Tribulation of Myriad Races

Suddenly, Su Yu’s face turned stiff. He had just recalled that he needed ninety-nine characters for his character technique. Was he supposed to establish compatibility with ninety-nine daos?

Wouldn’t that make it far more difficult for him to achieve Daofuse? But if he could really complete his Daofuse and achieve the Great Dao with ninety-nine characters, wouldn’t that make him stronger than even the ancient human kings?

While he was deep in thought, the old turtle and Grandstar were looking at each other helplessly. Grandstar didn’t feel like thinking about this anymore. As for the old turtle, he was feeling as uncomfortable as a turtle forced out of its shell.

Who was the culprit of their discomfort? Su Yu.

For everyone else, the Daofuse Realm was shrouded in mystery and enigma. But here was Su Yu, unveiling the shroud covering the Daofuse Realm. He felt as though he had been stripped naked.

Before long, Su Yu recovered from his short reverie and said, “Lord, you told me to visit previously. Do you have anything to tell me?”

The old turtle hesitated. After a long while, he rearranged his thoughts and said, “It’s nothing important. I only want to remind you to be careful and avoid running around randomly.”

In truth, he wanted to tell Su Yu that it was very difficult for another human Daofuse to appear. To become a true expert, he had to start walking a new path as early as now. In truth, the old turtle had numerous advice prepared for Su Yu.

He had been thinking very hard of a way to break this news to Su Yu. He didn’t know the dao of humanity very well, but he knew that humanity had failed to produce a Daofuse up until now in the current epoch. Thus, it was likely that their existing path was no longer an option. However, Su Yu had somehow comprehended the same thing without any advice.

Su Yu nodded. Was that all? He was rendered quite speechless. So be it. Of course he knew the importance of being careful. Well, this wasn’t too surprising. It was perfectly normal for old people to love nagging.

Su Yu said, “Lord, according to my guesses, is it true that humanity can no longer produce a Daofuse in this epoch?”

The old turtle said lazily, “This is your own conclusion. Explore it yourself. I don’t know too much, but it does seem impossible if you walk the physical path. But I don’t know anything about the willpower path.”

Ads by PubRev As far as Su Yu was concerned, the willpower path was also not viable for the current humanity.

Then again, perhaps there was a genius out there who had fused their characters and comprehended their own unique dao. That person had merely not taken that step forward to transcend Daofuse and achieve Great Dao.

“Great Zhou King?”

At that possibility, a certain name emerged in Su Yu’s mind. That was quite unlikely, right? Whatever. It did not matter right now.

Su Yu returned to the previous topic, “Lord, if there is really a surviving Daofuse of your race out there, you should consider either killing that guy or switching to a different dao. At your level, opening a real dao might not be as hard compared to people like us. Otherwise, you will be stuck forever.”

“…”

The old turtle was tired of this.

He said, “I’m a Daofuse. You’re a Mountainsea.”

He decided to give Su Yu a gentle reminder. The kid should stop getting too full of himself.

“I’m merely giving you a kind reminder.” Su Yu grinned and said, “I understand now why you said that when Lord Grandstar and the others completed the term of their service, they would directly become Daofuses from the rewards alone. After all, their races are extinct. When the time comes for them to receive the rewards alone, they can probably monopolize the laws of their races and become Daofuses easily.”

The old turtle decided to remain silent. Why wouldn’t the kid stop talking to him? He did not know about this. That was merely a judgment he had reached based on his past experience.

Suddenly, the old turtle thought of something and said, “I have a question for you. Why can fellow peak Daofuses differ in strength? Assume I am a peak Daofuse, one with ninety-nine percent compatibility per your theory. Someone else is at the same level, but why am I weaker? Why is my control over the laws weaker?”

Su Yu laughed and said, “There are too many possibilities. Firstly, that person might walk a stronger dao. For example, you might cultivate the dao of the founder of the grand dream turtles while the other person cultivates the dao of the ancient Human Emperor. The two are not the same. His dao is thick and big. Your dao is tiny.”

“Secondly, he might walk multiple daos while you walk only one dao. Thirdly, your dao conflicts, and his is a natural counter to yours. Fourthly, the ultimate purpose of Daofuse is to make the dao yours. Both of you might be at ninety-nine percent, but perhaps he is on the verge of making the dao his while you are still borrowing the dao of others.

“Fifthly…”

“Enough.”

The old turtle stopped Su Yu and sank into thought. So that was how it was. Was this the reason for the difference between him and the East Heavenly King? Was the East Heavenly King his natural counter? Or was the East Heavenly King walking a thicker dao?

While the old turtle was deep in thought, Su Yu sent Grandstar a voice transmission, “Lord Grand Dream sure is amazing.”

“What?”

“Is it not obvious? Normally, when people ask a question for someone else, they are actually asking for themselves. Lord Grand Dream is very likely to be a peak Daofuse. He has an opponent who is also a peak Daofuse. However, the opponent is stronger. Lord Grand Dream is confused about this. He does not know a way to break through his current predicament. After reaching the end of his dao, further cultivation won’t do anything. Thus, he probably doesn’t even feel like cultivating anymore.”

Su Yu continued, “Thus, Lord Grand Dream is fretting over this matter. I reckon he will need to ask me even more questions…”

Just then, the old turtle coughed and asked, “What secrets are you whispering to each other? Stop that for now. Su Yu, what if, remember, this is an example. What if someone is a counter to my dao? Or perhaps my dao is smaller. How should I solve this issue?”

He added, “I have reached the end of this dao. As for transcending it, well, don’t even bother talking about that.”

Grandstar bit his stone tongue off from sheer shock.

Noticing that, the old turtle berated him, “What is this? At your age, where is your emotional stability?”

Grandstar nodded blankly, but he continued staring at his boss with his eyes opened wide. So his boss was actually…a peak Daofuse? More importantly, who was this opponent who was even stronger than his boss?

Grandstar hurriedly asked, “Boss, who’s your opponent?”

“East—cough, cough, cough!”

The old turtle coughed and corrected himself, “Fighting is not good. Opponent? I have no opponent. At my age, I have long outlived all my opponents.”

Su Yu glanced at Grandstar. Meanwhile, Grandstar was blanking out. There was really such an opponent. The opponent was East (dong)…or Winter (dong)?

What was that? He outlived all his opponents?

After a long while, he exclaimed in shock, “The four heavenly kings of the death spirits!”

“What?”

Suddenly, Grandstar’s explanation changed after realizing what he said. He hurriedly flew away while saying, “I’ll go hunt something as food.”

Then, he vanished into the distance.

The old turtle looked unhappy, but he soon smiled and said, “Ignore him. He’s still too unstable emotionally, even at his age. So, what is your suggestion in this situation?”

Su Yu hesitated slightly and shook his head, “I can’t give any suggestion rashly here. Any random idea I give you here might get you killed. Cultivation is a serious matter. It’s not a joke.”

How could he allow his biggest backer to die?

No way!

This backer seemed even more valuable now after he realized just how strong the old turtle was.

The old turtle was the strongest in the Myriad Realms.

Or to be precise, he was the strongest in the present Myriad Realms. But according to Grandstar, old turtle had a rival in the Death Realm. But it didn’t matter.

Su Yu only knew that he didn’t want to give the old turtle any bad advice lest he get the old turtle killed. Sure, the old turtle might not be dumb enough to try any random advice he received in cultivation, but one could never underestimate what desperation could do to someone.

Su Yu couldn’t afford to let that happen.

The old turtle nodded, “Perhaps you’re right. But today, I understand that the human race is still the human race. The humans have the highest connection with nature, and they have the highest wisdom of all. I was worried that you would lose yourself after tasting your first major victory. But now…I can’t help but believe that we have an interesting future ahead of us.”

An interesting future created by Su Yu.

Su Yu said bashfully, “You’re too kind, Lord. I simply love talking nonsense at times. All my teachers and my friends can easily make such guesses as well. This is very simple.”

“…”

The old turtle wondered if Su Yu was trying to insult him.

How was this simple? If it were so simple, why would he feel enlightened after hearing those words? The old turtle cursed inwardly.

Suddenly, Su Yu’s heart thumped. He had a feeling that the old turtle was scolding him inwardly as his tribulation character had pulsed intensely before suddenly returning to normal, as though nothing had happened.

Was this a form of law manipulation as well?

How terrifying.

The old turtle said, “The so-called Great Dao Realm is not the real name of that realm. Of course, you can call it whatever you want. At that level, people don’t really care about superficial things like names anymore. It is true that most of the top experts back then were the experts in this realm. You are right about one thing. Anyone capable of drawing up new laws is a supreme expert. And I am not at that level.”

He wasn’t good enough to draw new laws.

He wasn’t good enough to make a mere word of him a law of nature.

“Furthermore, the current Allheaven Battlefield is incapable of containing such an existence. Thus, such an existence will incur the punishment of the laws. That backer of yours might be strong, but can the law of one man contend against the laws of a hundred men?”

Su Yu nodded understandingly. The old turtle had finally confessed that he was a peak Daofuse.

How amazing.