Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1830: Old Wan’s Dao Pioneering (4)

Su Yu was completely stupefied. Was this really a character?

“Principal, can you show me your character? Just what character is it? Why did you turn it into a clone?”

Wan Tiansheng answered with an odd expression, “What are you talking about? It’s a character.”

“What do you mean?”

Su Yu stared at the miniature Wan Tiansheng in stupefaction. He was dumbfounded. He couldn’t understand what he was looking at.

Wan Tiansheng thought about it and explained, “It have the ability to transform into a proper character, but it has taken form in this shape. Fine, fine, I’ll transform it into a character for you.”

Next, the miniature Wan Tiansheng transformed into a character. But that wasn’t its natural form. It was merely a form Wan Tiansheng had forced it to assume. One could say that this was a unique character, just like Culture King’s ↑ character. Moments later, the transformation was complete: Human.

Wan Tiansheng explained, “I guess you can see this as the human dao. But in truth, it is me. I am human. My dao is human. I alone am real in the Myriad Realms. I am dao. Dao is me. Forget it, you’re too young to understand this.”

Su Yu blanked out. The human dao. With a rumble, the character rammed into the barrier at the side of the river, creating a depression there. Power of laws started converging into that depression.

Countless Wan Tianshengs appeared, all ramming into the same spot. The converging power of laws transformed into the shape of a human. Even more characters flew out of Wan Tiansheng’s body, all of them transforming into miniature Wan Tianshengs as well.

One was reading, one was practicing martial arts, one was eating…

Wan Tiansheng’s main body exclaimed in excitement, “This is the unification of my dao! Everything about me is me alone! That reading version of me. That practicing version of me. That eating version. That sleeping version of me. They are all me. I am human. They are humans. The human dao…I see, so this is what pioneering a dao means. It’s very simple. This spot is chosen because it has sufficient space, and it also has existing laws related to this dao here. The existing power here is compatible with my dao.”

Boom!

As the countless Wan Tiansheng’s rammed into the barrier repeatedly, a tiny tributary took form. Instantly, a large amount of water flowed in and filled it. As that happened, Wan Tiansheng’s aura started surging.

He had finally pioneered a dao. It seemed so simple. If it weren’t for Culture King’s blockade, he would have done this a long time ago.

Su Yu observed with an odd expression. Was this really how a dao was meant to be pioneered?

The countless Wan Tianshengs, different facets of him, filled the dao.

Reading, teaching, practicing, researching, fighting, living…everything about him was fusing into the dao, turning into power to expand his very own dao.

Su Yu even saw some unique sights among the countless Wan Tianshengs. For example, he saw a young Wan Tiansheng reading a love letter to a woman. As that was also a part of him, it was also being used to power his dao.

Without even looking at Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng explained nonchalantly, “Human emotions and human experience, be it reading, love, and life, all are dao. I finally understand what I need to do here. To pour what I treasure, cherish, and wish to protect into my dao. Through that, a unique dao is born.”

Su Yu observed in silence.

This was an expert who was truly pioneering his own dao. In a way, he was more proficient at the dao than the white dog. The white dog had only opened a dao following the instructions of Culture King and Time Sage. He might not even understand the process.

As for his comprehension? He only needed to know how to bite. In short, he only needed to follow his instinct. Culture King and Time Sage had turned the white dog’s instinct into a dao, saving the white dog the trouble of comprehending more things.

“Pioneering a dao, human life, comprehension, human dao…”

Su Yu absorbed everything. Perhaps a day would come when he pioneered his own dao as well. In that case, what would his dao be?

What had he understood from life?

Combat?

Growth?

Or something else?

Suddenly, Su Yu had a feeling that he was still unqualified to pioneer a dao. He understood a lot, and he also had the ability to see the nature of the various daos. But he still lacked something.

He even had a feeling that the Heaven Gate would be a lot more useful in Wan Tiansheng’s hands.

***

While the human dao was being pioneered.

Human Realm.

Great Xia.

Suddenly, the fortune of Great Xia Cultural Research Academy surged madly. It even created a phenomenon, with dazzling, white radiance flooding the entire academy grounds. The power of luck appeared out of thin air and flooded the entire academy. All the students in the academy sank into a unique state of comprehension, as though the various daos had become incomparably closer to them. They all sank into meditation, comprehending their characters and their lives.

***

In the Allheaven Battlefield, at the spot where Su Yu had departed from, brilliant golden radiance erupted. An indistinct figure appeared for a split second before vanishing.

At that, Great Zhou King’s expression changed. He hurriedly looked up at the sky. When Wan Tiansheng was formally appointed by Su Yu earlier, his projection manifested in the Human Realm. But now, that projection had returned. It was shrouded in brilliant, golden light.

Great Zhou King’s expression changed further.

What was going on?

***

Luminous Domain Mansion.

Once again, Martial Emperor opened his eyes. His Heaven Gate opened, piercing a massive distance as he stared into a specific spot far away. He frowned. What was happening?

Was someone pioneering a dao?

What manner of dao was it to create such a disturbance?

Could someone still pioneer a dao in this era?

Was it Su Yu?

That shouldn’t be the case. That fellow was still lacking. He might have the pen dao, but even his comprehension of the pen dao was still lacking. Martial Emperor sank into thought, but he couldn’t see what exactly was happening.

***

Somewhere far ahead in the River of Time, several gigantic daos trembled slightly.

And at a place that was seemingly the very end of the River of Time, a gigantic golden dao appeared. It was connected to the main branch of the river, and an indistinct silhouette appeared on it. The silhouette looked back with surprise. The tired-looking silhouette muttered, “Has someone…pioneered a dao in the future? Causing the River of Time to stir, causing both the past and future to stir by simply pioneering a dao. Interesting.”

The silhouette gazed into the distance and wondered just how far in the future that was. The silhouette sighed. A newly pioneered dao. Not far in the future. There…might not be enough time.

Then, the silhouette faded away. The various daos in the area calmed down as well.

***

Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng were completely oblivious to what was happening.

One was fully engrossed in pioneering a dao, while one was engrossed in observing the process. For Su Yu, it felt as though he was witnessing Wan Tiansheng’s entire life flash by his eyes.

Interesting. He found that he had learned much gossip about Wan Tiansheng. He was also filled with admiration toward Wan Tiansheng’s erudition. He noted that Wan Tiansheng had read at least a million books in his life. How inconceivable. There were countless book-wielding Wan Tianshengs in the tributary, working hard to further expand the dao.

This was the power of accumulation. Su Yu had not lived long enough to even read that many books. And every single book appearing here must be a book Wan Tiansheng had fully comprehended.

He had read that many in less than a hundred years. If he started reading from a young age, he would probably need to finish reading ten thousand books per year. He needed to finish at least thirty books per day. Su Yu couldn’t help but wonder if Wan Tiansheng had spent his time doing nothing but reading.

As for Wan Tiansheng, he was too busy to care about what Su Yu was thinking. As his excitement grew, he found himself in the mood to recite some of the books he had read, books concerning the dao. He even stepped into his very own dao as he recited in excitement.

As of this moment, nobody could deny his genius. Wan Tiansheng. A supreme freak. An unparalleled genius. Fifty years ago, he was already comparable to Eternals when he wasn’t even fifty. Things were different back then.

Su Yu suspected that prior to that, humanity had never produced someone capable of matching Eternals at a age of younger than fifty. Of course, that did not include the ancient past. As for Su Yu himself, he wouldn’t have reached his current height if it weren’t for the things he had inherited.

“How odd. Is he a descendant of an ancient powerhouse as well?”

Su Yu couldn’t help but mutter to himself. At this point, the tributary had reached a relatively modest size, and Wan Tiansheng was still expanding it. Both its length and width were increasing without stopping. Was Wan Tiansheng trying to reach the Daofuse Realm in one day?

Su Yu could feel that Wan Tiansheng’s aura had already reached the level of a ninth-degree Eternal. The growth wasn’t too major as he was already as strong as a seventh-degree Eternal prior to this.

It felt like Wan Tiansheng might really achieve Daofuse here.

“Sure enough, it is important to read more.”

While lamenting, Su Yu looked at the various miniature book-holding Wan Tianshengs. Suddenly, he blanked out. He noted that he could see the titles of these books as well.

Yin and Yang: Essay on Copulation.

Su Yu stared at Wan Tiansheng for a long while before raising his middle finger at the old man. What a shameless old man! Why did the old man read such a book? How many of his million books were similar in nature?

Tsk.

Su Yu sneered with disdain. How shameless. So these were the so-called million books he had read? No wonder he loved staying in his room so much.