hapter 1767: Double Daofuse (1)
Unification of humanity.
Everyone could see that humanity had finally been unified. This was true unification. There were no elders or seniors nagging the leader, telling the leader what to do. There were no fellow humans dragging the leader back. The Invincibles had submitted. Even the Daofuse had bowed.
Compared to the previous nine human lords, Su Yu was special. He was different. He was not a human lord picked by the existing human rulers. Rather, he had killed his way to the top one step at a time. He killed to the point where even Great Zhou King and Great Qin King felt compelled to pull him back to the embrace of humanity.
He had not received the guidance of old fossils. He had relied only on his fortuitous encounters, courage, and wisdom to gain power. He had grown outside of humanity before returning to rule humanity.
He had constantly suppressed and awed the Invincibles, who were his seniors and highly respected among humanity. So thorough was his suppression that they had no choice but to bow.
That was because the forces under his control were already stronger than the entire humanity. He swept through the myriad races. He defeated the death spirits. He dominated both the living and the dead. By supporting and strengthening those supportive of him, he further solidified his power base, to the point that nobody could hope to go against him anymore.
In the valley, Su Yu looked up at the sky. A new character had taken form in his sea of willpower.
"Emperor."
The dao of emperor. Beyond the skies, the power of luck roiled, as though a colossal dragon was roaring. The moment that character took form, the aura of an emperor rippled out of his body, his presence turning increasingly domineering.
Even the River of Time trembled at its appearance. Furthermore, an indistinct dao, one that was gigantic, became vaguely visible to Su Yu far away. It felt as though that dao was waiting for him.
Was this the Human Emperor's dao?
Perhaps.
Perhaps at the very end of that river, the Human Emperor had opened a massive dao. And perhaps Su Yu was starting to touch upon that dao. When his emperor character grew strong enough, it might be able to lead him there.
But it was clearly still not good enough for now. The character was still too weak to lead him there. He was also not strong enough to go that far.
This was Su Yu's forty-sixth character. He was in no rush. He was accumulating characters rapidly. It had only been a few days, but he had formed more than ten new characters. The moment the emperor character appeared, the various Invincibles only felt the pressure Su Yu projected grow heavier.
Su Yu did not remark on his new character. Instead, he sent numerous carrier treasures flying as he said, "Heavenly Forge King, I hereby order you to forge a set of formation base and hand it to Great Ming King. Forge a set of talismans and hand it to Principal Niu. Forge an abacus and hand it to Marquis Xia. Forge a whip and hand it to Prefect Zhu. Forge a pair of gloves and hand them to Nan Wujiang. Forge a dagger and hand it to Yun Chen. Forge..."
Heavenly Forge King was smiling from ear to ear. Forging so many weapons? All those carrier treasures serving as his forging materials?
Alas, his smile vanished soon after as Su Yu coldly said, "Complete everything within three months. The weapons must be no weaker than the middle heaven-grade. High heaven-grade is preferable. You will be rewarded for each peak heaven-grade weapon forged."
"..."
Three months!
Su Yu had ordered the forging of more than ten weapons, with a deadline of three months. Heavenly Forge King's face turned unsightly.
Fuck this!
These were heaven weapons! Not earth weapons! More than ten of them, and each must be no weaker than a middle heaven weapon! In short, he had to complete one every five days or so. Was this supposed to be a joke? He felt like he would die from sheer exhaustion.
Su Yu continued, "Gather all weaponsmiths of humanity. They can help with odd jobs or the processing of the materials. All human weaponsmiths will be under your command for three months. All prefectures are to cooperate in this matter and conscript the service of all weaponsmiths.
"Nobody is allowed to refuse the conscription. Refusal will be punished with death. The Weaponsmithing Department will be established. Zhao Tianbing will serve as the deputy, and Zhao Li will serve as the inspector general. I want to see all this done within three months. Additionally, all Eternals are to register themselves with their specialties. Those who have contributed will be rewarded, and those who have not contributed will not be rewarded.
"Any questions, Heavenly Forge?"
What question could Heavenly Forge King have when Su Yu was saying that refusal would be met with death? With all human weaponsmiths conscripted to help him, it wouldn't be an issue for him to finish this task. He simply couldn't resist this task, especially when he saw the pile of carrier treasures before him. There were at least a thousand of them.
Su Yu continued, "Silk Destroying and Xia Longwu are to start more wars. I want to see our Sunmoons deployed to the battlefield. All prefects are to be on standby for war as well. They are all Sunmoons. Through battles, they will temper themselves and strive to reach the Daomeld Realm as soon as possible. All generals below the Eternal Realm are to be on standby for war as well. No prefecture is allowed to stand in the way of our mobilization."
One order after another was given. Of the forty-three human Eternals, fewer than twenty were given the opportunity to switch to the Weapon Fusion Method.
As for the others, he said nothing about them. He already made things clear. Those who had contributed would be rewarded. Those who had not contributed would naturally not be rewarded.
Su Yu surveyed the crowd before him and solemnly said, "Now, I have a task requiring the assistance of Eternals. This is a great opportunity for you to make massive contributions. By completing this task, I will assist you with the switching of daos or recovery of your tri-life bodies."
At that, numerous eyes lit up. What task was it?
As for the Eternals that had already been rewarded, they were both envious and helpless about it. After all, these were the people who had supported Su Yu earlier, and some were simply from the multiple character faction.
What was the point of envying these people?
"Guarding the death tunnels." Su Yu said, "The Death Realm has been pacified. The death sovereigns are now under my command, and their armies have withdrawn from the tunnels. However, I still need people guarding the tunnels to prevent any new death spirits from escaping undetected.
"The task is simple, but it's not without risks. I don't know the petrification method. Without this method, the erosion of death qi will be much more damaging. A low-degree Eternal will probably last around ten years. A middle-degree Eternal can probably last around thirty to fifty years.
"However, I aim to conquer the Myriad Realms within ten years. If you survive until then, you will all be rewarded. At the minimum, you will be appointed a titled general. While guarding the tunnels, you will also receive all the benefits the Eternals in active war are receiving."
"..."
The Eternals looked at each other, their expressions turning solemn.
Guarding the death tunnels.
This was no easy task. Ten years. But what if Su Yu were to die in that time? While most were still considering the task, Zhou Polong sighed and said, "I am willing to go."
Su Yu disliked him. He knew this very well. Clearly, Su Yu had not forgotten the suppression the multiple character faction had suffered over the years. As such, he disliked the entire Zhou Family. He did not care about their prestige and strength. What was the big deal about being a Zhou?
Even Great Zhou King was already bowing before him. Zhou Polong was aware that most of these Eternals wouldn't be quite willing to accept this task. It was simply too risky. But he also knew that at the moment, Su Yu required volunteers. He knew what Su Yu was thinking. Su Yu wanted to free the top-tier combatants under him from this burdensome duty.
Looking at his so-called cousin, Zhou Potian said, "Zhou Potian is willing to go."
Two Invincibles from the Zhou Family had volunteered. They would free two top-tier combatants from the ancient cities.
Su Yu scanned the crowd indifferently and asked, "Anyone else?"
"Great Liang is willing to go."
"Liu Wushen of Great Han is willing to go."
One Invincible after another stepped forth. Through this act, they would free the top-tier combatants. Realizing that, some of the weaker founding kings volunteered as well. At the same time, some of the weaker new Invincibles volunteered for the task as well. Through this duty, they would buy more opportunities for their prefectures.
Before long, fourteen Invincibles had volunteered. However, there were thirty-five guardians waiting to be liberated. Clearly, fourteen was far from enough.
Nevertheless, this was a satisfying result for him. He smiled and said, "In that case, I'll be troubling all of you. This is a difficult task, but you stand to gain a lot from it. You will understand in the future.
"Each of the fourteen Eternals heading out for this task will receive a suitable weapon for the Weapon Fusion Method. With these weapons, you will rebuild these ancient cities and become the guardians of these tunnels. The original ancient cities are all weapons of the existing guardians.
"Heavenly Forge alone is probably insufficient to complete so many weapons in time. But the guardians have experience in this. I will gather the guardians and solicit their help with the forging of your new weapons. We shall suppress the dead."
"We thank Emperor Yu."
All fourteen of them were quite happy to hear that. With this, they would first receive a powerful heaven weapon each before starting their task. Since these weapons were meant for the Weapon Fusion Method, it clearly signified that Su Yu would also help them complete the switching of their daos first. This was not a bad deal for them.
Not far away, Heavenly Forge King exhaled in relief. Fortunately, he was not required to forge all these weapons alone. The workload was simply too heavy to be completed by him, even with the assistance of all weaponsmiths humanity could muster.
Su Yu said, "As for the other guardians, I will gather some Eternals from our myriad race allies to fill the number. Thirty-five guardians will be released, and thirty-five new guardians will be appointed. I hope everyone can give their all to this task."
"Understood."
Everyone answered.
With this, almost all the human Invincibles had been given their own tasks.
Su Yu said, "Great Qin King and Great Xia King, come with me."
He would first allow them to fuse with the heavenly desolate beast's corpse before letting them fuse with the dao. This required time. When he was done with this, he would take a few more Eternals to the River of Time. After that, he would need to set off to the Five Elemental Realm.
He needed to both secure their allegiance and gather some Eternals from their race to replace the guardians. He still needed twenty-one. The hou race did not have too many Invincibles. The iron devourer race had a decent number, but he couldn't take too many from them lest the enemies notice what he was doing.
He intended to gather ten Eternals from the hou and iron devourer races. As for the remaining eleven, he intended to gather them from the five elemental race.
The five elemental race did not have too many top-tier experts, but they had a healthy number of low and middle-degree Eternals. They lacked a Daofuse, but providing more than ten Eternals was feasible for this race. After all, each elemental race had multiple public Eternals. And this was excluding their hidden Eternals. In fact, they could probably provide him with even twenty Eternals.
Through this, Su Yu would swap all the top-tier combatants with weaker combatants. He didn't even need to worry too much about the loyalty of these new guardians. Once they accepted the task, they would have no choice but to carry it out. The heavenly laws were sufficient to restrict these people.
By taking all these Eternals to the River of Time, he could also take the chance to comprehend more techniques and characters
hapter 1768: Double Daofuse (2)
Before long, Su Yu walked through the waterfall with Great Xia King and Great Qin King. The white dog did not come over to greet them. He merely watched from the entrance of the residence. The two gasped in shock upon seeing the distant white dog.
A super expert!
The reading sounds coming from the residence shocked them greatly as well. They recognized the voice and the auras inside the residence. The two super experts who had participated in the previous battle were here as well.
Noticing Great Qin King's gaze on him, Su Yu smiled and introduced, "That's Fat Ball, Culture King's dog. He doesn't like unknown individuals. We will stay here. You won't mind our simple surroundings, right?"
What was there to mind? There was only a hill here. Nothing else.
Great Qin King asked, "Should we greet them?"
"That won't be necessary." Su Yu said, "Both of you are physical dao cultivators."
Great Xia King argued, "I am a saber dao cultivator! The blade of Xia is known throughout the Myriad Realms!"
How was he a physical dao cultivator! Bullshit! He refused to admit that. Great Qin King wanted to argue that he was a spear dao cultivator, but recalling his recent experience, he stopped. It was pointless to argue about that.
Su Yu said, "The physical body dao is a very good dao. In fact, it's very powerful. As far as I can see, this is the number two dao in the Myriad Realms."
"Number two?"
"Yes. The death spirit dao is the number one dao. Of course, don't even think about cultivating that dao."
Su Yu explained, "But the physical body dao is greatly damaged. I also suspect that Hundred Battle King is not dead. Rather, he has been suppressed and sealed somewhere. Or perhaps he has betrayed humanity and escaped. He has monopolized the dao, making it incredibly difficult for anyone else to progress far on it."
"Betrayal?" Great Xia King frowned and said, "I doubt so. We don't know much, but we know that he's boundlessly bold and powerful. It is believable that he has been sealed or even dead. But betrayal...that's too unlikely."
The betrayal of the ninth human lord?
Great Xia King found it hard to believe.
Great Qin King offered his thoughts, "It is pointless to speculate about this. Old Zhou is probably quite close to Hundred Battle King. If we speak of this outside, it might lead to an unwanted effect. But if you ask me, I believe he's either dead or sealed."
Su Yu laughed and said, "Sure. I won't speculate. In truth, I am also more inclined to believe that he's either dead or sealed. Anyway, forget about him for now. In any case, there is no future with the physical body dao before it is repaired.
"I intend to have both of you switch your dao. Your new dao is also a physical body dao, but it's not a human dao."
Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, "To do so, you need to change your body and transform into an ancient beast."
He looked at the two and earnestly said, "I won't let any random person cultivate this dao. It is too powerful. Someone talented enough can easily become a Master of Law, reaching the level of an ancient human king. It is too risky to let someone I can't fully trust pursue a dao like this."
Great Qin King laughed and asked, "Changing my body?"
"Yes!"
"No problem."
Great Qin King did not seem to mind. Beside him, Great Xia King replied indifferently as well, "Let's do it. What's the big deal? A body is not too important. Back then, some of the character cultivators even considered abandoning their bodies and switching their bloodlines. We considered such an option before as well since humanity has failed to produce a Daofuse even after so long."
Great Xia King explained, "Back then, we even considered stealing the bloodlines of the immortals, divines, and devils to try switching our bloodlines in secret. However, the regular bloodlines of those races failed to catch our eyes. Su Yu...cough, Emperor Yu, I believe you're familiar with the Transformation Faculty of Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. Lan Tian was one of the core researchers there, but eventually, he lost himself in his research."
He said, "If you can promise that there is a high hope for us to become Daofuses and grow stronger than we are, this won't be an issue."
He added, "But you need to give us a guarantee. Upon unifying the Myriad Realms, you need to make it clear that we are not mixblood. We are humans. We have simply switched our bloodlines for humanity. This must be recorded in the history books of humanity."
Great Xia King laughed and said, "We don't want a future where, upon fighting hard to unify the Myriad Realms, some fools appear to call us outsiders due to our bloodline."
Su Yu was surprised. He had not expected the two to be so open to this idea. In truth, this wasn't an option he could accept for himself. He had been wondering about how he should persuade the two. But surprisingly, the two had agreed easily.
Su Yu said, "This is a big sacrifice for the two of you. I promise to record this into the very laws upon reaching a level where I can modify the laws. The laws shall bear witness for all descendants of the Qin and Xia bloodlines."
Great Qin King said, "No, there is no need to go that far. It's not like we don't already have descendants. They are all regular humans. As for the two of us, can we still give birth at our age?"
They did not need to worry about the reputation of their descendants. They were only worried about their own reputations.
Su Yu chuckled and said, "You never know. Maybe after a few hundred or thousand years, you will encounter someone who can make your heart flutter again."
"..."
Great Qin King said, "Maybe this will happen to Old Xia, but not me."
Great Xia King sneered and said, "Why are you denying this? You're talking like you can't fall for anyone. Did your two sons grow from the ground? Did I give birth to them for you?"
"What did you just say?"
"What about it?"
"..."
Were they...starting a fight here?
Su Yu was rendered speechless.
He interrupted them and said, "Since both of you are agreeable, we shall talk about this more in the future."
He took the corpse of the heavenly desolate beast out. It was a tiny corpse, but the moment the seal on it was removed, a boundlessly powerful aura surged out of it, warping even the space around it. Then, a colossal beast manifested in the sky.
Great Xia King, Great Qin King, and even Su Yu took several steps back in shock.
Too powerful.
Even dead, this beast was still able to emanate such a powerful aura with a mere remnant will.
Just then, the white dog barked at the sky. The spreading aura of the beast was stopped before it could reach the flowers and plants around the residence. Then, the white dog complained, "Su Yu, don't release this thing without informing me in advance. You nearly ruined my flowers!"
Great Xia King and Great Qin King had to utilize all their strength to resist the pressure of the colossal beast. Seeing how easily the white dog had removed the pressure of the beast, both were greatly shocked.
What a powerful dog!
Even Su Yu was feeling oppressed by the beast. Hearing the white dog's words, he smiled and said, "I understand. I did not expect its pressure to be so strong."
Looking up at the beast in the sky, he inhaled in shock.
"This is a Master of Law. How incredible. Even dead, even as a mere corpse, it far surpasses ninth-degree Eternals."
Su Yu was greatly shocked. A Master of Law was far stronger than he had imagined. Then again, this was understandable. The heavenly desolate beast wasn't a weakling even during the ancient past. Culture King wouldn't have needed to personally slay a weakling.
Excluding Human Emperor, Culture King was the strongest being of the ancient past. It signified that this beast was too formidable for even the other human kings to handle. Previously, Martial Emperor had claimed that thirty or even fifty Daofuses were needed to stand a chance against him. Even so, they might fail to kill him.
In that case, how powerful was this beast at its peak? Thirty or fifty Daofuses...what a terrifying thought. There wasn't even any guarantee that fifty Daofuses would be enough for an opponent of this level.
For Su Yu, even someone like East Heavenly King was already excessively strong. That was someone capable of fighting five or six Daofuses at once.
Great Qin King inhaled nervously and said, "Is this a dead Master of Law? In that case, just how strong would a living Master of Law be? A being like this could probably defeat us easily while alive. The ancient past...was truly a terrifying era. How did such a terrifyingly powerful era collapse?"
This was also his first time witnessing just how powerful a Master of Law could be. This was a mere corpse. Yet it could suppress him to the point of suffocation.
Great Qin King continued, "According to the rumors, Hundred Battle King was powerful enough to rival the ancient human kings. Was he at this level as well?"
Su Yu laughed and said, "He was probably weaker. Hundred Battle King pursued the physical body dao. Becoming a Master of Law through that dao was no longer possible even during his time. I believe...he was at the level of the four heavenly kings...no, perhaps slightly stronger. It is said that he could fight ten-odd Daofuses at once. East Heavenly King struggled to handle five. "
The distant white dog heard their conversation. He chimed in, "Rivaling the ancient human kings with the physical body dao...in that case, he was probably the same as the weakest human kings. Someone like that could not be a true Master of Law. But being able to fight ten-odd Daofuses at once is impressive enough. He was probably stronger than the death spirit heavenly kings."
Su Yu asked, "How many Daofuses could Culture King fight?"
The white dog answered matter-of-factly, "Numbers would not matter. Master could kill a swarm of them with each wave of his hand. Why bother counting?"
"..."
Fine. Fine.
Let's just pretend he hadn't asked that question.
The white dog continued, "Master was the strongest among the ancient human kings. He alone could handle numerous human kings. Master could easily give the Pseudo Emperors of the immortals and devils the beating of their lives. And these Pseudo Emperors were stronger than regular human kings. Regular human kings were stronger than physical body dao human kings. Physical body dao human kings could fight numerous Daofuses each. Therefore, Daofuses were bugs for Master."
Great Qin King and Great Xia King felt like they were listening to a fairy tale. How did such a powerful era collapse? It was truly regrettable that they couldn't witness such an era firsthand.
Great Xia King couldn't resist asking, "Senior, was my ancestor, Battle King, strong?"
"Battle King?" The white dog answered, "He was quite strong. He was probably among the strongest after the Four Cardinal Human Kings. My master was the strongest of the four while Martial King ranked second. The other two were quite strong as well. Each was stronger than a regular Pseudo Emperor. Battle King and those with similar strength were stronger than regular assembly members."
Great Xia King nodded. Not bad at all. It would seem like his ancestor was a respectable person in the ancient past, after all.
But out of nowhere, the white dog added, "Battle King...I know a secret of his. He had an ugly face. Even Little Master complained about her ugly face. Master told him the same. Ultimately, he took numerous beauties as his dao companions, aiming to produce beautiful descendants. Are you one of these descendants?"
"..."
Great Xia King decided to ignore that question. He told himself that he never liked to engage in gossip.
The white dog continued, "But you have an ordinary face. I suppose you're not a descendant of the beautiful dao companions he had gathered toward the end. Battle King's dao companions only grew more beautiful as time passed. The newer they were, the more beautiful they were. You must be a descendant produced from one of the ten earliest dao companions."
"..."
Su Yu and Great Qin King stared at Great Xia King with odd expressions. On the other hand, Great Xia King had an ugly expression. Even the eternally strict Great Qin King felt like laughing. He had to exert great effort to suppress his desire to laugh.
Suppress! Suppress!
How surprising. Before doing anything else, he had learned of such an ancient gossip here.
How...comedic.
Su Yu was left quite speechless as well. He said, "Martial King got himself a bunch of dao wives. Battle King did the same. I heard the Sea of Stars was a product of Radiant King's romance as well. The ancient past...sigh. Sure enough, those with dao companions were all the weaker kings."
"..."
The two stared at Su Yu silently. Why did it feel like he was insulting both of them as well? But they decided to forget this matter. What did a kid like this know about romance
Double Daofuse (3) (Teaser)
Su Yu did not say too much. For him, gossip was meant to be remembered. And he knew quite a lot. For example, the love story of Lan Tian and Silk Destroying King. For example, the ugly Battle King. For example, Battle King's descendant, the number one pretty boy, Great Xia King. For example, Martial King and his countless wives. For example, Control King was a traitor. For example, Culture King had a psychopathic younger sister.
Had he leaked any of them?
Nope.
Oh right, he also knew about Martial Emperor's buttocks being used as a garden. That was quite a big gossip as well.
Fortunately, he was not the type to spread gossip.
Right, right, there was also the gossip about the Qin Family. However, Qin Zhen had leaked it himself. A story between him and immortal fairies.
As Su Yu recalled all that, he had the urge to write a book in the future. A book collecting the gossip of the various eras. History must be remembered, right? Thus, he decided to preserve these gossips in a way that only the top experts in existence could see them. These shall be the secret gossips of the world.
While thinking about all that, he drew his saber and got to work. He stabbed it at the gigantic beast in the air. He was pushed one step back after leaving only a tiny hole in the corpse. In mere moments, the hole had repaired itself.
He gasped and said, "Wasn't the skin of this beast removed?"
Even dead and without its skin, the body was still unbelievably powerful. What if this beast were still alive? Su Yu would probably fail to leave even a mark on it with his saber. The gap between them was incredibly big.
The current Su Yu was still weaker than Daofuses, but he was definitely far stronger than regular ninth-degree Eternals.
Great Qin...
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