Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1116: I’m Very Scared (2)

After going through the entrance, Su Yu started ascending the floors. And the previous scene repeated itself. Numerous scenes appeared around him as he walked. It was as though he had returned to the academy yet again. He saw himself killing numerous people. He also saw Bai Feng and the others engaged in an intense battle.

These were the scenes he saw during his previous visit. This time, the scenes had not changed. He was still killing. The academy was still filled with blood and corpses.

Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he snorted and shattered the scenes around him. Then, he continued walking. New scenes emerged. This time, the scenes were no longer depicting the events inside the academy. But inside these scenes, he was still killing.

Su Yu frowned, but he ignored these scenes and continued walking. Finally, his vision cleared and a door appeared in front of him.

He had reached the thirty-fifth floor.

Beyond the opened door, he was faced with Wan Tiansheng’s back. Overlooking the entire academy, Wan Tiansheng softly said, “Is the world outside interesting?”

“Yes.”

“Why didn’t you visit during your previous return?”

“I was scared.”

“Scared?” Wan Tiansheng laughed, “More like you were unwilling, right? Did you think that my promise meant nothing? I said that nobody above the Mountainsea Realm will dare to lay a hand on you. That turned out to be a lie, so you lost your trust in me.”

“The principal is wise. You have indeed seen through my disguise long ago.”

Su Yu calmly asked, “Principal, did you leave anything on me? If that’s the case, you must have left it in my heart. That’s the only place on me that has never been touched by death qi before. You left an imprint there during our first meeting, right?”

“You can say so.”

Su Yu frowned and asked, “If Prefect Zhu did not show up during the Starfall Mountain incident, would you show up?”

“There is no if in life, isn’t that so?” Wan Tiansheng said, “The past is the past. Why do you need to know that?”

“You’re right.” Su Yu nodded and asked, “What exactly is your strength, Principal?”

“You know what you see. Those you can’t see are not what you need to know.”

Su Yu frowned. The principal was acting in a deliberately mystifying manner. He had seen even Invincibles. Only Old Wan had the habit of pretending to be all enigmatic and mysterious.

Wan Tiansheng laughed and said, “Do you know what it means to affirm one’s dao and become an Invincible?”

“Yes. Fuse the three bodies into one.”

“Do you know how you can capture the bodies?”

“I don’t know.”

Wan Tiansheng smiled, “Do you want to know?”

He turned around and looked at Su Yu. His eyes were shining brightly. But hidden amid the bright radiance coming out of his eyes was a coldness that could send a chill up one’s spine.

“In life, there are past and future. There is only one past while the future contains countless possibilities. Fixed past, changing present, and unpredictable future…”

Suddenly, he smiled and reached out to Su Yu.

Su Yu’s expression changed rapidly as he threw a punch.

The palm easily caught the fist as Wan Tiansheng said, “A solid punch. Not bad.”

Su Yu’s expression changed again.

Too strong. He could not move his fist at all after it was caught. He felt as helpless as he was when he met Great Ming King.

“Stop struggling. I’ll take you on a tour to the past and future. I’ll show you the mysterious River of Time. I’ll show you the wondrous world…”

With that, Su Yu’s vision swam. He felt like he had entered a completely different dimension.

Boom!

Sounds of running water rang out. When Su Yu raised his head in shock, he saw Wan Tiansheng standing ahead of him.

With his back to Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng smiled, “Don’t move. Don’t talk. Witness the wondrous and colorful world. This is the River of Time. Be careful. Don’t fall. If you fall, you’ll die.”

“Principal…”

“Don’t ask questions. Just listen. I will tell you what I want. I won’t tell you what I don’t want to talk about.”

“That’s not it…” Su Yu said, “Principal, I wanted to ask…why do you keep showing me your back? There’s a hole at the back of your robe. I can see your butt.”

“Bullshit!” Wan Tiansheng laughed with amusement, maintaining his persona as a mysterious expert.

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, “I’m serious.”

Wan Tiansheng shook slightly. When he reached behind him and felt his backside with his hand, he was rendered speechless. After a while, he said, “That is due to time corrosion. Ignore it.”

Finally, he turned to face Su Yu. Once again, Su Yu was rendered speechless. Why turn around now? Didn’t he think that he looked very cool only showing his back?

Nevertheless, Su Yu was actually incredibly shocked. When he looked down, he saw a massive river. Was this the River of Time? The most mysterious existence in the Myriad Realms? The thing all Invincible aspirants needed to interact with to complete their dao affirmation? It was said that only peak ninth-stage Sunmoons could interact with the River of Time, engaging with the past and future.

Wan Tiansheng stopped talking.

The two stood side by side.

Looking at the river connected to the boundless void, Wan Tiansheng smiled, “Ahead is the future. Behind is the past. There are countless paths ahead of us while there is only one path behind us. Where do you want to go?”

“Anywhere.”

Su Yu did not have much to say. He was filled with curiosity and doubt. Just what was Wan Tiansheng’s strength? And why did Wan Tiansheng bring him here?

“In that case, let’s take a look at the past.” Wan Tiansheng said, “My River of Time will only show my past. It’s quite boring. I’ll try to show you only the interesting sights.”

Then, he turned and started walking. Su Yu hurriedly followed. The so-called River of Time looked a lot more unassuming than Su Yu had imagined. It was basically a normal turbid river. As he walked with Wan Tiansheng, he tried to look through the river. However, he couldn’t see anything.

Wan Tiansheng explained, “This is the past. Every drop of water contains the memories of the past. The so-called act of capturing the past refers to grabbing a single drop out of all the water here. When you feel like the drop you capture is sufficiently strong, you may store it into a carrier treasure. With that, your past body will take form.”

Su Yu thought about it and said, “But the strongest past will always be the past a moment ago, right?”

“Wrong.” Wan Tiansheng shook his head, “That is definitely not true. Answer me. Are you stronger now or are you stronger when you detonated Ye Batian’s character?”

Su Yu answered awkwardly, “I was stronger back then.”

“You have your answer.”

Wan Tiansheng said, “That was your strongest past. When you capture that past, it doesn’t matter if the strength came externally or internally. Your past is your past. The strength of your past is yours as well.”

Su Yu nodded, “Can I catch multiple past bodies?”

“No. After capturing a past body, the river will calm down. You can no longer capture anything from the past.”

With a pensive look, Su Yu asked, “Have you captured your past body?”

“No.”

“Future body?”

“Nope.”

“So you’re a ninth-stage Sunmoon?”

“You can say so.”

Su Yu was surprised. He was still doubtful. Old Wan’s words couldn’t be taken at face value. But looking at the roiling waves on the river, it was as Old Wan said. He had yet to capture the past body. Thus, the river had yet to calm down. But there was no guarantee that Old Wan was telling the truth. But was there even a need for Old Wan to lie about this?

Wan Tiansheng continued walking ahead in silence. Noticing a small wave rising from the river, he smiled, “A small wave. It signified that as of this moment, something special is happening. Perhaps this is the strongest past. When capturing a past body, you need to pick a bigger wave and the highest drop of water.”

Having said that, he reached forward and grabbed. Next, Su Yu’s vision swam. He found himself back in the academy. A massive palm descended from the sky and crushed someone.

Su Yu was stunned.

What a familiar scene. Wasn’t this the scene when Wan Tiansheng crushed Zheng Yuming? Next, he saw himself. A much weaker version of himself. He was witnessing the scene from within the Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

Wan Tiansheng was also in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion. But a second Wan Tiansheng stood beside him. The two were akin to observers, observing the scene of Wan Tiansheng making a move against Zheng Yuming with a terrifying level of calm.

Beside Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng said, “This is the most intense my strength level has undulated in the recent past. When encountering a past like this, do not move if you don’t wish to capture this past. Don’t trigger a space-time disorder. This is also the so-called method one can use to kill someone in the past. For example, I can walk out of this place and kill you on the ring. Of course, I will probably die before I can do that. Killing someone in the past is actually extremely difficult. Even upon success, there is no guarantee that you will die. There are countless versions of you in the past. At most, you will only lose some memories concerning this period of time.”

Su Yu looked at the past Wan Tiansheng in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion with surprise. What if he killed this Wan Tiansheng? What would happen?

Wan Tiansheng looked at the past him as well and smiled, “This is a past body. At this point, one may walk out and capture the past body with the carrier treasure if one wishes to fuse with this past body.”

Su Yu nodded in understanding.

“But this wave isn’t big enough.”

The two reappeared atop the river. Wan Tiansheng said, “That’s boring. A past body like that is useless.”

Su Yu asked doubtfully, “So you have the ability to capture a past body?”

“Yes.”

“Why didn’t you…”

Wan Tiansheng replied nonchalantly, “What’s the point of capturing a weak past?”

“…”

That was such a strong logic. Yeah. What was the point?

Su Yu asked curiously, “What manner of past are you trying to capture? Your moment of birth?”

That would be ridiculous.

Wan Tiansheng smiled, “You’ll know when you see more.”

The two continued walking along the river.

More waves could be seen, but these waves were much smaller than the previous wave. After some time, Wan Tiansheng’s breathing became hard. He said, “The further you go, the harder it will become. That’s the case for the future as well. At times, you’ll have to settle with whatever you can get. Some ninth-stage Sunmoons don’t mind. They will take whatever they get to step into the Pseudo Invincible Realm.”

“…”

Su Yu didn’t know what to say. So which type of Sunmoon was the principal?

Su Yu knew very little about this, but he could see that traversing the River of Time was most definitely not easy.