Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu had his plan against the myriad races.

Naturally, the myriad races might not act according to his plan. Thus, he had two choices in his plan. First, eliminate them. Second, expel the wolf to swallow the tiger. If people like Venerable Moon still led the myriad races, Su Yu would most likely pick the first option.

But at present, Tiangu and Consort Emeritus were running things. With them around, the second option was possible. It wasn’t that these people were stupid. Rather, they knew Su Yu too well. They knew just how terrible an opponent he could be.

The old fossils were not able to stop thinking that Su Yu was still a youth. He wasn’t a Master of Law. They had seen countless Masters of Laws with their own eyes. Su Yu was nothing special. His rapid growth was not indicative of what he could be in the future.

But people like Tiangu had suffered too many losses in Su Yu’s hands. They had personally witnessed how Su Yu had grown from a Skysoar to his current level in the blink of an eye. Even when he was still a Skysoar, he could already survive Sunmoons and Eternals. It was as though he was omnipotent.

Deep inside, they were terrified of Su Yu.

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Once again, Su Yu was back before his human lord’s token.

Looking up at the token, a certain idea suddenly surfaced in his mind. He used the human lord’s token as the foundation of his creation, while the Master of Death used the River of Time as the foundation. What about the River of Time?

It should have a foundation as well, right? It couldn’t be affixed to nothingness, right? Was it truly affixed onto the chaos and nothing else?

Su Yu set the matter aside. He had yet to reach the end of the River of Time. It was said that the River of Time was a gathering of a myriad daos. But Su Yu had an inkling that the core dao of the River of Time might be the eternity dao.

Inside the River of Time, the Master of Time could truly control the flow of time. Or to be precise, time could be manipulated relative to the time within the Myriad Realms. This was how Su Yu could control time within his world.

Or to be precise, he could barely do it. For example, he could plant two trees inside his world. Then, he could accelerate the growth for one, resulting in a difference between the two. The relativity of time was similar in application. In the end, it was an act of creating a different flow of time.

This was quite an interesting topic. The tree growing at a regular speed would have the impression that the other tree was experiencing time at a faster rate. But the other tree might believe that it was operating at a normal flow of time. It was the other tree that was slower.

That might be the core concept of the River of Time. Just like how responsibility was the core of Human Empror’s dao and death was the core of Master of Death’s dao.

As for Su Yu, he pursued something similar to the Master of Time. He did not want to reach the apex in a singular dao. It was fine for him to be better at some, but a balance with the other daos was needed.

Su Yu had been deep in contemplation right after arriving before his token. A bunch of people were staring at him. Just as he stood there gazing at the sky, the world expanded out of nowhere. Everyone was confused as a certain dao manifested in the air.

The dao swept over everyone, causing their hearts to thump as they all had a sudden sensation that they had been separated by an entire timespace from Su Yu. They felt as though a long time had passed for them, but they also felt as though a long time had passed for Su Yu.

This was such a complicated sensation.

”Time!”

Someone muttered with disbelief. Just what was Su Yu comprehending right now? How did he comprehend something new just by taking a walk? Great Zhou King, who had arrived with Su Yu, stared blankly with his mouth agape. What was happening?

What was this guy doing now? He was still gossiping moments ago, and out of nowhere, he started comprehending the dao.

The various powerhouses in the human lord’s token watched with shock. Often, Su Yu would start comprehending something new about the dao out of nowhere. Inspiration would strike even when he was in the middle of a normal conversation. What could they even say about this?

Great Zhou King had complicated feelings about this as well. He waited until Su Yu’s eyes were open again before asking, ”Your Majesty, were you...comprehending the dao?”

”Comprehending the dao?” Su Yu looked up at the sky before looking at them. ”Not really. How is this a dao comprehension? I merely gained a slightly deeper understanding of the dao. How can this be considered a form of dao comprehension?”

Su Yu chuckled. He truly didn’t consider this a form of dao comprehension. He had merely been struck with a random inspiration to segregate his world into different flows of time. For example, he made it so that three days had passed for Wan Tiansheng while only one day had passed for him.

That would result in a difference in the flow of time. Then again, Su Yu couldn’t do much to separate his flow of time from the flow of time in the Myriad Realms. For example, it would be far too difficult for him to make ten days pass while it had only been a day in the Myriad Realms.

Of course, he could probably make two or even three days pass inside his world while only a day had passed outside. However, he couldn’t maintain it for long. The difficulty of affecting the flow of time inside the Myriad Realms was far too great.

Everyone was still looking at him with complicated expressions. Just look at him. What was a genius? Su Yu was a genius.

Furthermore, he was imaginative enough to think of anything. Nobody could follow his line of thought. Perhaps this was because of his youth. Whenever he thought of something, he would have the courage to try it out.

”Congratulations, Your Majesty.”

Su Yu laughed and said, ”As I said, it wasn’t anything special. It was merely a tiny bit of understanding. There is nothing to congratulate. My understanding of the great dao is still too shallow. I need everyone to keep walking along this road with me.”

He wasn’t being unduly humble. He knew a lot, but his understanding of each individual dao was still quite shallow. The Master of Time cultivated the myriad daos. Su Yu walked a similar path. Each dao of the Master of Time was akin to a large river. Each dao of Su Yu was akin to a tiny stream of urine.

Strictly speaking, both of them could be considered Masters of Laws. But one was the master of a large river while the other was the master of a stream of urine. The gap between them was massive. The Master of Time was probably strong enough to kill Su Yu with a sneeze.

Su Yu was catching up rapidly, but that wasn’t because Su Yu was far more talented than the Master of Time. Rather, it was because the Master of Time had reached an extreme level of strength while Su Yu was still at the start of his growth.

He hoped to see everyone grow alongside him, to further perfect his dao for him. He would only grow rapidly when everyone else was growing as well. This was something all Creators needed.

No, Culture King seemed to be an exception. It was unknown what dao he had created. As for Human Emperor, his creation had ended before he could properly complete it.

Wan Tiansheng smiled, ”That is our wish as well.”

Su Yu laughed, ”This does not apply to you. Maybe find some time to help me out with the dao of emotions within my world.”

Old Wan had not fused with his world. Thus, what he said earlier did not apply to Old Wan. However, Old Wan could still help with his dao.

Su Yu had a human dao in his world as well, but it was far weaker than the other daos. He had killed a lot of people, but very few of them were humans. As for those from Control King’s lineage, very few of them could be used to strengthen his human dao.

Wan Tiansheng said, ”That is only natural. When Your Majesty’s dao grows strong enough to sustain Masters of Laws, we River of Time cultivators can all enter your dao and give it a qualitative transformation.”

”Master of Law...”

At that thought, Su Yu looked at South Heavenly King and asked curiously, ”South Heavenly King, how are you feeling recently?”

Had South Heavenly King grown recently? Su Yu had not been paying attention. He rarely checked the cultivation of those who had fused with his world. Nobody liked having their privacy encroached upon.

Even after coming back to life, South Heavenly King was still as taciturn as ever. Every now and then, she would look at Su Yu with a motherly gaze. That was the extent of the emotion she would show. Su Yu would always be rendered speechless by that gaze of hers, but there was nothing he could say about it.

After all, he was the one who had acted pitiful and called her his martial mother when they first met. From this, one could see the importance of first impressions.

Hearing Su Yu’s question, South Heavenly King looked at Su Yu with a motherly gaze again. In her eyes, Su Yu was still the same child who was strong on the outside and tender on the inside. As far as she was concerned, Su Yu’s overbearingness and arrogance were nothing but a mask.

Su Yu was still young. He was practically a baby!

In order to protect Su Yu’s dignity, she tried to hide her motherly gaze. However, she wasn’t doing a very good job at that. Thus, some of the people there were trying very hard to not laugh. Su Yu was not the type to suffer any form of loss silently, but there was nothing he could do about this woman who would always look at him like he was her son.

With a slightly stiff smile on her face, South Heavenly King answered, ”I’m doing well. The expansion of your world is helping all of us grow rapidly as well. Of course, the expansion of the world is also making it harder for us to obtain more mastery over our daos.”

South Heavenly King continued, ”However, this is still the perfect opportunity for us to fully master our daos. I believe I will be able to gain complete mastery over my dao soon.”

Su Yu nodded, ”I have the same feeling, but I can also feel that you have yet to fully master your whip dao. Speaking of, do you have a weapon, South Heavenly King?”

Back then, South Heavenly King had picked a unique dao to fuse with. It was the whip dao, but Su Yu had never seen her use a whip before.

”I don’t need one.” South Heavenly King said, ”All weapons are external objects. The dao itself can act as the whip.”

When she first resurrected, she was a tiny bit away from full mastery. Even now, she was still stuck. Su Yu asked, ”It has been quite a while. Is something wrong? Feel free to tell me about it.”

South Heavenly King sank into silence. Seeing her reaction, Su Yu sank into doubt. Was there really a problem somewhere?

After some time, South Heavenly King said gloomily, ”Your Majesty...it hasn’t even been a month since we were resurrected.”

How long had it been? From how Su Yu was speaking, one would think that hundreds of years had passed. What did he mean when he said that it had been a while? What nonsense was that? What was that guy expecting?

Su Yu blinked before nodding, ”Oh, true. It sure feels like a long time has passed. So it hasn’t even been a month?”

Everyone was rendered speechless.

Yes. It hadn’t even been a month.

Su Yu had gone to the Upper Realm a few days after their resurrection. And shortly after, he returned from his battle in the Upper Realm to break the seal on Martial Emperor. And after he was done with that, he was back here again. How long had it been? They didn’t know what to say anymore.

Su Yu looked awkward. Why did he feel like a long time had passed? Noticing the many speechless faces before him, he said, ”I don’t have a good grasp of time right now. I only felt that I had grown massively since everyone’s resurrection, so I assumed that everyone would have grown massively as well.”

What?

Everyone’s hearts thumped. He had grown massively. What did that mean? He was already as powerful as the chaos dragon right after his creation. South Heavenly King had been resurrected not long after his creation.

In other words, Su Yu had grown far stronger than he was not long ago. His growth had been so big that he had even neglected the passage of time itself. Just how strong was he right now?

The smart ones remained shut, while the brutes started losing patience. Heavendoom hurriedly asked, ”Your Majesty, how strong are you right now? Are you strong enough to fight Hundred Battle?”

Su Yu laughed, ”Don’t you know that it is offensive to pry into someone’s strength?”

”You can’t say that, Your Majesty. You need something to give everyone here a push.”

Heavendoom laughed, ”You’re the boss here. It would be embarrassing if you’re weaker than even Boss Grand Dream, right?”

”...”

Su Yu chuckled. Noticing the many curious gazes on him, he said, ”Uhm...my strength depends on location. Inside my world, I believe I can fight anyone currently active in the Myriad Realms. I can’t guarantee victory against all of them, but I don’t fear any of them.”

Everyone was shocked to hear that.

Su Yu continued, ”Outside my world, I’m not too strong.”

After a short contemplation, he added, ”I never fought a proper Master of Law before. But I have a feeling I am good enough to fight Consort Emeritus outside, but I won’t be a match for Hundred Battle and Martial Emperor.”

Everyone was further shocked. Even that would make him as strong as a Master of Law outside his world. No wonder. No wonder his growth alone was enough to make him neglect how long it had been.