Published at 11th of August 2026 6:47 am

Chapter 2197: Opening Up (1)

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A public apology.

Martial Emperor sank into thought.

A Creator...

Suddenly, he thought of something and sneered. "You must be planning to kill me while I'm fighting the third Master of Law. That way, you won't have to apologize to me anymore. Am I right?"

How treacherous! Yes, Su Yu was definitely treacherous enough to do something like that. Su Yu was stunned. Holy shit! Martial Emperor wasn't completely brainless! But he had not thought of that. Why would Martial Emperor assume that?

What was the point? It was only an apology. He wouldn't lose anything. Even if he would lose something, what about it? Also, would Martial Emperor really accept that apology when the time arrived? Wouldn't an apology be the same as another round of insult?

I shouldn't have humiliated Martial Emperor. I shouldn't have talked about the flower growing on his ass. I shouldn't have talked about his lack of brain. I shouldn't have talked about his ass-up posture for over a hundred thousand years. I shouldn't have called him trash...

These were basically what he needed to say during the apology. Would Martial Emperor really want to hear all that in public? It wasn't even deliberate on his part. These were indeed the insults he had hurled toward Martial Emperor before. Since he was going to apologize, he had to make things clear, right?

Su Yu continued musing to himself. As for something like killing Martial Emperor while he was fighting the third Master of Law, Su Yu had never thought of that. Martial Emperor sure was imaginative at times.

Su Yu smiled, "That would never happen, Martial Emperor. If you can really kill three Masters of Laws, an apology won't be a big deal. I am not the type of person who would turn on others after making use of them."

Martial Emperor sneered and said, "Yes, that's exactly the type of people you are."

Su Yu cursed inwardly. What nonsense. He had always been honest and dependable.

Martial Emperor said, "That's your exact plan, am I right? Su Yu, a treacherous fox like you can do anything just to achieve your goal. Your reputation is worth nothing before your goals."

Su Yu felt quite helpless. How was he supposed to explain himself here? Was that how Martial Emperor viewed him?

That was a grave misunderstanding!

Su Yu started swearing, "I hereby swear that if I kill you while you're fighting the third Master of Law, I'll...I'll be like you! I'll have someone grow flowers out of my ass!"

Martial Emperor's expression turned ashen. Su Yu was insulting him again! Su Yu was doing it repeatedly right to his face!

Damn him! He would die a painful death!

Martial Emperor was infuriated.

His aura started stirring as he said, "Su Yu, you're here to ask for cooperation. But I can't feel your sincerity."

Su Yu laughed, "Sincerity? What are you talking about? I am definitely sincere. Otherwise, I would have killed you off. Why waste my time talking to you? Do you think I can't kill you? You are sealed. Even if you're not sealed anymore, I can still kill you. That Token of Sanctification from before was something Culture King left behind to deal with you. But I couldn't be bothered to save it for you. Instead, I used it against the death spirits.

"Right now, I have more than ten Venerables and a bunch of heavenly kings under me. I have more than a hundred Daofuses following me as well. To be honest, I am only holding back because I can't bear to lose anyone. But I do have the ability to kill you even if you're not sealed."

"More than ten Venerables?"

Martial Emperor was stunned. How was that possible?

Su Yu smiled, "Do you doubt me? Do you dare to make a bet with me?"

But suddenly, he shrugged and said, "Forget it. You're going to shamelessly break your promise even after losing your bet anyway."

Martial Emperor coldly said, "Unlike you, I'm a man of my word."

Su Yu laughed. "Are you so forgetful? Have you forgotten about your promise to each me the Grand Cycle Method after East Heavenly King's death back then? But what happened? You only told me about the circulation method for a part of the acupoints."

Martial Emperor blinked, but he argued, "You still managed to learn the whole thing."

Su Yu said, "That was through my own efforts. Answer me. Did you teach me the entire method as promised?"

Martial Emperor was left completely speechless.

He really wanted to say that he never intended to renege on his word. In fact, he had nearly taught Su Yu the entire method, but he had to hold back. Some methods could never be taught directly in its entirety.

Also, he was still very unfamiliar with Su Yu back then. At the time, Su Yu was merely an ant to him. Why would a promise to an ant matter? Who would take a promise to an ant seriously?

But Su Yu was using that matter as an argument. Martial Emperor had nothing to say. From this perspective, even Martial Emperor had to admit that he was less trustworthy than Su Yu. Thus, he decided to stay silent.

Su Yu said, "It's fine. I'm a very forgiving person. Just give me an answer, Martial Emperor. Yes or no. I even swore a cruel oath on it. If not even this is enough for you, forget it."

Martial Emperor frowned deeply and asked, "Who are the Masters of Laws you want dead? You can't randomly point me at Control King and Human Ancestor and expect me to kill them, right? Even supreme beings like them are still Masters of Laws."

He wasn't stupid enough to agree to something so vague. Was he supposed to put his trust in Su Yu? Masters of Laws could be very different from each other.

Su Yu said, "Sure. I'll name three Masters of Laws who are not super well-known or important. I won't send you after the famous Masters of Laws. That's the same as telling you to throw your life away. Sending you after such personages would be embarrassing even for me."

Martial Emperor gave it more thought and said, "I'll pick the three Masters of Laws."

"Your own picks? What nonsense is that? How does that even help me?"

After a short silence, Martial Emperor altered the offer, "How about...giving me the right to refuse your pick."

Su Yu thought about it and nodded. "That is agreeable. How about this? You have three refusal chances. For example, I can tell you to kill Culture King and you'll say no. It's fine. But there must be a limit to this, or there would be no point to this agreement."

"For both our sakes, we can even set a time limit to this agreement. You'll complete the task before Human Emperor's return, or you can complete it before Heaven Gate opens. With this, you don't need to worry that you'll be sent after the truly powerful beings, right?"

True!

Martial Emperor felt much better. A time limit was a good idea. He could complete the whole thing before Human Emperor and the others were back.

At that thought, he said, "About your promise to help me grow strong..."

Su Yu laughed. "Do you actually believe that?"

Did he? In the past, he definitely wouldn't. But now...he believed it slightly.

Even an utter fool like Tai Shan could cultivate to such a level. Why? Su Yu was right. He surrounded himself with smart people. For some reason, smart people were capable of growing rapidly. And this was the type of people Martial Emperor lacked.

Su Yu was one of these so-called smart people. Martial Emperor had witnessed himself how both Su Yu and the people around him had grown rapidly.

With all that in mind, Martial Emperor said, "Yes. Therefore, I have another request. At the very least, I need to reach Martial King's level back then."

The level of the Four Cardinal Kings.

Hearing the request, Su Yu sank into thought. Martial Emperor sneered, "Is this not possible for you?"

Su Yu said helplessly, "No. But I don't know how strong the Four Cardinal Kings were. Also, if you refuse to trust and follow my suggestions, I won't be able to actually help you with anything. Both sides need to work together for this to work. I can't force you to grow stronger, right?"

Martial Emperor thought about it and nodded.

"I will listen if it's helpful to me."

There. That was it.

Su Yu smiled.

Martial Emperor sure was easy to fool, no, obedient...wait, no. He sure was good at recognizing the current trends. Yeap.

Su Yu said, "Do we have a deal? You're agreeing, right?"

For some reason, Martial Emperor felt something was off about this. But he couldn't think of anything that was wrong. He knew that a cultured man like Su Yu was the most treacherous of all. Thus, he sank into hesitation again.

Su Yu said, "See, you are always so hesitant. It's fine for a brute to have no brain. But you will be hopeless if you lack even decisiveness. Since you're already a brute, go all the way and charge ahead fearlessly.

"You don't want to use your brain, but when it matters, you insist on using your brain to hesitate. Someone like you will never amount to anything."

Martial Emperor's face fell.

Su Yu continued, "Am I wrong about this? Yes, you're using your brain now. So? What did that brain of yours conclude? If I were you, I would set everything aside and secure my freedom first. I would worry about the future later.

"I'm already capable of killing you right now. You can't even preserve your life anymore. Yet you're still hesitating. What can someone like you even accomplish?"

Martial Emperor's face flickered as he said, "I am merely trying to avoid turning into a tool for you."

Su Yu shrugged, "That is exactly what you'll be doing. Of course, this is a trade. I'm paying a price for your service. If you believe you can get a similar deal elsewhere, feel free to look around.

"By the way, a cooperation with me might be your only hope to break free. It's not that I want you dead, but some people don't want you free."

Martial Emperor frowned. "Are you talking about Hundred Battle?"

"Maybe. Who knows?" Su Yu grinned, "You can think of the answer yourself. Don't you like to think?"

Martial Emperor almost died from sheer anger.

Fuck!

This was why it was so annoying to talk with these scholars. They loved to throw insults around indirectly.

"When...are you breaking me free?"

Martial Emperor decided to set the matter aside. Su Yu was right. He should focus on breaking free first. Everything else could be set aside for now.

Su Yu said, "Anytime you want. Of course, the power of laws in the Myriad Realms needs to finish fading away before we can do that. I need to make some preparations as well, such as removing the seal I placed on the tunnel before scattering the power of laws. You only need to know that I'll be very busy."

Martial Emperor demanded without any hesitation, "I want to be free immediately!"

"Are you sure? You won't turn against me after that, right?"

"No."

Martial Emperor had seemingly grown decisive out of nowhere. In truth, he had realized that his answer did not matter. He only needed to say the right thing here.

Su Yu laughed. "You might. But it doesn't matter. I'll simply find a way to get you killed. That won't be too hard for now. After all, you're not very bright. It's so easy to scheme against you."

Fuck him and his ancestors! Martial Emperor had the urge to start shouting. What was the meaning of that? Was this asshole looking down on him? What did this guy mean by he was easy to scheme against? Fuck this guy and everything he cared about!

Martial Emperor gnashed his teeth, swearing inside that he would make Su Yu regret this after he was free. He did not mind working together. But why should he obediently cooperate just because Su Yu asked for it?

Instead, he would think the offer through and even get more offers elsewhere. Wait, was Su Yu currently the most shameless and treacherous person in the current Myriad Realms?

This bastard spent all his time scheming against others. Martial Emperor had witnessed several of these schemes with his own eyes. For example, Martial Emperor was present when Su Yu schemed East Heavenly King to death. At the time, Su Yu wasn't even a Daofuse.

There were also Blood Dragon Marquis and the other death spirits. There was also the Master of the Perished, someone who had been driven mad by Su Yu. One could say that Martial Emperor was already a veteran witness of Su Yu's schemes.

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