King Wen Wants to Save Face Too

As Su Yu's strength rose, the Human Sovereign indeed grew a bit anxious. If this kid kept going like this, he himself would become completely useless! This progress was just too fast! Of course, he paid closer attention to another detail: quite a lot of Daos had been opened within Su Yu's heaven and earth. Even if King Wen offered assistance, it was impossible for every bit of Great Dao power to correspond to Su Yu's Daos unless Su Yu possessed an enormous number of Dao laws. How had that boy pulled it off? It was only at this moment that the Human Sovereign took the time to observe the people under Su Yu closely. He watched carefully, analyzing until, after a long while, he arrived at a conclusion: the subordinates under Su Yu were cultivating the heaven and earth jointly with him! Yes, joint cultivation. This meant their insights were interconnected! They knew Su Yu's insights, and Su Yu knew theirs. The Human Sovereign was familiar with this method of cultivation, but it carried both pros and cons. It was not purely beneficial; there were drawbacks as well. For instance, once these people grew strong, it would be easy for them to seize the Daos and make them their own, because Su Yu had opened the full power of the Great Daos to them. Furthermore, if many of these powerhouses under Su Yu chose betrayal, it would lead to one inevitable result: Su Yu's heaven and earth would spin out of control and be usurped. If they joined forces, their collective authority might even outweigh Su Yu's. The Human Sovereign continually evaluated the situation, yet he could not help but marvel. For Su Yu to rise at such a young age, he certainly possessed decisive judgment and tremendous courage. Su Yu was likely crystal clear about these risks, but he seemed not to care. For someone as domineering as Su Yu, the fact that his heaven and earth could potentially be overturned by others—and yet he had accepted it... "A just cause attracts much support, while an unjust one finds little?" Only now did the Human Sovereign vaguely understand Su Yu's mindset. If all his subordinates betrayed him, that would mean he, Su Yu, had failed utterly—failed to the absolute extreme. In that case, his world succeeded because of them and failed because of them. At that point, Su Yu probably would not care about a mere heaven and earth anyway! The Human Sovereign turned thoughts over in his mind, pondering. Su Yu! Perhaps he could borrow Su Yu's method. Forget about first-rank powerhouses like King Ming; unless he himself surpassed the first rank, it would be difficult for King Ming and the others to restore their current strength. However, for those below the first rank, integrating them into his world would not cause too much disruption. Thoughts surfaced in the Human Sovereign's mind one after another. At this moment, he no longer had any intention of dying. *I fucking need to get stronger!* *A supreme powerhouse like me still has all my experience and insights; I can recover very quickly. But my biggest worry is that before I recover, that grandson Su Yu will truly surpass me.* "Impossible!" The Human Sovereign thought to himself. *That grandson Su Yu has no clue how strong I was back then! Back then, I was terrifyingly powerful. When dealing with the myriad races, it was only a multitude of unforeseen factors that kept me from crushing them. Otherwise, heh, I could take on ten at once... ten first-ranks!* After mulling this over for a while, he felt a bit of concern again. Su Yu was probably enlarging the Heavenly Gate right now, which might not be a good thing. Oh well, forget about that for now. Second Brother Wen was still over there, still alive, so he should have ways to handle it. *** Meanwhile. In the Upper Realm. Su Yu's heaven and earth was expanding madly. Yet Su Yu furrowed his brows—not because the expansion was lacking, but because he felt that after the fusion of the Great Daos, his world was expanding too violently! "Does this mean the people inside the gates want to enter because of this?" To boost their strength? Or to perfect their Daos? Su Yu evaluated the situation and murmured, "The Daos of the myriad realms are Yang, while the Daos of the Three Gates are Yin? This is the Heavenly Gate's Dao. Meanwhile, inside the Earth Gate, it seems to be all Chaotic Daos. Could Chaotic Daos also be divided into Yin and Yang? And what lies within the Human Gate?" Thoughts flashed through Su Yu's mind. If the experts inside the Heavenly Gate came out into the myriad realms, found their corresponding Great Dao powers, and merged with them, would they also instantly grow stronger? Su Yu's eyes flickered. "So when they emerge, they will try to slaughter experts who walk the same Dao?" Dao contention! At this moment, Su Yu suddenly had an epiphany: this was Great Dao contention! A contention along the very same Great Dao! All atop the River of Time! "Then what about a heaven and earth?" His heaven and earth's Daos were different from those of the River of Time, but they also belonged to the Yang aspect; indeed, the entire heaven and earth was Yang. In that case, would someone covet it as well? Devour a heaven and earth? As he merged the Great Dao powers from behind the gate, Su Yu vaguely understood something. Three Gates, three eras. How could an old era return? How could they once again become masters of the world? By replacing them! Earlier, the Human Sovereign had said that everyone inside the Three Gates was an enemy. Back then, Su Yu had thought it was about seizing power. Now he understood: it was not seizing power, but seizing the Dao! Su Yu closed his eyes. A struggle to seize the Dao! The Daos of the old eras had already become the past. The three-body art... seemed to follow roughly the same principle. Strictly speaking, those people existed only in the past. If they wanted to return to the present, they had to seize the Daos of present-era Great Dao experts—the equivalent of fusing the present! "The inspiration for the three-body art must have come from this!" At this moment, Su Yu gained a deeper comprehension of the three-body art. Its source of inspiration was definitely this. And this actually implied a terrifying reality: the beings inside the Three Gates... no, especially those inside the Heavenly Gate, would inevitably turn hostile against the experts of the myriad realms the moment they emerged! And the experts of the myriad realms, in fact, also coveted their Daos! "Either they devour us, or we devour them... Great Dao contention!" Su Yu licked his lips. Interesting! Why would the Great Daos split into Yin and Yang aspects? Both were Daos upon the River of Time—where exactly did the divergence occur? The gates? As thoughts churned, the expansion of his heaven and earth finally halted. Su Yu looked closely. By now, his world encompassed more than half of the Upper Realm; apart from a few blind corners, nearly everything was enveloped! And only now did Su Yu feel that he had truly grown stronger! Not just stronger, but substantially stronger. This was rule power accumulated by King Wen over countless years. Perhaps King Wen had initially gathered it to perfect his own heaven and earth, but unable to export it, he had ended up giving Su Yu an enormous boon. With a wave of his hand, Su Yu could vaguely gauge it. At this moment, within his heaven and earth, Great Dao power condensed. As Su Yu channeled his power, the Great Daos gathered, and he could feel his strength surging dramatically. Around him, roughly twenty small golden dragons manifested, swimming in the air. Those were Great Dao phantoms! "The power of twenty Daos?" Su Yu sensed his strength and made a rough estimate; it was likely around that much. With another flick of his sleeve, Su Yu dispersed the little golden dragons. These things were the manifestation of power when striking with full force. If one wanted to show off, one could keep them hovering all the time, but only a fool would do that. Wouldn't that let others see through one's strength at a glance? A true powerhouse had to remain obscure. Unfathomable! If people could see right through you, could you still be considered an expert? "The power of twenty Daos..." Su Yu muttered to himself. This was vastly stronger than before. Once one reached sixteen Daos, raising one's strength by even a single Dao was as hard as ascending to the heavens. Yet this time, by absorbing this Great Dao power, he had taken a huge leap forward within his world! Then, Su Yu shifted out of his heaven and earth in an instant. Reaching out, sixteen small golden dragons vaguely materialized around him, with a seventeenth faintly taking shape as well. Su Yu smiled. In other words, in the outside world without the empowerment of his heaven and earth, he could now be considered a first-rank expert as well. First rank... wasn't so hard after all! He suddenly realized that reaching the first rank seemed quite simple. Su Yu chuckled, but then his expression turned solemn. The reason he had advanced so fast was that he had overdrawn some of his future potential! The three-body art fused past and future. Su Yu had fused them! He had also fused the opposing Great Dao powers from within the Heavenly Gate. In truth, many people had never done this. Had the Human Sovereign done it? Had he absorbed them? If not... it meant that once the Heavenly Gate opened, many people inside and outside the gate could advance. Provided they found the corresponding Great Dao and killed their counterpart. By that time, even if Su Yu killed an opponent, he probably wouldn't experience a leap like this. "Therefore... I must enter the Heavenly Gate before it opens!" At this moment, Su Yu made up his mind. He could not wait until the Heavenly Gate opened to deal with those people. He had to enter the Heavenly Gate beforehand! While the enemies had yet to merge with the Daos of the myriad realms and had not yet advanced, he would slaughter them all! Even if he couldn't kill every single one, getting rid of the primary adversaries would ensure that even when the gate opened and they grew stronger, he would have nothing to fear from them! As Su Yu contemplated this, his aura surged, then began to stabilize! At this moment, King Dazhou and the others rushed over. Just as they were about to offer their congratulations, Su Yu suddenly manifested his Heavenly Gate! That Heavenly Gate was far more solid than before! With a low shout, Su Yu unleashed the power of all ten thousand Daos. His 360 physical apertures and 360 divine apertures all emerged, 720 points of light blazing like dazzling suns! He began to pry the Heavenly Gate wider! "Open!" A low shout reverberated through heaven and earth! With a rumble, the Heavenly Gate expanded further. Not only that, but faintly visible upon the gate's projection, a tiny crack appeared! This crack could only allow Su Yu and Gui on the other side to channel a bit of power. This was the limitation of a Heavenly Gate projection. If it were the true Heavenly Gate, opening a crack would be just like the crack in the Gate of Hell—almost anyone could find a way to enter and leave! In an instant, the Heavenly Gate was enlarged considerably by Su Yu! *** At the same time. Inside the Heavenly Gate. Far from the Heavenly Gate, Gui's heart suddenly stirred with a faint premonition. He raised an eyebrow. What was going on? At this moment, while manipulating his avatar to learn about the myriad realms, he was also inquiring about Su Yu. Knowing oneself and one's enemy would help him negotiate terms with Su Yu. Yet right now, Gui suddenly felt uneasy. What had happened? He swiftly returned to the location of Su Yu's Heavenly Gate projection and soon sensed an anomaly. Previously, Su Yu's projection was practically invisible to others, looming faint and indistinct. Now, however, it seemed much more solid. He solidified the Heavenly Gate? Gui frowned slightly. Surely not. Did Su Yu grow stronger? He thought for a moment and sent forth a sliver of power. As soon as it entered, Su Yu's voice drifted through: "Gui, you're back? Did you bring rule fragments?" Gui's face froze. Nonsense! I've only been gone for a little while, where would I get fragments?! "Su Yu, what are you doing..." Su Yu's voice carried a hint of arrogance and smugness: "This Sovereign has reached the third rank!" "The power of four Daos!" Su Yu laughed insolently. "Gui, didn't expect that, did you? I tricked you! Part of the rule power King Wen sent was actually swallowed by me. Did you really think I couldn't use any of it?" "..." Gui was speechless. Nonsense, I knew that! Of course you would swallow whatever suited you. Did that even need to be said? Still, Su Yu advancing to the third rank so quickly was somewhat surprising. Su Yu had only been at the fourth rank before. Reaching the third rank this fast proved that he fused things extremely quickly and possessed remarkable aptitude. So that was it! He had entered the third rank, no wonder Su Yu's tone was different today, even more arrogant than before! Sensing the Heavenly Gate, Gui laughed and said, "Then congratulations!" Su Yu's voice came again with a chuckle: "Congratulations? Gui, I discovered a problem... For example, I cultivate the Physical Body Dao, and so do you. But you and I represent Yin and Yang... Does that mean if I devour you, or you devour me, either of us would receive a massive boost? Gui, this Heavenly Gate is truly fascinating. People like you and me, who are destined to be enemies, are actually cooperating right now!" Gui's expression changed slightly! Right. Su Yu had devoured some rule power, which meant Su Yu had indeed noticed some of the underlying mechanics. He had been somewhat careless about this before. Gui hurriedly laughed. "You misunderstand. Since you and I are partners, how could that happen? Besides, we are not the only ones cultivating the Physical Body Dao. In the myriad realms and inside this gate, plenty of people cultivate it. It's not as if this is a one-of-a-kind Dao. A Great Dao can branch into many forms; a slight distinction makes it a new Dao..." He still offered an explanation: I had no intention of devouring you, don't get the wrong idea! Su Yu sneered, then quickly brushed it aside, saying indifferently, "Gui, if you have the ability, descend to the myriad realms first! By the time you arrive, maybe I'll already be in the first rank! Fine, we're using each other right now, so there's no need to fret over this. Do one more thing for me..." Gui immediately frowned. "Su Yu, I've agreed to all your demands so far, but I am not your subordinate..." "It's nothing difficult!" Su Yu said coldly. "Just deliver something to King Wen for me!" "Hmm?" Gui knitted his brows. What thing? "What is it?" "A pair of shoes!" Su Yu said calmly, "They were King Wen's weapons from the past. He left them behind in the myriad realms. King Wen is probably having a hard time right now, so if I return this pair of shoes to him, perhaps it might grant him a slight boost to deal with his powerful enemies." A pair of shoes? Weapons? Gui pondered for a moment and said, "A physical object will be very difficult to project through the Heavenly Gate's phantom. What we projected before was merely rule power..." "Give it a try. A weapon at this level is no longer purely material!" Su Yu said indifferently, "Do me this favor. You should know how rare it is to meet a Heavenly Gate master as generous as me! You wanted to condense an avatar, so I let you condense one, not even bothering to supervise what your avatar did! You wanted to add more people, so I let you... Gui, you must know a thing or two about this: aside from me, Su Yu, who else would be reckless enough to agree to your requests so casually?" Gui silently complained to himself: *So you know you're reckless!* At this point, Gui couldn't hold back—or rather, it was also a test—and asked directly, "Su Yu, aren't you worried at all?" Aren't you afraid of me descending to the myriad realms? Su Yu's voice carried a haughty edge as he sneered, "The Heavenly Gate will open sooner or later. Gui, don't put on airs with me. You're probably just a small fry inside the Heavenly Gate. Right now, I'm using you to advance myself, and you're using me... We both benefit. If we don't take a gamble, how can we compete against the big figures? In this Great Dao contention, are we destined only to watch from the sidelines as minor characters? I won't accept that. Having cultivated to this level, can you accept it?" "I won't accept it!" Those words fell into silence. Was Gui resigned to it? Of course not! Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken the risk to seek out King Wen and fulfill Su Yu's requests just to prevent Su Yu's Heavenly Gate from closing. After considering for a while, Gui sighed. "This is the last time! Su Yu, I don't know what you and King Wen are up to, but I can sense it's extremely dangerous. Having me constantly running back and forth between you and King Wen isn't just dangerous for me... it's dangerous for you too!" "Me?" Su Yu sounded puzzled. Gui explained, "King Wen and King Wu are currently being watched by a supreme expert! If I keep running back and forth between King Wen and you... I'll be discovered sooner or later! Once that expert discovers me... I'll be captured in no time, and they might even trace me back to the location of your Heavenly Gate projection! Su Yu, you must understand, even if you don't summon such an expert... they are so overwhelmingly powerful that they have ways to forcefully descend through your Heavenly Gate... When that happens, even if it's not their true body but just a projection, you're dead!" "For a being like that, a single projection avatar could possess second-rank power, or even greater... As long as your gate cannot close, they could even project first-rank power through!" Gui said worriedly, "If we run into someone like that, both of us will be in tremendous trouble. So it's best not to make any more contact with King Wen's side!" It was the truth, though with some exaggeration. The powerhouse from Mount Everlasting might not necessarily discover him, and even if they did, they might not find the location of Su Yu's Heavenly Gate projection. Still, in order to stop Su Yu from constantly demanding that he meet King Wen, he had to warn Su Yu. This was a very dangerous matter! Frequent contact with King Wen would stir up big trouble sooner or later. He worried about Mount Everlasting, and he also worried that Su Yu and King Wen had some scheme going on. Even though all contact between the two sides currently went through him and seemed harmless enough... The only thing was sending some rule power to Su Yu. Even messages were carried by him, and having listened to them, there didn't seem to be any hidden tricks. Yet as a first-rank powerhouse, he had an instinctual premonition—danger! *** Meanwhile, Su Yu raised an eyebrow. Walking toward the lower realm, he sent a voice transmission: "In other words, once a powerful being discovers the location of my gate, they can forcefully descend?" "Yes!" Gui added, "Of course, not their true body!" Su Yu chuckled. "What about you? If mighty beings cannot descend in their true bodies through my Heavenly Gate and must use the real Heavenly Gate, can a being like you descend in person through my gate?" "No, I can't!" Gui felt somewhat guilty, but he forced an explanation nonetheless: "I can't do it either. I can only descend through the true gate. With yours, I can only send an avatar; it's just that the more power I project, the stronger the descending avatar will be..." Yes, that was it! Anyway, Su Yu wouldn't know the truth! Su Yu scoffed. No need to ask—it was a hundred percent certain that a true body could descend. By now, he generally understood the function of the Heavenly Gate: as the summoner, Su Yu could summon a powerhouse to descend in their true body, perhaps even more than one! Su Yu considered this and asked, "Gui, tell me the truth: can I enter the Heavenly Gate?" Gui raised his brows. "The Heavenly Gate is far too dangerous, Su Yu..." "So I can?" Su Yu had known all along. Back in the day, the Human Sovereign seemed to have had this intention, but had been repelled and forced to retreat. Furthermore... King Wu and King Wen had both entered, hadn't they? Su Yu smiled. "King Wen and the others also went in through the Heavenly Gate back then, right? But why can't they come out?" This was what Su Yu really cared about! Entry without exit—that was rather troublesome! Gui thought about it and realized it was true: King Wen and the others had entered, so claiming there was no way in wouldn't fool Su Yu anyway. He pondered and explained, "That is just how it is inside the gate. One can enter, but cannot leave. Inside the gate... it is a place of imprisonment, a place of sealing!" Enter but not leave? That was indeed troublesome. To get out, could one only wait until the Heavenly Gate opened? As thoughts surfaced, Su Yu said no more, stating indifferently, "I know you have your difficulties and worries, but... just this once. Deliver this pair of boots to King Wen, and after this, you won't need to run back and forth anymore!" The boots represented some of the core Daos of King Wen's heaven and earth. Although not the entire heaven and earth was being channeled over, as long as King Wen wished, he could draw out a portion of its power through these boots. And whenever King Wen drew upon it, Su Yu only had to open the Heavenly Gate for him, allowing King Wen's world power to envelop him naturally. In fact, at crucial moments, Su Yu could also borrow some of King Wen's heaven and earth power. Gui pondered for a moment and said solemnly, "Su Yu, this is the last time... Although I want to cooperate with you, I don't want to die! King Wen's enemy is too strong!" Su Yu chuckled, suddenly delivering a slap to the face: "Oh? How strong? Much stronger than King Wen, yet failed to kill King Wen all these years? The Human Sovereign was stronger than King Wen, so by that logic, the Human Sovereign and that opponent should be roughly on par? Didn't you claim you could rival the Human Sovereign?" "..." This... fuck! Talk about a slap to the face! Gui's face turned green. At those words, he mumbled evasively, "That's not what I meant. That Xingyu... Xingyu probably isn't as formidable as King Wen..." It was a matter of face; having bragged so big, could he back down now? He added, "And it's not that I'm afraid of that person. It's just... there's no need to fall out with them, right?" Su Yu laughed. Right, my ass! He thought for a moment and asked, "That fellow you mentioned, by the Great Dao's metric, how many Daos of power do they have?" "That, I'm not clear on..." Su Yu was speechless. "Then how many Daos of power do you have?" "That's a secret!" "..." Forget it, understood: you don't even know how strong an expert of that realm is, and the more you say, the more mistakes you make! Su Yu stopped asking. Inquiring further would only yield blind babble, which was useless and would only distort his judgment. "Fine, just this once. The absolute last time!" *** Su Yu said no more. At this moment, he arrived once again at the Sea of Stars. The Book Spirit materialized instantly, holding a pair of boots in his hands, slightly out of breath. "I have branded the core of this heaven and earth onto this pair of boots, making it an extension of myself... I leave this in Your Majesty's hands!" When King Wen left back then, he did not take his heaven and earth with him, presumably having plans of his own. Later, after he entered the Heavenly Gate, King Wen's own Heavenly Gate had likely been isolated, preventing him from drawing on its power any longer. Only now, through Su Yu, did he have the opportunity to tap into the power of his world. As for King Ming and the Human Sovereign, they had been stationed upstream all along, unable to channel the power of his heaven and earth to him. The Book Spirit understood all these truths as well. Thus, the only person who could help King Wen now was Su Yu! "A small matter!" Su Yu smiled. "It's in our best interest that King Wen stays alive so he can pin down the experts in the Heavenly Gate for us." With that, he took the boots. At this moment, the boots had gold trim on a black surface, looking somewhat similar to Su Yu's own footwear. Su Yu chuckled, waved his hand, and turned the boots white. The Book Spirit paused in surprise. Su Yu smiled. "Give him a pair of little white shoes; it suits his temperament!" The Book Spirit didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Just because King Wen liked wearing white robes didn't mean he liked wearing white shoes. Still, this was a trivial detail, and he couldn't be bothered to argue. Su Yu swiftly manifested the boots into the Heavenly Gate. Transmitting them across was no small feat. However, Su Yu was truly powerful enough now. Spending a bit of time and energy, causing the Great Daos to vibrate, a tiny fissure opened in the Heavenly Gate, and soon, the boots were passed through into the Heavenly Gate! *** At the same time. Inside the Heavenly Gate. King Wen's gaze shifted, and he abruptly looked back toward a certain location, a smile surfacing in his eyes. "I found it!" "Found what?" King Wu asked curiously. King Wen smiled radiantly but did not answer. *I found the location of Su Yu's Heavenly Gate projection!* *I sense it—I sense the power of my heaven and earth! Su Yu, that fellow's methods are truly impressive. In such a short time, he actually opened my world, summoned the Book Spirit back, and even transmitted a core piece of my heaven and earth over.* *Su Yu is stronger than expected!* He raised his brows slightly and looked at King Wu. Only after a pause did he say, "Next time, don't go claiming that Su Yu is my son anymore, or else... you'll be in serious danger!" "Huh?" King Wu burst out laughing. "Don't talk like that. You make it sound like I'm inferior to him! You should know I'm only a tiny step away from reaching that realm. Over here, you might not even be as formidable as me..." "Heh!" King Wen sneered. "Fine, whatever makes you happy!" At this moment, King Wen beamed broadly. A portion of his world power could now extend over. Su Yu must have understood his meaning: since he had channeled his world power over at this moment, it meant the myriad realms were pacified, and no one would discover any anomalies in his heaven and earth. His heaven and earth lay within the Sea of Stars. If there had still been many hostile experts in the myriad realms, Su Yu would have understood King Wen's purpose—whom he was scheming against—and exposing it would have been a loss. Now, Su Yu had channeled the power across without hesitation, which signaled one thing: the myriad realms had been pacified! King Wen exhaled, smiling brightly. "Peace has returned to the myriad realms!" "..." King Wu looked bewildered. How did you guess that again? Just earlier you said the myriad realms were in deep trouble and in grave danger, and now, before long, you say peace has returned... You are way too fickle! King Wen smiled again. "Things shouldn't be much of a problem on Eldest Brother's end anymore! Though it's hard to say... depends on how Su Yu arranges things." The corners of King Wu's mouth twitched. He heard King Wen continue, "Since the Heavenly Gate hasn't opened yet, Eldest Brother and the others must still be blocking the passage upstream, cutting off the return path of the myriad races... Su Yu is in the myriad realms now. Did he go meet Eldest Brother, or didn't he?" He thought for a moment and quickly said, "He must have gone! In that case, Su Yu probably resolved some trouble, decided that Eldest Brother's side wasn't under too much pressure, and only then returned to the myriad realms?" These were his deductions. Su Yu was so powerful now; there was no way he hadn't gone upstream! He definitely went, helped Eldest Brother solve considerable trouble, and having determined the danger was manageable, returned to the myriad realms to find ways to boost his strength, thereby making contact with him. The Heavenly Gate summoning technique must have been passed to him by Eldest Brother. King Wen evaluated further and added, "Right now, Eldest Brother's side should be at parity with the myriad races, and Su Yu is eager for a breakthrough to break that balance!" King Wu was utterly dumbfounded. Did you fucking leave an avatar behind in the myriad realms? Otherwise, you're just wildly guessing! We've been together this entire time, so why should whatever you say be taken as gospel? King Wen ignored him, walking toward the perimeter as he spoke: "We can no longer waste time. Whether Eldest Brother wins or loses, he will soon return to the myriad realms... When that happens, the Heavenly Gate is bound to open!" "We have squandered too much time..." King Wen sighed with emotion and continued, "Su Yu's strength is also rising rapidly. The situation with the myriad races isn't clear yet—were they repelled, or slaughtered?" King Wu understood every single word, but he was genuinely flabbergasted. Are you just pulling guesses out of thin air, or do you actually know? You speak with such certainty—you aren't even in the myriad realms, yet you've deduced its entire situation? King Wen paid him no mind. Su Yu had opened the Heavenly Gate and channeled the heaven and earth power across; that alone provided enough clues to extrapolate an immense amount. There were plenty of clues. King Wu was just too lazy to use his brain, so naturally he couldn't guess any of it. King Wen kept walking until he reached the perimeter, raising an eyebrow slightly: "Go cause some trouble for Mount Everlasting! Make a lot of noise, and run once you're done fighting!" "Oh!" King Wu had no idea why they had to cause trouble right now, but... I love causing trouble! The next moment, King Wu shot forward like a bolt, charging straight toward Mount Everlasting. King Wen stood motionless. In the blink of an eye, a thunderous boom erupted. In the distance, King Wu's colossal form manifested against the sky, immensely gigantic and terrifyingly powerful. He threw a punch that cracked open heaven and earth, roaring furiously, "Release Wen Yu, or I'll slaughter every last one of you!" *Boom!* The deafening roar echoed across heaven and earth. At that moment, far in the distance, Gui felt a spasm of panic. *A fight broke out?* *Run!* Just as he was about to flee, King Wen's voice sounded right beside his ear: "Hand over the shoes, and you may leave!" Gui's expression changed drastically! This time, he was here in his true body and hadn't even had time to send an avatar. After all, he was still on the perimeter, yet King Wen... had discovered him! He was terrified! The shoes? Right, it was these shoes! He hurriedly dropped the shoes and bolted, cursing inwardly: *Su Yu, that bastard! God knows what he and King Wen are scheming. I inspected these shoes and found nothing amiss!* *Yet King Wen sensed them ahead of time!* *Good heavens, this is far too dangerous!* *If King Wen wanted to track me down and kill me, wouldn't it be effortless?* The discarded boots vanished in an instant. King Wen's voice echoed in Gui's ear once more: "Tell Su Yu not to contact me again—it's too dangerous. You too, be careful not to get discovered!" He offered a bit of concern for Gui, worried that Gui might be exposed, and added, "If you run into trouble, you can come find me. Provided I have the time to help you..." Gui's face turned purple! What did that mean? So it turns out I need your protection now?! King Wen said no more, watching silently as Gui departed. In a flash, a pair of boots appeared on his feet—white ones! King Wen broke into a smile! At this moment, clad in white robes and white boots, he looked effortless and poised, his long hair fluttering in the breeze. Feeling the surge of power flowing from beneath his feet, King Wen murmured with a chuckle, "Mount Everlasting..." He turned his gaze sideways. *All these years, you've suppressed me quite thoroughly, haven't you?* With a brilliant smile, King Wen vanished from where he stood. Time was running short! He had to resolve the troubles on this side as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Su Yu and Eldest Brother came charging in while he was still tangled up with Mount Everlasting, it would be utterly humiliating. These days, when we scholars wander the pugilistic world, isn't face the one thing we care about? Su Yu had pacified the myriad realms, and Eldest Brother had handled the experts of the myriad races. If he couldn't even conquer the Heavenly Gate and was held back by a single Mount Everlasting, then when the Three Gates opened and he returned to the myriad realms, how shameless would he look?