The Grand Battle Concludes

With the fall of the Dragon Emperor, the heavens and earth across the myriad realms shifted completely! Three Dao Harmonizers slain in a single day—in this tenth tide, the human race had kicked open the prelude to total war with incomparable momentum. At this moment, Marquis Jiantian was far from the only one seized by terror. In the next instant, Tiangu’s furious roar reverberated between heaven and earth: "Retreat! Everyone, retreat!" "Retreat!" the God Emperor roared. "Retreat!" The emperors bellowed in unison. The heavens had truly changed. With the Dragon Emperor dead, Su Yu had proved capable of slaying an emperor. The balance of combat power had utterly collapsed! At this juncture, the upper realm could at most send down a single Dao Harmonizer—and even that person might not dare to descend. Relying on reinforcements from above was out of the question. And even if the myriad races still held Dao Harmonizers in reserve who had yet to act, none would dare step forth now. *Boom!* Over by the Tianyuan Realm, the fighting had reached a fever pitch. Tiangu and Marquis Jiantian erupted with absolute fury, striking frantically to suppress Doubao and King Dazhou. The God Emperor went all out as well, battering the void into collapse and keeping the Space Beast Emperor from closing in. *** "The heavens have truly changed!" In the Destiny Realm. The Destiny Emperor was profoundly shaken. The world had truly turned upside down! Su Yu had killed the Dragon Emperor. At that moment, high above the Destiny Realm, atop the mountain peak, the firmament shuddered once more as though a draconic roar was echoing through the expanse. "*Roar!*" The roar reverberated through the Destiny Realm, accompanied by lightning crackling across the void. Earlier, two Dao Harmonizers from the Immortal race had descended, only to be gravely wounded by the power of the Great Dao's rules. Now, that rule power had grown even fiercer. A precedent could be set once or twice, but never a third time! For a third descent, the power of rules was vastly stronger than before. For a Dao Harmonizer descending to the lower realm now, it was a nine-in-ten chance of death! A fourth time would offer no sliver of survival at all. A furious roar rippled across heaven and earth as a dragon expert shouted, "Is Wuming there?!" Wuming was the Destiny Emperor. Hearing the call, the Destiny Emperor stepped out of the void. A moment later, he walked on air to ascend the mountain peak and peered into the horizon. In the sky, a colossal dragon seemed to be traversing space, battered mercilessly by lightning. The Destiny Emperor’s brow twitched slightly, and he called out, "Marquis Tianlong, I advise you against descending!" A draconic roar tinged with agony rang out. The expert whom the Destiny Emperor addressed as Marquis Tianlong spoke with a voice trembling from pain, shaking the lower realm: "Wuming... what happened to my race?" "Has Long Dou fallen in battle? Is that it?" A Dao Harmonizer had died! The commotion of a single Dao Harmonizer's death was not a whit less than that of ten Invincibles perishing. The Destiny Emperor answered, "He is dead." "Did the humans kill him?" "The humans killed him!" "Impossible... That is impossible!" Marquis Tianlong roared. "In the previous tide, not a single human remained behind! How could they possibly kill Long Dou?! The Myriad Realms Battlefield has been open for less than a thousand years. In this tide, the human race's Great Dao was damaged—how could a new Dao Harmonizer have emerged?!" "Who killed my son?!" The marquis roared in boundless rage. That was his own flesh and blood! Those who bore the title of "Marquis" were almost all ancient Dao Harmonizers. Dao Harmonizers who rose later were not granted marquisates. Enfeoffment as a marquis was a distinct mark of distinction, a paramount glory. Even if the human race had unified the heavens in ancient times, holding a marquisate signified that they were peak powerhouses, nobility, and lords of that bygone era. The vast majority of ennobled Dao Harmonizers were far stronger than those who were not. The Destiny Emperor said calmly, "The Human Master of this generation!" "The Human Master?" Marquis Tianlong roared for a moment, his voice growing somewhat faint. "King Fu and King Bing descended... Why did it still end like this?!" "Where is Tiangu? Where is Jiwu? Where is Mo Ji? What are they doing?!" The dragon marquis burned with boundless fury. What were the various great races doing?! He roared again, "Tell me, which great races entered the fray? Who is aiding the human race?!" He had to know! Right now, he sensed how difficult it was to force his way down. He truly faced the peril of perishing. Following his rage, clarity returned. Perhaps... he should turn back. If he continued forcing his way through this realm passageway, even if he managed to reach the bottom, he would likely be gravely wounded and on the verge of death. The Destiny Emperor replied serenely, "As for which races took part... it would hardly be appropriate for me to say. If my words ignite a war in the upper realm, wouldn't the blame fall upon me? My race has no desire to be drawn into these affairs. Please forgive me, Marquis Tianlong." "Bastard, how dare you withhold the truth from me!" The Destiny Emperor smiled and said, "Marquis Tianlong, I understand the grief of losing a son, so I will overlook your insult. However... I am the Emperor of the Destiny race. Do you truly wish to force my race into an open feud with the dragons?" "..." The void fell quiet for a moment. After a pause, Marquis Tianlong’s voice grew somewhat calmer. "I was rash. Long Dou has fallen, and my race's heritage is in peril! Wuming, I likely cannot descend... I cannot linger in the realm passageway for long... Please pass word to my clan: before the boundary walls of the myriad realms open, the dragons must... preserve their sparks of survival!" "Very well, I shall convey your message. The dragons appear to have sealed their realm already." "Thank you!" Marquis Tianlong ceased his fury. Raging at the Destiny Emperor was pointless and would only offend the Destiny race. The Destiny Emperor did not mind. After a brief thought, he asked, "Marquis Tianlong, would you mind telling me whether any human powerhouses still survive in the upper realm?" This passageway could not be opened at will. Nor could just anyone transmit messages across it. Only when a catastrophic number of experts from a single race died, violently jolting their Great Dao, could the realm passageway be forced open for a fleeting moment to pull powerhouses of that race down. The Destiny race had never suffered the loss of ten Invincibles at once. Thus, he truly did not know the state of the upper realm. As for Marquis Tianyuan, the two of them had not spoken much earlier. Having just asked the Destiny Emperor for a favor, Marquis Tianlong hesitated briefly before answering quickly, "There are, but very few. Hunted by the various races for years, they are on the brink of extinction." *Still some left?* The Destiny Emperor felt a touch of admiration for the human race's sheer tenacity. In such an environment, under relentless pursuit by all the other races, some were still alive. "The human race has yet to be extinguished..." the Destiny Emperor murmured with emotion. Marquis Tianlong replied swiftly, "No, but soon! The tenth tide is the era of humanity's annihilation! Once the thousand-year limit arrives and the humans down here are wiped out, even if those few old fogies up above cling to life... without new blood fed from below, the human race is doomed!" With those words, the thunder grew deafening. Marquis Tianlong had already begun retreating from the boundary passageway. His voice grew muffled, but he still asked, "Who is the Human Master of this era?" "Su Yu!" "I will remember that name!" *Rumble!* Heaven and earth trembled faintly, and Marquis Tianlong’s voice faded into silence. He would remember: Su Yu! The Human Master of this generation had slain his son! The Destiny Emperor looked no further. Marquis Tianlong had backed away, meaning no one else would descend from the upper realm this time. "Some humans actually survived in the upper realm... After all these years, they still haven't been completely wiped out..." The Destiny Emperor shook his head. He could not tell whether it was because humanity was simply that formidable, or because the other races had fallen back into their old habits—turning on one another the moment they thought humanity was on the verge of extinction. Still, their numbers were likely negligible now. Otherwise, four hundred years ago when so many human Invincibles fell in battle, there would have been some sign of humans stirring within the boundary passageway. He turned his gaze back toward the lower realm. Would another Dao Harmonizer fall today? *** Would there be another? No one knew. At this moment, all the experts of the myriad races were fighting with everything they had, locked in bloody battle as they retreated toward their respective realms! Back to their home realms! Once inside, non-native combatants would be suppressed by the realm's rules. Moreover, the human race did not possess many peak combatants to begin with. King Dazhou had stepped into the Dao Harmonizer realm, and Su Yu could kill Dao Harmonizers... but once the enemy retreated inside, the humans would not dare charge recklessly into a major realm guarded by a Dao Harmonizer. The moment King Dazhou or Su Yu charged in, other powerhouses would surely launch a fatal raid on the Human Realm. This was the tacit understanding among the great races. Everyone was fighting while retreating! However, the Spirit Emperor and the Ape Emperor were under immense, terrifying pressure! The Iron-Eating Beast Emperor, the Ancient Hou, and the mother ball were besieging them together. On the other side, King Fu and King Bing were heavily wounded, suppressed by the Book Spirit and the Tea Tree. Had the Tea Tree not been somewhat unversed in the Dao of rules, those two would hardly have survived either. Both sides had fallen into an absolute disadvantage. As for the Old Turtle's front, he was trading blows with Mo Ji and his two companions with plenty of room to spare. At this juncture, falling back was no simple matter. Meanwhile, Su Yu received the reward for slaying a Dao Harmonizer on his own. It was a dazzling golden cloud radiating brilliant light, practically overflowing with immense rule power! The golden cloud flew toward Su Yu. He had been bloated to near-bursting by Fat Ball’s essence blood. But the moment the golden cloud descended upon him, his physical injuries began healing at astonishing speed! The fused origin aperture rapidly expanded and strengthened! Within his sea of will, an ocean surged, shaking heaven and earth as the sea of will expanded with deafening rumbles! Su Yu weighed his options for a mere split second. In the next instant, he channeled the vast bulk of the rewards into his civilization chronicle! Strengthen the civilization chronicle! Strengthen the "Civilization" divine character! The civilization chronicle did not seem overwhelmingly powerful at present. Its strongest phantoms were only at the eighth or ninth stage of the Sun Moon Realm, while the weaker ones hovered around the second or third stage. Overall, it was modest; tossing it out might not even allow him to deal with an Invincible. Yet Su Yu knew the civilization chronicle held boundless potential. Just as the Time Master had forged the Time Tome to prepare for reopening the heavens, the civilization chronicle would surely provide immense aid in comprehending Great Daos and rules in the future! Right now, his own breakthrough had progressed too rapidly, leaving his insights shallow. Advancing himself further might not yield a substantial increase in combat strength, so he might as well reinforce the civilization chronicle. As the deluge of rewards poured into the chronicle, another golden pattern materialized in the blink of an eye, driving it toward the pinnacle of heaven-grade armaments. One hundred and forty-two golden patterns! One hundred and forty-three! One hundred and forty-four! At this moment, the golden patterns reached the absolute peak. A single additional pattern would elevate it to a divine armament. Forging a divine armament was no simple task. Across the myriad realms, very few items were confirmed to be divine armaments: the Heaven Hunting Ranking was one, the Guiyuan Saber was another. Setting aside Su Yu's own arsenal, he had not heard of anyone else wielding a true divine armament. Su Yu paid it no further heed. Advancing to a divine armament was far too complex, so he looked away without lingering. His gaze swept instantly across the various battlefields. At this point, the power of Fat Ball's essence blood was gradually dissipating. Slaying a Dao Harmonizer required an explosive surge of Great Dao power, which rapidly burned through the essence blood. Fortunately, he still had two drops left. All around, combatants on every side were retreating as they fought! *Boom!* An Invincible was slain, triggering brilliant celestial phenomena. Some died over by the Human Realm, others near the Tianyuan Realm. Human powerhouses might have fallen as well, but Su Yu had no time to check on them now! Whom should he kill? Everyone was fleeing frantically. A decision had to be made immediately; once they retreated into their realms, there might be no further chance to strike. Without the slightest hesitation, Su Yu charged toward the Spirit Emperor and the Ape Emperor! Killing the Immortals would accomplish little. Their race had numerous experts. So long as Tiangu lived, slaying two Dao Harmonizers would not shake the foundations of the Immortal race. Whether those two descended figures lived or died hardly mattered for the broader balance. A powerful Immortal race might even provoke greater wariness from the Gods and Demons. In contrast, slaying the emperors of the Apes and the Spirits would plunge both races into chaos. Without a Dao Harmonizer holding the fort, they would never dare unseal their realms rashly. Their Invincibles would not even dare step out! Now that the humans had Dao Harmonizers of their own, any minor slip-up could invite a human invasion into a realm lacking Dao Harmonizers, bringing extinction upon them! Thus, Su Yu made up his mind in an instant! He swallowed another drop of essence blood! In the distance, the Spirit Emperor felt a chill run down her spine. She knew Su Yu had locked onto her. "All things are spirits—awaken!" the Spirit Emperor shrieked. In Su Yu’s eyes, her shrill cry sent tremors through the Great Dao above her head. In that instant, all things seemed to awaken with vitality and life. The Iron-Eating Beast Emperor was in the middle of hacking at her with his giant bamboo when the bamboo suddenly sprang to life, thrashing violently in revolt! Caught off guard, the Iron-Eating Beast Emperor hastily scrambled to suppress the bamboo in his grasp! This was a peak heaven-grade armament! Not only that, under the resonance of her Great Dao, the void itself seemed to take on life, opening a spatial conduit directly toward the Spirit Realm! Driven to this point, how could these Dao Harmonizers not fight with their very lives? Beside her, the Ape Emperor expanded tens of thousands of times over, transforming into an immense ancient ape. His arms tore open the void, and he hurled his staff aside, releasing a violent shockwave. Self-detonation of a heaven-grade armament! He was detonating this top-tier heaven armament just to buy himself time! Treasures, Dao-proving weapons—none of it mattered anymore. If he did not run now, he would surely die! Neither of them had expected to face the peril of perishing in their very first battle as Dao Harmonizers. "*Woof!*" At that precise moment, Su Yu struck. In the void, a dog manifested, peering at the Spirit Emperor's Great Dao before lunging toward it, seeking to bite it in two! Above the Spirit Emperor’s head, a Great Dao manifested abruptly—the Dao of All Things, spanning flora, fauna, mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas... It was exceptionally formidable, and intertwined with it was an exquisitely enchanting red flower. That was the Spirit Emperor's Dao! Proving the Dao through a red flower! It occupied a prominent place upon that Great Dao. Having forced open a spatial conduit, the Spirit Emperor moved to flee just as the little dog lunged. Sensing mortal danger, she dared not linger and stepped directly into the conduit, attempting a forced escape. Yet right at that instant, a terrifying suction force erupted! "I haven't eaten a single one!" The mother ball! Indeed, it was the mother ball. It was furious. It hadn't managed to eat a single Dao Harmonizer—it was beyond annoyed! The Dragon Emperor had died, and it hadn't gotten a bite. Now the Spirit Emperor wanted to run? Who did she think she was looking down on?! Did she really think this ball was easy to push around? If they could stake their lives, it could too! In an instant, an enormous fur ball appeared between heaven and earth, its mouth gaping wide like a black hole. An overwhelming devouring force surged from within. What Su Yu noticed was that a Dao had manifested above the mother ball's head as well. Yet it was not particularly thick. This Dao... did not feel like a merged Great Dao, but rather the mother ball's very own. Whether the mother ball had opened this Dao itself, or was originally the spirit embodiment of a broken Dao, was unclear. Its Dao was not overwhelmingly strong, but it belonged entirely to itself. Su Yu did not dwell on it. As the little dog snapped at the Spirit Emperor's Great Dao, Su Yu threw a punch, instantly conjuring the weight of countless great mountains. His eyes were cold and grim; he aimed not at the Spirit Emperor, but at the spatial conduit! With this punch, his "Pierce" divine character proved immensely effective, driving the force straight through the spatial barriers! It locked directly onto the conduit she had opened! "You think you can run?!" Su Yu barked coldly. The moment the Spirit Emperor stepped inside, the conduit shook violently and collapsed under Su Yu's strike. Behind her, the massive suction pulled fiercely. Despair crept into her eyes as she cried shrilly, "It was your human race that treated mine as spirit herbs and smithing materials! It was your human race's tyranny! Do we, the spirits of all things, have no right to exist?!" She shrieked in grief and indignation, "That book, that tree, even this God-Devourer—all of them are spirits! You aid the wicked! This generation's Human Master needs you now, so he spares you, but once the humans restore their ancient rule, you too will be reduced to nothing more than materials for weapons and pills!" Was there a right or wrong? No. The human race had indeed done such things; Su Yu knew it without asking. Was he wrong? Su Yu did not think so. He fought solely for survival—to ensure the human race would not be wiped out! If he did not kill the Spirit Emperor, this Dao Harmonizer leading over a dozen Eternals would have brought about humanity's annihilation. In a war of races, right and wrong did not exist. Across the myriad races of the heavens, who was truly right, and who was wrong? Each fought for their own! The Immortals were detestable, yet they too acted for the sake of their own race. They wished to unify the heavens... The humans had done it once; if humanity could do it, it was only natural that the Immortals desired the same. No race did not wish to stand at the pinnacle! It all came down to whether one had the strength! Tiangu was a villain in Su Yu's eyes, but to the Immortals, he was a hero. Thus, Su Yu took her words as mere wind. He had no room in his heart for pity. His Great Dao power erupted, and the little dog tore savagely at the flower! Meanwhile, Su Yu crossed the void, the Civilization Tombstone transforming into a blade as he cleaved downward once more! One aperture, one battle technique! One aperture, one cultivation art! Now that he had stepped into the Sun Moon Realm and fused all his apertures into one, any technique or art he unleashed drew upon the unified power of that single aperture. Only the form of expression differed; the explosive force remained identical. He simply swung the Heaven-Cleaving Blade out of habit. The Spirit Emperor's Great Dao shuddered as she dodged hastily. In doing so, a fragrant floral scent breached Su Yu's defenses, washing over him in waves. His physical body shook violently—not from poison, but from a tonic! A supreme tonic! The fragrance instantly nourished his sea of will and fortified his flesh—it was an overwhelming overdose! With this sudden surge of nourishment, Su Yu’s power spiked abruptly. *Bang!* Even Fat Ball’s essence blood seemed to swell, its immense force instantly tearing through Su Yu's flesh and blood. The power was simply too great! An excess of nourishment was as deadly as poison! The Spirit Emperor's face was deathly pale. Seeing Su Yu stumble, she fled without hesitation. Among Dao Harmonizers, none were fools, and none were weaklings. She had realized that her raw strength and Great Dao could not match Su Yu in his current state. Facing him head-on was impossible, so she chose to feed him! To feed him until his power spiraled out of control! No matter how strong Su Yu was, that power was not his own—the Spirit Emperor had sensed it! In a one-on-one duel, such a burst of nourishment might truly have allowed her to slip away! Yet she was not fighting him alone! Just as her fragrance drifted outward, the mother ball's devouring force reached its zenith, collapsing the surrounding void in an instant! *Boom!* Having fled less than a thousand meters, the Spirit Emperor was caught as the void violently caved in. With a voracious gulp, the mother ball forcibly dragged her back! "I'll eat you!" the mother ball roared! Su Yu snapped back to his senses instantly, inwardly shaken. No matter how immense power was, if it was borrowed, it would always have flaws! Had the little white dog been here, no amount of nourishment from the Spirit Emperor would have made a difference! Indeed, only power forged by oneself was truly the strongest! Borrowed strength, however formidable, remained external. He had nearly let her escape! "You might as well die and serve as nourishment for me!" *Boom!* A blade slashed out! As he cleaved downward, Su Yu let out a fierce shout. Suddenly, the civilization chronicle shuddered, and illusory Great Daos surfaced in the void—faint, but undeniably real! At that moment, Mo Ji turned to look at Su Yu. Far in the distance, the God Emperor did the same. Several Daos seemed to float above Su Yu's head. If he was borrowing power, why not borrow more?! God Descent! Demon Advent! Innate racial abilities! Indeed, Su Yu possessed innate abilities, and by now, he vaguely understood that they actually drew upon the Great Dao power recorded within the Time Tome. The Time Master had slain countless powerhouses, tracing their Daos into the tome. Now, as Su Yu activated these innate abilities for amplification, he seemed to momentarily siphon off a portion of both races' Great Dao power! Thus, the supreme experts of both races sensed it immediately! Locked in combat with the Old Turtle, Mo Ji’s expression shifted slightly. He glared at Su Yu, his eyes turning cold. "The Time Master..." Though he had only just revived, he recognized Su Yu’s legacy in an instant! He held the legacy of the Time Master! He was pilfering the Great Dao power of the various races! For the first time, Su Yu felt with absolute clarity what innate abilities were truly meant for—they were tools for stealing Great Dao power! The Time Master had truly been terrifying! In an instant, his strength surged once more. Transforming into a blast of astral wind, he swept toward the Spirit Emperor—borrowing the power of the wind elements as well. *Rumble!* The Spirit Emperor, who had barely been holding on, was engulfed by Su Yu’s astral wind. Her physical body shook violently, and in a flash, she reverted to her true form: a radiant red flower! A rich fragrance filled heaven and earth! With nowhere left to flee, the Great Dao above her head was bitten into pieces by the little dog. The Dao of All Things shuddered and vanished in an instant, giving the dog no further chance to tear into it! The Spirit Emperor’s true form convulsed violently! Her aura plummeted! Despair and agony laced her voice as she let out a furious scream: "Even in death, you won't get to eat me!" *Boom!* The red flower detonated abruptly! *Rumble!* Su Yu was forced back into his human form and sent flying alongside the mother ball. His flesh tore apart while the mother ball tumbled through the air. Yet the ball paid its injuries no mind; unleashing its devouring maw, it swallowed every last fragment of the flower along with the surrounding void! It cleaned up every scrap! Utterly satisfied! Content to the brim! Its mood soared! Even though the explosion hurt terribly, the mother ball was thoroughly appeased. Even if the Spirit Emperor had chosen to self-detonate in the end, it had still devoured plenty, eating its absolute fill! Having been blown back, Su Yu had hoped to salvage a few remnants. Seeing the mother ball devour everything, he coughed up blood, smiled faintly, and let it go. Let it eat! This time, the mother ball had performed tremendous service, fighting from the Human Realm out into the heavens and battling across realms all day. It deserved a proper feast. As the Spirit Emperor detonated, blood rain fell across the heavens once more. Far away in the Spirit Realm, countless spirits of all things prostrated themselves upon the ground. Some wept, some fell into despair, and others lost their spiritual awareness entirely, reverting to lifeless objects as mountains and seas trembled! An emperor had fallen! To Su Yu, she was an enemy; to the Spirit race, their emperor had fought to secure their freedom, their opportunity, their right to survive! Near Su Yu, the Spirit Emperor had brought over a dozen Invincibles into battle. At this moment, several had already been slain, and the survivors wore expressions of deep grief! Their emperor had perished! "Su Yu!" Just as Su Yu prepared to swallow another drop of essence blood to pursue the Ape Emperor, those Spirit Invincibles suddenly charged toward him as one! "All spirits are born of heaven, yet all spirits are coveted by mankind! Our Emperor shielded us all—by slaying our Emperor, you have doomed our race!" Driven by despair and bitter fury, the Invincibles lunged at Su Yu simultaneously! River after river of time converged, washing over him. In the next instant, deafening detonations shattered the firmament! A massive mountain blew apart into fragments, flipping Su Yu through the air and tearing his flesh. Fortunately, rule rewards for slaying the Spirit Emperor descended right then, which he hastily absorbed. A roaring river surged forward, engulfing the heavens before detonating with a mighty roar! A towering tree, a jagged boulder, a stalk of emerald grass... one after another, they detonated directly before Su Yu! The explosions were relentless! Su Yu was tossed violently through the air, his flesh battered and broken as the power of the essence blood drained away. The heavenly rewards compensated him somewhat, repairing his physical body, yet he was still blasted back millions of meters until he crashed heavily against the boundary wall of the Human Realm! High above the Human Realm, Su Yu’s battered silhouette seemed to imprint itself across the sky. "*Cough...*" Su Yu spewed mouthful after mouthful of blood as if it cost nothing. He panted heavily, shaking his head in a daze before realizing what had happened. The Spirit Invincibles... had all self-detonated! And they had detonated themselves directly in his face, nearly blowing him to pieces! At this moment, Su Yu was instantly drained of strength! His body was severely damaged! Fortunately, the rule rewards from slaying the Spirit Emperor were still taking effect, mending his battered frame. Spitting out blood, Su Yu suddenly chuckled. A war of races! The Spirit race possessed genuine backbone, daring to blow themselves up against him! In this battle, every Dao Harmonizer and Invincible the Spirits had deployed had been wiped out! "Fools!" Su Yu cursed, spitting blood as he glanced at the Ape Emperor fleeing into the distance. Panting, he muttered, "You blew yourselves up not to save your own emperor, but the Ape Emperor... Pure idiocy!" "*Cough, cough, cough...*" Su Yu cursed between bloody coughs. They had nearly killed him. Had the little dog's essence blood been any weaker, he might truly have been in mortal peril. He had nearly forgotten that Invincibles were far from weak. On the other side, the Ape Emperor roared. His leg had been shattered by the Iron-Eating Beast Emperor's bamboo, and his waist bitten clean through by the Ancient Hou. His massive head broke away from his body, flying frantically toward the Ape Realm! He had found a chance to survive! With the Spirit Emperor dead, he would have been next. Unexpectedly, the Spirit Invincibles had displayed such fierce resolve, charging at Su Yu to self-detonate and blasting him all the way back to the Human Realm's boundary wall before stopping. As the Ape Emperor’s severed head fled, the mother ball—having just devoured the Spirit Emperor's remains—lunged with open jaws to swallow his head whole! Mortal danger loomed over the Ape Emperor! Right at that instant, three ancient giant apes in the distance exchanged glances. Fighting through their wounds, they struck together to swat aside a guardian. Roaring fiercely, the three ape powerhouses transformed into colossal ancient apes! In a flash, the three giant apes threw themselves before the mother ball's gaping maw. Caught off guard, the mother ball swallowed all three in one gulp, and its suction vanished! Immediately after, the mother ball was blown flying! In the distance, Su Yu sighed. The mother ball really didn't seem too bright! It was always swallowing people whole, only to be blasted tumbling every single time. Today, the unluckiest Dao Harmonizer on humanity's side was undeniably the mother ball! Those three ancient apes were hardly weak! Detonating together inside the mother ball’s stomach, they blasted it to parts unknown, sending it flying far from the battlefield! Meanwhile, the Ape Emperor’s head vanished into the void, a look of profound sorrow in his eyes. Those three ancient apes were venerable elders of the Ape race. They had sacrificed themselves together solely to buy him time to escape. A great race could afford to lose its Invincibles, but never its Dao Harmonizers! In an instant, the Ape Emperor escaped! He vanished completely! The remaining Invincibles of the Ape race retreated through blood and slaughter; some were cut down, while others broke through the void and fled! That fellow had actually managed to preserve his life. Su Yu spat another mouthful of blood. He had no time to pursue them now. By this point, the Dao Harmonizers on all sides had retreated as they fought, putting considerable distance between themselves and him. Several Invincibles who found themselves cut off from retreat turned and charged toward the Human Realm instead! Indeed, seeing no way out, these Invincibles threw themselves recklessly toward the entrance of the Human Realm! Far away, Tiangu's roar echoed across the expanse: "Kill! Fight your way into the Human Realm to buy time for the emperors of each race! Eternals can perish, but if our half-emperors fall, every race faces extinction!" His rallying cry proved effective! Seeing their retreat severed, several desperate experts charged toward the Human Realm entrance! Breach the Human Realm! If the humans did not want their realm ruined, they would have to fall back and defend it! Fierce clashes erupted, accompanied by continuous detonations! Su Yu scrambled to his feet and flew toward the entrance. The Human Realm had to be held—it was their base. If breached, an Invincible charging inside and self-detonating unhindered would instantly wipe out an entire city! Beside him, King Daxia and King Daming abandoned their pursuit and rushed back to reinforce the realm! Much like when King Daqin pushed toward the Gods and forced them to pull back in defense, a war of races was ultimately fought for the future of one's own kind. If one's people were wiped out, the war would lose all meaning. Just as Su Yu arrived, a dragon powerhouse lunged at him with mad frenzy in his eyes. With the Dragon Realm sealed, he had no intention of returning! *Boom!* Su Yu swung his blade, but the dragon expert self-detonated the moment the strike landed. The blast sent Su Yu vomiting blood once more, slamming him against the boundary wall a second time. Frustration welled within him! His injuries had not even healed, and he had been bombed yet again! Every faction was retreating! Right at that moment, a heavy sigh resonated through heaven and earth. Among the two Dao Harmonizers battling the Book Spirit and the Tea Tree, King Bing let out a long sigh: "All of you, retreat!" "The Way of Arms: heaven and earth are weapons, all things are weapons, all living beings are weapons..." Along with his murmured chant, an army of tens of millions materialized in the void, resembling phantoms of the fallen from all races across countless years, blanketing the sky! In an instant, everyone was engulfed by those illusions! *Boom!* A Great Dao surfaced, and the smaller Dao branching from it burst into furious flames! The void convulsed! King Bing was burning his very life to cover the retreat of the various races! "My Immortal race shall fight humanity to the bitter end—never resting, never yielding! I bid all races... fear not the humans! In the upper realm, the humans are all but destroyed! Once the thousand-year limit arrives, the human race will surely perish!" King Bing's voice echoed across the heavens! His body burned with searing brilliance! He shattered the Book Spirit's seals in an instant! With a sweep of his spear, he severed countless branches from the Tea Tree, his form blazing with dazzling radiance. In the next instant, a colossal explosion shook heaven and earth! King Bing had fallen! Today marked the demise of the fifth Dao Harmonizer! Dragging his battered body through the opening, King Fu unfurled a divine talisman across the sky, sweeping several retreating experts into the parchment. The talisman ripped open the void, and capitalizing on the momentary recoil of the Book Spirit and the Tea Tree, King Fu vanished without a trace! Heaven and earth fell silent! On the Old Turtle’s front, Mo Ji thrust his halberd through the sky, burning the weapon to carve out a passage and swiftly pulling the Demon Emperor and the Nether Emperor away into safety! *** Near the Tianyuan Realm. Tiangu and Marquis Jiantian blasted Doubao away and repelled King Dazhou. With a sweeping wave, Tiangu gathered the remaining fighters and swiftly withdrew alongside them! Five Dao Harmonizers had fallen; this battle had to end! If they fought on, every race faced the danger of destruction. Retreat to their home realms and defend their borders! Doubao moved to give chase, but King Dazhou called out, "Do not pursue a cornered foe!" Doubao glanced back to see King Dazhou gasping for breath, his face pale. Around them, the human combatants who had fought their way out of the Tianyuan Realm gathered—and several were missing. King Dazhou looked back, sighing inwardly, uncertain whether to feel joy or sorrow. In this strike against the Tianyuan Realm, six human Invincibles had fallen! Ning Hong, King Daliang, King Dayue, King Daliao, King Damin, and King Luoshan, who had proved his Dao in later years. Meanwhile, within the Human Realm, King Dayuan and King Dazheng had fallen in battle. In this single conflict, eight human Invincibles had perished. As for the survivors, almost all of their past, present, and future incarnations bore severe wounds. What was the point of pursuing further? If they pressed on, the Human Realm's Invincibles would be wiped out entirely! King Dazhou looked into the distance, suppressing his sorrow, and a smile broke across his face. They had won! In a single battle, they had slain five Dao Harmonizers and over a hundred Invincibles! This was an overwhelming victory for humanity! In the tenth tide, humanity’s decline had been completely overturned. This triumph was enough to grant the human race an absolute advantage across the myriad realms before the upper realm unsealed! "Su Yu..." King Dazhou murmured, a radiant smile gracing his face. A moment later, a one-armed man staggered over. He looked toward King Dazhou with a faint smile, then collapsed heavily to the ground! "Old Qin!" a group of human experts cried out in alarm. King Dazhou sped over through the air, inspected him, and sighed. "He won't die! He's practically crippled, but fortunately, Su Yu has risen. We don't have to worry about lacking a successor!" "..." The Invincibles gave him strange looks. The way he spoke, it sounded as though it wouldn't even matter if King Daqin died! Then again... he had a point! Su Yu was truly terrifyingly strong! Without him, this magnificent victory would never have been possible. As long as King Daqin was alive, that was enough! As for severe injuries, they were used to it. Four hundred years ago, he had been in this state constantly, yet hadn't he survived just fine? *** Back by the Human Realm, Su Yu caught his breath and shouted, "Stop the pursuit! Hetu, take the dead spirits back—no more running around!" In the distance, Hetu rushed back immediately! The dead spirit monarchs exchanged glances, thoroughly terrified! The battle... was over? Then what were they supposed to do? One dead spirit monarch transmitted nervously, "Let's run! Flee into the smaller realms..." Before the thought could settle, Su Yu’s voice shook the heavens: "Dead spirit monarchs, return to the dead spirit realm now and I will not hold this against you! Dare to wander and slaughter at will, and you will surely die!" "..." Shivering with fear, the dead spirit monarchs obediently trailed behind Hetu, flying frantically toward the ancient cities. Time to go back! Today, the powerhouses here were far beyond their ability to provoke! This was likely the most obedient these dead spirit monarchs had ever been. It was simply too terrifying. The battle had ended, yet the human camp was crowded with Dao Harmonizers radiating boundless murderous intent. Even dead spirits feared death! One by one, the dead spirits returned to the dead spirit realm. The great war had officially drawn to a close! In this single battle, the myriad races had lost over a hundred Invincibles and five Dao Harmonizers! The greatest clash of the tenth tide had reached its conclusion!