Glancing around, everyone was reduced to a single embodiment.
Though there were still quite a few Invincibles remaining, if sent into battle right now, their combined strength wouldn't even amount to half of what it had been before.
At this moment, Su Yu had no time to dwell on that. His Chronicle of Civilization had devoured numerous Invincible physical bodies today and was currently in a state of rapid advancement. Pausing briefly, Su Yu saw that 142 gold inscriptions had formed on the Chronicle of Civilization.
Having devoured so many Invincibles, the artifact had upgraded at breakneck speed, reaching the pinnacle of a Heavenly Armament.
Meanwhile, the illusory inscriptions were also advancing, soon reaching 169.
This meant that as long as the Chronicle of Civilization devoured enough, it would eventually advance to 169 gold inscriptions—a presence ranked among the upper tiers of Divine Armaments.
A stronger Chronicle of Civilization naturally benefited Su Yu.
His "Civilization" divine character grew more formidable along with it. Within his sea of will, his willpower was upgrading as well. Through this battle, his 360 divine acupoints had completely fused into nine acupoints, which meant Su Yu's willpower had officially reached the peak of the Shanhai Realm and was advancing toward the Sun-Moon Realm.
As for his physical body, Su Yu also felt a sensation of transformation and breakthrough.
Vaguely, there was a trend toward stepping into the Shanhai Realm.
Once he entered Shanhai, he would likely advance rapidly to the ninth level of Shanhai. However, Su Yu suppressed it, choosing not to break through for now.
Breaking through... when he broke through to Shanhai, there might be a reward from Heaven and Earth.
It would be best to wait until punishment from Heaven and Earth descended, allowing the rule rewards to neutralize it. That would enable him to handle the punishment much better, an experience he had gleaned over several previous occasions.
For instance, this time, if dead spirit aura spread and the punishment of Heaven and Earth descended, he could have his physical body step into Shanhai, or find a way for his willpower to cross into the Sun-Moon Realm. That way, a reward from Heaven and Earth might manifest.
Or perhaps he could slay a few more Invincibles.
Having killed so many Invincibles in the Human Realm, Su Yu hadn't received any rewards, likely because the rules of the Allheaven Battlefield did not cover the Human Realm. Still, slaying Invincibles was inherently an accumulation.
Killing a few more might soon usher in a massive reward.
While Su Yu was still calculating these matters, Zhou Tianyuan sighed beside him. "Both King Dazheng and King Dayuan have fallen!"
Su Yu kept a cold face and said nothing.
This was already considered a very good outcome!
At the cost of two Invincibles and the lost embodiments of over a dozen experts, they had slain dozens of Invincibles. Such a result was considered a complete victory. As for the two fallen Invincibles... Su Yu didn't want to say too much.
He hadn't wanted them to die either, but war inevitably claimed lives.
Today, five human Invincibles had fallen, but the myriad races had lost far more.
Ten times the enemy slain!
All around, the battles among the Sun-Moon experts were gradually subsiding.
This was the Human Realm, after all.
Some time after Su Yu and his companions finished their battle, experts from prefecture after prefecture, bathed in blood, converged one after another.
Everyone was silent!
The members of Dayuan Prefecture, Dazheng Prefecture, and a few others were overwhelmed with grief. Yet compared to the battle results, their fathers and elders had died in a fight that felt worth it. It was a resounding triumph!
By the time the powerhouses from the various prefectures assembled, their ranks were noticeably thinned.
In this battle, over a hundred Sun-Moon experts of the myriad races had been slain.
More than twenty human Sun-Moon experts had fallen in battle, and the Shanhai experts had also suffered casualties.
From the crowd, Cheng Mo of the Great Tang Prefecture glanced around and reported, "Reporting to the Holy Lord, in this battle, the various prefectures have slain 112 Sun-Moon experts and over 300 Shanhai experts of the myriad races. As for our human prefectures, 26 Sun-Moon experts and 162 Shanhai experts have fallen in battle. Below Shanhai... the casualties are innumerable!"
Indeed, it was impossible to tally them all!
A grand war could not possibly leave ordinary people untouched.
Garrisons across the realm had joined in cornering and killing the invaders; the military alone had lost over ten thousand men. In addition, spontaneously organized civilian groups across the prefectures had fought bravely to slay the invading enemies, also suffering over ten thousand casualties.
Adding those caught in the shockwaves of battle, over fifty thousand humans below the Shanhai Realm had died in this conflict.
Soon, more powerhouses arrived. Wu Ji of the All-Heavens Prefecture, drenched in blood, held up a storage ring and shouted, "Reporting to the Holy Lord, the All-Heavens Prefecture swept the battlefield and collected eighteen carriers!"
Eighteen carriers, as well as several storage rings.
Su Yu and his group had been fighting to the very end and had no time to clean up the battlefield; the moment they killed an enemy, they shifted to another battleground, fighting continuously!
On the All-Heavens Prefecture's side, people had been dispatched to scour the battlefield to prevent those carriers from being pilfered.
Eighteen carriers!
Su Yu had previously obtained several; he had given four to Daliang Prefecture and Dayue Prefecture and kept two for himself.
Now, twenty carriers had entered his possession all at once.
However, even with carriers, it was of little immediate use.
Restoring three embodiments wasn't something that could be done in a brief moment.
As for attaining the Dao, hardly any quasi-Invincibles remained.
Most of those capable of attaining the Dao had already done so last time.
Among the thirty-six prefecture lords present, some had attained the Dao previously, while others remained at the ninth level of the Sun-Moon Realm. Only two were at the quasi-Invincible stage. Even with carriers in hand, achieving Dao attainment was not something one could do on a whim.
Su Yu looked around... feeling helpless inside.
With this level of strength, he couldn't take them outside to fight Invincibles!
Without mentioning any of this, the crown upon his head suddenly floated up, shooting directly toward the sky!
Above the crown, destiny surged with dazzling radiance!
Rumble!
At that exact moment, a faint crack emerged in the sky—the passageway the myriad races had used to randomly teleport down. Under the crown's influence, an eruption of destiny began to mend and seal the fissure.
This crack could not be left behind; otherwise, foreign experts could still teleport down at random!
That would be far too dangerous!
If a massive influx of Sun-Moon and Invincible experts teleported in, the Human Realm would have almost no power left to resist.
After mending the crack for a while, the crown dimmed slightly. A moment later, the small fissure disappeared, and the crown flew back, settling onto Su Yu's head.
Both the crown and the Chronicle of Civilization were now at the pinnacle of Heavenly Armaments. Su Yu's various weapons had suddenly grown considerably stronger.
Beside him, Zhou Tianyuan exhaled and asked, "Holy Lord, what... what should we do now?"
They certainly wished to go outside and face the enemy!
The crucial issue was that their strength had taken too heavy a toll.
Su Yu looked toward the horizon of the sky. After a long pause, he said, "Head to Mount Xingluo!"
The crowd was taken by surprise!
At this moment, shouldn't they go provide reinforcements?
Su Yu remained silent.
Reinforce?
How?
Reinforce whom?
Rescue the human experts besieged in the Tianyuan Realm?
Or rescue King Daxia and the others?
It was impossible!
Right now, no one possessed enough strength. Even Su Yu himself felt somewhat powerless. They couldn't save anyone!
If they went out, would they just be bystanders?
It would be utterly pointless!
As for the mother ball, it still possessed combat capability, but it was wounded as well. It needed some time to rest and recuperate; driving it endlessly into battle was hardly reasonable.
The mother ball had rendered immense service this time.
Most of the Invincibles had been finished off by the mother ball.
Su Yu and the others had killed many, but the primary powerhouses had all been engaged by the mother ball, and the high-stage ones had nearly all fallen to it.
This time, if he hadn't brought the mother ball back, or if the mother ball had been left on the Allheaven Battlefield to resist the Dao Harmonizers... the battle within the Human Realm would have been impossible to fight.
He wanted to go to Mount Xingluo and see!
Su Yu wanted to check whether there really were ruins in that place!
The ruins themselves weren't important!
With time on his hands now, Su Yu could locate many ruins. The ruins concealed by the myriad races had all been exposed this time, though there certainly wouldn't be any treasures left inside. The only advantage was that people could attain the Dao within them without the myriad realms finding out.
That was the sole benefit!
One ruin could host one person attaining the Dao. This time, there were roughly seven or eight ruins; only an investigation after the fact would reveal the exact number.
They could roughly help seven or eight people achieve Dao attainment without the myriad realms knowing.
Of course, since the myriad races had hidden those ruins themselves, even if they couldn't see the process, they could generally guess what happened. It merely made attaining the Dao easier for humans, offering no extraordinary help.
The only ruins that had never been discovered by anyone might be the ones at Mount Xingluo.
Whether they actually existed... Su Yu did not know.
If they did, the ruins at Mount Xingluo belonged either to King Wen or to the Time Master.
They might prove helpful to him!
Su Yu cast all else aside!
He would go check it out first!
As they flew in that direction, he spoke quickly. "Two seniors, I haven't properly inquired after your names?"
At this moment, both old men looked rather frail. Three human Invincibles had emerged from seclusion this time; King Dazheng had fallen in battle, leaving only these two.
"Greetings... Holy Lord Yu Emperor!"
The two elders bowed respectfully. Su Yu bowed slightly in return. The balding elder on the left spoke up. "I am Li Hao of Daliang Prefecture."
"Yun Jie of Dayong Prefecture."
The old man on the right seemed blind in one eye, which looked dull and lifeless, likely from an old injury.
They were actually two founding lords!
Daliang and Dayong were considered minor prefectures of modest strength, situated in the northern part of the Human Realm, even further north than the All-Heavens Prefecture, and quite far from Daxia and Daming. In the north, once you reached the All-Heavens Prefecture, you were generally considered at the end of the realm; Daliang and Dayong covered little territory and were often overlooked.
They were not even as prominent as prefectures like Dawei, whose lords had fallen in earlier years, and their founding lords were not widely renowned.
Now, things made a bit more sense.
These two elders hadn't been exceptionally strong to begin with. Their embodiments had likely fallen in battle long ago, and they had spent most of the recent years in seclusion nursing their wounds, naturally having little time to manage their prefectures.
Consequently, the two prefectures had maintained an extremely low profile. During the recent turmoil in the Human Realm, neither prefecture had participated much.
"My condolences, seniors!"
Su Yu offered a word of comfort, as both elders looked profoundly sorrowful.
Several founding lords had fallen today, all of them their old comrades from the past. King Dazheng had even stepped out alongside them just moments ago, yet now they were separated forever by life and death.
King Daliang gave a strained smile. "It's fine. A warrior must fall in battle eventually! Before stepping out, we had already prepared our minds. Achieving such an outcome was already beyond expectations... It can be considered a worthy death!"
Su Yu said nothing more.
This location was not far from Mount Xingluo, and the group quickly entered the vicinity of the mountain.
Zhu Tiandao's state of mind was fairly steady. Looking around, he asked curiously, "You're not searching for ruins here, are you? There are no ruins here! Didn't you bluff people last time by saying there were ruins here? We searched for ages and found nothing..."
How could there be ruins in this godforsaken place!
Su Yu didn't reply. His crown transformed into a golden seal and smashed down instantly!
As the seal struck, the entire Mount Xingluo trembled violently. In the next moment, Mount Xingluo seemed to become translucent, allowing the ground beneath to be seen clearly. Yet there was still nothing.
Su Yu looked toward Hu Xiansheng. Understanding his intent, Hu Xiansheng carefully surveyed the surroundings. After a long while, he shook his head. "No spatial fluctuations. None at all!"
He sensed no spatial ripples whatsoever!
Su Yu pondered for a moment and asked, "Of the four cardinal directions—east, south, west, and north Yuan—the other three all have ruins. Does Nanyuan have none?"
King Dayong thought for a moment and replied, "I've never heard of any! Even King Daxia and King Daming didn't attain the Dao in Nanyuan..."
Su Yu had actually forgotten to ask Xia Chen whether he had attained the Dao in Nanyuan.
Presumably, no one knew where Xia Chen had achieved his Dao attainment.
He had attained the Dao in the previous tide!
Could it have been Nanyuan?
Not necessarily!
The Civilization Tombstone and the Tomb of Civilization were merely a cenotaph erected by people after King Wen disappeared; they were neither a true grave nor genuine ruins of King Wen.
If ruins truly existed in Nanyuan, they were likely King Wen's residence.
Back then, King Wen had been enfeoffed in Nanyuan!
As for why the Time Master's Time Book had ended up nearby... ghost only knew what kind of relationship the two had shared.
"King Wen..."
Su Yu retrieved the Civilization Tombstone and pointed it toward the void. With this tap, the void trembled slightly. Vaguely, he seemed to sense something, yet no ruins or spatial fissures appeared.
Su Yu furrowed his brows. Could it be that the Time Book was strictly necessary?
But he couldn't utilize that thing!
It wasn't that he couldn't use it, but rather that he couldn't draw it out.
Or perhaps he could cause it to vibrate?
Presently, Su Yu still couldn't retrieve the item, but causing it to oscillate was something he could barely manage!
In the next instant, within Su Yu's mind, the Time Book rippled faintly.
A peculiar force radiated outward from his sea of will.
At that very moment, what sounded like thunder seemed to rumble in the void.
*Boom! Boom! Boom!*
It also seemed to originate from beneath the earth, yet when Su Yu had looked underground just now, there had been nothing.
His father had mentioned back then that he seemed to hear thunder here, yet sometimes it thundered without rain, and the thunder seemed to rise from below. Right now, it felt somewhat similar.
The rumble carried the sensation of rising from beneath.
"The Time Book..."
Su Yu's heart stirred slightly. It was related to the Time Book.
The ripple from the Time Book allowed him to sense the presence of something. Not only him—the people nearby heard it as well, their expressions turning peculiar. Were there truly ruins here?
Marquis Xia said with a strange expression, "Are there really ruins in Nanyuan? King Wen's?"
Their Daxia Prefecture and Daming Prefecture had been rooted here for centuries and had searched for them—genuinely searched—yet had never found any ruins!
Not only that, Qin Zhen asked even more curiously, "Two ruins in Nanyuan? Didn't a Civilization Mansion appear last time?"
Su Yu replied casually, "That was fake. Principal Wan and I fabricated it!"
"..."
The crowd around them was dumbfounded!
Even in their current tense state, they were completely stunned.
Fake?
Fuck!
It was fake?
Truly, even now, many people remained convinced that those ruins were genuine. Now that Su Yu was telling them it was fake, it was simply... mind-boggling!
Across the myriad races, the majority of people probably still believed it was real.
Yet Su Yu was telling them it was a fake ruin!
Qin Zhen nearly choked to death and blurted out, "Fake?"
"How could it be fake?"
Su Yu frowned. "What's wrong with it being fake? Back then, we needed to lure people into a trap. Without that fake ruin, how could we have gathered those formidable enemies so easily and wiped them out in one stroke? I shattered a carrier and tossed it inside to stabilize the space, and after Principal Wan forged it, he washed it with the River of Time for a while. Couldn't you tell?"
Nonsense!
Qin Zhen wanted to curse!
How could I possibly tell?
He looked at Liu Wushen and the others. Did you guys tell?
The group remained silent. After being stared at for a moment, Liu Wushen transmitted his voice: "We all could tell. Don't tell me you couldn't?"
Really?
Qin Zhen was doubtful!
He glanced around. Holy shit, every single one of them looked remarkably calm. Could it be... they really had all seen through it?
Only I didn't?
Damn it!
He could hardly believe it. Was I truly the only one who didn't see through it?
After being astonished for a moment, Qin Zhen soon looked toward Qin Fang on the outer perimeter and shouted, "Son, did you see through it?"
On the perimeter, Qin Fang was whispering to Huang Teng. Hearing the shout, he called back, "I saw through it!"
"..."
Fuck!
Qin Zhen didn't believe it!
Fine, I get it now.
Damn it, even my son has learned how to pretend. Ninety percent of the bastards here are just putting on an act. Did you think I wouldn't understand?
To hell with you!
Every single one of you acts as if it were real!
If my son had said he didn't see through it, I might have doubted whether you lot actually did. But since my son claims he did... hah, you're all just pretending!
Su Yu and his companions had no patience for such chatter. At this moment, Su Yu caused the Time Book to vibrate once more and looked toward Hu Xiansheng. "Dean, help me investigate thoroughly! See if there's anything unusual..."
An invisible force rippled across the area once more.
Hu Xiansheng silently sensed it. He possessed the deepest attainments in the Dao of Space here; even Invincibles who did not study this path might not detect anything.
Yet Hu Xiansheng still discovered nothing.
Beside him, however, Little King Zhou's expression shifted, and he gasped in amazement, "This... this is... this is a ruin built upon the River of Time!"
"What?"
Little King Zhou was thoroughly shocked. At this moment, he finally understood something and exclaimed in horror, "There is a River of Time here... No, that's not it. The River of Time spans all the heavens, but under normal circumstances, we can only open a tiny slit ourselves, which is our own River of Time! Here, someone opened a breach in the River of Time, suppressed it, and constructed a residence..."
Madness!
His face was filled with shock. King Wen!
Was King Wen really that powerful?
He could hardly believe it!
Building a residence inside the River of Time—weren't you afraid that turbulence in the river would sweep you into it, causing you to vanish completely from the myriad realms?
Su Yu understood in an instant!
Everyone grasped it at once!
Shock filled every face. Now everyone understood why no one had ever been able to find the ruins: the ruins here were built within the River of Time!
Little King Zhou spoke rapidly. "Su... Holy Lord Su, keep vibrating that invisible power! Here... I get it! I understand now!"
He looked toward the largest valley floor of Mount Xingluo and said in astonishment, "There, yes, right there! There are ruins there, but they aren't in the present, nor in the future—they're in the past! Go over there. A ruin originally existed there, but it resides in past time!"
The crowd felt dazed!
They all looked toward the valley floor, a vast, flat expanse within the massive valley.
According to Little King Zhou, a ruin actually existed here.
Yet no one could see it!
Because the ruin was in the past!
It existed within past time!
Everything this involved was beyond the comprehension of even Invincibles.
Su Yu quickly led the group down, continuing to vibrate the Time Book. At this moment, everyone heard the rumbling of thunder.
Little King Zhou let out a low shout, causing time power to unfurl.
Gradually, on the valley floor, a waterfall-like River of Time appeared!
Little King Zhou was utterly awestruck. Was this a river?
No, someone had opened a temporal passage here and created this waterfall-like portal, building their residence within the River of Time.
"This is a portal!"
At this moment, water continuously cascaded down from the immense waterfall. The sound of thunder wasn't actual thunder, but the roar of the cascading waterfall.
At a specific time, in a specific place, and under specific conditions, one might occasionally hear this thunder, which was in truth the sound of the falling waterfall!
Su Long must have heard this very sound back then!
It hadn't been thunder!
Because it cascaded downward, the sound seemed to propagate upward from below.
The entire crowd was boundlessly shocked!
Such a wonder existed right here in Mount Xingluo, yet no one had ever discovered it.
Little King Zhou said hurriedly, "This place requires a specific method to open. If not for that power, I wouldn't have been able to find it! Even now... the cascade of this River of Time is far too powerful... We have no way to enter at all! Holy Lord, only you... might be able to step inside! The ruins should be behind the waterfall!"
A waterfall had materialized out of thin air, yet behind it, there was still nothing.
No ruins were visible!
Only by stepping into this waterfall and traversing it oneself would it be possible to enter the ruins.
Little King Zhou was an expert in the Dao of Time. After observing for a moment, he quickly said, "I can maintain the existence of this waterfall, but I cannot stop the cascading torrent. This is the power of time. If anyone steps in, they risk being eroded by time... or even rotting away instantly!"
Just as he finished speaking, a Demon Sun-Moon expert appeared from Su Yu's Chronicle of Civilization. Su Yu tossed him out casually...
In an instant, the Demon Sun-Moon touched the waterfall. In the blink of an eye... he turned into white bones, without even letting out a scream.
It wasn't that the force was too violent!
Rather, eroded by time, he had experienced countless years in a single instant, his lifespan completely exhausted, turning into dry bones. The bones fell into the waterfall and were washed over again and again... as if enduring countless more ages. Before long, not even the skeleton remained!
Too much time had passed; even the bones had decayed into nothing!
The crowd was stunned once more!
Even King Daliang couldn't help but gasp. "Millions of years passed in that single instant! Even if an Eternal were tossed in to be washed over for a while, they would decay!"
"King Wen... is this King Wen's residence?"
Too terrifying!
Could such an entity truly die?
He had built his home within the River of Time.
It was a wonder anyone could ever find it, and even if you did, you couldn't get in!
There was a King Wen Mansion within the Star Residence Mansion.
However, the foundation of the human race lay in the Human Realm. This place might well be the true King Wen Mansion, while the one in the Star Residence Mansion could only be considered an office or a secondary residence.
Now, even Zhu Tiandao gasped. "Give it up! Su Yu, don't go in! Holy shit, this place is too dangerous. One careless move... and you'll turn into white bones!"
Could anyone really enter such a place?
What a joke!
No one dared step inside!
A Sun-Moon expert had turned into white bones in an instant!
Su Yu's eyes flickered. "This place is the true treasure land! A great place! No one has ever entered!"
The River of Time!
The Time Master!
King Wen!
The Time Book!
Indeed, the connection between these two was simply too profound. If Doubao hadn't stated they weren't the same person, Su Yu would definitely suspect they were one and the same—they were far too similar!
King Wen actually lived in the River of Time!
And the Time Master also loved riding the River of Time, wandering the myriad realms. Could there truly be such a coincidence?
In the next moment, Su Yu retrieved a storage ring and removed all the treasures on his person.
He took only five items: the Chronicle of Civilization, the Civilization Tombstone, the Time Book, the fragment of the Heaven Hunting Ranking, and the crown. Handing everything else to the stunned Bai Feng beside him, he smiled and said, "I'll go in and take a look. If nothing happens, return my things. If something does... they're yours, Teacher!"
"Don't!"
Bai Feng said anxiously, "If you really die, it'll cause massive trouble. The guards outside are still fighting. If you kick the bucket, will they still be able to leave their cities and fight?"
"No."
"Then..."
Su Yu smiled. "Don't worry, I have some confidence. I possess the legacy; otherwise, I wouldn't dare!"
"But..."
Su Yu chuckled. "No more buts! If I die, I die. I'd have to enter sooner or later anyway. If I'm meant to die, it'll happen eventually unless I can truly rival King Wen. So if I don't perish this time, I'll perish next time. And if I do die, the ancient city guards won't be able to help the human race anymore... It's an inevitability. If I really perish, it's just as well—while the ancient cities aren't too deeply entangled yet, they can still withdraw in time!"
If he died early, the ancient cities hadn't committed too deeply yet and could still pull out of this war, which could be considered a good thing.
Besides, Su Yu felt that with the Time Book and the Civilization Tombstone on him, there shouldn't be much of a problem!
He wanted to see if he could find something to help boost his strength!
Without improving his strength, how could he go out and assist in battle?
Opening the dead spirit passageway right now might pose problems as well.
Su Yu didn't dare open it recklessly!
Since King Dazhou and the others had dared to launch a surprise attack on the Tianyuan Realm, they likely had some assurance. Su Yu felt that King Dazhou wouldn't do something without confidence; he had to have a plan, or perhaps he had outright abandoned the Human Realm, prepared to take root in the Tianyuan Realm and confront the myriad races from there.
With the strength of King Dazhou and his allies, even if the Human Realm were destroyed and their power declined, they might still be able to hold their ground by defending the Tianyuan Realm.
Su Yu took a deep breath. Under the worried gazes of the crowd, he walked toward the waterfall step by step. As he walked... he thought of something. Suddenly, the mother ball and the little fur ball appeared, displaced outward by Su Yu!
The mother ball glared at Su Yu huffily, while the little fur ball looked at him curiously. "Fragrant one, what are you doing?"
"You two stay out here. I'm going in alone... This place might wash over and erode you!"
The mother ball glanced at the waterfall, sinking into memory. After a long while, it said hesitantly, "This place... I seem to recall the master of the house mentioning it once. The place where King Wen lived back then? But... that seems to have been a very, very long time ago. After the Star Residence Mansion was constructed, King Wen and the others all moved away. It might be a residence from before the ancient era."
Before the ancient era?
Su Yu fell into thought. The mother ball explained, "Before the unification of the heavens, that was before the ancient era. Back then... what is now called the archaic era? The Archaic Giant race was one of the overlords of that period. Later, the human race unified the heavens and constructed the Star Residence Mansion. After that, the Human Realm became a holy land, and only once in countless eons would a ceremony of homage be held in the Human Realm..."
Today, the various races referred to the era of the Human Sovereign as the ancient era, and before the Human Sovereign, there was naturally an earlier age, which few people mentioned nowadays—the archaic era!
Before the human race unified the heavens, they had all lived in the Human Realm.
Once the Star Residence Mansion was built, in order to subjugate the myriad races, the Human Sovereign and other mighty experts relocated to the Star Residence Mansion to preside over the Sea of Stars and consolidate human rule, forcibly relocating the powerhouses of the various races to the Star Residence Mansion as well.
Afterward, the Human Realm became a holy land, and the Human Sovereign and his peers rarely returned!
Very few people knew where King Wen's residence in the Human Realm was located.
That was precisely why!
In the later period, King Wen had left the Human Realm and sealed his former residence. Even someone as close as Doubao had only heard King Wen mention it vaguely a few times.
Cooked Wheat Cake only knew that in front of King Wen's former residence, there was a waterfall. Doubao had mentioned it, but not in great detail.
"The archaic era..."
Only now did Su Yu learn the origin of the Archaic Giant race. No wonder they were called the Archaic Giant race!
He had assumed it was just their name; it turned out they were a race from before the human race unified the heavens, and they had adopted the name Archaic Giant race afterward so as not to forget their glorious days. In that case, the name change must have occurred after the ancient era.
During the ancient era, they were probably just called the Giant race.
Su Yu found these past events quite interesting, but now was not the time to chat about them. Su Yu had confirmed that this place was indeed King Wen's former residence.
What was the relationship between the Time Master and King Wen?
Perhaps today he would find out!
"Fur ball, you and Senior Chui wait here. I'm going in..."
"I want to go too!" the fur ball shouted, wanting to join.
Su Yu was speechless. What are you going for?
Be careful not to get killed!
"If you don't die, I'll be fine! I can pretend to be a divine character!" The fur ball insisted on going.
Su Yu furrowed his brows. The fur ball twitched its nose. "Fragrant. If I go, there might be benefits..."
Benefits?
There might be, but the danger was immense.
The mother ball thought for a moment and said, "Let it go. I won't go, but its aura is almost identical to yours. If you're fine, it will be fine."
The little fur ball was practically Su Yu's companion pet now; as long as Su Yu was safe, it would be safe.
Because it had absorbed a vast amount of Su Yu's divine character rule fragments, the fur ball's aura had nearly merged into one with Su Yu's.
After a moment's thought, Su Yu said no more. Excited, the fur ball shot into his sea of will, hiding itself among the divine characters, feeling a bit giddy. Fragrant!
Su Yu wasted no more time, walking directly toward the waterfall!
The others held their breath, filled with worry.
If he truly washed away and died, the human race was doomed to lose this war.
Once the city guards left, the Human Realm definitely couldn't be held!
Yet under current conditions, both the Human Realm and the Tianyuan Realm were besieged. The disparity in overall strength was still substantial, and if things continued like this, the Human Realm would gradually crumble.
Su Yu couldn't hold out indefinitely either. If the guards remained away from their ancient cities for too long, Su Yu wouldn't be able to endure it.
At that point, defeat would still follow!
This time, the myriad races would certainly not give the guards any respite, nor would they give Su Yu time. They knew that dragging things out and fighting continuously to grind Su Yu to death would reset everything!
Without a balance of power, Su Yu could not turn this around.
As for the Star Residence Mansion, Su Yu most likely couldn't go there right now; the myriad races undoubtedly had powerhouses lying in wait there.
Across ten million li, Su Yu couldn't guarantee that Old Zhou would hear his call.
Su Yu was entering now also because he felt his death qi was excessive and he was struggling to hold on; he needed to wear away the death qi.
Reaching out a hand, Su Yu didn't dare step directly into the waterfall.
With the Time Book vibrating faintly, he stretched his hand toward the waterfall!
Behind him, some in the crowd were so terrified they didn't even dare open their eyes, dreading the sight of Su Yu being swept away by the river of time.
However... when Su Yu reached his hand in, the waterfall flowed over his fingers like fine sand, slipping between them without causing any harm.
Within his mind, the Time Book rippled slightly, seemingly filled with joy.
A feeling of coming home!
Su Yu's expression turned peculiar. I'm fine. Sure enough, the Time Book is the key to entry. The strange thing is, damn it, even the Civilization Tombstone didn't react, nor did the fragment of the Heaven Hunting Ranking. What's going on?
Are you sure this is King Wen's home?
And not the Time Master's home?
Are you kidding me!
King Wen's own belongings can't even open his own front door?
Su Yu suddenly had a flash of insight. Yes, the divine characters in the Civilization Tombstone were an inheritance meant for outsiders, and the Heaven Hunting Ranking had been given to Marquis Jiantian to oversee. Would you give your own house key to an outsider?
Of course not!
An inheritance was for a disciple.
The overseer of the Heaven Hunting Ranking was a subordinate.
And this was his home, King Wen's home. Disciples and subordinates were not permitted to enter and leave at will. Therefore, neither the Civilization Tombstone nor the Heaven Hunting Ranking served as a key.
Only the Time Book was the key!
This place was the shared home of King Wen and the Time Master!
Fine, Su Yu was certain now: they were a couple!
Who would have thought? King Wu had married a bunch of wives, and King Wen had a partner too. In that case... only the Human Sovereign was single?
As expected, only the single are the strongest!
The Human Sovereign was first, King Wen second, King Wu third... That was entirely reasonable!
With this thought in mind, Su Yu took a step forward.
The massive waterfall slid over his body without leaving the slightest mark.
In his mind, the Time Book gleamed with light, warding off all the erosion of time.
Su Yu stepped through, vanishing from everyone's sight.
On the other side of the waterfall, there was still only the valley.
Su Yu seemed to have vanished from the mortal realm!
Outside, Qin Zhen muttered, "If King Time gets rid of the waterfall right now, will Su Yu kick the bucket?"
In an instant, all the Invincibles turned their eyes toward Zhou Tianyuan!
Every single one of them was on high alert!
Zhou Tianyuan was utterly speechless!
Qin Zhen, Qin Zhen again!
Do you have nothing better to do?
With everyone staring at him, Zhou Tianyuan felt both helpless and exasperated. "Don't look at me. I'm merely maintaining this waterfall's presence in real space. Since Su Yu went in, he should be able to come out even without me maintaining it!"
Why are you all looking at me?
I haven't done anything; it's this idle fellow Qin Zhen letting his imagination run wild!
Right at that moment, a colossal boom resonated through heaven and earth.
Above the Human Realm, something seemed to have slammed heavily against the realm boundary. A massive face appeared across the sky of the Human Realm.
"Father..."
Marquis Xia was thoroughly shaken. That was... my father's face?
I know that face!
This... They immediately pieced it together: was this King Daxia, beaten face-first toward the Human Realm and slammed against the realm boundary?
That injury... wasn't light!
He had imprinted his own likeness right onto the realm boundary!
The realm boundary of the Human Realm was exceptionally sturdy!
To leave such a complete imprint of a face, King Daxia's face must have smashed violently against the realm barrier. Who on earth had hit him?
For a moment, everyone felt worried, helpless, and a little... inclined to laugh.
Indeed, even though the danger had reached such an extreme, they felt like laughing.
It seemed this imprint would take time to fade and recover.
The indentation in the realm boundary required time to heal, so that massive face remained suspended in the sky above the Human Realm, staring down at them with wide eyes!
It looked somewhat terrifying.
King Daxia's face was simply too large!
...
At the same time.
Outside the Human Realm.
King Daxia had indeed slammed heavily against the realm boundary. Spitting out a mouthful of blood, he spun around rapidly, slashing his blade toward the Dragon Emperor!
Right now, he, Tianmie, and King Daming—three great powerhouses—were besieging the Dragon Emperor.
The Iron-Eating Beast Emperor was battling the Spirit Emperor.
The Underworld Emperor and the Demon Emperor were working together to entangle Old Turtle Hongmeng. The Old Turtle was struggling, because the dead spirit realm was in turmoil and he had to suppress it. Relying solely on Su Yu to shoulder the death qi was no longer enough; not only did he have to suppress the dead spirit realm, but he also had to fight two Dao Harmonizers, which proved quite taxing.
The Demon Emperor and his cohort were in no rush. The Demon Emperor gave a low, faint chuckle. "Everyone, no need to hurry. Entangle them in a prolonged battle! Drag it out! I too want to see how long Senior Hongmeng can suppress it, and how long Su Yu can endure!"
Once the ancient cities lost the strength to fight, the humans present, combined with the Archaic Iron-Eating Beast race, would have nothing left to do but wait for death!
A few human Invincibles, over a dozen powerhouses of the Archaic Iron-Eating Beast race, plus thirty-six city guards, were fighting four Dao Harmonizers and nearly a hundred Invincibles. The guards were strong and could hold on, but once they were forced to retreat... both the Archaic Iron-Eating Beast race and the human race would be annihilated!
With zero chance of survival!
The Old Turtle was frowning deeply at this moment.
Damn it!
Right now, in the region of the dead spirit realm he suppressed, Hetu was being surrounded and attacked—by the Eastern King Mansion!
Indeed, two Marquises from the Eastern King Mansion had arrived to capture Hetu, intending to seize him!
Two-thirds of the Old Turtle's strength was dedicated to suppressing the dead spirit realm and fighting the two Marquises; only his remaining power was left to face the two Dao Harmonizers, effectively pitting him alone against four Dao Harmonizers!
If the Demon Emperor and the Underworld Emperor hadn't been slightly weaker, and the two Marquises in the dead spirit realm hadn't also been somewhat diminished by virtue of being dead spirits, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold out until now.
Even with his immense strength!
Facing four Dao Harmonizers, he too felt somewhat powerless!
If this went on, defeat was still inevitable!
If he fell, Su Yu would bear a massive surge of death qi, which he would surely be unable to endure, causing him to plummet into the dead spirit realm. The other guards would then have to return to their ancient cities to suppress it, or the power of the rules would erupt...
When that happened... this war would be completely lost!
"The Human Realm took the initiative to wage war, yet do they truly have no countermeasures left?"
The Old Turtle was helpless as well!
What could be done?
King Dazhou had harmonized with the Dao and might fight his way out, but even if he did, it would only result in a draw over there. Coming back to reinforce the human race would be far too difficult!
...
Meanwhile.
Outside the Tianyuan Realm.
King Dazhou had indeed fought his way out!
He, the big fur ball, the Archaic Giant King, and Shikong—four great powerhouses—were facing off against their adversaries.
Tiangu, the God Emperor, the Phoenix Emperor, and Marquis Jiantian stood opposite them.
Eight Dao Harmonization experts confronted one another, yet neither side had engaged in battle!
King Dazhou had no intention of striking either. At this moment, he was looking toward the Human Realm. Kneeling before him was a single person: King Jintian.
King Dazhou looked toward the Human Realm with a sigh, then looked at King Jintian, sighing, "Look at you. Our human race hasn't even lost yet, and you couldn't hold yourself back. Why bother?"
Shaking his head, he brought a palm down. He didn't kill him, but completely sealed him, sighing, "Once we fight our way back to the human race, I'll hand you over to Su Yu to deal with! Rest for a while, and pray that I live longer, so you can live a little longer too..."
Not far away, Tiangu wore an indifferent expression. Without even glancing at King Jintian, he merely looked at King Dazhou with a peculiar gaze. "You still intend to fight your way back?"
King Dazhou nodded slightly. "It's still possible! Don't you believe it?"
Tiangu smiled. "I believe you. If you leave, we'll breach the Tianyuan Realm. Will you choose to fight your way back, or stay here? Can Qin Guang and the others fight their way back?"
At this moment, everyone was waiting.
Waiting for the tide of battle to shift at the Human Realm!
Over there, six Dao Harmonizers were engaged in battle. No one knew when the mother ball might charge out; if it did, it could drag things out a bit longer.
King Dazhou glanced toward the Human Realm once more, waiting for a turning point!
If no turning point arose... they could only burn their boats and fight to the bitter end!
The mother ball had not emerged yet, which meant the final moment had not arrived. Unless driven to the absolute brink, he didn't want to make such a desperate gamble; the price would be far too high.
*Su Yu... with destiny gathered upon your person, and the entire destiny of the human race resting with you, will you achieve any gains?*
He thought to himself silently.
As long as Su Yu could hold on until the ancient cities did not have to retreat, there was still a fight to be had in this war!
Fight until both sides were crippled!
Fight until the human race outlasted them. Perhaps more powerhouses from the myriad races would join the fray, either siding with the myriad races or joining humanity. The longer the human race held out, the more allies they could pull to their side!
The human race... needed allies!
They truly needed them!
Not for the present, but for the future. Once the Upper Realm opened, the old veterans of the human race might all be dead. Without allies, extinction would be unavoidable!
Only by displaying the human race's might in this battle could they convince certain ancient races to invest in humanity!
This was what King Dazhou was waiting for!
Otherwise, slaughtering to the bitter end, even killing a few more Dao Harmonizers, would hold little significance. The future was the true key!
He was waiting—waiting for Su Yu to give him a surprise!
Today, Su Yu's coronation as Holy Lord might trigger some unexpected changes!
King Dazhou sighed inwardly. *You brat, you disrupted my plans—now you'd better find a way to make up for it!*
Chapter 638