Fight to the End

The great battle erupted! The Eastern Heavenly King was truly formidable. Previously, when Su Yu had utilized the essence blood of the little white dog against either the Dragon Emperor or the Spirit Emperor, the dog's phantom had locked onto their Daos with relentless bites, forcing even the Dragon Emperor's Great Dao to retreat. Yet today, as the little white dog's Dao snapped and bit, the Eastern Heavenly King's Dao merged with the Dead Spirit Great Dao. The Dead Spirit Great Dao was simply too powerful! Legend had it that the Dead Spirit Realm possessed only a single Great Dao! Thus, the entirety of this realm belonged to the Dao of Dead Spirits. There might only be one Ruler of Rules, yet certain peak Dao Integration experts—much like ancient Human Kings—could do battle against the Great Dao Realm! By Su Yu's estimation, this Dao was comparable to the human race's physical body Dao prior to its damage, perhaps even sturdier. Su Yu possessed many tricks, but regardless of how many methods he had, the gap in raw strength remained insurmountable! The little white dog's power was, after all, borrowed! "Suppress!" The Human Lord Seal erupted, its karmic fortune surging like a tidal wave! The Eastern Heavenly King's body shuddered, but he merely sneered. His Great Dao shook, and with a thunderous boom, the power of fortune was forced back! The Civilization Chronicle unfurled, yet the Eastern Heavenly King blotted out the sky with one hand. With a crunch, he crushed those phantom projections to dust. "Su Yu, is this all you have?" The Eastern Heavenly King advanced toward Su Yu step by step. Su Yu let out a cold snort as divine characters empowered him, his Heavenly Gate flinging wide. A drop of the Dragon Emperor's essence blood fell directly into his Heavenly Gate! Boom! His physical body fractured slightly, but Su Yu paid it no heed. He punched through the void, the Civilization Tombstone upon his fist transforming into a brush that stabbed forward in a decisive stroke! …… In the void, the Martial Emperor's will looked on. At that moment, the willpower trembled faintly. Within Su Yu, he saw many familiar things. However, he was still pondering a question. This Human Lord was far too weak! "Little bug, you are so weak, so how can you truly be the Human Lord? Where did beasts like Taishan go?" The Martial Emperor's voice echoed in Su Yu's ears. Su Yu's fist clashed with the Eastern Heavenly King, sending him tumbling back hundreds of meters. His footsteps shattered the void, blood splattering in all directions. A longsword materialized in the Eastern Heavenly King's hand, slashing toward Su Yu. That preceding punch had not injured him in the slightest. Su Yu dodged swiftly, laughing, "Taishan and the others are gone! The human race's glory has long since faded! Today, the myriad races seek humanity's destruction, and we are merely struggling to survive. Senior, do you wish to save the human race?" "Gone...?" The Martial Emperor's willpower fluctuated. Taishan and the others were gone?! Impossible! He refused to believe it! "Impossible! That brute Taishan was peerlessly strong! Moreover, there were several even more formidable bastards alongside him. How could the human race possibly decline?" "If Senior doesn't believe it, then forget it!" "Cough..." As Su Yu spoke, he was swept by the Eastern King's sword. The blow even struck the little white dog; in the void, the little white dog furiously gnawing at the Dao split open slightly under the sword's impact! Su Yu's physical body shuddered as well, coughing blood uncontrollably. He ceased retreating and instantly closed in. Reversal! Yes, origin aperture reversal! At this moment, Su Yu's origin apertures erupted, reversing life and death! Both hands locked around the Eastern Heavenly King's arm as the power of reversal surged forth. Boom! The energies of life and death clashed violently! Across the Eastern Heavenly King's arm, countless wisps of death qi were inverted into vitality. As the opposing auras ground away at each other, a tear opened on the Eastern Heavenly King's arm, and a single drop of black-gold blood seeped out. That was his blood—incredibly potent blood! The Eastern Heavenly King's expression shifted slightly in mild surprise, but he quickly chuckled. "Interesting. So that's how it is, Su Yu. You possess a method to reverse life and death! But... how much of me can you reverse?" He clenched his right hand into a fist, clashing with Su Yu a thousand times in a flash. Su Yu's divine characters erupted one by one: 'Quake,' 'Strength,' 'Break,' 'Suppress'... With the little white dog's Dao bolstering him, Su Yu's physical body was by no means weak. His origin apertures had merged into one, granting one battle technique per aperture, making various combat talents effortlessly accessible. Su Yu did not lack battle experience; over these past few years, the number of fights he had engaged in surpassed even that of ancient antiques. This was far from the first time he fought the strong as the weak. However, the disparity in strength was an unbridgeable chasm. Within twenty seconds of engagement, a tremendous crash reverberated as the Great Dao trembled. The little white dog's phantom jaw shattered, its teeth falling away as it was knocked flying backward. Su Yu punched entirely through the Eastern Heavenly King's abdomen, yet a palm from the Eastern Heavenly King struck clean through Su Yu's chest in return. Su Yu tumbled back, blood flowing incessantly. Meanwhile, the wound on the Eastern Heavenly King's body was rapidly knitting together. He looked toward Su Yu and chuckled. "I am quite curious to see how long you can last! The strength of a single drop of essence blood... this dog is truly formidable! A pity I will never meet it in person. To have forged its own Dao, this dog is quite remarkable..." His eyesight was sharp! Only now was his peerless battle prowess truly revealed! The little white dog had proven invincible against other Dao Integration experts, yet against him, the fight only grew harder with each passing moment! The void where the two clashed fractured continuously. The other corners of the battlefield were also locked in frantic slaughter. Marquis Lanshan's side was the weakest. Her Dao body had ruptured, causing her battle strength to plummet below Dao Integration. Facing an intact dead spirit marquis, she was already hanging by a thread. Perhaps her side would end before Su Yu's did! Xinghong and Yunxiao held the upper hand, but even with their opponent wounded, subduing the dead spirit marquis in short order was exceedingly difficult. The Eastern Heavenly King watched the surroundings for a moment, then smiled. "It seems a decisive outcome won't come quickly over there. Between you and me, however... Su Yu, if I defeat you, it appears all of you will be left without hope!" Although his losses were grievous this time, if he could capture Su Yu, the sheer number of treasures on the young man made his eyes burn with greed. So many! He could even faintly sense the power of Daos within him! Su Yu had likely grasped several extraordinary things! Su Yu ignored him, looking up at the sky as he coughed up blood and smiled. "Senior Martial Emperor, care to lend a hand and squash this stinkbug?" The Martial Emperor remained silent. Su Yu chuckled. "Makes sense. If it were me, I wouldn't help either!" Having been tormented into such a miserable state, who cared about some Human Lord or another! Bound butt to the sky with flowers planted on his rear, if he revived, his first act would be to butcher King Wu, followed by King Wu's entire family! Why would he ever help them? Thus, Su Yu had never pinned his hopes on the Martial Emperor. It was merely an attempt to take advantage; if it didn't work, so be it! Besides, he had no time to chitchat with the Martial Emperor right now. In ordinary times, he could exchange a few jabs, but right now, the slightest lapse in concentration would allow the Eastern Heavenly King to seize the upper hand. 'Five minutes!' Su Yu calculated inwardly. In the blink of an eye, almost a minute had passed. Yet he might not even last five minutes. Once the little white dog's power was depleted, he could only rely on the Dragon Emperor's power. Both the Dragon Emperor and the Golden-Winged Peng were trash by comparison; against the Eastern Heavenly King, the Eastern King could easily take on four of them at once without breaking a sweat! Therefore, counting on their power was entirely out of the question! At best, it would merely delay his death a little longer. Fortunately, he had sought a drop of essence blood from the little white dog beforehand; otherwise, he might already be unable to stand! In the distance, Yunxiao let out a sharp cry. A ray of sword light suddenly hovered above her head, piercing through heaven and earth! "Crimson blood illuminates the azure sky!" At this moment, Yunxiao shone with brilliant radiance. Her previously drab, ash-gray robes instantly transformed into resplendent garments. Dazzling light spilled outward! Sword qi pierced the heavens! "Die!" With a piercing shriek that shook the world, her sword slashed down! That was a sword of the Great Dao! Boom! Opposite her, the wounded dead spirit marquis let out a wretched roar as his Great Dao trembled, calling forth the Dead Spirit Great Dao. However, the manifestation he summoned was far inferior to the Eastern King's—the difference was staggering! Boom! A colossal roar echoed across the world, violently shaking the seventh floor. The next moment, another sword slashed forth! It was Xinghong! "Ten thousand swords return to my Dao!" Countless blades converged into one, stabbing forward in a strike that struck the tributary Dao attached to the Dead Spirit Great Dao, rattling it continuously and showing signs of fracture. "Roar!" The dead spirit marquis roared, death qi blanketing heaven and earth. His Dao shuddered as he shattered Xinghong's sword strike with a single palm! Meanwhile, in the distance where Marquis Lanshan fought, a tearing sound rang out. Marquis Shenping seized Marquis Lanshan with both hands and tore off one of her arms. With a cold sneer, his Dao crashed forward, battering Marquis Lanshan and causing black blood to gush repeatedly from her form. Even further away, Tianmie went berserk, roaring repeatedly as he transformed into a colossal ape. Wielding a massive staff coalesced from origin qi, he struck furiously at his opposing dead spirit marquis, forcing the marquis into retreat. Across the four quarters of the battlefield, there were gains and losses. Yet the core of it all rested on Su Yu. If Su Yu collapsed, all sides would crumble! Neither the Martial Emperor nor Marquis Tongtian uttered a sound or made a move. Outside the dead spirit passage, those few dead spirit monarchs had long since fled in terror into the distance. On the entire battlefield, Hetu was the only one who had not joined the fray—not because he refused, but because he was powerless to intervene. These were all battles at the Dao Integration level! His interference would accomplish next to nothing. At this moment, Hetu was gripped by intense anxiety. Yet there was nothing he could do. He possessed only stage-seven strength! In life, his strength had been respectable as a quasi-Dao Integration expert, no weaker than Tianmie. Had he retained his living strength, assisting Yunxiao and the others would have long since allowed them to slay that wounded dead spirit marquis. Hetu burned with urgency, yet was helpless to join the fight. He could only watch for an opportunity to step in and support whoever suffered the heaviest wounds. Hetu watched in all directions, frantic. Just then, a thunderous crash erupted in the distance. Su Yu's chest was pierced straight through, and he flew backward, spitting blood endlessly. "Su Yu!" Hetu growled in a heavy, somber tone. It was over! Even after consuming the essence blood, Su Yu was still no match for the Eastern King; he could barely even put up a fight! …… Su Yu panted heavily! Strong! This was the first time he truly understood what Dao Integration meant, what stood at the pinnacle of the myriad realms. Indeed, the concept had not felt vivid to him before. He had slain Dao Integration experts before and had even looked down on them slightly. A single drop of the little white dog's essence blood represented a Dao Integration existence, leading Su Yu to think that Dao Integration was nothing special! Now, the Eastern Heavenly King showed him what a true Dao Integration expert was! Never mind Su Yu's own cultivation—even with the little white dog's essence blood, he was still nothing more than this! It was not his own Dao! Even if the true master of this Dao arrived in person, the Eastern Heavenly King could still wage war against it, with the outcome hanging in the balance. Su Yu let out a breathless chuckle. The Eastern Heavenly King stood unshakeable as a mountain, treading across the void as his Dao trembled once more. In the past, Su Yu had always suppressed others' Daos, but now, the Eastern Heavenly King was the one suppressing the little white dog's Dao! The Eastern Heavenly King suppressed the Dao while using his true body to do battle! He was crushing Su Yu's physical form! "So what if you opened the Heavenly Gate?" The Eastern Heavenly King spoke with utter detachment. "Su Yu, you are indeed an outstanding talent of your generation. Heavenly Gate opened, origin apertures perfected, divine apertures perfected... even in the ancient era, few could compare to you! A pity you are too young, and youth is your sin! The Heavenly Gate is nothing more than this!" Boom! A palm thrust shattered the void. Su Yu swept out with a kick, stirring the River of Time to coil around the empty space, yet it was still annihilated by that single palm strike! The river was locked down! Su Yu's foot was punctured, and death qi enveloped him. Su Yu swiftly engaged his reversal. The Eastern Heavenly King's death qi was far too potent! Even Su Yu struggled to endure it and had no choice but to reverse it, turning death qi into vitality. Su Yu laughed, "Many thanks. Thank you for replenishing some of my origin qi... Eastern King, you are indeed strong, but... after all, this is not your domain, not the Dead Spirit Realm. Just how much death qi do you have to squander?" At this moment, Su Yu seemed to have found an approach! He operated his technique of reversal with wild abandon! The next instant, he engaged the Eastern Heavenly King in a ferocious clash, not seeking to harm the enemy, but solely to reverse his death qi into vitality! Here, the Eastern Heavenly King had no death qi to replenish himself! This could weaken his battle strength! In the blink of an eye, copious amounts of death qi were inverted. Su Yu was knocked flying again, bathed in blood, while the Eastern Heavenly King remained placid. "Are living beings truly this ignorant?" The Eastern Heavenly King stepped toward Su Yu, saying calmly, "Reversing life and death? Do you think that is impressive? Your so-called reversal of life and death, turning death qi into vitality, is nothing more than a joke in my eyes!" The next moment, a Great Dao manifested above his head—a towering Dao reaching to the heavens! The Dead Spirit Great Dao! "In these myriad realms, across both life and death, the Dead Spirit Great Dao is the strongest of all!" "I govern the Eastern King's Domain and merge my Dao with the Dead Spirit Dao. How immense is my power? How could an ignorant fool like you ever comprehend it?" That Great Dao pierced through heaven and earth. In the next instant, endless torrents of death qi cascaded down from the Dao, instantly replenishing all the death qi he had expended. The Eastern Heavenly King gave a soft laugh. "Naive! At my level, do you truly believe you can grind me to death through a battle of attrition?" Opposite him, Su Yu's face fell! It had all been replenished! He had been taught another harsh lesson. Previously, others attacked him while he swallowed essence blood to instantly recover; now, the Eastern Heavenly King was proving to him that fighting a battle of attrition was nothing but a farce! Su Yu revealed a look of helplessness. Soon, it turned to resolute determination. He rarely experienced defeat, but that did not mean he could not accept it. As a child, he had been slain countless times in nightmares, each death feeling terrifyingly real. The first time, he had wept in terror, followed by dread, fear, inability to sleep, and panicked helplessness... By now, he could accept anything, including death. The day he turned into a half-dead spirit, he had already prepared himself to embrace death. These recent days had been splendid. He only harbored some regrets. There were still many things he had not comprehended, many mysteries he had yet to unravel. Where was King Wen? Where was the Time Master? Was the ancient Human Sovereign, rarely spoken of by anyone, dead or alive? Did their figures linger in the Dead Spirit Realm? Everything remained an enigma. Su Yu stood up, straightening his back as the wounds on his physical body rapidly mended. The Eastern Heavenly King charged once more, their afterimages clashing in the void. Su Yu morphed into wind, into fire, into a sword, into a mountain, into a shadow... The shadow was pierced, and his Dao was torn! In the void, the little white dog grew exceptionally feeble! He was outmatched! It was not that the little white dog was weaker, but that this Dao was, after all, borrowed across boundless distances; it was not Feiqiu's true self. Su Yu coughed blood! Taking advantage of being knocked backward, he glanced around. The battle... seemed on the verge of utter collapse! Yunxiao and the others still had not slain that marquis! Meanwhile, Marquis Lanshan looked ready to fall first, unable to withstand the unwounded dead spirit marquis. Yunxiao let out a shrill roar! "Xinghong, you useless piece of trash! Kill him already!" She transformed into a sword, a heaven-piercing blade sweeping in all directions. Yet that wounded dead spirit marquis laughed coldly with a grating cackle, "Kill me...? How naive... you all are... In life, I integrated the Dao, and in death, I integrated the Dao!" Did they truly think a Dao Integration expert was so easily slain? Keep dreaming! The fierce battle raged on! Yet everyone knew the decisive pivot lay on Su Yu's end. Su Yu... had collapsed! Boom! Su Yu was knocked flying once more. A crown rested atop his head, his blood washed away, and his robes fluttered. Having blown him away, the Eastern Heavenly King watched Su Yu put on his crown and change into clean robes, bursting into laughter. "You... why bother!" Su Yu bared his teeth in a smile. "A bit of dignity. I... have lived a glorious life after all!" He looked around and chuckled. "You wouldn't understand! What does a dead spirit know? I rose from a small border city, taking one step at a time to reach where I am today. Everything I have witnessed, seen, and encountered was far too much, stirring my blood, filling me with excitement, disappointment, and gratitude... I never imagined that one day, I, Su Yu, could become the Human Lord, an overlord of the myriad realms, sweeping across the heavens... I thought myself the cleverest man under heaven, scheming this way and that... only to forget that the essence of these heavens is that strength reigns supreme! I underestimated a few people. No matter what, I shall leave in glory. So long as the myriad realms endure, there will always be a place for Su Yu. The Human Lord of the Tenth Tide once struck terror into the hearts of all realms!" His aura surged as he swallowed drops of the Dragon Emperor's essence blood one after another. The little white dog's phantom solidified slightly, and Su Yu's physical body fractured once again. Within his sea of will, the Time Record began to turn. Su Yu chuckled softly. "I underestimated you all. No matter; killing one will be enough to break even!" "Kill!" With a low roar, more than thirty divine characters erupted, their willpower shaking heaven and earth. The Great Dao trembled as time shifted. "Reverse!" Reversing time, turning back the flow, a River of Time pierced through heaven and earth. Su Yu stepped onto the River of Time like a peerless assassin, instantaneously traversing past and future. Upon this river, he seemed to glimpse the Eastern Heavenly King's past! A frail, weak dead spirit! Well, it was an illusion. As Su Yu slashed with his blade, that frail dead spirit abruptly grew boundless in strength. With a thunderous boom, it burst Su Yu's River of Time to pieces! Su Yu spat blood! Within the shattered River of Time, the Eastern Heavenly King stepped forth, smiling. "You think you can reverse me? Su Yu, you are... far too naive! I have existed since the primordial era. Can you reverse time all the way back to the primordial era? Back when I was weak, it was still the primordial times. If you could reverse all the way back to that era, you could indeed kill me! But if you possessed the power to reverse time to such an extent, why would you ever need to kill me like this?" "In all the myriad realms, perhaps only the Time Master could achieve such a feat. And if the Time Master wished to slay me, why would she even need to reverse time!" The Eastern Heavenly King chuckled. Su Yu was still far too weak. He had underestimated him too much! Su Yu laughed, "True enough. I just wanted to broaden my horizons. Slaying the past and future through the River of Time was something I hadn't tried yet, so I wanted to play around! In one's life, one must always see new things!" "Then see it clearly!" A River of Dead Spirits hovered overhead. At that moment, it was as if the river from the Dead Spirit Realm had breached the barrier and surged forth, monstrous waves crashing toward Su Yu! Death qi washed over Su Yu's body! In the blink of an eye, he seemed on the verge of turning into dry bones, transforming into a dead spirit. "Allow me to show you the true Dao of Dead Spirits!" The Eastern Heavenly King felt a shred of admiration. For Su Yu to fight to this extent without crumbling mentally showed exceptional resolve. The disparity between them was clear for all to see! Not only that, Su Yu was steadily weakening, whereas the Eastern Heavenly King had sustained very few injuries—his Dao had merely been shaken slightly and bitten a few times by that dog. "Tch!" A scoff of disdain echoed in Su Yu's ear. "Dead Spirit Great Dao?" "What Dead Spirit Great Dao? It's nothing more than a half-finished Dao!" "The Dead Spirit Realm isn't even complete... and he actually takes himself seriously!" Su Yu was momentarily dazed. Was the Martial Emperor speaking? Why had that fellow opened his mouth? He had no time to ponder it. Reversing the death qi, flesh regrew over his desiccated bones! Once more, he strode out of the celestial river of dead spirits! Right at that moment, the Martial Emperor's voice sounded in his ear again. "Little bug, has the human race... truly fallen into decline?" Su Yu had no time to respond. "What Eastern Heavenly King... Even a mediocre Dao Integration expert like this can kill a Human Lord? Has the Human Lord become this useless, this worthless?" The Martial Emperor's voice was laden with mockery and contempt. "Where is Taishan? Where are his accomplices? Are they all dead? Is this their so-called dominance over the heavens? Hahaha, what a joke! In the end, their Human Lord is about to be slaughtered by a mere dead spirit. What an enormous joke!" Su Yu wanted to retort, but had no time. In the next instant, the Eastern Heavenly King struck again! Boom! The great clash erupted once more. Su Yu was noticeably weaker than before; within less than a hundred exchanges, he was forced back in defeat again! In the distance, a shrill, furious howl rang out. Marquis Lanshan suddenly let out an ear-splitting roar, death qi exploding around her like a suicidal charge toward Marquis Shenping! "Who reigns supreme across the heavens?" "The human race reigns supreme!" "Through all ages, we alone remain undefeated!" "Kill!" An ancient war song rang out—no, it was a battle cry for a charge! The ancient humans had roared this charge, campaigning across the heavens time and again: we alone remain undefeated! Countless humans had fallen in battle throughout the myriad realms, yet they had never retreated! There would always be someone to charge forth once more! "Lanshan shall fight one last time for the Human Lord!" Marquis Lanshan roared. A longsword manifested along with shattered armor. She would fight once more for the Human Lord of this tide! Su Yu turned his head to look and offered a faint smile. Naive! The ancient humans were truly too naive! Yet... suddenly, he felt a longing for that era—the era that stood undefeated, sweeping across the heavens! The era where everyone dared to fight, where one charged at the vanguard to pioneer the path for those behind! That era must have been truly magnificent. Even in death, they remained the same! Fighting for humanity in life, and still fighting for humanity in death—no wonder they died so young. Thoughts flickered across Su Yu's mind. The next moment, a colossal palm pressed down upon him. Su Yu tried to dodge, but the surrounding void seemed frozen solid. Su Yu roared in fury. At that very instant, a massive maw suddenly materialized in his mind, lunging toward that hand with a fierce chomp! *Awoo!* A youthful, childish voice rang out. The little fur ball, which had remained silent all this time, bit down at this critical juncture. With a sharp crack, its jaw shattered, yet it managed to bite open a tiny tear in the palm! The Eastern King felt a sting of pain and frowned slightly. Su Yu seized the opening to slash open the void with his blade, quickly bursting free of the frozen space. Inside his sea of will, the little fur ball's mouth was shattered, death qi washing over it. Its eyes brimmed with grievance and pain. "Smells good... It... hurts so much..." "I could only take one bite... couldn't chew through... My mouth seems to be gone... Will I never be able to eat again?" The little fur ball's plaintive whimpers drifted through his mind. It thought its mouth was gone. It had managed only that tiny bite! Yet that was the absolute limit of what it could do; it was merely a God-Devouring beast at the Sun Moon Realm. "Fascinating!" The Eastern Heavenly King chuckled. How truly fascinating. "I seem to recall seeing something like this with King Wen. Quite remarkable. However... this doesn't seem to be that one!" This was not the big fur ball. Had it been Doubao, that single bite would have severed his entire hand at minimum. …… In the void. The Martial Emperor's willpower coalesced as if pondering something, and soon, he seemed to chuckle. "The human race... Heh! Hehehe!" The Martial Emperor sneered. The human race! A war song of campaigning across the heavens, still fighting for the human race even after turning into dead spirits... Taishan and his lot were truly skilled at brainwashing, hypocritically duping others into throwing their lives away! A pack of hypocrites! He heard Marquis Lanshan's war cry and saw that even as a dead spirit, she was utterly berserk, her Dao body rupturing as she fought a dead spirit marquis until the skies changed color! "Laughable!" The Martial Emperor's tone carried a hint of fury. What laughable fools! Did they not realize that all of this was nothing more than the deceit of those hypocrites? The next moment, he suddenly glanced in a certain direction with surprise and a strange expression, muttering, "Are you going to be this foolish as well?" Right at that instant, the void rippled, and a white-haired figure materialized. Without a single word, he slashed his sword toward the wounded marquis! Boom! A tremendous roar rang out as the wounded Marquis Moyan was thrown backward, vomiting black blood repeatedly. The white-haired expert appeared somewhat aged. He looked toward Marquis Lanshan in the distance, then glanced at Su Yu, suddenly letting out a soft chuckle. The next moment, as if in a low murmur, the battle cry of the charge rang out! "Who reigns supreme across the heavens?" "The human race reigns supreme!" "Through all ages, who remains undefeated?" "The human race is undefeated!" "..." Over there, Marquis Lanshan turned her head. Filled with surprise and joy, she roared at the top of her lungs, "Under King Wu's banner, Lanshan Guards, Lanshan!" "Under King Wen's banner, Hunting Heaven Pavilion, Tianyue!" Yes, Tianyue! At this moment, Tianyue's aura was significantly stronger than before, and a smile broke across his face. "Fight!" Marquis Lanshan roared. "Fight!" Tianyue bellowed as well, thrusting his sword forward. Killing intent soared into the clouds, battering Marquis Moyan into repeated retreats as blood poured from him like a fountain! "Human Lord, please hold on for a moment! Once Tianyue of the Hunting Heaven Pavilion slays this formidable foe, I shall come to protect your Dao!" "Kill!" Over on their side, Yunxiao and Xinghong were overjoyed, bellowing in unison as their blood qi surged into the heavens! Even further away, Hetu's eyes flickered, muttering to himself, "Descendant of King Gong, Tianhe Guards, Hetu!" I... was once a commanding general as well! Alas, I had long forgotten. Today, I seem to remember many things! The next instant, a beam of death qi burst forth, streaking toward Marquis Moyan. As for ganging up on an enemy, that was something he could certainly do! Kill! Hetu had come to the rescue! At this moment, his humanity suppressed the innate nature of a dead spirit. It turned out... I am still human after all! Kill! In this world, only slaughter remained. Boom, rumble! At this juncture, the wounded Marquis Moyan could hold out no longer. Minister Tianyue of the Heaven Division had arrived! His battle strength had reached Dao Integration! Already grievously wounded and further battered by Yunxiao and the others, facing an intact Dao Integration expert left Marquis Moyan with zero strength to resist. A moment later, Tianyue withdrew his hand, vanishing in an instant to charge toward Marquis Lanshan's side! Yunxiao immediately retracted her sword and fell back, snorting coldly as she looked toward Xinghong. Xinghong did not hesitate; with a single punch, he shattered Marquis Moyan's Dao body and pulverized his dead spirit imprint! The next moment, a potent surge of rule power descended, merging into his body. In the distance, Tianmie's Dao shook violently. With a thunderous boom, he officially stepped into Dao Integration. With a single punch, he sent the marquis opposite him flying, laughing uproariously. "Xinghong... no, Yunxiao! I'll beat him half to death, and you come take the kill! Slay this bastard! I have finally advanced to Dao Integration!" He had broken through! And Xinghong had slain a Dao Integration marquis. …… "Unexpected..." The Eastern Heavenly King tore through Su Yu's arm with a single strike, his brow furrowing slightly. "You people certainly have courage. And this Tianyue... quite the daring soul. I truly failed to notice him, yet he actively stepped forth to seek death!" He hadn't detected Tianyue; the man seemed to have concealed himself within a fold of the River of Time, something the Eastern King hadn't paid attention to earlier! Now, he had noticed. Opposite him, Su Yu stood up once more, baring his teeth in a smile. "I'm surprised as well! You want to save them? No way. Kill me first before you go!" "Save them?" The Eastern Heavenly King said calmly, "No need. Killing all of you will make it entirely worthwhile!" He struck out with another palm. Su Yu swallowed a drop of the Golden-Winged Peng's essence blood—his very last one—and swiftly fled through the void at blinding speed, circling the Eastern Heavenly King in a relentless, grueling clash! *Bang, bang, bang!* Blood splattered everywhere! The Eastern Heavenly King looked coldly at Su Yu, continuously striking back, his brow furrowed. Words aside, he still needed to rescue the dead spirit marquises! Otherwise, he would be left completely alone! Yet Su Yu was like an unkillable cockroach; no matter how many times he was beaten down, he rose right back up. This was primarily due to the blood strength of the little white dog, but that power was nearly spent. The Eastern Heavenly King could sense that formidable strength waning! Su Yu was barely hanging on. Without that power, even if Su Yu swallowed the essence blood of the Golden-Winged Peng and the Dragon Emperor, it would be of little use! "I truly wish to meet that one!" The Eastern Heavenly King spoke indifferently, referring to the little white dog! It was truly powerful! He wasn't even certain if he could win had he faced that dog in person. For the Human Lord to merely borrow its Dao and yet achieve such strength was staggering! Meanwhile, in the distance, Tianyue, Xinghong, and Yunxiao fought Marquis Shenping with manic fury. As for Tianmie... no one paid him any mind. Hold your own ground; fight your own marquis! The several experts frantically besieged Marquis Shenping. As for Lanshan... she had already collapsed to the ground, her dead spirit imprint barely preserved by Hetu's death qi, having long since lost all strength. …… At the same time. Within the void crevice. Marquis Tongtian was also observing the battle, his brow tightly furrowed. The Human Lord! This generation's Human Lord was not particularly strong, but... his resilience was uncanny—undying through a hundred battles! Marquis Lanshan had joined the fight, Tianyue had joined the fight, even Hetu fought on his behalf... Was he truly so charismatic? Furthermore, had Hongmeng the Old Turtle submitted to him as well? Otherwise, why would the members of the Spirit Guarding Army take up arms? By taking the Tongtian Gate and vanishing, had he... brought about trouble? At this moment, Marquis Tongtian sank into deep thought. Dead spirits! The Eastern Heavenly King! This Human Lord clearly wanted to besiege and slay the Eastern Heavenly King by borrowing that person's power. Unfortunately, that person seemed to have regained his senses and refused to be used, leaving the plan in ruins! "Sigh, this is troublesome..." Marquis Tongtian frowned. His duty was to guard the gateway. Yet... this gateway was humanity's gateway. What a dilemma! How should I choose right now? Opening the gate now was useless since that person had regained lucidity. In truth, even if it had been opened earlier, without the Martial Emperor's chaotic consciousness, opening the gate wouldn't have helped much; the Eastern Heavenly King could simply slaughter his way to the eighth floor, where none could oppose him! Wrestling with the decision for a moment, he watched the chaotic slaughter unfold and saw Su Yu rising again and again, while the little white dog's power steadily dissipated... Marquis Tongtian wore a thoroughly gloomy expression. Would joining the battle now be... rather foolish? Yet, what if this Eastern Heavenly King killed the Human Lord and forced his way onto the eighth floor? I certainly cannot match him! "The little white dog... Feiqiu?" Marquis Tongtian thought of something, feeling utterly depressed. Feiqiu was not one to be trifled with, and King Wen... this was King Wen's legacy! "It's over, it's over, dead and buried... forget it, forget it!" The next instant, as Tianyue and the others were fiercely battling Marquis Shenping, they froze slightly. Right then, an enormous gateway abruptly enveloped them all! "I shall suppress him; kill him quickly!" In a flash, the colossal gate covered all four directions! Marquis Shenping instantly felt his power suppressed. He let out a roar, but it was already too late. In the blink of an eye, three swords slashed down, hacking him into four pieces! Boom! His Great Dao snapped, and Marquis Shenping's unwilling voice cried out, "Marquis Tongtian... you've gone mad! They are about to lose, about to fall! To join the battle at this moment... you lunatic!" From within the gateway, Marquis Tongtian's voice drifted out, laden with sighing reflection: "Life and death are distinct; a dead spirit is ultimately a dead spirit... The Eastern Heavenly King is too strong, and I fear he might forcibly barge through my eighth-floor gateway..." In the distance, the Eastern Heavenly King's expression darkened instantly! "Bastard!" This Marquis Tongtian had actually chosen to enter the battle at this very moment! Damn it! Did these people not see that he was on the verge of killing Su Yu? What were they thinking?! Yet the group paid him no heed, turning in the next instant to charge straight toward Tianmie's battle! The marquis battling Tianmie saw his expression warp drastically, and without another word, he fled in sheer panic! Madness! Right now, counting Tianmie, there were three full Dao Integration experts, along with Yunxiao and Xinghong, two figures bordering on Dao Integration. He wasn't the Eastern Heavenly King—what was there left to fight?! Run! However, Tianmie was no pushover. In an instant, he morphed into a colossal ape, a massive staff appearing in the void—an illusion, a phantom of the Great Dao—smashing down with immense weight! Boom! The blow brought the dead spirit marquis to a dead halt, and a gateway instantly enclosed him within! In the blink of an eye, Tianyue and the others descended upon him, shattering the heavens and earth! In an instant, the sky collapsed! Rule power manifested, descending upon Yunxiao! At the same time... Su Yu was thrown backward. Above his head, the little white dog vanished! Feiqiu's power was completely exhausted! The next moment, several experts circled around, their expressions grave. Tianyue reached out and pulled Su Yu clear, turning to face the surrounded Eastern Heavenly King! Tianyue, Marquis Tongtian, Tianmie, Yunxiao, and Xinghong: three Dao Integration experts and two quasi-Dao Integration experts. Yet, no one felt confident! Indeed, none of them were certain they could kill the Eastern Heavenly King! This was an existence of unfathomably terrifying strength. Across these myriad realms, how many could match him? The little white dog? At any rate, the Old Turtle was no match for him! Meanwhile, the Eastern Heavenly King's expression was frighteningly grim as he spoke coldly, "What an impressive lineup! Su Yu... Human Lord... The human race has long been destroyed. Is it truly worth going to such lengths for them? How many here are even human?" He simply could not comprehend it! The human race was ruined! He had been on the verge of slaying this Human Lord, so why had Marquis Tongtian chosen to enter the fray at that very moment?! He looked toward that gate, the Tongtian Gate. Within the portal, an illusory silhouette emerged; Marquis Tongtian wore a conflicted expression. "I didn't want to either. I... I still have to guard the gateway. But... if you killed the Human Lord, would you have gone up to the eighth floor?" "No!" "Those who say they won't are always the ones who do!" Marquis Tongtian sighed helplessly. "See? I knew it all along!" At this moment, the Eastern Heavenly King almost coughed up blood. I already said I wouldn't! Damn it! This fellow who attained the Dao from an iron gate was truly as stupid as they came! Dumber than a dead spirit!