Human Gate Su Yu

Ji Tian was dead. This fellow who had always wanted to be human had plotted and calculated endlessly, only to die in the end. At this point, those who over-calculated had all died. Calculating back and forth across countless ages, in Su Yu's eyes, only proved one thing: you were too weak! If you were truly powerful like the Lord of Time, what would you ever need to plot? A plan plotted over too long a span was inherently riddled with variables. The situation was ever-shifting; when one schemed for hundreds of thousands or millions of years, the variables that arose were terrifyingly vast! Seize the day, seize every fleeting moment! That was why Su Yu disliked scheming too far ahead. Even when he had a plan, it was short-term. He rarely made long-term plans because they were never reliable—circumstances shifted in the blink of an eye. Plans had to be constantly adjusted! Yet people like Ji Tian adhered dogmatically to a single plan all the way to the end. Even when unforeseen events cropped up mid-course, they refused to adapt, because changing course meant squandering all their prior preparations. They had failed to strike the right balance between sacrifice and gain. At this moment, Su Yu was assimilating the origin power. At this moment, the Earth Gate was merging with the Heavenly Gate into one. At this moment, having slain the devouring locust, the Human Sovereign and his companions all experienced a sudden change of expression! Waves of terrifying aura surged from the Earth Gate, sweeping across heaven and earth! The River of Time trembled violently! At this moment, the fusion of the Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate even began pulling at the Gate of Sealing where Su Yu resided, drawing it toward fusion. Faintly, a book began to emerge within the entire river. Though it had not fully materialized, its outline was already discernible! On that side of the book, two figures—one black, one white—sat cross-legged in the void. Four eyes, all devoid of any emotional warmth. One was the Spirit of the River: Cang. The other was Old Seventh of the Human Gate—the other spirit that Ji Tian had surmised. It was unclear whether he was another spirit born of the Lord of Time's world or the spirit of some supreme treasure, one whom the Lord of Time had wanted to imbue with human emotion. Yet at this moment, that had clearly failed. Those four eyes and two figures carried a faint indifference—the ruthless coldness of the Heavenly Dao. Right now, the two of them seemed to exist in another space entirely. And the Book of the River appeared as though it would only fully materialize once the Three Gates completely fused. The Earth Gate's aura churned and shook the river with an air of exhilarating triumph. At this moment, his aura surged drastically, as if stepping from another space into this one! Originally, he had been somewhat isolated from this realm. He had been unable to enter the myriad realms! Now, with the two gates united into one, he entered the myriad realms, stepping in with the entirety of his might. "I am in!" Raging flames erupted around the Earth Gate, incinerating heaven, earth, and void, carrying boundless arrogance, gloating, and exhilaration! He had finally entered the myriad realms! Not only had he entered, but having fused two gates, he was now pulling Su Yu's Gate of Sealing into the fusion as well. Once that succeeded, he could proceed to devour the entire River of Time. As for the Spirit of the River and Old Seventh of the Human Gate, they could settle matters through their own strength when the time came! Old Seventh's goal was to escape, so he would most likely help him handle the Spirit of the River. Devouring the Spirit of the River would in turn help Old Seventh break free of this sealed myriad realms! Therefore, the Earth Gate held immense confidence! At this moment, the Lord of Dead Spirits and his allies wore extremely grim expressions. The river had been successfully compressed by the Earth Gate, with only the final stretch remaining, and the Book of the River was already beginning to appear. They were uncertain of the true strength of Old Seventh and the Spirit of the River. However, they were certainly not weak. Right now, whether those two were friend or foe remained entirely unclear; nobody knew what they were planning. The Lord of Dead Spirits looked especially grim. With the Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate merged, his dream of devouring the river had essentially shattered. Just earlier, in order to kill the devouring locust, he had been forced to give up intercepting them! The two gates had joined, and now there was no stopping them! It was impossible to stop! Coupled with the two entities who had remained hidden and never showed themselves, whose forms were now faintly visible, the Lord of Dead Spirits knew deep down that he had virtually no hope left. His lifelong ambition of surpassing the Lord of Time had vanished like a bubble! At this moment, the Lord of Dead Spirits felt a profound sense of loss. It was a feeling he could not put into words. Earlier, he could have chosen to keep stopping them. He could have blocked the Heavenly Gate and Earth Gate, but doing so would have meant failing to kill the devouring locust. If the locust lived and he failed to stop the two gates from merging anyway, the locust teaming up with the Earth Gate afterward would have brought catastrophic danger! At least they had slain the devouring locust! One thirty-nine-Dao powerhouse was gone. Now, though the Earth Gate was formidable, stopping him was not entirely impossible. Everything hinged on Su Yu's side! The Lord of Dead Spirits looked over. Nearby, the portal rippled violently. A moment later, Wan Tiansheng's face emerged. Right now, Wan Tiansheng's aura seemed to have grown substantially stronger as well. He had even reached thirty-six Daos! Yet this was not enough. Far from enough! On the Human Sovereign's side, there were four at thirty-six Daos; the Lord of Dead Spirits and Qiong had both reached thirty-nine Daos; now Wan Tiansheng had reached thirty-six Daos as well. That made seven top powerhouses in total, not even counting Su Yu and Lan Tian. Yet even these seven would likely fall short! Because at this moment, the Earth Gate's aura far exceeded what it had been before—far beyond forty Daos. As to the exact number of Daos he wielded, even the Lord of Dead Spirits could no longer see through him! If the difference was within three Daos, he should have been able to discern it. Now that he could not see through him, it meant the Earth Gate must have reached forty-two Daos or higher. At their level, a difference of a single Dao of power was sometimes immense. Even if it did not allow for an instant kill, the chances of turning the tables were abysmally low! Overcoming a superior foe was unimaginably difficult. When Su Yu was at thirty-nine Daos dealing with Prison King and Zhou—one at thirty-six Daos and the other at thirty-eight—he had suppressed them both with ease, and that was before unleashing his Dao combat technique. At that moment, Qiong quickly regrouped with them, his face grave as he shouted, "Cang! This bastard is about to swallow the river—are you just going to do nothing?" Cang was capable of intervening! An aged voice echoed, tinged with helplessness: "Qiong, it is not that I do not care! Rather, I cannot intervene... This spirit is a world-destroying spirit who has tangled with me for ages. Had I been able to kill him, I would have done so long ago... Alas, I cannot!" He had spoken. He continued, "Now... I can only remain entwined with him to keep him from meddling in your battle... Moyan... must be left to you! Slay Moyan, and then aid me in slaying Hei Lin to restore the myriad realms. Then, peace shall reign over all under heaven!" At that point, he added, "Earlier, I used what spare strength I had to bestow upon Su Yu, helping him attain thirty-nine Daos. At this point, I am entirely unable to spare any power to assist you in battle!" At that moment, Su Yu's voice rang out: "The power of my future incarnation really came from you?" "Indeed!" Cang sighed. "I understand what you are thinking, but I bear no malice. The power of a future incarnation is in truth the river's origin power. Lending that origin power to you came with considerable complications! "Back then, Xing Yu borrowed a great deal of origin power. Because the Heavenly and Earth Gates fluctuated and Hei Lin ambushed me, I was forced to retract my power to protect myself, giving them an opening to exploit!" These words were also an explanation that the dispersion of the Human Sovereign's power back then had not been deliberate on his part, but a necessity to reclaim his own strength! Su Yu said indifferently, "So that means you can also withdraw my power at any time?" "Yes... but there is no need to do so now. Hei Lin just created a thirty-nine-Dao devouring locust and expended considerable power, putting him on par with me at present. Thus... as long as Moyan is eliminated, all under heaven shall be at peace!" Su Yu chuckled faintly. "Sounds reasonable enough, yet it feels an awful lot like the villain's script... Normally, the villains show up at the very end, playing the saint first. You wouldn't be scheming to sit back and reap the fisherman's spoils, would you?" Cang gave a bitter laugh. "Why would I? Moyan wants to devour the river, and Hei Lin wants to escape the river, which requires its destruction... I alone am the one who least wishes for the river to shatter. If the river shatters, I die! Su Yu, I know you are vigilant—you even absorbed some of Hei Lin's devouring locust power with the intention of guarding against me... but none of that is truly necessary! When you killed Ji Tian, I did not intervene in the slightest, because I knew that perhaps only you could defeat Moyan!" At this moment, he placed his hopes upon Su Yu. "Su Yu, what I need is to stabilize the river and stabilize the myriad realms. This is Master's world. I cannot allow it to be destroyed, nor can I allow Hei Lin to escape!" Hei Lin—Old Seventh of the Human Gate. At this moment, that shadowy powerhouse faintly visible in the dark uttered not a single word. His eyes were merely icy cold, as though none of this mattered to him. This world-destroying powerhouse, whose legend had been whispered far and wide, seemed from beginning to end to have only a single purpose: to escape this realm! As for everything else, he did not care. He did not even seem to care who devoured the river; his sole concern was how to make his escape. And destroying the river seemed to be the only way. The Human Gate—fabled to be terrifying beyond measure, masterful at manipulating the human heart, and whose very existence had been called into question—was not truly Hei Lin. The dreaded Human Gate that everyone spoke of had only seemed so horrifying because of the propaganda pushed by the Heavenly Gate, the Earth Gate, Ji Tian, and their ilk. In reality, the Human Gate resided within the human heart; Su Yu had not been wrong about that. All accounts of the Human Gate had been concocted and spread by them. The Human Gate existed in their minds; they had forged a Human Gate within their own hearts to deceive the myriad realms! And everything had been done merely to satisfy their selfish desires and personal ambitions. At this moment, Su Yu gradually stepped out of the Gate of Sealing. A moment later, he descended from the river and returned to his physical flesh. The aura of his body surged violently; originally at thirty-nine Daos, his aura instantly spiked to forty Daos. Having devoured a massive amount of origin power, he shattered the barrier of forty Daos in the blink of an eye, and in the next instant crossed into forty-one Daos of power. Soon after, he entered forty-two Daos. And that was his limit! Forty-two Daos! Vastly stronger than before. Slaying Ji Tian and devouring a portion of the origin power within the Gate of Sealing had boosted Su Yu by three Daos in an instant. And right then, the Earth Gate's breakthrough had also just concluded. The gap between Su Yu and his opponent was within three Daos of power, allowing Su Yu to faintly perceive his level. He chuckled, "Forty-four Daos. Doesn't look like you crossed into forty-five. Moyan, you don't seem all that impressive! Long ago, before the opening of the heavens, you already had over forty Daos. And now, you're still only at forty-four... Your progress has been far too slow!" The Earth Gate looked at Su Yu, his expression a mix of wistfulness and envy. "That is why, at times, I truly envy you humans! During the era of the world's opening, I possessed around forty-two Daos of power. Now, after plotting for countless ages, reaching forty-four Daos is already quite an accomplishment!" He smiled, reasonably satisfied. "Not bad at all, I'd say! But you, Su Yu, have truly advanced swiftly. Now you even rival my strength from back then!" He then glanced toward the others: two at thirty-nine Daos, five at thirty-six Daos. He glanced at the nearby Gate of Sealing. Upon the portal, Wan Tiansheng's face was visible, but beneath the portal, another face seemed to lurk. The Earth Gate—or rather, Moyan—chuckled: "Lan Tian, do you imagine lurking in the River of Time will allow you to stop me? You've certainly made progress, nearing thirty Daos, but you haven't even achieved oneness!" Lan Tian was actually still lurking beneath Wan Tiansheng; Moyan nearly burst out laughing. Did he think I couldn't see him, or did he think I was blind? Nonetheless, there were indeed many formidable figures present. At forty-four Daos, he was stronger than Su Yu—that was beyond doubt. On Su Yu's side, there were two others at thirty-nine Daos, who posed a considerable threat. As for those at thirty-six Daos, their deterrent was far smaller; the gap had reached eight Daos of power. The Human Sovereign and the others posed very little threat to Moyan! Still, they certainly had the strength to put up a fight! Moyan's eyes flickered as he looked toward Wan Tiansheng again. Right now, so long as Wan Tiansheng compressed further and the Three Gates fully fused, he could find a way to devour the River of Time! Just as Su Yu was about to speak, Moyan smiled and said, "Su Yu, don't bother speaking! I won't listen, nor do I care to! I will give you one final chance to make your choice. Let Wan Tiansheng yield control of the Gate of Sealing to merge with me, and I won't care where the rest of you go! This is your last chance... If you don't cherish it, so be it!" Moyan was actually somewhat wary of Su Yu. In particular, this fellow was perhaps the true Human Gate—the Human Gate of the human heart, adept at swaying minds. Hei Lin, on the other hand, was cold and somewhat demonic, but spoke little and possessed no talent for manipulating hearts. Nor did he bother; he sought only outright destruction! Compared to Su Yu, Hei Lin was far quieter. Su Yu exhaled. Won't listen to me? I had no intention of chatting with you anyway! He stabilized his aura, leaped into the air, and stood atop the river. The Lord of Dead Spirits and the others gathered swiftly, assembling before the Human Gate with solemn expressions. If they defeated Moyan, this All-Heavens War might truly come to an end. If they defeated Moyan and either sealed or slew Hei Lin, they still did not know how to handle Cang. Would they leave him be and let him continue as the spirit of all the heavens, or do something else? Of course, all of that was contingent on winning first! If they lost, everything would naturally be over and done with! The Human Sovereign took a deep breath. "You truly hit the mark. This battle really is the final one!" Before making their move, Su Yu had said this fight might very well be the last. Now, it appeared to be precisely that! Su Yu, however, was in no rush. He suddenly asked, "Cang, was the future seen by the so-called future incarnation deliberately presented by you?" Cang's voice drifted over: "Not so! That was not something I could fabricate. Rather, it was a deduction made by the River of Time itself based on various possibilities. The River of Time connects the entire myriad realms and all living beings after all; thus, every future... is a deduction of the river itself!" Su Yu smiled faintly, thinking back to the final scene within the river. Everyone had died! He alone had survived. Cang was not necessarily good. Su Yu still felt it was entirely possible he had shown it deliberately, and right now, all that old fellow wanted was for him and the Earth Gate to tear each other to shreds! Yet at this moment, Su Yu seemed to have no other choice! Listen to the Earth Gate and leave this place now? Walk away! Yet where could they go? The myriad realms were, after all, his home. Even if Su Yu wandered far and wide, his roots ultimately remained here. He could take some people with him, but could he take everyone? The myriad realms had not been destroyed! When the realms merged into one, many had certainly perished, but that did not mean all were gone. Right now, with all the heavens and realms united as one, the majority of people were still alive, merely unable to take part in this battle. If he left, what would become of them? There were still many who were not within Su Yu's world. Such as the old academy head of Nanyuan Academy, Elder Nie and Old Huang of the Great Xia Civilization Academy, his father's old comrade Chen Long, Xia Huyou guarding the Human Realm... Su Yu stared at the Earth Gate without speaking. If they went to war with the Earth Gate, would the outcome mirror what he had seen—everyone dead, only him surviving, or perhaps even him falling as well? Even if the vision of the future was fabricated by Cang, it must have been the deduction Cang deemed most probable. On Su Yu's side, everyone else annihilated! The Earth Gate might perish. As for Cang and Hei Lin, Su Yu did not know, because he had seen no outcome regarding them. "Su Yu, clear the way!" At this moment, Moyan's demonic flames truly soared to the heavens. Step by step, he advanced toward Su Yu, compressing a stretch of the river with every stride. Moyan no longer smiled; his tone was heavy. "Su Yu, for this goal, I have paid with countless ages and immeasurable costs to reach this day. Blocking me now is cutting off my path forward! I do not wish to make an enemy of you, but if you bar my way, enmity is inevitable! Wan Tiansheng can leave as well; if he relinquishes control of the Gate of Sealing, he can still live! Su Yu, take however many you can carry—this is the absolute limit of my concession!" He was willing to let Su Yu and his companions go, even allowing Su Yu to take as many people as he could manage! The rest... he would devour! He intended to swallow the entire myriad realms! He had conceded again and again; it was impossible for him to surrender the pursuit and goal of so many years when success was right before his eyes. "Su Yu, step out of this place... This chaos is certainly not the sole domain of the universe... Perhaps in vaster expanses, an even broader world awaits you..." Su Yu said softly, "Moyan, why can't it be you who gives up? This is our home, do you understand? We were born here, raised here. You are the outsider. Why fixate on the myriad realms? A forty-four-Dao powerhouse like you would still have chances out there..." Moyan spoke no further. There was nothing to negotiate! Su Yu was resolved not to yield. Monstrous demonic flames surged and swept in all directions, rolling toward Su Yu and his allies. The river water boiled violently as Moyan strode toward them, his gaze having reverted to cold detachment. Since he would not yield, it was a battle of Daos! Su Yu sought to sever his path and destroy his Dao; Moyan would no longer entertain any notion of peaceful coexistence, nor was there any hope of it! Boom! Among them, King Wu was the weakest. His aura suddenly churned as intense flames swept over him, forcing him half a step back, the river water beneath his feet shattering from the impact. King Wu looked grim and tense. The difference between him and the opponent was far too vast! Su Yu glanced back at them and took a deep breath. "You should leave!" He said deeply, "Those at thirty-six Daos may all leave! Old Wan cannot leave, but as for the Lord of Dead Spirits and Qiong... if you wish to go, you may leave as well!" The Human Sovereign laughed. "What nonsense are you babbling?" The Human Sovereign smiled, his world unfurling. "Su Yu, do you truly think you are the sole savior of this era? I once said that I hold little sentiment for the humans of this age, and I did not lie! Yet in this world, are living souls the only things worthy of attachment? This world I once conquered with my own hands—the homeland where I was born and raised, my merits, my triumphs, my life, everything took place within this world!" He chuckled. "Su Yu, you still don't understand what 'homeland' means! What 'home' means!" The Human Sovereign sighed. "Wandering through boundless darkness, drifting through the chaos... Su Yu, have you ever seen the wandering cultivators of shattered realms on the All-Heavens Battlefield?" Su Yu nodded. He had! The Human Sovereign smiled. "They live wretched lives. Once their realm is ruined, they walk with lowered heads, tucking their tails between their legs out there! Looking around, they have no kin, no compatriots, no friends. When they die on that battlefield, no one weeps for them, no one mourns them! "As a human, if I die today, perhaps hundreds of millions of humans will still weep for me. No matter what, I have left my mark upon this land! "Across the myriad realms, my legend has been told for a hundred thousand years! "Yet if the myriad realms cease to be, all my past and every trace of me will be erased!" At this moment, the Human Sovereign spoke with hearty laughter: "Then let us fight! Leave? Where to? If I can be driven from the myriad realms today, what about tomorrow? If powerhouses roam every corner of this cosmic chaos, am I, Xing Yu, to spend my entire life wandering? Am I to live as an undead wraith, ignorant of my heritage, devoid of a past and future? "We fight, and that is that!" The Human Sovereign's aura erupted, supremely formidable! Always appearing benevolent and magnanimous, at this moment his killing intent boiled, his gaze turning razor-sharp as he looked toward the approaching Earth Gate. Su Yu telling him to leave made him feel that Su Yu looked down on him. He had his pride. Why would I run? Run off to become a vagrant? "Fight!" King Wu also roared, his aura blazing forth. King Wen chuckled softly. "It's not as if this battle is a guaranteed loss. Succumbing to cowardice before even fighting and running away? Su Yu, don't underestimate us old fellows from the ancient era. When it comes to fighting, we fear nothing!" Wen Yu, having procured some food from who-knew-where, munched on it while grinning: "As long as I'm full, I'm good. Leave... I certainly won't!" As she spoke, she clutched a dog that had just woken up and still looked dazed, giggling, "Look, Fat Ball guarded the house for a hundred thousand years. He just woke up, and if he looked around only to find the home gone, how miserable would that be? "Fat Ball, am I right?" Having just awoken, Fat Ball was still bewildered. At her question, he nodded: "Little Master is right!" Just chime along with whatever she said! Seeing them all speak like this, Su Yu glanced at the Lord of Dead Spirits. The Lord of Dead Spirits' face was somber: "I will devour the river. Let no one fight me for it!" This was an obsession! He would never give up! And Qiong muttered irritably, "Stop looking at me! I am the Heaven-Opening Sword. This world was cleaved open by me! This is my turf, my home turf. Now someone wants to usurp it and tell me to piss off—do you think I'd just take that lying down?" Why keep looking at me! Why does this Su Yu fellow keep staring at me? As if I would ever run away! Su Yu smiled. He said nothing more, merely laughing, "In the future I saw... all of you bit the dust. Well, but we won—Moyan was slain by us!" Qiong looked surprised. "Really?" "Of course!" Across from them, Moyan's expression shifted slightly, his voice dropping: "What you saw was merely what Cang wanted you to see. Su Yu, do you not understand this simple truth?" He did not believe it! Or rather, regardless of truth or falsehood, he would never believe it, for he too possessed absolute conviction. He had been the first living being ever to conceive the notion of devouring the River of Time. Step by step, he drew near! His momentum grew ever more overwhelming! Behind them, the Human Gate suddenly manifested as Wan Tiansheng. Wan Tiansheng stumbled slightly, feeling a strong pull, and laughed: "This fellow has quite an attraction on me... He pulled so hard I nearly flew right into him!" Beneath everyone's feet, Lan Tian's faint voice drifted up: "He's stepping on me, and it hurts quite a bit. I can't beat him in a frontal fight... Once you guys beat him half to death, I'll jump in!" "Whoosh!" Su Yu took a deep breath. At that very moment, he suddenly seized Wan Tiansheng. Wan Tiansheng was startled! He offered no resistance, merely looking at Su Yu. The others were stirred as well, turning their eyes toward Su Yu. Even Moyan halted his steps, his expression shifting. He had no idea what Su Yu intended by suddenly seizing Wan Tiansheng. Kill Wan Tiansheng to sever the hope of the Three Gates fusing? Impossible. Even if Wan Tiansheng died, the Human Gate would not shatter, for this gate was truly formidable. Su Yu smiled. "Old Wan, step aside. Get out!" Wan Tiansheng's expression shifted erratically! In the next instant, his figure flickered as he stepped out of the Human Gate. Su Yu, however, instantly merged into it. Under Moyan's stunned gaze, Su Yu suddenly transformed into a portal! Yes, a world transformed into a portal! Circled by Great Daos, it coalesced into a gate. And that portal instantly merged with the Human Gate! Su Yu's voice carried a hint of laughter: "Originally, there was no Human Gate in this world. Hei Lin doesn't count—what kind of Human Gate is a spirit who wants only to flee? 'The Human Gate is evil'... Isn't that the narrative you and the others have spread all along, Moyan? Today... I, Su Yu, assimilate this Human Gate! There is no Fourth Gate—I am the Human Gate!" Boom! The Human Gate and Su Yu's portal merged instantaneously, fitting together seamlessly! The Fourth Gate! There was no Fourth Gate, no so-called Gate of Civilization. At this moment, Su Yu's Dao Gate and the Gate of Sealing fused as one—Su Yu had become the Human Gate! Looking at Moyan, he laughed: "You are at that end, and I am at this end... You are a gate, and I am a gate. You and I... are destined to fight to the death. Let me, Su Yu, also show my resolve... Either you die, or I perish!" "The Human Gate!" Moyan looked exceptionally grim. Staring at Su Yu, he muttered, "The Human Gate we propagated for countless ages... In the end, we truly created it ourselves! Still, you, Su Yu, are indeed worthy of the title 'Human Gate'!" At this moment, Su Yu had actually assimilated the Gate of Sealing, ejected Wan Tiansheng, and seized control of the gate himself, fusing it with his own Dao Gate! And at that instant, Hei Lin, who had remained silent all along, suddenly chuckled coldly. His voice echoed from within the river: "What a laughable bunch. 'The Human Gate will destroy the world'... Now a true Human Gate has actually appeared! Very well! Su Yu, do not call me Old Seventh of the Human Gate... I have my own name: Hei Lin! 'Human Gate Su Yu'—keep that title for yourself!" Cang's voice also drifted out, tinged with inscrutability and desolation: "Karma and causality... past, present, and future... Who can say that the past is the past, and the future is the future..." Though phrased enigmatically, he merely meant that karma was wondrously strange! The Human Gate they had propagated all along did not truly exist. Yet when everyone firmly believed the Human Gate existed, at the final moment, Su Yu chose to merge with it and become the Human Gate! The future was reflected onto the past! At this moment, Su Yu was the Human Gate, yet the Human Gate spoken of by the masses was not him. Su Yu wore a brilliant, radiant smile. "Isn't this the outcome you all wanted? Isn't this what you were hoping for? Now, I grant your wish! Moyan, either you devour me or I devour you, and the compression of the river will be complete! As for Cang and Hei Lin, we will fight another round afterward!" At this moment, the silhouettes of Cang and Hei Lin flickered in and out of sight. Hei Lin's indifferent voice rang out: "The moment the Three Gates fully converge, Cang and I will naturally appear... Right now, it is quite difficult! Su Yu, between you and Moyan, I look forward to your victory! Perhaps that would be far more entertaining!" Moyan's gaze turned chillingly cold as he looked at Hei Lin. This partner of his truly possessed a demonic nature—he was actually looking forward to Su Yu winning! "Moyan, you are far too indecisive!" Su Yu let out a great laugh, and in the next moment roared, "Kill!" What was there left to wait for? There was no need to wait any longer! Slaying Moyan and assimilating him was their only chance. This battle demanded a true, direct clash of raw power; relying on schemes or tricks was no longer realistic. A portal manifested in Su Yu's hand, instantly transforming through his Dao combat technique into a saber! At that moment, Qiong abruptly transformed into a sword. With a hint of awkward reluctance, he dropped into Su Yu's grasp: "Using a saber or a sword makes no difference to you... I'm not going to adapt to you!" Su Yu laughed heartily, gripping the longsword. The longsword merged with the saber in his hand, ultimately becoming a sword! Grasping the Heaven-Opening Sword, Su Yu slashed out! Having reached this point, what else could be done? Only to fight for victory, to gamble life and death. It wasn't as if they had no chance of winning at all. Was forty-four Daos so formidable? Hadn't the Blood Ancestor with forty-five Daos still been easily slain by the Lord of Time? "Fire!" Flames incinerated the sky. With a deafening rumble, the river trembled as fires swept toward Su Yu and his companions! Boom! The clash of swords reverberated. As flames raced along the blade, the Lord of Dead Spirits and the others unleashed their attacks one after another, holding nothing back. What was there left to hold back at this point? Slaying Moyan was their sole objective! The grand battle erupted instantly. This was the most powerful enemy Su Yu had faced to date, and one he had to confront in direct, head-on combat. Every trick, routine, and scheme had been exhausted; at this moment, raw strength alone would decide the outcome! It was a battle of the Three Gates, and also a clash between this world and an ancient beast from beyond. Above the river, both sides clashed, shaking the four directions! Deep beneath the waters of the river, the Book of the River was gradually solidifying, showing signs of materializing into the world. Hei Lin looked at Cang with utter indifference, saying nothing. And Cang transformed into a white-haired old man, gazing upon the battle above the water's surface. Whoever won this battle would likely determine the dominion over the entire myriad realms. Rumbles echoed without cease! Two figures, one black and one white, watched in silence from the bottom of the river, while the Book of the River hovered between them.