle ended.
Eighteen carrier treasures.
Previously, Su Yu had kept two for himself and gave four to Great Liang and Great Yue. Now, he had received eighteen more. However, these carrier treasures wouldn't do much for now. Even with sufficient carrier treasures, tri-life bodies couldn't be recovered so easily.
As for the production of new Invincibles, they did not have that many Pseudo Invincibles around anymore. Most of those capable of dao affirmation had already done so during the previous conflict. Read full story at novel·fıre·net
Of the prefects, some had advanced previously, while some were still stuck at the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm. Only two of them were Pseudo Invincibles, but having carrier treasures wouldn't guarantee an advancement.
Thus, Su Yu felt rather helpless after looking around. This was far from enough to take the fight to the Invincibles outside the realm. He said nothing. Instead, he sent his crown flying into the sky. The power of luck started rippling out of the crown.
Boom!
A tiny crack appeared in the sky. That was the opening the myriad races had used to sneak into the Human Realm. With the power of luck, the crown started repairing the opening in the sky.
He could not leave the opening around. It would be too big a weakness to ignore. In their current weakened state, the myriad races only needed to send a large number of Sunmoons and Invincibles through that opening and they would be completely helpless.
After a while, the opening was closed. The slightly dimmed crown returned above Su Yu's head. Both the crown and the Mark of Civilization were already peak heaven weapons, making Su Yu the owner of multiple powerful weapons.
Beside him, Zhou Tianyuan exhaled and asked, "Holy Lord, what do we do now?"
They wanted to leave and keep fighting as well. However, they had been weakened too much for that to be a wise choice.
Su Yu stared into the distance. After a long while, he said, "We're going to the Starfall Mountain."
Everyone was surprised to hear that. Weren't they supposed to be helping those fighting outside now?
Su Yu did not explain.
Helping those outside?
How?
Who to help?
Those trapped in the Celestial Chasm Realm?
Or Great Xia King's group?
They couldn't accomplish any of that.
They weren't strong enough. Even Su Yu himself was feeling too helpless to do anything. Were they supposed to go out for the sake of going out? It would be completely pointless.
The female furball still had some strength left, but she had also been injured. He had to let her rest for a bit, right? It wouldn't be appropriate for him to drive her like a slave. The female furball had contributed massively to their victory here. He had to show her some appreciation.
The female furball had defeated the highest number of Invincibles today. Yes, Su Yu and the others had killed a lot. But the female furball was the one who had faced almost all the strongest Invincibles who had attacked today. Without the female furball, they would have lost the battle inside the Human Realm.
Thus, Su Yu decided to pay Starfall Mountain a visit. He wanted to verify if there was really a ruin there. What would be the advantage of a ruin there?
He could easily find a lot of new ruins if he spent some time at it. After all, the appearance of the myriad race Invincibles had also exposed a lot of these hidden ruins. Most of these ruins would be emptied by now, but one could still affirm one's dao in them.
That was the sole advantage of these ruins. Each of these ruins could support the dao affirmation of one person. He guessed that there would be about seven or eight of them, but he wouldn't know before checking.
With these ruins, they could produce a few new Invincibles without the knowledge of the myriad races.
Then again, the myriad races could probably guess that they would do this anyway. These were mostly empty ruins so apart from serving as a safe space for dao affirmation, they wouldn't be too useful.
The only undiscovered ruin Su Yu knew of was the one that might be somewhere at the Starfall Mountain. But he was also unsure if there was really a ruin there. He also suspected that the ruin there would either belong to the Culture King or the Time Sage.
Thus, this ruin would be quite useful for him. It was pointless to think about it too much for now. He had to first find it.
While flying toward the Starfall Mountain, he said, "Seniors, I don't think we have met before."
He was talking to the two old Invincibles who had survived after Great Zheng King's death.
"Greetings, Holy Lord."
As the two saluted him, Su Yu gave them a slight bow. The old Invincible to the left, who was already balding, said, "I am Li Hao of Great Liang."
"I am Yun Jie of Great Yong."
The old Invincible to the right seemed to be blind from the empty look in his eyes. This must be the result of an old injury he had sustained in his youth. Surprisingly, both were founding kings.
Great Liang and Great Yong were considered minor prefectures. As northern prefectures, the two were quite far away from Great Xia and Great Ming. Due to their small size, they were frequently forgotten by the masses.
In fact, the two prefectures weren't even comparable to Great Wei, a prefecture whose founding king had died, in terms of fame. But now, Su Yu understood why.
The two old Invincibles had never been too powerful in the first place. From their state, it was clear they had lost their tri-life bodies long ago. These years, they must have remained in seclusion to recover from their old injuries. Thus, they hadn't gotten the chance to put much effort into their prefectures.
As a result, the two prefectures had maintained a low profile among the various human prefectures. For the most part, they would remain neutral whenever there was a conflict between the various prefectures.
"Sorry for your loss, Seniors. Do take care."
Su Yu could see that the two looked quite sad.
After all, several founding kings had died together. Those were all their old comrades from hundreds of years ago. In fact, Great Zheng had emerged from hiding alongside them during the start of the battle.
Great Liang King forced himself to smile and said, "We understand. Everyone will die. We revealed ourselves expecting to die. This is already a much better result than we had imagined. He did not die a worthless death."
Su Yu said nothing else. Before long, they reached the Starfall Mountain.
Zhu Tiandao, who had recovered rapidly from his grief, looked around and said, "Don't tell me you're here to look for a ruin. There is no ruin here. Isn't this the place you used to scam some people back then? Because of your scam, we spent a long time searching this place. We found nothing..."
He was confident there was no ruin here.
Su Yu said nothing. The crown on his head turned into a golden token before dropping onto the ground. Instantly, the entire Starfall Mountain trembled before turning transparent. Everyone could see that there was nothing down there.
Su Yu looked at Hu Xiansheng. Understanding what Su Yu was thinking, Hu Xiansheng scanned the place before shaking his head, "No spatial undulations. Not even a tiny bit." He couldn't feel anything.
Su Yu thought about it and said, "Of the four yuans, three of them came with a ruin each. How can there be no ruin in Nanyuan?"
Great Yong King said, "We've never heard of a ruin here. Not even Great Xia King and Great Ming King had affirmed their dao here."
Su Yu had forgotten to ask Xia Chen about whether there was a ruin in Nanyuan. Where did Xia Chen affirm his dao? That would most likely remain a mystery. After all, Xia Chen had affirmed his dao during the previous epoch. Did he do it in Nanyuan? Not necessarily.
The Culture Tomb was something that had been erected after Culture King's disappearance. It wasn't an actual tomb. Thus, if there was really a ruin in Nanyuan, it would most likely be Culture King's residence. After all, Nanyuan used to be Culture King's domain during the ancient past.
Why would the Book of Time appear here when returning home? There must be a mysterious relationship between Time Sage and Culture King.
"Culture King..."
Su Yu took the Culture Tomb and pointed it at thin air. Instantly, the air rippled, as though the Culture Tomb had established a connection with something. However, that was all. Nothing else changed.
Su Yu frowned. Was the Book of Time required for this? But he couldn't move that book. Or to be precise, he had no way of taking that book out. Perhaps he could try shaking the book? He might still be incapable of taking the book out, but he had grown enough to barely shake the book. Next, the book inside his head shook slightly. A wave of incorporeal power spread out of his sea of willpower.
Just then, faint rumbling sounds rang out in the air.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
It felt as though the sounds were coming from underground, but there was clearly nothing down there.
Su Long once said that he would occasionally hear thunderclaps here even when there was no storm. And for some reason, those thunderclaps would come from the ground instead of the sky.
The same thing was happening now.
Chapter 1677: For The Future (2)
"Book of Time..."
Su Yu's heart thumped. The ruin was really related to the Book of Time!
Those around him could hear the thunderclaps as well. They were all surprised. Was there really a ruin here?
Marquis Xia asked with an odd expression, "Is there really a ruin in Nanyuan? Culture King's ruin?"
Great Xia and Great Ming had been here for hundreds of years. Thus, they had once searched this place for a ruin. However, they had never found anything.
The confused Qin Zhen said, "So there are two ruins in Nanyuan? Didn't the Culture Mansion appear here not long ago?"
Su Yu replied nonchalantly, "That's a fake ruin. I made it with Principal Wan."
"..."
A large number of people were stunned upon hearing that. Even when they were feeling quite nervous about the impending crisis of humanity, they couldn't stop themselves from blanking out.
A fake?
Fuck!
A fake?
Even now, many still believed that the Nanyuan ruin was a real ruin. But now, Su Yu was saying that it was fake. What...was this? They started doubting the world itself. Even the myriad races were confident that the Nanyuan ruin was a real ruin.
Qin Zhen nearly choked on himself from the shock. He asked, "Fake? How is that possible?"
Su Yu frowned and said, "What about it? Back then, I wanted to lure some people out to kill. Without a fake ruin, how could I lure so many people over? I stabilized the fake ruin by crushing a carrier treasure while Principal Wan washed over it with the River of Time to make it look old. Isn't it obvious?"
What nonsense!
Qin Zhen felt like scolding someone. Was that supposed to be obvious to him? He looked at Liu Wushen and the others questioningly. Were they aware of that?
Nobody said anything. Faced with Qin Zhen's stare, Liu Wushen sent him a voice transmission, "We all saw through it. Wait, did you not see through it as well?"
Was that so? Qin Zhen started doubting himself. He looked around and...holy shit! Just look at all those calm expressions! Did everyone see through the fake ruin? Was he the only person fooled?
Holy shit!
He couldn't believe this. Was he alone?
As he looked around, his gaze landed on Qin Fang. He asked loudly, "Son, did you see through the fake ruin as well?"
Qin Fang, who was in the middle of a discussion with Huang Teng, answered, "Yes."
"..."
Fuck!
Qin Zhen refused to believe it.
He realized what they were doing. Damn it. Even his son had learned to act. These people were definitely acting. Did they think he would fall for their lies?
Screw them!
Just look at how hard they were trying to look unsurprised! He would have believed them if his son hadn't said the same as well. But since his son was saying the same, well, it was clear that everyone was acting here.
Su Yu was too distracted to say more to them. Once again, he shook the Book of Time slightly before looking at Hu Xiansheng and saying, "Faculty Head, please check for me again. See if there's anything unusual this time."
Once again, the incorporeal power rippled out.
Hu Xiansheng focused deeply. Among all the people here, he had the highest attainment in space. Even Invincibles might not be as good as him in the domain of space unless they specialized in it as well.
Yet again, he found nothing.
But suddenly, Junior Zhou King's expression changed slightly as he exclaimed, "This...this is a ruin erected on the River of Time!"
"What?"
Junior Zhou King was greatly shocked as well. A certain understanding dawned on him as he said, "There is a River of Time here...no, that's not it. The River of Time is everywhere. Normally, each of us can only open a tiny opening connected to the river. That tiny opening is the so-called individualized River of Time of an Invincible. However, someone had cleared a space on the main branch of the River of Time here, suppressed the river, before erecting a residence on it..."
Madness!
The more he spoke, the more alarmed he was. Culture King!
Was Culture King so powerful?
Junior Zhou King found it hard to believe.
Erecting a residence on the River of Time. Was he not afraid of being swept through by the currents of the river before vanishing into somewhere unknown?
Understanding dawned on Su Yu as well. Or to be precise, understanding dawned on everyone there. Like Junior Zhou King, they were all greatly shocked. And they finally understood why the ruin here had remained hidden until now. Instead of being erected in the real world, it stood atop the River of Time.
Junior Zhou King said, "Su-Holy Lord Su, continue sending that incorporeal power out! I think...I understand something here!"
He looked at the largest valley in the region and said, "There! Yes, there! There is a ruin here. It's not there now, it's not there in the future. It was there in the past! Go there! There used to be a ruin there, but it resided in the past!"
Everyone blanked out. They looked at the flat and empty valley. According to Junior Zhou King, a ruin was there. However, nobody could see it. Because it was in the past. This was starting to seem so complicated that even Invincibles were finding it hard to comprehend.
Su Yu hurriedly moved to the valley before shaking the Book of Time again. Immediately, everyone heard the deafening thunderclaps. With a roar, Junior Zhou King released his power of time.
Slowly, a waterfall appeared in front of them.
Looking at the waterfall, Junior Zhou King was greatly shocked. Was this a river?
No, someone had created an opening here to allow the water from the River of Time to drop down and serve as a gate. A gate of a residence. Follow current novᴇls on novel※fire.net
"This is a gate!"
The waterfall crashed down unceasingly, creating a deafening sound similar to thunderclaps. When one was here at the right time, one would be able to hear these so-called thunderclaps.
This was probably what Su Long had heard back then. These were no thunderclaps. These were the sounds of the waterfall crashing downward. All of them stared at the waterfall in shock. How could there be such a miraculous sight here?
Junior Zhou King explained, "A unique method is required to reveal this place. Without that incorporeal power, I wouldn't have been able to locate it either. But even now, the current of the waterfall is too fast for us to cross...Holy Lord, you might be the only one capable of going through. The ruin is most likely behind the waterfall."
At present, it looked as though a waterfall had appeared out of thin air. But all around the waterfall, nothing else was visible. The ruin was still nowhere to be seen. Thus, it was likely that one would need to step through the waterfall to enter the ruin.
As a specialist in time manipulation, Junior Zhou King only spent a short time studying the waterfall before saying, "I can keep the waterfall manifested out here, but I can't stop the current from falling. This is the power of time. Anyone stepping in might be washed away by the River of Time..."
Right at that moment, Su Yu dragged a devil Sunmoon out of his Mark of Civilization and tossed it into the waterfall. In the blink of an eye, the devil turned into bones. He couldn't even scream before it was all over.
The flow of time was too fast. In a split second, countless years had passed for the devil, instantly reducing him into bones. Even the bones didn't last long before being reduced to nothing. Enough time had passed that not even the bones could last.
Once again, everyone was stunned.
Great Liang King gasped in shock, "Millions of years in a spli second. Not even an Eternal can easily survive this."
"Culture King...is this the residence of Culture King?"
How terrifying. Would such an existence even die? He was someone who had erected his residence on the River of Time. It was understandable that his residence would remain hidden for so long. Even if one knew where it was, one wouldn't be able to enter.
There was a Culture King's Residence in the Luminous Domain Mansion.
But humanity originated from the Human Realm. This could very well be the real Culture King's Residence. The residence in the Luminous Domain Mansion was merely an office or a secondary home.
Zhu Tiandao inhaled deeply and said, "Forget this. Su Yu, don't go. This damn place is too dangerous. You could kill yourself with even a tiny bit of carelessness!"
Trying to enter such a place?
What a joke.
Nobody would dare.
Even a Sunmoon had been reduced to bones in a split second.
Su Yu's eyes lit up as he said, "This is a true treasure trove! Nobody has entered before!"
River of Time.
Time Sage.
Culture King.
Book of Time.
Sure enough, there was a special relationship between the two. If Soy Bun hadn't said that the two weren't the same person, Su Yu would most certainly conclude that the two were the same person.
Culture King resided on the River of Time. As for the Time Sage, she loved moving everywhere using the River of Time as a vehicle. The coincidence was too big.
Su Yu took a storage ring out and stored all his treasures in it.
He only kept the Mark of Civilization, Culture Tomb, Book of Time, Heavenly Hunt Index fragments, and his crown on him. Everything else on him was given to Bai Feng. Under Bai Feng's dazed gaze, he smiled and said, "I'll be back shortly. If I manage to come back, return my stuff. If not...you can have them all."
"No!" Bai Feng hurriedly said, "You can't die! A battle is still raging out there! With you dead, can the ancient guardians still fight outside the cities?"
"No."
"Then..."
Su Yu laughed and said, "Don't worry. I'm quite confident. I have the correct inheritance to do this. I wouldn't have dared to even consider this otherwise."
"But..."
Su Yu said, "No buts. If I die, I die. I will never be able to resist going in. In that case, I might as well do it now. If I'm destined to die like this, this isn't a bad time to die. By dying this early, the ancient cities might still be able to cleanly withdraw from this war."
The ancient cities had yet to get too involved in the war. Thus, they could still withdraw. With the Book of Time and Culture Tomb, Su Yu was quite confident he could survive going through the waterfall.
He really wanted to see if he could find anything helpful in there. He wouldn't be able to help those outside the Human Realm without gaining even more strength. At present, he couldn't even count on his ability to open death tunnels. Things were currently too uncertain for him to risk opening any death tunnels.
Also, Su Yu believed that since Great Zhou King and the others had decided to attack, there must be a reason for their confidence. Even in the worst-case scenario where the Human Realm fell, they could still give up on the Human Realm and set up a defensive position in the Celestial Chasm Realm.
The fall of the Human Realm would weaken them, but they were strong enough to defend themselves in the Celestial Chasm Realm.
After inhaling deeply, Su Yu stepped forth. Under everyone's worried gaze, he approached the waterfall. Suddenly, the female furball and the little furball appeared. He was the one who had kicked both of them out of his sea of willpower.
The female furball was clearly still angry at failing to eat Jade King, so she merely glared at Su Yu. As for the little furball, he asked in confusion, "What is it, Yummy?"
"Stay here for now. I'll go alone. This thing...might be harmful for you as well."
At that, the female furball looked at the waterfall. The sight of the waterfall reminded her of something. After thinking about it, she hesitated slightly before saying, "I think...I heard my husband spoke of this place before. Was this...Culture King's home back then? But that was a very long time ago. After the Luminous Domain Mansion was built, they all moved out of the Human Realm. This might be his residence even earlier than the ancient past."
Earlier than the ancient past?
Chapter 1678: For The Future (3)
The female furball explained, "The era after the Myriad Realms were conquered was known as the ancient past. The time before that was known as...the primordial past. I think so. The primordial giant race was one of the overlords then. But eventually, humanity conquered the Myriad Realms and built the Luminous Domain Mansion. With the conquest, the Human Realm became the holy land of the Myriad Realms. At the time, holy pilgrimages to the Human Realm would be organized every now and then..."
At present, everyone called the era of the Human Emperor the ancient past. As for the era before, it was rarely mentioned. Prior to the conquest, humanity lived in the Human Realm.
After the conquest, the top experts of humanity had built the Luminous Domain Mansion before moving into it to make it easier to strengthen their rule. Even the experts of the myriad races were forced to move into the mansion to maintain the authority of humanity.
Since then, the Human Realm became a holy land. The top experts such as the Human Emperor had rarely returned after that. Thus, not many people knew the location of Culture King's residence in the Human Realm.
In fact, Culture King had sealed his residence away after moving out of the Human Realm. Even those close to him, like Soy Bun, had only heard of the place.
Flatbun recalled hearing Soy Bun talk about this waterfall before.
"Primordial past..."
This was also Su Yu's first time hearing of the primordial giant race's origin. He had thought that it was merely a name, but now, he knew that it was a name they had picked to remember their past glory. Prior to the ancient past, they were probably only known as the giants, not the primordial giants.
Su Yu was quite curious about these ancient stories, but this was not the time for him to talk about all that. He only knew that this was Culture King's Residence. What was the relationship between Time Sage and Culture King? Perhaps he would receive his answer today.
"Furball, Senior Flat, wait here for me. I'll go—"
"I wanna go!"
The little furball shouted loudly.
Su Yu was left speechless. Why? The little fellow might get himself killed trying to enter.
"I won't die if you don't die! I can turn into a character!"
The little furball was quite stubborn about it.
As Su Yu frowned, the little furball wrinkled his nose and said, "Smells good! If I go, I might get some good things!"
Good things?
Yes, there might be some in there. But it would also be extremely risky.
The female furball thought about it and said, "Just take him. I won't be going, but his aura is nearly identical to yours now. He will be fine as long as you're fine."
After absorbing so much of the power from Su Yu's characters, the little furball's aura had slowly become one with Su Yu's.
After giving it some thought, Su Yu agreed. At that, the little furball charged back into his sea of willpower in excitement. Inside, he hid himself in the middle of a bunch of characters.
Su Yu wasted no time and continued approaching the waterfall.
Everyone else waited in worry. If he got himself killed here, humanity would lose this war. Without the ancient guardians, the Human Realm wouldn't last. However, both the Human Realm and the Celestial Chasm Realm were currently surrounded by the myriad races. They were still too weak to do anything about it. Thus, something must change.
Also, the ancient guardians couldn't stay outside their cities forever. Su Yu wouldn't be able to keep it up for too long. It was only a matter of time before humanity was defeated.
The myriad races would not give Su Yu or the ancient guardians the chance to recover and fight again this time. They knew that to properly resolve this threat, they had to keep fighting without a moment of rest. That would be the best way to get Su Yu killed.
It was also unlikely that Su Yu would have the chance to go anywhere near the Luminous Domain Mansion this time. The myriad races must have prepared to intercept him before he could reach.
There was also no guarantee that Old Zhou would be able to hear his call from so far away. In truth, one of the reasons Su Yu had decided to go through the waterfall was the excessive amount of death qi in his body. He needed something that could exhaust the excessive death qi in his body.
Instead of stepping straight into the waterfall, he reached out with his hand first. The power of time rippled as his arm slowly sank into the water. Some of the people behind him were so worried they didn't even dare to look at him anymore.
When Su Yu inserted his hand in the waterfal, he felt...nothing. Meanwhile, the Book of Time inside his head was shaking slightly, as though it was jumping in excitement. It radiated the joy of someone returning home.
Su Yu's eyes flickered. Sure enough, the Book of Time was the key to enter this ruin. But what was up with the Culture Tomb and the Heavenly Hunt Index fragments? They weren't reacting at all.
Was this really Culture King's home?
Was this not Time Sage's home instead?
Was this supposed to be a joke?
Why were Culture King's belongings not reacting to his home?
But then, understanding dawned on Su Yu. The Culture Tomb was meant for an inheritor. The Heavenly Hunt Index was meant as a tool for the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. These were essentially outsiders. Why would one give the key to one's home to outsiders?
Nope.
An inheritor was essentially a disciple.
The keeper of the Heavenly Hunt Index would be a subordinate.
Meanwhile, this was Culture King's home, not a place his disciple and subordinate could enter freely. Thus, neither the Culture Tomb nor the Heavenly Hunt Index could be used as the key here.
The Book of Time alone was different.
This was the home of both Culture King and Time Sage. At this point, Su Yu was already certain of one thing. The two were a couple.
How surprising. Martial King might have gotten himself a bunch of wives, but Culture King had also gotten himself a lover. In short, Human Emperor was the sole foreveralone among the three.
Sure enough, being single was the key to being the strongest. Of the three, Human Emperor ranked first, Culture King ranked second, and Martial King ranked third. From the number of lovers they had, this ranking made perfect sense.
With such random thoughts in his mind, Su Yu stepped into the waterfall.
As the water slid down his body, he remained completely unaffected. Inside his head, the Book of Time was shining, protecting his body from the power of time. With one step, he vanished into the waterfall.
For everyone watching, it seemed as though he had vanished into the stream of water falling out of thin air. It was as though he had ceased existing.
Just then, Qin Zhen muttered, "So can we kill Su Yu by simply removing this waterfall here?"
Instantly, numerous gazes landed on Zhou Tianyuan.
All of them were staring at him warily.
Zhou Tianyuan was left completely speechless.
It was Qin Zhen and his stupid mouth again!
With a helpless expression, Zhou Tianyuan said, "Don't look at me like this. I can only keep this waterfall manifested in the real world. Since Su Yu is already inside, he will most likely have a way to leave even without me manifesting this waterfall."
Why were they looking at him like that? He hadn't even done anything! That bastard Qin Zhen was the one thinking about removing the waterfall!
Just then, a massive rumble rang out.
Up in the sky, the sound of something crashing into a wall could be heard. Then, a face appeared in the sky.
"Father!"
Marquis Xia looked up and saw the face of his father in the sky. That was such a familiar face. Understanding dawned on everyone. Great Xia King had just been slammed into the realm barrier by someone. That looked...painful.
After all, he had crashed hard enough into the realm barrier to leave an imprint of his face on it. The realm barrier was extremely sturdy. Thus, a massive impact was required to even imprint someone's face on it. Who was Great Xia King fighting?
That was a worrying thought, but at the same time, this was also quite a comical sight. Yes. Even when they were in such a massive crisis, they could still find something to laugh about. Upon being distorted, a realm barrier would take some time to return to how it was.
Thus, that face of Great Xia King would remain in the sky for quite a while.
The sight of the face in the sky was quite comical, but somehow, it also looked quite eerie.
After all, that face was too big.
***
At the same time.
Outside the Human Realm.
After coughing a mouthful of blood, Great Xia King turned around and swung his saber at the Dragon Pseudo Emperor. At the moment, he was fighting the Dragon Pseudo Emperor alongside Heavendoom and Great Ming King. The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor was fighting the Spirit Pseudo Emperor.
As for the old turtle, he was fighting the Nether Pseudo Emperor and the Devil Pseudo Emperor. He was finding the battle quite exhausting as chaos was erupting in the Death Realm at the same time. Thus, he had to split some of his attention to suppress the death spirits and the stirring death qi as well.
Their opponents were in no rush. In fact, the Devil Pseudo Emperor was smiling as he said, "Friends, there is no rush. Let's take our time. Drag this out. Let's see if Senior Grand Dream can keep this up for long. I'm also curious if Su Yu can keep this up forever."
The moments the ancient cities were out of the picture, the humans would lose even with the iron devourers helping them.
This was a battle where several human Invincibles, about ten iron devourer Invincibles, and thirty-six ancient guardians had to face four Daofuses and nearly a hundred enemy Invincibles. With the strength of the ancient cities, they could still hold the line for now. But the moment the ancient cities stopped fighting, the iron devourers and humans would be wiped out.
The myriad races would not spare them anymore.
The old turtle was frowning.
Damn it!
Inside the region of the Death Realm under his control, He Tu was under assault by those from the Eastern King Residence. Two marquises had arrived to capture He Tu. Thus, the old turtle was forced to use two-thirds of his strength to handle the two marquises. One could say that he alone was facing four Daofuses at the same time.
If it weren't for the fact that the Devil Pseudo Emperor and Nether Pseudo Emperor were relatively weak Daofuses, the old turtle wouldn't have lasted this long. Fortunately, the two marquises were also weaker than usual since they were both dead, not alive.
Nevertheless, this was still an extremely difficult battle for him. At this rate, he would still be defeated. With his defeat, Su Yu would be forced to take on an even higher amount of death qi. That would result in the withdrawal of the ancient guardians. And that would essentially result in a defeat for the humans.
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The old turtle was feeling quite helpless.
What now?
Great Zhou King was already a Daofuse. Thus, he might fight his way out of the Celestial Chasm Realm. But he would most likely be stopped from returning to the Human Realm as there were also multiple Daofuses waiting for him there.
***
At the same time.
Outside the Celestial Chasm Realm.
Great Zhou King had indeed fought his way out.
He was standing beside the big furball, the Primordial Giant King, and Space Devourer. They were in a standoff with Tiangu, the Divine Pseudo Emperor, the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, and the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. There were eight Daofuses here, but a battle had not erupted between them.
Great Zhou King did not intend to start a battle here. Instead, he was staring in the direction of Human Realm. Kneeling before him was Heavenly Seal King.
With a sigh, Great Zhou King looked at Heavenly Seal King and said, "Look at this. Humanity still stands. Why couldn't you resist betraying us? What's the point?"
He shook his head and threw a palm attack out. Instead of killing, he only sealed Heavenly Seal King. Done with that, he sighed and said, "Su Yu will handle you when I kill my way back. For now, you may rest. Pray I live longer as that will also allow you to live a tad bit longer."
Not far away, Tiangu looked at Great Zhou King and asked, "Are you actually thinking of killing a way back?"
Great Zhou King nodded, "That's doable. Do you doubt me?"
Tiangu smiled and said, "I don't. But if you leave, we'll break into the Celestial Chasm Realm. Can Qin Guang and the others kill their way back as well?"
Everyone was waiting. They were waiting for a result from the Human Realm. There, six Daofuses were fighting. It was unknown if the female furball would also join the battle. Once again, Great Zhou King returned his focus to the Human Realm. He was waiting for something to happen. If things remained the same, he would have no choice but to take a bigger bet.
Since the female furball had yet to leave the Human Realm, it signified that things weren't desperate enough yet. Unless absolutely necessary, Great Zhou King did not want to make such a big bet.
"Su Yu, someone blessed by luck, and someone with full control over the luck of humanity. Will something change?"
So long as Su Yu could continue allowing the ancient guardians to keep fighting, there would be hope. They could continue the fight until both parties were too tired to continue.
Furthermore, if humanity could last long enough, there was a possibility that even more races would be tempted to side with humanity. The longer humanity lasted, the more allies they could potentially gain.
And they were in desperate need of allies. Not now, but this would be the case in the future. When those beyond returned, they might find that the old fossils of humanity had all died. In that scenario, allies would be extremely helpful. Thus, humanity had to showcase enough strength in this battle to win more support.
Yes. This was what Great Zhou King was waiting for. New allies.
This battle would be rather pointless otherwise. Killing a few more Daofuses wouldn't do much for them. They had to start planning for the future. He was also waiting for Su Yu to produce yet another surprise.
This was the day Su Yu, the child of destiny, was crowned the leader of humanity. Thus, that might lead to even more changes.
Great Zhou King sighed inwardly. Since the damn kid was the one who had messed with all his plans, it was only natural that the kid be the one to make up for it as well.
Chapter 1679: Culture King's Residence (1)
Great Zhou King was waiting for something to change.
Tiangu and the others were also waiting. They were waiting for the ancient guardians to reach their limits and withdraw from the battle.
Without the ancient guardians, humanity would lose and the Human Realm would be broken into. Meanwhile, Great Zhou King and the others would be trapped in the Celestial Chasm Realm. It was only a matter of time before they were defeated as well.
Su Yu and the old turtle played the biggest roles here. The other guardians wouldn't be able to hold on for long once the old turtle reached his limit. And when Su Yu reached his limit, the ancient guardians would be forced to return to their cities.
***
Su Yu had just stepped through the waterfall.
His vision blurred as he found himself stepping into the Starfall Mountain yet again. Yes. His surroundings did not change. It was still the Starfall Mountain, yet this Starfall Mountain was slightly different from the previous Starfall Mountain.
The great valley was the main reason for this place to be known as the Starfall Mountain. According to the legends, a star had fallen here to create the massive valley. The valley was supposed to be flat and empty.
But after going through the waterfall, that was no longer the case. The surrounding cliffs were still there. But in the middle of the valley, a splendid and magnificent house could be seen.
It had the design of a regular traditional mansion, but it was surrounded by a lot of flowers. It was as though the house stood in the middle of a sea of flowers. Several walking paths cut across the field of flowers.
A swing could be seen in the courtyard of the house. Su Yu could see it clearly. At the moment, the swing was swaying slightly to the wind.
The faint fragrance of the flowers entered Su Yu's nose. It was a comfortable fragrance, one that gave any visitor the urge to take a deep breath.
"Yummy!"
The sudden exclamation caused Su Yu to jump in shock. He then gave the little furball, who had just emerged from his head, a little knock as punishment.
Why did the little fellow talk so suddenly?
This was the old lair of Culture King and Time Sage. He was very nervous to be here. A private residence was not something to be intruded upon easily.
Su Yu knew that very well. After all, he himself had reacted violently after the same happened to him. In fact, he had killed because of it.
Since Culture King and Time Sage had taken the effort to hide their home, it was clear they didn't want anyone entering their home without permission. If they were dead, so be it. But if they weren't...
No, wait. Su Yu was here bearing the Book of Time.
Su Yu told himself that he was here openly with the key. He was no thief!
With a cough, he said, "Su Yu, leader of humanity's holy land, is here to visit Senior Culture King. Are you home, Senior?"
Su Yu thought that if an answer came, he would probably start crying. That was such a scary thought.
But just then, a reply came. "Not home."
"..."
All of Su Yu's hair stood on end.
The little furball's hair was also standing on end.
Holy shit!
Was there really someone here? That was quite a tender voice, but there was no mistaking it. The voice came from the house in front of him.
Su Yu started sweating. Just how long had this house been sealed off from the public?
Since the era before the ancient past, right?
The proper ancient past began after the unification of the Myriad Realms by the Human Realm. Culture King had sealed his house since the unification. Thus, this house was actually older than even the big furball.
And now, someone was speaking from inside the house!
Su Yu's heart thumped violently. Suddenly, the same voice rang out, "Who are you?"
The tribulation character was pulsing, but it wasn't too intense. Perhaps this would be fine. Su Yu calmed down somewhat.
Su Yu hurriedly said, "I am the current leader of humanity. I am also the successor of both Culture King and Time Sage."
He had a feeling the person inside the house was not Culture King. Otherwise, the voice wouldn't have claimed that Culture King wasn't home earlier. Was it the Time Sage? That shouldn't be the case, right?
That voice was too tender. It sounded like the voice of a child, not an adult. Was this...a descendant of Culture King and Time Sage? That thought shocked Su Yu, but he soon rejected it. This place had been sealed for so many years. Even a child of the two would have grown old after so long.
"Current leader of humanity?" The voice asked doubtfully, "What about the Human Emperor?"
"Uhm...the Human Emperor was the leader of the Myriad Realms. Senior...may I know your identity?"
Su Yu was still extremely wary of this voice. This place was not deserted. Anyone still here after so long would most certainly be a super expert. It had been more than a hundred thousand years. Much longer. How long did humanity's rule over the Myriad Realms last?
Su Yu had no idea.
The period of rule on top of a hundred thousand years would be the time at which this house had been sealed. There had probably been no visitors all these years. Anyone capable of entering would be someone at Culture King's level.
Thus, whether this voice belonged to an original resident or a subsequent visitor, it still wasn't someone he could afford to offend. Even a useless pig could probably become a Daofuse by living for a hundred thousand years. Could Eternals live for so long?
Su Yu was unsure.
In any case, the oldest Eternal Su Yu had seen was Bountiful Treasure General, a ninth-degree Eternal who had lived longer than a hundred thousand years. Speaking of, the Bountiful Treasure General sure was useless. He was even more useless than a pig. How was he still an Eternal after so long?
Numerous thoughts surfaced in Su Yu's mind, but he hurriedly suppressed them. This wasn't the time for him to think about all that. He had not expected that there would be someone in Culture King's house. In that case, would he be returning empty-handed today?
The voice rang out again, "If you're not the Human Emperor, why are you calling yourself the leader of humanity?" Follow current novᴇls on novel※fire.net
The voice sounded surprised.
Su Yu guessed that this must be an existence that had been staying here since before the collapse of the ancient past. He hurriedly explained, "It has been over a hundred thousand years since Human Emperor's rule. Human Emperor, Culture King, and the others have all vanished. Over the past hundred thousand years, the human race has been subjected to the intense assault of the myriad races. We have suffered nine defeats. I am the leader of the tenth epoch."
"You're so weak."
"..."
How hurtful.
That was rude.
Su Yu started growing suspicious. The owner of this voice...was too strong. And not too well-versed in the art of communication. That was why this person had spoken in such a manner.
The same voice rang out again, "Leader of humanity...why so weak? You're only a Mountainsea."
Su Yu's heart thumped as he cupped his fists and said, "Senior, I can fight Eternals. I'm not too weak among humanity. Only a few humans are stronger than me nowadays."
"Oh...wow. They're so weak. No wonder they lost nine times. How pitiful."
"..."
Holy shit!
That was too honest!
Su Yu did not have the time to chat about random topics here. He hurriedly said, "Senior, once again, humanity is under the attack of the myriad races. We're on the verge of destruction. Through the Book of Time, Culture Tomb, and humanity's holy token, I found this residence. I wish to get Culture King's help in saving humanity!"
"But my master isn't home."
The voice asked, "Is my master missing?"
Master?
A new thought emerged in Su Yu's mind. He carefully said, "Senior, since Culture King isn't home...could you...help humanity?"
"Me?"
"I can't. I'm very weak. And I need to guard our home!"
Next, Su Yu saw the owner of the voice.
In the courtyard of the house, a white and fat puppy appeared. Yes. A white and plump puppy. The puppy lazily swayed left and right as it walked forward.
Under Su Yu's dumbstruck gaze, the white puppy soared into the sky and said, "My master is not around! I need to guard the house!"
Su Yu swallowed.
A dog?
A dog who had lived for a hundred thousand years?
Holy shit!
What...was going on here? How was this dog not dead?
The white dog wagged his tail slightly. Due to the familiar scent on Su Yu, he did not dislike Su Yu. He said, "Uhm...new human leader, are you listening to me?"
A certain idea bloomed in Su Yu's mind. Even a dog of Culture King would be a super expert. Since this was the guard left behind to watch over Culture King's house, the dog might even be a super expert.
"Senior..." Su Yu hurriedly said, "Yes, I'm listening. But humanity is facing destruction. Culture King was the saint of humanity. If he were around, he wouldn't have allowed humanity to fall. Please help humanity. I can get some people to guard this place for you. Nobody will be allowed to intrude!"
The white dog thought about it and nodded, "Yes. My master would definitely help if he were still around. But Master has been away for too long. The little master has also been away for too long. New Guy...you have the smell of Little Master on you. Have you met my little master before?"
"Little master?" Su Yu blurted, "Time Sage?"
Sure enough!
Sure enough, this was the residence of Culture King and Time Sage! But...wait, little master? What was the meaning of that?
Wasn't Time Sage the wife of Culture King?
Su Yu asked carefully, "Are you referring to Time Sage, Senior?"
"Time Sage?" The white dog thought about it and nodded, "I think so. I don't know what others call my little master. Here, I only know my little master as the little master. She has been gone for a very long time. Have you met her anywhere?"
"No." Su Yu said, "Time Sage has gone missing for a long time. I am the inheritor of her Book of Time. That was how I got in here."
"Book of Time?" The white dog asked, "The book with a lot of tasty treats?"
"..."
Su Yu's heart thumped. It wasn't surprising for this dog to know about the Book of Time.
He nodded, "Yes. Exactly!"
He looked at the white dog and carefully asked, "Senior, are you willing to leave and help humanity? Also...what is your strength?"
"Strength?"
The white dog wagged his tail slightly and said, "Eternal? I think."
Eternal? Su Yu frowned. Only Eternal?
Chapter 1680: Culture King's Residence (2)
Before Su Yu could say anything, the dog continued, "I can't leave! Master is not back! I can't leave! I have to guard our home!"
The white dog knew that his two masters were humans. However, he had his own mission. A dog's mission. Since his master wasn't home, he had to guard their home. That was his most important mission.
Neither Culture King nor Time Sage had given him the mission to save humanity. He was merely a guard dog. Meant to guard their home.
Su Yu felt quite helpless. Even if he could get this dog to help, a single Eternal wouldn't be too helpful. Not even a ninth-degree Eternal would be enough to reverse the situation for humanity.
After forcefully calming himself down somewhat, Su Yu said, "Senior, did Culture King and Time Sage leave any treasures behind? Something capable of killing Daofuses? If there are, can I borrow these treasures for a bit?"
"Something capable of killing Daofuses?" The white dog shook his head and said, "The master and little master left no treasures behind. This is only a home. This is a place to eat, sleep, and read. There are no treasures here."
The more Su Yu listened, the more anxious he got.
Just then, the little furball, who was sprawled on Su Yu's head, wrinkled his nose and shouted, "Liar! Treasures! I can smell the yummy smell of the treasures!"
Only then did the white dog notice the little furball. He looked at the little furball with an odd gaze and said, "Huh? I saw you before, I think...no, wait, you're so weak. Oh oh oh...I remember now! A long time ago, Master took something like you back! I saw that!"
"Soy Bun?" Su Yu asked.
The white dog nodded, "Yes, yes! Soy Bun! He was brought back when the little master was eating some soy buns. When she saw him, she said that he looked like an appetizing soy bun. Since then, Master started calling that fellow Soy Bun."
Was that the origin story of Soy Bun?
Su Yu inhaled deeply. Little master. That was the Time Sage.
"Uhm...can I ask you a question? Who is Time Sage to Culture King?"
"The little master is Master's younger sister!"
Sister?
Su Yu had an odd expression. Weren't the two supposed to be a couple? How did that turn into sublings?
So Time Sage was Culture King's little sister?
Holy shit!
Was this known to anyone?
Wait, Human Emperor and some other people should know, right? That must be so, right? Between Culture King and Time Sage, which was stronger? Well, that wasn't important now.
Su Yu's anxiousness was growing. Was he really going to leave empty-handed? Things were going to get very troublesome.
He was sure Great Zhou King wouldn't have started the war without a trump card, but the price for such a trump card would probably be very high. As the current leader of humanity, Su Yu felt like he couldn't return from Culture King's Residence empty-handed. Read full story at novelFirｅ.net
"Senior, humanity is really in a crisis. Billions of us are in a crisis. Humanity will cease to exist. Senior, for the sake of Culture King and Time Sage, please save humanity once!"
The white dog struggled, "But...I can't leave! Before she left, the little master told me to watch over our home! She told me to not break things! She will check when she's back!"
Suddenly, the white dog recalled something and rushed back into the house.
A short while later, the white dog returned with a kettle in his mouth. He said, "It's time for me to water the flowers! The little master will be angry if the flowers are dead when she comes back!"
Then, he soared into the sky before watering the plants around the house.
Su Yu watched blankly.
That kettle...looked like a weapon.
When he focused, he noted that...the kettle was a heaven weapon! As a weaponsmith, he could see that much.
He was certain!
As for the water...holy shit! That was no water. That was sunmoon profound yellow liquid!
Was that the case?
It must be!
Su Yu's heart thumped. What was the sunmoon profound yellow liquid? That was a supreme treasure Sunmoons could use to strengthen their apertures. But such a treasure was being used to water some plants here?
When Su Yu first arrived, he had not thought much about the flowers around him. But now, he focused on the flowers again.
Instantly, his heart thumped rapidly.
He gapsed in shock.
These flowers...were treasures as well!
While watering the flowers, the white dog said, "New Guy, are humans in danger? I can't help. Why don't you hide here? Nobody can reach this place. You'll be fine here."
Su Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Senior, I am the current leader of humanity. If I hide away, humanity will be finished."
"Oh..."
The white dog was still struggling, but he did not stop watering the flowers. He said, "Your enemies must not be too strong if someone so weak like you can be the leader of humanity. Are your enemies weak as well? If they're really so weak, I might have a solution."
"Weak?" Su Yu said, "No. They have a lot of Daofuses."
The white dog said, "Then they must be very strong. Daofuses are very powerful. So what daos have they fused with? How many daos have they fused with? I don't think I can be their match. I have only opened one dao. A small dao. I am nothing compared to my master and little master. My dao is still quite short. New Guy, I can't defeat them."
Su Yu blanked out.
Opening a dao?
This dog had opened his very own dao?
Finally, the dog was done watering the flowers. He delivered the kettle back to the house. Then, he ran to the gate of the courtyard and opened it. He said, "New Guy, come on in. But since the master isn't around, you can only stay in the courtyard. You can't enter without the master."
Su Yu had an odd expression. This was quite a courteous dog.
After giving it a thought, he stepped into the courtyard.
Inside, the dog wagged his tail to welcome Su Yu. He went back into the house and said, "Take a seat. I'll make tea for you. My master left some good tea behind. Since you can reach this place, you're a guest. You can't come inside, but the master won't mind serving you some tea..."
Su Yu said nothing. He merely sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard. The courtyard was clean and tidy. It did not look abandoned at all. Carely, the white dog had taken good care of the place.
The bluestones on the ground looked sleek and clean, and flowers were planted here and there. Beside the stone bench and stone table, a massive old tree stood, providing shade to the stone bench and table. This was indeed a good place to grab a cup of tea and rest.
However, Su Yu couldn't move his eyes from the tree. His heart was thumping. This ancient tree...was a supreme treasure as well! He was certain! Thick heavenly source qi was being released by the tree. In fact, he could even sense the power of laws rippling around the tree.
Had this tree gained sentience from existing for so long? Even the stone table was something that had been soaked in an environment of thick source qi for countless years. When Su Yu focused, he gasped in shock. The stone table...felt like a divine weapon!
He suspected that as the stone table felt even more powerful than any heaven weapon he knew of. He was greatly shocked.
The fact that he was only allowed to stay in the courtyard did not diminish his shock in the slightest. Just what he saw out here was shocking enough. Was this the residence of Culture King and Time Sage?
Just then, the white dog returned. The white dog came carrying a tray with his mouth. On the tray, a pot of tea and two cups rested.
The white dog arranged the tea on the table in a well-practiced manner. He did not seem interested in transforming into a humanoid form. As such, he was used to carrying things with his mouth.
After setting the teapot and two cups down, he lifted the teapot with his mouth and poured the two cups full with tea. Then, he said, "Have a drink."
Su Yu wasn't in the mood to drink tea, but as the fragrance of the tea reached his nose, he felt invigorated. Thus, he lifted the cup and smiled, "Thank you, Senior."
"You're welcome."
As for the little furball, he was usually extremely picky with food. But this time, he jumped onto the table without any hesitation before giving the tea a lick. Instantly, his body started shining.
Shocked, Su Yu took a sip as well. The moment the tea entered his mouth, he felt his blood boil.
After the intense battle outside, his body had suffered a lot of damage. Not even the numerous treasures he had consumed had changed that. But now, some dark blood started seeping out of his pores.
His newly grown flesh was being strengthened at a rapid pace. That was the effect of a single sip of tea. Su Yu had a lot of body-recovery treasures, including the smiling mouth lotus. But as his body grew strong, these treasures were already much less effective than before.
Just what tea was this?
Something capable of healing even his body could most certainly be considered a treasure.
Su Yu asked, "Senior, what tea is this?"
The white dog said, "This tea...hmm...it's delicious. Normally, we'll only serve it when there are guests. It came from the tea tree my master and little master planted personally on the River of Time. It can only be harvested once in many years."
There was no name for this tea since it was merely some random tea they planted at home.
Su Yu blanked out. Planting tea on the River of Time. What a terrifying pair of siblings. Everyone was boundlessly fearful of the River of Time, yet they were both living and farming on it.
Su Yu said nothing and took another sip. The flavor changed with the second sip. This time, his sea of willpower started boiling. His willpower had grown to the ninth-stage Mountainsea Realm. He also had thirty characters, with a decent number of Sunmoon characters. However, the majority of them were still Mountainsea characters.
With that sip of tea, a dense wave of pure willpower washed over his sea of willpower. The characters started devouring the wave of willpower ravenously. One of the characters charged into the clump of newly arrived willpower. Instantly, it started advancing.
Yes. Advancing.
Just a single sip had caused a character to advance.
It was the fire of inheritance.
Su Yu had been trying to grow it for quite a while, but he had never gotten the chance. In the past, he had been prioritizing the more practical characters. Finally, it was the fire of inheritance's chance to advance into a Sunmoon Realm.
Su Yu could also feel some power of laws hidden amid the clump of pure willpower. That clump of energy was more than willpower. Willpower alone would not trigger such a rapid advancement.
Once again, Su Yu's heart thumped. Absolute treasure!
Holy shit!
Culture King's territory was clearly filled with treasures!
This was only a cup of tea!
He wasted no time and started drinking madly, allowing the tea to replenish him with a large amount of willpower and source qi.
He was fully immersed in the wonderful sensation.
His characters advanced one after another.
His sea of willpower started expanding and strengthening as well. Even his apertures were absorbing the newly arrived willpower. The nine apertures floating above his sea of willpower started showing signs of further fusion. This was the prelude to an advancement into the Sunmoon Realm.
Beside Su Yu, the little furball was swaying about, as though he was drunk. At the same time, his entire body was shining brightly. He had seemingly transformed into a golden ball. Suddenly, his aura changed. The little furball had been in the Mountainsea Realm for quite a while. Of course, for Su Yu, that was only a short period of time.
Since the little furball had never played a big role in his battles, he had been neglecting the litle furball's strength. And now, the little furball had advanced into a Sunmoon.
That instantly woke Su Yu up from his reverie.
The little furball continued swaying around like he was drunk. He had a look of joy in his eyes as his aura slowly grew stronger. Before long, his aura stabilized. He had completed his advancement.
In the past, he would always be rewarded with some heavenly rewards for each advancement. This time, there was nothing.
So did he advance or not?
Yes. He did.