Chapter 84
Su Aniu sighed. He was a seventh-level Star Holding cultivator, and also a steward of the Su Family.
Now, in the current Su Family, every council steward had already stepped into the Star Holding Realm.
This was something they had never even dared to imagine in the past.
And all of this was thanks to that supreme Family Leader!
“Dad, what are they fighting about up there?”
“Tell me, quickly!” The boy carrying a child could only see countless intertwining beams of light and unfathomably deep laws in the sky.
“Cultivate properly yourself and see it for yourself one day!”
“In this golden era, our Su Family is fortunate to have the Family Leader who has lifted us up so high—we must work hard!”
“Otherwise, we wouldn’t even be qualified to witness this battle…” Su Aniu said.
The boy pouted. All fathers were the same—always taking every opportunity to lecture their kids.
Clearly everyone came just to enjoy the spectacle, but even that was a reason to scold him!
“That Big Brother Su Nan is about to lose…” Suddenly, the baby who had been quietly reading in his arms spoke up.
“No way!” The boy was a hardcore fan of Su Nan.
He instinctively wanted to refute his little brother.
Just as he was about to praise Su Nan’s terrifying strength—
He saw the two figures in the sky suddenly separate.
Evenly matched—only one move would determine the victor!
The two of them locked eyes, both understanding what the other intended—
Unspoken yet aligned.
“Death of Gods…” Su Nan took a step forward. The divine phantom behind him instantly shattered, dissolving into Dao Rhymes that merged into his body.
“Destruction of Demons!” The demonic phantom then also vanished, likewise merging into him.
At this moment, there were no longer any phenomena surrounding Su Nan. He looked just like an ordinary youth.
But inexplicably, Su Changsheng felt a fatal threat emanating from him, and warning bells were ringing incessantly in his heart.
“Death of gods, annihilation of demons—only I reign supreme!!” Su Nan took the final step!
In that instant, he seemed to become a true god-demon!
With a casual punch, the very space cracked apart.
Faced with such a terrifying scene, Su Changsheng no longer held back!
He formed a hand seal with one hand, his eyes becoming deep and unfathomable.
In an instant, countless grand formations appeared around him—
An unimaginable killing formation descended upon the heavens.
Tens of millions of divine runes—each one containing fearsome killing power.
And that wasn’t all!
Behind Su Changsheng, a figure identical to him appeared—identical in cultivation!
Then came a second, a third, a fourth…
Nearly a thousand figures stood tall in the sky!
Each one had the cultivation of the Star Holding Realm!
This scene went beyond all imagination. Some weaker-minded disciples even collapsed to the ground.
What did a thousand Star Holding-level experts mean? Just Su Changsheng alone could sweep across the entire Tiandu Domain!
What kind of monster could refine such puppets!!
Wasn’t puppet refinement a minor path?! Wasn’t formation a minor path?!
Why were these “minor paths” so overwhelmingly powerful in Su Changsheng’s hands?!
‘Su Changsheng’ continued forming hand seals, chanting ancient scriptures—
As if preparing to unleash a boundless killing move.
“Family brother! Please enlighten me!” Su Nan looked at the unbelievable scene and curled his lips, a strange smile rising in his heart.
At this moment, he seemed to faintly see his own path.
“Gods fall, demons collapse, heaven and earth perish!!”
Su Nan roared, raising both hands—suddenly, the sky darkened.
The crowd looked up and saw a blindingly radiant… world??
A new world created simultaneously by divine and demonic Dao—was descending!!
Intent on crushing everything beneath it!
In front of this world, all laws lost their color.
“Fourth Killing Formation: Immortal Execution!” Su Changsheng murmured.
At the same time, thousands of Star Holding puppets erupted—the terrifying killing formation went into full effect.
Everything within it was annihilated!
If these two moves collided directly, the entire Lingxiao Blessed Land would likely suffer heavy damage.
At this point, the battle should have been stopped.
But once the killing moves were activated, retracting them might be too much for either of them to bear.
However, if the collision went through, one of these two peerless talents would surely fall!
These were both core young elites of the Su Family, ranked talents.
They were equally precious—like the palm and the back of the hand.
Many stewards were dumbfounded. Other families worried over a lack of talents.
But the Su Family’s problem was that their talents were too terrifying—if they fought at full strength, even their sacred land might collapse!
Whether Su Changsheng or Su Nan died, it was a loss the family could not afford.
Yet now, no one present could stop what was happening.
“Only the Family Leader can stop them now!”
“But the Family Leader has been in seclusion for three years already!”
“Go request the Family Leader to come out!”
“No! The Family Leader’s matters are paramount to the Su Family’s future!”
Just as everyone was at a loss—
A gentle voice quietly echoed through Lingxiao Peak.
“That’s enough.”
The voice was light—no pressure, no phenomena.
But the moment it sounded—Heaven and earth seemed to fall into silence.
Then, everything around began to rapidly reverse.
The god-demon phantom behind Su Nan reappeared. The ‘Su Changshengs’ rapidly retreated. The completed formations reverted to formation patterns.
It was as if time itself had been reversed!
“It’s the Family Leader!!”
“The Family Leader has come out of seclusion!!”
“We respectfully welcome the Family Leader!!”
All members of the Su Family bowed deeply, including the stunned Su Nan and Su Changsheng above.
At this moment, their respect for Su Zhou was as vast as the stars.
The hopeless scene just now had vanished with a single word from him.
It was as if—no matter how the heavens overturned, in his presence, everything became insignificant.
The world said the Su Family had many geniuses and talents, but only the Su Family members knew—their true foundation lay in the man clad in black, who stood apart from the world!
“All right. Go back and train. This match—First Place: Changsheng… ranking remains unchanged.”
Su Zhou’s voice echoed in the sky.
Then, without anyone noticing, his figure had appeared high in the heavens.
Su Nan had no objection.
That was his strongest move just now. Under the pressure of that divine-demonic world, even Su Changsheng’s thousand Star Holding puppets and killing formations could be crushed.
And he himself would be gravely injured.
But just now, as the Family Leader reversed everything, Su Nan noticed a faint aura similar to Su Changsheng’s among the crowd.
Damn it—this cunning guy had another trump card!!
The two were evenly matched, and if they exhausted themselves, that one puppet might decide life or death.
And… even Su Nan couldn’t be sure—was that the real Su Changsheng, or another puppet?
The two of them landed alongside Su Zhou.
Feeling the immense strength of today’s Su Family, Su Zhou was quite satisfied—though he had already known this during seclusion.
After all, he could receive the full boost from the family. Without that, he would never have advanced so fast.
Back among the crowd, Su Zhou’s gaze suddenly fell on a toddler.
The child held a book in his hand, a trail of drool hanging from his lips.
Seeing this, Su Aniu quickly spoke up, “Family Leader, this is my youngest son, Su Yun. He was born with a celestial phenomenon and innate blood refinement…”
“It’s just that… he has no interest in cultivation…”
“Grandpa Family Leader, do you think reading is useless?” Suddenly, Su Yun asked.
Hearing that title, Su Zhou couldn’t help but smile. He gently took the baby from the youth’s arms.
Softly, he asked: “Do you like reading?”
“Yes! I love reading. I like the truths in the books.”
“If you like it—does it matter whether it’s useful or not?” Su Zhou patted the child’s head.
“If I like it… whether it’s useful or not… does it matter…”
“If I like it… whether it’s useful or not… heaven and earth… are inherently without use… only fools seek meaning!” Su Yun repeated Su Zhou’s words again and again.
Then, as if enlightened, the chubby-faced child nodded seriously.
Right then—
Su Zhou was just about to tease the child—when he suddenly looked beyond the Lingxiao Blessed Land.
…
Deep in a primeval forest, a staggering figure trudged forward with difficulty.
“Must find the main family… must find them!”
“Hao’er… don’t sleep… Hao’er…”
He cradled a deathly pale baby in his arms…