Hundred Battles' Return

Whatever reaction others had, Su Yu did not care. Right now, the first thing he did was seek out the Martial Emperor—not because the Martial Emperor was handsome, but because Su Yu wanted to test his strength and get a clear measure of where he stood. In this era, those capable of accurately judging his strength were probably just a few old relics. The Martial Emperor was clearly an ideal candidate. He was powerful! He had encountered many formidable powerhouses. People like Hundred Battles were from later generations; they had never seen those Rulers of Rule, nor had they traded blows with those top-tier existences. As for the Chaos Dragon, Su Yu already had a rough grasp of its strength. Before, he had been far outmatched. If he fought the Chaos Dragon again now, it would be hard to say. Of course, the Chaos Dragon was injured; right now, Su Yu felt he had a good chance of taking the beast down. …… This time, Su Yu moved at lightning speed! In the blink of an eye, tearing through void after void, Su Yu soon arrived near the entrance to the seventh level inside the Star Residence Mansion—the place where the Martial Emperor connected to the dead spirit realm. "Martial Emperor!" Su Yu's voice boomed like a bell. "An old friend has arrived. Won't you come out and meet me?" This time, the Martial Emperor appeared exceedingly fast. In an instant, his figure materialized at the entrance. He glared at Su Yu, his eyes cold and grim. *You came after all!* "I have been waiting for you for a long time!" The Martial Emperor stared coldly at Su Yu. *I knew you would double back. As expected, you came to kill me.* *Only, where are your subordinates?* As the thought crossed his mind, he suddenly looked closely at Su Yu, and his expression shifted slightly. "Your strength..." Something seemed to have changed. After all, he was sealed, and this was merely a condensed clone. His vision was limited; he only sensed that Su Yu had grown stronger, but could not gauge precisely how much stronger. Su Yu stepped forward step by step, smiling faintly. "Martial Emperor, tell me, how much of your strength have you recovered?" "Enough to kill you!" The Martial Emperor gave a cold snort. Su Yu frowned slightly, but his brow soon smoothed out. "Boastful talk!" As soon as the words fell, a single hand blotted out the sky! A colossal palm covered heaven and earth. The power of ten thousand Daos coalesced upon it, the power of life and death most prominent of all, resembling a Taiji diagram of alternating black and white, piercing through the void to crash downward! This palm strike smashed straight into the passage of the seventh level. *Boom!* The Martial Emperor's clone did not retreat. Instead, he threw a punch, producing a tremendous crash. With a dull thud, the clone was slammed directly into the ground by Su Yu's palm strike, leaving a distinct human-shaped crater on the seventh level's floor. Su Yu struck and walked on empty air, striding directly into the seventh level. A moment later, dizzy and disoriented, the Martial Emperor's clone flew out from the crater. A hint of daze lingered on his face before swiftly turning vicious. "You're courting death! Su Yu, how dare you sneak-attack me!" "..." Su Yu was speechless. *Did I sneak-attack you?* *Fine, if you say so, so be it.* "Martial Emperor, I'm going to beat you up now!" Before Su Yu could finish, the Martial Emperor threw a punch at him. This clone was quite strong; while not at the Heavenly Venerable level, it certainly possessed the strength of a Heavenly King. "Suppress!" Su Yu gave a low shout. "I'm suppressing you, hear that?" *Boom!* A Great Dao surged across the void like a colossal mountain, bearing down with an invisible, crushing weight. Another thunderous explosion sounded as the Martial Emperor's clone swung his fist, only to hit empty air as the mountain pinned him downward! *Thump!* With another resounding crash, the Martial Emperor's clone was pinned firmly onto the ground where King Gong's Mansion had once stood. "Roar!" The Martial Emperor roared madly. Winds howled and clouds surged across the seventh level. In the blink of an eye, a massive amount of rule power flooded into the clone's body. The clone's power surged dramatically! *Boom!* Another punch was unleashed, far more powerful than the last. The crushing mountain shattered under the blow. The Martial Emperor rose into the air, his expression turning solemn. "How did you grow stronger so fast?" His clone had not been weak to begin with, yet Su Yu had instantly suppressed it! Su Yu looked at him with an intrigued gaze and laughed. "Interesting. Looks like you've unsealed quite a bit. You really can keep powering up! Cut the nonsense, let me see where your limit lies!" Against the Martial Emperor's true body, Su Yu was absolutely no match. Among Rulers of Rule, the Martial Emperor was by no means weak. But... how much strength could he unseal? "Five Elements Purgatory!" Covering the sky with one hand, Su Yu transformed it into a cage as the power of the five elements merged into one, engulfing him in an instant. The Martial Emperor was incensed. "Mount Tai Collapse!" He threw another punch, this one manifesting a vision: as if in some ancient era, a single blow from his fist had pulverized a colossal mountain amidst the chaos. With this blow, astral winds swept violently across the entire seventh level, scouring heaven and earth. The fist imprint flew forth, only to be enveloped immediately by the cage formed from Su Yu's Five Elements Purgatory. Inside the cage, the giant fist detonated with a thunderous roar, sending violent tremors through the Five Elements Purgatory. Yet it failed to break through. The Martial Emperor's face changed again! "Impossible!" He glared at Su Yu, his expression dark. "How could you have progressed so fast? This isn't the Brush Dao. This isn't Brush Dao power—it's the merged Five Elements Dao power, the original source of the Five Elements Ancestor of old... Did you walk the Five Elements Dao?" *Something's wrong!* Above his clone, the faint outline of a Heavenly Gate appeared. It was not fully complete—it was only a clone—but it was enough to see Great Dao power clearly. He looked toward Su Yu, then subconsciously glanced up at the sky... and was stunned. *Holy crap!* *Where's the tributary of the Great Dao?* *Where is it?* *Why isn't there one!* He snapped his head down and looked at Su Yu himself. This look stunned him once more, nearly blinding him! Su Yu right now was like a Buddha radiating ten thousand rays of auspicious light! Yet those myriad Daos converged into a single line, and the point of connection was not in the sky, but... behind his back? The Martial Emperor was dazed at first, then seemed to realize something. His mouth dropped wide open, and he stammered, "You... you... your Dao... You went and opened a Dao?" *Was Su Yu opening a Dao just now?* Seeing the Heavenly Gate appear above him, Su Yu knew what he had spotted and smiled. "Is that not allowed? Martial Emperor, come play with me. This clone is too weak. Put some more force into it so I can test my strength!" The Martial Emperor's expression shifted continuously as he gritted his teeth. "You're courting death! You opened a Dao... and didn't even open it in the River of Time! Your Dao is like rootless duckweed! You actually went to open a Dao in the chaos! Su Yu, you're insane! You're a lunatic! You truly are courting death!" He didn't see any connection between Su Yu's Great Dao and the River of Time, but rather a vague tether to the chaos. Wasn't this seeking death? How long could a Dao like rootless duckweed hold out? Su Yu laughed. "Are you trying to say my endurance is lacking?" Indeed, Su Yu currently had a glaring shortcoming. Insufficient energy! Normally, his Great Dao could slowly gather chaotic power, convert it, and recharge itself. However, the length of Su Yu's Great Dao was limited, and the rule power it could contain was limited. Once a battle dragged on and his rule power was exhausted, Su Yu would quickly weaken. The Martial Emperor said in a deep voice, "You are a lunatic! Knowing this, you still went to the chaos to open a Dao! Rootless duckweed, lacking the support of the River of Time's power—prolong the battle, and you'll turn completely useless!" Su Yu chuckled. "Summer insects cannot speak of ice! The Time Dao... do you think its energy is infinite? That it had so much from the very beginning? The Time Dao is also an independent Dao, drawing upon chaotic power and converting it into the myriad Dao powers it requires." "Martial Emperor, opening your Heavenly Gate was truly wasted on you. The shallowness of your vision... is beyond imagination!" Su Yu smiled. "Battles between the truly strong often end in an instant. Even if my Great Dao isn't overwhelmingly strong, its conversion of energy isn't sufficient, and its rule power isn't abundant, it is still enough for me to fight for an entire hour. What kind of formidable enemy would take me an hour without being able to kill them? In that case, I should have fled long ago!" A drawback? Su Yu couldn't care less! Even if the Cosmic Dao wasn't mighty yet, once converted, recharged, and filled to capacity, it was enough for Su Yu to fight at full strength for roughly an hour. If he truly encountered a powerhouse he couldn't kill within an hour, he would likely have been killed by them anyway. Of course, if opponents were evenly matched, a war of attrition was indeed disadvantageous to Su Yu. Furthermore, if he were fleeing and the enemy pursued relentlessly, that would also pose trouble. However, the benefits far outweighed the drawbacks, and that was enough! Without opening his own Dao, he would not have attained this level of strength so quickly. Without opening his own Dao, he could never dream of surpassing certain people. At this moment, Su Yu couldn't be bothered to talk further with the Martial Emperor. This fellow's horizons were too narrow, or perhaps his ambitions were too small. He had also opened his Heavenly Gate and seen much, yet he clung stubbornly to his own tiny plot of land. Su Yu had seen his Dao before; it was not even as strong as the Brush Dao, yet he had held onto it without letting go. Among existences who had opened the Heavenly Gate, King Wen had opened a world, the Human Sovereign had opened a world, and while King Wu's situation was unclear, Su Yu believed the others, even if they hadn't opened a world, wouldn't be weak either. In any case, they were definitely stronger than the Martial Emperor! Of course, after more than a hundred thousand years, the sealed Martial Emperor had likely fallen farther and farther behind even the normally cultivating Four Cardinal Human Kings! "Stop blabbering. Come spar with me. I won't kill you!" Su Yu chuckled, done wasting words. A drawback? So what if you know my weakness? So what if you know my stamina is limited? "Mountain Breaker!" A fist hammered out, crumbling mountains and splitting the earth! "Heaven Splitter!" The fist transformed into a broad saber, cleaving heaven and earth in two. The Martial Emperor's expression darkened. With a cold snort, a giant hammer suddenly materialized in his hand—a sledgehammer? Presumably a hammer! Then another appeared! Twin warhammers! "Su Yu, don't think you're all that powerful!" "Die!" With twin hammers manifested, the Martial Emperor's body expanded as rule power flooded in, surging forward to strike Su Yu. *Rumble!* The two instantly clashed. This time, Su Yu didn't employ many tricks, primarily unleashing the fierce, unyielding Great Daos of combat techniques—saber, spear, sword, halberd, fists, kicks, and palm strikes, all close-quarters combat methods. Using auxiliary or binding techniques against the Martial Emperor was too boring. If the fellow couldn't break free, wouldn't that ruin the fight? After a brief exchange, Su Yu struck with a palm. Life-and-death power intertwined. At that instant, in the Martial Emperor's eyes, Su Yu shifted between black and white. With a thunderous boom, the strike landed. Instantly, his left side turned black and his right turned white. Alternating black and white; in a blink, death qi corroded his left side while life force brimmed on his right. Half the clone was eroded away in an instant. Su Yu sent him flying with the strike, yet frowned. "Not quite right. Life and death alternate; by logic, when struck, you should have burst apart under the collision of the two forces. Right now, only your left side is corroded while your right is bursting with vitality... This isn't right!" *Sure enough, my Great Dao has just opened. It is still incomplete, and I haven't mastered its use.* Meanwhile, the Martial Emperor's face was divided into yin and yang. His expression was hideous! Su Yu was treating him like a test subject! Gritting his teeth, he let out a low roar. The next moment, even more rule power coalesced. Su Yu's eyes lit up with delight. "You really can draw more rule power! I knew you had unsealed quite a bit, you old fossil, yet you kept pretending you'd barely unsealed anything!" "Just right! If you're too weak and I end up killing you, it won't be as good for testing!" Su Yu was thrilled. The Martial Emperor was the finest target imaginable! He could power up at any time. While how much he had unsealed was unclear, perhaps he could forcibly draw out even more? *Continue!* "Life and Death!" This time, Su Yu focused on the Dao of Life and Death, sending palm strike after palm strike crashing forward. Roaring with fury, the Martial Emperor brandished his twin hammers, hammering heaven and earth as he charged madly at Su Yu! This time was far more ferocious! He smashed the life-and-death power to pieces! Instead of being alarmed, Su Yu was delighted. "Try my Cosmic power next!" *What on earth?* Before the Martial Emperor could crush Su Yu with a hammer, the world spun. The next moment, he felt as though he had been plunged into a realm of primordial chaos. This was Su Yu's first time using it as well. He laughed. "I'm not very practiced at this, but consider it a phantom of the heaven and earth I opened. I want to see if I can control everything here!" "Die!" *Screw you, you're using me as a whetstone?* *Keep dreaming!* Twin hammers in hand, he charged at Su Yu with a thunderous roar! Su Yu's interest was piqued. He laughed. "Step back!" Space inverted and shifted. Even though the Martial Emperor felt he was charging straight toward Su Yu, the distance between them only grew greater and greater. Su Yu's eyes shone. "How does it feel?" The Martial Emperor fumed. "Bastard! Your Dao is too weak! If this seat were fully unsealed, I could shatter this pathetic little Dao with a single hammer blow!" He was not boasting. Had he been unsealed, such minor Great Dao interference would have been obliterated instantly. Too bad... wasn't he sealed? Su Yu laughed too. "No rush, I'll wait for you next time!" With that, he continued testing. "Time Acceleration!" Indeed, this time he began accelerating. *This place is my world.* *If I say time can accelerate, then it accelerates.* A surge of Great Dao power washed over the Martial Emperor! The Martial Emperor's clone instantly began to age. Yet soon, the Martial Emperor's physical body shuddered, and with a roar, he shattered the acceleration power. His fury was boundless. "Come, fight me with your physical body!" What kind of skill was relying on these petty tricks? "One force breaks myriad techniques!" A hammer blow blasted apart the Great Dao powers before him; Su Yu's reversal laws and time laws were shattered one after another. The Martial Emperor's aura grew stronger and stronger as he charged madly at Su Yu. Su Yu's eyes gleamed brightly. *Truly a fantastic opponent, a fantastic target, a fantastic sparring partner!* "Strength upon my body!" Su Yu gave a low shout, and suddenly a colossal force attached to him. "Physical Body Fortification!" Power of the Physical Body Dao flooded in. "Indestructible!" Golden light flashed, and Su Yu's physical body grew exponentially stronger. He threw a punch, using no other tricks. The fist met the Martial Emperor's twin hammers head-on. With an explosive crash, the hammers shattered, blown to pieces. Su Yu took a step back, his eyes shining brilliantly! With his hammers destroyed, the Martial Emperor roared and lashed out with a kick! It had to be said, this fellow still had real power. *Rumble!* Su Yu was kicked back repeatedly. The next moment, he called out, "Steadfast as a Mountain!" He planted his feet, unmoving. "Petrification!" He petrified himself instantly, rather than targeting the Martial Emperor. "Rebound!" A repulsive shockwave emanated from the stone. The Martial Emperor's kick landed, and with a bang, he was jolted backward, his leg numb. Gritting his teeth, he charged again. *Boom, boom, boom!* Tens of thousands of punches were unleashed in rapid succession, blasting rock shards in all directions, dispersing the rule power around Su Yu, and shattering the Martial Emperor's own hands! At this point, the Martial Emperor looked dreadful. Backing up a few paces, he ground his teeth. "Don't defend if you have the guts!" The stone-clad Su Yu opened his eyes and smiled. "No, I'm testing my defenses! Martial Emperor, it seems you can't break through!" "Humph!" The Martial Emperor sneered. "'One force breaks myriad techniques' is no joke! It's merely that my rule power is limited right now, unable to withstand your rule power or break through your Great Dao power!" "True enough!" Su Yu smiled. "In other words, anyone whose rule power is weaker than mine won't even be able to breach my defenses!" With that, he laughed again. "Martial Emperor, let's try something else!" "Bastard!" The Martial Emperor tried to shatter the sky and leave, but Su Yu's expression changed. "Trying to leave? Get back here, you old fossil!" The Martial Emperor ignored him! Seeing this, Su Yu gritted his teeth. *You want to run?* *Dream on!* *Keep being my sparring partner!* "Taunt!" Yes, Taunt. Once this Taunt Dao was activated, Su Yu only said a few offhand words, and the Martial Emperor felt boundless fury flare within him. "Did Taishan beat you good? How did it feel having flowers planted in your ass?" "..." Well, with words like that, even without the interference of any Great Dao power, the Martial Emperor was already on the verge of exploding! Did he even need a Taunt Dao? *Boom!* He spun around and charged at Su Yu. That little bastard—if he didn't beat Su Yu to death today, he didn't deserve to be called the Martial Emperor! The fierce battle erupted once more. Su Yu began trying out his various Great Dao powers one by one. While he felt a little bad bullying the Martial Emperor's clone... it was simply too satisfying! What a great target! What a great sparring partner! "You are a pig!" Su Yu barked, using Doubao's Dao to disorient his opponent. "Your whole family are pigs!" The Martial Emperor roared madly, throwing a punch that knocked Su Yu back. Su Yu frowned slightly. "Doesn't work. This Dao is too weak!" "Endure!" The Endure Dao! The Martial Emperor faltered slightly. This Dao wasn't weak, but he quickly regained his senses. He charged again, but halfway through, he abruptly turned around and fled. *Fight your uncle! I'm done, I can't take this anymore!* "Reverse Fore and Aft!" The directions reversed. The Martial Emperor looked and saw—*fuck*—he was flying straight toward Su Yu of his own accord! "Ah, you bastard, you beast, I'll kill you!" His aura flared again. He was going insane! This bastard had far too many tricks. Unable to flee, *I'll just beat you to death!* *Boom!* At this point, Su Yu could feel it: the Martial Emperor roughly possessed strength on par with the Chaos Dragon. The degree of unsealing was considerable now. This time, many Great Daos were broken straight away! They could no longer affect the Martial Emperor! One force breaking myriad techniques—for powerhouses of immense strength, this was truly the case. When one was powerful enough, whatever Great Dao power you threw at them could be shattered with a single punch! But if one wasn't strong enough... those with more tricks up their sleeve naturally had the upper hand. "Imprison!" "Chains!" "Charm!" "..." All manner of Great Dao powers manifested. "Cry for me!" "Wuwu... Fuck your ancestors!" The Martial Emperor actually shed a tear, then swiftly cursed like a lunatic and lashed out at Su Yu again. "Rage, Fury!" This time, the Martial Emperor didn't resist. His eyes turned crimson with towering fury! "Raging fire to the heavens, mindless with wrath!" As Su Yu chanted, the Martial Emperor felt like countless flies were buzzing in his ears. Driven mad with fury, he began lashing out indiscriminately, thunderous booms shaking all around! Su Yu dodged repeatedly, thinking he might just break the Martial Emperor's clone! Still... this was so satisfying! Even the Chaos Dragon wouldn't be easy to toy with like this, but this clone of the Martial Emperor wasn't his true body. It was easily affected by Great Daos, making it exceptionally easy for Su Yu to observe their effects. Su Yu was in high spirits. Just as he was about to test more Great Daos, the furious Martial Emperor, who seemed completely deranged, showed a glimmer of clarity deep in his eyes. Little by little, while seemingly thrashing about, he drew closer to Su Yu. Attacking indiscriminately in all directions! Appearing to have lost all reason to blind rage! Yet... just as Su Yu was about to test another Great Dao, the Martial Emperor's gaze snapped clear, and he bellowed, "Fuck you!" *Boom!* This punch was stronger than any before! This blow shattered the world around Su Yu. With a deafening boom, the fist slammed into Su Yu's body, blasting him to pieces as the world collapsed. Having expended his remaining strength, the Martial Emperor's clone plummeted from the sky and crashed to the ground, panting heavily and cursing, "Trying to toy with me! You really think I'm that stupid?" *Take that!* *You got addicted to playing around!* At that moment, Su Yu reappeared out of thin air, frowning slightly. His face was a bit pale and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth as he looked at the Martial Emperor. "Not bad. It's a good thing that wasn't my real body, or wouldn't you have killed me just now?" The Martial Emperor's clone sneered. "Real body? Do I even need my real body for you? Right now, I've barely unsealed twenty percent. If I unsealed thirty percent, I could beat you to death!" "Keep bragging!" Su Yu laughed. "Thirty percent unsealed and you could kill me?" "Bragging?" The Martial Emperor's clone stood up, swaying, and sneered, "You're not weak, but your strength has only reached a threshold! You're still slightly inferior to even the weakest Ruler of Rule! Of course, compared to those Human Kings of the physical body Dao in the ancient era, you might be able to trade a few blows... but compared to me, you're far behind!" Su Yu frowned slightly, then nodded. "Fair enough! My strength is roughly on par with that Chaos Dragon from before. Strictly speaking, I'm at roughly the same level as Hundred Battles from six thousand years ago, the current ancestor of the Prison King's lineage, the Chaos Dragon, and Heavenly Venerable Rimian." When he fled last time, he had paid close attention. He might be evenly matched with that ancestor who appeared later, or perhaps slightly weaker. However, they were roughly within the same domain. The kind that could fight Heavenly Venerables, yet remained inferior to Rulers of Rule. "However, I have plenty of methods!" Su Yu smiled and looked at the Martial Emperor's clone. "At the same tier with equal strength, they might not necessarily match me!" The Martial Emperor said nothing, cursing inwardly! "Again!" As Su Yu strode forward once more, the Martial Emperor roared, "Get lost! Su Yu, what on earth do you want? If you have the ability, come kill my true body!" "It's not like I can't kill you!" Su Yu chuckled faintly, his Heavenly Gate opening as he looked up at the sky. "If you draw any more rule power, the seal will tighten, and your strength will decline instead. This is already your limit, isn't it? If I brought seven or eight Heavenly Kings with me... I could slay you today! Martial Emperor, act as my sparring partner and I won't kill you. Otherwise... I'll finish you off today!" The Martial Emperor was driven up the wall! He roared in outrage, "If you want to fight, then clash with real steel and blood! What's the point of using all those bizarre Great Dao powers? You can't even kill me with them—are you just trying to disgust me?" *Furious!* *Truly furious!* He didn't fear fighting; he loved combat. But someone like Su Yu was simply too sickening and obnoxious. Flinging all kinds of messy Great Daos at him was utterly revolting—like that Vomit Dao, fuck you! What kind of bullshit was that! And a Stench Dao that smelled so vile the Martial Emperor genuinely wanted to puke! He couldn't stand it! Su Yu laughed softly. "Come, let me test them out. Once I've tested all my Great Dao powers, I'll leave. Martial Emperor... do you want me coming back to bother you endlessly?" The Martial Emperor's face turned livid. An instant later, he barked, "Bring it on!" *Boom!* His aura surged once more as he charged at Su Yu. *Today, this daddy will give you a proper fight!* *Did you think this seat's reputation was unearned?* This time, the Martial Emperor didn't simply swing fists and hammers. Opening his own Heavenly Gate, he observed carefully; the moment Su Yu used any disgusting Dao, he instantly dodged away, then charged back in! With the Heavenly Gate opened, it had to be said, this fellow's combat experience was also profound to the utmost! …… An hour later, with a soft hum, Su Yu tore through the void and fled instantly. Vanishing from the seventh level! The Martial Emperor's phantom had a bruised and battered face, though it soon returned to normal. Glaring toward the passageway, he snorted coldly, "No matter how many tricks you have, you can only fight for this long. If you hadn't run, I would have killed you!" Su Yu's limitation had shown itself. At this point in the battle, he had no choice but to flee. Otherwise, his rule power would soon run dry. The Martial Emperor cursed under his breath. *That animal!* *When my true body is unsealed, the first thing I'll do is slaughter that beast!* He had been thoroughly disgusted! Muttering curses, he turned back. He had only rested for about half an hour when his expression suddenly warped in horror, and he roared, "You came back?!" *Boom!* Su Yu ignored him. He had just gone to the chaotic realm to accelerate his recovery speed, extracting a large amount of chaotic power and converting it into the Great Dao power he needed. Roughly half an hour! Of course, this was taking advantage of the Martial Emperor being unable to pursue; otherwise, he would have been killed countless times in half an hour! But... wasn't the Martial Emperor stuck here? Then let's keep going! He desperately needed an opponent who couldn't be killed to temper his Great Dao. Right now, he desperately needed combat experience against an opponent of this caliber. *Rumble!* A massive clash erupted across the seventh level once more, shaking heaven and earth. An hour later... Su Yu fled once again. This time, the Martial Emperor cursed for a while longer. *Piece of dog shit!* *I'll kill you sooner or later!* "When I unseal myself, the first person I come for will be you..." The Martial Emperor cursed him, wishing someone would just kill this brat and end it all. Too annoying! He waited a while, and seeing that Su Yu hadn't returned, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. Half an hour had passed, and Su Yu hadn't returned. Just as he turned around... he flew into a rage! "You're back again?!" Why hadn't it taken half an hour this time? Su Yu excitedly explained, "Don't scoff—fighting you helped me get familiar with my Great Dao power! I noticed my Great Dao extended a bit, my comprehension deepened, and my mastery increased! I took a little extra time. Come on, again!" *Boom!* The Martial Emperor was going insane—truly going insane. Battle erupted once more. …… Another hour... plus three minutes. This time, Su Yu held out for three minutes longer before fleeing again. The Martial Emperor stared numbly, not even having the heart to curse anymore. He simply watched in a stupor as Su Yu departed. After roughly twenty-nine minutes, Su Yu returned excitedly. "The conversion speed is a little faster now. Martial Emperor, again!" *Boom!* The great battle broke out once more. The Martial Emperor fought mechanically—punching, punching, punching! This fight was utterly sickening to him! …… One hour and five minutes. Su Yu fled once more. Twenty-eight minutes later, he returned again. The battle continued like this. …… Meanwhile, King Dazhou and his group had already returned toward the Tianyuan Realm. Soon, the group arrived outside the Tianyuan Realm. One by one, they looked toward the distant Star Residence Mansion. Feeling somewhat sympathetic, King Dazhou whispered, "The Martial Emperor... wouldn't detonate himself just to drag him down together, would he?" *If I were the Martial Emperor... I truly couldn't take it.* Su Yu had been running back and forth untiringly, fighting him for five or six hours now. They had waited in the chaotic realm for a while, but seeing Su Yu shuttling back and forth, they hadn't wanted to wait any longer and had returned. Wan Tiansheng sighed softly. "Martial Emperor... just you wait! Emperor Yu is not one to give up easily. Just ask Bai Feng and you'll know." Beside them, Bai Feng rubbed his chin and only spoke after a pause. "This reminds me of back then. When this guy... ahem, when Emperor Yu cultivated, he could drill a martial technique for three to five days without sleeping a wink!" Su Yu's tenacity was beyond question. Back when he had just arrived at the Academy of Cultural Civilization and was still weak, he had cultivated until dawn every single day, sleeping an hour or two at most, and then going to class, cultivating, sparring, earning merits... Compared to his peers, Su Yu's self-discipline and tenacity were beyond imagination. No one achieved success easily. If the Martial Emperor thought Su Yu would stop after a short while... he had another thing coming. Sure enough. Throughout this day, the entire dead spirit realm felt it. Su Yu flew back and forth! Because Su Yu was thrilled—his stamina was increasing, and his recovery time was shrinking. From lasting an hour, by the end he could sustain combat for an hour and a half. Meanwhile, his recovery time shortened to around fifteen minutes. He dashed back and forth, fighting back and forth, battling for a full three days! Yes, for three entire days, he fought the Martial Emperor. He tested almost every single power among his myriad Daos. …… Three days later. Star Residence Mansion, seventh level. The Martial Emperor's clone had dull, glazed-over eyes, looking numb. When he saw Su Yu return once more, he smiled—a goofy, mindless chuckle. "You're here?" Su Yu froze. *Did I beat him silly?* "Heh heh!" "Ha ha!" The Martial Emperor laughed. Just as Su Yu was about to speak, *kaboom!* The clone detonated! The Martial Emperor's voice echoed, "Haha, I've sealed myself again. Carry on! Haha!" *I quit!* He blew up this clone to be done with it! Su Yu was stunned, only speaking after a long silence. "I... I felt I was about done, and fighting more probably wouldn't yield much. I came this time to say goodbye to the Martial Emperor. After all, I have plenty of business to attend to; I can't stay here fighting you forever... It's not like I'm a battle maniac!" *What a bizarre fellow!* *Why detonate your clone?* To form another one would cost effort and time. You endured three days, yet you couldn't spare the time to hear my final sentence? *What a fucking idiot!* A bottomless silence fell from the Martial Emperor. Su Yu didn't care and smiled. "Thank you, Martial Emperor. I had a great time these past three days!" "When I have time, I'll visit again..." Having spoken, Su Yu chuckled and strode away through the air. The moment he was gone, the Martial Emperor's voice suddenly turned manic. On the first level, a colossal eye snapped open! His mouth opened wide, abruptly letting out a deafening roar: "Su Yu, you will die a dog's death! When this seat is unsealed, I will beat you to death for three days and three nights!" Yes, three days and three nights! Su Yu had fought him for three days and three nights this time; he would pay him back in kind! The Star Residence Mansion shook! It trembled violently! The Martial Emperor wished he could crawl out right this second and slaughter that bastard. He was practically bursting with rage! After fighting for three days and three nights, he thought he had finally won—*I'm not fighting anymore, I'll blow up my clone and let you play by yourself.* And in the end, Su Yu told him he had only come to say goodbye. *Aaaargh!* The Martial Emperor was going mad. What he wanted to see was Su Yu frantic, angry, and exasperated, not Su Yu staring at him like he was looking at an idiot. "Bastard!" "Go to hell!" The Martial Emperor was hysterical, the mansion quaking ceaselessly. At that moment, his enraged roars seemed audible across the myriad realms. …… At the same time. Soul Burying Mountain. Hundred Battles chose to lead his people down to the lower realm; the time was about right. Within the realm passage, astral winds and perils abounded, but Hundred Battles was exceedingly powerful. This was not the passage controlled by the Destiny race; descending to the lower realm with his strength offered very high assurance. A short while later, the group arrived in the lower realm, reaching the Endless Void. Over the past few days, the battles in the Upper Realm had concluded. With ancient beasts returning from the depths of the chaos—especially several unimaginably formidable ancient beasts emerging—the battles in the Upper Realm had once again come to an end. This time, a tiger and a dragon emerged from the depths of the chaos. Both possessed terrifying strength, which caused the Upper Realm's conflict to conclude ahead of schedule. Because everyone was extremely wary! Formidable ancient beasts had actually emerged from the depths of chaos once more. As for the giant bird from before, it was nowhere to be seen, unknown whether it was dead or otherwise. Emerging in the Endless Void, Hundred Battles sensed the surrounding auras and smiled. "We're back!" The myriad realms! After leaving the myriad realms for six thousand years, he had returned at last! "Your Majesty, where do we go now?" "First to the Human Realm, and then to the Giant Realm!" Hundred Battles smiled. "Let's see what the current Human Realm is like, and see what that Su Yu left behind for me after he departed." Leading his companions, he stepped across the void toward the Human Realm. He did not travel fast, wishing to observe what the myriad realms had become. As they walked, he suddenly turned toward a certain direction, raising an eyebrow with a faint smile. "Warden of Heaven, it's been a long time!" In the distance, the figure of the Warden of Heaven flickered into view. He glanced at Hundred Battles and smiled. "Hundred Battles... you have returned!" Hundred Battles King looked at him and chuckled. "I have. Are you interested in joining my side?" "Heh... I'll pass!" "Insolent!" Marquis Nanxi snapped in a low voice. The Warden of Heaven glanced at him with a laugh, then looked at Marquis Yunshui and Marquis Jianghai with a radiant smile. "Gentlemen... I know not of the others, but Yunshui... you probably won't meet a good end!" Chuckling, the Warden of Heaven's figure began to fade. "Hundred Battles, I know all of what transpired in the past as well! What a pity... you probably don't dare kill me right now, and perhaps it won't even be your turn to kill me! Hahaha!" The Warden of Heaven's figure vanished completely. Hundred Battles King looked at the empty space where he had been and only spoke softly after a long silence. "Interesting... The ancient providence is indeed reviving once more!" Murmuring to himself, Hundred Battles King soon paid it no more mind. The Warden of Heaven could not be touched at this moment. Killing the Warden of Heaven now would only invite trouble upon himself. On his side, the situation in the Giant Realm remained unknown. Slaying the Warden of Heaven right now might cause a massive batch of Rulers of Rule to emerge in the Upper Realm, and that would be true trouble! Beside him, Marquis Yunshui furrowed his brows slightly. Without looking back, Hundred Battles King said, "He was likely referring to Su Yu. It's fine, I'll take care of it." Hundred Battles King chuckled. "It seems the Warden of Heaven believes Su Yu can still accomplish great things. Furthermore... his vindictiveness seems quite substantial. Yunshui, be careful." "Your Majesty, I..." "It's fine. Providence isn't everything! Destiny and luck mean little, or the Warden of Heaven would have conquered the world long ago!" Since the Warden of Heaven said so, he had surely seen something, like Marquis Yunshui's declining fortune, but Hundred Battles did not fully believe in such things. No emperor placed their full faith in fate and fortune! Naturally, being careful was still necessary; after all, the Warden of Heaven was a peak powerhouse in observing providence.