Su Yu calmed his mind. For now, he was too busy to entertain these random thoughts.

A torrential current was pouring out of the hole in the sky. Rather than water, that was a current of countless dao powers, flooding the Celestial Chasm Realm that it was on the verge of reverting into chaos.

The moment that happened, this realm would no longer be suitable for the habitation of ordinary people. If chaos were really better than the myriad daos, the various Creators wouldn't have bothered to attempt Creation.

In fact, he suspected that Control King's lineage must have established numerous dao centers that were immune to chaos power in the Chaos Power. Their population wouldn't have been able to grow smoothly otherwise.

Su Yu started fusing the various dao powers in an orderly fashion. He was also taking this chance to observe how these powers were attempting to revert into chaos. This was also a form of cultivation.

After all, the power of chaos was also something he needed. To properly stabilize the river barrier around the hole he dug, he needed some chaos power as well. However, he also needed to maintain a delicate balance, preventing the flow of dao powers from turning back into chaos.

Thus, delicate control was required for this task. What he learned from this would most definitely be helpful when it was finally time for him to pioneer his dao. This was the benefit he could gain from this, even if he were to ignore what everyone else could gain from this.

The various experts soared into the sky to help manage the various dao powers. With the various dao powers mixed together, they had to slowly extract the daos they were proficient in.

Lan Tian and Wan Tiansheng would handle the rest of the dao powers. The two were working hard, recording their observations and data even as they worked on the various dao powers.

All they learned here would be very helpful for Su Yu's coming dao pioneering. The torrential current continued pouring out of the hole. The entire River of Time was trembling slightly. That might only be a small hole, but that small hole was enough to create a massive whirlpool in the river.

In fact, it even looked like the river was about to be cut in two. A large amount of water flowed out of the hole Su Yu dug. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

The holes dug by Human Emperor and death spirit dao's master had both been stabilized, allowing the water from the river to pass through smoothly without disruption to the river itself.

Su Yu's hole had yet to be stabilized. Thus, the water from the river was rushing through it uncontrollably, and the hole itself was slowly enlarging from the impact. However, Su Yu wasn't too worried. The hole he dug was very small. Things should be manageable.

But as he worked on the barrier to stabilize the hole, his expression changed. Why...was the flow getting stronger and stronger? The others couldn't see it, but Su Yu could see it happening with his Heaven Gate.

He saw how the hole was slowly growing in size.

"Fuck!" Su Yu exclaimed in alarm, "Why is the hole growing?"

In truth, Lan Tian could sense the increased flow as well. He exclaimed in horror, "Is the barrier so unstable? How did Human Emperor do it?"

Why was this happening? At this rate, the small hole would turn into a big hole, one that they wouldn't be able to stabilize or control. And with the water flowing into the Celestial Chasm Realm uncontrollably, this place would soon revert to chaos.

Everything they had done so far would be rendered pointless.

Holy shit!

Su Yu frowned as he said, "I think the removal of the threads has caused a chain reaction. At this rate, the River of Time itself might collapse."

That would be disastrous. Not only would it destroy the Celestial Chasm Realm, but it might also trigger further chain reactions. Why was this happening? Su Yu's frown grew deeper. This wasn't right.

How was the river still fine from the other two holes? The two holes were much larger, while his hole was tiny. Why was this happening? Something wasn't right.

***

At the same time.

The massive battle deep in the River of Time had ended shortly after it began. Clearly, the other party did not intend to make it the final battle.

There was no need to push it that far. Even a victory against humanity would result in massive losses. They simply needed to wait a little longer as they would be back to the Myriad Realms soon.

Just then, the figure looked backward again. He frowned. What was happening? Why were odd things happening so frequently lately?

Something seemed to be off with the river itself. Suddenly, someone said solemnly, "Your Majesty, is the river flowing backward?"

How odd.

To be precise, the water would normally flow backward as well since they were in the upstream. But the speed wasn't that fast. At the moment, the flow was increasing in speed. This increase in speed would also hasten their return to the Myriad Realms.

The figure gazed into the distance. Suddenly, he dove into the water. As he focused his senses on the currents, his expression turned odd. What a familiar feeling. Was someone digging a hole in the river?

This wasn't something an ordinary person could do. One needed to manage the myriad daos when doing this. For the most part, one would only do this in preparation for Creation. But...screw that guy!

The Myriad Realms had yet to produce even one Master of Law. The only remaining Masters of Laws were those from the previous generation. But Martial Emperor was far from capable of Creation. Apart from Martial Emperor, who else was qualified to attempt Creation? This shouldn't be happening.

But why would someone dig a hole if not for Creation? For fun? As the date of their return grew nearer, he was able to better sense what was happening in the Myriad Realms. He was certain that the status quo had remained.

"Digging a hole..."

He was unsure if someone was really digging a hole. Perhaps a major tributary had snapped, destabilizing the entire river. That was a more likely possibility as the when the master of the tributary died, the tributary could collapse. But all the masters should be here with him, right?

"Did someone kill Martial Emperor?"

He thought that it was unlikely for someone to be digging a hole in the river. Rather, it was more probable that Martial Emperor had died and his dao was collapsing. After all, Martial Emperor wasn't too good at using his brain, and he had been sealed for many years. It was still possible to kill him with enough pseudo kings.

It wouldn't even take dozens of pseudo kings to kill him. Perhaps ten or so would be enough to do the job. Or they could also gather some peak pseudo kings whose comprehension was already at the level of Masters of Laws. That should also be enough to do the job. After all, Martial Emperor was still sealed.

"Is Master Emperor dead?"

"My Xing Yu's token appeared on the river shortly before. Was that a related incident?"

"Did someone use the token to suppress Martial Emperor before killing him?"

The figure could only suspect that Martial Emperor had died. The death of such a person could instead cause such a reaction from the river. As for the possibility of someone digging a hole in the river, that was only possible with enough strength. Otherwise, one wouldn't be able to stabilize the hole even after digging it.

Generally, one would only dig a hole in the river in preparation for Creation. But the figure could not sense a Creation happening. He sank into doubt.

Before long, he emerged from the river again. The moment he emerged, a voice rang out beside him, "Your Majesty, the river currents are moving violently. Has a Master of Law been killed?"

"The Myriad Realms have yet to produce a Master of Law. Did someone stay behind back then?"

"Has Culture King returned?"

"No, there are the ancient chaos beasts as well. Did one of these beasts connect to the River of Time being being killed?"

As numerous speculations arose, the figure spoke, "Martial Emperor might have died."

He did not believe that this was the work of a Creator. That possibility seemed to impossible for him to entertain. Even if he believed that it was a Creator, he wouldn't share the information regarding Creators freely.

It might not be a good thing for too many people to learn of that. Some of these people might grow too ambitious upon learning about Creation, which would lead to a failed attempt. And a failed attempt could be disastrous. Then again, he was convinced that this was caused by Martial Emperor's death.

"Martial Emperor?"

"That sealed guy?"

"Is he still around?"

"I thought he died long ago."

"Did he finally die? A pity."

"What is there to pity about that stubborn guy? If he were still around, he would have picked fights with us the moment we returned. If he's dead, so be it. But how did he die when there are no Masters of Laws left in the Myriad Realms? Did some ancient beasts kill him?"

"What an embarrassment for all Masters of Laws. How did he get himself killed in such a weak era?"

The powerful beings conversed among themselves, their voices laced with contempt toward Martial Emperor.

Poor guy.

How did he get himself killed in such a weak era?

All of them started pitying him.

Meanwhile, the figure was deep in thought. Was it really Martial Emperor's death? or did some other variable appear? Martial Emperor might not be friendly toward them, but he was still a human. His death might not be a good thing for humanity.

"What a pity."

The figure sighed again. Martial Emperor had probably been killed, and his Xing Yu's token might have played a role in it as well. Could it be that...Xing Yue's choice had killed Martial Emperor?

But Xing Yue's choice should be a human. Did a human kill Martial Emperor?

"Why go that far?"

The figure sighed with regret. It hadn't been easy for Martial Emperor to survive this long, yet he had still died. The figure had mixed feelings about this.

***

When numerous powerful beings were thinking of the same person, that said person would be able to sense it. That was especially so if that said person was someone with an incomparably powerful willpower.

Most experts would leave an imprint of their willpower in the River of Time.

Luminous Domain Mansion.

Suddenly, Martial Emperor's projection appeared. Suddenly, his crisis sense was screaming at him, as though an unprecedented calamity was upon him. And when he did a quick divination, his expression changed. Numerous people seemed to be cursing at him to die.

Damn it!

What happened?

"Is this related to the fall of the Celestial Chasm Realm? Su Yu...is thinking of killing me!"

Very few people could trigger such an intense reaction from his crisis sense. Was it Su Yu? That wasn't possible! But this was a crisis deduced by his very dao. It was very clear.

It was as though countless people were saying these things:

"Martial Emperor is dead."

"There is no hope for Martial Emperor."

"Poor Martial Emperor."

His dao would not generate such a crisis in him for no reason.

He couldn't think of anyone apart from Su Yu who would think about him like that. After all, he had been sealed away for so many years. Everyone else had forgotten about him.

"Is this a threat? Is he trying to scare me?"

With an unsightly expression, Martial Emperor roared, "Su Yu! I'm not scared of you!"

Hmph!

Was that bastard trying to scare him off? Was that it? That fellow had attacked him once from the river. It was likely that something similar was happening. Yes. Definitely. That fellow must be grumbling about him somewhere near his tributary, triggering a response from his dao.

Martial Emperor reached a conclusion.

He released his powerful aura.

Instantly, the burst of aura surged into the sky. No matter what, he was a Master of Law. How would he submit to an attempt to make him cower?

"Bring it on! I'm not scared of you! Kill me if you can!"

He roared.

The world shook.

Killing him?

Dream on!

He was an overlord from the primordial era. Tai Shan might have defeated him, but he was not someone just anyone could kill.

Nope.