Chapter 1973: Reward (2)

Chapter 1973: Reward (2)

Su Yu could feel that under Dragonblood Marquis' hard work, his fake death spirit dao was growing fat and plump. Thus, he cheered Dragonblood Marquis on, hoping that Dragonblood Marquis would devour all the subordinates of North Heavenly King. That should be enough to push Dragonblood Marquis onto the same level, right?

At the time, Dragonblood Marquis could probably kill North Heavenly King before proceeding to deal with the sealed death spirits. And then, he would reach the level of a Venerable. Only then would Su Yu descend from the heavens to harvest this plump and healthy dao.

At that point, the death spirit page could probably reach even the level of the devil page. The devil page had only devoured the corpse of a long-dead Master of Law. Meanwhile, Dragonblood Marquis would devour existing heavenly kings. That should be a lot more efficient growth-wise, right?

"Leave Dragonblood Marquis alone."

When Su Yu gave the same reminder, South Heavenly King's expression turned thoughtful. Meanwhile, Marquis Lanshan asked doubtfully, "Your Majesty, is Dragonblood Marquis actually on our side?"

"No."

"Then..."

"Don't ask too much about things you don't need to know."

"I understand."

Su Yu smiled and said, "You should focus on reaching the level of a heavenly king instead. How many death spirits have you devoured recently? Why are you still stuck?"

Marquis Lanshan had a helpless expression. She wasn't good enough.

"You know this, Your Majesty. I am not as smart as He Tu. My speed of dao comprehension is much slower. Furthermore, the death spirit dao isn't exactly what I used to be good at..."

Su Yu said, "Fine. I guess we can only take it slow."

He looked at Lan Tian and asked, "How's Liu Hong?"

Lan Tian focused slightly before answering with a smile, "He's still there. The Heavenly Hunt Index is still there, so he's probably not dead."

"Still there?" Su Yu was quite surprised. "Not bad at all."

At that, he opened his Heaven Gate and looked up at the sky. He was looking for the ink dao. He wanted to check Liu Hong's progress. It was hard to do something like this in the Lower Realm since there were too many tributaries on the River of Time. But there was only a single tributary in the Death Realm. Thus, the ink dao could be easily observed through the Heaven Gate.

Before long, Su Yu found the ink dao. The tiny dao attached the ink dao was starting to grow and coil around it, signifying that Liu Hong wasn't far away from Daofuse.

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "South Heavenly King, meet Liu Hong when he's out and have him stir the Celestial River of Death. Force all the hidden experts in the river to emerge and expel them all to the Origin Land."

South Heavenly King nodded.

Su Yu continued walking as he conversed with them. Everything was progressing smoothly in the Death Realm. Apart from the Origin Land, the Four Heavenly Domains and Spirit Suppression Domain were in a state of calm. Most of the newly awakened death spirit experts had been expelled to the Origin Land. That only served to further intensify the chaos there.

After some time, they arrived beneath Grand Dream City.

Instantly, the old turtle appeared. With a smile, he said, "Welcome back, Emperor Yu. Forgive this old servant for his tardiness."

"You're too polite."

After giving the old turtle a moment to greet the ancient humans, Su Yu said, "You're near the level of a heavenly king. Have you gained new comprehension on your dao recently, Senior Grand Dream?"

"Yes. I was already near that level previously. After my recent growth, I'm even nearer."

Originally, the old turtle was a peak Daofuse capable of putting up a fight against heavenly kings. Su Yu could sense that the old turtle wasn't too far from becoming a heavenly king himself.

Noticing the old turtle's growth, Su Yu's mood improved further. The old turtle, South Heavenly King, Lan Tian, Fat Ball, Wan Tiansheng, Great Zhou King, and Lanshan were all either at that level or a step away from that level.

This signified that the forces under him were steadily growing stronger. This served to boost his confidence in facing the various experts of the Upper Realm.

During his recent adventure in the Upper Realm, he had encountered numerous experts. Thus, his confidence had shaken slightly. Thus, he was glad to see that his subordinates had also been growing rapidly.

Su Yu continued moving while conversing with the people around him. In no time, he left the Death Realm.

***

Everyone exhaled in relief after leaving the Death Realm.

Despite their strength, they still felt pressured to remain in the Death Realm.

"Come on. Let's take a trip back to the Human Realm."

After saying that, Su Yu soared into the sky and flew away. His entourage hurriedly followed behind him. But suddenly, Su Yu switched direction and moved toward the Fate Realm instead. He recalled that Wan Tiansheng might still be there.

During the flight, Stable Army Marquis and the others were busy looking around. As they looked around, their faces slowly turned solemn. Battles were erupting all over the Allheaven Battlefield, but humanity was seemingly involved in all of them. Or to be precise, the human armies were the ones attacking the various minor realms.

When they looked at the major realms, they were met with several incorporeal barriers. Clearly, these realms had all been sealed.

Su Yu had indeed gained control over the Lower Realm. The more they saw, the greater their shock. Hearing about something was still different from witnessing something with their own eyes. This was a feat that not even Hundred Battle King had accomplished. Before long, they reached the Fate Realm.

Fate Pseudo Emperor, who had sensed Su Yu's aura in advance, was already waiting outside. Unsurprisingly, Wan Tiansheng was waiting beside him. Fate Pseudo Emperor was quite shocked to see Su Yu again. Su Yu's growth was too rapid. He was already a pseudo king.

Fate Pseudo Emperor was greatly shocked, but the ancient humans with Su Yu were greatly shocked to see Fate Pseudo Emperor personally welcoming them.

Cloud Fire Marquis couldn't resist saying, "I still remember how Heavenly Fate Marquis descended personally to fight Hundred Battle King when he tried to subdue the fate race previously. Why is this guy so obedient now?"

That was so unfair!

Hundred Battle King was stronger than even the current Su Yu, and the humanity of ninth epoch was also stronger than the current humanity. Why was this happening?

"Welcome, Emperor Yu."

Su Yu waved his hand and said, "You're too polite. By the way, I saw Heavenly Fate Marquis in the Upper Realm. He is impressive indeed. I didn't manage to get in touch with him this time, but I'll try to have a chat with him in the future."

"That is only natural." Fate Pseudo Emperor said, "I have been waiting for a chance to communicate with Heavenly Fate Marquis. When possible, I'll try to arrange a meeting for you."

Su Yu smiled, "In that case, I'll be troubling you."

Su Yu looked at Wan Tiansheng and said, "Director Wan, can I trouble you to make a trip for me? Please invite the Daofuses of the various races to the Human Realm. I'll be holding a meeting. By the way, recall the ones keeping watch near the passage of the Torchbearers as well."

"Yes!" Wan Tiansheng asked, "What about the various suppressed Daofuses?"

"Just take them along."

The Daofuses of the ape, phoenix, kunpeng, and dragon races had all been suppressed by them. The dragons, in particular, were given special treatment as they were all suppressed in Culture King's Residence.

Su Yu was starting to consider if he should just kill them all and be done with it. After all, it was risky to keep them suppressed for too long. Killing them in the Lower Realm would trigger some heavenly phenomena, but that might not happen if they were killed in Culture King's Residence. He was only worried that the Upper Realm experts would notice so many deaths.

Well, Su Yu wasn't too worried the dragon race as he had killed a lot of Upper Realm dragons as well. As for the phoenix and other major races...

Perhaps he could kill them in the Upper Realm. He could even use that as an opportunity to lure some myriad experts over to their deaths.

***

Su Yu did not spend too much time there. After giving Wan Tiansheng his order and a short chat with Fate Pseudo Emperor, he left with his entourage. He stopped at the Eastrift Valley for a short chat with the various human experts. Su Yu hadn't even been away for a month, but everyone was greatly excited to see him back.

That was especially so after they noticed the ancient experts following behind him. At the thought of how humanity had grown stronger yet again, all of them grew excited. Right after returning to the Human Realm, Su Yu abandoned his entourage and vanished alone. Nevertheless, news of the meeting he was calling was already spreading everywhere.

***

Eastrift Valley.

One expert after another was returning.

At present, humanity had gained a decent number of Daofuses.

When Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor arrived with Yellow Nine, his heart thumped with shock upon sensing the sheer amount of Daofuse auras in the area.

Just then, Hou Pseudo Emperor arrived from afar. Noticing Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor, Hou Pseudo Emperor sent him a voice transmission, "Old Guy, are you sensing this?"

"Yes."

Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor asked with shock, "Just how many Daofuses are here?"

"Unsure. Not everyone is here. Some are still on their way back."

Before long, Wan Tiansheng stepped forth and said, "Everyone, let us first move to the main hall. Emperor Yu has yet to return, so let's take the time to know each other while we wait. It's always better to know who you're having a meeting with, right?"

The two Pseudo Emperors said nothing and transformed into human forms. After cupping their fists at Wan Tiansheng, they proceeded toward Emperor Yu's Court.

***

At the moment, a large number of experts had gathered in the main hall.

There were ten Daofuses among the guardians, including the old turtle. Six were present, with four remaining behind to watch over the four conquered realms. There were five Daofuses among the iron devourer, spatial beast, hou, and fate races. Four were present.

As for the humans, Great Qin King, Great Xia King, Great Zhou King, Great Ming King, Tian Yue, Lan Tian, Wan Tiansheng, and the ancient humans were all present. Even Chong Ming, who had advanced not long ago, were among them. There were thirteen of them in total.

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Great Ming King had been brought back from the mansion by Heavenbridge Marquis not long ago.

At a corner of the hall, both Heavenbridge and Bountiful Treasure were talking to each other in whispers, as though they were talking about some crime they were about to commit. Even the book spirit and tea plant were present.

The two furballs had arrived as well. At the moment, the two were looking around curiously. This meeting had been called suddenly. Thus, they were quite curious about its purpose.

Four guardians, September, Fat Ball, and the big tree in Culture King's Residence were absent.

Looking at the gathered experts in the hall, Great Qin King sent Great Xia King a voice transmission in excitement, "This is inconceivable. Not long ago, we couldn't even muster a single Daofuse. But now, we can already gather so many of them."

There were over thirty of them here. Of course, this was a small number compared to the previous epoch. But one ought to note that just a year ago, humanity was still without a single Daofuse.

In the span of one year, their number of Daofuses had increased to the point where it was comparable to the total number of Eternals they had a year ago.

And this didn't even include the Daofuses in the Death Realm. If those experts were included as well, the number of their current Daofuses would surpass the previous number of their Eternals.

The various human experts were greatly excited. The experts of the allied races were greatly shocked. They had not paid much attention to this matter before, but this gathering had showcased to them that humanity could already gather over thirty Daofuses even when the dead were excluded. Su Yu had propelled humanity into the hegemon of the Lower Realm in such a short time.

The three major realms were currently sealed, so they were unaware of the current gathering in the Human Realm. Otherwise, the sight of so many Daofuses would probably be enough to drive them into madness.

While everyone was busy conversing with each other, they suddenly sensed the approach of two distinct auras.

With a flicker, Su Yu emerged from the River of Time. A white dog was trotting forth beside him. Fat Ball looked around curiously. He was quite surprised to see so many Daofuses. But shortly after, he turned to look at Su Yu again.

Su Yu chuckled and said, "Don't worry. Both Xing Yue's token and my human lord's token are there. They can keep your home stable for many years without any problem."

"But my flowers..."

"The big wood has learned to water the flowers."

"Fine."

Fat Ball could only accept that explanation.

With the little stone and human lord's token, the residence would indeed stay stable for a long time. Furthermore, the big wood had grown smarter recently. It had learned how to water the flowers there. Thus, Fat Ball was now able to leave the residence for an extended period of time.