Tribulation of Myriad Races

While Wan Tiansheng was taking a stroll on the River of Time with Su Yu.

Great Ming.

Mayor’s residence.

Great Ming King looked north in the direction of Great Xia capital with a frown.

Beside him, Zhu Tiandao flashed a fawning smile and asked, “What are you looking at?”

“Can’t you feel it?” Great Ming King turned to look at his son.

Zhu Tiandao looked in the same direction and focused. But after a while, he replied, “Nope. What is it?”

“Someone is walking the River of Time.”

Great Ming King hesitated, “Am I the only one feeling this? Can’t you feel anything?”

“No.”

“You’re not strong enough, resulting in a weak grasp on the past and future.”

Great Ming King muttered doubtfully, “Great Xia…who is the person who has reached this level? Is Xia Longwu back? No. Can it be…him?”

“Wan Tiansheng?”

“Perhaps.”

Zhu Tiandao nodded, “That’s very likely. Is he attempting his breakthrough?”

Zhu Tiandao laughed and continued, “It won’t be easy. If you’re willing to settle with any random body you get, it won’t be that bad. But if you’re picky, it will be very hard.”

After saying that, he swung his arm. A miniature River of Time that was so small one would think it was created by someone urinating appeared. With a smug smile, Zhu Tiandao said, “It’s very hard to find someone like me who can easily open the River of Time at any time.”

He looked incomparably proud of himself. He was basically asking for his father to praise him. Soon, the tiny stream of water nobody would consider a river vanished.

Great Ming King nodded, “You’re quite good. However…”

The river he sensed felt incomparably vast. Why?

Zhu Tiandao asked doubtfully, “What is it?”

“Nothing.”

Great Ming King said, “If it’s Wan Tiansheng, is he working on becoming a Pseudo Invincible to prepare for his dao affirmation?”

“No idea. More like he’s preparing for Nanyuan.”

Zhu Tiandao said, “Forget about that guy. He has been hiding his strength for so many years. I’ve long guessed that he’s much stronger than his official cultivation level.”

Great Ming King nodded, “He was Ye Batian’s good friend. Back then, Ye Batian would frequently visit him at the Knowledge Seeking Realm to talk about cultivation even when Ye Batian was already near dao affirmation. Wan Tiansheng is a lot stronger than he appears. He is also incredibly talented.”

Zhu Tiandao said, “Yeah, I heard as well. Back then, everyone said that Wan Tiansheng was the second coming of Xia Chen. But with Ye Batian’s rise, everyone forgot about him.”

Xia Chen, the first principal and founder of Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.

Great Ming King said nothing. He was still feeling doubtful. Just the ability to open the River of Time was enough to prove a Sunmoon’s strength. The moment one captured a past or future body, one would become a Pseudo Invincible.

For example, the tiny river Zhu Tiandao opened earlier was essentially what the River of Time looked like for a vast majority of ninth-stage Sunmoons. It was through that tiny river that many had captured their past or future bodies.

Yes, one needed to enter the river to capture the body. But there was no need for one to enter the river with one’s entire body. Reaching an arm inside to capture a body was sufficient.

To enter with one’s entire body, the river needed to be big enough. Such a river was extremely powerful. Upon entering, it was also extremely easy for one to completely lost one’s way in it.

Most ninth-stage Sunmoon would only open a tiny river, reach inside, and settle with whatever they caught for their dao affirmation.

Great Ming King tossed the matter to the back of his mind. He shouldn’t disturb someone when one was opening the River of Time. Otherwise, he might end up blamed for interfering in the case of failure.

***

Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng were still walking atop the vast river.

After some time, a large wave appeared. Wan Tiansheng reached out, instantly bringing Su Yu to a familiar place. It was the Allheaven Battlefield.

Boom!

Yet again, he was greeted by the sight of a massive palm. The palm crushed an incomparably powerful divine to death with a single hit. First, Su Yu blanked out. When he focused, the past Wan Tiansheng appeared. No, it wasn’t Wan Tiansheng. It was a bearded old man.

When Su Yu looked at the Wan Tiansheng beside him, Wan Tiansheng replied, “That’s a disguise. It’s normal to disguise yourself when you’re out traveling. This is a boring scene.”

Then, the two withdrew from the scene. Right before leaving, Su Yu noted that the dead divine was at least a late-stage Sunmoon. A late-stage Sunmoon was killed with one slap?

Holy shit!

Also, wasn’t it said that Principal Wan had not left the academy in a very long time? When did he leave? How did he kill this expert?

Su Yu was greatly doubtful. He continued following Wan Tiansheng. Finally, they found yet another wave.

Su Yu opened his eyes and saw two figures ahead of him. Just as he was about to focus, he was slapped back to the River of Time. Beside him was Wan Tiansheng. That single slap had given him a dizzy spell. His head was also hurting.

While kneading his head, he looked at Wan Tiansheng questioningly. Wan Tiansheng replied nonchalantly, “At times, you might encounter some weird things when traveling to the past. You might even be attacked in the process. Watch out when you traverse the river in the future.”

“No, Principal, I saw two individuals earlier. I didn’t see you. Maybe that was you in a different disguise. But one of them looked very familiar…”

“Familiar? It’s not weird for the two of us to know the same person. What’s the big deal?”

“Is that so?”

Su Yu stopped asking, but he was still feeling suspicious. Of the two he saw, one was Wan Tiansheng and the other was…a familiar face that felt unfamiliar at the same time. Was it really a random attack or had a certain someone slapped him out of an embarrassing past?

How weird. Wan Tiansheng was very weird today. Also, why were they even doing this? It wasn’t like he was very interested in the principal’s past.

The two continued walking. This time, it lasted a long time as Wan Tiansheng had been ignoring all the smaller waves they met. His breathing grew heavier and heavier, as though he was reaching his limit.

Suddenly, a massive wave appeared in front of them. It was as though the wave was going to reach even the sky above.

Wan Tiansheng smiled, “Here it is! Take a good look! I don’t know if this will help you, but it’s not a bad idea to show you this.”

Su Yu blanked out. He dropped into the wave. Immediately after, he opened his eyes. He had arrived in a boundless dark space. Next, four massive suns appeared in the dark space.

Boom!

He didn’t actually hear anything, but he felt as though that was the sound he should be hearing. Four individuals were engaged in an intense battle. One of them was an individual clad in golden armor with a staff in hand. That was someone from the celestial chasm race.

Before he could get a closer look, the other two individuals revealed themselves. One of them was…Ye Batian! Su Yu was shocked. Ye Batian? He had seen the picture of Ye Batian in the academy. This was an incredibly domineering person. With an axe in hand, he attacked his opponent.

The second individual looked much more mysterious. The face of this individual was blurred.

Everything was happening quickly. An intense battle erupted as the four super experts fought in the boundless void. Massive explosions erupted all around them. A crack appeared in the air, revealing a minor realm. But the minor realm was instantly demolished by the aftershocks of the battle.

Su Yu continued witnessing the battle in a dazed manner. It was as though a long time had passed when a brilliant sun appeared. With a swing of his axe, Ye Batian cut his opponent into two.

Meanwhile, the mysterious expert was also keeping the celestial chasm suppressed. Su Yu was greatly shocked. This wasn’t right. Ye Batian was supposed to die during this battle. This…did not align with what he heard.

Suddenly, two palms appeared amid the boundless void. One reached for Ye Batian while the other reached for the mysterious expert.

With a rumble, the mysterious expert’s body fell apart to the attacks coming from two different directions and vanished. Next, the celestial chasm attacked Ye Batian. The three joined hands to attack Ye Batian. Yet another explosion erupted. It was a silent explosion, but Su Yu felt as though he could hear it.

Boom!

Cracks appeared all over Ye Batian’s body as he met his end. Calm returned.

After some time, a saber tore the boundless void apart as an incomparably powerful individual arrived. That was Great Xia King. When he arrived, nothing was left except a greatly damaged body.

***

Suddenly, Su Yu opened his eyes.

He found himself back on the River of Time. He stared at Wan Tiansheng’s back blankly and swallowed. That was…Wan Tiansheng’s past! Wan Tiansheng’s past!

But he didn’t see Wan Tiansheng there! Where was Wan Tiansheng? Holy shit! Was that mysterious expert…him?

After a long silence, Wan Tiansheng’s calm voice rang out, “Did you see it? There is a traitor. Or there might be two traitors. The two palms probably belonged to a human and a non-human respectively. They had pretended to fight before attacking Ye Batian together.”

“Ye Batian was not overly confident in himself. Nor was he overly arrogant. He knew the danger he was in. Thus, he had his good friend act as his dao protector by his side. But his friend failed to protect him. Thus, he died. In truth, he had high hopes of succeeding.”

Su Yu swallowed again and said, “I feel like…the two of them were strong enough to kill the two Invincibles.”

“Yes. If the battle had continued without interference, they would have won.”

“But…that…”

Su Yu didn’t know what to say. His entire mind was in a mess.

Wan Tiansheng said, “I showed you this to tell you that Ye Batian still lacked something during his attempt. Remember what you saw. Think about it carefully. Study it. You might not understand everything you see today. It doesn’t matter. When you grow strong enough, you might notice more when you recall this memory. Remember, Ye Batian could have succeeded. But I believe that only applies to his physical cultivation. His willpower cultivation showed no sign of successful dao affirmation.”

“…”

Su Yu nodded, still in a dazed state. But next, an understanding dawned on him.

“Source soul acupoint is split into the yang acupoint and yin aperture. You need to open 360 acupoints and 360 apertures. Additionally, you might also need to meet some other requirements. Only then will it be possible for you to affirm your dao in willpower cultivation.”

That was Su Yu’s hypothesis. Wan Tiansheng had a pensive look as he said, “Perhaps. You can try it your way. Also, non-human characters might also affect the attempt.”

“Noted.”

“Let’s leave.”

“Uhm…is that mysterious man…dead?”

Wan Tiansheng nonchalantly replied, “Dead or alive does not apply to that man. That is only a tri-life body.”

“…”

What? Su Yu was shocked yet again. A single tri-life body was able to fully suppress a celestial chasm Invincible in battle? He felt like his horizon had been expanded greatly today.

Ye Batian and his boundlessly powerful axe.

A mysterious man capable of nearly killing a celestial chasm Invincible with only a tri-life body.

And finally, three Invincibles joined hands to kill Ye Batian after killing the tri-life body of the mysterious expert.

Who was that mysterious expert? Su Yu did not ask. But he had a good guess.

He swallowed and said, “Uhm…since we’re done here, bye, Principal. You’re not interested in silencing me, right?”

It felt terrifying to know too much. Why did the principal show him that? He was feeling very insecure right now.

Wan Tiansheng said, “Silence you? Maybe…if you remain…”

Su Yu ran off without any hesitation. Inwardly, he grumbled that he had been thinking of running way earlier. He had merely lacked the courage to do so before getting the principal’s permission to leave. He was greatly terrified.

Inside his head, the little furball was greatly terrified as well. The furball was madly licking a random nearby character to console his trembling heart. His instincts were telling him that before dying, he should fill his belly. He should die a full ball, not a hungry ball!

***

At the same time, under a heavenly source fruit tree in a certain realm.

A massive furball opened his eyes. Numerous bubbles appeared around him. He looked at them doubtfully and muttered, “A dead tri-life body. What a powerful future body. Is he planning to capture another body?”

While thinking, the big furball fell asleep. That had nothing to do with him.

He should resume his sleep. He must have been dreaming again.