The First Marquis of Daxuan

“If you’re just going your own way, then I naturally won’t meddle.”

Su Mu shook his head and said calmly.

"But if you want to go your own way and block everyone else's way, then I'm sorry."

What business is it of yours?

The Heavenly Emperor's face darkened, and he said coldly, "You have already become a saint, and you are no longer the same kind of person as those ants."

"Isn't it enough that I allow you to be with me?"

"Heavenly Emperor, I am not the same as you."

Su Mu shook his head, his face showing no anger.

The Heavenly Emperor is the mysterious root of heaven and earth, not a human being.

It's pointless to try to guess his thoughts using human reasoning.

We simply have different paths.

There's no right or wrong in it.

As for who has the final say, that simply comes down to who is stronger.

"Heavenly Emperor, you are no match for me. If I were you, I would not have forced my way in today."

Su Mu said calmly, "Until your strength surpasses mine, you can forget about returning to the Heavenly Realm."

"you--"

The Heavenly Emperor's expression shifted constantly, a mixture of shame and anger.

He had never suffered such humiliation before.
But he had no reason to refute it.

He is currently only at the peak of the Primordial Realm, while Su Mu has already become a saint.

He is indeed no match for Su Mu right now.

Unless he is willing to pay an extraordinary price.

He doesn't want to pay too high a price right now.

It hasn't been easy for him to get to where he is today.

If he were to pay too high a price now, wouldn't all his efforts over the years have been in vain?

He stared intently at Su Mu; if looks could kill, he would have killed Su Mu countless times by now.

He wondered what the chances were of killing Su Mu if he summoned the Void Beasts to swarm him now.

After careful consideration, he came to a conclusion that left him both angry and helpless.

That means he can't kill Su Mu.

Even if he were to attack with the Void Beast, he still wouldn't be able to kill Su Mu today.

At the Dao Saint Realm, numbers alone are no longer enough to kill them.

To kill Su Mu, he would have to retrieve Yang Tianjun's corpse and combine the two into one; only then would his strength surpass Su Mu's.

But if he wants to retrieve Yang Tianjun's body, he must first defeat Su Mu.

This creates a vicious cycle.

If he can't defeat Su Mu, he won't be able to retrieve Yang Tianjun's corpse.

He couldn't defeat Su Mu if he couldn't retrieve Yang Tianjun's body.

If he had known this day would come, he shouldn't have chosen to leave the Heavenly Realm in the first place.

At the time, he simply didn't want to get entangled with Su Mu and his group, so he chose a strategic retreat.

According to his plan, when he returned with the Void Beasts, he could easily wipe out Su Mu and Zhang Jiao and their group.

Since there's an easier way to do it, why should he risk doing it himself?
He knew perfectly well that these people could not possibly seize Yang Tianjun's power.

He never imagined that Su Mu would become a saint in just a few short days!
This was something that should never have happened.

But ironically, this impossible thing actually happened.

Even with the richest imagination, he couldn't have come up with these ideas.

That's a Dao Saint!

How could someone possibly break through to the Dao Saint Realm in just a few days?
Even if he were allowed to retrieve Yang Tianjun's corpse, it would still take him at least several years to break through to the Dao Saint Realm.

He's just reclaiming the power that rightfully belongs to him.

Doesn't it take time to increase strength?

Who the hell are you?
The Heavenly Emperor was so angry he almost swore.

"Very good, Su Mu, remember what you said today, I will come back again."

The Heavenly Emperor said coldly.

He had completely lost face and was too lazy to even say a polite word; he simply turned and left.

As soon as he left, the Void Beasts roared and howled, then darted into the void and disappeared.

If it weren't for the corpses floating in the void, everyone would have thought that nothing had happened.

None of them expected that Su Mu would make the Heavenly Emperor leave with his tail between his legs after just a few words.

Although they knew Su Mu was very strong, the Heavenly Emperor had so many Void Beasts under his command.

It's hard to say whether so many Void Beasts can kill Su Mu, but killing them all is definitely not a problem.

If the Heavenly Emperor is truly determined to fight to the death, then there might still be a chance to retrieve Yang Tianjun's body.

Just how strong was Su Mu that the Heavenly Emperor didn't even dare to try and chose to retreat?

All eyes were on Su Mu, and no one dared to utter a sound.

The celestial beings of the Heavenly Realm and the people of Huangtiandao now realize just how terrifying Su Mu's strength is.

In the past, some people dared to argue with Su Mu, but now, they really don't dare.

When someone is only slightly better than them, they feel nothing but resentment.

But when someone's strength far surpasses theirs, all they feel is fear and submission.

"Sect Master, why did you let the Heavenly Emperor leave?"

Huo Tu, however, did not show much fear.

Anyway, Su Mu was already stronger than him when he met him.

Moreover, Su Mu has become stronger and stronger along the way, and his way of getting along with Su Mu doesn't depend on strength at all.

In his heart, he and Su Mu were his own people.

The celestial beings of the Heavenly Realm and the people of the Yellow Heaven Path are all latecomers.

"That bastard killed so many of us, it's too easy for him to just go."

Huo Tu said, "If you're letting him go because you're worried about our safety, then there's absolutely no need for that."

We are not afraid of death.

The celestial beings and the people of Huangtiandao secretly rolled their eyes.

You're not afraid of death, but we don't want to die.

Everyone knows that the Heavenly Emperor's methods are unfathomable.

If you die at the hands of the Heavenly Emperor, you're truly dead, with no chance of resurrection.

If given a choice, no one would want to die at the hands of the Heavenly Emperor.

However, everyone looked at Su Mu with curiosity.

Although they didn't know the extent of Su Mu's current strength, they all felt that Su Mu had just had a chance to kill the Heavenly Emperor.

"Heavenly Emperor..."

Zhang Jiao hesitated before speaking.

In fact, Su Mu had just admitted that he was not Yin Tianjun.

However, in the current situation, whether Su Mu is Yin Tianjun or not is no longer important.

Even if the real Yin Tianjun were still alive, he might not be a match for Su Mu.

Zhang Jiao simply didn't know how to address Su Mu.

"I guess the Heavenly Emperor won't be so easy to kill."

Zhang Jiao said in a deep voice, "What exactly does he want to do?"
"Kill us?"

He is now filled with doubts.

The conversation between Su Mu and the Heavenly Emperor was too information-rich for him to understand at all.

Even now, he still doesn't quite understand the origins of the Heavenly Emperor, or what the Heavenly Emperor wants to do.

If it was merely to retrieve Yang Tianjun's body, the Heavenly Emperor would have had no reason to make such a fuss.

"Didn't you just hear that?"

Su Mu remained calm and slowly said, "The Heavenly Emperor, the Yang Heavenly Lord, and the Yin Heavenly Lord are originally one."

What the Heavenly Emperor needs to do is to reunite them as one.

"Let him merge if he wants to. What's it to us?"

Huo Tudao.

Zhao Baiqi couldn't help but pull him back; this brother always acted foolishly at crucial moments.

What does it mean to say that if the Heavenly Emperor wants to unite, then let him unite?

The Heavenly Emperor is already this strong on his own. If he were to absorb the power of the Yang Heavenly Lord and the Yin Heavenly Lord, who in the entire universe could stop him?
Do you really think the Heavenly Emperor is a kind-hearted person?

If the Heavenly Emperor truly becomes invincible, who knows what he might do?
"The combination of these three is related to us?"

Zhang Jiao looked at Su Mu, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly asked.

Even if he's slow to react, he's already guessing something.

Based on his understanding of Su Mu, if the Heavenly Emperor's goal was simply to absorb the power of Yang Tianjun and Yin Tianjun, Su Mu would not stop him at all.

Because Su Mu has no fear of the Heavenly Emperor's three-in-one power.

With Su Mu's cultivation improving at this rate, who does he need to be afraid of?

In terms of cultivation level alone, Zhang Jiao didn't think anyone could compare to Su Mu.

"because--"

Su Mu said slowly, "You are all Yin Tianjun."

"Us? Lord Yintian?"

The group exchanged bewildered glances, wondering what connection Yin Tianjun had with them.

They had never seen the Underworld Lord before.

They had absolutely no idea what the Yin Tianjun was like.

Moreover, how could so many of them all be Yin Tianjun?
"To be precise, the power of Yin Tianjun has spread throughout the universe, and each of you has the power of Yin Tianjun within you."

Su Mu continued, "If the Heavenly Emperor wants to reclaim the power of the Yin Heavenly Lord, to make it three in one and then three in one, he will kill you all."

"us?"

Zhang Jiao and the others looked thoughtful. "Heavenly Lord, who are you referring to when you say 'you'?"
Are they all of us?

The expressions on everyone's faces were somewhat incredulous. They had many guesses in their minds, but they never imagined that they would be involved with the Yin Tianjun.

If it weren't Su Mu who said this, they wouldn't believe it was true at all.

Now that they believed Su Mu wouldn't lie, curiosity took its place.

They were also curious whether the "you" Su Mu mentioned referred to all of them or just a portion of them.

"You, and you all."

Su Mu pointed to the celestial beings of the Heavenly Realm, then to the people of the Yellow Heaven Path, and finally pointed to Zhao Baiqi, Huo Tu, Chi Mingtang, Qian Gong Liu, and others.

Zhao Baiqi and the others were stunned.

They're not celestial beings either.

Are they also related to Yin Tianjun?
"How is this possible?"

Qian Gong Liu frowned and said, "My power is all obtained through my own hard work and cultivation. How could it be related to Yin Tianjun?"

His face was full of resentment.

Unlike those celestial beings, he had never been bathed in the blood of Yang Tianjun.

He also did not absorb the power of anyone else.

"Where does the power gained through cultivation come from?"

Su Mu slowly asked, "Where does the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that you absorb during cultivation come from?"

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is a natural phenomenon; what does it have to do with the Yin Heaven Lord?"

Liu Dao, the Duke of Qian.

"I can tell you that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is the manifestation of the Yin Heaven Lord."

Su Mu calmly said, "The Mysterious Root of Heaven and Earth is the source of the universe. It existed even before the universe existed."

At the beginning of the universe, the mysterious root of heaven and earth split into three: the Yang Heavenly Lord, the Yin Heavenly Lord, and the Heavenly Emperor.

Afterwards, Yin Tianjun dispersed into qi, which transformed into the spiritual energy of the universe.

Any martial artist who embarks on the path of cultivation must absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; this is the power of the Yin Tianjun.

Everyone's faces showed shock.

Did the power of the Yin Tianjun transform into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?
How could one person's power be so immense?
"It is because Yin Tianjun transformed into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that cultivation became possible in this universe."

And it was through him that the spiritual energy of the universe found its source, eventually taking on its present form.

Su Mu said in a deep voice, "A portion of the power within each of you comes from Yin Tianjun."

If the Heavenly Emperor wants to achieve perfection, he must reclaim these powers.

Once he reclaims the power of Yin Tianjun, this universe will become a place devoid of spiritual energy.

At that time, there will be no more martial artists in the universe.

"Without cultivation, can you still survive?"

Everyone fell silent.

If what Su Mu said is true, then they and the Heavenly Emperor are truly irreconcilable enemies.

The Heavenly Emperor's previous actions were simply a way to fool them.

"I say, gentlemen, are you all confused?"
We and the Heavenly Emperor have long been irreconcilable enemies. Whether or not there is such a thing as the Yin Heavenly Lord, we will fight him to the bitter end.

It doesn't matter now.

Seeing the dejected look on the faces of the Celestials and the Yellow Heaven Path members, Huo Tu said with some disdain.

Even if they call themselves celestial beings, they're not as bold as Huo Tu.

"It's true that we were confused."

Zhang Jiao said with a wry smile.

"Huo Tu is right."

Su Mu smiled faintly, "The reason I'm telling you the truth is because I think you can handle it."

If your cultivation level is lower, then I will choose to keep you completely unaware.

This is both a challenge and an opportunity for you.

I can tell you that if we can disperse Yang Tianjun's power, his power will dissipate into the universe, and Yin and Yang will merge. This will increase the concentration of spiritual energy in the universe and reduce the difficulty of martial arts cultivation.

"At that time, more martial artists will appear, and your cultivation will also reach a higher level."

"But we have no way to deal with Yang Tianjun's corpse, do we?"

"A celestial being from the heavens said."

There really wasn't any way to do it before.

Su Mu calmly said, "Now—"

Although he didn't finish speaking, everyone understood that Su Mu now had a way to deal with Yang Tianjun's corpse.

"Heavenly Lord, if you absorb the power of Yang Tianjun, wouldn't you be able to crush the Heavenly Emperor?"

Zhang Jiao suddenly asked.

Su Mu shook his head and slowly said, "Yang Tianjun's power is useful to me, but not as much as you think."

When Su Mu broke through to the Dao Saint Realm, he was able to perceive many things that he could not perceive before.

These events are also information he sensed from the depths of his being.

He could indeed absorb power from Yang Tianjun's corpse and convert it into Origin Points on the system panel.

However, it would be a waste to use Yang Tianjun's power solely on this.

"I have something else to tell you."

Su Mu continued, "Once Yang Tianjun's power is released into the universe, the Heavenly Emperor can also absorb this power."

"No, absolutely not."

Before anyone else could speak, Huo Tu had already shouted loudly.

"Isn't this aiding the enemy?"

Huo Tu said, "We can't do something so stupid."

Now that we can already suppress the Heavenly Emperor, why do we still need to help him increase his strength?
Only a fool would do something like that.

The celestial beings of the Heavenly Realm and the people of the Yellow Heaven Path exchanged glances.

Although they also wanted to improve their own strength, releasing Yang Tianjun's power now would indeed be aiding the enemy.

In contrast, they were more afraid of the Heavenly Emperor becoming stronger.

They would rather lose the opportunity themselves than let the Heavenly Emperor have one.

"Your Majesty, what are your plans?"

Zhang Jiao looked at Su Mu and asked.

He felt that Su Mu wouldn't say these things for no reason.

But he couldn't figure out what Su Mu meant.

If he were Su Mu, he would definitely seize Yang Tianjun's power for himself and would never let anyone know the truth.

They will not give the Heavenly Emperor any opportunity to improve his strength.

However, Su Mu is not him after all.

The ideas of geniuses are different from those of ordinary people.

Perhaps Su Mu is too confident and wants to find a stronger opponent.

This is not impossible.

He had met many martial arts fanatics before, and those fanatics liked to do this kind of thing.

They are not afraid of opponents who are too strong; they are only afraid of opponents who are not strong enough.

"If Heavenly Lord wishes to unleash the power of Yang Heavenly Lord, we have no objection."

Zhang Jiao said in a deep voice, "If Heavenly Lord wants to absorb Yang Heavenly Lord's power himself, we will fully support him."

We will follow the Heavenly Emperor's lead without question!

"I?"

Su Mu smiled faintly.

Why do you think I'm telling you all this?

Zhang Jiao smiled bitterly to himself.

He knew it.

However, this is also a good thing, as it will give them the opportunity to go further.

Haven't they been trying to obtain Yang Tianjun's power all these years?

If Su Mu spreads Yang Tianjun's power throughout the universe, they will be able to fulfill their long-cherished wish.

But for some reason, Zhang Jiao and the others couldn't feel happy at all.

All these people have gone to great lengths over the years, just to obtain Yang Tianjun's power.

As it turned out, Su Mu didn't even look down on what they had been dreaming of.

But then again.

Given Su Mu's strength, it's not surprising that he wouldn't look down on Yang Tianjun's power.

After all, Su Mu's own strength was already no less than that of Yang Tianjun.

A glint of light flashed in Su Mu's eyes.

His decision to unleash Yang Tianjun's power was not what Zhang Jiao thought.

Su Mu is not a martial arts fanatic, and he would never do something like creating a powerful enemy for himself.

What he wants is to reach a higher level.

To reach a higher realm, the first thing he needs to do is to transform this universe—

In Su Mu's words, it's about ascending to a higher dimension.

Only by elevating this universe to a higher dimension can he possibly reach a higher realm.

The way to elevate the universe to a higher dimension is through the unity of Yin and Yang.

Yin and Yang naturally refer to the power of the Yin Heavenly Ruler and the Yang Heavenly Ruler.

As for the Heavenly Emperor.

Su Mu really didn't consider him a rival.

Anyone who is surpassed by him will never have another chance to catch up with him.

From the moment he became a saint, the Heavenly Emperor was left behind.

From that moment on, the Heavenly Emperor was no longer qualified to be his opponent.

Even if he releases Yang Tianjun's power, the Heavenly Emperor can absorb a portion of it, and might even break through to the Dao Saint Realm, so the result will not be any different.

If the Heavenly Emperor dares to appear before him again, he will show him what despair is.

Then the Heavenly Emperor will understand that living may be more painful than dying. (End of Chapter)