Published at 11th of January 2026 7:12 am

Chapter 1773: War Of Living And Dead (1)

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The old turtle's crisis sense was intensifying.

It was true that the old turtle wasn't very good at the dao. In fact, he didn't even understand his own dao. He had only learned more not long ago during his conversation with Su Yu. He was very strong, but that was purely due to the accumulation of his age.

Following the dao someone else from his race had opened, Grand Dream was a dao fuser, not a dao pioneer. However, the pioneer of the dao was dead a long time ago. Therefore, the old turtle had slowly advanced in this dao by simply living long enough.

He enjoyed a monopoly on this dao. He had no competitor. His strength was derived from his age.

However, his current opponent was not facing him with brute force. Rather, she was setting a formation around him through the power of laws. The old turtle couldn't see it, but there was also a benefit to living a long life. He couldn't see it, but his crisis sense wouldn't lie to him.

Suddenly, the entire city shook. A burst of power rippled out. The old turtle didn't want to keep waiting. He decided to do something

Boom!

A burst of power rippled out.

But the ripples were all stopped upon encountering the barrier.

Only then did the old turtle notice the massive formation around him.

His expression changed.

A sealing formation!

Very few people had the ability to seal him. Even fewer could seal the ripples of his power. Instantly, the main body of the old turtle appeared. That was a gigantic turtle. The city transformed into an armor around the old turtle. As for the turtle shell, it was back on the turtle's back.

As someone who had lived for such a long time, the old turtle was not completely clueless as to how he should handle this situation. He crouched down at the bottom of the sea and focused fully on defending.

Yes. He was turtling.

He was waiting for reinforcement. He had already notified Su Yu about this. He couldn't risk going out to meet the enemy. If he were to die or lose his dao body, defeat would arrive. He couldn't risk it.

At the same time, he focused on the disturbances in the Death Realm. This was a planned operation against him. West Heavenly King had not arrived on a whim. It was planned. They were planning to attack him from two sides.

"Hah. How interesting."

A flirtatious laugh rang out as an expert in black appeared. West Royal Consort looked at the old turtle with a toying expression. She had to admit that this was quite surprising.

The old turtle did not flee.

He did not meet her in battle either.

He didn't even run into the Death Realm and fuse with his dao body. Rather, he focused fully on defense. Was this the old turtle's way of stopping her? Was he afraid of being trapped in the Death Realm on both sides without the ability to send a message outside?

True. The moment the old turtle entered the Death Realm, she wouldn't even need to seal the city anymore. She could simply enter the death tunnel and attack. This would not only result in the death of the old turtle. Marquis Lanshan and the others would all die as well.

They were not enough to block the advances of two experts at the level of the heavenly kings.

If the old turtle could persist out here, Marquis Lanshan, the old turtle's dao body, the other Daofuses, and the human lord's token would not be defeated so easily in the East Heavenly Domain.

In short, the old turtle was buying time. This was his choice. Even knowing that he would have a much higher chance of surviving by fusing with his dao body, he had still opted to do this.

Because He Tu was down there. His old comrades were down there as well. Even if they weren't a match for West Heavenly King, they would still be able to last some time.

"How long can you last?"

With a laugh, a massive dao manifested. Countless chains shot out. At the same time, a gigantic clump of flame appeared, burning everything in its path.

As for the old turtle, he was carrying a dao on his back. The dao had the shape of a mountain. He became an immovable mountain. He did not even bother to ask who this enemy was. It did not matter. He focused fully on his defenses. That was all he needed to do.

Boom!

The flame started spreading toward him. Instantly, the old turtle's dao started shaking from the intense burning. Countless chains wrapped around it, attempting to seal it.

West Royal Consort frowned.

She would rather face the old turtle in a desperate battle. But now, the old turtle was focusing only on turtling. The old turtle was much harder to defeat in such a state. And delay could result in unforeseen changes. She might have sealed the entire area, but things could still get dangerous if news of this battle leaked.

"Sealing the heavens! The dao of sealing! Burning space itself!"

With a roar by West Royal Consort, the entire sea evaporated, revealing the cracked seabed. Not far away, the entrance of a minor realm became visible. A Sunmoon was just about to flee into the entrance before it was reduced to ashes.

Inside the minor realm, miserable wails rang out as strand after strand of flame surged through the realm entrance. West Royal Consort didn't even spare the minor realm a glance.

However, even such an unintended attack was fatal for a minor realm. It could even cause an extinction. An expert at the level of a heavenly king was powerful enough to surpass even the suppressive force of a weak minor realm. Even if the suppressive force worked, an expert like this would still be as strong as a regular Daofuse.

How could a minor realm without even one Invincible block the attack of such a being? Countless mournful wails rang out inside the minor realm. This was an apocalyptic event for this minor realm.

A layer of the old turtle's defenses was finally broken through, allowing the flame to burn the old turtle's shell directly. The dao above the old turtle was also being burned, with countless chains wrapped around it.

The old turtle resisted in silence. He continued crouching on the ground silently, focusing only on defense.

Slowly, West Royal Consort walked out of thin air. At this point, the entire area was already dried up from her flames. She coldly said, "You are courting death. How long can you last? If you enter the Death Realm or recall your dao body, you might still survive."

The old turtle did not answer. He couldn't do so. He was required on both sides. He couldn't afford to abandon any side.

West Royal Consort laughed and said, "How unyielding. In that case, I will refine your shell into a powerful armor or shield. I believe it will result in a piece of equipment surpassing even the more ordinary divine weapons. I'm curious. Will the battle in the Death Realm or the battle here last longer?"

West Royal Consort was laughing, but no joy could be seen in her eyes. The old turtle was an annoying opponent. The damn turtle wasn't even counterattacking. He was ignoring all her attacks and focusing only on defending. This was incredibly vexing.

The flames raged on.

"Crack..."

Sounds of something cracking rang out. The powerful shell was no longer capable of fully blocking the flames. With a groan, the dao above the old turtle started trembling. It struggled violently, trying to shake the chains off.

"Impressive indeed. You might be dumb, but you're not weak."

West Royal Consort sneered. How long could the turtle keep this up? What an idiotic person.

The old turtle continued defending silently. It wasn't like he had the energy to spare for anything else. After all, he was currently separated from his dao body. He was only stopping the crazy woman with his powerful defenses.

"Su Yu...you better come fast."

The old turtle was also shielding the tiny demonic beast under his body. His blood continued dripping down, while the tiny demonic beast kept weeping and shouting in terror. She was not speaking the human language. Rather, she was speaking a unique beast language.

The old turtle continued his resistance in silence.

He had not expected that an expert of this level would appear out of nowhere. His recent joy from learning about the breakthrough of Heavendoom and the others was all gone.

He couldn't even spare more of his attention in the Death Realm anymore. But from the intense vibrations of his dao, he could sense that his dao body was in an intense battle as well.

"I won't be able to last too long. The moment my main body dies, my dao body will dissipate into nothingness. We will suffer defeat in both worlds, He Tu, Heavendoom, and the others will be killed. Lanshan will die as well..."

In his long years of life, the old turtle had never felt so uneasy and worried. He hadn't even felt so uneasy during the collapse of the ancient past. That was because the guardians had been ignored during the collapse.

"Is this where I die? I don't mind. I have lived long enough...but Heavendoom and the others are just starting to see hope..."

As the old turtle resisted, his shell continued cracking, and his blood continued dripping down.

***

Death Realm.

A battle had erupted.

Marquis Lanshan and the old turtle's dao body were working together. With the assistance of the east heavenly token and human lord's token, they fought West Heavenly King. The battle was intense, but they were unable to snatch the advantage.

Heavendoom and the others were fighting over ten marquises who had arrived with West Heavenly King. Even further away, He Tu was ordering numerous death sovereigns to join the battle.

This was the East Heavenly Domain, their home ground. In recent days, they had subdued quite a lot of death sovereigns. Alone, these death sovereigns were weak. But together, they could keep three or four marquises busy.

He Tu knew that they were in trouble. The old turtle's main body was still nowhere to be seen. Was this a joke? Without the main body, how could the old turtle match West Heavenly King?

Marquis Lanshan was not a king. She might be decently strong, especially after devouring East Heavenly King, but she was still weaker than West Heavenly King. Thus, both Marquis Lanshan and the old turtle's dao body were pushed back repeatedly in the battle.

With a massive dao manifesting above him, West Heavenly King said, "Looks like there is no more hope for you."

Nobody answered.

The death spirits did not enjoy talking. As for the living, they were too busy fighting to talk. The entire East Heavenly Domain had been transformed into a battlefield. Far away, a powerful aura was also slowly surging into the sky. But at the same time, another powerful aura was also surging in a different direction.

North Heavenly King's voice rang out, "South Heavenly King, I suggest you remain a spectator. The humans wish to unify all of existence. In that case, they should have the ability to handle a mere West Heavenly King. Otherwise, they can forget that dream. Such a weak humanity is not worthy of your allegiance."

"North Heavenly King, you will regret this. I can feel it. This is the epoch where all debts will be settled. All of them! I can feel it. I can feel the Celestial River of Death trembling in joy to celebrate the incoming deaths. Countless people will die. You will regret your choice."

North Heavenly King did not respond.

Celestial River of Death, trembling in joy?

Perhaps.

However, he was tired of serving others. He only wanted to be free and rule his own territory. Why must they push him so?

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