Chapter 142 - 142

Chapter 1706: Indulgence (3)

"Of course!"

Su Yu agreed readily. The book spirit and tea plant left his sea of willpower. After transforming back into the plump girl, the tea plant grumbled, "Fat Ball, the Daofuses out there are very powerful. And those immortals are very strong as well! We spent a long time fighting two of them, but we couldn't kill any of them!"

The white dog wagged his tail again as something similar to a smile appeared on his dog-face. He said, "You're not good at fighting."

"Oh, true!"

Before long, Su Yu took the golden peng corpse out. It was massive.

Then, Su Yu used a large amount of strength to cut the two wings off. The wings were massive as well.

With a flicker, the white dog vanished before reappearing with a large wooden stick in his mouth. He said, "Use this as the skewer. This is a piece of wood from a fragrant pine tree. Back then, Master dug out an entire tree from the edge of the world. Using this as the skewer will greatly improve the flavor!"

Edge of the world?

Su Yu raised his brow. So Culture King was a foodie as well? Digging a treasure tree out just to be used as a skewer?

How impressive.

The white dog spat the stick out before entering the house again. In such a manner, he moved in and out repeatedly, bringing with him numerous items.

A stove, a grill, a pile of wooden sticks, and all sorts of other items. Done with all that, the white dog wagged his tail and said, "We can roast the wings with these sticks. Little Master brought them back a long time ago. In the Immortal Realm, there is a heavenly source fruit growing on their great dao. Cooking with the wood of this tree can greatly improve the flavor of the food!"

Right at that moment, the little furball emerged from Su Yu's head and looked at the white dog with admiration and envy. Were all ancient dogs so good at eating? The little furball only knew how to swallow. Nothing else.

But after witnessing how good the white dog was at eating, the little furball suddenly felt like a bumpkin. Meanwhile, the white dog felt like a super gourmet. Instantly, the white dog became the little furball's idol.

The little furball started hopping up and down on Su Yu's head, seemingly complaining that the white dog had lived a much better life following the Culture King while the little furball had lived like a caveman following Su Yu.

The little furball had only gotten to eat some power of laws, some trash characters, and some trash heavenly source qi following Su Yu.

But look at Culture King's dog!

The little furball couldn't even eat Tiangu!

Su Yu rolled his eyes. He understood what the little furball was thinking. Screw that! Was this the little furball's dream life? If the little furball was as strong as the white dog, he would be able to eat like the white dog as well! Was he not ashamed of comparing himself with the white dog?

Before long, they started roasting the golden peng wings. These wings were quite hard to roast. After all, these were Daofuse wings. Even when using his fire character, which was a Sunmoon character, it was still too hard.

This would probably take some time. Furthermore, the sticks they were using as fuel were quite hard to burn as well. This was probably a sight that would cause Tiangu to cry. The sticks being used as fuel here could probably be forged into a heaven weapon.

But Su Yu wasn't too bothered, even if he knew that everything here was extremely valuable. He was very rich as well. He might not be as rich as Culture King, but he was already one of the richest people alive. Thus, this wasn't something that he would feel too bad about doing.

One human, one dog, one ball, one book, and one plant surrounded the fire pit as they awaited their food.

While roasting the wings, Su Yu asked, "Seniors, I have some questions regarding cultivation. May I ask you about them?"

While wagging his tail, the white dog said, "Sure. But we might not have the answer. We're not Master. We don't know everything. We only know a little." ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ NoveIＦire.net

The white dog was being very modest.

Su Yu said, "Senior, with my current strength, is there a way for me to quickly kill a Daofuse without borrowing external power?"

"Daofuses are very strong—"

The tea plant interrupted before the white dog could finish, "Not strong! You lied! Daofuses are weak! Book spirit and I managed to defeat one! How are they strong?"

The white dog pointed at the golden peng wings and said, 'This Daofuse is weak. He walked the dao of others, not his own dao. Also, he had picked a weak dao to walk. The strength of someone fusing the dao of others depends on multiple factors. Firstly, the dao must be strong. Secondly, one's understanding of that dao. Thirdly, one's original strength..."

"Also, the number of people walking the same dao is very important as well. With too many people sharing the same dao, the Daofuse walking that dao won't be too strong."

The white dog looked at Su Yu and said, "You seem to have obtained part of Master's inheritance."

Su Yu nodded and took the Culture Tomb out. "This is the inheritance."

The white dog looked at the Culture Tomb, thought about it, and said, "I remember now. This is one of the great daos Master mastered. He was the sole master of all his daos. This dao must have been separated from him. If you were to pick this dao, you would be the sole person walking it. Upon reaching the end, you would be very strong as well. Stronger than me!"

A dao all for himself. A dao previously under Culture King's control, and a dao with no other controllers. Thus, Su Yu could simply walk this dao to eventually become a supreme expert. This was a ready-made path for him. He only needed to follow the plan and keep forming more characters and inserting them into his character technique to advance further in this dao. In short, this was a complete legacy from the Culture King.

Su Yu asked, "Just how many great daos did Culture King master back then?"

"I don't know." The white dog shook his head, "I'm a dog. I won't ask about all that. I only know this dao because I remember its smell. This was a dao Master prepared for his successor. Why is it still unoccupied after so many years?"

How odd.

Su Yu was curious as well. He said, "His students and friends turned this dao into the Culture Tomb and even erected a cenotaph for Culture King. They even added their own character techniques into the tomb. I don't think anyone realized that this dao was meant for inheritance."

The white dog looked befuddled, "Nobody realized it? But it's so easy to discover! Just by leaving a core character behind, Master made it clear that anyone could use it. Why did they turn it into a tomb?"

Su Yu had no answer. How was he supposed to know what Culture King's students were thinking? Did they really fail to discover the truth? Or were they simply not confident they could walk this dao?

The book spirit laughed and said, "Fat Ball, Master's dao is not something just anyone can walk. His students must have discovered that the dao is too hard for them to walk. They might have researched it extensively before deciding to split it into parts, which ultimately became these so-called character techniques. They were waiting for a day to come where someone could fuse all these character techniques into one and truly master this dao."

The white dog nodded in understanding, "True, true!"

Su Yu's face started twitching. He understood what the book spirit was saying. Culture King's students must have discovered the truth, but they found that they couldn't even form a character technique with ninety-nine characters. Furthermore, that was merely the starting line of this dao. It was simply too hard for them to walk.

Thus, they hid the dao and split it into numerous character techniques. Perhaps one day, someone genius enough to master all these character techniques would appear. And that someone would naturally be the one to inherit Culture King's dao.

If one could form the character technique with ninety-nine characters, this dao would be open for that person. They had done their best.

Su Yu finally understood their purpose in creating this Culture Tomb. If one could fully master this Culture King, one would become a successor of Culture King. If one couldn't, this Culture Tomb would remain the tomb of Culture King's dao.

The Culture Tomb was the true core of the Culture Grave. It was the true legacy of Culture King.

When the white dog looked at the book spirit, the book spirit said, "This is Master's dao. It has a close connection with Master. Of course, Master has given up on it. But if you're willing to listen to my lessons regarding the book my master wrote, you might be able to resonate with the dao and form new characters rapidly and complete your character technique. That will allow you to officially step on this dao. What do you think, Human Lord?"

Su Yu thought about it and nodded, "I'll be troubling you, Senior."

The little furball asked in astonishment, "Yummy, are you not opening your own dao? Walking someone else's dao is something only trash will do..."

Su Yu laughed and said, "What stupid thing are you saying? I'm still weak. I don't know anything about the various great daos. Do you expect me to open a new dao in my current state? The better way to start is by comprehending Culture King's dao, increase my strength, and learn more about the various daos before opening my own dao. Nobody knows something from birth. A process is required to learn something."

The little furball was greatly discouraged upon hearing that.

Was he so stupid?

The white dog started wagging his tail again as he nodded and said, "Yes. There is a process to learn everything. I wanted to walk someone else's dao, but I couldn't find a suitable dao. Back then, Little Master forced me to study every single day. Master also gave me many lessons. Only then did I manage to walk my own dao..."

Nobody was born knowing everything. No matter how smart Su Yu was, he barely knew anything about the various daos. How was he supposed to open a new dao in such a state? It wasn't so simple.

What a joke. Since a complete legacy of Culture King was available, he would be a fool not to learn it. He could worry about opening a new dao when he was strong enough. For now, he had the book spirit to rely on. What was the book spirit? The sentient form of Culture King's book.

Learning from the book spirit might not give him natural characters, but Su Yu was unbothered. This was a dao nobody walked. Thus, any character he formed while learning about this dao would be as good as a natural character.

The white dog said, "In that case, teach him, Book Spirit. Start your lesson. You don't eat meat anyway. We'll eat while listening to the lesson. Tea Plant, make us some tea. We will eat and drink while listening. Wings are quite greasy. We need some tea to go with it."

"..."

Su Yu had the urge to laugh. The white dog seemed rather familiar with all this. But cultivating in this manner felt rather refreshing. It was different from any of his cultivation sessions in the past. A Daofuse book reading out loud for him, a Daofuse tea plant making tea for him, and eating the wings of a Daofuse. He didn't even feel like leaving such a life behind anymore.

Su Yu asked nothing else. He was in no rush. For now, he had to focus on strengthening himself. Furthermore, he had advanced in his cultivation level considerably this time. A lesson from the book spirit would be a good opportunity for him to stabilize his cultivation base. He needed more accumulation to slowly reach the peak.

Before long, the book spirit started reading. Su Yu and the white dog started eating the wings in a relaxed manner. The thick source qi and power of laws in the wings instantly healed all his injuries from before.

And after taking a sip of the tea prepared by the tea plant, Su Yu truly felt like he was in paradise. What better way could one indulge in pleasure? Power? Status? None of that was comparable to the enjoyment he was experiencing here.

All his desires for power and status vanished. Those were external factors, things he could lose and gain at any moment.

"Year Nine of Yong'an Calendar, at the start of spring, I met Zhou Wu at the summit of Nanyuan. Zhou Wu's self-created Eighty-One Heavenly Saber Technique was defeated by me with one palm strike. With a smile, I proclaimed him: barbaric trash."

"..."

Su Yu felt like he was listening to a major gossip.

Who was Zhou Wu?

Martial King?

Holy shit! Trash?

Culture King was quite an arrogant man!

Chapter 1707: Zhou Is A Popular Surname (1)

Su Yu was still listening to the book spirit in Culture King's Residence.

He was eating and sipping tea while listening.

Initially, he was quite calm. But his curiosity got hold of him as he asked, "Who's Zhou Wu?"

Was that Martial King?

Wasn't Martial King Tai Shan?

Zhou Wu...was a name that could easily cause one to think of Martial King. (wu = martial)

In truth, Su Yu was very curious about Culture King's name as well, but he hadn't asked. It was considered rude to speak the name of such experts directly, and followers of Culture King like the white dog might not be willing to even speak his name.

But year nine of Yong'an Calendar? What calendar was that? The white dog, who was eating while wagging his tail, said, "It's Martial King."

Su Yu raised his brow and asked, "Who's Tai Shan?"

"Martial King as well. His original given name was Zhou Taishan. After becoming the Martial King, Master renamed him Zhou Wu. Master said that Taishan has too many meanings. He refused to call Martial King by that name."

Many meanings?

What?

After thinking about it for a bit, Su Yu concluded that father-in-law was probably one of those meanings.

Culture King sure was petty. Was that a reason to change someone's given name?

"Was the gap between Martial King and Culture King so big?"

The white dog thought about it deeply while eating. After a long while, he said, "He wasn't Master's match. But he was very strong back then. Much stronger than all the other human kings and Pseudo Emperors."

In short, Culture King was stronger. Much stronger than the other human kings and Pseudo Emperor as well.

"Senior, do you know Martial Emperor?"

Su Yu thought of Old Zhou, the Martial Emperor, who was also a Zhou. He was starting to confuse the two.

"Martial Emperor?"

The white dog sank into thought. It had been too long since he last heard that tittle. After taking a large bite off the roasted peng wings, he said, "That was a human expert from the era before Master and the others established the imperial court..."

"At the time, Master and the other lords had just risen in power. The Myriad Realms were in chaos. Humanity was powerful, but not the strongest among the various realms. During that time, Martial Emperor was one of the three strongest human experts. But something happened and numerous human experts died. It was said that Martial Emperor was the one who had killed them.

"I remember that one day, Martial King arrived and told Master that Martial Emperor was slaughtering the innocent and strengthening himself with the blood of his fellow humans. Because of that, Martial King wanted to punish Martial Emperor.

"After Martial King left, Master said that Martial Emperor might not be the culprit. Eventually, Martial Emperor was defeated by Martial King. That was the battle that had spread Martial King's name throughout the Myriad Realms. At the time, he wasn't known as the Martial King yet. But due to his victory over Martial Emperor, he was eventually appointed the Martial King."

Martial Emperor, a human expert from the primordial past. Sure enough, Old Zhou was a human. As far as Su Yu was concerned, that was most likely a genius as talented as him. After all, that was someone who had opened all 720 acupoints and apertures. However, it was unknown if he had forged his body as many times as Su Yu.

And someone like that wasn't a match for Martial King, who was also far weaker than Culture King. Yet above all these people, there was the Human Emperor, the strongest of all. Su Yu inhaled deeply. Just how strong was the Human Emperor?

Even these days, legends and stories about Martial King and Culture King could still be heard here and there. Even the stories of Time Sage could still be heard in some circles. But the Human Emperor was an exception. He was rarely mentioned. Just how strong was he?

"Senior, can you tell me more about the Human Emperor?"

"Human Emperor..." The white dog shook his head and said, "I don't know him well. I met him several times, but I can't speak too much about him. It is taboo to speak of an honored leader. Master had never spoken of him behind his back."

That was understandable. No matter what, Human Emperor was their superior. It wouldn't be proper for them to gossip about their superior behind his back.

"Was he stronger than Culture King?"

"I think so?" The white dog answered uncertainly, "I don't know. Master was very strong, but they had probably never fought before. I'm not sure."

Fine.

As the discussion ended, the book spirit continued his lesson.

The records in the book were quite random. They read more like a diary, describing Culture King's daily life alongside some records pertaining to cultivation when Culture King was in the mood.

At times, Culture King would even write about some gossip in the book. For example, there was an entry talking about Zhou Wu. At the time, Zhou Wu invited Culture King to his wedding, but Culture King did not feel like going since it was already his third wedding. As a result, Martial King came visiting on the wedding day with his three wives, forcing Culture King to attend the ceremony.

How random.

In Culture King's records, the ancient past seemed like a fun era.

And when the lesson reached the parts where Culture King wrote about the great daos, Su Yu sank into a state of comprehension.

"There is dao in all of existence. The so-called dao is a form of law, a form of restriction. No form can exist without laws. When reality first came into existence, it was filled with numerous loopholes. The great daos were responsible for filling up these loopholes..."

Su Yu listened as he ate.

The great daos. The laws. They were meant to make up for the weaknesses of reality. That was Culture King's theory.

For example, reality was too big. It was tiring to traverse the massive reality. Thus, the dao of space came into existence to assist one with traveling. Well, this was Su Yu's own comprehension, not something mentioned by Culture King. Thɪs chapter is updated by novelꜰire.net

One could also say that the various daos were the various improvements to the natural world implemented by those living in it. For example, in a world without fire, one could create the dao of fire for that world. When one felt like taking a bath, one could then create the dao of water. All these elements did not exist when the world first came into existence.

Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind as he listened. Eventually, a character took form. He didn't even know if this could be considered a natural character, but it did not matter.

"Dao."

Yes. The dao character. His thirty-first character.

The various characters floated all over his sea of willpower. The newly formed character reached the second tier right away, similar to any other natural character.

The white dog glanced at Su Yu before shifting his gaze toward the little furball who was stealing bites off the gigantic roasted peng wings. Once again, the little furball was drunk.

Since Su Yu was still in a state of comprehension, the white dog decided to speak to the little furball instead. He said, "Soy Bun...no, Little Soy Bun."

He knew Soy Bun, so he decided to use Soy Bun's name on the little furball as well. The drunk little furball looked at the white dog blankly.

The white dog said, "Like Soy Bun, you're a natural dao. Others might need to open their own dao or fuse with an existing dao, but that's not the case for you. You are the true chosen of heavens."

"The likes of you and Soy Bun are either sentient daos or the daos of some dead supreme experts. Cultivation for people like you is much easier than a regular person."

The drunk little furball nodded his entire body. Yes, yes. They were all super geniuses. They were all better than Yummy!

"Therefore, you need to stop relying on only eating to cultivate." The white dog explained, "You keep eating and growing without understanding the reason for your growth. Instead, you need to comprehend your own dao. Do you even know what your dao is?"

The little furball shook his entire body. Nope. He had no idea.

The white dog shook his head. Sure enough, this was yet another dumb ball. He could only recall his master's words and said, "You need to keep trying and learning. Your race is capable of consuming characters and willpower, but you don't necessarily walk the dao of consumption. You can all consume characters and willpower because as the dao incarnate, you need to sustain yourself with the power of laws. But that's not necessarily your dao."

The little furball had the same blank look on his face.

He felt like he, his dada, and his mama all walked the same dao. The dao of consumption. Was that not the case?

Seemingly knowing what the little furball was thinking, the white dog shook his head and said, "No. Consuming is merely a manifestation of your need for the power of laws. The way you consume will be different from someone truly walking that dao. There are no two identical daos in this world. They might be similar, but not the exact same."

"Then...what am I?"

The white dog shook his head, "I don't know. You have yet to reach a sufficient level to manifest your dao. I can't see it yet. But to manifest your dao, you need to first know what your dao is."

"Oh."

The little furball sank into thought. After spending so much time with Su Yu, he was no longer as ignorant. But he was still confused. He did not know his own dao. He loved eating characters, but he did not enjoy the taste of all characters. To truly grow, he had to first learn the nature of his actual dao.

He wasn't that far from the Sunmoon Realm. He had been growing steadily. He was still quite young, but due to his time spent with Su Yu, he had grown rapidly from the sheer amount of treasures he had eaten. But like Su Yu, he was also completely clueless about the various great daos.

According to the white dog, he was supposed to be the chosen of the heavens. Because he was a dao in itself.

Someone like him only needed some wisdom to access his dao. In such a situation, he would be able to progress smoothly until the Daofuse Realm or more. Or to be precise, the Daofuse as known by Su Yu was actually the Eternal Realm.

Someone like the little furball would only start having difficulties when trying to enter the Great Dao Realm since that was a realm requiring one to further perfect one's dao. Every single soul devourer was a natural born dao founder.

Hearing all that, the little furball sank into deep contemplation for the very first time of his life, asking himself one question: what was he? He only knew how to eat. He only knew how to detect things through smell. What else was he good at?

What was his specialty? Perhaps...he walked the dao of eating? Or the dao of sleeping?

In truth, the little furball was quite relaxed about his strength. He had never been the type to relentlessly pursue strength. But as of late, Yummy had stopped needing his help in fights. He felt like his personal farm was on the verge of abandoning him. Thus, change was needed.

He also felt like his dada and mama had taken a liking to Yummy. Would they steal his personal farm? He did not care about his cultivation, but he cared deeply about his personal farm. Thus, he started longing for strength.

***

The little furball started contemplating about his dao.

As for Su Yu, after forming his new character, he decided to make use of the Soul Expanding Hammer yet again. It had been quite a while since he last used that hammer. He started hitting his own sea of willpower with the hammer, compressing his willpower, stabilizing his apertures, and strengthening his characters.

He had grown so much that not even the Soul Expanding Hammer could keep up with him. Its inability to kill an Invincible with one hit was the biggest reason Su Yu had not used it much lately.

When he was hammering himself inside his head, the white dog sensed what he was doing and asked, "Are you hitting your own head?"

"Yeah."

"That hammer..." The white dog paused slightly, seemingly recalling something before saying, "It feels like the embryonic form of a great dao. You can try to meditate on it more. You might be able to turn it into a character."

Su Yu blanked out slightly. He opened his eyes and asked, "Turning it into a character?"

The white dog said matter-of-factly, "Each character is merely a type of manifestation. That hammer of yours is likely the embryonic form of a great dao. Like characters, it is also the manifestation of a dao."

Chapter 1708: Zhou Is A Popular Surname (2)

Su Yu asked, "After turning the hammer into a character, would I lose the daos of the various characters I have formed after gaining control over Culture King's dao?"

"No." The white dog explained, "Upon forming ninety-nine characters, you can start walking Master's dao. At that time, you will be stripping the attributes of these characters that are compatible with Master's dao to support your growth on that path. These characters will still be around, and your access over the daos they represent will not diminish..."

The white dog wanted to say more, but he didn't know how to explain it better.

Thankfully, the book spirit came to rescue. He said, "Human Lord, there is one thing you must understand. Apart from Soy Bun's race, no character is pure. This includes your natural characters. They are merely purer than non-natural characters, but they are not fully pure. When I say pure, I am referring to the power of laws.

"For example, your pass character contains the power of space, but it also contains the powers of some other laws. The power of Master's dao might be one of these powers...

"After collecting ninety-nine characters, you can start walking Master's dao. In the process of walking Master's dao, you will be extracting the power of Master's dao from these characters. However, these characters will still be around, and you can continue learning more about the other daos these characters represent."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu as he said, "In other words, Culture King's dao won't sucking these characters dry. Instead, it will only extract its own power from them. I understand now."

The book spirit nodded, "Exactly. Human Lord, you're truly smart. You can easily understand many of these complicated topics."

Su Yu laughed, "You're too polite, Senior."

With this, he could be certain that even after fusing the ninety-nine characters to activate Culture King's dao, these independent characters would still exist. He could continue using them to learn more about the other daos they represented.

"That Soul Expanding Hammer is the manifestation of a dao as well. Thus, we can also transform it into a character."

The white dog nodded, "Yes. This is a decent dao. It seems capable of influencing the other laws by itself."

Influencing the other laws.

Su Yu had a pensive look as he heard that. True. The Soul Expanding Hammer was quite unique. It was incredibly useful, useful enough to burst one's sea of willpower with one hit if that someone was in the same cultivation level as him.

Sea of willpower...laws...

After a long while, he said, "I think I understand now. I now know why the Soul Expanding Hammer is capable of purifying characters and willpower. It represents a unique dao capable of countering the other daos."

He exhaled and continued, "I'll try to transform this hammer into a character. It should be able to become a Sunmoon character directly."

The white dog nodded and said, "Yes. Also, there are many ways for you to comprehend new characters."

At that, the book spirit laughed and said, "Yes, there is a shortcut to forming a large number of characters. Can you guess what the shortcut is?"

Su Yu frowned slightly. What could the shortcut be?

The book spirit gave a hint, "The laws are the essence of everything. Characters, techniques...everything!"

Boom!

Instantly, Su Yu's mind went blank. Next, his jaw dropped as he hit his own head and said with regret, "Why was I so dumb? I understand! I understand now!"

Su Yu continued, "I was so stupid! How could I remain clueless even after borrowing the racial abilities of so many races? Yes, yes, racial abilities! And the various daos! I understand now! When a technique grows advanced enough to become a racial ability, it has essentially transformed into an embryonic form of a dao. I know countless racial abilities! I know countless techniques! All those are the manifestations of different daos! Could...all those techniques and abilities be transformed into characters?

"No, it can't be that simple. Source qi and characters are different...wait, I understand now! Heaven Gate! Yes! Opening the Heaven Gate! A free passage through the Heaven Gate!"

Su Yu's eyes became incomparably bright as he continued, "Upon creating an open passage through the Heaven Gate and equalizing both source qi and character, I will be able to transform the racial abilities I know into characters. These characters might even reach the Sunmoon Realm straight away because of how strong my source qi is! My martial techniques are strong enough to directly reach that level!"

The book spirit nodded, "You finally understand, Human Lord. We never mentioned this before because of the difference between source qi and willpower. Conversion between the two is incredibly difficult. But that won't be an issue if you can create an open passage through the Heaven Gate, allowing the two to convert into one another freely. The so-called racial abilities are merely the embryonic form of numerous daos, and they are naturally capable of transforming into characters. Each racial ability represents a dao, or a law."

Su Yu said in excitement, "I know a lot of racial abilities!"

However, the white dog shook his head and said, "No, you don't. Yes, you know some, but you learned them through Little Master's book. The racial abilities in that book were the law fragments gathered by Little Master back then. They are imperfect and incomplete. Since you're not the master of these fragments, your level of comprehension over them are actually quite low."

He continued, "You have your own book. You seem to be following Little Master's path. In truth, you can try to comprehend more by yourself. Use your book and comprehend the daos you have gathered in there. Only these dao fragments are truly yours. Stop relying on Little Master's book."

Realization hit Su Yu as he said solemnly, "I understand now. Thank you for the guidance, Seniors! In that case, I only need to fully open the Heaven Gate and this option will be available for me. With this, I'll be able to rapidly form new characters, start grasping Culture King's dao, and become a Daomeld as soon as possible!"

Finally, a clear path was ahead of him.

Su Yu asked, "Seniors, the warriors of humanity are having difficulty stepping into the Daofuse Realm. Is this because they have not mastered any technique enough to form their own racial abilities?"

The book spirit said, "Through my earlier observation, the current human experts might know all sorts of techniques, but all of them are walking the exact same dao. The dao of physical body."

The book spirit explained, "Some of them are good at spears, some are good at sabers, but none of them has the source soul acupoint open. They are essentially cultivating only their bodies regardless of what weapons or techniques they use." "That is a gigantic dao, but from my observation, that dao can hardly produce another Daofuse. Too many people are sharing it, and it has also been damaged."

This was yet another new information for Su Yu. So all the current human warriors were walking the same dao.

The dao of physical body. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel(ꜰ)ire.net

The book spirit added, "This wasn't the case in the past. Back then, even warriors would walk all sorts of daos. For example, a saber cultivator would walk the dao of saber. A spear cultivator would walk the dao of spear. But now, everyone is cultivating the same Three Body Method. Using that method is essentially the same as abandoning all the other daos. This is a dao where only their bodies reign supreme. Everyone is fighting for territory on the same dao."

Su Yu frowned and said, "Senior, I know about the Weapon Fusion Method. Are the people walking that method not sharing the same dao as well?"

"No, that's different." The book spirit shook his head again and said, "It's obvious from the name. Weapon Fusion Method. Something like this won't come with a singular dao. There are countless weapons in existence. By fusing with different weapons, they walk different daos. For example, that staff-wielding monkey walks the dao of staff. Not the dao of physical body. Thus, someone like him has a very high chance of becoming a Daofuse in the future."

Su Yu said, "So despite the numerous combat styles the current human warriors have, but none truly specialize in these styles or weapons. Rather, they all specialize in strengthening their bodies. And because of that, they all share the same dao, resulting in a stunted growth for everyone."

"Yes!" The book spirit said, "This is not only applicable for the current humans. The various races are using the Three Body Method as well. But the daos of their races are undamaged, so it's still possible for them to achieve Daofuse. However, it will be almost impossible for them to go further."

With a regretful tone, the book spirit said, "I don't understand this. Why are so many people sharing the same dao? This is the same as severing everyone's path. At this rate, no new Daofuse will emerge in the future."

Due to the damage to humanity's dao of physical body, humanity could no longer produce a new Daofuse. As for the myriad races, their versions of the same dao were undamaged, allowing them to achieve Daofuse. But that was as far as they could go.

Su Yu frowned and said, "At present, the Three Body Method is the only method one can cultivate. Anyone cultivating a different method will be punished by the heavenly laws."

The book spirit was puzzled by that. The white dog was also surprised as he asked, "Forbidden by the laws?"

"Yes!"

The white dog asked, "But why?"

How was he supposed to know? Su Yu didn't know what to say. He wished he knew as well.

The white dog asked, "Was it the Myriad Race Assembly? The ancient humans wouldn't do something like this. Did the myriad races do this to stop humanity from growing too strong?"

He couldn't understand this decision either.

Su Yu said, "Senior, can humanity still produce Daofuses through other daos?"

He was looking at the book spirit. After all, the book spirit was the one who had left and witnessed the current human experts with his own eyes.

After giving it some thought, the book spirit answered, "According to you, walking other daos will result in tribulations. Some of these humans are already in the process of fusing with this dao. But I saw that many of them have lost their tri-life bodies. Losing their tri-life bodies is the same as losing progress in the fusion of this dao. This won't be an easy damage to repair. Each of the three bodies is essentially a carrier of the dao they have fused."

Su Yu hurriedly asked, "Can these people switch to the Weapon Fusion Method?"

After a short silence, the book spirit said, "Yes. Losing their tri-life bodies is the same as withdrawing from that dao. But...the heavenly laws won't allow them to pursue different daos."

"But right now, they are still stronger than regular Sunmoons. Without their tri-life bodies, the laws will likely punish them as Sunmoons, so they should be able to survive the tribulations fine." Su Yu continued, "More importantly, how can one switch to a different dao? I doubt any current human knows the proper method of doing so."

He added, "Also, are there any other methods apart from the Weapon Fusion Method?"

The book spirit nodded, "Of course. Following the daos of their characters is the most straightforward method. Characters are the closest to the natural daos since they are essentially the embryonic forms of the various daos. That's the easiest way one can grow strong. This is also the strongest method in the ancient past. Of course, it is also an extremely difficult method to pursue."

The book spirit said, "The Weapon Fusion Method is also a popular method back then. There are countless daos in existence. There are also countless weapons in existence. The probability of stepping onto the same dao as others is actually quite low through this method. Even the users of the same weapons might not end up threading the same dao. The fewer individuals threading the same dao, the stronger the existing individuals on that dao will be. If there is only one individual pursuing that dao, this individual will have a high chance of becoming a Master of Law."

The so-called Master of Law was essentially what Su Yu was calling the Great Dao Realm.

Su Yu nodded and asked, "Are there other methods?"

"Well, you already know the Three Body Method. You can also open your own dao, but this is extremely difficult. Most people won't have the ability to do this. And finally, dao switching."

Chapter 1709: Zhou Is A Popular Surname (3)

Su Yu blanked out. "Dao switching?"

The book spirit nodded, "Yes. It's similar to the other methods. Even three body cultivators can follow this path. Many of the current three body cultivators are using the treasures from Human Emperor's era as the carriers for their powers of laws.

"However, they are all walking the same dao of physical body. That's because none of them has truly comprehended the daos on those treasures. For example, I noticed someone using the item from someone's body as the carrier treasure..." Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs Nov3lFɪre.ɴet

At that, Su Yu took a dragonbind wood out.

The book spirit nodded and said, "Yes. This is it. This is the hair of a supreme expert. This supreme expert must have mastered an entire dao. Someone using this as a carrier treasure can actually try to follow this dao instead. With this dao, they will be able to reach the Daofuse Realm. Of course, if the owner of this hair is still alive, nobody else will be able to become a Master of Law through this dao."

This was the proposed dao switching method. Instead of continuing on the dao of physical body, they could pick some other undamaged daos instead.

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he said, "This hair came from Martial Emperor. And Martial Emperor was the master of a dao that was probably undamaged. With this thing as the carrier treasure or a weapon, one could potentially walk Martial Emperor's dao. Is this what you're saying?"

"Yes!" The book spirit smiled and said, "With this, you can avoid the dao of physical body."

Su Yu asked, "Who was the controller of the dao of physical body? How did it end up as a damaged dao?"

"That is a mainstream dao. And any mainstream dao is extremely powerful. However, such a dao is also shared by numerous people. Such a dao has existed since creation. I don't know who the controller was, but even back then, one could grow extremely strong walking this path."

The white dog chimed in, "Yes. That's a very powerful dao. It can take you to the very top. Back then, many humans walked this dao, including some human kings. However, none of them managed to become the Master of Law. Even so, they were comparable to some Masters of Law in strength even as mere Daofuses."

Su Yu inhaled and said, "You mean that some of the human kings from back then weren't even Masters of Law, yet this dao was powerful enough for them to face Masters of Law as Daofuses?"

"Yeah." The white dog nodded, "This dao was too powerful. It might have suffered damage from the deaths of too many human kings. After all, the death of each person walking this dao is the same as an attack on this dao. With each death, parts of the dao will be broken and its power extracted..."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu.

Back then, many human kings walked the dao of physical body as well. And when many of them died, the dao was damaged enough that it could no longer produce a Daofuse.

Su Yu said, "Therefore, they are free to comprehend the dao of others if they don't wish to pursue the Great Dao Realm. For example, I can use the immortal king's head as my carrier treasure to comprehend the dao of the next Immortal Pseudo Emperor..."

The white dog looked at Su Yu in astonishment. Why did he think of such an idea? Why must he use someone's head as a carrier treasure?

That was quite an...unique analogy. But the white dog still nodded and said, "Yes. Also, you can comprehend the daos of your own race much easier compared to the daos of other races."

Su Yu exhaled deeply and said, "Thus, there are only two practical ways for humanity to produce more Daofuses right now. Firstly, they can use the Weapon Fusion Method. Secondly, they can switch their daos and pursue the daos of some other super experts, such as the Martial Emperor, while sacrificing their future. Is that the case?"

"Yes." The white dog nodded and said, "But even so, anyone can attempt to open their own dao upon growing stronger. In the beginning, you can follow the dao of others and learn from them. Of course, there is the option of killing the Master of Law. That will make you the new Master of Law for that dao.

"But you need to know that when walking the dao of others, you will be subjected to some restrictions. If the Master of Law is still alive, you might not be able to utilize that dao in a battle with the Master of Law."

Su Yu laughed and said, "I don't mind that. A Master of Law will already be stronger than me even without such restrictions on me."

True.

The white dog nodded. Yes. That wouldn't matter too much since one would be weaker than the Master of Law anyway.

A new idea emerged in Su Yu's mind.

Martial Emperor.

The dao of physical body was damaged. And opening a new dao was too difficult. Even the Weapon Fusion Method might be too difficult for the current human Invincibles to start. But the Martial Emperor's dao was an option. As a Master of Law, the Martial Emperor definitely had his own dao.

And that dao would most certainly be a strong one. That was a decent option. He still had quite a collection of dragonbind wood. By using it as the carrier treasure and switching to Martial Emperor's dao, one might even evade the punishment of the heavenly laws.

After a long while, Su Yu thought of himself as he said, "For me, the best option is fully opening the Heaven Gate and starting my dao fusion."

The white dog nodded.

"To do that, I need the Grand Cycle Method. Do you know that method, Seniors?"

The white dog shook his head.

The book spirit said, "We don't know that. Master never wrote it down."

Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, "Someone knows. The Martial Emperor. If I want the Grand Cycle Method, I need to meet him. Perhaps...that would allow me to obtain this method and unify my source qi and willpower. Then, I could start forming ninety-nine characters before fusing with Culture King's dao. This will be my way of stepping into the Eternal Realm."

Suddenly, the path ahead was clear. He only needed to advance step by step. This would allow him to become a Daofuse or even a Master of Law. He could worry about further growth in the future.

This was a dao left behind by Culture King. Was it strong? What if he encountered someone with a stronger dao in the future? It was said that the Hundred Battle King of the previous epoch was as powerful as the ancient human kings.

But Su Yu guessed that the Hundred Battle King had likely reached only the Daofuse Realm, not the Great Dao Realm. He must have walked the dao of physical body as well.

Perhaps the dao of physical body was still relatively strong during the ninth epoch. Thus, the Hundred Battle King walked to the very end of it, gaining an incomparable level of strength. Alas, he still died. Clearly, there were still a lot of unknown secrets in this world.

"Martial Emperor..."

Su Yu sank into thought. Was it time for him to pay the Luminous Domain Mansion another visit?

But Martial Emperor had gone mad.

He could only see the Grand Cycle Acupoint Method and Grand Cycle Aperture Method there, but he already knew both. He needed a cultivation method to link his acupoints and apertures together. But that was a madman who had been suppressed for countless years by Martial King. Could he...communicate normally?

He would probably kill anyone attempting to communicate with him. But a meeting was necessary to figure out if the current humans could really walk his dao. After all, he was the Master of Dao. What if he decided to mess with the ones attempting to walk his dao? It would be disastrous. Through this chat with the white dog and the others, the road ahead became clear for Su Yu.

"First, convert my martial techniques into characters. Next, provoke the laws and further strengthen my characters. Constantly push them until they are strong enough to help me fuse with a law.

"To do that, I need to first meet the Martial Emperor to ask about the Grand Cycle Method. Then, I need to milk the laws and strengthen my characters before finally becoming an Invincible..."

That would be his path forward. Having mapped out his path forward, Su Yu smiled, his mood improving considerably. Moments later, his comprehension of his Soul Expanding Hammer deepened.

He continued listening to the book spirit in silence for a while before activating his fire of inheritance. After some time, when they were done eating the wings, the hammer in his mind transformed into a character: hammer.

It was surprisingly powerful. It had transformed straight into a Sunmoon character. As for the power he received from eating the wings, it was being used to temper his newly formed dao character. Moments later, the dao character advanced as well, reaching the Sunmoon Realm.

Thirty-two characters.

All Sunmoon.

This left him with sixty-seven more characters to form. Perhaps he would have a chance of forming them all after spending years or decades listening to the book spirit here.

But he was getting impatient.

Another path was available. Transforming his martial techniques and abilities into characters. That was the most convenient method for him.

He knew countless racial abilities. As long as he could deepen his comprehension of these abilities and transform them into characters, he would be able to rapidly accumulate his ninety-nine characters. But first, he had to connect his source qi and willpower.

"Martial Emperor!"

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he asked, "Seniors, do you know Martial Emperor's real name?"

He had been calling Martial Emperor Old Zhou. That was quite rude as Martial King and Great Zhou King were both surnamed Zhou as well.

After thinking about it, the white dog said, "I don't remember. Master spoke of him once...I think...he has the same surname as Martial King.

"..."

What?

Su Yu cursed. No way, right?

Another Zhou?

Was that a surname of experts?

Martial King, Martial Emperor, Great Zhou King...

Why were there no experts with the surname Su?

He couldn't accept it!

The white dog explained, "Zhou is the most common surname since creation. According to the legends, the Human Ancestor was surnamed Zhou...no, was known as Zhou. Thus, most of the people with Zhou as the surname are actually his descendants. According to the legends, Zhou represented the completion of a cycle."

Su Yu inhaled deeply. Was that the case? No wonder so many experts had the same surname. So that was the surname of the Human Ancestor? No, that wouldn't do. From now onward, Su shall be the common surname of all human experts!

Yes! Su Yu was determined to make that happen.

Chapter 1710: I'm Waiting For You (1)

The book spirit continued reading while Su Yu thought of all sorts of things. He was no longer focused on comprehending new characters from the book spirit's reading session, but even having book spirit's voice as the background noise put him in a calm and peaceful state.

Suddenly, a random thought emerged in his mind. The voice of an old man would still be quite boring compared to the voice of a young woman--Lan Tian!

Suddenly, Su Yu shivered. No, no thanks. Nowadays, he would think of Lan Tian each time he saw a woman. And he would shiver each time he thought of Lan Tian. How terrifying. He was starting to suspect that Lan Tian was the reason so many Invincibles were still single.

Because of him, they started growing suspicious of every woman they saw. Lan Tian was truly evil. Su Yu reckoned that because of Lan Tian, Silk Destroying King would still be terrified of women even after dying and reincarnating into a new life.

Lan Tian was probably also the reason for Wan Tiansheng to remain single. With someone like Lan Tian around, it was hard for one to not be suspicious of everyone. While shivering, Su Yu decided that he should leave the mission of producing more Sus to his father. He wouldn't be doing it himself.

While thinking about these random topics, sipping tea, and listening to the book spirit, Su Yu relaxed more and more before eventually falling asleep. In truth, it had been quite a long time since he last slept.

At his cultivation level, he no longer required sleep. But he had not slept since the first day he stepped onto the Allheaven Battlefield. Even during his time in the academy, he had only slept several times.

Growing up, he had been avoiding sleep due to his nightmares. One could say that he had lived an entire life lacking sleep. But today, in this relaxed environment, he had fallen into a deep sleep.

It had been a while since he had last dreamed. Finally, he was dreaming yet again.

Inside the dream.

When Su Yu saw the familiar dreamland, he instantly realized that he was in a dream again. This was an odd sensation. He did not break free as he was quite curious. After so long, what would he encounter in today's dream?

Who would be here to kill him this time? In the past, he would always die in his dreams. Were these beings still capable of killing him now?

What a joke.

He was already so strong! He could already kill a bunch of the beings who had killed him previously with a mere slap.

Even when he was only a regular person, he had been able to run a few steps before dying. Thus, the beings in his dreams were all weaklings. At most, they would be as strong as Sunmoons.

Su Yu waited patiently for someone to come and kill him. But nobody appeared. Apart from the dusky world, nothing else could be seen in this dreamscape.

Su Yu was quite surprised. Had these beings given up on killing him? Had he grown strong enough to scare them all off just by being here?

According to his guess, this dreamscape was actually inside the Book of Time. Due to the damage on the Book of Time, the remnant will of Time Sage's victims had been leaking to appear in his dreams. That was the origin of his countless nightmares.

That was why as time passed, the creatures he encountered grew weaker. After all, the remnant will of the stronger creatures would be the ones to first leave, followed by the weaker ones. According to this theory, he would only encounter weaklings now.

Just then, the entire dreamscape shook. An indistinct figure appeared not far ahead of him. When he focused, he noted that it was a woman. Instantly, Su Yu blamed Lan Tian. That guy must have poisoned his mind so much that he was seeing women everywhere.

This was merely an indistinct silhouette.

Su Yu stared in confusion. The unknown woman was facing him with her back. She looked both tired and sad.

"You...have arrived..."

Su Yu frowned.

"You're...too weak."

"Fight!"

"Keep fighting!"

The silhouette panted heavily. Just speaking those words had greatly exhausted her.

Su Yu was alarmed. Who was this?

"Time Sage?"

Su Yu muttered to himself.

Was this the Time Sage?

"I...can't last...much longer..."

"My...big brother...is dying as well..."

"We...are waiting...for you..."

"I...miss home..."

"I'm...so tired..."

"I'm tired...I...miss home...sorry...I...I'm really...at my limits..."

"I want...to go home...and ride Fat Ball...has Fat Ball grown...bigger?"

The voice kept cutting off, and the silhouette seemed to be sobbing. Slowly, the silhouette faded away. And then, something dripped down from the sky.

The shaken Su Yu reached out by sheer instinct. Something fell into his hand. Then, an intense grief engulfed his entire being.

Someone was crying. This...was a drop of her tears.

She was weeping. She was missing her home.

***

"Hu!"

Abruptly, Su Yu woke up. When he opened his eyes, tears were dripping down. He had cried. To be precise, the intense emotions in the dreamscape had affected him.

He was greatly alarmed. He was already so strong, yet a mere dream had influenced his emotions so deeply. When he looked around, it seemed as though nothing had changed.

But suddenly, the yawning white dog became alert. His head snapped toward Su Yu while his eyes flickered with surprise, doubt, and anticipation. He asked, "You...what did you see? Where were you?"

"Where was I?" Su Yu blanked out. He answered, "Here. I was sleeping."

The white dog asked in hesitation, "No! Your body is here, but your willpower vanished! Where did you go? Where?"

Su Yu frowned and said, "I dreamed of a silhouette...that might be a woman. She said that she misses home...she said that she wants to ride Fat Ball, asking if Fat Ball has grown bigger. She said that she's still fighting, her big brother is almost dead, and she's tired..."

"Wuwuwu!"

The white dog started wailing sorrowfully. His emotions affected even the environment. The sky turned dark. The entire region turned dark as night.

"Wuwuwu!"

"Little Master misses me..."

He continued sobbing.

"Little Master misses me...I have yet to grow big...I still can't be ridden..."

"Wuwuwu..."

The white dog's sorrow was infectious. Even those around him started to cry.

"Master and Little Master are both gone...they are gone...I'm still here...but they are gone...They won't come back anymore...they are in danger..."

"Wuwuwu!"

Su Yu's emotions were deeply influenced as well. Even the drunken little furball beside him was weeping.

"Where are they?"

"Where are they fighting?"

"I want to find them..."

While sobbing, the white dog looked at Su Yu and asked, "Where is Little Master?"

Su Yu was crying as well. He had no way of stopping his tears from falling. When the white dog was sad, reality itself became sad as well. Not even the book spirit and tea plant were immune. Or perhaps they were crying because they were truly sad as well.

Su Yu hurriedly said, "I don't know. She said that I'm too weak...I think...I received a drop of her tear..."

Su Yu was unsure if that drop of tears merely existed in his dream. He hurriedly checked his body. Moments later, a look of overwhelming shock covered his face. He was certain that even when he first woke up, his hands were empty. But right at this moment, a drop of tears could be found on his palm.

A translucent drop of tears was resting atop his palm.

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Seeing that drop of tears, the white dog's sorrow intensified, assaulting Su Yu with an even stronger sense of grief. That drop of tears was filled with longing, grief, and helplessness.

Tears continued falling down Su Yu's eyes uncontrollably. He couldn't even remember the last time he cried. He felt very helpless. What now?

After a while, the white dog looked at the drop of tear again and said, "This came from Little Master...it's the Book of Time! That book...brought Little Master's tear back! She's missing home! She's fighting! She's in danger? Where is she?"

The white dog started sniffing, trying to detect his little master through smell. Alas, the trace ended on Su Yu.

The silhouette Su Yu saw was something left behind fifteen years ago, alongside a drop of tears.

That year, Time Sage started missing home.

That year, she said that she was tired. She couldn't hold on for much longer.

Su Yu was greatly alarmed. Was Time Sage...really not dead?

Was Culture King really not dead?

Clearly, they were still around as recently as fifteen years ago! Did something major happen fifteen years ago? The two might have been alive all along. They had been fighting a powerful enemy for a hundred thousand years.

Was the Book of Time something she sent back in her final moments? Or was she still alive and that book was only sent back because she missed home?

Just what was the truth?

Who could be strong enough to keep both Time Sage and Culture King occupied for a hundred thousand years? Could such an expert really exist?

Numerous possibilities emerged in Su Yu's mind. Would that sight remain hidden from him if he hadn't fallen asleep this time? His face turned solemn.

With tears still dripping down his eyes, he looked at the white dog and said, "Senior, this..."

He lifted his hand with that drop of tears.

Time Sage's tears.

While sobbing, the white dog stared at the tear longingly for a long while before saying, "Keep it. Little Master left this behind. It might...be useful in the future. You might be able to find her through it..."

Suddenly, he looked up at Su Yu and asked, "Could...could you sleep again?"

Su Yu replied awkwardly, "I...I'm not sleepy anymore...I can't go to sleep so easily..."

"Oh."

The white dog nodded and struck Su Yu with his tail.

Su Yu was knocked unconscious.

Chapter 1711: I'm Waiting For You (2)

When Su Yu woke up again, he was met with the white dog's disappointed look. The white dog said, "That didn't work. Your willpower didn't leave. You only fainted."

"..."

Su Yu smiled stiffly. Yes. He only fainted. Yet again, the white dog had knocked him unconscious. That was the second time it had happened! If it wasn't for the fact that he pitied the crying, he would have decided to keep a grudge against the white dog. The white dog was the first person to have ever knocked him out twice.

The white dog lay on his stomach again. He had an empty look, and not even his tail was wagging anymore. After a long while, he asked, "Little Master is still alive, right?"

Su Yu didn't know. But there was only one answer he could give. He nodded and said, "Definitely! She's so strong! There's Culture King there as well!"

"Yah! Yah! The white dog nodded. He asked, hope filling his eyes, "Little Master will return soon, right?"

"Yeah."

Su Yu nodded.

It wouldn't be a good idea to provoke this dog right now. This was a dog who had been watching over Time Sage's home for over a hundred thousand years. Su Yu didn't even dare to imagine what would happen if the final hope of someone like that was shattered.

Even now, the sky was still dark. Prior to this, the sky was constantly sunny. Slowly, the darkness faded.

Looking at Su Yu, the white dog asked, "Did you only meet her once?"

"Yeah."

"Why did you not sleep earlier?"

Su Yu replied helplessly, "I have been fighting endlessly. I didn't have the chance to sleep. I doubt I would have been able to fall asleep even when there was a chance to sleep."

"Oh." The white dog asked, "Was Little Master crying?"

"I think so."

"Oh."

Su Yu was handling the white dog with extreme care. He kept feeling like this white dog was on the verge of going crazy. Just like that, the white dog lay on his stomach in silence. His tail was still. It was unknown what he was thinking. After a long while, he stood up and rushed into the house. A short while later, he came out holding something in his mouth.

"This is Master's Heavenearth Inkstone. He used to write with this..."

The white dog placed the inkstone down and said expectingly, "Back then, Master killed a powerful guy before refining that person's skin into this."

Su Yu looked at the inkstone and asked, "Is this a divine weapon?"

"I don't know." The white dog said, "I only know that Master had four great treasures. Pen, paper, inkstone, and ink. This is the Heavenearth Inkstone. The dao you inherited is shaped like a pen. That must be the pen master used in the past. You also have the aura of Master's paper on you, but it's incomplete. The luck spirit must have the rest. As for the ink...ink...where is the ink?"

After thinking about it, the white dog said, "I don't know where the ink is, but it might be in the Luminous Domain Mansion or the Death Realm. Just look for it. They were Master's four major treasures. By collecting them all, you might be able to master four different daos."

Hope filled Fat Ball's eyes as he pleaded, "Cultivate hard, okay?"

Su Yu answered awkwardly, "Yes. I'll work hard."

"Good! Cultivate hard and gather all four treasures! Master might have left four legacies behind, but you only have one! I'm certain the ink and paper are two different legacies. There must be a legacy in this inkstone as well! It might contain a dao. The dao of the expert Master killed back then. You can use this yourself, or you can give it to someone suitable. Work hard, okay? Please?"

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Su Yu felt even more awkward as he said, "Senior, I have been working hard all along. By the way, why aren't you using it yourself?"

The white dog shook his head and said, "Compatibility is important when choosing daos. I am unsuitable or I wouldn't have opened my own dao back then. Since you have obtained one of Master's legacies, his other daos must be suitable for you as well.

"You might also not be Master's sole successor. You have the legacy of the pen. The luck spirit has the legacy of the paper, but he is probably not the person Master has been waiting for. He would have become a Master of Law long ago otherwise. And now, you have the inkstone legacy. Only the ink legacy is missing..."

Finally, the white dog was willing to tell Su Yu more of what he knew. Previously, he had been holding back because he believed that one legacy was enough for Su Yu. But he had changed his mind. There were four legacies, not one.

After learning about all that, one name appeared in Su Yu's mind: Liu Hong!

Ink!

Of the four legacies, the ink legacy was the only one still missing. Meanwhile, Liu Hong had been trying very hard to enter the Death Realm. Did he somehow stumble upon the ink legacy?

Or perhaps he knew the location of that legacy. Was that why he was so eager to enter the Death Realm?

"Four different daos."

Su Yu inhaled deeply. Just how many daos did Culture King have under his control? Could someone like that even die? Just what manner of enemy did he encounter to be trapped for over a hundred thousand years?

Looking at the Heavenearth Inkstone, Su Yu couldn't understand why the white dog was being so generous. After a short hesitation, he picked the inkstone up. The moment he touched it, he saw a gigantic beast pouncing on him.

His heart thumped, but at the next moment, the beast transformed back into a regular inkstone.

The white dog said, "I don't know how you can inherit this dao. Just try it yourself. I think you can do it."

The white dog said, "You are already a legitimate successor after entering this place. But since you have yet to grasp even Master's pen, I did not give you the inkstone. I was waiting for a second successor to appear."

Su Yu said, "Are you saying that anyone capable of entering this place will be qualified to receive this inkstone?"

"No." The white dog shook his head and said, "Master never said this. This is my own decision. You don't look like a bad guy, so I gave it to you."

"..."

So the dog was calling him a nice guy.

Su Yu inhaled deeply. He had learned too many new things today. He didn't even dare to think too deeply about them as they were truly too scary. Time Sage and Culture King had encountered a powerful enemy. They had been battling that enemy for a hundred thousand years.

This was too unreal.

Fifteen years ago, something happened. They might have suffered defeat. Time Sage might have died. As a result, the Book of Time returned home with a drop of her tear. Perhaps, in her final moments, she was clinging to the final hope of finding someone to help them.

But...what joke was that?

Heavens!

How strong were Time Sage and Culture King?

They were masters of numerous daos. One had easily shed off four powerful daos for his successors. One had killed countless experts to forge a Book of Time, with forging a new Myriad Realms being her ultimate goal.

And he was supposed to save them. Was this a joke? At present, just mastering a single dao was already enough to trample over the Myriad Realms. It was likely that there wasn't a Great Dao expert even in the Upper Realm.

Su Yu inhaled deeply yet again. With a flicker, the inkstone vanished and reappeared in his sea of willpower. Nowadays, his sea of willpower was turning into quite a treasure vault.

Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. He had the pen, the inkstone, and fragments of the paper. Only the ink was missing. He also had Time Sage's Book of Time, human lord's holy lord token, and his very own Mark of Civilization.

One only needed to kill Su Yu to get their hands on all these treasures. As a mere Sunmoon, he was holding onto these invaluable treasures.

Su Yu looked at the white dog again and asked, "Are you willing to leave now, Senior? Perhaps..."

The white dog shook his head. "I can't. I need to guard our home. I can't leave this place. If I leave for more than three days, this home will be no more."

"It's fine for some of the flowers to wither away..."

Previously, Su Yu wasn't so adamant about getting the white dog's help. But since something had happened to Time Sage, perhaps...

The white dog shook his head again and said, "I can't be away for long. The flowers are not the only issue. Without Master, and Little Master here, this place is already starting to grow unstable. If I leave for more than three days, this place will be flushed away by the River of Time. We won't be able to find this place anymore..."

He looked up at Su Yu and said, "I can leave if you're really in trouble, but no more than three days. I must return before then."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. So that was how it was. So he wasn't staying just for the flowers. There was a risk of losing this entire place to the River of Time. Then again, the white dog had loosened his position, agreeing to help in emergencies as long as he could return in three days.

Prior to this, he hadn't been willing to take even a step out of this place. Clearly, Su Yu's dream had changed his mind.

Su Yu nodded, but before he could say more, the white dog urged, "Su Yu...you should leave now!"

"Uh..."

Su Yu still wanted to spend some time listening to the book spirit, but the white dog said, "By listening to the book and drinking tea here, you might take a hundred years to become a Master of Law. But that's so slow! Didn't you mention that you need to look for a suitable cultivation method for yourself? Go! Do it! Find Master's ink inheritance as well! Go now, Su Yu!"

Prior to this, the white dog was rather relaxed. He did not mind Su Yu's presence here. But now, he was no longer as relaxed. He wanted Su Yu to stop relaxing and work harder. Without fighting and robbing, how could he grow rapidly?

Next, the white dog said, "The book spirit and tea plant have been too lazy in their cultivation as well! I won't allow them to leave this time! I'm personally overseeing their cultivation! When they grow strong enough, and when you need their help again, I can send them out!"

Finally, he looked at the large tree in the courtyard and said, "This big guy is almost sentient. If it managed to complete his sentience, I can send it out as well! Book Spirit, spend more time reading to this big guy!"

He was cutting Su Yu's access to the book. Such a growth was too slow for his liking. He needed Su Yu to grow even faster. He couldn't wait any longer.

Su Yu was feeling quite helpless. Previously, the white dog had offered to let him stay here. But the white dog had changed his mind so easily. Evidently, his little master was a lot more important.

Then again, that was understandable. After all, Su Yu wasn't the one who had raised this dog. The white dog wanted him to stop slacking, fully open the Heaven Gate, form more characters, and advance as soon as possible.

Su Yu had never planned to stay here for too long. He only wanted to stay here for a few days and listen to the book spirit while drinking tea. But now, that was no longer possible. Oh well, he already knew all he needed to know here. In fact, he had gained massively from this short trip here. Perhaps it was really time for him to pay the Luminous Domain Mansion another visit.

Even now, Su Yu had yet to fully recover from his shock. He still knew too little. The destruction of the ancient past might be related to the battle the Time Sage and Culture King were fighting. Even now, the two were still fighting.

Were there only the two of them there, or were they fighting alongside more people?

What about the Human Emperor?

What about the Martial King?

Were they dead?

Or were they also still alive, fighting somewhere unknown?

It had been a hundred thousand years. Just what manner of battle was it for them to be stuck fighting for so long? A hundred thousand years. Such a long battle between experts of that level should be enough to destroy worlds. In fact, such a battle would probably be enough to level even the Upper Realm.

"A drop of tear, a Heavenearth Inkstone..."

These were the two unexpected gains of the day.

Seeing that the white dog was getting impatient, Su Yu did waste any time. He stood up and said, "In that case, I'll be taking my leave."

The white dog did not urge him to stay. He nodded, "Yes, yes! Go!"

Before leaving, Su Yu asked, "I have a question. Is there a suppressive force in the Human Realm? Can it be activated?"

The white dog thought about it and said, "Are you talking about the force capable of suppressing all outsiders?"

"Yeah."

"Yes, there was. Many years ago. But it was gone after Master and the others conquered the Myriad Realms. After the conquest, Human Realm became a popular place to visit. It would be rude to suppress the friends of humanity or their mounts. Also, Human Realm became a place of pilgrimage for the myriad races. That was why Master and the others removed the suppressive force.

"The suppressive force is the effect of a certain dao, but I don't know which dao it is. Initially, it was masterless. But eventually, either the Human Emperor or Master took control of it and disabled the suppressive force. If you want to reactivate the suppressive force, you need to go beyond being a Master of Law."

"..."

Fine. Fine.

Chapter 1712: I'm Waiting For You (3)

Su Yu wasn't surprised. He already had similar guesses when he first heard that characters were laws. Human Emperor and Culture King had evidently not expected that humanity would decline so much that the suppressive force would be required again.

Back then, they had disabled the suppressive force for their mounts, their friends, and the myriad races on pilgrimage. That had clearly backfired on humanity.

"I understand now."

Then, Su Yu grabbed the crying furball. He was confused. Why was the little furball still crying?

Even the white dog had stopped crying.

How weak.

"Farewell, Seniors..."

Just then, the little furball shouted, "I understand! I must be the dao of crying! I'm so sad! I can't stop crying!"

"..."

What the hell was this?

The dao of crying?

The white dog answered seriously, "No, that's wrong. The dao doesn't even react to your crying. How can that be your dao?"

"But I can't stop crying..."

"Ohh..." The white dog said apologetically, "You're too weak. Su Yu was strong enough to break free of the effect, but you might need to keep crying for two or three days. You will be fine. Don't worry."

"..."

Two or three more days of crying? This time, the little furball grew even sadder. Why? Was he really so weak? Well, he was indeed quite weak. So he wasn't the dao of crying?

Su Yu found the situation funny, but he resisted laughing. It would be rude when the white dog was still so sad.

"Farewell."

Then, Su Yu stepped away.

After that short nap, he felt refreshed. As for the matter concerning the Time Sage, he decided to forget it. This did not concern him. Or at the very least, this matter did not concern him for now.

Helping the Time Sage? What a joke. He wasn't even a match for Daofuses. Was he supposed to interfere in a fight between Great Dao experts?

Moments later, he vanished into the waterfall.

With Su Yu gone, the white dog looked at the book spirit and tea plant. With a fierce growl, he said, "Read! Read more! If you don't grow stronger, I'll feed both of you to the big guy! You're too stupid!"

"..."

The book spirit was rendered speechless. That was applicable to the tea plant, but not him. He was a book! Fine, fine. He decided to obey since it was clear Fat Ball was losing patience. And thus, sounds of him reading filled the air.

The tea plant started listening like an obedient student. She didn't even dare to waste her time washing herself anymore. Fat Ball was quite scary when he was angry.

***

With one step, Su Yu reappeared on the other side of the time waterfall.

Once again, he felt as though he had traversed worlds. He had only spent a day on the other side, but he had gained significantly. He was welcomed with a drizzle. The entire Human Realm was filled with cheers.

Feeling the drizzle on his body, Su Yu raised his brow. Was this the so-called source qi rain?

Why was it so light?

How stingy. What was Great Zhou King doing? Instead of producing a torrential rain, he had produced a drizzle like he was some romantic. With a flicker, Su Yu vanished before reappearing high in the sky.

There, Great Zhou King and a few other Invincibles were hard at work. They displayed zero enthusiasm in their current work. A source qi rain covering the entire Human Realm. This was unheard of.

Sensing Su Yu's arrival, Great Zhou King flashed Su Yu a smile, seemingly saying that he had done as told. Wasn't this a magnificent rain? One that would leave a mark in history?

However, Su Yu asked coldly, "Is this your so-called source qi rain? A drizzle like this?"

"..."

What nonsense was this?

Great Zhou King's smile stiffened somewhat as he said, "This is a rain covering the entire Human Realm. We can't make it too heavy or it will drain the entire Human Realm of its ambient source qi. A lot of Eternals had died in the Human Realm recently, but the ambient source qi still isn't dense enough to create natural source qi rains."

Su Yu thought about it and decided not to bicker about this. This old man was quite strong. He didn't want to provoke this old man too much.

"Fine, fine." Su Yu asked, "Great Zhou King, what do you think about having Great Qin King switch to the Weapon Fusion Method?"

Great Zhou King's smile vanished. With a slight frown, he asked, "Switching to the Weapon Fusion Method?"

His frown deepened as he said, "Yes, his body has been damaged heavily, but he has been walking the dao all warriors walk. Switching now...will require him to start from scratch."

He added, "Also, the Myriad Realms do not allow the cultivation of any other methods."

Su Yu said, "I know. But why is the Devil Pseudo Emperor a Daofuse when he also cultivates the Three Body Method?"

"It's different." Great Zhou King explained, "They might use the same method, but the devils don't walk the dao of humanity. We only walk the dao of humanity. It's hard for us to fuse with their dao..."

Su Yu said, "But Great Qin King can cultivate the Weapon Fusion Method as well, right? He has a rich experience in cultivation, and he's good at spears. He can try pursuing the dao of spear instead. I reckon he can improve quickly through this dao."

Great Zhou King nodded, "The punishment from the laws is our biggest concern here. The punishment for someone like him will be quite powerful."

Before Su Yu could say anything, Great Zhou King added, "Don't bother offering to face the punishment for him. You can't. It's not possible as the punishment will only target the cultivator himself..."

Su Yu shook his head and said, "No. If I teach Great Qin King the Weapon Fusion Method, I will share his karma..."

But suddenly, Su Yu raised his brow and said, "Forget it for now. I still need to get the method from Heavendoom and the others. Perhaps it can't even be taught anymore. Forget it. We'll wait."

Wait?

Great Zhou King stared at Su Yu. What were they waiting for?

Su Yu did not elaborate, but they only needed to wait until he started fusing a dao as well.

At that point, he should be able to take someone into Culture King's Residence with the Book of Time.

Yes.

That thought solidified itself in Su Yu's mind.

For now, he still couldn't take anyone with him. He needed the ability to actively use the defensive power of the Book of Time. The book spirit, tea plant, and little furball were essentially special cases since they were spirits.

"Yes, I might be able to take them all in and avoid the punishment."

A new plan took form. He could put the matter aside for now. He had to first start his dao fusion. He started to understand that cultivating characters was a much better path. As characters were laws as well, they couldn't be prohibited by the heavenly laws as they were fellow laws.

With numerous thoughts in his mind, Su Yu turned to leave.

"Where are you going?"

Great Zhou King asked curiously. Su Yu was getting more and more mysterious nowadays. Great Zhou King felt like not even he himself had as many secrets as this guy anymore. Why was this guy acting all mysterious and unfathomable?

"I'm going to enter the Daomeld Realm."

Su Yu did not look back as he said, "Take good care of the Human Realm, Great Zhou King. There is no need to trouble me with these minor tasks. I need to go. I also need to visit a few races."

"You..."

Great Zhou King was rendered speechless. Was this guy leaving just like this?

"When are you coming back?"

"I don't know."

"What if..."

"That's all. Great Zhou King, don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

"..."

Then, Su Yu vanished into the distance.

Junior Zhou King walked over and smiled, "Did you suffer a loss?"

This elder brother of his had rarely suffered losses when talking. But Su Yu was too special. He would say all he wanted to say before leaving, not giving Great Zhou King the chance to even get a word in. It didn't matter how good Great Zhou King was with his words. His sophistry would not work against someone like Su Yu.

Great Zhou King stared in Su Yu's direction for a while before sighing, "That guy didn't take the third fragment from me."

He had thought that Su Yu would use the third fragment to lure Heavenly Overseer Marquis out, but that didn't happen. What was Su Yu thinking? Great Zhou King looked in Starfall Mountain's direction doubtfully. Su Yu had not stayed there for long. Did he gain anything there?

It had only been a day, and his aura had grown a lot more stable than before. But he didn't feel much stronger than before.

"Daomeld..."

Great Zhou King muttered to himself. Had Su Yu found his path?

***

Su Yu moved rapidly. In no time, he reached the Dual Holy Prefecture.

There, numerous people were busy constructing the new holy land. He wasted no time and approached Zhu Tiandao and Marquis Xia, who were on the verge of fighting against each other. The two had seemingly abandoned all their work in their own prefectures to work here.

The moment Su Yu arrived, Zhu Tiandao sent him a voice transmission, "Xia Xiao'er is embezzling the funds here to fill Great Xia's treasury!"

Marquis Xia sent him a voice transmission as well, "Zhu Number Two is corrupted! Like his elder brother, he's stealing carrier treasures!"

"..."

Weren't they fine with each other before?

Su Yu was left speechless.

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The two glared at each other before taking a storage ring out each. When Su Yu checked the storage rings, he rolled his eyes. What an even distribution. The two had split everything exactly in half.

What were they...fine, fine. They could do what they want.

Seeing that Su Yu was leaving right away, Marquis Xia hurriedly said, "By the way--"

"I'm busy. We'll speak more when I return."

Then, Su Yu vanished with a flicker.

The moment Su Yu left, Marquis Xia asked coldly, "Zhu Number Two, did you tell on me?"

"You did the same." Zhu Tiandao sneered, "Xia Xiao'er, what do you have to compete against me? Your big face? With the unification of humanity, I believe I can be the new Culture King. I have killed Invincibles before. Have you?"

Marquis Xia was rendered completely speechless. He was furious. Damn it! So what if he had never killed Invincibles? What was the big deal about killing Invincibles? He decided that he was too mature to bicker about this.

To the side, Zhu Tiandao was chuckling smugly. Competing against him? Dream on!

"My nephew killed Invincibles before! Those could be considered my kills as well!"

Marquis Xia sighed and said, "My talent isn't good enough. I suppose I can only rely on my nephew. My nephew is truly impressive. It's only a matter of time before he becomes a ninth-degree Eternal. My nephew has the military under his control. My nephew..."

Zhu Tiandao interrupted the bragging, "Your nephew beat you up before."

"My nephew..."

"Your nephew beat you up before!"

"..."

Marquis Xia's face turned ashen with fury. Zhu Tiandao sneered. He only needed to say that one thing to win against this guy repeatedly!

Marquis Xia gnashed his teeth in fury. He had suffered a complete defeat in this verbal spar.

Damn it!

He swore he wouldn't let this slide.