Published at 26th of December 2025 7:01 am

Chapter 1742: I Win (3)

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Ignoring the grumbling Heavendoom, Su Yu dragged his injured body toward He Tu and took a look at Marquis Lanshan. At this point, Marquis Lanshan's body was already starting to dissipate. Even her death imprint was already visible.

He Tu was still trying to keep her alive with a look of grief, completely ignoring the exposed death imprint. When he noticed Su Yu's arrival, he said, "It's unlikely that she will last much longer. The Lanshan Army...will fully cease to exist after this."

Su Yu smiled and said, "Why are you so emotional? If anyone is going to die today, it's either all of us or East Heavenly King. None of us will die alone. If we manage to defeat East Heavenly King, we can give her the final hit. She can also consume East Heavenly King's death blood and body. That will be enough for her to fully recover. This is no big deal."

He Tu laughed in a self-mocking manner and said, "True, true. I was too emotional."

He already concluded that they would all die.

Some would die sooner, and some would die later. But they would all die. He said helplessly, "The rest of you might still get a second chance, but this is the end for Lanshan and me. What a pity. My strength has been stuck for so many years. I never thought too much about this matter before, but today, I realized that a bastard must have sealed my progress. Yet I remained clueless for so many years. Damn that annoying bastard!"

He had finally discovered the truth.

Or to be precise, his mind was finally clear enough to discover the truth. Today, his humanity had finally suppressed his nature as a death spirit. This was the sign of having a stable persona, something that would normally happen only to death spirit marquises.

Naturally, a non-marquis could still obtain a stable persona given enough time and assistance.

For example, the members of the dead Lanshan Army had all regained their stable personas after years of effort by Marquis Lanshan. Or to be precise, she had spent countless years brainwashing them into how they were when they were alive.

Prior to this, He Tu did not have a stable persona. Today, he had regained his humanity.

He looked toward the ongoing battle and sighed, "We lost. But we can't act like losers. Even if we lose, we must lose after inflicting heavy injuries on him. At worst, we can detonate our bodies and mess him up. He won't have a good time even after defeating us."

Marquis Lanshan, whose consciousness was fading away, looked at Su Yu and started muttering, "Am I...looking at you...Culture King? Is that...you?"

"..."

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Was this fellow a secret admirer of Culture King prior to her death?"

He Tu laughed and said, "That was an era where countless women were in love with Culture King."

Su Yu chuckled and tossed the matter aside. Standing beside the two, he looked at the ongoing battle and said, "Come on. Let's join them. It isn't lonely to die with friends."

Hearing that, the Daofuses who were still in battle laughed as well.

Heavendoom laughed heartily and said, "Su Yu, you finally have my heartfelt respect. At your age, you view life and death with indifference. How admirable!"

Boom!

Once again, he was sent flying.

Even as blood was pouring out of his mouth like a fountain, he laughed and said, "Grandson, were you giving me a massage? Hit harder! Come on!"

Su Yu laughed and said, "Watch out. No matter what, you gotta leave a heavy injury on him before dying. Make your death count. Keep fighting. When you're near your limit, we can self-detonate together and give him a big goodbye present."

"Sure! Let's do that!"

Once again, Heavendoom charged into the battlefield.

At that moment, Martial Emperor's voice rang out in Su Yu's ears again, "You sure treat death with indifference. You are starting to pique my interest. Are you not going to beg me for my help?"

"No thanks. Someone like you will naturally help if you wish to. Otherwise, it's pointless for me to say anything."

Su Yu smiled and continued, "Furthermore, I am the human lord. I do not bow to anyone. I can't lose my face like this. If you're willing to fight, fight. If not, so be it. Who cares? I can beg the other races to help because they are outsiders. But as the human lord, I don't need to stoop so low that I need to start begging a human to fight."

That was his true thought. Why? Because when an outsider fought for him, they were doing him a favor. As for a human...why should he beg? Had he waged war against the Myriad Realms for personal reasons? No. At the end of the day, he was fighting so hard for humanity. He owed them nothing. For example, he would only order Marquis Lanshan to fight. If she was unwilling, so be it. He would simply stop viewing her as a part of humanity.

Martial Emperor sank into silence.

Su Yu had not chosen to beg him.

This human lord could accept begging outsiders for help, but not a fellow human. He would simply settle scores with the humans who had refused to fight after winning. And if he were to lose, well, they would simply all die together. After all, he was fighting for humanity.

Su Yu continued watching the battle in silence. Up in the sky, the four daos continued clashing against each other. Even as the daos clashed against each other, the combatants sustained one physical injury after another.

The first to lose the ability to fight was not Heavendoom, who had just achieved Daofuse. Rather, it was Tian Yue, who had remained silent the entirety of the fight. After cutting down an arm of East Heavenly King, his entire body was blasted apart by the explosion of that severed arm.

When his head flew out from the center of the explosion, Su Yu shot over and grabbed the head while coughing blood.

Looking at Su Yu with regret and indignation, Tian Yue said, "I...never betrayed...I...am Culture King's subordinate...I...am holding fast to my duty..."

Su Yu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter anymore. Heavenly Overseer Marquis isn't a human. His betrayal isn't surprising. But you're a human. It is indeed hard to choose between your teacher and your roots."

After saying that, Su Yu tossed the head backward.

As for East Heavenly King, he was now without one of his arms. He couldn't even regrow it, and his death qi was leaking madly due to his heavy injuries. Even so, he was still smiling with joy. When he spoke, he gasped for breath. This was rare for death spirits, especially one as strong as East Heavenly King.

"Su Yu...you...lost!"

Looking at the heavily injured Heavendoom, looking at the heavily damaged gate, he laughed and said, "This is my victory."

Slowly, Heavendoom and Heavenbridge Marquis approached Su Yu. Heavendoom constantly wiped the blood from his mouth, but more would flow out. After spitting a mouthful of blood mixed with chunks of his internal organs, he grimaced and said, "Su Yu, we lost! Damn it! He's too strong for us! No wonder my boss never dared to provoke him and was always on the defensive. So he's really too strong. I reckon even my boss had received a beating from this fellow before."

East Heavenly King, who was slowly approaching them, smiled and said, "Correct. Back then, Grand Dream came to my domain and requested my help to suppress the chaos in the Death Realm and help He Tu. What a clown. He left after receiving a beating from me. After that beating, he no longer dared to provoke me."

Both Heavendoom and Heavenbridge Marquis started stepping back while looking at the approaching East Heavenly King. With a helpless tone, Heavenbridge Marquis asked, "Hey...I want to leave. Can I leave now? I'm really leaving! I'm serious! East Heavenly King, promise to not kill me and I'll leave!"

"..."

Even Su Yu looked at him in astonishment. What a unique mind. Was that guy trying to further enrage East Heavenly King or was he being serious? Well, it didn't matter.

East Heavenly King was further infuriated. He coldly said, "You can die now."

Boom!

Once again, the three daos in the sky clashed. Finally, Heavendoom's body started falling apart. He grumbled, "My staff isn't here! With my staff here, I would have given him a taste of my staff before dying!"

With a rumble, Heavendoom, who was reduced to a set of skeleton, was sent flying. Far away, He Tu grabbed the skeleton. After giving it a knock, he said, "Heavendoom, your bones sure are tough. But there are some cracks on them."

Heavendoom's weak voice rang out, "We're all going to die here, but I still have a second chance. However, this is your final chance. Why are you still in the mood to tease me?"

He Tu laughed and said, "True. Allow me to congratulate your return in advance."

"Forget it. Keep your congratulatory message."

Only Heavenbridge Marquis was left before Su Yu.

After putting his crown and a new set of white robes on, Su Yu draped a golden cloak over his shoulders and held the Culture Tomb in his hand. Beside him, the Mark of Civilization hovered.

With a smile, Su Yu said, "Heavenbridge Marquis, why don't you have a chat with them? This is our last stand. Let me have my moment of glory. I am the human lord. I am also the butcher of the Myriad Realms. East Heavenly King, killing me is an accomplishment you can brag about for the rest of your life."

While dragging his injured body forward, East Heavenly King laughed and said, "Perhaps. But true. I have never been injured so heavily before. This is the first time. You can feel pride in having achieved this."

He had a wide smile. This had been quite a difficult fight, but his victory was near. The three Daofuses were no longer capable of combat. The two Pseudo Daofuses had also been handled easily. Prior to that, he had also fought a massive battle with Su Yu. He alone had prevailed over them. This was indeed a battle he would remember for life.

He found Su Yu's attitude in defeat admirable. Thus, he offered, "I can keep your corpse intact after killing you. Are you interested? Beg me and I'll allow you to die with dignity. After your death, I will tell everyone about the battle today. Perhaps in the future, the Myriad Realms will come to remember me as the one who has killed the tenth, and perhaps the final human lord."

Su Yu laughed and said, "No thanks. I don't care enough about all that."

He patted his robes and looked up at East Heavenly King. "Come. Since I have said all I have to say, it's time for me to take my trip to the afterlife."

"So be it. Allow me to send you off."

With a flicker, East Heavenly King appeared before Su Yu. A greatly damaged arm shot straight toward Su Yu's chest.

At that moment, an odd look appeared in Su Yu's eyes.

His aura started changing.

He recalled a certain scene.

A scene where he returned to Culture King's Residence to ask for more blood essence from the white dog.

The kind white dog had agreed easily. At the time, the white dog said something like this: "One drop might not be enough. What will happen to my master and little master if you die? Why don't I seal another drop inside your body? Don't use it unless you're really going to die. I will add more of my willpower to this sealed drop. Using it will indicate that you're near death. When I sense that you're near death, I'll go help you. If I fail to save you, I'll forget about my home and bite that bad guy to death..."

That scene replayed in Su Yu's mind. He smiled. Why? Why did everyone assume that he only had a single drop of blood essence from the white dog? How odd. When did he claim that he was left with only one drop? Wait, he might really have made such a claim. But he had another drop inside his body. A sealed drop.

This bastard's dao was already damaged. Previously, the white dog's dao was incapable of biting it apart. But what about now? Fat Ball's dao should be good enough to handle a damaged dao, right?

"Sure enough, death spirits are dumb."

Su Yu sighed and unleashed all his strength, using everything he had to seal East Heavenly King. He pushed the Myriad Door Formation to the point of collapse. He also drained the human lord's token of its power. He only needed to seal East Heavenly King for a split second.

Over three hundred Sunmoon projections shot out of the Mark of Civilization. Abruptly, East Heavenly King's expression changed. Next, an incomparably powerful burst of aura surged from Su Yu's body.

Above him, another white dog appeared. This white dog looked much clearer and stronger than before. In fact, it even looked smarter than before. He said, "You're dying! Shit, shit, shit!"

"Woof! Woof!"

The white dog shot toward the dao of death spirit and started biting the smaller dao wrapped around it madly. That dao was already damaged.

The white dog bit down and refused to let go no matter how hard it struggled.

Crack!

Su Yu grinned and said, "You should be honored."

East Heavenly King started shaking. That was because his dao was shaking too heavily, to the point it affected even his body. As for Su Yu, he started igniting his own blood essence.

"You are the first person to make me fight with so much effort. Truly impressive."

That sounded like both a praise and an insult.

A saber shot out.

Space split apart in its path.

Sky split apart in its path.

The entire seventh level split apart in its path. Even the eighth level became visible.

The saber was blinding, illuminating the entire Luminous Domain Mansion before surging out, allowing everyone in the Sea of Stars to see the dazzling saber.

Hum!

The hum of the saber spread everywhere.

Intense shockwaves rippled out, sending Heavendoom and the others flying.

Boom!

With a desperate howl, East Heavenly King threw a punch.

Boom!

A fist clashed against a saber, only to be turned into mincemeat. The saber continued onward.

Two.

One East Heavenly King became two. He had been split in half. Up above, the tiny dao wrapped around the bigger dao was finally torn apart by the white dog.

East Heavenly King's aura plummeted before fading completely.

He looked at Su Yu with both relief and bitterness as he muttered, "Is this...truly the only end for betraying humanity?

He was very strong. Strong enough to kill three or even five Daofuses alone. Yet he had still fallen. Did fortune really favor humanity so much? Was there really no contending against them?

Su Yu said nothing.

At the same moment, the entire Death Realm shook.

The East Heavenly Domain, in particular, was shaking with such intensity that some death spirits were killed.

Dead.

East Heavenly King, the one who had ruled the East Heavenly Domain for countless years, had died in the Luminous Domain Mansion.

After exhausting all his strength, Su Yu didn't even have the energy left to say anything. He looked at the others and moved his lips soundlessly. Everyone stared at him blankly. What was he saying?

Heavenbridge Marquis, the least injured person among them, was the first to react. He said, "He's telling us to approach him! Maybe he's trying to share the heavenly rewards."

Su Yu grimaced. Why? Why was a damn gate the only person to understand what he was trying to say. All of them rushed toward him. All of them had participated in the battle against East Heavenly King.

It would seem like the time to receive the rewards for their victory had arrived. Instantly, a gigantic beam filled with the power of laws descended from the sky. All of them were covered in its range.

The gigantic beam illuminated the entire seventh level. Up in the sky, Martial Emperor sank into silence. It occurred to him that...he had been fooled. There was one more drop of blood essence. One more drop!

Su Yu had actually resisted using it until the last moment. He had waited until everyone was dying before using it. What patience. What ruthlessness. Everything had changed.

***

Outside.

The old turtle was the first to sense it. He looked both surprised and doubtful. Was it Martial Emperor?

It would be much less surprising if Martial Emperor was the killer. But if it wasn't...he didn't even dare to think of the alternative. It was simply too unbelievable.

There weren't that many people stronger than East Heavenly King in existence. Someone capable of killing East Heavenly King was also capable of killing him.

"Did they win?"

The old turtle muttered to himself. If they won, Su Yu would most likely proceed with his plan. His plan to charge into the Upper Realm.

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