Tribulation of Myriad Races

After a short rest, Su Yu took a step toward the gap. Instantly, a massive suction force erupted from the gap, seemingly trying to drag him into a boundless abyss.

“Open!”

With a roar, his life force surged.

He was already very strong prior to this. His completed character technique only served to further boost his excessive strength. This was merely a dao fusion. Something like this wouldn’t be able to halt his advance. He transformed into a giant before completing his step forward.

Rumble!

At the same time, the character technique smoothened the path before him while the human lord’s token suppressed the violent waves around him. The Mark of Civilization also made an appearance, pushing away the incoming power of law.

“Today, nothing can stop me from fusing with this dao!”

Su Yu snorted coldly. Stopping him? Dream on! He would persist with using his physical body to bridge a path forward. Culture King might be strong, but he was no weakling either. He was only trying to fuse with this dao, not snap it. How dare the dao stop him?

Boom!

Step after step, he forced his way deeper into the pen dao. After an indeterminate amount of time, a massive rumble rang out. With that, Su Yu was finally across the gap, officially entering the stretch of the pen dao.

Dao fusion!

Yes. Just by crossing the gap, it was a success. Countless power of law unique to the pen dao surged into his body. Inside his mind, numerous new comprehensions emerged.

Inside his character, the ↑ madly devoured the power of the other characters, causing them to grow dimmer and dimmer. Each character was an amalgamation of power from different laws. The arrow was only absorbing the power suitable for the pen dao.

As the absorption continued, it grew stronger and stronger.

It also grew incomparably sharp. Grabbing the character with one hand, Su Yu gave it a swing. This one swing would be enough to shatter space outside the River of Time.

“Impressive.”

He could sense the immense amount of power entering his body, strengthening him while preventing him from further progress. Yes. The power was stopping him from taking more steps forward. He could absorb the power converging around him, but there would be a limit to it, right?

Naturally, Su Yu was unbothered about that for now. He could feel his body and Heaven Gate strengthening rapidly. With the growth of his Heaven Gate, the world before his eyes felt even more vivid than before.

As for his body, it seemed even purer than before. It almost felt like his skin was glowing. A massive change was happening to his sea of willpower as well.

Dao fusion!

And finally, he raised his foot and took a step forward. This was merely the start. He needed to go further and gain deeper control over the pen dao. The comprehensions in his mind continued increasing.

What were the characteristics of the pen dao?

Firstly, its offensive prowess was incredible. There was no denying that.

Secondly, it had the ability to break daos. In the past, Culture King loved breaking the daos of others with his pen. In truth, this was an arrow dao. Culture King had insisted that it was a pen dao, a dao only for the refined and cultured. Naturally, Su Yu would not argue against that.

Thirdly, the pen dao also had the ability to carve daos.

He was still unsure about the meaning of that, but he had a vague idea. He recalled the Token of Sanctification and some notes left behind by Culture King previously.

According to the notes, upon growing strong enough, Su Yu could try drawing a seal on Martial Emperor’s dao, using it to control Martial Emperor himself. Naturally, there was a risk of backlash when attempting something like that.

“What a powerful dao.”

Su Yu was greatly pleased with this dao. Even ignoring the latter two abilities, the first ability to pierce through all defenses was more than enough for him. The massive dao continued absorbing his power while pouring new power into him in its attempt to block him from progressing further. It would not allow him to go far in the dao.

But with the arrow in hand, Su Yu advanced stubbornly. With each step, his influence would cover a larger part of the tributary, strengthening his control over the dao. This was the unique ability of all Eternals. The ability to directly control the very laws of nature.

And now, Su Yu had successfully entered the Eternal Realm, a realm once known as the Daomeld Realm. Then again, it wouldn’t be wrong to call him an Eternal even based on the ancient definition. After all, this dao was all his.

***

At the exact moment Su Yu stepped into the tributary.

Something indistinct seemed to have manifested in the sky above the Allheaven Battlefield. Everyone could see it. A pen. Still a pen.

It looked clearer than before. Earlier, they only felt as though there was a pen in the sky. But now, some of the stronger experts were starting to see it.

Eastrift Valley.

Great Zhou King was gazing at the sky, both his eyes shining. He could see an indistinct pen in the sky. There seemed to be someone at the end of the spear. It might be an imagination, but he also knew that this might be real. Su Yu…seemed to have affirmed his dao.

But what happened next proved it.

The power of laws in the entire Allheaven Battlefield started roiling.

It was unknown if the laws were gathering to punish or reward Su Yu. Each genius would be rewarded upon completing their dao affirmation. But one would also be punished for not using the Three Body Method.

“Su Yu…if he succeeds…he might gain the strength to fight Daofuses without external help anymore, right?”

Great Zhou King was muttering to himself. Prior to this, Su Yu had to rely on borrowed power to deal with Daofuses. But after the dao affirmation, he might not need borrowed power anymore.

Great Zhou King didn’t know if he should be happy or sad about this. Su Yu’s dao affirmation would shatter the calm of the myriad races.

Another war was upon them.

***

Immortal Realm.

Talisman King couldn’t see anything. He could only feel slightly repressed. But Tiangu could see something. His projection manifested outside the Immortal Realm and gazed upon the sky silently.

Too fast.

Just how long had it been?

Had Su Yu inherited Culture King’s dao?

That was a familiar dao. It seemed to be Culture King’s dao.

“Dao fusion…”

Su Yu was probably still in the River of Time. But upon leaving, he would be a proper Eternal. An indistinct dao manifested above Tiangu’s head. The immortal emperor dao.

With a complicated expression, Tiangu muttered, “Immortal Pseudo Emperor…”

Was he dead?

Nope.

Tiangu had a feeling that the ancient Pseudo Emperor was not dead. And with the ancient Pseudo Emperor not dead, he would never be able to become a Master of Law. His only alternative was walking a different dao. Of course, he could still strengthen himself without being a Master of Law.

But it wouldn’t be easy. Some Daofuses pursuing the same dao must die for it to happen. There weren’t too many of such individuals remaining. Most had been pushed out of the dao by Tiangu. And some had died.

Numerous thoughts emerged in Tiangu’s mind. Looking in the direction of the other major realms, he knew that they couldn’t afford to wait any longer. But was their current strength sufficient?

Him, Jiwu, Mo Yue, Mo Ji, Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, Nether Pseudo Emperor, Ape Pseudo Emperor, Celestial Dragon Marquis, Talisman King, Abyss Marquis, Heavenly Overseer Marquis, and Bountiful Treasure. They could gather twelve Daofuses.

But…the situation with Bountiful Treasure and Heavenly Overseer Marquis was uncertain.

“Is Jiwu the only Daofuse the divines can provide? Where are the two Daofuses they produced during the previous epoch?”

Tiangu muttered uncertainly. Talisman King wasn’t clear either. According to him, the immortals of the Upper Realm did not have much dealings with the divines. So were the two up there or down here?

They couldn’t afford to stay passive.

“The Fate Pseudo Emperor has yet to make a move as well.”

Tiangu thought of several ancient races that had stayed idle during the previous battle. Some couldn’t arrive in time, but some were still in slumber. Some had simply hesitated before withdrawing after the deaths of several Daofuses.

“The old fossil of the three-headed devil wolf race must still be alive.

“That old fellow from the golden crow race is probably still alive.

“That old bastard from the kunpeng race is still around as well.”

Tiangu knew of four Daofuses that had yet to make a move so far. The Daofuses of the fate, three-headed devil wolf, golden crow, and kunpeng races. All four were powerful ancient races.

The fate race was special, but the other three races were similar to the hou and golden peng races in scale. They weren’t necessarily big, but they were old. That alone proved their strength.

“What choice will the three races make?”

Would they support humanity? Or would they support the myriad races?

“Su Yu is incredibly overbearing. The three races had a blood debt with the humans during the previous epoch. They should understand that things might not end well for them if they do end up siding with Su Yu.”

Even excluding the fate race, they could get the three Daofuses of the three races and one more hidden Daofuse from the divine race to assemble sixteen Daofuses in total. This would be enough to face the humans in battle. Humanity was still lacking in Daofuses.

While gazing at the sky, Tiangu continued formulating numerous plans. He didn’t know where Su Yu was affirming his dao. It wouldn’t be easy to stop as things had changed. He could only watch helplessly as it happened.

Tiangu looked at the other realms again as his eyes turned cold. With Su Yu’s strength and talent, he would probably be as strong as a Daofuse right after his dao affirmation. They had to cut his growth short or they might all be wiped out before the connection to the Upper Realm was fully restored.

With that in mind, his projection started moving toward the Divine Realm. Or to be precise, he had sent more than ten projections in all directions. He would personally contact everyone.

Just then, a rift opened in the sky. Two furballs looked out in anticipation. The projections of Tiangu were formed of his willpower. They probably tasted nice, right?

Noticing them, Tiangu’s cold voice rang out, “If you dare stop me, I will kill both of you!”

“Hmph!”

Soy Bun appeared indifferent. He shot out and started giving chase to the projections. He did not fear such threats. After a series of explosions, a few of the projections were gone. They had all been devoured by Soy Bun. But right after swallowing these projections, his expression changed.

“Ptuih! Tiangu! You’re a bad guy! How dare you lie to me?”

Soy Bun was furious.

Tiangu was messing with him, making him eat those disgusting things.

Tiangu did not bother to reply. This was a good trick against the furballs. After all, they had the habit of eating everything. It would be too hard to poison them to death, but it would be quite easy to disgust them.

And it was working. Soy Bun was furious, but he did not bother to hunt down the remaining projections as they tasted terrible.

Soy Bun never hoped to stop Tiangu from contacting the other races. He only wanted to take the chance to eat something nice. Alas, these projections tasted like excrement. They tasted disgusting.

Beside Soy Bun, the female furball rejoiced. Fortunately, she had yet to eat any of them.

***

Ignoring the two, Tiangu continued moving toward the various realms.

At the same time, projections appeared outside these realms. And thus, a discussion unfolded. It was too late to stop Su Yu’s dao affirmation. His dao affirmation was too different. Nobody even knew the location. He had done so right inside the River of Time. Thus, stopping him would be almost impossible.

The only thing they could do for now was to slow the growth of humanity. The time for the final war had yet to arrive. This wasn’t what the myriad races wanted.

Starting the final war against the human race without those from the Upper Realm would cause heavy losses. They did not wish to suffer such losses. Thus, they aimed to suppress humanity’s growth and kill their allies if possible.

For example, the two furballs, June, or the Hou Pseudo Emperor should be killed. These were all the allies of Su Yu. Killing them would weaken the forces on Su Yu’s side. That way, they would be able to maintain the fragile balance until the day the connection to the Upper Realm was restored.