Su Yu suppressed the thoughts in his mind. There was no time to think.
At this moment, massive volumes of river water surged forth. It was not ordinary water, but countless powers of rules, lashing out with such force that the entire Tianyuan Realm was transforming toward chaos.
Once it turned into chaos, this place would no longer be fit for ordinary living beings to survive.
Chaos was not inherently good; if it were truly that wondrous, the heavens would never have been split open. The Prison King lineage lived in the chaotic lands, but they likely had to carve out unaffected daochangs as well; otherwise, they would inevitably suffer the consequences.
Su Yu could not afford to worry about anything else. He swiftly merged the various Dao powers together.
At the same time, he observed how these Dao powers naturally reverted into chaotic power. This was a form of cultivation in itself.
He also needed chaotic power.
It could be used to forge the barrier of the River of Time.
However, it could not all be transformed into chaos; otherwise, everything would be ruined.
This required immensely potent control.
And all of this would become Su Yu's personal insights into carving out his own Dao. This was the benefit of opening a breach. As for how much the others gained, Su Yu had no leisure to care.
All the experts soared into the air, swiftly sorting out those Dao powers.
The myriad Daos were tangled together, requiring them to draw out the specific Daos they specialized in bit by bit.
Lan Tian and a few others were responsible for the remainder.
Lan Tian and Wan Tiansheng were both meticulous, sorting out the Dao powers while recording and observing the data.
All of this would prove helpful for Su Yu’s upcoming path-carving.
The waters of time poured out in a deluge.
The entire River of Time trembled faintly at this moment.
Though it looked like just a tiny hole, it lay at the riverbed. Under such circumstances, even a small puncture kicked up a massive vortex within the River of Time.
The River of Time faintly seemed on the verge of disruption.
Massive amounts of river water swept toward this breach.
The breach opened by the ancient Human Sovereign and the one for the Dead Spirit Dao were already fully stabilized. No matter how turbulent the current, a steady flow had long since formed.
Yet this newly carved breach had not yet stabilized.
It was under constant battering!
Not only was it being battered, but the breach also showed faint signs of expanding.
At this moment, Su Yu had not paid it much heed, because the breach he had made was small.
Yet… as Su Yu was simultaneously constructing the barrier and perfecting the Dao, his expression suddenly shifted. Why was the rule power growing stronger and more abundant?
Others could not see it, but the moment Su Yu opened his Heavenly Gate, his expression twisted.
He saw the small breach!
Right now, fissures were spreading along it. It seemed to be expanding!
"Fuck!" Su Yu barked in fright. "Why is the opening getting bigger?"
Lan Tian sensed it quite clearly. He already felt massive surges of river water slamming against him, and he cried out in terror, "Is this time barrier unstable? How did the Human Sovereign and the others open their breaches back then?"
How could this be!
If this continued and it tore into a massive breach, Su Yu and the others would never be able to plug it!
If they couldn't stem the deluge, this place would soon revert to chaos!
Everything they had prepared would vanish into thin air.
It was over!
Su Yu's expression changed. Opening his Heavenly Gate once more to inspect it closely, his brow furrowed. "Damn it, I seem to have dismantled the strands and severed the lines around the breach! It caused a chain reaction… If this goes on, this entire stretch of the River of Time might collapse!"
Then they would truly be doomed!
Not to mention the destruction of the realm, it could trigger countless other catastrophes.
How could this happen?
Su Yu frowned. Something wasn't right.
The ancient Human Sovereign and the others had smashed open such a huge hole without issue, yet he had only opened such a tiny one. How could such a disaster occur?
What a ghost of a mess!
……
At the same time.
The all-out battle upstream erupted abruptly and ended just as quickly.
The opposing side had no intention of fighting to the death.
Although an all-out war could suppress the human race, their own losses would be catastrophic. There was no need for that. Soon, they would synchronize the flow of time and charge from the future into the present.
Why fight to the death with these fellows right now?
At that very moment, the phantom figure looked downstream once again, frowning slightly.
What was going on?
Strange occurrences were piling up one after another.
The entire River of Time felt slightly off. Not just him, but another expert suddenly said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, is the water of the River of Time flowing backward toward the lower reaches?"
How strange!
The waters of the River of Time generally flowed in parallel. Of course, this place was considered upstream, so it naturally flowed downward on ordinary days.
But never this fast!
Right now, the current seemed to be accelerating faintly.
And they, too, would gradually accelerate their return alongside this flowing water.
The phantom figure peered downstream and abruptly dove toward the riverbed.
Silently sensing the rhythm of the current, his expression gradually turned strange.
This… familiar feeling.
Was someone opening a breach in the heavenly river?
Opening the heavenly river breach was not something an ordinary person could pull off. It required controlling the myriad Daos. Under normal circumstances, opening a breach in the heavenly river was done in preparation to carve open a world.
Yet… to hell with that!
The Myriad Realms didn't even have a single Ruler of Rules left!
Even if there were any, they would only be relics left from the older generation. But among the old generation, even that fool, the Martial Emperor, could only dream in vain of carving open a world!
Aside from the Martial Emperor, who else could possibly open a world?
It was impossible!
Yet if not to carve open a world, why breach the river?
Just for fun?
As the time for their return drew nearer, his perception became clearer, and his bewilderment only grew. For so many years, nothing significant had changed, yet recently, disturbances kept arising.
"Opening the heavenly river breach…" he murmured, uncertain. Or had some tributary Dao snapped, causing turbulence in the river?
For a tributary Dao to snap, a Ruler of Rules had to perish, and their Great Dao had to be completely shattered.
Aside from those on his side, there shouldn't be anyone else, right?
"Could… the Martial Emperor have been slain?"
He felt the probability of someone opening a world was low, but if the Martial Emperor was killed and his Great Dao severed by someone… that was entirely possible.
The Martial Emperor wasn't particularly bright and was heavily sealed. Gathering several dozen quasi-kings to gang up and kill him was well within the realm of possibility.
They might not even need several dozen!
A dozen or so might suffice to finish him off, sealed as he was.
Or perhaps a group of peak quasi-kings who possessed the realm of a Ruler of Rules without the full strength—maybe even fewer, seven or eight of them, could do him in.
"Has the Martial Emperor been killed?"
"Earlier, my Xingyu Seal appeared in the River of Time as well… Was it related to this?"
"Could it be that to suppress the Martial Emperor, they ended up killing him?"
At this moment, the foremost thought in his mind was that the Martial Emperor was dead.
The demise of that Ruler of Rules would indeed cause such turbulence.
As for opening the heavenly river breach… without sufficient strength, even if you breached it, you might not be able to close it.
Under normal circumstances, opening a breach in the heavenly river was done to steal power for carving out a Dao of Heaven.
Yet it didn't quite look like carving open a world, either.
At this moment, this world-carver also hesitated.
Soon, he surfaced above the water. All around him, voices drifted over:
"Your Majesty, the river water is turbulent. Could a Ruler of Rules have fallen?"
"The Myriad Realms cannot produce Rulers of Rules. Could there still be living ones?"
"Have King Wen and the others returned?"
"Or did an ancient chaos beast connect to the Great Dao, enter the River of Time, and get slain?"
"……"
As questions rang out one after another, the phantom figure remained silent for a long while before speaking: "It's possible the Martial Emperor was killed."
He did not mention a world-carver. Even if there were one, it was better left unsaid.
He didn't want news of a world-carver to spread among them.
It might not be a good thing!
Knowing too much was not necessarily beneficial. If these people developed such ambitions, it would be a disaster; nine times out of ten, they would fail and die from the backlash.
Of course, he also felt that compared to a world-carver, the probability of the Martial Emperor dying was higher.
"The Martial Emperor?"
"That fellow who was sealed?"
"He was still alive?"
"I thought he died ages ago!"
"Killed this time? What a shame!"
"What's there to pity? That fellow was stubborn and recalcitrant. If we really returned, he'd probably cause trouble for us anyway. Good riddance! Still… with no Rulers of Rules in the Myriad Realms, for him to be killed, could it have been an ancient beast?"
"An embarrassment to Rulers of Rules, falling in an era like this!"
A group of supreme beings conversed among themselves, silently disdaining the Martial Emperor.
What a miserable death!
To be killed in this era?
Truly… what a pathetic life.
As they talked, the phantom fell silent, pondering in secret. If the Martial Emperor had truly been killed, had an unexpected upheaval occurred?
Although the Martial Emperor had never gotten along with his faction, he was still human. His death was not necessarily a good thing for the human race.
"What a shame!" He sighed faintly in his heart. Perhaps the killing was even related to his Xingyu Seal. Could it be that the person chosen by Xingyue had slain the Martial Emperor?
Was that person also a human?
A human expert had killed the Martial Emperor?
"Why bother!" With a barely audible sigh, he felt a twinge of pity. It hadn't been easy for the Martial Emperor to survive until now, only to be slain at this juncture. The phantom's feelings grew momentarily complex.
……
When many powerful beings repeatedly chanted a person's name, that person would inevitably sense it.
Especially when the will of those beings was so colossal it shook the heavens and earth.
The perception of their wills branded itself upon the river of space and time.
Inside the Star Residence Mansion.
At this moment, the Martial Emperor's phantom suddenly materialized, his face changing drastically. He felt an impending catastrophe loom over him. His heart pounded with an omen of dread. Pinching his fingers to divine the cause, his expression darkened further. It felt as though countless people were cursing him to die!
Damn it!
What was happening?
"Could this be related to the crash of the Tianyuan Realm?"
"Su Yu… wants to kill me!"
The Martial Emperor muttered to himself, his expression shifting erratically. *Giving me such an intense premonition of danger—can Su Yu truly kill me?*
*Impossible!*
Yet the feeling branded upon the Great Dao was unmistakably clear.
It was as though countless voices were chanting:
"The Martial Emperor is dead!"
"The Martial Emperor is beyond help!"
"How pathetic the Martial Emperor is!"
Such a formidable imprint of will could only be born when the Great Dao itself sensed a crisis.
As for other people chanting about him—nonsense, he had been sealed for hundreds of thousands of years! Who had the spare time to chant about him? Who else could it be besides Su Yu?
"Intimidating me?"
"Threatening me?"
The Martial Emperor's face turned livid. "Su Yu! I'm not afraid of you!"
Humph!
*You're threatening me, aren't you?*
*Right?!*
That brat had tampered with his Great Dao last time. This time, it was probably him again. Yes, that had to be it! He must have sneaked into the River of Time, chanting near his Great Dao!
Now the Martial Emperor understood.
His mighty aura erupted!
In an instant, it pierced the heavens.
The Martial Emperor was an overlord of an era, a being of the Ruler of Rules realm. How could he back down now?
"Bring it on! This Emperor does not fear you! If you have the guts, come and kill me!"
A furious roar shook the world!
Heaven and earth trembled!
Want to kill me?
No way!
I rampaged across the Primordial Era, dominating an entire domain. Taishan defeated me, but does that mean anyone can kill me?
I don't believe it!
……
That bellowing roar pierced heaven and earth, echoing across the four quarters.
Even the Tianyuan Realm heard this enraged cry.
Everyone froze in shock.
Wan Tiansheng and the others also blanched, turning their eyes toward Su Yu.
"The Martial Emperor?" Wan Tiansheng asked.
Su Yu nodded and frowned. "Who is that idiot fighting with? In today's Myriad Realms, there shouldn't be anyone left capable of killing him, right? Unless all factions teamed up against him while he's sealed… otherwise, he shouldn't be easy to kill, right?"
He sounded so aggrieved, so indignant, and that 'you' seemed to refer to a single person.
"The Hundred Battles King?" Su Yu frowned. "Could Hundred Battles have returned ahead of time?"
Had the Hundred Battles King gone to deal with the Martial Emperor?
Just look at how aggrieved the guy sounded!
He seemed right on the verge of exploding.
Whatever, dog eat dog. Let them fight all they want, what did it have to do with him?
He had no desire to interfere; it had nothing to do with him anyway.
He hadn't provoked the Martial Emperor, and he hadn't visited the Star Residence Mansion in days. It would be best if that fellow fought with Hundred Battles.
Right now, what worried Su Yu more was the continuously expanding fracture. Frowning for a long while, he said in a deep voice, "I'll head up to patch it and repair those cracking strands first! What a hassle! I just snapped them, and now I have to mend them… If I don't patch them up, I won't be able to maintain this opening!"
He had to mend the strands he had just broken, or rather, curve them into place.
Leaving a hole was enough; there was no need to snap them.
Come to think of it… fuck, he shouldn't have broken them earlier, but merely bent them out of the way!
"Right…" Su Yu muttered. "It's just like knitting wool. You can't sever the threads. If you stretch them, the mesh widens! No wonder!"
A fall into the pit, a gain in wit!
Su Yu had suddenly learned his lesson and declared, "I can't go opening breaches carelessly in the future. I knew severing them felt wrong, and sure enough, it really was!"
Having said that, Su Yu furrowed his brow and added, "Severing them requires enduring the backlash of the Great Dao's power, which is quite troublesome and agonizingly painful. Tianmie, do you know what that feels like?"
In the distance, Tianmie blurted out instinctively, "I know! It was far too painful!"
"……"
Having spoken, Tianmie froze. Was there anything wrong with what he said?
He looked up toward Su Yu. At that moment, many others also glanced toward Tianmie, their eyes filled with strange expressions before quickly lowering their heads to busy themselves. Everyone was extremely busy.
*We don't know anything!*
*Did Su Yu… get suspicious?*
*Did he lay a trap for Tianmie just now?*
*Otherwise, why would he ask such a question out of nowhere?*
Tianmie's face stiffened, because he realized Su Yu was staring right at him.
*Fuck!*
Tianmie cursed furiously in his heart. *Why are you staring at me!*
*I wasn't the only one who saw it!*
*Why are you looking at me like that?*
*Stop looking at me!*
Meanwhile, Su Yu's expression shifted, and he began to smile—a smile that sent shivers down Tianmie's spine. Tianmie feared this kind of smile most; whenever they smiled like that, nothing good ever followed!
Clearly, he could tell Su Yu might have truly realized the truth.
Yet Su Yu's smile remained radiant.
He wasn't angry or flustered.
*As long as I'm not embarrassed, you are the ones who should be embarrassed!*
*Just you wait!*
*Fine, I thought something felt off. Turns out… my little display just now might have been seen?*
*Impressive!*
*Turns out you were all watching.*
*From when did you start watching?*
*From which sentence?*
*Cursing was one thing, but did you see me cry?*
*Did you see me calling for my dad to save me?*
Sweeping his gaze around, Su Yu memorized every single person.
*Very good!*
*Settling scores later is our specialty!*
Su Yu smiled brilliantly, saying nothing more, and stepped into the air. "Everyone, continue combing through the myriad Daos and comprehending the Great Daos. Just now, physical body power poured in. Everyone, restore your physical bodies! Even if they aren't as strong as before, you must still recover! I will re-enter the River of Time to tidy things up and reconnect the severed Daos!"
Squinting with a smile, Su Yu added, "This time, opening this breach cost me a great deal! Everyone, I will evaluate your progress later… If your progress does not satisfy me… apologies, but I will consider you slacking off and insincere. Everyone must make progress!"
"At the very least, you must advance a tier: third-tier to second-tier, second-tier to Heavenly King, Heavenly King to Celestial Venerable… If you don't reach it, once I finish opening my Dao, I will spar with each of you individually to help you understand… that only experts forged in battle are true experts!"
With a cold snort, he soared into the air and dove into the river of space and time once more.
A dead silence fell over the area.
The next moment, countless voice transmissions barraged Tianmie:
"You idiot!"
"Moron!"
"Serves you right if you get beaten to death!"
"You fool, why did you have to chime in?"
"……"
Tianmie's expression fluctuated, and he scoffed with a cold sneer. "I'm a fourth-tier Harmony, and I'll soon be third-tier. I've already met my target. As for the rest of you… every man for himself!"
*Who are you calling names?*
*Wait for your doom, all of you!*
*I'm weak, and I'm proud of it!*
*Advancing from fourth-tier to third-tier is effortless for me. But as for you fellows, especially the Heavenly Kings scolding me—heh, spit on your faces! Just wait for Su Yu to find fault with you.*
*Advancing from Heavenly King to Celestial Venerable—can you do it?*
*If you can't… get ready to take a beating.*
Tianmie cackled weirdly, then said gleefully, "Back to work! Where is my Great Club Dao? Work, work, don't just stand there dazed!"
He was in high spirits.
*Let you all scold me.*
*I'm not afraid!*
Many felt exhausted. Was this fellow doing it on purpose?
What a truly terrible person!
Of course, everyone was in good spirits right now. Wan Tiansheng said nothing further and shouted, "Continue combing through the myriad Daos! This time, everyone can take another step forward! We will break a hundred in the Harmony Realm, and soon we will catch up to the other major factions!"
This time, breaking a hundred in Harmony was truly within reach.
If nothing else, all thirty-six guardians had the hope of advancing to the Harmony Realm.
On the human side, the mansion masters of Dahan, Datang, Dashang, and Dasong were all marching toward Harmony, and several subordinates under the ancient marquises were doing the same.
A hundred Harmonies was no longer a dream!
As they spoke, a joyful roar echoed through the realm. The next moment, a gigantic fur ball blotted out the sky, laughing wildly.
"Hahaha! I'm going to eat Tiangu!"
"Hahaha!"
Big Doubao flew about madly, its aura skyrocketing with rumbling booms!
Dao power surged densely!
Having had its Dao illuminated by Su Yu earlier, Doubao's aura was now seething. It had clearly stepped into the Heavenly King realm! It had been stuck at this bottleneck for far too many years while others had advanced one after another.
Back then, Tiangu, King Dazhou, Marquis Jiantian, and the old turtle had all been of the same rank, and almost all of them had stepped into the Heavenly King realm. Only Doubao had remained stuck at the second tier.
Today, after absorbing massive amounts of rule power and gaining enlightenment on the Great Dao, it had finally broken through!
Wan Tiansheng and the others broke into smiles.
The first Heavenly King of this session had been born!
There were actually quite a few second-tier experts: King Daxia and King Daqin were among them, and Yingwu and Dingjun had also stepped into the second tier. But as for Heavenly King… that was hard to say.
Yingwu and Dingjun had originally been third-tier, advancing to second-tier after observing the Great Dao chart last time.
Having only just stepped into the second tier, becoming a Heavenly King was not as simple as absorbing a bit of Dao power; their comprehension of the Dao rules was not yet deep enough.
Right now, the one with the highest chance of breaking through to Heavenly King next was actually Jiu Yue!
Just then, Su Yu's voice echoed from within the River of Time: "Futu!"
In the distance, Futuling, who was grieving in solitary gloom, started slightly and looked up at the sky.
Su Yu was patching the breach in the heavenly river. His figure was towering, his phantom cast across heaven and earth like a god.
Suspended in the void, patching as he spoke nonchalantly, Su Yu said, "If you're not afraid of dying, come up now and repair the Dao of the Five Elements here with me. If you succeed… merging your Five Elements Dao into one won't be an issue! If you fail… you'll find it difficult to attain Harmony, and perhaps… you'll lose all hope, having to wait for the next opportunity!"
Futuling's expression flickered. Below, the five ancestors of the Five Elements race changed color. The Fire Element Ancestor roared, "Emperor Yu, is there danger if Futu goes up?"
"Yes!" Su Yu said calmly. "Mending the Five Elements is even more agonizing than the pain I just endured. Even I could barely bear it… Futu, consider it carefully yourself! Fire burning, metal slashing, water assaulting, wood withering… before you even succeed in patching it, you might be blasted to death by this power of the five elements!"
Everyone had seen Su Yu's miserable state just now.
Could Futuling compare to Su Yu?
Obviously not!
His strength was inferior, his talent was inferior, and his comprehension of the Dao was inferior!
When Su Yu went up, he cried; Futuling might completely break down.
The ancestors of the Five Elements race paled. The Water Element Ancestor grew anxious. "Don't go up!"
Futuling's expression shifted, and the next moment, he soared into the sky, gritting his teeth. "I'm going up! Ancestors, our race… cannot decline like this! If I do not attain Harmony, the five elements cannot merge, and our race… will never produce another Harmony! In this era of grand contention, without a Harmony, our race will only be wiped out in the long river of history!"
"Today, if I, Futu, do not attain Harmony, I shall be buried in this River of Time, paving the way for the birth of a new Master of the Five Elements!"
*I will go mend the Dao of the Five Elements!*
What kind of mighty race had no Harmony?
How formidable had the Five Elements Ancestor been back then? And he… would not remain weak forever!
Braving the terrifying pressure, battered by river water and chaos, he coughed up blood continuously as he charged frantically toward the breach above!
If he didn't attain Harmony now, would there be another chance?
None!
If he missed this, he would likely fail to enter Harmony when Su Yu carved his Dao next time. He would miss every chance. He had to seize this opportunity, or else… he might as well die here!
……
Inside the River of Time.
Futuling forced his way in, drenched in multicolored blood.
Su Yu stood tall within the River of Time.
Tapping a finger against his forehead, a small portal materialized on Futuling's brow. Five divine characters emerged from Su Yu, and faintly within that small aperture, five severed strands appeared.
Su Yu said calmly, "Brother Futu, success or failure hinges on this! I'm giving you the chance and preparing everything for you. Here are five Great Daos. Weave them into curved paths encircling the breach according to my instructions! Once the weaving succeeds, have your Dao of the Five Elements absorb the elemental power so the river shows no signs of severing… After that, stepping into Harmony will pose no difficulty!"
Futuling asked in a deep voice, "And if I fail?"
"The choice is yours!" Su Yu frowned. "First, abandon Harmony! Second, take the Five Elements race and retire peacefully. You have followed me, and I will not mistreat you, but without Harmony combat power, your race… should just retire peacefully in this place from now on!"
Futuling smiled bitterly. *Retire?*
*What a joke!*
*In this era, would I ever be content to retire?*
He gritted his teeth. "Then I'll try. Unless I call for help… do not aid me, even if… I am buried here! I know you don't wish for me to die, but I want to try. I beg Emperor Yu's permission! If I still cannot succeed, please bury my Five Elements Origin in the Five Elements Realm once more, awaiting the awakening of the next Master of the Five Elements!"
Su Yu nodded slightly. "Very well! No one would be reconciled without burning their bridges. I understand you!"
It was not empty comfort; he truly understood.
At Futuling's level, would he be willing to remain in the Eternal Realm for the rest of his life?
He was not!
Especially now, with the Myriad Realms in chaos and paragons of every era emerging—could he be content remaining an Eternal-realm Master of the Five Elements?
"Thank you!"
Futuling said no more, swiftly beginning to mend the Dao of the Five Elements. The moment he made contact, a fiery power blazed with a roar. He tried to endure it, but this fire power was completely different from what he commanded!
What he commanded was tamed, whereas these were wild powers of the Great Dao!
Down below, what they caught was elemental power filtered twice by Su Yu and Lan Tian, nowhere near as savage. But right now, Futuling suddenly understood Su Yu.
He wanted to hold it in, but… he truly couldn't.
The next instant, a piercing, agonizing shriek tore from his throat: "It hurts!"
"Don't… stop burning… Ahhh!"
Futuling screamed madly, writhing in pure agony.
The raging fire ignited the docile flames within his body. In truth, it was even more agonizing than what Su Yu had endured; after all, Su Yu didn't have much five-elements power in him.
At this moment, as Futuling touched the Dao, he shrieked frantically and thrashed on the ground!
"Stop burning… Ah, save me… It hurts so much!"
That burning felt as though it were scorching his soul and will, not merely incinerating his flesh.
The next instant, a ferocious, sharp cutting force erupted, shredding Futuling's physical body. Immediately, the power of wood surged forth, helping him mend his body, destroying and rebuilding it simultaneously!
"Ahhh!"
"Fuck!"
"Save me… Wuuu…"
This scene was projected across the entire Tianyuan Realm. The tiny aperture cast an enormous phantom reflection.
……
Only at this moment did everyone turn solemn.
Was it truly this painful?
Earlier, Su Yu had been combing through the myriad Daos, enduring it for a prolonged period. Futuling had only touched it for a brief moment, and it was merely the Dao of the Five Elements.
Was Futuling weak?
No!
He was a paragon of a generation, the young master of the Five Elements race. If he were trash, how could the Five Elements race possibly submit to him?
Yet right now, Futuling was thrashing on the ground, crying in sheer agony.
This sent a chill through those experts who had previously assumed they could easily endure such pain.
Taming the power of the Great Dao within the River of Time—was it truly this difficult?
Right at this moment, someone suddenly soared into the air. "Emperor Yu, I wish to go up and connect to the Saber Dao!"
Xia Longwu!
Having just attained Harmony, Xia Longwu looked composed, shouting in a clear voice, "I wish to go up and tame the severed Dao of the Saber. I want to comprehend this wild Saber Dao! Without Emperor Yu taming it for me, I cannot experience the raw might of the primal saber power!"
Indeed, the Great Daos were usually tamed.
No matter what Dao it was, once someone opened it, it became domesticated.
Only in chaos, only in the waters of time, were those Dao powers wild and authentic natural Daos!
Su Yu said nothing.
Xia Longwu shouted again, "I wish to go up and comprehend the primal Saber Dao! I ask Emperor Yu to grant me this!"
Behind him, King Daxia's face shifted slightly.
His grandson wanted to go comprehend the primal Saber Dao!
Just then, a laugh rang out: "Your Majesty, I also wish to comprehend the primal Dao of Strength!"
King Dahan!
This ninth-stage Eternal who had not yet advanced smiled, wanting to go up and take a look!
Because… he felt that falling behind King Daxia and the others was one thing, but now being surpassed by King Daxia's grandson was unacceptable. The older generation had their pride to maintain!
"Your Majesty, I want to go as well!"
"Your Majesty…"
"……"
One expert after another spoke up.
The next moment, Su Yu grinned. "Since you aren't afraid of death, I'll fulfill your wishes and let you feel what true primal Daos are!"
Boom!
The sky split open, and a crowd swiftly vaulted into the air.
Su Yu opened pseudo-Heavenly Gates for each of them, pinpointing the Dao powers they needed to reconnect!
A minute later.
"Ahhh!"
"Mom, Mommy save me…"
"Ah, it hurts so bad…"
"Wuuu, Your Majesty, let me leave… I don't want to comprehend it anymore…"
"……"
A crowd of people wept and wailed frantically. The pain was unbearable.
It did not strike merely at the flesh, but at the soul and will, shattering your willpower!
Primal Daos were just that potent, just that brutal.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was recording the scene, marveling as he recorded: "This is precious footage of living beings taming wild Daos for the very first time. Future generations should take this to heart: primal Daos are tyrannical and vicious, targeting willpower, the sea of will, and the soul… Physical pain can be endured, but spiritual and mental torment is almost impossible to suppress!"
He pointed a finger, and a ray of light shone upon Tianmie: "This is Tianmie of the Explosive Divine Ape race! Right now, he is taming the wild Great Staff Dao. He has collapsed, he is in agony, he is weeping, he is begging for mercy… Yet we must remember him! He is the strongest being of the Explosive Divine Ape race, taming wild Dao powers for future generations!"
"This weeping, begging man calling for his mother is our human race's King Daming, descendant of King Ming! He is taming the wild Formation Dao… He's crying, he's screaming for his ancestor King Ming to save him…"
"This is Marquis Dingjun, an ancient human marquis who has lived for over a hundred thousand years. He is challenging the Spear Dao… Several people are challenging this Dao: King Daqin is challenging it, and King Daqin's son Qin Zhen is also challenging it… Qin Zhen is crying, calling for his father King Daqin to save him! King Daqin, hold on, don't cry! Your son can plead to you, but you have no one to plead to… Marquis Dingjun is actually screaming for his daughter to save him… Heavens, his daughter is only in the Sun and Moon Realm!"
"……"
At this moment, below, Wan Tiansheng and a few others who hadn't gone up felt a collective chill.
Vengeance had arrived so swiftly.
They had only watched earlier, without recording it, yet he was not only recording, but giving a detailed running commentary! What was he doing?
Could he act like a decent person for once?
King Dazhou hadn't gone up either, but looking around, he suddenly sent a voice transmission: "I feel like some people are acting! Quite a few of them are putting on a show! Once the show is over, this matter will blow over. Those of us who don't go up… might face his vengeance later!"
He was certain some people were faking it!
Undoubtedly!
Because not every Dao was that vicious. How could King Daming's Formation Dao be so savage? Yet look at King Daming, screaming more pathetically than anyone else.
Bah!
The Zhu family had always been this shameless!
Wan Tiansheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but said, "Let's head up!"
His expression grew considerably solemn. "Su Yu has created the best opportunity for us to comprehend the wild Daos; these are primal rules! He even opened pseudo-Heavenly Gates for everyone. Such an opportunity is truly rare… It may be painful, but he is shouldering all the pressure!"
There was a mountain on Su Yu's shoulders!
A mountain of water!
He was holding back the pouring river water all by himself. Right now, the Xingyu Seal was strained to the verge of exploding, the civilization chronicle was on the brink of shattering under the river's weight, and over a thousand phantoms of Su Yu were weaving a net!
They were blocking the river water from slamming into the fellows repairing the Daos.
Yet Su Yu himself was still chuckling and recording.
Sometimes, cultivating the Dao didn't need to be so miserable. Why make it so? It was better for everyone to be cheerful. Yet everyone understood that Su Yu bore immense pressure. If the Xingyu Seal or the civilization chronicle shattered, Su Yu would inevitably suffer severe injuries!
Seeing this, King Dazhou nodded slightly, sighed, and suddenly smiled via voice transmission: "Stubborn to the end. That fellow… always says, 'I quit, I'm throwing in the towel,' yet in the end, he still holds up the sky. I believe that one day, he will become the Human Sovereign! Even if not the second Human Sovereign, he will be an emperor revered by all!"
At this moment, he was convinced Su Yu could become an emperor!
An emperor did not necessarily need to be the foremost in martial might!
However, an emperor had to possess an emperor's bearing.
Since the dawn of time, the human race had only ever had one sovereign; all that talk of the Martial Emperor was nonsense. Su Yu would become the second sovereign!
This young man had gradually matured.
Amidst his jokes, curses, and banter, he still shouldered responsibilities—so comical, yet no one could bring themselves to laugh.
The next instant, King Dazhou soared into the air with a smile, helping to reconnect the Daos. A moment later, he let out a shrill, miserable wail, while Su Yu looked at him with utter disgust.
Su Yu truly couldn't hold back: "Before you is King Dazhou, an old schemer! He cultivates the Dao of Endurance. Logically speaking, the more primal this Dao is, the more supreme the endurance. Even if you slaughtered his entire family, he wouldn't make a sound. Yet he screams in such agony… What a fraud! I suspect he cultivates the Dao of Deception!"
*To hell with you!*
King Dazhou had overacted, instantly ruining Su Yu's sense of achievement and making him furious!
*Put some effort into your acting!*
All around, people screamed while sneaking glances at King Dazhou. *Get out of here, you old fraud! When has the Dao of Endurance ever made someone scream so pitifully?*
Sure enough, this fraud was up to no good.
King Dazhou's expression stiffened slightly.
The next moment, he continued screaming. *As long as I don't admit it, no one can prove my agony is fake!*
At this moment, what should have been an extraordinarily perilous and agonizing ordeal was turned into something bizarrely comical by this group!
Several people exchanged glances, smiles surfacing in their eyes.
Cultivation was about joy!
Contending for supremacy was about thrill!
On the path ahead, the greatest fear was loneliness. With such a group of kindred spirits, at least the road forward would not be lonely. How wonderful!
Rumble!
Auras surged upward one after another!
Futuling, the first to participate in the repairs, suddenly felt the agony fade amidst this mood and atmosphere.
With a thunderous roar, the powers of the five elements merged instantly!
Boom!
A mighty aura erupted from his body—he had attained Harmony!
"The Five Elements race bows in gratitude to Emperor Yu!"
Futuling's voice boomed, reverberating in all directions as he laughed heartily. Below, the five ancestors of the Five Elements race experienced sudden fluctuations in their auras. They looked up at the sky, roaring with laughter as tears streamed down their faces!
Their race had produced a Harmony!
It wasn't just Futuling. The moment Futuling stepped into Harmony, the branched Five Elements Dao was forcefully unified by him.
The five ancestors of the Five Elements race, who had long reached the peak of the Eternal Realm, stepped into the Harmony Realm simultaneously!
In the blink of an eye, the weakest Five Elements race suddenly gained six Harmony experts!
"Hahaha!"
Wild laughter rang through heaven and earth!
Today was a day of carnival for everyone, a carnival of victory!
At this moment, upon the Human Lord Seal left behind by Su Yu at King Wen's former residence, images began to surface one after another!
The Human Lord Seal was no longer just the Human Lord Seal!
Images of the realms of the ancient Space race, the Five Elements race, the Destiny race, and the Iron Eater race materialized, flickering continuously upon the seal as boundless power of destiny surged!
The Human Lord Seal, which had been struggling slightly to suppress the area, firmly stabilized the entire former residence of King Wen in an instant!
The aura on the seal shifted unpredictably, and in the blink of an eye, golden patterns appeared on it!
Now, perhaps… it should be called the Emperor Yu Seal!
It was no longer limited to the human race!
……
At that very moment, somewhere in the boundless void.
A figure suddenly opened his eyes.
Marquis Jiantian.
His aura shifted instantly. In a flash, his power of destiny skyrocketed, and his strength grew at a pace visible to the naked eye.
Frowning, he looked toward the sunken Tianyuan Realm, his eyes filled with shock and bewilderment.
What had Su Yu done now?
A crushing defeat?
What a joke! That fellow Su Yu seemed to have won a victory beyond imagination!
An unbelievable victory!
"That idiot Duobao… will never understand that these people can turn the rotten into the miraculous…"
Marquis Jiantian muttered, finding it utterly incredible.
Su Yu had created a miracle once again.
He had clearly done nothing, merely leading his people in a retreat.
Why… had it turned out like this?
At this moment, Marquis Jiantian suddenly felt that perhaps he truly couldn't see through destiny!
"Su Yu… what a Su Yu!"
Marquis Jiantian murmured, then closed his eyes, pondering it no further!
Chapter 774