Both Zhu Tiandao and Marquis Xia had awkward expressions. Were they smiling so widely? What was the issue with their smiles? They had always been professional smilers.

At the moment, everyone was relaxed, and the atmosphere was good. They had lost the Human Realm, but things weren't that bad. They were able to withdraw with all their belongings.

Essentially, they were leaving behind some empty shells. It was truly no big deal. As for Su Yu's so-called disastrous defeat in the Upper Realm, none had bought the story fully from the beginning.

They were of the opinion that Su Yu was merely withdrawing to avoid being the common target of the other parties. As for people like Xia Huyou and the others, they would be fine staying behind.

Xia Huyou was right. People like them were too insignificant for Hundred Battle King to harm. If Hundred Battle King were to sink low enough to threaten them, he would cease being a threat.

Even if they were to die, there was a way for Su Yu to bring them back. He could always find them in the Death Realm.

Seeing that it would still take some time for everyone to finish entering his pages, Su Yu said, "I'll take a walk. Just wait here."

Then, he vanished with a flicker.

Instead of entering Culture King's Residence, he was heading somewhere hidden.

***

Under Nanyuan City.

When Su Yu arrived underground, a figure appeared before him. It was South Suppression Marquis.

He looked nervous.

Su Yu said, "Are you aware of Hundred Battle King's return?"

"Yes."

Su Yu stared at South Suppression Marquis in silence. After a while, he chuckled and said, "I can't be bothered to do anything to you. At the very least, you are better than Cloud Water and the rest. You self-detonated as ordered, and you didn't cause trouble for me. I only have one request for you. If Hundred Battle dares to mistreat humanity, open a death tunnel and summon me back. I'll punish him."

South Suppression Marquis said awkwardly, "No, he won't..."

"Heh." Su Yu sneered and said, "Does Hundred Battle King really view himself as a human? Or let me rephrase that. Is he really viewing himself as a human of the tenth epoch?"

"He..."

Not giving South Suppression Marquis the chance to say more, Su Yu said, "Don't bother. I know more than you. Hundred Battle might be a descendant of Human Ancestor. I wonder if Conflict King is Human Ancestor's descendant as well.

"Whatever. It doesn't matter. I'll leave some death qi here. Keep it. Decide for yourself whether you're more loyal to Hundred Battle or humanity."

South Suppression Marquis inhaled deeply and said, "I have always been loyal to humanity. Perhaps the others are right. There are some old fossils who no longer care about humanity since their loved ones are no longer around. There are probably quite a lot of them. But I'm not one of them. I only support Hundred Battle King because I believe he can do better than you.

"You might not like to hear this, but Hundred Battle King is already as strong as a Master of Law. He has a better chance at taking another step forward. At present, you're still weaker than him, Emperor Yu. People like me are loyal to humanity, not any human lord in particular."

Su Yu said, "Sure. Whatever you say. I never got the chance to release Wen Qi. I'll release him to you, then."

South Suppression Marquis nodded, "Sure."

With a wave of his hand, Su Yu released someone before South Suppression Marquis.

It was Wen Qi the advisor.

The moment he was released, Wen Qi looked at Su Yu before looking at South Suppression Marquis and exclaiming, "Marquis!"

He hurriedly hid behind South Suppression Marquis before looking at Su Yu warily. But at the same time, he was feeling doubtful. For some reason, Su Yu's aura felt rather weak.

At that, Su Yu laughed and said, "Why are you staring at me like that? Don't be scared. What can a mere Sunmoon like me do to you? Wen Qi, we don't know each other well. But I know you're someone with a brain. Assist Hundred Battle well. Feel free to scheme against others, but not my people. You can even scheme against Hundred Battle if you want. Remember, don't make me your enemy. Understand?"

Wen Qi promised solemnly, "You jest, Human Lord. I wouldn't dare."

He did not know Su Yu well, but he still remembered how easily he was captured by Su Yu. Thus, he was quite afraid of Su Yu. Even now, he was still confused. He wouldn't dare to try anything even when Su Yu was claiming to be a Sunmoon.

Su Yu grinned and said, "This is all. South Suppression, Wen Qi, do well. We stand on different sides, so we might be enemies the next time we meet. By the way, pass this message to Hundred Battle for me."

South Suppression Marquis said, "What is the message?"

"I don't intend to make him my enemy. In my eyes, he isn't a villain, but he's definitely not a hero. I'm not saying this because I'm weaker than him. There is no need for that.

"I don't wish to become his enemy, but he'd better keep the Human Realm nice for me. This is temporary. I will return one day. Tell him to consider this a repayment for my favor. After all, I was the one who had saved his subordinates. I even left the primordial giants untouched. The favor has been given. He is free to acknowledge or deny it."

South Suppression Marquis promised, "I will pass him this message."

"Good."

With a smile, Su Yu vanished.

Only when Su Yu left did South Suppression Marquis sigh in relief. To the side, Wen Qi sent him a voice transmission, "Marquis...what happened? Is Hundred Battle King back?"

"Yes." South Suppression Marquis nodded. He glanced at Wen Qi and said, "Just follow my lead. Don't do anything before discussing with me. Do not hold any resentment toward the new human lord. He's no pushover. Don't get overconfident just because Hundred Battle King is back."

After that short reminder, he started returning to his hiding place deep underground. Seeing that South Suppression Marquis wasn't saying more, Wen Qi followed in silence.

He had know South Suppression Marquis for many years, and he knew South Suppression Marquis well. Clearly, South Suppression Marquis was very fearful of the new human lord. Wen Qi couldn't understand why, but he knew that he should fear someone even South Suppression Marquis feared.

***

Meanwhile, the migration was ongoing.

It took an entire day for fifty million people to enter the Mark of Civilization.

When Su Yu recalled all his pages, he noted that his book had grown much heavier than before. Only a small number of people were left around him.

Looking at Xia Huyou and the others, he smiled and said, "Moving forward, things will be hard for you. Remember, you only have one mission in the Human Realm. Keep things calm. As for the rest, just do whatever to survive. Do not stand against the new rulers deliberately. Just do your job well. I'll work with your seniors to handle everything else.

"All who stay behind are doing a great service for humanity. I will remember every single one of you. If you were to really die, I would try my best to take you back from the Death Realm. Not even death will be the end for you. My friends, until we meet again."

And then, Heavenbridge Marquis manifested a gate connected straight to an area outside the Celestial Chasm Realm.

"We bid Emperor Yu farewell!"

As everyone shouted those words, Su Yu's laughter rang out from the gate. "This is not farewell yet. I'm coming back again later to move more of my things. It's still too early for that."

Fuck!

The mood was totally ruined.

Everyone was rendered speechless.

It was unknown if Su Yu was simply feeling childish today, or if this had always been his nature. He was being unusually straightforward today, to the point he was bordering on being rude.

But for some reason, such a Su Yu felt more human when he was acting that way.

When the gate finally swung shut, Xia Huyou looked at the others and said, "Everyone, we will need to rely on ourselves moving forward. I can't predict the future, but let's try to keep things calm for three years."

"Of course."

Everyone nodded.

***

At the same time.

A large number of people had arrived outside the Celestial Chasm Realm.

Over a thousand hous were already waiting there when Su Yu arrived.

Over ten thousand iron devourers were waiting there as well.

Even the spatial beasts were there. There were over a thousand of them, and standing among them was a masked human. That was none other than Yellow Nine.

Tens of thousands of five elementals were also waiting in the area, grouped according to their respective elements.

All of them were here.

Su Yu was quite surprised. He had expected some to follow him, but he was still surprised to see some of the faces here. He looked at Topsoil Spirit with a smile and asked, "So how did you reach this decision?"

Topsoil Spirit said, "We are following you, Emperor Yu. The five elemental race is placing our hope on you. I had wagered on you multiple times, and I had won each time. I believe I will continue winning."

Su Yu laughed and looked at the Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor. "What do you have in mind?"

The Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor said, "Those in the Upper Realm don't know this, but as ones who have witnessed your rise, we believe in your continued dominance. A single defeat is nothing. The choice of those in the Upper Realm does not matter, but those in the Lower Realm aren't stupid enough to make the right choice."

The Upper Realm had not witnessed Su Yu's legend. Thus, their choice did not matter.

The Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor continued, "Only the fate race is absent. But I believe that old fart shares my belief."

Just then, a head emerged from the entrance of the Celestial Chasm Realm. That was none other than the Fate Pseudo Emperor. When everyone looked at him, he coughed and said, "Don't gossip about me anytime you're free. Remember to keep this secret. I'm a friend."

"..."

Everyone was rendered speechless.

Was he here before them? Clearly, they were all of one mind.

Su Yu looked around and said, "Looks like everyone's here. Is anyone still not here?"

All their friends were already here. Everyone looked around and laughed. True. Everyone was here. Tian Yue and Chong Ming were already waiting not far away. The guardians had also arrived, with numerous ancient cities standing behind them.

"Everyone is here."

The Fate Pseudo Emperor smiled. Nobody in the Lower Realm was stupid. They were all smart enough to make the right choice.

Suddenly, someone said, "Huh? Is someone missing?"

"Hmm?"

"Where's Bountiful Treasure?"

"Did that fool decide to flee?"

"Probably. He's as cowardly as a rat...no, he is a rat. Well, that's not surprising, then."

That was the conversation between the iron devourers. They had noticed Bountiful Treasure's absence. But none were too bothered by that. In fact, his absence almost went unnoticed.

Su Yu laughed as well. Did Bountiful Treasure flee? So be it. Bountiful Treasure had always been timid. It wasn't surprising that he would make this choice. Just as they were prepared to start entering the Celestial Chasm Realm, a figure arrived from afar.

It was Bountiful Treasure.

Noticing everyone's gaze on him, Bountiful Treasure looked around with confusion. Why was everyone looking at him?

Ignoring them, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I went looking for Heavenly Overseer Marquis recently. I learned something important from him and rushed here immediately! Why is everyone here?

"According to Heavenly Overseer Marquis, humanity's fortune has actually increased recently. He said that Great Zhou King and the others must be alive. This is good news! We can save them! Heavenly Overseer Marquis might be our enemy, but he's very good at observing fortune. Our fortune has increased instead of dropped after the recent defeat! Good things are waiting ahead of us!"

Su Yu asked with astonishment, "You went looking for Heavenly Overseer Marquis?"

"Yeah. I was worried that everyone would remain dispirited. Since I have a decent relationship with Heavenly Overseer Marquis, I decided to ask him about humanity's fortune."

Su Yu laughed. "I see. You returned after learning about humanity's fortune. But prior to that, you intended to flee, right?"

"No." Bountiful Treasure denied vehemently, "I never once thought of leaving! I'm staying and dying with you!"

"..."

Nobody would believe that.

This guy had always been timid. It was very likely that he had only visited Heavenly Overseer Marquis to get some help with his choice.