Published at 28th of October 2026 6:07 am

Chapter 2353: More Powerhouses (3)

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Cloud Fire Marquis continued forward, and King Yue's spear intent grew stronger. As it reached a rather threatening level, Su Yu raised his brow and waved his hand to release the human lord's token.

Then, he waved his hand again and released the Human Emperor's seal. Since Human Emperor was absent, Su Yu was the current controller of this seal.

After some thought, he shot the book spirit a gaze. The book spirit understood what he needed to do and transformed back into a book. Then, he started releasing Culture King's presence and aura. And finally, Su Yu released his own aura and roared, "King Yue, heed the imperial edict. Return and recuperate."

Boom!

The powerful auras of the three floating items flooded the world. The spear intent continued growing, but it seemed to have dropped into confusion as well. That wisp of willpower had sensed something. An order from a familiar powerhouse had arrived.

A military command for him to return. His mission was over.

Right at that moment, Cloud Fire Marquis' eyes lit up as he said, "My king, this subordinate is here to escort you back. Please shed your armor, my king."

To shed his armor was to withdraw his battle intent. This was the key method to determine if King Yue had received their message.

"Your subordinate, Cloud Fire, is here to help shed Your Majesty's armor!"

Suddenly, Cloud Fire Marquis stood up and stepped forth. Su Yu raised his brow. He was unsure whether King Yue had received the message. He wanted to stop Cloud Fire Marquis from risking it, but he did not do so after thinking about it. He watched silently as Cloud Fire Marquis stepped forward.

A short moment later, Cloud Fire Marquis was finally standing right before King Yue. The spear intent was still growing, while Cloud Fire Marquis was not utilizing his dao power or battle intent. He pushed forth with only his physical body, ignoring the countless wounds left on his body by the sharp spear intent.

Despite all the wounds on his body, a wide smile formed on his face. King Yue had not stopped his approach. He had only been injured by the naturally emitting spear intent. Gnashing his teeth, Cloud Fire Marquis took another step forward and started removing King Yue's armor.

The armor had long broken down, but it retained its vicious aura. Thus, Cloud Fire Marquis' hands were torn apart the moment he touched the armor. However, he merely gritted his teeth and removed the broken armor piece after piece.

When the armor was finally removed, the countless wounds on King Yue's body became visible. These wounds were constantly healing before opening up again by the powerful spear intent contained within this body.

Done with the removal of the armor, Cloud Fire Marquis looked at Su Yu with joy. Su Yu nodded, "Well done. Carry King Yue and come with me to the Sea of Stars. Follow closely and don't move around randomly."

Cloud Fire Marquis said nothing and hurriedly carried King Yue on his back. He felt as though he was carrying an entire mountain. And he was only using his physical strength. He did not dare to utilize his dao power to avoid provoking a reaction from King Yue's remnant will.

It didn't take long for his entire body to be filled with wounds. However, he looked greatly excited as he started moving toward Sea of Stars with Su Yu. They didn't even dare to get Heavenbridge Marquis to teleport them to prevent any mishaps from happening.

And after a long time, they finally reached the Sea of Stars. Before long, they stepped into Culture King's world. Inside, the book spirit hurriedly manifested a dao for them. After taking a glance at the dao, Su Yu inhaled deeply. Upon success, King Yue would return. Upon failure, King Yue's very corpse would fall apart.

What would the result be? He could only rely on his luck. But he had always been quite a lucky one.

Next, Su Yu roared and reached out to drag the spear dao over. What came next would be much more important to this entire process.

Looking at the distant Great Zhou King, Su Yu said, "I will provoke him into activating his dao. At the exact moment, before his momentum reaches the peak, calm him. Your timing will decide whether he can return to life."

Hearing those words, Cloud Fire Marquis shot Great Zhou King a pleading gaze. Meanwhile, Great Zhou King was feeling greatly helpless. Damn it! Why was that guy looking at him like that? He wasn't even the one planning this whole thing.

Despite his thoughts, he nodded and promised, "I will do my best. Don't worry, Your Majesty. King Yue is a loyal and righteous individual. I, too, wish to see him return."

"In that case, I'll start."

And next, a powerful burst of willpower was released toward King Yue. The hostile willpower enveloped King Yue's body. At almost the same moment, King Yue's eyes snapped open. Boundless madness and killing intent shot out of the eyes as a deafening roar rang out.

"Kill!"

An entire spear shot out of King Yue's body. No, when it emerged, it produced sixteen phantoms, demonstrating the strength of a tier-one. A tier-three like King Yue had produced his strongest attack, the attack he had been preparing for a hundred thousand years.

Meanwhile, Great Zhou King was green in the face.

Tier one!

Damn it!

How was he supposed to calm someone this strong?

He roared, "Silence!"

Boom!

The power of his dao descended upon KIng Yue, but his dao power was instantly torn apart. Furious, Great Zhou King roared again, releasing the power of ten daos.

Boom!

Suppress!

But it wasn't enough.

This was an attack King Yue had spent a hundred thousand years generating. It was too powerful. In fact, Great Zhou King was already coughing blood from the backlash.

Left with no choice, he roared again, "Silence! Calm! Composure!"

Boom!

The power of six more daos erupted from his body. However, that wasn't enough as these weren't the daos commonly used by him. They were only at the level of heavenly kings. These were the daos from the River of Time he was still keeping. None of them were at the level of Masters of Laws. Great Zhou King had grasped an impressive number of daos. Unfortunately, many of them were still quite weak.

Once again, Great Zhou King roared madly, releasing a few more daos. Alas, these daos were even weaker. Even so, it was impressive just how many daos he had actually cultivated. He was desperate. He couldn't fail here.

And thus, he released even more daos. Right at that moment, the book spirit moved as well. With a wave of his hand, the book spirit sent about seven or eight daos forward while muttering, "This is Culture King's world. Your Majesty, why are you testing him even now? I doubt he's hiding anything more. Should we end this now?"

Great Zhou King blanked out slightly before looking at Su Yu. With a completely nonchalant expression, Su Yu said, "I forgot."

"I—"

Great Zhou King nearly coughed blood from sheer anger. Was this guy toying with him?

Su Yu shrugged. He was merely curious if the old fellow was still keeping some mastered daos out of his world. But clearly, the answer was no. What a pity. The old fellow was really only a master of ten daos. His grasp over the other daos was still quite weak. How disappointing. In that case, it wouldn't be so easy for the old fellow to reach the first tier.

Ignoring Great Zhou King, Su Yu turned solemn as he reached out and grabbed King Yue's spear dao. Then, he roared and forcefully joined the two spear daos. The book spirit continued the suppression on King Yue.

Right at that moment, a faint wisp of willpower emerged from Su Yu's Heaven Gate. The willpower asked doubtfully, "What are y—"

"Shut it. I'm borrowing a dao."

"..."

That was Culture King's voice. He had just received his shoes, but before he could do anything, he sensed some random movements in his world. As his world stirred, he sent a wisp of willpower over...only to be shouted at.

Culture King was completely stunned. Did someone just shout at him? Was that Su Yu? Holy shit!

Did someone just shout at him? What was going on here? That was his world. This guy was doing something in his world. He only asked about it, and he was shouted at for asking about it?

Culture King was no Human Emperor. He was a lot more egotistical in comparison. He wanted to rage, but after some thought, he gave up. Why? Because his world was outside while he was inside. What could he even do? More importantly, his book spirit did not seem to be resisting. Clearly, that bastard Su Yu had fooled his book spirit into allowing this to happen.

Before long, Culture King's willpower withdrew. He wouldn't have sent his willpower over if he hadn't sensed something going on in his world. This was too dangerous as others could detect it easily. This action must be kept as a trump card.

In any case, he knew that Su Yu was too similar to him. If he didn't withdraw his willpower himself, Su Yu would probably disperse that wisp of willpower he sent over.

This was the greatest difference between Culture King and Human Emperor. Human Emperor's willpower had been scattered several times by Su Yu so far, but Culture King was a lot smarter about this. Why? Because that was something he would do as well.

Sure enough, just as Su Yu was about to disperse Culture King's willpower, he blinked. Holy shit! It ran?

That was quick!

So that guy was only here to ask one question?

Was that it?

Su Yu did not have the time to keep wondering. Right at that moment, the two spear daos finished their fusion.

Boom!

A gigantic spear manifested in the sky, spanning across the entire world.

Down below, King Yue opened his eyes. With boundless killing intent, he roared, "Kill!"

The spear in the sky descended into his palm. Then, he struck out at Su Yu. The spear carried boundless killing intent and madness as it pierced through everything.

But Su Yu merely chuckled and said, "Book spirit."

That was enough for the book spirit to know what to do. He continued suppressing King Yue while boosting Su Yu's strength. Instantly, eighteen golden dragons manifested around Su Yu.

This might not be his world, but he was a guest. And he was going to act like the host even as the guest. And thus, the power from Su Yu's world, Human Emperor's world, and Culture King's world came together to suppress King Yue.

Instantly, King Yue was suppressed to the maximum. An incredible amount of strength converged around Su Yu. He punched.

With a rumble, King Yue was sent flying. But he reappeared before Su Yu with a flicker just to receive another punch. Far away, Cloud Fire Marquis opened his mouth, but he couldn't find his words.

Clearly, Su Yu was of the opinion that King Yue was being rude by attacking right after resurrecting. And Su Yu loved teaching arrogant fellows a lesson they wouldn't forget. Back then, Culture King calmed him through a beating. Su Yu would do the same.

Boom!

Su Yu started raining punches on King Yue. At the moment, King Yue was being suppressed to the second tier while Su Yu was boosted to the first tier. Thus, King Yue was completely helpless. The beating lasted for about three minutes.

At that point, King Yue's face was already filled with bruises.

And finally, Su Yu stepped back, patted his robes down, and smiled, "It isn't proper for a civilized scholar like me to fight like a barbarian."

He flicked his sleeve and said, "Ask Cloud Fire Marquis about whatever you wish to know. Then, you may start receiving your orders from me. That is all. Let's go, everyone. Give them some space. I believe King Yue knows what to do after this."

Su Yu started walking away. Behind, King Yue gnashed his teeth and asked, "Who are you?"

Su Yu did not need to answer personally since Heavenbridge Marquis was there. "His Majesty Emperor Yu, one who surpasses even Human Emperor and Culture King in his accomplishments. Recuperate well, King Yue."

And next, they vanished from the world.

King Yue's expression changed several times. Finally, he looked at the excited Cloud Fire Marquis beside him and asked, "Am I...really back from death?"

Cloud Fire Marquis hurriedly nodded. He was having a hard time thinking straight. King Yue had returned! And King Yue had returned stronger than before! Sure, King Yue looked quite pitiful at the moment. But he had survived attacking Su Yu. That alone was worthy of a celebration.

King Yue stared at Cloud Fire Marquis before looking in the direction Su Yu had departed at. Finally, he looked at the world around him as countless questions emerged in his mind.

"Emperor Yu?"

What was going on? Had Human Emperor and Culture King been defeated?

That shouldn't be possible.

"Cloud Fire, update me."

Cloud Fire Marquis hurriedly nodded, but he didn't know where he should start. After a long pause, he finally started speaking, "Emperor Yu is the number one individual to not provoke in the Myriad Realms. He is terrifying. My king, don't even think of taking revenge against him. You will receive a terrible beating. Your shameful history will be etched behind for eternity. Previously, I saw Heavenbridge Marquis recording the scene of you being beaten..."

King Yue blinked. What?

But Cloud Fire Marquis was already moving on from the topic. This did not matter since his king was still confused. What was the big deal about having a shameful history? Everyone had a shameful past.

Instead, he started updating King Yue about all that had happened in the past one hundred thousand years.

Most of the events were skimmed through roughly, but toward the end, he started bringing Su Yu up repeatedly. The more King Yue listened, the more doubtful he felt. Was this really the case?

Achieving domination in only a few years?

That did sound...scary.

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