Tribulation of Myriad Races

The person behind the gate sighed and said, ”So be it. You are too domineering. It’s pointless to talk about all that.”

What a surprise. Someone who was so overbearing even when begging for help. Sure enough, an emperor was different from a regular person.

There was nothing to be gained from getting some sort of verbal victory. The ancient being said, ”As you said, you will pay a price for my power.”

Su Yu said, ”State what you want. There is no treasure I can’t get as long as it’s available in the Myriad Realms.”

”Heh.”

The ancient being laughed, ”I have no need for treasures. I only need to be remembered in the Myriad Realms. Have humanity worship me. That is enough.”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he asked, ”Willpower imprint? What a good plan. By having humanity worship you, you can build a willpower golden body through humanity before entering the Myriad Realms through your willpower imprint. Is that the plan?”

A smart one.

The old man sighed and said, ”It might not be a good idea for me to make this deal with someone too smart.”

Su Yu sneered, ”What nonsense is that? How can a fool open the Heaven Gate? Do you think I’m a fool like Martial Emperor?”

”Martial Emperor?”

The old man sank into thought. Suddenly, he laughed, ”Martial Emperor...is that the victim of Martial King?”

”How do you know that?”

Su Yu sounded surprised. The old man laughed again, ”I know a bit. Since Culture King and Martial King entered the Heaven Gate, many things are no longer secret to us. Also, over the years, there have been people sending their willpower out like what we’re doing now. We have been slowly gathering information all these years.”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered again. In other words, more people had opened the Heaven Gate over the years. The sixth human lord was one of them. But these people had clearly been keeping a low profile as they were practically unknown. Were they trying to stay in hiding before shocking the world with a single feat?

But eventually, they fell victim to the beings behind the gate. A pity.

The old man did not elaborate. He asked, ”Junior, who is your enemy? How strong is this enemy? I can see that you’re not weak.”

”Peak tier two.”

”Tier two?”

Su Yu said, ”How do you not know this when you claim to know the Myriad Realms well?”

Su Yu sneered, ”True, according to the ancient records, the people over there have a different classification for cultivation. Simply put, a tier-two is around fifteen daos.”

At that, the old man sank into silence.

After a while, he asked doubtfully, ”It is said that there are no powerhouses left in the Myriad Realms. How did you provoke an existence so powerful in the current Myriad Realms?”

An existence so powerful?

The moment Su Yu heard those words, he lost all interest. Screw this fellow. He was probably no higher than a tier-two.

Trash.

Worthless.

He lost all interest.

With a sneer, he said, ”I broke Human Emperor’s restriction. As a result, some ancient fellows crawled out from their seals. I would have conquered the Myriad Realms long ago if it weren’t for this.”

”My strength and my talent are beyond what you can imagine. But I need more time. Otherwise, a mere tier-two won’t be much to me.”

”Be honest. Can you lend me enough power to deal with someone like that?”

”You don’t seem very strong yourself...”

Su Yu shot back, ”I’m young.”

The being behind the gate felt rather gloomy. A tier-two. A peak tier-two.

Someone like that would be a truly difficult enemy, especially when a gate stood between them.

After some consideration, he said, ”I suggest that you try to avoid this opponent if possible. Let me explain. I might be very strong, stronger than even your opponent, but much of the power I send over will be lost in the process. You won’t be able to fully utilize my strength.”

”I know. Aren’t you comparable to Human Emperor?” Su Yu said, ”Someone like Human Emperor must have surpassed twenty daos. Even with half the strength lost in the transfer process, it’s still stronger than a mere Fifteenth Dao.”

For cultivators, power did not increase additively. Half the strength of a Twentieth Dao would not be the same as a Tenth Dao. Rather, it could go beyond the level of a Fifteenth Dao. Meanwhile, the person behind the gate cursed inwardly. He was only bluffing. Why was this guy taking it seriously?

Of course, someone capable of sensing these Heaven Gate projections would be no weakling. In fact, the old man was stronger than Su Yu’s guess. Instead of a tier-two, he was a tier-one. However, he was barely a tier-one.

Someone like that would be among the best of the best even behind the gate. However, Su Yu, with the strength of two or three daos, had provoked a Fifteenth Dao opponent. The gap between them was too big.

The person behind the gate would naturally not fear such an opponent. But a gate stood between them. Then again, it might be a good thing for him that Su Yu would need a lot of his power.

The more power Su Yu borrowed, the more power he could transfer into the Myriad Realms. He needed to send a sufficient amount of power into the Myriad Realms before he could do anything there. Thus, this could be an opportunity for him.

Noticing Su Yu’s disdain, the old man spoke after some consideration, ”Why don’t we give it a try? I’ll send some power over and we’ll see how much of it you can utilize. If the efficiency is too low...you can only avoid your enemy for now.”

Su Yu thought about it and agreed, ”Sure, we can do that. But don’t even think of plotting against me.”

Su Yu sneered and continued, ”I will seal my Heaven Gate projection and block your way out. Kill my enemy for me, and I’ll naturally give you the chance to send your influence over. For now, forget about that.

”I, Su Yu, have taken only a few years to rise and dominate the Myriad Realms. Don’t ever view me as a fool. By the way, that’s your name?”

Nobody was treating him as a fool.

The old man could feel that Su Yu was no pushover. Then again, this was no big deal. So long as Su Yu needed his help, no seal could block his influence from seeping through.

With a smile, the old man spoke again, ”You may call me Return (gui).”

”Turtle? (turtle = gui)”

Su Yu asked doubtfully, ”An old turtle?”

”Return.”

The old man emphasized. Instead of speaking the human language, he transmitted the impression through willpower. When Su Yu noticed that, he asked, ”Do you know the human language as well?”

”Was that the human language?”

Return smiled and said, ”Perhaps you can call it that. But in our era, we don’t call it the human language. We call it the Myriad Realms language or the Time language. I doubt I can be considered a human.”

”Language spoken by the Master of Time?”

Instantly, Su Yu understood the implication. He laughed and said, ”So the Master of Time is really a human. Or perhaps every being excluding the beast types could actually be considered human.”

”Very smart, young one.”

Su Yu sneered, ”Of course I’m smart. By the way, the last person to say something like this to me was killed by me. Stop repeating these useless words in an attempt to throw your seniority around.”

The last person to say that was Hundred Battle. Su Yu already knew he was smart. But these fellows loved speaking to him with a tone suggesting that they were superior to him. That was not something he was very keen on tolerating.

Return was left rather speechless.

How arrogant.

Unfortunately, he still needed this guy’s Heaven Gate to spread his influence into the Myriad Realms. The Heaven Gate proper would open soon. He had to secure some advantage before then. If possible, he even wanted to make his arrangements in the Myriad Realms in advance. Su Yu was his best chance or perhaps the only chance at doing that.

Therefore, he could only exercise patience.

The Heaven Gate would open soon. Perhaps the Earth and Human Gates would open soon as well. The one to first make their arrangements in the Myriad Realms would enjoy a significant advantage over the others in the future.

A tier-one was not weak. At this level of strength, he was qualified to fight for domination.

With all that in mind, the old man did not bother to argue. Shortly after, he sent a strand of power through the gate. It was the pure power of physical body dao. Su Yu hurriedly took the power into his body. After a short check, he confirmed that there was no trap. Then again, only a fool would set such an obvious trap against someone in Su Yu’s position.

After absorbing the power, Su Yu sensed a roughly ten percent boost in his strength. That was quite decent.

But next, he spoke with a displeased tone, ”Are you kidding me? This little bit of power is so weak it can’t even kill a Daofuse. Do you think this is funny or something?”

”Impossible!” The old man’s tone turned heavy as he denied, ”The power I sent over wasn’t much, but it should be enough to easily kill what you call a pseudo king.”

Su Yu sneered again, ”What joke is this? Are pseudo kings so weak during your time? A bunch of them can die to a casual punch?”

Was the efficiency truly so low? Or was Su Yu lying to him?

Next, the old man sent a larger amount of power over. Su Yu accepted everything and received yet another boost. Previously, he had gained the strength of two daos. This time, he had gained the strength of at least three daos.

Even so, he still roared furiously, ”Are you playing a joke with me? If this is all you’re capable of, piss off. I’ll seal the gate and stop using it. What nonsense is this? I’m seeking assistance against a powerful foe. I’m not asking for help to scratch an itch or something.”

”Hmm?”

The old man was greatly confused. That shouldn’t be the case!

His heavy voice rang out again, ”Wait. That was only a test on the transfer efficiency. Be patient.”

Then, he sent another wave of power over. While doing so, he said, ”You only have the strength of roughly two daos. I can’t send you too much as you won’t be able to bear it...”

Su Yu ignored the advice and took in everything, only allowing the power to reach his world after filtering it through his daos in the River of Time.

Next, Su Yu cursed with rage yet again, ”Trash!”

The old man was stunned. Was the efficiency really that low? Good heavens! How was it so low when the gate would open soon?

This was his first time getting in contact with a Heaven Gate cultivator. Prior to this, he had only heard about how it worked. He knew that back then, the waste was quite high when working through the gate. But he wasn’t sure of the exact rate.

But now, he could finally experience it for himself. It was massive. He could feel that Su Yu hadn’t even grown by much from what he sent over. This...seemed troublesome.

Su Yu’s opponent was a peak tier-two. With such a little increase in strength, he wouldn’t be of much use to Su Yu. He continued sending power over. This time, he sent about thirty percent of his strength.

That allowed Su Yu to grow considerably, barely reaching four daos.