Chapter 1678: For The Future (3)

The female furball explained, "The era after the Myriad Realms were conquered was known as the ancient past. The time before that was known as...the primordial past. I think so. The primordial giant race was one of the overlords then. But eventually, humanity conquered the Myriad Realms and built the Luminous Domain Mansion. With the conquest, the Human Realm became the holy land of the Myriad Realms. At the time, holy pilgrimages to the Human Realm would be organized every now and then..."

At present, everyone called the era of the Human Emperor the ancient past. As for the era before, it was rarely mentioned. Prior to the conquest, humanity lived in the Human Realm.

After the conquest, the top experts of humanity had built the Luminous Domain Mansion before moving into it to make it easier to strengthen their rule. Even the experts of the myriad races were forced to move into the mansion to maintain the authority of humanity.

Since then, the Human Realm became a holy land. The top experts such as the Human Emperor had rarely returned after that. Thus, not many people knew the location of Culture King's residence in the Human Realm.

In fact, Culture King had sealed his residence away after moving out of the Human Realm. Even those close to him, like Soy Bun, had only heard of the place.

Flatbun recalled hearing Soy Bun talk about this waterfall before.

"Primordial past..."

This was also Su Yu's first time hearing of the primordial giant race's origin. He had thought that it was merely a name, but now, he knew that it was a name they had picked to remember their past glory. Prior to the ancient past, they were probably only known as the giants, not the primordial giants.

Su Yu was quite curious about these ancient stories, but this was not the time for him to talk about all that. He only knew that this was Culture King's Residence. What was the relationship between Time Sage and Culture King? Perhaps he would receive his answer today.

"Furball, Senior Flat, wait here for me. I'll go—"

"I wanna go!"

The little furball shouted loudly.

Su Yu was left speechless. Why? The little fellow might get himself killed trying to enter.

"I won't die if you don't die! I can turn into a character!"

The little furball was quite stubborn about it.

As Su Yu frowned, the little furball wrinkled his nose and said, "Smells good! If I go, I might get some good things!"

Good things?

Yes, there might be some in there. But it would also be extremely risky.

The female furball thought about it and said, "Just take him. I won't be going, but his aura is nearly identical to yours now. He will be fine as long as you're fine."

After absorbing so much of the power from Su Yu's characters, the little furball's aura had slowly become one with Su Yu's.

After giving it some thought, Su Yu agreed. At that, the little furball charged back into his sea of willpower in excitement. Inside, he hid himself in the middle of a bunch of characters.

Su Yu wasted no time and continued approaching the waterfall.

Everyone else waited in worry. If he got himself killed here, humanity would lose this war. Without the ancient guardians, the Human Realm wouldn't last. However, both the Human Realm and the Celestial Chasm Realm were currently surrounded by the myriad races. They were still too weak to do anything about it. Thus, something must change.

Also, the ancient guardians couldn't stay outside their cities forever. Su Yu wouldn't be able to keep it up for too long. It was only a matter of time before humanity was defeated.

The myriad races would not give Su Yu or the ancient guardians the chance to recover and fight again this time. They knew that to properly resolve this threat, they had to keep fighting without a moment of rest. That would be the best way to get Su Yu killed.

It was also unlikely that Su Yu would have the chance to go anywhere near the Luminous Domain Mansion this time. The myriad races must have prepared to intercept him before he could reach.

There was also no guarantee that Old Zhou would be able to hear his call from so far away. In truth, one of the reasons Su Yu had decided to go through the waterfall was the excessive amount of death qi in his body. He needed something that could exhaust the excessive death qi in his body.

Instead of stepping straight into the waterfall, he reached out with his hand first. The power of time rippled as his arm slowly sank into the water. Some of the people behind him were so worried they didn't even dare to look at him anymore.

When Su Yu inserted his hand in the waterfal, he felt...nothing. Meanwhile, the Book of Time inside his head was shaking slightly, as though it was jumping in excitement. It radiated the joy of someone returning home.

Su Yu's eyes flickered. Sure enough, the Book of Time was the key to enter this ruin. But what was up with the Culture Tomb and the Heavenly Hunt Index fragments? They weren't reacting at all.

Was this really Culture King's home?

Was this not Time Sage's home instead?

Was this supposed to be a joke?

Why were Culture King's belongings not reacting to his home?

But then, understanding dawned on Su Yu. The Culture Tomb was meant for an inheritor. The Heavenly Hunt Index was meant as a tool for the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. These were essentially outsiders. Why would one give the key to one's home to outsiders?

Nope.

An inheritor was essentially a disciple.

The keeper of the Heavenly Hunt Index would be a subordinate.

Meanwhile, this was Culture King's home, not a place his disciple and subordinate could enter freely. Thus, neither the Culture Tomb nor the Heavenly Hunt Index could be used as the key here.

The Book of Time alone was different.

This was the home of both Culture King and Time Sage. At this point, Su Yu was already certain of one thing. The two were a couple.

How surprising. Martial King might have gotten himself a bunch of wives, but Culture King had also gotten himself a lover. In short, Human Emperor was the sole foreveralone among the three.

Sure enough, being single was the key to being the strongest. Of the three, Human Emperor ranked first, Culture King ranked second, and Martial King ranked third. From the number of lovers they had, this ranking made perfect sense.

With such random thoughts in his mind, Su Yu stepped into the waterfall.

As the water slid down his body, he remained completely unaffected. Inside his head, the Book of Time was shining, protecting his body from the power of time. With one step, he vanished into the waterfall.

For everyone watching, it seemed as though he had vanished into the stream of water falling out of thin air. It was as though he had ceased existing.

Just then, Qin Zhen muttered, "So can we kill Su Yu by simply removing this waterfall here?"

Instantly, numerous gazes landed on Zhou Tianyuan.

All of them were staring at him warily.

Zhou Tianyuan was left completely speechless.

It was Qin Zhen and his stupid mouth again!

With a helpless expression, Zhou Tianyuan said, "Don't look at me like this. I can only keep this waterfall manifested in the real world. Since Su Yu is already inside, he will most likely have a way to leave even without me manifesting this waterfall."

Why were they looking at him like that? He hadn't even done anything! That bastard Qin Zhen was the one thinking about removing the waterfall!

Just then, a massive rumble rang out.

Up in the sky, the sound of something crashing into a wall could be heard. Then, a face appeared in the sky.

"Father!"

Marquis Xia looked up and saw the face of his father in the sky. That was such a familiar face. Understanding dawned on everyone. Great Xia King had just been slammed into the realm barrier by someone. That looked...painful.

After all, he had crashed hard enough into the realm barrier to leave an imprint of his face on it. The realm barrier was extremely sturdy. Thus, a massive impact was required to even imprint someone's face on it. Who was Great Xia King fighting?

That was a worrying thought, but at the same time, this was also quite a comical sight. Yes. Even when they were in such a massive crisis, they could still find something to laugh about. Upon being distorted, a realm barrier would take some time to return to how it was.

Thus, that face of Great Xia King would remain in the sky for quite a while.

The sight of the face in the sky was quite comical, but somehow, it also looked quite eerie.

After all, that face was too big.

***

At the same time.

Outside the Human Realm.

After coughing a mouthful of blood, Great Xia King turned around and swung his saber at the Dragon Pseudo Emperor. At the moment, he was fighting the Dragon Pseudo Emperor alongside Heavendoom and Great Ming King. The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor was fighting the Spirit Pseudo Emperor.

As for the old turtle, he was fighting the Nether Pseudo Emperor and the Devil Pseudo Emperor. He was finding the battle quite exhausting as chaos was erupting in the Death Realm at the same time. Thus, he had to split some of his attention to suppress the death spirits and the stirring death qi as well.

Their opponents were in no rush. In fact, the Devil Pseudo Emperor was smiling as he said, "Friends, there is no rush. Let's take our time. Drag this out. Let's see if Senior Grand Dream can keep this up for long. I'm also curious if Su Yu can keep this up forever."

The moments the ancient cities were out of the picture, the humans would lose even with the iron devourers helping them.

This was a battle where several human Invincibles, about ten iron devourer Invincibles, and thirty-six ancient guardians had to face four Daofuses and nearly a hundred enemy Invincibles. With the strength of the ancient cities, they could still hold the line for now. But the moment the ancient cities stopped fighting, the iron devourers and humans would be wiped out.

The myriad races would not spare them anymore.

The old turtle was frowning.

Damn it!

Inside the region of the Death Realm under his control, He Tu was under assault by those from the Eastern King Residence. Two marquises had arrived to capture He Tu. Thus, the old turtle was forced to use two-thirds of his strength to handle the two marquises. One could say that he alone was facing four Daofuses at the same time.

If it weren't for the fact that the Devil Pseudo Emperor and Nether Pseudo Emperor were relatively weak Daofuses, the old turtle wouldn't have lasted this long. Fortunately, the two marquises were also weaker than usual since they were both dead, not alive.

Nevertheless, this was still an extremely difficult battle for him. At this rate, he would still be defeated. With his defeat, Su Yu would be forced to take on an even higher amount of death qi. That would result in the withdrawal of the ancient guardians. And that would essentially result in a defeat for the humans.

"Do the humans not have any trump cards since they were the ones who had started this whole thing?"

The old turtle was feeling quite helpless.

What now?

Great Zhou King was already a Daofuse. Thus, he might fight his way out of the Celestial Chasm Realm. But he would most likely be stopped from returning to the Human Realm as there were also multiple Daofuses waiting for him there.

***

At the same time.

Outside the Celestial Chasm Realm.

Great Zhou King had indeed fought his way out.

He was standing beside the big furball, the Primordial Giant King, and Space Devourer. They were in a standoff with Tiangu, the Divine Pseudo Emperor, the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, and the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. There were eight Daofuses here, but a battle had not erupted between them.

Great Zhou King did not intend to start a battle here. Instead, he was staring in the direction of Human Realm. Kneeling before him was Heavenly Seal King.

With a sigh, Great Zhou King looked at Heavenly Seal King and said, "Look at this. Humanity still stands. Why couldn't you resist betraying us? What's the point?"

He shook his head and threw a palm attack out. Instead of killing, he only sealed Heavenly Seal King. Done with that, he sighed and said, "Su Yu will handle you when I kill my way back. For now, you may rest. Pray I live longer as that will also allow you to live a tad bit longer."

Not far away, Tiangu looked at Great Zhou King and asked, "Are you actually thinking of killing a way back?"

Great Zhou King nodded, "That's doable. Do you doubt me?"

Tiangu smiled and said, "I don't. But if you leave, we'll break into the Celestial Chasm Realm. Can Qin Guang and the others kill their way back as well?"

Everyone was waiting. They were waiting for a result from the Human Realm. There, six Daofuses were fighting. It was unknown if the female furball would also join the battle. Once again, Great Zhou King returned his focus to the Human Realm. He was waiting for something to happen. If things remained the same, he would have no choice but to take a bigger bet.

Since the female furball had yet to leave the Human Realm, it signified that things weren't desperate enough yet. Unless absolutely necessary, Great Zhou King did not want to make such a big bet.

"Su Yu, someone blessed by luck, and someone with full control over the luck of humanity. Will something change?"

So long as Su Yu could continue allowing the ancient guardians to keep fighting, there would be hope. They could continue the fight until both parties were too tired to continue.

Furthermore, if humanity could last long enough, there was a possibility that even more races would be tempted to side with humanity. The longer humanity lasted, the more allies they could potentially gain.

And they were in desperate need of allies. Not now, but this would be the case in the future. When those beyond returned, they might find that the old fossils of humanity had all died. In that scenario, allies would be extremely helpful. Thus, humanity had to showcase enough strength in this battle to win more support.

Yes. This was what Great Zhou King was waiting for. New allies.

This battle would be rather pointless otherwise. Killing a few more Daofuses wouldn't do much for them. They had to start planning for the future. He was also waiting for Su Yu to produce yet another surprise.

This was the day Su Yu, the child of destiny, was crowned the leader of humanity. Thus, that might lead to even more changes.

Great Zhou King sighed inwardly. Since the damn kid was the one who had messed with all his plans, it was only natural that the kid be the one to make up for it as well.