Divine Characters Are Beaten into Submission

Su Yu was overjoyed. Liu Wenyan smiled. "Don't celebrate too early. Like I said, divine characters depend heavily on compatibility. Not just any divine character can be taken in by you. If it were that simple, people wouldn't have died back when they transplanted divine characters due to incompatibility." A soft sigh escaped Liu Wenyan's heart. Many had taken part in transplanting divine characters back then, yet hardly any survived in the end. Xia Yunqi, Hu Ping, Zhao Mingyue… Only a handful remained! Yet quite a crowd had participated at the time. Divine characters could clash! Su Yu paused, realizing the truth in that. After thinking it over, he asked cautiously, "Teacher, if even you could succeed, I… should be fine, right?" *What does that mean?* Liu Wenyan stared at him in dead silence. *Now that's an interesting choice of words.* *What do you mean, 'if even you could succeed, I should be fine'?* *I, Liu Wenyan, was once a genius who slew Tengkong while still in the Yangxing Realm!* *No, I was a genius who slew Sun Moon while in the Tengkong Realm! Even if it was only a Sun Moon divine character I killed, it was still my kill. Compared to me, you brat are still a long way off!* "I've killed a Sun Moon!" Liu Wenyan dropped that single line. *What do you have to be arrogant about?* *Everything you're pulling off now is just what I've already done!* *Have you killed a Sun Moon?* *If not, shut your mouth!* Su Yu indeed clamped his mouth shut. There was no countering that. Even if one argued that Liu Wenyan had relied on external power, Su Yu himself constantly relied on external power through the strength of blood essence. In terms of cultivation, he was still in the Lingyun Realm and had only killed a peak Shanhai. Liu Wenyan was genuinely formidable—he had even destroyed the divine character avatar of an Invincible expert. Out of curiosity, Su Yu asked, "Teacher, have you ever made it onto the Heaven Hunting Ranking?" "…" Liu Wenyan ignored him. *Mind your own business!* *I'll get on it if I feel like it, and I won't if I don't.* *To hell with you!* Truth be told, he really had made the cut once—on the Yellow Ranking, of course. He had been to the All-Heavens Battlefield… no, he had lived on the All-Heavens Battlefield. Liu Wenyan had been a bona fide genius, or Ye Batian never would have taken him in. Living on the All-Heavens Battlefield, he naturally earned a spot on the ranking, though his glory had been fleeting. Later, he went to the Human Realm, where he suffered the greatest setback of his life. His teacher fell in battle. Following that death, he inherited the divine characters and went into hiding. That seclusion lasted fifty years. Now he was old. Given his age, even though he could kill opponents above his cultivation stage, his strength held no advantage whatsoever over the younger generation. Naturally, there was no chance of him appearing on the rankings again. Yet he had genuinely made the list back then—on the Yellow Ranking, somewhere in the three hundreds. Truly! Forget it. Discussing this with someone ranked third on the Heaven Ranking was utterly pointless—it was merely asking to be humiliated. He would just act as though he had never been on it! Liu Wenyan remarked nonchalantly, "I made my name in the Human Realm. Back then, I was only in the Yangxing Realm and had never fought against all the races. Why would I be on any ranking? Besides, that Heaven Hunting Ranking is nothing more than a butcher's registry. What's so great about being on it? Hardly any of the powerhouse figures on those past lists met a good end!" Ye Batian had been one, and Xia Longwu… might end up the same. What was so impressive about dominating the charts? It still led straight to death. There was nothing to swagger about. Disdaining to banter further with Su Yu, Liu Wenyan briskly said, "Enough nonsense. Let's find a safe spot to test how to transfer the divine characters. We also need to see if we can move them one by one. Taking too many at once will burst your sea of will and leave you unable to exert their might." Su Yu nodded and promptly suggested, "Heaven-Severing Valley is very safe!" "…" Liu Wenyan was utterly speechless. *Dammit, everyone else treats Heaven-Severing Valley as a deadly hazard, yet this kid calls it safe.* Granted, Su Yu and the others had exhausted a vast amount of saber qi and sacred power earlier, making Heaven-Severing Valley far less dangerous than before. Still, it wasn't a place just anyone could stroll into. "Fine!" Liu Wenyan couldn't be bothered to argue. That place it was. Master and disciple hurried toward Heaven-Severing Valley. As they flew, Su Yu asked, "Teacher, exactly how many Sun Moon divine characters do you have?" He was genuinely curious about this. He knew Ye Batian possessed a twenty-two-character divine character battle technique. However, during the previous crisis, Liu Wenyan appeared to have detonated some non-human divine characters. How many were left now? Liu Wenyan smiled. "Quite a few. There are fourteen left. Originally there were fifteen, but I gave one to that girl Wu Jia." Su Yu knew about that. Before departing, Liu Wenyan had given Wu Jia a necklace. Bai Feng had told Su Yu via voice transmission that the necklace contained a Sun Moon divine character. Pondering this, Su Yu sent a voice transmission: "Teacher, back when people asked you for them, why didn't you hand them over?" Back then, Jin Yuhui and others had demanded them from Liu Wenyan, as had the Zhou family of the Great Zhou Prefecture, but he had refused every single one. He had claimed he couldn't materialize them. Had that been a lie all along? With an exasperated expression, Liu Wenyan replied via voice transmission, "It wasn't possible back then. I had no way to split them up or materialize them. Later, after detonating the non-human characters, the battle technique was broken apart, and only then could I extract them… But by then, hadn't we already fallen out?" *Since we'd already become enemies, why the hell would I give them anything?!* Afterward, because of Su Yu, Zhou Polong from the Great Zhou Prefecture had agreed to trade divine characters and wipe the slate clean. Consequently, even after materializing them, there was no need to pay any heed to the Zhou family. *What a coincidence.* Su Yu gave Liu Wenyan a suspicious side-glance. *The moment you fell out with them, you managed to get them out.* *Tsk tsk!* Never mind. Regardless of whether it was true, there was no point debating it with his teacher. Giving them away or not didn't matter. Besides, these had originally belonged to the Fifth Generation, inherited from his teacher's teacher. What was wrong with refusing to hand them over? As for the Zhou family, hadn't Su Yu already spared Shan Xiong? Either way, the slate was wiped clean! Liu Wenyan felt helpless. *Dammit, it's true!* Forget it. The kid was bound to be suspicious. In his shoes, Liu Wenyan would have doubted it too. When they asked, you claimed you couldn't get them out. Once the fight was over, you pulled them out. Who would buy that? He wouldn't even believe it himself! Chatting along the way, the two soon spotted Heaven-Severing Valley. Saber qi still lingered within, though it was visibly weaker than before. Liu Wenyan glanced at it and sighed with emotion. "Heaven-Severing Valley… King Daxia… King Daxia's combat prowess is extraordinarily formidable. He ranks among the very peak of the Invincibles. What a pity." "A pity?" Su Yu was puzzled. What was there to pity? Liu Wenyan explained, "A pity that he was weighed down by the Xia family. Even the multiple divine character faction can be considered a legacy of the Xia family! Xia Chen, the first academy head, was of the Xia family and King Daxia's brother. Ever since the Xia family grew, King Daxia's blade hasn't been as fast as it once was." The Xia family's heritage was undeniably powerful. Their multiple divine character lineage was formidable, and their warrior path was exceedingly ferocious. The Great Xia Prefecture had every right to be haughty, just as King Daxia had every right to be arrogant. Yet unfortunately, his eldest son had died attempting Dao attainment, his second son was too young, and his eldest grandson, Xia Longwu, was on the verge of attaining the Dao, only to become the prime target of the all races. Time and again, these burdens had stripped King Daxia's blade of its former raw lethality and sharp edge. The source of all these troubles lay in the Great Xia Prefecture. Whether it was Xia Longwu or the multiple divine character faction, the root was here. Liu Wenyan sighed and added, "King Daxia stayed in Nanyuan for quite a few years. You might even recognize him." "I'd recognize him?" Su Yu recalled that King Daxia had indeed guarded Liu Wenyan in Nanyuan for a period. *Do I know him?* He had no idea. "Who was he?" "Do you remember the old man who used to watch the gate at Nanyuan Intermediate Academy?" "…" Su Yu thought back and nodded. "I have some impression of him, but not long after I entered the academy, he left. That was him?" He had enrolled in Nanyuan Intermediate Academy at thirteen. In his memory, there had indeed been a gatekeeper—slightly chubby and very stout. But less than half a year after Su Yu entered the academy, the man departed, reportedly retiring. Su Yu hadn't paid much attention at the time. He hadn't been close to him at all. Remembering something, Su Yu suddenly remarked, "I wasn't familiar with him and barely recall him, but Haozi knew him well. I remember Haozi stole a bottle of liquor from his dad, drank half, and gave the other half to the old man. King Daxia really isn't much of a person, Teacher. He didn't even give Haozi any benefits!" "…" Liu Wenyan shot him a look. "Saying that here is one thing… Actually, you'd better not say it here either. Heaven-Severing Valley is deeply tied to him; he might sense it." Other places were fine, but this location was intimately connected to King Daxia. Speaking ill of King Daxia here carried a real chance of being detected. *Shut your mouth!* *Calling him 'not much of a person'—be careful, or King Daxia might hack you to death.* As for Chen Hao giving him half a bottle of stolen liquor… how dared he bring that up? Liu Wenyan remembered the incident as well. Right after enrolling, Chen Hao had stolen liquor from home to drink, gotten drunk, and insisted on dragging King Daxia into drinking with him. Chen Hao was lucky King Daxia hadn't slapped him to death on the spot! Recalling that, Liu Wenyan chuckled. "Did you egg him on to steal the booze?" "…" Su Yu put on an innocent look. "It really wasn't me! Why would I tell him to steal booze?" He then added, "King Daxia actually stayed at Nanyuan Academy. In that case, don't we all technically count as King Daxia's students?" "…" *What kind of logic is that?* *How on earth are you King Daxia's student?* *You can scrape together a connection out of something that has nothing to do with you at all. Truly impressive!* Liu Wenyan didn't bother arguing. Together with Su Yu, he leapt down into Heaven-Severing Valley. Due to the earlier turmoil, no one was around. In ordinary times, virtually no one came here anyway; nobody had reason to run to such a place without benefits. Unless one practiced saber techniques, one might come to contemplate King Daxia's blade. King Daxia's saber was famous across the myriad realms. His blade had split the heavens countless times! As for how many slashes he had accumulated by now, perhaps no one knew except King Daxia himself. …… Finding a suitable secluded spot within Heaven-Severing Valley, Liu Wenyan and Su Yu sat down cross-legged. Without any rush, Liu Wenyan spoke slowly: "Lending you divine characters isn't to send you to your death. It's because I see you can't suppress your murderous urge. Your eyes have gone red with slaughter. Since that's the case, kill until you're satisfied, kill until you're sick of it, kill until you fear it!" Liu Wenyan's way of teaching was unique. At this moment, he carried himself just as he had years ago—refined in demeanor, unhurried in speech, and enunciating each word with clear composure. "A thirst for slaughter is usually born of suppression! The more suffocated you feel, the heavier your killing intent grows! Once you've killed enough and no longer want to kill, it will naturally dissipate!" Su Yu looked thoughtful and nodded. Liu Wenyan continued, "You carried a murderous urge even as a child. You held it in for far too long. Perhaps you suffered hardships back then and kept everything bottled up. When you grew up and your wings hardened, you felt you couldn't afford to suffer any loss. That, too, came from holding it in!" Su Yu nodded once more. That was true. Being killed repeatedly in dreams would suffocate anyone. Killed every single day! Having your head blown apart day after day—who wouldn't feel suffocated? Who wouldn't feel rage? Who wouldn't harbor hatred? He simply hadn't possessed the strength before. He had had no choice but to accept his fate. But by this stage, having acquired a measure of power in the Great Xia Prefecture, Su Yu refused to accept his fate any longer. Liu Wenyan understood him. Su Yu had studied under him from age thirteen to eighteen. Those five years had molded him. Liu Wenyan had a clear grasp of what Su Yu thought and how he acted. The rebellious phase occurred during precisely those years. During his rebellious years, this kid had never stirred up trouble, acting like a perfect model student. Now that he had strength, all the resentment, anger, and hatred in his heart were erupting. The longer it was suppressed, the greater the harm. That was why Liu Wenyan hadn't urged Su Yu to just go back, to stop causing trouble, or to keep a low profile. Not at all! If he had done that, Su Yu would have exploded the moment he returned. Once back in the Human Realm, who knew what chaos he might unleash? Here, once he finished killing, he could head home, and whatever dissatisfaction the Invincibles of the all races held would be useless. No matter how timid the human Invincibles might be, they would never allow foreign Invincibles to invade the Human Realm at this juncture. As for handing Su Yu over… as Su Yu's fame grew, his status rose, and more protectors rallied behind him, who would dare be the first to suggest it? If no one broached the subject, handing him over was out of the question. Liu Wenyan had seen through it all. Only because he understood the whole picture was he willing to let Su Yu run wild. Killing people here, if done right, might even yield benefits. At the very least, it would allow Su Yu's strength to advance another step. Su Yu hadn't thought all of this through yet. All he knew was that his teacher supported him and didn't believe he was in the wrong. That was enough. Liu Wenyan continued, "I currently have fourteen Sun Moon divine characters. What type do you want?" Su Yu answered directly, "Let's test them all to see which are compatible and whether my sea of will can contain them. Teacher, lending them to me won't affect you, will it?" Liu Wenyan chuckled faintly. "It won't. In truth, my sea of will struggles to support these divine characters, so they've all been sealed. Fourteen peak Sun Moon divine characters—a few even show faint signs of advancing… Just signs, of course, but they pressure my sea of will so heavily that I can't utilize it freely. "If you really borrow a few, it will actually relieve some of my burden." Surprised, Su Yu said, "Teacher, why don't you simply discard these divine characters? You have your own divine characters, right? If you shattered and absorbed these, you might have advanced to the Shanhai or Sun Moon Realm long ago!" "How could I do that!" Liu Wenyan glared at him. "Don't you dare mess around! Your grandmaster… fine, by my generation he's your grandmaster, and through Bai Feng he'd be your great-grandmaster. He left behind only these few relics. If I shatter them all, he won't be able to rest in peace!" Su Yu curled his lip, remaining silent. He actually wanted to say that the Fifth Generation had caused immense harm to others! The Fifth Generation had indulged himself, but he had left Liu Wenyan, Hong Tan, Xia Yunqi, Chen Yong, and the others to suffer for a lifetime. The Fifth Generation had been flamboyant and arrogant, commanding terrifying renown across the myriad realms. Yet when he died, he dumped all his debts onto his successors. The one Su Yu respected was Liu Wenyan. The one he felt close to was Bai Feng. The Divine Character Battle Technique Monument had been given by Chen Yong, and the little fur ball by Hong Tan… He certainly hadn't enjoyed any shade from the Fifth Generation's tree! Only trouble, more or less! He felt deep sympathy for Liu Wenyan and the others. Were it not for the Fifth Generation, Liu Wenyan would be at least a true Sun Moon expert by now, rather than having his family destroyed and being forced to wander the All-Heavens Battlefield. Knowing his thoughts, Liu Wenyan said flatly, "Don't dwell on such things! He was my master. In his glory, I shared in his brilliance; in his fall and misfortune, it is my duty to bear the consequences! Had my master not died and become a Human Realm Invincible, I would have basked in his invincible prestige as well. Don't you agree?" Su Yu pondered this and nodded. "Yes, you're right, Teacher! So when you face misfortune, Teacher, I will definitely stand by you and bear everything!" Liu Wenyan felt a wave of exhaustion. That was fair. After all, the Fifth Generation wasn't this kid's direct teacher, so preaching these principles was useless. Besides, this kid was actually deeply loyal and affectionate. Of course, his loyalty was toward Liu Wenyan himself, not Liu Wenyan's master. Because Liu Wenyan was his teacher, whereas Su Yu didn't know Ye Batian at all. "Enough talk. Let's test them!" Liu Wenyan dropped the subject. "Sun Moon divine characters are immensely powerful, especially peak ones. The compatibility between my teacher's divine characters and mine was remarkably high… terrifyingly high, in fact. I once suspected that was why Master chose to accept me… Perhaps he had prepared for this long ago. Well, that's in the past now. I'm just mentioning it so you're aware." Su Yu nodded in understanding. The Fifth Generation had known he might fall, so he had made preparations. That made sense. Given the Fifth Generation's temperament, he was said to have been just as arrogant on the All-Heavens Battlefield—no less than Su Yu himself. It was only natural that people would beat him to death, so preparing made complete sense. In fact, it served as a reminder. Perhaps Su Yu should make some preparations too, so that when he was beaten to death, he could drag his descendants into the mess… Su Yu poked fun at the Fifth Generation in his heart, not daring to say it to Liu Wenyan's face. In any case, he felt no closeness toward the Fifth Generation, though the man was his teacher's master after all. Liu Wenyan paid him no more mind and took a deep breath. "Let's test compatibility! Follow my instructions: extend your willpower into my sea of will and make contact with the divine characters. If they repel you, you'll be kicked out. If they don't, try to engage with them!" "Teacher, is that appropriate?" Probing another's sea of will was something Su Yu had done before—the last person had been Zhao Li. "It's fine!" Liu Wenyan replied nonchalantly, "Bai Feng probed it last time. If there are secrets, that fellow already knows them, and he's far less reliable than you!" Su Yu nodded. That made sense. His teacher Bai Feng had a big mouth and couldn't keep a single secret. While following Bai Feng, Su Yu had learned plenty of his secrets; the man simply couldn't keep anything to himself. Since Liu Wenyan put it that way, Su Yu didn't stand on ceremony. His willpower materialized, forming a tiny figurine. He began probing into Liu Wenyan's sea of will, remarking as he entered, "Teacher, according to the records of certain races, does this count as spiritual intercourse?" "*Cough, cough, cough!*" Liu Wenyan coughed violently. A surge of willpower kicked Su Yu's willpower figurine straight out as he snapped, "Cut the crap!" *Dammit!* *Spiritual intercourse your head!* *How does normal willpower contact become spiritual intercourse?!* Shrugging, Su Yu attempted to probe in again. "Teacher, it's fine. Teacher Zhao and I tried this before. I have experience. Just don't repel me." Liu Wenyan's face turned dark! Su Yu added, "Don't worry, Teacher, I won't tell Mistress. Actually, I won't tell the three mistresses." "…" *Get lost!* Liu Wenyan had no strength left to retort. *Why does this punk talk so much now?* *Spouting nothing but nonsense!* A moment later, Su Yu's willpower figurine entered a vast, empty ocean. …… Yes, an ocean. Su Yu had seen Zhao Li's sea of will, which was already immense and expansive. Zhao Li possessed formidable willpower from years of practicing the Expanding Will Art. Yet now, Su Yu discovered to his shock that Liu Wenyan's sea of will was even larger than Zhao Li's. What in the world! Of course, both were larger than his own. Su Yu was only in the Lingyun Realm, after all. Yet Liu Wenyan was merely in the Tengkong Realm. At that moment, in the center of the ocean, a blazing sun shone brilliantly—an entity formed from the convergence of countless divine characters. Su Yu stood dazed, while Liu Wenyan floated beside him. Su Yu abruptly turned his head. "Teacher, why is your sea of will so massive?" "If you had Sun Moon divine characters stretching it for fifty years, yours would be massive too!" Liu Wenyan answered coolly. *Nonsense, making a fuss over nothing.* *Since I didn't die, of course my sea of will is strong.* "Teacher, then why are you still only in the Tengkong Realm?" Something wasn't right! With such a powerful sea of will, he shouldn't be limited to Tengkong! "Willpower hasn't filled it." Liu Wenyan's answer was just as simple. "A powerful sea of will is useless without enough willpower to fill it. What use is an empty sea, a dead sea? It has to be filled up bit by bit! "Besides, these divine characters aren't truly mine. Even though they reside in my sea of will, my own divine characters aren't particularly strong." Su Yu nodded. He could see that. Near that blazing sun, countless tiny stars revolved—those were presumably his teacher's own divine characters. *Terrifying!* *Just how many did you outline?* It felt like far more than eighteen. Liu Wenyan's divine character battle technique seemed to consist of only eighteen characters. "Teacher, how many divine characters have you outlined yourself?" "Sixty-six previously. After shattering the ones that didn't belong to the human race, only twenty-four remain." "…" Su Yu was dumbstruck. Only after a long pause did he manage, "In other words, at your peak, you had eighty-eight divine characters in total, twenty-two of which were Sun Moon, right?" "Yes." "Teacher, weren't you broke? Where did you get texts of will to read to outline so many!" Liu Wenyan said exasperatedly, "King Daxia was living right by the academy gates. What did I need money for? Whenever I had free time, I just asked him to write a few texts for me to read. Later, he left. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so troublesome—asking him to write a few pieces was the easiest thing in the world." *Has Su Yu gone stupid?* *Isn't that obvious?* King Daxia was an Invincible warrior, but once one reached the Invincible stage, even without cultivating willpower, one's will would be at least Shanhai. If one cultivated it, reaching Sun Moon was hardly difficult. Nine out of ten human Invincibles today were like this. Invincible in the physical body, with willpower generally reaching Sun Moon. Among the foreign races, some were purely Invincible in the body and others purely in willpower, but humans invariably attained Invincibility in the physical body first and cultivated willpower as a secondary discipline. Su Yu froze! Indeed, an Invincible had been living right at the doorstep—what had anyone needed money for? Having him casually write a few texts resulted in texts of will! *Damn!* *He had missed out on far more than a hundred million!* King Daxia had left too early. Otherwise, Su Yu might have reaped a few benefits as well. …… At this moment, at the border of the God Realm. King Daxia couldn't resist cursing! *Who the hell is thinking about me again?* *And thinking ill of me!* *More than one person, too. They must be connected to me, and they're thinking of me right at a place deeply tied to me. Damn it, annoying! It can't be that second brat, can it? If it's him, I'll beat him to death next time I go back!* …… Naturally, Su Yu and Liu Wenyan paid no heed to this. Su Yu surveyed Liu Wenyan's sea of will, remarking as he flew toward the sun, "Teacher, this sea of will of yours looks no weaker than a Sun Moon expert's. If you truly filled it with willpower, advancing to Sun Moon would be swift." "There isn't that much willpower available." Liu Wenyan didn't mind much. Where was he supposed to get that much? "Shatter the Sun Moon divine characters—they provide willpower." "…" *Shut your mouth!* *Shatter your head!* Liu Wenyan realized that as this kid grew stronger, his tone had grown disproportionately bold. Shattering Sun Moon divine characters rolled off his tongue like nothing. Did he think Sun Moon divine characters grew on trees? Granted, Liu Wenyan had quite a few on hand. Yet these were his master's relics. Shattering them in a desperate life-or-death fight was one thing, but shattering them for routine cultivation? That was pure madness! Su Yu, however, genuinely didn't see the issue and pressed on, "Teacher, given your circumstances, if you shatter the Fifth Generation's divine characters—one every month—I guarantee that in a year, no, a few months, you could be in the Sun Moon Realm! Someone else's remains someone else's. Teacher, your talent is peerless; why must you walk the Fifth Generation's path?" The sea of will was his own, the willpower was his own, yet the divine characters belonged to someone else… He was living like a puppet! Yes, the Fifth Generation's divine characters were strong. Yet they belonged to an outsider! Su Yu felt it wasn't worth it for Liu Wenyan. Shattering them was the best course. In his shoes, Su Yu certainly would have done so! He didn't want someone else's divine characters. No matter how strong they were! Of course, if someone gifted them to him, shattering them for cultivation was perfectly acceptable. Feeling thoroughly exhausted, Liu Wenyan suddenly asked, "If these divine characters were given to you, how would you handle them?" "Keep one or two to borrow for now, shatter the rest, and once my strength is sufficient, shatter the remaining ones for cultivation too." A strange sense of sorrow washed over Liu Wenyan. *Forget it. I was thinking of passing them down to you, but never mind now!* *I won't give them to you!* *Good grief, that's your plan? Take them and shatter them for cultivation?!* Making one last struggle, Liu Wenyan said, "My teacher's divine characters border on Eternity! What's more, there are fourteen of them left, part of a twenty-two-character battle technique. Whoever obtains them could fill in eight more divine characters and perhaps use them to break directly into the Invincible Realm!" Still flying forward, Su Yu answered perfunctorily, "Yes, very impressive. A twenty-two-character battle technique… But it wasn't cultivated by oneself. Teacher, do you really want to rely on someone else to reach Invincible?" One naturally had to advance on one's own! Besides, it had little to do with him. With ninety-nine divine characters in his own technique, he didn't care for this. A twenty-two-character technique wasn't particularly extraordinary anyway. Liu Wenyan gave up. "Do you know how many powerhouse experts have their eyes on my teacher's battle technique and his divine characters, seeking to pry into the secrets of an Invincible Civilization Master?" Su Yu spoke briskly: "First, multiple divine characters! Second, exclusively human divine characters! Third, they likely need to fuse into a single divine character! Fourth, it probably requires opening the Primordial Spirit Aperture and uniting the Yang and Yin apertures to become an Invincible Civilization Master in the truest sense. Teacher, what outsiders speculate about is far less than what I understand myself. Besides, the Fifth Generation didn't succeed. Had he succeeded, it might hold some reference value." Indeed, Su Yu's understanding surpassed what many had spent countless years guessing and researching. The four points he raised were his own conclusions, though partially incorporating Bai Feng's ideas. Only by satisfying all four points could one perhaps become a genuine Invincible Civilization Master! Su Yu added, "If I haven't guessed wrong, a human Invincible Civilization Master likely needs to open three hundred and sixty divine apertures and three hundred and sixty origin apertures. Only then would success be possible, unlocking the suppression power of the Human Realm. I think the Fifth Generation was far from it. He never had any real hope of advancing!" "…" At this moment, Liu Wenyan's mind was rocked to its core. Four conditions! All of them had to be met to become an Invincible Civilization Master? The conditions Su Yu presented were far harsher than he had anticipated. He couldn't help asking, "You proposed the Primordial Spirit Aperture—does it truly exist?" "It does. I discovered the Yang Aperture, and I've split the Primordial Spirit Aperture into two…" Su Yu briefly explained his findings. Liu Wenyan felt as if his foundational beliefs were crumbling, and he murmured, "Impossible… My master was far from Invincible?" *That can't be!* *My master killed an Invincible!* Yet Su Yu felt there was no need to make a fuss. If it were truly that simple, the Human Realm would have produced an Invincible Civilization Master long ago. The fact that none had appeared proved how difficult it was. The Fifth Generation might not have been truly close to that realm! With a sufficiently strong physical body, potent willpower, mighty divine characters, and the coordination of a battle technique… killing an Invincible wasn't entirely unfathomable. It didn't mean he was genuinely on the verge of breaking through to Invincible! By this point, Su Yu had neared the divine characters. A blazing sun, surrounded by the divine characters belonging to Liu Wenyan himself. Drawing close to the sun, Su Yu discovered it closely resembled a giant axe—likely the Fifth Generation's battle technique, though the axe was incomplete. Seven divine characters had been shattered, and one had been detached and given to Wu Jia. Only fourteen divine characters remained. All belonged to the human race! Because they had been separated, Su Yu could distinguish one or two of them; previously, they had formed a seamless whole. Su Yu approached the sun directly. The instant he drew near—*bang!*—he was bounced back! Liu Wenyan paused, then let out a soft sigh, feeling somewhat relieved. *Perhaps this is for the best!* It seemed their compatibility was low. In that case, he didn't have to agonize over whether to pass them to Su Yu, because Su Yu couldn't match them. Low compatibility! Forcing a merger was never a good idea. While Liu Wenyan felt relieved, Su Yu didn't care in the slightest. Incompatibility was normal; not everyone's divine characters matched another's. He was merely testing the waters. If they weren't compatible… no problem, just beat them into submission! If he couldn't beat them, what about the golden album? The golden album was top-tier when it came to thrashing divine characters! Even heaven-and-earth divine characters shattered under its strikes! These were human divine characters, so the album probably wouldn't shatter them outright, right? Then beat them until they submitted! The next instant, Su Yu's willpower emerged from the sea of will. Liu Wenyan opened his eyes and said, "It won't work. I thought your compatibility wouldn't be low, but it seems you and my master have very little affinity…" "Teacher, detach one, and I'll take it directly into my sea of will to try." "Nonsense!" Liu Wenyan snapped, "A peak Sun Moon divine character without compatibility—if it enters your sea of will and stirs up unrest, your sea of will will explode!" *What madness!* Su Yu said solemnly, "Teacher, I have confidence, and my sea of will isn't that fragile! Back then, you hadn't even reached Tengkong. Even though your compatibility was high, you still managed to endure it. I definitely won't have a problem now. If it really doesn't work, I'll give up. At worst, I'll take an injury and recover quickly!" He wanted to try! So what if the Fifth Generation's divine characters weren't compatible with him? When he outlined divine characters, they were usually unruly at first, but all ended up submissive in the end. It always came down to fists! "You…" Liu Wenyan wanted to curse. After a moment's thought, he gritted his teeth. "Fine. I'll detach the 'Suppress' character. That character isn't heavy on lethal power; its main function is suppression. You can test it. If it really doesn't work, I'll pull it back!" "Deal!" Liu Wenyan said no more. Since matters had reached this point and Su Yu refused to give up, they might as well try! His face turned pale as he hurriedly began detaching it, sweat pouring down his forehead. Soon, a divine character was gradually materialized by him. Without a second word, Su Yu directly pulled the character in with his willpower. It took immense effort! Within his mind, the little fur ball's invisible nose twitched frantically. *So fragrant, so fragrant, truly fragrant!* *I want to eat!* The next moment, it hopped out as well, helping Su Yu drag it into the sea of will—drag it in to eat, or even just to lick! *I want to help!* Liu Wenyan blinked. He couldn't see the little fur ball; he only sensed that Su Yu struggled initially, but soon, as if he had swallowed a miracle tonic, he forcibly dragged the divine character straight into his sea of will! *Holy crap!* *What just happened?* Having been pulled inside, the 'Suppress' character immediately became erratic upon arriving in an unfamiliar sea of will. Su Yu's sea of will violently convulsed. His divine character battle technique, his Mind Expansion Hammer, the little fur ball, and Su Yu himself were all barely able to suppress it. The entire sea of will was thrown into turmoil. Su Yu was inwardly alarmed! *So strong!* When it had been suppressed and sealed by Liu Wenyan, he hadn't felt much. Now, he clearly experienced the immense power of this divine character! Alarmed, Su Yu quickly looked toward the album deep within his sea of will. *If this doesn't work, I need to send it out immediately!* *Otherwise, my sea of will won't withstand the ravages of a Sun Moon divine character!* Within the sea of will, waves surged violently! The little fur ball threw caution to the wind and leapt atop the divine character. Within Su Yu's sea of will, this single divine character appeared colossal, while the little fur ball was like an ant, licking away frantically on its surface! *So fragrant, so fragrant!* *Lick first, think later!* *Even if I die, I'll die a well-fed ball—if I die, so what? The fragrant guy hasn't even died yet!* *Boom!* The sea of will churned violently. Su Yu cursed inwardly. *The album isn't doing anything?* *Forget it, throw it out quickly. If my sea of will blows up, it's all over—the loss outweighs the gain. Forget it, forget it!* Just as the thought crossed his mind, the golden album in the depths of the sea of will seemed to gather its strength. The next instant, a beam of golden light that illuminated the entire sea of will shot forward! *Boom!* With a tremendous roar, the trembling 'Suppress' character suddenly morphed into a giant axe and slashed toward the golden light. It was the first divine character that dared to fight back. Yet it was useless! The golden light struck beam after beam—*rumble!*—battering the giant axe until it shuddered incessantly! Su Yu's sea of will shook violently as well, which seemed to infuriate the golden album. In the blink of an eye, ten thousand golden rays erupted, and with a thunderous blast, they forcibly battered the 'Suppress' character into a partial collapse! Beams of golden light struck repeatedly, each more powerful than the last. Finally, the 'Suppress' character grew obedient, prostrating quietly upon the surface of the sea, thoroughly subdued. The golden album dimmed slightly and soon vanished. Having watched the spectacle unfold, Su Yu looked at the divine character… and grinned! *I knew it!* *Sure enough, you're just a little brother in the end!* The Fifth Generation's divine characters weren't as invincible as imagined—at least not compared to this album! …… At this moment, Liu Wenyan shuddered. He stared at Su Yu, dumbfounded. The connection to the divine character… was severed! *Holy crap!* *How did this kid pull that off?* He had genuinely suppressed his master's divine character! This was… unbelievable! Their compatibility was clearly abysmal. How had he done it? Had his sea of will exploded? Liu Wenyan's head was filled with question marks, leaving him utterly dazed.