Tribulation of Myriad Races

Human Emperor’s feelings were complicated.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was exhaling with relief. He had done all he should and could. He had paved the way forward. Human Emperor would be free to choose between dying and living. Su Yu did not envy someone like Human Emperor, but he admired someone like that.

That would never change so long as Su Yu was still a human. Just imagine someone at that level having his very dao something like responsibility toward humanity. That was a supreme powerhouse. A godlike figure.

At the same time, Su Yu was also terrified. He was scared that Human Emperor would choose to fuse that responsibility dao into his world. He most certainly didn’t want to become someone like Human Emperor.

Done with compressing Human Emperor’s world, Su Yu assumed the lotus position and started floating in his world. It was time for him to focus on digesting his recent gains.

The collapsed daos of all those dead Masters of Laws had been taken into his world. Additionally, Great Zhou King and Nether Pseudo Emperor had also infused their dao power into his world. Even Human Emperor’s physical body had been infused with his world.

Additionally, he had also extracted a large amount of dao power from Human Emperor’s world. There was also Martial Emperor’s fusion.

In short, Su Yu had gained massively recently, but he hadn’t gotten the chance to properly digest everything. Right, there was also a nice tier-one nurturing his world full time for him.

Since he had a little bit of time in the Myriad Realms, he wanted to take this chance to digest everything. It wasn’t a waste of time to sharpen the blade before cutting the firewood. Everything else could be put aside for now.

His world started expanding again. Sensing the changes, those inside the world left their seclusion. They saw Su Yu. They weren’t surprised by his sudden return. As far as they were concerned, Su Yu had always been incredibly efficient. He must have won another battle. That was why he was back.

Due to Su Yu’s young age, there was no way he would be willing to slow down his pace. One could say that he had not stopped rushing ahead from the day he joined the academy. He had been fighting, and fighting, and fighting endlessly. He was a powerhouse who had grown from conflict in the truest sense.

Everyone knew that this return of Su Yu was merely for the sake of better defeating his enemies in the future. Thus, nobody dared to interrupt him, even when they had many things to tell him. For example, they wished to tell him about the scandal between Great Zhou King and Lan Tian.

***

Su Yu was still unaware that there was such a scandal. Otherwise, he would most certainly make time to hear about it. As he digested his recent gains, the various daos in his world started growing stronger.

A book appeared before Su Yu.

Mark of Civilization.

At the moment, it was without a cover. The cover had been returned to Human Emperor. This was how Su Yu was. Even the tiniest bit of favor shown to him would be repaid a hundredfold.

Back when he was weak, the dao painting had given him a significant amount of help. Now that Human Emperor was in need of it, Su Yu had returned it unhesitatingly. He would return what he should.

It didn’t matter that his book was without a cover now. He still had a different treasure he could use as the cover. The cover of Book of Time.

The entire Book of Time had been fused by Su Yu, but the cover remained. The cover with Cook Book written on it. That was a powerful treasure as well. Since Time Sage was trapped and unable to use it for now, Su Yu should put it to good use.

Instantly, the cover was attached to Su Yu’s Mark of Civilization. Domain, eternity, culture, and radiance reappeared on the cover, coming together as Cosmos Civilization. The book started flipping as each page started growing stronger.

Numerous images and characters could be seen on each page. For example, the page for the physical body dao showed the image of Martial Emperor. This was one of Su Yu’s way to control the various daos in his world.

Prior to this, some human cultivators cultivated the physical body dao in Su Yu’s world. However, there was no Master of Law. With the appearance of Martial Emperor, the dao was pushed to the second tier, strengthening the other cultivators as well.

The book continued flipping. The gap between the different pages was actually quite big. The stronger ones had reached the second tier. Meanwhile, some of the weaker ones were still stuck as Eternals.

”The gap between the different daos is too big.”

The best state would be a balance between all the daos. If all three thousand of his daos could reach the second tier, he would grow incomparably powerful. He couldn’t even imagine how strong he would be at that time.

No, not even that. Even if all the daos could only grow enough to reach the level of Masters of Laws, that would push Su Yu far beyond the Master of Death.

”That won’t be easy.”

Su Yu shook his head. At the moment, his world was only powerful enough to support thirty or so Masters of Laws. Meanwhile, the River of Time could support countless Masters of Laws. That was true strength.

A certain spot within Su Yu’s world rippled with power. When Su Yu looked over, he smiled. That was the point of connection between his world and Return. At the moment, Return was sneakily paving the way for him to enter the Myriad Realms.

Of course, it was still too early for that. However, as long as he could continue maintaining his power here, it would only be a matter of time before he could emerge here.

With a wave of Su Yu’s hand, the area around that point of connection changed. It had seemingly transformed into the Myriad Realms. Even a miniature Sea of Stars could be seen. Numerous life forms started appearing as well.

It was far too easy for him to create a believable illusion within his world. Return wouldn’t be able to see much, as he was only able to send a limited amount of willpower over.

***

At the same time.

Behind the Heaven Gate.

Return was panting in exhaustion, but at the same time, he was greatly exhausted. He had been pouring all his strength over. It was exhausting, but it also felt great. He could vaguely sense that he had finally formed a weak brand in the Myriad Realms.

And then, an unfamiliar world appeared in his vision. He was finally laying eyes on the Myriad Realms through the Heaven Gate. The Sea of Stars entered his vision.

”Myriad Realms!”

Return’s eyes gleamed as he stared at the sight of the Myriad Realms with excitement, ”I did it! I left my brand there! It’s still not enough for me to cross over. More...a tiny bit more...”

The brand was still too shallow to support his arrival. Sure, he could already send a willpower body over, but that was pointless. He aimed to descend upon the Myriad Realms fully and gain the initiative before the opening of the three gates.

As a Sixteenth Dao powerhouse, he was by no means a weakling even inside the Heaven Gate. However, he was also nowhere at the top. The top was occupied by the likes of Master of Death.

Return had no plans to do anything against those people for now. He only knew that this was big for him. Su Yu was too arrogant. He was allowed to freely send his power into the Myriad Realms. This was probably the most arrogant Heaven Gate cultivator to ever exist.

That was the Myriad Realms. Who wouldn’t want to return?

To return. To become the sole era.

”There seems to be a Fifteenth Dao powerhouse there, the same one who is Su Yu’s enemy. That fellow is the reason for me to gain this opportunity, but that might also be the obstruction for my other plans.

”There are also Xing Yu and the others. I think they went upstream back then, but I don’t know when they will return. I can’t afford to waste my time.”

Numerous thoughts emerged in Return’s mind. He was so fortunate compared to the one who had connected with the sixth human lord. That person had spent years sending his power over, but not even a tenth of his strength was sent. Toward the end, he could only send his willpower over instead of his body.

This had been very exhausting for Return, but he had successfully left his brand in the Myriad Realms in such a short time. This actually felt great.

”There is a Fifteenth Dao powerhouse there. Xing Yu’s restriction has been broken, so some new Masters of Laws must have emerged. Su Yu is weaker than his enemy, but his enemy can’t kill him either. This must mean that Su Yu has some Masters of Laws under him as well...”

Return started wondering if he should get some helpers for this. He would be the one to cross over through his brand personally, but the others could still send their willpower over. That would be enough to provide a considerable level of support toward him. But should he recruit some people for this?

The first order of business after entering the Myriad Realms was to take control over the place. Only then could he slowly put his other plans in place. After all, there was a bunch of powerhouses upstream. Xing Yu was someone even Return greatly feared.

He had never met Human Emperor before, but he knew very well just how strong Culture King was. In fact, Culture King was strong enough to become one of the overlords of this world within Heaven Gate if it weren’t for the fact that his opponent was simply too strong.

”But if I wish to recruit help, I also need Su Yu’s cooperation to leave at least a tiny bit of their brands in the Myriad Realms. But Su Yu isn’t stupid. He will grow suspicious the moment I make that request.”

Su Yu was a leader of people as well. Someone like him couldn’t be fooled so easily. After some thought, Return decided to still give it a try. After all, he urgently needed this. He was not alone. Many urgently needed the opportunity to enter the Myriad Realms in advance.

For example, the chaos beasts inside the Hell Gate wished dearly to enter the Myriad Realms earlier instead of waiting for the gate to open naturally. Why? Because there were stronger beings within these gates.

Entering the Myriad Realms at the same time as these beings would reduce them all into minor players. They would no longer have the ability to compete over the opportunity in the Myriad Realms. But if they could enter the Myriad Realms first, they could try to snatch the opportunity in advance.

And thus, Return reached a decision.

***

”Su Yu!”

Su Yu, who was in the middle of cultivation, opened his eyes. Then, his projection appeared beside the Heaven Gate projection. He had a crown on his head and a luxurious golden robe draped over his body, looking incomparably overbearing.

”Yes?” Su Yu said coldly, ”Don’t tell me that you’re at your limit. My enemy is looking for me everywhere. If you really can’t do it anymore, tell me in advance. Don’t screw me over in the middle of a battle as that will ruin your own plan as well.

”You have been leaving your brand out here, but I have not bothered to stop you. This is a form of encouragement for your continued support. The moment you stop being useful, I’ll naturally remove your brand from this world.”

Return was alarmed. Sure enough, this was no pushover.

He knew all along! Then again, this shouldn’t be surprising. Su Yu wouldn’t have attempted to connect with someone inside the gate without any understanding about how it worked.

Return laughed and said, ”Su Yu, both of us are benefiting from each other. We’re friends. There is no need to be this stern. The best form of cooperation is one where both sides will benefit.

”However, it is true that I’m near my limit. Blame the Heaven Gate for the incredibly low efficiency. Less than a tenth of my power survives the transmission through the gate.”

”What do you want?” Su Yu said, ”Go straight to the point. I’ll accept if it’s acceptable. Don’t bother to entice me with some sweet words. I would have died long ago if I were the type to fall for some sweet words.”