Tiangu Falls!

Let the myriad races come and watch! Let hatred be remembered, and let heroes endure! Every race had its own spirit and its own faith. Su Yu did not despise those experts who fought for their own race; what he looked down upon were only those who betrayed their people, betrayed their faith, and had no idea what they fought for. In this era, among the myriad races of the Myriad Realms, Su Yu did not bother to distinguish right from wrong. To him, the immortals, demons, and gods were wrong—they were the enemy. Yet to their own races, what these leaders did was not wrong. And King Daqin and his fellows were heroes as well—heroes of this era, heroes of the human race. They had fought for mankind for hundreds of years, garrisoning the heavens and waging war in all directions. This was a duel between King Daqin's generation and Tiangu's generation! Su Yu was merely an unexpected anomaly. The thunderous shout pierced the world. At this moment, even the bewildered Underworld Emperor came to understand. He looked at Tiangu, then at the God Emperor. Countless thoughts surfaced at once, and a sudden surge of grief welled from deep within his heart. A fight to the death! He looked at Tiangu and gritted his teeth. "What did you trade this for?" Tiangu said in a heavy voice, "For protection for all our races! A fight to the death, in exchange for eternal renown! In exchange for the preservation of our races! In exchange for our civilizations to continue! Underworld Emperor, are you willing to fight?" Furious and despairing, the Underworld Emperor gave Tiangu a deep look. Tiangu, well done! Meanwhile, amidst the crowd, Moduona was calm. He had long known this would be the outcome, yet... deep within his eyes, a flicker of sorrow still lingered. The God Imperial Consort took the God Emperor's hand, saying nothing. The next moment, countless members of the myriad races materialized. With a wave of Su Yu's hand, heaven and earth were partitioned, and those people were sealed within an immense stretch of world. With another wave of his hand, everything occurring here was projected above the Human Realm. Su Yu's voice boomed like a great bronze bell as he proclaimed, "Tiangu, the God Emperor, Jiwu, and the others are willing to fight the Thirty-Six Manor Lords of the human race to the death, ceasing only when they fall! In return, I, Su Yu, will protect their races and preserve their civilizations!" "I have agreed!" Su Yu's voice was deafening and chillingly stern: "Everyone, remember this moment! Remember this day! After the ancient era, the myriad races and the human race slaughtered each other for a hundred thousand years, and today, that era comes to an end!" "Such is the fate of the vanquished!" "Fight!" With Su Yu's low roar, King Daqin and the others flew forth in succession. At this moment, King Daqin gripped his long spear and gazed across at his adversaries, an aura of slaughter surging through heaven and earth. Scanning his surroundings, he looked at Tiangu and the others and barked, "Qin Guang of the human race, Spear Dao at fifteen Daos! Who dares accept the challenge?" Just as Tiangu was about to step forward, the Underworld Emperor shot him a venomous, furious glare, transmitting his voice: "Tiangu... you bastard! You three races abandoned the Underworld, Dragon, and Phoenix races to seek out Su Yu and the others in secret... You deserve to be cursed, hated, and slaughtered!" He was enraged, but at this moment, he knew there was no way out! Back then, to escape Su Yu, this expert had dissolved his own Dao—a deed no one else could bring themselves to do. He was also one of the rare few who had managed to slip away after being encircled by Su Yu. Perhaps... the very first? Su Yu himself could not recall if there had been a second person who managed to escape after being completely surrounded. The Underworld Emperor was certainly one of the few. He was a shrewd, cowardly fellow who was full of tricks. Yet precisely because he was so shrewd, he knew he had no other choice. If that was the case... perhaps in these final moments of his life, he ought to do something. The Underworld Emperor stepped forward and exhaled softly. "Ming Yun of the Underworld race, sixteen Daos, wounded from dissolving my Dao and yet to recover. King Daqin, do you dare face me?" King Daqin possessed only fifteen Daos, while the Underworld Emperor possessed sixteen, though his injuries had never fully healed. As the emperor of his race, the realm's Underworld Emperor had long since perished, and only a tiny remnant of the Underworld race survived. Driven to this point... this was all that remained. King Daqin had actually wished to fight Tiangu, but since the Underworld Emperor had stepped out, he did not mind this battle either. "Please!" "Please!" Boom! A long spear sent ripples crashing through heaven and earth! A greatsword formed from the River of the Underworld materialized in an instant. The earth of the underworld spread out, blanketing the sky, and an earth-shattering battle erupted! At this moment, even from the direction of the Earth Gate, powerful figures turned their gazes toward them. Not even the Human Ancestor and the others had expected that Su Yu, rather than taking other action, would be in such a hurry to settle the disputes among the myriad races. ... "Childish!" At that moment, Jingtian sneered, "Even at this late hour, the cultivators of the Myriad Realms are still engaged in infighting... As expected, nothing is harder to fathom than the human heart!" Jitian said nothing, watching in silence. Neither did the Human Ancestor and his peers speak. The myriad races had vied for supremacy for over a hundred thousand years—no, they had fought since ancient times, and had even warred against one another in the primordial era. Yet today... this war among the myriad races, spanning countless ages, seemed about to end. The myriad races had lost! Jitian watched in silence, recalling Hundred Battles when he was slain. When Hundred Battles died, there had been no spectacle of this scale. On that day, had they not merged their Daos into Su Yu's world at the final moment, Hundred Battles would not have died peacefully at all. Yet today, Su Yu granted Tiangu and the others the highest honors, sending out the Thirty-Six Manor Lords to battle under the gaze of the entire world. This Su Yu... truly was unfathomable at times! And what had Tiangu and the others offered to secure Su Yu's protection? Jitian did not know, but he believed that without sufficient benefit, Tiangu would never have dared approach Su Yu, nor would Su Yu have granted them this opportunity. ... Boom! A long spear pierced the heavens. Though King Daqin was not even first-rank, his murderous aura shook heaven and earth at this moment! Did anyone possess a stronger murderous intent than he? Not necessarily! He had garrisoned the All-Heavens Battlefield alone for four hundred years, leading armies and slaughtering countless foes. Long ago, King Daqin had cast all thoughts of life aside. Had it not been for Su Yu, he would have perished in the Xingyu Residence! A long spear and a sharp blade traded blows in the void, Daos clashing and blood flying in all directions. The Underworld Emperor possessed many methods, usually relying on bizarre, eerie techniques, yet today, he clashed head-on against King Daqin. Boom! Spear and sword collided once more in a contest of life and death. The previous battle at the Human Mountain had been cut short before the top experts could engage. Today served as a continuation of that fight, one that would not cease until the leaders of the myriad races fell! There were no flourishes, only a fight to the death! A clash of Dao against Dao! A clash of spear against sword! One had sixteen Daos, the other fifteen, yet it was King Daqin who consistently held the upper hand, because the Underworld Emperor's previous wounds had been far too severe, leaving him no opportunity to recover. Fighting with frenzied intensity, King Daqin roared relentlessly, as though venting all the grievances accumulated over five hundred years! The Great Qin Prefecture had fought across the heavens for five hundred years and suffered the heaviest casualties, losing tens of thousands of soldiers each year. The Great Qin Prefecture had the largest population and the most soldiers. A third of the hundreds of millions within its borders were enlisted. With tens of millions of troops, it was the greatest military powerhouse among all the prefectures in the Human Realm. From the start of mankind's Tenth Tide, he had commanded armies, slaughtering foes across all quarters. Today, all those hatreds and grievances erupted at once. Silence fell over the world. There was only the ringing clash of weapons, the ragged gasps of men fighting to their limits, and the dull thuds of blades cleaving into flesh. "Kill!" A fierce roar tore from both throats simultaneously. With an explosive boom, King Daqin thrust his spear, filling the world with nothing but a single weapon that impaled the Underworld Emperor's skull, while the Underworld Emperor's sword pierced King Daqin's throat! Rumble! Explosions echoed as the Underworld Emperor's head shattered and King Daqin's neck was severed! Tragic and brutal! From the very first clash, the battle had unfolded in the most devastating manner imaginable, leaving both sides maimed. The Underworld Emperor's head regenerated, his Great Dao somewhat fractured. He suddenly glanced back at the small remnant of the Underworld race, an indescribable sigh escaping him. This battle was doomed to defeat! It was a war with no chance of victory! After warring for countless ages, this was how it all ended. He felt regret, indignation, and reluctance. Yet he had no choice! "After I am gone, take care of yourselves!" The Underworld Emperor smiled. "Now that the inheritance of our civilization is secured, live on well... I hope... I look forward to the day when our Underworld race may rise once more across the Myriad Realms! I was never a good leader, only a fence-sitter who followed the humans one day and the three races the next. The Underworld race could only sway with the wind... That I failed to lead our people to greatness in this life remains my deepest regret!" Boom! A deafening explosion rang out as King Daqin thrust his spear once more, while the Underworld Emperor's sword pierced the heavens! Rumble! Under that shattering strike, the Underworld Emperor's Great Dao snapped clean through, collapsing entirely. Meanwhile, King Daqin's own Dao force was pierced through by that final sword strike! King Daqin coughed up blood, yet his shattered Dao was restored to perfection in an instant. He looked toward the distant Su Yu. With an expressionless face, Su Yu said calmly, "Do not think it unfair... This is fairness!" King Daqin's Dao resided within his world! Restoring it was effortless! Indeed, this was fairness. There was nothing unfair about it; he had already granted them fairness, for otherwise, he could have slaughtered them all on his own. King Daqin said nothing. His Great Dao severed, the Underworld Emperor's physical form began to disintegrate. With a hint of regret, he chuckled, looked toward Su Yu, and nodded. "Very fair!" Fair? Indeed, it was fair enough! He had merely restored King Daqin's Dao at the final moment. Boom! The Underworld Emperor blew apart into fragments, perishing completely! Behind him, roughly a million surviving cultivators of the Underworld race fell to their knees, prostrating themselves on the ground. As the seeds of hatred were planted, the eyes of countless members of the myriad races turned bloodshot. The next moment, their voices rose in a roar: "Farewell to the Underworld Emperor!" "Farewell to the Underworld Emperor!" Shouts echoed across heaven and earth! They saw him off! They saw off this expert who had fought the human race for countless years, who had held back the Human Sovereign and his peers, and who had escaped with his life from Su Yu's grasp. The sovereign of the Underworld race! Today, they did not know how many more they would have to see off! The Underworld Emperor had fallen! The next moment, a figure materialized in the void—the Dragon Emperor, followed immediately by the Phoenix Emperor! The Dragon Emperor said softly, "The Phoenix Emperor and I wish to face King Ming and his consort... Would you grant us this?" Amidst the crowd, King Ming's gaze shifted as he looked toward him. The Dragon Emperor said calmly, "Will King Ming grant us this favor?" King Ming said in a heavy voice, "I am a cultivator of twenty-six Daos!" After the Human Sovereign advanced, his strength had also increased considerably, reaching twenty-six Daos. The Dragon Emperor smiled. "To die fighting a powerful opponent leaves no regrets! The Phoenix Emperor and I have clashed with you for countless years... We truly have no wish to fall at the hands of juniors! That you possess twenty-six Daos is your own achievement... Since Emperor Yu is willing to accommodate us... will you grant us this favor?" King Ming looked toward Su Yu, who said calmly, "You may." King Ming frowned slightly, but still stepped forward. The next moment, Princess Consort Ming let out a sigh and walked out from the crowd as well. The Dragon and Phoenix Emperors had indeed tangled with them for many years. The Dragon Emperor assumed his true form, turning into an enormous dragon! The next instant, the cry of a phoenix resounded across the Myriad Realms! The two sovereigns soared into the nine heavens, phoenix fire blanketing the sky as dragon and phoenix sang in harmony, filling the world with towering flames! King Ming's grand array manifested, sweeping through heaven and earth! Boom! Dragon and phoenix merged their might, flames surging into the sky and shaking the grand array! Yet a disparity was a disparity. King Ming originally intended to hold back somewhat, but the Dragon Emperor's sharp rebuke echoed across the surroundings: "I am your opponent... Do I need you to show mercy? King Ming, your indecision truly makes you the most useless of the human race's Four Kings!" King Ming's expression turned cold. The grand array erupted, unleashing ten thousand swords at once! Princess Consort Ming also waved her hand, sending a million stars crashing down! Within the world, flames incinerated the void. The dragon and phoenix burst with brilliant golden radiance, burning their Daos as heaven and earth tore apart! When a battle between top experts reached this point, even though they were vastly outmatched, the two of them unleashed their utmost strength! In less than three minutes of fighting, the phantoms of the dragon and phoenix dimmed as countless stars slammed down. Rumble! The true bodies of the dragon and phoenix were battered to pieces! With a furious roar, the Dragon Emperor erupted with unprecedented power, tearing the grand array apart with a tremendous crash, while the Phoenix Emperor exhaled a torrent of flames that ignited King Ming's robes with a muffled blast! Rumble! The two sovereigns exchanged a smile. The next moment, their two phantoms crashed downward as heaven and earth shattered. Across the Myriad Realms, mountains collapsed and seas churned in the Dragon and Phoenix Realms as the world changed color! King Ming extinguished the flames on his body, looking somewhat disheveled, but uttered not a word. Princess Consort Ming flew to his side, gazing silently at the burned remains of the Dragon and Phoenix Emperors, equally muted. Rumble! Explosions erupted as the two sovereigns perished completely! Countless dragons and phoenixes wailed and shrieked, tears of blood streaming down their faces. Countless beings roared and bellowed once more: "Farewell to the Dragon Emperor!" "Farewell to the Phoenix Emperor!" That the war of the myriad races should conclude in this fashion filled countless hearts with indignation. Yet such was the outcome. The war that had lasted until this day ended with the departure of sovereign after sovereign. Three first-rank experts had fallen in battle, one after another. Knowing full well they would die! Yet they had no other choice. At this moment, Tiangu walked forward with a smile. "One-on-one is far too tedious! God Emperor, Imperial Consort, Jiwu, Mojie..." He called them out one by one, laughing. "Let us fight as a group! All surviving Thirty-Six Manor Lords, come forward! Having sent off so many senior predecessors... sitting by and watching is far too agonizing!" He glanced back at Moduona, the only one remaining in the crowd, and smiled. "Moduona! I leave the immortal race to you, as well as the other races... Remember, living on... is far more painful! But you are still young... far younger than us..." A golden longsword appeared in his hand. Smiling, he looked toward Su Yu. "Thank you, Emperor Yu, for granting this! The immortal race... will not submit! We only seek temporary shelter under Emperor Yu. My race is no vassal of mankind! What I wish to preserve is the spirit of the immortal race, not its hollow title... I hope Emperor Yu will grant this!" Su Yu's voice boomed grandly, "If I defeat all foes, none of your races need submit to me! I have no need of it!" As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings were shaken. Tiangu laughed heartily and turned toward the manor lords across from him. One manor lord after another materialized, their murderous aura soaring into the sky! Tiangu looked back at the God Emperor and smiled. "Will you two fight side by side?" The God Imperial Consort nodded slightly, smiling as she gripped the God Emperor's hand. A separation of a hundred thousand years! Having reunited for only a few days, she did not wish to be parted from him again. For their race, they had done all they could. Today, she only wished to walk the path to the Yellow Springs alongside this man, even if it meant death. The God Emperor also revealed a smile, clasping the God Imperial Consort's hand tightly. He looked toward King Da Zhou—among the Thirty-Six Manor Lords, only King Da Zhou could contend with him! In addition, there were Jiwu of the god race, Celestial Venerable Mo and Mojie of the demon race, as well as Heavenly Venerable Long, Heavenly Venerable Feng, Saint Marquis, Marquis Yuansheng, Celestial Venerable Huang, Heavenly Venerable Dao... Top experts stepped forward one after another! The three first-rank figures had gone out first essentially to throw their lives away, so that the Thirty-Six Manor Lords would not be overwhelmed. Even when courting death, one had to consider how best to die. Such was the sorrow of the weak! Tiangu looked toward King Daqin and smiled. "Shall you and I have a match as well?" King Daqin looked at him, his injuries having nearly healed, and said calmly, "Then let us fight! I have long wanted to cross swords with you!" "Actually... at this moment, I would have preferred to spar with Su Yu. Alas... the gap in strength is far too vast, which is a great pity!" Tiangu smiled, his long hair fluttering as he held his golden sword. "As a cultivator, perhaps the greatest regret lies right here! Lacking even the qualification to fight one's true rival. Qin Guang, I hope you will not disappoint me!" "I hope you will not disappoint me either!" "Kill!" Both sides bellowed in unison, and the next moment, the grand battle erupted! Boom! Spears, swords, sabers... This was the battle that would bring an end to the conflicts of the Myriad Realms! Countless people watched on! The entire Myriad Realms, the entire human race, including those from the previous era and the era before that, were all spectating. Perhaps to transcendent beings, they were weak. Yet the battle of these people remained thrilling and fierce. Shouts of slaughter rose continuously! Tiangu and his companions were the most conspicuous. Tiangu, possessing fourteen Daos, wielded his longsword as his Dao of Longevity traversed the field, life force interweaving as he not only fought King Daqin, but also aided the others! Whenever someone was wounded, he stepped in to rescue them time and time again. Such was the immortal race! They might not excel at pure slaughter, but in any battle, the emperor of the immortals was always the core. Tiangu's Dao erupted, swiftly healing anyone who fell injured! Among the Thirty-Six Manor Lords, not all were powerful! People suffered heavy injuries one after another! Yet whenever they were wounded, Su Yu swiftly restored their Dao force. This was an unfair yet completely fair battle. Su Yu made no attempt to conceal it; each restoration was done openly for all to see, displaying the stark difference between victor and vanquished. For his own people, he could heal their injuries at any time! Meanwhile, the experts of the myriad races could only passively await death! How long they could endure was the sole meaning of this fight. To fall in battle! Boom! A deafening roar sounded as King Daqin thrust his spear. Just as Tiangu was about to evade, it was already too late. At that very moment, a figure appeared, only to be torn to pieces by the spear strike! Yuansheng! Tiangu's senior brother, the fellow who had vied with him for the throne of the Immortal Emperor for ages. At this moment, Yuansheng had been swept apart by the spear, leaving only his head intact. Looking at Tiangu, he suddenly flashed a toothy grin, looking somewhat wistful. "Junior Brother... I'll take my leave first... Your senior brother couldn't match you, so I'll go ahead on the Yellow Springs path. If there is a next life, I'll be your senior brother again..." Tiangu nodded, a faint smile in his eyes. Boom! Marquis Yuansheng disintegrated completely. This cultivator, who had contended with Tiangu for countless ages, found peace and let go at this final moment. Tiangu retreated, dodging King Daqin's next thrust. Yet right beside him, a saber suddenly materialized. Tiangu dodged once more as King Daxia appeared. His previous opponent had been Marquis Yuansheng, and now that Yuansheng had fallen, the two joined forces to strike at Tiangu! They did not choose to stand by and watch, for that would be disrespectful to war! To strike down an opponent with all one's might! ... In the camp of the myriad races. Moduona's purple hair whipped in the wind as he watched in silence. When Marquis Yuansheng fell, Moduona felt a surge of sorrow. The next moment, he shouted: "Farewell to Yuansheng!" "Farewell to Yuansheng!" The myriad races knelt, prostrating before these experts who were fighting to win them a sliver of life! Hatred, anger, tears! ... On the human side. The Human Sovereign and his peers were also moved, unable to resist glancing at Su Yu. Planting such seeds of hatred among the myriad races while refusing to exterminate them... Su Yu truly left them at a loss for words! Killing the experts of the myriad races before their very eyes in a manner both fair and blatantly unfair—was Su Yu truly not afraid of a future backlash? Such a spectacle, such an outcome, was the most fertile ground for breeding unimaginably powerful cultivators! Su Yu glanced back at them, appearing entirely unconcerned. Looking at the Human Sovereign and his companions, then at the human race, and finally at the myriad races, Su Yu's voice boomed with cold detachment: "If the myriad races can produce a supreme expert, I, Su Yu, will be waiting for you to come kill me! Seek revenge where revenge is due, and settle your grievances!" So what if enemies filled the world? He turned his gaze once more toward the Human Realm, his voice laced with severity: "Such is the fate of the defeated! For five hundred years, mankind was plagued by constant infighting, with countless soldiers falling and the threat of extermination looming several times. This battle is a warning to the world! No one is your savior; your only savior is yourself!" "If you grow slack, arrogant, or conceited... the myriad races are your fate!" Boom! Another deafening explosion rang out. Celestial Venerable Huang possessed strength that could uproot mountains and an aura that dominated the world, yet at this moment, the giant mountain he seized could not be brought down. His heart was shattered by a single fist. King Datang panted heavily, staring at his opponent as Celestial Venerable Huang coughed up torrents of blood... His Great Dao was snapping apart as well! In this battle, everyone fought with their Daos—the most fundamental form of combat. It was kill or be killed! Celestial Venerable Huang glanced at King Datang. In the end, he did not bring the giant mountain down upon him, but hurled it abruptly toward King Daqin. With a thunderous boom, the blow forced King Daqin back a step, allowing Tiangu to escape danger! A faint smile appeared on Celestial Venerable Huang's earthen face, and in the next instant, he turned to ash! "Farewell to Celestial Venerable Huang!" The myriad races shouted in unison! In the void, tears of blood flowed freely. Yet another had been sent off! ... At this moment, Jitian let out a long sigh. The Prison King opened her eyes, and the Human Ancestor lamented, "I never expected the war of the myriad races to conclude like this!" A gleam flashed in Kong's giant eye. "These fellows are still slaughtering each other at a time like this... Truly courting death!" They would all die sooner or later! Jitian and the others said nothing; Kong did not understand. Kong added, "Su Yu and his people simply have nothing better to do. A bunch of weaklings, without even a single one above twenty Daos. If it were me, I would have slaughtered them all long ago. Making such a grand spectacle... was there any need?" Jitian and the others ignored him even further! Yet right at that moment, an astonishing scene unfolded! Far away, Su Yu seemed to sense something and suddenly snapped, "Arrogant fool! Who are you to question the war of the myriad races?" In that single instant, heaven and earth inverted! In a flash, Su Yu and his group materialized! Space transferred! Under the shocked gazes of Jitian and his companions, Su Yu brought a retinue of peerless experts, shifting heaven and earth to appear right before everyone's eyes! Su Yu's icy rebuke echoed through the cosmos: "Tiangu, someone looks down on you! In my eyes, these people are not even equal to you! Today, this Emperor shall slay a supreme expert to see you off, so they know... in my eyes, they are beneath you!" At that moment, even Tiangu was stunned! Su Yu sneered, "I hope you hold out a bit longer and don't die so fast, lest you miss this spectacle—lest you fail to see my victory, and lest you think I, Su Yu, cannot protect you! This Emperor shall show you that these people are nothing more than clay chickens and pottery dogs!" Su Yu's aura erupted, placing him squarely in front of Jitian in an instant. Possessing thirty-six Daos, he blocked Jitian's path, his momentum surging to the absolute pinnacle! Jitian's expression shifted drastically! Was this lunatic Su Yu out of his mind? Slay a supreme expert to see them off? What nonsense was he spouting! At that moment, the Lord of Dead Spirits blocked the path before the Heavenly Gate and the Earth Gate, his face impassive as death qi surged into the heavens. The Earth Gate could not help but curse, "Have you all gone completely mad?" What on earth was this! Weren't they fighting the myriad races? Why come here all of a sudden... What did they want? Did they really think they were a match for them? What a joke! At that moment, the Human Sovereign stood before the Prison King and the Human Ancestor, with King Wen at his side. King Wen's expression was calm, as was the Human Sovereign's. The two looked at the Human Ancestor and the Prison King, their gazes primarily fixed on Yu. The Prison King's expression shifted continuously, but she did not speak. Meanwhile, Qiong materialized before Jingtian in an instant, joining Su Yu in blocking Jitian and Jingtian. Wen Yu and King Wu appeared before Shi and Kong. Both Shi and Kong were somewhat startled. Were these people truly insane? Wen Yu laughed, "You two shouldn't join the fight. Wait until Su Yu slaughters Jitian, then consider which side to take. How does that sound?" At this moment, the Human Sovereign's voice rang out faintly as well: "Yu, Zhou, you two might as well watch the show! Since Su Yu wishes to slay a supreme expert to see off the myriad races... why spoil his fun?" Everyone was utterly shaken! Su Yu wanted to fight and kill Jitian! Thirty-six Daos, trying to slaughter thirty-eight Daos! What was he thinking? Su Yu's voice rang out again: "Tiangu, hold on a little longer... Don't disappoint me!" In the distance, Tiangu's shout shook heaven and earth: "Then... I shall wait!" At this moment, both the Heavenly Gate and the Earth Gate felt like laughing. Truly mad! Right then, Su Yu's world trembled violently! Surge after surge of aura pierced the heavens. Daos rippled, heaven and earth interwove, and acupoints flashed as Su Yu seemed to forcefully merge his acupoints. Great Daos appeared within his world, rapidly converging. Su Yu looked at Jitian and said calmly, "Do you dare fight me alone?" Jitian's expression shifted as he looked around. Su Yu's side was at a severe disadvantage! Qiong held a slight edge on his end, but the two experts of the Sun and Moon soon arrived. With two transcendents present, coupled with Jingtian, Qiong would not gain any advantage. At this moment, if they dared to strike together and fight to the end, Su Yu's faction might very well be annihilated! He looked at Su Yu and took a deep breath. "You want a decisive battle with me?" Su Yu said calmly, "Indeed! If you kill me, this fragile alliance will collapse! You win without paying a heavy price! Heavenly Gate, Earth Gate, this is your chance! Once I die, you can take them down effortlessly! They might even flee on their own... It all comes down to whether Jitian can kill me!" With a sneer of contempt, Su Yu added, "Old classmate, I don't really like you. You talk too much! I still prefer Wan Mingze—he speaks little! Do you dare? If you can kill me, my side will inevitably collapse... and you win! I am granting your wish and presenting you with a grand gift—do you dare accept it?" Su Yu's world fluctuated violently! Worlds expanded across the void as the worlds of the Human Sovereign and the others manifested one after another. The Human Sovereign's voice carried a chilling detachment: "If you kill Su Yu, we will concede. Do you dare try? Otherwise... if you want to kill us, I fear you will have to pay a steep price!" The Lord of Dead Spirits was equally indifferent: "Neither of your injuries has healed... With Su Yu's life as the stake, if you win, you can heal in peace. If you lose... and Jitian is slain, then today... will likely become a fight to the death!" Both the Heavenly Gate and the Earth Gate were astonished. Were they serious? Right now, Su Yu and his people were hardly overwhelmingly strong. Their side held the advantage in every matchup; they had no idea what Su Yu was playing at! Or could it be... Su Yu truly believed he could kill Jitian? Jitian was equally shaken as he looked at Su Yu. "You truly want to kill me? You think you can do it?" Su Yu smiled. "Why not try and find out? Jitian, do you dare?" Jitian glanced around, even attempting to probe whether any experts were concealed nearby. Suspicion gnawed at him: Does this have to do with my second grandfather? Or with Lan Tian? Could it be that those two had broken through, giving Su Yu such confidence? Were they hiding in the void, waiting to join forces with Su Yu and deliver a fatal blow? At the same time, a faint ripple seemed to pass through the River of Time. Jitian's gaze shifted, and he hastily transmitted his voice to the others: "Be careful! This fellow never fights unprepared battles. For him to suddenly go mad is suspicious! It might have something to do with the Human Gate... The river is fluctuating; keep an eye on it. Could... the Human Gate be descending?" Everyone's hearts tightened! Could that really be it? Was that why this lunatic Su Yu dared to attack proactively? The disparity in strength was still substantial! Just because they did not wish to pay too high a price did not mean they could not kill Su Yu and his cohort. Yet Su Yu knew this as well. Why would he attack proactively? In an instant, everyone thought of the Human Gate and turned their attention to the River of Time. Indeed, faint ripples were undulating through the river, causing both the Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate to grow wary! The Human Gate! It seemed the Human Gate was truly stirring! At that moment, the Human Lord Seal appeared in Su Yu's hand, immense power sweeping across the world. Everyone looked toward Su Yu in shock as his world trembled violently! The Human Lord Seal seemed to be siphoning power from the River of Time! From within the River of Time, Great Dao power appeared to be responding as well! It was a dazzling, chaotic display, creating a tremendous commotion! Jitian retreated swiftly, warily watching Su Yu while constantly glancing toward the River of Time! Danger? Was there really danger? Had Su Yu reached an agreement with the Human Gate? Things were manageable elsewhere, and his side held the advantage, yet facing the thirty-six-Dao Su Yu, he suddenly felt a prickle of dread! Waves of tribulation power erupted from Su Yu's body! A calamity was at hand! At that moment, countless devourer locusts even emerged from the River of Time, swarming toward Su Yu. Jitian's expression shifted once more: "You... you are the Human Gate? Impossible! Su Yu... who on earth are you?" He was thoroughly shaken! The others were equally stunned. What sort of lethal ultimate technique was Su Yu preparing to unleash? Several times Jitian wanted to strike first, but he found himself at a loss as to where to begin. Su Yu's movements were too vast, stirring the world until it shook and the river trembled! Every direction was engulfed and swept by Su Yu's world power! Bursts of terrifying strength leaked outward! And right at this moment, Lan Tian's silhouette faintly emerged within the river. Jitian grew increasingly vigilant! He was even somewhat terrified! The radiance atop Su Yu's Human Lord Seal grew brighter and brighter, as though a fatal strike could land at any second! Jitian's face changed completely. Abandoning any thought of striking first, he raised layer upon layer of defenses. He needed to withstand Su Yu's technique. This move seemed to be a supreme killing art, faintly revealing even the Dao of Spacetime Reincarnation! Visions manifested in abundance! Under normal circumstances, an expert's attack would not produce so many chaotic phenomena, because their power remained tightly controlled! Yet at this moment, Su Yu's power seemed to exceed his capacity! Watching this, the others were horrified as well. Could Su Yu truly slay Jitian in a single blow? Meanwhile, Su Yu's voice sounded faintly, carrying a chuckle: "Go ahead and defend, Jitian! If you block this blow, I will be spent! If you cannot... you die! It will serve perfectly to see off Tiangu and the others, meaning I, Su Yu, will have done right by them!" Jitian was genuinely nervous now. Su Yu was so confident! Could this technique truly be borrowing the power of the Human Gate? It was very likely! Wan Tiansheng was not here; could he... could he have gone to the Human Gate? The more he thought, the more vigilant and panicked he became. Jitian continuously erected layer after layer of defense, while the Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate kept conversing via voice transmission: "Do you think he can pull it off?" "Hard to say. Su Yu often does the unexpected... Besides, he attacked proactively this time. As you can see, their strength is fundamentally inferior to ours!" "Yet Su Yu isn't someone who seeks his own death... Clearly, he has the confidence to deal with Jitian!" "If Jitian is truly killed... what then?" "Be prepared... prepare to intervene. We cannot let Jitian be killed!" "..." The two gates swiftly deliberated via transmission. Meanwhile, Shi and Kong were also conferring about something. Across from them, Wen Yu's aura erupted, laced with wariness: "Don't even think about interfering! Though I possess only thirty-four Daos, I can still hold you off for a while... Once Su Yu kills Jitian, if he sees you making a move, do you really think you're stronger than Jitian?" Shi and Kong remained silent. Intervene, my foot! We were only discussing whether to flee or fight if Jitian truly croaks! Who said anything about intervening? However, to give them no opening, Wen Yu looked toward King Wu and gritted her teeth. "Brother Taishan, you hold back Shi, and I'll hold back Kong! We must keep them from interfering—even if it kills us, we have to tie them down for a while!" King Wu nodded solemnly, swiftly flying with Wen Yu in two directions to separate Shi and Kong. Shi and Kong paid it no mind, thoroughly exasperated. One with thirty-four Daos, one with thirty-two—they were not weak. Yet... if we truly acted, you two might not even be able to stop us! Forget it, let's see how things play out on Su Yu's end first. Who knew what was going on! They were somewhat on edge. Kong in particular felt a sense of danger. Could Jitian really be instakilled by Su Yu? Instakilling thirty-eight Daos would be utterly terrifying! Meanwhile, the commotion around Su Yu grew larger and larger. Even Jingtian became frightened and shouted, "Jitian, strike and disrupt his momentum!" What are you doing? You're just defending and letting Su Yu build up his strength. Even watching it makes my heart palpitate! Yet Jitian was weighed down with immense tension. Disrupt him? I worry that disrupting him is precisely what Su Yu wants! Meet changes with constancy! Defense was the best response! With thirty-eight Daos defending with all his might, even if Su Yu suddenly erupted with forty Daos of power, he would never be able to kill him easily! After building momentum for a long time, the Human Lord Seal suddenly erupted with blinding radiance, nearly blinding everyone present! The seal flew abruptly toward Jitian. It was not fast, nor did its aura feel overwhelmingly strong. Yet the commotion it created was simply colossal! Rumble! The sound of the Human Lord Seal shattering the void, mixed with the crashing of broken space, was deafening! At this moment, it seemed all of heaven and earth could only see this single great seal! A great seal of incomparable brilliance! Jitian's expression shifted slightly as he snapped his gaze toward the River of Time. A face materialized within the river, seemingly connecting the myriad Daos to the Human Lord Seal. Jitian's face changed: "I knew it!" He knew they truly had a way to deal with him! "Civilization!" With a furious shout, a massive halo formed rapidly around him, enveloping the surrounding world with a look of vicious determination. "I shall see how you break my seal..." Su Yu froze, looking astonished. "Self-sealing?" Jitian sneered. Try breaking it, then! Su Yu was utterly stunned. Holy crap, you're brilliant! Old classmate, thank you so much! You sealed yourself... I'm so happy! And at the exact moment everyone was staring at the Human Lord Seal, Wen Yu, who appeared to be snacking, turned her head toward Su Yu. Kong also looked in that direction, completely unconcerned about Wen Yu. A gap existed between thirty-four Daos and thirty-six Daos. Wen Yu was weaker than him and would not dare initiate a fight, so he simply ignored her! Yet right at that instant, a flicker of flame appeared in Wen Yu's hand. A flame that incinerated heaven and earth. A flame converging the power of ten thousand Daos! While Kong and everyone else were looking away, no one paid any mind to Wen Yu! The commotion Su Yu caused was simply too colossal—so massive that only Su Yu's voice echoed through the cosmos! Wen Yu could not help but marvel... Su Yu truly knew how to pick his targets. He had said he would choose Jitian, because Jitian loved to outsmart himself. He would surely defend with everything he had, would inevitably connect things to the Human Gate, and would never dare make a rash move... The hearts of men were entirely within Su Yu's grasp! Su Yu was the truly terrifying one! And the moment Su Yu struck, Wen Yu moved. At this moment, Wen Yu had absorbed over ninety percent of the power from Su Yu's world; Su Yu was currently nothing more than an empty shell! He was merely bluffing Jitian! Ninety percent of the power of a thirty-six-Dao cultivator, combined with all of Wen Yu's own strength, plus fifty percent of her elder brother's world power... Her world and Su Yu's could merge. At this instant, Wen Yu's strength skyrocketed! No one had paid attention to Wen Yu. Even if they were watching someone, it should have been Qiong, the Lord of Dead Spirits, or the Human Sovereign! Yet it was the completely overlooked Wen Yu who struck at this moment! A single palm struck out, suppressing heaven and earth as flames incinerated the sky! Boom! A deafening explosion instantly eclipsed Su Yu's commotion. Kong sensed it and instinctively raised a defense. With thirty-six Daos, would he fear Wen Yu? Was Wen Yu crazy! Would I be afraid of you? A joke! Yet the instant contact was made, Kong's giant eye contracted wildly in sheer horror. Rumble! A thunderous crash rang out! His massive, pointed horn was snapped clean off by Wen Yu's palm! Flames incinerated the world, and with a roaring blast, his physical body was burned to ash. This flame was far too terrifying! Thirty-eight Daos! It was definitely thirty-eight Daos! An unexpected sneak attack, carried out practically right in front of his face—a thirty-eight-Dao cultivator ambushing a thirty-six-Dao one, who hadn't even taken her seriously! In almost a single instant, his strongest horn was shattered and his flesh burned away! Boom! His Great Dao manifested, only for its willpower to collapse under Wen Yu's flames in the very next instant. Wen Yu had specialized methods for dealing with these transcendents; her flame power was simply too potent! "Ah!" A shrill, agonized scream resounded across all quarters! A sneak attack beyond imagination! An ambush completely unforeseen! In an instant, Wen Yu burned away his willpower, seized his Great Dao, and roared alongside Su Yu and the others: "Retreat!" Boom! The group converged in that single instant, vanishing into the distance in the blink of an eye! The Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate wanted to intercept them, but their expressions shifted and they looked toward Jitian. Jitian was frantically breaking through his own sealing barrier, roaring in fury and manic rage! "Su Yu!" Boom! Only at this moment did heaven and earth shudder violently as Kong's despairing roar echoed out: "No... I don't want to die..." Rumble! The entire world trembled. An expert of thirty-six Daos, the very first primordial beast born at the creation of heaven and earth, had been slain by Wen Yu just like that! "Su Yu!" The remaining experts roared in fury. The Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate moved to pursue, but exchanged a glance... and both stopped in their tracks. The next moment, the Heavenly Gate said in a heavy voice, "Regroup! Do not scatter again!" Jitian furiously tore through his seal. Only after Su Yu and his group had fled did he finally break free, his eyes bloodshot as he howled in madness! Furious, he roared, "Pursue them! Slaughter them all!" Yet... no one moved! Shi had even fled! Kong's death had frightened Shi out of his wits! He feared that King Wu might suddenly burst out with thirty-eight Daos of power as well, so Shi ran the fastest. Even if the remaining few joined forces, they might not be able to slay Su Yu and his companions. All at once, heaven and earth fell silent! Kong had been slain! ... In the distance. Tiangu had actually been watching the entire time, and at this moment, he suddenly smiled! He laughed wildly! Su Yu! What a man, Su Yu! Formidable, truly formidable! Despite a considerable disparity in overall strength, he had managed to slaughter a thirty-six-Dao expert right before everyone's eyes. Unbelievable! "Hahaha... Su Yu, I believe you... I believe you can protect the myriad races... Thank you for seeing me off... Thank you..." To have a supreme expert slain as his funeral escort—he, Tiangu... had lived a life worth living! At this moment, Tiangu let out a great laugh. Rumble! Under the combined assault of King Daqin, King Daxia, and the others, spears and sabers struck together, hacking him to pieces! Tiangu's laughter echoed across heaven and earth, completely unlike Kong's wretched screams; he was laughing with unrestrained joy! "I, Tiangu, have no regrets in this life! To have a supreme expert accompany me in death... no regrets!" "Hahaha!" Rumble! Deafening crashes echoed in all directions. "Farewell... Tiangu, Immortal Emperor!" Heaven and earth trembled as countless voices shouted. Countless immortals wept tears of blood while smiling through their grief—the emperor of their race had died without regrets!