Published at 6th of April 2026 6:43 am

Chapter 1943: News From The River (2)

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At the same time.

Dao Origin Land.

A certain mountain known as the Sealed Mountain. It was rumored that this was where Hundred Battle King was sealed. Of course, nobody was sure if that was the truth. However, Hundred Battle King's aura once leaked out of this mountain thousands of years ago when someone came to free him.

Most of the time, nobody would visit this mountain. This was a dangerous place as for some reason, the powers of laws here were extremely sensitive. Suddenly, a rumble rang out as the entire mountain started shaking. Atop the mountain, faint, illusory chains appeared.

"Roar!"

Beast-like roars rang out as numerous barriers spanned into existence. Then, numerous beings so ancient their very bodies were rotting appeared.

One of them coughed before speaking with great difficulty, "He's suddenly running wild. Is he trying to break free after sensing that the connection to the Lower Realm will be restored soon?"

Someone else said, "The moment that happens, the river will shake while the power of laws will dissipate. At the time, suppressing him will be extremely difficult. He is still so strong after so many years of suppression. Truly worthy of being the nearest person to the level of a Master of Law."

"I reckon we can already treat him as one."

The ancient beings conversed among themselves. It had been too long. They had lived for countless years, and they had also guarded this place for numerous years. This madman had never ceased his struggle. He was extremely hard to handle.

Someone exhaled and said, "He has still weakened. We need to weaken him more or he won't be so easy to handle."

They had also greatly drained themselves keeping him suppressed for so many years. However, they could continue replenishing their energy. Meanwhile, that option wasn't present for Hundred Battle. Each time he raged, he would be exhausting his energy without any means of replenishment.

Someone else sighed and said, "I'm afraid he is still as strong as a peak pseudo king. Why don't we try entering and killing him?"

Hundred Battle King had survived for so many years not because he couldn't be killed. Rather, it was because nobody wanted to be the sacrifice to kill him.

He was sealed in a tiny space. He couldn't leave, but anyone entering would need to be careful lest they die to him. Even seven or eight pseudo kings entering at the same time would need to be wary of his self-detonation.

Thus, they had spent six thousand years imprisoning him and denying him of the ability to replenish his energy. But he pursued the physical body dao. His body was his greatest strength. Even after being starved of energy for six thousand years, he was still incomparably strong.

A panting old man said, "Do not do anything rash. By entering, we will risk breaking the seal and giving him the chance to escape. There is a benefit to keeping him sealed. At the very least, he's blocking the dao of humanity, preventing humanity from producing more Daofuses."

What even was the point of attempting to kill him? For now, there was no need for that. They only needed to keep him sealed to prevent humanity from producing more physical body dao experts.

Killing two birds with one stone.

Killing him or allowing him to escape would only create more bothersome variables.

"True. We will decide what to do when the connection is restored. By the way, he has been calm for many years. What is up with him today?"

"Unsure."

"Did something happen in the River of Time?"

"Unlikely. That is an area not even us can reach. Nobody can reach that place."

The rotting beings conversed among themselves as they continued their suppression. Chain after chain appeared, keeping the entire mountain shackled. This was indeed where Hundred Battle King was sealed. The rumors were right.

However, nobody dared to approach this mountain. This place was too dangerous. And the danger originated from these rotting beings.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was approaching the area where numerous tributaries were criss-crossed.

The silhouette was still roaring madly.

"I can see you!

"Who are you?

"You dare spy on me in the river?"

The silhouette continued struggling violently. However, Su Yu could see that several tributaries were suppressing the silhouette in addition to a certain dao connected directly to the distant River of Time.

"A seal from Control King's lineage?"

In that case, Hundred Battle King was being subjected to two layers of seals. One came from Control King's lineage while the other came from the fake dao cultivators.

"How surprising..."

Su Yu was quite surprised. Naturally, there was no way he could free Hundred Battle King here. From the fake daos, he could sense that these unknown experts were probably heavenly kings. Heavenly kings were not to be underestimated, even if they were fake dao cultivators.

Even if he could disperse some of their fake powers to reduce them into peak Daofuses, there were enough of them to kill him by joining hands. He was not foolish enough to take such a risk here. In fact, he reminded himself to hide well and not let this idiot expose him.

He hurriedly withdrew his presence deeper. He did not bother to answer. Hundred Battle King deserved this for being so brainless. Su Yu only wanted this idiot to stay as far away from him as possible.

He did not even pity the suppressed Hundred Battle King. This was someone who had caused the deaths of over a hundred Daofuses and wasted the deep accumulation of humanity. He should be grateful he was still alive.

"So where's the node connected to the Lower Realm?"

The moment Su Yu withdrew his presence, Hundred Battle King calmed down in disappointment. The unknown presence had disappeared.

He had only been reacting so intensely after sensing an unknown presence nearby. Since the presence had vanished, it was only natural for him to stop struggling and save his energy. He was better off saving his energy to slowly grind down the seals around him.

As calm returned, Su Yu looked over again.

"Hiss..."

He gasped in shock. Through a more detailed observation, he started clicking his tongue in admiration. Hundred Battle King was actually quite an impressive one. He could see six tributaries around the silhouette.

This signified that Hundred Battle King was being watched by six fake dao cultivators. And this might not be all of them.

There might be some cultivators of the daos from the River of Time watching over Hundred Battle King as well. Their daos wouldn't be visible here unless they were directly involved in sealing Hundred Battle King.

"At least six of them. These fake dao experts..."

Su Yu became more and more certain that these fake dao cultivators were heavenly kings. If there were some real dao cultivators involved as well, they would probably be heavenly kings too.

A single Hundred Battle King was enough to keep so many top powerhouses busy. Truly impressive.

"That guy sure is strong even if hes good for nothing else."

Su Yu was only looking at Hundred Battle King's projecton, just like how he had encountered Martial Emperor's projection in the River of Time back then. In comparison, Martial Emperor was almost free. Hundred Battle King seemed far less comfortable in comparison.

"Poor guys. Hundred Battle King and Martial Emperor. Why does everyone enjoy sealing so much?"

Su Yu laughed with amusement. Instead of pitying them, he was taking joy in their suffering.

"South Suppression Marquis and his people sure are brainless. Even if all six of them were to come here together, they would die. They need at least six heavenly kings to try anything."

After a while, Su Yu lost interest. There was no point in spending more time here since he did not intend to help. Instead, he started searching the area. Where was the node?

"Those in the Upper Realm can only sense the deaths of those in the Lower Realm after a certain number of people are dead. This signifies that the node is probably hidden quite well. The fluctuations of the Lower Realm can only spread here when enough people is dead. But can anything hide from my Heaven Gate?"

Su Yu pushed his Heaven Gate to its limit. The node was probably nearby. That was the only explanation for Hundred Battle King to be sealed here even when the final battle back then was fought in the Lower Realm. It was unlikely that they could drag him all the way to the Upper Realm during the battle. However, it was possible for them to slowly push him through the node while sealing him.

The Heaven Gate on Su Yu's forehead glowed brightly. Su Yu was of the opinion that the node shouldn't be too difficult to find. Unlike the River of Time, there weren't countless daos here. There was only a small number of tributaries here.

"Is it at the bottom of the river?"

It would be much easier for the node to be found if it were located at the side of the river. But it would be much harder to find at the bottom of the river.

"That's not certain yet. Back then, humanity needed a way to move between the Lower and Upper Realms as well. It didn't make sense that they had to move through the bottom of the river each time."

After some speculation, Su Yu rejected the notion that it was at the bottom of the river.

"River of Time in the Lower Realm and Human Emperor's river in the Upper Realm. Is the node being sustained by the powers in both rivers?"

The node required energy to keep existing. He only needed to look for a spot where the powers of laws were being consumed rapidly to find the node. With this node, he would have one additional exit apart from the one at the Buried Soul Mountain. It was dangerous to escape through this place, but with his stone, it should be fine.

If even trash like Soldier King and Talisman King could force their way down, he could probably survive a trip down even without his stone.

Eventually, Su Yu discovered some fluctuations not far away from Hundred Battle King. There was an indistinct whirlpool there, and the whirlpool was slowly absorbing the powers of laws from its surroundings.

Su Yu shot over. When he was above the whirlpool, he stopped and looked around. After a short moment, he gnashed his teeth and dove down. Instantly, he was met by an intense resistance. Fortunately, the stone was able to reduce the resistance by about half.

The moment Su Yu dove underwater, he saw it. To the side, there was a tiny hole right on the barrier of the river.

"Entrance to the Lower Realm?"

This might be it!

Most tributaries would be opened at the side of the river from the surface, but this hole had been opened slightly below the surface.

"Therefore, this entrance will remain hidden most of the time. But when enough people die in the Lower Realm, intense fluctuations will leak out of this hole. Those from the same race will be able to sense these fluctuations."

This was quite a complicated design. And it was also quite well hidden.

After a slight hesitation, Su Yu sent a tiny strand of willpower into the hole.

And nextBOOM!

The strand of willpower was torn apart instantly.

But Su Yu's eyes lit up in excitement. There was a tunnel! From his experience coming up through the entrance of the Torchbearers, he could sense that this was a similar tunnel.

"No wonder movement through it is impossible most of the time. Anyone attempting to rush through it rashly will simply be killed by the powers of laws inside."

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