Published at 4th of October 2025 8:00 am

Chapter 1576: Bountiful Harvest (1)

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Recalling something, Su Yu asked again, "Senior Xia, will you lose your current memories?"

"Not for now. With the protection of Culture King's token, I should be fine."

Su Yu asked with joy, "Can you stay at Xing Yue's side?"

"Hmph!" Xing Yue, who was seated atop her throne, snorted coldly. Her gossipy mood faded, replaced by coldness as she said, "This is my territory. No outside sovereigns are allowed to stay here."

"This is family..."

Xing Yue answered with another snort. She would not allow that.

Xia Chen chuckled and said, "I doubt so. I'm afraid I need to leave soon."

"Leave?" Su Yu asked in surprise, "Are you looking for Culture King's residence?"

"No." Xia Chen shook his head and said, "Some people are probably coming from across the river. I can feel it. It won't be long. As far as I know, the Death Realm is split into inner and outer regions. I have to go across the river."

He Tu said indifferently, "What is there to fear? We can attack the old turtle's territory. Nobody can do anything to us when we're doing that."

As long as there was trouble, he only needed to attack the old turtle's territory. That was something he had learned from experience. Upon being attacked, the old turtle would furiously sweep through the nearby area, including the incoming enemies.

Xia Chen said, "Not necessarily. Senior Grand Dream is someone from Devote King's faction. I'm different."

He Tu wanted to say more, but he hesitated. He considered the old turtle an annoying bastard. But over the years, the old turtle had also helped him several times. He Tu had once wondered if the old turtle was forced to kill him back then, but it no longer mattered. He was already a dead spirit. His desire to kill would overtake all his other feelings.

At that thought, He Tu narrowed his eyes and said to Su Yu, "Be careful. Don't open the death tunnel for now. I suspect some of the death spirits who had exited my tunnel back then were from across the river. Now that they know you can open death tunnels as well, they might take advantage of it and stab you in the back."

He continued, "Your death qi is too thick. You have to watch out as you can open death tunnels accidentally when you're outside. The various races won't spare you so easily. They might even work with the Death Realm to deal with you. Since they can produce something like a death summoning token, they must have a way to contact the Death Realm. Perhaps the next time you open a death tunnel, death will arrive for you. It might even bring the old turtle and the others down."

Just like how he had suffered back then. At the time, the old turtle was left with only two choices: Allow all guardians to die or kill He Tu. And now, both Su Yu and the guardians were hard to kill. Thus, the best option was to create a repeat of He Tu. That would force the old turtle to make yet another choice. Should he kill Su Yu who had offended the laws or face the laws alongside Su Yu and die with all the other guardians?

Hearing that, Wan Tiansheng also said, "It is very likely that they will try that. You have exposed all your trump cards this time. They can ambush you and force you to use a large amount of death qi. At the time, a death tunnel might open automatically. And only a few uncontrollable death spirits need to leave the tunnel for you to be in deep trouble."

Su Yu nodded, "Yes. It is indeed wise to learn from the mistakes of one's predecessor."

A certain death spirit was displeased after hearing that. What was the meaning of that? Was this kid teasing him indirectly?

Su Yu did not care about what He Tu was thinking. He also agreed that with He Tu as an example, he had to be careful of such ploys. The myriad races might really try to trap him and force him to open a death tunnel.

At the time, he could very well flee into the death tunnel only to encounter a bunch of death spirits he didn't know. Or the death spirits might flee the tunnel and start killing indiscriminately in the world of the living. At the time, he would be in deep trouble.

The major races might even target the guardians alongside Su Yu with such a ploy. After all, the guardians had been a thorn in their side during the recent battle. When the dead caused chaos in the world of the living and the culprit wasn't punished, what would happen to the guardians?

Su Yu blanked out slightly. He suddenly asked, "Lord He Tu, what would happen back then if Lord Grand Dream didn't kill you? What trouble would he meet?"

"Trouble?" He Tu thought about it and said, "The laws would punish him for dereliction of duty. A tribulation would descend from the assembly. Perhaps...not even the old turtle is strong enough to face the tribulation."

Su Yu frowned and said, "By that logic, I can open the death tunnel and hide somewhere. If the guardians failed to find me, they would be punished. But would I be punished as well?"

"I think so."

Su Yu exhaled and cursed, "Shit. So I'm very important? Someone could simply catch me and trap me somewhere to ruin me and the guardians."

"Yes." He Tu said, "There are pros and cons to everything. Anytime you take something, you have to give something."

"Would there be no new guardians when Lord Grand Dream and the others died?"

"There would." He Tu said, "Those major races would send some people to become the new guardians. They merely disliked being guardians right now because of the old turtle. If the old turtle were to go away, they would gladly take on these positions. After all, having their people serving as guardians would grant them some benefits as well."

Su Yu's heart thumped. He finally realized just how important he was. Opening the death tunnels rashly might really cause numerous deaths. He wouldn't be bearing the consequences alone.

"Hu!" He exhaled and said, "I suspect the major races are really planning something like this."

"Is that even surprising?" He Tu rolled his eyes.

Wan Tiansheng said, "Definitely. They will definitely target you the moment you leave the ancient city. The guardians can protect you in the Allheaven Battlefield, but what about the minor realms or the Human Realm? Being realms apart would pose more difficulties. If you were to find yourself in an encirclement in one of these realms, you might be forced to open a death tunnel. Someone could capture you during such a moment, making it impossible for you to shut the tunnel. At that time, you would be in great trouble."

"Of course, but that probably won't happen in the immediate future." Wan Tiansheng added, "Right now, they are still unsure about your trump card in the Death Realm. They wouldn't try anything before finding out more."

Su Yu hesitated slightly and said, "All the existing death tunnels are under my control. They had their people serving as mayors previously, but that is no longer the case. The cities are firmly under my control and the guardians won't allow anyone through so easily."

With a slight pause, Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "Celestial chasm race."

"Hmm?"

Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, "The celestial chasm race. They have a way of contacting the Death Realm. Furthermore, their realm is located between the Death Realm and the world of the living. Strictly speaking, their realm is the intermediary between hell and the world above. Some weak death spirits might even wander into their realm accidentally every now and then."

A realization hit him. That was how the various races could contact the Death Realm. The celestial chasm race must have played a big role here.

He Tu said, "Exactly. The celestial chasm race. Among the various realms, two realms in particular are incredibly mysterious. The Celestial Chasm Realm and the Fate Realm. Heavens above, death below. Each has a connection with one of the two aspects. According to what I know, the celestial chasm race used to be a part of the fate race many years ago. Eventually, they corrupted and founded the celestial chasm race."

Su Yu asked, "Heavens above?"

He Tu smiled, "Do you understand now?"

Su Yu inhaled, "Yes. Is that where the actual old fossils are staying?"

"You can say so."

He Tu wasn't being too direct as not even he could say too much. He was both worried about the laws and attracting unknown troubles.

Celestial chasm race. Fate race.

Once again, Su Yu realized that there were too many secrets in the Myriad Realms. No wonder the two races had survived for so long.

He Tu said, "The Myriad Realms are a lot more complicated than you think. The world is a lot bigger than you know."

With a smile, He Tu continued, "Just take the five elemental race as an example. In the past, they used to be a major race with a Pseudo Emperor. But the Pseudo Emperor is no more while they are no longer a major race. That's mainly due to the separation of the five elements and their subsequent failures in reintegrating the five elements."

"Separation of five elements?" Su Yu asked curiously, "How did that happen? Was someone split into five?"

He couldn't resist laughing at the thought of that.

Surprisingly, He Tu nodded and said, "Yes. Their ancestor was split into five. That was how the five elemental race came into existence. Each element could only exist separately. Prior to that, they weren't split into five sub-races. Instead, each of them can control all five elements. Eventually, the split happened and reintegration was forbidden through the laws."

"..."

Su Yu didn't even know what to make of this.

Holy shit!

He was joking, but his joke was actually the truth?

He Tu asked, "Do you doubt that? It's true. I heard it from my father."

Not far away, Xing Yue sneered, "The foolish spreading foolish stories. What a clown. The issue of the five elemental race is related to their ancestor, but that's not the main reason. Their realm origin was forcefully split into five, resulting in their current predicament. Splitting their ancestor into five? What a joke. Their ancestor had merely been stripped of his five elemental origin."

He Tu stared at Xing Yue blankly. After a long while, he argued stiffly, "My father said that! Do you understand? My father! The fourth generation descendant of Devote King! He grew in in the ancient Luminous Domain Mansion! What do you know?"

Xing Yue continued sneering, "And why would you believe the words of a nobody?"

"Damn it!" He Tu roared furiously, "I am a descendant of Devote King! I descended from the direct line of a human king! Even this Xia Chen guy is hundreds of generations away from the Battle King. I am a fifth-generation descendant. How dare you call me a nobody?"

Xing Yue didn't even deign to argue.

Su Yu was completely uninterested in the small quarrel. Instead, he asked curiously, "Realm origin? What's the meaning of that?"

Xing Yue explained nonchalantly, "The five elementals are very different. They are born out of nature itself. The Five Elemental Realm has a suitable environment for the growth of such beings. But because of that, they are also greatly reliant on their original realm. Their elements originate from their realm. Back then, their ancestor offended a big shot. As punishment, he was stripped of his five elemental origin. That's essentially the same as sealing your 360 acupoints."

"With the crippling of their ancestor and the splitting of their realm origin, only single-element beings could be produced. Thus, the five elemental race became split into five sub-races. Prior to that, they were comparable to a major race like the dragon race. In fact, they used to be even stronger than the dragons."

Su Yu asked with surprise, "Were their ancestor strong?"

"Pseudo Emperor." Xing Yue said, "And he was definitely stronger than the current Pseudo Emperors."

"How was he crippled? Who did it?" Su Yu thought of something and asked, "Was their original cultivation method something called the Five Elemental Art?"

"Yes." Xing Yue said, "Eventually, the Five Elemental Art was listed as a banned art. The assembly set down laws to prohibit the cultivation of this art."

Realization dawned on Su Yu.

Yes.

He had once been punished for cultivating that art. Sure, the tribulation at the time was quite weak, but it was only weak for Su Yu. Any other Skysoar would have died easily to that tribulation.

In fact, that tribulation was strong enough to kill even Cloudbreaches. It only felt weak for Su Yu because he was abnormally strong. Meanwhile, perhaps ninety-nine out of a hundred five elementals would die to the tribulation cultivating that art.

Even the sole survivor would be cripped. Perhaps only one out of a thousand could survive the tribulation well.

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