Delivered to the Doorstep

As Wan Tiansheng put it, the strength of an individual could never match the strength of the collective. The wisdom of one man was ultimately inferior to the wisdom of many. Did that make sense? Right now, it made a lot of sense. Of course, if there were plenty of time, there would be no need to take such risks and inadvertently labor for someone else's benefit! Furthermore, when hundreds of wills clashed, it was easy to go mad and become a lunatic like Lan Tian. Although Su Yu found Lan Tian rather repulsive with all his shapeshifting from morning till night, still… who cared! *I should be able to manage, right?* *Lan Tian might have gone completely crazy, but I'm still reasonably sane. Faced with such a backlash, I should be able to hold out!* Yes, that was how confident he was! And if he truly couldn't endure it… if his consciousness fell into absolute chaos, he would just consider himself dead. What was the big deal? "The true Human Gate…" The true Human Gate was likely descending soon as well. When the Earth Gate opened, it was said that it would descend within roughly a month. But since the Heavenly Gate had opened ahead of schedule, the Human Gate might arrive within half a month. At this moment, Su Yu was pondering whether Wan Tiansheng could truly inherit the power of the Human Gate. Besides, there might still be some top-tier experts inside the Human Gate. Perhaps there were none above the 36-Dao level, but what about the 32-Dao level? There ought to be some! "Governor Wan, take these next few days to absorb and digest as much as you can!" Su Yu said, "A complete Dao of Wrath, plus half of the Dao of Universal Sorrow—even if it doesn't push you to the 36-Dao level, reaching the 32-Dao level is a must. Only then will you have any hope of inheriting that Gate of Sealing!" Wan Tiansheng smiled bitterly. "The power is sufficient, but my comprehension isn't!" The 32-Dao level was nowhere near that simple. "It's merely experiencing the hardships of life. In my view, the Dao of Seven Emotions and Six Desires is actually very simple!" Su Yu remarked nonchalantly, "One person, one face; ten thousand people, ten thousand faces. All living beings have ten thousand Daos, and ten thousand Daos have ten thousand faces! Lan Tian, for the next few days, you have only one task: take our lovely Governor Wan to experience a rich and colorful life. Make sure he tastes every sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy flavor of existence!" Wan Tiansheng's expression froze. "Is that really necessary?" "It is!" Su Yu nodded, adopting a grave tone. "You simply have too little life experience, Governor Wan. Let's set a ten-day limit—two hundred and forty hours, fifteen thousand six hundred minutes! Experience one person's life every minute. Experiencing it purely through the mind is actually extremely fast! A literal meaning of living a year in a single day! That way, over ten days, you will live through ten thousand paths of life: some tragic, some joyful, some bitter, some living, some dying…" Wan Tiansheng's face went completely rigid! He stared at Su Yu. Su Yu met his gaze with absolute sincerity, nodding. "You can do it!" "……" Wan Tiansheng said in a deep voice, "The Dao isn't comprehended like this!" "I know, it's pulling up seedlings to help them grow. But… Governor Wan, there's no time!" Su Yu sighed. "As for any aftereffects, we can deal with them later! At worst, you'll just end up like Lan Tian! Right?" "……" Wan Tiansheng stared at him in utter despair. "I don't want to end up like Lan Tian!" *I just gave you an idea, and you turn around and come up with an idea for me!* *Are you even human?!* Experiencing ten thousand lives in ten days? How utterly fantastic! Su Yu smiled. "No problem at all. I believe in you, Governor Wan!" Wan Tiansheng sighed. "It really won't work. My consciousness will collapse. If you said ten people in ten days, I might give it a try. But forcing me to live a life every minute means ceaseless shattering of memories and turbulence of the mind. It might completely erode my own will!" "How could that happen?" Su Yu shook his head. "It won't! You are an extraordinary man, Governor Wan. I believe in you!" *Screw you!* This wasn't a matter of trust. Su Yu was speaking as if it were a joke, leaving Wan Tiansheng ready to weep without tears. "People really die from this!" Su Yu nodded. "It's fine. If your mind truly scatters, I'll have the Human Sovereign's Great Dao wash over you later. As long as you still know to kill those bastards, nothing else matters!" "A tool for killing?" Wan Tiansheng asked helplessly, *Is that what you mean?* Su Yu nodded. *Precisely what I mean!* "You… are truly ruthless!" Su Yu wore a half-smile. "Aren't you ruthless too, Governor Wan? Giving me that suggestion wouldn't exactly be pleasant for me either. Anyone who makes things hard for me won't have an easy time themselves!" *Be a human being for once!* Wan Tiansheng felt utterly powerless, while Lan Tian's smile stretched impossibly wide. "I can do this! Within ten days, I will definitely make Tiansheng shed his mortal skin and wash clean his demeanor. Once he's cleansed, his disposition will be far more striking!" What kind of disposition? The disposition of a lunatic? Just as Wan Tiansheng was about to retort, Lan Tian giggled. "I'm talking about the speed of changing faces! Right now, you change faces far too slowly. Look at how fast Su Yu changes face, and look at me… right?" In an instant, Lan Tian's giggling turned into fierce berating! There was not the slightest sense of incongruity! Su Yu rolled his eyes. *Leave me out of it. I never change faces!* Lan Tian chuckled again. "The so-called Dao of Seven Emotions and Six Desires is simply the Dao of Changing Faces! Honestly, I think I could cultivate this Dao myself. Of course, I have a Dao that suits me even better, so I won't compete with you for it! Tiansheng, you can do it. In this era… if you don't step up, and I don't step up, and nobody steps up, how can we save all living beings? The common people are so lovely…" Su Yu nodded in agreement. "Lan Tian is right! If we don't step up and just count on others, how could that possibly work?" He looked into the distance and said softly, "To put it bluntly, if the Human Sovereign and his group run away with their worlds and subordinates, could we chase after them? Could we kill them? Chaos is so vast; it's not like the Myriad Realms is the only place! Their faction has multiple worlds. Even if they don't take many people, if they flee with several dozen or a hundred, what could you do?" "The Lord of Dead Spirits has it even simpler. He doesn't have many followers, and at the 39-Dao level, he can run whenever he wants without much burden!" "Qiong goes without saying. Though he hasn't opened a world, if push comes to shove, he could defect to the Heavenly Gate or Earth Gate, and they wouldn't necessarily refuse him!" "Only us…" Su Yu looked at Lan Tian, then back at Wan Tiansheng. "Even if I were to run, how many people do you think my world could take with me, Governor Wan?" "A hundred thousand? A million? Ten million?" "What would they eat? What would they drink?" "Would there be enough time to clear fertile fields, to procure food, water, and clothing for everyone?" "……" Su Yu said calmly, "That's why this time, after killing those people, I hoarded nearly all the power of the Great Daos for myself. Aside from a share of benefits taken by Qiong, I kept everything else for myself! The Saber Ancestor's Dao, the God Ancestor's Dao, half of the Lord of Chaos's Great Dao… I took them all and didn't share them with the others!" This time, Su Yu had claimed virtually everything. Because he needed his own side to become powerful! "If they run when the critical moment comes, I won't blame them! But we cannot simply pin our hopes on them… do you understand?" Wan Tiansheng nodded with a deep sigh. "After all is said and done, you still want me to give it a try, don't you?" Experiencing one person's life every minute—living it in the mind, not in reality, much like absorbing memories… Even so, it could turn him completely perverse. To become a lunatic like Lan Tian and Su Yu… Wan Tiansheng felt he was still quite normal. Alas, to integrate into this abnormal collective, he had to drive himself mad! "Can I try it on my own… without Lan Tian following me…?" "No!" Su Yu refused flatly. "Left to yourself, you'll be selective, choosing kind, benevolent, simpleminded people to experience! That won't do! You'd end up turning yourself into an idiot! You need all sorts of different people, and Lan Tian is an expert at that! For instance, mass murderers, neurotics, fiends, lunatics, young women, old ladies, old men…" Lan Tian nodded repeatedly. That could definitely be arranged! Su Yu smiled. "Alright, that settles it! Governor Wan, your Great Dao power is sufficient; all you lack is comprehension. No matter what, elevate yourself to the 32-Dao level for me! You must realize that we paid a steep price to seize those Daos of Seven Emotions and Six Desires! I gave them all to you. If I had used them to advance myself, I might already be at the 38-Dao level!" Wan Tiansheng rolled his eyes. Su Yu thought for a moment and added, "Lan Tian, seal his cultivation. Don't let him watch from the sidelines as a bystander; make him immerse himself completely!" "No problem!" Lan Tian grinned! Wan Tiansheng could no longer hold back. "Are you trying to kill me?" *Is this brat doing this on purpose?!* Su Yu chuckled and looked at him. After a long moment, he said, "No, you have to become like us to succeed. Otherwise… you'll fall behind!" Wan Tiansheng was thoroughly speechless! Before he could say another word, Lan Tian draped an arm seductively around his neck and giggled. "Alright, Little Wanwan, let's go! I'll take you to play something fun. It's going to be so much fun!" "……" Wan Tiansheng cast a pleading look at Su Yu, but Su Yu merely waved him off. *Go on!* *What are you pleading for?!* *You, Wan Tiansheng, possess countless faces—you can be immortal, demonic, or saintly. How could a trivial matter like this stump you?* Besides, things had reached this stage; they had to treat a dead horse as if it were alive! If his mind truly collapsed and he died, it was merely stepping into the grave a step earlier. Indeed, Su Yu was not a hundred percent certain of success. So what? At worst, he would simply go ahead first. It was no big deal. At this juncture, Su Yu was prepared for total annihilation. If Old Wan succeeded, it would be an unexpected pleasant surprise; if he failed… then he failed. Going ahead early spared him from having to witness the scene of his own defeat and destruction! "The Human Gate…" Watching them leave, Su Yu murmured under his breath. Was Old Wan the Human Gate? Was he the so-called Old Seven, the artifact spirit of the Gate of Sealing, or the inheritor he claimed to be? Was there a hidden mystery behind it? Perhaps there was, perhaps there wasn't. Yet Su Yu truly no longer cared. He genuinely did not! The Human Gate would destroy the world? What world was there to destroy? In any case, he hadn't felt the Human Gate destroying anything; all he knew was that those bastards in the Earth Gate and Heavenly Gate were bent on devouring him and consuming the Myriad Realms. So from Su Yu's perspective, who gave a damn about the world ending! Whoever wanted to kill him, he would kill them! Thus, Su Yu truly did not care about Old Wan's exact situation, nor did he care whether the answer Wan Tiansheng gave was true or false! The Heavenly Gate said the Human Gate was right by his side! Su Yu only wanted to say… *What the hell does that have to do with me?!* As long as you don't come looking for trouble with me, I will fight the Human Gate alongside you. But if you come looking for trouble with me… I will beat you to death first! Those fellows from the Heavenly Gate didn't understand Su Yu at all! Who was friend and who was foe was decided by his own heart, not by theirs! "Once I beat you all to death, I'll delve into whether the Human Gate truly exists…" Su Yu muttered. Time was running short for him. A strength of 36 Daos was very powerful, yet it was also very weak. Lan Tian and Old Wan were merely backup plans. For what truly mattered, he still had to rely on himself. Besides the method Old Wan suggested, did Su Yu have other ways to strengthen himself? He did! It was only a question of whether he wanted to use them or not. …… Soon, Su Yu appeared in another place. No one else was here. Only the Shadow Guards! A rather unshadowy group of Shadow Guards. Seeing Su Yu arrive, the group beamed with joy. Xia Huyou bared his teeth in a grin. "Your Majesty, do the Shadow Guards have a mission?" Though they were weak, they were all extremely pumped up. *Look, Su Yu came to us again. As expected, we are the core.* Without wasting words, Su Yu said directly, "There are two choices! First, coordinate with Lan Tian! I plan to help Lan Tian devour the River of Time. What you need to do is simple: convert the River's Great Dao into his world's Great Dao… The difficulty isn't immense, but it isn't easy either, and the probability of failure is extremely high!" "Second, coordinate with me to help me fuse Great Daos!" Before anyone could speak, Su Yu added, "Option two is eliminated. Lan Tian needs help more, so you can only choose option one!" Everyone was speechless. *Then why did you even bring it up? To mess with us?* Su Yu laughed heartily, then quickly said, "Of course, not all of you need to do this!" Glancing around, he looked at a few people. "Liu Hong, not you!" Liu Hong was delighted. "Then what do I do?" "Your Dao is somewhat unique and exceptionally useful. King Wen probably never imagined your Dao could be so handy. You'll serve as a three-pronged adapter!" "……" Liu Hong stared blankly. *What does that mean?* "King Wen and Wen Yu are not weak, but currently they're only at 34 Daos, which isn't strong enough!" Liu Hong nodded. *Right, not strong enough—only you could say something like that!* Su Yu continued, "So, I need you to connect the worlds of the three of us: mine, King Wen's, and Wen Yu's!" Liu Hong drew a sharp breath. "My Great Dao only has two ends. How can I connect three sides?" *Do you really think I'm a three-pronged plug?!* "Can't you split it yourself?" "……" Liu Hong nearly choked to death on a cough. *The way you put it… splitting my Great Dao… isn't entirely impossible!* "So you mean I should draw power from their worlds to replenish your world's power…" "No!" Su Yu shook his head. "Where's the fun in that?" Liu Hong froze. *That's not it?* Su Yu grinned. "At the critical moment, you will draw power from my world and from King Wen's world, and funnel all of it into Wen Yu's world! Wen Yu is the lowest-profile, but her world is actually the most suited to absorbing our power! Hers is a true collection of myriad Daos… So while everyone's attention is fixed on me, we'll take them by surprise and take out whoever we can! That's where your importance lies. Whether you succeed or not determines whether we can ambush a 36-Dao existence to death!" Liu Hong listened, completely dumbfounded. He knew Su Yu was devious, but he hadn't expected his guts to be this monstrously huge! "So what you mean is… you'll use your imposing aura to intimidate the enemy so they won't dare make a move against you?" "Bingo!" Su Yu nodded. "I will deter an expert, or even several, keeping them from daring to strike… That way, I won't be exposed! Meanwhile, Wen Yu can suddenly erupt and have the chance to kill someone. Understand?" "I understand that part, but…" Liu Hong smiled bitterly. "Your world's power is immense. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out! What if my Great Dao bursts from the pressure?" *My three-way connector isn't that sturdy!* Su Yu nodded. "That's why someone needs to coordinate with you!" *Who could coordinate with me?* Liu Hong looked around at the people nearby, feeling rather helpless. *None of them can, right?* *None of them seem up to it!* "Tongtian, of course!" Seeing Liu Hong looking around, Su Yu smiled. "He is a gateway, extremely difficult to burst. Have him transform into your Great Dao's inner gate to reinforce it. From what I see, Tongtian will soon reach the 20-Dao level. With the Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate forcibly opened, a massive amount of gate power has spilled out, which has been of tremendous help to him! Once he reaches the 20-Dao level and turns into your inner lining, he should be able to hold it!" Liu Hong grew thoughtful and nodded. Su Yu continued, "Your role is of critical importance! It determines whether we can eliminate a top-tier existence. I plan to have Wen Yu target either Shi or Kong. Shi cultivates the Dao of Suppression, while Kong cultivates the Great Dao of Lightning, and both are Daos of the Yin Realm. Killing them and seizing their Daos might allow Wen Yu to absorb them and reach the 36-Dao level herself! Or King Wen could absorb them… Shi and Kong are reserved for King Wen and Wen Yu to advance their strength!" Su Yu spoke as if the two were already dead meat! And indeed, that was precisely his plan. Su Yu went on, "The Human Ancestor cultivates the Great Dao of the Physical Body, a physical world… Never mind, let's not talk about him for now! In short, your task is urgent… It's best if we find a way to eliminate them before the Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate recover! So I might call upon you very soon!" Liu Hong licked his lips. "Then do I… get any benefits?" *Can you give me some perks?* *Otherwise, this feels like a losing trade!* Su Yu nodded. "Of course. If you die, I'll erect a monument for you: 'Tomb of Liu Hong, Teacher of Su Yu.' How's that? Doesn't that do you justice?" "……" Liu Hong was at a loss for words. After a long while, he muttered, "Well… that does have quite a bit of prestige to it!" The crowd suddenly burst into laughter. Su Yu smiled as well, continuing, "The rest of you will mainly assist Lan Tian! You are too weak; if Lan Tian fails to devour the heavens, then you will turn around and help me devour them!" "Go out and kill more people over the next few days to strengthen your Great Dao power!" "As for Liu Hong, this can only be used once; a second time won't be of much use. So once we succeed, you can do whatever you like!" *Heartless!* Liu Hong cursed inwardly. *After just one use, I might already be dead, okay?!* Xia Huyou spoke up, "What about me?" "You?" *You're too weak!* Su Yu muttered inwardly, thought for a moment, and said, "You don't need to do anything else. Over these few days, your job is to organize the human race! Ensure that orders are strictly executed and prohibitions firmly observed! Wait for my command! The Human Ancestor buried his world in the Human Realm to borrow the human race's power to perfect his own world. However, he also borrowed the human race's providence and faith… At the critical moment, we'll deal him a vicious blow!" Su Yu bared his teeth in a grin. "Let him know that when human hearts unite, even a 36-Dao Heaven-Opener will suffer misfortune!" Xia Huyou began to understand, asking, "Curse him?" "Not curse him!" Su Yu shook his head. "Believe in him!" "What?" Su Yu chuckled. "Wait for my signal. At the critical moment, all of you shout at the top of your lungs: 'The Human Ancestor is invincible! The Human Ancestor is mighty!' Shift the providence—transfer the providence over to the Human Ancestor's side and make him instantly grow immensely stronger…" Xia Huyou's eyes flickered. "Overwhelming him with providence to destabilize his world, and then seizing the opportunity to take him out?" Buffing him to death! Xia Huyou understood, but he was still perplexed. "Just shouting with our mouths is enough?" *Can that really work?* *Then whoever I shout for will die?* Su Yu was exasperated. "Nonsense! If it were that simple, you could shout anyone to death! It only works on the Human Ancestor because his world has always been buried in the Human Realm! Furthermore, the title of 'Human Ancestor'—did he ever stop to think whether he could bear such weight?" "Of course, besides the Human Ancestor, shouting might actually work on the Human Sovereign too… Forget it, he's one of us, so we won't screw him over!" Xia Huyou grinned broadly. Su Yu added, "Remember, arrange it beforehand and don't let any word leak. When the time comes to shout, there must be absolute unity of mind; this is the only use you lot have! You must revere him from the bottom of your hearts!" Xia Huyou nodded hurriedly. "Understood! Right now, I call the shots in the Human Realm. Whoever I say to believe in, they'll believe in!" "……" Su Yu glanced at him and gave a dry chuckle. After finalizing the arrangements, Su Yu prepared to leave. Zhu Tiandao hurriedly interjected, "Then are Marquis Xia and I only responsible for providing power to Lan Tian? Isn't that a waste of our great talents?" "……" *You two really think highly of yourselves!* Su Yu was speechless. He looked at them, thought for a moment, and smiled. "No, you have another role. At the critical moment, you two will also be responsible for chanting slogans…" "……" The two exchanged a glance, thoroughly speechless. *Chant what slogan?* *Chant that Su Yu is awesome?* They felt rather glum. Fine, it seemed their only role was helping Lan Tian fuse with the River. The others said no more, and Su Yu departed shortly after. He still had a few more arrangements to make. …… Meanwhile. Time ticked away, bit by bit. The Myriad Realms began falling into chaos. A great number of rogue cultivators and ancient beasts, having bided their time for a day or two, saw that the Myriad Realms appeared lacking in strength and began acting without restraint. The slaughter began! The cultivators of the Myriad Realms set out as well, launching campaigns across various domains and slaying foes on all sides. Both sides embarked on mutual hunts across the entirety of the Myriad Realms. …… In the blink of an eye, three days passed. Over these three days, battles erupted incessantly. Cultivators above the 32-Dao level held back, but below 32 Daos, skirmishes broke out frequently, resulting in countless deaths. Some minor realms within the Myriad Realms even began to face total destruction. At the same time, many powerful experts among the rogue cultivators and ancient beasts were slain! Only the Human Realm remained untouched; as of yet, few experts dared approach it. Similarly, the wandering remnants of the three races had become prize targets in everyone's eyes. Over these past few days, Tiangu and the others had been hiding and fleeing, leading their clansmen in a desperate wander. While Su Yu's side remained steady, they were on the verge of collapsing! At this moment, within a minor realm of the Myriad Realms. Tiangu looked toward the God Emperor and let out a bitter laugh. "Are we still waiting?" The God Emperor had wanted to wait until Su Yu grew desperate and impatient so they could deliver help in his hour of greatest need, but Tiangu felt that if they waited any longer, they would be completely wiped out! He sighed. "As expected, those not from our era don't give a damn about our survival! Over these past few days, the ones hunting us most relentlessly have actually been the surviving gods, demons, and immortals from the Three Ancestors' Forbidden Grounds…" Because they shared the same races and similar Great Daos, the ones pursuing them most fiercely were neither the ancient beasts nor the rogue cultivators, but rather the survivors from the shattered Forbidden Grounds of the Three Ancestors. Their numbers were few. After the deaths of the three supreme experts, the explosion of the Forbidden Grounds had killed many, and the Demon Realm was almost entirely wiped out. However, among the immortal and god races, some survivors remained. And Tiangu and his group were precisely the prey these survivors longed most to consume! The God Emperor let out a helpless sigh—utterly helpless! They had been hiding and fleeing. The ancient beasts and rogue cultivators hadn't managed to find them, nor were they necessarily dead set on killing them. Yet those survivors had hunted them relentlessly, especially since the God Ancestor had been the last to die. When he died, Su Yu hadn't had the time to deal with the remnants in the God Ancestor's Forbidden Ground, leaving a surviving 26-Dao cultivator. A member of the god race as well! Right now, that expert had become the vanguard in hunting them down, searching everywhere for their whereabouts. As for the God Emperor, even if he claimed he had fused three bodies and integrated his future self, making him extremely perilous… nobody cared anymore. With the God Ancestor dead, these people were like abandoned wretches; who cared about the future? They only cared about boosting their strength right now! Seeing his helplessness, Tiangu said, "Why don't we find a way to contact Su Yu and his people right now? It's been three days, and I don't see any movement from him. Who knows what he's planning? If we wait any longer, he might just stage a complete turnaround on his own!" The God Emperor exhaled slowly. "Now that it's come to this… I'm actually a bit afraid… Tell me, is this how everyone acts when they're about to die?" He had spoken so righteously before. Yet when the moment arrived and Tiangu suggested going to Su Yu, he felt fear once more! Tiangu smiled and nodded. "It's only human nature! I'm afraid too!" "You're afraid too?" The God Emperor was somewhat surprised. "I thought you wouldn't know fear." "How could that be!" Tiangu chuckled. "Who wants to die? After living for so many years, the older one gets, the more one fears death! Young people are impulsive and hot-blooded; they might not truly understand what death feels like. But I feel fear, dread…" The God Emperor gave a bitter smile. "So you're afraid as well! Tell me… if we go to him, is there any chance he might let us live?" His voice carried a hint of anticipation, a glimmer of hope, perhaps even a wild fantasy! Tiangu remained silent for a moment before speaking. "You could flee, truly. I can take our people there myself! You've barely had any contact with him, nor have you persistently opposed him. The first time he moved against you, he won, so he might not necessarily hold a grudge against you! But I'm different. When he was weak, I constantly led forces to surround and eliminate him! Of the thirty-six manor heads who founded the Human Realm's manors, quite a few died by my hand!" It was all his doing! He had nearly brought about Su Yu's downfall several times. Whether it was Su Yu becoming a half-dead spirit, nearly being killed in the Human Realm, or the deaths of those manor heads, the immortal race had played a direct role in all of it! Whether others lived or died, Su Yu might not care. But if Tiangu didn't die, it would remain a thorn in Su Yu's throat, and he would never let the matter rest. The God Emperor smiled wryly. "Flee to where?" "There is always a way!" "Forget it!" The God Emperor sighed. "Originally, I thought we could outlast him, but in the end, we're the ones breaking first! These relics of the old era only bully the weak and fear the strong. Clearly Su Yu killed the most of their people, yet none of them dare cause trouble in the Human Realm." Not just the rogue cultivators—even those supreme experts and the Heavenly and Earth Gates had made no moves recently. With that, the God Emperor smiled. "Then… to the Human Realm?" "Yes!" Tiangu nodded, adding, "If we're going, we should go early. If we wait until that fellow finds a way to deal with them, going then might mean missing our chance entirely!" "Does this count as rushing forward to deliver our own deaths?" The God Emperor mocked himself. "Back when we opposed the Human Sovereign, I never felt this way!" "The Human Sovereign…" Tiangu let out a laugh. "The Human Sovereign was still human! As long as one is human, they have thoughts and desires, which means there are ways to deal with them! But that fellow isn't human anymore! Do you really think he's still human? He was once a half-dead spirit; he has died several times; and later, he even transformed into the spirit of a world! Put it this way: you might feel he's human, but he truly isn't!" Tiangu chuckled. "Right now, his adversaries treat him like a human… trying to deal with him as they would a man. Forget it! Those fools are fundamentally mistaken from the start. He's nothing like the Human Sovereign and the others! The Human Sovereign had weaknesses. Su Yu… has none!" "What about his kin?" The God Emperor asked, "I heard he values his family greatly." Tiangu nodded. "He does, but that's predicated on them being alive. Dead kin… are dead, passing on to early liberation! That fellow has apocalyptic tendencies!" Tiangu said in a heavy voice, "Believe me, I suspect he is the reincarnation of the Human Gate! Or perhaps… the Human Gate itself! Everyone says the Human Gate will destroy the world, but in my eyes, this world will ultimately be destroyed at his hands! For countless years, the Human Gate has never truly shown itself. Heh, he might very well be it!" The God Emperor was taken aback, looking at Tiangu in disbelief. Yet Tiangu remained exceptionally calm. "'The Human Gate resides in the heart'—that is what Su Yu said, and what many others have said! So is the Human Gate a stream of consciousness, a belief, or could anyone be the Human Gate? Anyone who seeks to destroy the world might be the Human Gate! Is the one currently standing in the River of Time truly the Human Gate? Or is that merely a dead object?" The God Emperor drew a breath. "That can't be right. Jitian and the others said the Human Gate issued an order to kill Su Yu…" Tiangu dismissed the thought. "First, that might not be true! Second, it could be their own thoughts. The Human Gate is the human heart, and the heart knows that all Eight Great Sages recognized how difficult Su Yu was to deal with. After Su Yu shattered the Heavenly Gate's plans, everyone knew how troublesome he was… that he had to be killed! All Eight Great Sages might have harbored such thoughts. If the Human Gate standing there has the effect of magnifying desires… then all Eight Great Sages might arrive at the exact same conviction: Su Yu must die, without question!" "In that case, the Eight Great Sages weren't actually lying. They truly heard the Human Gate's command to kill Su Yu! But that command might merely have been their own innermost desires to kill Su Yu, which were magnified until they mistook them for a command from the Human Gate!" Tiangu said solemnly, "Does a Human Gate truly exist in this world?" "No!" The God Emperor said in a deep voice, "In the early days of heaven-opening, the elders of that era were still alive. They were the ones who said the Lord of Time sealed the Human Gate. That couldn't be false, could it?" "Must what is seen be true?" "Did the Lord of Time necessarily seal a person?" Tiangu still remained unconcerned. "Forget it, whether true or false, Su Yu isn't much better than the Human Gate; they're birds of a feather! If you don't believe me, just watch: if a Human Gate truly exists and wants to destroy the world… Su Yu might even applaud when he sees it!" After joking a bit, he said, "Let's find a way to approach the Human Realm! Regardless of Su Yu's situation…" "What about seeking out the Human Sovereign?" The God Emperor suddenly suggested, "If we seek out the Human Sovereign and reveal all of this to him, perhaps both you and I might survive!" Going to Su Yu seemed like certain death! Tiangu shook his head. "The Human Sovereign has reached 36 Daos and is aligned with King Wen, King Wu, and Wen Yu. He appears mighty, whereas on Su Yu's side, only Su Yu himself is powerful. But relying on the Human Sovereign… forget it. He made an absolute mess of the ancient era. It's not that I look down on him, but the Human Sovereign simply isn't as mad as Su Yu!" He rejected the proposal. The God Emperor felt a twinge of sorrow. "I still don't want to die!" "I understand your concerns, Senior!" Tiangu smiled. "Let's go!" With nothing else to do, the God Emperor shook his head and followed, muttering as they walked, "Tell me, if I run away now, is it still in time?" "It is!" "Sigh!" The God Emperor let out sigh after sigh, following Tiangu toward the Human Realm. He rambled on continuously along the way, still clinging to a lingering reluctance. "I just don't want to die so pitifully… Is there a more glorious plan?" "There is!" "What is it?" The God Emperor's interest was piqued. Tiangu laughed, "While you're still alive, once we reach the entrance of the Human Realm, shout at the top of your lungs: 'The Three Gates of Heaven, Earth, and Man are all dogs; only Emperor Yu endures forever!' You'll definitely leave your name in the annals of history!" The God Emperor was nearly driven to laugh in exasperation! Looking at Tiangu, he was thoroughly speechless. "Tiangu, you certainly dare to dream! Weren't you always straight-laced in the past? How did you become so unhinged now?" Without looking back, Tiangu's laughter drifted over. "Just a bit of self-consolation. Actually, I don't regret opposing Su Yu! My only regret is that when I opposed him, I didn't take him seriously enough! I should have stepped in personally to kill him back when he was only in the Soaring Realm!" The God Emperor nearly laughed in frustration. "You, a Harmony Dao expert, stepping in to deal with a mere Soaring cultivator back then?" *How vast was the disparity between those realms?!* "Why not?" Tiangu smiled. "Or perhaps I should have been more decisive back then: before the Upper Realm opened, destroy one realm first, and then open the Upper Realm! Of course, it's too late to say any of this now. But sometimes I wonder, had I truly done so back then, would the outcome have been different?" At that, he smiled again. "Or what if the Human-Immortal Alliance hadn't broken back then, and we had continued to endure? At the beginning of this tide, in order to string along several human experts in the Upper Realm, the Human-Immortal Alliance was maintained the entire time!" "You should have joined hands to destroy the Human Realm at the start of the tide!" The God Emperor chided him. Tiangu laughed. "If I had known Su Yu would rise in the final few years, I would have done it! The key is, didn't I not know? Besides, we might not have succeeded anyway. Did you forget the Great Zhou King? If that old bastard had erupted with full power at the critical moment, we might not have been a match for him!" The God Emperor nodded slightly. The two conversed for a while, and by now, they had drawn extremely close to the Human Realm. Nearing the Human Realm brought one major advantage: the rogue cultivators and ancient beasts didn't dare approach! Even the powerful experts who had been shadowing them from behind loomed faintly in the distance, yet dared not come any closer! A man's name, like a tree's shadow, carries weight! Su Yu held the fort in the Human Realm. With the Heavenly and Earth Gates not personally emerging, even Jitian dared not approach the Human Realm. Who didn't fear death? …… At that moment, Su Yu, who was in the midst of balancing his Great Daos, suddenly raised an eyebrow. He looked outside the Human Realm with a hint of surprise and strangeness. *I seem to sense some familiar auras!* *What the hell?* Slightly bewildered, Su Yu murmured, "Are they courting death?" *Don't tell me they want to seek refuge in the Human Realm?* *Then they truly are courting death!* Just as he was harboring suspicions, a thunderous roar suddenly reverberated in all directions! "The God Race, Immortal Race, Demon Race, Dragon Race, Phoenix Race, and Nether Race of the Myriad Realms… pay their respects to the Lord of the Human Realm, His Majesty Emperor Yu!" "The Three Gates shall fall! Emperor Yu shall triumph! The myriad races honor Emperor Yu of the human race to help achieve this glorious feat!" "Destroy the Three Gates! Forge an era of great peace!" The magnificent sound echoed between heaven and earth! …… At this moment, in the region of the Earth Gate. One powerful expert after another opened their eyes and looked into the distance, but soon, none paid it much mind. Just a bunch of small fry! If the Three Ancestors were still around, everyone would have paid them some heed. But right now, they were merely a wandering band of weaklings from the Myriad Realms; there was no need to pay them any attention. …… At the same time. Within the Human Realm. The Human Sovereign and the others opened their eyes one after another, their expressions turning rather peculiar. The human race was by no means guaranteed to win. Yet these fellows had actually come to the Human Realm at such a time. More importantly… Emperor Yu… Were they here to defect to Su Yu? Bizarre! Didn't they know Su Yu's temperament? With a temperament like his, even if you surrendered, he wouldn't necessarily accept you. That brat was notoriously ruthless! To the side, King Wen suddenly smiled. "Any thoughts?" The Human Sovereign chuckled helplessly. "No thoughts in particular, though I do find it… rather ironic!" King Wen nodded, letting out a sigh. Looking beyond the realm, he lamented, "After fighting for so many years, in the end, they still have to come and surrender voluntarily… It's quite pathetic! But having run into a master like Su Yu, I'd say their chances of surviving are slim!" The Human Sovereign nodded as well, rising to his feet. "Let's go take a look together! After all, there are quite a few old acquaintances out there!" King Wen nodded. Even now, they wondered what these people were thinking. Weren't they afraid Su Yu would wipe them all out in one fell swoop? That young man was truly not one to soften his heart. Meanwhile, Su Yu also soared into the sky, flying toward the realm's border with a peculiar look on his face. *Did they feel unsafe and come to me for protection?* *Do they think I, Su Yu, am easy to talk to?* *Since you've delivered yourselves right to my doorstep, I'll just swallow you whole!*