Published at 14th of December 2025 7:50 am

Chapter 1718: Iron Devourers (3)

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Su Yu said, "If this dao was sealed in the ancient past, the restrictions of the heavenly laws might not include this dao since these restrictions might have been placed after this dao was sealed."

"For now, we should prioritize on unsealing this dao."

Su Yu smiled and said, "Since it has emerged, can you remove the seal?"

At that, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor stared at the dao in the sky again. After a while, a massive dao appeared above him before crashing into the sealed dao.

Above the dao, an iron devourer appeared and struck the shackles with a bamboo stick.

Boom!

The world shook.

However, the shackles merely shook slightly. They were too strong to be broken so easily. Discouraged, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor said, "I can't..."

Su Yu sank into thought. A certain dao might work here. The white dog's dao of biting. But he was left with only one drop of blood essence. He had used two of the three drops prior to this. Using the final drop here would exhaust him of his strongest trump card.

Then again, it wasn't like he would be completely out of Daofuse blood essence. He had gathered the blood essence of the golden peng and Dragon Pseudo Emperor as well. But they weren't as strong as the white dog. Should he use it here?

Using it here and removing the shackles might even help the iron devourers produce new Daofuses. For example, August was very compatible with this dao.

The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor was smart enough to reach the same conclusion. He said, "Emperor Yu, if you can remove these shackles for us, the iron devourers will follow you until the very end!"

After a short pause, he declared solemnly, "We will follow you alone!"

Su Yu grinned.

A drop of blood essence from the white dog for the undivided loyalty of the iron devourers. A worthy trade.

Next, the power of the blood essence erupted fully.

Boom!

Up in the sky, the white dog's dao appeared. With a howl, the white dog in the sky bit down at the shackles. As of that moment, Su Yu's aura had grown to an unimaginable level. Up in the sky, the dog started fighting the shackles. The dao of devouring was also struggling. With a roar, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor joined in and attacked the shackles with his bamboo stick.

Boom!

The shackles of Control King were facing three opponents alone.

Booming sounds rang out repeatedly.

The dog was incredibly ferocious. As it bit and tore at the shackles repeatedly, they started breaking down.

At the same time, the dao of devouring was shaking violently.

Boom!

The entire Iron Devourer Realm was shaking.

After a while, the sky split apart, and a gigantic dao broke free the shackles around it. At that moment, everyone in the Iron Devourer Realm felt as though they could hear someone howling with relief.

The projection of a massive iron devourer appeared in the sky.

"Control King, even by killing me, you won't get my dao!"

The iron devourer roared in joy before saying, "I'm free!"

Finally, the gigantic iron devourer looked down at the iron devourers and Su Yu. A certain understanding dawned on him. He said, "Control King attacked me for my dao. I refused to obey. Thus, he sealed my dao. Control King defected...I'm dead..."

He focused on his surroundings before continuing, "The world has changed. Hahaha! So be it. I am free!"

The gigantic iron devourer looked at August. Just as he was about to move, he hesitated before looking at the distant September.

"You shall inherit my dao."

Rumble!

Then, the massive dao vanished before reappearing before September. Naturally, September was too weak to see it. However, he could feel something happening. Out of nowhere, his aura surged sharply.

He wasn't even an Eternal. He had been holding his advancement back. But suddenly, his aura had surged beyond the level of Eternals. He exclaimed in alarm, "I don't have tri-life bodies, yet I'm on the verge of dao affirmation! What's going on?"

He had lost his tri-life bodies during the battle in the Human Realm. But now, the dao had fused with him, pushing him straight into the Daomeld Realm. A blood tribulation appeared in the sky.

Su Yu frowned. So even inheriting a dao like this would trigger the blood tribulation. In that case, September's advancement would still be punished by the laws. This was troublesome. Would September survive the tribulation?

Just as Su Yu wondered if he should do something, the gigantic iron devourer atop the dao reappeared.

"Laws?"

"Assembly laws?"

"Restrictions?"

"How laughable. Even dead, I am not someone the likes of you can restrict!"

Boom!

The gigantic dao shook and swept through the sky.

A deafening roar rang out.

"My descendant. Fuse with this dao and grow. If you can grow faster than this blood tribulation, the laws will be helpless against you."

Or to be precise, the roar was ringing out within September's mind. His aura surged even further. Even prior to this, he was already a powerful expert. His aura grew to the level of a regular fourth-degree Eternal straight away. It did not stop. He continued growing as he fused, or to be precise, inherited the dao of his ancestor.

Boom!

As he grew, new knowledge appeared in his mind. Suddenly, he shot into the sky before biting down at the blood tribulation. He devoured the blood tribulation. The dao of devouring. A new blood tribulation appeared right away, but September had grown stronger. Thus, he bit down yet again.

The blood tribulation kept increasing in strength, but September was growing without stop as well. His compatibility with that dao was extremely high. That was why the dao had chosen him over August. His compatibility was much higher. Slowly, September's aura reached the level of a seventh-degree Eternal.

He kept devouring the blood tribulations, further fueling his growth. The same process repeated itself again and again. Both Su Yu and the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor watched solemnly. None of them had expected there to be a remnant will in the dao, but that wasn't a bad thing for them.

That remnant will was helping September with the fusion. That alone had saved a lot of time that September would otherwise have spent learning about this dao.

Boom!

September continued growing. His method of advancement seemed entirely different than anyone else. Prior to this, he had yet to affirm his dao. Thus, he had yet to properly fuse with any dao. Because of this, he was able to fully focus on that one dao uninterrupted.

That one masterless dao.

The remnant will in the dao was helping accelerate the fusion.

Seventh-degree Eternal.

Eighth-degree Eternal.

As Su Yu watched, his face twitched. Holy shit! Why didn't this happen to him and the four daos left behind Culture King? Was he supposed to believe that Culture King was weaker than this iron devourer?

That shouldn't be the case. Or perhaps things worked differently for different methods of fusion?

Just then, the projection in the sky looked down at him and asked, "Current Human Emperor? Do not misunderstand...this descendant of mine...will have limited prospects in the future. Through this forced fusion, he will only be the Master of Law for a single dao...forced fusion is not comparable to self comprehension...he won't be able to master multiple daos...and even among fellow Masters of Law, he will be weaker. I have...severed his future...but...the world has changed...so he never has that much of a future to begin with!"

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. But...holy shit! Wasn't a Master of Law essentially someone as strong as an ancient human king? Why was that remnant will speaking like someone like that was a weakling? The remnant will was completely clueless about the current state of the world.

At this point, that projection was starting to fade even as September's aura continued growing. The fading projection glanced at the blood tribulation, chuckled, and flew over.

Boom!

Once again, a deafening explosion erupted.

The blood tribulation faded away.

Like how Tiangu had once removed a tribulation by removing its source altogether, the projection used the final bit of power left in the remnant will to remove the blood tribulation. And finally, the blood tribulation stopped appearing.

The projection vanished completely. The sky was clear. It was still the same sky. But something had changed.

September's confused voice rang out, "I think...I grew stronger."

He stared at the bamboo in his hand blankly. Suddenly, he bit down at his old man, August.

As a seventh-degree Eternal, August was very strong. But an incomparably powerful pulling force dragged him forward. Before he could resist, he was dragged right into September's mouth.

"Damn it! Let me go!"

September hurriedly stopped and muttered blankly, "I can eat my father..."

How impressive. He had a look of shock as he spat August out. After a tumble, August took a gigantic bamboo stick out and hit September with it.

"How dare you eat me!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

September started running everywhere in a sorry manner.

He moved at an incredibly fast speed.

Behind him, the furious August gave chase.

What an unfilial scumbag.

How dare he?

Meanwhile, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor looked like he was abou to cry as he said, "September...seems to have reached the ninth-degree Eternal Realm. He...doesn't even feel that far from the Daofuse Realm."

He was greatly shocked.

Su Yu laughed and said, "That's not surprising. A sealed dao...how interesting. Pseudo Emperor, do you know that ancient iron devourer?" "That might be the second Pseudo Emperor of our race..."

The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor said, "My race has produced only two proper Pseudo Emperors before. I don't count. I'm only a Daofuse. The second vanished during the ancient past without leaving any words behind. How unexpected. He's really dead."

Then, his expression turned solemn as he said, "Control King!"

Su Yu nodded, "Yes. He betrayed humanity. It doesn't matter. Don't worry about him."

The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor didn't know what to say. He bowed and said, "The iron devourers will follow Emperor Yu until the very end!"

The two iron devourers, who were busy running, stopped. Having understood something, September bowed and said, "September thanks Emperor Yu for the gift of dao."

"Gratitude, Emperor Yu!"

August bowed in excitement as well.

September was near the Daofuse Realm!

Su Yu smiled, "You're too polite."

A drop of blood essence from the white dog for an iron devourer on the verge of achieving Daofuse. Su Yu himself had not gained much improvement in strength, but this was still a worthy trade.

He had won the loyalty of the iron devourers.

He had also learned many new things from dealing with that sealed dao.

Interesting.

A dead ancient Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor. Control King's act of sealing their dao. The act of forcefully fusing a dao with one's descendant.

Su Yu had been clueless about all this before. It was as though he had stumbled upon a new world.

Moments later, countless iron devourers roared.

"The iron devourers will fight for Emperor Yu until the very end!"

The roars filled the entire realm. All of them could sense something different, and some could directly sense the appearance of a new racial ability.

Next, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor's voice rang out throughout the realm, "Our race will produce our second Pseudo Emperor soon! When September becomes a Daofuse, he will inherit the position of the Pseudo Emperor. I will abdicate and focus on cultivation. Our race shall endure for eternity!"

"The Emperor is wise!"

Countless iron devourers cheered.

Far away, September blanked out. This was so sudden!

He wasn't even ready!

His old man was still hitting him!

Yet he would be the next Pseudo Emperor?

Su Yu smiled. What an interesting race.

Compared to any other iron devourers, September owed Su Yu a lot more. Also, he was closer to him than the other iron devourers. Since their trip to the Luminous Domain Mansion, September had helped Su Yu multiple times. He had even lost two tri-life bodies fighting for humanity in the Human Realm not long ago.

And now, Su Yu had helped him affirm his dao through a previously missing dao. The relationship between the two was rather complicated

With September serving as their Pseudo Emperor, the relationship between the entire race and Su Yu would further deepen. These iron devourers might look naive and adorable, but they were by no means stupid. The current Pseudo Emperor knew very well what he was doing.

Naturally, this wasn't a favor Su Yu would refuse. This was a great result for him. The addition of a Daofuse on his side would be very beneficial for him.

He grinned.

The great daos...were truly interesting.

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