Tribulation of Myriad Races

Fusing and extracting the pen dao.

Finally, severing the dao, using the moment the dao snapped to extract even more from the dao.

Su Yu was having a lot of fun. But this was the kind of fun only he could enjoy. Everyone else would be stuck at the first step: fusing with the pen dao.

In any case, this wasn’t something anyone would dare to do with their own daos, as that might result in the collapse of their daos. It was simply too risky.

To the side, Wan Tiansheng and Heavenbridge Marquis watched in silence. After a while, Heavenbridge Marquis said, ”Emperor Yu, should we return? I can’t last here any longer.”

Only then did Su Yu depart the pen dao with a wide smile on his face.

The Mark of Civilization had gained a new page.

The arrow page.

He narrowed his eyes at Heavenbridge Marquis and said, ”Ordinary strength, but great material. That is why you can survive so long in the river. I’m very curious. What were you made of? Who made you? Were you forged? Or were you born from nature?”

He had never cared about this before. But today, he was starting to grow curious. A gate could seal an era. What a terrifying thing to hear.

Of course, Heavenbridge Marquis was still too weak to do something like that. However, the nature of his existence should be something of a far higher tier. Culture King wouldn’t have bothered to fool him into staying with all those promises all those years ago. Also, what would happen to the people of the sealed era? Would they be dead?

Su Yu still had many unanswered questions.

The moment Su Yu started talking about gates again, Heavenbridge Marquis replied with a sorrowful expression, ”I am a natural-born gate. I am not a forged gate. How can a forged gate compare with a natural gate born from the heaven and earth like me?”

Was that the case? Not necessarily. Su Yu felt like the world would not create gates out of nowhere. This fellow might be something forged by someone, and he was merely unaware of it.

Then again, he was indeed still too far away from the level needed to interfere in such matters. For now, he was still incapable of getting involved in the affairs concerning the Heaven Gate and the Hell Gate.

”Let’s go back.”

They had been in the river for quite a while. They should return now.

***

After a while, Su Yu and the others exited the river. Everyone blanked out upon seeing Wan Tiansheng. Even Soy Bun, in his sea of willpower form, flew over and stared in confusion.

Noticing Soy Bun’s gaze, Wan Tiansheng smiled and said, ”Fellow Daoist Soy Bun, why are you staring at me? Also, why are you staying in this form instead of returning to your original form?”

Soy Bun replied, ”I detonated my physical body.”

”You must be joking, Fellow Daoist.” Wan Tiansheng said, ”You are a dao incarnate. You do not have a body of flesh. Your belief that you have a body of flesh is only a misconception. In truth, even your physical body was manifested by the power of law. You are only weakened because of an excessive drain on your power of law.”

What was this? It was understandable for the others to not have their bodies. Why was Soy Bun staying as a ball of light like the rest? Was he finding it fun? He was never someone with an actual body of flesh. His entire body was dao itself. And a dao was without a body of flesh.

Hearing those words, Soy Bun blanked out. Having lived for so many years, he knew that he was a dao incarnate. But was a dao incarnate not supposed to have a body of flesh? In that case...why had he existed as a furball for so many years?

He said blankly, ”But...I feel like I have a body of flesh. Also, everyone from my race has the same appearance.”

They were all furballs.

Wan Tiansheng laughed and explained, ”Fellow Daoist Soy Bun, this is self-deception. You believed, or maybe Culture King believed that you should be a furball back then. He gave you that impression, and you followed your heart as a dao. As a result, you became a furball.”

In short, he had assumed a shape he believed himself to be. If one thought about it, the three furballs were three different daos. Why did they all look the same?

Soy Bun said blankly, ”So my body...no, I don’t have a body. I am injured and have lost some dao power. That is why I’m feeling weak. Is that it?”

”Yes!”

Wan Tiansheng knew this because he was currently in a similar form.

After a while, understanding dawned on Soy Bun. Slowly, the ball of light transformed into a furball. He looked completely the same as before. Not a single trace of damage could be seen on his furry body. Only his aura felt weaker. It felt as though his body had fully healed, but in truth, that wasn’t even a proper body.

After recovering to his usual form, Soy Bun looked at Wan Tiansheng curiously. Then, he looked at the female furball and said, ”Wife, you can recover as well.”

”How?”

”Just think that you have a body. You have a body. You have a body. Think more and you will have a body.”

”Is it that easy, Husband?”

”Yes!”

After a short moment, the female furball regained her body again. Like Soy Bun, her aura felt weaker, but her body looked as good as new. The other balls of light looked at the two with surprise.

All of them looked thoughtful.

Dao incarnate.

The two were different from the rest of them.

The soul devourer race had always been unique. A dao turning into a spirit was an extremely rare occurrence, yet three of such beings had appeared. Strictly speaking, Wan Tiansheng was now the same existence. The only difference was the fact that he had kept his human memories. It was likely that the furballs used to be super experts as well. Eventually, they had merged with their daos, becoming dao spirits.

Su Yu watched silently. It wasn’t a bad thing for the two furballs to recover their bodies. They were slightly weaker than before, but their injuries were much lighter compared to the others.

Suddenly, Su Yu regarded Soy Bun with a strange expression. After a long while, he asked, ”Senior Soy Bun, are you really a dao of devour?”

”Uh...”

Su Yu frowned, ”You couldn’t have mistaken your own dao, right? If you’re a devour dao, why do you feel so different from September’s dao?”

Soy Bun asked blankly, ”But I have never been a devour dao. Don’t you know that?”

Now, it was Su Yu’s turn to blank out. No?

Soy Bun looked at Su Yu like he was looking at someone slow and explained, ”When I fought Tiangu previously, I summoned Culture King’s power and had him possess me temporarily. I am the dao of time reversal.”

He had never claimed to be the devour dao. Su Yu had merely assumed that.

Soy Bun emphasized, ”My dao, the dao of time reversal!”

Su Yu frowned and said, ”Time can’t be reversed.”

Soy Bun was stunned.

Time couldn’t be reversed?

Su Yu said, ”I saw how you borrowed Culture King’s power back then. But I know that time is immutable. If you believe that time is reversible and that is your dao, then I finally understand why you’re not a heavenly king, a Venerable, or even a Master of Law after so many years of cultivation.”

Because he had misunderstood his own dao. Like the old turtle. The old turtle’s dao was not defensive in nature. Rather, his dao was supposed to be offensive. Meanwhile, Soy Bun believed that time could be reversed, and that was his dao.

It was truly a miracle for him to become a tier-two Daofuse with such a huge misunderstanding toward his own dao.

Previously, Su Yu had assumed that Soy Bun knew his own dao. After all, he was already a Daofuse. But nope. Even at this level, he was still grasping blindly, believing that he was the dao of time reversal.

To the side, Wan Tiansheng nodded. ”True time reversal is not possible. Time is constant. Reversal is impossible for everyone.

”Fellow Daoist Soy Bun, do you believe that your dao is capable of reversing time and allowing one to return to the past?”

Soy Bun said, ”Yeah. I can reverse time to a very long time in the past. I dream constantly, and in my dreams, I can return to the past...”

He knew that he was not the devour dao. That was a misunderstanding by the others. But he believed that he was capable of time reversal. Was he wrong about his own dao? Just then, Su Yu noticed that Fat Ball and Qi Rong were missing. However, he wasn’t too concerned. The two must have left together.

He was more curious about Soy Bun’s dao. It would be fair to say that Soy Bun was a senior Daofuse, one with a rather high seniority. He was already a Daofuse during Culture King’s time. Most of his peers had advanced into heavenly kings, Venerables, and even Masters of Laws. As a dao incarnate, Soy Bun shouldn’t have been stuck for so long.

Su Yu had previously claimed that the furballs were the most beloved of the heavens. But they had been rather disappointing.

After a slight hesitation, Su Yu asked, ”Did Culture King not inform you about your dao back then?”

”Eat.” Soy Bun said blankly, ”Back then, I only needed to eat. I didn’t need to think.”

Eat?

Su Yu shook his head. These fellows were so old that they could easily forget about some important details from the past. Su Yu doubted that Culture King would refrain from telling Soy Bun about his dao. But as a scholar, Culture King might have the habit of being cryptic.

No, he was certain Culture King was someone like that. He loved being cryptic to make himself look smart and cultured. For example, he had made the inheritance of the pen dao incredibly complicated. That was the case for everything else he did.

Culture King probably intended to let Soy Bun understand the truth himself. At the time, humanity was doing fine. It wouldn’t be an issue for Soy Bun to slack a little. Unfortunately, Culture King was eventually forced to leave in a rush before giving Soy Bun more.

”Time reversal...”

Su Yu opened his Heaven Gate and studied Soy Bun. The Heaven Gate allowed him to see a dao clearly, but the daos he wasn’t familiar with could still confuse him. Even after so many years of cultivation, Soy Bun still believed that he was the dao of time reversal. Was that really the case?

From what Su Yu knew, most daos that were seemingly related to time were actually speed-based daos. For example, Junior Zhou King’s time acceleration. But the ability to reverse time was very different from something like speed.

As Su Yu focused, he saw some indistinct images on Soy Bun’s dao. From those images, it really seemed like Soy Bun could reverse dao.

Suddenly, Su Yu said, ”Senior Soy Bun, can you reverse time for me? Reverse me to the past.”

”Uh...” Soy Bun said, ”You’re too young. What if I accidentally reverse you to the time before you were born? You would die.”

True.

Su Yu nodded and said, ”Try to reverse Senior Grand Dream.”

That old turtle was old enough that he would be fine.