Published at 10th of November 2025 6:37 am

Chapter 1650: Emperor Yu's Court (2)

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Su Yu smiled and said, "There is no need to be so nervous, everyone. This is only a registration. I might even reward some ninth-stage Sunmoons with a few carrier treasures if I find myself in a good mood when meeting them. Thus, remember to not hide your strength from me. If you insist on pretending to be a first-stage Sunmoon when you're already a ninth-stage Sunmoon, don't blame me for not showing you any grace."

Many hearts thumped upon hearing that. Could Su Yu afford to reward the peak Sunmoons with carrier treasures?

Definitely.

He was very wealthy!

He was both wealthy and willful with his wealth. Just his Mark of Civilization alone was probably worth dozens of carrier treasures.

Great Xia King laughed and said, "Sure. You will get a list of all experts at the Mountainsea Realm and above of Great Xia tomorrow."

"Great Qin will do so as well. We don't have anything to hide."

Qin Zhen answered as well.

After a short silence, Great Zhou King said, "The same applies for Great Zhou. However, we will not include the names of spies we have among the myriad races. These people can all be considered humans regardless of race. Even those among them who are not born humans are people we raised ourselves in the past."

The faces of the surrounding myriad race experts turned green upon hearing that. What was the meaning of that? A list of spies? This sounded like the exact thing one would say to sow suspicion among one's own ranks, but was that really the case? Nobody could be sure.

They couldn't help but start suspecting their own people. After all, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had served as the perfect example of humanity's ability to plant spies in other organizations. Thus, they could never discount this possibility.

Su Yu smiled and said, "Sure. The list of spies can be handed to me privately in the future. I only need to know who they are."

"That is acceptable." Great Zhou King nodded.

Unlike the myriad races, Su Yu was quite convinced that Great Zhou King had indeed planted spies among the various races. After all, that was the Great Deceit King. Anything was possible with him.

With the agreement of the three strongest prefectures, the other prefectures were left with no room to protest. Everyone sank into thought, wondering if they should really hand over a complete list.

Su Yu sent Great Zhou King and a few others a voice transmission, "I also want the names of the hidden Invincibles."

Great Zhou King said nothing.

Great Xia King replied through voice transmission, "We don't have too many of them around. All of them are injured Invincibles who had lost their tri-life bodies in the past. Some are recovering, while some have settled down in some minor realms."

"It doesn't matter. I need their names."

Great Xia King rolled his eyes and said, "Fine."

Sure. Whatever.

One could claim that he only wanted the position without doing his job, but the first thing he did after being appointed was make all these demands. But one also couldn't claim that he was properly doing his job as he hadn't even bothered to name the new holy land.

Tomorrow, he would forge the holy land token and register the experts of all human experts in existence. If he could achieve both, he would truly be the holy lord of humanity.

Su Yu sent Marquis Xia a voice transmission, "Marquis, please inform everyone about the purpose and power of this new holy land. Let everyone know that moving forward, I have the final say in the Human Realm."

He had to make it clear who the boss was. The willingness of the others to follow him did not matter. He only needed them to obey him regardless of their opinions. That was all. Only their actions mattered, not their thoughts.

Marquis Xia smiled and nodded. That would be an easy task.

***

Zhou Tianyuan started accelerating the flow of time around the formation while Great Ming King and the others increased the speed with which they were working on the formation. As for Great Xia, they started sending people to Nanyuan as preparation for the coming celebration. They had to prepare to receive the guests from the various prefectures and myriad races.

***

News of what happened started spreading.

Even those outside the Human Realm heard it.

Su Yu had been appointed the new holy lord.

The entire thing had happened smoothly.

Opposition was surprisingly sparse among humanity.

***

Immortal Realm.

Tiangu sighed and muttered, "Great Zhou King."

***

Divine Realm.

The Divine Pseudo Emperor sighed and said, "Great Zhou King."

***

Devil Realm.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "Looks like Great Zhou King has agreed to this as well. The so-called internal strife of humanity has always been under careful control by an unseen hand. This is their way of reducing our wariness toward humanity."

"Great Zhou King, Zhou Tianqi. Equal (qi) of Heaven (tian). Is he trying to be the heaven itself?"

The Devil Pseudo Emperor laughed again and said, "Looks like the so-called peace faction of humanity is already fully within his grasp. Even Great Qin King might not know who all the pro-peace Invincibles are, but Great Zhou King is definitely well aware of this. When it comes to humanity, Great Zhou King should be the one we kill before Great Qin King or humanity will be a much harder opponent to defeat."

An old devil king beside him said, "Emperor, what should we do about Su Yu as the leader of humanity..."

"Leader of humanity?" The Devil Pseudo Emperor shook his head and said, "No. He is merely a mascot for now. He can't control any of the Invincibles. He is a mascot chosen by Great Zhou King and Great Qin King as a precaution lest humanity be left leaderless after their deaths. As for Su Yu, he does not care about leading humanity. He only wants the authority to kill his enemies among humanity. An authority to kill without being labeled a traitor.

"That was how they reached an agreement so easily. The various experts of the Human Realm are merely the chess pieces of these three. With this deal, Su Yu's death won't affect humanity too much. Great Zhou King and Great Qin King can also die without affecting the ancient cities too much."

The three were essentially the keys holding the two parties together. All three must die for both parties to be affected, or the effects of a death would be limited.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor asked, "Have we received any updates from the Death Realm?"

"We managed to establish contact with Yanmo. He said that previously, He Tu and Xing Yue invited the various death sovereigns over for a banquet. He was the only sovereign absent due to his previous injuries. Then again, he had not received an invitation either.

"Marquis Qishan did appear, but he wasn't defeated by these sovereigns. Rather, he was defeated by a newly awakened sovereign who had seemingly consumed an unknown treasure. Thanks to the treasure, he gained a massive boost of strength and blocked Marquis Qishan on the Celestial River of Death. That allowed Su Yu and the others to kill Wisdom King."

"I see." The Devil Pseudo Emperor nodded and said, "As expected. Marquis Lanshan must have failed to stop Marquis Qishan. No, Marquis Lanshan wouldn't even bother to stop him. Marquis Lanshan has always been a target of suppression in the Eastern King Residence. Any attempt to stop Marquis Qishan would only increase the intensity of the suppression. In that case, that new sovereign must have been quite strong."

"I think so."

"Do we know his identity?"

"No, but there are rumors that he has a decent relationship with He Tu. In fact, He Tu was the first sovereign to recruit him."

"He Tu?" The Devil Pseudo Emperor muttered, "Was he an expert from the first epoch? But most experts of the first epoch should have awakened by now, right? Someone who is so strong right after awakening should be quite strong prior to dying. Why is someone so strong in the Spirit Suppression Domain?"

The old devil king asked, "You mean..."

"He might not be someone from the first epoch. Instead, he might be someone with a unique identity, a human expert."

The Devil Pseudo Emperor chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter. Notify Yanmo and have him pay close attention. Report to us the moment he notices anything unusual."

The old devil king said, "The holy cities are all under Su Yu's control. The same goes for Empyrean Cloud City. Yanmo is currently under strict suppression. It won't be easy to contact him. He hopes that you can activate a death tunnel for him..."

The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "That can't be done so easily. Also, a death tunnel is too hard to control. The laws are still around. The moment we lose control over the death qi...we will get ourselves killed by the laws."

The laws were merciless. Could they open new death tunnels? Apart from the existing thirty-six stable tunnels, more could be opened so long as one could gather enough death qi. And death qi was something each major race would gather for emergencies.

But what could they do after opening the death tunnel? How sure were they that they could keep the tunnel under control? If they were to lose control...the laws would not spare them. Even if they could survive the laws, the thirty-six guardians would not let the matter slide. After all, they were the enforcers of the heavenly laws.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor laughed and said, "Don't do anything rash for now. Let's see if those in the Eastern King Residence are doing anything. Let's also see if the immortals are doing anything. They have been making preparations in the Death Realm for many years. Marquis Qishan is merely one of their chess pieces. Tiangu has more people he can contact there. He even has a relationship with the Eastern Heavenly King. For the most part, any death tunnel Su Yu opens will be linked to the Eastern Heavenly Domain. We only need to make proper preparations to turn it into a death trap for him."

In short, they only needed to wait for the immortals to do all the hard work.

The old devil king nodded. He said, "But Su Yu is growing too quickly..."

"He won't amount to anything before becoming a Daofuse." The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "He is a super genius, but even a super genius requires time to grow. It doesn't matter how strong his physical strength is. He still lacks too much compared to a proper Daofuse."

The old devil king nodded again. He said, "Emperor, do we ignore humanity for now?"

"No." The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "Of course we won't ignore them. But for now, we'll do nothing. Be patient. A chance for us to do something will appear soon."

"A chance?"

The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "Just wait. Wait for the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. He has been enjoying a life of freedom for a hundred thousand years. Finally, trouble is knocking. Nobody as similar to the Culture King as Su Yu has appeared in the past hundred thousand years. He has clearly inherited something from Culture King, and he is also blessed with astonishing luck. According to the ancient records, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis is related to the dao of luck. The more Su Yu grows, the more uncomfortable he will be. He won't wait too long. He will definitely make a move soon. That will be the opening for us to act against humanity."

The old devil king smiled and said, "Emperor, is he really so fearful of Su Yu? He is someone near that level..."

"You don't understand." The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "The Heavenly Overseer Marquis fears nobody except Culture King. He was ordered by Culture King to watch over the Heavenly Supervising Pavilion. But he abused his power and stole the Heavenly Hunt Index." "You need to understand that things haven't always been smooth for him all these years. But thanks to his incredible luck, he has survived until now. However, a successor of Culture King has appeared. A successor blessed by heaven-defying luck. What if Culture King had left a trump card against him behind? He would die."

That was why the Heavenly Overseer Marquis would most certainly act against Su Yu. He would not give Su Yu the chance to grow enough to threaten him. No expert would bet their future on the mercy of a youngster. Nobody. Heavenly Overseer Marquis would not dare to make such a bet.

The old devil king nodded in understanding.

In short, they only needed to stay patient for now.

Su Yu was a thorny opponent. Such a thorny opponent should naturally be left for someone equally thorny like the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. As for the devils, they only needed to wait for something to happen to Su Yu before making a move against humanity.

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