Breaking the Record

"Ignoring the old man's advice will bring you grief."

Seeing that no one around him believed him, Su Ye could only shake his head and sigh helplessly.

His words made everyone's teeth ache. They wanted to pin him down and give him a good beating. Aside from that Milk Baby, who there was younger than him? And yet he was putting on airs in front of them.

"Hah!"

Su Ye ignored everyone around him and gave a soft shout. He stamped both feet hard against the ground, and the entire earth rumbled like it had been struck by a massive earthquake.

The rocks exploded, and the earth roared. Great fissures appeared across the hard ground, spreading in every direction like a web of lightning as dust billowed into the sky.

Everyone around him was shaken by this terrifying strength. But their expressions soon turned horrified: the cracks were too wide and too numerous, and they were falling in! One after another, they tumbled down. Even when they summoned runes and took out their treasures, they couldn't fly back out—the crowd was simply too large.

Meanwhile, Su Ye was like a javelin, shooting toward the firmament. He pierced through layer after layer of clouds, as if he meant to break through the heavens and fly beyond them.

"This body isn't bad."

Lord Bird had fled the area at the first opportunity. Watching Su Ye high in the sky, he nodded in approval.

"It really is impressive. His physical strength has reached one hundred thousand jin, on par with our descendants."

At some point, Grandpa Jingbi had appeared beside Lord Bird. He sighed, "This era will be brilliant once more, but it will also surely be a dark era."

First, Double Pupil had appeared in the world, and now two strange little fellows had emerged. These were signs of a great flourishing—but great flourishing was often accompanied by great calamity.

"A dark era?"

Lord Bird thought of antiquity. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he murmured, "I feel there's something wrong. The upheaval in antiquity seems to have been aimed at the Void God Realm."

The ancient war had been a massacre, like a scene from hell. Gods had fallen like rain, and the Void God Realm had been caught in the devastation, its outer regions collapsing.

Grandpa Jingbi's expression turned stern. "I feel the same way. The Void God Realm is a special world, independent of the Eight Regions, yet that upheaval in antiquity still reached it and destroyed many of its regions.

"The most important point is that the rules of the Eight Lower Realms are incomplete now, and the martial path has declined. Fewer and fewer passages can connect to the Void God Realm. This will inevitably weaken the power of faith. Once that power is lost, the Void God Realm will stop functioning. And then... it really will be the end."

Lord Bird looked at Grandpa Jingbi and asked quietly, "You also think those upheavals targeting the Eight Regions were actually aimed at the Void God Realm?"

Grandpa Jingbi nodded and said gravely, "Outsiders don't know, but how could those beings not? The Void God Realm is a prison, and the Eight Lower Realms are its guards. The stronger the Eight Regions, the stronger the seal. But when the Eight Regions grow weak, the seal will inevitably weaken too. Once or twice might be a coincidence, but this is happening again and again. They're clearly trying to destroy the Eight Lower Realms."

"Alas, even if we know the truth now, what can we do?"

Lord Bird sighed. They had once been incomparably powerful, but that was in the past. Now they were weak, and even they themselves had developed problems. They couldn't change a thing.

"Someone broke it! The record's been broken!"

Someone shouted, looking at the Record Stele that had appeared in the sky. Shi Yi's name had vanished, replaced by "I Love Milk." This meant that Shi Yi's record had been broken.

Those who had been cursing moments earlier fell silent. They didn't even care that they were still buried beneath the earth; the news was simply too shocking.

Shi Yi, the Undefeated Myth, the Young Supreme.

And now his record had been broken. This was bound to cause a tremendous stir; even the great sects and kingdoms would be alarmed.

Elsewhere.

Shi Hao had subdued everyone who had taken his Precious Bone, as well as those who had tried to take it, piling them into a human mountain. Sitting atop it, he looked toward the figure slowly descending from the sky.

"Looks like my big brother isn't invincible after all. The world outside really is full of powerful people."

Little One muttered so softly that only he could hear. His eyes shone brightly. A record for leaping into the air?

"But he actually stole my thunder. Just wait—I'll break it in a moment."

Little One said indignantly. Looking at the human mountain beneath him, he thought that since he'd already beaten them, letting them go now would mean wasting all that effort.

Waste was shameful.

He had been raised from childhood to cherish things and avoid waste.

Little One looked at a middle-aged man not far away and said, "You offended me, so you need to compensate me."

As he spoke, he pointed toward Su Ye. "See that fellow over there? Even he has to compensate me when he offends me. He only let a dog bite me, and I took one of his Precious Bones. You had so many people bite me, so pay me back with your clan's Treasure Art."

The people piled up beneath him all looked furious. He was actually comparing them to dogs—a blatant humiliation.

"Damn it! He deserves to die."

"Boom!"

Shi Hao didn't waste any words. He waved the Crimson Feather Treasure Fan, sending several people flying into the distance to deliver the message, then looked at the translucent, jade-like Precious Bone in Su Ye's hand.

Every time someone broke a record in the Void God Realm, they received a reward. Most of the rewards were Precious Bones. Though these bones weren't especially powerful, the Primal Runes on them didn't remain hidden, making them possible to study and learn from.

"Let me have a look."

With a whoosh, Shi Hao appeared in front of Su Ye. His eyes burned as he stared at the Precious Bone. He could tell it was extraordinary, covered in countless intricate patterns.

"Wait until I've finished studying it."

Su Ye said, looking at the Precious Bone in his hand. A gleam appeared in his eyes, along with mysterious patterns that let him see through everything. The Precious Bone's Primal Runes were imprinted in his eyes.

"Hm?"

Shi Hao sensed something and looked into Su Ye's eyes. He saw those intricate patterns, and the smile on his face instantly vanished.

He had thought of someone—a pair of cold eyes, devoid of all emotion, watching him.

Using the "copy" ability of his Samsara Eye, Su Ye had imprinted the Primal Runes contained in the Precious Bone into his eyes, allowing him to study them more easily. He glanced at Little One beside him, noticed his odd expression, and guessed what was on his mind. Smiling, he said, "Once bitten by a snake, you're afraid of ropes for ten years."

"What does that mean? I don't understand."

Little One looked at Su Ye warily. He realized that somehow, he had never been able to see through Su Ye, while Su Ye seemed to know him.

Su Ye smiled, understanding what Little One was wary of.

Although Little One usually acted carefree and seemed rather silly, he was actually very clever. Even if he only noticed the tiniest little clue, he could follow it from that small detail all the way to the bigger picture.