Chapter 1944: News From The River (3)

At the same time.

Lower Realm.

Fate Realm.

Fate Pseudo Emperor was welcoming a guest atop the Heavenly Fate Mountain.

Wan Tiansheng!

With Su Yu's departure, Wan Tiansheng was tasked to supervise the various realms, with special emphasis on the three major realms and the Fate Realm.

Great Qin King and Great Xia King were no longer immune to Fate Realm's suppressive force. Thus, Wan Tiansheng was the only remaining human capable of contending against Fate Pseudo Emperor in the Fate Realm.

Su Yu had been away for half a month. During this time, Wan Tiansheng had spent his time watching over the Human Realm and patrolling the various realms. Today, his patrol brought him to Fate Realm.

At the moment, he was gazing at the time. However, he couldn't see anything different. After a while, he asked, "Has the Upper Realm been silent as of late?"

Fate Pseudo Emperor said, "Yes. Unless the three major races are willing to sacrifice more Sunmoons to exhaust the power of laws, those from the Upper Realm won't have any way to descend for now.

"However, Tiangu and the others aren't fools. With the deaths of Fallen Star Marquis and the others, they won't lure more experts down just to be killed by us."

Tiangu and the others had canceled their previous plan. Currently, humanity dominated the Lower Realm. Tiangu and the others suspected that the fate race had also submitted to Su Yu. It was simply too risky to allow more of their experts to descend in such a situation. These experts could easily be stopped and killed in the Fate Realm.

Wan Tiansheng nodded. He had guessed the same. That was no longer a feasible plan. They would only end up sacrificing a large number of Sunmoons just to lose more Daofuses. Only a fool would continue with that plan. They would not do anything before the entrance was fully open.

"Has Immortal Battle Marquis sent any assembly tokens down?"

"Not yet." Fate Pseudo Emperor shook his head and said, "Things have been calm in the Lower Realm as of late. Due to the lack of fluctuations, it won't be easy for Immortal Battle Marquis to even locate the entrance. A few immortal Eternals need to die for that to happen. Perhaps two or three of them will do."

Wan Tiansheng chuckled, "Forget it, then."

Were they supposed to invade the Immortal Realm to kill some Eternals? Forget it.

Just then, Fate Pseudo Emperor's expression changed. Wan Tiansheng's expression changed as well. He vanished with a flicker. An indistinct opening had appeared in the sky. The entrance was opening.

Fate Pseudo Emperor was alarmed. What was going on? Why was this happening when everything was calm? Had the three major races actually persisted with their plan? But things had been very calm recently. He waited cautiously.

Was someone trying to descend from the Upper Realm? Or was someone merely trying to take a look? Suddenly, a face appeared in the sky. It was indistinct, but it resembled a human face.

As they were a realm apart, Fate Pseudo Emperor couldn't even sense the aura of this person. He was feeling doubtful. Which race was this expert from?

A human-like face?

In that case, it would probably be someone from the three major races. Those from the other races would mostly project their true forms when doing this.

"Is Fateless here? Fateless, Fateless, calling for Fateless!"

"..."

Fate Pseudo Emperor blanked out. What was going on? Was this guy here for him? But who was this guy? Why did those willpower fluctuations feel familiar? Wan Tiansheng, who had hidden himself earlier, came out with an odd expression. That human face looked familiar.

"Are you there? Is anyone there? Reply if you hear me. Everything feels blurry from this far away. Is anyone there? Fateless? Answer me! Stop wasting time!"

"..."

The two felt even more doubtful. Wan Tiansheng sent a voice transmission, "Try sending your willpower over. There is too much interference. This guy can't see or sense us."

Fate Pseudo Emperor said nothing and sent his willpower over.

The moment he sent his willpower, Su Yu sensed it. He exclaimed in joy, "Fate Pseudo Emperor, it's me!"

Fate Pseudo Emperor's jaw dropped. Holy shit!

Su Yu?

Did he conquer the Upper Realm?

How could he be here otherwise?

Fate Pseudo Emperor blanked out. Were the youngsters nowadays so scary? It hadn't even been long since that guy was gone! Fate Pseudo Emperor knew that Su Yu was gone since Su Yu had gone with Endless Passage and a token of identity from him.

After a short silence, Fate Pseudo Emperor asked, "Who...who is this?"

He acted oblivious.

Was this a test from the Upper Realm?

That was possible.

Such a test was understandable since it would be too hard for someone from one side to sense things on the other side. Su Yu said, "Stop wasting time. I drew on your dao before."

"..."

Understood.

This was really Su Yu!

Fate Pseudo Emperor was shocked. But he was also quite speechless. What was this guy doing at the entrance?

He looked at Wan Tiansheng and said, "It's...Emperor Yu."

Wan Tiansheng smiled and said, "No wonder I find this face familiar. So it's him."

What a surprise.

Wan Tiansheng sent his willpower over and said, "It's me, Wan Tiansheng."

***

Upper Realm.

Su Yu was pleasantly surprised to learn that Old Wan was present as well. Clearly, he had taken his responsibility seriously.

As he sensed the tunnel's resistance growing, he went straight to the point, "Go to the Human Realm and find Heavenly Forge King. Get him to finish my remaining pages and deliver them to me. The Upper Realm is a massive treasure vault. Power of laws can be found everywhere. All of them are masterless. I need them."

Su Yu greatly regretted coming up without some blank pages in his book. At present, he only had a few occupied pages left. He needed more blank pages to steal from Human Emperor's river.

"Deliver them up?"

Wan Tiansheng hesitated. That wouldn't be an easy feat.

Su Yu knew that as well. He said, "Don't worry. Just do it. I'll suppress this tunnel for a bit. I can't do it for long, but it can work for a short time. Just finish it as soon as possible."

"Okay."

Wan Tiansheng did not argue. Since Su Yu was claiming that there were treasures everywhere, so be it. It wasn't like the Lower Realm had never been visited by anyone from the Upper Realm before. Nobody had ever said that, but there was no arguing with Su Yu.

Su Yu said, "The flow of time in both the Lower and Upper Realms is probably consistent. Make it quick. I'll return in an hour. The resistance is too strong. I won't be able to say more here."

"Sure."

With a rumble, the entrance was shut and Su Yu's face vanished.

Fate Pseudo Emperor asked, "Is...that even possible?"

Wan Tiansheng shrugged. Fate Pseudo Emperor had yet to recover from his shock. Was Su Yu treating the Upper Realm as his own backyard? He could do whatever he wanted there. Was that the case?

Just what was going on up there? Wasn't this entrance in the Dao Origin Land? Wasn't the Dao Origin Land still under the myriad races' control? How did Su Yu gain access to the entrance?

Wan Tiansheng's thoughts were far simpler. Su Yu was demanding something. And he wanted that something immediately. Thus, Wan Tiansheng wasted no time and started rushing back to the Human Realm.

He was deep in thought. Since Su Yu could now open the entrance, did this signify that he could take even more people to the Upper Realm? Through the Fate Realm? Or could he take some people down here?

Sure, they could accomplish the same through the other entrance. But by traveling through the Fate Realm, any enemies pursuing them would be subjected to the suppressive force of the realm.

Countless thoughts emerged in Wan Tiansheng's mind. Before long, he was back in the Human Realm. He started moving toward Heavenly Forge King's location.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was gasping for breath.

He couldn't keep the communication for too long as the resistance was too strong. No wonder Immortal Battle Marquis had to end the conversation so soon during their previous communication.

Also, it was too hard to sense what was going on at the other side. It was no wonder that Immortal Battle Marquis had been fooled so easily.

"I need more pages. If I can get some new pages, I can fill them with the powers of laws at the end of Human Emperor's river. With that, those pages will be able to grow rapidly."

Su Yu was filled with expectation. Human Emperor had left a treasure trove behind.

Instead of staying, he left.

Since he had some time to burn, he decided to look for the intersection of the two rivers and get in contact with the River of Time to strengthen his pen dao. After strengthening his dao and receiving his blank pages, he would have nothing much left to do in the Dao Origin Land.

"I already know where Hundred Battle is sealed. I already know the location of the entrance. I have also found the secret of Human Emperor's dao. I have even seen the truth behind the masterless daos here."

A single trip into Human Emperor's dao had brought Su Yu numerous gains. His strength had yet to grow by much, but that wouldn't be so far away either. He continued moving toward the end of the river.

A short while later, a terrifying scene presented itself to him. Something akin to a gigantic dam stretched out before him. And a large hole could be seen there. It was akin to a swirling black hole, surrounded by violent currents of water.

Boom!

Thunder-like splashing sounds rang out repeatedly.

"Heavenly River Exit..."

Su Yu recalled what he heard about this place before. The Dao Origin Name was known as the Heavenly River Exit in the past.

And that was a fitting name. The exit to the heavenly river was before him, surrounded by violent currents. He moved away from the currents.

"What a crazy guy."

The master of the death spirit dao had opened a similar hole to steal from the River of Time, but that hole was much smaller. It was only meant to steal the power associated with death from the River of Time.

Meanwhile, Human Emperor was far greedier. If the opening at the death spirit dao was likened to a hole, then the opening here could be called an abyss.

"Crazy fucks, the lot of them!"

If the River of Time were something with a master, the master would probably feel immense frustration upon learning about the two thieves. From here, the pen dao felt even clearer. Evidently, he had reached an area truly covered by the River of Time's influence.

Boom!

Finding a relatively calm spot in the area, Su Yu sat down cross-legged and started focusing on the pen dao. The more he focused, the clearer the pen dao felt. He had learned a lot about the dao during his time in the Upper Realm. Perhaps he could further advance his mastery over the pen dao.

He was already a tier-two Daofuse. He wondered if he could reach the level of a heavenly king after taking another step forward. Tossing all those thoughts out of his mind, he started comprehending the dao. His comprehension stretched out through the river, entering the River of Time proper.

***

Pen dao.

Prior to this, Su Yu had covered about seventy-five percent of this dao.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

As Su Yu's comprehension reached the tributary, the area under his coverage started spreading. It moved slowly, but it was moving.

Seventy-six, seventy-seven...

Slowly, it was near eighty percent. According to Su Yu's personal classification, he should reach the level of a heavenly king at eighty percent.

After an indeterminate amount of time.

Boom!

Su Yu's coverage broke through a certain bottleneck, surpassing eighty percent by a tiny bit. Then, it stopped growing.

***

At the same time.

Somewhere enveloped in boundless darkness.

A figure clad in fluttering white robes looked back in confusion.

Fuck!

It had only been a short time, right? Why did it felt like the successor had gained even more comprehension of the pen dao?

What was happening?

Was the flow of time here different from the Myriad Realms?

Had thousands of years passed there?

The time difference shouldn't be so big, right?

If that was the case, millions of years would have passed in the Myriad Realms since his departure.

"No, that shouldn't be...

"After so long...no, it can't be!"

The white figure was greatly alarmed. He couldn't believe it.

A million years were enough for everything to change.

"If that were the case, Martial Emperor would have died of old age long ago. But I can feel that he's still alive."

Not knowing the truth, the white figure could only speculate.