Published at 5th of February 2026 6:08 am

Chapter 1823: Everyone Is Moving (3)

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Marquis Lanshan had consumed a large number of death imprints. She had also consumed the blood essence of several heavenly kings.

She had basically emptied Su Yu's pockets in regard to what he had collected in the Death Realm. She only woke up from her cultivation after about one day. Her aura had grown significantly.

She gave Su Yu the feeling that she was already comparable to Great Qin King. In fact, her strength was already near the old turtle's level. Unfortunately, she had not been able to meet his expectations.

Su Yu felt quite regretful. She had consumed so many of his treasures. If she couldn't even break through after all that, it would take her quite a while to reach the level of a heavenly king.

The path of growth for death spirits was quite simple.

Firstly, one could be strong prior to death. Secondly, one could rely on a powerful comprehension ability. Thirdly, one could rely on consuming other death spirits. Marquis Lanshan's comprehension ability was quite poor. She had also grown past the point where her strength prior to death could help. To become a heavenly king, she would need more treasures.

With Marquis Lanshan done, it was time for Su Yu to leave. It was time to take the guardians out. He did not go through the proper entrance of the mansion. That would bring them straight to the Sea of Stars. The appearance of so many experts at the same place could be detected too easily.

Thus, he settled for crossing the Death Realm. The arrival of so many living beings might provoke more death spirits into awakening, but they only needed to travel fast enough before too many death spirits awakened.

***

The group moved rapidly.

Before long, all the guardians reached Grand Dream City. As of that moment, a large number of Daofuses were gathered there. The sheer presence of these Daofuses had nearly gone beyond the limit of what West Royal Consort's formation could hide. Fortunately, they had been hiding their auras to keep the formation functional.

Outside, Great Ming King was constantly reinforcing the formation. The formation wouldn't have lasted this long otherwise. After all, Daofuses were too powerful, and there were too many of them here. The reveal of so many Daofuses would definitely shake the current fragile peace.

At this point, anyone thinking of ambushing the old turtle again would be throwing their life away. There were enough experts gathered there to handle two or even three heavenly kings.

***

Su Yu was rapidly increasing the strength of those on his side.

The myriad races were hard at work as well. While Su Yu was sending the guardians back to Grand Dream City, the various races were secretly sending a large number of Sunmoons to attempt dao affirmation.

The result did not matter.

Nope.

They only aimed to exhaust the power of laws.

***

Fate Realm.

With a frown, Fate Pseudo Emperor stepped onto the Heavenly Fate Mountain again. The illusory tunnel in the sky was becoming clearer and clearer. The power of laws inside it was slowly weakening, but more was filling in as well.

Abyss Marquis was also there. He coldly said, "Fateless, this is a very important matter. If you are free, why don't you stay with me and observe?"

Fate Pseudo Emperor frowned.

Abyss Marquis continued, "This is not my idea. The various races have agreed on this. No matter how strong the fate race is, you need to consider your actions. Since you insist on staying neutral, be properly neutral."

Fate Pseudo Emperor said nothing. He knew that he couldn't leave anymore. He also couldn't send a secret message to Su Yu anymore. He would be in big trouble upon discovery. The various races had gone mad.

They were actually throwing away their accumulation and sacrificing all these Sunmoons to provoke the heavenly tribulations. A large number of peak Sunmoons would die. Perhaps over a hundred peak Sunmoons would be lost to this effort.

They had paid such a huge price just to get a few Daofuses to descend. If he were to leak it, they wouldn't spare him.

Rumbling thunderclaps rang out repeatedly from the illusory tunnel. After a long time, two powerful beings descended with various injuries on their bodies. Intense devilish flame swirled around one of them, while the other was shrouded in a thick layer of immortal qi.

A devil and an immortal.

Even Abyss Marquis was shocked when he saw them. He hurriedly greeted, "Fallen Star Marquis, Devilroil Marquis!"

Two ancient marquises.

He was an ancient marquis as well, but the devils and immortals were different. Back during the ancient past, they had numerous Daofuses. Thus, not all could be appointed marquises. Only the strongest among them could receive a title.

The two races had successfully produced new Daofuses in every epoch. People like Soldier King and Talisman King were such Daofuses. But they were all weaker than the ancient marquises.

Even the Celestial Dragon Marquis was weaker than these two. Two ancient marquises of ancient major races had actually descended.

One might think that the immortal and devil marquises were weak due to Su Yu's string of victories in the Death Realm. But those were dead marquises. Living marquises were much stronger. That was especially true for marquises who had survived until now.

Fate Pseudo Emperor was surprised as well. He nodded at them and asked, "Is the divine not sending anyone?" The divines sure were keeping a low profile. With the two new arrivals, the immortals and devils would have three Daofuses each. What were the divines thinking? Until now, Jiwu was their sole Daofuse in the Lower Realm.

The devil looked at Fate Pseudo Emperor and sneered, "Divines? Those fellows are thinking of draining our strength. What a bunch of fools. Whatever. They can't avoid this forever. Their people will come in the future batch or we will simply watch as the divines down here face extermination."

The devil looked at Abyss Marquis and asked, "Do we attack the Human Realm now?"

"No!" Abyss Marquis hurriedly said, "According to Tiangu, the two of you should wait here. Either you don't act or you act to deal a fatal blow. We can't allow that man to escape. For now, we are trying to keep humanity down while waiting for the Upper Realm to open, not exterminate them early. The two of you are here as our trump cards."

Devilroil Marquis said, "Tiangu is too cowardly. If you ask me, we should attack immediately. Just how many experts does humanity still have in this epoch? As for their allies, they will fall into a rout the moment we kill all the human experts."

Beside him, Fallen Star Marquis chuckled and said, "What's the rush? If we need to wait, we wait. Tiangu has always been a calm and collected person. It is in his nature to make such a plan. It's not a bad thing. While we wait, we will give those in the Upper Realm more time to remove those fellows. They have been creating trouble for so many years. It's time they die."

Fate Pseudo Emperor raised his brow. These two clearly knew more than the others who had descended earlier.

Instead of guessing, he asked, "Seniors, how many human Daofuses are there up there?"

Fallen Star Marquis flashed a genial smile and said, "A few, hiding in several danger zones. Not long ago, we managed to kill Marquis Minshan. That was the end of the Minshan lineage. Minshan Marquis was strong, but he wasn't able to last until the very end."

The genial smile turned cold.

Fate Pseudo Emperor was shocked to hear that. Minshan Marquis was dead!

This...

He was among the strongest surviving ancient human marquises. In fact, he was as strong as the old turtle. During the previous epoch, he was also Hundred Battle King's biggest supporter. He was one of the few human marquises who had survived the ninth epoch.

Him? Dead?

Without Minshan Marquis, could the remaining human marquises in the Upper Realm reverse the situation?

Abyss Marquis was just as shocked. He exclaimed, "Minshan Marquis was killed? Why wasn't I aware of that?"

Fallen Star Marquis laughed and said, "We kept the matter of secret to avoid scaring off the remaining humans. Since we're down here now, we can talk about it."

Abyss Marquis said, "With Marquis Minshan dead, the root of humanity in the Upper Realm is as good as gone. This epoch...will indeed be humanity's final epoch!"

He had mixed feelings as he continued, "Marquis Minshan was one of the strongest survivors from the ancient past. With him dead, humanity will not last long."

Devilroil Marquis sneered and said, "There is no doubt about that. Minshan overestimated himself. After spending years escaping from us, he finally died. What a pity that the current humanity does not have too many old fossils left. Otherwise, we can simply tell them about this to throw humanity into chaos."

He continued, "Tell Tiangu this. He's very good at scheming, right? Spread the news to humanity. Does humanity have anyone who still remembers Minshan?"

Abyss Marquis laughed and said, "I think so. That Great Zhou King must be one such person."

"Good. Spread the news. Just act like this news came from you. Let's destroy their morale."

"Okay."

***

Two marquises had descended, bearing major news.

Shortly after, humanity learned of the news. Thanks to humanity's current domination of the Allheaven Battlefield, the news leaked from the immortals to humanity in no time. It wasn't like the immortals were trying to hide the news.

There was no need for that. This was a good chance to destroy humanity's morale. Their Marquis Minshan was dead!

***

Human Realm.

Eastrift Valley.

Great Zhou King trembled slightly. He even lost control over his strength momentarily, crushing the teacup in his hand.

Marquis Minshan...was dead!

Meanwhile, the Eternals around him were looking at each other in confusion. Who was that?

They were clueless.

Great Zhou King couldn't hide his grief. He didn't want to talk about it, but seeing that everyone was looking at him, he forced himself to explain, "Marquis Minshan, one of the 360 ancient human marquises. Number one general under Martial King.

"Leader of Minshan Guard, conqueror of thirty-eight minor realms, killer of seven Daofuses. General of the Left during the first epoch, leader of half of humanity's army during the first epoch.

"Number one general under Hundred Battle King during the ninth epoch. A peak Daofuse who once suppressed even Grand Dream."

Silence descended.

Great Zhou King was deeply sorrowful. Was there still hope for humanity? His previous excitement was gone. Previously, he had been thinking that Su Yu wouldn't be completely alone after the opening of the Upper Realm. At the very least, Marquis Minshan was still around.

But now, Marquis Minshan was dead.

How?

Marquis Minshan was both powerful and ancient. He was also no fool. He wasn't the type to fight on stubbornly when there was no hope of winning. During the defeat of the ninth epoch, he was the one who had successfully withdrawn with a small number of human experts, preventing a complete wipeout.

Losing him was the same as losing the entire foundation of humanity in the Upper Realm.

Great Zhou King felt lost. Were there any humans left in the Upper Realm?

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