Chapter 134 - 134

Chapter 1657: Slow Day (3)

Su Yu asked, "Faculty Head, can you determine the point of contact for this door?"

Hu Xiansheng took another look at the door and shook his head, "The corresponding door has been destroyed. It won't be easy. But it's not completely hopeless. We can forcefully reconnect it to where the other door was destroyed and send someone with a body strong enough to survive the teleportation through the door. That person will need to charge through the space barrier with brute force."

Su Yu asked, "Is my body strong enough for that?"

"Of course." Hu Xiansheng said, "Someone with the body of an Invincible won't have any issue with this."

He asked, "Where did you get this thing?"

"I picked it up somewhere."

Hu Xiansheng got the message and stopped asking.

What nonsense.

How could someone pick something like this up randomly?

Zhu Tiandao raised his brow and asked, "You found it in the Human Realm?"

"Yes."

With a pensieve look, Zhu Tiandao said, "Put the matter aside for now."

Su Yu nodded in agreement. There was no rush. But recalling Great Zhou King's previous words, he couldn't help but wonder if there were some old fogeys hidden in this mysterious ruin. Someone who had been hiding in the ruin since the very beginning. Such a person would be rather scary to face. Was there really such a ruin in the Human Realm?

Hu Xiansheng asked curiously, "Inside the Human Realm? Leave this thing with me for a bit. Maybe I can determine the location of the other side for you."

"It's too dangerous." Su Yu disagreed.

Hu Xiansheng chuckled and said, "It's fine. I'll only be deriving the location, not establishing a connection. You can handle the rest. I have been stuck in my research as of late. This might help me make a new breakthrough."

He sighed and continued, "I truly can't understand. Why can't I make a long-distance teleportation device that can also cover a large area? Something like that can allow us to transport our forces in the eastern sector straight to the western sector without facing the spatial resistance. Only a little bit of energy is required. Something like that will be very useful to have."

He had been focusing on this research for a very long time, but his previous teleportation door had been destroyed. It was unknown if he had made any headway as of late.

Su Yu thought about it and said, "If you ask me, your skill is not the issue here. It's mainly the materials. I checked your previous teleportation door. Your materials weren't better than earth weapon materials. Spatial resistance is something too powerful for mere earth weapon materials. That is even more so for long-distance teleportations. You need heaven weapon materials or even something at the level of carrier treasures."

Hu Xiansheng exhaled deeply and said, "I considered that point before, but it's too expensive."

"Just get the prefect to support you."

"Right!"

Hu Xiansheng nodded and shot Zhu Tiandao a thoughtful look.

Zhu Tiandao's expression darkened. That scumbag Su Yu was trying to milk him again!

Su Yu laughed and said, "Don't look at me like that, Prefect. I'm not instigating the faculty head to do anything bad. I'm being serious here. I am very optimistic about his research. Previously, he was able to instantly teleport Principal Niu back from the Allheaven Prefecture. That was so impressive. Unfortunately, the door broke apart right after due to the terrible materials. With materials at the level of carrier treasures, I believe the faculty head can definitely make something better!"

"That will still be a waste of money. There are things money alone can't buy."

Zhu Tiandao resisted the urge to roll his eyes. This would be a complete waste. Did this guy think that carrier treasures could be found everywhere? Was he not aware of how expensive Hu Xiansheng's research was?

Treasures at the level of carrier treasures had all been used to help produce more Invincibles for humanity or help the injured Invincibles regain their tri-life bodies. How could they spare some for Hu Xiansheng's research?

Su Yu said, "Faculty Head, we'll do this. Locate the destination of the door and I'll give you a carrier treasure for your work."

"Are you being serious?"

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The overjoyed Hu Xiansheng instantly vanished, not willing to wait any longer to start his job. It sure felt great to work with a wealthy man like Su Yu.

Right after Hu Xiansheng left, Su Yu sighed and said, "Someone like Faculty Head Hu would have been supported like an absolute treasure among the myriad races. But in the human race, he couldn't even get the funds for his research."

Zhu Tiandao was feeling quite helpless as well. He said, "What can we do about it if we simply can't afford to support him? It's not that we're not supportive of Old Hu's research. Great Ming had helped him a lot, but his expenses never stopped increasing. We can't afford to give him more. His research has reached a level where he needs carrier treasures for further research. How are we supposed to provide him with that?"

Su Yu laughed. That was true. The human race was indeed lacking in carrier treasures. Otherwise, all those injured old Invincibles would have returned to active duty long ago. Instead, many of them were still left licking their wounds after losing their tri-life bodies.

"Saving alone won't be enough here. We need to create new income streams." Su Yu said, "If we lack carrier treasure, just kill more Invincibles and Pseudo Invincibles. That can be quite helpful."

What a nonsensical suggestion.

Noticing Zhu Tiandao's expression, Su Yu chuckled and said, "It's time. Let's invite the guests in."

"Where's your old man?"

Hearing Qin Zhen's question, Su Yu manifested his change character and transformed into Su Long. With a smile, he said, "Here he is!"

Rather than letting someone else pretend to be his father, he would rather do it himself.

That way, he would feel much less awkward.

Qin Zhen frowned and asked, "Is something happening later?"

That shouldn't be the case, right?

Why was Su Yu using a fake father for the celebration?

Su Yu merely smiled and said, "I'm only doing this as a precaution. My old man is too weak. It's too easy to harm him."

"True."

However, Marquis Xia and Zhu Tiandao sank into thought. A fake father. Was Su Yu...worried that something big might happen later? Was he planning to start something himself? Or was he wary of others starting something?

After some consideration, Su Yu decided to send them a voice transmission, "We can never be too careful. Just remember to get the masses to withdraw the moment something happens."

Su Yu did not think that something too big would happen in the Human Realm.

Even if the departure of Great Qin King and the others were to be leaked, the various races might still not attack the Human Realm. He was only being safe here.

Before long, the guests started streaming into the mayor's residence. The large open-air square inside the residence was filled with tables and chairs. There was no need to worry about rain as any expert could easily disperse something like rain with a mere punch to the sky.

The square was split into two, one side accommodating the myriad race guests while the other side accommodating the human guests.

There were a lot of guests.

Su Yu had not invited Su Long's old friends to this celebration. They were simply too weak. He didn't want to see anything bad happening to them.

Thus, Su Long's wish to show off in front of his friends had been shattered.

Then again, Su Yu did promise Su Long to hold a private banquet with his friends. At present, Su Long was being hidden somewhere in Great Qin. That place was still rather safe comparatively.

Meanwhile, Great Zhou King and the others were still nowhere to be seen. It was unknown if they were taking their time or if they had departed.

***

While Su Yu was busy receiving the various guests.

Great Xia.

Capital.

The Invincibles were done resting. As Great Zhou King, they woke up one after another from their short meditation. Before long, Great Ming King opened his eyes and said, "Let's go to Nanyuan. We're done here."

"What's the hurry?"

With a smile, Great Zhou King erected a barrier with a wave of his hand. Then, his smile vanished as he solemnly said, "Old Zhu, you will lead a group of Invincibles to congratulate Su Yu at Nanyuan."

"Me?"

Great Ming King raised his brow. Why him? Great Zhou King said nothing. With another wave of his hand, a bunch of people appeared before him.

They were respectively Great Zhou King, Xia Longwu, Heavenly Seal King, and Silk Destroying King. After a short pause, he waved his hand again to produce Great Han King.

There were five of them.

Great Zhou King said, "Take them to Nanyuan. Go with Old Xia."

Seeing that Great Ming King was still frowning, Great Zhou King said, "I have a mission with Old Qin. You and Old Xia will watch over Nanyuan."

"Am I not included in the mission?" Great Ming King said, "It doesn't matter to me, but you'll need Old Xia. He's not weak..."

"It's fine." Great Zhou King smiled and said, "Who's to say that the Human Realm is really that secure?"

Coincidentally, Great Xia King was not inside the room with them. Instead, he was waiting outside.

Great Ming King did not know about the plan. He frowned and asked, "Are you and Old Qin enough?"

"It should be fine."

"Should be?" Great Ming King solemnly said, "If something goes wrong..."

"In such a situation, just keep Su Yu in the Human Realm."

Great Zhou King said, "This is a good time since he's already here. Just make him stay if something goes wrong with our mission. You should know what to do. Keep him around for as long as we are away."

Great Ming King inhaled deeply and said, "Fine. Is Old Xia aware of this?"

"No. Only Old Qin and I know about this. It's for the best that nobody else knows."

He looked at the other Invincibles and smiled, "Any questions?"

Great Han King asked, "Are we killing or robbing?"

They would most likely be doing one of the two.

"Realm elimination."

Great Han King's eyes flickered as he nodded, "I see."

Realm elimination.

He did not bother to ask more. He only needed to know their goal here.

Realm elimination. That signified that they only needed to focus on killing anyone not human. The identities or strength of those they would encounter did not matter. They only needed to kill. In such a mission, they would prioritize killing over plundering.

Xia Longwu asked, "Fight to the death or fight with survival in mind?"

"Fight to the death."

In short, this would be a fight that wouldn't end before one party was completely eliminated.

Fighting for survival signified that they only needed to defeat their enemies. Some enemies would be allowed to escape. On the other hand, a fight to the death was essentially an extermination without mercy.

Xia Longwu sank into thought. An extermination mission led by Great Zhou King and Great Qin King.

In truth, the two had not fought in active wars for many years. It had also been many years since they participated in an active mission. In recent years, Great Qin King had only fought once because of Su Yu.

For the two to act together in such a secretive manner, their goal must be a massive one. After thinking for a bit, Xia Longwu reached a conclusion. It would either be the dragons or the celestial chasms. Or perhaps the nethers. Those were the most likely targets.

It no longer mattered which was the real target. All three were difficult opponents. Each of them was a race with a Daofuse.

Great Zhou King said, "Old Zhu, go now. These clones come with only auras but no combat strength. Any amount of combat will instantly expose them. Try to keep this hidden for as long as possible. Also, Su Yu is aware of this. Listen to his arrangements for now."

"He's aware?"

"Yes!"

Great Ming King laughed and said, "Wow. You actually told him before me!"

"He's too good at stirring trouble. I need to let him know lest he causes more trouble upon seeing through the plan."

"..."

That made a lot of sense!

Great Ming King laughed with amusement and left with the clones. While leaving, he asked, "Old Xia will probably go mad with anger after learning that he's being excluded from such a mission."

"He's free to react any way he wants."

When Great Ming King was gone, Great Zhou King looked at the others and asked, "Do you know why you're the ones picked over the others?"

Silk Destroying King grinned and said, "Because we're strong!"

"Bullshit." Great Zhou King said, "Heavenly Seal, you only have one mission. Place a large sealing formation at the realm entrance. Forbid anyone from leaving or entering."

Heavenly Seal King nodded.

"Silk Destroying, you will be in charge of interception. Do not allow anyone to leave through the River of Time."

Silk Destroying King nodded.

"Old Liu, you will block the connection of the laws inside the realm with the world outside. Delay the phenomena from happening for as long as possible."

Great Han King gasped and said, "That's too difficult. The laws would kill me!"

Great Zhou King said coldly, "If you can't do your job, you should consider vacating your position."

Great Han King smiled helplessly and said, "Fine. I'll give it a try."

"Trying is not enough. Only success is allowed. Can you do it or not?"

Great Han King thought about it and nodded. He said, "But I need Heavenly Seal's help after he's done with the realm entrance. Without his help, I won't be able to fully cover the entire realm."

"That is acceptable." Great Zhou King nodded.

Great Zhou King looked at Xia Longwu and said, "You have a simple mission. Kill. You need something to hone your blade. Hopefully, this will be enough to propel you into a high-degree Eternal."

Xia Longwu nodded.

The meeting ended there. With a wave of Great Zhou King's hand, all of them vanished.

***

Outside.

Great Xia King's eyes flickered as he sensed something off. With a frown, he looked at the Invincibles around Great Ming King.

Their auras felt completely fine.

But...as a super expert, something felt wrong to his senses about this.

Great Ming King chuckled and sent him a voice transmission, "What are you looking at? Let's go to Nanyuan. Help with the cover-up. That fellow took them all with him."

Instantly, understanding dawned on Great Xia King. He cursed, "Screw him! Why did he hide this from me?"

"He was scared that you would ruin things."

"Did you know this in advance?"

"Of course." Great Ming King said, "I'm too important to be left clueless."

Great Xia King grew even more displeased.

Fine! Fine! Fine! They were all hiding things from him?

Just wait, assholes!

Great Ming King beamed. Was Old Xia feeling angry now?

He naturally wouldn't admit to not knowing about the matter beforehand. He would insist that he was already aware of everything. By ensuring that there was someone angrier than him around, he would feel much less angry about it.

Great Xia King coldly said, "Go. We go to Nanyuan. It's time to crown Su Yu."

And thus, the group started flying toward Nanyuan.

Once again, all eyes were on Nanyuan.

Experts from everywhere were gathered at Nanyuan, including the envoys of the various races. After all, this was the day of Su Yu's coronation. It is only natural that everyone was paying close attention to him.

***

Suddenly, Su Yu sensed the approach of several powerful auras.

The Invincibles were finally arriving.

Clearly, Great Zhou King must have departed.

Celestial Chasm Realm.

Su Yu inhaled deeply. He couldn't help but admire the boldness of Great Zhou King and Great Qin King.

This was most likely the final best chance for them to attack the celestial chasm race.

Any later and the myriad races would have finalized their agreement. Or they would have finalized their plans to deal with Su Yu. At that time, humanity would no longer have any opportunity to carry out a major plan like this.

All eyes would be on the various human Invincibles, making such operations impossible.

Su Yu's coronation was the only event that could pull all eyes away from a super expert like Great Zhou King. Most of the time, he would have numerous eyes on him.

"May they...return in victory."

Su Yu wished them the best. He might dislike some humans, but he did not wish for the deaths of all those people, including Great Zhou King. He had never liked Great Zhou King much as he had to constantly stay wary around someone as cunning as that.

But Great Zhou King was also the person ensuring the stability and peace of humanity until now. If it were up to Great Qin King, humanity would have declared an all-out war against the myriad races long ago.

Only the Great Deceit King could produce constant internal struggles to slowly reduce the myriad races' wariness toward humanity. Even while thinking about all that, Su Yu maintained a wide smile on his face. He looked perfectly calm.

With him around, the Human Realm would endure.

Chapter 1658: The Crowning Of Su Yu, The Attack Of Celestial Chasm (1)

Nanyuan.

Mayor's residence.

The large square was already filled with distinguished guests. Each of them was an expert of respectable strength.

They came from both the myriad races and the various human prefectures.

Up in the sky, numerous Invincibles appeared.

Great Ming King and the others had arrived.

Just as Su Yu was about to greet them, Great Xia King gave him a cold stare before sending him a voice transmission, "Don't move!"

"..."

Su Yu rolled his eyes. Why was that guy being so serious? Was he sulking after learning about Great Zhou King's plan? Had Great Xia King forgotten about how he had kindly kept silent about the king's glorious past? How could Great Xia King talk to him like this?

Su Yu decided to be generous and forgive Great Xia King. It was normal for one to sulk after being lied to by Great Zhou King.

As he studied Great Zhou King and the other Invincibles in the sky, he could see that their auras felt completely normal, as though they were all really here. Their auras were rather subdued, but that was normal as no Invincible would run around blasting their aura all day.

After a while, he removed his gaze from them and started thinking of ways to further delay things.

Just then, Great Xia King took a step forth, stood before Great Zhou King, and said, "Xia Wushen of the human race, is here to congratulate Su Yu, the master of the holy lands, for his ascension. I, Xia Wushen, will be crowning the new holy lord on behalf of the thirty-eight human prefectures."

Yes. There were thirty-eight human prefectures in total.

However, the Dual Holy Prefecture and Allheaven Prefecture weren't regular prefectures.

Then, Great Ming King waved his hand and produced a massive throne in the sky. Nine hundred and ninety nine steps of stairs extended downward from the throne, symbolizing the continuity of humanity.

Next, Great Xia King roared, "Holy Lord, rise to your throne!"

Su Yu blanked out. Was this supposed to be so solemn? He had thought that they would merely conduct a simple ceremony and get the matter over with in a perfunctory manner. Looking at the throne in the sky, he raised his brow. That did not seem like a hastily made throne. Did they produce it in advance?

It looked rather magnificent.

All eyes were on Su Yu. The myriad races were quite surprised to see this. Were the humans taking this seriously? They had assumed that Su Yu would only be a leader on paper, not a real leader.

Great Xia King fixed his gaze on Su Yu and repeated himself, "Holy Lord, rise to your throne!"

With a chuckle, Su Yu mused to himself that Great Xia King seemed exceptionally serious today. So be it. He didn't mind a higher seat.

But just as he took his first step, Marquis Xia, who was standing beside him, took a golden imperial robe out and draped it over his shoulders. The golden robe glowed faintly, giving off a rather heavy feeling to those around him. In fact, some couldn't even bring themselves to look straight at him anymore.

Su Yu was surprised. When did they prepare this robe?

Upon focusing on the robe, he raised his brow. It was quite an exceptional robe. In fact, it felt like a heaven weapon. Where did they find something like this?

Just as he was about to take flight, Zhu Tiandao's voice rang out in his ears, "Climb it one step at a time."

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Su Yu was left rather speechless. Why were they being so serious here?

He had not expected this. He had only been intending to do a casual ceremony and buy some time for Great Zhou King. Wait...this was a good idea. Climbing nine hundred and ninety nine steps of stairs would be a good way to buy time as well.

He said nothing and stepped on the stairs. At his first step, Nanyuan, or to be precise, the entire Great Xia heard Great Xia King's voice.

"In the year 352 of the Anping Calendar, the holy land, Emperor Yu's Court, is established by the thirty-eight human prefectures."

His grand voice reached all corners of Great Xia.

"The holy land is here. The Holy Emperor has arrived."

With each word, the voice grew louder. Toward the end, the very air trembled as the second sentence echoed everywhere. The voice spread out of Nanyuan, covering the entirety of Great Xia, reaching Great Ming, Great Shang, and so on.

"Since the end of the ancient past, humanity has battled the myriad races, undergone countless tribulations, and survived the nine epochs. We are in the tenth epoch. The myriad races are upon us. The destruction of humanity is imminent.

"We shall rise to this challenge. A holy land is thus established. A leader is thus chosen. To lead us as we do battle against the Myriad Realms yet again!"

"..."

Great Xia King's voice was growing louder and louder, but Su Yu was feeling like laughing. Great Xia King had gotten quite good at acting, it seemed.

For him to lead humanity, humanity needed to obey him, right?

"A great catastrophe is upon us. A saint has emerged. From Nanyuan of Great Xia. From Su Family of Nanyuan. Yu, born a Su."

Su Yu was starting to blush.

What was that praise?

Since when did he become a saint?

Wow. Great Xia King was so serious. Was this a part of the plan to buy time?

Not bad at all. Well done!

He was quite impressed. Great Xia King was a lot better at talking than he had expected. Back when they had returned together, Great Xia King had been awkwardly silent.

Great Xia King's voice filled the Human Realm.

It echoed again and again.

Beside him, Great Ming King had an incomparably solemn expression as well. That was not all. Liu Wushen, Qin Zhen, Zhou Potian, Heavenly Forge King...even Great Yuan King was listening solemnly.

As though this were the most solemn of ceremonies.

Great Xia King's voice continued growing louder, to the point that mountains shook and rivers roiled. The entire Human Realm seemed to be shaking.

One step at a time, Su Yu climbed, adjusting his steps to follow the tempo of Great Xia King's voice.

Inwardly, he was thinking that noon would arrive by the time he reached the throne.

This was not a bad thing.

Su Yu was impressed at how good Great Xia King was in terms of buying time.

Had Great Zhou King and the others reached their destination by now?

"Today, humanity welcomes its holy lord, the head of Emperor Su's Court. The thirty-eight prefectures shall contribute their fortune and future for this grand undertaking. To battle the Myriad Realms yet again. To reclaim the ancient glory of humanity. All of humanity shall hereby be reunited, with the Myriad Realms as witness!"

Great Xia King's voice was still growing in intensity.

"Today, we shall forge the holy lord's token for the holy lord. The fortune of humanity shall be entrusted to the token. Holy Lord, do not disappoint the hope placed upon you."

He sounded particularly earnest.

Su Yu frowned slightly.

Something was starting to feel off.

Right at that moment, a large formation appeared in the sky. Great Ming King's voice rang out, "Prefects, take your seals out."

The various prefects reacted differently. Some looked surprised. Some looked helpless. Some looked regretful. And some looked solemn.

But without fail, all thirty-six of them took their golden seals out.

The seals soared into the sky, as though they had all come alive.

The projection of one Invincible after another emerged from these seals.

These were the imprints left by them during the founding of these prefectures.

Thirty-six seals.

After a short moment, Wu Ji of the Allheaven Prefecture took out a black seal radiating killing intent and said, "On behalf of the armies of Allheaven Prefecture, I contribute the seal of war to forge the killing path of the holy land!"

The seal soared into the sky while emanating an incomparably baleful aura.

Countless projections emerged from the seal. These were the projections of countless soldiers in strict military formations. They all roared toward the heavens, causing the very heavens to shake.

***

At this point, nobody could remain seated anymore.

Topsoil Spirit and all the other visitors stood up and looked at the sky as the golden and black curtains overlapped with perfect harmony.

Topsoil Spirit frowned, Mo Duona turned solemn, and Zhan Wushuang looked surprised.

What was...humanity doing here?

Su Yu was still slowly climbing the stairs. He was feeling doubtful. Was there a need to forge the holy lord's token in such a manner?

He had intended to personally forge it. But...he seemed to have been mistaken about something. Nobody had informed him about the proper procedures for forging a holy lord's token!

Looking at the sky, Great Xia King inhaled deeply and sent a voice transmission to Su Yu, "Blood. Squeeze a drop of your blood essence out."

When Su Yu frowned, Great Xia King shouted through a second voice transmission, "Now!"

Why was he so agitated?

Su Yu was still feeling quite lost. Prior to this, Great Xia King had been very good-natured. But as of this moment, he had suddenly turned fierce and solemn.

The feeling Su Yu had that something was off intensified.

But what was the issue here? He had no answer. After a slight hesitation, he clenched his teeth and produced a drop of blood essence. The moment that drop of blood essence was squeezed out of his body, his aura weakened slightly. Fortunately, it wasn't too serious since it was only one drop.

The drop of blood essence soared into the sky as well.

Then, Great Xia King roared, "Great Xia is hereby entrusting our fortune to the holy lord! May the holy land last forever! May humanity stand forever! May humanity prosper!"

The drop of blood essence hovered above the dark seal, surrounded on all sides by the other seals. Right at that moment, Great Xia's seal released a blinding beam of light, bathing the entire world in a golden radiance.

Next, the entirety of Great Xia was projected from the seal, revealing a much smaller version of Great Xia.

Mountains, rivers, and plains. Everything was projected. The projection shook slightly.

Su Yu had thought that it was a misconception, but it wasn't. The projection was shaking. But he could feel his surroundings shaking as well.

The entire Great Xia was shaking alongside the projection.

The expressions of some of the older individuals in the crowd changed. Some, who had been around since the founding of the various human prefectures, watched with complicated expressions.

The great founding.

Many years ago, wars raged in the Human Realm. Thirty-six founding kings founded thirty-six prefectures. Sheltering all lives, battling the Myriad Realms, and driving off the various powerful enemies. That was the origin of the thirty-six prefectures.

From the projection in the sky, numerous strains of golden qi emerged and shot toward Su Yu's blood.

As that happened, the blood slowly changed in shape.

Slowly, it took the form of a golden token.

The look in Su Yu's eyes changed. What was going on? He had no idea. But he had a feeling that this was extremely important.

The myriad race guests looked at each other in dismay. After a long while, an old Sunmoon among them muttered, "Isn't this supposed to be a farce? Why? Why are they entrusting the fortune of humanity to the holy lord's token?"

Those words caused many expressions among the myriad race guests to change.

The fortune of humanity!

At that moment, countless voice transmissions started moving back and forth among the crowd.

The gathered experts started talking among themselves, discussing the shocking sight.

Chapter 1659: The Crowning Of Su Yu, The Attack Of Celestial Chasm (2)

The expression of the Sunmoon beside Topsoil Spirit changed as well. He sent a voice transmission, "They are fusing the fortune of humanity! Back then, the thirty-six founding kings benefited from the past accumulation of humanity and affirmed their daos. It was then that they founded the various prefectures to shelter the numerous lives in the Human Realm.

"At the time, the heavenly laws deemed their accomplishment fit for reward, but all thirty-six founding kings gave up on their rewards. Instead, they fused the rewards into the thirty-six seals. Each seal became linked with the fortune of its corresponding prefecture, acting as the protector of the lives in the prefecture. As a result, each founding king became greatly linked to their respective prefecture. The stronger the prefecture becomes, the stronger the founding king will be.

"Great Qin, Great Zhou, Great Xia, and Great Ming are very powerful. Their founding kings are very powerful as well. They are blessed by the very heavens. Severing their connection to their prefectures suddenly like this might even lead to a backlash from the laws!"

Topsoil Spirit listened in silence. After a long while, he replied through a voice transmission, "Elder, are you saying that these prefects are tying the fortune of their prefectures with the holy lord's token, tying the fate of the entire humanity with the token from now on?"

"Exactly." The elder said solemnly, "With this, the holy lord's token will no longer be a mascot or empty shell. Its destruction will affect even the fortune of humanity. Fortune, also known as luck, is a vague concept. But it truly exists. The moment the holy lord's token receives the fortune from all thirty-six seals, it will become the true holy lord's token."

Topsoil Spirit exhaled deeply. Wasn't this supposed to be a mere farce and excuse to keep Su Yu in the Human Realm? Why would they stake even their fortune on this, then? Even when Great Xia King was shouting all those words earlier, Topsoil Spirit had thought that it was merely an act. But surprisingly, they were actually serious.

***

The drop of blood essence in the sky finally completed its transformation into a tiny token.

Next, Great Ming King's voice rang out, "Great Ming is hereby entrusting our fortune to the holy lord! May the holy land last forever! May humanity stand forever! May humanity prosper! May peace arrive!"

Boom!

With a rumble, the Great Ming seal erupted with blinding radiance.

The golden radiance spread out before turning into a projection of Great Ming.

Zhu Tiandao, the keeper of the seal, watched on with a boundlessly complicated smile on his face as the projection of Great Ming slowly imprinted itself on the tiny token, joining the projection of Great Xia that was already imprinted on it.

***

Not far away.

Yun Chen and the others from Liu City were watching in silence as well. Bai Feng was among them. After a while, he asked, "Grandteacher Yun, what are they doing?"

"The offering of their maps symbolizes the allegiance of humanity toward the holder of this token. With the fortune of humanity fused with the token, the holy land's fate will be tied to humanity's fate. Both will prosper or perish together."

Bai Feng was greatly surprised to hear that. He said, "But..."

But...wasn't this supposed to be an act?

Why was this happening?

Yun Chen sighed and replied, "Su Yu asked for it himself. He trapped himself without knowing it. He did not understand when he made the demand for their maps. But the various prefectures took his words seriously. And since they are taking it seriously, this holy land will naturally become a true holy land. Su Yu thought that this wasn't serious. But the various prefectures are taking this seriously. The ceremony wouldn't have been this solemn otherwise."

"Back when the previous two holy lands were established, they only required the agreement of several Eternals. Only a short discussion preceded the establishment of the two holy lands. But things are different today. All human prefectures are here. Su Yu...has fallen to a trap unknowingly."

"In that case, we need to stop this!"

Before he could do anything, Liu Wenyan stopped him and said, "Does he see himself as a human?"

Bai Feng blanked out.

Liu Wenyan sighed and continued, "When humanity encountered danger, would he be able to stay idle?"

Bai Feng shook his head.

"Do you think he's still not aware? Even now? Even after all this?"

Bai Feng looked at Su Yu. Was Su Yu...aware?

***

Understanding was slowly dawning on Su Yu.

He...seemed to have fallen into a trap!

These people were actually being serious!

What was the meaning of this?

Even if he was still confused, someone would be around to explain. Inside his sea of willpower, the female furball leaped out of the Mark of Civilization and said, "The luck of humanity! I really want to give it a bite! Huh, it seems to have shrunk! During the time of the Human Emperor, the luck of humanity was akin to a dragon! It was powerful enough to shake the Myriad Realms! Why...is it so tiny now?"

The female furball started lamenting, "It seems...this is really humanity's last chance. One more defeat and humanity will cease to exist."

The tenth attempt.

And the final attempt. A defeat in this epoch would be humanity's final defeat.

Humanity would be no more. After surviving on the accumulation of the ancient humans for a hundred thousand years, humanity had finally exhausted the benefits the ancient humans had left for them.

This was the final war for humanity. It would either rise again or fall completely.

"Maybe...the Allheaven Battlefield is not sealing itself anymore."

The female furball guessed as well, "Wow! I know! This will be a war of elimination!"

In the past epochs, the Allheaven Battlefield would seal itself at the end of the war, forcing everyone to return home and wait instead of fully exterminating the losers.

But this time...the same might not happen anymore.

Su Yu's heart thumped. He said nothing.

Sure enough, this would be the final war.

He frowned deeply, but soon, his brows relaxed.

Was he a human?

Yes.

Would the myriad races spare him upon humanity's destruction?

No.

In that case...he might as well...do his best.

Su Yu remained silent. He watched in silence.

After the fortune of Great Ming and Great Xia was fused into the tiny token, Su Yu's vision blurred. He felt as though he was looking straight at the two prefectures from the sky.

He was looking at the millions upon millions of lives living in these prefectures. He could see some people prostrated on the ground. They were paying their respects to the saint.

Surprisingly, Great Zhou King's voice rang out at this time, "Great Zhou hereby entrusts its fortune to the holy lord's token!"

Then, the golden seal of Great Zhou erupted with a blinding golden radiance.

The projection of the entire Great Zhou appeared in the sky.

"Great Qin entrusts its fortune!"

Qin Zhen roared next.

After a short silence, Su Yu continued climbing the stairs. So it turned out that the holy lord's token he understood was different from the holy lord's token everyone else understood.

He had thought of forging the token personally. But there was no need for that.

Humanity itself was forging a token for him, also a token for the holy land.

The experts of the various prefectures spoke up one after another.

Those without their founding kings around would be represented by their prefects.

Even Great Yuan King did the same, even when he was maintaining a complicated expression on his face the entire time.

As time went on, the tiny token grew brighter and brighter.

The maps of the various prefectures were imprinted on it. Slowly, all the maps joined.

Such was Su Yu's coronation. A coronation he expected to be a casual performance yet was being taken extremely seriously by humanity.

***

Allheaven Battlefield.

Great Qin King was seated upright in a hall.

Behind him, golden radiance was erupting from the Human Realm.

Great Qin King maintained his cold expression while the other Invincibles watched on in silence.

After a long while, someone smiled bitterly and said, "May he...not disappoint everyone's trust."

Great Qin King remained silent.

A short while later, the hall shook.

Several figures appeared in it.

Great Zhou King's group had arrived.

He wasted no time and manifested a large character immediately before saying, "Get on it."

Everyone looked at each other in confusion before looking at Great Qin King.

He was the first to step onto the character as he said, "After so many years of peace, everyone has gotten unfamiliar in acts of war. The myriad races have never given up on eliminating humanity. Today, humanity has appointed Su Yu as the holy lord. From now on, his death will be a great blow to humanity. We shall fight the myriad races both for Su Yu and humanity. My old friends, do you still dare to do battle against the myriad races?"

Some of the Invincibles grew excited upon hearing that, some grew solemn, while some remained calm.

After a short moment, everyone stepped onto the character.

One of them laughed and said, "Things have been silent for so many years. It has been quite a while since we last fought a battle to the death. We are all antiques here, but since Great Qin King is still capable of doing battle...I shall follow you and face the myriad races yet again!"

"Since Qin King is going, how can we not go?"

"..."

All the founding kings were smiling.

This feeling. This sensation. It had been quite a while since they last felt it.

This was how things were over four hundred years ago, following Great Qin King and Great Zhou King as they battled the myriad races. Everyone was enemy. They fought the heavens. Divines, devils, dragons, phoenixes. They fought everyone. The Myriad Realms trembled before them.

Humanity had a lot more Invincibles before the founding of the various prefectures.

Many had not survived the war with the myriad races.

Eventually, only thirty-six survived. And thus, thirty-six prefectures were founded.

But with the passage of time, even more Invincibles died. Thus, the number of founding kings dropped. And today, most of them were here.

Great Qin King also blanked out as he sensed the familiar sensation. After a long while, he said, "Yes. It has indeed been quite a while. After the founding of the various prefectures, the myriad races ended their war against us. Instead, they switched to inciting disharmony among humanity, turning us against each other. Some still wanted to fight, while some started advocating for peace. I did not expect to get a chance to...fight the Myriad Realms with my fellow brothers yet again. But still...this day...has arrived."

He turned to look at the Human Realm and smiled, "Su Yu has entered the trap. If we were to die in this battle, he would be around to keep humanity strong. Exchanging us for him wouldn't be that big of a loss. This is the final chance for us to remove some of our powerful enemies. Friends, let us eliminate a realm as a gift for Su Yu's ascension."

He looked at all the Invincibles and asked, his voice turning into a growl, "Can we win?"

"Yes!"

With that, their blood started boiling again, just like how they were many years ago.

Great Zhou King smiled and said, "Eliminate a realm. Battle to the death. The battle will not end before the total elimination of one party."

"Eliminate a realm! Battle to the death!"

Once again, the Invincibles roared.

Great Zhou King looked behind as well. His eyes started shining as he said, "Wait. Wait until the fortune of the various prefectures become one. The Human Realm and the Myriad Realms will shake. We will move. And slaughter."

"Slaughter!"

The Invincibles roared yet again.

An intense desire to do battle started raging among them.

***

Opposite the Eastrift Valley, Heavendoom was frowning slightly as he stared at the Human Realm.

He sent a voice transmission, "Something seems off about the Human Realm. Great Qin King and the others have been staying in the hall for a long time. Their auras are still there...but the murderous intent there is also surging."

He could feel it.

With thirty-five ancient cities in the area, the flow of auras in the air was chaotic. But he could still feel the change in the air.

He was not alone. The others were starting to sense it as well.

But for the most part, they had most of their attention on the Human Realm.

Up above the Human Realm, beyond the realm barrier, the faint projection of a token appeared. That was an extremely unique token, seemingly capable of suppressing the entire Myriad Realms.

***

Immortal Realm.

A figure slowly appeared outside the realm.

Tiangu.

He was trying to get a better look at the Human Realm. After focusing on the token for a bit, he muttered, "I...underestimated them."

The humans had really fused their fortune with Su Yu. Had they gone mad?

Su Yu would definitely die. The myriad races would not spare him. How brazen of them! How bold of them! He was not alone. The various Daofuses appeared out of thin air and looked in the Human Realm's direction, looking at the large token and its blinding radiance.

"Is humanity...going to produce a human king in this epoch as well?"

"Even Hundred Battle King lost. Could Su Yu...win?"

"In the ninth epoch, Hundred Battle King dominated the Myriad Realms. Even so, he ended up defeated after exhausting all the potential humanity had to offer. Could Su Yu reverse the fate of humanity in the tenth epoch?"

The various ancient existences spoke after another. They were seemingly conversing with one another, but it also felt as though they were merely muttering to themselves.

***

As for Su Yu, he was still climbing the stairs.

The golden token in the air was growing brighter and brighter. It was so bright that even the Myriad Races could see it, and Su Yu's silhouette amid the golden hue. Slowly, he approached his throne.

Just then, someone roared, "Great Liao disagrees!"

Su Yu did not even bother to look at the speaker.

Instead, a blindingly bright saber appeared in the sky. It was Great Xia King.

Hum!

The saber descended. A head dropped. And a moon fell.

Great Xia King's cold voice rang out, "Great Liao shall appoint a new prefect. We continue."

The visitors from Great Liao trembled in fear. After a while, a pale youth stepped forth, gnashed his teeth, and declared, "Great Liao disagrees!"

Splurt!

Blood spurted into the sky.

Once again, Great Xia King said, "A new prefect shall be appointed."

Silence descended.

He had killed two Invincible descendants in a row, including the first son of an Invincible. However, nobody dared to protest. Even more faces paled among the crowd.

A ninth-stage Sunmoon, a first son of an Invincible, had been killed like a bug.

After some time, yet another person stepped forth. With a sigh, he said, "Great Liao entrusts its fortune to the holy lord's token."

They bowed.

The entire time, Su Yu had not even bothered to spare them a glance. He merely needed to continue climbing the stairs.

With his saber in hand, Great Xia King looked at the Great Chu delegates. The Great Chu prefect paled. Why was Great Xia King looking at him?

He hurriedly shouted, "Great Chu entrusts its fortune to the holy lord's token!"

Silence returned.

Nobody dared to protest. Nobody dared to go against Su Yu.

Many Invincibles were present, yet nobody had bothered to say anything when Great Xia King killed two prefects in a row. Some even suspected even an Invincible would be greeted with Great Xia King's saber if they were to protest.

A ninth-stage Sunmoon was potentially a future Invincible. This was a rather significant loss for humanity. Yet nobody criticized Great Xia King's action.

Among the Great Shang delegates, Shang Tianjiao paled. She was not alone. Some of the youths who were unsupportive of Su Yu were starting to pale as well. Not one of them had the courage to protest anymore.

Even a prefect had been killed without any resistance. If a prefect disagreed, they would merely be killed. If the next prefect disagreed, they would be killed as well. The killing would persist until an agreement was reached.

Those dying in such a situation wouldn't even be praised for their courage. They would only be viewed as fools.

Thirty prefectures. Thirty-one prefectures.

One prefecture after another fused its fortune with the golden token. Golden stripes started appearing on the token. One stripe. Two stripes.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred and eight golden stripes appeared on it.

The heaven grade was within reach.

Boom!

With a rumble, the 109th golden stripe appeared. The token had reached the heaven grade.

A natural-born heaven weapon. Yes. It was considered a natural-born heaven weapon since no forging was involved.

Even more golden stripes were appearing.

At this point, Su Yu had climbed nine hundred steps of stairs. He continued. The entire Human Realm continued bathing in the golden radiance. More and more maps were imprinted onto the token even as the golden stripes continued growing, eventually reaching 120 stripes.

As for Su Yu, the pressure he felt started growing. The higher he climbed, the stronger the pressure.

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Finally, the golden token received the fortune of the final prefecture.

With a rumble, the golden radiance covering the Human Realm intensified before leaking outside the Human Realm, covering even the Allheaven Battlefield. A massive golden pillar of light appeared above the Human Realm.

Instantly, the gazes of the myriad races were attracted.

At the same time, Great Zhou King chuckled and tossed numerous characters out. As the auras in the air reached their most chaotic state, he teleported everyone away.

Chapter 1660: The Crowning Of Su Yu, The Attack Of Celestial Chasm (3)

Spatial Beast Realm.

A massive spatial beast suddenly looked toward a certain direction with flickering eyes. Beside him, an old man stood. And beside the old man was a woman. As the old man looked at the massive spatial beast, the massive spatial beast said, "War...is coming."

"Ancestor, is the war of the myriad races really arriving?"

The old man was shocked.

The massive beast said, "Yes. It's coming. None of the various races can escape being engulfed in this war. Nobody. Hollow, your act of saving and raising a human has ensured our participation in this war as well."

"Ancestor, I—"

"Enough." The massive spatial beast said, "The ancient past has collapsed for a hundred thousand years. The time has arrived for there to be a conclusion. Go. Call upon the people of our race. Prepare for war."

"Prepare for war?"

Hollow was greatly shocked. Was the spatial beast race really going to participate?

"Go."

"Yes!"

Hollow did not dare to question his ancestor. He hurriedly left with Yellow Nine. While leaving, Yellow Nine looked in the direction of the Human Realm. All she saw was a blinding white radiance.

After Hollow left, the massive spatial beast stared into the distance and sighed.

The humans...were starting the war.

That was understandable. Rather than being passive and waiting for an attack to come, seizing the initiative might be a good idea. Even in this epoch, the humans were still as domineering as ever. Even when they were in such a weak position, they were still incredibly decisive.

As for Hollow's act of saving a human baby, would it be a good fortune or a disaster for the spatial beasts? The massive spatial beast sank into thought.

The spatial beast was the best at spatial manipulation. Thus, the movement of the humans could be hidden from many, but definitely not him.

***

At the same time.

Human Realm.

Great Xia King's voice rang out again.

"Su Yu. Are you willing to fight for humanity?"

With a frown, Su Yu answered, "I only fight for the worthy."

Great Xia King asked again, "Are you willing to live and die alongside the Human Realm?"

Su Yu answered, "I will mirror humanity's treatment toward me. So long as humanity does not turn against me, I shall never turn against humanity."

He did not try to say anything eloquent or fancy. He merely answered from the depths of his heart.

If they were good toward him, he would be good toward them.

If they were to disappoint him, he would disappoint them.

Such answers were naturally not something a saint should be saying.

But Great Xia King did not seem to care. He asked again, "As the saint, as the king, never forget that you are a human. You were born human. You will die human. That will never change. Emperor? Saint? Your root will never change. You are a human."

Su Yu did not deny that. After all, that was the truth. He couldn't change his birth.

"I will live and die a human."

"That is acceptable."

Then, Great Xia King stepped forth and grabbed the tiny token with both hands. Instantly, the token transformed into a crown.

At the same time, Su Yu reached the top of the stairs. He turned around, inhaled deeply, and sat down on the throne.

Holding the crown with both hands, Great Xia King climbed the stairs, one step at a time.

On the shining crown, 140 golden stripes could be seen.

The crown was also showing signs of further advancement.

When Great Xia King was a step from the top, he dropped down on one knee. Just as Su Yu was about to stand and help him back up, Great Xia King's voice rang out, "Holy lord of Emperor Yu's Court, please accept the crown. Only you can crown yourself. The holy lord reigns supreme in the Human Realm."

In short, nobody was qualified to crown the holy lord except the holy lord himself.

Through this, Great Xia King was informing the entire humanity and the myriad races that humanity had finally been unified under a common leader.

They could protest it. They could support it. Nothing would change.

Once again, Su Yu blanked out.

Should he...accept the crown?

He started hesitating.

He knew that he had fallen into a trap.

They had targeted what he wanted and plotted against him based on his desires. He only wanted the benefits associated with the position without the burden. But out of nowhere, the burden had been placed on the crown that was now presented toward him.

It had appeared out of nowhere.

It was clear this was a ploy.

Su Yu was aware. From the moment he started climbing the stairs, he understood. He had continued climbing regardless of the truth. But facing the crown, everything suddenly became real. He started hesitating.

Great Ming King and the other Invincibles landed on the ground one after another.

Looking at Su Yu, Great Ming King smiled, dropped to one knee, and roared, "Holy Lord, please accept the crown!"

Behind him, the various Invincibles reacted differently. Some hesitated, and some sighed. A short moment later, they dropped to their knees as well. This...was the first time something like this had happened in the tenth epoch.

"Holy Lord, please accept the crown!"

And then, the various human experts, regardless of their wishes, dropped to their knees as well. They roared, "Holy Lord, please accept the crown!"

The thud from their knees hitting the ground reverberated in the air. Even those from Liu City, such as Liu Wenyan and the others, knelt down on one knee as well.

At the very top of the stairs, Su Yu shook slightly. He wanted to stand up. He wanted to leave the throne. He could feel a boundless pressure falling upon him. He was terrified of this burden. His previous excitement had vanished completely.

He did not want this anymore!

He started having second thoughts.

He did not want to be the holy lord anymore!

He wanted to shout loudly that he didn't want this anymore!

Just as he was about to give up, Great Xia King's voice transmission arrived, "Put on the crown. Great Qin King and the others have left. They are eliminating the powerful enemies of humanity for you. For your sake, they will not stop fighting until the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor is dead. Only with the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor dead would things be slightly safer for you.

"You were the one who had stirred endless chaos in the Myriad Realms. You were the one who had pushed the final war far ahead of schedule. This is the karma you sowed with your own two hands. Are you thinking of only enjoying the benefits without shouldering any responsibilities? Humanity has lost fifty years of preparation because of you!"

Su Yu wanted to argue.

He wanted to say that it wasn't him.

But was that really the case?

Great Zhou King was right. If he hadn't killed so many myriad race experts, humanity would be able to enjoy no less than fifty years more of peace. That would allow them to make a lot more preparations.

Great Zhou King and the others had planned to take action after fifty more years of preparation.

Not now.

A sense of helplessness washed over Su Yu. Yes...he was the one who had reduced humanity's preparation time by fifty years.

But that had never been his intention!

He stared at the crown with boundless helplessness. He had arrived with excitement. But now...the solemn ceremony had destroyed his excitement completely.

He sighed inwardly.

Slowly, he reached out for the crown before finally grabbing it. The crown felt heavy. So heavy that he almost failed to lift it.

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Great Xia King roared at him through voice transmission, to the point even his eardrums were starting to hurt.

After another deep inhalation, Su Yu tightened his grip, lifted the crown, and lowered it to his head.

The entire Human Realm started shaking.

As though the realm itself was shaking from excitement.

Multicolored rays of light appeared in the sky and shone upon the Human Realm.

Everyone. And everything. Was celebrating the grand occasion. A leader of humanity was born.

***

Meanwhile, Great Zhou King and the others were moving through the void. In the blink of an eye, they emerged from the void and appeared above the Sea of Stars.

Below, the old turtle's heart thumped in shock.

Great Zhou King did not even spare the old turtle a glance before teleporting everyone away again.

With the Human Realm creating such a massive ruckus, barely anyone noticed the movement of Great Zhou King's group.

After another second, the group reappeared at the western sector.

At this point, the human Invincibles were already looking incomparably solemn, their weapons drawn and ready.

With another teleportation, they moved slightly off from the west toward the devil race's territory. After a while, they pierced through a realm barrier and emerged in a boundlessly dark world.

They had arrived.

With another teleportation, they emerged right in front of the realm entrance. With a wave of his hand, Great Zhou King covered the entire Celestial Chasm Realm with a massive barrier. The expression of the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, who was busy observing the changes in the Human Realm, changed drastically.

And when his gaze landed on the group before the realm entrance, his face sank.

Enemy attack!

The humans were attacking!

"Humans! You dare?"

The Pseudo Emperor roared in fury.

However, Great Zhou King remained completely indifferent. Wielding a saber as a spear, Great Qin King roared, "Kill!"

Hum!

The saber shot across the entire realm, shattering the projection of the Pseudo Emperor in the sky. Then, the various human Invincibles split in all directions. The Sunmoons in charge of guarding the realm entrance were instantly exterminated.

A battle had erupted out of nowhere.

The slaughter had begun.

The massive palace at the center of the Celestial Chasm Realm started shaking. Then, a powerful individual appeared above the palace.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor had an incomparably solemn expression. When he spread his senses around, he noted that the entire Celestial Chasm Realm had been isolated from the outside world.

Humanity had come prepared.

"All Eternals, gather and kill the invaders!"

With one roar of his, the entire Celestial Chasm Realm bustled with activity.

One Invincible after another soared into the sky.

Deep underground, numerous ancient existences opened their eyes, awakened from their slumber.

"A war of extinction is upon us. The humans are invading. Join me and fight the invaders."

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's voice resounded throughout the realm. That further shocked the celestial chasms. Humanity was attacking? This was the first attack from humanity in many years.

Or to be precise, humanity had only attacked the Celestial Chasm Realm once, and that was during the ancient past. Over a hundred thousand years had passed since then.

During the previous nine epochs, the humans had not invaded the Celestial Chasm Realm. But during the tenth epoch, when the humans were at their weakest, they had actually taken the initiative to invade. This was greatly surprising to the celestial chasms.

About twenty Invincibles appeared and charged straight toward the realm entrance.

Apocalypse had arrived to claim their world.

Chapter 1661: War Of Extermination (1)

A single roar by Great Qin King was the sole declaration for the start of a new war.

With one step, both Great Qin King and Great Zhou King split space apart and moved toward the center of the realm. They were headed straight toward the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, a Daofuse expert.

That was someone they must kill.

"You have gone mad!"

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor had an unsightly expression. This was madness! How dare the humans invade them? But apart from anger, he was also feeling greatly disturbed. This was extremely troublesome. Humanity had deployed over thirty Invincibles for this operation.

Meanwhile, there were only around twenty Invincibles among the celestial chasms, even after including their slumbering ancient experts. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor did not intend to fight this war alone. It would be pointless as even in the event of a victory, the celestial chasm race would still be finished.

A large River of Time spread across the sky.

He had to notify the myriad races of this invasion!

But right at that moment, a second River of Time spread across the sky. It was Silk Destroying King. He had never looked so solemn before as he faced his difficult task.

In the blink of an eye, his River of Time spread everywhere.

When Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's River of Time attempted to pierce through Silk Destroying King's River of Time, it failed. Even so, the impact still caused Silk Destroying King to shake as a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.

Too strong.

This was too strong an opponent for him.

Just a single attempt was already enough to shake his power of laws. Even someone proficient at the manipulation of time like him was finding this task incredibly difficult.

Further above in the sky, Great Han King was manifesting one character after another to form a large barrier between Great Zhou King's barrier and the net of rivers formed by Silk Destroying King.

With this, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor would not be able to notify the outside world before piercing through all three barriers. With a snort, the Pseudo Emperor sent his River of Time forward again. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn n0velfire.net

Just then, a massive spear soared into the sky.

"Kill!"

Great Qin King's roar rang out with a backdrop of falling moons.

The various human Invincibles were unleashed, eradicating all life in their path.

This was a war of extermination.

The fate and fortune of an entire race was the wager for this operation.

Upon defeat, humanity's fortune would decline.

Upon victory, humanity would obtain a stronger position among the myriad races. Even the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons would need to start thinking twice before doing anything against humanity.

***

The sky split apart as the spear started shooting toward the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor.

With a snort by the Pseudo Emperor, the entire realm shook as a dark beam of light instantly appeared and twirled itself around the spear. Then, it started corroding the saber that was being used as a spear. The Source Return Blade was a divine weapon, but even so, it started smoking from the corrosive power of the dark beam.

Nevertheless, it was still a divine weapon.

As the saber resisted, the spear qi around it shone even brighter than before, radiating an intense killing intent.

"Qin Guang, have you considered the consequences of this?" The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor threatened, "This is the Celestial Chasm Realm. Don't force my hand. At worst, I'll shatter the realm barrier and free the Death Realm. All of us will die together. Do you want all these human experts to die with us?"

Great Qin King said nothing. The threat meant nothing. He was here on a mission.

Boom!

The spear continued shooting toward the Pseudo Emperor.

"Hmph! A Daofuse is so much more than you understand!"

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was furious. Far away, the various Invincibles were already busy fighting each other. Thanks to their numerical superiority, the humans had the upper hand in the battle even with several celestial chasm fossils joining the battle. At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before the celestial chasms were defeated.

The only way to turn the situation around was to eliminate both Great Qin King and Great Zhou King as soon as possible. Without the two, the other humans would not be able to secure victory.

"Die, Qin Guang!"

With a roar by the Pseudo Emperor, the entire realm shook yet again. Then, a burst of incorporeal power emerged, passing through the various powers and source qi in the air before striking Great Qin King's sea of willpower.

This was one of the curses the celestial chasms were famous for.

Great Qin King's expression did not change, but he couldn't stop his blood from flowing out of his seven orifices. Then again, he wasn't too bothered. It wasn't like he knew nothing about curses.

After all, he had prior experience fighting the celestial chasms. These curses wouldn't do much to him.

His spear continued shooting forward. To deal with these curses, he only needed to maintain one thought in his mind: not to withdraw his spear before piercing through the Pseudo Emperor.

Defending would be pointless when fighting Daofuses.

He could only go all out on the offensive.

Betting everything on offense, cutting his opponent's path of retreat off with the sheer intensity of his attacks.

He was doing this out of necessity. He had to sacrifice something if he wanted to put up a fight against someone stronger than him.

"Die!"

Offense was his sole answer here.

With that roar, Great Qin King's killing intent grew even more. Noticing the growing intensity of the incoming attack, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's expression changed slightly. He snorted and instantly erected numerous barriers before him.

A few human Invincibles wanted to help Great Qin King, but Great Zhou King stopped them, "No. Join hands and kill the other celestial chasm Eternals. Make it quick. We don't have much time here."

There was no need for them to help.

Great Zhou King himself and Great Qin King would be the ones dealing with the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor.

The rest of them only needed to focus on killing the other celestial chasm Invincibles. And to finish the job quickly, they had to rely on their numerical superiority. Otherwise, only a suicidal fighting style would be able to accomplish the task of finishing the battle quickly.

At that, the human Invincibles pulled back and rejoined the battle against the celestial chasm Invincibles.

Boom!

At this point, the Invincibles were devoid of any other thoughts except killing. The battle increased in intensity as the sky collapsed and the earth turned into dust. Black holes appeared everywhere while shockwaves spread throughout the realm.

Countless celestial chasms in the central region of the Celestial Chasm Realm died.

Moons rained down from the sky.

Noticing the destruction unfolding in their home, the celestial chasms grew even more desperate. With a roar, about seven or eight celestial chasm Pseudo Invincibles descended from the sky and started setting up a massive formation. The formation gave off an ominous sensation, as though they were attempting to establish a connection with a terrifying existence.

"With my blood, I curse humanity!"

One after another, they roared. A thick clump of death qi appeared out of nowhere, first corroding the bodies of its summoners before shooting toward one of the human Invincibles fighting in the sky.

Boom!

As the death qi struck, the flesh of the human Invincible started rotting away.

Instantly, the human Invincible was reduced to fine powder before turning into three different bodies.

One of them crumbled apart right after appearing.

The two remaining bodies shot down unhesitatingly and attacked the Pseudo Invincibles on the ground.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

After several explosions, all the Pseudo Invincibles died. Alas, the human Invincible was left with only one blood-soaked and deathly pale body.

The battle had barely started, yet it had reached an incredibly high level of intensity.

Both sides were aware that this was a battle of extermination.

No hesitation was allowed in such a battle. Nobody could afford to hold back.

Pseudo Invincibles weren't necessarily weak as some were capable of fighting even Invincibles. Unfortunately for the celestial chasms, their strongest Pseudo Invincible, Heavencurse, had been killed by Su Yu. That was a super Pseudo Invincible capable of defeating even regular Invincibles.

Somewhere in the sky, a celestial chasm Invincible was fighting three human Invincibles alone. In the blink of an eye, he was injured so much his three bodies were forced to split. In his desperation, he released a burst of death qi and roared, "With my body as the price, I lay upon you the curse of eternal damnation!"

As he said that, all three of his bodies burned.

He knew that his death was near.

The humans were clearly here to exterminate their race.

He would die no matter what. The celestial chasm race might also cease to exist after this. He grew even more sure of his fate after being forced to split his three bodies. Since he would die, he would not go down silently. Anyone capable of reaching the Invincible Realm would have such decisiveness.

Right after he released his curse, the human Invincible who had just lost two of his bodies was greeted by a clump of incomparably powerful and sinister death qi. The clump of death qi covered his entire body before he could even react.

"Ning Hong!"

Someone exclaimed in alarm.

That was a rather new human Invincible who had affirmed his dao in a minor realm. He wasn't too strong, which was why even Pseudo Invincibles could cause him to lose two bodies. With the new curse laid on him, his entire body started burning.

A look of pain covered his face as death qi leaked out of his burning body. A curse laid by an Invincible with the life of the said Invincible as the price was too much for him to handle, especially in his current state.

Noticing that some people were moving over to help him, he gnashed his teeth and smiled, "You can't save me. My sea of willpower is breaking down. I'm too weak. I was too cowardly. I only dared to affirm my dao in a minor realm. Because of that cowardly decision, I have been stuck for so many years. I am an embarrassment to humanity."

With a hearty laugh, he roared, "Great Tang King, kill!"

Not far away, the furious Great Tang King threw a fist toward the Invincible he was facing.

At the same time, Ning Hong shot toward Great Tang King's opponent. Before the enemy Invincible could react, Ning Hong stabbed through the enemy Invincible's body.

Next, Great Tang King's fist arrived, blasting the enemy Invincible apart.

The Invincible returned from a shaking River of Time, only to be greeted by another punch of Great Yang King. He was instantly blasted apart.

The same thing repeated again.

Boom!

The River of Time snapped.

Crimson clouds covered the sky.

Chapter 1662: War Of Extermination (2)

Everything had happened in the blink of an eye. A human Invincible had perished. Two celestial chasm Invincibles and multiple celestial chasm Pseudo Invincibles had perished. They had died as easily as bugs. And yet none of the surviving combatants could afford to spare even a moment to mourn these deaths.

The battle was too intense for them to do that. They could only pour their emotions into their fights, further raising the intensity of the battle.

Meanwhile, Great Zhou King had refrained from joining Great Qin King's battle with the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. He had only been waiting at the side, but he was actually helping more by not actively joining the battle.

He was serving as a much bigger threat by not fighting.

Why? Because the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was unaware of his real strength. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor would be left guessing about the timing of Great Zhou King's participation. He could only feel an intense murderous desire locked on to him from Great Zhou King.

He was well aware that Great Zhou King would only act upon sensing an opening, and that one move would be fatal for him. It was incredibly difficult for Eternals to kill Daofuses. But when two incomparably powerful Eternals were working together, they could accomplish even the impossible.

Boom!

After yet another explosion, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor took a thin sword out. This was his first time drawing a weapon in the fight. He stabbed the sword forth, severing Great Qin King's River of Time before stabbing through his arm.

Death qi was leaking out of the thin sword. By this point, it was already obvious that there was a significant connection between the celestial chasm race and the Death Realm.

This race was once a part of the fate race, but eventually, they fell from the sky before settling beside the Death Realm. Most considered them corrupted. Death qi had always been suppressive and corrosive toward the living.

Great Qin King lost all sensation in his stabbed arm, as though he had suddenly lost an arm. In response to the attack, his spear swept forth. With a rumble, the attack was deflected. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's hair fluttered violently from the impact as a bloody wound appeared on his neck.

Just as the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was about to attack again, he vanished with a flicker. The moment he vanished, a golden beam shot through his previous location. The attack created a tiny black hole that proceeded to expand slightly before exploding.

Even Great Qin King had to take a few steps back to avoid the impact of the explosion. As for the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, he stared at Great Zhou King with a slight change of expression.

Meanwhile, Great Zhou King frowned and said, "Qin Guang, what are you doing? Keep him occupied!"

With an apologetic look, Great Qin King said, "Don't worry. I won't repeat this mistake."

Then, he shot forth and released another spear attack.

Yes. This was how a cooperation between Great Qin King and Great Zhou King worked.

It had always been so.

Great Qin King would be the one to engage the enemy in close range while Great Zhou King would wait for the chance to hit the enemy with fatal attacks. However, teamwork would be very important for this to work. Any mistake would result in a miss, like what happened earlier.

After witnessing the might of Great Zhou King's attack, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor felt even more pressured. That attack was surprisingly powerful. He knew that even as a Daofuse, such an attack could still harm him.

"Do you think victory is really certain for you?"

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor snorted and said, "Remember. You made this happen. Don't regret it. Corpse of Fate, return!"

Near the border between the Celestial Chasm Realm and the Death Realm was a small city. The city vanished abruptly before turning into a ruler. The ruler soared into the sky and flew toward the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor.

This was a dao affirmation weapon.

Yes. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor had achieved his dao through a similar path as the ancient city guardians.

Like the ancient cities, which were essentially the weapons of the ancient guardians, the ruler was capable of suppressing the Death Realm as well. With the departure of the ruler, no death tunnel appeared. However, a blurry realm barrier became visible. In mere moments, a large amount of death qi leaked out of the barrier.

It was true that the celestial chasm race had a cooperation with the Death Realm. But they still had to prevent the Death Realm from corroding the Celestial Chasm Realm. However, the current situation was urgent enough for the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor to stop caring about the corrosion.

He had to fight his way out of the Celestial Chasm Realm. That would be enough to ensure his survival. Humanity had neither the courage nor the strength to kill him in the Allheaven Battlefield. The moment the battle shifted to the Allheaven Battlefield, more Daofuses would interfere.

Thus, escaping the realm was his sole option. That was the only way the celestial chasm race and the Celestial Chasm Realm could survive.

In the blink of an eye, the ruler flew into Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's hand. Instantly, his aura surged. Anyone who had achieved dao affirmation through a weapon would always be much stronger with the weapon in hand.

The ruler swept out and clashed against the Source Return Blade, creating a much bigger impact than any of the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's previous attacks. This ruler was his actual trump card. With the ruler in hand, he started attacking madly. While attacking with the ruler, he was also attacking with curses.

At this point, Great Zhou King could no longer watch from the sidelines. Great Qin King was being pushed back.

As a ninth-degree Eternal who had achieved dao affirmation through the Three Body Method, who had also lost two bodies, it was only natural for Great Qin King to not be a match for a Daofuse who had achieved dao affirmation through a much better method.

"Curses again? Nothing special."

With a snort, Great Zhou King manifested a character. With the appearance of that character, a net spread out of it before dropping down upon the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. Alarmed, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor hurriedly took a bloody token out.

An ancient assembly token.

The moment it appeared, a bolt of red lightning struck the approaching net.

A deafening explosion erupted while Great Zhou King's character cracked.

With a frown, he said, "The assembly token of the Celestial Chasm Progenitor?"

Each assembly token was also a manifestation of a specific law. This token, in particular, was the manifestation of the Celestial Chasm Progenitor's law. Thus, it was able to easily defeat Great Zhou King's character.

Great Zhou King only frowned, but the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was greatly shocked. How did the character survive that? Newest update provıded by novel·fire.net

How was it not fully destroyed?

How was this possible?

"I see now. You are on the verge of achieving Daofuse through your character."

The shocked Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor said, "You're really walking the path of characters. Zhou Tianqi, you are the real number one expert of humanity..."

Boom!

Just then, a powerful spear shot over. Clearly, that remark had offended Great Qin King.

No, he had merely found a good opening to attack.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor had actually blanked out in the middle of a battle.

When the spear struck, Great Qin King felt as though he had struck an incredibly solid slab of steel. Great Qin King continued pushing the spear forward, finally piercing through Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's skin and causing him to bleed. Finally, the Pseudo Emperor reacted. With a roar, he struck the spear with his ruler, reducing the flesh on Great Qin King's arm into fine powder just from the impact of that strike.

Only his bones were left.

"You're not enough to kill me!"

Meanwhile, the battle between the Invincibles was still raging.

One of the ancient celestial chasm Invincibles looked around bleakly and sighed, "From the sixth epoch until now...humanity has never stopped being so overbearing. I had thought that you would be completely helpless during this epoch. Alas...you are still as overbearing as ever."

He sighed with boundless regret.

He was someone who had survived since the sixth epoch.

He first fought the humans during the sixth epoch. During that epoch, the boundlessly domineering and powerful humanity swept through the Myriad Realms. After a series of early victories, they were defeated at the very end of the epoch."

Would things change in the tenth epoch?

He was unsure.

He sighed and muttered, "I guess I've lived long enough. Things won't end well for you after eliminating us. I will be waiting for you in the afterlife."

Boom!

Having said his last words, the ancient Invincible detonated himself.

The power explosion blasted three nearby human Invincibles away, sending them flying while coughing blood. One of them was even forced out of the fused state, separating into three bodies before losing one of them immediately.

Such was a battle between races.

A battle to the death with no retreat.

With his life as the price, the ancient celestial chasm Invincible had delivered heavy injuries to three human Invincibles. This wouldn't kill them, but this would create an opportunity for some other celestial chasm Invincibles to kill them.

The human Invincible who had lost a body from that explosion was Great Yue King.

As a fifth-degree Eternal, he was slightly weaker than some of the other human Invincibles present.

Among the founding kings, only a small number were able to reach the ninth degree. Some were stuck at the eighth degree, a decent number were stuck at the seventh degree, and some were stuck at the sixth degree. Only a small number of them were still stuck at the fifth degree, making them the weakest of the bunch.

One wouldn't be stuck for so many years as a founding king just because one was lazy. Rather, this signified the limitation of one's talent and potential. A good comparison would be the younger Invincibles like Xia Longwu, who could reach the fourth degree right off the bat.

The weaker senior Invincibles like Great Yue king were happy to see the rise of new and powerful human Invincibles, but they also felt very helpless about it. And now, Great Yue King had lost a tri-life body. With this, his combat strength would most likely drop below the level of people like Xia Longwu.

With a sigh, he said helplessly, "Friends, Great Yue will be in your care from now on. Brothers, as one who had fought alongside you back then, I am an embarassment. Even a junior can kill me. How... embarrassing."

During the founding era, he was also one of the top heroes of humanity. He had followed Great Qin King and the others as they waged war against the myriad races, even if he hadn't played as big a role as the others during the war.

And today, he had actually lost a tri-life body while attacking a single enemy alongside two allies. This was an embarrassment.

He was left with two choices. Pick a weaker opponent and continue fighting. Or he could create more openings for humanity.

"You..."

Great Song King, who was nearby, was about to say something when Great Yue King's gaze landed on the distant celestial chasm Invincible, who was easily handling Great Jin King and Great Chu King all by himself. Great Yue King's gaze turned cold as he sent a voice transmission, "As a ninth-degree Eternal, he is too strong for those two to handle. I'll leave a heavy injury on him. The rest of you join hands and aim to kill him at a single go. Do not give him the chance to self-detonate and deal even more damage to us."

The ninth-degree celestial chasm Invincible was an old fossil who had survived since the first epoch. At his age, the rotting qi emanating from his body was already comparable to that of a death spirit.

Even so, there was no denying that he possessed a formidable combat strength.

He was very strong.

If he were to fight desperately, he might even be able to take the two seventh-degree human Eternals down before dying.

Meanwhile, Great Yue King was only a fifth-degree Eternal. For him, this was a worthy exchange.

Not giving anyone the chance to protest, he turned into a golden beam and shot toward the three combatants.

Noticing his approach, the expression of the ancient celestial chasm Invincible changed. He had not been fighting with his life on the line as he was confident he could win against his two opponents. After defeating them, he could even help the others with their fights. Thus, he saw no need to sacrifice himself here. But now, he could sense the approach of a crisis.

An Invincible with two bodies fused had burned his own body, transforming into pure power of laws, before shooting through the defenses of the ancient celestial chasm Invincible.

Right at that moment, Great Song King and the others roared before attacking.

The world shook.

Even more crimson clouds covered the sky.