Right at that moment, a window finally appeared in the sky. It was as though someone had torn a hole through it. A gigantic yet blurry figure could be seen beyond that hole.

Su Yu.

Projected from the River of Time, he looked incomparably big from the Celestial Chasm Realm. He seemed unaware that everyone could see him as he was still crying and yelling to himself.

"Fuck!"

"This hurts so much!"

"Aaaahhhhhhhhh!"

"Help me!"

"No, not again!"

"Ahhhhh! Help me, Daddy!"

"..."

Everyone looked at him with odd expressions.

Was this Su Yu? That shouldn't be the case, right? The figure was magnified so much that it felt as though Su Yu was occupying the entire sky. All along, he had maintained the image of an arrogant and refined scholar. At the same time, he was also calm, confident, domineering, and cold.

Never before had he shown a side where he was crying for his father from pain.

Everyone's expression changed.

After a short moment, Wan Tiansheng waved his hand and blanketed the sky with darkness. He sent everyone a voice transmission, "Don't speak of this ever again. You are free to talk about it, but...cough. You know the consequences for that. Just pretend you saw nothing."

Su Yu had the habit of collecting gossip, but he had accidentally leaked a gossip of himself to everyone.

Or to be precise, the skies had leaked this side of him.

Not even Su Yu himself was aware of that. Everyone had odd expressions, but none said anything. Everyone was acting clueless. It was fine for them to know this, but it would definitely be unwise for them to mention it.

Wan Tiansheng was right. Those who mention this would suffer the consequences. Not far away, Heavendoom stealthily dug a hole through the dark curtain to continue spying on Su Yu.

Seeing that nobody was paying attention to him, Fat Ball wagged his tail and nonchalantly poked a hole through the dark curtain as well. At the same time, Soy Bun sneezed, shooting a tiny hole through the dark curtain with his sneeze. Next, the three furballs gathered before the hole.

Instantly, Wan Tiansheng's dark curtain was riddled with holes. Wan Tiansheng was naturally aware of that. But there was nothing he could do. These bastards might not be good at anything else, but they were all good at collecting gossip.

If Su Yu were to learn of this, or if he were to hear about this, well, the one to mention it would come to regret it.

Definitely.

Wan Tiansheng did not try to stop them. This wasn't a bad thing. With this, Su Yu would seem more human for them. They would learn that Su Yu was not only cold and domineering, but he had also suffered much pain somewhere nobody could see.

If even someone as tenacious as Su Yu was howling in pain, it was clear he was currently under great torture. Everyone had enjoyed the benefits from Su Yu, but nobody knew the torture he was undergoing in the River of Time.

At first, everyone watched with amusement. But soon, the look of amusement faded from their faces.

Su Yu was still roaring and howling madly. He was in great pain. A myriad daos were torturing him.

Initially, people like Marquis Lanshan were watching in excitement. But soon, a look of sympathy covered their faces. They could see that he was in great pain.

Everyone was having fun absorbing all the dao powers down here, seemingly having forgotten that Su Yu was still hard at work in the river. They had thought that he was merely digging a hole. But now, they knew that he was actually undergoing massive torture.

***

"Ahhhhhhh!"

"Fuck!"

"I'm not doing this anymore! Damn this!"

Su Yu continued wailing in pain. It was too painful. No, this was more than pain. Countless dao powers were passing through his body, subjecting him to various sensations. Some powers subjected him to extreme itchiness.

Some daos instantly corroded all his flesh away. One could say that he was acting as the first layer of filter for the various dao powers. His job was far more difficult than Lan Tian's. Having passed through Su Yu and the barrier of the river, the dao powers passing through Lan Tian were already the diluted version.

Su Yu might be gaining comprehension over the myriad daos at a rapid pace, he was truly at his limit. He wailed and howled madly. He wept, he called for his father, he cursed at Hundred Battle King, and threw insults at Control King.

After an indeterminate amount of time, he finally sensed something and looked down. The Celestial Chasm Realm seemed to be visible.

Had the hole formed?

Su Yu had no idea.

His eyes flickered as he instantly stopped wailing. Had the hole really taken form? He could feel that the flow of the river was no longer as smooth as before.

"No, right?"

If the hole had taken form...did anyone see what he was doing previously?

While resisting the intense pain he was feeling, he roared, "Lan Tian, are you there?"

Silence.

Su Yu exhaled in relief. How fortunate. The hole had yet to fully take form.

***

Celestial Chasm Realm.

Lan Tian shivered upon hearing Su Yu's shout. He decided not to answer. Nope. He heard nothing. It would be extremely unwise to answer that call.

As of that moment, the entire Celestial Chasm Realm was enveloped in silence. The ones managing the various dao powers were also suffering from a slight amount of backlash, but everyone resisted the discomfort in complete silence.

Silence! Silence!

Nobody dared to let Su Yu know that they had seen that side of his.

From heavenly kings to Sunmoons, everyone reached the same decision without any communication with each other. Everyone pretended to be deaf and mute.

Inside the river, Su Yu concluded that the hole had yet to take form since no reply came. Thus, he continued grinding down the threads while scolding, "Damn it! Why is the hole not here yet? Did I miss the Celestial Chasm Realm and end up digging a hole somewhere outside the realm?"

At that, Heavendoom opened his mouth instinctively to reply. But before he could say anything, numerous gazes landed on him. Instantly, he shut his mouth. Right, he wasn't supposed to answer.

Wan Tiansheng sent everyone a voice transmission, "Continue doing what you're supposed to do. Just keep silent. As the hole grows in size, even more powers will pour out. Keep the various powers ordered and prevent them from fusing back into chaos."

Great Qin King asked through voice transmission, "Are you sure we should remain silent? What if he switched to a different spot thinking that he got the wrong spot?"

"No, he's nearly done. He won't be switching spot now. At the very least, he would complete this hole before thinking about that."

"Fine."

And thus, everyone remained in silent while Su Yu resumed his wailing. After an indeterminate amount of time, a rumble rang out.

Once again, Su Yu roared, "Damn it! Am I through? Even Xing Yu's token is at its limits. I can't keep at this any longer!"

He was speaking the truth. He was already at his limit. Why wasn't he through yet? It was only a small hole. Was it so hard to dig? He had severed over a hundred threads. This should be enough to create a tiny hole through the river.

Below, Lan Tian focused and noted that Su Yu was speaking the truth. He decided that it was more important to get the job done properly, so he sent everyone a voice transmission, "Tell him we only started hearing him moments ago."

Everyone nodded.

With that, Lan Tian shouted, "Is that you, Emperor Yu? Can you hear us? Can you hear this?"

His voice rippled into the River of Time.

***

Just as Su Yu was shouting, he felt the daos around him rippling.

Then, Lan Tian's voice rang out around him. He was overjoyed. Was he finally through?

Once again, Lan Tian's voice rang out, "Emperor Yu, you're almost through. Hang in there! You're nearly there! Maybe you still need to sever a few important daos to fully punch the hole through!"

After a short joy, Su Yu blanked out. What was the meaning of that? He had not informed them that he needed to sever the various daos to dig this hole. How did Lan Tian know about that?

How odd.

Su Yu frowned. Did Lan Tian sense what he was doing?

True. The various dao powers had been released one after another. It wasn't surprising that Lan Tian could guess what he was doing. Su Yu placated himself.

So he only needed to sever a few more major daos?

"Life and death, yin and yang, five elements...I have severed all these major daos."

"Even the spatial dao has been severed. What am I missing?"

Su Yu sank into thought. Perhaps he was really missing something. The physical body dao. That was a major dao as well. Yes. He had yet to sever that dao. The moment he severed that dao, the dao power might assist everyone with the recovery of their bodies.

As Su Yu's eyes flickered, he started looking for the physical body dao. With his Heaven Gate active, numerous firm daos appeared in his vision.

Clearly, these were the daos blocking the full completion of this hole. This hole was still not good enough to allow an uninterrupted flow from the river like the holes of Human Emperor and death spirit dao's master.

"Physical body dao!"

Su Yu started attacking the physical body dao. As he did so, he gnashed his teeth in pain. He was only a tiny bit away! This suffering would end the moment he was done!

Boom!

Or to be precise, he was merely attacking the power of physical body dao mixed at the bottom of the river instead of any physical body dao in specific. As he attacked the physical body dao, a large amount of physical body dao power entered his body.

This was very beneficial for him.

His body was massively strengthened.

Boom!

And finally, a whirlpool started forming around him. The hole was done.

***

Down below.

After coughing a mouthful of blood, Lan Tian roared, "Pick up the speed! Stabilize the various daos! The water from the River of Time is flowing out now!"

The various experts focused, completely forgetting about Su Yu's gossip. As the various dao powers mixed in the Celestial Chasm Realm, the entire realm started showing signs of returning to chaos.

Next, Su Yu took a step out and appeared in the sky. Fluttering white robes, ethereal and refined bearing. A firm and indifferent expression on his face.

"Focus on stabilizing the myriad daos. I will build a dao barrier. Stay calm."

He looked incomparably carefree, as though he had just done an easy job. Everyone would have been fooled if they hadn't seen what he was doing previously. A certain saying appeared in everyone's mind: To swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing.

This was how scholars were. He had cried and wailed like a baby, yet he was acting like he was completely unbothered. Amid the crowd, South Heavenly King was looking at Su Yu with sympathy.

Marquis Lanshan was looking at Su Yu with admiration and pity. Emperor Yu was such a great person. Just look at how he was staying completely silent about the massive suffering he had endured.

Even Empyrean Cloud had the urge to coo at Su Yu and call him a poor boy.

At first, Su Yu focused on stabilizing the hole. But just as he was about to ask for some death qi from South Heavenly King, he blanked out. Why was South Heavenly King looking at him like that?

Was there something on his face? How odd.

He did not think to much and said, "South Heavenly King, hand me some death qi. What are you doing? Are you blind? The myriad daos are growing imbalanced. Start stabilizing them!"

South Heavenly King hurriedly sent some death qi out, but she maintained the look of pity on her face. Truly a poor boy. Su Yu felt incomparably uncomfortable faced with that expression.

Fuck!

What the fuck was this?

Suddenly, a certain possibility emerged in his mind. He shivered. No way, right? He was certain he wasn't through earlier!