Published at 30th of April 2026 6:18 am

Chapter 1992: Mutual Suffering (3)

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Shortly after, Su Yu and Lan Tian left.

Midair, someone rushed over and called out behind them, "Fellow Daoist April!"

Su Yu looked back and greeted with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Heavenly Measure."

An expert from the fate race.

This was an expert who had arrived with Heavenly Fate Marquis. Su Yu could sense that this was a heavenly king as well. But he couldn't know for sure without his Heavenly Gate. He was feeling quite doubtful. Why was this fellow calling out for him?

After catching up with the two, Heavenly Measure said, "Do not misunderstand me, Fellow Daoist April. Lord Heavenly Fate told me about our alliance. We need to start looking out for each other."

After a short greeting, he said, "Lord Heavenly Fate has a message for you, Fellow Daoist April."

"Please do tell."

Su Yu was curious, but he did not let it show on his face.

Heavenly Measure said, "Recently, Lord Heavenly Fate has been gazing upon the sky. He noted that the fortune of the iron devourer race has been surging tremendously, signifying a bright future ahead.

"Even the fortune of my race is surging. The same is happening to the hou and spatial beast races as well. My lord is curious. There is no relationship between us. Why are we experiencing the same resurgence in fortune? Of the four races, the iron devourer race in particular has experienced the greatest rise in fortune. I wonder if you can dispel this doubt of ours?"

Su Yu's heart thumped. Was the fate race really capable of seeing all that? Surging fortune...well, that was reasonable. After all, Fateless had said something similar before. And if Fateless could glimpse upon the heavens, Heavenly Fate Marquis, who was much stronger, could definitely do it better.

He had probably discovered something from observing a luck-related dao.

Su Yu assumed an innocent smile and said, "Why are you asking me? You should ask my father. How am I supposed to know more than him?"

Heavenly Measure smiled and answered, "My lord said that when he tried to tell your fortune previously, he noted that your fortune has gone through the greatest rise. Thus, he wishes to get your opinion about this matter."

Telling his fortune?

Su Yu believed that Heavenly Measure was bullshitting since he had not sensed someone reading his fortune.

Then again, it was also possible that Heavenly Fate Marquis had really noticed something. He said, "I have no idea what you're saying. Well, my race has been a consistent human ally. Perhaps this is related to the release of Hundred Battle King?"

Su Yu sighed and continued, "A pity that Hundred Battle King's release has also increased the myriad races' wariness toward us."

With a thoughtful smile, Heavenly Measure said, "Are you saying that this is related to the human race?"

Su Yu maintained his innocent smile and said, "I can't say for sure."

"I see." Heavenly Measure sighed and nodded. "Sure. I know what to tell Lord Heavenly Fate now."

Seeing that Su Yu was about to leave, he said after a slight hesitation, "My lord has an additional message for you."

"What is the message?"

Heavenly Measure said, "After the Dao Origin Land incident, the various races are starting to suspect that there is a different connection between the Lower and Upper Realms. Similar rumors are coming out from the chaos race as well. They are saying that the Torchbearers have their own passage, and they have ascended from the Lower Realm.

"But with the coming sweep over the Upper Realm, those from the Lower Realm won't be able to keep hiding for much longer. Only the Chaos Mountain can serve as their hiding place. The outer region of the Chaos Mountain is small, but the inner region is incredibly vast. That is the only way for them to hide from the coming sweep."

Su Yu listened in silence. What was this guy trying to say? Three Venerables would be watching over the border of the mountain personally. How were they supposed to get through the three Venerables? In fact, Su Yu had considered sending them back to the Lower Realm.

If the passage at the Buried Soul Mountain was too dangerous to use, he could always escape with his people through the Dao Origin Land. They couldn't be killed so easily, not even if multiple Venerables were involved.

Or he could get all his people to withdraw their daos before hiding inside the Mark of Civilization. That should work as well, but it would also be quite risky as the presence of so many experts might get leaked one way or another.

Heavenly Measure continued, "According to Lord Heavenly Fate, these people can pay the spatial beasts a visit if needed. There is an old bastard there. It is likely that he has something prepared for such emergencies. The spatial beasts used to be a part of the ancient beasts.

"They have an ancient dao center. It is likely that they have many secret spatial tunnels leading to numerous locations there. It is likely that they even have a spatial tunnel leading toward somewhere deep inside the Chaos Mountain. After all, they used to be ancient beasts. They only need to withdraw their dao and the Chaos Mountain will stop rejecting them."

Su Yu's heart thumped. Yes, there was that option as well! The spatial beasts! As a race specializing in space, it was unlikely that they wouldn't have some secret spatial tunnels in the Upper Realm.

The Chaos Mountain was known as the number one danger zone in the Upper Realm. But the more dangerous a place was, the safer it could be as well. If there really was a spatial tunnel connected to the Chaos Mountain, they could really consider this option.

Heavenly Fate Marquis seemed to know a lot. How impressive. But that would be an option Su Yu wouldn't take unless absolutely necessary. He had to wonder if there was more to this.

Was this a trap? In any case, he had to remain on alert. He couldn't fully trust Heavenly Fate Marquis, but he shouldn't fully reject Heavenly Fate Marquis either.

It was possible that Heavenly Fate Marquis had detected the approach of a crisis while observing the fortune of his race. Thus, he was trying to make friends everywhere for self-preservation.

"Noted. Thank you."

After flashing another innocent smile, Su Yu left with Lan Tian. As for Heavenly Measure, he started moving toward the dao center of the fate race. He was unsure if this would be a bad or good thing for them.

He could glimpse upon destiny as well, but he couldn't see as much as Heavenly Fate Marquis. But right now, not even Heavenly Fate Marquis could see too much.

"It is likely that some people from the Lower Realm has arrived. Even Fateless' power has appeared in the Upper Realm."

Endless Passage of the fate race had ascended to the Upper Realm with Su Yu previously, but he had not bothered to visit the fate race of the Upper Realm. However, he had the token of the fate race with him, and a strand of Fate Pseudo Emperor's power was kept on that token.

And with Heavenly Fate Marquis' strength, it was only natural that he could sense something. That was how he had concluded that some experts had arrived from the Lower Realm.

The others weren't sure about this, but Heavenly Fate Marquis was certain that there was indeed a third party in the Upper Realm. And this third party had probably arrived from the Lower Realm.

He also knew that the attacks against the dragons and the Dao Origin Land were both done by the people from the Lower Realm. Only the attack against the nether race was done by the chaos race.

Both sides were busy framing the other, exposing both sides to the myriad races in the process. Strictly speaking, this was basically an internal conflict among humanity. They could have remained in the dark if they had left each other alone.

But even the myriad races had suffered from this. Due to what the two human factions had done, the myriad races were forced to expose all their trump cards despite their supposed advantage.

Heavenly Fate Marquis had to consider the future of his race. But he had yet to make a choice. More observation was required before he could make a decision.

***

Bamboo Mountain.

Great Zhou King and the others gathered around Su Yu the moment he arrived. They were already aware of what was happening thanks to the clone Lan Tian left behind.

All of them were looking solemn. Attending a regular meeting had turned into a forced kidnapping. Everyone was told to migrate to the Human Mountain.

Cloud Fire Marquis, with his usual bad temper, suggested, "Why don't we kill to our hearts' content while we're here before fleeing to the Lower Realm. We will take our last stand there! Venerable March is strong enough to break away from Venerable Scrape. We can flee with the rest of the iron devourers."

That was actually a feasible option. But Wan Tiansheng and some of them knew that this wouldn't be Su Yu's choice.

Great Zhou King offered, "I can go to the Buried Soul Mountain and try to conceal the passage there. My concealment should delay its discovery for a short time."

That caught Su Yu's attention.

Facing Su Yu's thoughtful gaze, Great Zhou King said sheepishly, "I am only concealing it slightly. I don't know more about that passage. That was a passage built by the human experts of the ancient past."

Su Yu gave him a long stare before saying, "Do your best. We can't allow the myriad races to discover that passage."

"Yes!"

Great Zhou King was feeling quite helpless. Why was Su Yu so cold? It wasn't like he was deliberately keeping secrets. He had never mentioned his ability to hide the passage because Su Yu had never asked. Was he supposed to tell Su Yu about every trivial thing he knew?

Sigh.

Not far away, Fat Ball yawned lazily and said, "That Heavenly Fate guy suggested that we pay the spatial beasts a visit. That's a decent idea. Ancient beasts of Chaos Mountain? I remember eating them before. Both Soy Bun and I can sniff around their territory to check if there's really a spatial tunnel leading to the Chaos Mountain."

Soy Bun nodded his body and said, "Yes. We can hide there for now. As for the teleportation fluctuations...maybe Xing Yu's token can suppress them. Nobody will be able to notice us."

Wan Tiansheng said, "If we don't want to return to the Lower Realm just like this, that is indeed our best option."

Great Ming King chimed in, "I am already capable of erecting the formation we found at Dao Origin Hill to conceal our auras. However, I lack the materials to produce mobile formations. I need some ancient beast corpses for that."

Su Yu frowned. Ancient beast corpses were quite troublesome to gather.

Suddenly, a crack rang out. Great Qin King had torn his arm off before offering it to Great Ming King.

"..."

Everyone stared at him blankly.

Great Qin King said, "What are you looking at? Give it a try. We are basically heavenly desolate beasts in human form right now. We are ancient beasts as well. Old Xia, give Old Zhu one of your arms as well."

Everyone's jaws dropped. With a helpless expression, Great Xia King tore his arm off and tossed it over as well.

"Old Zhu, tell us if you need more."

Great Qin King sounded really generous about this. They had plenty of limbs to offer.

Even Su Yu was rendered completely speechless. This was not a solution he had thought of. But it was also true that the heavenly desolate beast was also an ancient beast. After transforming their bodies, the two could be considered miniature heavenly desolate beasts.

After a slight check, Great Ming King exclaimed in joy, "It works! With four limbs from each of you, I have enough to forge eight mobile formations. But I need to save one for the regular formation, so we'll only get seven mobile formations out of this. You can regrow your limbs, but the aura of the heavenly desolate beast on them might weaken enough that they are no longer suitable. They will only be suitable again after you spend some time cultivating."

After a short pause, he suggested, "Why don't you tear your ribs out as well. With this, I can produce more formations..."

Great Qin King's face twitched.

Fuck!

He only made that offer to sound cool. Why was this bastard telling them to tear themselves apart for him? Was that bastard listening to himself?

Great Xia King was furious. "Why don't you tell us to offer our entire bodies instead? Just turn us into mincemeat or something."

Was that guy dreaming?

Su Yu rubbed his temple as he stared at Great Ming King. To be honest, he had also thought of the same idea, but he dismissed it immediately since it would be too excessive a request.

After an awkward cough, Su Yu said, "Seven will do for now. Each heavenly king can get one. Cloud Fire, Great Bamboo, Director Wan, Lan Tian, me, Fat Ball, and Great Zhou King. As for the rest of you, just wait until the war breaks out. At that time, we'll be able to gather more ancient beast corpses."

"Fine."

Great Ming King could only stare at Great Qin King and Great Xia King with regret. Noticing Great Ming King's gaze, Great Qin King rolled his eyes mentally. He started pitying himself. Was this the fate of someone without enough strength? He had to resort to offering his own body to contribute?

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