Su Yu chuckled and said, "Cultivation level and strength are two different things. Don't worry. Just make your choice and I'll assist you with your advancement." Cultivation level and strength... Elder Zhao was able to hear the unspoken meaning of those words. His strength was far beyond the Mountainsea Realm. Elder Zhao asked, "Can I ask something?" "How is Zhou Mingren doing?" Elder Zhao sighed, but he wasn't surprised. He asked, "Did you kill him?" "Nope." Su Yu answered indifferently, "You can consider his death a suicide. All the elders of the single character faction...are dead. No, that's wrong. Elder Zheng Yuming is still around, but he is currently in seclusion. Perhaps he would leave one day. Or perhaps not." "Did the multiple character faction win? Did they take over the academy?" Su Yu laughed and said, "No. The multiple character faction has withdrawn from the academy. I am no longer a part of the academy as well. I'm only back here for a visit. Elder, everything has changed. The conflict between the single and multiple character factions has ended. "The single character faction has been eliminated, but the multiple character faction isn't doing that well either. We have completely withdrawn from Great Xia and even the Human Realm." Withdrawn from the Human Realm! Elder Zhao's expression changed as he said, "Is that the case? Sigh. After years of conflict with each other, both factions...have been defeated." He asked, "What will my fate be after leaving this place?" "Your fate?" Su Yu said, "I don't know. You can choose your own path. This is unrelated to me. There is nothing for you to fear. I have only returned to the Human Realm on Great Qin King's invitation. It has nothing to do with either you or the single character faction." Great Qin King's invitation. Elder Zhao realized that he might have...underestimated the young man before him. "Then...may I trouble you to remove my non-human characters, Sir?" "Are you certain? You don't have too many human characters. There are only three of them. On the other hand, you have six non-human characters. All of them are quite powerful..." Elder Zhao gave a simple reply. Su Yu smiled and rippled his sea of willpower, waking the little furball up. "Go. Eat his non-human characters. Quick." The little furball was displeased that he was told to eat these weak characters. These were merely Mountainsea characters. They weren't even yummy! He did not feel like eating them. Whatever. He decided to finish the job and go back to sleep. With a flicker, Elder Zhao felt his sea of willpower shaking. Next, six characters vanished from his sea of willpower. By the time he started focusing on his sea of willpower, his three human characters were already erupting in strength. The repelling force between characters vanished, and his apertures started fusing. He was already one step away from the Sunmoon Realm. Thus, the moment the repelling force vanished from his sea of willpower, eight of his apertures fused into one. He cultivated an old cultivation method with only seventy-two apertures. He only needed to fuse eight to become a Sunmoon. The fusion completed in the blink of an eye. A crescent moon appeared in the sky. Immediately after, numerous auras started approaching the lake from all over the academy. Someone was advancing into the Sunmoon Realm! Before long, someone arrived. The first to arrive was none other than Ji Hong. Not even he had expected the advancement to happen so fast. Shortly after, Wu Yuehua, Elder Qi, Old Nie, Old Huang, and the others arrived. These were the current higher-ups of the academy. When they saw the lake, and when they saw Su Yu, who was floating above the lake, understanding dawned on them. Su Yu wasn't the one breaking through. Rather, he was here to help someone with a breakthrough. The shocked elders hurriedly cupped their fists in greeting. Su Yu nodded with a smile. He looked at Old Nie and Old Huang before saying, "Teachers, how have you been?" Seeing that Su Yu was still quite friendly, Old Huang exhaled and said, "We're doing decently, but not as well as you. We were aware that you're back, but we did not expect to see you here." "I'm here on Liu Hong's request." Su Yu landed in front of the new arrivals and asked, "How are things in the academy lately?" "Decent." Old Huang asked, "How about you? How long are you staying this time?" "It depends." Su Yu turned and looked at Elder Zhao, who was still in the middle of breakthrough. He smiled and said, "More and more people are arriving so I won't be staying for long. Teachers, feel free to visit me at Su Residence when you find the time. I still need to thank you for your favor during my time in the academy." Not waiting for the two to reply, he looked at Wu Yuehua and said, "Martial Mother, I'll be taking my leave. You can visit me with Teacher Liu when he's back." Then, he vanished with a flicker. Nobody saw how he left. Not even the white dragon. It was as though he was never there. The white dragon sighed and said, "He's too strong." Wu Yuehua was grinning from ear to ear, but soon, her face turned cold as she said, "How is someone as shameless as Liu Wenyan worthy of having a student like Su Yu? He has been living off women his entire life. Is he going to start living off his student now?" Nobody said anything. She could say those words, but they definitely couldn't. As a fifth-stage Sunmoon, even Liu Wenyan could already be considered an expert. He also wasn't far from the sixth stage. Furthermore, who would dare to offend him with that monstrous student of his around? Everyone feared death. They waited in silence. Before long, the lake parted and revealed Elder Zhao. His aura had grown significantly stronger, and even his skin had regained its luster. As for his long hair that was dragging on the ground, he cut some off, allowing the rest to cascade down his shoulders. After his advancement, even his hair looked much better. He flew out of the lake and looked around. Too many familiar faces were missing. He bowed slightly at the white dragon and nodded at Ji Hong before looking at the rest. "Looks like I have missed a lot of things. A lot of old faces are gone. That guy called Su Yu...he must be quite an extraordinary man, right?" The expressions of some in the crowd turned odd upon hearing that. Some of them said, "Congratulations, Elder Zhao. Mayor Su...is naturally extraordinary. About a month ago, he killed numerous Invincibles. He is currently one of the hegemons of the Myriad Realms, an existence capable of contending against the various Pseudo Emperors..." Elder Zhao was stunned. Wu Yuehua sneered and said, "Elder Zhao, I advise you to focus on only your job as an elder. Nothing else. Zhou Mingren is dead. His backer, Great Zhou, is also trying to keep the peace. Even with their four Invincibles, the Zhou Family is still not a match for Su Yu." Four Invincibles in a family. Elder Zhao felt like he had returned to a completely different world, even if only ten years had passed. Everything had changed. Su Yu, one of the hegemons of the Myriad Realms. Zhou Family, four Invincibles in one family. The conflict between the single and multiple character factions had ended. Nothing was the same anymore. Elder Zhao sighed, nodded, and said, "I understand. I owe Su Yu a favor for his assistance. I will not overestimate myself and cling to the past." Seeing that nobody was saying anything, Ji Hong laughed and said, "This is a happy occasion. Let's talk about happier things. The academy lacks Sunmoons nowadays. Elder Zhao's advancement is a good thing for us. In fact, this is a good thing for even Great Xia as a whole." After saying that, Ji Hong sighed as he recalled the many Sunmoons they had lost in the recent battles. The others recalled the same thing as well. One of them said, "Director, it's all in the past. Everything will be better in the future." Ji Hong nodded. Meanwhile, Elder Zhao was standing there in confusion. But from their expressions, he could see that something bad must have happened. He said nothing. For now, he should first focus on understanding the current situation. Su Yu was back at Su Residence. Not long after, someone appeared outside the residence. He said nothing. He merely stood there and stared at the door stiffly. Noticing the visitor, Su Yu chuckled. How fast. But...why was he standing out there like that? Was he waiting for an invitation? The female furball, who had been asleep all the while, woke up suddenly and said, "Martial King?" "Hmm?" Su Yu blanked out. The female furball said, "I'm not sure...but...this should be Martial King's bloodline." Su Yu was completely stunned. He had been so focused on Culture King that he had nearly forgotten that there was a Martial King as well. Why was the female furball saying this? The female furball said, "I'm unsure. It feels familiar...that guy outside...might be a descendant of Martial King. I'm not too close with Martial King so I can't be sure. My husband might know." Su Yu's expression turned odd. Martial King's descendant? Culture King was single. Human Emperor was single. But Martial King...wasn't? How was this possible? Su Yu asked with astonishment, "Was Martial King not single back then?" The female furball replied with even more astonishment, "Of course not! He had many wives! Many of them! Too many for me to count!" No wonder Martial King was number three after Human Emperor and Culture King. After all, Su Yu knew full well that one could only go further in cultivation by staying single. How could a man grow strong after getting a woman? No wonder Martial King, someone capable of suppressing even someone like Old Zhou, wasn't as famous as Culture King and Human Emperor. He must have fallen at one point in his life and started taking wives. That must be the main reason for him to fall behind the other two. Understanding dawned on Su Yu. Women...sigh. So Martial King was corrupted. That was why he was the number three, not the number one. Check latest chapters at novel✶fire.net Zhou Hao...might be a descendant of Martial King. Su Yu inhaled deeply. If that was really the case, things would get really interesting.