Published at 4th of January 2026 6:59 am

Chapter 1760: Changes (3)

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"Crack."

Su Yu had formed yet another character.

He shook his head.

Trash!

This was a character obtained from an ability of the iron-winged bird race. It was so weak that the character only reached the second tier after its formation. It was likely that the dao of the iron-winged birds was quite a trashy dao as well.

Could one even become a Master of Law from such a weak dao? Sure enough, there was a reason for that race to be so weak. That was his forty-fifth character. He was still far away from ninety-nine characters.

After forming all his characters, he still needed to spend some time nurturing and growing the weaker characters. He might need to visit the Five Elemental Realm to milk the heavenly laws for more power of laws.

"Five Elemental Realm, and five elemental dao."

Su Yu rubbed his chin as he sank into thought. Was the five elemental dao a singular dao, or was it actually five different daos? Since the five elemental race had been prevented from producing new Daofuses, it was likely that their main dao had been forcefully split. In that case, the culprit would not be a weakling.

Well, there was no need to guess. He only needed to take a look for himself. The Five Elemental Ancestor was dead. As for the possibility of it being five daos...Su Yu felt that it was unlikely. Someone with mastery over five individual daos wouldn't die so easily.

If there were really five individual daos, he could perhaps try to cultivate these daos as well. After all, he had the characters of all five elements. Just then, Heavendoom and the others returned with more captive death sovereigns. At the same time, a death sovereign approached. Unlike the others, this death sovereign was approaching them voluntarily.

Xing Yue.

She looked at Su Yu before looking at Marquis Lanshan and the death sovereigns behind them. Nearly fifty death sovereigns had been gathered behind them. After a single glance at the group, she turned and left unhesitatingly.

Su Yu was caught by surprise. Why was she leaving?

"Lord Xing Yue..."

Xing Yue replied without even looking back, "You are already the overlord of a vast region. You may stop addressing me as your lord. You no longer need me. I failed to reach the seventh degree."

Her bleak figure flew off alone. Even after consuming the death imprint of a marquis, her cultivation remained stuck. She was greatly disappointed. She also knew that Su Yu had killed East Heavenly King. He would soon become the overlord of the East Heavenly Domain. At present, he was gathering a large number of death sovereigns to serve as his power base.

For a reason unknown to herself, she grew melancholic as that realization hit her. Su Yu no longer needed her. She could also feel that the death qi connection between her and Su Yu had weakened considerably. It could be broken easily. Furthermore, Su Yu no longer needed her death qi. After all, he had completed the Heaven Gate.

The amount of death qi she could still provide him was negligible compared to what he could amass himself. Also, Su Yu had grown so strong that fully converting him would no longer be possible. Looking at Xing Yue's departing back, Su Yu shook his head with a chuckle.

Marquis Lanshan asked, "Human Lord, do we capture her?"

"..."

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "No. If you have the time to capture her, you are better off cultivating harder. Reach East Heavenly King's level as soon as possible. I will leave his domain in your hands. Manage it well. Don't ruin this."

"This subordinate wouldn't dare."

Su Yu said nothing else. At this point, he was already near the Celestial River of Death. He was also near the old turtle's territory. It was time for him to go back up. None of the three heavenly kings had appeared so far. It was unknown if they were busy taking over the sections of the dao emptied after East Heavenly King's demise or if they were still observing before determining their next course of action.

"I'll go to the East Heavenly Palace...no, scratch that. You will go with my human lord's token. I will mark that location in preparation to open a death tunnel there."

After handing his token to Marquis Lanshan, Su Yu continued, "Send some people out to recruit more human marquises to your territory. Only a quarter of the Death Realm is currently under our control. We don't know much about the other territories yet. When you encounter danger, do not fight to the death. Retreat to the Spirit Suppression Domain with your people and seek help from Senior Grand Dream. Do not kill my soldiers in a hopeless battle."

Su Yu was actually quite worried that she would stubbornly fight to the end and squander what little power base he had in the Death Realm. He added, "He Tu, you will be assisting Marquis Lanshan. You have a better brain than her."

Behind them, He Tu grinned and said, "No problem. But to do my job properly, I need an official position, right?"

Su Yu said, "Position? I can appoint you the field marshal of the East Heavenly Palace. When you gain enough strength, I will appoint you a marquis. If you can reach the level of your ancestor, I will appoint you a king."

He Tu asked, "Are you serious?"

"Of course." Su Yu replied matter-of-factly, "Upon unifying the world, those following me will naturally receive their worthy conferments. But we're still far away from that day."

Unification.

And conferment.

Hearing that, even some of the death spirits behind them grew excited. They barely knew this human lord. Was he really aiming to unify the world?

How ambitious!

Su Yu looked up and waved his hand. Instantly, countless death qi converged before taking the form of a paper. Then, he transformed the Culture Tomb into a pen and wrote something on it. Finally, he stamped his seal on it with his human lord's token.

Instantly, He Tu's body shone.

Su Yu smiled and said, "Done. Are your worries alleviated now?"

Upon receiving the paper, He Tu looked at it with complicated emotions. After a long while, he dropped down on one knee and solemnly said, "Field marshal of East Heavenly Palace, He Tu, hereby reports for duty!"

"Rise."

Su Yu waved his hand and looked at the death spirits behind them. He said, "On your way to the East Heavenly Domain, you will cross the Celestial River of Death. You may suppress the river with the human lord's token during your crossing. The east heavenly token isn't too effective against the river."

As they spoke, they finally reached He Tu's death kingdom, the territory under Grand Dream City. It was time for him to leave the Death Realm. Next, he would need to form enough characters. Then, he could strengthen those characters sufficiently. And finally, he would enter the Daomeld Realm.

At the same time, he would strengthen Great Qin King and the others. He would also liberate all the other guardians. After all that, the time for another war would arrive.

***

A short moment later.

Su Yu walked out of the death tunnel of Grand Dream City. He left alone. The rest were still busy carrying out their assigned tasks in the Death Realm.

First, the old turtle shot him a complicated gaze. After a short pause, he bowed slightly and said, "Spirit Suppression General, Grand Dream, a subordinate of Devote King, greets the human lord."

"You are too polite, Senior," said Su Yu as he helped the old turtle back up.

The old turtle said, "Propriety can never be abandoned. From now onward, the Spirit Suppression Army shall return to human control. You are still young, but all of us are old fogeys. We must observe propriety lest your future followers decide they can abandon propriety as well. But if even I have to observe propriety in your presence, nobody else is qualified to be rude toward you."

With a smile, the old turtle continued, "Unless that person has a higher seniority than me, all shall follow my example. I might only be a titled general, but the Spirit Suppression Army I led back then was stronger than even the armies of some marquises.

"As the number one general under Devote King, I rank higher than even some of the marquises. Not even the ancient human marquises can flaunt their seniority before me."

Su Yu laughed.

He said, "Thank you for your care, Senior."

"It is only natural." The old turtle said, "By killing East Heavenly King, you have removed a massive hidden threat of mine. Of the three remaining heavenly kings, North Heavenly King and West Heavenly King are dissatisfied with human rule. The South Heavenly King once contacted me to offer help.

"With one heavenly king gone, the two of us can join hands to handle the remaining two. Don't worry about the Death Realm. With South Heavenly King and me around, things should remain under control."

He frowned slightly and said, "I only worry about the region beyond the four heavenly king domains. The actual Death Realm is massive. It is boundless. In truth, beyond the four heavenly king domains is a massive masterless region. I have never explored that region. I also worry about the Celestial River of Death. Some experts might awaken and cause trouble for us."

Su Yu nodded and said, "I will take note of all that. For now, I will prioritize the liberation of the guardians. But I'm afraid I won't be able to liberate you for now. My authority does not extend that far."

The old turtle himself had the authority to release the other guardians. But he was personally appointed by Devote King, his appointment reinforced by the seal of approval by Human Emperor himself. Thus, Su Yu did not have the authority to release him.

The old turtle smiled and said, "I can't leave yet or things might really get troublesome. Without the support of my official position, I am no match for the heavenly kings."

Su Yu nodded and said, "I'll be taking a trip back to the Human Realm. As for the Death Realm, I'll have to trouble you with this burden."

"It is only natural."

Su Yu said nothing else and left. After Su Yu's departure, the old turtle sighed with melancholy. Su Yu was feeling more and more unfathomable.

It wasn't that Su Yu had grown so strong that the old turtle could only look up to him. Rather, his bearing, his presence, and his temperament had transformed entirely. In truth, when Su Yu first emerged from the Death Realm earlier, the old turtle had thought that he was looking at Culture King.

No wonder Heavenly Overseer Marquis was so terrified of Su Yu. If Su Yu had Culture King's strength as well, they would be convinced that Culture King had returned after one look at him.

Suddenly, the old turtle started looking forward to the meeting between Su Yu and Culture King. That would be quite an interesting meeting.

***

Naturally, Su Yu was unconcerned about all that.

After tearing an opening in space, he was busy observing the River of Time. Looking at the river spreading across all of existence, he felt as though he was looking at a work of art. After completing the Heaven Gate, the world before his eyes was no longer the same.

"How beautiful."

After muttering to himself, Su Yu stepped through the entrance to the Human Realm.

Human Realm.

Great Zhou King was still busy propagating the source qi rain. After all, the period of ten days had yet to end. Suddenly, his expression changed massively as his head snapped in a certain direction.

Far away, someone cloaked in white robes was stepping on thin air, slowly approaching him. Looking at that figure, Great Zhou King blanked out momentarily.

"Su Yu?"

He muttered to himself, but next, his expression changed again.

Su Yu!

Instead of traveling by ripping space apart and moving through space, Su Yu was stepping on something. The space under his feet would shine with every step he took.

After a short moment, Great Zhou King gasped with shock, "This...he's traversing the flow?"

The flow of the River of Time, to be precise. His eyes glowed. Instantly, a river appeared in his vision. Stepping forth atop the river was Su Yu, moving at an unbelievably fast speed. In mere moments, Su Yu was already standing before him.

"Great Zhou King..."

The voice woke Great Zhou King from his shocked state. But once again, his expression changed. That was too fast!

"Su...Emperor Yu!" With great difficulty, he greeted.

The moment Su Yu gazed upon Great Zhou King with his Heaven Gate, Great Zhou King felt his entire body turning cold. After a long while, Su Yu said, "Not bad at all. Achieving Daofuse through your character, pursuing the dao of patience. Patience is a good thing to have. I had thought that you were pursuing the dao of calm."

Su Yu had a completely indifferent expression as he said all that. Meanwhile, Great Zhou King's heart was thumping madly. He was actually able to see that!

Su Yu remarked, "The dao of patience is decent, but from what I can see, it won't be easy for you to gain control over this dao. The Master of Law for this dao might still be alive. Hmm...almost peak of the Daofuse Realm. Stronger than expected. However, not unimaginably strong."

With a chuckle, Su Yu vanished with a flicker as he continued along the River of Time. In mere moments, he vanished behind the waterfall of time.

His voice rang out from the river, "Gather all human Eternals at the Starfall Mountain."

"Yes."

Great Zhou King answered, still shocked. At the same time, he was also feeling slightly at a loss. Just what...happened with Su Yu? When Su Yu was staring at him, he felt as though all his secrets had been exposed.

That...Heaven Gate! Could it be the legendary completion of Heaven Gate?

Upon completing the Heaven Gate, all secrets shall be unveiled!

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