Published at 27th of May 2026 6:10 am

Chapter 2046: Meeting Again (3)

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Su Yu grinned at him and said, "What do you think?"

What would he think? He could only think that everyone had survived. Fuck! Fuck this scoundrel! He still remembered how he had pitied Su Yu not long ago. But...he had killed so many experts without losing a single person. The myriad races and Hundred Battle King had all been fooled.

As numerous thoughts emerged in Fate Pseudo Emperor's mind, Su Yu waved his hand and released numerous balls of light.

All of them were seas of willpower.

One figure after another manifested from the balls of light. All of them looked at each other helplessly.

This was disastrous.

All of them had turned into seas of willpower.

Wait. Where were they?

Wait, what was this? All these familiar faces...so nobody died!

Among them, the gloomy Stable Army Marquis said, "Emperor Yu, what about the others?"

Many of the faces familiar to him were missing. Wan Tiansheng was missing. The ancient humans were missing apart from a few, such as Brave Martial General. The rest were mostly gone.

Su Yu said, "You know the answer."

A look of pain covered his eyes. His projection staggered weakly as he said, "I..."

Su Yu said, "Don't worry. They are probably alive, but maybe not all. I think Shadow lost his body as well, but I'm not sure if he's fully dead. Perhaps Hundred Battle will rescue them all."

Stable Army Marquis sank into silence.

Lan Tian said with surprise, "Is this guy aware of the truth as well?"

Lan Tian had just learned the truth.

Su Yu smiled and said, "It has been so many years. He should have guessed something, right? Stable Army might be somewhat straightforward, but he's not brainless. You need a brain to survive for so many years."

With a teasing tone, Su Yu continued, "Even someone like Heavendoom, who is seemingly rude and impetuous, is actually quite shrewd."

Heavendoom's projection looked around. Was that guy talking about him? There was no way he would respond to that.

Nope. No way.

After a long silence, Stable Army Marquis spoke with a dispirited tone, "I have my guesses...because Hundred Battle King...wasn't the type to be fooled so easily. Prior to that defeat, he was undefeated."

Yes. He had been undefeated prior to that. And most of the time, only their allied races would die from their battles. But toward the end, he had lost almost the entirety of the human force in one battle.

Even before that, the ones who had supposedly died to make way in the physical body dao were all his closest subordinates. After six thousand years, the surviving humans had all guessed the truth to a certain extent.

Su Yu said, "In that case, you don't know his actual plan?"

Stable Army Marquis answered awkwardly, "No."

"Heh."

The meaning behind that sneer was easily understandable, even for Stable Army Marquis.

He said, "At the time, I was weak. I have always been straightforward. Perhaps Hundred Battle King believed that I wouldn't be able to hide his secret."

He added with an expectant tone, "Emperor Yu, since you made all of us fake our deaths, is it possible that...those old friends of mine had done the same?"

Could Hundred Battle King have done the same?

He was unsure.

Su Yu replied, "I'm not sure. Some must have died. If I were Hundred Battle, the disobedient ones would be allowed to die for real. Some real deaths must be mixed among the fake deaths to make the entire thing believable."

Cloud Fire Marquis' projection said, "Some must have died for real. I believe the ones who had died toward the end were truly dead. As for the ones who had died to make way in the physical body dao, they are probably not dead. After all, Hundred Battle King was sealed right after his defeat. He didn't have the time to collect and revive all those people. But there is a possibility that someone else could have done that for him."

Su Yu was surprised. "Are you not aware of his plan as well?"

That shouldn't be the case. He had assumed that Cloud Fire Marquis was aware of the plan.

Cloud Fire Marquis sighed and said, "I am the direct subordinate of King Yue. I only serve him, and I don't walk the physical body dao. Perhaps I'm not good enough to win his trust."

"Bullshit." Su Yu said, "Cloud Water, Shadow, and the others don't walk the physical body dao. They are also the direct subordinates of the other human kings. I can only say that both you and Stable Army were never too devoted to Hundred Battle. That was why he didn't trust you guys."

Since they didn't know his plan, it was clear that they weren't fully loyal to him either. Su Yu believed that those truly loyal to him would have known about the plan. Cloud Fire Marquis did not try to explain himself.

Perhaps.

Full loyalty?

That was not something to be offered lightly. At times, the more upright one was, the harder it would be for one to switch one's loyalty. And both Stable Army Marquis and Cloud Fire Marquis were such people. They had people they were loyal to. It was too hard for them to switch their loyalties.

Su Yu glanced at the silent Great Zhou King, but he said nothing. He proceeded to talk about his plan.

"It will be hard for all of you to restore your bodies to the previous level. However, you can take this chance to comprehend the myriad daos and get closer to the daos you're compatible with. That will be enough to increase the strength of your body somewhat. And if you can grow your daos further, your overall combat strength might return to your previous level. And then, you can restore the strength of your bodies and push your combat strength to a new level."

Suddenly, Brave Martial General asked, "Cloud Water...lied to me. Right?"

Su Yu smiled and said, "Is that really the case? It is true that she adores Culture King. Perhaps she used to despise Hundred Battle as well. However, Hundred Battle was able to win her over. Even if she has been lying to you since the beginning, so what? What can you do about it?"

"..."

Brave Martial General sank into silence. She felt terrible.

Great Ming King hurriedly asked, "What about Wan Tiansheng?"

Was he really dead?

"Director Wan...I'll need to look for him in the River of Time."

During the battle, Wan Tiansheng was faced with a Venerable. Escaping through his sea of willpower was much harder. Faking a death before such an expert was also much harder. At the time, they were already nearing the end of the battle. Yue Hao and the others were paying close attention to the few survivors of the battle.

Thus, Wan Tiansheng had died for real. However, he had not died unprepared. He had left something in his dao, so a return was possible.

Su Yu said, "I'll go look for Director Wan. Only then will I start working on the hole in the River of Time. Remember, this is a great opportunity for all of you. Destruction is also the chance to rise stronger. Prior to this, your physical bodies had obstructed you from fully comprehending the daos. For now, concentrate on your daos. I will help rebuild your bodies after this. At worst, I can kill Hundred Battle and snatch his physical body dao."

Su Yu was beaming as he said that.

Suddenly, Qi Rong said, "Human Lord Su"

"I'm not a human lord anymore." Su Yu said, "Just address me by my name."

"Su...no, forget it. I will do what the others are doing."

After readjusting herself, Qi Rong said, "Emperor Yu, to recover their bodies, you don't necessarily need the physical body dao of humanity. The myriad daos share the same essence, and there are plenty of physical body daos out there. For example, these two walk a different physical body dao."

She pointed at Great Xia King and Great Qin King. Clearly, she had sharp eyes to notice that even when the two were no longer with their bodies.

"I believe you can share their dao. Just share enough to restore everyone's body. There isn't a need for them to fuse with this dao if they only use it to restore their bodies."

She suggested, "As I said, all daos share the same essence. Ultimately, all daos can be brought together again."

At that, Great Zhou King finally broke his silence. His head snapped toward Qi Rong as he exclaimed, "You're Royal Consort Qi?"

Qi Rong looked at him and frowned.

Great Zhou King said, "Royal Consort Qi is indeed incredibly knowledgeable. Yes, daos of a similar nature can be fused. Emperor Yu, I believe you have seen this in action yourself. Non-human physical body daos are physical body daos as well. They merely have a higher level of compatibility with different races due to their past modifications.

"The physical body dao cultivated by Great Qin King and Great Xia King is one such modified dao. You can harvest some physical body power from it, but it will weaken the dao. In that case, Old Qin and Old Xia might need to switch daos again."

Su Yu rubbed his chin and said, "That's...actually acceptable. The two have been growing so slowly through the physical body dao. They might as well focus on saber and spear daos. There must be a different saber dao out there. It doesn't matter as at the very pinnacle, they will return to the essence of the dao."

That was a matter for the future.

Great Qin King said, "That's not a bad idea. I don't think I'm very suited to the physical body dao. We are more suited for spear and saber daos."

This wasn't a bad arrangement. With this, they wouldn't even waste the heavenly desolate beast dao as that dao could be used to help everyone here.

With their bodies recovered, they would be able to regain their previous strength much quicker. They might have lost some people, but that wasn't exactly a loss as these people were never loyal to begin with.

Su Yu said, "In that case, let's get moving. Get everything done and focus on cultivation. It's about time we let the others be the ones to fight while we rest. They have been turtling for so many years. It's our turn to turtle. And when we gather enough strength, we can face them without any fear. After all, we no longer have any baggage dragging us down."

As for Su Yu himself, he needed to start considering his dao pioneering. In his opinion, the pen dao was nothing special. In fact, he didn't even like that dao too much. Of course, he wouldn't mind stealing from the pen dao, wait, no. The pen dao was already his. How could he steal what was his?

He could drain the entire pen dao and feed its power to his Mark of Civilization.

What could Culture King do about it?

That was a dao Culture King had abandoned as well. Since he had abandoned the dao, he shouldn't complain about what the successor did with it.

Yes.

Su Yu nodded. That dao should still be his. He would make Culture King's pen dao truly his.

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