Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu asked, “After turning the hammer into a character, would I lose the daos of the various characters I have formed after gaining control over Culture King’s dao?”

“No.” The white dog explained, “Upon forming ninety-nine characters, you can start walking Master’s dao. At that time, you will be stripping the attributes of these characters that are compatible with Master’s dao to support your growth on that path. These characters will still be around, and your access over the daos they represent will not diminish…”

The white dog wanted to say more, but he didn’t know how to explain it better.

Thankfully, the book spirit came to rescue. He said, “Human Lord, there is one thing you must understand. Apart from Soy Bun’s race, no character is pure. This includes your natural characters. They are merely purer than non-natural characters, but they are not fully pure. When I say pure, I am referring to the power of laws.

“For example, your pass character contains the power of space, but it also contains the powers of some other laws. The power of Master’s dao might be one of these powers…

“After collecting ninety-nine characters, you can start walking Master’s dao. In the process of walking Master’s dao, you will be extracting the power of Master’s dao from these characters. However, these characters will still be around, and you can continue learning more about the other daos these characters represent.”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu as he said, “In other words, Culture King’s dao won’t sucking these characters dry. Instead, it will only extract its own power from them. I understand now.”

The book spirit nodded, “Exactly. Human Lord, you’re truly smart. You can easily understand many of these complicated topics.”

Su Yu laughed, “You’re too polite, Senior.”

With this, he could be certain that even after fusing the ninety-nine characters to activate Culture King’s dao, these independent characters would still exist. He could continue using them to learn more about the other daos they represented.

“That Soul Expanding Hammer is the manifestation of a dao as well. Thus, we can also transform it into a character.”

The white dog nodded, “Yes. This is a decent dao. It seems capable of influencing the other laws by itself.”

Influencing the other laws.

Su Yu had a pensive look as he heard that. True. The Soul Expanding Hammer was quite unique. It was incredibly useful, useful enough to burst one’s sea of willpower with one hit if that someone was in the same cultivation level as him.

Sea of willpower…laws…

After a long while, he said, “I think I understand now. I now know why the Soul Expanding Hammer is capable of purifying characters and willpower. It represents a unique dao capable of countering the other daos.”

He exhaled and continued, “I’ll try to transform this hammer into a character. It should be able to become a Sunmoon character directly.”

The white dog nodded and said, “Yes. Also, there are many ways for you to comprehend new characters.”

At that, the book spirit laughed and said, “Yes, there is a shortcut to forming a large number of characters. Can you guess what the shortcut is?”

Su Yu frowned slightly. What could the shortcut be?

The book spirit gave a hint, “The laws are the essence of everything. Characters, techniques…everything!”

Boom!

Instantly, Su Yu’s mind went blank. Next, his jaw dropped as he hit his own head and said with regret, “Why was I so dumb? I understand! I understand now!”

Su Yu continued, “I was so stupid! How could I remain clueless even after borrowing the racial abilities of so many races? Yes, yes, racial abilities! And the various daos! I understand now! When a technique grows advanced enough to become a racial ability, it has essentially transformed into an embryonic form of a dao. I know countless racial abilities! I know countless techniques! All those are the manifestations of different daos! Could…all those techniques and abilities be transformed into characters?

“No, it can’t be that simple. Source qi and characters are different…wait, I understand now! Heaven Gate! Yes! Opening the Heaven Gate! A free passage through the Heaven Gate!”

Su Yu’s eyes became incomparably bright as he continued, “Upon creating an open passage through the Heaven Gate and equalizing both source qi and character, I will be able to transform the racial abilities I know into characters. These characters might even reach the Sunmoon Realm straight away because of how strong my source qi is! My martial techniques are strong enough to directly reach that level!”

The book spirit nodded, “You finally understand, Human Lord. We never mentioned this before because of the difference between source qi and willpower. Conversion between the two is incredibly difficult. But that won’t be an issue if you can create an open passage through the Heaven Gate, allowing the two to convert into one another freely. The so-called racial abilities are merely the embryonic form of numerous daos, and they are naturally capable of transforming into characters. Each racial ability represents a dao, or a law.”

Su Yu said in excitement, “I know a lot of racial abilities!”

However, the white dog shook his head and said, “No, you don’t. Yes, you know some, but you learned them through Little Master’s book. The racial abilities in that book were the law fragments gathered by Little Master back then. They are imperfect and incomplete. Since you’re not the master of these fragments, your level of comprehension over them are actually quite low.”

He continued, “You have your own book. You seem to be following Little Master’s path. In truth, you can try to comprehend more by yourself. Use your book and comprehend the daos you have gathered in there. Only these dao fragments are truly yours. Stop relying on Little Master’s book.”

Realization hit Su Yu as he said solemnly, “I understand now. Thank you for the guidance, Seniors! In that case, I only need to fully open the Heaven Gate and this option will be available for me. With this, I’ll be able to rapidly form new characters, start grasping Culture King’s dao, and become a Daomeld as soon as possible!”

Finally, a clear path was ahead of him.

Su Yu asked, “Seniors, the warriors of humanity are having difficulty stepping into the Daofuse Realm. Is this because they have not mastered any technique enough to form their own racial abilities?”

The book spirit said, “Through my earlier observation, the current human experts might know all sorts of techniques, but all of them are walking the exact same dao. The dao of physical body.”

The book spirit explained, “Some of them are good at spears, some are good at sabers, but none of them has the source soul acupoint open. They are essentially cultivating only their bodies regardless of what weapons or techniques they use.” “That is a gigantic dao, but from my observation, that dao can hardly produce another Daofuse. Too many people are sharing it, and it has also been damaged.”

This was yet another new information for Su Yu. So all the current human warriors were walking the same dao.

The dao of physical body.

The book spirit added, “This wasn’t the case in the past. Back then, even warriors would walk all sorts of daos. For example, a saber cultivator would walk the dao of saber. A spear cultivator would walk the dao of spear. But now, everyone is cultivating the same Three Body Method. Using that method is essentially the same as abandoning all the other daos. This is a dao where only their bodies reign supreme. Everyone is fighting for territory on the same dao.”

Su Yu frowned and said, “Senior, I know about the Weapon Fusion Method. Are the people walking that method not sharing the same dao as well?”

“No, that’s different.” The book spirit shook his head again and said, “It’s obvious from the name. Weapon Fusion Method. Something like this won’t come with a singular dao. There are countless weapons in existence. By fusing with different weapons, they walk different daos. For example, that staff-wielding monkey walks the dao of staff. Not the dao of physical body. Thus, someone like him has a very high chance of becoming a Daofuse in the future.”

Su Yu said, “So despite the numerous combat styles the current human warriors have, but none truly specialize in these styles or weapons. Rather, they all specialize in strengthening their bodies. And because of that, they all share the same dao, resulting in a stunted growth for everyone.”

“Yes!” The book spirit said, “This is not only applicable for the current humans. The various races are using the Three Body Method as well. But the daos of their races are undamaged, so it’s still possible for them to achieve Daofuse. However, it will be almost impossible for them to go further.”

With a regretful tone, the book spirit said, “I don’t understand this. Why are so many people sharing the same dao? This is the same as severing everyone’s path. At this rate, no new Daofuse will emerge in the future.”

Due to the damage to humanity’s dao of physical body, humanity could no longer produce a new Daofuse. As for the myriad races, their versions of the same dao were undamaged, allowing them to achieve Daofuse. But that was as far as they could go.

Su Yu frowned and said, “At present, the Three Body Method is the only method one can cultivate. Anyone cultivating a different method will be punished by the heavenly laws.”

The book spirit was puzzled by that. The white dog was also surprised as he asked, “Forbidden by the laws?”

“Yes!”

The white dog asked, “But why?”

How was he supposed to know? Su Yu didn’t know what to say. He wished he knew as well.

The white dog asked, “Was it the Myriad Race Assembly? The ancient humans wouldn’t do something like this. Did the myriad races do this to stop humanity from growing too strong?”

He couldn’t understand this decision either.

Su Yu said, “Senior, can humanity still produce Daofuses through other daos?”

He was looking at the book spirit. After all, the book spirit was the one who had left and witnessed the current human experts with his own eyes.

After giving it some thought, the book spirit answered, “According to you, walking other daos will result in tribulations. Some of these humans are already in the process of fusing with this dao. But I saw that many of them have lost their tri-life bodies. Losing their tri-life bodies is the same as losing progress in the fusion of this dao. This won’t be an easy damage to repair. Each of the three bodies is essentially a carrier of the dao they have fused.”

Su Yu hurriedly asked, “Can these people switch to the Weapon Fusion Method?”

After a short silence, the book spirit said, “Yes. Losing their tri-life bodies is the same as withdrawing from that dao. But…the heavenly laws won’t allow them to pursue different daos.”

“But right now, they are still stronger than regular Sunmoons. Without their tri-life bodies, the laws will likely punish them as Sunmoons, so they should be able to survive the tribulations fine.” Su Yu continued, “More importantly, how can one switch to a different dao? I doubt any current human knows the proper method of doing so.”

He added, “Also, are there any other methods apart from the Weapon Fusion Method?”

The book spirit nodded, “Of course. Following the daos of their characters is the most straightforward method. Characters are the closest to the natural daos since they are essentially the embryonic forms of the various daos. That’s the easiest way one can grow strong. This is also the strongest method in the ancient past. Of course, it is also an extremely difficult method to pursue.”

The book spirit said, “The Weapon Fusion Method is also a popular method back then. There are countless daos in existence. There are also countless weapons in existence. The probability of stepping onto the same dao as others is actually quite low through this method. Even the users of the same weapons might not end up threading the same dao. The fewer individuals threading the same dao, the stronger the existing individuals on that dao will be. If there is only one individual pursuing that dao, this individual will have a high chance of becoming a Master of Law.”

The so-called Master of Law was essentially what Su Yu was calling the Great Dao Realm.

Su Yu nodded and asked, “Are there other methods?”

“Well, you already know the Three Body Method. You can also open your own dao, but this is extremely difficult. Most people won’t have the ability to do this. And finally, dao switching.”