Published at 4th of May 2026 7:00 am

Chapter 1999: Bone Picking (1)

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"Where do we go now?" After leaving the spatial beast territory, Lan Tian asked, "You're now May while I'm Full Moon. We need to go back and show ourselves."

"There's no rush." Su Yu smiled, "We have ten days, right? It has only been one day."

He added, "Let's gather Xia Longwu and the others. We don't want to lose them up here."

Of the people who had arrived in the Upper Realm with them, Hu Xiansheng was somewhere out there with Stable Army Marquis' daughter. Xia Longwu was also out there alone. Silk Destroying King and the guardians were also out there exploring.

They were starting to catch the attention of the Venerables. Thus, the time for them to leave had arrived.

"True." Lan Tian said, "We need to find Silk Destroying King. He seems scared of me."

"..."

And why would that be the case? Who could take this guy's madness?

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to say anything. Lan Tian continued, "Are you worried that Spacebreak Marquis will betray us?"

Su Yu said, "What we worry about doesn't matter anymore. At this point, we can only keep going forward. With Principal Wan and the others deep inside the Chaos Mountain, we won't be completely helpless even if someone were to betray us. Then again, a betrayal would also make things very difficult for us in the future."

He sighed and continued, "It is too dangerous to have inaccurate information. Originally, I believed that there would only be seventy to eighty Daofuses and three to five heavenly kings in the Upper Realm. That wouldn't be an issue for me. But now, all those old fossils are emerging after so many years. What is this? Why must they pick this era to emerge?"

Only seventy to eighty Daofuses? Screw that! There were at least three to five hundred of them! As for heavenly kings, eleven of them had died so far. There were probably thirty or so of them in the Upper Realm, excluding the old fossils. If the old fossils were included, there would probably be fifty of them.

Fuck that! The information he had gathered prior to this was completely inaccurate. Nine Venerables had appeared so far. Nobody knew if there were more of them out there. It was likely that there would be more. Was there really one Venerable in the divine race?

No way!

Were there really no Venerables in the dragon, phoenix, and other powerful races?

No way!

Su Yu didn't know what to say to those who had provided him with his previous information anymore. Yes, a lot of these myriad race experts were the ones who had advanced during the past six thousand years. But many of them were also old fossils who had been hidden for countless years.

"In war, nothing is more important than information." Su Yu sighed and said, "Without accurate information, how are we supposed to fight this war? Fortunately, the myriad races are going to expose their strength themselves. Otherwise, those unreliable bastards would have been the death of us."

Lan Tian laughed, "There's no helping it. This era is too interesting. All those hidden experts can't help but emerge from hiding. This isn't a bad thing. It's a chance for us to deal with all of them at once."

"You make it sound so easy."

Su Yu shook his head. Things were definitely not that simple.

He said, "Ultimately, we need to strengthen our side and weaken our enemies. The chaos dao is worth studying. When the Upper Realm is in enough chaos, we can return to the Lower Realm for some research while they fight it out up here."

"Do you already have a plan?"

"Not yet." Su Yu shook his head. "For now, we will still focus on gathering information. We need to learn as much as we can about the other two parties and kill whoever we can."

"I'm worried that both parties will set their sights on us if we kill too many of them." Lan Tian suggested, "Why don't we focus on only one party when killing? We killed quite a lot of myriad race experts previously. Maybe we can focus on Control King's lineage for a bit. Let the myriad races believe that we're rabid dogs biting at each other."

He was speaking the truth. They could easily end up as the priority target of the other two parties if they didn't handle things properly.

Lan Tian said, "We might have killed some heavenly kings of the myriad races, but they believed that we did that to frame Control King's lineage. If we start killing those from Control King's lineage now, the myriad races will believe that we're only here for Control King's lineage. And if the Control King's lineage can display enough strength to give even the myriad races pause, they will be more than happy to see us going at each other."

Lan Tian continued, "I believe Control King's lineage is scarier than the myriad races. No matter what, the myriad races aren't united. The three major races can try to work together, but they will never achieve full unity. But the Control King's lineage is different. From the result of their attack against the nether race, I believe they have a strict hierarchy in their ranks, and all military orders are to be obeyed without questions just like us.

"An unorganized mob is not scary, even if the mob is powerful. An organized and strict group is far scarier. Thus, I'm more wary of Control King's lineage even if we still don't know their actual strength.

"Furthermore, they're good at surprise attacks. Their concealment formations are too scary. The more powerful the user is, the scarier the formation becomes. Since they managed to kill even the two hidden nether heavenly kings, it is clear they have the ability to observe the dao as well. In a way, there is an overlap of ability between us and them. This will be very difficult to deal with."

Lan Tian's voice turned colder and colder as he said, "Emperor Yu, such an opponent is truly troublesome. The myriad races might be strong, but they are paper tigers. This lineage has been hiding in the Chaos Mountain for many years. Nobody knows the situation inside. How did they produce so many experts? Pure talent? Where did these experts get their combat experience? One can never grow into a powerhouse without enough combat experience.

"We are good at rapid sneak attacks. They are good at the same thing. We are humans. They are also humans. We are immune to the suppressive force of some places. They probably enjoy the same advantage. We can disguise ourselves and hide among the myriad races. What about them? They can even hide among us!"

Lan Tian continued talking about Control King's lineage. They knew very little about that lineage, but he emphasized that they should focus on that lineage instead of the myriad races.

"Even if the myriad races have ten or twenty Venerables, so what?" Lan Tian sneered and said, "Let's be honest. Martial Emperor alone could probably kill them all after leaving the Luminous Domain Mansion. Would he show mercy to the myriad races? I doubt so. As for Control King's lineage, why should he do anything against them? Perhaps he might even empathize with them and join hands with them against us instead."

That was a good reminder from Lan Tian. Would Martial Emperor help humanity after regaining his freedom? Who would he actually help? He would probably prefer helping Control King's lineage.

They were both enemies of Culture King, and they were both humans. Martial Emperor would most certainly prefer killing those hailing from the legacies of Martial King and the others instead of Control King's lineage. An enemy of an enemy could be a friend, after all.

Su Yu's expression changed slightly.

Lan Tian's voice was frosty as he said, "Emperor Yu, I believe we should stop viewing the myriad races as enemies. They are more like our helpers instead."

Su Yu narrowed his eyes. After a long while, he said, "You are telling me to help myriad races against humans, even if these humans no longer consider themselves humans. You are truly a scoundrel."

Lan Tian turned cheerful again as he said, "How can you say that, Big Brother Yu? I am merely reminding you to not get your target wrong. Control King's lineage is more dangerous than the myriad races."

Su Yu nodded.

A hundred thousand years. How much strength had they accumulated over a hundred thousand years?

Also, what was up with that Hell Gate? Control King's lineage had moved to the Chaos Mountain after Control King's thousand-year exile there. And their ancestral teaching was to prevent Culture King's return. It was left personally by Control King.

That might signify that Control King knew precisely where Culture King was. Was the incident that had caused the disappearance of Culture King actually a scheme by Control King?

Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind. Human Emperor and Four Cardinal Kings. They were the greatest geniuses of their era. Together with over forty Masters of Laws, they suppressed over a hundred Masters of Laws of the myriad races. Even when the myriad races joined hands, they ended up defeated.

Why did Control King betray such a powerful humanity?

Culture King had punished Control King. They were both Cardinal Kings, even if Culture King was stronger. A punishment was only possible with Human Emperor's permission. What mistake did Control King make?

Everything was still a mystery. There was also the devil bloodline among Control King's lineage to consider.

Su Yu had a sudden desire to gossip. Was marriage across races forbidden back then? And thus, Culture King had forcefully broken up a couple in love, resulting in the betrayal of Control King?

Had Control King betrayed humanity for love?

Hehehe.

What a touching love story.

While thinking about all that, Su Yu suddenly flickered somewhere before reaching out to grab someone. The person who was grabbed panicked slightly, but he calmed down when he noticed who it was.

"Emperor Yu!"

Su Yu smiled, "Senior Silk Destroying. Looks like you have gained quite a lot from your travels."

Silk Destroying King smiled. Just as he was about to speak, his expression changed. Glaring at Lan Tian with an ashen expression, he said, "Enough!"

Lan Tian spoke with the voice of a hurt wife, "Hu, what is wrong with you?"

"..."

Before Silk Destroying King could lose his mind, Su Yu coughed and said, "Enough. Don't drive Silk Destroying King crazy. How will that benefit you?"

"..."

Silk Destroying King was furious. He said, "Emperor Yu, tell this person to stay far away from me! I don't want to see him!"

Su Yu nodded, "Don't worry. You can stay in my Mark of Civilization for now. By the way, you can pretend to be a member of Control King's lineage and have a chat with that Wen Qi guy. Just say that you're under captivity as well. Since you have Control King's blood in you, this disguise should be easy. Try to test him out and see if he's problematic. If he's really a traitor, we should remove him earlier. My Mark of Civilization is getting too crowded."

Silk Destroying King, who was in a bad mood after seeing Lan Tian, was overjoyed to hear that. He said, "I understand. Wen Qi, is it? Tell me about him. Allow me to experience how it feels to fool someone."

After a short explanation by Su Yu, Silk Destroying King said, "No problem. I can do this."

Lan Tian interjected, "You're not very bright. Are you sure you can do it?"

"Shut your damn mouth!"

Silk Destroying King knew that Lan Tian was strong, but he couldn't hold his temper. In any case, Emperor Yu was here. There was nothing Lan Tian could do to him. Naturally, he would only try to distance himself from Lan Tian if Su Yu wasn't around.

Lan Tian merely smiled, completely indifferent to his curses. Silk Destroying King shivered when he saw Lan Tian's smile and hurriedly hid inside the Mark of Civilization. For some reason, Lan Tian felt scarier when he was smiling.

***

With Silk Destroying King gone, Su Yu warned sternly, "Stop messing around. He's one of us. Don't push him too far. We don't want to force people already on our side to turn against us. Back then, Control King was a pillar of humanity as well. Eventually, a pillar like that became a traitor."

Lan Tian's smile stiffened. After a long while, he nodded, "True. But Silk Destroying isn't smart enough to become a traitor. If you ask me, Great Zhou King is the most likely to betray us."

"..."

Su Yu was left speechless. Why was this guy targeting Great Zhou King now?

Lan Tian explained, "Most of the time, a traitor is also the smarter one. A fool rarely betrays their people. Among us, Great Zhou King is the most likely to betray, Tiansheng is the second most likely, and I am the third most likely. Just keep an eye on all three of us and everything will be mostly fine, Emperor Yu."

Su Yu laughed.

Lan Tian asked, "Why are you laughing, Emperor Yu?"

Su Yu said, "Well, I'm thinking that if even the three of you decide to betray me, so be it. You guys can play yourselves instead. The world is massive. There are too many fun things to do. I don't have to stay here in this den of betrayal. Human Emperor stayed for his sense of responsibility. But I don't care about that bullshit. In my path of cultivation, I don't pursue the path of responsibility. I only follow my heart."

Only following his heart.

Lan Tian thought about it. That, too, was a difficult path. There were countless experts in existence. But how many of them could truly follow their heart? The path Su Yu followed was harder than even Human Emperor's path. Not even Human Emperor could follow his heart alone.

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