Brother and Sister Finally Reunite

Capturing Marquis Jiantian relieved a great deal of pressure from Su Yu. As for the others wanting to break through the seal and advance to Rule Master, they would have to find their own way. There was certainly more than one path; the question was whether they could do as Xingyue had done—braving the countercurrent of the river to break through the seal. Or, like Su Yu, open their own world to isolate the influence of the Great Dao of Time. Or perhaps walk the Dao of Chaos, which could also bypass it. There were plenty of methods! Marquis Jiantian was not necessarily the only route. Yet slaying Marquis Jiantian was the simplest and most direct way. The Southern King and the others had headed into the depths of the chaos to scout a path to Chaos Mountain. Su Yu did not tarry either; he needed to go take a look himself. Getting there was certainly possible, but whether the journey was fraught with danger remained unknown... Before long, Su Yu gave Wan Tiansheng and the others a brief word of farewell, stepped into the chaos, and set out to seek a path to the Upper Realm. …… At the same time. Within the River of Time. Having broken through her bottleneck and gained considerable strength, Xingyue pressed onward. She did not know exactly where her elder brother and the others were, but she sensed that their reunion must be near. It had been too many years! Ever since turning into a dead spirit, her power had been sealed away and barely one percent of her memories had remained. Now, they were on the verge of meeting once more. Xingyue felt a surge of excitement, but worry shadowed it. The moment she revived, through the resonance of their bloodline, she had sensed that her brother's true body seemed gravely wounded. How had he endured all these years? And what had happened to Wen Yu back then? Why had she suddenly vanished and fallen into peril, prompting King Wen and the others to leave after her and plunging the myriad realms into misery? Wen Yu, the Time Master. She had also been Xingyue's playmate. Wen Yu was slightly younger than she was. The two had known each other for many years, frequently playing together long before the heavens were unified. Later, after Xingyue fell and lost her memories, she did not know much about what had become of Wen Yu. However, even as a dead spirit, she had learned a bit about the Time Master. Su Yu seemed to hold the Time Master's legacy, which meant that he was essentially Wen Yu's successor. With these thoughts in mind, Xingyue pressed forward. As a healer, if she could find the Human Sovereign and the others now and provide aid, she might buy some time for Su Yu and the rest. Otherwise, if those ancient powerhouses returned too soon—all Rule Masters—how could Su Yu and his companions, who had not yet fully grown, ever contend with a hundred Rule Masters? She forged ahead, suppressing the turbulent waters, but despair began to creep in. Why hadn't she arrived yet? The Xingyu Seal's energy was completely depleted! Had it not been for this seal, she never could have made it this far. Yet by now, the seal's energy was exhausted. Xingyue had no choice but to continuously draw upon the power of life to pave her path forward; otherwise, she would never reach the end. She was a healer with few other techniques at her disposal. Xingyue thought to herself that if Su Yu were here, he would surely have countless tricks up his sleeve. That fellow always had bizarre, varied methods for every situation. "If I don't find them soon... I might be swept back downstream!" "Getting washed back would be bad enough, but I might be gravely wounded, sealed again, or even perish... and all this revival would have been for nothing!" Furthermore, if she fell here, Su Yu's Dao of Life and Death would fracture. Thoughts flickered through her mind as exhaustion and despair took hold. Still not there? I've already crossed the area Brother sealed. Why haven't I reached them? Just how far away are they? Was Su Yu being reliable? That the Human Sovereign and the others were upstream had been Su Yu's claim. Yes, he was the only one saying it. Was he truly dependable? Could it be that they weren't upstream at all? Just as Xingyue was nearing total exhaustion, a stern shout echoed all around: "Who goes there?" Xingyue's spirits lifted! Someone was here? She raised her head to look into the distance. Out there, pillar after pillar of Great Dao power stood tall, and the distant River of Time showed distinct changes—it had been solidified, practically turning into dry land! Understanding dawned on Xingyue at once! Solidifying the River of Time to slow their return to the myriad realms—so this was how they had fought all these years. They had blocked the River of Time, preventing anyone from returning. Even as the thought crossed her mind, three tremendously powerful auras surged upward. This was the rear! This was also a defensive line! It prevented intruders from behind and guarded against deserters! Who had come? While Xingyue was shaken, the masters of those three pillars of light were equally startled. Someone had actually arrived from the rear! Did this mean this place wasn't all that far from the myriad realms anymore? If dragged out any longer, it might fully merge with the realms, losing the barrier between them. Once that happened, blocking the river would be futile! Because at that point, one could tear through the River of Time and depart at will. Right now, it was impossible to leave freely. It was out of alignment with the myriad realms; if you tore through the river here, no one knew where you would tumble out. Most likely, you would plunge into the endless chaos, lost forever or dead. The two sides confronted each other! In an instant, three mighty experts descended: two men and one woman, all looking quite aged. They might once have been young. Yet after years of grueling warfare, they lacked the spare strength to maintain their youthful appearance. Their life force and rule power were constantly draining, leaving all three top experts looking aged. The three looked at Xingyue, frowning slightly. Among them, a green-haired man scrutinized Xingyue with a slight furrow of his brow. She looked familiar, yet he could not immediately recall who she was. It had been too long! Xingyue had fallen too many years ago—so long ago that some Human Kings didn't even recognize her. She belonged to the earliest batch of experts, from the era when the Human Sovereign had first risen. At that moment, Xingyue also looked at the trio. Two were unfamiliar to her, but she recognized the green-haired elder at a glance. After looking at him with complex emotion in her eyes, she finally said, "General Xuantian!" What an ancient title! What a long-forgotten form of address! General Xuantian! The green-haired elder fell dazed for a moment, and then memory came rushing back! His recollections revived. He remembered events from many, many years ago. On that day, when he met her, she had hidden behind the Human Sovereign and offered a timid greeting: "General Xuantian!" He still remembered that smile. "Your Highness..." The green-haired elder muttered. Suddenly, his composure slipped, and his eyes filled with immense turmoil. "You... you are Her Highness? No, impossible! Her Highness fell in battle! You aren't her! Who are you? Speak, who are you?!" Her Highness had died in battle! Just after the Human Realm was unified, before the world could find peace, she had been assassinated and fallen in battle! The princess who had sometimes visited military camps to tend to wounded soldiers had died on the eve of victory. Almost all veterans from that era had perished; hardly anyone remained who still remembered Her Highness. Xingyue was dead! She had been dead for countless years! "It is me!" Xingyue's emotions were equally tumultuous. "General Xuantian, I... I have revived!" "Impossible!" General Xuantian lost his composure. Beside him, the female powerhouse could not help but call out, "King Xuan!" General Xuantian snapped back to his senses! His gaze turned sharp and cold. "Who are you really?" After so many eras, someone dared impersonate Her Highness! Xingyue felt helpless. "It really is me. I am Xingyue. I came back to life!" Seeing that he didn't believe her, she had no choice but to add, "I don't remember how many years ago it was... but around the time you were campaigning in the Western Human Realm, you were wounded once. An arrow pierced straight through your... thigh. I was the one who treated you. Do you remember that?" General Xuantian cast his mind back, a strange look in his eye. Seeing him remain silent, Xingyue grew anxious. "It was that time! The arrow went through your thigh, skewed a bit, and the arrowhead came out through your buttock... I didn't want to treat it, but my brother said to just think of it as pork belly, so I treated you..." "..." King Xuan's face shifted, stunned. "You... really are Her Highness?" "It's me!" Xingyue said helplessly, "If you don't believe me, let me think if there are other things..." "No need!" King Xuan stopped her hastily! Yet Xingyue murmured, "Oh, right! Another year, when General Xuantian was campaigning in the southwest, you were bitten by a poisonous insect and seemed on the verge of death. When you saw me for what you thought was the last time, you actually... actually asked me to find you a woman, saying if you could sleep with one before dying, you wouldn't die with regrets... After I cured you, you denied ever saying it. Do you remember that time, General?" "..." King Xuan's expression stiffened, and he said dryly, "Did that happen? Your Highness, you must be mistaken!" Without giving Xingyue a chance to say another word, he suddenly roared, "Her Highness has returned!" His voice boomed like a great bell! True or false, call His Majesty over first! Fuck, stop talking! I don't know you! You've got the wrong person! Beside him, the two top powerhouses shot him peculiar looks. General Xuantian! That truly was King Xuan's title from long ago! Ever since he had been enfeoffed as a king ages ago, rarely—practically never—did anyone call him General Xuantian anymore. The key question was: were this woman's words true or false? Wounded twice: once shot through the rear, once demanding a woman on his deathbed... Was this really King Xuan? In their eyes, King Xuan was a revered senior figure. He had always been upright and solemn! King Xuan was an old subordinate from the Human Sovereign's early days. Most veterans of that era had died in battle; only a few, like the Four Extremes Human Kings, remained alive, along with other surviving Human Kings. Now it turned out this venerable elder had quite a bit of gossip in his past. The burly man beside King Xuan gave him an odd look and asked via voice transmission, "King Xuan, who... who is this?" Her Highness? That form of address was exceedingly ancient. The Human Sovereign had no heirs, so almost no one was entitled to that title. Who was she? Was she related to His Majesty? Just as those thoughts ran through their minds, figures materialized one after another. Those who didn't show up in person sent their willpower sweeping over. The next moment, a voice exclaimed in shock: "Xingyue?" Xingyue looked toward the source of the trembling willpower. She saw no body, but the feeling was familiar. She asked uncertainly, "General Zhu Ming?" "It really is you!" The willpower vibrated violently. "Did Old Wen return? You've revived?!" That was King Ming's voice, shaking with agitation. "You... your brother is inspecting the front lines; he'll be back right away!" As the words fell, his figure materialized instantly! He appeared before everyone. He was a dashing older man, slightly plump though it did nothing to detract from his good looks, exuding an easy, carefree charm. Yet right now, he was pale with astonishment. "Xingyue, you truly have revived!" Xingyue looked at him with mixed feelings. "General Zhu has grown old." Old? King Ming blinked. It was the first time anyone had called him old. Soon, a bitter smile crossed his face. Yes, he had grown old. Back when he met Xingyue, he had been young. In those days, he had been a dashing young youth! In the blink of an eye, countless eras had passed. Filled with conflicting emotions, he walked toward Xingyue. "Are you really Xingyue?" He could hardly believe it! Of course, another thought surged up: King Wen was back! Otherwise, how could Xingyue have revived? If King Wen and King Wu had both returned, what fear would they have of the myriad races? King Wen and King Wu joining forces could take on seven or eight Rule Masters with ease! Push them harder, throw ten Rule Masters at them, and those two madmen could fight them all! Back then, it was precisely because of figures like them that they had awed the myriad realms and intimidated the myriad races, laying the foundation for the human race's eternal unification. Alas, in the end, ruin had still come. Xingyue's eyes were similarly filled with mixed emotions as she nodded. "It really is me! Brother Zhu, I've revived! If you don't believe me, you can ask me questions... or... you can ask Sister-in-law. When you two met back then, I even played a part... Did you forget? To pursue Sister-in-law, you deliberately injured her father and ambushed her brother in secret to wound them. Then you called me over to heal them. I noticed that the power behind their wounds seemed to come from you, and you begged me not to say a word..." Silence! Dead silence fell over the entire area. King Ming froze, staring at Xingyue. For a long time, he wanted to speak, yet had no idea what to say. Right at that moment, a bone-chilling aura surged upward. "Zhu Ming, was it really like that?" "..." King Ming's expression shifted rapidly, and he blurted out, "This person isn't Xingyue! She's an impostor!" He barked hastily, "Either that, or she's been dead for so many years that after reviving, her memories are scrambled, pinning someone else's misdeeds on my head!" I will never admit it! Ambushing my father-in-law and brother-in-law—I kept that secret buried for how many years? And now someone is digging up my deepest secrets! Heavens! I can't admit this; the fierce woman in my household is still very much alive! All around, everyone's expressions turned exceedingly strange. Was this... true or false? King Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. No one was paying attention to his embarrassment anymore! Terrifying! Also, Old Zhu actually did such a thing? Shameless to the extreme! No wonder he won the beauty's hand—so that was how he did it! Beating up his own future father-in-law... At that thought, King Xuan's face changed. "Could it be that time?" He snapped his head toward King Ming, dumbfounded. "Could it be that time you drove off General Yusheng under the pretext of dereliction of duty? So you were intentionally running off your romantic rival?!" "..." Juicy gossip! A crowd of experts perked up their ears. What scandalous tale was this? One veteran recalled and muttered under his breath, "Around... well, it was a very long time ago. King Ming was still a general. Back then, there was also a remarkably handsome General Yusheng who was courting Princess Consort Ming at the same time. Later, an incident occurred: while General Yusheng was on guard duty, thieves broke into Princess Consort Ming's household and stole massive amounts of treasure, and the princess consort's father and brother were beaten and wounded by the thieves... Afterwards, General Yusheng voluntarily withdrew out of guilt over failing his duty to protect them..." "..." How utterly sinister! Many turned their gazes to King Ming. King Ming's expression froze, and after a long silence, he snapped in fury, "What are you all looking at?! Nonsense! None of that ever happened! Yusheng withdrew of his own accord!" With that, he turned to look at a woman who had arrived in a flash. Though she bore some signs of age, she remained strikingly beautiful. King Ming cursed under his breath, "Don't listen to them! It's all lies!" Seeing the woman charge toward him in a fiery fury, King Ming panicked and yelled, "Don't come over! Later, to compensate your father and brother, I promised to lift the Sea of Stars into the sky and grant all the land beneath the Sea of Stars as fiefdoms to your father and brother... Otherwise, do you think I'd go through all the trouble of raising the Sea of Stars into the sky?!" The woman was stunned, and then her rage exploded: "What?! Didn't you lift the Sea of Stars because I loved watching the sea in the sky?!" "Bullshit!" King Ming stomped his feet. "How could that be?! Do you think I had nothing better to do?! Your father and brother found out what happened back then and forced me to give them a cut! I thought it over—there was nowhere left to enfeoff them! So I lifted the Sea of Stars up into the sky; the territory beneath it was vast, and I enfeoffed every inch of it to your family!" "..." The crowd exchanged glances, expressions bizarre beyond belief. Fairy tales were all lies! Beautiful love stories were purely fictional! Rumor had long held that because the woman King Ming adored loved watching a sea suspended in the heavens, he had spared no effort, employing grand formations, immense magic, and rule power to hoist the entire Sea of Stars into the sky! Now... Heavens above! The truth had come to light! It wasn't for his consort at all! It was because there was no land left to give his father-in-law and brother-in-law, so he had hoisted the Sea of Stars into the air and granted the seafloor underneath to his in-laws! Good grief, childhood dreams shattered! Romance was an illusion! Princess Consort Ming raged, "Lies! My father and brother have been dead for years, and you dare slander them?!" "It's true!" King Ming shouted, "I'm not lying! Your father and brother both knew, and Yusheng found out later too! He even came asking me for benefits! Otherwise, how do you think he was posthumously enfeoffed as a marquis? The man was already dead, yet I petitioned to secure him a marquisate!" "You scoundrel, I'll hack you to pieces!" Boom! The woman slammed a palm down toward him. King Ming fled immediately, scurrying over to Xingyue's side and whining under his breath, "My dear sister, you've ruined me! That's ancient history, why did you have to bring it up?!" What on earth was this? Xingyue was flabbergasted and could not help murmuring, "Sister-in-law... wasn't she... very gentle back then?" "Good grief, how many years has it been?!" King Ming held his forehead. My dear sister, do you have any idea how much time has passed? You still think it's the old days! She turned into a fierce tigress ages ago, all right?! Xingyue looked utterly embarrassed. Had... had people changed that much? Sister-in-law had turned into a shrew? Terrifying! Pandemonium reigned! After the chaos settled somewhat, a figure emerged, slightly ethereal. Although he had guessed it beforehand, the phantom still trembled violently, filled with disbelief and bittersweet tears of joy. "Xingyue... you... you have come back to life!" "Brother!" Tears sprang to Xingyue's eyes instantly as she looked upon the illusory figure, trembling. The surroundings fell still. Princess Consort Ming, who had been pummeling King Ming, stopped her assault, clutched King Ming's robe to wipe her eyes, and whispered, "How touching... Sister Xingyue has finally revived!" King Ming sighed inwardly. Touching, my foot! If you're so touched, let go of me first! What kind of spectacle is this?! The Human Sovereign stepped forward step by step, brimming with joy and excitement. "You... you truly have revived!" "Back then, I didn't want you to perish like that. I wanted to wait until after I opened the heavens to resurrect you. But in the end... they set a trap for me, and I had no choice but to give up. I thought you would spend eternity adrift in muddled stupor. I never imagined... you would live again!" He was overwhelmed with emotion! Xingyue was equally moved. At their reunion, she rushed forward to clutch the illusory figure's robe, but her hand passed right through empty air. Weeping, she asked, "Brother, where is your true body?" "Sustained some minor wounds. Nothing serious, don't worry!" The phantom stroked her head and comforted her: "Just minor injuries, that's all. Rest assured. Your revival is the best news I've heard in all these years. I never expected you to come looking for me. Earlier, I sensed some disturbance, but I assumed I had sensed wrong. I didn't expect you were truly alive!" Xingyue nodded, swept up in excitement. For a time, brother and sister looked at each other, laughing through tears. Exhilaration and emotion overwhelmed them. Soon, something struck the Human Sovereign, and he asked eagerly, "Do you... still control the Dao of Life?" "Yes!" Xingyue nodded. The Human Sovereign rejoiced—Heaven was helping him! "Xingyue, you... Truly, the heavens are on my side!" At this critical juncture, his sister had returned to life! Not only that, she had arrived wielding the Dao of Life to reinforce them—a veritable shower of sweet dew from the heavens! Hearing this, the onlookers grew thrilled as well. The Dao of Life? His Majesty's sister actually controlled the Dao of Life! This truly was heaven-sent aid! After years of warfare, who among them was free of injuries? Some wounds could not heal on their own, or would take far too much time if they could. Depleted vitality in particular was terribly difficult to replenish. Now, Xingyue was here! Didn't that mean everyone could recover from their wounds? In their struggle against the myriad races, they hadn't actually been at a disadvantage at the start. However, on the myriad races' side, the emperor of the Immortal race was a master of the Dao of Life. As a result, one side had to endure through sheer grit while the other had a healer to restore them. Repeated ambushes against the Immortal Emperor had failed, only costing them troops and commanders. The Human Sovereign's severe injuries were in fact connected to an ambush on the Immortal Emperor. When two armies clash, if the doctor isn't eliminated, the side without a doctor is doomed to fall behind sooner or later. The passing years had proven this truth! In a war of attrition, their side was indeed inferior. As time dragged on, they had grown steadily weaker. Yet now, the Human Sovereign's sister had arrived wielding the Great Dao of Life. It was exhilarating! "How are things in the myriad realms now?" "Who revived you?" "..." Everyone had countless questions they wanted to ask, but seeing the Human Sovereign and Xingyue reunited, they hesitated to intrude. King Ming, however, could not help asking, "Could King Wen be back? Why didn't he come here?" At those words, everyone perked up. Was it King Wen? Was King Wu there too? If both of them had returned, everyone would be ecstatic—they could battle the myriad races just like in the old days! "No, Brother Wen hasn't returned!" Xingyue shook her head. Seeing their expectant looks, she felt helpless. She knew what they were hoping for, but... the Su Yu who revived her was still a weakling compared to Rule Masters. Giving them hope now might only lead to despair. She quickly said, "My revival was also a stroke of fortune..." The Human Sovereign, realizing something, asked gravely, "Someone opened the heavens?" "Yes." Xingyue did not conceal it this time, but added, "However, he opened the heavens while only at the Sun Moon Realm, so he isn't very strong." "..." The crowd froze in stupor, and even the Human Sovereign's phantom shuddered. What the hell?! What on earth? Opened the heavens at the Sun Moon Realm?! Indeed, Su Yu had not reached Dao Integration before opening the heavens, so he was merely at the Sun Moon Realm. At this revelation, the Human Sovereign blurted out, "How could that be possible?!" Someone so weak opened the heavens and didn't die? That makes no sense! I wondered how anyone could open the heavens without being a Rule Master—turned out he just did it as a Sun Moon cultivator! Everyone had harbored some hope, but upon hearing this, disappointment set in. Didn't that mean he was useless?! Even if a Sun Moon cultivator succeeded in opening the heavens, how strong could he be? Dao Integration? Quasi-King? Or what? Regardless, he couldn't instantly become a Rule Master; it didn't happen that fast. How profound could a Sun Moon cultivator's comprehension of the Great Dao possibly be? Someone couldn't help asking, "Do we know him? How old is he?" "How old?" Xingyue paused, then answered, "Early... twenties, I suppose?" "..." Utter despair! Forget it, there was no hope. That was far too young. They had assumed it was some old monster who had accumulated power over countless millennia, but no. Someone asked hastily, "Then are there no Rule Masters at all in the myriad realms right now?" "There are a few!" Xingyue answered swiftly, "The Death Spirit Sovereign, the Martial Emperor, the ancestor of the Prison King lineage..." Expressions turned strange. Before they could even care about the others, someone asked oddly, "Isn't the Martial Emperor dead?" "No, he's not!" "..." Swish! In an instant, every gaze turned toward the Human Sovereign's phantom. Before the Human Sovereign could even cut in, he coughed softly: "Xingyue, you came right after reviving; what could you know, right?" Xingyue looked puzzled. "Of course I know! Before I came, the Martial Emperor was alive and well, and it didn't take me long to get here! When I left, he was still alive. Since he wasn't dead then, he certainly wouldn't die in such a short time!" Unless Su Yu killed the Martial Emperor, how could he die so easily?! "Tsk, tsk!" "Heh heh!" "Heh..." "Hehehe..." "..." At this moment, the crowd practically came together in a chorus of jeers! Your Majesty, you miscalculated after all! The Martial Emperor isn't dead! The Human Sovereign smiled, unperturbed. "Xingyue just revived, so she doesn't understand. Seeing the Martial Emperor before you left proves nothing. In fact, on your way here, traveling across time, you felt it was fast, but a long time might have passed! The Martial Emperor only died recently, so you wouldn't know." Deciding not to bicker with the rest of them, he smoothly shifted the subject: "By the way..." Yet Xingyue gave him no opening, frowning: "Did a long time pass? Surely not! I traveled upstream against the current; it shouldn't have taken that long!" "..." My sister, why are you still hung up on this?! "Xingyue, you've just arrived. Let me explain the situation here to you, and you can quickly help heal everyone. The myriad realms can't be counted on, but fortunately you've revived!" The Human Sovereign forcibly cut her off, quietly glad that he held the final say on the river's flow of time. If I say the Martial Emperor is dead, he's dead! That's that! The onlookers nearly rolled their eyes. Shameless! But whatever, you're the boss. If you insist on saying so, so be it. King Ming chuckled and said, "Anyway, we will return to the myriad realms soon enough. Whether the Martial Emperor is dead or not, everyone can see for themselves." Xingyue was surprised. "Do you all care so much about whether the Martial Emperor is dead?" Why? She had mentioned that the descendant of the Prison King was a Rule Master, and no one cared? That was the real point, wasn't it?! Xingyue frowned slightly. Just as she was about to speak, King Zhan chuckled, "Your Highness, His Majesty claimed the Martial Emperor died five times, but we didn't quite believe it... Ahem, we figured the Martial Emperor couldn't die that many times, so we were just verifying." "Five times?" Xingyue looked strangely at her brother's phantom. Why would you tell such a lie?! How could anyone die five times?! Even I wouldn't believe that! Fine, stubborn to the bone, refusing to admit being wrong even on pain of death—she understood. Xingyue could only manage a concession: "Perhaps he really is dead!" She mused that perhaps by the time they returned, the Martial Emperor truly would be dead. With Su Yu in the myriad realms, if the Martial Emperor refused to behave, Su Yu would beat him to death sooner or later. Maybe before they even returned, Su Yu would have finished him off! Now the Human Sovereign breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Xingyue, come speak with me alone first. We haven't seen each other in so many years, and seeing you today brings me immense joy. By the way, it seems the myriad realms have undergone quite a few changes lately..." "Yes." Xingyue nodded. With Su Yu around, changes were naturally massive. "What is the name of the heaven-opener who saved you? Although opening the heavens at the Sun Moon Realm sounds unbelievable, opening a crude and rudimentary world isn't entirely impossible. Still... he is probably crippled now. You absorbed his Dao of Life and Death, didn't you?" The Human Sovereign sighed. "Opening a world with the Dao of Life and Death as the foundation and core has quite good potential. What a pity!" "He saved you—is he still alive?" In his mind, whoever opened this world must have opened one centered on the Great Dao of Life and Death. Now that Xingyue had been revived, the Dao of Life and Death had undoubtedly been absorbed by her. With his core Dao gone, he was probably dead. He could hardly criticize it, given the circumstances. Xingyue thought it over. Su Yu had told her not to disclose details, and she also worried that if Su Yu ran out of steam later, giving everyone false hope would be worse. After a moment, she said, "He is basically crippled, but still alive!" She said no more; the greater the hope, the deeper the despair. Until Su Yu arrived, it was best to act as though he did not exist. Otherwise, if expectations were set too high and they actually met Su Yu only to find he wasn't even a Rule Master, they would look down on him instead. "Just as I suspected. What a pity!" The Human Sovereign sighed once more: "As long as he lives. Once we return, I will compensate him!" What a crying shame! Opening the heavens at the Sun Moon Realm, happening to open a world of Life and Death, happening to save his sister... it had to be said that the sheer coincidence was unprecedented. Opening a world at the Sun Moon Realm required monstrous talent, terrifically formidable! What a pity! It seemed there would be no more tremors from him in the future. The others also sighed with deep regret. It was hard to fault anyone for this, after all, he had done it to save Xingyue, and Xingyue wielded the Dao of Life. A Rule Master commanding the Dao of Life was perhaps far more useful than a Sun Moon heaven-opener! The Human Sovereign asked again, "How is the situation in the myriad realms?" "Not good. The Prison King betrayed us, and his lineage has far too many experts. The myriad races have many powerhouses as well. On the human side, the experts were wiped out. A few hundred years ago, there weren't even any Dao Integration cultivators left, only some Eternals..." The crowd was shocked! How could that be? The Human Sovereign found it unbelievable as well. "No matter how weak we became, we shouldn't have been reduced to lacking even a single Dao Integration cultivator!" Xingyue sneered: "The ninth tide... meaning one tide every ten thousand years. It has been a hundred thousand years since you vanished. Six thousand years ago, the Human Master of the ninth tide took his people into hiding and abandoned the Human Realm. This caused the tenth tide of the Human Realm to have zero experts, and even the legacy was broken... Fortunately, there was Su Yu—the heaven-opener who saved me. He rose rapidly over the past few years, slaughtered numerous Dao Integration experts, and preserved the Human Realm! Yet before I came here, the Human Master of the ninth tide returned, drove Su Yu out, and seized the Human Realm..." The crowd's expressions shifted! Someone gritted their teeth and asked, "What... what was the name of this Human Master of the ninth tide?" "Baizhan!" Xingyue said coldly, "Supposedly a descendant of King Dou and the Human Ancestor. He aligns closely with the Giant race. In the ninth tide, he got countless allies of ours killed, leaving the humans of this tide with no one willing to aid them!" King Dou? Many stirred mentally. The Human Sovereign also knitted his brows slightly: "King Dou... King Dou was indeed a descendant of the Human Ancestor, but King Dou disappeared long ago, likely off searching for the Human Ancestor." As for the Prison King lineage, the Human Sovereign was hardly surprised, remarking casually, "The Prison King rebelled, and in the end I struck him into the Gate of Hell with a single palm. The time when the Gate of Hell unseals should roughly coincide with my return, so there is no need to worry about him!" King Zhan cursed, "King Dou's lineage is that wretched?! To leave humanity without even a single Dao Integration expert—did all the marquises from our era die?!" "No!" Xingyue said coldly, "They betrayed us! They followed Baizhan! But before I left, out of consideration for their past merits, I didn't kill them. I extracted half of their life force and physical power, taking that as payment for their treachery!" "They should all have been executed!" Someone fumed, but the Human Sovereign laughed. "Forget it, they are all humans! Even if the Human Ancestor's descendants aren't as despicable as Xingyue makes them out to be, this Baizhan must have acted to protect the human race, or Xingyue would have killed them long ago!" With a smile, he added, "Xingyue, you brought along all that extracted physical power and life force to heal our wounds, didn't you? My sister truly thinks of everything!" "..." Xingyue said nothing. After a long pause, she murmured, "No. On the way here, swimming upstream took too much out of me, so I used all of it as fuel to forge ahead against the current!" "..." Well then! Though the Human Sovereign felt a pang of disappointment, he did not take it to heart, chuckling, "Never mind, as long as you've arrived. The River of Time is solidified here, so there is no more countercurrent to fight!" It was enough that Xingyue had made it! He was in high spirits! His sister had revived, had come all the way here, and wielded the Great Dao of Life. The Human Sovereign was in excellent spirits! As for the Martial Emperor, who cared about some Martial Emperor! And as for that Su Yu... once he returned, he would certainly have to thank him. As for Baizhan or the Prison King's descendants, he paid them little mind; they were minor trifles. Everyone's mood was buoyant. Xingyue's arrival brought an additional Rule Master—a healer at that—and having listened to all that juiciest ancient gossip, everyone was in good humor. Whatever happened in the myriad realms could wait until their return! No matter how displeased they were, nothing could be done right now. They could not withdraw or turn back. If they floated downstream and the myriad races attacked, losing even one Rule Master would spell disaster! In this war, they could only meet the enemy head-on; there was no retreating. Every day they bought was a victory! When the time truly came that they were forced to return, they would deal with it then! At that moment, Xingyue followed the Human Sovereign's phantom. Hearing people sigh about how tragic it was for that Sun Moon kid who opened the world, she was sorely tempted to retort, but decided against it. Even her brother was lamenting right now, saying that the Dao of Life and Death was so rare and what a pity it was! "The Dao of Life and Death... is rare?" Xingyue wanted to talk back, but kept her mouth shut once more, feeling thoroughly stifled. It wasn't as if the Dao of Life and Death was Su Yu's core! If Xingyue remembered correctly, after she revived, Su Yu's world remained exceptionally stable and hadn't suffered at all. Why in her brother's eyes had Su Yu's world collapsed? Strange! Xingyue chose not to speak. If that's what you think, keep believing it! At this moment, she remembered Su Yu's words: when she met the Human Sovereign, give him a massive shock! Yes, a massive shock! At that thought, Xingyue hesitated, then said, "Brother, I have a very formidable subordinate in the myriad realms. He said he'll come save you!" "Oh, haha!" The Human Sovereign nodded with a chuckle. He appreciated his sister's good intentions! The myriad realms? There weren't even any Rule Masters in the myriad realms! Ah, later generations... Truly, never having seen true powerhouses, they got ahead of themselves. Did they even know what a Rule Master was? They probably had no concept of what a Rule Master was! Then again, his sister had been dead for countless years and had only ever been an Eternal. Could the subordinate she spoke of be a Sun Moon cultivator? The Human Sovereign chuckled inwardly. Never mind, he wouldn't say more, just to spare his sister's pride. She had probably just revived, and her head was still a bit foggy. Did you really need to mention this to me? A "very formidable subordinate"? Just how formidable could he be? The Human Sovereign sighed once again!