Tribulation of Myriad Races

Done with sending the invitations, Grandstar City returned to the Sea of Stars and stopped moving. Then, Su Yu started focusing on his strength. It was time to strengthen his characters.

The power of laws he had gathered previously was still stored in his Mark of Civilization. As of late, he had been strengthening his characters. For now, he aimed to push all his characters to the Sunmoon Realm.

“The power of laws…”

That was almost the entirety of the rewards he received after killing Wisdom King previously. He was deep in thought.

“Since I received the power of laws as the reward for killing Wisdom King, is it possible that the power of laws previously under his control went to me when it became masterless? After all, I have not received such rewards ever from killing young geniuses. Only Invincibles.”

Not even killing Sunmoons had rewarded him with any power of laws. Thus, Su Yu couldn’t help but wonder about the origin of the power of laws he had received from killing all those Invincibles.

If the power of laws was really a reward prepared by the ancient experts who had drafted the heavenly laws…weren’t they a tad bit too stingy? Or perhaps the laws would only reward him a portion of the power of laws while taking the rest to maintain themselves?

“Taking the rest…”

Su Yu blanked out.

“Allheaven Battlefield!”

A certain idea emerged in Su Yu’s mind.

Taking the power for themselves!

Ads by PubRev When an Invincible died, the power of laws previously under the Invincible’s control would disperse and return to nature. Did that signify that some control was in place, allowing a portion of the power to be stolen away while the leftover was rewarded to the killer? This way, the killer would be encouraged to kill even more Invincibles.

Su Yu hurriedly suppressed that thought. It wasn’t a good idea to think about such matters too much at his current strength.

But…

Tribulations…ancient assembly…

Was it possible that the ancient assembly had deliberately set up all these tribulations to kill those they deemed undesirables, harvesting the power of laws of these undesirables while they were at it?

“The ancient past is starting to feel more and more interesting.”

Su Yu chuckled. Things were indeed getting more and more interesting. He stopped thinking and started having his characters absorb his stored power of laws.

Wisdom King was a king of the immortals. Su Yu wondered if he had any characters that were more compatible with the immortals. Perhaps these characters would be able to better use the power of laws he received from killing Wisdom King.

But after some tests, he found that all the characters reacted similarly. However, he also noticed that the natural characters were much more efficient at absorbing the power of laws. Perhaps that was because natural characters represented laws that were more complete.

At the same time, Su Yu’s willpower cultivation was also growing rapidly. His apertures were also fusing automatically. Back in the Luminous Domain Mansion, he had entered the Mountainsea Realm.

Like Chen Yong, advancement wasn’t hard for Su Yu after reaching the Mountainsea Realm in willpower cultivation.

At present, Su Yu had reached the seventh-stage Mountainsea Realm. He had fused 280 of his apertures into 7 apertures. His remaining apertures would also finish fusing soon. At this rate, his willpower cultivation would reach the peak Mountainsea Realm soon.

His physical cultivation wasn’t that far behind either. He believed that he had already tempered his body to its limit as a ninth-stage Cloudbreach. At the Mountainsea Realm, he only needed to focus on fusing his acupoints into one.

That was something he only needed time to complete, so he wasn’t too concerned about it. For him, the Heaven Gate was a lot more important.

He was deep in thought about the connection between the Heaven Gate with the soul apertures and source acupoints. The Heaven Gate was essentially what he once defined as the source soul acupoint. He had been thinking of a way to fuse the apertures and acupoints into one, allowing him to cultivate both at the same time.

That way, he wouldn’t even require the Willpower Grotto to grow his willpower rapidly anymore.

“Soul apertures and source acupoints…Old Zhou has both open as well. He should know more, right? Would there be a need to connect the acupoints with the apertures? Upon connecting the apertures with the acupoints, would a new cultivation method be required? Or would the grand cycle cultivation method be sufficient?”

Su Yu did not dare to open his Heaven Gate rashly. That could easily result in some unexpected accidents. Opening the Heaven Gate temporarily to boost his combat strength massively by feeding death qi into the gate was something he dared to do, but he did not dare to link his acupoints and apertures through the Heaven Gate so rashly. That could be fatal.

“Old Zhou…”

Su Yu had the urge to have a talk with Old Zhou. Alas, that was a madman. An angry madman who knew nothing but hatred and anger. Otherwise, he would have asked Old Zhou if there was a way to cultivate both apertures and acupoints at the same time.

“Fusing apertures and acupoints…Alas, I have no prior experience or a suitable cultivation method for this.”

At this point, Su Yu was almost done absorbing the power of laws he had collected. This time, he focused on the pass and slow characters as both were his main weapons against Invincibles. After all, both were related to spacetime.

He had gained a significant amount of power of laws from killing Wisdom King. Thus, many of his characters were able to reach the Sunmoon Realm after the cultivation session.

The blood, culture, radiance, tribulation, calm, deceit, pass, slow, change, and death characters had all reached the Sunmoon Realm. As for the other characters, almost all of them were at the peak Mountainsea Realm. They would all advance automatically soon without further absorption.

The death character was not something Su Yu had deliberately cultivated this time, but it had advanced nevertheless due to the plentiful death qi in his body. At his current level, he didn’t even need the Heaven Gate to clean the death qi in his body. The death character would suffice to keep the level of death qi in his body low. As for the other Sunmoon characters, each was useful to him in its own way.

Su Yu wanted to grow the fire of inheritance as well, but he did not have enough power of laws left. Thus, he could only put it aside for now.

“Ten Sunmoon characters. With the Willpower Grotto, I will be able to keep growing these characters. Maybe I could even grow all thirty of my characters while pushing my willpower cultivation to the peak Mountainsea Realm. Compared with physical cultivation, there is no body forging or qi transformations in willpower cultivation. Sure enough, this is a path leading straight to the power of laws.”

Su Yu’s understanding of cultivation had deepened greatly after hearing Liu Hong’s theories. Often, inspiration would arise from completely random and unexpected sources.

Thanks to Liu Hong’s basic theories, Su Yu had developed his own unique understanding of the cultivation of willpower and body. Many of the things he didn’t understand in the past seemed much less confusing now.

“Liu Hong…”

As of late, Liu Hong had been spending his time waiting around and doing nothing in the ancient city. Su Yu couldn’t help but wonder about Liu Hong’s future plan.

“As someone who can point out the truth behind the cultivation of characters, he is most certainly not an ordinary person.”

A short while later, Su Yu vanished from where he was with a flicker.

***

“Oh, what a rare guest. Welcome, Su Yu!”

Liu Hong was sipping tea lazily in a large private residence. When he saw Su Yu, he smiled and asked, “Do you need anything from me?”

Su Yu asked, “I’m returning to the Human Realm. Do you need any help from me? Or do you want to go back with me this time?”

“No!” Liu Hong sighed and said, “Weak as I am, returning after offending so many people is the same as courting trouble.”

Su Yu gave Liu Hong a deep gaze. He did not comment on what Liu Hong said. Instead, he asked, “I have a question, Teacher Liu. Do you know the grand cycle cultivation method? The one to fuse all 360 acupoints and 360 apertures together.”

“…”

Liu Hong said gloomily, “Can you spare me if I call you grandpa? I really don’t know anything. Why do you think I know everything? I am as clueless as you! I’m being perfectly honest here!”

Su Yu ignored Liu Hong. Instead, he sent a voice transmission to the hidden female furball, “Senior Flat, can you wake up for a moment?”

“Huh? Food?”

“No. I have a question. Is there anything special about this person?”

Flatbun was annoyed. How dare this guy wake her up when there was no food? How annoying.

She lazily glanced at Liu Hong and said, “Nothing special. His character is quite different. Their power of laws is quite dense. I feel like eating it.”

A character even Flatbun wanted to eat!

Su Yu said, “Senior, you mean…”

“He has a strong character. What do you want to ask exactly?”

“I want to ask if he’s an ancient fossil in disguise.”

“No.” The female furball thought about it and answered, “Probably…hmm…how do I explain this? His character might have touched upon a special law that is rarely touched by others and reacted somehow. Simply put, he might have inherited something from a master of laws. But his body isn’t that old.”

Su Yu was tempted to make a move.

Laws!

Liu Hong!

Su Yu had been suspecting that Liu Hong was actually a big shot in disguise. But that wasn’t the case. As a sentient law, the female furball shouldn’t be wrong about this.

In that case, was Liu Hong in possession of one or more characters with a high degree of compatibility with some laws? Did he somehow inherit some memories of an ancient expert through this connection? A mysterious grandpa in his dreams? Was that really it?

Su Yu smiled at Liu Hong and said, “Teacher Liu, I have a question. Do you dream a lot?”

“Uh…”

Liu Hong laughed awkwardly and said, “Su Yu, what are you trying to say here? Don’t tell me you really bought that nonsense about a grandpa in a dream.”

That was one of the possibilities Su Yu had mentioned previously.

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of his own experiences and asked, “Be honest, Teacher. Do you dream of some unique scenes frequently? Have you received some inherited memories?”

“What?”

Liu Hong had a look of confusion.

Su Yu frowned and said, “Teacher, I’m being serious here. I’ll ask you one more time. Do you dream a lot? How long would each dream last?”

Liu Hong laughed dryly and said, “No. That has never happened.”

Su Yu asked, “Are you sure? Teacher, do you think I’m blind? You know so much due to a special character of yours. That character has a high compatibility with a certain law. Am I correct?”