Chapter 1636: Don't Laugh, Must Resist! (3)

Ten years. Twenty years. Thirty years...

As they traversed the river, they found that Silk Destroying King's life had indeed been rather monotonous. He had spent most his life either fighting or traveling to another fight, with a majority of them being fights with the Silkwyrm King.

And finally, they went over fifty years.

A massive wave appeared ahead of them.

When they entered the wave...

Su Yu and Great Zhou King were rendered speechless. It was yet another fight with the Silkwyrm King.

Yes. During the major battle over fifty years ago, Silk Destroying King was fighting the Silkwyrm King. Was he not bored of fighting only one person for so many years?

Su Yu suspected that Silk Destroying King's true love was the Silkwyrm King, not Lan Tian.

They had no choice but to keep going ahead. Eventually, they surpassed a hundred years. A majority of the waves were the same: they were filled with Silk Destroying King's battles with the Silkwyrm King. Eventually, even Great Zhou King was starting to sweat from exhaustion. He asked, "Nothing suspicious in a hundred years. Is this enough to prove his innocence?"

Apart from Silk Destroying King's battles with the Silkwyrm King, the most intense wave contained his memory with Lan Tian.

His past wouldn't be so clean if he was really the traitor.

Su Yu frowned and said, "We continue. I think I see a much bigger wave ahead of us..."

Great Zhou King said while gasping for breath, "I can't last much longer. If you want to go further, you'll help instead."

Su Yu did not protest.

"Lord Flat, can you help us stabilize the river?"

"Again? Do you have any food?"

"You can eat Silk Destroying King if he's the traitor."

"Okay!"

Next, Su Yu's Mark of Civilization appeared and stabilized the river instantly. Silk Destroying King was alarmed to see that.

How powerful!

Was that weapon so powerful?

Su Yu said, "We will only check the bigger waves from now on."

Great Zhou King nodded and followed behind Su Yu. As they went further, the river started shaking.

As agreed, they only checked the bigger waves. Before long, they arrived before a gigantic wave. Instantly, they dove into the wave.

They found themselves in a dark space.

Then, Silk Destroying King's furious voice rang out, "Silkwyrm! You won't be able to digest me! Release me or die!"

"..."

Oh. This was one of Silk Destroying King's two greatest shames.

With an unsightly expression, Silk Destroying King said, "This happened not long after my dao affirmation. Are you done here? Is the Silkwyrm King's stomach so interesting to you?"

Why were they still here?

Understood.

Next, the three were shat out of the dark space alongside the past Silk Destroying King. Yes. That happened.

When they looked up, they saw a massive silkwyrm pointing his arse outside the Silkwyrm Realm. They had been shat out of the Silkwyrm Realm.

Coincidentally, someone was passing by and witnessed the entire scene.

And then...the entire Myriad Realms learned about this incident.

This was not something Silk Destroying King would tell anyone. Thus, it had naturally been spread by an eyewitness.

Silk Destroying King explained coldly, "That's the Sunray Immortal King. Now that the Silkwyrm King is dead, she will be my new target."

Yes. This immortal king was the one who had spread the story all over the Myriad Realms. Great Zhou King and Su Yu looked at each other silently. Once again, they were trying very hard to resist laughing. They kept telling themselves to remain stoic. They couldn't laugh. They didn't want Silk Destroying King to die from sheer anger. After all, they still had a case to investigate.

The three continued forward.

They were now moving through the period before Silk Destroying King's dao affirmation.

The waves there were rather small. After all, all the matters before his dao affirmation could be considered trivial matters for him.

Finally, they arrived before yet another large wave.

Silk Destroying King thought about it and said, "I doubt there's anything interesting here. This must be the moment I awakened my bloodline. This was the point where I started growing rapidly before eventually affirming my dao. I might be a mixbreed, but the power of my bloodline is still quite impressive."

Su Yu asked, "Senior, when did you affirm your dao?"

"Three hundred years ago."

Su Yu nodded. In short, he had affirmed his dao about fifty years after the founding of the various prefectures. That was indeed quite a fast growth. After all, unlike the founding kings, he did not enjoy the benefits of having an ancient ruin to help with his cultivation.

The three dove into the wave. This was so far back in time that not even Silk Destroying King could reach without the help of Great Zhou King and the female furball. He was still not strong enough to go so far back.

This was already too far for him to reach even back when he first affirmed his dao. Sure, he didn't have to go that far to reach this point at the time, but he was also much weaker at the time.

They arrived at a point in time when Silk Destroying King was about to become a Sunmoon. After awakening his bloodline, he had taken less than a hundred years to become an Invincible from a fresh Sunmoon. That was indeed quite an impressive achievement.

Great Zhou King asked, "When exactly did you awaken your bloodline?"

"About forty years before my dao affirmation. I guess...it was year 12 of the Anping Calendar."

In front of them, a much weaker Silk Destroying King was visible. He looked much younger, but he had a determined look on his face. At this time, he was still a peak Mountainsea.

Silk Destroying King explained, "Even at this point in time, I was already a top genius. Great Zhou King knows this. I wasn't even forty when I became a peak Mountainsea."

Great Zhou King nodded, "Indeed. There is honestly no exception. Every single Invincible used to be a young genius."

As they spoke, the younger Silk Destroying King started his breakthrough. It was happening inside a secret cultivation room.

Silk Destroying King said, "My bloodline was dormant before the Sunmoon Realm. Upon awakening my bloodline, my talent grew even stronger than before. That is understandable since this is the bloodline of a human king and a devil Pseudo Emperor."

Just then, the air rippled.

Great Zhou King hurriedly silenced Silk Destroying King. Su Yu hurriedly hid his presence as well.

They seemed...to have seen something not meant to be seen.

At the exact moment Silk Destroying King succeeded in his breakthrough, time froze.

An indistinct silhouette appeared in front of the young Silk Destroying King. The silhouette muttered, "Wang Hu?"

With a sigh, the silhouette said, "Talented indeed. You might even affirm your dao in the future."

Then, the silhouette looked behind him and muttered, "Has Culturekeeper Marquis noticed me? Impressive..."

He chuckled and produced a drop of blood on his finger.

Meanwhile, the young Silk Destroying King was still focusing on his breakthrough with his eyes shut. He had no idea what was happening.

Su Yu and Great Zhou King looked incomparably solemn. As for Silk Destroying King, he was blanking out in confusion.

Instantly, the young Silk Destroying King withered as all his blood was removed. Then, the silhouette inserted the drop of blood into Silk Destroying King's body.

Slowly, the young Silk Destroying King regained his vitality.

"From now on, you will cease being a lowly commoner with the noble blood of an emperor flowing in your veins."

The silhouette smiled and muttered to himself, "A pity. He didn't inherit the true essence..."

Then, the silhouette looked behind him again, as though he was looking at Great Zhou King and Su Yu. But that wasn't the case. The silhouette was actually looking out for Xia Chen's arrival.

Before long, the silhouette vanished with a flicker. He had not detected any spying from the start until the end. However, there was no denying that he was incredibly strong.

Great Zhou King solemnly said, "He's very strong. Someone near the Daofuse Realm."

However, he was still not a Daofuse. That was why he couldn't detect them. After all, they had a Daofuse sheltering them. Perhaps that Daofuse was the female furball. Or perhaps it was Great Zhou King.

In short, that person was someone near Daofuse. Understanding dawned on Su Yu. That was the person who had perished together with Xia Chen. Meanwhile, Silk Destroying King was still blanking out. What was this?

The young Silk Destroying King continued breaking through without knowing what had happened. Not long after, he completed the advancement and woke up. Something felt off, but he didn't mind it. He assumed that this was what one should feel after awakening one's bloodline.

Instead, he muttered to himself, "Human king...devil...mixed blood...am I...a mixbreed?"

The young Silk Destroying King felt lost. But soon, he clenched his teeth and said, "No! I'm no mixbreed! I am a descendant of a human king! Yes, that's it! From now on, I am only a human king descendant! Nothing else!"

First, he looked fearful. Next, he convinced himself that he was a human king descendant, not a mixbreed. From then on, he carried himself like a human king descendant, never talking about his other bloodline.

As Su Yu looked at Great Zhou King blankly, Great Zhou King looked at Silk Destroying King solemnly.

Silk Destroying King said, "I...I knew nothing about this! I sensed my bloodline after breaking through. As you know, there were other mixbreeds among humanity, such as those mixed with the immortals and the divines. And these people were all distrusted. Some were even killed by extremists. I was scared of discrimination, so I hid it."

Yes. During the early years, there were still quite a lot of mixbreeds among humanity.

After all, the immortals, devils, divines, and dragons had resided in the Human Realm for many years before they were kicked out by humanity. During that time, they had naturally produced a decent number of mixbreeds in the Human Realm.

In fact, Old Nie and the others once suspected that Su Yu had the bloodline of the mountainbreak bull back when he first joined the academy.

Great Zhou King frowned and said, "This...isn't something I had expected. I thought that you were merely a clueless Control King descendant, but...you're not even an actual human king descendant."

"I'm not?"

Silk Destroying King's face twitched and asked, "Is my bloodline...fake?"

Su Yu asked with a frown, "Can you fake something like this?"

Great Zhou King said, "We can talk more after returning. As for your question, it is naturally possible to implant a bloodline in someone's body. But that requires an incredibly level of strength. The price is quite high as well. That was what the myriad races offered Great Qin King and me back then. They offered to give us the bloodline of a Pseudo Emperor if we agreed to join them. Therefore, the person who had implanted the bloodline in Wang Hu's body was very strong..."

"He's dead," said Su Yu nonchalantly.

Great Zhou King narrowed his eyes and asked, "So you know?"

Su Yu answered with a question, "So you know as well?"

"It was a guess."

"Yeap. I guessed as well."

That left Great Zhou King speechless. Su Yu asked again, "So do you know him, Great Zhou King?"

"No." Great Zhou King shook his head and said, "I doubt he was from this epoch. He probably came from the previous epoch. Those from this epoch couldn't be so strong so soon. At the time, the various prefectures had just been founded. The various human Invincibles were still quite weak."

After a short pause, Great Zhou King asked, "Culturekeeper Marquis...was that Xia Chen? You met him, right?"

Su Yu smiled, "You sure know a lot, Your Majesty."

Great Zhou King said, "After being around for so long, it's only natural for me to learn more about the past. Alright, let's go back first."

The three wasted no time and started returning. They moved rapidly. In the blink of an eye, they were back at Su Residence.

***

Upon arriving, Great Zhou King gasped for breath in exhaustion. At the same time, the female furball also sent Su Yu a voice transmission to complain, "That was so tiring! So? Can I eat that guy?"

They had gone so far back that even a Daofuse was finding it unbearable.

"Not yet..."

"How annoying!"

The female furball complained again. Why? Why couldn't she eat anything?

Su Yu said nothing. As for Great Zhou King, he looked at Silk Destroying King, who was still blanking out, and sighed. "You have been fooled since the very beginning. Due to your talent, that man used you as a chess piece. He realized that Xia Chen had discovered him, and he was also aware of Xia Chen's strength. Thus, he left you behind as the trump card. You would serve as the perfect scapegoat for his successor upon his death."

After a long while, Silk Destroying King gnashed his teeth and said, "So...I'm not a mixbreed?"

"I think so."

Silk Destroying King cursed, "Fuck! I spent so many years hiding this fact, but this whole thing was a lie?"

"Not really." Great Zhou King explained, "An implanted bloodline can't be passed on to your descendants, but you're essentially the same as a true mixbreed."

"Screw you! I'm no mixbreed!" Silk Destroying King said furiously, "That was a lie!"

"..."

Great Zhou King couldn't be bothered to argue. He looked at Su Yu and said, "You saw it."

Su Yu frowned and asked, "Why do you suspect Heavenly Seal King?"

Great Zhou King exhaled and said, "I didn't know why, but I now understand. Heavenly Seal King might be the real Control King descendant. His bloodline must have been altered. The previous traitor must have guessed that Xia Chen would keep investigating Control King's bloodline if he survived their battle. Thus, the traitor had to remove the bloodline from his descendant. It would be too dangerous to keep the bloodline around."

"But why Heavenly Seal King?"

"He tried too hard."

Great Zhou King explained, "When I inspected his bloodline previously, it showed an abnormally high level of purity."

"What?" Su Yu didn't understand.

Great Zhou King continued, "Heavenly Seal King's bloodline is purely human. Fully pure. But in truth, the bloodline of humanity as a whole has reduced in purity at the tenth epoch. Apart from some old fossils, the bloodline of most tenth epoch humans won't be so pure. That includes you. Everyone is a mixbreed."

"Me as well?"

"Most likely." Great Zhou King nodded and said, "Of course, the traces of other bloodlines are most likely so weak that they are probably barely detectable. Some of these mixed bloodlines might have originated from birth, while some might have originated from some weird mutations. After the defeat of the ninth epoch, the Human Realm was sealed off from the Myriad Realms. Too many foreign elements were mixed in the air of the Human Realm, resulting in such mutations. Only someone growing up surrounded by heavenly source qi can maintain a pure bloodline. Otherwise, one's bloodline will simply change in the process of growing up.

"However, Heavenly Seal King's bloodline was so pure it didn't make sense. As though he had grown up wrapped in only heavenly source qi. That expert must have used a bloodline of high purity when replacing Heavenly Seal King's bloodline to preserve his talent.

"A higher level of purity was the only way to maintain his successor's talent without the human king's bloodline. He must not have expected the purity to be the reason for his successor's exposure..."

Su Yu asked, "Do we capture him now?"

Great Zhou King thought about it and shook his head. "No. I still don't know if he has any trump cards left in the Human Realm. It also isn't a good idea to deal with him in the Human Realm. I only dealt with Wang Hu here because I knew he wouldn't resist even if he were the traitor."

Silk Destroying King objected, "Says who? If I were the traitor, I would resist fiercely!"

Great Zhou King said, "You wouldn't. You're too stupid to resist. If you were smarter, you wouldn't have attacked Silkwyrm King right after the Sunray Immortal King spread the rumors about you. You had essentially proved her right through your own actions.

"In truth, you could have ignored the rumors and acted with disdain. That would cause everyone to feel doubtful about the veracity of her story. It was unlikely that Silkwyrm King would say anything. If you were smarter, you wouldn't have been fooled by Lan Tian either. If you were smarter, you wouldn't have believed so firmly that you were a mixbreed."

Silk Destroying King's expression turned darker and darker.

Fuck!

This guy was insulting him!

Just then, Su Yu nodded, "True."

Silk Destroying King's face turned even more unsightly. He said, "Su Yu! Don't forget that you learned the Time technique from me!"

Su Yu laughed and said, "True. Thank you for the technique, Senior Silk Destroying King."

That was all.

That was his sole expression of gratitude.

Just because he had learned from this senior did not mean that this senior wasn't a fool...uhm, Su Yu didn't want to say too much about Silk Destroying King's intelligence. It would be too rude. Instead, he returned his focus to the Heavenly Seal King. According to Great Zhou King, something was definitely off about Heavenly Seal King.

At this point, things were no longer too tricky to solve.

Only two possibilities were left.

Firstly, Heavenly Seal King was the traitor.

Secondly, Great Zhou King and Silk Destroying King were the traitors.

Su Yu ignored the second possibility, as if that were true, there was no saving humanity anymore. Great Zhou King was simply too influential among humanity for him to do anything.

At that point, he would be left with only one option.

Kill everyone.

If Great Zhou King was the traitor, that would make nearly half the human Invincibles traitors as well.

At that thought, Su Yu laughed and said, "Well, let's end this here. Senior Silk Destroying King, you may leave. Remember to keep this a secret. Don't leak anything. Remember to work hard on my formation."

For now, he would let Heavenly Seal King finish the work on his formation first. Even a traitor must be milked dry, right? Great Zhou King was left quite speechless after hearing that. This guy was indeed good at maximizing any potential he could find.