Published at 9th of May 2026 6:29 am

Chapter 2009: Isn't Cooperation Better? (2)

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Meanwhile, Su Yu was frowning as he followed the three. After some thought, he asked, "Lan Tian, do we still have the chance to kill them?"

"No."

Lan Tian's answer was firm.

After a short silence, Su Yu asked again, "Do you think it's possible for us to trade with the myriad races?"

Lan Tian blanked out. What?

A pair of eyes appeared on the vine around Su Yu's wrist and stared at Su Yu. After a while, Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "Didn't you say that our real enemy is the chaos race? I won't mind killing some myriad race Venerables if I can do it without sacrifice. But I don't intend to sacrifice my people to kill some Venerables and while Control King's lineage benefit from it."

"Do you intend to cooperate with the myriad races?" Lan Tian asked, "What can we even offer to them?"

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "Fake dao cultivators. There are numerous fake dao experts among the myriad races. In fact, at least a third of their active experts are fake dao cultivators. They have at least five or six more heavenly kings who are fake dao cultivators. I reckon they have around a hundred fake dao Daofuses as well. Are they really willing to give up on so many experts?"

"You mean..."

"Bonewing Marquis and this Six-Winged is our proof of concept. This is enough to show that we're capable of threatening the myriad races."

"So we're going to bluff our way into a cooperation?"

That was Lan Tian's conclusion.

Su Yu nodded. Yes. They would bluff their way into a deal. So what? They wouldn't achieve anything without the willingness to take risks. The myriad races had lost a decent number of experts as of late. Thus, Su Yu was starting to worry that the myriad races would be too weak to handle Control King's lineage. That wasn't something he wanted to see.

Since the myriad races were already aware that there was a third party out there, this wasn't a difficult choice for him to make.

Su Yu's expression changed repeatedly as he sank into thought. After a while, he looked into the distance, estimated the trajectory of the three experts, and took a teleportation gate out. He intended to teleport himself ahead of them.

Lan Tian exclaimed in alarm, "Are you going to meet them personally?"

That was too dangerous!

There were two Venerables there.

Lan Tian could guess what Su Yu was thinking. He hurriedly said, "I can disguise myself as you and meet them on your behalf."

"That won't work. I am the only one capable of suppressing Six-Winged." Su Yu said, "Don't worry. I won't have an issue escaping the two. Just be on standby to provide support to me if required. We only need to keep the spatial tunnels secret."

"Okay."

Lan Tian had no choice but to relent. He sank into thought, thinking of the ways he could help when Su Yu encountered danger.

***

The pursuit continued.

At this point, Venerable Moon was starting to grow agitated. That was the case for Venerable Scrape as well. This was someone they couldn't kill, couldn't stop, and couldn't capture.

It was simply too frustrating.

Finally, Venerable Scrape gritted his teeth and said, "I guess we can just kill him."

Venerable Moon hesitated for a bit, but he soon nodded grimly, "If we have to, we kill. Killing him is better than letting him escape."

Suddenly, a figure appeared on the mountain ahead of Six-Winged.

Which unlucky fool was it?

Venerable Moon shouted, "Get out of the way! Six-Winged, a traitor of the myriad races, is ahead of us! Move aside!"

The unknown individual felt like a Daofuse. The divine race was not interested in taking the blame for the death of such an expert. As for Six-Winged, he did not take the unknown individual seriously. He intended to charge straight ahead and kill the unknown individual while he was at it. He continued shooting forward, but the unknown individual remained unmoving.

Behind Six-Winged, Venerable Moon cursed inwardly. Was that a fool? Was that fool dreaming of stopping Six-Winged? He was practically asking for death.

Just then, a divine and saintly aura surged from Su Yu's body. Then, he pushed his palm forward with Xing Yu's token hidden in his palm.

Instantly, a suppressive power descended.

Six-Winged's supply of dao power was instantly severed. His eyes flickered as he started regaining his clarity of mind. He stared blankly, wondering about what he had been doing. Before Six-Winged could recover from his confusion, Su Yu's enlarged palm arrived and grabbed Six-Winged.

Silence descended.

Venerable Scrape and Venerable Moon halted immediately and gazed at the unknown individual solemnly.

Who was that?

Six-Winged was a pseudo king. The two of them could kill him easily, but capturing him instantly was not possible. And suddenly, a certain thought crossed their minds. Shock covered their faces.

Suppressing and capturing Six-Winged instantly. That shouldn't be possible. Yet they could remember how Six-Winged's aura had suddenly dropped when facing the unknown individual.

With a mask covering his face, Su Yu spoke with a deeper voice, "Venerables, you seem to be having a hard time here. Why don't you take this gift from me?"

Then, Su Yu tossed Six-Winged over. In a split second, Six-Winged reconnected to his dao.

At the exact moment, Six-Winged's eyes turned red with madness as he once again thought of self-detonation.

The two Venerables hurriedly pulled back while Su Yu reached out and easily suppressed Six-Winged again. With Six-Winged in hand, he stepped forth and smiled, "Don't you want him?"

Venerable Moon's eyes turned cold as he asked, "Did you do this?"

Understanding was slowly dawning upon him. This person was the culprit behind Six-Winged's madness.

Six-Winged, who had regained his clarity of mind yet again, looked at Venerable Moon sorrowfully. However, he was completely helpless. He couldn't even speak due to the suppression on him, and he looked like a completely different person from how he was earlier.

Just as Venerable Scrape was about to make a move, Su Yu sneered and said, "Venerable Scrape, I suggest that you stay where you are. Many of you cultivate the fake daos. Are you going to give up on all those people? Also, killing me won't do anything. This isn't even my main body. What's the point?"

Then, numerous figures with Su Yu's appearance appeared in the distance.

They had similar seas of willpower, bodies, and auras.

All of them were masked, and all of them were speaking in unison, "Venerables, you can kill one of me. Or you can kill a hundred of me. But what if there are a thousand or ten thousand of me around?"

"..."

When Venerable Scrape scanned them with his willpower, his expression changed. They all seemed like independent bodies instead of clones. Furthermore, each body had a different strength.

Which was the main body? The one right before them was quite strong. Was that the main body? But he could sense someone with the aura of a pseudo king even further away from them.

In truth, all of them were Lan Tians. Apart from the first Su Yu, the rest were Lan Tians.

This was a lie.

But Lan Tian was too good at disguise. Or to be accurate, he wasn't even disguising himself as he had truly transformed into countless Su Yus. The two Venerables had unsightly expressions.

They wanted to capture Su Yu, but they didn't dare to do anything rash anymore.

Venerable Moon asked, "Are you a human?"

"Zhou Tiandao, a Torchbearer."

Su Yu smiled, "Greetings, Venerables."

"Torchbearer!"

Their expressions changed again. Recalling something, Venerable Scrape said, "Were you the ones who had attacked the Sealed Mountain previously?"

Su Yu smiled, "Yes. That was a reminder since you lot were too stupid. How did you not notice the existence of the chaos race even after so many years? How disappointing. Do you know that they have dozens of pseudo kings, five or six Venerables, and two Masters of Laws? I was worried that you lot would all die from your stupidity so I was forced to act."

"Bullshit!" Venerable Scrape's purple hair whipped about as he declared, "The world is no longer capable of producing Masters of Laws."

Su Yu sneered, "Frog in a well. Ignorant. Are you still clueless about the chaos dao? The chaos dao is independent from the myriad daos. Back then, Human Emperor sealed the myriad daos to forbid the myriad races from becoming Masters of Laws. But he was incapable of sealing the chaos dao. How foolish. The Torchbearers hail directly from Human Emperor himself. We know more than you."

At that, their expressions changed drastically. Masters of Laws?

Could they trust these words?

They were unsure.

Venerable Moon sneered and asked, "You were hiding very well. Why are you showing yourself now? Did you do something to Bonewing Marquis and Six-Winged?"

Su Yu said, "Don't bother trying to contact the others. It's pointless. Since I have the courage to appear here, I naturally don't fear capture. What's the point of capturing a clone of mine?"

Venerable Moon frowned and said, "You misunderstand us, Fellow Daoist."

Su Yu laughed, "Sure, sure."

"What do you want, Fellow Daoist?"

They urgently needed to learn more.

And this individual might be able to tell them more.

Sure enough, Su Yu laughed and said, "The chaos race originated from Control King's lineage. Back then, Control King betrayed humanity and caused the disappearance of Culture King, Time Sage, and Martial King. They are the sinners of humanity."

Su Yu sneered and added, "Scrape, I don't know if you're really clueless or if this is merely an act. Those from Control King's lineage are no longer pure humans. They are now half humans and half devils. Their bloodline is mixed."

Venerable Moon's heart thumped.

Venerable Scrape's expression changed as he denied, "Nonsense!"

He could not admit to that.

Su Yu sneered, "Nonsense?"

Then, he dragged someone out of thin air. With a pale Silk Destroying King in his hand, he said, "This is a member of the chaos race, someone we captured after a massive effort. Prior to this, Zi Yan was in our hands as well. They all came from the same lineage."

Then, he tore a clump of flesh out of Silk Destroying King's chest and tossed it over. "You can check the bloodline and see for yourselves."

"As for whether this is a legitimate bloodline or something fake, you are free to reach your own conclusion. According to our investigation, this lineage hailed from Control King and Blazing Flame Devil Pseudo Emperor."

The two Venerables started scanning the clump of flesh in their hands. Shortly after, their expressions started changing.

Venerable Moon was greatly alarmed. The chaos race did not come from Control King's lineage alone. They had the bloodline of the devil race as well! This was too terrifying! That bloodline power was very real. As a Venerable, he was able to judge that the two bloodlines had fused naturally to form a new bloodline. This was no forgery.

The only way to fake something like this was to have Control King and Blazing Flame Devil Pseudo Emperor mix their bloodlines together while reducing the resistance at the same time. This wasn't something a third party could do for them.

Venerable Moon's heart thumped violently.

He was both horrified and alarmed.

Venerable Scrape gnashed his teeth and said, "Are you trying to drive a wedge between us?"

Su Yu laughed, "Nope. I believe in the devil race. After all, Control King's lineage has turned against even the humans. Why should they stand with the devils? Bloodlines do not mean anything. I am not trying to drive a wedge between anything. That's stupid and pointless.

"Of course, you are free to believe that the chaos race views the devil race as allies. You can even try joining them with your fellow devils. Go ahead. Give it a try and see for yourself who will be the master of this relationship."

Su Yu said, "Are you perhaps thinking of snatching power after joining them? Do you think they will allow that?"

Venerable Scrape frowned.

Venerable Moon asked coldly, "Just what are you trying to say?"

"Stop! Don't move!" Su Yu said, "Capturing this clone of mine is pointless. Of course, this is a pseudo king clone so I suppose it's quite valuable. I don't want to lose something like this for no good reason."

Venerable Moon, whose heart was still pounding in shock, relaxed his clenched fists and said, "Don't misunderstand me, Fellow Daoist."

Su Yu smiled, "Nope. There is no misunderstanding. I'm only here to remind you that your so-called alliance is too fragile. Just like this guy here, and that Bonewing Marquis guy. For me, they are nothing but toys.

"And they are not alone. During my attack against the Sealed Mountain previously, I did the same to those pseudo kings. My lineage originated from Human Emperor himself. We are naturally capable of countering these people."

Venerable Moon frowned and asked, "Are you saying that everyone from Human Emperor's lineage is a counter for these people?"

"Of course." Su Yu said, "Only the Torchbearers can be considered the legitimate lineage of Human Emperor. Bing Ku, Dan Yu, and the others disobeyed our leader back then and revealed themselves to assist Hundred Battle. How idiotic. But I suppose I should forget about them since they are all dead. Our leader was actually greatly saddened by their deaths."

Venerable Scrape was still deep in thought about the chaos lineage, but at the mention of the Torchbearers, he asked, "So were you the culprits behind the previous attacks and what happened earlier in the Dao Origin Land?"

Su Yu answered, "Yes and no. We did not attack the nethers. That was the chaos lineage. They did that to lure us out. And similarly, our previous attacks were also done for the sake of luring them out. The myriad races are merely meant to serve as the balancing act between our two lineages. You may be stupid, but you are quite strong. Strong enough for this role.

"The myriad races and humanity have been fighting each other for so many years, but you are merely dancing in the palm of the chaos race."

Su Yu said, "The Torchbearer lineage isn't their match. We had no choice but to take the risk and kill some people to remind you that the chaos lineage is emerging soon. We only released Hundred Battle to give them some trouble. Yue Luo alone is enough to toy with Hundred Battle like he's a plaything. That is only a single member of their lineage, and that is already some capable of giving you numerous troubles."

Slowly, the expressions of the two Venerables turned solemn.

Looking at both Six-Winged and Silk Destroying King, Venerable Moon inhaled deeply and asked, "Since you're showing yourself before us, are you asking for cooperation?"

Su Yu smiled, "This is why I enjoy talking to smart people."

Venerable Moon sneered, "What do you have to offer? Where are the experts of your lineage? If you really want to cooperate, get them to show their faces and talk to us openly. Don't even dream of making us fight your battles."

"Isnt that already the case?" Su Yu laughed, "You have been fighting the battles of others for so many years. I'll be honest. The myriad races are merely the chess pieces in the game between our lineage and the chaos lineage.

"Or to be precise, our chess pieces are humanity, while you are the chess pieces of the chaos lineage. Unfortunately, we made the wrong judgment and allowed Hundred Battle to lose all our chess pieces."

That was too hard a pill to swallow.

The expressions of the two Venerables turned unsightly.

Chess pieces.

According to this masked human, both the myriad races and human race had acted as chess pieces for a hundred thousand years. The Torchbearers and chaos race were the actual masterminds.

And from what they could see, that was very likely true.

A hundred thousand years of war...everything was a joke.

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