Tribulation of Myriad Races

There was a guard dog inside the Culture King’s Residence.

That was not an insult.

There was indeed a dog there. More importantly, the dog was unwilling to leave. Was the dog not bored of staying in here for so many years?

Su Yu racked his brain.

He said, “Senior, Culture King and Time Sage told you to watch over their home. But the Human Realm is the root of their home. Without the Human Realm, their home will no longer be a home. Do you want them to return one day to see all their neighbors turning into enemies?”

The white dog said, “I must watch over the house!”

He was a guard dog. He couldn’t leave. His master wasn’t around. His little master wasn’t around as well. He couldn’t leave. What if the flowers all wilted away while he was away?

Su Yu felt very helpless. He couldn’t convince the white dog.

“Why don’t you discuss this with the tea plant and book spirit?”

Su Yu felt like this dog might be too stubborn. Ignoring the tea plant, the book spirit should be smarter as a book written by Culture King, right?

Su Yu said, “Senior, you might not know this, but a subordinate of Culture King has betrayed him. Do you know this? There is a traitor!”

“Traitor?” The white dog asked, “Who?”

“Heavenly Overseer Marquis…”

“I don’t know that person.”

“The luck spirit. Do you know the luck spirit?”

The white dog nodded, “Yes!”

He knew the luck spirit.

The white dog asked doubtfully, “He betrayed Master?”

“Yes. That’s not all. He’s even trying to exterminate humanity and remove the home of Culture King! He’s trying to prevent Culture King from returning!”

At this, Su Yu finally had an idea of what to say. Yes. He had to claim that Culture King was being prevented from returning.

He hurriedly said, “Both Culture King and Time Sage are missing, but I believe they’re not dead!”

“Of course!”

The white dog nodded with full confidence.

“Therefore, they definitely want to return. But the Myriad Realms are refusing to let them return. They are stopping the two. They want the two to stay away from home forever. About ten years ago, Time Sage might have been injured by a bad guy. She dropped her Book of Time. I received the book by accident and became her successor. She can only return through my guidance after I obtain full control over the Book of Time…”

Su Yu was quite confident in his argument.

The white dog stared at Su Yu. After thinking about it, he said, “Drink first. I’ll discuss this with the tea plant and book spirit. Don’t walk around. You can’t walk around in Master’s home without permission.”

“Got it.”

Su Yu exhaled in relief. Good. Even better if all three could leave together. If all of them were as strong as Daofuses…Su Yu was confident their current crisis could be resolved.

He already had the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor, the two furballs, the Primordial Giant King, the Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor, the old turtle, and Great Zhou King on his side. If he could receive the help of three more Daofuses, this would place ten Daofuses on humanity’s side.

Su Yu couldn’t judge if the white dog was really as strong as a Daofuse as the dog hadn’t been too clear about it. But this would definitely be enough to resolve humanity’s issue temporarily.

Why was it temporary? Because this would still be external help. Humanity had only produced one Daofuse. The gap between humanity and its enemies was still too big. They couldn’t rely fully on external help. They had to be strong as well.

They didn’t even have enough Eternals after losing several recently. The remaining were as good as crippled. At this rate, a few more battles would be enough to cause humanity’s collapse. There were quite a lot of races with Daofuses out there. Humanity was not strong enough to deal with its future challenges.

Su Yu sank into thought. After a while, he muttered, “A land without heavenly laws…”

This was a place unaffected by the heavenly laws. His eyes flickered as he thought of something.

Yes! The power of laws!

At present, almost everyone was forced to cultivate the Three Body Method. That was the only method allowed by the heavenly laws. Someone like Wan Tiansheng, who walked a different path, was not able to affirm his dao.

He was still stuck at the Sunmoon Realm.

Lan Tian was the same. They might be monstrously strong, but they had yet to achieve dao affirmation. Other methods were much harder to cultivate, and they even had to face the punishment of the heavenly laws.

And now, the white dog was saying that this place was beyond the influence of the heavenly laws. After all, the owner of this place was also one of the people who had established the heavenly laws.

“Lawless land…Three Body Method…”

Su Yu sank into thought. Apart from the Three Body Method, he knew another method. The Weapon Fusion Method.

Achieve the great dao through a powerful weapon. The stronger the weapon was, the stronger one would be. Zhao Li walked a similar path. Even Su Yu walked a similar path with his Mark of Civilization. If he affirmed his dao through that weapon, he would be effectively using the Weapon Fusion Method as well.

This was a rather common method during the ancient past, and it was better than the Three Body Method as it was stronger. Sure, it might seem impressive to have three bodies and three lives. But that was honestly quite pointless. Most of the time, someone capable of killing a body of an Invincible would have the ability to kill the remaining bodies as well. In the end, combat power mattered more.

People like Heavendoom were extremely strong. Even in a sealed state, Heavendoom could still fight ninth-degree Eternals without using his weapon. The moment all his restrictions were off, he could probably kill a regular ninth-degree Eternal with a single swing of his staff. All thirty-six of the ancient guardians were currently still in a sealed state.

Su Yu might not have attempted a dao affirmation with the Weapon Fusion Method, but he could guess that even this method would be punished by the heavens when attempted. This was an era where only the Three Body Method was tolerated.

“Lawless land…”

He muttered to himself thoughtfully. This was a useful place.

Unbelievably useful.

Ignoring the inheritance of Culture King and everything else, just this place in itself was already incredibly useful. Could one find another place unaffected by the heavenly laws? What about the Death Realm? No, all of them were under the influence of the heavenly laws.

This was the sole place free from the heavenly laws.

He still remembered all the single guys waiting outside. There were probably quite a lot of them in the Celestial Chasm Realm as well. Recovery wouldn’t be easy. Even the powerful races like the immortals, devils, divines, and dragons would require painstaking effort to recover from a destroyed tri-body.

There were many advantages to cultivating the Weapon Fusion Method, but there were also some flaws to it. For example, it was a lot more expensive to cultivate. And the stronger one wanted one’s weapon to be, the more expensive it would be.

People like Grandstar might have exhausted at least ten carrier treasures per weapon. Meanwhile, only two carrier treasures were required for someone cultivating the Three Body Method.

Are there any other methods in the ancient past?

Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he looked at the door the white dog had vanished in. Would the white dog know these methods? After all, this was the pet of Culture King and Time Sage.

The old turtle might know some as well. After all, the old turtle was most likely older than even the white dog. But the old turtle had too many restrictions, and his status was comparatively lower than that of the white dog.

Yes, the old turtle was a general. But there was a famous saying claiming that the guest of a prime minister was equivalent to a high official. Thus, as the pet of Culture King and Time Sage, the white dog was naturally ranked higher than the old turtle as well.

While Su Yu was deep in thought, the little furball was happily sipping tea. He would finish one cup before spending some time drunk before drinking another cup. In such a manner, he repeated the process again and again. He felt great.

He was an extremely picky eater. But this tea was too good to refuse. Clearly, the tea plant was a super expert as well or it wouldn’t have been able to produce such tea leaves.

Su Yu did not stop the little furball. It was a good thing for the little furball to grow a bit since the little fellow was starting to feel too weak to keep up with him.

After all, his main opponents had upgraded to Eternals. The little furball would probably kill himself if he attempted to eat an Eternal. Even eating a Sunmoon would be hard for him. The little furball was already a Sunmoon. He would be a lot more helpful if he could further advance into an Eternal.

Of course, Su Yu was still sipping the tea even when he was deep in thought. He knew that he couldn’t rush things. The white dog was still not back yet.

Thus, Su Yu could only wait patiently. It wasn’t like leaving now would do anything so he might as well stay here. That spit of the white dog was quite effective in reducing the amount of death qi in his body. Even now, more death qi was appearing in his body. While waiting, he took the time to reverse the newly created death qi.

Suddenly, the drunk little furball jumped onto the gigantic tree nearby. Su Yu had assumed that this was a tree without sentience, but the thought had barely crossed his mind when an illusory face appeared on the trunk of the tree.

Well, he was wrong.

Su Yu’s heart thumped. Didn’t the white dog claim that there were only two spirits here?

Right at that moment, the white dog’s voice rang out from inside the building, “Hey, New Soy Bun, don’t provoke Big Wood. Big Wood’s spirit is not fully formed yet. It’s still muddleheaded. Be careful lest it decides you’re food.”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. This tree was in the process of producing its sentience. Without proper sentience, it couldn’t be considered a spirit yet. Sure enough, the tree started whipping the little furball with its branches.

Whoosh!

With a flash, the little furball vanished.

The little furball had been sent flying away.

When Su Yu stood up in alarm, the white dog grumbled, “See? I told him to not play with Big Wood. Big Wood still can’t control its strength. How annoying. Look what he did to my flower!”

Next, the white dog jumped out and rushed into the field of flowers. After a short moment, he trotted back carrying the furball in his mouth. Then, he spat the furball down in front of Su Yu. Fear could be seen in the little furball’s eyes.

When the little furball met Su Yu’s gaze, his expression turned pitiful, as though he was complaining that he had been beaten by someone.

Su Yu felt very helpless. What could he do about that? This was actually a very dangerous place.

A mere tree who had yet to fully turn into a spirit could easily send the little furball flying with a single attack. No matter what, the little furball was already a Sunmoon. Clearly, the tree’s strength could not be underestimated either.

While wagging his tail, the white dog said, “I told you to not run around. This fellow is not obedient enough! Remember! Don’t run around! That was only a game for Big Wood. Its sentience isn’t fully developed so it doesn’t know how to control its strength. It can easily kill while playing around.”

The little furball hurriedly nodded his entire body. During his time with Su Yu, he had also learned that a wise man would always know when to submit to circumstances. Earlier, he had only done something so stupid because he was drunk. Now that he had been whipped awake, he naturally wouldn’t do anything stupid anymore.

After following Su Yu for so long, the little furball had learned to bow when required. Thus, he agreed readily. All for the sake of not receiving another beating.

The white dog looked at Su Yu and said, “I told the book spirit. It will be here soon. The tea plant will take some time. It’s taking a bath…”

“Bath?” Su Yu blanked out.

The white dog nodded, “Yeah. Bathing is important to stay clean. Dirty tea won’t be as delicious anymore. When Little Master was around, she would wash the tea plant every day. The tea plant is already used to this.”

“Where is the tea plant taking this bath?” A certain possibility rose in Su Yu’s mind.

Sure enough, the white dog answered, “River of Time.”

Su Yu didn’t know what to say anymore. He had seen this coming. Sure enough, Culture King’s household was treating the River of Time as their private river. But…could the water in the River of Time be used for bathing?

Wasn’t that the same as washing one’s body with the power of time? Wait, the tea plant was a plant spirit. Such a spirit would grow stronger with the passage of time. Thus, this would only benefit it. No wonder the tea leaves were so effective.

Since the two would take some time to return, Su Yu asked, “Senior, this is Culture King’s home. I’m half a disciple of Culture King and also half a disciple of Time Sage. Can I take some people in here?”

“Take some people in here?” The white dog shook his head, “Nobody can enter the house. Nobody can ruin my plants. They can look around outside, but they can’t enter. But the River of Time will kill them if they try to enter…”

True.

But Su Yu recalled that he had the Book of Time on him. He said, “What if I protect them with the Book of Time?”

The white dog asked, “Can you even use the book?”