Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu did not expect to learn so many new gossips just from an attempt to capture his past body. More importantly, he even learned about a new gossip about himself.

There was also Great Zhou King, the so-called Seventh Dao powerhouses. What did that term mean, exactly? Was it really as simple as someone with seven daos? Or was it the name of a specific cultivation level?

”There’s also Culture’s bloodline...If Nanyuan is filled with people with the same bloodline, why did that mysterious figure choose me? Could the power of luck from the future affect the past as well?”

Was his visit to the past the reason for him to receive the book? That would be impressive if true. But without the Book of Time, the current version of him wouldn’t have existed. So how, exactly, would the causality work here?

Suddenly, Su Yu asked, ”I have fused with the past body of that moment in time. Can I return and fuse with another body from a different moment in the past?”

Wan Tiansheng shook his head, ”No. The past is set. The future is limitless. You only have one chance at fusing with a past body.”

Su Yu felt quite regretful. In truth, he was more interested in the memory fragment itself. He wanted to see what Great Zhou King was doing at the moment the figure appeared. Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something and looked at South Heavenly King. South Heavenly King’s previous reaction seemed slightly abnormal.

Noticing Su Yu’s gaze, South Heavenly King explained with a slightly distressed tone, ”That person...could very well be Star. That voice...was quite familiar to me. Star isn’t actually an entity that ancient. He can be considered someone from the same era as Master of Time.”

Death Imperator wasn’t with them. Originally, Su Yu wanted to take Death Imperator with them as well, but the river rejected him. Su Yu guessed that the rejection was mostly due to the fact that Death Imperator had reclaimed his essence. He had no imprint in the river of memories, so he couldn’t traverse the river.

A pity, as Death Imperator could have determined the identity of that figure if he were here. Then again, something was still off about South Heavenly King’s reaction. Wasn’t she a fangirl of Culture King? Why did she react so strongly to Star’s voice?

”Did you have a history with Star, South Heavenly King?”

After a short silence, South Heavenly King said, ”Not really. But I can vaguely remember that Star once visited my race. He had a relationship with the celestial maiden of our race.”

Celestial maiden.

Su Yu’s eyes flickered slightly. The celestial human race. Previously, he had guessed that she came from either the celestial human race or the soul race. And sure enough, she was a member of the celestial human race. As far as Su Yu knew, celestial maiden was a title used by the celestial human race for their leader.

South Heavenly King said, ”The celestial maiden suffered a miserable end. Star was an utter scumbag. To borrow a modern term, he was a cheater.”

Was that the case? Su Yu was surprised to hear that. Was he going to learn about yet another gossip?

But from this, it was clear that South Heavenly King was quite an ancient being as well. She might have heard Star’s voice during the early primordial past or late Creation Era. Thus, she was probably someone from the same era as Death Imperator.

Su Yu had never asked her about her past. There were things he wouldn’t ask unless someone offered it voluntarily.

But now, he couldn’t resist asking, ”South Heavenly King...were you someone from the late Creation Era?”

South Heavenly King argued, ”I died young, so I’m still young.”

”...”

What? But nobody was talking about her age. He truly couldn’t understand how her brain worked. She was young because she died young?

Tsk.

Sure, sure. Whatever.

South Heavenly King said, ”That was most likely Star, but he entered the Heaven Gate a long time ago. I’m surprised that he’s not dead. Why was his purpose out here? Looking for Xing Yu? That’s probably a descendant of his, descended from one of the many lovers of that cheater.”

Su Yu was left quite speechless. Why was South Heavenly King so sore about that? Suddenly, a different possibility appeared in his mind as he asked with disbelief, ”South Heavenly King...are you...Star’s daughter?”

”Heh.” South Heavenly King sneered, ”How can that be? The celestial maiden he played around with back then was an elder of mine. I dislike him due to the miserable fate that elder suffered.”

Was that so?

Sure.

Su Yu did not ask more. That matter was inconsequential. It had been too many years.

Su Yu thought of something else and said, ”According to Star, people like Culture are most likely still alive. They are probably all behind the Heaven Gate, including Star himself. But with how strong he is, why is he not helping Culture King and Martial King?”

According to the imprint Time Sage left behind, she was near death. Her elder brother wasn’t that far off from death either. Their enemies were too powerful. The imprint did not mention any help.

But why?

Right at that moment, Great Zhou King reminded, ”Your Majesty...they might not be as strong as Culture King.”

”Hmm?”

When Su Yu blanked out, Great Zhou King smiled bitterly and said, ”Your Majesty, they are ancient and powerful. But there is no guarantee that they are actually stronger than Culture King. According to our classification back then, Culture King was a tier-one. It is likely that he has grown beyond that level after so many years.”

Why did Su Yu feel like any random person could be stronger than Culture King?

Great Zhou King added, ”Culture King and Human Emperor were the greatest after the primordial past. They were the key figures responsible for the conquest of the Myriad Realms. They suppressed the myriad races. They dominated the myriad emperors.

”With the two, humanity was able to dominate even if humanity had a much lower number of Masters of Laws compared to the total number the myriad races had. The moment one of them was gone, things changed.”

In short, Culture King was a very big deal.

Su Yu nodded. Great Zhou King continued, ”According to what we already know, it is safe to assume that Culture King and Human Emperor belong to the tier second only to the most supreme beings like Master of Death.

”As for Human Emperor’s ancestor, Star, he might not even be as strong as Human Ancestor. At the time, Human Ancestor was the leader of humanity. The rest of them were merely tribe leaders and subordinates of Human Ancestor.

”It was only mentioned in the legends that Human Ancestor was as strong as Master of Death, but who could be sure about that? In any case, people like Star were no match for him. In that case, they would be no match for Culture King as well.”

Su Yu asked with surprise, ”Are you saying that he might only be a tier one? He’s actually weaker than the current Culture King?”

”That’s my guess.”

Su Yu nodded. That was a reasonable guess. He frowned and said, ”But he could leave the Heaven Gate. He even spoke of suppressing the Heaven Gate...”

Great Zhou King resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said, ”If leaving were so easy for him, he would have left long ago. I suspect that he was only able to force a projection out by following closely behind the Book of Time. Someone like that is most certainly weaker than Master of Death.”

Su Yu thought about it and nodded. ”In other words, that guy is probably weaker than even Time Sage. Time Sage might have been the one who had blasted the Heaven Gate open, and that guy had merely taken advantage of it. Could that be the case?”

”Most likely.”

Su Yu rubbed his chin as he stared at Great Zhou King. How was Great Zhou King so certain about this?

Once again, Great Zhou King resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said, ”It’s not hard to guess. Since he called me a Seventh Dao super powerhouse...cough, uhm...his strength would be...quite ordinary. Your Majesty, do you think Culture King or Human Emperor would refer to me as a super powerhouse?”

”...”

Su Yu’s jaw dropped. Holy shit! That made so much sense! Not even Su Yu could argue against that logic.

He smiled and said, ”So he might only be a tier-one?”

Only?

Great Zhou King felt like he shouldn’t say anything here as he might end up saying the wrong thing. That was the level of Human Emperor and the strongest of human kings during the ancient past. The ones who had completed the great conquest of the Myriad Realms. Only?

Arranging his thoughts, Great Zhou King said, ”I don’t know much, but he’s unlikely to be stronger than Human Emperor. When he spoke of Human Emperor, he referred to Human Emperor as an almighty being. From that, we can conclude that he’s weaker.”

Sure.

That logic simply made too much sense.

”Therefore, he only managed to leave by borrowing the strength of Time Sage. But I believe that there wasn’t any relationship between him and Time Sage. He might have learned something from his secret observations, but he had not interacted with them before leaving. He wouldn’t have followed the Book of Time thinking it was sent to Human Emperor otherwise.”

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and continued, ”In short, these people might all be enemies.”

He watched without helping even when Time Sage was in trouble. Instead, he followed the Book of Time out the Heaven Gate. Was he really out here to seek help?

Or was he here for some other purpose? In any case, he couldn’t assume that Star was a friend. And he also shouldn’t overestimate Star’s strength.

At that moment, Su Yu stopped talking. His aura was stirring violently as his body crumbled apart repeatedly. His past body was incredibly powerful. That was a body plucked from a moment where the strength of both Star and Book of Time was gathered within Su Yu.

Just as everyone thought that Su Yu would complete the fusion, he grabbed his younger self before punching the younger self apart.

”...”

Everyone was stunned.

Ignoring everyone else, Su Yu devoured the power from the destroyed younger self. While doing so, he explained, ”There shall only be one Su Yu. Past? Future? I don’t need them. I only need my essence back. There will be some waste doing this, but it’s better than weakening considerably after losing one body.”

South Heavenly King exclaimed with shock, ”You...killed your childhood?”

That was so savage!

How cruel!

Su Yu explained, ”That’s not me. That’s not my childhood. That’s merely a manifestation of my essence.”

”You killed your childhood! You killed young Su Yu!”

But South Heavenly King was being incredibly serious as she argued. Su Yu had murdered his childhood!

How ferocious!

Su Yu was left speechless. How was that his childhood? That was a mere imprint of the past! It was the same as tearing a photo of himself. Would he be killing himself by tearing a photo of himself?

What logic was she using here? He only did it because he did not want to see a young version of himself coming out to help him in fights. That would be so dull.

In any case, he wasn’t doing this to gain two additional lives. He did not need that. He only wanted his essence back. He said, ”If I fuse with body instead of smashing it apart, my bodies will have to share my strength. I’ll only be strong so long as my three bodies are together. This is a glaring weakness. Thus, the smart thing to do is to either not do this or smash your past and future bodies at the moment of fusion. Take in only the power, not the bodies.”

South Heavenly King understood what he was saying as well, but she still couldn’t resist arguing, ”That was too cruel. That was a child. He didn’t even have his mother around anymore. How could you kill him?”

”That was me.” Su Yu said, ”Stop this nonsense, South Heavenly King. That was me!”

He was the pitiful one here, not that copy of his past. What was this?

South Heavenly King thought about it and nodded in agreement, ”You were very adorable as a child. Why don’t...you return to your younger appearance when you’re not in public? That’s so much more adorable.”

Screw that!

Su Yu was left speechless. He swore he would have given her a beating if she was actually a guy. What nonsense was she saying here?