An Invincible Falls, the Traitor Appears

Dozens of Sun Moon experts perished in an instant! As the battle reached this point, the ten thousand races trembled, and dread gripped observers in every direction. Were there still more? Gods, fiends, immortals, dragons! The Invincibles of all four races had manifested, yet every single one had been intercepted by the human race. It was terrifying, horrifying to the extreme! Out of seventeen quasi-Invincibles, eight were already dead. Everyone was utterly dazed! The dragon expert was dead, the god expert was dead, the underworld expert was dead... The Heaven Hunting Pavilion had lost two as well! The remaining nine quasi-Invincibles were shaken to their core. A fiend quasi-Invincible bellowed, "Do not scatter! Band together!" If they split up any further, they would all die! By this point, they held no advantage whatsoever. Lan Tian, Primordial, Xia Xiao'er, Liu Wenyan, and Niu Baidao—just those five were enough; there was no need for more. Five against nine, and the humans might not even lose. Primordial was too formidable, and Lan Tian was powerful as well. In terms of combat prowess, Primordial was first, Lan Tian was faintly a cut above Xia Xiao'er, Marquis Xia and Niu Baidao were evenly matched, and Liu Wenyan, unleashing the Fifth Generation's divine character, was only slightly behind. The five of them instantly leveled the playing field against the nine quasi-Invincibles. As for the others, over thirty Sun Moon experts from the Heaven Hunting Pavilion were now dead! From the eruption of the clash until now, over twenty Sun Moon experts from the ten thousand races had fallen, bringing the casualties from their side alone to nearly sixty. The Xia, Qin, and Zhu families accounted for over forty Sun Moons. Later, reinforcements from various prefectures in the Human Realm added nearly twenty more, bringing the human Sun Moon participants to over sixty, with over a dozen of them killed in battle. Combining both sides, seventy to eighty Sun Moons had fallen! This was likely the single day and single battle with the highest Sun Moon death toll in hundreds of years. At present, the ten thousand races still had over ninety Sun Moon combatants, and humanity had over forty. Additionally, nearly twenty Sun Moon experts remained on the periphery without joining the fray. On the field, more than a hundred and fifty Sun Moon experts remained. Factoring in those killed by Su Yu over the past few days, the total number of Sun Moons who had fallen exceeded a hundred! In this clash involving nearly three hundred Sun Moons, the humans had lost a little over twenty, while the ten thousand races had suffered over eighty deaths! The most ruthless, vicious strikes had come from Su Yu and the Head of the Yellow Division. In truth, the disparity in overall losses had not been that wide initially. Yet Su Yu and the Head of the Yellow Division between them had slaughtered nearly sixty Sun Moons! The two of them seemed to compete over who could be more merciless. If not for them, the gap in raw combat strength would still have been massive. At this stage, the ten thousand races were chilled to the bone and lost their appetite to fight. Even though the ruins had fully manifested by now and could clearly be seen, the resolve of many had already turned to ice. Someone looked around and let out a sigh. "Humanity... truly is terrifying! There is good reason why the ten thousand races seek their extinction!" Moduona stepped forward. He had refrained from fighting up to this point, but now he spoke respectfully, "I beseech Fiend King Lade to descend and slay our formidable foes!" Stop hiding! The Fiend King who had arrived earlier was not Fiend King Lade. Moduona knew Lade was present; of course, Lade only had his future embodiment remaining, this single life. If he died again, he would be truly dead. It was only natural for Fiend King Lade to stay hidden. However, now that things had escalated to this level, he had to take action. They could not afford to give the humans another chance to turn the tables! Humanity was hiding too deeply. Whether it was Zhu Tiandao, Xuanjia, or the Head of the Yellow Division, none of them had factored into anyone's prior calculations. The Primal Cult Master had already drawn considerable attention on his own. Four Invincibles from the four major races had shown themselves. If Fiend King Lade joined, they could settle the humans swiftly. Moduona turned toward the others. "The other races must have experts who infiltrated as well. Must you wait for the humans to pick our experts off one by one? At this moment, we must strike down humanity's powerhouses with thunderous force!" From the perspective of the fiend race, he had to act in their best interest. They could not let the humans continue their rampages! By this point, those who were meant to emerge had mostly revealed themselves. Humanity wanted to lure out the traitor, but the ten thousand races also wanted to eradicate all of humanity's hidden aces in one fell swoop. The moment was ripe! Even two extremely deep undercover figures within the Heaven Hunting Pavilion had been unearthed. The void trembled, and Fiend King Lade appeared. He seemed somewhat weakened, yet his aura remained exceptionally formidable, enveloping the surroundings. He glanced around and asked calmly, "Does the human race still possess any Eternal-tier combat power?" The void shook again, and a figure draped in deathly aura murmured, "Probably not!" That was not death qi, but underworld qi. He shared the same plight as Fiend King Lade. He was the Underworld King who had nearly been obliterated by the thirty-six stone sculptures on that previous occasion! Lade still possessed his future embodiment, but this fellow had it worse—he only had a past embodiment left. Both of them stepped forward! They were fellow sufferers, yet their combat prowess remained potent. Lade's future embodiment wielded Invincible-level might, and the Underworld King was similar; his past embodiment captured him right before attaining Invincibility, placing him close to a true Invincible. Two powerhouses appeared at once! Humanity wished to lure out the traitor, but unfortunately, the ten thousand races would not allow it! Keeping the human traitorous Invincible hidden served their interests best. They were protecting him. Even if they did not know who he was, it did not matter—they would protect him regardless! Let him remain an embedded spike within humanity! The existence of a traitor was the most dangerous dagger of all. Both Invincibles were putting their lives on the line—truly on the line. Each possessed only a single embodiment! However, they also wished to reforge their past, future, and present. They needed vast resources, treasures, carriers, and Sun Moon Xuanhuang Liquid; they needed everything. Compared to the Allheaven Battlefield, where human Invincibles held sway, the Great Xia Prefecture was relatively safer. One powerful figure after another was drawn out. Were there still more? Their oppressive might shook the heavens as they looked down upon the surroundings. The experts of the ten thousand races felt their hearts pound. Were there still more? They also wanted to see whether humanity possessed any other immensely formidable figures. Surely not? Hadn't they all come out? Right at that moment, someone stepped forward, drawing the gaze of the two aerial powerhouses. At first they thought it was another human expert, but looking closer, they saw it was not. It was Dao Cheng! Dao Cheng bowed respectfully. "I beseech the two Invincibles to slay Xuan Jiu! Xuan Jiu is likely Su Yu, the chief culprit tormenting the ten thousand races. Regardless of whether he is or isn't, I ask the two lords to execute him rather than let him slip by!" The moment those words rang out, all eyes instantly converged onto Su Yu! Indeed! Regardless of his true identity, the Heaven Hunting Pavilion was too perilous. A pack of humans had infiltrated its ranks, yet Xuan Jiu had not died. Even a fool could tell something was wrong. This Xuan Jiu had to be human as well! If not Su Yu, then another human powerhouse. He had to die! Dao Cheng looked toward Su Yu and said calmly, "At this point, Su Yu, you should take off your mask. Even in death, one should know who is dying. Or perhaps your human race still has other experts lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity?" Dao Cheng stated indifferently, "Humanity angles for a traitor, yet forgets that the ten thousand races have also been waiting to weed out your hidden volatile elements. Did you truly think humanity had won?" Had the ten thousand races suffered losses? Somewhat! True, quite a few quasi-Invincibles had died—eight in total—but the Heaven Hunting Pavilion had lost two of them, leaving six from the other races. It looked like a lot! However, divided among several major races, they had paid only the price of a few individual quasi-Invincibles to root out humanity's hidden spikes across the realms and flush out so many dangerous figures. As long as they exterminated the humans present today, it would be a monumental gain! These people were monstrously talented geniuses. Slaying them made the loss of a few Invincibles entirely worthwhile. Su Yu said indifferently, "Dao Cheng, your grudge is with Su Yu, not me. Why fixate on me?" Dao Cheng remained silent. Are you not Su Yu? Whether you are or not, he would urge the two Invincibles to strike him down. Su Yu cursed inwardly and sighed. He knew that regardless of whether he admitted it, trouble had found him. Even at full power, he could not battle two Invincibles, even if they were only single embodiments. Old Wan, come save me! In the void, the two Invincibles harbored immense hatred for Su Yu. At this point, they could not be bothered to investigate or discern the truth. There was no need! Just kill him! Su Yu was the root culprit who had ruined them. Fiend King Lade wore an icy expression as he brought a massive palm down! Nearby, Marquis Xia and the others turned pale. Marquis Xia bellowed, cleaving back the fiend quasi-Invincible with a saber strike, and roared in fury, "You dare!" This time, six Invincibles had come for humanity! Truly, even Marquis Xia had not expected this. Damn that Wan Tiansheng! That bastard Wan Tiansheng! He had played it completely reckless! Knowing how vital the Tombstone of Civilizations was, he had still let Su Yu carry it in. Damn it, Wan Tiansheng, that reckless idiot! Su Yu's aura surged violently. His yang acupoints halfway opened, and he instantly devoured a drop of sixth-stage Sun Moon blood essence. He didn't seek a fight, but he had to run. "Sigh!" A sigh reverberated between heaven and earth. In the void, the two Invincibles did not seem overly surprised. Fiend King Lade said coldly, "You have finally stepped out!" "Sigh!" The sigh echoed again. In the blink of an eye, the void rippled, and a figure strode forth with his hands clasped behind his back. Wan Tiansheng! Wan Tiansheng sighed softly. "My target was not you two. Why must you bring this upon yourselves?" Wan Tiansheng spoke with sorrow, "The two of you possess only your past or future. Must you perish here?" He took a step forward, as though crossing the distance directly from the Xiuxin Pavilion. Fiend King Lade's expression grew solemn. "Wan Tiansheng, we knew you were powerful, but we never imagined you had reached this level. You have finally revealed yourself. You are the Xia family's true reliance, aren't you!" Wan Tiansheng smiled faintly. "Lade, you are an intelligent being. Why come here to seek death?" "..." Below, the geniuses of the various races were stunned speechless. As expected! Damn it! Every single person in this lineage was an old schemer and a lunatic—even Wan Tiansheng, who claimed to be merely at the peak of the Shanhai Realm! Lade said coldly, "When Ye Batian fell, his companion lost a future embodiment. Yet neither Primordial nor Nan Wujiang lost any of their three-life embodiments; at the very least, we can tell they were not reconstructed later! In that case, there had to be another person... As expected, it was you, Wan Tiansheng. You are far too monstrous; we could never have guessed that person back then was you!" Wan Tiansheng said sorrowfully, "It was me. Now that you know, aren't the two of you afraid of dying?" "Afraid!" Fiend King Lade said calmly, "Very much so. However... your three-life embodiments were destroyed! Wan Tiansheng, how much of your former glory do you still possess today? Did you truly think we came unprepared? We prepared thoroughly to slay you. The only thing we failed to anticipate was just how many figures humanity had kept hidden..." He chuckled and said, "Wan Tiansheng, would you believe that all six of our Eternals came for you?" Those words sent shockwaves through the surroundings. The gathered geniuses were appalled! What did that mean? Fiend King Lade laughed. "We didn't know for certain if it was you, but this entire time, our objective was the person who stood beside Ye Batian back then. Now it seems it truly was you. You are the one orchestrating this entire affair. You can truly endure!" At that moment, voices echoed from the three other pocket dimensions. "Wan Tiansheng... to think it was you. That exceeds our expectations!" "We considered you, but we dared not be certain. When Primordial exposed himself, we thought it was him... Yet his three-life embodiments remained intact. Wan Tiansheng, you were careless!" "The scheme you and Lan Tian set up was riddled with flaws!" Wan Tiansheng smiled wryly. "No, no, no. I never asked Lan Tian to run wild. He is a madman who insisted on doing it his own way, claiming he would draw attention. In reality, he ended up throwing me under the bus. That fool always thinks he's right." Nearby, hundreds of Lan Tians, beating a quasi-Invincible into submission, beamed like blooming flowers. "You cruel man, how can you speak of me like that! I did it for your own good, for your safety. Wan Tiansheng, you actually lied to me! You told me you were only at the Sun Moon Realm..." Wan Tiansheng smiled. "I am at the Sun Moon Realm. Am I wrong?" He chuckled, turning to the two Invincibles. "You two insist on forcing my hand. Do you truly expect to contend with me using those incomplete embodiments?" He smiled and took a step forward. A divine character manifested, detonating with a roar that suppressed the surroundings. "Halt!" The colossal character instantly froze the surrounding void! "You are correct. Eldest Senior Brother, Master... none of them were part of my original plan. I intended to rely on my own strength alone to strike down that traitor!" "Alas... you two insisted on throwing your lives away!" Wan Tiansheng possessed boundless might. Strolling casually, he took another step forward as divine characters materialized one after another, shaking heaven and earth. "Battle!" "Kill!" "Wrath!" "Civilization!" "..." Character after character surfaced. Though Wan Tiansheng was clearly only at the ninth-stage Sun Moon Realm, his strength was terrifyingly vast. In an instant, he closed in on the two Invincibles. The void tore open, and waves of oppressive aura washed over the area. Fighting two alone, his movements were so swift that onlookers could no longer track them. Yet he battered the two Invincible embodiments backward repeatedly! A supreme expert in the truest sense! He suppressed two Invincibles single-handedly, whereas Xuanjia was being pressured by two. Every single one of his divine characters was no weaker than Ye Batian's had been. Over to the side, Liu Wenyan stared in utter disbelief! This... was this still Wan Tiansheng? Just how strong was the multiple divine characters faction?! What the hell! You're this strong, yet every single one of you hid away like turtles, refusing to show yourselves while watching us suffer. Are you even human? Liu Wenyan couldn't help but shout, "Manor Head Wan, you... you hid way too deep!" Wan Tiansheng had no time to mind him. His divine characters instantly merged, increasing his power by another notch. He threw a punch, shattering the void! He reached out with a grasping motion. Under the stunned gazes of everyone present, the capital of the Great Xia Prefecture seemed to materialize right before their eyes. In that instant, Wan Tiansheng reached toward the Xiuxin Pavilion and pulled it up! Only at this moment did everyone realize with immense shock that the Xiuxin Pavilion... was a sword! It felt as though the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy sat right beneath their feet. Wan Tiansheng experienced a momentary daze. This scene... he seemed to have foreseen it before. Su Yu was similarly dazed. I seem to have seen this scene too. He hadn't paid attention earlier because what he had foreseen hadn't come to pass: he had seen Hong Tan and the others bathing in blood, and he had seen himself slaughtering enemies all around, all taking place inside the cultural academy. Yet the cultural academy was no longer a stage worthy of his slaughter. Only now, seeing that illusory yet real academy beneath their feet, did Su Yu freeze. Wan Tiansheng also experienced a brief trance. Was the scene he had foreseen about to unfold? He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. So that was it! I kept thinking the battle would happen near the cultural academy. It turns out... it was about this moment when I drew the sword! The Xiuxin Pavilion was a sword! Wan Tiansheng pulled the sword free! With a hum, he slashed outward! Across from him, the two Invincibles unleashed their full repertoire. Time flowed backward, and two rivers of time manifested, coiling around Wan Tiansheng. Wan Tiansheng swung his blade, sending tremors through the rivers of time! Fiend King Lade roared fiercely, his fists hammering the surroundings. Rumble! The void blew apart, and time fractured. ... Su Yu, coming back to his senses, suddenly grinned. His mask slipped off on its own. A face familiar to all was revealed to the world. Su Yu chuckled. "If I said I had foreseen this scene, would anyone believe me?" No one answered. Su Yu! Su Yu laughed. "An outstanding man truly cannot stay hidden! Since the seniors are all playing, why don't we have some fun as well? How about I keep you all company?" He took a step forward, sweeping a relaxed saber strike toward Dao Cheng. Dao Cheng sighed. "It truly is you, Su Yu. You can certainly hide!" The next instant, Dao Cheng's aura surged violently. A phantom projection enveloped his body, his blood boiled, and his aura transformed. From the third stage of Shanhai, he stepped directly into the Sun Moon Realm, and his strength continued to soar! All around, geniuses unleashed their blood qi. Several were draped in phantom projections. Each possessed boundless strength, no weaker than an upper-stage Sun Moon. Su Yu chuckled. "That's more like it. You're all geniuses; how could you not have a few trump cards? As expected, the geniuses of every race have been possessed by senior experts!" At this sight, the human and minor race geniuses standing by were utterly dumbfounded! Damn it! Was this the true battle of geniuses? What were they by comparison? Compared to these monsters, everyone in the ring radiated Sun Moon auras. Even if they appeared to be at the Shanhai Realm, their strength was horrifyingly vast. Was this Shanhai and Lingyun? To hell with that! This was a pack of Sun Moons! And they were hardly ordinary Sun Moons at that! Su Yu laughed heartily. "I've tolerated you for so long! Since Manor Head Wan hadn't shown up, I didn't dare beat you to death, fearing you'd be too fragile to handle my strikes! You traitorous dog, take a look at how strong your grandfather is! Witness the fruits of my, Su Yu's, single year of cultivation!" Boom! His yang acupoints opened fully! His death qi reversed! At this moment, Su Yu's yang acupoints were completely unlocked. I want you to see just how strong I truly am... Nearby, Wan Tiansheng said with a headache, "Stop making trouble! A Lingyun fighting Shanhai... is this what that vision meant?" Damn it all! You made me think I misread the future, but it turns out I didn't. It really was a Lingyun fighting Shanhai. I'm truly convinced. Can you people even be considered Lingyun and Shanhai? "Don't lure that fellow out right now... you're giving me a massive headache!" Wan Tiansheng smiled wryly. "Can't you see I'm fighting two Invincibles?" Su Yu paused. What did he mean? Could he not hold them off? Soon, Su Yu smiled. "Manor Head, if he truly shows up, his identity will at least be exposed. Forget about holding back. Even if we die in battle, that bastard will have to reveal himself. Let's see if he has the guts to stay hidden!" Wan Tiansheng chuckled. With a sweeping slash that cleared the surroundings, he murmured, "Are those from the Quest Realm and War God Hall still unwilling to lend a hand?" Even now, over twenty Sun Moon experts waited idly on the periphery. Meanwhile, the other human Sun Moons were almost all fighting two against one. Sun and moon projections collapsed continuously! Over there, Zhang Qi said calmly, "The multiple divine characters faction hides too much. You likely still have further trump cards. At this point, you should save yourselves!" Wan Tiansheng sighed. "Do you think there are more?" "I do not know." Zhang Qi stepped back slightly and spoke again: "Manor Head Wan, our joining in would not change anything..." Wan Tiansheng said nothing more. Because below, the clash erupted! Boom! With a smash of his hammer, Su Yu sent Dao Cheng staggering back several paces, surrounded by surging death qi. Su Yu's expression was icy as his yang acupoints opened completely! His aura grew steadily stronger! Having devoured the sixth-stage Sun Moon blood essence, he already felt his power far exceeding the sixth stage. He swallowed another drop of blood, causing his flesh to crack slightly and bleed. With a muffled grunt, he endured the eighth-stage Sun Moon blood essence! With every gesture, his aura was terrifyingly potent, feeling ten times stronger than before! "Die!" Boom! Dao Cheng spat blood from the hammer strike. Su Yu had completely transformed into a dead spirit state, wrapped in thick death qi! Dao Cheng countered repeatedly. Soon, Zhan Wushuang, Mingyue, and Xuan Wuji joined the fray! Only Moduona had yet to join the battle. Looking at Su Yu, he let out a soft sigh. "You are even stronger than I imagined. Innate blood essence? Is it innate blood essence?" No one knew! Yet at this moment, Su Yu was truly erupting with the combat power and aura of an eighth-stage Sun Moon. The gathered geniuses all radiated boundless might. Rumble! As their clash expanded, adjacent battlefields were engulfed. In the blink of an eye, several Sun Moon experts from the ten thousand races were obliterated by Su Yu, while several human Sun Moons were torn apart by Zhan Wushuang and his companions. Su Yu didn't care, nor did he have time to. His yang acupoints continuously absorbed death qi! Potent waves of death qi rolled in one after another, forcing everyone else to retreat from the battle perimeter. The experts watching from all directions were utterly dumbfounded! Were these geniuses even human? Even if they possessed the blood essence or projections of senior experts, their combat experience, killing intent, and physical endurance were beyond comprehension! Su Yu roared, shattering Dao Cheng's flesh with a punch. Behind him, Xuan Wuji brought a divine character down, sending tremors through Su Yu's sea of will. The next instant, the little fur ball appeared, swallowed the character in a single bite, and darted back into Su Yu's sea of will. Within his sea of will, the little fur ball tumbled violently! The character was too potent. Xuan Wuji was only at the eighth stage of Shanhai, but his divine character was a genuine Sun Moon character. Swallowing it whole was difficult even for the little fur ball to endure. Meanwhile, Su Yu turned and shattered Xuan Wuji's body with a punch. Within this small skirmish, Su Yu fought seven or eight geniuses on his own. Death qi engulfed the surroundings, driving back any nearby experts who were caught in its wake. In the blink of an eye, their bodies were coated in death qi, and some were nearly killed by it on the spot. How many could withstand the death qi of an eighth-stage Sun Moon? "Fiend Descent!" With a low roar, Su Yu feigned consuming a drop of fiend blood essence. In an instant, fiendish qi boiled, raising his strength another notch! As Fiend Descent took effect, Su Yu shattered the void with a punch! With a wet tear, the first genius on the Heaven Ranking was severely wounded. Mingyue of the underworld race had her body punched through. Death qi spread and collided with underworld qi, sparking a violent reaction! At this moment, these geniuses were terrifyingly strong! With his yang acupoints fully opened and an eighth-stage Sun Moon blood essence consumed, Su Yu absorbed death qi at an astonishing rate. ... At this moment, on the Allheaven Battlefield. Within Xinghong Ancient City. Xingyue's baleful aura boiled, and fury raged in her heart. Come on, keep absorbing! How much can you take? If you can drain me dry of death qi, I'll admit you're something! Su Yu, that lunatic, what on earth is he doing? How much more does he plan to absorb? His absorption rate was rivaling that of a ninth-stage Sun Moon expert drawing her death qi at full tilt. Damn it, the one I converted was a Lingyun genius, not a ninth-stage Sun Moon! ... Meanwhile, tens of millions of li away from the Great Xia Prefecture. That hidden figure stood up as well. His face was filled with gravity! "I truly underestimated you all..." Murmuring softly, the figure sighed. I looked down on them. Terrifying! He felt fortunate, genuinely fortunate. He had always believed he saw through everything, but reality proved that if not for the arrival of six Invincibles, he would have been doomed had he acted rashly! Wan Tiansheng alone might have fought him to the death. Not to mention Xuanjia and the others. If not for those six Invincibles, he might truly have stumbled here! Just as these thoughts crossed his mind, his expression shifted slightly. ... In Nanyuan. Wan Tiansheng laughed inwardly. You can truly endure. If you still don't show yourself... you won't have many chances left. At this moment, a full twenty-four divine characters surfaced. Every single one was terrifyingly powerful. The twenty-four characters merged into one in an instant. Everything happened far too quickly. The sword formed from the Xiuxin Pavilion became boundlessly mighty. A Lingyun fighting Shanhai... and a hand lurking behind them. That was what he had seen! You... will still make your move! My lifespan was not spent in vain. You cannot wait any longer; you can no longer hold back! "My Dao Alone!" A soft shout carried a resonant boom that reverberated across heaven and earth. Fiend King Lade and the Underworld King both turned pale. They attempted to tear open the river of time, but how could it be that simple? A river suddenly manifested around Wan Tiansheng, vastly stronger than theirs! The river engulfed them. Just as the two plunged into the river of time, space-time shattered. Everything near the three of them vanished, leaving only utter darkness. "Sever!" Wan Tiansheng brought his sword down! Fiend King Lade's expression warped. Without a second word, he tore open space-time once more and fled into the void. The Underworld King wished to flee as well, but he was merely a past embodiment. In that moment, he roared, "I beseech the Underworld Sovereign to save me!" The void trembled, and it seemed as though a half-sovereign was about to step forth from the river of time. Yet this was the Human Realm. Not the Allheaven Battlefield! "I told you to leave, but you refused!" Wan Tiansheng spoke calmly. Then do not leave at all. "You forced my hand!" The Underworld King roared. Suddenly, a drop of water appeared, murky and turbulent—the water of the Underworld River, the Underworld River Essence, a carrier, the very source of the Underworld River. "Die!" The Underworld King bellowed. With a tremendous boom, the void shattered, and the entire space collapsed into nothingness. At this moment, the boundary wall of the realm was breached. The battle spilled into the boundless void! In the far distance, one could vaguely see King Daming and other experts confronting several Invincibles. This time, the Invincibles drawn to the Human Realm were not limited to those present; outside the realm's borders, over a dozen Invincibles were locked in a standoff against eight human Invincibles. Those powerhouses witnessed it as well! They saw the Underworld River explode! They saw that sword, an unrivaled strike. They saw Wan Tiansheng, saw his body shattering, and saw him cleave down with that sword! Boom! A colossal roar truly shook the heavens. In the void, blood-red clouds converged. In an instant, they blanketed tens of millions of li. The waters of the Underworld River ceased to flow. ... In the Underworld Realm. A river that had existed since antiquity suddenly snapped. Endless underworld water flooded the surroundings, engulfing the realm. At the summit of the Underworld Realm, a primordial powerhouse let out a sigh and reached toward the river. "King Minghe... has fallen!" He sighed. I warned you that this journey was perilous, that you should not step forward rashly. Yet you went anyway, only to perish in the Human Realm. This ancient existence opened the river of time and peered toward the unimaginably distant Human Realm. A moment later, he saw that sword strike. The strike that had slain an Invincible! He saw the great sword shatter, and he saw King Minghe fall, cleaved into fragments by that single blow. The Underworld Realm was also shaken, though the disturbance was contained. However, those in the know understood: an Invincible had fallen! An Invincible who had attained the Dao within the Underworld Realm! When one who attained the Dao in their native realm perished, the realm would feel it. An Invincible who attained the Dao in the Underworld Realm was dead; King Minghe had fallen, and the Underworld River was severed! ... On the Allheaven Battlefield. Countless powerhouses were shaken. In the void, a dazzling, blood-red sun crashed down, falling squarely onto human territory, within the Human Realm. An Invincible had died in the Human Realm! Shortly after, an illusory phantom dissipated above the Underworld Realm, returning dust to dust and earth to earth. An Underworld King had perished! Silence fell in every direction. In the span of a few short months, two Invincibles had died! The Dragon Silkworm King, and King Minghe! Both deaths were tied to humanity. Someone within the Human Realm had slain an Invincible! And they had slain an Invincible of the underworld race, an ancient race, cut down by a human! ... In Nanyuan. Blood-red clouds covered heaven and earth. Even Su Yu could not help but shudder. Striking Dao Cheng away with a fist, he backed away several steps and looked up at the sky. As if by mutual understanding, combatants everywhere pulled back, gripped by inexplicable shock! Was that... an Invincible's death? Even if it was only one of three embodiments, it should not have been slain so easily. Not to mention, it had been two against one! In the void, appearing endlessly distant from them, Wan Tiansheng coughed. A drop of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. With a faint smile and a battered body, he murmured, "I... can also slay an Invincible!" Even though this Invincible had been weakened, it was still an Invincible. He had slain him! Fifty-one years ago, he had not had the chance to slay the Tianyuan race's Invincible. Fifty-one years later, he had cut down an Underworld Invincible. Of course, he had Su Yu to thank for rendering this Invincible so useless—no, two of them, for Lade was just as useless! Otherwise, he could never have slain King Minghe so effortlessly. That kid... had actually done something good! "Wan Tiansheng..." At this moment, the Invincibles in other pockets looked toward him, their eyes filled with shock and bewilderment. Wan Tiansheng... had killed an Invincible! He was only at the ninth-stage Sun Moon Realm, not a quasi-Invincible; Wan Tiansheng possessed no three-life embodiments! Zhu Tiandao couldn't help but complain resentfully, "I bloody knew it!" I knew I wasn't nearly as scheming as your lineage! What the hell! This old bastard Wan Tiansheng can truly slay Invincibles. Even if it was a cripple, and even if he only fought a single embodiment, he actually did it! Wan Tiansheng coughed up blood and smiled. Yet right at that moment, Zhu Tiandao's face changed drastically. "Watch out!" At that exact instant, Wan Tiansheng smiled again. He didn't turn around! Yet he knew that a hand had appeared behind his back. He had seen this scene before! You... still couldn't hold back after all! Seeing me slay an Invincible, seeing me heavily wounded, you couldn't resist! Before him, Fiend King Lade emerged, carrying sheer dread and boundless killing intent as he hammered a fist toward Wan Tiansheng! You can die now! With an Invincible buried alongside you, you have gained enough, just like Ye Batian back then! The oppressive aura emanating from the hand behind him was far stronger than King Minghe's had been. It was not a past embodiment; it had to be a future embodiment! The traitor of the human race could no longer restrain himself. Wan Tiansheng had to die! He had to! Wan Tiansheng had to die, and everyone from the multiple divine characters faction present today had to die. The traitor was terrified. He had thought Ye Batian was the culmination, but reality had proved otherwise! Ye Batian could only represent Ye Batian. He could not represent everyone! Nan Wujiang who battled Invincibles, Yun Chen who slaughtered quasi-Invincibles, Liu Wenyan who fought quasi-Invincibles, Su Yu who battled the geniuses of the ten thousand races, Su Yu who commanded stone sculptures, Su Yu the ancient city master, Chen Yong who reached the Sun Moon Realm in a single year, Hong Tan who grasped the disassembly art, Xia Yunqi and the others who had broken into the Sun Moon Realm one after another... All of them had to die! This scene was too terrifying. So terrifying that he dared not imagine what would happen a few years from now if several true Invincibles emerged from this lineage, even if only through physical cultivation. Could he bear the consequences? Could his identity truly remain hidden forever? If the multiple divine characters faction had no Invincibles, it wouldn't have mattered as much. But when this lineage produced someone capable of slaying Invincibles, would his value as a single Invincible truly outweigh the entire multiple divine characters faction? At this moment, he knew it wouldn't! No human Invincible would ever defend him again, claiming he was an Invincible and therefore could not be killed. No one would say that anymore, because... the multiple divine characters faction was far more worthy of preservation. They were too strong! And far too terrifying! He made his move, tearing through the void. After Wan Tiansheng had slain an Invincible, after Wan Tiansheng was heavily wounded, he struck! A palm thrust toward Wan Tiansheng's skull! Attacking from behind—this was precisely what Wan Tiansheng had seen in his vision: he had seen a hand. And Su Yu and the others saw that hand as well. Su Yu frowned slightly. Has he emerged? He finally came out! However... there were no patterns visible. Su Yu's brow furrowed. Without the patterns, it was not as he had guessed. That meant the figure he had glimpsed in Cult Master Tianyi's memories might have been someone else, not the human traitor. Even as he frowned, worry gripped him. Wan Tiansheng seemed wounded! With this sudden ambush, could Wan Tiansheng withstand it? A pincer attack from front and back! Slaying an Invincible was no simple feat; Wan Tiansheng's physical body was already fractured. Wan Tiansheng smiled. Ignoring Fiend King Lade, he spun around and countered with a fist! Boom! "Mountain Suppressing!" The Mountain Suppressing Fist, a secret art of the multiple divine characters faction—which Su Yu, of course, had not learned, being merely a half-baked disciple. Nearby, Zhu Tiandao paid it no mind. He knew of it, as did many others; otherwise, he wouldn't have abandoned his fight with Xuanjia halfway through back then. With a thunderous crash, the void fractured. A mighty, imposing figure manifested, striking Wan Tiansheng with a palm that sent him flying while coughing blood. Behind him, Fiend King Lade slammed a fist into Wan Tiansheng's back, blasting a gaping hole through his chest. The two Invincibles converged. Fiend King Lade cast a hesitant glance at this faceless figure whose features could not be discerned. Even at this point, this person was unwilling to expose his identity. Fiend King Lade coughed and said, "Now that your future embodiment has arrived, your true self won't be able to stay hidden for long..." The faceless figure said eerily, "It is merely a future embodiment. As long as this future embodiment does not perish, who can say for sure that I haven't fused my three embodiments into one!" He chuckled, and the next moment, lunged toward Wan Tiansheng to kill him! Wan Tiansheng coughed blood continuously, yet his smile was radiant. "No, you will die. This future embodiment of yours will perish... and everyone will know exactly who betrayed the human race..." At this moment, an unimaginably vast river surged into view. Lade and the faceless figure halted in unison, shaken. "I have no future, nor do I cultivate the past. I... am Wan Tiansheng. Across the myriad worlds, my Dao alone!" With a thunderous shout, his aura erupted, surging to a level that struck terror into the hearts of all who witnessed it! The wounds on his body healed in an instant! "You two... are finished!" Wan Tiansheng stared at them coldly. You are finished! Both Lade and the faceless figure were shaken to their core. What kind of monster is this?! Soon, someone shouted, "He has no future and no past! Slay this present embodiment of his, and he will cease to exist across the myriad worlds!" Wan Tiansheng possessed only this single embodiment! Kill him! Boom! The clash erupted once more, fiercer and more violent than ever before!