Earth-Shattering Upheaval!

The battlefield fell eerily quiet. Su Yu continued chewing on the Ageless Root. It still took time to absorb and digest it. Did any of this matter to Su Yu? Did it matter whether the Prison King had begun her schemes long ago? Ji Tian's retrospective analysis and deductions, connecting the dots based on known events, might be true, or they might be false... None of it mattered in the slightest! Indeed, Su Yu did not care about that. He felt that practically no one present truly understood him. Few people understood Su Yu. Would he be filled with righteous indignation? No! Would he feel disillusioned because the Prison King had plotted against the Human Sovereign and the others? No! If it was false, there was nothing to say. If it was true, he would only say that the Human Sovereign and his group had brought it upon themselves—who told them not to kill her back then? Thus, he had little sympathy. Yanhuo was tricked? What did that have to do with him? He merely respected the demons' unyielding spine. As for the rest... being deceived and killed served him right. He was an enemy anyway, so what did it have to do with Su Yu? Hundred Battles and Yu being conned? How did that concern him? Even if Zhou had truly orchestrated everything with Hundred Battles behind the scenes, to put it bluntly, killing Hundred Battles was enough for Su Yu. Hundred Battles hadn't slaughtered the humans of this current era; he had slaughtered the old relics of the previous tide... so what did that have to do with Su Yu? So, these people still didn't understand Su Yu. Su Yu genuinely didn't care about any of this! In truth, Su Yu cared about only one single point: did the Prison King know what her lineage had done out in the outside world? If she knew, Su Yu would kill her. If she didn't, he would see. And from the looks of it now, she had known. That was enough! Let these people speak with boundless eloquence, let them heap countless accusations upon the Prison King, let the Prison King offer sophistry, let the Human Sovereign and the others plead for mercy... it made no difference! None whatsoever! Su Yu cared about only that single point! Yet these people seemed to overlook that point, paying it little mind. What they considered more was whether the Human Sovereign's dissuasion would cause Su Yu to accept the Prison King. That was because they didn't know him! Whether the Human Sovereign and the others were important or not didn't matter. Just like with Anying and Marquis Yunshui back then—Yingwu and the others had wanted to plead for them, yet Su Yu had slaughtered them all the same! It was not about strength or weakness. It was about whether you made me uncomfortable, made me disgusted, made me unhappy. If you did, why would Su Yu ever be willing to work with such a person? That alone was enough! Ji Tian had babbled so much, and Su Yu treated it all as a joke. Of course, he didn't refute it, because Su Yu intended those words for the Human Sovereign and the others to hear. You just listen. Ji Tian had pinned many crimes on Yu... Su Yu didn't know if it was true or false, nor did he care. Even if it were false... Su Yu would treat it as true! Indeed, even if what Ji Tian said was a lie, Su Yu would take it as truth—just so the Human Sovereign and his group could hear it! At this moment, Su Yu chewed on the Ageless Root with an air of complete indifference. Gazing into the distance, he smiled. "Yu, let me ask you a question. Over all these years, were you in contact with Yue Zhan and the others on the outside?" Just that one point was enough! "Five seconds. If you don't answer, I'll take it as your tacit admission!" Su Yu waited in silence, but the Prison King made no reply. Su Yu asked no further. He remained calm—so calm that everyone thought he didn't care about the matter at all. Beside him, the Human Sovereign's expression shifted slightly, though he too said nothing. At that moment, Wen Yu sent a voice transmission: "What should we do? Do we stop the Human Gate or not? Even though I despise Yu, if she successfully opens her heaven and swallows the Great Daos, she'll instantly rival a Great Saint-level existence! When that time comes, whether what Ji Tian said was true or false... it'll force Yu into enmity with them..." So, Wen Yu's meaning was to stop them! Stop the Human Gate powerhouses, buy time for the Prison King to open her heaven, and let her swallow the Daos! Right then, Su Yu finished the last bite of the Ageless Root and let out a burp. A rich aura of life spilled outward, smelling so fragrant that even Wen Yu wanted a bite, though sadly Su Yu had eaten it all! Having finished eating, Su Yu digested the power of the Great Daos. He was pondering a question! A very serious question! A question that might have been overlooked by everyone present. Zhou Ji... had been at Mount Bihua the entire time! Clearly knowing this was the channel through which Great Saint Ji Tian would teleport and descend, Zhou had never moved to stop him. Otherwise, had he slain Zhou Ji, Ji Tian wouldn't have been able to teleport in at all! Knowing full well that a Great Saint was about to descend, knowing full well that the channel for his arrival was right beside him... the Human Ancestor had not killed him! And now, the two sides were in a standoff! There were two possible outcomes now: first, Su Yu stopped the Human Gate, and the Prison King succeeded! Second, Su Yu did not stop them, and the five Saints killed her! Yet if he didn't stop them, the Human Gate would take back the Great Daos, take back the Ten Thousand Daos Stone, and take back the Heaven-Opening Sword, costing Su Yu's side far too much. Reasonably, emotionally, and even purely in terms of benefits, Su Yu ought to intervene. Regardless of whether the Prison King had betrayed them, at least she and the Human Sovereign were sworn siblings—which made her far more trustworthy than the Human Gate! Ji Tian's lengthy analysis had, in a sense, bought Su Yu time. It had also given everyone time to assess the situation! And that situation dictated... that Su Yu's faction had best choose to assist the Prison King! Ji Tian, the Human Ancestor, the Prison King... manipulating the hearts of men! Countless thoughts surfaced and exploded within Su Yu's mind. Was there some connection among them? The origin of these thoughts was that Zhou Ji had stayed on the Human Ancestor's side the entire time. Not only that, but Ji Tian had also deliberately or inadvertently glossed over several points. For instance, the Longevity Bamboo that the Human Ancestor had left behind from before achieving Dao validation was in Yu's hands. For another instance, the Human Ancestor had once helped the Prison King repel the Lord of Chaos, helping her secure a foothold. According to Ji Tian, the Human Ancestor did so to establish a foothold in the Earth Gate so he wouldn't be hunted down. Yet the Human Ancestor had entered the Earth Gate back in the early Primordial Era, whereas the Prison King had entered at the end of the Ancient Era. Between them lay a gap of one to two hundred thousand years—even inside the Earth Gate, several tens of thousands of years had passed! So he had waited tens of thousands of years just to help you once out of fear of being besieged? All of this had been overlooked, whether intentionally or not! On the battlefield, aside from the Earth Gate constantly trying to maintain balance, the Human Ancestor's participation had likewise maintained balance all along, preventing an imbalance in relative combat power! It kept Su Yu and his side from feeling overwhelmed right from the start! Otherwise, Su Yu and the others might have fled. Hypothetically, what if the Human Ancestor had truly extracted the Great Daos of the Human Sovereign's heaven earlier to empower the Longevity Bamboo? His strength would have skyrocketed, bringing ruin upon Su Yu's side. If the Human Ancestor had teamed up with the Human Gate to slaughter them, what would the outcome have been? Thoughts flashed incessantly through Su Yu's mind. And another point: Zhou Ji! Before entering the gate, as Su Yu knew, Zhou Ji had possessed combat power shy of second-tier at best—roughly equal to King Wu at that time, peak third-tier approaching second-tier, which amounted to about eight Daos of power! A physical body of eight Daos bearing a Ji Tian of around thirty-eight Daos would undoubtedly perish! Indeed, Ji Tian was immensely strong! Just earlier, when Yanhuo took on thirty-eight Daos of power, even as a cultivator above twenty-five Daos, he had burned himself to death. There had been no alternative; had he not destroyed himself in the process, he could never have endured that massive surge of borrowed power. Yet Zhou Ji... had been essentially fine! First, Zhou Ji was his avatar, so there was no problem—they were originally one body! Second, if Zhou Ji was a cultivator of the myriad realms, it meant that during this period, someone had strengthened his physical body to an immense degree, giving him sufficient strength to receive Ji Tian's descent! Who could rapidly strengthen an eight-Dao cultivator's physical body beyond twenty-five Daos? Of course, strengthening the physical body wasn't impossible, but no matter how straightforward... going from eight Daos to twenty-five Daos still required the assistance of a powerhouse who was an absolute master of the Physical Body Dao, sharing insights, providing resources, and sparing no cost! Even Su Yu would find this difficult, as his mastery of the Physical Body Dao was not at that level. In the entire myriad realms, perhaps only one person could achieve that, for his Physical Body Dao had truly been cultivated to the absolute pinnacle! The Human Ancestor! And all of this had been overlooked amid the eruption of great battles, whether by design or neglect. For now, these appeared to be trifles. Had Su Yu not pondered it, scarcely anyone would have cared. Su Yu glanced toward the Human Ancestor and transmitted: "Senior Human Ancestor, do we save Yu or not?" The Human Ancestor's voice replied, "As you wish!" "Qiong, do we save Yu or not?" Qiong answered with irritation, "I only want my Heaven-Opening Sword!" Cut the damn crap! After fighting for so long, where was his sword? Where was his Yang realm Dao? "Love you, Qiong!" Qiong suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He stared at Su Yu in utter bewilderment. Su Yu, however, beamed brightly. He truly liked Qiong. Such sword cultivators were simply adorable—foolishly cute, jumping straight to action with so few devious schemes. Yes, he liked him! Qiong was on the verge of losing his mind! He stared at Su Yu in absolute horror. Even when influenced by the Human Sovereign, he had never felt so terrified. Right now, Su Yu genuinely frightened him. Fuck! What a lunatic! Why the hell are you loving me? Su Yu kept smiling, yet his aura steadily grew stronger. At this moment, everyone was waiting for his decision! Would they remain locked in stalemate, or what? Ignoring the rest, Su Yu transmitted to Wen Yu: "Wen Yu, on the battlefield, there can only be one command. Do you listen to me, or to someone else?" Wen Yu quickly sent back, glancing at the Human Sovereign beside her, and muttered, "As long as it doesn't harm Big Brother or Big Brother Xingyu, I'll listen to you!" Su Yu nodded slightly. That was enough. Su Yu then projected his voice aloud: "Senior Dead Spirits, if there is to be only one voice on the battlefield, do you heed mine, or someone else's?" At these words, shock rippled in all directions. What did he mean? Was Su Yu refusing to care about Yu's fate, yet worried the Human Sovereign and the others might interfere, and so he was playing this game? The Lord of Dead Spirits said calmly, "I heed yours!" "Human Sovereign, King Wen, King Wu!" Su Yu's voice boomed like a bronze bell. "The three of you are military men as well. On the battlefield, there can only be one voice—mine, Su Yu's! If I do not save Yu, you three won't turn against me, will you?" At this moment, even the Human Gate's Great Saints wore strange expressions. Su Yu wasn't going to intervene? Excellent! That spared them trouble, and better yet, might even provoke conflict between him and the Human Sovereign's group! Wonderful! Beside Su Yu, the Human Sovereign exhaled softly. "I told you, this is your era! Since it is your era... so long as you are not sending my old brothers to their deaths... we will listen to you!" This era belonged to Su Yu now! As for Yu... his shielding her back then had been his own choice; he had neither reason nor justification to demand that Su Yu protect her. Shielding her back then had already been an act of favoritism. The voices of King Wen and King Wu resonated simultaneously: "You have the final say!" At this moment, Su Yu's position as the true core was formally established! Previously, though Su Yu's opinions carried great weight, his word hadn't been absolute. King Wen and the others formed their own bloc, though broad strategies were discussed with Su Yu. And right now, with a resounding boom, Su Yu's aura surged! Heaven and earth trembled! One hundred and eight acupoints fused into one in an instant! The heaven within Su Yu brimmed with power, turning terrifying. Thirty-six Daos! Su Yu looked around, and everyone turned their gaze upon him. Su Yu had officially stepped into the ranks of the supreme powerhouses of all existence. Thirty-six Daos! The five Saints of the Human Gate, the Human Ancestor, Qiong, Kong, Shi, the Lord of Dead Spirits, the Three Gates, and the Lord of Time! Across the myriad realms and the eras of the Three Gates, amidst countless mighty figures, those who had stepped into this tier and lived to this day numbered only fifteen, including Su Yu! At this moment, Su Yu had joined this elite circle of supreme experts! The five Saints of the Human Gate all underwent slight changes in expression. Su Yu looked at the five of them with a smile. "Huo Tian, Ji Tian... the remaining three are all supreme powerhouses. Why not introduce yourselves so I can get to know you all?" At this, the voice of a tremendously powerful figure rang out, bearing an aura of trepidation that instilled terror in others. "Jing Tian of the Human Gate!" Great Saint Jing Tian! Su Yu smiled. "If you don't mind, could you mention your strength as well? I can't be bothered to probe, lest you think I'm provoking you!" "Thirty-seven Daos!" Jing Tian didn't mind. If Su Yu wanted to probe, he could easily find out anyway. The next instant, a soft, melodious voice tinged with yearning gently drifted over: "Si Tian. This humble one's strength is frail, a mere thirty-six Daos. I beg you to have pity on me!" Su Yu smiled and nodded. "The Dao of Melancholic Yearning makes my heart itch just hearing it. I truly wish I could take you into my arms and cherish you with all my heart..." "..." Hearing this, many shot bizarre looks at Su Yu. Had he fallen under a spell? These were not words Su Yu would ever say! Su Yu chuckled. "What are you staring at? Great Saint Si Tian is so lovely. Under normal circumstances, I would definitely hold her tight, rip her to pieces, and study and cherish her thoroughly. How could anyone not love her?" "..." Spoken as declarations of affection, they chilled everyone to the bone! What a lunatic—is that how you love someone? Even the flower-like, alluring Great Saint Si Tian gave a slight twitch of her lips, utterly struck dumb. This guy Su Yu... she had no words for him. Su Yu then turned to the last figure and smiled. "And you, sir?" The final person was also exceptionally strong. At the question, he said flatly, "E Tian! Thirty-eight Daos!" He was the strongest of the five Saints—or rather, Ji Tian also seemed to possess thirty-eight Daos. Both Ji Tian and E Tian were at thirty-eight Daos, Jing Tian was thirty-seven, while Huo Tian and Si Tian were thirty-six. These people were genuinely terrifyingly strong. Su Yu smiled again. "I find just one thing strange. The other seven are more or less tied to the seven emotions and six desires. But what about you, Great Saint Ji Tian? Your name seems a bit off!" Su Yu beamed brightly. "If you don't mind, could you tell me? Among the Daos of the seven emotions and six desires, which one do you wield?" Ji Tian smiled and shook his head. "The Human Dao consists of more than just the seven emotions and six desires! You must understand: Ji represents the state, agriculture, and civilization! Man is human because he possesses wisdom, spirituality, notions, and philosophy... Ji is the proliferation of thought..." Su Yu nodded. "Understood. Stripping away the complexity, you're essentially saying you're a scholar who wields wisdom and civilization! Am I right?" Ji Tian smiled. "You could say that!" Su Yu sighed with feeling. "So you also fancy yourself a scholar. No wonder!" By now, Su Yu had a clear grasp of the Eight Saints' circumstances. The so-called seven emotions and six desires didn't necessarily mean each wielded one exact emotion. With thirteen Great Saints in total, similar emotional Daos didn't require multiple masters. Ji Tian, however, was quite unique among the Eight Saints—the Dao of Wisdom and Civilization within the Human Dao! As if remembering something, Su Yu added, "Back then, when the Human Ancestor colluded with the Human Gate, were you the one who instigated it, Ji Tian?" "..." Beside them, the Human Ancestor glanced at Su Yu without speaking. Instead, among the five Saints, Great Saint Jing Tian said impassively, "This seat was the one who made contact! Sadly, he ultimately chose the wrong path!" Su Yu nodded once more. "Indeed! Utter nonsense!" Everyone felt increasingly uneasy. This fellow Su Yu could truly chime in on anything—even agreeing with that! Su Yu turned to the Human Ancestor again and smiled. "Senior Human Ancestor, why didn't you keep following the Human Gate later on back then?" "I stood alone at the summit of the myriad realms—why would I remain loyal to the Human Gate?" The Human Ancestor made no attempt to conceal it, speaking bluntly. "Besides, who wants to be subservient to another?" Su Yu nodded again, then asked, "Then why did you betray the Heavenly Gate back then?" The Human Ancestor frowned slightly. "It was not a betrayal, merely an attempt to save that era! The Heavenly Gate was unwilling to transform into a gate to shield the era; he only wanted to escape world destruction himself! In the final battle, he was already on the verge of defeat. Only by transforming into a gate to seal the era could the Heaven-Opening Era be preserved from annihilation! As the third gate, only through becoming a gate could he save everyone... yet he wanted to flee! Tell me, what choice was I supposed to make?" Su Yu took a breath. "I'm feeling a bit scared!" Scared of what? He was the Fourth Gate! By that logic, if he ever faced an irreversible defeat, perhaps someone like the Human Ancestor would decide that to save this era, only Su Yu turning into a gate could protect it! Su Yu looked around at those nearby, looking at the Human Sovereign and the others, and smiled. "If I am defeated in the end... and if I refuse to become a gate and choose to flee alone, will anyone... act like the Human Ancestor?" The Human Sovereign replied calmly, "That is your own choice! As I said, in this era... there are not many people left whom we are willing to protect!" We have opened our own heavens as well! So whether you protect them or not is entirely up to you, Su Yu! As for others, even if they resent it, what can they do to you? At this point, Ji Tian raised an eyebrow slightly. "Su Yu, you've made your breakthrough! By now, it's time you made a choice, isn't it?" He pointed at the Prison King. "Dragging out this standoff serves no one! She is preparing to open her heaven. Su Yu, are you deliberately stalling for time?" Su Yu shook his head. "No, I'm just pondering certain things—some very terrifying things! My only purpose in coming to the Earth Gate was to claim the Ten Thousand Daos Stone. How did this turn into all Eight Saints descending, the Earth Gate being breached, and the Prison King opening a heaven...?" Su Yu sighed and looked at the Human Sovereign. "Where did your information actually come from?" The Human Sovereign frowned slightly. Why ask this now? He thought quickly for a moment, then answered, "King Dou!" King Dou! A man almost forgotten, a tremendously powerful Human King of old, an ancestor of Hundred Battles—or rather, a descendant of the Human Ancestor. King Dou! It was said that after the Human Sovereign cast the Prison King into the Earth Gate back then, King Dou had disappeared. As it turned out, had he entered the Earth Gate to serve as a spy? "How did King Dou find out?" Before the Human Sovereign could say more, the aura of a powerhouse in the distance surged, materializing in the void wearing a dark mask. If Su Yu had witnessed the gathering of the Human Gate's emissaries that day, he would have recognized that this very person had taken the central seat and presided over the meeting. The descent of the Human Gate's Great Saints had not involved seizing the physical bodies of all those who opened the Human Gate. Except for Ji Tian, none had done so. Thus, Ji Tian was unique. At this moment, this dark-masked emissary's aura was somewhat unsteady, depleted significantly, yet his strength was not weak either. Su Yu sensed he possessed roughly twenty-five Daos of power. Quite formidable! "Your Majesty!" In the distance, the dark emissary's mask shattered, revealing a face with a slight resemblance to Hundred Battles, and even a faint likeness to the Human Ancestor. King Dou! The Human Sovereign nodded and looked at Su Yu. "He is one of the Human Gate's emissaries. Because he opened the Human Gate, he was also one of the emissaries tasked with guiding the Great Saints' descent... Thus, he knows a great deal!" "Back then, I had King Dou enter to investigate the situation inside the Earth Gate. Because he carries the Human Ancestor's bloodline, and the Human Ancestor was an unsealed expert from the Heaven-Opening Era, their lineage can open the Human Gate!" The Human Sovereign looked at the dark emissary, then at Su Yu. "The news of the Ten Thousand Daos Stone was sent back by King Dou!" Coming from such an expert, an emissary of the Human Gate no less, the intel he relayed would naturally not be mistaken! King Dou! Su Yu laughed. "The Human Gate is truly foolish, daring to trust even King Dou and groom him as an emissary..." In the distance, King Dou's pale face broke into a smile. "Because those capable of opening the Human Gate are few in number, after all! For the Eight Saints to descend required at least eight emissaries! Besides, they merely used my gate to descend... trust or lack thereof hardly mattered!" Fair enough! At this moment, another layer of Su Yu's doubts cleared away. Su Yu looked at King Dou and chuckled. "You and I... might have a bit of a grudge. I killed Hundred Battles..." King Dou nodded. "I have heard of this. But I did not know Hundred Battles. Even if he carried my bloodline, after countless ages, who knows what descendants become? Slayed is slayed; one who betrays the human race deserves death!" "Wise words, King Dou!" Su Yu beamed. "Thank you for enduring in secret all these years, and for providing the Human Sovereign with information on the Ten Thousand Daos Stone!" The news came from this man. Naturally, the report regarding the Ten Thousand Daos Stone was genuine, and naturally, the Human Sovereign had believed his word. So for this trip to the Earth Gate, King Dou had played a considerable role. Had he not supplied the news of the Ten Thousand Daos Stone, Su Yu and his companions might not have entered the Earth Gate at all, given that their primary objective here was to heal the Human Sovereign's injuries! "King Dou, Prison King, Ji Tian, Human Ancestor, Hundred Battles, Yu, Yanhuo, Earth Gate..." Name after name surfaced in his mind. No, perhaps Great Saint Jing Tian, who had cooperated with the Human Ancestor in the past, needed to be added to the list as well! At that moment, Great Saint E Tian among the Human Gate's five Saints grew impatient and said flatly, "Su Yu, are you finished reminiscing?" What was he stalling for? It was completely pointless! "Hold on, hold on!" Su Yu sank into thought. He had a thread connecting everything—don't interrupt me. He suddenly turned toward the Earth Gate and asked, "Senior Earth Gate, as the gate itself, if you refused to allow the Eight Great Saints to descend, they wouldn't be able to, right?" Floating in the distance, the Earth Gate responded coldly, "Why should I refuse? You lot threatened this seat and assaulted this seat by force, so why shouldn't I let them enter?" There was a trace of disdain in his tone! Su Yu nodded. In other words, if he refused their descent, they truly could not have descended! After all, they were descending through someone else's gateway. The Earth Gate was like this—what about the Heavenly Gate? So, when Qiong descended via my Heavenly Gate... and when I teleported Great Saint Qing Tian over... could the Heavenly Gate have stopped it at that moment? Perhaps it could have! Then why hadn't it stopped it? Had the Heavenly Gate grown greedy as well? Surely not! Was it because the Heavenly Gate thought killing a Great Saint would bolster their strength? Thoughts flashed in rapid succession! If the Earth Gate could block the descent of Great Saints, then had the Heavenly Gate intervened, neither Qiong nor Qing Tian could have passed through either! This time, no one was restricting the Heavenly Gate. Could it have been so severely damaged last time that it fell into slumber? The Heavenly Gate, the Earth Gate, the Human Ancestor... Thought after thought surfaced once more. At this moment, Su Yu seemed to connect the threads, piecing it all together! The Human Gate! The strongest existence! The most mysterious existence! His pupils contracted slightly. It was only a conjecture, but everyone should know that no matter how they fought among themselves, in the end they would inevitably have to face the hurdle of the Human Gate! The Human Gate was the truly terrifying existence! Yet now, everyone seemed to have forgotten its existence—never mentioning how powerful the Human Gate was, never speaking of how terrifying it was, never considering how to deal with the Human Gate even if they crushed all other factions! The next moment, Su Yu smiled. "Alright, I'm done talking. Go ahead and make your move!" Ji Tian asked warily, "You truly won't intervene?" "Of course!" Su Yu smiled. "What does Yu's life or death have to do with me?" Beside Su Yu, however, Qiong grew anxious: "Then what about my sword...?" What about his true form? He was frantic! The Human Sovereign frowned slightly and said nothing, while Wen Yu whispered, "Do we really not want the Ten Thousand Daos Stone?" Even though she despised the Prison King, she still pointed out, "Cooperating with Yu and having her hand over the Heaven-Opening Sword and the Ten Thousand Daos Stone would boost our strength immensely..." Thus, Su Yu's people genuinely needed many things—including the Heaven-Opening Sword and the Ten Thousand Daos Stone. And coincidentally, these items were all on the Prison King's side! At this moment, Su Yu felt even more certain of his earlier deductions! The Prison King's side needed them to take action! That was why the Heaven-Opening Sword and the Ten Thousand Daos Stone were over there—because under any circumstances, Su Yu's group would need those treasures. Yet Su Yu said coldly, "We will not intervene. I want to watch the Prison King die. Once those things fall into the Human Gate's hands, we'll seize them then!" Everyone found this difficult to comprehend! Agreeing to help the Prison King right now would likely be the simplest way to obtain them. Why insist on wresting them from the five Saints, discarding the easy route in favor of the hardest, most convoluted path? What was this guy Su Yu thinking? Even the Human Ancestor sent a transmission: "Su Yu, you have stepped into thirty-six Daos now. If you coordinate with Yu and she successfully opens her heaven... there is hope of eliminating one or two Great Saints, or even keeping all of them here!" Why choose the most difficult path! At this time, Ji Tian also frowned slightly and spoke: "Huo Tian, Si Tian, Jing Tian—the three of you go deal with the Prison King. E Tian and I will keep watch here in case they make a sudden move!" Three powerhouses—one of thirty-seven Daos and two of thirty-six Daos—dealing with the Prison King would be child's play! The three exchanged glances, nodded, and charged toward the rear! Over there, having failed to obtain the result she wanted, the Prison King let out a low cry. Suddenly, the power of myriad Daos erupted from her body, and a book resembling the Time Book unfolded rapidly! Clearly, she knew no reinforcements were coming! Thus, at this moment, she chose to open her heaven! "Kill!" Jing Tian and his two companions charged over. Ji Tian said in a deep voice, "E Tian, be careful! These fellows are treacherous; watch out for a sudden ambush!" "I know!" E Tian was immensely powerful as well, so how could he be careless? Su Yu's group was undeniably formidable—especially the Lord of Dead Spirits over there. Fortunately, the Earth Gate was on that side, so the Lord of Dead Spirits might not dare come over. *** Seeing this lineup, Su Yu's eyes flickered. Jing Tian, Prison King... Huo Tian, Si Tian. Ji Tian... E Tian! Earth Gate... Lord of Dead Spirits, King Wen, King Wu. Human Ancestor... Su Yu, Human Sovereign, Qiong, Wen Yu. Su Yu's expression shifted. If his suspicions were correct, this was quite a massive game of chess—a match that had begun back in the Heaven-Opening Era! Was the Human Gate, famed for manipulating mortal hearts and omnipotence... the center of this game? Right now, itching to act, Su Yu transmitted to several people: "In a moment, when I say strike, you strike! Whomever I tell you to kill, you kill! There must be no questioning whatsoever! Not a single doubt is permitted!" Their hearts tightened. Su Yu was going to strike after all! Kill whom? Ji Tian? E Tian? Or someone else? "Did you hear me?" Su Yu's transmission held a sharp edge. Even the Human Sovereign was slightly taken aback. The others answered via transmission, "Understood!" Su Yu said no more. He waited in silence, his aura growing ever stronger. In the distance, Ji Tian and E Tian turned solemn as well. Did these bastards still want to stick their hands in? Yet Su Yu was waiting! Waiting the whole time! He needed an opportunity, an event that would confirm his conjecture! As for who was right and who was wrong... what did he give a shit! The things he wanted, he would take back with his own hands! *** At this moment, the Prison King's heaven unfolded with astonishing speed! It was as if everything had been prepared long in advance! Her aura surged instantly. This was the tribulation of opening her heaven: three top-tier existences of thirty-six Daos or higher! Boom! The energy of the Ageless Root was rapidly swallowed by her! In the blink of an eye, the Prison King advanced from thirty-three Daos to thirty-four Daos. Indeed, this woman had already reached thirty-three Daos previously, and now, in an instant, she reached thirty-four Daos of power. Opposite her, the three powerhouses charged in swiftly, soaring killing intent billowing from them. They harbored little concern—the Prison King was doomed! "Die!" Great Saint Jing Tian roared fiercely with peerless momentum. A longsword appeared in his grasp, cleaving toward the Prison King! Si Tian and Huo Tian struck out as well. Three against one—an absolute execution of the Prison King! Reclaim the Great Daos! *** "Whether I'm right or wrong... all depends... on this moment!" Su Yu watched, his eyes locked onto the scene. And the next moment, a flash of relief crossed Su Yu's eyes. I was right! At that very instant, a shriek pierced heaven and earth! Boom! A colossal explosion rang out, accompanied by Huo Tian's piercing shriek resounding in all directions—a cry fraught with disbelief and despair! In that instant, everyone turned to look! A longsword had impaled Huo Tian! It was Jing Tian's sword! *** Su Yu was not surprised. In that split second, ignoring Ji Tian and E Tian, he roared through transmission: "Kill the Human Ancestor!" Boom! Su Yu slashed out with his saber! The Human Sovereign, Wen Yu, and Qiong were startled, but with no time to think, they all unleashed their attacks! The Human Ancestor's expression twisted violently. Throwing a punch in defense, he fled at top speed! Rumble! A thunderous roar shook heaven and earth! At this moment, in the distance, the very instant E Tian instinctively turned his head, a sword suddenly materialized in Ji Tian's grasp—an incomparably sharp blade—and plunged toward E Tian! E Tian's face twisted in sheer shock! "Ji Tian!" *** Across the three battlefields, an earth-shattering upheaval erupted in the blink of an eye! At that moment, while the Lord of Dead Spirits and the others near the gateway stood stunned, Su Yu's furious bellow crashed into their ears: "Slay the Earth Gate!" Boom! The Lord of Dead Spirits threw a punch! The Earth Gate rapidly morphed into human form, his expression changing as he cursed inwardly. The clash erupted instantaneously! At this moment, every expert below supreme grade was utterly dumbfounded! Weren't Su Yu and his side fighting against the five Saints of the Human Gate? A daze fell upon everyone! Could someone tell me what in the world just happened? Everyone was tearing each other apart from the inside! Not only the Human Gate—Su Yu and his allies were actually trying to execute the Human Ancestor!