Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu blanked out. “Dao switching?”

The book spirit nodded, “Yes. It’s similar to the other methods. Even three body cultivators can follow this path. Many of the current three body cultivators are using the treasures from Human Emperor’s era as the carriers for their powers of laws.

“However, they are all walking the same dao of physical body. That’s because none of them has truly comprehended the daos on those treasures. For example, I noticed someone using the item from someone’s body as the carrier treasure…”

At that, Su Yu took a dragonbind wood out.

The book spirit nodded and said, “Yes. This is it. This is the hair of a supreme expert. This supreme expert must have mastered an entire dao. Someone using this as a carrier treasure can actually try to follow this dao instead. With this dao, they will be able to reach the Daofuse Realm. Of course, if the owner of this hair is still alive, nobody else will be able to become a Master of Law through this dao.”

This was the proposed dao switching method. Instead of continuing on the dao of physical body, they could pick some other undamaged daos instead.

Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he said, “This hair came from Martial Emperor. And Martial Emperor was the master of a dao that was probably undamaged. With this thing as the carrier treasure or a weapon, one could potentially walk Martial Emperor’s dao. Is this what you’re saying?”

“Yes!” The book spirit smiled and said, “With this, you can avoid the dao of physical body.”

Su Yu asked, “Who was the controller of the dao of physical body? How did it end up as a damaged dao?”

“That is a mainstream dao. And any mainstream dao is extremely powerful. However, such a dao is also shared by numerous people. Such a dao has existed since creation. I don’t know who the controller was, but even back then, one could grow extremely strong walking this path.”

The white dog chimed in, “Yes. That’s a very powerful dao. It can take you to the very top. Back then, many humans walked this dao, including some human kings. However, none of them managed to become the Master of Law. Even so, they were comparable to some Masters of Law in strength even as mere Daofuses.”

Su Yu inhaled and said, “You mean that some of the human kings from back then weren’t even Masters of Law, yet this dao was powerful enough for them to face Masters of Law as Daofuses?”

“Yeah.” The white dog nodded, “This dao was too powerful. It might have suffered damage from the deaths of too many human kings. After all, the death of each person walking this dao is the same as an attack on this dao. With each death, parts of the dao will be broken and its power extracted…”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu.

Back then, many human kings walked the dao of physical body as well. And when many of them died, the dao was damaged enough that it could no longer produce a Daofuse.

Su Yu said, “Therefore, they are free to comprehend the dao of others if they don’t wish to pursue the Great Dao Realm. For example, I can use the immortal king’s head as my carrier treasure to comprehend the dao of the next Immortal Pseudo Emperor…”

The white dog looked at Su Yu in astonishment. Why did he think of such an idea? Why must he use someone’s head as a carrier treasure?

That was quite an…unique analogy. But the white dog still nodded and said, “Yes. Also, you can comprehend the daos of your own race much easier compared to the daos of other races.”

Su Yu exhaled deeply and said, “Thus, there are only two practical ways for humanity to produce more Daofuses right now. Firstly, they can use the Weapon Fusion Method. Secondly, they can switch their daos and pursue the daos of some other super experts, such as the Martial Emperor, while sacrificing their future. Is that the case?”

“Yes.” The white dog nodded and said, “But even so, anyone can attempt to open their own dao upon growing stronger. In the beginning, you can follow the dao of others and learn from them. Of course, there is the option of killing the Master of Law. That will make you the new Master of Law for that dao.

“But you need to know that when walking the dao of others, you will be subjected to some restrictions. If the Master of Law is still alive, you might not be able to utilize that dao in a battle with the Master of Law.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “I don’t mind that. A Master of Law will already be stronger than me even without such restrictions on me.”

True.

The white dog nodded. Yes. That wouldn’t matter too much since one would be weaker than the Master of Law anyway.

A new idea emerged in Su Yu’s mind.

Martial Emperor.

The dao of physical body was damaged. And opening a new dao was too difficult. Even the Weapon Fusion Method might be too difficult for the current human Invincibles to start. But the Martial Emperor’s dao was an option. As a Master of Law, the Martial Emperor definitely had his own dao.

And that dao would most certainly be a strong one. That was a decent option. He still had quite a collection of dragonbind wood. By using it as the carrier treasure and switching to Martial Emperor’s dao, one might even evade the punishment of the heavenly laws.

After a long while, Su Yu thought of himself as he said, “For me, the best option is fully opening the Heaven Gate and starting my dao fusion.”

The white dog nodded.

“To do that, I need the Grand Cycle Method. Do you know that method, Seniors?”

The white dog shook his head.

The book spirit said, “We don’t know that. Master never wrote it down.”

Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, “Someone knows. The Martial Emperor. If I want the Grand Cycle Method, I need to meet him. Perhaps…that would allow me to obtain this method and unify my source qi and willpower. Then, I could start forming ninety-nine characters before fusing with Culture King’s dao. This will be my way of stepping into the Eternal Realm.”

Suddenly, the path ahead was clear. He only needed to advance step by step. This would allow him to become a Daofuse or even a Master of Law. He could worry about further growth in the future.

This was a dao left behind by Culture King. Was it strong? What if he encountered someone with a stronger dao in the future? It was said that the Hundred Battle King of the previous epoch was as powerful as the ancient human kings.

But Su Yu guessed that the Hundred Battle King had likely reached only the Daofuse Realm, not the Great Dao Realm. He must have walked the dao of physical body as well.

Perhaps the dao of physical body was still relatively strong during the ninth epoch. Thus, the Hundred Battle King walked to the very end of it, gaining an incomparable level of strength. Alas, he still died. Clearly, there were still a lot of unknown secrets in this world.

“Martial Emperor…”

Su Yu sank into thought. Was it time for him to pay the Luminous Domain Mansion another visit?

But Martial Emperor had gone mad.

He could only see the Grand Cycle Acupoint Method and Grand Cycle Aperture Method there, but he already knew both. He needed a cultivation method to link his acupoints and apertures together. But that was a madman who had been suppressed for countless years by Martial King. Could he…communicate normally?

He would probably kill anyone attempting to communicate with him. But a meeting was necessary to figure out if the current humans could really walk his dao. After all, he was the Master of Dao. What if he decided to mess with the ones attempting to walk his dao? It would be disastrous. Through this chat with the white dog and the others, the road ahead became clear for Su Yu.

“First, convert my martial techniques into characters. Next, provoke the laws and further strengthen my characters. Constantly push them until they are strong enough to help me fuse with a law.

“To do that, I need to first meet the Martial Emperor to ask about the Grand Cycle Method. Then, I need to milk the laws and strengthen my characters before finally becoming an Invincible…”

That would be his path forward. Having mapped out his path forward, Su Yu smiled, his mood improving considerably. Moments later, his comprehension of his Soul Expanding Hammer deepened.

He continued listening to the book spirit in silence for a while before activating his fire of inheritance. After some time, when they were done eating the wings, the hammer in his mind transformed into a character: hammer.

It was surprisingly powerful. It had transformed straight into a Sunmoon character. As for the power he received from eating the wings, it was being used to temper his newly formed dao character. Moments later, the dao character advanced as well, reaching the Sunmoon Realm.

Thirty-two characters.

All Sunmoon.

This left him with sixty-seven more characters to form. Perhaps he would have a chance of forming them all after spending years or decades listening to the book spirit here.

But he was getting impatient.

Another path was available. Transforming his martial techniques and abilities into characters. That was the most convenient method for him.

He knew countless racial abilities. As long as he could deepen his comprehension of these abilities and transform them into characters, he would be able to rapidly accumulate his ninety-nine characters. But first, he had to connect his source qi and willpower.

“Martial Emperor!”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he asked, “Seniors, do you know Martial Emperor’s real name?”

He had been calling Martial Emperor Old Zhou. That was quite rude as Martial King and Great Zhou King were both surnamed Zhou as well.

After thinking about it, the white dog said, “I don’t remember. Master spoke of him once…I think…he has the same surname as Martial King.

“…”

What?

Su Yu cursed. No way, right?

Another Zhou?

Was that a surname of experts?

Martial King, Martial Emperor, Great Zhou King…

Why were there no experts with the surname Su?

He couldn’t accept it!

The white dog explained, “Zhou is the most common surname since creation. According to the legends, the Human Ancestor was surnamed Zhou…no, was known as Zhou. Thus, most of the people with Zhou as the surname are actually his descendants. According to the legends, Zhou represented the completion of a cycle.”

Su Yu inhaled deeply. Was that the case? No wonder so many experts had the same surname. So that was the surname of the Human Ancestor? No, that wouldn’t do. From now onward, Su shall be the common surname of all human experts!

Yes! Su Yu was determined to make that happen.