Granting Your Wish!

Outside the Human Realm. At that moment, powerful figures manifested one after another. Originally, only Tiangu and the God Emperor stood outside, but now experts emerged from spatial weapons in succession. There was Heavenly Venerable Long, the Dragon Emperor, Heavenly Venerable Feng, the Phoenix Emperor, the Underworld Emperor, the God Imperial Consort, Celestial Venerable Mo, Marquis Yuansheng, Saint Marquis… A whole crowd! Some of them had known in advance, while others had been entirely in the dark. At this moment, several faces changed color. "The Human Realm?" The Underworld Emperor's expression shifted drastically as he snapped his head toward the God Emperor! He had known nothing about this! The God Emperor remained utterly calm. Without elaborating, he said faintly, "The only way to stay alive!" "You!" Heavenly Venerable Ming's face turned livid! Earlier, the God Emperor and Tiangu had told them that traveling in large numbers made them too conspicuous of a target, urging them to hide away first to plan for the future. Having suffered grievous wounds that were still far from healed, he had simply followed the others into hiding. After all, many experts of the three races were also kept within the spatial weapon. He knew the God Emperor and the others cared deeply about these people and was confident they wouldn't abandon the cultivators of the three races. And yet… they had come to the Human Realm! Were they out of their minds?! The Underworld Emperor cursed frantically in his mind. They had truly gone mad! He wanted to flee! Yet it was already too late. In that very instant, terrifyingly potent auras billowed forth, and a succession of silhouettes manifested the next moment! Frightening beyond measure! The Underworld Emperor and his companions blanched, not daring to utter another word about leaving right now. At this stage, cursed as they might in secret, they could only pin their hopes on these madmen not having come on a suicide mission. Otherwise, they were thoroughly doomed! Given the intellect of Tiangu and the God Emperor, they wouldn't necessarily come just to seek death. Could there be some method of survival? Clinging to a shred of hope, the group kept their heads lowered, not daring to look around too brazenly. In the void, mighty entities manifested one by one. Soon, several Rulers of Rules made their appearances as well, simply to watch the spectacle. The Myriad Realms were in total chaos right now. Even so, one couldn't miss a good show. This might very well be the final spectacle they would witness in their lives! Crucially, this confrontation was with the Human race's arch-enemies of so many years. The God Emperor and his peers had confronted the Human Sovereign and his vanguard for ages. Meanwhile, Su Yu's faction had been fighting the three races since the dawn of this human tide—five hundred years of struggle before humanity finally gained the upper hand. Last time, in order to deal with Hundred Battles and the others, Su Yu had deliberately let these people escape into the Earth Gate. Afterward, the Earth Gate was breached by force, and they had fled. Who would have guessed that they would re-emerge and willingly come to the Human Realm? It took everyone completely by surprise. Right now, even King Dazhou, King Daqin, and King Daxia made their appearances. Every one of them wore exceedingly strange expressions! Even several human experts who had stayed concealed in the shadows showed themselves, equally astonished. Of course, there was also intense hatred! After hundreds of years of war against the three races, countless Manor Lords had perished, and innumerable human warriors had fallen in battle over the past five centuries. The humans of Su Yu's tide harbored not a shred of pity for these beings. There was only venomous hatred! Some among them wished nothing more than to feast on their flesh! Soon, Su Yu's figure materialized! Upon seeing Su Yu, Tiangu, who had remained silent until now, let out a soft sigh. He did not bow or offer greetings; he merely looked at Su Yu for a long while before speaking: "Tiangu of the immortal race greets Emperor Yu!" The God Emperor fell quiet this time, though he had been the one calling out earlier. Tiangu! Just then, a big fur ball suddenly popped out from the crowd. Doubao narrowed both eyes and blurted, "Tiangu, you really aren't afraid of dying, huh!" Tiangu had actually come! Hearing this, Tiangu smiled faintly. He appeared remarkably composed now as he glanced at Doubao, then toward King Wen, suddenly remarking with a chuckle, "Senior King Wen, Doubao has harbored enmity toward me for countless years, yet I could never fathom the reason. Since Senior King Wen is present today, could you enlighten me?" Su Yu had once guessed Doubao's identity, but it was not necessarily accurate. As someone intimately involved and the mastermind behind it all, King Wen ought to know clearly. King Wen looked at Tiangu and let out a light laugh. "Tiangu! After all these years, to see you once more!" Tiangu, this immortal whose strength had not been particularly formidable, was even weaker during the ancient era. Yet King Wen knew him. Not just King Wen—many cultivators of the older generation knew of Tiangu. Back in those days, he had defeated students of King Wen and King Wu alike… In that era, he had truly been an exceptional prodigy! "What a pity!" King Wen suddenly sighed with emotion. "You took the wrong path. When your master took you in, he hoped you would break through his shackles and forge your own Great Dao! Alas, the ancient era abruptly collapsed. Left without your master's guidance, you ended up treading his Dao instead, your vision blinded by a single leaf… An utter tragedy!" King Wen did not rush to address the matter of Doubao, instead lamenting on Tiangu's behalf. "Had you opened your own Dao back then, even if you were barred from advancing because the ancient era was sealed off, you wouldn't have ended up where you are today!" Tiangu chuckled. "It wasn't so bad. 'Dazzling blossoms bewilder the eye'—it's only natural to lose one's way when wandering too long! Part of it was also because the Human race failed to rise in those years, offering little pressure and never granting me the urgency I felt back then! King Wen, after you and the others departed, throughout nine generations of Human Masters, not a single one exerted any real pressure on me—including Hundred Battles, who was hailed as the strongest… Regardless of why he retreated, he never brought me the slightest pressure either… Having won against the Human race for ninety thousand years without pressure, where would I find the drive to forge a path of my own?" Indeed, there had been no pressure! Continuing, Tiangu chuckled again. "Regrettably, on the final attempt, I stumbled terribly hard. By the time I came to my senses, it was already too late! Thus, one must always maintain vigilance in times of peace!" "If the heavens and realms hold only the Human race and no other, the result will be much the same—no more geniuses will rise. Lacking a sense of crisis is the greatest crisis of all!" These words carried hidden depths! Su Yu listened in silence. *If only humanity remains, humanity will lose its sense of crisis. Is he here to plead for mercy by arguing that without the myriad races, humanity will inevitably decline sooner or later, regardless of whether we win today?* Using himself as an example, Tiangu chuckled once more. "Had I lived continuously in the ancient era, in that age when mighty figures stood thick as clouds, I would be confident in achieving at least the peak of first-rank today, if not super-rank!" King Wen smiled and nodded. "Perhaps! Your talent truly was exceptional back then, surpassing your peers! But to claim you could surpass the Four Human Kings… that is far from certain!" With that, he looked at Doubao, then back at Tiangu, and smiled. "Puzzled as to why Doubao has always caused trouble for you?" "Somewhat!" Tiangu nodded and smiled. "Emperor Yu previously surmised that Doubao was the spirit of our race's Longevity Dao Venerable that survived death, occupied a Dao, and became a Dao Spirit. Because the Dao of Longevity and our Immortal Emperor's Dao of Life share the same origin, Doubao wanted to devour me to supplement his own Dao?" "That is certainly not the case!" Surprised, Su Yu glanced at King Wen. It wasn't? King Wen chuckled. "Longevity Dao Venerable… you mean that fellow I refined into the Longevity Pill? I snuffed him out so thoroughly he couldn't be deader, shattering his Great Dao completely. How could any spirit possibly remain?" At this, even Doubao grew curious, looking toward King Wen. *I'm not?* *Even I thought I was!* *Was Su Yu's deduction wrong?* Intrigued now, Su Yu smiled. "Then I'm truly curious. Is Doubao a naturally formed Dao Spirit, or was he created artificially?" "Artificially!" King Wen explained, "Back then, I enjoyed dabbling in research, and turning Daos into spirits was one of the more significant fields! I created many spirits; for instance, the Book Spirit and Tianjian can both be considered spirits. Doubao is rather peculiar. You know the nature of his Dao—turning illusion into reality! What initially drew my attention to him was a very special ability he possessed…" Su Yu looked puzzled. What was so special about him? He hadn't noticed anything. "He can turn illusion into reality, the kind where wishes literally come true!" King Wen couldn't help laughing. "Actually, Doubao was originally created as a plaything for Wen Yu. Wen Yu loved to research, and she loved to eat. Doubao could make wishes come true and transform into all sorts of things, allowing Wen Yu to eat whatever she liked… Of course, they were all illusions, and once Wen Yu grew a bit older, she lost interest in playing with him!" Su Yu parted his lips, dumbfounded. Wen Yu stood by with a speechless expression—why bring up something from so many years ago? Doubao also felt rather dejected. *I… was just made to conjure things to eat?* Su Yu couldn't hold back a laugh either. King Wen continued, "Doubao isn't the spirit of any deceased person. Reviving the dead is an extraordinarily difficult feat! Back then, only the Lord of Dead Spirits could accomplish it within the dead spirit realm. If it were truly that simple, we wouldn't have let so many people die back then." Su Yu understood! That made sense! "Fundamentally, Doubao is a spirit born from the Human Sovereign Seal…" Su Yu's heart gave a slight jolt. He was? Tiangu and the others also reacted with subtle shifts in expression. Was that so? Then certain things… might finally have an explanation. Yet Doubao asked dubiously, "I'm the spirit of the Human Sovereign Seal? But… but I don't feel anything! The Book Spirit felt a connection upon encountering your heaven and earth, but I felt nothing when encountering the Human Sovereign Seal." King Wen nodded. "I was curious about that as well. Back then, following the method for extracting spirits, I did indeed extract you from the Human Sovereign Seal. But as it turned out… you didn't exhibit much attachment to the seal!" King Wen wore a helpless, wry smile. "Perhaps an error occurred during the extraction, or some other complication arose. Or perhaps the Human Sovereign Seal itself is overly intricate, split into inner and outer components, yet impossible to sever… I researched it for a period, but Boss's Great Dao exerted too strong an influence on me, and I wasn't keen on staying near him, so I eventually dropped the study… Boss actually kept you around for a time too, but finding that you couldn't control the Human Sovereign Seal or augment its power, he discarded you. He never was fond of raising spirits!" Beside him, the Human Sovereign shot him a glance. *What are you trying to imply?* Sure enough, Doubao cast a rather resentful gaze at the Human Sovereign! The Human Sovereign was rendered utterly speechless. It was the truth—he genuinely disliked nurturing spirits. King Wen liked it, so he had gifted Doubao to King Wen. What was wrong with that? King Wen continued, "Later on, seeing that your ability was peculiar—able to manifest all manner of things—I found a Dao of Illusion for you and attached you to it. And so, you became Doubao!" "As for why you targeted Tiangu…" King Wen pondered for a moment before saying, "I can't say for certain, but back then, Tiangu had gathered the providence of the immortal race, perhaps comparable to Su Yu today. A creature like you might naturally be drawn to those rich in providence, which is why you took a particular liking to Tiangu… Over nine tides, Tiangu emerged victorious every time and possessed immense providence, so it was only natural that you constantly wished to devour him!" He added, "Or perhaps… it has some connection to the Human Sovereign Seal!" King Wen elaborated, "The Human Sovereign Seal was forged from an ordinary stone that Boss randomly picked up back in the day, yet it is utterly indestructible. You were born from the Human Sovereign Seal, yet you cannot control it… You are indeed peculiar and strange. A pity… there was no way to investigate further! Even back then, I couldn't fully decipher the Human Sovereign Seal, and now it's even more out of reach!" Nearby, Su Yu also grew curious and glanced at the Human Sovereign. *The Human Sovereign Seal was really just picked up randomly?* Su Yu had never used it, but he had used the Star Yu Seal, which was exceptionally potent. The Human Sovereign Seal was bound to be formidable as well—at the very least, its suppressing power was tremendous; it seemed capable of suppressing practically anything. It could even suppress the turbulence of the River of Time! Moreover, Doubao was actually the spirit of the Human Sovereign Seal. That was something Su Yu had never considered, as Doubao had never displayed any affinity for the seal, giving no indication of being its spirit. Not in any hurry to ask Tiangu why they had come, Su Yu smiled with interest. "What about Chubin, then?" What was Chubin's origin? And the little fur ball? Where did the little fur ball come from? Su Yu could not trace back their past either. "Chubin?" King Wen recalled for a moment before chuckling. "I actually know about Chubin. Chubin truly is a Dao Spirit—formed from fragments of spirit left behind after a shattered Great Dao, which Doubao then nourished and strengthened on his own! I was the one who had Doubao take it to nurture back then; he was skilled at nurturing Daos, far more suited than the rest of us. There were plans back then, but soon after, I departed." At this moment, Chubin poked its head out from the crowd. *Who am I?* King Wen laughed. "It's a bit awkward for me to explain Chubin's case. Boss, you do it!" The Human Sovereign felt helpless and said indifferently, "Just tell them!" Su Yu's expression turned odd. What were the two of them being so evasive about? King Wen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After some consideration, he said, "This… is genuinely awkward to talk about!" Doubao grew impatient: "Just spill it!" King Wen let out a sigh: "Speaking of which, it's connected to the Iron Eater race!" Everyone froze. In the crowd, Yi Yue, San Yue, Si Yue, Wu Yue, Qi Yue, Ba Yue, Jiu Yue, Giant Bamboo… poked their heads out one by one, their faces painted with curiosity—a whole row of inquisitive expressions. King Wen hesitated for a moment, yet spoke anyway: "Back then, Yu assassinated Er Yue. Before that, Yu had assassinated several experts, and each time Boss and I rushed over, we arrived too late! When he ambushed Er Yue, Boss and I weren't too tardy… but Er Yue was still slain. Just as Yu was about to strip away Er Yue's Great Dao, Boss and I arrived, and Yu fled…" King Wen sighed. "Because the Great Dao was not destroyed or snapped, even though Er Yue perished back then, a sliver of spirit remained. Combined with some broken rule force of the time, it formed Chubin." "Er Yue's Dao still existed back then. Boss and I sealed it off, partly waiting for Chubin to grow strong enough to see if it could inherit the Dao, and partly wondering if another prodigy would emerge from the Iron Eater race to inherit Er Yue's Dao… However, too many things happened later on, and we ended the ancient era directly…" The moment these words fell, the group of 'Months' from the Iron Eater race widened their eyes in shock. San Yue looked utterly bewildered: "Lord King Wen, you mean…" King Wen nodded. That was precisely what he meant! San Yue's jaw dropped! Jiu Yue was equally stunned: "Chubin cultivated the Dao of Devouring! She even fought me for the Dao of Devouring before. Lord King Wen, do you mean to say… Chubin is Er Yue?" "Not quite!" King Wen clarified once more, "Chubin is merely a sliver of Er Yue's remnant origin that coalesced with broken Great Dao power, forming a Dao Spirit! Strictly speaking…" He thought for a while before saying, "Right, similar to Chen! Chen is merely a fragment of the Dao's origin, not the true Chen. It's that sort of situation!" Even so, San Yue found it impossible to accept: "King Wen… I refuse to acknowledge this! Chubin became Doubao's wife! You're telling me… you're telling me she is my father?!" *I won't accept this!* King Wen looked slightly embarrassed and cleared his throat. "It was just child's play; how can spirits have genders? Besides, as I said, strictly speaking, Chubin is not Er Yue. Chubin is a spirit! Do you understand?" Not Er Yue! Yet, she could also be considered Er Yue. With that in mind, he could only add, "Right, somewhat similar to that little fellow over there…" He pointed toward Fu Tuling. "This fellow was nurtured from the remnants of the Five Elements Ancestor, which makes him a kind of spirit too! If he claims he is the Five Elements Ancestor, do you think he is?" Fu Tuling chuckled awkwardly. "I've always considered myself the Ancestor's son!" "Precisely!" King Wen nodded. "As for you, San Yue… you can think of her as your sibling…" Pah! San Yue was utterly at a loss for words. *Sibling my foot!* Er Yue had been dead for countless years, so there wasn't much sorrow, but suddenly having a spirit of Er Yue appear left him bewildered! So my father's spirit was dragged off by Doubao to be his wife? This… this was beyond words! Su Yu was thoroughly astonished as well. Such juicy gossip? Such an explosive revelation? At a critical juncture like this, to stage such an absurd drama? Doubao wore an innocent look. "Was Chubin male when alive?" That wasn't great! Still, it didn't matter… Doubao quickly stated, "I have no gender anyway. If Chubin wants to be male, I can be female!" "…" The crowd stared at Doubao, thoroughly speechless. *You truly aren't picky at all! You're dead set on keeping her in your household, aren't you?* Yi Yue's expression grew deeply complicated. For the Iron Eater race, one only needed to look at the size of their eye circles to know how complicated their feelings were. What should have been an intensely sorrowful matter was now making everyone want to laugh and cry at the same time. No wonder King Wen had said it was awkward to talk about! King Wen added, "That is the gist of it. There is no need to treat Chubin as Er Yue; Er Yue truly perished…" He glanced at Yi Yue, fell silent for a moment, and said, "Boss and I were indeed too selfish back then regarding this matter. There's nothing more to be said." Yi Yue fell silent as well, then spoke: "It does not matter. Back then, the Human Sovereign shared a portion of human providence with our race, binding our fate with humanity! In that era, exterminating our race would have been effortless for humanity. For the Human Sovereign to share providence… was already beyond imagination! It's just that Chubin's…" King Wen explained, "We were also afraid that giving you too much hope would only lead to disappointment! When Er Yue fell, he truly fell. Chubin is not Er Yue, and I hope you understand this." Yi Yue nodded, yet looking at Chubin now, his gaze carried much more wistfulness and mixed emotions. "No wonder when Doubao and Chubin came to cause trouble in our realm back then, I couldn't bring myself to harm him. So that was why… Blood is thicker than water!" Chubin trembled all over and hurried to hide behind Doubao. Yi Yue was crazy; the way he was looking at her was completely wrong! *If I'd known, I wouldn't have asked!* Su Yu was caught between tears and laughter as well, never expecting such a deep connection between the two races. Even though King Wen repeatedly stressed that Chubin was not Er Yue, but merely a new spirit formed from Er Yue's Dao power combined with fragmented origin, Yi Yue and the others… would probably still treat her as Er Yue! Sure enough, Yi Yue sighed softly: "San Yue, though Chubin is not Er Yue and not your father, from now on… call her Uncle!" "…" San Yue's mouth fell open, and it took him a long while to stammer: "I… I think I'll pass! My father's Dao was even inherited by Jiu Yue; should I be calling Jiu Yue 'Uncle' as well?" *Forget it!* *Just pretend I never learned about this!* By Yi Yue's logic, he would have to call Jiu Yue 'Uncle' too. What kind of nonsense was that! San Yue felt completely exasperated and added, "This is merely Dao attachment. Grandfather, if someone attaches to your Dao, does that make every person attached to it my grandfather? I'm attached to your Dao as well, so does that make me my own grandfather? That's ridiculous!" At most, he could show a bit more closeness in the future. To make him call her Uncle was crossing the line! Yi Yue was rendered speechless. Total silence reigned for a moment! True enough, yet containing a trace of Er Yue's origin within still linked them somewhat. Suddenly, Jiu Yue piped up: "Then Chubin is my brother from now on…" Everyone turned to stare at him. Jiu Yue scratched his head sheepishly. *What did I say?* Su Yu chuckled suddenly: "Strictly speaking, Doubao belongs to the same generation as Yi Yue, or at least Er Yue's generation. Now that she's your brother, does that make you San Yue's uncle? Are you dead set on becoming San Yue's senior?" Jiu Yue shrank back awkwardly. *I wasn't thinking that far ahead, alright!* Still, not going to lie, it sounded rather thrilling! The next instant, Ba Yue exclaimed in surprise: "Then do I count as being from the same generation as Ancestor Yi Yue?" Qi Yue murmured: "Does Ancestor Yi Yue have to call me Uncle?" "…" The surrounding onlookers rolled their eyes. *You Iron Eaters sure know how to mess around!* On the other side, Tiangu and his entourage felt utterly helpless. Evidently, the Human faction didn't hold them in high regard at all. This too was a sorrow! Even when offering themselves up with their entire races, the other party treated them as insignificant! In truth, Su Yu genuinely didn't pay them much mind. At this moment, he was contemplating the fact that Doubao was the spirit of the Human Sovereign Seal, yet couldn't control it… which was indeed peculiar. He transmitted his voice: "King Wen, was Doubao truly born from the Human Sovereign Seal?" "He truly was!" King Wen transmitted back, "I know what you're thinking—you suspect another treasure might reside within the seal. However… there's no way to investigate! Boss inspected it for countless years without discovering anything. Unless you find a way to crack it open, nothing can be verified. But the seal is powerful, and Boss is currently nurturing it as the core of his heaven and earth… If you crack it open and find nothing inside, it will be completely ruined! We tried every method back then, all to no avail… Even if a treasure exists, we have no choice but to leave it as it is!" If it were broken open, the Human Sovereign Seal would be destroyed; besides, they couldn't break it open anyway. "Neither of you could crack it?" "Yes!" King Wen nodded slightly. The Human Sovereign chimed in through voice transmission as well: "It cannot be breached. Not only that, after Doubao was extracted, even he couldn't re-enter. If a sealing membrane exists within the Human Sovereign Seal, it is completely airtight—to the point where a spirit like Doubao could never return once extracted!" "I originally guessed it might be a Myriad Dao Stone, but having absorbed one earlier… it doesn't feel like it." Over the years, the Human Sovereign had truly regarded it as a Myriad Dao Stone. Such stones existed only in legends; while he had heard the name in distant eras, there had never been physical proof. But recently, having absorbed one, he understood what a Myriad Dao Stone was like, and now he felt his Human Sovereign Seal might not be one after all. He had been researching it these past few days, yet failed to produce any meaningful conclusion. Su Yu asked no further. Having wrapped up these thoughts, he finally turned his gaze toward Tiangu. Doubao's interest in Tiangu was due to the power of providence? Could Tiangu's providence be greater than mine? Doubao wasn't trying to eat me all day! The little fur ball wanted to lick me all day, but the little fur ball wasn't Doubao. He looked at Tiangu, raising an eyebrow: "Small talk is over. Tiangu, coming here today, you couldn't possibly be planning to hand over your races to me just to preserve their legacies, could you?" Su Yu smiled! While speaking, he reached out a hand toward Tiangu: "Since you're here, there's no need for further words. Stay behind! The only reason I didn't kill you last time was that the timing was wrong—not because I actually liked someone like you…" Knowing full well how ruthless and decisive this young man was, Tiangu dared not delay. He frantically transmitted his voice: "Connected to the Human Sovereign Seal! A secret! It could forge another cultivator beyond 36 Daos!" *Bang!* Su Yu turned his claw into a palm strike. With a resounding thud, Tiangu was sent flying, coughing up mouthfuls of blood as he crashed through the void. Scrambling to his feet and spitting out copious clotted blood, he smiled—he wasn't dead! Looking at Su Yu, Tiangu grinned and transmitted again: "A secret, in exchange for your protection of our races!" Su Yu raised an eyebrow and said indifferently: "I can barely protect myself!" Tiangu smiled: "As long as you live, our races shall exist. If you die… naturally, we expect nothing more!" Su Yu frowned slightly. Tiangu continued, "I know you cannot tolerate me. I will naturally give you an accounting!" Su Yu said coldly: "An accounting?" "Let's not dwell on that yet! May we speak in private?" Su Yu arched his brow. Connected to the Human Sovereign Seal, yet he wanted to speak in private? Trying to sow discord intentionally? He looked at Tiangu, who remained completely composed; there was no intent to sow discord, as doing so would be utterly meaningless. Su Yu nodded slightly. With a wave of his hand, a boundary appeared around them, shutting everyone else outside. Tiangu breathed a slight sigh of relief. Without beating around the bush, he quickly stated: "A secret lies within the Human Sovereign Seal, capable of producing a cultivator of 36 Daos or even stronger! Naturally, the exact specifics are hard to tell! Doubao targeting me—I might understand a little of it now, and it is related to this!" Su Yu said coldly: "Skip the preamble, state your terms!" He was very straightforward. Tiangu did not mince words either, saying: "First, you protect the cultivators of our races… at least those I brought with me. As for those remaining in the Myriad Realms who did not leave, they have nothing to do with me!" "Second, I am the leader of the races that opposed humanity over these years. As for the others…" Seeing Su Yu's frigid expression, he added, "The leaders of each race can submit to death! As for the soldiers… on the battlefield, each serves their own master! When two armies clash, even upon defeat, surrendering soldiers are rarely slaughtered to the last man, are they?" He looked at Su Yu: "If you intend to kill everyone whose hands are stained with human blood, too many would qualify. In the early stages of the war, your Human race fought internally as well, battling across the thirty-six manors. Should all of them be slaughtered to the last man too?" Su Yu replied indifferently: "None of your business. Continue!" Tiangu nodded and went on: "At least seventy percent of our people never took part in combat! At least, they never participated in the war against humanity! These people must live!" "Third, the races will elect a leader… none other than Moduona. How does that sound to you?" "Fourth, the contents within the Human Sovereign Seal can be given to Moduona; others might not be able to claim them anyway… Of course, if you can take them… possessing a treasure brings trouble, so if you wish to take them, that is acceptable too!" "Fifth, if you emerge victorious in the end, and if the Myriad Realms still exist… you may exile our races. We do not necessarily have to dwell alongside humanity. As I said, maintain vigilance in times of peace—without external threats, your Human race loves internal strife, and sooner or later you will fall into factional warfare again!" "Sixth, preserve the civilizations of each race! Do not eradicate our civilizations! Civilization is magnificent, the crystallization of wisdom. I hope to preserve each race's language, script, customs, and even cultivation arts!" "Seventh… grant me an opportunity… to die with dignity. I do not wish to end up as Doubao's rations!" He looked at Su Yu: "The final point is a personal request, unrelated to this agreement! You are free to refuse!" Su Yu chuckled: "You didn't ask to trade for your own life?" Tiangu said calmly: "Why bring up an impossibility? Were it the Human Sovereign, I would ask! Even if he were unwilling, he would consider it! But you… I know you too well!" Su Yu smiled: "I actually admire you quite a bit. Naturally, what a pity that you are my enemy!" Tiangu laughed: "Being your enemy was simply unavoidable! I am the leader of the immortal race! In truth, I erred back then. I once told the God Emperor that I do not regret making an enemy of you; I only regret not going all out to kill you sooner!" "A pity indeed!" Su Yu laughed. "You were quite ruthless back then. When I was so weak, you sent people to the ancient city to assassinate me, forcing me into becoming a half-dead spirit… Still, that gave me the chance to rise!" "I only regret that those I sent were not strong enough!" Tiangu smiled as well. "Had they been strong enough, none of today's troubles would exist!" Su Yu smiled faintly. "Certain things remain open to discussion! Tell me, what is this secret? Let me hear what is inside the Human Sovereign Seal." "A Great Dao, or a heaven and earth!" Tiangu held nothing back: "Similar to the Daos of the Human Gate Great Sages—an independently existing Dao, and also the Dao jointly cultivated by the ancestors of the three races. Or rather, they merely inherited a tiny fraction of its surface, something even the ancestors might not have understood clearly!" He briefly explained the matter. Su Yu raised his eyebrows: "Is that so? How intriguing. Back when I borrowed the Time Book, I actually managed to unleash your racial innate techniques!" Humans possessed no racial innate skills, nor could they employ the innate skills of other races. Yet back then, by borrowing the Time Book, Su Yu had indeed used them. Within the Time Book lay various Great Dao powers collected by Wen Yu. Could she have collected the power of this Great Dao within the Human Sovereign Seal as well? Of course, it was also possible that it was naturally inherent in bloodlines. Being mixed into the bloodline was entirely plausible; the Time Master had primarily drawn upon the power within bloodlines to activate them. Tiangu did not mind either way: "It was either triggered by the bloodline powers of the three races contained within the Time Book, or it indicates that you possess mixed heritage! Having mixed blood is quite normal. Five hundred years ago, when the races invaded the Human Realm, many humans and other races produced mixed offspring, immortal-human mixtures being especially common. Traced far enough back, all originate from humanity; the traits are simply not prominent." This was ordinary! Among the modern Human race, how many were truly pure-blooded? Pure-blooded individuals were the exception! Back then, King Jintian's bloodline had been replaced by his father with pure human blood; the extreme purification had actually been an anomaly. In the tenth tide, mixed-blood humans were abundant. Su Yu nodded slightly, then asked: "Then how is this Dao to be extracted? Even the Human Sovereign cannot open the Human Sovereign Seal!" Tiangu pondered for a moment: "Purification! Purify the bloodlines of the three races and pour their bloodline power into it; perhaps that will open it! Conveniently, a batch of people are about to die, which might suffice for you to pour in and unlock the seal!" Su Yu asked indifferently: "And if it isn't enough?" "Then kill more!" Tiangu was a ruthless character as well. "First kill the leaders of the three races, then kill those who participated in the war. If that still isn't enough, kill from the Sun Moon realm upward… kill until it is sufficient!" "And if slaughtering all three races still isn't enough?" Su Yu stared at him. Tiangu took a deep breath: "Then that too is fate! Since you wouldn't gain any benefits, would you, Su Yu, help preserve the three races? You wouldn't! In that case… we can only gamble—gamble that it doesn't require that much bloodline power to open! Gamble that our bloodlines alone will suffice! Furthermore, a 26-Dao God race expert has been pursuing us relentlessly; at 26 Daos, his bloodline is dense! Though he hails from the previous era, it is still God race bloodline and can be used. The bloodline power of those remnants can all be utilized!" Having said this, Tiangu added: "I've said everything I should. What do you think?" Su Yu smiled: "Why not negotiate with the Human Sovereign?" Tiangu smiled as well: "Even if I reached an agreement with the Human Sovereign, you wouldn't care about rules. If the Human Sovereign accepted us today, you would dare to wipe out the three races tomorrow! Conversely, if I negotiate terms with you, the Human Sovereign wouldn't do such a thing!" "Am I really that savage?" Su Yu chuckled. "Tiangu, you're demonizing me. How could I be that cruel? There are quite a few survivors among the three races. Combined, even if not ten billion, there are still hundreds of millions of living beings… To slaughter that many, wouldn't that make me far too bloodthirsty?" Su Yu laughed heartily, and Tiangu smiled as well, choosing not to argue. *Tossing them into spatial weapons or collapsing their realms doesn't require you to butcher them one by one. Shattering the realms will naturally end everything!* Su Yu smiled faintly: "You suggested giving it to Moduona… forget it! That is out of the question! Tiangu, Moduona is decent, but that doesn't mean I will nurture a formidable enemy. That would only be inviting trouble. No matter how much I might respect an enemy, I will never treat an enemy as one of my own! The more outstanding an enemy is, the more troublesome they become! I wish all my enemies were useless fools!" Tiangu felt a tinge of disappointment, yet didn't press the matter, nodding: "If you can claim it for yourself, that works too!" "Preserving each race's civilization…" Su Yu fell into silence. After a long while, he spoke: "You certainly know how to make demands. Civilization is truly the most frightening thing! 'Wildfire cannot burn it away, for the spring breeze blows it to life again!' The extinguishing of a civilization might only herald a more brilliant resurgence next time! Destroying their spirit is the only true genocide! As long as civilization endures, the race never dies!" The number of survivors was secondary! No matter how many survived, if their script was gone, their language lost, their cultivation methods erased, and all past glory vanished, the younger generation would be ruined once the older generation died out! For a civilization to rise again would take countless eras of accumulation! Tiangu's seemingly modest request to preserve the seeds of civilization was the true core of his terms! It didn't require many people—even a hundred thousand, or just ten thousand—so long as civilization endured and was passed down, they might rise again countless years later! Tiangu looked at Su Yu: "Do you lack the courage? Do you fear that the races will rise again to defeat humanity?" Su Yu laughed: "This goading of yours is far too childish!" Tiangu chuckled too: "In your eyes, is there anything that isn't childish? I'm simply making a gamble—gambling that your pride is too high to care about what happens countless years from now! Even if the three races wish to rise, that would be in the unimaginably distant future! By then… you might no longer be around! And if you are still alive, how could the three races ever compete with you?" "Giving the three races a glimmer of hope… is better than living on as walking corpses!" He gazed at Su Yu: "What does Emperor Yu think?" Su Yu smiled faintly: "It makes no difference to me. I don't even know my own future, let alone the future of your three races!" Tiangu breathed a slight sigh of relief, then added: "As for your future… I actually believe you will win!" "Because I defeated you, I can win?" Su Yu laughed. *Even I don't fully believe I'm guaranteed to win, yet you do?* Tiangu shook his head: "It's not that I'm certain you'll win, but I believe that if you lose, there will be no victors at all! Even if you lose, those bastards won't have an easy time! If you slaughter all of the Myriad Realms carrying yang energy… they will still have to die sooner or later!" Su Yu gave a thumbs-up and suddenly grinned: "Clever!" Tiangu smiled. It wasn't about being clever; others simply didn't dare to contemplate it, whereas he did. This man was simply too ruthless! He truly would dare to do such a thing! He chuckled softly: "It's actually very simple—those people just don't understand you well enough! In truth, whether it was Hundred Battles, Yunshui, or Anying, strictly speaking, they didn't cause much harm to your era! Yet you showed no hesitation in killing them! Toward these people, toward anyone outside your familiar circle, you harbor complete indifference. Even though you are the Human Master of this era, you look upon them with indifference!" Tiangu smiled: "Therefore, if you were to lose, why would you care about the living beings of the Myriad Realms? Even if your hands were drenched in blood… you would stubbornly proceed!" "Credit goes to you all as well!" Su Yu chuckled and nodded: "Very well, I agree to your terms! As for the final one… how do you wish to go out in glory? I shall grant your wish! Truly. Hundred Battles wanted to retain his dignity, but I refused him because I looked down on him! You… I will grant you some dignity, some respect!" "Many thanks!" Tiangu smiled, looking as refreshing as a spring breeze, exuding an air of transcendent grace. "I guessed as much! I figured you wouldn't refuse me!" Su Yu quipped: "Believe it or not, if I were to slap you to death right now, you might not feel like smiling anymore?" Tiangu laughed again: "I'd be terrified! If someone else said it, I'd treat it as a joke; if you say it, I'll take it seriously!" With that, he glanced toward several individuals among his ranks, then said after a pause: "Myself, the God Emperor, Jiwu, Moji, the God Imperial Consort… preserve some dignity for all of us! Let the Thirty-Six Manor Lords fight us!" Tiangu said calmly: "They are not weak anymore either! Having fought for so many years, I imagine they would feel some regret if we were simply slapped to death by you! Today, let grievances be settled! We all wish to fall in battle… what do you say?" Su Yu looked at him. King Daqin and the others today were no longer the King Daqin of the past. Tiangu was now at 14 Daos, and the God Emperor was nearing 20 Daos. Yet… that was all! Among the Thirty-Six Manor Lords, there were certainly those who could match them! Seeing his silence, Tiangu added: "Could you refrain from intervening during the battle? As for them… if they are defeated, you may substitute others… until we perish!" Su Yu looked at him for a moment, then nodded: "Agreed!" "Thank you!" Tiangu expressed his gratitude once more, a smile touching his face. With a wave of Su Yu's hand, the confinement was lifted. Everyone turned their gazes toward him. Su Yu said indifferently: "King Daqin, King Daxia, King Dazhou, King Daming, King Datang… Generals, hear my command! Spar with Tiangu and his peers—life or death matters not!" *Boom!* Gasps of shock instantly erupted all around. What did this mean? Su Yu said no more. Grudges, hatred, the millennia-long feud of the myriad races—let it all end here today! The next moment, Su Yu projected his voice loudly: "Tiangu, release your people! My Human Realm will project this battle as well! Let humanity witness it, and let your races see what fate awaits those who slacken! No race remains prosperous forever! Without the gods, immortals, and demons, other races will rise just the same! This is the Myriad Realms!" Tiangu snapped his head toward Su Yu, visibly shaken. Allowing the cultivators of the three races to watch… When their leaders inevitably perished in this battle, the seeds of hatred… would take root forever! Never to be forgotten! Without seeing it with their own eyes, it might fade; but witnessing it directly… such hatred would perhaps never be erased, etched into their very bloodlines! He stared at Su Yu, yet Su Yu remained calm as still water. *The seeds of hatred?* *Do I care?* *I don't give a damn!* Cultivation was like rowing against the current; to not advance was to retreat! *Today I can shield you, but what of tomorrow?* Responsibility had an expiration date. Even if he defeated those foes this time, he would not shield humanity forever. When this era no longer belonged to him, they would need to shoulder the new era themselves! Since Tiangu wanted dignity, Su Yu would grant his wish! The old veterans of the three races would at least never forget him! And Su Yu would record this battle, etching it into the long river of history so future generations would always remember: the fate of the leaders of the three races would be the fate of tomorrow's losers!