Tribulation of Myriad Races

There was no denying that Liu Wenyan had implicated the entire Liu Family for the sake of protecting Ye Batian’s legacy. Wan Tiansheng decided to lay the blame on Great Zhou King instead.

Right at that moment, Great Zhou King hurriedly vanished with a flicker. He could sense the malice directed toward him. He felt quite wronged. It wasn’t like he had deliberately targeted Liu Wenyan back then. In fact, he had mostly ignored the matter. Yes, yes, that in itself was probably wrong as well. But intent mattered, right? He never intended to target Liu Wenyan.

It wouldn’t be fair to punish him for non-participation, right? That was already an old matter. They should have forgotten about it long ago. Wan Tiansheng stopped looking at Liu Wenyan. There was nothing he could do about it. Instead, he looked at the various old guardians.

His eyes lit up as he shouted, ”Guardians, try to reach the Daofuse Realm!”

All the old guardians had accumulated enough comprehension to reach the Daofuse Realm. Many of them had been ninth-stage Eternals for many years.

Of the thirty-six old guardians, five had withdrawn into retirement. Some were still living in the various ancient cities, and some were enjoying their retirement in the various minor realms. As for the remaining guardians, only ten had reached the Daofuse Realm. The rest were still stuck.

This could be their chance to make the breakthrough. As the controller of the overall flow of the dao powers, Wan Tiansheng was sending a larger portion of dao powers toward them to help with their advancement.

The human experts who were not far away from the Daofuse Realm like Great Han King and Great Tang King were also receiving a larger portion of dao powers from him. Even if they couldn’t make their breakthrough right now, they should be able to do so after observing Su Yu’s dao pioneering and comprehending the dao painting, right?

Three major opportunities to attain Daofuse were before them. If they still couldn’t break through after using up all three opportunities, one could only say that they were truly untalented.

But how many late-stage Eternals were truly untalented? One wouldn’t be able to reach that far without a decent talent. Thus, they could potentially gain a large number of Daofuses from this. However, they still lacked combatants at the highest echelon of power.

At that thought, Wan Tiansheng looked at the few heavenly kings among them. There was no need for him to worry about most of them. But he was quite worried about Grand Dream. The old turtle had been the strongest in the Myriad Realms for quite some time, but his growth had been slow. With a slight frown, Wan Tiansheng asked, ”Old Turtle, what dao power do you need?”

Noticing Wan Tiansheng’s attention on him, Grand Dream felt quite helpless. He knew what Wan Tiansheng was thinking. Su Yu would be happy to see him reach the level of a Venerable. Alas...

After some thought, the old turtle answered, ”It will be very hard for me to reach the level of a Venerable, but it’s not impossible. My dao companion pioneered our dao after observing the ancient heavenly mountain. If I get a chance to observe that mountain again, I might be able to comprehend more and reach the level of a Venerable.”

A Venerable was essentially someone with the comprehension of a Master of Law. Only their strength was lagging behind.

”Ancient heavenly mountain?” Wan Tiansheng said, ”There is a Human Mountain in the Upper Realm. It used to be a part of the Chaos Mountain, and it is an incredibly powerful mountain. Are you talking about that mountain?”

”No.” The old turtle explained, ”A different mountain. Back then, my dao companion encountered it in the Chaos Mountain. But I don’t know the exact location. That was a unique mountain. It was shaped like a turtle coiled like a dragon.”

What was the meaning of that? How was a turtle supposed to coil like a dragon?

Before Wan Tiansheng could think of an answer, Heavendoom laughed and explained, ”Just imagine a pile of shit on a turtle!”

”...”

Understood. What an apt description. It instantly gave Wan Tiansheng the perfect picture of what the old turtle was talking about. Meanwhile, Grand Dream’s face darkened as he glared at Heavendoom. That was a turtle coiled like a dragon, not a turtle with a pile of shit on it!

Was that so hard to understand?

Screw that monkey!

While laughing in amusement, Heavendoom asked, ”So where’s the dao of staff? Come on, release some staff dao for me. I feel like I’m near tier-three of the Daofuse Realm.”

The old turtle said, ”So what if you could reach tier three? You never win in fights.”

He, too, could play this game.

Anyone could be mean with their words.

Heh.

Instantly, Heavendoom’s face darkened as he sank into silence.

Had he never won?

Just then, he recalled something and looked toward a certain shifty individual. ”Bountiful Treasure, did I not win against you not long ago?”

He had certainly won before! He had won against Bountiful Treasure!

Bountiful Treasure cursed inwardly, but at the same time, he answered with a smile, ”Yes! Exactly! Brother Heavendoom defeated me before!”

Heavendoom lost his excitement upon seeing how timid Bountiful Treasure was. There was no satisfaction in winning against a timid guy.

How boring.

Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng had shifted his attention to the other heavenly kings. With a frown, he asked Fat Ball, ”Senior Fat Ball, how goes the growth of your dao?”

Fat Ball was not a Venerable. He was only a heavenly king, but he could reach the level of a Venerable with the help of Culture King’s shoe. If he was already as strong as a Venerable, the shoe could probably push him far beyond that level.

In that case, how should he grow? Fat Ball was aimlessly roaming the area. Everyone was busy working on the myriad daos, but he had nothing to do. Thus, he was actually feeling quite bored.

Hearing the question, he said, ”I’m good at biting. That’s the dao I pioneered. But I don’t know how to grow it further.”

How annoying.

The heavenly kings on their side were nowhere near the level of Venerables. And combatants at that level were what they lacked most. Both Wan Tiansheng and Lan Tian had high hopes of reaching that level, but it would take them some time.

The old turtle needed to observe the mountain again, while Cloud Fire Marquis could grow steadily to reach that level. Even Qi Rong was working hard on absorbing the petrification power in the air. However, nobody knew how Fat Ball could grow further. As for Great Zhou King, he could potentially reach that level after further connecting his two daos.

They had a decent number of heavenly kings, but none could reach the level of a Venerable anytime soon. Just then, a massive iron devourer from afar roared. The roaring iron devourer started enlarging. Even his aura was surging madly.

Everyone looked over, thinking that it must be June. But surprisingly, it was September. September’s body had ballooned, but it was only a projection. His dao had grown so powerful that it had burst through his body.

Prior to this, he was only a tier-four Daofuse. In the blink of an eye, his aura reached the level of a tier three, before rising sharply again to reach tier two. Even so, it did not stop. Instead, it started approaching the level of a heavenly king. Beside him, even the massive June seemed small.

Noticing the numerous gazes on him, September flashed them his usual innocent smile and said, ”I...I didn’t comprehend much myself. My dao was stuffed into me by my second ancestor. He died, but his remnant will gave the entire dao to me not long ago.”

That was true. He was in a completely different situation. He had received an entire dao from February’s remnant will. At the time, February had said that through this inheritance, September would reach his limit after becoming a Master of Law. But that was enough for September.

Prior to this, September only lacked dao power to further elevate his cultivation level. Now that he had received a sufficient amount of dao power, he was rapidly reaching the level of a heavenly king.

The others cursed inwardly. A rich second generation. He was essentially a rich second generation who was enjoying the fruits of his senior’s labor.

Everyone was envious of him.

But what could they do if they didn’t have an amazing ancestor like that? Thanks to his ancestor, September didn’t even need to work hard anymore. Perhaps he could simply sleep his way to a Master of Law.

Shortly after, a powerful burst of five elemental aura rippled out. If one had the Heaven Gate, one would be able to see that a small dao had wrapped around the five separate elemental daos, slowly bringing them together.

When Su Yu visited the five elemental race, he saw that their dao had been deliberately split into five minor daos. Before bringing the five daos back together, the five elemental race would never be able to produce a Daofuse.

Topsoil Spirit was the sole hope of that race. After all, he was the incarnation of their Five Elemental Ancestor. When he attained Daofuse, he would be able to rejoin the five elements. As a result, the five elemental race could potentially start producing more Daofuses.

The five elemental Eternals looked incomparably excited.

All of them looked at Topsoil Spirit with hope in their eyes. His aura surged, and his dao power rippled out. But even after some time had passed, the five elements were still not fully rejoined. They couldn’t see the daos without the Heaven Gate, but they could all feel that the five elements were still separated.

Lan Tian and Wan Tiansheng were able to instantly notice what the issue was. They had been researching the separation and joining of the myriad daos as of late. A closed loop had not been formed between the five elements.

Topsoil Spirit might not be walking the path of myriad daos like Su Yu, Lan Tian, and Wan Tiansheng, but he still walked the path of five daos. As of now, the five daos were still existing as separate entities.

Wan Tiansheng shouted, ”It’s very easy to form a closed loop between the five elements! Topsoil Spirit, you understand the relationship between the five elements best! Metal begets water, water begets wood...”

As the five elements stirred within his body, Topsoil Spirit had a pained expression. He nodded and said, ”I know that, but...but...I still can’t bring my five elemental powers together. At this rate, I won’t be able to fully reach the Daofuse Realm!”

If he couldn’t reach the Daofuse Realm, he wouldn’t be able to bring the five elemental daos together. Those in his race would remain stuck below the Daofuse Realm. The five elemental race was relatively powerful in the Lower Realm, but they were nothing before the Upper Realm.

A former major race was now a weak race incapable of producing even one Daofuse. It was a sad fate. That was the main reason Topsoil Spirit had followed Su Yu. He hoped that he could find a way to break through this limitation through Su Yu. He wanted to reach the Daofuse Realm. If he could do so, his five ancestors would be able to instantly become Daofuses.

They had long reached the very pinnacle of the Eternal Realm. The other races had their own experts in the Upper Realm, but the five elemental race did not have even one Upper Realm expert.

For example, the iron devourer race had a Venerable and heavenly kings in the Upper Realm. The same could be said for the fate race. The spatial beast race was slightly weaker, but it also had a heavenly king up there. The hou race was rather unlucky as it was left with only a tier-two Daofuse up there.

Meanwhile, the five elemental race, a supposedly strong race, had not participated in a single major battle under Su Yu’s leadership despite having joined him for some time. How sorrowful.

They could not rely on the mercy of others forever. Only through strength could they establish themselves under Su Yu. Thus, Topsoil Spirit needed to become a Daofuse.

He kept absorbing a large amount of five elemental powers, but he couldn’t bring the powers together. And without doing that, he wouldn’t be able to reach the Daofuse Realm and bring the five daos together. He was already doing much better than the other five elementals as the rest of them could only absorb a single element.

However, his ability to absorb all five elements was useless if he couldn’t bring the elements together. After a short observation, Wan Tiansheng frowned doubtfully. The five elements within Topsoil Spirit were perfectly balanced, yet they refused to come together. What was the issue?

Wan Tiansheng had researched the joining of five elements before. Su Yu had done the same as well. As long as the five elements reached a perfect balance, they should come together.

Something was wrong here.

Thus, he tried absorbing some five elemental powers inside him. Instantly, the five elements came together into a new elemental power. That caught the attention of the various five elementals. When Topsoil Spirit saw how easily Wan Tiansheng had done that, he felt his confidence crumbling.

”Why?”

He could accept this. He roared madly. Why? Why was this happening? Even Wan Tiansheng, who wasn’t even specialized in the five elements, could bring them together easily. Why couldn’t he do the same? Why couldn’t the five elemental race bring the five elements together?

Wan Tiansheng shouted, ”Calm down! This might be related to the culprit who had separated the five elements back then. I don’t have the Heaven Gate, so I can’t get a good look. Wait until Emperor Yu is back. He might be able to notice something.”

He was telling the truth. He couldn’t see anything. However, he knew that Topsoil Spirit had absorbed a large amount of five elemental powers. At this rate, Topsoil Spirit might end up blowing himself up from over-absorption. There might be an issue with the five elemental daos, preventing the five elementals from bringing the five elements together.