Chapter 112

Chapter 112

On Lingxiao Peak, Su Zhou sat cross-legged, his expression pensive.

The mysterious man within the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Ground earlier—was him.

And the ‘Dao Stone’ given to Si Wuya was none other than the carrier of the Nether River Dao Scripture.

As long as the other party began to borrow its power, to comprehend that force, he would become a puppet tied to Su Zhou’s strings.

Moreover, everything sensed or touched by the ‘Dao Stone’ would be relayed back.

As such, everything that had just taken place within the Supreme Academy was fully taken in by Su Zhou.

Those few deans possessed unfathomable strength. Together, their combined powers could easily tear open a section of space.

The only reason they couldn’t reopen the entrance to the Ancient Immortal Battlefield was because—

In Su Zhou’s palm now floated a tiny gate mechanism.

It was the very entrance to the Ancient Immortal Battlefield—the core of it.

Once he gained control of this entrance, Su Zhou discovered that he could shut off all passages.

Only he could enter it.

In other words, this entire Ancient Immortal Battlefield—a self-contained world hiding boundless secret treasures—had become Su Zhou’s private domain!

The forbidden land that the Supreme Academy had treated as their ultimate trump card for tens of thousands of years…

Had now become the Su Family’s backyard garden.

This feeling—

Su Zhou’s lips curled upward slightly.

This feeling is rather satisfying.

In the future, there would surely be a destined battle between Mo Jian and Su Hao.

And behind Mo Jian stood the Supreme Academy. In the end, the Su Family and the Academy were fated to become enemies.

Rather than wait passively for that moment to arrive—

It would be better to make preparations now.

This was why Su Zhou had implanted the Nether River Dao Scripture into Si Wuya.

Those ancient deans were cloaked in immense mystery. If it weren’t for the scripture’s flawless control over the soul—

Even Su Zhou wouldn’t have been able to pierce through their strangeness.

Within those radiant and towering silhouettes, there hid depths of ominous and bizarre power.

Though powerful and bizarre, the Nether River Dao Scripture was the life-bound Dao scripture of the Ancient One of the Nether River.

Ancient Ones—beings who walked across the river of time, transcending past and future, traversing all realms—

The techniques created by such entities were beyond the comprehension of those deans.

All Su Zhou needed to do now was patiently lay out his scheme, for the time being, refraining from harvesting ‘interest’ from Si Wuya.

As Si Wuya’s cultivation realm, strength, and even combat power multiplied—

All of it would be witnessed by those elders.

And in the future, once even a sliver of greed stirred in their hearts—

That greed would grow like wildfire…

Until they all became puppets dancing at the fingertips of Su Zhou.

“I never intended to provoke you…”

“But if you truly have no regard for life and dare meddle in little Hao’er’s battle over the bone inheritance…”

“Then turning the entire academy into my puppet garden… would be quite acceptable…”

At that moment, Su Zhou’s divine sense twitched—he felt a tremor in his bloodline.

He looked to the distant sky.

A playful glint flashed in his eyes.

“Xiao Yanzi, you really are the Child of Destiny, aren’t you?”

“A grandfatherly golden-finger old man, beauties at your side, and now even an old man laying down his life for you.”

“According to the script, this should be the tragic arc that pushes you step by step toward the supreme path…”

“But… you’re a descendant of my Su Family.

Even fate itself has no right to mock you!”

Jia Ma Empire.

Behind Su Yan, wings formed of  Heavenly Fire spread as he stepped into the void.

Beneath his feet, three red lotuses slowly rotated, ripples of powerful energy spreading outward.

“Old Hai, don’t worry about me.”

“I’ll take responsibility for my own actions.”

“The debts between us have been settled. Please, go on ahead!”

Su Yan spoke to the white-haired elder beside him.

The elder, white-bearded and sharp-featured, had clearly been extremely handsome in his youth.

Behind him floated dozens of drifting stars; faintly, the shadow of a coiling ice dragon could be seen taking shape.

“Hahaha! Do I look like someone who clings to life?”

“I promised I’d protect you!”

“As long as I live, no one will harm you!”

Old Hai scanned the surroundings, battle intent surging in his eyes.

Around them, over a hundred black-clad figures had completely encircled them.

Their auras were linked, forming a seamless killing formation.

Even the lowest among them was in the First Realm of Star-Holding.

And the one leading them was unmistakably at the Moon-Grasping Realm.

They all looked at Su Yan with cold, sinister expressions.

“You’ll both die here today.”

“Hand over the Tyrant Black Fire, and I’ll grant you a dignified death.”

The man spoke coldly.

“Hahahaha! The Wang Family—what a domineering bunch you are!”

“Didn’t you willingly offer the Tyrant Black Fire as the prize for the Heavenly fire Tournament?”

“Now that I’ve won it fair and square, you turn around and go back on your word?”

“Intercepting us on the way—do you people have no shame at all?”

Su Yan’s voice rang out in angry rebuke.

The commander simply sneered.

“Heh, look at your background, and then look at my Wang Family’s status!”

“The Heavenly fire Wang Family controls two grand domains.”

“Our family’s Holy Son once fought an invincible being for ten whole days!”

“Do you even know what the name ‘Heavenly fire Wang Family’ means?”

“You lot? Want Heavenly Fire? You’re nothing but tools for us to extract it!”

“And just so you know—everyone who’s ever succeeded in obtaining Heavenly Fire… has already been—”

The glint of the blade in the commander’s hand said the rest.

“What a shameless dog, and yet you speak so righteously!”

“HAHAHAHAHA!! The Heavenly Fire Wang Family is a joke!”

“If you want to fight, then fight! Enough nonsense!”

Old Hai burst into disdainful laughter.

A terrifying ice dragon illusion roared into existence, casting a pale light over everything.

Wherever the dragon’s head passed, all turned to frost.

His comprehension of the Law of Ice had reached an extremely profound level.

This was clearly not something an ordinary Star Holding cultivator could achieve.

But in the face of such a terrifying strike—

The black-clad cultivators were unshaken. The great formation flickered—

Starlight swirled, and in the next instant, the ice dragon was obliterated.

“Heh, don’t even bother. This is the Starry Array—it seals all laws.”

“To catch you two slippery rats, we specially deployed the Starry Guard!”

The commander said smugly.

“Old Hai! Give it up! The once-glorious Frost King of the Northern Wasteland…”

“Once upon a time, you were so dazzling—youngest ever to attain the King’s rank.

The Wang Family couldn’t even win your favor back then…”

“And yet you chose to meddle in others’ affairs, to fight the Huaxu Family for a woman, had your Dao shattered, your laws broken…”

“And now, here you are again, playing the hero.”

The voice dripped with ridicule.

“Heh, all things under heaven come down to a promise. With rats like you, there’s nothing worth explaining.”

Pride filled Old Hai’s gaze.

In his youth, he was the youngest to ever attain Kinghood—the brightest star in the Northern Wasteland.

Once one of the Ten Elites of the Northern Wasteland from the Tianji Pavilion, he’d stood against the mighty Huaxu Family for a single promise, and had his Dao obliterated and laws severed.

Now, a hundred years later, he once again stood against the Heavenly Fire Wang Family—for a promise.

A man may die—but a promise must not be broken.

That was his Dao!

“Fools courting death!!”

“Activate the Starry Array!”

“Don’t give this old man any chance to retaliate!”

The commander sneered coldly.

He clearly held some fear of Hai Botong—who had once reigned supreme across the Northern Wasteland.

Eradicating him with the formation would be the safest outcome.

He waved his hand—but instead of the expected burst of starlight—

What echoed was the voice of a youthful man.

“The Starry Array… is nothing special!”

A thin youth erupted in flames—pale and crimson Heavenly Fire interweaving around him.

Dominance and demonic seduction—two starkly different auras fused together, tearing open one of the array’s cores.

“I know someone—his formations are a hundred, no, a thousand times stronger than yours!”

“So this is the mighty Heavenly Fire Wang Family? Not much to look at!”

“Old Hai! If you won’t leave, then fight beside me today!”

“If we live, we’ll return and raze you to the ground. And if we die…”

“Then my family will come—and trample the entire Heavenly Fire Domain!”

Su Yan laughed boldly, brimming with heroic pride—

Life or death—so what?!