Revive, My Grandson!

Great Extinction! With that final strike, Su Yu had sent the Luohun Valley Lord to the afterlife, taking himself down alongside him. What lay ahead? He had no idea! All he knew was that it felt utterly exhilarating. This time, he had chosen extinction of his own accord. He had chosen the cycle of life and death. As for whether he might fail to resurrect… then he simply wouldn't. In the myriad realms, he had made all the necessary arrangements, and the Human Sovereign was there. Su Yu felt there would be no major problems. As for this place, only King Wu had entered extinction with him. The others… Su Yu didn't care! As for King Wu, Su Yu could only admit there was nothing he could do. He felt sorry, but killing the Luohun Valley Lord and the Lord of the Soul Domain at the cost of King Wu was actually not a bad trade. How could one make everything turn out perfectly? Besides, if they both revived, all would end well. Above all, Su Yu loved that feeling of extinction. Absolute quiet! Absolute peace! No fear of being attacked, no fear of being slaughtered, no fear of the myriad realms crumbling—no fear of anything at all. There was simply nothing to fear. He could just sleep in peace! That state of extinction was something others feared and dreaded, but Su Yu loved it. He loved it far too much. He missed the last time he had experienced it. Even now, the disturbance lingered in his memory: King Wen and King Wu had interrupted him back then, pulling him back to consciousness from that extinction. And after awakening came an endless procession of enemies to kill, an endless series of great wars to fight! Was he running away? Perhaps! *Allow me to escape for just a little while.* …… At this moment, heaven and earth were extinguished. At this moment, inside a tiny, pitch-black space, Su Yu appeared. He was not truly dead, nor had he planned to die just like that, but he yearned for that state of extinction. Every time he entered it, he never wanted to wake up. It felt far too comfortable! Inside that small space was nothing else—only a single bed, and a figure curled up upon it like an infant cradled within a mother's womb. Beside the bed sat a family portrait. A young Su Yu slept deeply and peacefully. Dreamless! Yet the corners of his mouth were faintly upturned. Gone was every trace of his previous coldness, ruthlessness, and savagery. At this moment, Su Yu truly resembled an innocent child, curled up on that small bed, sleeping with extraordinary serenity! If he could, he wanted to sleep until the end of time. In his slumber, a Great Dao seemed to be trying to tempt him. It was the life force he had devoured, seemingly attempting to revive him. But in his sleep, Su Yu merely waved a hand, swatting away that bothersome Great Dao power. *I want to sleep!* *Sleep forever!* …… In the outside world. Extinction. As Su Yu perished alongside the Luohun Valley Lord and everyone else sank into extinction, the entire world went quiet. The first to arrive was none other than the Sword Sovereign. Tearing through the void, the Sword Sovereign arrived, his face deathly pale. He was like a madman. He searched everywhere, and soon found Jian Kong at the edge of the starry sky—an extinguished Jian Kong. He scooped Jian Kong into his arms and suddenly broke into wails. "Ooooh..." It sounded like the howl of a grieving wraith. *My son!* *Living in these turbulent times, living in this era of extinction, I wanted only to carve out a sliver of hope for you. Who would have thought you would plunge into extinction before me!* "Su Yu..." he roared in anguish. *My son is dead!* *Everyone is dead!* *Corpses everywhere!* In this chaotic era, death was entirely commonplace. He had slaughtered countless people and walked through rivers of blood, but all of that had been to survive. He did not want his own son to be extinguished like this! Wailing and stumbling, he clutched his son's body and flew frantically toward Mount Tianqiong. He wanted to save Jian Kong! This was a broken, decadent, orderless era. Here, friendship and romantic love could not be trusted, and even kinship seemed paper-thin. Yet kinship remained a bond of blood. The Soul Lord had been willing to sacrifice himself for the Luohun Valley Lord, and the Sword Sovereign refused to let his son perish here. Right and wrong? There were none! They simply wanted to live on. Even if the era had crumbled, weren't they still alive? To be alive... was to keep fighting to stay alive! Stumbling and lamenting, the Sword Sovereign sped away carrying Jian Kong. Only Mount Tianqiong offered any hope. He could sense that his son seemed to still possess a single thread of life! After the Sword Sovereign departed, another moment passed before an immensely powerful presence descended upon the scene! At this moment, white light blossomed across the void. Heaven and earth seemed to stir with vitality. From far away, he could already see the cluster of corpses drifting through the starry void. *Are they all dead?* *Wiped out completely?* The tall, imposing man watched in silence. Just as he was about to step forward, a surging tide of death qi boiled toward him. Overflowing with fury, blazing with rage, and choked with resentment, the Lord of Dead Spirits roared, "Bastard!" *You died?* *You just struck a deal with me, just swindled my four Great Emperors away, and now you're gone?* *You absolute bastard!* He was thoroughly enraged! When he caught sight of the tall man, his fury exploded further. "Immortal, you actually dare to come alone!" *Boom!* Death qi blanketed ten million li! Carrying boundless fury, the Lord of Dead Spirits shook the surroundings with his roar: "Come on, all of you! Do you really think I don't dare to kill? You bunch of bastards got my four Great Emperors killed! Do you think I can't butcher you? Teleport over, every last one of you! I'm waiting for you!" That roaring rage filled heaven and earth! The tall, formidable Immortal Ancestor took a slight step back, his eyes chilling as he looked at the Lord of Dead Spirits. Yet the Lord of Dead Spirits strode forward with the gait of dragons and tigers, surging through the void in boundless wrath. His death qi swept across all four directions, smothering the vitality and instantly transmuting it into death qi, utterly overwhelming his opponent in an instant! At this moment, the Lord of Dead Spirits stood with his black robe fluttering in the wind. A book materialized in his hand, and with a sweep of his broad sleeve, the entire realm was overshadowed by that tome! Seething with annoyance, he growled, "Come on, all of you! Let's see if this seat knows fear!" In the distance, the Immortal Ancestor raised an eyebrow slightly. "You only lost four Great Emperors. It's not as if you died yourself. Is there any need for this?" The Lord of Dead Spirits roared back, "You bastard, what the hell do you know!" Su Yu was dead! True, Su Yu had imparted the conversion method for the Heaven of Life and Death, but... what bloody use was that right now? When it came to the exact details of operating it, he had still wanted Su Yu to guide him. Such things were easy to say—returning to life from death—fuck your ancestors! Did he dare try it casually? Without any experience, a single slip meant death—true death! How could he dare test it? Now that Su Yu had kicked the bucket and taken his four Great Emperors with him, he was beside himself with fury! With a wave of his hand, the corpses of the four Great Emperors were drawn into his grasp. Looking at the four of them, he felt a wave of helplessness. It was over; they were all dead! Just as he was about to collect their remains... he paused slightly. *Huh?* *Not completely dead?* It was true that they had undergone extinction—absolute extinction. Their Great Daos were extinguished, their seas of will were extinguished, their physical bodies were extinguished... Yet this extinction felt slightly different. Different how? He was a master of the Dao of Death. Probing with his senses, his gaze shifted slightly. Why did it feel... as though there was a hint of life nestled within death, stirring a strange resonance in him? Life and death... His heart skipped a beat. *Life-and-death conversion?* *Su Yu... isn't completely dead?* *Is he converting life and death?* Come to think of it, Su Yu had opened a Heaven of Life and Death in the myriad realms, but he hadn't opened one here, had he? He recalled the information Su Yu had tossed to him earlier. Opening a Heaven of Life and Death was simple: one had to experience a true Great Extinction. Such a Great Extinction, in Su Yu's words, was an intensely pleasurable experience, and he had specifically urged the Lord of Dead Spirits that if he ever went through it, he must linger inside for a while to enjoy it thoroughly! Life-and-death extinction! The Lord of Dead Spirits' eyes flickered. *Could Su Yu... truly not have perished completely?* As these thoughts raced through his mind, he suddenly reached out and swept up all the corpses into his grasp. He paid special attention to King Wu's body, shrouding it in dense black mist to keep others from noticing that this fellow was King Wu! At that moment, the Immortal Ancestor's eyes gleamed from the distance. "Lord of the Dead, who... is this person to you?" A terrifyingly powerful entity! Someone capable of slaying the master of a forbidden land! And he had slain two in a single day! His name was Su Yu! Of course, he was dead now. The Lord of Dead Spirits said coldly, "My grandson!" "..." The Immortal Ancestor frowned, but the Lord of Dead Spirits gritted his teeth. "What are you looking at? He really is my grandson! You bastards murdered my grandson!" "If you hadn't interfered to wipe out that tiny Luohun Valley, how could my peerlessly gifted grandson have died?" He roared with wild fury! "If he weren't my grandson, would I have entrusted four Great Emperors to him? You beasts, I will kill you all today! Even if I have to summon my worlds to merge into one, I'll take a few of you down with me!" He bellowed like a maniac! Yet inside, his thoughts turned rapidly: *Su Yu... entered the Great Extinction?* *But some time has passed since I got here. Didn't he say the Great Extinction is very brief?* Su Yu himself had said that during his last Great Extinction, while it felt like an eternity inside, outside it was only an instant. Su Yu had revived almost immediately! Yet right now, quite a bit of time had elapsed since Su Yu and the others fell! Why hadn't he revived yet? *Could he... have failed?* *Lacking life force?* That was very possible! At this moment, the Lord of Dead Spirits unleashed his aura. In the surrounding void, faint spatial ripples spread as several forbidden lands began looming in the distance. A sacred mountain of brilliant light manifested, accompanied by a grand, holy voice: "Lord of the Dead, when you arrived here in the past, we saw that you kept to yourself and were unwilling to wage war for many years. Yet today, you sent people to attack Luohun Valley..." The Lord of Dead Spirits roared and threw a punch! That single punch sent death qi rolling for thirty thousand li! *Boom!* The holy light erupted, only to be smashed apart by the fist of death qi. The Lord of Dead Spirits displayed peerless domineering might, bellowing, "Save your bullshit! Do you want to fight? Back then, I butchered a piece of dog shit just like you to establish my foothold here! Who are you trying to intimidate? Mark my words: if you don't give me an explanation today, I will summon my two worlds to merge, and I will slaughter both you and Immortal!" "..." The sacred mountain fell silent, and in the distance, the Immortal Ancestor also frowned slightly. *What does this have to do with us?* *We merely arrived a bit earlier!* *Besides, aren't you being far too arrogant?* *Do you truly believe we can't handle you if we join forces?* Yet the Lord of Dead Spirits was purely arrogant! He was outrageously overbearing, seemingly consumed by fury, but in truth, he was pondering whether Su Yu could actually revive. If Su Yu could, it meant opening a Heaven of Life and Death truly worked. Because he had personally sensed Su Yu's extinction! If even an extinction like that could be reversed, what did that imply? It meant... he could die once! And then revive! That would be unbelievable. For an existence like him, dying once would make taking down a forbidden land master effortless, wouldn't it? He could fight with his life on the line! Then, after everyone went through immense agony to finally kill him, he would just turn around and come back to life! Even if such an opportunity came only once, others wouldn't know that. That alone would scare everyone to death! An unkillable being! Every time they killed him, he could revive, over and over... who would dare fight him? No one would dare! Thus, at this moment, the Lord of Dead Spirits was brimming with anticipation: *Su Yu, can you revive or not?* *It's been quite a while. You haven't kicked the bucket for real, have you?* From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the master of Changsheng Heaven, the Immortal Ancestor. *If possible... I lack enough life force to revive him. You showed up... and I want to butcher you!* Thoughts flashed wildly through his mind. By now, more forbidden lands were gradually materializing in the surroundings. None of them spoke! Feeling the Lord of Dead Spirits' glare on him several times, the Immortal Ancestor frowned slightly. Life and death were inherently incompatible, so this friction was natural; the Lord of Dead Spirits felt disgusted looking at him, and he felt just as disgusted looking at the Lord of Dead Spirits. At this moment, the Immortal Ancestor said indifferently, "Lord of the Dead..." "You're the dead pig! Your whole family is dead pigs!" the Lord of Dead Spirits cursed! The Immortal Ancestor's brow furrowed deeper. "Must you pick a fight?" "And what if I do?" The Lord of Dead Spirits snorted coldly. Suddenly, the distant Dead Spirit Hell vanished, reappearing directly beneath his feet in the next instant. Standing atop his world, cloaked in dense death qi, he said chillingly, "I never bothered to waste time on you lot; I only wanted to leave the Heavenly Gate in peace. Yet you keep causing trouble again and again. Fine, then come and try me!" The Immortal Ancestor frowned slightly. "It was your people who attacked Luohun Valley first, which led to the extinction of both the Soul Domain and Luohun Valley!" How could this man turn around and make false accusations like this? The Lord of Dead Spirits was not King Wen! He was a genuinely top-tier existence who had slain a forbidden land master many years ago. Unless left with no choice and united in consensus, no one wanted to go to war with him. What was more, he could summon the Dead Spirit Heaven and merge his two worlds! Such a powerhouse possessed far greater deterrence than King Wen! For so many years, King Wen had never been able to defeat Fa. So no one feared him much! Yet this one gave them pause, even though many had gathered here today. The Lord of Dead Spirits sneered. "So what if we attacked them? So what if we killed them? You bastards, if you hadn't interfered, would my grandson have died? Would the four Great Emperors under my command have died? You must give me an explanation for this!" "An explanation?" From the void, someone scoffed coldly, "What explanation do you want? Don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! Move aside. This seat senses that the Su Yu who killed the Luohun Valley Lord seems to have opened a world... Do you intend to swallow it all for yourself?" As for whether he was really the Lord of Dead Spirits' grandson... it was hard to say! Yet it was entirely possible! First, the young man had opened a world. Without someone who had already opened a world to guide him, opening one was exceedingly difficult. Second, it required vitality and yang qi. Conveniently, the Lord of Dead Spirits was also from the realm of the living; he was not an existence sealed within the Heavenly Gate. Third, four Great Emperors had followed him to their deaths. If he wasn't one of their own, would the Lord of Dead Spirits have dispatched his own emperors to aid him? Fourth, the Lord of Dead Spirits had consistently blocked others from arriving. If he wasn't one of his own, there was no need for him to intervene. King Wen and King Wu had been hunted for years without the Lord of Dead Spirits lifting a finger, yet this time he had stepped in personally to block everyone's teleportation. Thus, the claim that Su Yu was his grandson... had a strong ring of truth to it! Regardless of whether that was true, everyone guessed that Su Yu was a Heaven-Opener and an exceptionally powerful one, likely at the level of thirty-two Daos. Otherwise, how could he have killed the Luohun Valley Lord? The remnants of his world, the lingering resonance of his Dao principles... Several top powerhouses had died; where were those spoils? They certainly couldn't let the Lord of Dead Spirits carry them away! Of course, if he truly was his grandson, it only showed how deeply the Lord of Dead Spirits had concealed him. The core question was why they had targeted Luohun Valley this time. Everyone still couldn't figure it out. Could it be because Luohun Valley had besieged him back then, and he was taking revenge one by one? If so, that was all the more reason to prevent the Lord of Dead Spirits from claiming the remnants of that world! …… The Lord of Dead Spirits' face was dark as he glared coldly in that direction, chuckling in a low voice. "What a fellow who isn't afraid to die! Are you certain you want to speak to me in that tone? Old bastard, don't think you're impressive just because you've lived long. In my eyes... you don't amount to shit!" He too was a peerless prodigy! An existence from the tail end of the Heaven-Opening era. Nearly everyone present possessed seniority over him, but so what? He was stronger than them! Might made right! Here, he was the strongest. Unfortunately, they all wanted to gang up on him; otherwise, in a one-on-one fight, he would make the other party understand that supreme strength was what made one king! At the same time, the Lord of Dead Spirits was inwardly cursing: *Can you revive or not?* *If not, I'm getting out of here!* If he kept barking and backed them into a corner, and they all joined forces to attack him... even if he killed one or two, dying here would be a catastrophic loss! *If I weren't trying to find out whether you lied to me and whether the Heaven of Life and Death can truly be opened, I wouldn't bother wasting my time on you!* *Where is he after the Great Extinction?* The Lord of Dead Spirits was somewhat puzzled. He recalled something: it was said that last time, King Wen and the others seemed to have seen Su Yu after the Great Extinction. How had they seen him? The Heavenly Gate! *Does Su Yu truly still exist?* *Is he somewhere nearby?* *Can opening the Heavenly Gate reveal Su Yu's presence?* The Lord of Dead Spirits didn't know. After all, the location and circumstances of the two extinctions were completely different! With so many powerhouses arriving, the Lord of Dead Spirits was under immense pressure. He couldn't linger much longer; he either had to flee or fight! At this moment, he barked coldly, "Don't even think of touching my grandson's remains! Even if his bones were blown to dust, he is still my grandson. Try touching him if you dare! I'll summon my worlds and fight it out—let's see which of you wants to die first!" "Who do you think you're intimidating?" Someone said darkly, "When you summoned the Dead Spirit Heaven last time, you already triggered the Heavenly Gate's rejection. This seat would gladly see if summoning it again will cause the Heavenly Gate to awaken completely. That would be a fine thing indeed!" At those words, several people's eyes shifted. Indeed! Ever since the Lord of Dead Spirits summoned his world last time, he had been rejected by the Heavenly Gate. Everyone knew this, because after opening his world, the Lord of Dead Spirits had tried to return, only to be struck directly by the true Heavenly Gate as soon as he approached it! Fierce strikes, not just once, but several times! So everyone knew he had been rejected by the Heavenly Gate! The Lord of Dead Spirits sneered. "You're welcome to test it! Are you from the Demon Domain? You've got some nerve! I've killed plenty of Demons in my time! Demon, don't provoke me, or you can see what happens for yourself!" By now, he could see six or seven forbidden land masters, with more forbidden lands teleporting over! The more that came, the more troublesome it became! Back when he opened his world, he had seized the moment before the crowds gathered to beat one to death, terrorizing everyone into standing down. Now, he suddenly gritted his teeth, death qi erupting as he roared, "World, descend!" *Rumble!* In the distant, endless void, a gigantic gate suddenly manifested! It radiated an incomparably blinding light! At that moment, the Dead Spirit Heaven vibrated from within the myriad realms, seemingly about to cross into this realm and enter the Heavenly Gate. Around him, the forbidden land powerhouses retreated one after another! They fell back rapidly! This reminded them of what this madman had done countless years ago. That time had been the same—summoning his world to descend. Back then, it hadn't even been a fusion of two worlds; the world within the gate had only just been forged. Compared to back then, he was even stronger now! Right now, none of them wanted to be his primary target. They had to wait until more people arrived! Meanwhile, the Lord of Dead Spirits roared madly as a Heavenly Gate surfaced upon his forehead! Death qi blanketed heaven and earth! Once the others had retreated, he continued his wild bellowing—loud thunder, but little rain. Opening the Heavenly Gate rashly would make them suspicious of what he was doing, but this was the perfect cover. He wanted to see if Su Yu was nearby. *Did this grandson die or not?* With the Heavenly Gate concealed within his eyes, he scanned in all directions. He saw nothing and grew doubtful. *Did Su Yu truly kick the bucket?* *What a pity that would be!* *If he's really dead... then I can just leave!* As for the remnants of Su Yu's world... remnants, my ass! He opened a world through his physical body. The body was gone, the man was dead—where would any remnants come from? If he had opened a world in the myriad realms using treasures like the Human Lord Seal or the civilization chronicle, there might still be remnants left behind! After looking a while longer, he indeed saw no sign of Su Yu. *Did Su Yu truly kick the bucket?* As he pondered, he began to hesitate. *Should I just leave?* He glanced over at the other experts, suddenly froze, and his jaw dropped open! *Holy shit!* *I see him!* *I actually see him!* Su Yu was truly in a state of extinction—a very peculiar state. But that wasn't the point. The point was... his position! Yes, Su Yu's location! *Good heavens!* The Lord of Dead Spirits almost cried out. Good grief, that fellow was actually... right beneath the feet of a forbidden land master! *Damn it!* No wonder he couldn't find him; the guy was right under someone's boots. How had he blown over there? He had assumed Su Yu would be with King Wu and the others, but since it was in this vicinity, being blasted anywhere was possible! Right now, the Lord of Dead Spirits could see Su Yu. In a peculiar state, within a peculiar environment. Su Yu was sleeping! As if already dead. Yet the Lord of Dead Spirits' mind was utterly rocked. The boy wasn't dead! So there really was a state of extinction between life and death! A person who opened a Heaven of Life and Death wouldn't die easily! But... but... His mouth hung open, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. *Your position is just too brilliant!* Meanwhile, the forbidden land master being stared down by the Lord of Dead Spirits frowned slightly. His eyes flickered with unease, and he said in a low, heavy voice, "Don't let him frighten you! Does he actually dare to summon his world?" The Demon Ancestor! Yes, it was the Demon Ancestor! And the Lord of Dead Spirits was looking at him—or rather, ignoring him entirely and staring at Su Yu beneath his feet, filled with utter shock. *Damn, what kind of state is this?* Right beneath someone's feet, yet nobody noticed! Only opening the Heavenly Gate could reveal him! Unfortunately, the only one opening a Heavenly Gate right now was probably himself, so no one else would see this terrifying scene. *"But why isn't he reviving?"* *"Can he not, or what?"* The Lord of Dead Spirits fell into deep thought. Since Su Yu had entered extinction, why wasn't he resurrecting? Quite a while had passed already! *"Is the stimulation not enough?"* For a moment, the Lord of Dead Spirits fell into contemplation. Meanwhile, the other forbidden land masters looked on with increasingly strange expressions, turning their eyes to the Demon Ancestor. *Has this madman truly made up his mind to kill the Demon Ancestor?* The Demon Ancestor's gaze turned chillingly sharp! *Kill me?* *I arrived after the others! You want to kill me?* *Immortal was the first to arrive, Divine was the second. If you want to kill someone, I shouldn't even be on the list!* Yet the Lord of Dead Spirits kept glaring at him, staring unblinkingly, which still made him feel uneasy. *Fuck, why does he keep staring at me?* In the distance, the Immortal Ancestor said indifferently, "Enough, Lord of the Dead. You don't want to fight to the death either. In that case, depart and return to your domain. This matter has nothing to do with you!" "Nothing to do with me?" At this moment, with his Heavenly Gate manifest, the Lord of Dead Spirits' gaze turned frigid. He didn't look at the Immortal Ancestor who had spoken, but kept his eyes pinned on the Demon Ancestor. With a resounding voice that seemed to shake heaven and earth, he roared furiously, "How could it have nothing to do with me? My grandson Su Yu was extraordinarily gifted, capable of opening heaven and earth! You ambushed and murdered him, and you say it has nothing to do with me?" "My grandson Su Yu died a tragic death, and it has nothing to do with me?" "Su Yu! You died so terribly!" The Lord of Dead Spirits bellowed, his voice booming like a great bell! He aimed it at no one else, directing every word squarely at the Demon Ancestor. The Demon Ancestor frowned, cursing inwardly! *Why are you yelling at me?* *I'm not the one who killed him!* "My poor grandson... Su Yu, can you still come back to life?" The Lord of Dead Spirits roared, still facing the Demon Ancestor! He shrieked in anguish, "Su Yu, my grandson, won't you open your eyes and look at your grandfather? You died too terribly! The white-haired elder burying the black-haired youth!" Everyone frowned. Losing a genius grandson was understandable, but for the dignified Lord of Dead Spirits to act like an utter idiot, roaring frantically at the Demon Ancestor... did he think the Demon Ancestor had killed him? Yet the Demon Ancestor hadn't done anything of the sort! The Demon Ancestor's face turned iron-green! This lunatic kept screaming right at him, the sound vibrating until his eardrums ached. The man was far too powerful! *Is he fixated on me?* *I'm so fucking unlucky!* "Su Yu! Grandson, come back to life!" The Lord of Dead Spirits' voice rang out like a funeral toll, roaring incessantly. As though seized by madness, he suddenly gritted his teeth. "I will summon your soul! Yes, summon your soul to revive you!" With that, he pulled out a massive banner! He waved it wildly! Between heaven and earth, death qi billowed. Like a lunatic, his voice trembled: "Su Yu, let your soul return!" "Su Yu, your father is waiting for you!" "Su Yu, have you forgotten that you still have great ambitions to achieve?" "Su Yu, do you hear your grandfather's voice?" "Grandson, come back!" "..." Everyone frowned, and someone sent a voice transmission: *"Has he gone mad? Did his grandson's death break his mind?"* *"Hard to say... Could it be... that he can truly revive him? He commands the dead spirits; could there truly be hope of resurrection?"* *"How could that be possible! It's not some ordinary weakling. The one who died this time was a Heaven-Opener of at least thirty Daos. If even someone like that could be brought back... heh, then why bother fighting? No matter who we kill, they would just resurrect! If he had that ability, he would have revived experts to fight for him long ago!"* Someone sneered. It was plainly impossible! Yet this fellow was putting on such an elaborate occult act, leaving them bewildered as to what he was playing at! Moreover, that soul-calling banner seemed permanently pointed at the Demon Ancestor. Was he truly hell-bent on killing him? …… The Demon Ancestor's expression was grim to the extreme! He was fuming with rage! *He really targeted me?* He transmitted his voice to all sides: *"Everyone, he is merely feigning madness! Staring at me on purpose might just be a trick to make you let down your guard. If he really kills me... he can use the same trick on the rest of you next time! Don't fall for it!"* He was genuinely unnerved! He was also furious: *Did I kill your grandson?* *I arrived after the fact, I didn't do a damn thing!* *Logically, if you wanted to kill someone, you should kill the Immortal Ancestor. Life and death are incompatible—why are you fixating on my Demon Dao?* "Su Yu!" At this moment, the Lord of Dead Spirits was still raving, genuinely frantic. *What is going on?* *Still not waking up?* *Is the stimulation not enough?* *Can you revive or not?* He could see it—he could see Su Yu sleeping soundly, the corners of his mouth upturned. *Damn it, stop sleeping!* Right now, chaos reigned, so nobody had noticed anything yet. Once he himself ran off, the others would search thoroughly, and with all their diverse methods, they might very well discover him. If that happened, Su Yu would be dead for sure! "Su Yu, you died so terribly!" "Your father was murdered, your mother was murdered, your entire family was slaughtered... Aren't you going to resurrect and take revenge?" "Soul, return!" "Revive!" "..." The group of forbidden land masters felt their scalps tingle at his shrieking. *Could this nonsense actually work?* At this moment, the Immortal Ancestor spoke again, his brow furrowed. "Enough. What exactly do you want? Must you force us to kill you?" The Lord of Dead Spirits couldn't be bothered to reply. Recalling something, he gritted his teeth and roared, "You want to kill that King Wen from the myriad realms, don't you? Kill him if you want, but don't touch that Wen Yu! Wen Yu is the supplement I reserved for my grandson's world..." "If Wen Yu is killed at the Mount Yongsheng gathering, how will my grandson expand his world once he revives?" "I know about the Time Record..." *Your grandson is already dead!* *And you're still plotting after Wen Yu!* *You just want to seize it for yourself, don't you?* Everyone was speechless! Should they just leave? There was no communicating with this lunatic. He was playing the mystic, acting like a fool, yet his strength was terrifyingly vast. For the moment, nobody could make up their minds whether to band together and kill him. "You want to kill Wen Yu!" "You want to destroy the myriad realms!" "The myriad realms are doomed!" "My poor grandson never even got to look upon the myriad realms before they were destroyed!" …… Countless frantic howls echoed in all directions. At this moment, in his slumber, Su Yu tossed and turned, rolled over, and rolled over again. He blocked his ears! *Annoying!* *So fucking annoying!* *Which beast is pulling this kind of bastardly stunt?* Su Yu clamped his hands over his ears! *Infuriating!* He wanted to kill someone! He had been sleeping so comfortably and had no desire to open his eyes, but... it was simply too obnoxious. When you were sleeping at your sweetest, having a fly buzzing incessantly around your ear would drive anyone mad. Su Yu dearly wanted to swat that fly to death! "Wen Yu is dead..." "King Wen is dead..." "The myriad realms are destroyed..." "Grandson, Su Yu..." "..." Those voices echoed relentlessly inside Su Yu's mind, driving him to the brink of frenzy! *If they're dead, they're dead! Why do you keep calling me?* *Wait, Wen Yu is dead?* *King Wen is dead?* *The myriad realms are destroyed?* At this moment, a sliver of Su Yu's consciousness revived, turning over the thoughts: *Does that have something to do with me?* *Yes, it does!* *They died?* Su Yu's heart jolted. *Dead? That won't do. I promised Fat Ball I would rescue them... Fat Ball?* *Who is Fat Ball?* *Right, Fat Ball—in the myriad realms, the dog that guarded the house for a hundred thousand years!* At this moment, Su Yu's consciousness began to awaken further. His eyes slowly fluttered open. He wanted to hear which grandson kept shouting his name! *Annoying!* *Far too annoying!* He was nearly bursting with rage! The instant he opened his eyes, the Lord of Dead Spirits seemed to spot it. His eyes widened, glaring fixedly at the Demon Ancestor, and he suddenly roared, "Demon, you are stepping on my grandson's head! My poor grandson—his departed soul is right beneath your feet, and he will seek vengeance upon you!" "My grandson, Su Yu! You died so terribly! I am calling your soul, and yet someone dares to trample upon your spirit's head!" The Lord of Dead Spirits bellowed at the top of his lungs! Everyone's faces darkened! The Demon Ancestor couldn't hold back any longer either, snapping coldly, "Are you picking a fight on purpose?" What departed soul bullshit! Though to be honest... a sudden chill ran down his spine! *A psychological trick!* *Right, this bastard is trying to intimidate me!* Having reached this realm, how could the Demon Ancestor believe in ghosts or departed souls? Unless the origin revived, how could anyone return? An expert of that caliber was dead once they died! What resurrection? If someone at Su Yu's level could come back to life, wouldn't the world be thrown into utter chaos? The Demon Ancestor snorted. He was just looking for an excuse to cause trouble! Yet the Lord of Dead Spirits roared, "Retribution will find you! Get the hell away, stop trampling on my grandson's head!" If he hadn't shouted, it would have been fine, but now that he had, if the Demon Ancestor actually stepped aside... it would be utterly humiliating, making it look like he was afraid! For a forbidden land master like him, cowering before a madman's ravings would leave him with no face to show anyone! The Demon Ancestor sneered repeatedly and stood his ground, refusing to budge! *Who are you trying to scare?* By now, several others were growing restless, itching to join forces and wipe this lunatic out! …… And at that very moment, Su Yu regained clarity. Upon waking, he was momentarily bewildered, then looked up. He saw it! Yes, he saw it. A pair of feet! Colossal feet, seemingly stepping across space directly onto his head! Those feet spanned heaven and earth. Su Yu stared blankly. *I died... and then, I woke up!* *I hadn't slept enough!* He had been sleeping so well. If that old bastard the Lord of Dead Spirits hadn't kept calling him his grandson, he thought he would have slept even more comfortably. Yet now... Su Yu was thoroughly displeased. *I was sleeping, and some beast had to go and stomp on my head! Right?* At this moment, as if seized by theatrical madness, the Lord of Dead Spirits' expression turned deathly solemn. "Soul-Summoning Art!" The massive banner whipped through the air! Heaven and earth trembled! "Su Yu, let your soul return!" "Revive!" "Dead Spirit Heaven, resurrect!" A sinister wind wailed! In an instant, eerie whispers seemed to echo throughout heaven and earth. The others felt their hair stand on end! *Stop messing around—you're making it sound real. Who would believe this?* Yet the Lord of Dead Spirits had ceased his wild ravings, chuckling darkly. "For all these years, I simply didn't wish to fight you. You forced my hand! All who have died shall return! I was born of death, revived from death; I am immortal and indestructible, returning to life from death, eternal through all generations, never to perish!" At this moment, the others remained skeptical. Yet Su Yu understood! *The old bastard is putting on a show to scare them!* Once he truly resurrected, the others would probably be scared half to death. If the Lord of Dead Spirits could genuinely revive peerless powerhouses, wouldn't that mean he was truly immortal and unkillable? Su Yu felt half-tempted not to revive, just to let the old fellow make a fool of himself! On second thought... forget it, he would give him face. Doing so would bring greater safety, as it would terrify everyone! If the Lord of Dead Spirits and his allies could come back from the dead, who wouldn't be terrified? Su Yu was speechless. He hadn't expected this—for all the man's peerless domineering pride, he was actually quite adept at playing the ghost! He looked up at the pair of giant feet above his head and grinned. Floating upward, he raised both hands toward those two feet, smiling. *If I crawl out from hell and grab your heels... will you be scared to death?* *That sounds rather fun!* Seeing this, the Lord of Dead Spirits trembled all over, incantations pouring from his mouth without pause. "Return! Revive! Seek your vengeance!" "Ahhh!" A shrill, agonized scream tore through the air—the Demon Ancestor's voice, brimming with boundless terror! The others jumped in shock. What in the world could cause a supreme-rank expert to shriek in terror?