The Grand Drama Begins!

This time, the myriad races were indeed quick to act. Twenty strands of pseudo-Dao power were actually nothing significant to them. Over the years, guarding the Dao Origin Land, every race had acquired plenty of unowned Great Dao power. The crux was that many experts had no desire to switch Daos. Some of those Daos looked pathetically weak; switching to them was utterly pointless. As for handing them over to Su Yu, could he really manufacture twenty Dao Integration experts with them? Hardly! Even if he could, they would be weaklings at that realm, perhaps incapable of besting a top-tier Eternal. The myriad races had no real fear of Su Yu gaining a few more low-grade Dao Integration combatants. Hence, this transaction went remarkably smoothly. ... The other party arrived late that very night. Around midnight, someone came knocking. They delivered the Dao Integration powers! The courier was none other than Lei Bao. The myriad races had their concerns, of course—what were they worried about? They worried that if they sent anyone else, Su Yu might turn them to his side or pull some other scheme. As for Lei Bao... if Su Yu wanted to try winning him over, let him. Lei Bao was an open card now! Everyone knew the fellow belonged to Hundred Battles. They simply left it unspoken. There was no point in bringing it up! It was enough to treat him as muscle! ... Mount Zhu. A complex look flickered in Lei Bao's eyes. The overbearing Su Yu had not only given the myriad races a harsh display of strength right off the bat, but after taking the Iron Eater race away, he now had the myriad races delivering treasures to his doorstep just to coax him into taking the field. Though not excessively precious, twenty strands of Dao Integration power were only considered modest by the standards of Celestial Venerables. If tossed to a minor race, producing twenty Dao Integration experts—no matter how weak—would instantly elevate that minor race into a major one! "Emperor Yu, the Myriad Races Council wishes for you to strike as early as possible..." Lei Bao conveyed the myriad races' demand. The sooner, the better! This time, the myriad races would stall no longer. Su Yu smiled. "Fine!" Su Yu nodded. "Tomorrow morning. I dislike night raids, but... I also have requirements!" "Please, speak, Emperor Yu!" Lei Bao was exceedingly courteous. Su Yu, on the other hand, showed no courtesy whatsoever. He said nonchalantly, "Have all the Celestial Venerables of the myriad races come see me off tomorrow morning!" "Huh?" Lei Bao froze. What kind of request was that? Su Yu said indifferently, "This Emperor is going on an expedition. Aren't those fellows going to bid me farewell? In ancient times, this would be an imperial campaign led by the sovereign himself! Have the experts of every race assemble and form an honor guard to see me off. What this Emperor wants is face!" "..." Lei Bao was genuinely stunned. *The hell with you!* Su Yu's demand completely caught him off guard. Demanding that the myriad races give him an official send-off to battle! *Damn it!* What kind of absurd demand was this? "Emperor Yu, this..." Su Yu replied coldly, "Such a tiny request, and the myriad races can't even satisfy it? And yet they expect me to act as their vanguard? Do they truly believe I am desperate to beg for cooperation with the myriad races? Tell them: not only must they see me off, but Tiangu, Jiwu, and Moji—the leaders of the three major races in the Lower Realm—must wear ancient general robes tomorrow! That goes for the others too: everyone must change into ancient attire! Those who hold the rank of Marquis must wear Marquis robes, and the nameless nobodies must wear ancient military uniforms..." "..." Lei Bao stood dumbfounded! This... He frowned and said, "Emperor Yu, I'm afraid that will be difficult!" Su Yu said chillingly, "Difficult? Not in the slightest! Are the three major races the type of people who cling to face above all else? They are not, but I... am!" Su Yu declared arrogantly, "Tomorrow, I shall wear ancient imperial robes! Before heading into battle, I want to experience the grandeur of an ancient Human Sovereign! As for Tiangu and the others... scratch the general robes. Have them wear the imperial robes of ancient race sovereigns!" Su Yu burst into loud laughter. "Yes, exactly like that! Not just them, but the leaders of every race must do so! I want to experience the grand ceremony of myriad emperors paying homage!" This time, Lei Bao really could not stomach it! This... this was far more intolerable than asking a few Celestial Venerables to see him off. *Good heavens!* This madman Su Yu actually wanted the myriad races to revive the ancient rites, come send him off, and escort him to war with the imperial ceremony of a sovereign embarking on an expedition. For a moment, Lei Bao was deeply torn. He could hardly return and utter such words. Su Yu said coldly, "Don't resist it! Go back and deliver the message properly! Aside from that... one more thing. Let me ask you: are you in contact with Yueluo?" Lei Bao started, then quickly forced a smile. "Emperor Yu misunderstands. How could I possibly have any contact with this Yueluo?" Su Yu said placidly, "Fine! I gave you your chance. Tomorrow, if I kill Yueluo, don't forget to tell Hundred Battles when you see him that it wasn't that I wanted to kill her, but that she didn't know her place!" "If you can contact Yueluo, tell her this: if I march out tomorrow, she had better find an excuse not to flaunt herself before my eyes... Otherwise, I loathe women who preen and pose like that above all else, so don't blame me if I kill her at any cost!" Lei Bao chuckled dryly. "Of course, of course... but I truly don't speak with Yueluo, so please don't misunderstand, Emperor Yu!" Su Yu sneered. "Tell the truth: the woman of your race who entered a political marriage with Hundred Battles—what is she to you? Could it be... you deliberately want me to get rid of Yueluo? Just to eliminate a rival in love for your daughter or sister?" "Emperor Yu truly misunderstands..." Su Yu suddenly dropped his stern facade and chuckled, gossiping eagerly, "There are no outsiders here, so why the pretension between us? Come on, Lei Bao, tell me: what relation is she to you? And who is the child Hundred Battles fathered? He is a direct descendant of the Human Ancestor after all, so why has there been no word of him? Hundred Battles hid him so tightly. I refuse to believe he has no ability and is just a piece of trash." Su Yu said with narrowed eyes, "Could he... have become a Rule Master? Stronger than Hundred Battles? In all these years while Hundred Battles was away, those ancient experts weren't anxious at all and made no moves. They really know how to endure!" "One person holding back is one thing, but I don't believe a bunch of martial brutes could endure for six thousand years without making a single peep!" "Furthermore, it's impossible that all those ancient experts were sealed away; that would be unnatural, and they would have revolted long ago. In that case, there must be someone capable of keeping them from rebelling!" "Not only keeping them in check, but offering them hope!" Su Yu grinned. "In my opinion, this crown prince of Hundred Battles must be quite something!" Stroking his chin, Su Yu added, "Frankly, I didn't pay much attention before, but recently, I've grown rather intrigued." Lei Bao remained silent, utterly quiet, though waves of shock surged within his heart. Su Yu chuckled. "Don't stay quiet! Nine is the ultimate number; Hundred Battles' intellect, talent, and martial prowess are all exceptional! Yet they don't match his actual strength!" "What?" Lei Bao said in surprise, "Emperor Yu... thinks King Hundred Battles... lacks sufficient strength?" Su Yu laughed. "Back then, how many people yielded their Dao paths to Hundred Battles?" Lei Bao said nothing. Su Yu smiled. "Fine, let's set that aside. Let me ask something else: how many experts in the human race currently cultivate the physical body Dao?" Su Yu looked at Giant Axe. "Do you?" Giant Axe shook his head. "Does Dingjun?" Giant Axe shook his head again. "Is the human physical body Dao powerful?" Giant Axe nodded! Su Yu stroked his chin and fell into thought. "So many people yielded the Dao: Dao Integrations, Heavenly Kings, Celestial Venerables... Those who refused were killed! Regardless, do any of the surviving experts walk the physical body Dao?" Giant Axe shook his head once more. Su Yu looked at Lei Bao and suddenly said, "Strange... the Giant race walks the physical body Dao, right?" Lei Bao blinked, saying nothing. Su Yu frowned. "The Giant race also walks the physical body Dao—the Giant physical body Dao? But the Giant race was an archaic hegemon, yet they don't seem to have produced many experts. At any rate, they fall far short of the major races like the Immortals, Demons, and Gods!" Su Yu continued, "The physical body Dao... merges with identical Daos!" "If someone walked a portion of the human physical body Dao and combined it with a portion of the Giant physical body Dao, is that feasible?" Giant Axe shook his head. Su Yu said helplessly, "You lot... If King Dazhou were here, he'd at least bounce ideas off me. Aside from nodding and shaking your heads, you have nothing!" Su Yu chuckled, then quickly resumed, "My claim that Hundred Battles isn't strong is built on a specific premise: the physical body Dao is not constrained by a Rule Master. With so many experts yielding their paths to him, how could Hundred Battles possess only this level of strength?" "He dared not attack the Prison King lineage or the myriad races, which means even if he is strong, his strength has its limits—at most, he has barely touched the threshold of a Rule Master!" "Frankly speaking, he was heralded as the paramount figure of the past ninety thousand years!" "The first unconstrained individual!" "Yet he stands at the same level as some ancient physical body Human Kings. Doesn't that make a mockery of his reputation? The physical body Dao isn't like other Daos where becoming a Rule Master is blocked. A massive number of people yielded their Daos to him, and he is a descendant of the Human Ancestor... He's a descendant of King Dou, and King Dou was presumably a descendant of the Human Ancestor too, right?" "Since it wasn't brought up before, what does that mean? It means Hundred Battles resembles the Human Ancestor more than King Dou!" Su Yu spoke continuously, raising his brows. "Yet he has barely reached the level of a Rule Master... What a disappointment. Something isn't right here; this makes no sense!" Su Yu had merely started gossiping, but as he indulged in it, he suddenly sensed something amiss. At this moment, Lei Bao wore an unreadable smile. "Isn't Emperor Yu overthinking things?" "Shut up!" Su Yu barked, annoyed. "Don't interrupt me. I enjoy deducing reasonable conclusions from existing clues. Don't disrupt my train of thought!" "A scholar naturally thinks several steps ahead; it's a virtue!" Su Yu showed a smile. "Furthermore, since Hundred Battles is a descendant of the Human Ancestor... and the Giant race is reportedly descended from him as well, why didn't he cultivate the Giant race's Great Dao? Physical body Daos can merge—does Hundred Battles know this?" "Also, were both the Giant physical body Dao and the human physical body Dao pioneered by the Human Ancestor?" "Did the Human Ancestor actually open two distinct physical body Daos?" Su Yu muttered, "Then how did Hundred Battles gain your acknowledgment? Just because he claimed to be the Human Ancestor's descendant, you believed him? Is the Giant race really that stupid? If I claim I am one too, will you believe me?" Lei Bao gave a dry laugh. "Those are all baseless rumors. We actually have no significant connection with Hundred Battles..." Su Yu said coldly, "Shut your mouth. Say another word, and you'll be carried out of here!" San Yue and the others swiftly surrounded him. Lei Bao's expression shifted completely! Meanwhile, Su Yu continued, "In other words, there must exist a crucial link binding your relationship... For instance, Hundred Battles' son! Someone who walked your Giant physical body Dao, and perhaps the human physical body Dao as well!" "Everyone yielded their Daos, yet Hundred Battles didn't claim those portions for himself... In my view, while Hundred Battles certainly possesses ambition, forcing others to yield their paths purely for his own selfish absorption doesn't match his character... unless he did it for his offspring! For his son!" "His son was too young to compete against seasoned experts, so Hundred Battles had everyone yield, reserving all those vacated areas for his son!" "And his son might be a prodigy—a supreme genius! Bearing both the talent of Hundred Battles and the heritage of the Giant race, he could cultivate the human physical body Dao on one hand and the Giant physical body Dao on the other!" "His son might even harbor grand ambitions to merge both Daos!" Su Yu drew a sharp breath. "Holy shit, that would be formidable! The Giant race is no weak clan! Moreover, over all these years, aside from you, Lei Bao, the Giant race hasn't produced a single Celestial Venerable..." San Yue raised a paw! Su Yu looked over, puzzled. "What is it?" San Yue, such a massive brute, raised his paw like a schoolchild, looking rather pathetic. San Yue whispered, "Your Majesty, in my race, only I have attained Celestial Venerable. Isn't it quite normal not to reach Celestial Venerable?" "Nonsense!" Su Yu snapped in annoyance, "How can that be the same? Was the Iron Eater race an archaic hegemon?" "No." "Were you an ancient hegemon?" "...No..." "Then how can you compare?" Su Yu chuckled. "A hegemonic race is different! A starved camel is still bigger than a horse! The archaic Giant race could never be far inferior to the Immortals, Demons, or Gods. Lei Bao's strength is mediocre, and the number of Dao Integration experts in his clan is average at best. By all logic, the physical body Dao..." Su Yu paused, stunned once more. "Wait, that's not right. Lei Bao, do you cultivate the physical body Dao?" Lei Bao remained silent. Su Yu frowned. "Lei Bao, don't tell me you aren't walking the physical body Dao? The physical body Dao... isn't restricted, is it?" Lei Bao said in a deep voice, "There are restrictions. My race's physical body Dao is not the human physical body Dao. The human physical body Dao is vast and feels limitless, while my race's physical body Dao is weaker, far inferior to the human one..." "Is that so?" Su Yu regarded him suspiciously. "Could it be that you yielded your Dao to Hundred Battles' son as well?" "Emperor Yu is letting his imagination run wild!" Lei Bao said in a heavy tone, "These are all fabricated tales!" Su Yu said thoughtfully, "Suppose Hundred Battles has a formidable son. Suppose... I give him a name: Bai Da—Hundred Beatings! Hundred Battles, Hundred Beatings—it sounds fitting!" San Yue whispered, "Hundred Battles' surname isn't Bai!" "Mm!" Su Yu nodded. "I know. The Human Ancestor's surname was Zhou, right?" "It's all the same!" Su Yu smiled. "Take this Little Bai Da. If he displayed astounding talent from an early age, even showing signs of ancestral regression back to the era of the Human Ancestor... perhaps... I can finally understand why Hundred Battles waited these six thousand years at any cost!" Su Yu's eyes gleamed. "Was he waiting? Waiting for his son?" Su Yu's gaze shifted rapidly. "In truth, Hundred Battles squandered six thousand years! I was wondering: would a top-tier figure really spend six thousand years merely waiting for a few Celestial Venerables to emerge among his subordinates? Could a few Celestial Venerables change the tide of war? But if he was waiting for his young son, six thousand years could change everything!" Su Yu marveled, "Could he... be stronger than an ordinary Rule Master? If so, Hundred Battles' wait was genuinely worthwhile! That is a true trump card! A Rule Master so powerful that he might... rival Martial Emperor?" "If the Human Sovereign and his peers don't return, he would be an invincible existence!" "Even if the current Rule Masters reveal themselves, they might not be able to match Little Bai Da, right?" As Su Yu spoke, he frowned slightly. "However... logically speaking, no matter how gifted one is, one must engage in combat. Who would Bai Da fight? Could it be... holy shit, could it be that Hundred Battles' subordinates who hid within the Giant race weren't idling, but sparring with Bai Da? Using dozens of Dao Integration experts to fight him and temper his combat will?" "If so... he would still need real, life-and-death bloodshed! Hundred Battles is no fool; he must understand that flowers raised in a greenhouse are useless trash!" "Then who did Bai Da fight?" Su Yu stroked his chin repeatedly. "That would require an unknown place packed with experts... Chaos?" Su Yu's eyes flashed. "No way... Did he enter the Chaos to fight? There are numerous ancient beasts in the Chaos and plenty of powerhouses—creatures like Chaos Dragon must exist there. In that case... if he fought deep within Chaos, as a physical body cultivator, he wouldn't suffer much suppression from Chaos!" "Because his body is exceedingly robust!" Su Yu raised an eyebrow. "Does the Eight-Winged Tiger know him? Has it met him? Chaos Dragon went into seclusion for years, while the Eight-Winged Tiger seemed continuously active in Chaos!" "If this holds true... it means Hundred Battles knows that the Chaos can lead to the Upper Realm!" Su Yu added, "Furthermore, when Hundred Battles was first unsealed by me, he and Yueluo fought their way to the edge of Chaos and vanished... Damn it, did he go to see his son?" Su Yu gasped, "You've got to be kidding me!" "..." The group listened in stunned silence. Su Yu made it sound as if it were absolute fact! The crucial thing was... why did it sound so convincingly real? It was as though there truly were such a person named Bai Da! At that moment, Su Yu suddenly turned to Lei Bao, a strange look in his eyes. "Is this Bai Da still in the Chaos?" "Huh?" Lei Bao appeared thoroughly bewildered. Su Yu's gaze hardened. "Is he there?" "What?" Su Yu sneered, "I said Bai Da!" "Emperor Yu truly misunderstands!" Lei Bao said helplessly, "I admit that King Hundred Battles has an heir within my race, but his strength is negligible. He resides in the Lower Realm's Giant race and is merely an Eternal..." "What is his name?" "I am not clear on this..." Su Yu said coldly, "Bullshit. I remember King Dazhou telling me that King Hundred Battles had an heir with the daughter of the Archaic Giant King, who is the current crown prince of the Archaic Giant race. And yet you claim to know nothing!" "And this crown prince of the Archaic Giant race... seems to have no reputation whatsoever, falling short even of Gu Shan, an expert at the Sun Moon Realm!" "Furthermore, would your Archaic Giant race pick just anyone as crown prince? As the clan patriarch, you know nothing? Even if you didn't know before, did you not return to the Archaic Giant race after descending to the Lower Realm? You went back, yet you claim not to know the name of Hundred Battles' heir?" Su Yu said sinisterly, "Is that even possible? Lei Bao, you've overplayed your feigned ignorance!" A sheen of sweat faintly surfaced on Lei Bao's forehead, only to vanish an instant later without a trace. Su Yu's brow furrowed. "Did I hit the mark? Is he truly a dual physical body Dao expert? Fuck! If so, that's terrifying. Could this be Hundred Battles' hidden trump card?" "Earlier, I was wondering: even if Hundred Battles defeated the myriad races and crushed the Prison King lineage, how would he deal with other crises? For example, Martial Emperor—did Hundred Battles truly not know of Martial Emperor's existence? What about the Dead Spirit Sovereign—did he not know of him? What about the Rule Masters of the Prison King lineage? Even Yueluo is his person, so could he be ignorant of them?" Su Yu sat down and tapped the table, looking pensive. "If this Bai Da truly exists and is currently in the Chaos... then Hundred Battles can indeed ascend to the Upper Realm. He knows that the Chaos provides a path to the Upper Realm!" Lei Bao kept quiet. Su Yu suddenly barked, "The Chaos can lead to the Upper Realm, yet you aren't curious in the slightest?" "..." Lei Bao said hurriedly, "Emperor Yu, I... I dare not inquire further." Su Yu scoffed. "You are the strongest expert of the Giant race, yet you don't even dare utter a question? Aren't you a bit too cowardly? Fine, I'll go inform the myriad races and the Prison King lineage. I'll tell them how strong Hundred Battles is, how much force he commands, and how terrifying his son is..." Lei Bao said in a deep voice, "The myriad races... won't believe it." Su Yu sneered. "Idiot! Then I'll reopen the Lower Realm and lead the myriad races to strike Hundred Battles first!" "..." Lei Bao was utterly dumbfounded! Su Yu narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Yes, hit Hundred Battles first! I'll tell them that to eliminate future threats and prevent Hundred Battles from backstabbing us, we must take him out before dealing with the Prison King lineage. Do you think the myriad races would agree?" Lei Bao said in a low voice, "The myriad races would suspect that Emperor Yu is plotting against them!" Su Yu bared his teeth. "Whether it's a plot or not, I insist on attacking Hundred Battles. Will they fight or not?" "..." Lei Bao lapsed into silence. Watching his reaction, Su Yu furrowed his brows slightly. "Damn it, he really exists! Looking at your expression, you aren't terrified, but you are worried... Being terrified and being worried are two entirely different things!" Lei Bao remained silent. *I didn't show any expression at all; how did you read that?* As if reading his thoughts, Marquis Tongtian laughed and said, "To explain is to conceal; silence is admission! Silence is also guilt! Celestial Venerable Lei Bao, it seems His Majesty truly hit the nail on the head!" Marquis Tongtian looked at Su Yu with deep admiration. "Your Majesty is brilliant! It appears there really is a Little Bai Da!" Su Yu murmured, "We knew Hundred Battles had an heir, but no one ever paid attention!" At this point, Su Yu frowned. "Of course, this is merely my speculation. Whether he exists or not is hard to confirm right now. Perhaps Hundred Battles really is just incompetent—with so many people yielding their Daos and six thousand years of biding his time, he only achieved this much!" Was Hundred Battles really that useless? Giant Axe and the others pondered, finding it hard to say. Su Yu took a deep breath. "I was only indulging in some gossip. Did I overthink it?" He had merely wanted to gossip about what Hundred Battles' son was named, who his woman was, and what she looked like. Yet after a bit of gossiping, he had ended up deducing so much. The crucial point was Lei Bao. Su Yu looked at him meaningfully. "The fact that I deduced so much is largely thanks to you, Venerable Lei Bao. Let me ask you: things have reached this stage, so why not just satisfy my curiosity? Why are you still hiding it?" Su Yu narrowed his eyes. "It's not as if we're unaware of the matter! We know about it, yet you even try to conceal his name! Lei Bao, aren't you acting a bit too guilty?" Lei Bao parted his lips and said hurriedly, "Emperor Yu truly misunderstands. I am merely... merely worried that the myriad races will target me!" Su Yu smiled. "How could they? It's not as if the myriad races aren't already targeting you. Would revealing a name make them target you any harder?" He chuckled. "Go on, tell me now: what is Hundred Battles' son called?" Lei Bao gave a strained laugh. "This... it's actually nothing special. He's just an ordinary Eternal named Zhou Ji!" "Zhou Ji? Which Ji?" "The... the Ji from *sheji*—the altars of soil and grain!" Su Yu's eyes shifted slightly. "A grand name! Altars of soil and grain—in the eyes of the ancients, even the Son of Heaven had to pay homage to the soil and grain. *Ji* represents the God of the Five Grains! Food is paramount to the people; everyone must eat. Even we, though we practice inedia, must absorb origin qi—that too is sustenance, that too is *ji*!" Zhou Ji! The god before whom the myriad races pay homage! "The celestial altars of the Zhou lineage... The surname Zhou is already extraordinary, and paired with Ji, his wild ambition is clear as day!" Su Yu muttered, "My name is Yu, which is also extraordinary, but it is quite common. Ji, on the other hand, is rarely seen!" "What is his strength?" "Eternal!" Su Yu's gaze turned chilling. "Are you stupid, or do you take me for a fool? Hundred Battles' son is six to seven thousand years old, and you tell me he's an Eternal? Is Hundred Battles incompetent with inferior bloodline potency, or did that woman of your race cuckold him?" Su Yu scoffed, "Hundred Battles approached the level of a Rule Master over six thousand years ago, and his son is an Eternal? By that logic, this Zhou Ji isn't his son, but yours? If your son were that useless, I might actually believe it!" Lei Bao was mortified! What a way to put it! Su Yu sneered, "A being who likely experienced ancestral regression, yet you portray him as a total piece of trash! I've come to realize: does Hundred Battles' lineage love self-deprecation? Hundred Battles was described by everyone as a useless, reckless, hot-tempered brute... and what was the reality? Now his son is painted as trash too. Hundred Battles' son, still an Eternal after six thousand years—would you believe that yourself?" Lei Bao said nothing. Su Yu furrowed his brows. "What is his actual strength?" Lei Bao remained silent for a moment. Suddenly, Su Yu stopped paying attention to him and began rapidly calculating with his fingers. An instant later, a divine character manifested, and with a thunderous boom, it shattered! Su Yu muttered, "So that's how it is. Fuck, the reason his name was kept unknown was fear of divination! And you actually spoke his real name!" Lei Bao was even more shaken. "Emperor Yu... knows divination techniques?" *How could that be!* *How old are you, and how do you know everything!* At that moment, a droplet of blood seeped from Su Yu's fingertip. Su Yu's gaze shifted erratically. "Lei Bao, you people truly know how to play the game! Impressive! Good grief, layers upon layers. Fine, even if Hundred Battles exposes himself, there's still his son... Truly magnificent!" "Your schemes are one after another! Yueluo, Hundred Battles, the Giant race, the Human Ancestor, Zhou Ji... Tsk tsk, when it comes to plotting, you people are top-notch. But... isn't it all too convoluted?" Su Yu bared his teeth in a grin. "Since you have strength, why not try being a bit more forceful?" Lei Bao's expression fluctuated wildly. After a long while, he spoke: "Emperor Yu truly misunderstands. It is time for me to return; Emperor Yu won't stop me from leaving, will you?" Su Yu thought about it, then nodded. "I will!" "..." Lei Bao was dumbfounded! When two armies face off, one does not execute the envoy! Besides, they were partners in cooperation! Su Yu narrowed his eyes. "Forget it, I won't make things difficult for you—just one requirement! Agree to it, and I'll let you go!" "Please speak, Emperor Yu!" Lei Bao was practically sweating buckets! Su Yu grinned. "Simple. Tomorrow, during the send-off, act as my man. Lure Heavenly Venerable Long aside, away from the other Celestial Venerables. At the critical moment, we will strike Heavenly Venerable Long, and you will pin him down for an instant!" "..." Lei Bao's mouth fell open. "Emperor Yu intends to strike the myriad races?" *What the fuck!* *Has he lost his mind?* Su Yu shook his head. "Nothing of the sort. I just dislike him. The moment I arrived, he dared attack me. Before I leave tomorrow, I want to beat him up!" *Guess if I believe you!* Yet... aside from beating him up, could Su Yu really kill him in front of everyone? Lei Bao was momentarily dazed! Su Yu chuckled. "Will you do it or not? If not, I'll spill everything! If you do it, I'll take the blame for you—you can just pretend to be my subordinate. I'm not afraid!" "..." Lei Bao's face shifted continuously. Su Yu smiled and said, "Fine, I'll take that as your agreement! Do the job tomorrow, and I'll claim you were merely an envoy delivering messages for me. Otherwise, I will expose everything about Little Bai Da and Hundred Battles! Do you think the myriad races will believe it? Even if they don't, won't they pay attention? Will the Prison King lineage believe it? As for Yueluo colluding with Hundred Battles, even if people doubt it, do you think the Prison King lineage won't investigate? Could there really be no traces left behind?" Lei Bao fell silent for a while before saying in a deep voice, "Emperor Yu... think twice before you act! We are all of the human race..." "Shut up!" Su Yu said coldly, "Only those I acknowledge belong to the human race! Those I do not acknowledge are enemies! Giants are not humans—do you understand that principle? Strictly speaking, Immortals, Demons, and Gods might all be human too! Among the myriad races, all humanoid beings might have been human at the beginning! Since they separated, they are no longer the same race. Understand?" Lei Bao fell silent once more. After a long pause, he nodded. "I understand. I will relay Emperor Yu's words to the myriad races!" "That would be best!" Su Yu chuckled. "I divined Little Bai Da just now; did he notice? It's fine if he did—let it give him a scare. My nephew's strength is quite something. Still, since his father and I are of the same generation, it's only right for him to call me uncle! Or perhaps he's of your grandson's generation; since you and I are peers, he could even call me grandfather. Isn't that how it works?" Lei Bao said nothing, turning around to walk out. San Yue said in a low voice, "Your Majesty!" Lei Bao halted in his tracks. Su Yu laughed and said, "What are you doing? Do you really want to detain him? Forget it, it was all wild speculation on my part. Let him go! Lei Bao, remember this: if you don't do a neat job tomorrow, I'm going to lose my temper!" Lei Bao departed swiftly! Watching him leave, Giant Axe finally asked in a daze, "Your Majesty... were you... just telling a story earlier?" It felt like listening to a myth! Su Yu said indifferently, "Not a story—a catastrophe!" At this moment, Xue Lan, who had remained quiet all this time, suddenly spoke up: "Why... why are you so certain that Hundred Battles' son must be a genius?" The fact that Hundred Battles had a son had been mentioned before. Yet Su Yu was completely convinced the son was a genius. Why? Seeing Su Yu look at her, she fell silent for a moment before speaking coolly, "My mother was also a Human King, yet after all these years, I have only reached the Heavenly King domain. My mother was an expert, likely stronger than Hundred Battles... Why couldn't his son be an Eternal?" Su Yu thought about it and said, "Perhaps you are just rather mediocre." "..." Silence fell! Yet Su Yu explained earnestly, "First, your mother cannot compare to Hundred Battles! Hundred Battles is the paramount figure of the past hundred thousand years! At least in these hundred thousand years, aside from our generation, he was the most outstanding!" "If not for the fact that the current era falls short of ancient times, Hundred Battles' achievements would not be inferior to King Wu's! Remember, in this era, a lack of competition among peers of equal talent has caused many to achieve less than their ancient counterparts!" "Second, Hundred Battles was accepted by the Giant race, while King Dou was not. This proves that in the eyes of the Giant race, Hundred Battles possessed richer bloodline potency and greater talent than King Dou!" "Third, Hundred Battles' son represents a union between two powerhouses—one being Hundred Battles, and the other certainly the most exceptional woman of the Giant race! Your father... might not have been strong!" Xue Lan's expression stiffened. Su Yu continued, "Fourth, I was merely speculating casually, yet Lei Bao was secretive and clearly guilty. Why?" "Fifth, when I performed a divination, my divine character shattered instantly. That is exceptionally rare for me!" "Sixth, Hundred Battles waited for six thousand years just to produce a few Celestial Venerables? Was that truly necessary?" Su Yu smiled. "When Hundred Battles was sealed last time, how old was he?" San Yue happened to know and calculated, "Under a thousand years old!" "Indeed, a man under a thousand years old waited six thousand years just for a single opportunity, all for a few Celestial Venerables. Was it worth it?" Xue Lan frowned. "But... perhaps he simply hit a bottleneck and couldn't advance any further!" Su Yu nodded. "That possibility exists!" Xue Lan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling validated by Su Yu at last. Yet Su Yu immediately smiled and said, "Then that would only prove Hundred Battles is a piece of trash. And trash... does not deserve unwavering loyalty! Why did those ancient experts stand by him through thick and thin?" "..." To this, Xue Lan had no reply. Su Yu added, "Do you know how many experts he commands? Was not a single one unruly or arrogant?" "There were!" Su Yu laughed. "Then why would they stay with him, willingly hibernating for six thousand years? Were the ancient experts really that stupid? Furthermore, they were willing to abandon the Human Sovereign's heritage and switch allegiance to the Human Ancestor! Why?" "..." Xue Lan could not explain. Su Yu sighed softly. "It's hard to say! Perhaps his son was there all along, proving even more exceptional than him!" Having said that, Su Yu smiled. "Forget it. In this day and age, who doesn't keep a card up their sleeve?" "Aside from a few idiots, everyone holds something back. Look, haven't I kept a card too?" As he spoke, Su Yu raised the bracelet on his wrist and smiled. "Relay all my speculations to King Dazhou and the others! Also, ask the Eight-Winged Tiger if it ever encountered a ruthless character in the Chaos!" From the bracelet, Lan Tian's voice soon emerged: "I will pass the message immediately. Your Majesty, could this cause any problems?" Su Yu chuckled. "What is there to fear! Even with Hundred Battles and his son working together, they dare not show their heads. That means even if his son is strong, his strength has limits! He might be slightly stronger than Hundred Battles, but most likely inferior to Martial Emperor... Isn't it just two Rule Masters?" He made it sound so simple! Lan Tian felt helpless too; having two Rule Masters was already terrifyingly formidable, wasn't it? Su Yu laughed. "It's fine. There are still plenty of formidable enemies around, so Hundred Battles won't show himself easily! It's just that certain plans need minor adjustments. As expected, plans can never keep up with changes! If push comes to shove... I'll have to make a trip to the Dead Spirit Realm and have a talk about life with Martial Emperor! I originally wanted to kill him, but on second thought, never mind—a pure brute like Martial Emperor is actually quite benign! Fake brutes like Hundred Battles, much like myself, aren't good people at all!" "..." Everyone looked at him. Was this... self-deprecation? No, was it self-awareness? Meanwhile, Su Yu chuckled gleefully. "It's getting more and more interesting, don't you think? It's just an appetizer. I reckon that soon, the Human Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, the Time Master, the Master of the Dead Spirits, King Wen—all these figures will make their appearances! This era is simply too thrilling! Hundred Battles and his son are just minor distractions; the truly big fish are yet to come. Perhaps there's even a Chaos Master! Besides, there are the Hell Gate and the Heavenly Gate—who knows, maybe we'll add a Tongtian Gate to the mix, right?" Su Yu glanced at Marquis Tongtian. Marquis Tongtian nodded furiously, his face beaming. "Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty helps me grow stronger, I will help Your Majesty seal every single one of them behind my gate! From then on, the entire world will belong to Your Majesty's era alone, and all those fellows can be kicked right inside!" "You shameless thing!" Su Yu cursed with a laugh. "King Wen helped you back then, yet you truly have no conscience. One day, you might just seal me away too!" "..." Marquis Tongtian felt sheepish. *Forget it, my flattery struck the horse's hoof!* Su Yu rose to his feet, let out a chuckle, and gazed toward Human Mountain in the distance! At this moment, Human Mountain was surely anything but peaceful! "This era will only grow more interesting and more dangerous... I wonder how long you foolish fellows can survive?" Su Yu murmured in a voice barely audible. The grand drama had begun!