Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu said, “Senior, nobody can reach this place except me. It will be fine for you to be away for a bit, right? Senior Book Spirit and Senior Tea Plant have never been out before. They are too unfamiliar with the outside world. You should be more familiar with the outside world, right?”

The white dog nodded, “Yeah, I went out before. Master used to take me out a lot. But…”

He looked at the flowers around him and said, “But I need to water the flowers every three days or they won’t be pretty anymore!”

Su Yu was alarmed. He asked, “Senior, are you saying that you have spent the past hundred thousand years without going into deep slumber?”

He had thought that the white dog had been in deep slumber until his arrival. Even the old turtle had spent a lot of time in deep slumber. The same applied to Heavendoom and the others as well. For the most part, they would all enter deep slumber each time the Allheaven Battlefield was shut from the various realms.

That would reduce their energy expenditure and lessen the impact of time on them. But since the white dog needed to water the flowers every three days…he must have lived normally for the past hundred thousand years.

Or more than that.

How long had the ancient past lasted? According to the book spirit, there was only one time. Thus, the passage of time in here and outside would be the same as well. In short, the white dog had spent over a hundred thousand years watering these flowers every three days.

All of a sudden, an inexplicable feeling rose in Su Yu. Such a life…this home…and these flowers…were perhaps the only things the white dog could find comfort in these days. Should he really make the white dog leave?

Culture King and Time Sage had vanished. The white dog was left all alone behind. At the time, the book spirit and tea plant had yet to fully form their sentience. The white dog had…lived a lonely life.

Year after year. One dog. Awaiting the return of his masters.

While waiting, he took care of the plants. This persisted for over a hundred thousand years.

Watering the flowers every three days.

What if they couldn’t finish the battle within three days and the white dog missed the window to return?

What if the white dog died outside? Could Su Yu really accept such a result?

The white dog did not have all those thoughts in his mind. He nodded and said, “Yeah. Why should I enter deep slumber? I need to watch the home. I also need to take care of the flowers. I also need to keep the place clean. I’m very busy…”

The white dog continued, “There is no need for deep slumber. I can work during the day and sleep during the night. When Master and Little Master return, they will praise me for my good job! I never slacked. Not a single day…”

The white dog smiled, seemingly in anticipation of the praise he would receive from his masters. He had been doing his duty for over a hundred thousand years. Even the swing in the courtyard was still as good as new.

Clearly, someone had been working hard all this time to ensure that the house would remain the same even in the absence of its masters.

Return home.

No wonder. No wonder the Book of Time would appear here many years later. It wanted to return home. Or to be precise, the Time Sage wanted to return home.

This was her home.

Su Yu inhaled deeply. Should he really persuade the white dog to leave? He didn’t feel like it anymore. Leaving and failing to return…might hurt the white dog more than anything.

The white dog asked, “Are you worried that they won’t be a match for those outside? True. You said that they have a lot of Daofuses. Book Spirit and Tea Plant might not be a match…”

The white dog thought for a bit and asked, “Have you borrowed the power of Little Master’s book before?”

“Borrow the power?”

“Borrowing the power of a different being from a drop of blood.”

“Yes, I did that before.”

Su Yu nodded. With this, he was finally certain that the book in his head was the Book of Time.

The white dog said, “I can’t leave, but you’re right. Master is a human. How about this? I can give you three drops of my blood essence. Use it to borrow my dao. Three drops should last you a long while. Is this good enough?”

Blood essence!

Su Yu blanked out. It had been a long time since he last borrowed the power of any blood essence. These days, this was no longer that useful for him.

He did not have the blood essence of Daofuses. He had a few drops of ninth-degree Eternal blood essence, but from offensive strength alone, such blood essence wasn’t much stronger than his own offensive strength nowadays.

The white dog asked again, “Is this enough? I won’t leave. I need to guard the house.”

Su Yu hurriedly said, “Won’t three drops of blood essence be too exhausting for you, Senior?”

“It’s fine.” The white dog wagged his tail and said, “It has been a long time since I last exhausted myself. I have been filled with energy for a long time. Three drops won’t hurt me. Since this is my own dao, you can borrow even more power from it since I won’t resist.”

Was that how things worked?

Su Yu asked, “But Senior, is your imprint in the Book of Time as well? Will your page appear?”

The white dog had never killed him in a dream before.

The white dog continued wagging his tail as he said, “You can. I left my imprint on the book before. Little Master’s book is actually…”

The white dog stopped, not knowing how to explain it. However, the book spirit knew about the book as well. He explained, “Little Master’s book is actually an imitation of the myriad laws. It is a book of myriad daos. That was why Little Master had killed so many people. She was gathering natural laws to create her own world. When the Book of Time is completed, it will become a new Myriad Realms.”

Su Yu was stunned.

Understanding dawned on him as he muttered, “Laws…Book of Time…harvesting the myriad races…I understand now. Killing cultivators to gather their dao fragments, creating new daos and a new net. The Book of Time is essentially a new net.”

How ambitious.

Su Yu finally understood the origin of the Book of Time.

It was basically an embryonic Myriad Realms.

Yes.

Each of these pages might eventually become a new realm with its own set of laws. Time Sage would be the master of these laws, becoming the true master of a new Myriad Realms.

What a surprise.

Su Yu finally understood.

That was truly ambitious.

No wonder Time Sage was feared by everyone. No wonder all the assembly members wanted to kill her.

Su Yu said, “Senior Fat Ball, are you saying that I only need your blood essence to borrow your power?”

“Yes!”

The white dog exhaled in relief. Good. He had been worried that Su Yu wouldn’t understand his explanation.

The white dog added, “Also, that imprint was left by me voluntarily. I also won’t resist when you borrow my dao. You can make use of a lot of my dao. I can also lend you more since I won’t be using that power here. I’ll only be watering the flowers when I’m here.”

He was offering to actively lend his power to Su Yu instead of letting the Book of Time plunder from him. And that would make a lot of difference. At this point, Su Yu couldn’t help but wonder about the white dog’s dao. Was it a powerful dao?

Also, could he even withstand the power of the white dog’s blood essence?

Probably, right?

Not wanting to risk it, Su Yu asked, “Senior, would I be able to withstand your power?”

He had a feeling the white dog’s blood essence was very powerful.

At that, the white dog hesitated and said, “True. You’re so weak. Only a Mountainsea. I don’t want to kill you…”

Su Yu hurriedly explained, “My body is very strong.”

“Yeah.” The white dog nodded and said, “But still a Mountainsea.”

The white dog had an odd expression as he said, “No matter how strong you are, you’re Mountainsea. You don’t even have a dao fused. And you don’t have a new dao opened. You’re very weak. Do you know that?”

“…”

This was Su Yu’s first time being called weak by someone. Or to be precise, this was his first time being called weak by a dog. The dog had been calling him weak since he first set foot here.

Sigh.

He wanted to tell the white dog that he was actually very strong.

Very, very strong.

“Senior, I killed ninth-degree Eternals before.”

“Oh, that must be someone who has fused with a dao.”

The white dog said, “Your strength isn’t enough to kill a proper ninth-degree Eternal. I have around the same level of strength but I feel like…I can easily kill you.”

Su Yu was not buying that.

Suddenly, the white dog swept his tail at Su Yu. Before Su Yu could see or even sense anything, he was sent flying away.

***

When Su Yu opened his eyes again, he saw a white dog, a book spirit, a tea plant, and a little furball staring at him. He asked in confusion, “What…happened?”

The white dog said, “You claimed that you’re strong so I tried whipping you with my tail. But you fainted after only one hit…”

“…”

Fuck!

He fainted?

Impossible!

He was someone capable of killing ninth-degree Eternals!

The white dog continued, “You’re so weak. I don’t know if you can withstand my blood essence. How about this? Push your body cultivation to the Mountainsea Realm and your willpower cultivation to the Sunmoon Realm after leaving this place. Then, push your body cultivation to peak Mountainsea Realm before pushing into the Sunmoon Realm. As a dual-Sunmoon, you can drink some tea from the tea plant and take some lessons from the book spirit to further push yourself forward. After doing all that, you can try using my blood essence again…”

Su Yu could feel very clearly that the dog was looking down on him.

He was too weak for the dog’s liking.

Su Yu sank into silence. He was greatly saddened. Why…was he so weak? For the very first time, someone was viewing him as a true Mountainsea instead of an Invincible. And that someone was a dog.

His ego was bruised.

He gloomily said, “Senior, are there many geniuses like me during the ancient past?”

“I don’t think so.” The white dog asked, “Why?”

“Then…”

The white dog said, “But you’re not that special. Master, Little Master, and Master’s friends were all incredible. Compared to them, you’re so average…”

Fuck!

Su Yu finally understood!

No wonder the white dog was not viewing him as a super genius. The white dog was used to the presence of individuals like Culture King, Time Sage, Martial King, and Human Emperor. He had seen too many absolute geniuses. It was only natural that Su Yu was nothing special for the white dog.

As far as the white dog was concerned, any regular human should have Su Yu’s talent and strength. Being weak as a human would be odd.

Su Yu didn’t know how to react to this. True. How could he compare against those ancient geniuses who had suppressed the entire Myriad Realms? He was indeed weak.

Definitely.

He should be happy that the white dog was actually comparing him against those ancient geniuses instead of dismissing him outright. Perhaps if the white dog were shown a real modern Mountainsea, the dog would start suspecting that this was a fake Mountainsea.

For the white dog, even Su Yu was weak. Because the white dog’s standards were too high.

Su Yu still had many questions, but he was running out of time. Thus, he said, “Senior, I’ll go out and do as you ask. Uhm…can I visit often in the future?”

The white dog answered, “Yes. But you can’t pluck the flowers. And you can’t enter the house. But you can visit.”

Su Yu exhaled in relief.

Good. For now, he had to leave. He would come back and spend more time with the white dog when he was done fighting.

He was confident this place would bring him more unimaginable surprises.