Chapter 1883: Intention To Ascend (2)

Su Yu stood up and added, "One more thing. Nobody is allowed to enter the boundless void without permission. Even when you see the chance to deal with Heavenly Overseer Marquis, do not act."

When Su Yu said that, he focused on Wan Tiansheng. Wan Tiansheng could only nod.

He knew that Su Yu was worried that he would go after Heavenly Overseer Marquis in Su Yu's absence. In fact, that was precisely what Wan Tiansheng was planning to do. But Su Yu's worry was reasonable. That was the bearer of the previous court's fortune. That wasn't someone they could kill easily.

"That is all. The meeting is adjourned."

Just then, Su Yu's gaze landed on Great Xia King and Great Qin King. With a slight frown, he said, "It might feel awkward for the two of you to walk the dao of the heavenly desolate beast. But you have cultivated the physical body dao for many years. This is merely a different form of the same dao. Forget about your spear and saber for now. Prioritize reaching the level of a heavenly king first. A true expert will be good at more than one dao."

The two bowed slightly. Su Yu was right. Their cultivation had slowed recently. That wasn't supposed to be the case as they were already strong prior to that, and they had the dao all for themselves.

Their slow speed was mainly due to their inability to accept that they had essentially transformed into beasts. As a result, their mindset had changed, and they weren't able to progress as smoothly anymore.

As Su Yu stopped talking, everyone started leaving.

Before long, only Wan Tiansheng was left. With a smile, Su Yu said, "Principal, I have a few other matters to tell you. Firstly, do not enter the Luminous Domain Mansion. Let Martial Emperor be for now. Secondly, you may seek help at Starfall Mountain when you encounter a crisis. Just go there and shout loudly. But the helper won't be able to stay out here for more than three days. Thirdly, the five elemental race is capable of assembling two groups capable of matching a Daofuse each. If you need their help, you can contact Topsoil Spirit.

"Fourthly, leave Dragonblood Marquis alone. Let him do what he wants in the Death Realm. Fifthly, the dragons, phoenixes, and other races are all under our rule. If they try to do anything out of line, and if you feel you can't suppress them anymore, kill them. Sixthly, Bountiful Treasure is in search of assembly tokens. Remember to collect from him at set intervals. Seventhly, be careful of the three major realms. They have a deep foundation. They might be able to do something unexpected."

As Su Yu mentioned one matter after another, Wan Tiansheng listened while nodding. He did not need detailed instructions to know how to handle these matters.

Toward the end, he said, "You need to be careful as well. Lan Tian is not too reliable. As for Great Zhou King, I don't doubt his loyalty. But I'm worried that he would be too soft toward his old friends up there. That might pose a challenge to you."

Su Yu nodded and said, "Yeah. I understand. It won't be that big of an issue."

That was all Wan Tiansheng had to say. Su Yu had grown rapidly. He no longer needed to guide Su Yu like a child. However, he couldn't help worrying since this was their first journey to the Upper Realm.

Su Yu said, "Don't worry. I'll spend a few days checking the memories of Fallen Star Marquis and the others. I will only go after increasing my knowledge of the Upper Realm. I won't go blind."

It wasn't like he had nothing to rely on. For example, he could check the memories of Fallen Star Marquis and the others. That wouldn't be enough for him to get a full picture, but it would be enough for him to not remain completely clueless about the Upper Realm.

And including the information from Zhao Chuan's group and Great Zhou King, he would have a much more comprehensive view of the situation up there. Wan Tiansheng was slightly relieved to hear that.

Su Yu said, "As usual, death is always a possibility. If I were to die, do not waste your time here. Just leave with your people. Don't forget my teachers and the others. Just run somewhere with them. You can pick the boundless void or somewhere else, or you can even take them all to the Death Realm and live as pseudo death spirits. Don't bother fighting anymore as victory is impossible."

"I know."

Su Yu smiled, "Good. With you around, I have nothing to worry about. I'll be back in one to three months."

"Okay."

***

With the conversation over, Su Yu entered seclusion while waiting for the arrival of the others. He used the seclusion to read the memories of the corpses he had gathered. These ancient experts had been staying in the Upper Realm for quite a while.

Additionally, the Celestial Dragon Marquis was still alive. This was a good target to interrogate.

Slowly, Su Yu gathered information about the Upper Realm. The suppressive force did not exist in the Upper Realm. Or to be precise, the entire Upper Realm was a lawless land. It wasn't that there weren't laws up there, but the laws up there weren't as rigid as the laws down here. Up there, the Three Body Method wasn't the only method one could pursue.

Furthermore, the Upper Realm was massive. It was definitely not smaller than the Lower Realm in size. Numerous dao centers had been built in the Upper Realm by the top experts.

Unlike the Lower Realm where each race would congregate in their respective realms, the dao centers served as the base for the people up there. For the most part, each Daofuse would lead their own dao center.

There were many battles up there. Most of these battles involved competition over the masterless daos up there. According to the memories of Fallen Star Marquis and the others, these masterless daos were quite different from the daos in the Lower Realm.

Firstly, these daos were masterless.

Secondly, most of them were incomplete or damaged. Thus, it was speculated that these were the broken daos of dead Masters of Laws. One could devour these daos to strengthen one's own dao.

Thirdly, there was also a River of Time up there, but the river there seemed different from the river down here. But without the Heaven Gate, they were unsure about the actual differences. They could only feel that something was different.

Thus, the first priority of the myriad races up there was these masterless daos. Killing humans came second, and killing the natives came third.

Yes. Natives.

There were native life forms in the Upper Realm as well. These so-called natives were essentially the beast races that were similar to the heavenly desolate beast in nature. They had existed since the creation of the Upper Realm.

Such beasts used to exist in the Lower Realm as well. That was why Culture King was able to kill the heavenly desolate beast for its dao. But by the time the Human Emperor took power, these beasts had mostly gone extinct. Meanwhile, the Upper Realm was created long after the Lower Realm. At the time, humanity had full control over the Upper Realm. They never stopped hunting these beasts down, but they weren't able to fully exterminate these beasts before the fall of the human empire.

These beasts were extremely powerful. Some didn't even have any daos and merely relied on their physical prowess. They were extremely hard to kill, and they were also rather bloodthirsty. They would frequently attack the many dao centers established in the Upper Realm.

Additionally, there were also some old fossils who had been in seclusion for many years up there. These might be the old fossils who had captured some masterless daos many years ago and had been in seclusion since then.

This served as a reminder to Su Yu that what he knew might not necessarily be everything. More experts might be hidden somewhere he didn't know. Su Yu wanted to find out more about the human traitors as well, but unfortunately, Fallen Star Marquis and the others did not seem to know about these traitors either.

After thinking about it, Su Yu decided to meet West Royal Consort. She had been under his imprisonment for nearly half a year. He had been ignoring her all this time. Seeing her now wasn't a bad idea since Control King's lineage was one of his targets in the Upper Realm.

***

As of late, West Royal Consort had been feeling very jittery.

Sure, at her age, the passage of time was no longer as noticeable. But it had been quite a while since she was captured.

Su Yu had not spoken even one word to her. Thus, she was starting to feel uneasy about her imprisonment. She was slowly losing patience. She was even thinking of breaking free instead of waiting endlessly like this.

After all, she was locked here without her original body and her dao. Only her sea of willpower was preserved. This was driving her crazy. Suddenly, her eyes flickered. Her original body had been destroyed, but she had been allowed to create a basic but weak body for herself.

A figure appeared before her. The moment she laid eyes on Su Yu, she blanked out. Was this...Su Yu? Why did his hair turn white? He looked like someone without much lifespan remaining. That did not make sense.

She was curious, but she resisted the urge to ask. Instead, she gave Su Yu a cold and haughty glance without saying anything.

With a smile, Su Yu manifested a table before her with a wave of his hand. With another wave, he manifested a chair. Then, he said, "It has been a while, West Royal Consort. How are you liking your accommodation here?"

West Royal Consort maintained her cold persona and ignored him.

Su Yu chuckled again and said, "Why are you so cold? It's okay. You can stop guessing. I just suffered a loss not long ago. That bastard Tiangu was quite capable. He forced me to burn my lifespan to survive. Fortunately, I survived. I reckon I still have a hundred years to live. I'm happy with this."

West Royal Consort's heart thumped violently.

A hundred years.

A super freak who had just risen to power was left with only a hundred years to live> For her, a hundred years would pass in the blink of an eye.

A defeat!

Despite her thoughts, she maintained a haughty expression as she said, "Are you sure you can live that long? You can't even win in the Lower Realm. How are you supposed to survive the opening of the Upper Realm?"

It had never crossed her mind that Su Yu might be lying. What was the point? She could see that Su Yu had indeed lost a lot of lifespan. And what reason would he have to burn his lifespan if it wasn't for the sake of escaping from the myriad races? For fun?

Bullshit.

Thus, a defeat was the only answer to this puzzle.

Su Yu laughed and said, "Well, I will enjoy every day I have left. Even if I don't have much time left, I'll still kill as many as I can before dying. Fortunately, I didn't suffer this loss for nothing. Tiangu survived, but Fallen Star Marquis and Devilroil Marquis died."

Su Yu chortled and continued, "Are you surprised?"

West Royal Consort frowned slightly and asked, "They descended?"

"Yeah." Su Yu said, "Those fools tried to ambush me. I wouldn't have suffered such a big loss if I hadn't stayed to kill them."

With a sneer, Su Yu continued, "Yes, this is a big loss for me. But it's a worthy trade."

West Royal Consort said, "You're the human lord. Is this really a worthy trade? Your lifespan for two mere marquises? Are you sure? There are plenty of such marquises left in the Upper Realm."

Su Yu smiled, "Is that so? It doesn't matter. I also killed West Heavenly King and East Heavenly King. All in all, this is definitely a worthy trade."

West Royal Consort sank into silence. Inside, she was deep in thought. Why was Su Yu here? Was he finally seeing her value? Or was it something else? Regardless of her confusion, she did not show it. With a sneer, she sat down right beside Su Yu on the bench and dangled her legs before Su Yu.

Instead of sitting upright, she sat in a languid manner. With a tone of contempt, she said, "A defeat is a defeat. Why are you here? Are you trying to hear some words of comfort from me?"

Su Yu laughed and said, "No. I have yet to fall that far. It's merely one loss. It's no big deal. Actually, I'm here for another matter. I lost recently, so Great Zhou King introduced some unknown human experts to me. He claimed that they came from the Upper Realm and they served the Stable Army Marquis."

West Royal Consort's heart thumped.

Upper Realm! Stable Army Marquis!

Su Yu chuckled and continued, "A single defeat is nothing. But Great Zhou King said that those in the Upper Realm have discovered a method to release Hundred Battle King. They are seeking my help."

"Hundred Battle..."

West Royal Consort frowned slightly. She seemed to have forgotten her intention to seduce Su Yu. Rather, she grew impatient as she waited for Su Yu to say more.

Su Yu said, "I'm here for one thing. You have Control King's bloodline. So you should know, or perhaps this was something you had experienced personally. Just what happened to Hundred Battle King back then? Was he stabbed in the back by you guys? Or did he betray humanity?"

Su Yu frowned and continued, "Great Zhou King told me to help him and the Upper Realm. He suggested that we attack the seal from both sides and free Hundred Battle King. According to them, Hundred Battle King is the sole savior of humanity. Heh..."

Su Yu sneered and said, "I only trust myself. But due to my recent defeat, I need to take their sentiment into consideration. No matter what, Great Zhou King was in power for many years. With the support of the Upper Realm, some humans are starting to waver in their support toward me. Many are starting to persuade me to work with the Upper Realm."