Tribulation of Myriad Races

Huh?

Su Yu asked with surprise, “How did you know that I can’t use it?”

“Of course I know.” The white dog said matter-of-factly, “You’re so weak. How can you use it? You need to be an Eternal to use Little Master’s book even with a proper inheritance.”

Eternal.

Su Yu hurriedly asked, “What about a Daomeld?”

According to what he understood, an Eternal and a Daomeld were similar in strength. The two only differed in the paths they took. Could someone without an original dao use the book?

“More or less. It’s the same.”

The white dog sat down and looked at Su Yu curiously. “Your body can already reach the Mountainsea Realm. Why are you waiting?”

Su Yu decided to be honest and said, “I wish to perform my advancement in the Allheaven Battlefield. That way, I’ll receive some heavenly rewards which I can use to neutralize the heavenly tribulations targeted at me.”

“Oh.”

The white dog nodded and sank into recollection.

After a while, he said, “Heavenly tribulations…and Allheaven Battlefield. So that place is actually still around? I didn’t expect it to last so long.”

“You know that place as well, Senior?”

“Yes.” The white dog nodded and said, “Master made that place with a few other people. I remember that many years ago, they wanted more opportunities for the young. Thus, they made the Allheaven Battlefield to serve as the battleground for the youngsters of the various races.”

Su Yu raised his brow and asked, “Senior, there is an expert proficient in time manipulation among the human race right now. He claimed that this place is located in the past, not present and future. Am I in the past right now?”

“Past and future?”

The white dog blanked out in confusion. Just then, an ancient voice rang out, “Past? Future? Present? There is only one time. Youngster, do not allow yourself to be confused by some fancy theories. In this world, there can be more than one of anything except time. Time is the sole exception. There is one and only time.”

Su Yu’s heart thumped. This was quite similar to Wan Tiansheng’s theory. He also knew that this was probably one of the two spirits.

The white dog said, “Book Spirit, you’re here.”

A book slowly flew out of the building before transforming into a white-haired old man.

The old man looked at Su Yu and smiled, “Young Friend, do you understand me? There can be more than one of everything, but not time. There is only one time. This was Master’s theory. The so-called River of Time is merely a unique manifestation of energy. Traversing time…it is impossible for one to travel to the past. The future is reachable, but in practice, traversing to the future is the same as sealing yourself before waking up many years later in the future.”

The old man continued, “Take us as the example. We have been here for so many years. After leaving this place, we can proclaim to have traversed a hundred thousand years from the past. But is that really the case?”

Su Yu stood up, cupped his fists, and said, “Thank you for the guidance, Senior.”

“No, I am no senior to you.” The book spirit looked at the crown on Su Yu’s head and said, “I’m already being disrespectful by calling you a young friend. You are the leader of humanity. With the fortune of humanity on you, you are much higher than I in status.”

Su Yu smiled and said, “The wise should always be respected. You are too polite, Senior.”

Just then, a flash appeared from the back of the building. Under Su Yu’s surprised gaze, a walking plant appeared before transforming into a young girl.

Su Yu blanked out. A female plant? This was…his first time seeing a plant like this.

Clad in a traditional children’s outfit, she bounced over cheerfully. Initially, Su Yu had thought that the tea plant would have the appearance of an old man as well. But he was wrong. The tea plant was a young girl instead.

When the girl saw Su Yu, she spoke with her tender voice, “Are you Little Master’s disciple?”

Su Yu thought about it and shook his head, “I don’t know. But I have her Book of Time. Does that count?”

The girl did not know either. She looked at the book spirit.

The book spirit said, “Probably. The Book of Time will not acknowledge someone so easily.”

“Oh.”

The girl nodded. When she saw the little furball resting atop Su Yu’s head, she asked curiously, “Is that Soy Bun?”

“No.” Su Yu introduced, “Soy Bun’s son.”

“Ohhh…”

The girl nodded again before staring at Su Yu and the little furball with her curious eyes.

Meanwhile, an odd sensation rose within Su Yu. Soy Bun, tree plant, book spirit, Heavenly Overseer Marquis, little white dog…

All these were the product of Culture King.

Just what was up with the Culture King?

These were all spirits of nature. As the pet of the Time Sage, the white dog was the sole exception among them. Looking at the three before him, Su Yu was momentarily rendered speechless.

An elderly. A toddler. And a dog.

Just as Su Yu was about to speak, the book spirit said, “Fat Ball told us about your request.”

Fat Ball?

Su Yu looked at the white dog, who was wagging his tail nonchalantly.

Yes. He was none other than Fat Ball.

That was his name.

The book spirit said, “The human race is the race of our master. Since humanity is in trouble and you’re here asking for help, we naturally need to do something. Fat Ball can’t leave because Little Master told him to not run around randomly. But both the tea tree and I are not under the same order. After all, we only gained our sentience after the two masters left.”

Prior to that, they were incomplete spirits, similar to the big tree in the middle of the courtyard. They had only gained proper sentience after the disappearance of Culture King and Time Sage.

Su Yu was overjoyed. “Are the two of you willing to leave with me?”

The book spirit said, “We can help temporarily, but that won’t change much. According to you, humanity has suffered nine defeats. This is the tenth war. In that case, having us help this time won’t do much. None of us has formed a powerful dao. Yet according to you, a human king had appeared during the previous epoch. We are both weaker than proper human kings.”

He shook his head and said, “Humanity is too weak. We can help once, but we might not be there to help more in the future.”

Su Yu nodded and said, “I understand. Thus, I only hope that you can buy enough time for humanity to grow. I will grow as well.”

After a short silence, the book spirit said, “You do have a lot of room for growth. Your body is powerful. You have the grand cycle acupoints opened. Your body has completed seventy-two forgings. Your source qi has undergone nine top-tier transformations. Your apertures have all been opened as well. However, the circulation of your apertures isn’t too complete. Are you lacking a proper cultivation method?”

Su Yu was surprised that the book could see all that so easily. He nodded and said, “Yes. You’re right, Senior. I only have the cultivation method for my acupoints, but not my apertures. Do you have a suitable cultivation method, Senior?”

“Yes.” The book spirit said, “But since you’ve opened everything, it’s better for you to cultivate the Grand Cycle Method, one which utilizes the Heaven Gate as the core. The methods for the acupoints and apertures are independent methods, but they might not be as good.”

Sure enough, the book spirit was very knowledgeable.

Su Yu hurriedly said, “In that case…”

Before Su Yu could ask, the book spirit shook his head and said, “I don’t know that method. Only a few people knew that, and Master did not leave it behind. In fact, that method did not exist when he first left this place. It was only created when he was already residing in the Luminous Domain Mansion. You might find a copy there.”

Just then, Su Yu’s vision blurred as a sea of stars appeared in his vision. He saw 360 stars rotating amid the boundless void. That was the Grand Cycle Aperture Method. He had obtained it just like that. He knew that he could find the same method in the Death Realm, but that would only happen ten years in the future. Thus, he was very happy to receive it ten years in advance.

He hurriedly circulated his apertures in accordance with the star chart. All 360 of his apertures started moving. A storm raged in his sea of willpower. Eventually, the 360 stars above the sea settled into a sort of formation, pulling in the power of the world to refine and temper his characters, apertures, and sea of willpower.

He had completed the circulation in the blink of an eye. Prior to this, he couldn’t fully utilize the strength of his 360 apertures.

But now, his willpower had strengthened considerably. Inside his sea of willpower, the Culture Tomb fused with his character technique, turning into a pen. With the pen in hand, he pointed at the thin air.

A massive explosion erupted.

That was…a lot of power!

But before Su Yu could immerse himself in the joy of growing strong, the white dog calmed the explosion grudgingly with a swing of his tail. Then, he complained, “New Guy, don’t cultivate in Master’s home. When you detonate the source qi in the air, you will disturb the flow of the ambient source qi. That will affect the growth of the flowers.”

“…”

Su Yu was completely speechless. He cupped his fists in apology. Fine. He understood now. For the white dog, the garden was of utmost importance. A bad flow of source qi would affect the growth of the flowers. He couldn’t even find an argument against that.

Su Yu could feel his willpower boiling, as though he would be forced into an advancement into the Sunmoon Realm soon. He bowed at the book spirit and said, “Thank you, Senior.”

The book spirit said nonchalantly, “You’re the leader of humanity. This shouldn’t be a secret for you. In fact, I’m merely returning this to humanity. We can’t rashly give away Master’s belongings, but the Grand Cycle Aperture Method is merely a regular cultivation method.”

That was somewhat hurtful.

Su Yu said, “Seniors, are the two of you willing to take a trip out with me?”

The book spirit said, “Yes, but…”

The book spirit thought about it and said, “We can leave easily, but returning will be much harder. We’ll require your help to send us back again.”

“But Senior Fat Ball said that I need to be able to control the Book of Time to take people in and out safely…”

Leaving might be a one-way trip for them.

The book spirit said, “This isn’t a big issue. As spirits of nature who had spent years with the little master, we can latch onto the Book of Time and take shelter from the power of time.”

The girl said, “I can move in and out easily. I bathe in the river all the time so I’ll be fine. Book spirit, I’m stronger than you!”

The book spirit merely chuckled.

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something and asked, “Seniors…can you…fight?”

He had to ask.

Even if that was an awkward question.

This was very important.

What if they only had the cultivation level without the knowledge of how one should fight?

The book spirit said, “Of course I know. I am the spirit of a book. I know everything Master left in the book. I even know war strategies.”

The girl answered with a slightly unnatural expression, “I know as well! Back before my sentience was completed, I witnessed Little Master fighting a few times! Just open the River of Time, appear out of thin air, and slap the dao of the enemies apart…”

Slapping the dao of the enemies apart…

That sounded way too simple.

Thus, Su Yu couldn’t help but worry about the reliability of the tea plant.

Would this work?

Would they end up completely useless in combat?

Thus, he looked at the white dog again. Would the white dog leave as well? The white dog should be better at fighting than the two, right? No matter what, he was a guard dog. He had been around since before the disappearance of Culture King and Time Sage. He should be stronger than the two.

Noticing Su Yu’s gaze, the white dog wagged his tail and answered, “I need to watch our home!”