Meeting You at Last

Su Yu remained as decisive as ever. Once he set his mind on something, few people could sway him. Besides, he saw no benefit in Marquis Jiantian reaching twenty-eight Daos. That level of power had come entirely from providence, and the stronger that providence grew, the greater the backlash Su Yu would suffer if it ever collapsed. If Marquis Jiantian reached the transcendental level of thirty-two Daos someday and subsequently fell apart, Su Yu would bear a catastrophic loss! …… Thanks to Su Yu's insistence... Down in the mortal realm, the Human Sovereign and his companions were still examining King Wen's world when the Human Sovereign's expression shifted. In the next instant, a surge of providence rose from his body! Right on its heels, his aura grew noticeably stronger. Providence could not directly elevate pure combat power, but the Human Sovereign had been exceptionally powerful to begin with. In that single moment, a portion of his ancient injuries spontaneously knit together and healed! The Human Sovereign froze in bewilderment. What was Su Yu playing at? Meanwhile, King Wen had only just finished fusing his two worlds, and his newly consolidated world remained somewhat unstable. Sensing the change in the Human Sovereign's aura, he could not help but raise an eyebrow. "Thirty-one Daos?" That was a remarkably rapid recovery. The Human Sovereign was naturally formidable, yet his old wounds had been horrific. Recovering to thirty Daos had already been an arduous ordeal, but in the blink of an eye he had climbed to thirty-one Daos—and clearly, the healing process was still underway. The Human Sovereign nodded. Just as he was about to speak, a figure tore through the void! In a flash, a wave of golden providence poured into King Wen's world. King Wen's newly integrated world, which had been trembling with turbulence, instantly began to settle and calm. It was actively helping King Wen fuse his two worlds with remarkable speed! The Great Daos that King Wen had previously struggled to harmonize were now smoothly intertwining. King Wen hurriedly glanced at the newcomer, his expression tinged with surprise. Marquis Jiantian's aura was somewhat languid. He bowed slightly. "By decree of His Majesty Emperor Yu, I have come to deliver providence to you esteemed lords!" In the ancient past, he had been King Wen's subordinate; it was King Wen who had granted him a spirit and form. Today, however, he was no longer the Marquis Jiantian of old. As the providence melded into him, King Wen's aura stabilized. Soon, two more golden dragons soared out from Marquis Jiantian's body. The Human Sovereign asked in alarm, "What are you doing?" Marquis Jiantian did not reply. The two golden dragons of providence shot straight toward King Wu and Wen Yu. Boom! The moment one golden dragon entered King Wu's body, King Wu completely digested all the Great Daos he had swallowed earlier. His aura instantly soared to thirty-two Daos! A Great Dao was drawn directly into his flesh—an integration drawn straight from Su Yu's world into his own! Startled, King Wu turned to stare at Marquis Jiantian. Meanwhile, Wen Yu absorbed the second golden dragon. After devouring Fa's world earlier, her own world had been somewhat shaky, but in the span of a single breath, it firmly stabilized. Providence could not grant cultivators a raw, direct breakthrough, but it was an invaluable catalyst for stabilizing one's world, aiding digestion, and smoothing the integration of Daos. Just how vast was Su Yu's providence? Pure providence alone had forged Marquis Jiantian into a powerhouse of twenty-eight Daos. He had gathered the providence of the myriad realms entirely onto himself! Whether this was genuinely the choice of the era or a deliberate scheme laid by an unseen hand, Su Yu did not care in the slightest. No matter who was scheming against him, it would be useless—he would disperse half of his providence first! The Human Sovereign could not help but ask, "Jiantian, where is Su Yu?" What was that rascal up to? Was gathering providence onto oneself a bad thing? Why discard it? Marquis Jiantian bowed. "His Majesty will arrive shortly. This humble servant still has an assignment and must take his leave. I beg your lordships' forgiveness!" With those words, he vanished on the spot, seemingly plunging into the dead spirit realm. King Wen and the others exchanged glances. King Wen suddenly murmured, "I feel as though... some of the oppression and dark fog weighing on my heart has lifted!" The Human Sovereign gave a slight nod, his brow furrowing. "Indeed, someone tampered with us!" At their peak, someone had undoubtedly meddled with their providence. A master of providence... had the Human Gate done it? Ordinary experts would never possess the power to tamper with the Human Sovereign. He turned his gaze toward King Wen. "How is it?" King Wen nodded slightly. "I've barely reached thirty-four Daos. The world I opened within the Heavenly Gate was too weak, so stacking them together didn't produce a massive leap!" He had opened his world inside the gate far too late. His original world outside the gate already commanded the strength of thirty-two Daos. When opening a world inside the gate, he had also endured a Heaven-Opening Tribulation—Shi's suppression had been his ordeal. In the end, even after bringing that world back and fusing them together, he had only barely touched thirty-four Daos. That put him on par with Wen Yu beside him. Wen Yu had not improved much upon her return. Her Time Record was inherently a Dao of the Yang realm; in essence, she had already combined two worlds previously, except that one of them had belonged to Fa, with which she had long since merged. Now, brother and sister possessed comparable strength. King Wu had also stepped into the realm of thirty-two Daos. The Human Sovereign suddenly let out a wistful sigh. "After wasting all those years, only today have we finally made up for what we lost back then..." The crux was that they had not accomplished this entirely on their own; the credit largely belonged to Su Yu. King Wen nodded softly. Suddenly, he looked into the distance, gazing toward the sunken abyss of the underworld. Boom! A power of life and death seemed to pierce straight through the boundary wall. In that instant, an overwhelming force surged skyward, accompanied by a booming voice echoing across the void: "What are you doing? Who authorized you to bring this seat providence? You insolent fool!" Rumble! Another thunderous blast erupted. In the next moment, Marquis Jiantian was sent flying with a single punch. Piercing straight through the realm boundary, he rocketed back into the myriad realms with a shrill whistle, and before long, he broke through the realms and shot into the upper realm. "Hmph!" The Lord of Dead Spirits' cold snort echoed faintly before that apocalyptic might receded. …… The Human Sovereign and his companions traded glances. That fellow Su Yu had even sent providence to that supreme figure. And that one's power... was truly terrifying! King Wen looked at the Human Sovereign. "Back in your prime..." "No match! Nowhere close!" The Human Sovereign shook his head without hesitation. "He likely possesses thirty-nine Daos, perhaps even bordering on forty! A true overlord of the heavens! Back then, although I was on the verge of stepping into thirty-six Daos, I was plotted against before I could succeed..." King Wen nodded, then asked, "Do you have any way to recover quickly now?" The Human Sovereign recovering to thirty-one Daos was already fast. However, his injuries had been far too severe. King Wen frowned. "How on earth were you wounded so terribly back then?" A supreme figure had nearly perished outright! Wounds of that scale were catastrophic! Even after fusing worlds, merging Daos, and turning himself into a world spirit, the Human Sovereign had still failed to return to his peak. "Rotten luck." The Human Sovereign did not elaborate; talking about it served no purpose. With that, he quickly added, "If I want to recover, there is still a way: the Myriad Dao Stone!" King Wen's eyes flickered. "How so?" "Wait!" "For what?" "Wait until Su Yu gets here before we talk, so I don't have to explain it twice!" "……" King Wen stared at him in silence. You've changed! Back then, his big brother had trusted him implicitly. He would share everything and ask King Wen for counsel. Now, his heart had wandered! Beside them, King Wu glanced at the eldest brother, then at the second brother, keeping his mouth shut. Wen Yu stroked the head of the sleeping dog, Fat Ball, and remained silent as well. It looked like her brother's status... had taken a nosedive! How tragic! The Human Sovereign ignored them and looked back at his old brothers-in-arms. "Some of our brothers find the Great Daos in my world insufficiently strong. How about transferring them over to your side?" At this juncture, raising everyone's strength was crucial. Though top-tier experts ultimately decided fate, in a decisive moment, having the upper hand at the level of Rulers of Rules might just tilt the course of battle. King Wen nodded. In earlier years, he had intended to hide his world to ambush their foes. Now that his situation was thoroughly exposed, hiding it no longer served any purpose. As the two were speaking, a figure materialized out of thin air. It was like a teleportation! It appeared as though he had stepped directly out of the chaos. King Wen was slightly startled, and the Human Sovereign was equally surprised, though he quickly broke into a grin. "Are you... at thirty-five Daos now?" Su Yu gave a faint nod. "No wonder!" The Human Sovereign chuckled. "I was wondering why Jiantian suddenly became so powerful." He continued, "You distributed your providence—did you think your fortune was burning too brightly?" That rascal Su Yu had shared providence more than once; he had shared it last time as well, yet his fortune had continued to skyrocket, as if genuinely gathering the collective providence of the myriad realms. He was the quintessential child of destiny! Even in their prime, the Human Sovereign and his peers had never possessed providence as flourishing as Su Yu's. A blazing fortune manifested in many ways. For example, Su Yu consistently turned calamities into blessings, opened worlds smoothly, executed schemes without a hitch, and evaded exposure in situations where discovery seemed inevitable. Any one of these could alter the entire tide of war. Su Yu smiled faintly. "Providence is not raw power. At our level, do we still rely on luck? One part luck, three parts calculation, and six parts strength!" With that, he looked over at the group and chuckled softly. "Congratulations!" Following their return from the Heavenly Gate, everyone's strength had grown. Su Yu had advanced the fastest, which went without saying. King Wen was considerably stronger than he had been inside the gate, King Wu had finally succeeded, and the Human Sovereign was on the verge of reaching the transcendental tier. The Human Sovereign sighed with emotion. "It's all thanks to you!" "It wasn't my doing alone!" Su Yu laughed. "In truth, the core pillars this time were two people: one was the Lord of Dead Spirits, and the other was Qiong! And Qiong's assistance was entirely your credit, Human Sovereign; it had little to do with me." Though the Human Sovereign had not gone in person, without his efforts, achieving such battle results would have been impossible! The Human Sovereign was a genuinely terrifying figure! Even now, Su Yu firmly held that belief. A powerhouse of thirty-six Daos had been influenced by him across worlds; this man was truly fearsome. Yet even so, he had still been outmaneuvered back in the day. That proved the Human Gate, which had schemed against him, was even more terrifying! The Human Sovereign glanced around, said no more, and pointed outside King Wen's world. "His boot-world stinks too much. Let's find a place outside to sit down and discuss what comes next." He wasn't surprised in the slightest that Su Yu had emerged after just one day of seclusion. It would be a miracle if that young man could ever sit still! King Wen also chuckled. Boot-world? Stinks? The further away you stay, the better! Although the Human Sovereign said he wouldn't force it on him now, King Wen still worried the man might forcibly shove it into his hands. Su Yu nodded slightly. "Let's head to the Human Realm. It's been quite a while since I last went back!" The group nodded in unison. In the next instant, they vanished from the spot. …… At their realm of cultivation, they had no need for spatial channels into the Human Realm; they simply displaced space by force and merged directly into the Human Realm. Speaking of the Human Realm, Su Yu was far more familiar with it. After countless years away, the world they once knew had undergone vast, sea-changing shifts. It was entirely different from their era! In an instant... Su Yu appeared in the skies above the small city of Nanyuan. King Wen took a look. It felt familiar, yet that familiarity was confined to geography alone. Present-day Nanyuan was worlds apart from his time. "Nanyuan..." Back then in the Human Realm, he had been enfeoffed as the Southern King and resided in Nanyuan. Starfall Mountain in the distance had been the site of his manor. Wen Yu also felt a twinge of nostalgia. Gazing toward Starfall Mountain in the distance, she asked, "My home was moved away, wasn't it?" Su Yu nodded. "Back then, I needed a treasure to suppress the channel I had blasted open in the River of Time!" Turning to face them, Su Yu added, "That day, the replica of the Time Record landed on Starfall Mountain and was picked up by my father. Xing followed my father back to the small city of Nanyuan, and it was at that very time that Xing forcibly fused the Time Record into me!" Wen Yu's expression turned slightly unusual. "Could I meet your father?" Su Yu chuckled. "What, do you suspect my father has issues?" Wen Yu pondered for a moment before saying, "Not necessarily, but my Time Record was originally meant to search for Big Brother Xingyu. Its sudden flight back to this place was genuinely unnatural! As for Xing..." She hesitated. "There might be some issues with him as well." Su Yu glanced at the Human Sovereign. "Does King Dazhou have a problem?" Knowing what Su Yu was speculating, the Human Sovereign considered it and said, "I don't believe he harbors ill intent. If he had malice, my physical body was concealed in Human Mountain for countless years; he could have dealt with me long ago. And during your early rise, he could have easily killed you!" Su Yu nodded. The reasoning held up. Even so, the fusing of the Time Record certainly contained irregularities. Su Yu pressed no further. He took a step into the ruins here—the fake ruins, the civilization ruins that he and Wan Tiansheng had forged together. Today, it had become one of the true holy lands of the Human Realm. The group filed in after him. The Human Realm powerhouses guarding the entrance perceived nothing at all. …… They found a place and sat down. Su Yu looked at Wen Yu. Not just him—everyone turned their eyes toward her. Wen Yu wore a helpless expression, but she still brought out wine and dishes, grumbling, "I haven't even eaten any myself!" Su Yu smiled. "Eating too much isn't good for you. Eat less!" King Wen and the Human Sovereign both chuckled. King Wu grinned broadly as well, taking the opportunity to continue scribbling in his diary. Today was surely a day worthy of commemoration: Su Yu, the eldest brother, the second brother, all of them had finally united! "Have the rogue cultivators been dealt with?" Su Yu asked. Wen Yu shook her head. "Not yet. A batch died, but quite a few are still sealed inside my world!" Su Yu laughed. "Those fellows from the Heavenly Gate... they truly fear death, unless pushed to the absolute brink! With so many rogue cultivators, if they dared make a desperate break, there are multiple experts among them with over twenty-five Daos. You might not have been able to suppress them all!" Wen Yu nodded. That was true enough. Thirty-four Daos was formidable, far stronger than thirty-one Daos. However, there were hundreds of rogue cultivators alongside numerous experts from Fa's forbidden land. Yet not a single one dared mount a concerted breakout. After the few who tried were instantly slaughtered, the rest grew thoroughly docile. Lacking a backbone and desperate to cling to life, every single one of them waited quietly inside Wen Yu's world. "I wonder if people from the Human Dao Holy Land mingled among those rogue cultivators?" Su Yu smiled faintly and waved his hand. Fa and Riyue materialized. Su Yu did not hand Riyue over to them, but as for Fa, a wisp of origin flew toward King Wen and the others. Su Yu said, "I won't concern myself with Fa anymore! Handle him as you see fit!" In midair, Fa's illusory figure emerged, laden with helplessness. After trapping Wen Yu for countless years, he had ended up her prisoner today! Wen Yu wasted no words. Grabbing Fa, she shoved him into the entrance of her world. "Root out the people from the Human Dao Holy Land among the rogue cultivators, and I might consider sparing your life!" Fa was promptly stuffed into her world. The Human Sovereign watched quietly without speaking. Only after they finished handling the matter did he begin: "Let me speak first of the Myriad Dao Stone! Back when the Lord of Time opened the heavens, certain insights into the Great Daos grew excessively dense during the opening process and condensed into Myriad Dao Stones! Nearly all of these stones fell into the Human Gate, because the Human Gate served as the foundational bedrock of the river!" "The Myriad Dao Stones formed during that heaven-opening process are known as Myriad Dao Source Stones!" "There is another kind of Myriad Dao Stone formed over countless years as the River of Time flowed—the power of myriad Daos converging, separating, and converging again... condensing into a pure force of myriad Daos, known as Myriad Dao Rule Stones!" The Human Sovereign continued, "According to the intelligence I obtained, someone from the Human Gate inside the Earth Gate wishes to cooperate with the Lord of Chaos. The Lord of Chaos made a demand: he wants to obtain Myriad Dao Stones in exchange!" The others listened in silence. The Human Sovereign added, "However, I have waited for days without any result!" His voice turned solemn. "The Myriad Dao Stones are exceedingly powerful and precious! If they wish to conduct a trade, they must either bring them directly out of the Human Gate into the Earth Gate, or teleport them through cultivators who practice the Dao of the Human Gate... Yet even with teleportation, a treasure so mighty cannot be transported by just anyone!" Su Yu listened quietly. King Wen pondered and said, "Does Eldest Brother mean that neither side has completed the transaction yet, so you want to intercept it?" The Human Sovereign nodded. "Correct! However, it is also possible... that the Lord of Chaos has already gotten his hands on it without my noticing. Since the other party dared make the trade, they must have considered whether I would detect it. Perhaps some formidable figure—like the Human Ancestor opening the Human Gate—teleported the treasure directly?" The Human Ancestor! At this point, Su Yu spoke up: "According to Fa, the Human Ancestor might not be willing to serve the Human Gate anymore. Back then, he served them perhaps due to insufficient strength or other reasons... but by now, he may not be so compliant!" The Human Sovereign nodded. "That is entirely possible! Since we've come to this and brought up the Myriad Dao Stone, let me brief you on the current situation inside the Earth Gate!" "When the Earth Gate opened in the past and clashed with the Heaven-Opening Era, the casualties were catastrophic. Vast numbers of ancient chaotic beasts fell in battle... In truth, humans exist within the Earth Gate as well! Even before the heavens were opened, humans already existed; otherwise, the humans of the myriad realms would never have come to be!" "Today, the Lord of Chaos reigns supreme across the entire Earth Gate!" He looked toward King Wen. "I never clashed directly with the Lord of Chaos, but Second Brother crossed paths with him once. Tell us, how strong is he?" King Wen spoke: "Extremely strong!" He added quickly, "If he weren't, I wouldn't have abandoned my attempt to force my way in back then. The moment I entered the Earth Gate, he sensed me. We didn't truly engage in prolonged combat, just traded a few blows across a distance before he repelled me... By my estimate, he possessed the strength of thirty-five or thirty-six Daos back then. The specifics are uncertain because we didn't fight to the death!" The Human Sovereign remarked, "Most likely thirty-six Daos. Back then, I was guarding the perimeter outside and sensed the pressure. That fellow also sensed my presence, which was why he retreated so quickly! He was wary of us joining forces, but he was certainly not weak enough to fall before us... so thirty-six Daos is the probable mark." Continuing, the Human Sovereign said, "At present, three factions stand strongest inside the Earth Gate! First, the Lord of Chaos! Second, the Human Ancestor! Third, Yu!" "Many of the Earth Gate's ancient powerhouses fell in battle back then; virtually all the transcendental experts died... Today, these few are all at the transcendental level, akin to the forbidden land masters within the Heavenly Gate!" "However, there is another point: within the Earth Gate, the Human Gate's influence is considerable. They even hold their own territory, acting far more brazenly than in the Heavenly Gate, taking full advantage of the scarcity of experts inside the Earth Gate!" "The Human Ancestor's exact strength is unknown, but he reportedly sparred with the Lord of Dead Spirits in the past and possesses considerable skill. In my view, he may have reached thirty-six Daos..." "As for Yu..." Speaking of Yu, the Human Sovereign paused before continuing, "Yu's strength should fall between thirty-two and thirty-four Daos! Perhaps thirty-five, but certainly not thirty-six!" "Her talent is formidable, and over the years, her circumstances differed from ours. Back then, her strength was comparable to Taishan's. Taishan hasn't slacked over the years, advancing to thirty-two Daos by now, but Taishan never enjoyed her level of tranquility or her abundance of time to cultivate..." After elaborating further, the Human Sovereign looked at Su Yu. "That is the general distribution of powerhouses connected to the Human Gate; we'll need to enter to learn the finer details! Returning to the Myriad Dao Stone: even if the Lord of Chaos obtained it, he couldn't consume it so quickly! And that item offers immense aid in stabilizing worlds, repairing worlds, mending Daos, and strengthening Daos... It can even allow one to comprehend the Lord of Time's Great Dao..." Su Yu understood his intent and asked, "I've heard that clashing between the Earth Gate and us has the effect of replenishing origin. I still lack clarity on this point. Could the Human Sovereign enlighten me?" For the Heavenly Gate, Su Yu knew it was the merging of Yin and Yang. What about the Earth Gate? The Human Sovereign explained, "The Earth Gate has stood rooted in the myriad realms all along. Most of its cultivators cultivate the chaotic Great Dao and draw upon the origin power of the myriad realms! You understand origin: so long as a being has existed and lived by the rules of survival, their origin dissipates into the world. Slaying Earth Gate cultivators won't grant us an immediate spike in combat strength, but killing them and devouring their origin will strengthen our own foundational origin!" "A stronger origin means greater potential, breaking through the bottlenecks that cap our growth!" Su Yu nodded. "Like the three-body art?" "No, there is still a difference!" The Human Sovereign clarified once more: "The three-body art cultivates one's own origin through three bodies. The origin inside the Earth Gate represents the origin of an entire era, or rather, the pooled origin of countless beings siphon-fed by the Earth Gate! It offers benefits to us, to the Heavenly Gate, and even to the Human Gate!" He laid out the logic for Su Yu: "So the current situation is this: when people from the Heavenly Gate emerge, they first kill us to combine Yin and Yang and empower themselves, then kill Earth Gate experts to seize origin, break their limits, and continue advancing! When Earth Gate experts emerge, they likewise kill us first to seize origin and strengthen themselves, then slaughter the experts of the Three Gates to merge Yin and Yang..." In short, everyone wanted to kill them first! Su Yu asked again, "What about the Human Gate?" "Unknown!" The Human Sovereign shook his head, then quickly added, "However, the Human Gate most likely serves a similar purpose. In fact..." He paused in thought, then said, "In fact, the Human Gate might simply be an era that was never destroyed!" Su Yu's brow furrowed slightly. "What do you mean?" The Human Sovereign smiled. "The Human Gate differs from both the Earth Gate and the Heavenly Gate. Those two eras are considered perished eras! But the Human Gate may be a complete era that never met total destruction. They might be equivalent to us, merely sealed away... A true seal. Even if they never leave the Human Gate, they might not face world-ending annihilation! Or perhaps... the Human Gate itself represents the apocalypse!" "Was the purpose of the River of Time to open the heavens, or was it to suppress the Human Gate?" The apocalypse again! Su Yu reflected on this; Heiyue had mentioned it once before, suggesting the Human Gate might be connected to the devouring locusts. Su Yu asked no further on the topic, shifting focus: "Then does the Human Sovereign mean we should enter the Earth Gate to see if we can seize the Myriad Dao Stone? The Earth Gate's internal strength isn't overwhelming. If we can recruit the Lord of Dead Spirits to enter alongside us... we might stand a chance of blowing the Earth Gate wide open!" The Earth Gate might have been troublesome in the past, but now it felt a notch below the Heavenly Gate. Su Yu's current faction possessed immense power. Storming in by force seemed entirely capable of pacifying the Earth Gate. The Human Sovereign nodded. "There is hope... but we must still worry about the Human Gate stirring up trouble! With such a massive disturbance inside the Heavenly Gate, the Human Gate's powerhouses are already aware of the situation." Considering the matter, the Human Sovereign said, "So I am weighing whether entering the Earth Gate now would hand the Human Gate an opening to exploit." The group fell into deep contemplation. At this stage, the Heavenly Gate was not weak, yet they feared it not; as for the Earth Gate, they feared it even less! The primary threat still stemmed from the Human Gate! "Roughly how much longer until the Three Gates open?" Su Yu asked. The Human Sovereign judged the timing and replied, "Soon! Every time everyone's world power erupts, it accelerates the opening process! The Earth Gate has revived considerably, as have the Heavenly Gate and the Human Gate... The era where all four sides converge is drawing near, by my estimation!" Should they charge into the Earth Gate? Su Yu weighed the thought. The Human Sovereign added, "Entering the Earth Gate may also carry risks! The greatest risk is actually the Earth Gate itself. Don't be fooled by how agreeable that fellow seems right now; as the supreme powerhouse of an era, he too wishes to return, to break his seal, and no longer remain a mere doorway... Thus, the danger posed by the Earth Gate itself must be considered! The Earth Gate commands the power of at least forty Daos! For the sake of safety, the best course is actually to have the Lord of Dead Spirits remain outside to deter the Earth Gate... In that case, charging inside would carry far greater peril!" The Lord of Dead Spirits had best not enter, lest he fall into a trap. By now, the Human Sovereign had already factored the Lord of Dead Spirits into their calculations. Su Yu looked at him. "Does the Human Sovereign wish to go inside with me?" "Yes!" The Human Sovereign nodded squarely. "If I want to recover my strength, I cannot keep waiting indefinitely! But this entry... will be different from going into the Heavenly Gate, because word of our actions inside the Heavenly Gate has inevitably leaked! As long as there are Human Gate emissaries within the Earth Gate, the news will travel! So, despite our collective improvement, without a single thirty-six-Dao combatant among us, we would actually be at a disadvantage against the Earth Gate!" Su Yu was at thirty-five Daos, but a gap still separated him from thirty-six Daos. As Su Yu fell into contemplation, Wen Yu suddenly spoke: "Fa says he found them!" Su Yu smiled. "Fa truly... spares no effort!" He had actually ferreted out the people from the Human Dao Holy Land? That fellow was certainly doing everything in his power to survive! In the next instant, Wen Yu reached into the void, and in a flash, three figures materialized. All three wore furious expressions. Fa's phantom figure gradually coalesced. The three glared at Fa with a mix of fury and despair at having been exposed! Fa looked at Wen Yu and said softly, "These three all belong to the Human Dao Holy Land!" Turning to the trio, he remarked calmly, "We were all merely trying to survive. Hate me or not, it matters not to me!" He faced Su Yu's group and stated, "I have met all three of them!" With that, he looked once more at the Human Sovereign. After a brief silence, he added, "You... should sense it!" The Human Sovereign nodded slightly. Looking toward an elderly man among the three, he gave a slight nod, remaining seated where he was. "A descendant of later generations greets Ancestor Xing!" The trio comprised two men and one woman. The elderly man's gaze shifted slightly. Hearing the Human Sovereign speak, he let out a long sigh after a pause. "You... are Xingyu?" "I am!" The Human Sovereign smiled faintly. "I never imagined our old ancestor had entered Wen Yu's world as well. Had I known earlier, I should have checked Wen Yu's world sooner, sparing our old ancestor from suffering!" The old man looked remarkably handsome, without the slightest trace of an elder's decrepitude. He gave only one impression: in his youth, he must have been stunningly dashing. The Human Sovereign continued, "Would our old ancestor mind introducing the other two seniors?" Xing sighed and nodded. "I am Xing. These two are Ye and Wen Yi." Ye was the female cultivator. As for Wen Yi... King Wen and Wen Yu remained thoroughly indifferent, paying him little heed. Su Yu was equally calm, not sparing a glance for the others; his eyes remained fixed on Xing. Xing looked back at Su Yu, his expression suspicious and somewhat... uncertain! Seeing him look over, Su Yu smiled. "Long time no see!" Xing froze slightly. "Eighteen years ago... no, perhaps only five or six years for you—we met back then!" Xing's eyes shifted drastically. After a long silence, he asked in disbelief, "It really is you?" Su Yu smiled. "It's me! Senior, do you still remember me?" "You..." Xing stood dazed, his expression thoroughly bitter. "I never imagined... I truly never imagined! Back then, was it... also here?" Su Yu nodded. "It was here! Without Senior, I would not be where I am today!" Su Yu chuckled. "All these years, I had no knowledge of Senior's existence. It was only recently, when I probed the past, that I uncovered a few clues. When I entered the Heavenly Gate, my first goal was to find Wen Yu, and my second was to find you! When Senior departed back then, you told me to seek you out after entering the Heavenly Gate. I intended to search, but never found a trace. Who would have thought Senior was truly right here!" Su Yu laughed. "I figured that since Riyue is transcendental and Wen is the strategist, whenever routine tasks needed doing, it would likely fall to Senior, the leader of the Eight Divisions. I never expected we would actually meet!" Xing sighed with deep emotion. "I still find it hard to believe!" Su Yu smiled. "I have much I'd like to discuss with Senior. If Senior doesn't mind, we can have a pleasant chat! I am exceedingly curious about Senior's stance!" Xing felt deeply helpless. Behind him, the other two gnashed their teeth. "You won't win! Once the Primordial Ancestor revives—" Boom! With a single palm strike, Su Yu shattered the two into fragments, blowing them into pieces! Xing's expression twisted in shock! Su Yu said calmly, "Those who lack strength yet spout venom never meet a good end! Having pitiful strength and being captured, yet insisting on spouting harsh words just to showcase competence and spine? I trust Senior Xing isn't as foolish as they were, right?" Looking back at Xing, Su Yu smiled. "Eighteen Daos. Not too weak, but not particularly strong either!" Xing stood there in deep awkwardness. Su Yu murmured softly, "Eighteen Daos... even descending across worlds, you must have wielded at least fifteen Daos, yes?" A cultivator of eighteen Daos... calling someone a supreme expert of seven Daos? Su Yu smiled! This time, his smile was exceptionally brilliant. He really wanted to head upstream and pay King Dazhou a visit. King Dazhou, when I retraced my memories last time, were you playing tricks? Meanwhile, Xing was entirely at a loss. His two companions had been slapped to death without a second thought! He could not help but blurt out, "Wen Yi was Wen's descendant! You..." Three of you here are considered Wen's descendants! To strike with such ruthlessness! Su Yu, King Wen, and Wen Yu were all experts—supreme powerhouses. Yet that Wen Yi, who technically counted as your ancestor's generation, was slapped to death just like that... It was... terrifying! The Human Sovereign chuckled. "Fortunately, I wouldn't slap our old ancestor to death. Su Yu's hand is simply too ruthless!" "……" Xing was left completely speechless. Did that count as a threat? Probably not! Was he genuinely refraining from killing him, or was he simply too lazy to bother? In any case, these fellows from the myriad realms seemed to harbor very little goodwill toward their ancient ancestors.