Chapter 1771: West Royal Consort (2)

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Great Zhou King sighed and said, "Take the ninth epoch as an example. Before Hundred Battle King's rise, we had an ally known as the soul race. This was a powerful race, and with their specter-like attributes, they were the most proficient assassins of the Myriad Realms. The shadow race was incomparable to the soul race. Ultimately, they betrayed us. They dealt us a heavy blow, nearly causing the extinction of humanity. When Hundred Battle King rose to power, he targeted them and eliminated them before any other races. Humanity can not tolerate betrayal."

He was trying to make Su Yu understand. The humans in the Upper Realm were unfamiliar with Great Qin King and Great Xia King. They were unaware of the great contributions of the two. Thus, they might be prejudiced against the two due to their bloodline.

Su Yu chuckled indifferently and said, "In that case, I will educate them. They can choose to accept it, or they can leave and do whatever they want. I understand that these people are loyal to humanity. I can even allow the rest of you to leave with them. I won't stop any of you. However, be sure to return everything you have taken from me before leaving. If you are worried that you might leave, don't accept anything from me.

"Humanity. Must there only be one humanity? Those loyal to me can even be renamed to the yu race. I don't care. I only protect those deserving of my protection. The rest are free to leave or even rebel against me."

Su Yu looked at the gathered Invincibles and said, "If you believe that my suppression is excessive, feel free to leave and follow those old fogeys instead. I believe there are still some survivors up there. A hundred thousand years of war, decline after decline. I won't even comment on their ability. Their way of thinking is indeed outdated. They should stop living in the past. The ancient past is over."

Su Yu continued with brutal honesty, "During the ancient past, we had 41 Masters of Laws and 360 marquises. We also had plenty of Daofuses among our titled generals. We probably had no fewer than 500 Daofuses. The humanity back then was allowed to be arrogant and prideful. But now? What qualification do we have to remain so arrogant and prideful?"

Su Yu coldly said, "I read a lot. I advise everyone here to read more as well. Learn your history. Such old fools would be present in each collapsing dynasty. They lacked ability, yet they thought very highly of themselves, binding everyone with worthless rules.

"Perhaps these old fogeys meant well. They clung to the glory of their past because of their loyalty to their dynasty. After all, that was their dynasty. Their era. But remember. History has proven that a return to the past is not possible for a crumbling era or dynasty. The establishment of a new era is the only way forward."

Su Yu coldly said, "If I were to rebuild a new era, this won't be the ancient past. I am no puppet. My era will be a new era. My glory will be the glory of a new era. I am making this clear today. I won't bother with hints. Know this. Ancient marquises or previous human lords, all shall obey me in this era. If you obey, you will naturally be rewarded in the future for your contributions.

"Those who disobey, those who dream of instructing me on what to do, all shall move aside. We will go our separate ways. I believe this frankness is enough for all of you to stop guessing.

"Don't force me to turn against you. I don't want that. As Great Zhou King said, these ancient experts are all heroes who have fought for a hundred thousand years. But being a hero does not give you the authority to stand above me. What I give is yours. What I don't give, don't force me to give.

"I never said these before as I assumed that you all understood. But clearly, that's not the case. Now that I am being completely honest with you, you should understand so long as you have a brain."

Everyone sank into silence.

After a long while, Great Zhou King inhaled deeply and said, "I understand. Don't worry, Emperor Yu. We know the right thing to do. I will also explain things to anyone who might arrive from the Upper Realm."

"Good." Su Yu said, "Be straightforward and honest. Don't beat around the bush. If they can accept my rules, stay. If not, piss off. I don't mind you making it clear that our paths differ from the very beginning. I like honesty. But pretending to accept my rules while playing secret games behind my back…will result in capital punishment upon discovery."

"Understood." Everyone answered.

Suddenly, Su Yu flashed everyone a smile and said, "Alright, enough talking about something that might not even happen. Both Great Qin King and Great Xia King are already Daofuses. Great Zhou King is a Daofuse. Tian Yue of the Heaven Department is also a Daofuse. With this, we finally have four human Daofuses. This is worthy of a celebration. Great Zhou King, a source qi rain is in order. The world shall celebrate with us!"

"…"

Great Zhou King was completely dumbfounded.

Damn it!

It hadn't even been that long since the previous source qi rain ended!

"Emperor Yu, the ambient source qi of Human Realm is declining in levels…"

Su Yu said, "Don't worry. Keep doing it. You lack source qi?"

He took a large amount of sunmoon profound yellow liquid out and said, "Use this. Mix some source qi into it and use it for your source qi rain. With this in the mix, the rain can even strengthen the apertures of the masses. Keep at it. Don't worry about resources. When Xia Longwu and the others conquer more minor realms, we will nourish all of humanity with the myriad races. What is there to fear? At worst, we'll plunder the myriad races. One war, and we shall plunder them of all their source qi. This will further accelerate their collapse."

Su Yu was completely unbothered.

Helpless, Great Zhou King could only agree, "Understood."

Fine. He had to create another rain. Clearly, Su Yu was using this as a punishment of sorts for him. Great Zhou King was left quite speechless. He was a Daofuse. Was creating rain the only task Su Yu had for him? How sorrowful.

He had merely given Su Yu a reminder about those old fogeys. He didn't even voice any objection. The Zhou Family had already offered two Eternals to serve as the new guardians. Was this not enough for this petty human lord to stop targeting him?

Next, Su Yu looked at Great Ming King and asked, "Great Ming King, has your new set of formation base been completed?"

At that, Great Ming King said in excitement, "Yes! Heavenly Forge wanted to make me wait until the end. How shortsighted of him! A new set of formation base could greatly increase my strength! Thus, I forced him to prioritize my formation base!"

Su Yu laughed and said, "Back when I was at my lowest, Great Ming accepted and protected me. You granted me a period of peaceful and calm cultivation. When I was trapped in the ancient city, you helped yet again, rushing to the ancient city and participating in the battle personally. You have my gratitude. Now, Both Great Xia King and Great Qin King are already Daofuses. As for you, I am not well-versed in the formation dao. But no matter. For now, you can get started at this dao. If fate permits, I will take you to the Radiant King's Residence in the future. You might be able to gain something there."

"Thank you, Emperor Yu."

Great Ming King was in a great mood. Radiant King's Residence! That was the residence of his very own ancestor! Something good must be waiting for him there, right?

The fact that he could finally step on the formation dao properly today also brought him great joy. He had always been good at formations, but he had been forced to walk the physical body dao. All along, his formations had only acted as the support to his physical prowess. That would finally change!

Su Yu said nothing else and tore an opening in space. He really couldn't help Great Ming King much. For this venture into the River of Time, Great Ming King would have to rely on himself. The sole benefit Su Yu had was his ability to actually see the river with his eyes. With him around, Great Ming King would not lose his way in the river.

This was the benefit of having the Heaven Gate. Su Yu greatly suspected that the excessive number of experts among the ancient humans was probably related to the efforts of the few humans who had opened their Heaven Gates.

Without the Heaven Gate, one would not be able to glimpse the true nature of the myriad daos. And without such an ability, opening and mastering a dao would be far more difficult.

And yet, the ancient humans had produced so many Masters of Laws. The Heaven Gate must have played a big role in that. Otherwise, why hadn't the other races produced so many experts as well?

It was simply too difficult to pursue the dao blind.

***

Before long, both Su Yu and Great Ming King vanished in the River of Time.

They were in search of the formation dao.

***

At the same time.

Death Realm.

East Heavenly Palace.

Su Yu's human lord's token was kept inside the palace. At the moment, a boundlessly dense power of fortune was emanating from the token. It rippled out, threatening to cover the entirety of the East Heavenly Domain and suppress all resistance.

Great changes had occurred in the East Heavenly Palace. Almost all the top experts of the Death Realm had found out about the recent changes. Marquis Lanshan was now the ruler of the East Heavenly Palace. She had even sent her orders to the other heavenly domains, gathering all human death spirits in the East Heavenly Domain. That would be their new territory.

Her orders had been effective. A steady flow of human death spirits had arrived at the East Heavenly Domain. This day, a powerful aura abruptly descended upon the East Heavenly Domain. A gigantic claw appeared in the sky and dropped down upon the East Heavenly Palace.

At the moment, Marquis Lanshan was busy receiving a human death spirit marquis that had just arrived from the North Heavenly Domain. The moment she noticed the disturbance outside, she was alarmed. She soared into the sky, pulled the east heavenly token out, and pushed it upon the claw in the sky.

She roared, "You dare? Who are you? Who dares to invade the territory of the human race?"

"Territory of the human race?" A frosty voice rang out from the sky, "Lanshan, this is the Death Realm. When did the Death Realm become the territory of the human race? The ancient past is no more. For offending your superior, you deserve capital punishment."

The powerful aura in the sky grew even stronger as the gigantic claw descended upon Marquis Lanshan. Even the east heavenly token in her hand trembled violently.

The same cold voice rang out, "Not everyone can control these tokens. Ultimately, only your strength matters. A mere token won't get you far. This token is ineffective against me."

The pressure on Marquis Lanshan intensified.

The east heavenly token in her hand was utterly suppressed by the attacker. Noticing that, her gaze turned sharp as she roared, "Human lord's token, I beseech your help!"

Boom!

With a deafening rumble, a colossal token appeared in the sky.

Su Yu's token had manifested instantly.

Su Yu's silhouette emerged from the token. Like the silhouette outside the Human Realm, it was clad in white robes, with a crown on its head and a book in its hand. It coldly said, "Impudent. For offending your superior, you deserve capital punishment."

Boom!

The powerful luck of humanity erupted from the token.

In only a few days, the luck of humanity had grown massively. After all, humanity had gained several Daofuses in short succession. Power of laws rippled out of the token, surging into the sky, causing even the heavenly laws themselves to stir.

The clouds in the sky dispersed. A crowned expert was revealed with his arm outstretched. Violent ripples could be seen around that outstretched arm. A collision of laws!

The crowned expert said, "How surprising. In a short few days, the new human lord has grown the luck of humanity to such a level. This is already near the level of the ninth epoch."

Looking at the sky, Marquis Lanshan frowned. This was an extremely powerful opponent.

A king.

One that she was unfamiliar with.

The newly arrived marquis stood behind her with a frown. After a short moment, the marquis sent her a voice transmission, "This seems to be the West Heavenly King."

"West Heavenly King?" Marquis Lanshan's heart trembled. She questioned sharply, "West Heavenly King, is this a declaration of war against humanity?"

"War?" West Heavenly King said, "You are too weak to deserve a war. Even with the help of two tokens, I can still easily kill you. I also have more than ten marquises under my command. Why don't you invite your human lord here to have a chat with me instead, Lanshan?"

Around him, numerous powerful auras appeared. These were the auras of marquises. The experts of the West Heavenly Domain had arrived.

At the same moment, a figure appeared from the Celestial River of Death. The mighty figure was akin to an ancient general that had returned from the past…no, this was indeed an ancient general. Grand Dream, the Spirit Suppression General.

The majestic figure roared coldly, "West Heavenly King, if you want a war so badly, you will get one."

Looking at the direction of the river, West Heavenly King laughed and said, "What can you do here? What can you do to me as long as I stay out of your Spirit Suppression Domain? You're nothing special even if you join hands with Lanshan."

"Nothing special?" Grand Dream snorted and said, "Spirit Suppression General, Grand Dream, beseeches the human lord to expand the territory under my supervision!"

Boom!

The entire world shook.

A phantom hand appeared in the sky and gripped the human lord's token. Then, it stamped down upon the token floating above Grand Dream.

Boom!

Instantly, a golden ray of light appeared. It started expanding in the direction of East Heavenly Domain.