Chapter 1572: The Same Sky (3)

Meanwhile, Su Yu was still conversing with the guardians.

Suddenly, his death qi rippled. He blanked out slightly before saying, "Lords, the death spirits have all departed. The power of laws suddenly reacted intensely earlier, as though they were punishing someone. Since all the death sovereigns are back at their territories, you should be returning to your posts as well."

"Look at how he's kicking me off after getting what he wants." Heavendoom asked, "Intense heavenly laws undulations? Did our boss go down there? It was probably him. He must have dispersed those fellows."

Su Yu asked in surprise, "You mean..."

"Nothing."

Heavendoom couldn't be bothered to explain. However, Su Yu was quite surprised. Was the old turtle capable of controlling some of the laws in the Death Realm? Xing Yue had informed him that due to the laws, the death sovereigns had been forced to return.

Was the old turtle really so impressive? Su Yu became more and more aware of the fact that he knew too little. Previously, he had thought that he had learned many secrets. But it was clear he had thought wrongly.

The ancient past might have fallen, but it continued affecting the Myriad Realms in many aspects. Furthermore, the ancient fossils seemed to have gotten involved in the final wars of each epoch.

Suddenly, Su Yu looked at Heavendoom.

Everyone else would seem fearful whenever they spoke of the ancient past, but Heavendoom did not seem to fear anything. He had been rather vague, but Su Yu had still learned some secrets from him.

Heavendoom, who was preparing to leave, suddenly felt a chill up his spine. He turned around and saw Su Yu's smiling face. He frowned. Were his senses acting up?

How odd.

Whatever. It didn't matter.

***

Finally, everyone left. Su Yu exhaled in relief. He started reversing his death qi. It wasn't an idea to keep such a high amount of death qi in his body. He had to reduce some. The previous battle had been incredibly dangerous. But he had also gained a lot.

For example, his Mark of Civilization had reached 131 golden stripes, making it a high-tier heaven weapon. By the time it reached 136 golden stripes, it would become a peak heaven weapon. This was only counting the complete stripes. If he counted the incomplete stripes as well, the book had reached 155 golden stripes.

After killing and consuming so many people, including the many incomplete corpses, the Mark of Civilization had benefited massively. The existence of the incomplete stripes indicated he would be able to push the book to 155 complete stripes without much difficulty.

"I still have the blood essence of Wisdom King and some of his memories with me as well...Right, there's also Liu Hong and Xia Chen to handle."

At that thought, Su Yu suddenly realized that he had a lot more things to do moving forward. Too many things had been exposed in the recent battle. He also had to find some time and return to the Human Realm. After all, his father was still there. Additionally, he had to visit the Willpower Grotto as well. He wanted to see if there was any way for him to get the grotto from the Xia Family.

"I also need to learn more about the so-called level allowed by this world."

That was his biggest question. According to the old turtle and the others, the time had yet to arrive. In that case, when was the correct time? Would a large number of such experts appear when that time arrived?

Where were these people right now?

Were there any humans among them?

Humanity had been defeated each time during the previous nine epochs. How bad were those defeats? Did humanity lose everything in those defeats?

With numerous questions in his head, Su Yu returned to the city.

Wan Tiansheng was sipping tea in the mayor's residence. When he saw Su Yu, he smiled and said, "I'll be taking my leave now."

"Wait, Principal." Su Yu asked, "Why are you in such a rush? Is Lan Tian waiting for you?"

Wan Tiansheng glanced at Su Yu. He flashed Su Yu a gentle smile and said, "Your courage has grown alongside your strength."

Su Yu laughed awkwardly and said, "No, let's talk about something serious. You saw the death spirit earlier. He used the Heaven Suppressing Fist. I suspect he's Xia Chen, the first principal. What do you know about Xia Chen?"

"The first principal?" Wan Tiansheng frowned, "I never paid much attention to him. Is that death spirit really the first principal?"

"Most likely."

After thinking about it, Wan Tiansheng said, "Principal Xia Chen...was a mysterious man. He was Great Xia King's cousin. Back then, the myriad races invaded the Human Realm. Great Xia King and the other founding kings were lucky enough to stumble upon some ruins. Principal Xia Chen found a ruin as well, but unfortunately, he didn't affirm his dao like the rest. Subsequently, he founded the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy and opened the path of multiple character cultivation with the Character Stele.

"After some time, he joined hands with a group of experts to found the Knowledge Seeking Realm. He had most likely intended to use that as a way to spread the path of multiple character cultivation to all humanity. He succeeded...and failed at the same time. About thirty years after the founding, he died in battle at the Allheaven Battlefield."

Su Yu was surprised, "He died in battle? How? Who did it?"

"A random Invincible who was passing by. Nobody knew who that Invincible was."

"Nobody knew?"

Su Yu was even more surprised. Why did everyone knew so little?

"At the time, everyone was busy fighting. It was the early founding period. There were still many wars to fight."

Suddenly, Su Yu recalled Liu Hong's words. He hurriedly asked, "Did any other human Invincible die at around the same time?"

Wan Tiansheng thought about it and nodded, "Yes. About 320 years ago, around the time the first principal perished, Great Wei King died in battle."

Su Yu frowned and asked, "Who did it?"

"That remains unknown."

𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Hmm?"

"It wasn't mentioned in the records. According to the records, Great Wei King encountered an encirclement of multiple Invincibles before dying. At the time, the record-keeping of humanity was still too chaotic as war still raged everywhere. Invincibles would fight everywhere. At times, some Invincibles would die deep behind enemy lines. Humanity could only learn of their deaths through the death phenomena."

Wan Tiansheng looked at Su Yu and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm wondering if Great Wei King is strong enough to kill the first principal."

"Hmm?" Wan Tiansheng frowned and asked, "Did you learn of something new?"

"I'm uncertain. We'll know soon." Su Yu smiled, "It's better to ask the person involved himself. I believe Dummy has regained more of his memories. We can ask him about this. Also, Dummy is very strong. If he's really the first principal, he must have hidden his strength before his death. Heh. This is truly how all cultural researchers are. Not one of them can be honest."

Su Yu sighed. Every last one of them was a scheming fox.

Xia Chen, Gravekeeper, first principal...

He was probably already an Invincible even before Great Xia King and the others broke through. Nobody knew that. But that was understandable as he had most likely affirmed his dao during a time when humanity didn't even know what an Invincible was.

The Gravekeeper.

Also, the appearance of the ancient ruins had also been quite suspicious. They had all appeared just in time to save humanity. Most of the Invincible ruins had somehow been found by humans as well. Was that really a coincidence?

The more Su Yu knew, the more suspicious he was. Were there really no survivors from the ninth epoch? Was Xia Chen really a cousin of Great Xia King? An expert of that level could very easily take over someone else's identity.

Also, why was the Culture Tomb an inauspicious object? Perhaps Su Yu would have the answer for all that soon. Naturally, he had to take Liu Hong with him on the trip. That guy seemed to know a lot about the Death Realm.

Suddenly, Su Yu asked, "Principal, I have always believed that Liu Hong is a chess piece of yours. Is he not?"

Wan Tiansheng laughed, "Not at all. What's the point of inserting a spy like him in the single character faction?"

"That's good to hear."

Clearly, Su Yu had thought wrongly before.

"Principal, shall we go on a trip and gossip about the past?"

Wan Tiansheng chuckled and asked, "Don't you need rest?"

"No. This is too interesting." Su Yu stood up and said, "Let's go. All the death sovereigns are gone. Only Xing Yue is around. That makes the area down there my private territory. It won't be dangerous."

Wan Tiansheng laughed with amusement, "You seem very confident. Are you not worried that she would turn on you?"

"She's not smart enough to do that."

Wan Tiansheng said nothing else. Since Su Yu was really so confident, things would probably be fine. But it still wasn't a good idea to get too involved with the death spirits. Just look at He Tu's fate.

Before long, Su Yu found Liu Hong. He didn't even bother to say anything. He merely knocked Liu Hong unconscious before taking Liu Hong with him. With both Liu Hong and Wan Tiansheng, he entered the Death Realm again. He had to look for Dummy and learn more about the past. Perhaps this would be a good chance for him to expose the identity of the other human traitor.