Inside the Human Sovereign Seal

Yu Emperor Hall. No one was in a rush to inspect the Human Sovereign Seal just yet. Instead, they began discussing Kong. Wen Yu was thoroughly thrilled. "That fool Kong actually thought Su Yu was going after Jitian! When Su Yu struck, his aura looked imposing, but in truth, he was an empty shell... I was sweating bullets, scared half to death. Su Yu really knows how to bluff!" "Kong and the others assumed it was some secret technique. In the end, when I suddenly unleashed my power, he didn't even have time to react..." As she spoke, she could not help laughing. Killing Kong this time had been swift, but truly exhilarating! It truly was exciting! There was a kind of sneak attack called ambushing right to someone's face! Yet before the enemy could react, Wen Yu had already slain him. Right now, Wen Yu said excitedly, "Su Yu, when we merge, reaching thirty-eight Daos is definitely no problem! How about we merge again for the next battle?" "..." Su Yu simply stared at her. As Wen Yu talked, seeing everyone staring at her, she was left somewhat speechless. What was with those looks? Was there something wrong with what she said? Su Yu alone possessed thirty-six Daos. When merged with her, they reached thirty-eight Daos, which was significantly stronger than thirty-six Daos. What did everyone mean by looking at her like that? She knew what they were thinking, but at this moment she could only roll her eyes. She was utterly speechless! Su Yu did not bother to dwell on it and casually said, "Kong's Dao mainly focused on the physical body and thunder. It counts as a fusion of twin Daos. Let's give it to King Wu. We won't expect him to reach thirty-six Daos, but at least thirty-four Daos or higher!" King Wu shook his head, however. "No need. Give it to Second Brother! Second Brother hasn't absorbed many Daos of the netherworld. In fact, when I made my breakthrough before, I absorbed a few. If we give it to Second Brother for world fusion, his growth will be greater. I think thirty-six Daos will be no problem for him!" He knew Kong's Dao might suit him better, but in terms of overall improvement, King Wen might gain more. Advancing from thirty-two Daos to thirty-four Daos was different from advancing from thirty-four Daos to thirty-six Daos. King Wen turned his gaze toward Su Yu. "What about you?" Su Yu smiled. "I don't need it!" King Wen showed a thoughtful expression and said, "No rush. Let's wait until we have examined the Human Sovereign Seal!" Su Yu smiled and nodded. "Let's take a look. Perhaps the treasures inside the Human Sovereign Seal will be even more suitable for everyone!" At this moment, Qiong was not in a hurry to look at the Human Sovereign Seal. Instead, he asked, "Do you think Shi will come back? Or might he simply come over to defect to you?" He still harbored some doubts. Of course, he was also wondering: if Shi came to defect to Su Yu... what would become of me? He had not yet replenished Daos of the living realm. Slaying the Prison King or the Human Ancestor was his chance. Since he was already at thirty-eight Daos, it would actually be best for him to devour both to avoid falling short. Yet if Shi came and Su Yu accepted him, what then? There truly were not many living-realm experts left to kill. Just those two! Unless Su Yu turned against others, there would be no living-realm experts left to slay. Seeing his apprehension, Su Yu smiled. "I'll leave both Zhou and Yu for you to kill. Once you kill them, you can devour them. How about that?" Qiong felt awkward. "Yu seems to have stepped into thirty-eight Daos as well!" He might not be able to defeat both of them working together! Let alone killing them! Su Yu chuckled and said no more on the topic, stating, "Right now, the Heavenly Gate and the Earth Gate are unwilling to make a move in order to preserve their own lives. But when it really comes down to the moment of life and death, those two will be stronger than anyone! Therefore, as of now, we are still unable to match them!" Su Yu's faction was not weak, yet if a true battle broke out, they were still at a disadvantage. The crux was that the Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate constantly worried about becoming Su Yu's primary target, fearing that one of them would perish. Thus, even at this stage, neither wished to act. Hearing this, the Human Sovereign sighed as well. "Fortunately, you are here!" Without Su Yu, the leaders would hardly cooperate on equal footing. Would the Lord of Dead Spirits go all out? Not necessarily! What about Qiong? Although influenced by the Human Sovereign, without Su Yu helping him claim the Heaven-Opening Sword, he might not have been willing to fight either. It could only be said that Su Yu handled the balance of interests exceptionally well. However, before the final moment arrived, nothing was certain. Yet as the leader, Su Yu had actually gained rather little for himself. Even after slaying Kong this time, Su Yu did not take Kong's Dao, giving it instead to King Wen and King Wu. As for who would claim it, that was between them. At times, Su Yu's magnanimity was unimaginably vast. Su Yu did not mention these matters further and turned his gaze to the Human Sovereign. The Human Sovereign promptly produced the Human Sovereign Seal. A massive seal hovered in midair. At this moment, Doubao looked suspiciously at the Human Sovereign Seal, then at King Wen, then at the Human Sovereign, and finally at Su Yu. It did not feel any connection to this great seal, but as it kept watching, it felt a sense of familiarity! A good thing! Fragrant! It felt an urge to eat it. Everyone stared at the Human Sovereign Seal. As they watched, they all felt an overwhelming sense of intimacy and warmth. The influence of the Human Sovereign's Dao was truly extraordinary. After looking for a while, Qiong hastily turned his head away. He could not keep looking; the more he looked at this thing, the more sorrowful he felt. Staring at it, he actually began to think the Human Sovereign looked refined and upright, like a genuinely good person! Bah! Even the Lord of Dead Spirits, after watching for a while, nodded slightly and said, "Xingyu, your Dao is truly unique! I must admit, your Great Dao possesses formidable persuasive power! It appears to be merely a supportive Dao, yet in truth, it is extraordinarily terrifying! When it comes to bewitching people's hearts, it is truly remarkable! If we speak of swaying hearts, you and Su Yu can be considered well-matched rivals!" Su Yu also stared at it for a moment, his expression calm. "Strictly speaking, the Human Sovereign's Dao is a form of brainwashing. Responsibility... responsibility is something one shoulders oneself, not something dictated by the influence of a Great Dao! His Dao is actually rather sinister, a kind of puppetry Dao—an advanced puppetry Dao that manipulates the human heart. Therefore, the Human Sovereign is the Human Gate!" "..." The Human Sovereign was rendered speechless. He looked at Su Yu and only spoke after a long pause: "You stared for half a day just to arrive at this conclusion?" I am the Human Gate? Su Yu smiled. "Anyone could be the Human Gate; the Human Gate lies within the heart! If the Human Gate does not exist as an object, then it is a manifestation of the human heart—what is so strange about that? Within everyone's heart, there is a gate—the gate of humans! In the eyes of the Heavenly Gate, the Human Gate is invincible and towering beyond measure! In the eyes of the Earth Gate, the Human Gate is utterly wicked and equally unconquerable! In the eyes of Jitian and his fellows, the Human Gate is boundlessly powerful and immensely majestic..." A thousand faces for a thousand people! What everyone described as the Human Gate was never quite the same, including interpretations tied to world destruction or the devouring locusts. Su Yu did not dwell on this and looked back at the Human Sovereign Seal, his brow furrowing slightly. "Even now, you are still unable to control the interior of the Human Sovereign Seal?" "No, I cannot!" The Human Sovereign shook his head. "It has been in my hands for countless years, yet it has always remained like this; I cannot probe deeply into it at all. What did Tiangu and the others say?" "A Dao that connects the three races!" Everyone was slightly shaken. A Great Dao that connects the three races? What Dao could connect all three races? At this moment, an abundance of blood appeared in Su Yu's hands. The blood boiled, yet the Human Sovereign Seal remained motionless. Su Yu looked at the Human Sovereign. "This is the core of your world. If we truly breach it, won't there be trouble?" The Human Sovereign shook his head. "Because I could never penetrate its interior, my Dao was merely attached to its surface. In essence, I still use the Star Residence Seal as my foundation. The Human Sovereign Seal is simply more powerful. It is enough to transfer the surface Dao!" "Transfer it first, then!" Without further words, the Human Sovereign swiftly produced a large seal—precisely the Star Residence Seal that Su Yu had wielded for so long. Soon, the core of the Great Dao on the Human Sovereign Seal gradually began to transfer. The Star Residence Seal cracked slightly, but was quickly mended and made whole. Only then was the Human Sovereign Seal clearly revealed before everyone. It was a stone... that looked somewhat like an egg. Doubao's eyes went wide as it stared at the object. Its nose twitched as it sniffed the scent, looking somewhat intoxicated, and mumbled, "It feels... a little fragrant, but there's a layer separating it!" The Lord of Dead Spirits also scrutinized it from top to bottom, frowning slightly. "It looks like an egg!" "Could it be the egg of some creature?" Everyone looked at it one after another. Su Yu did not hesitate in the slightest, reaching out directly to grasp it in his hand. After examining it carefully, he smiled and said, "If it really were an egg, that would be intriguing! Of course, it is far more likely that the outside is an empty shell, and the essence lies within! It might be an intact world, or perhaps a Great Dao! If we make an even bolder guess, inside lies a world where living people dwell!" Su Yu smiled. "Just like the Myriad Realms, where people live, except they are on the inside while we are on the outside!" The Human Sovereign shook his head. "That should hardly be the case! According to your theory, the progenitors of the god, demon, and immortal races might all have emerged from an egg..." "Why would that be impossible?" Su Yu smiled. "Anything is possible! The Myriad Realms is certainly not unique—there is no doubt about that! The Myriad Realms is merely a world opened by the Lord of Time. Where did the Lord of Time come from? Was there originally a world, a universe? What if the place they came from was not chaos?" This was not really a secret; everyone knew that the Myriad Realms was merely opened by the Lord of Time, and the Lord of Time was the creator of this world! Then where did the Lord of Time's strength come from? Furthermore, what about the origins of beings like Qiong? Su Yu looked toward Qiong. "Brother Qiong, you count as an early existence. You interacted constantly with the powerhouses of the Heaven-Opening Era. Do you know where those people originally lived?" Qiong nodded. "Right in this chaotic region! Originally, this place was chaos! Those people lived in the chaos from the beginning. In the chaos, there were some broken rocks and continents. Figures like Shi were all existences born of the chaos! As for the Lord of Time... I truly do not know. Although I was his sword, by the time I gained sentience, he had already disappeared!" "The Lord of Time has been gone for countless years; perhaps he returned to his own world?" Su Yu smiled. "Therefore, the Myriad Realms is in all likelihood not the only world! The same goes for you and me. If my world matures, it will eventually become a world of its own in the future. At that time, stepping out from my world to look upon the current Myriad Realms... one would probably find it novel as well!" Having said that, Su Yu added, "According to Jitian and the others, the so-called Myriad Realms is nothing more than a place used by the Lord of Time to seal the Human Gate! Merely a cage!" Qiong could not hold back. "Just open it directly! Why make so many guesses? Whether it's an inhabited world, an uninhabited world, or a Great Dao, just open it! You talk too much nonsense!" This fellow Su Yu loved delivering speeches whenever he was about to do anything now. Su Yu said no more. Drop after drop of blood was dripped onto the Human Sovereign Seal by him. The Human Sovereign Seal showed no reaction whatsoever. Su Yu frowned slightly. Was the bloodline purity insufficient, or was the method of opening incorrect? Tiangu had only been guessing, but Su Yu felt the guess was reasonable rather than baseless; otherwise, Su Yu would not have believed it, and Tiangu would not have risked coming to throw his life away! Su Yu looked at Doubao. Terrified by his gaze, Doubao hastily said, "I don't know how to open it! Do you want to drip my blood? But I don't have blood!" It had no blood! Su Yu knew this. As a spirit of the Great Dao, where would it get blood? Back then, Su Yu had never managed to absorb the blood essence of the little fur ball, and thus had never activated any innate skill from it. In truth, the fur ball was intrinsically a Great Dao, with no innate skills to speak of. King Wen pondered for a moment and said, "Doubao, try to see if you can enter!" "Me?" King Wen nodded. "We tried back then. You were able to come out, but you couldn't get in..." As he spoke, he looked toward Su Yu. "This thing might only allow exits, not entry! How about this: find Moduona of the demon race and have him use an innate skill to see if he can draw some power from within... Then, once that power is drawn out, Doubao might be able to slip inside along the seam!" Su Yu's eyes flickered. That was indeed possible. "I also know the innate skills of the gods, demons, and immortals. How about I give it a try?" Su Yu chuckled. He knew them as well! The Human Sovereign and the others gave him strange looks. Su Yu laughed, "Why look at me? Wen Yu knows them too!" Wen Yu muttered, "I don't know them!" "..." Su Yu was startled and looked at Wen Yu. Seeing Su Yu looking at her, Wen Yu said aggrievedly, "Why are you looking at me? I really don't! I gathered the bloodline Daos of the three races, but I only know the immortal race's Life Sprouting and Flesh Regrowth; the demon race's Towering Demonic Flames and Heaven-Burning Blazes; and the god race's Sacred Radiance! These are all innate skills of the three races, yet they are tied to the Great Daos of their ancestors." Su Yu immediately frowned at her. "Impossible! The innate skills I learned were all learned from your Time Book!" Wen Yu felt wronged and helpless. "Really! I truly don't know them! How did you learn them?" Su Yu said in a heavy voice, "By absorbing the blood essence of the three races, your Time Book naturally manifested them!" Wen Yu thought for a moment and said, "Then it must lie within the bloodline, not within the Great Daos I gathered! What I absorbed and purified was the power of the Great Daos, yet I never captured those Dao forces! Therefore, back then when you used blood essence to borrow them, I could understand it. But if you can use them now even without blood essence..." She took a sharp breath. "Then you might possess the bloodlines of the three races! You're of mixed blood!" Su Yu was of mixed blood? Su Yu frowned slightly, but soon shrugged it off, speaking frankly, "It's normal to have mixed blood in the Tenth Tide. Does this mean I truly mastered them myself later on? Early on, my bloodline was insufficient to activate them, but later on, the bloodlines of the three races were awakened?" "Most likely!" Wen Yu nodded. "Otherwise, even I couldn't use them, so how could you? It must have been analyzed and projected by the Time Book when it absorbed bloodlines, allowing you to learn them... But when I gathered them back then, I didn't absorb those powers at all, meaning I likely couldn't absorb them, whereas you could..." Mixed blood! Su Yu did not care much about this. In the Tenth Tide, five hundred years ago, the various races entered the Human Realm. Gods, demons, immortals, and humans were actually quite similar; unless deliberately revealed, the differences were negligible. Who knew which of his ancestors might have had an affair with a god, demon, or immortal? In the present day, perhaps more than half of the human race carried bloodlines of the three races. Of course, tracing further back, they were all originally humans; it was simply that the progenitors of the three races cultivated different techniques from the Heavenly Gate's techniques, eventually leading to racial divisions. Even the Giant race was an inheritance of Zhou. Su Yu said no more on the matter. At this moment, he gave it a try. Even though the civilization chronicle had merged into his world, he could still use them just the same. "God Transformation!" With a low shout, Su Yu sensed an invisible force swiftly coalescing toward him. In truth, he had not used it for a long time, because using it had yielded no effect. Ever since the Human Sovereign returned, it seemed that due to the Human Sovereign Seal, it truly could no longer be used. These things had ceased to provide him any boost. Yet now, the Great Dao power outside the Human Sovereign Seal had been transferred away by the Human Sovereign. At this moment, everyone's expressions changed! Right then, a faint power—extremely feeble—imperceptibly seeped out from the Human Sovereign Seal. Had everyone not been paying close attention, they might have overlooked it entirely! "Doubao, go inside and take a look..." Su Yu called out. At this moment, he felt an extremely weak power seep into his body, but it provided him no amplification; it was simply too feeble. Doubao's eyes were full of misery. "Um... if I go in and can't get out, what do I do?" I don't want to go in! What if I get trapped inside? Su Yu smiled. "It's fine. If necessary, we'll smash it open by force! If you really get stuck inside, you'll come out after taking a nap. We've already come this far, how could you fail to get out?" Fine, then! Doubao felt helpless. King Wen chuckled, "If you can get in, you can get out. Don't worry! Worst comes to worst, I'll extract you again just like back then!" Forget it, I'll reluctantly trust Old Wen this once! Doubao still chose to trust King Wen. After all, they were longtime companions. Even though King Wen had shifted his affections to Fei Qiu now, Doubao still loved him. It began attempting to squeeze into the shell along the spot where that power seeped through, yet it still could not enter. Su Yu continuously experimented, even beginning to burn the bloodline power of Tiangu and the others to blanket the entire shell. Su Yu himself kept summoning and activating innate skills! Again and again! Gradually, a stream of power seeped out, stronger than before. Doubao also managed to squeeze half of its large head inside. Its voice came through: "I see it... it's pitch black..." With half its head squeezed in, it seemed to have spotted something. Su Yu and the others were stirred. It saw something? "Pitch black? Is it a world or what? Are there living people?" What Su Yu and the others worried about most was what they would do if there were living people inside. The progenitor of the ancestors of the three races? What kind of strength would that be? That was the truly terrifying part! "I don't know!" Doubao's entire large head was squeezed in. Its voice could still carry out, but soon Doubao grew anxious. "Hurry and keep going! It feels like it's squeezing again; you have to keep summoning!" Su Yu was exasperated, but could only maintain his efforts, continuously coaxing power to seep outward. Gradually, Su Yu also felt that summoning repeatedly did indeed produce an effect. The boost was minor, but there was indeed a faint increase in strength! At that moment, Doubao suddenly cried out in alarm, "I'm falling in!" With a plop... something seemed to have dropped inside! When everyone looked again, Doubao was gone! And the Human Sovereign Seal returned to tranquility. Su Yu frowned slightly. Everyone exchanged glances. King Wen said, "It shouldn't be a big problem. Back then, I extracted Doubao by creating a spirit. If this is a world, Doubao actually counts as the world spirit of that realm, or the spirit of its Great Dao!" If it was an internal spirit, Doubao would come to no harm. The premise was that there were no living people inside, only pure Dao or a world. If there were living people, Doubao might be finished. Su Yu knitted his brows. "Can't we break it open? What on earth is this outer layer?" It was simply too sturdy! Even Su Yu and his companions could not breach it. Su Yu tossed it to the Lord of Dead Spirits, hoping to see if the Lord of Dead Spirits could crack it open. Could even this supreme expert of thirty-nine Daos fail to break it? Tiangu had said that with sufficient bloodline power, it might be opened. Yet as things stood, the bloodline of Tiangu and the others seemed insufficient! At this moment, King Wen suddenly said, "Try not burning the bloodlines in a mixed state. Try using Tiangu's bloodline alone!" Su Yu was puzzled and hesitated slightly. "You mean... Tiangu's bloodline might be purer?" "Yes!" King Wen nodded. "Doubao always wanted to eat Tiangu. Perhaps it was because Tiangu's bloodline was purer! And Tiangu's talent was indeed formidable. You must know that in that era, the students Taishan and I took in were certainly not lacking in talent, yet all of them were defeated by Tiangu! Even among the immortal race, no other such genius could be found..." Thus, Tiangu might have experienced a bloodline atavism. Su Yu considered this, then swiftly separated and cleared away all the other blood, preventing it from diluting Tiangu's bloodline. Soon, drops of fresh blood appeared. Golden! This was Tiangu's bloodline. After Tiangu was slain, he had not burned these, because that had been the condition he agreed upon with Su Yu: to leave behind his bloodline power. Had it been burned away, everything done before would have been wasted effort. Having extracted Tiangu's blood essence, Su Yu dropped a single bead onto the eggshell. Suddenly, his heart stirred. The others looked over as well! At that instant, a tiny crack seemed to appear upon the indestructible outer shell! Several pairs of eyes met, all filled with astonishment. The Human Sovereign was shocked as well. "It really worked!" The Lord of Dead Spirits turned it over in his hands and said slowly, "This thing... should be a world membrane! However, the world membranes we form are not nearly this thick! This object must have existed for countless ages, sealing its world off with no one entering or leaving. Over a vast span of time... it formed this world membrane! It is of the same nature as a realm barrier!" "This thing cannot simply be smashed open!" The Lord of Dead Spirits explained, "It's not that it cannot be shattered, but that breaking it can easily cause the entire world within to collapse! In that case, there truly might be a world inside!" As he spoke, he sounded slightly excited. "A world from before the opening of the heavens?" He looked at Su Yu and the others. At this moment, King Wen and the Human Sovereign were also somewhat excited. "A world from before the opening of the heavens... Even putting aside whether it can be inherited, getting a glimpse of what a pre-heaven-opening world looks like would be splendid! Will it be like the Myriad Realms? Does a River of Time exist there as well? Or is it like ours?" Before the opening of the heavens! Existing before the Lord of Time opened the heavens—this held tremendous research value! They had seen Great Daos from before the opening of the heavens; the Daos of the Human Gate's Great Sages should have belonged to that period, existing independently rather than connecting to the River of Time. Yet a world from before the opening of the heavens was something they had never seen; the earliest world known was the Myriad Realms. As Tiangu's blood essence seeped in, cracks spread across the eggshell. At the same time, Doubao's voice suddenly rang out: "Can you hear me? I'm scared! It's so dark!" Everyone was speechless. This fellow was actually afraid of the dark? Still, this was good news—they could hear Doubao's words. Su Yu quickly asked, "Doubao, can you come out?" "It seems I can... I see the sky splitting open..." Those were the cracks on the eggshell! Evidently, Doubao saying the sky was splitting open indicated that inside was indeed an opened world. Who opened it? At this moment, no one had the mind to ponder that; opening it took priority! Drops of blood essence were continuously dripped in. A moment later, a small opening appeared upon the eggshell. Doubao suddenly yelled, "It's over, it's over, my Great Dao is about to snap..." Everyone was startled! What was happening? Doubao shouted in a panic, "It's over, it's over, I'm really done for! This ghostly place is absorbing my Dao! I think I'm going to die..." King Wen's heart stirred, and he promptly spoke up: "No... it should be that the Great Dao connected to Doubao after its birth has an issue—repulsion?" Doubao was originally just a spirit; later on, King Wen connected an Illusion Dao to it. Perhaps this Dao was causing a repulsive reaction with the world inside. Su Yu did not waste words. His body instantly shrank to the size of an ant, and he headed directly toward the fissure. The Human Sovereign and the others were taken aback. The Human Sovereign called out hastily, "Don't rush..." This fellow Su Yu was truly reckless! You're just going to walk right in? Damn it, if it seals up again in a moment, how will you get out? What if a sleeping powerhouse inside finishes you off? This kid was truly rash! Su Yu, however, did not care in the least, stating, "Either come in together, or I'll go in alone. Whether there's danger or not makes little difference to us right now. If a powerhouse is truly slumbering here, it's best to dig them out!" It was that simple! Where in the heavens was free of danger? If even his strength of thirty-six Daos could be easily dispatched, then releasing this monster to fight against the Heavenly and Earth Gates would be just as well! The Human Sovereign cursed under his breath and swiftly shrank himself. "Let's go in together!" Entering alone was far too dangerous. Su Yu had grown increasingly wild lately, likely pushed to desperation; the moment he heard about raising his strength, he disregarded everything else! The Lord of Dead Spirits and Qiong exchanged glances and shook their heads slightly. Everyone shrank into miniature figures and flew toward the fissure together. They might as well all go in and see! As for not being able to get out... if this place was truly so formidable that all of them were sealed inside, then it meant outsiders could not breach it either; they might as well enter closed-door cultivation and slumber together. The likelihood was low anyway, and as Tiangu's blood essence seeped in, the opening showed no signs of closing. ... When Su Yu stepped through the fissure, he seemed to emerge into a brand-new universe. At this moment, Su Yu suddenly smiled! "A world!" Those who entered behind him nodded one after another! A world! Indeed, a desolate, extinguished world. Its master was either dead or had completely abandoned this world. Just like the Lord of Time, who opened the River of Time—if no one cultivated in it, it would have entered extinction just like this world. The Myriad Realms held vitality because people continually cultivated there! At this moment, Su Yu swept his gaze across the surroundings. This was an immense world, extraordinarily vast—substantially larger than Su Yu's own. In the past, people had likely resided here, for buildings could be vaguely seen in the darkness. When Su Yu and the others looked at Doubao, their expressions turned peculiar. Doubao was currently being swallowed by a book! A book! Indeed, the core of a world was generally a book, and the core here turned out to be one as well! Su Yu grasped the situation at a glance, while King Wen wore an equally odd expression. "Doubao truly is the spirit of this world. In the past, it was likely the spirit of this book, and I extracted it. Now the book wants to merge with it..." Su Yu chuckled and reached out to grab it. Yet that pitch-black book suddenly erupted with a faint force, blocking Su Yu's hand. Su Yu's eyes flickered, and he laughed. "An unpiloted world, a world core stripped of its spirit, can still block my hand? This world... is not weak! If its master were present, they would have possessed at least thirty-eight Daos!" The Lord of Dead Spirits frowned. "More than that. As a world-opener with thirty-nine Daos, my world book is actually not as strong as this one. The other party likely possessed forty Daos, or even more. It is just that this world... has fallen into ruin. It is unknown whether the master died or departed!" Doubao grew frantic. It was about to be devoured, yet these people were still chatting! It shouted in a hurry, "This book wants to eat me..." Su Yu chuckled. "Eat what? It's fine. Disperse your own Great Dao power. It's merely repulsion. You were originally this world's spirit, merely abducted by King Wen. Now you're considered to have returned home!" Really? Doubao still believed Su Yu's words; Su Yu was truly formidable! Feeling nervous, would it really work? The next instant, it dispersed its Great Dao power. Sure enough, the black book ceased forcibly swallowing Doubao and instead swiftly began merging with it! Doubao only felt the world spinning around it! After a short while, its eyes suddenly snapped open, filled with an odd expression. "The light is on!" Boom! The deathly silent world suddenly turned from darkness to brilliant light. At that moment, a blazing sun manifested, turning the world white. A brand-new world lay revealed before everyone's eyes! Su Yu swiftly investigated for a while before saying after a long pause, "Quite interesting... It truly is an intact world! It's slightly different from the Myriad Realms, feeling more like a world that grew old and died..." The Lord of Dead Spirits did not bother with formalities and nodded, his expression peculiar. "It doesn't feel as complete as the River of Time, without that balance of myriad Daos. Rather... it feels somewhat like a single Dao magnified!" Indeed, it gave a feeling similar to the Lord of Dead Spirits' realm—a single Dao magnified to prominence! As for the core Great Dao, several of them could sense it. The next instant, they looked at each other and murmured, "The power of life? Right?" They exchanged glances. Soon, the Human Sovereign made a judgment after sensing it carefully: "It truly feels somewhat like the Dao of Life... yet it feels like that isn't entirely it!" Wen Yu was also well-experienced. After sensing it, she shook her head. "It cannot be considered the power of life, but rather... a kind of bloodline vitality power!" The next moment, Wen Yu came to a realization. "I understand! Whoever opened this world must have used the power of blood as the primary foundation—how could it be the power of life? Of course, the power of blood contains some vitality! This explains why, even though the world was sealed, innate skills were passed down to the three races. The ancestor of the three races must have been this person! Opening a world of blood!" As soon as she finished speaking, Doubao seemed to discover something fun. Instantly, it stimulated a river within the world—a blood-red river! The Great Dao of Blood! Sure enough, this was a river forged from the power of blood, a world dominated by blood power! Everyone was astonished. A river constructed from bloodlines? Su Yu, however, had an odd look in his eyes. Suddenly, a divine character that had been dormant for a long time emerged—it was the character 'Blood'! Boom! In the Myriad Realms, this divine character had never transformed into a Great Dao. Yet at this moment, it instantly transformed into a Great Dao, connecting to the blood-red Dao across the void! The group turned to stare at Su Yu. Su Yu also found it bizarre. Only after a while did he say, "My very first divine character! Normally, one's first divine character is the Dao power most compatible with oneself. Yet my blood power... I actually rarely used it! By the way, my blood power also possesses some illusionary ability, and Doubao..." Su Yu looked at Doubao, his expression growing even more peculiar. As the world spirit, Doubao was also adept in illusionary power. Power of blood, power of illusion! A world of blood, and a world spirit capable of illusions! At this moment, everyone turned to look at Su Yu. Even the Lord of Dead Spirits was left somewhat speechless. "So that means, you kid... actually possessed an innate skill! Or rather, your very first divine character was your innate skill. The reason it failed to grow powerful was that this world was sealed! So you kid have some connection to the master of this world?" Su Yu was torn between tears and laughter. "Connection my foot! Could one of my ancestors have belonged to Tiangu's lineage? Tiangu's bloodline power wasn't weak. Don't tell me one of my ancestors could actually be related to Tiangu!" That would truly be exasperating! "Don't dismiss it, it's not impossible!" The Human Sovereign smiled wryly. "Didn't we say that back when the immortal race allied with the human race, many immortals entered the Human Realm? Your family might truly have had an immortal ancestor... Sigh!" It was quite helpless! Su Yu did not care much about that, but was rather curious. "So you're saying I almost inherited an innate skill—a 'Blood' character innate skill. It's just a pity this world was sealed, so it couldn't form properly... No, that's not right. It actually did form! It formed the 'Blood' divine character!" The first divine character was often the Dao most compatible with oneself. Su Yu had once considered strengthening the 'Blood' divine character, but later realized that improving it was simply too difficult. Moreover, within the River of Time, almost no one opened or used the Dao of Blood; he would have had to open it separately, and barely anyone cultivated that path. Later on, Su Yu had given up on it. Today, the 'Blood' divine character had transformed into a Dao right here! "Your formidable talent might also have something to do with the master of this world..." The Human Sovereign suddenly remarked, "The transformation wrought by the Time Book is one factor, and your inheriting some bloodline is another! This world is certainly not weak..." As he spoke, several of them looked toward a massive palace within this world. A blood-red grand hall! Perhaps the master of this hall, the master of this world, had left something behind here. Doubao also flew over swiftly at this moment, staring at Su Yu with a face full of curiosity, its eyes brimming with wonder. Are Su Yu and I relatives? Su Yu did not say much, merely looking at Doubao with a smile. "Can you control this world?" "No!" Doubao explained, "Only a tiny bit, because I'm very weak! This world seems dead... it can't be revived, a dead world! This Blood Dao Scripture also seems dead, with only a tiny bit of power left! Now I know why I couldn't get in: separated by the world barrier, and with it on the verge of death, it had no way to pull me inside!" A dead world! Su Yu's interest was piqued, and he smiled. "Let's go check the grand hall. Perhaps something was left behind, allowing us to learn the identity of this world's master, or uncover more secrets—like whether there's any connection to the Lord of Time." This world might have been the first world under heaven, or perhaps the second! In any case, it was ancient! It might even be earlier than the River of Time world! Everyone wasted no time and flew toward the palace. This world was already half-ruined; the blood-red river was only barely flowing. Su Yu understood the situation. Everyone understood! Cut off from the outside, devoid of external energy entering, and unable to convert chaotic power, this world had consumed all its energy over the long ages and was nearly half-depleted. However, by opening the world barrier and absorbing chaotic power to convert it, it could actually be revitalized. The next moment, the group stepped into that blood-red grand hall. Not much had been left in the blood-red hall; only on one wall were numerous divine characters carved—or rather, texts of will, identical to the standard texts of will used in ancient times. Everyone's eyes were instantly drawn to them. This was likely the only information the master of the world had left behind. Su Yu and the others swept their eyes across the wall, fixing upon several words they all recognized. "The sword-wielder was too strong, couldn't beat him..." Everyone turned to look at Qiong. Was this sword-wielder your master? The Lord of Time? Good grief, he truly was a supreme ancient relic! Was this someone who had fought against the Lord of Time? Qiong, however, paid no attention to that. He stared intently at the words, murmuring after a long while, "Cangqiong Sword... does it mean me? Do I have a brother named Cang who went missing?" "..." Everyone stared at him. What a way to phrase it. The Human Sovereign consoled him, "He might have shattered. I was wondering what sword would be named simply 'Qiong Sword'—turns out it was the Cangqiong Sword. Don't be sad; even shattered, you're still a fine sword!" Get lost! Qiong was thoroughly speechless, yet sank into contemplation. I actually had a brother! Where was he lost? Could he be found? If found, would I become even stronger? "Cang..." He began racking his memories. In the Heaven-Opening Era, was there a Cang? The others paid him no more mind and continued reading. With an attitude of enjoying juicy gossip, they all read through the characters. To them, events from before the opening of the heavens were indeed nothing more than ancient gossip.