After a short observation, Su Yu noted the dense life power sealed within the pill.

He nodded. "A treasure. It is capable of increasing one's lifespan, but it is also capable of helping one comprehend the life dao. A life cultivator or an immortal can potentially reach the top with a single step through this pill."

Alas, he didn't have any life cultivator on his side. Otherwise, this pill alone would produce a super expert for him. It was just as valuable as the desolate heavenly beast corpse.

After a while, Su Yu said, "Keep it. Perhaps we'll need it in the future. It can help with life span and comprehension of life itself. It might prove helpful when I resurrect the dead."

Liu Hong nodded in agreement.

How much lifespan would a newly revived person have?

Would the lifespan be reset?

Or would the remaining lifespan before the person in question died be taken into consideration?

This was a rather complicated question.

Su Yu himself could also use this pill to increase his lifespan. Although he had pioneered his dao, he was still not a Master of Law. He was far from that level. Thus, his lifespan had yet to recover.

Before long, they left the room and headed toward the next room. Before leaving, Liu Hong did not forget to steal the table in the room.

***

Paper room.

Su Yu easily opened the door with the Heavenly Hunt Index.

The same layout could be seen in it.

A table and a case.

Su Yu opened the case himself. Inside, a piece of paper and an item could be found.

"I don't cultivate the paper dao, but in my opinion, the paper dao should be the same as the clone dao. Or maybe it's the myriad abilities dao. Or a fusion dao. The fusion of myriad daos. This dao, in particular, is a result of my deduction. Through this dao, one can cultivate clones. Each clone comes with a unique ability."

The Heavenly Hunt Index itself was a copy of the Book of Time. Culture King himself had never cultivated the paper dao. The item left in this case was a unique item as well.

"Ten thousand characters are henceforth provided. Throughout the years, I fought in countless wars and killed countless powerful enemies. Ten thousand of the characters I gathered from these fallen enemies would serve to assist the successor of the paper dao in their cultivation."

As Su Yu read the note on the paper, he grimaced. "If I knew this...I would have entered this room before pioneering my dao!"

Fuck!

These characters were essentially embryonic daos.

This was truly a big surprise. So many of these embryonic daos had been left here.

Then again, it was also true that Culture King had fought in numerous wars and killed countless enemies. Ten thousand characters were nothing compared to the number of enemies he had killed.

Su Yu inhaled deeply and smiled. "Lan Tian can finally heal his dao injury and even grow more. With these characters, he can comprehend the embryonic form of the myriad daos in the River of Time."

In comparison, Su Yu's dao was too immature.

The ten thousand characters here would prove useful for Lan Tian.

Liu Hong was smiling as well. "These are all treasures. Coming here is the right choice. With this, Teacher Lan Tian can not only heal from his dao injury, but he can even grow into the level of a Venerable."

Su Yu glanced at Liu Hong. "What's your plan? There is only a Long Life Pill in your room, but it's useless for you. Even so, you look so happy. Back then, you claimed that there are treasures on the ninth level. Are you aware that the nine level has been reduced to ruins?"

Liu Hong said, "I know."

"So are you going to return empty-handed?"

Liu Hong grinned. "It's fine. I'm not a greedy man. I don't mind returning without any treasures."

After a long pause, Su Yu asked, "Be honest. Do you need my help with something?"

At that, Liu Hong's smile turned stiff. After an awkward cough, he said, "Nope, not at all. I only need to take a trip to Nether Emperor's Residence."

"Hmm?"

Liu Hong explained, "The ink dao can be considered a sort of death spirit dao. But it's also very similar to the nether race's dao. Culture King might have referred to Nether Pseudo Emperor's dao when creating the ink dao. I wish to visit the Nether Emperor's Residence to try my luck."

Su Yu nodded, "Sure. You can go there. As for you, Zhou Hao, you'll be going to Martial King's Residence. Good luck to both of you. That's especially true for you, Liu Hong. I might need your help when resurrecting the dead. I need someone to help suppress the backlash of the death spirit dao during the resurrection."

Liu Hong wasn't weak anymore, but he wasn't too strong either. His fusion with the ink dao had increased significantly after his cultivation session at the intersection of life and death. At the moment, he was around a tier-three Daofuse. One could say that he had also grown a lot. Recently, many of Su Yu's past companions and friends had been left far behind.

Liu Hong was already doing impressively well to continue keeping up with Su Yu. It was likely that the ink dao would be required during the resurrection. As for the other required daos, Su Yu could provide them. He only needed something to handle the backlash from the death spirit dao, and the ink dao was perfect for that.

Liu Hong nodded. "This is no big deal. I'll do my best to improve my mastery over the ink dao. This will also allow me to suppress the death spirit experts better."

"Let me know if you need any help."

Liu Hong had a habit of keeping secrets, so he might stay silent when encountering trouble.

"Of course. Thank you, Your Majesty."

Then, Liu Hong rushed off in excitement. Looking at the excited Liu Hong, Su Yu shook his head with amusement. Beside him, Zhou Hao gave him a salute before leaving as well.

With the two gone, Su Yu exhaled and said, "May they both gain something from this."

He looked at Heavenbridge Marquis and asked, "When will you reach the level of a heavenly king?"

Heavenbridge Marquis answered with embarrassment, "That won't be easy."

"Won't be easy?" Su Yu said, "The gate dao is quite a powerful dao."

Suddenly, Heavenbridge Marquis lowered his voice as he said, "That's not the main issue."

"Explain."

Heavenbridge Marquis started whispering like a thief, "Your Majesty, kill Martial Emperor and let me eat him. Or you can kill Yue Hao and let me eat his Hell Gate. I might be able to become a heavenly king after stealing the power of a different gate."

Su Yu's eyes flickered.

Heavenbridge Marquis continued, "Your Majesty, this is similar in concept with how you steal from the River of Time. I can steal from the other gates."

As he spoke, the more shifty his expression became. "Your Majesty, if I steal enough, I might even gain the ability to open the other gates."

He grinned, "At the time, forget about heavenly king. I can probably reach even the level of a Venerable. Or even a Master of Law."

He started growing excited. "Your Majesty, Martial Emperor is an enemy anyway. Just kill him to fully make use of his power. Don't let it go to waste. Let me eat his gate. I can definitely grow strong from that."

With a pensive look, Su Yu asked, "Are there only two gates in existence? Are there other gates out there?"

"Nobody can say for sure."

Instantly, Heavenbridge Marquis shut his mouth. He was terrified of being asked about these gates.

Su Yu nodded. "We will deal with Control King's lineage sooner or later. You can eat their gates when we manage to kill some of them."

Heavenbridge Marquis was overjoyed to hear that. With that, he would be able to grow rapidly. His dao power was very unique. Unlike the others, he hadn't grown much lately. He was already around the level of a tier-two Daofuse back before he was sealed to the eighth level. And now, he had merely regained his original strength.

"Let's go and check out the other residences. I can now enter all those Emperor residences. Let's empty this place of treasures."

With the assembly tokens and his mastery over the myriad daos, Su Yu could move unobstructed here. First, he would empty all the other residences.

After all, he had a bunch of people waiting for more cultivation resources in the Celestial Chasm Realm. Regular treasures wouldn't be useful for them as many of them were already rather powerful.

***

While Su Yu was busy looting the eighth level.

Human Realm.

The thirty-six prefects had gathered.

South Suppression Marquis and Wen Qi had appeared as well.

Looking at the approaching Hundred Battle King with complicated expressions, South Suppression Marquis said, "This subordinate, South Suppression, greets His Majesty."

"Be at ease."

Hundred Battle King nodded with a genial smile on his face. When he looked at the others, everyone bowed, including Xia Huyou.

"We greet the human lord."

Hundred Battle King. The ninth human lord.

He was back.

After spreading his willpower throughout the Human Realm, Hundred Battle King smiled. "That's quite thoughtful of him."

The Human Realm was at peace.

Su Yu had not ruined the realm before leaving.

All the experts beyond the Sunmoon Realm had left with him, but this wasn't a bad thing. Then again, this would also bring Hundred Battle King a tiny bit of trouble as the growth of new experts under him would slow down because of this.

Riversea Marquis said, "Is there not a single human beyond the Sunmoon Realm left?"

Everyone was gone.

Unlike Hundred Battle King, he was dissatisfied with this.

Not a single Eternal was left behind.

Xia Huyou smiled and said, "Please forgive us, Senior. The others left. We couldn't do anything about that since they have their own free will as well."

Xia Huyou continued, "Human Lord, a banquet has been prepared. The representatives of the various powers have arrived. Would you meet them, Human Lord?"

At that, Riversea Marquis questioned coldly, "Are you telling His Majesty to meet a bunch of weaklings who aren't even Eternals?"

They were underestimating Hundred Battle King!

Xia Huyou said nothing. He merely kept his head lowered in silence.

However, Hundred Battle King seemed indifferent as he said with a smile, "Sure. Let's meet them. By the way, are you a descendant of Battle King?"

"Yes, Human Lord. The Xia Family has inherited the bloodline of Battle King. Unfortunately, we failed to uphold the legacy of our ancestor."

Hundred Battle King merely smiled and nodded without saying anything to that.

He continued looking around before addressing South Suppression Marquis, "Thank you for the hard work."

The Human Realm was still operating nicely. The top experts were gone, but that did not bother him much. After six thousand years, Hundred Battle King had to admit that the current Human Realm felt unfamiliar. In fact, he was starting to feel like an outsider here.

Six thousand years ago, he would be greeted with countless excited cheers whenever he made an appearance. He had the support of all humanity. Alas, when he opted to feign a defeat, he had also given up on the Human Realm. The current Human Realm was no longer the same.

He could see that the thirty-six prefects were merely being polite to him without being truly loyal. This was no longer an era where he had humanity's full support.

"Everything has changed."

Hundred Battle King lamented. He couldn’t help feeling a sense of incongruity.