Zheng Yu had once asked his own replica whether he was the one behind the folk song. After receiving confirmation otherwise, he knew that Li Daoheng was responsible. Now it appeared that Li Daoheng himself had written the whole thing, wanting to misdirect Zheng Yu into believing that he’d hampered Li Daoheng’s plans. That subconsciously trapped Zheng Yu in the other’s plots. Li Daoheng didn’t bother responding, Zheng Yu could say whatever the man liked. He was going to kill Li Hao and take the star of time. Anything else was inconsequential. Zheng Yu was just an insignificant pebble in his path of life. He’d schemed against the man for one hundred thousand years for personal entertainment. It would’ve been too boring to spend all that time alone. Zheng Yu had livened up the days. The star of time twinkled; a net of swords appeared in the vicinity! “I’m going to help...” Celestial Pole looked at Number Two. “Don’t go anywhere, he won’t dare do anything to you!” The cat blinked, looking around curiously at the new world. It nodded docilely. Number Two lacked the Ash Emperor’s slyness and possessed more simple honesty. Celestial Pole said nothing more upon seeing the sight. He rushed out with the blade. As strong as Li Daoheng was, he was no pushover either. Now that Number Two had fully resurrected, that was one less problem on his mind. The river of chaos struggled ferociously in Li Daoheng’s grasp. Hong Yitang’s pained face appeared. It was very difficult for him to escape because half of the river extended into Li Daoheng’s body. The man was devouring the river of chaos! If this continued, Hong Yitang would thoroughly become part of Li Daoheng. Hong Yitang had wanted to lend Li Hao a helping hand, but now he was becoming Li Daoheng’s greatest resource. Anguish also contorted Zheng Yu’s face. He looked at Hong Yitang, mirth in his eyes. Hong Yitang blinked, how was there any joy to be found in their situation? Zheng Yu had lacked the ability to fight back ever since Li Daoheng latched onto him. He was a premier half step emperor, but couldn’t offer any resistance because he’d been too deeply infiltrated. He’d been attempting to absorb Li Daoheng all this time out of greed, but that created openings for the other instead. The listless Zheng Yu started laughing soundlessly as he looked at Hong Yitang. Li Daoheng was ignoring both of them, he was the victor! Right now, his attention had turned to deploying endless sword intent to envelop the world so he could capture Li Hao and the star of time. Zheng Yu's voice appeared in Hong Yitang’s mind. It was both vicious and bitter. “I didn’t play as good a game as him! But... he won’t be easily overcoming me either! “Don’t give him a chance to combine the corporeal with the immaterial. He won’t be that formidable if he can’t do that! If he could overcome me so easily, he would’ve killed me a long time ago! “Although I can’t see through him and have some suspicions... All of that is too late. You need to find an opportunity to escape in a moment from now!” Zheng Yu grinned from ear to ear. It wasn’t that he’d suddenly grown a conscience, just that he didn’t want Li Daoheng to emerge the victor. Since I didn’t win, you won’t be winning here either! We’ve strategized against each other for one hundred thousand years. Do you really think I’m a pawn and that you’re stronger than me? Hong Yitang’s heart quailed. Li Daoheng’s senses twinged and he looked down at Zheng Yu. The latter grinned radiantly back at him. A howling Celestial Pole came at them from behind! Li Daoheng felt that Zheng Yu was behaving oddly, but this was no time to dwell on it. He whirled around with a slash of his sword; Celestial Pole was a formidable foe. Zheng Yu smirked. Now was the time! The shadow of a dao star materialized in Li Daoheng’s body. It trembled—an immaterial dao star that Zheng Yu had integrated with previously. That star abruptly burst with untold radiance! Overhead, multiple dao stars separated themselves from countless other dao stars. In the distance, Gan Wuliang was overseeing the ancient cities. His eyes widened as immense strength emerged in his body! The dao stars within Li Daoheng ’s body erupted with dominating illumination. “Let’s see this through to the end!” Zheng Yu laughed uproariously. Those dao stars crumbled away, melding their power into the stars above. Gan Wuliang’s presence billowed explosively, but his physical body couldn’t keep up with the changes. He spontaneously detonated, but remained alive. A formidable collection of mental strength hovered on the spot. Gan Wuliang took human form out of it and goggled at his surroundings. What the heck was going on?? He’d once penetrated deep into the immaterial dao universe to scope it out, but kept an exceedingly low profile as he was quite afraid of being discovered by Li Daoheng or Zheng Yu. He hadn’t made a single move, but today it was apparent that Zheng Yu had long been aware of his presence. The man just hadn’t done anything with the knowledge. He refrained from doing so not due to wariness of Li Hao, but because he was on guard against Li Daoheng. He incorporated Gan Wuliang’s dao stars into the depths of his river of stars and hid them deep. Just now, he ignited the entire river and extracted all of its strength, incorporating it into Gan Wuliang’s dao stars. “I prepared this for Li Hao, but you get to enjoy it today!” Zheng Yu hooted with amusement. Just as Li Hao wanted to integrate the immaterial dao universe into his own, so did Zheng Yu want to do the same with the corporeal dao universe. Li Hao might have left some traps or surprises in the corporeal dao universe to counterbalance Zheng Yu. Therefore, he wanted to do the same for the young man. Zheng Yu would have done the same if he proved less than Li Hao and fell in battle. The power of immaterial dao flooded Gan Wuliang’s body. One of Zheng Yu’s plans had been to empower this hotly ambitious fellow if Li Hao emerged victorious, so he could choose for himself if he wished to be devoured by Li Hao or resist the young man. There might have been an interesting show to watch then! But as it turned out, Li Hao forsook the corporeal dao universe and removed himself from the game. It was Li Daoheng who took his immaterial dao universe in the end. Follow current novels on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵 The river of stars collapsed and several dao stars escaped. A longsword swung down. “Fool!” Li Daoheng grunted with a frown. It was clear to see that this was Zheng Yu’s contingency in the event of his failure. But in Li Daoheng’s eyes, failure was not an aspect to consider once embarking on this course of action. To ponder failure was to ensure failure. Thus, he never considered it. But Zheng Yu wasn’t him. Zheng Yu had considered all along what he should do if he failed. And now, he had an answer. If I was defeated by Li Hao, I was still going to stick it to him in the end. I would’ve facilitated Gan Wuliang’s ambitions and let him control the immaterial dao universe. He’d be able to stand toe-to-toe with Li Hao! But now, he wasn’t able to do anything to Li Hao. His plans were utilized against Li Daoheng instead. An explosion within his body threw Li Daoheng off balance. The blade of blood descended and the star of time suddenly rushed over from behind! A sword descended from above when Li Daoheng barked a swift command. There seemed to be a sword in front of everyone’s eyes! Li Daoheng was infinitely near exalted emperor and brought his sword up at the ready, fiercely exuding sword intent in all directions. Zheng Yu continued to laugh, detonating the last trace of power within his body. “I said I’m trouble, you said the same thing, so... let me be trouble one more time!” Li Daoheng’s sword intent abruptly drifted apart for a second. He lowered his head and brought his other hand down in a palm strike, smashing Zheng Yu to pieces! However, the latter was still alive. A deranged grin stretched the corners of his broken lips. I managed to throw a wrench in your plans! A few immaterial dao stars escaped the moment the sword intent drifted apart. The river of chaos also spontaneously broke free of Li Daoheng’s enormous suction. Hong Yitang resumed human shape and looked back at Zheng Yu, a complicated expression in his eyes. Zheng Yu hadn’t done this to save him! He simply wanted to ruin Li Daoheng’s plans. They’d schemed against each other for so many years, but Zheng Yu was the loser in the end. He’d thought victory was within his grasp, but succumbed to Li Daoheng’s counterattack. He absolutely refused to accept that. Hence, he erupted with his final plan to dog Li Daoheng’s footsteps. Zheng Yu’s physical body crumbled away, but his laughter lingered in the air. “I lost, Li Daoheng! I admit to it! And you? Can you win?? You can’t!” A final eruption sounded and an avenue of great dao materialized—his core origin dao. “My great dao remains, so the New Martial powerhouses may be able to revive me.” His shadow appeared with some regret. “But who would resurrect a New Martial traitor? Reviving me would be the true disaster. I’ve had enough of this world. At the very least, I’ve been in command all these years. “Li Daoheng, you may be more conniving than me, but you didn’t spend a single day as the master of the world. I was it for one hundred thousand years!” Zheng Yu crowed with laughter. As false as it might have been, he’d been the overlord for one hundred thousand years! At least everyone knew that I was in charge. Li Daoheng, you were just a rat scurrying around in the gutter. Were you any better off than me? No! You were so much worse! His great dao collapsed—a half step emperor had snapped his own great dao! Endless core origin power drifted throughout the world. “Li Hao, this seat will no longer play with you!” Zheng Yu’s voice echoed throughout the world. “Just think of everything as a massive dream! You killed my father and brother, whereas I killed your entire family! Ying Hongyue was just one of my pawns. This makes us even, hahaha!” Ying Hongyue and the accumulation of the eight bloodlines had indeed been one of his long-term plans. He himself had been guaranteed of victory with their collection, but Li Daoheng pulled a fast one on him in his moment of glory. Therefore, he was very proud of himself for getting one over Li Daoheng now! He seemed to be saying that I may have lost, but I didn’t lose either! The world seemed to split open, as did the firmament. This was the first time that a half step emperor truly died in Silver Moon world. He had been one with great hope of setting foot into the exalted emperor level. Exalted emperors were powerhouses in any age. Zheng Yu could’ve been one early on had he weathered the tribulation, but both he and Li Daoheng didn’t wish to be ordinary exalted emperors. They wished to proceed even further and close the gap to the Human King, even if they couldn’t rival him. But today, he died and his dao faded away. All of his grand ambitions and enterprises were empty air. The death of his father and brother had been within expectations, but he hadn’t minded. It was fine so long as he succeeded. He could have resurrected them or tried other ideas. Even if their core origin daos had broken, he just needed to look to the Human King for help. He could also help Red Moon conquer New Martial and resurrect his family that way. Nothing mattered when he reached his heights. But now, it was all nothing.