The Grand Schemer King!

Did the Hunting Heaven Pavilion possess experts? Many! The South and North Tower Masters and the West Pavilion Master were all exceedingly powerful. With his mid-stage Eternal cultivation, Zhu Tianfang had once been merely the head of the Yellow Division within the pavilion. Zhou Tianyuan, stronger than Zhu Tianfang, was the head of the Xuan Division. Yet the Xuan and Yellow Divisions ranked near the very bottom among the Hunting Heaven Pavilion's Invincibles. Now, when Marquis Jiantian stated that they were going to kill Su Yu, the experts present trembled slightly. They had watched from the sidelines for nine tides! Today, the Hunting Heaven Pavilion was finally taking the field. The ancient cities had chosen Su Yu. Choosing Su Yu did not equate to choosing the human race, but the Hunting Heaven Pavilion choosing to kill Su Yu meant drawing a clear and absolute line against humanity. The experts remained silent for a moment. Soon, the Chief Law Enforcement Elder said in a deep voice, "He must die! Then let us strike down Su Yu. That man has slain multiple elders of our Law Enforcement Department..." "Go." Marquis Jiantian had no desire to say more and waved a hand gently. Aside from him, six Invincibles stood here, each a powerhouse. Among them, the South Tower Master and the West Pavilion Master were both high-stage Eternals. Once such martial might intervened, it would be enough to upend the situation. At the very least, it would break the commanding momentum of Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng's joint stand. These few were more than enough to suppress the pair! Without another word, the Invincibles vanished on the spot. The Hunting Heaven Pavilion was entering the war! Marquis Jiantian cast his gaze into the distance, lost in memory and hesitation. *Have I... still chosen this path after all?* His thoughts drifted back countless years to when King Wen had asked him: if one day King Wen died or disappeared, would he look after the Jiantian Pavilion? His reply back then had been prompt and absolute! *Without fail!* And now, a hundred thousand years had passed. During the first three of the past nine tides, he had waited and yearned, hoping for King Wen's return. During the middle three tides, disappointment set in; he hesitated and wavered, realizing King Wen was never coming back. Starting from the Seventh Tide, he became convinced King Wen could never return. Thus, from that tide onward, he began refining the Heaven Hunting Ranking. Sixty thousand years—sixty thousand years after King Wen's death—he finally committed an act of betrayal. He feared King Wen. Had he not, he could never have waited a full sixty thousand years! Even when everyone claimed King Wen was dead, he had still waited sixty thousand years. From the Seventh Tide onward, he looked out solely for himself. It was also then that the Jiantian Pavilion was formally renamed. Originally, "Hunting Heaven Pavilion" had merely been an informal moniker, but by the Seventh Tide, it became their official name. *** In the void. The death qi bearing down on Su Yu grew heavier, his white robe turning completely black. He looked into the distance, his brow furrowing slightly. Wan Tiansheng maintained a calm facade, sending a voice transmission: "Trouble seems to be coming. There's an unusual stir!" At this moment, one black and one white, the two resembled twin fiends of darkness and light! They intimidated the surrounding minor race Invincibles to the point where none dared rush forward recklessly, all hesitating. Yet Su Yu sensed the impending crisis. His and Wan Tiansheng's partnership had likely breached the bottom line of certain entities. Just as the thought crossed his mind, the void rippled. Six exceedingly powerful figures emerged. All wore golden masks. The Hunting Heaven Pavilion! Su Yu sighed softly. The Hunting Heaven Pavilion... Marquis Jiantian had made his choice. Wan Tiansheng's expression shifted as well, and he said coldly, "For countless years, the Hunting Heaven Pavilion has maintained neutrality, existing as a third party. Mystery was the capital that kept you alive, much like the ancient cities. And now, the Hunting Heaven Pavilion is taking a side?" The appearance of six powerhouses brought a collective sigh of relief from many onlookers. The Hunting Heaven Pavilion was intervening! This was not just about these six. Crucially, it signaled that Marquis Jiantian was stepping in. Since he had entered the fray, he would not hold back! An ancient marquis—perhaps the highest-ranking ancient figure surviving today—was about to act! This invigorated countless experts. On the Hunting Heaven Pavilion's side, the Chief Law Enforcement Elder said calmly, "Our target is solely Su Yu. Su Yu has slaughtered the elders of our pavilion indiscriminately..." Su Yu gave a beaming smile. "What kind of talk is that? Senior Zhu Tianfang was the one who killed them—how can you blame me? I'm completely blameless here! "Furthermore, I brought glory and renown to the Hunting Heaven Pavilion. Even now, I'm an elder of the pavilion. Are my own people turning against me?" The Chief Law Enforcement Elder fell silent, saying no more. Having stepped onto the battlefield, saying anything further would only invite ridicule. The void rippled as Rivers of Time linked together. The Chief Law Enforcement Elder looked toward the outer ring of Invincibles and said in a heavy voice, "If you dare not step forward, please employ the laws of time to disrupt Wan Tiansheng!" At these words, the minor race Invincibles rejoiced. That, they could do! In an instant, sixteen Rivers of Time pierced the sky, blanketing heaven and earth! That was excluding the six from the Hunting Heaven Pavilion. These Rivers of Time wove through the void like silk threads, locking down the space. To disrupt Wan Tiansheng! That was hardly difficult. No matter how powerful Wan Tiansheng was, he remained a non-Invincible. In truth, sixteen Invincibles were more than enough to slaughter Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng if they attacked in earnest; the real issue was that no one wanted to end up as the ghost under their blades. Now that the Hunting Heaven Pavilion was willing to do the heavy lifting, nothing could be better! Su Yu took a deep breath, the Heavenly Gate surfacing on his forehead. Trouble had arrived! Then he would just open a passage to the Realm of Dead Spirits. Facing so many powerhouses, he was certainly powerless to defeat them, and Wan Tiansheng couldn't either. The key was... how to drag these bastards down? It wouldn't be easy to knock them in. Or perhaps he could intentionally open the passage and dive in himself, tempting these fellows to follow him down. His only worry was that they wouldn't bite. In the void, Su Yu recalled the civilization chronicle. It shone with ever-greater brilliance, over three hundred phantom figures manifesting across its pages, every one of them in the Sun Moon Realm. Among them, the phantoms on the God, Demon, and Immortal pages had reached the sixth or seventh tier of the Sun Moon Realm. Yet it was still not enough. It was still too weak. Even with over three hundred phantoms, it could at best barely withstand an Invincible's strike once or twice. Upon retrieving the civilization chronicle, Su Yu did not keep it for himself. The chronicle instantly morphed into a white robe, draping itself over Wan Tiansheng. Wan Tiansheng looked at him, and Su Yu grinned. "Manor Head, your physical body is too fragile!" Both he and Wan Tiansheng possessed only a single life. Wan Tiansheng laughed. *Fragile?* Well, compared to Su Yu, his physical vessel was indeed somewhat lacking. This Heaven armament was extraordinarily potent. The moment it enveloped him, Wan Tiansheng could sense it was capable of absorbing several strikes from a mid-stage Eternal. Wan Tiansheng drew a deep breath. Looking toward the approaching Invincibles without glancing back at Su Yu, he smiled and asked, "What realm are you at now?" "My physical body is at Lingyun, and as a Civilization Master, I'm at Shanhai." "Lingyun..." Wan Tiansheng gave a wry smile. "A Lingyun battling Shanhais... boy, you dragged me down with you!" Su Yu understood what he meant and smiled amidst the swirling death qi. *Don't blame me for that. You were the one who insisted on peering into the future! What does that have to do with me?* "Forget it. As your Manor Head, I'll teach you today how to utilize the rules!" Wan Tiansheng laughed. "We Civilization Masters ought to be the most adept at manipulating the power of rules. You're just a defective knockoff—watch me!" With those words, Wan Tiansheng let out a low shout. Boundless willpower converged through the void. In the next instant, he tore open the River of Time! Immediately after, he pulled Su Yu along, stepping squarely onto the river, and chuckled. "Step up. Don't be afraid. Just like last time, I'll take you swimming through past, present, and future to slaughter their three embodiments! The technique of three embodiments is the absolute worst garbage. We'll cut down their past and future selves along the River of Time. Neither of us possesses past or future embodiments, so we have nothing to fear from a temporal duel!" Su Yu chuckled and stepped onto the River of Time. He and Wan Tiansheng manifested simultaneously upon the rushing waters, floating like a solitary skiff amidst crashing waves. At that moment, a staggering twenty-two Rivers of Time pressed down, branching off into twenty-two tributaries from this massive river. Pulling Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng vanished in a flash, leaping into one of the tributaries. Above that river floated an enormous frog. Seeing them appear, its expression morphed into sheer horror, and it severed its river connection without hesitation! Yet Wan Tiansheng proactively bridged the gap, hurtling forward with Su Yu. Within this River of Time, the opponent had nowhere to run. Su Yu poured everything he had into a single, devastating punch! *Boom!* The river snapped, and the frog exploded under Su Yu's strike with a resounding bang! At the same moment, among the sixteen minor race Invincibles in the outer ring, a massive frog suddenly let out a muffled grunt. Its three embodiments split apart, and just as its past embodiment coalesced, a fist abruptly materialized behind it! *Bang!* The colossal crash sent a tremor of dread through the hearts of the surrounding Invincibles. *Boom!* The frog's past embodiment detonated on the spot! And just as quickly, the fist vanished. It was as though a punch had crossed over from the past to shatter the creature's past self! "Such audacity!" At that moment, the powerhouses of the Hunting Heaven Pavilion were thoroughly shaken. Wan Tiansheng's mastery of temporal power was terrifying; he truly spanned past, present, and future, traversing back to an earlier moment in an eye-blink to slay an Invincible's embodiment! *** *Rumble!* Wan Tiansheng's River of Time thrashed violently. Ignoring the turbulence, Wan Tiansheng sent a voice transmission to Su Yu: "I can't hold out for long. Terrify them! Frighten those minor race Invincibles until they dare not fight, force them back..." It was purely psychological warfare! He had never expected to truly slay Invincibles under these circumstances. Shattering an embodiment was already the absolute limit! "Do you have any more backup plans?" Wan Tiansheng asked. If not, this was likely the end of the line. He didn't harbor many regrets. If this truly was the end, it wasn't a bad outcome. At the very least, they hadn't lost out—they had slain plenty of Invincibles! A man living his life gained nothing by fretting too much. It all boiled down to a single principle: follow one's heart! Follow his desires, his will, his intentions. If he truly fell, that was fate. After all, he had risen far too late! "I still have... one final trick!" "Don't panic. If things get truly disastrous, I'll take you and flee, Manor Head!" Su Yu transmitted back. Why fear? He could just drag him into the Realm of Dead Spirits! Run away, of course! Why wait for death instead of running? With Hetu and the others around, he could still manage to get by in the Realm of Dead Spirits. As for Old Wan... worst-case scenario, he could have Hetu help convert him. What was there to fear? As they drifted through the River of Time, a thunderous crash resounded as Wan Tiansheng tore open another river... Yet the moment it opened and they caught sight of the figure on the other side, the opponent severed their River of Time instantly. Of the twenty-two rivers blanketing the sky, one abruptly vanished. It was an Invincible from a minor race. Face pale, he forcibly withdrew his River of Time and retreated without a word. Seeing others glancing his way, he gritted his teeth and remained silent. *I don't want to die here!* *Only I can uphold the skies for my race. The Immortal race promised to protect us, but... an epochal upheaval is about to erupt. Will the Immortals still have the strength to spare for us?* *It's better that I stay alive!* *So long as I live, even if the Immortals wish to invade my realm to kill me, they would need to dispatch at least six or seven Invincibles, if not more!* *"I... cannot die!"* With that conviction, he hesitated only briefly. Knowing that lingering here would likely earn the Immortals' enmity anyway, he tore through the void and fled! He ran! The other Invincibles shifted uncomfortably. *He ran!* *He actually fled!* What reckless nerve—did he truly not fear retribution from the Immortals? Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng were equally astonished. The myriad races were currently dominated by a handful of titans. The human race hardly counted; they had forged virtually no alliances with the top hundred races. After enduring countless years of suppression under the Immortals, Demons, and Gods, someone actually dared defy them? What guts! Caught off guard, the pair chose not to pursue him. This was great! Even better than anticipated. Though they hadn't slain the fellow's embodiment, his flight was an excellent omen. Yet right as the thought crossed their minds, Old Wan's River of Time shook violently. With a deafening boom, six massive Rivers of Time forcibly wedged themselves in. An instant later, six Invincibles manifested! "Petty tricks are useless!" The six powerhouses encircled the pair from all directions. Su Yu bared his teeth in a grin, pointing straight at the one who had spoken. "You're the one. Chief Law Enforcement Elder of the Hunting Heaven Pavilion, you flap your gums too much! Even if I, Su Yu, die here today, I will drag you down with me!" "Kill!" Coordinating seamlessly with Old Wan, the two lunged toward him with ruthless ferocity. The other five struck out simultaneously, yet the duo didn't block, parry, or even look their way! They had genuinely cast life and death to the winds! Old Wan's River of Time snapped instantly, disrupting the Chief Law Enforcement Elder, while Su Yu poured every ounce of his power into an all-out, berserk assault. Ignoring the attacks raining down on him, he hammered a fist toward the elder with earth-shattering force! *I said I would kill you, and kill you I will!* *You're just a mid-stage Eternal blabbering incessantly. Even if I'm crippled and maimed, I'm beating you to death!* At this moment, the Chief Elder wanted to curse out loud! *Fuck!* *Lunatics!* *Have you two lost your minds?* "Kill them..." He screeched. *These two madmen only have one life! The West Pavilion Master and the South Tower Master are both high-stage Eternals! To not even defend under these circumstances?* *Aren't they insane?* *Completely deranged!* Screaming, he turned and fled. The River of Time had been shattered by Old Wan, and Old Wan's own had broken as well. Now back in physical space, the elder fled without a second thought. He was no madman! He had no desire to end up as the ghost under their blades before these two died! Facing a barrage from all sides, the pair had no chance of surviving. The Chief Elder cursed inwardly: *You don't stand a chance!* Just as the thought surfaced, Su Yu's fist was already upon him! The Chief Elder froze. *So fast? Did no one intercept him?* A shudder ran through his heart. At that exact moment, the West Pavilion Master suddenly struck in reverse with a sword, the blade shattering a palm strike launched by the South Tower Master—a palm aimed directly at Su Yu! The West Pavilion Master had originally been targeting Wan Tiansheng, yet now, instead of attacking him, a sword thrust caught the South Tower Master completely off guard. Without facing any interference, Su Yu drove his fist home! *Boom!* The Chief Elder's physical body pulverized instantly. In his dying breath, he cried out in bewildered fury, "You're a traitor..." "A traitor?" The West Pavilion Master said softly, "I am not. Marquis Jiantian is the one who turned traitor! This Hunting Heaven Pavilion belongs to King Wen's lineage, and King Wen's lineage is of the human race... Do you all truly not know who the real traitor is?" A sword materialized in the South Tower Master's grasp as he stared at him, his voice low: "West Pavilion, do not forget that a hundred thousand years have passed since ancient times!" The West Pavilion Master replied softly, "I haven't forgotten. Yet... even a hundred thousand years later, this remains human domain!" The two peerless experts clashed in an instant, their blades rippling through the void and carving out tear after tear in space! Both Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng were caught off guard. They had prepared themselves to sustain grievous wounds just to strike down the Chief Elder! Su Yu had even planned to open the passage to the Realm of Dead Spirits the moment he was crippled... and yet the Hunting Heaven Pavilion had fallen into civil strife again? *Again?* Yes! Another damn human had popped up! Su Yu was utterly speechless. How many of them were there? The West Pavilion Master, along with the heads of the Heaven, Xuan, and Yellow Divisions... what in the world had Marquis Jiantian been thinking? Did he truly believe these humans had been brainwashed by him to the point where they would abandon their race at the critical moment? Meanwhile, the Chief Elder's shattered flesh began to reconstruct within a faintly flickering River of Time on the spot, his silhouette re-emerging. Just as Su Yu moved to strike again, the other experts attacked! Aside from them, the North Tower Master and the heads of the Di and Xuan Divisions—three mighty powerhouses—wore grave expressions as they barked, "Those outside, attack together!" *Dammit!* *The West Pavilion Master turned traitor!* In the void, the two high-stage Eternals fought in a chaotic storm. *** Inside the Hunting Heaven Pavilion. The scholar did not appear overly surprised, letting out only a sigh. Sure enough... life and death, race, conviction... at times, these things were hard to change. The Hunting Heaven Pavilion was, after all, an agency under King Wen. Certain old fossils were well aware of this, and humans had always loved sneaking inside. He hadn't paid it too much mind—or rather, there was nothing he could do even if he minded. Generation after generation, tide after tide, humans tirelessly infiltrated the organization. During the upheavals of the first six tides, he had not dared slaughter these humans indiscriminately. In the end, he had accepted them. Whether it was the Head of the Heaven Division or the West Pavilion Master, he had known they were humans, but they were humans from before the Sixth Tide! And yet... the West Pavilion Master had still rebelled! He had betrayed him! In the end, he still couldn't win hearts the way King Wen had. He wasn't entirely surprised. Dispatching these individuals had been a test and an assessment. It could only be said that he had overestimated himself and underestimated the racial convictions of mankind. At this moment, he stepped out of the grand hall, step by step. A golden page materialized in his hand. It was time to act! The Hunting Heaven Pavilion was overdue for a purging anyway; too many humans had infiltrated its ranks. Since he had taken the field... he had reached a decision regarding certain matters. *** At that very moment. Inside Hongmeng Ancient City, the stone sculpture that was Old Turtle's avatar shifted slightly. Soon, Old Turtle assumed human form, floating upon the sea. He glanced at the ancient city... then toward Su Yu, thought for a moment, and chuckled. *You can handle it, right?* *Right!* *I think you can handle it!* *Bearing the ancient city's death qi is no problem for you. Though the death qi on my end is rather concentrated...* *Still, I need to uproot the ancient city!* *Only by uprooting it can I fight Marquis Jiantian. Otherwise, with him holding the Jiantian Booklet, he'll be difficult to deal with.* As Old Turtle pondered this, Hongmeng Ancient City instantly transformed into a golden robe. Indeed, it was not an offensive weapon. It was a defensive armament! Back in ancient times, the Hongmeng Turtle was said to possess defenses on par with an ancient Iron-Eating Beast that had undergone seventy-two castings; prior to seventy-two castings, an Iron-Eating Beast was actually inferior to a Hongmeng Turtle. And this formidable robe, bearing 144 golden inscriptions, was a purely defensive armament! Old Turtle smiled. *My brawling skills are quite ordinary, but... Marquis Jiantian, break through my defense before we talk of anything else!* Tearing open the void, Old Turtle stepped through. Simultaneously, Marquis Jiantian's steps paused slightly. Moments later, he stepped outside the hall and looked at the handsome youth in the air, saying softly, "Brother Hongmeng still insists on obstructing me?" Old Turtle chuckled softly. "The Marquis jokes! But if the Marquis wishes to take the field, you must consult me first. After all, that is the master of my sacred city." "General Zhenling, I heard long ago that King Gong intended to enfeoff you as Marquis Zhenling. Why did you refuse?" Old Turtle smiled. "Those were merely rumors from the streets, nothing to take seriously! Of course, there was a grain of truth to it, but King Gong said that if I accepted the title, I would have to guard the Seventh Floor passage. I gave it some thought and declined; guarding that place was far more troublesome!" Marquis Jiantian understood, smiling lightly. "So that's how it was!" "Brother, after you!" "After you!" Both were exceedingly courteous, smiling at each other as they tore through space and walked into the boundless void. No battle broke out between them, yet the moment they stepped through, the entire surrounding space collapsed, transforming into streaks of light that vanished into the depths of the void. The two strode forward. With each step, they seemed to travel back into the past and forward into the future, while corpses fell continuously in their wake! Marquis Jiantian lost slightly more, while Old Turtle lost fewer. However, once Marquis Jiantian produced the golden booklet, Old Turtle found advancing much more arduous. A heavy sigh echoed between heaven and earth: "Using King Wen's possession against the human race and against me—do you find that appropriate?" "I had no other choice!" "True enough. You have passed the point of no return. It's merely a weapon; why did you insist on refining it? Then again... refined or not, King Wen might not necessarily have held it against you. Besides, he is almost certainly dead. Would Su Yu truly oppose you over such a matter?" "I dared not gamble, nor was I willing to place my life in the hands of others. Brother Hongmeng should understand me!" "I understand. However... it is not yours after all. When competing against me, you still fall short. While I am not adept at fighting, neither are you..." They spoke as if casually conversing, yet the corpses piled higher and higher around them! More and more fell! Countless Old Turtles perished, and countless Marquis Jiantians fell. With every step they took, corpses dropped—either Old Turtle's or Marquis Jiantian's. Moments later, Marquis Jiantian grunted, blood seeping from the corner of his lips. He looked at Old Turtle with bitter resignation. "I... you truly possess the strength of an enfeoffed marquis. Brother Hongmeng has kept his depths well hidden!" "Just average!" Old Turtle smiled faintly. "Still, it is mainly because the Jiantian Booklet is not truly yours; you expended far too much energy on it. You, my friend, have fallen even below me. Marquis Jiantian, give it up!" "How could I?" Exchanging casual remarks, their corpses continued to tumble downward relentlessly. *** At this moment, in the Immortal Realm. Tiangu's eyes flickered with shifting intent. Abruptly, a lidless coffin hurtled toward Su Yu's location! Old Turtle was pinned down by Marquis Jiantian! Previously, the only one he had been wary of was Old Turtle. That old fellow was far too ancient! Yet right at that instant, Old Turtle sighed, and a tortoise shell flew out to intercept the coffin. He said softly, "Tiangu, there is no need to play tricks before me. If you can break my tortoise shell, I will let you kill Su Yu!" Tiangu's expression darkened, but he said nothing. Right then, another murmur echoed across heaven and earth. *** *Pfft!* Su Yu suddenly coughed up blood, feeling as though his brain was about to split open! His entire sea of will seemed under assault from some unseen force. Fortunately, the Civilization Tombstone blocked the brunt of it, followed by the golden album shattering the dark energy, allowing Su Yu to narrowly escape disaster! Wan Tiansheng's expression changed drastically. Shedding all semblance of gentility, he roared with incandescent rage, "Beast! Shameless cur—a grand Half-Emperor actually stooping to ambush Su Yu!" Far away in the void, an immensely powerful presence revealed itself. Its entire body was cloaked in darkness! The Tianyuan Half-Emperor! Indeed, he had just ambushed Su Yu. Now, this Half-Emperor murmured, "What a treasure. Su Yu, you truly possess immense providence!" The instant Old Turtle vanished and Tiangu attacked, he had struck! He was extraordinarily powerful! He was the sole expert of the Tianyuan race to step into the Harmony Dao Realm since the Great Shattering. And his curse on Su Yu had actually been repelled! It was simply inconceivable! A supreme treasure! Su Yu unquestionably carried a supreme treasure on him! A divine armament! In all likelihood, it was a divine armament; even a peak Heaven armament could scarcely have withstood that strike for Su Yu. At this moment, every Invincible watching or fighting was thoroughly shaken. The mobilization of forces to kill Su Yu was simply too extravagant! This was the true, complete encirclement by the myriad races! The God Emperor, Immortal Emperor, Tianyuan Half-Emperor, Nether Emperor, and Marquis Jiantian—a full five Harmony Dao experts sought Su Yu's life! Had the Demon Emperor not lost his three embodiments, he would likely have joined as well. On Su Yu's side, three Harmony Dao powerhouses were engaged in battle. As for peak ninth-stage Eternals like the Six-Wing God King, King Daqin, Duobao, and Tianmie, there were over a dozen! This was the greatest assembly of combatants since the dawn of this tide's upheaval! Too many! More and more powerhouses arrived, choosing to enter the fray—either to aid Su Yu or to back the myriad races. At this point, Su Yu had only one thought: open the passage to the Realm of Dead Spirits and run! *Holy shit!* He had nearly been wiped out! The Tianyuan Half-Emperor had intervened! If the Dragon Emperor showed up—the most likely remaining Harmony Dao expert to join the fight, who had yet to make a move—then once he entered, there wouldn't even be a chance to flee! Just as Su Yu prepared to run... The Tianyuan Half-Emperor paused slightly, looking up into the void. From the void came a crunching, tearing sound of chewing. A gargantuan entity descended from the sky, devouring something mouthful by mouthful. No one could tell what the titanic creature was eating. Between chews, it chuckled innocently: "Su Yu cannot be killed! A few days ago, the ancestral rules of my race shifted; Su Yu appears to have mastered my race's Iron-Eating Seventy-Two Castings. That being the case, he cannot be killed!" "Iron-Eating..." The Tianyuan Half-Emperor's mind reeled! The ancient Iron-Eating race had chosen to stand with humanity in this tide? Why? The Tianyuan Half-Emperor couldn't help but ask, "Why? In the Ninth Tide, when that legendary figure arose, you never chose to aid him! Why help Su Yu? I do not understand!" The colossal Iron-Eating Beast chuckled good-naturedly: "Because... in the last tide, that fellow didn't cultivate the Iron-Eating Seventy-Two Castings! I only recognize one principle: since Su Yu has cultivated our Iron-Eating Seventy-Two Castings, he is our ally. At the very least, there is a connection. He cannot deny it—he cultivates my race's art!" In the distance, Su Yu nodded frantically! *Holy crap!* *I acknowledge it! I completely acknowledge it! You could tell me to call you daddy and I'd do it! This senior has stepped up!* What a shock! A genuine shock. Su Yu had been about to run for his life, only for a giant fatty—er, supreme powerhouse—to drop from the heavens! It was an astonishing and delightful surprise! The Iron-Eating Beast Emperor continued munching away. Only now did the onlookers realize what he was devouring. A chill gripped their hearts: it was a dragon—a colossal dragon! Except right now, it appeared tiny, and it was still alive! He was eating a living dragon! Moreover, a living dragon in the Invincible realm! The Iron-Eating Beast Emperor chuckled innocently. "Su Yu says the Immortals taste good! He's mistaken. Immortals don't taste nearly as good as Dragons. I'm not lying—the Dragon race has quite a pleasant flavor. I've always loved eating dragon! Dragon liver tastes even better. Of course, perhaps Tiangu really is delicious; I caught a fragrant whiff last time... but Tiangu is hard to get into one's mouth!" From afar, the voice of the big fur ball echoed: "Big fatty, old turtle, can we swap opponents? Jiwu and the others don't taste good—they smell stinky! I want to go beat Tiangu with my wife!" It wanted to switch targets! Tiangu sounded much tastier! "No!" "No swapping!" "..." The big fur ball seemed very displeased and grew irritated. In the next instant, an enormous round ball manifested between heaven and earth, a black hole opening on its surface—its mouth! The big fur ball threw a tantrum. "No one wants to swap! I'm so annoyed! Jiwu and the rest made me angry. I'm going to eat the God Realm and the Nether Realm together!" "Wife, let's eat their realms!" In that breath, only two gigantic balls existed in the world, expanding boundlessly, growing infinitely. Beneath the stunned gazes of everyone present, the two entities completely abandoned the two Half-Emperors! *Too annoying!* *We'll just go eat your realms!* Their mouths grew wider and wider, larger and larger! Soon, they expanded toward the God Realm and the Nether Realm! Both the God Emperor and the Nether Emperor blanched, unable to keep from cursing out loud! *Fuck!* These two lunatics had no clan to protect, save for the single offspring near Su Yu. Now that they were irritated, they were resorting to indiscriminate slaughter, preparing to swallow entire realms! *Boom!* The two Half-Emperors stopped tangling and rushed back above their respective realms, clashing furiously against the two fur balls. These two creatures were on the verge of launching indiscriminate destruction; the Half-Emperors, unlike them, had reservations! If the two truly swallowed their realms, even if the realms held and couldn't be digested, it would still result in the deaths of countless citizens! Innumerable deaths! *** Su Yu watched in absolute awe! He reached into his sea of will and stroked the little fur ball. *Good little ball, big brother will treat you well from now on. Your daddy and mommy are terrifyingly formidable, and they have zero baggage to worry about! At the very least, even if King Daqin and the others had this strength, they wouldn't dare pull off something like this!* It was terrifying! Acting this way would provoke other Half-Emperors into slaughtering human realms in retaliation! Yet these two had no scruples whatsoever! "Don't lose focus!" Wan Tiansheng barked in a low voice. *What are you doing? Several Invincibles are still trying to kill us right now—spacing out is suicide!* Su Yu remarked with deep feeling, "Incredible. If I were that strong, I'd definitely slaughter the God, Demon, and Immortal realms, kill them all, and feed them to the Iron-Eating Emperor as biscuits and to the God-Devouring Emperor as snacks!" He spoke casually, but the surrounding Hunting Heaven Pavilion Invincibles felt a chill run down their spines! He made it sound like child's play, but they vaguely sensed he wasn't joking. If he possessed that strength, he might truly do it! Ruthless and merciless—few among the myriad races were crueler than Su Yu! Right at that moment, Su Yu roared, "Division Head, strike!" In an instant, the heads of the Di and Xuan Divisions shuddered. Over on the side, the North Tower Master's heart skipped a beat as well. *Another traitor?* *Boom!* A deafening explosion rang out as Su Yu's fist pulverized the Chief Elder's second embodiment. Wan Tiansheng followed without hesitation, severing the River of Time with a single sword slash. The moment the Chief Elder hastily reformed, Wan Tiansheng slapped him dead on the spot! "..." Silence! The ninth Invincible of the day had fallen. Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng, working together, had slain four of them! Prior to this, Su Yu and his companions had already killed four. Up to this point, King Daqin's side had only brought down one. Even knowing Su Yu had used a ruse, the three Invincibles of the Hunting Heaven Pavilion abruptly scattered, daring not draw close. For no other reason than sheer terror! Because this wasn't the first time the Hunting Heaven Pavilion had produced a human! Dammit, it had happened repeatedly! Who wouldn't be terrified? If the West Pavilion Master could turn traitor, and the heads of the Xuan and Yellow Divisions could turn traitor, why couldn't the others? One's own life was what mattered most! In the distant reaches, Marquis Jiantian sighed. The Hunting Heaven Pavilion... filled him with a sense of helplessness. Even if he were to proclaim now that the others were loyal, it wouldn't fully reassure them. Because too many had turned rogue! At this moment, even Tiangu couldn't hold back a furious roar: "A bunch of useless trash! More than twenty Eternals, and you can't kill two who haven't even reached Eternal?" He was about to explode with rage! With his immense cultivation, he usually possessed great patience. Yet so many Invincibles had gone to kill Su Yu and his partner, only to accomplish nothing while losing another Invincible—what kind of farce was this? That force was more than enough to overwhelm a ninth-stage Eternal! Yet they had failed to bring down Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng! This time, to eliminate Su Yu, how many Harmony Dao experts had been mobilized, and they still hadn't killed them! Tiangu roared in anger, "Dragon Emperor, are you still not going to strike?" By this point, he no longer held any hope for these fools! They were too disappointing! A flock of Invincibles standing around watching like damn spectators! Out of the ten-odd Invincibles on the outer perimeter, one had fled, one had lost an embodiment, and the remaining fourteen were going through the motions like tourists! Even when the Chief Elder was being slaughtered, had they lent the slightest hand, he wouldn't have died! And yet... nothing! A flock of Invincibles simply watched blankly, letting the Chief Elder be killed without lifting a single finger! Had they come to fight, or had they come for sightseeing? At this stage, the only hope left was for the Dragon Emperor to step forward and kill Su Yu! And on humanity's side, was there anyone left who could withstand the Dragon Emperor? The Iron-Eating Beast Emperor's intervention had come as a surprise. That entity had abstained for nine tides; as for why he struck this time, claiming it was due to the Iron-Eating Seventy-Two Castings, no one knew if it was true or false. Yet it no longer mattered! Once Su Yu died, everything would return to normal! Nine out of ten powerhouses taking the field right now were doing so because of Su Yu, not because of the human race. From this alone, one could see just how critical it was to kill Su Yu! *** Near the Eastern Rift Valley. King Dazhou watched in silence. The powerhouses stepping into the fray one after another had exceeded his expectations as well. Such as the Iron-Eating Beast Emperor! That had not been anticipated. On Tiangu's end, his coffin was entangled by Old Turtle, and Tiangu himself had not left his realm! King Dazhou watched for a while longer, then turned toward the distant Sea of Stars. Was the Dragon Emperor about to leave his realm? He didn't know! Yet the likelihood was high! King Dazhou remained silent for a moment. Suddenly, a divine character manifested, and a black vortex snapped into existence in the void. King Dazhou looked at the assembled powerhouses and said in a low voice, "Everyone, step aboard. Do not resist. Quickly!" The Invincibles wore grim expressions, looking toward King Dazhou. One asked in a heavy voice, "A teleportation divine character?" "Get on!" King Dazhou did not answer. The Invincibles hesitated briefly before boarding one after another. King Dazhou stated calmly, "When we teleport, the moment we arrive: kill indiscriminately! It will last for thirty seconds. Whether you finish killing or not, whether you succeed in slaying them or not, everyone gets back on the divine character! We teleport back!" "Did you hear me?" King Dazhou spoke in an eerie, measured tone. Amidst the crowd, King Dayuan said exasperatedly, "Old Zhou, can you drop the disguise before talking? You've already pulled out your teleportation divine character, and you're still acting!" King Dazhou chuckled softly. "Old Qin's appearance carries more intimidation. Cut the chatter. This is Old Qin's decision—hurry up and get on!" Soon, the other Invincibles stepped aboard. King Dazhou summoned another divine character, which descended like a lid to envelop them. Instantly, everyone's aura vanished, suppressed by an effect akin to a 'Silence' character! Not only that, he waved his hand again. Over twenty immensely powerful divine characters abruptly formed in their previous location, yet they seemed to possess only auras with none of the matching destructive power. These divine characters suddenly shifted into human forms, taking on the appearances of the Invincibles and standing beside where they had been. In the blink of an eye, these figures dashed toward the border of the Immortal Realm, appearing as though they were confronting it head-on! The gathered Invincibles watched in silence, their hearts reeling. This old ghost possessed an astonishing repertoire of tricks! It felt like he had far more methods than King Daqin... well, King Daqin had nothing aside from thrusting his spear, so there was no comparison! King Dazhou waited silently. After less than a minute, his expression shifted. In a flash, the divine character teleported! In the next instant, everyone appeared before a realm passage entrance! "Kill!" King Dazhou wasted no words, striking out with a palm. An Invincible guarding the passage was instantly blasted to pieces by his strike. In that breath, the other Invincibles didn't even care where they were! Kill! At this moment, their only choice was to obey orders. After instantly slaying that Invincible, King Dazhou stepped into the passage and slammed another palm downward. In the distance, a colossal city cracked and collapsed under the blow, countless dragons taking flight only to explode in midair! Only then did everyone realize: they were in the Dragon Realm! Outside the Dragon Realm, the Dragon Emperor had just opened a temporal passage to depart and kill Su Yu when he suddenly roared in fury. A gigantic dragon that blotted out the sky hastily reversed through the temporal passage, hurtling back toward the Dragon Realm! Over by the Immortal Realm, Tiangu pierced the void with his gaze, looking toward the Eastern Rift Valley. A glance revealed... over twenty Invincibles were still present! Tiangu was momentarily stunned. *What is going on?* Meanwhile, inside the Dragon Realm, dozens of unsuppressed Invincibles slaughtered without restraint. Sun Moon dragons, Shanhai dragons... in the blink of an eye, thousands upon thousands were massacred! It was too fast! The slaughter raged. A dragon Invincible flew toward them, only to turn and flee in terror, yet in a split second, seven or eight Invincibles blew it apart, obliterating it completely! In just an instant, two Invincibles had fallen! In the distance, silhouettes of dragon Invincibles soared into the sky, filled with sheer dread. "The humans have invaded!" Countless dragons roared and shrieked in chaos! The Dragon Realm was plunged into turmoil! King Dazhou tracked the seconds and barked, "Board the divine character!" The group swiftly landed upon the character. In a flash, King Dazhou flew to the entrance and initiated the teleportation once more. With a low hum, the entire party vanished! Right at that moment, the Dragon Emperor returned! Stepping into the passage and looking upon the Dragon Realm... the fury in the Dragon Emperor's eyes could scorch heaven and earth! It had been less than thirty seconds from start to finish! His Dragon race had lost two Invincibles, hundreds of Sun Moons, and countless dragons beneath the Sun Moon Realm. Two major cities near the passage had been completely eradicated, leaving not a single survivor! "Humans!" The Dragon Emperor roared, his wrath boundless! *Humans!* *** Near the Eastern Rift Valley, King Dazhou brought everyone back to their original position in an instant. Every single Invincible was in a daze! *What did we just do?* It had been far too fast! Barely any time had passed: appearing in the Dragon Realm, charging in, slaughtering, massacring, wiping out Invincibles, butchering dragons by the thousands... And then, they were back? Every Invincible stood dumbfounded, turning their eyes toward King Dazhou. This... this fellow was terrifying! King Dazhou uttered not a sound. He silently stared in the direction of the Dragon Realm! *Try stepping outside again!* He didn't bother confronting the Dragon Emperor directly; there was no point. He only needed to make the Dragon Emperor afraid to leave! He was also intimidating the other Half-Emperors! *Leave your realms—just try it!* He was even rattling the resolve of the other Half-Emperors who had intervened: the Tianyuan Half-Emperor, Tiangu, the Nether Emperor, and the like... *Watch yourselves!* *I, King Dazhou, have the power to instantly lead dozens of Invincibles into your realms. Without an Emperor guarding it, I will slaughter your world!* At this moment, King Dazhou and his force had killed only two Invincibles, yet the deterrence they exerted was comparable to slaying an Emperor! Right now, every Harmony Dao expert was horrified! King Dazhou of the human race possessed an ultra-long-distance teleportation technique! The distance was immense! To cover such a distance while carrying dozens of Invincibles required bearing an unimaginable backlash and pressure. How on earth had King Dazhou accomplished it? Back at the Eastern Rift Valley, King Dazhou's face was completely impassive. Don't ask—even if you ask, I won't tell. Never mind whether I'm injured or not; just tell me, are you afraid? Afraid? Good, you should be! King Dazhou appeared entirely composed, yet beneath his robes, his physical body was covered in hairline fractures. The moment blood seeped out, it vanished, leaving his azure robes immaculately clean! He looked toward the Immortal Realm as if locking eyes with Tiangu, silently declaring: *If you dare step out, your Immortal Realm will face the exact same fate!* *Stay right where you are!* *** At this moment, Su Yu was stunned, and Wan Tiansheng was bewildered. King Dazhou... was this formidable? The moment the Dragon Emperor emerged earlier, the two of them had already agreed to flee instantly! Yet... once again, they hadn't managed to run! Would the Dragon Emperor dare come out now? The Dragon race had lost three Invincibles in this brief span alone! Because one had already been killed earlier! And at this moment, the total number of fallen Invincibles had reached eleven! Su Yu couldn't help but transmit: "Manor Head, let's not run after all!" What was the point of running? One came, another left; they hadn't even found an opportunity to flee! King Dazhou's timing had been immaculate, as if he had predicted exactly when the Dragon Emperor would depart and return. Going and returning in a flash, he had slain two Invincibles and acted as though nothing had happened! Su Yu suddenly felt that King Dazhou might truly be stronger than King Daqin! Not just in raw power, but also... brains? With this single move, the human race had suffered zero casualties, while projecting a deterrent force genuinely comparable to a Harmony Dao expert—even more terrifying than one. In the void, the Dragon Emperor's furious roars still echoed! Yet by now, even Su Yu could detect helplessness amidst the wrath. Helpless indeed: the Dragon Emperor dared not leave. Even if plenty of Invincibles remained in the Dragon Realm, the Dragon Emperor feared that the moment he stepped outside, he would be ambushed again. If a few more Invincibles died, the Dragon race would soon rival the Immortals in misery! "The Grand Schemer King is truly incredible..." Su Yu murmured softly. Wan Tiansheng coughed lightly. *Mind your words! The man is suppressing Half-Emperors on your behalf!*