Chapter 131 - 131

Chapter 1637: Book And Pen (1)

Heavenly Seal King, with his pure bloodline, was the actual traitor.

That was Great Zhou King's judgment.

Su Yu did not bother to argue as there was no proof. When he looked at Silk Destroying King, who was sulking to the side, he said, "Senior Silk Destroying King, were you not the one in contact with the Divine Skywing Sect master?"

"Huh? Of course not." Silk Destroying King rolled his eyes and said, "Why would I want to get in contact with him?"

Su Yu said, "In that case, the current traitor definitely knows about you. The traitor was the one who had gotten in contact with the Divine Skywing Sect master. The dead traitor must have told the new traitor everything about you. That was the only reason for the new traitor to reveal his fake bloodline symbol for no reason."

Great Zhou King nodded in agreement.

Su Yu continued, "Back then, they met at the Starfall Mountain. Great Zhou King, do you think we can find any proof there?"

Starfall Mountain.

Great Zhou King asked, "Are you going to continue investigating?"

Su Yu said, "Yes. I don't want to accuse anyone wrongly. Great Zhou King, something is wrong with you. You insisted on investigating things when Silk Destroying King was the suspect, but now that Heavenly Seal King is the suspect, you only want to kill him. Your bias is too obvious. Do you happen to have a quarrel with Heavenly Seal King?"

Great Zhou King thought about it and said, "Perhaps it's my intuition. At times, I trust my intuition more than anything. As an expert yourself, you should understand that a crisis can be sensed."

Su Yu chuckled and said, "One more question. Who took the Xiyuan ruin? Wasn't that Control King's territory during the ancient past?"

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"Me."

Silk Destroying King answered gloomily.

Su Yu frowned, "You?"

"Yes. Me." Silk Destroying King said, "Didn't you see it earlier?"

"I thought that was a random ruin. So that was the Xiyuan ruin? It did not look like anything special."

"Was it supposed to be special?" Silk Destroying King said, "Apart from two carrier treasures, it had nothing. Well, it did have quite a lot of heavenly source qi as well."

Great Zhou King laughed and said, "Since the traitor had arranged a fake identity for you, the Xiyuan ruin must be prepared for your taking as well, right? That would be the only logical path to take. You must have discovered that ruin through your bloodline, right?"

"Yes." Silk Destroying King nodded and said, "I never suspected this before...but now...I am starting to suspect that someone was there before me."

Su Yu asked, "What about Heavenly Seal King?"

"Him?" Great Zhou King said, "He affirmed his dao in the Allheaven Battlefield."

Su Yu was surprised. He asked, "He did it himself? But why is he still at the fourth degree?"

Someone achieving dao affirmation at the Allheaven Battlefield should have reached the third degree during the breakthrough.

Silk Destroying King said, "It hasn't been long since his dao affirmation, so he hasn't grown much since then. Also, he cultivates the power of sealing. That's an extremely difficult path. He's very good at sealing."

Great Zhou King said, "Yes. He's very good at sealing. You need to understand that this path is a lot more harder to walk. His physical cultivation, on the other hand, is quite ordinary. His characters are very impressive."

Su Yu nodded pensively. It was common knowledge that characters wouldn't surpass the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm. But the truth was that characters could continue growing, eventually turning into laws, directly elevating one beyond the Daofuse Realm. Thus, it was incredibly hard to properly measure the strength of one's characters.

If Heavenly Seal King was really the true Control King descendant with the full legacy from the ancient past, he must be aware that the Three Body Method was trash. He must also be aware that characters could grow into laws. In that scenario, he would probably focus on characters instead of his body.

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At that thought, Su Yu said, "He must have an extremely powerful character. That character might have even fused partly with a law or two. If Heavenly Seal King has one such character, then there will be no doubt that he is the traitor. In that case, his sealing power must have been a legacy of the Control King. After all, that was Control King's path."

Great Zhou King nodded.

That was true.

A bloodline was something that would be generated automatically the moment one reached the level of an ancient human king. But bloodline alone would not allow a descendant to surpass the human king. However, characters might allow one to do so.

Thus, a true legacy would involve the power of laws, not bloodline. The power of bloodline could only point toward one's origin. And the inheritance of laws would be the true indicator of one's lineage.

Great Zhou King said, "There are many ways to verify this. The simplest method involves the bloodline. Different bloodlines will fuse differently. Initially, Silk Destroying's body rejected the new bloodline. However, he didn't suspect anything as he had assumed that this was a natural reaction during bloodline awakening."

"It's very simple to check Heavenly Seal's real bloodline. Extract some of Silk Destroying's blood and insert it into his body. If his body does not reject it, then he's of the same bloodline."

Great Zhou King said, "Your job is done here. I will have Silk Destroying inspect him before making my move."

True.

Heavenly Seal King's bloodline would not change even after having his original blood swapped. Of course, this plan wouldn't work if he was a mere disciple of the previous traitor instead of a descendant. Then again, there were still plenty of methods they could use to verify his origin.

Su Yu said, "Sure. I'm not close to him so I don't care. I only have one request. I want his corpse."

Why was he still talking like a villain?

Great Zhou King did not say anything about that. Rather, he said, "He might have sensed what you did earlier. According to his plan, Silk Destroying should be our prime suspect right now."

Great Zhou King looked at Silk Destroying King and said, "After returning, behave as usual. Don't try to act. You're not good at acting. Don't pretend to be sad, wronged, or angry."

Silk Destroying King was the type of person who wouldn't realize that he was the prime suspect, even when someone was blatantly investigating him. Thus, he could continue behaving as usual.

He only needed to act like he knew nothing. Any other type of act would be too difficult for him. It would only incur the wariness of the real traitor.

Silk Destroying King felt like Great Zhou King was insulting him again.

Behaving as usual? That was all? Was Great Zhou King trying to say that he would be too stupid to realize anything unless it was spelled out to him?

He was tired of this.

Was he that stupid?

Silk Destroying King believed that he was quite smart. These people were only complaining about his intelligence because they spent all their time scheming instead of cultivating properly.

Would an honorable person spend all their time scheming?

An honorable person would spend all their time in cultivation instead!

No wonder the willpower path had declined.

Silk Destroying King looked at them with disdain. How could they grow strong if they spent all their time scheming instead of cultivating?

"Alright, alright. Stop scolding us inwardly. Cultural researchers aren't weak or Culture King wouldn't have reigned above Martial King back then."

Great Zhou King waved his hand with disinterest and said, "Go back first. If they ask you anything, just tell them it was nothing important."

"I—"

Silk Destroying King wanted to deny that he was scolding them inwardly, but noticing their indifference, he lost interest and left with a snort.

How boring!

Just as he was about to leave, he gnashed his teeth and said, "Do not leak anything! Or...I won't let this slide!"

Great Zhou King chuckled and said, "Yeah, yeah. Go already. This is no big deal. Why are you so worried?"

"..."

No big deal? This was a very big deal!

Silk Destroying King could only leave with a mixture of nervousness and helplessness.

***

Right after Silk Destroying King left, Su Yu and Great Zhou King looked at each other before laughing. They had been holding back their laughter earlier.

After a while, Great Zhou King sighed and said, "Lan Tian...is truly a freak. Alas, his path won't be an easy one. A myriad daos as one. Different laws...are too difficult to fuse. This path might grant him an extraordinary combat strength, but achieving Daofuse or beyond would be nearly impossible."

Su Yu nodded and said, "Nearly impossible...but not hopeless. For example, he could kill the master of a law, or perhaps he could pursue a law whose master is dead. There is still hope."

Great Zhou King sighed again and said, "Sure enough, you understand everything."

Su Yu said, "It's not surprising for me to know. But it's very surprising for you to know as well, Great Zhou King."

Great Zhou King laughed and said, "I have been cultivating for so many years. My experience matters."

"Heh."

"Heh."

Once again, the two smiled at each other. After a while, Su Yu asked doubtfully, "Great Zhou King, why didn't you lead humanity personally?"

"I can't."

"You can't?"

Su Yu said, "Not at all. I can see that you have a lot of supporters among the Invincibles."

Great Zhou King shook his head and said, "Let me put it this way. What does humanity need currently? What kind of leader does humanity need right now?"

"Someone like Great Qin King?"

"He's very decent...but he's still lacking slightly. For example, he lacks strength, luck, ruthlessness, and intelligence."

Yes. He was insulting Great Qin King.

Su Yu stealthily recorded the whole thing down. However, Great Zhou King nonchalantly said, "You won't be able to record anything. Don't bother."

Su Yu stopped.

Great Zhou King turned solemn and said, "Both Old Qin and I lack something essential. In truth, you're not the best choice either. But you are probably our sole choice right now. You have ruined the balance."

"Balance?"

Great Zhou King nodded, "Yes. Without you, I am confident in extending the peace for another fifty years. At that time, we would have a lot more options. Xia Longwu, Zhu Tianfang, and a lot of people are quite suited for this task. They only need more time.

"Humanity will be unified one day. That is inevitable. You need to have confidence in that. However, I did not think that it would happen anytime soon. But you...you are too surprising. You emerged. And you destroyed the balance. You shortened the timer, making you our sole option."

Su Yu laughed and asked, "Am I that impressive?"

"Of course."

Great Zhou King said, "Are you going to keep being unduly humble?"

"Not really. I agree that I'm truly impressive."

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Great Zhou King laughed.

He said, "Let's take a rest today. The conference will resume tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, your father's birthday celebration will be held and we will leave. I won't take too many people with me. Old Zhu and the others will stay. I'll only take Silk Destroying, Heavenly Seal, Tianyuan, Longwu, and a few others."

He continued, "You need to cover for us. If everything proceeds smoothly tomorrow, you will attend your father's birthday celebration as the leader of the holy land. We will all be there to congratulate you. You need to mask our departure. I will leave a few character clones behind, but these clones can't be allowed to fight as that will expose them."

"The time is too short." Su Yu rubbed his chin and said, "Give me a little bit more time. I still have something to handle. I'll try to get it done as soon as possible."

"Smiling mouth lotus?"

Su Yu glanced at Great Zhou King and said, "Your Majesty, stop exposing yourself. I dare say that in the current Myriad Realms, less than five people have seen the smiling mouth lotus before."

Great Zhou King laughed and said, "I've never seen the smiling mouth lotus. This is merely a guess. But I do admit that I have inherited some ancient legacies."

"Sure, sure. Whatever." Su Yu said, "One more question. Just how many years has the Allheaven Battlefield been active in this epoch?"

"Around 990 years."

"Will the old fossils appear after a thousand years?"

Great Zhou King shook his head, "Not exactly. I don't know much about the ancient fossils, but I know that for the most part, the old fossils of humanity will not show up when humanity is the weaker party. They will only appear when humanity has the upper hand. Also, be warned that you shouldn't provoke the heavenly laws repeatedly."

Su Yu asked with surprise, "Why?"

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"Because the Allheaven Battlefield is under the protection of the heavenly laws. The laws...have formed a protective barrier around the Allheaven Battlefield. Triggering the laws repeatedly will also exhaust their strength. That might result in a weak point on this barrier, giving some people the opportunity to enter the Allheaven Battlefield in advance."

He sure knew a lot.

Su Yu was surprised, but it wasn't hard to understand. He said, "There is a saying that the fate race is connected to the heavens above. Are you saying that some people might enter through the Fate Realm when the laws are weakened enough?"

"You really do know a lot. Yes. There is such a possibility."

Great Zhou King nodded and said, "Therefore, we will let the fate race be if they want to remain neutral. We don't want to force them so much that they go mad and punch a hole through the laws themselves."

This had been a rather enlightening chat.

In fact, it felt great to converse with Great Zhou King. This person seemed to know everything, and even for the things he didn't know, only a little guidance was required for him to understand everything.

Great Deceit King indeed.

To be as deceitful as he was, he needed to know a lot of things.

Great Zhou King stood up and said, "I'll be taking my leave as well. Take it easy and be careful. Some people might really try to assassinate you."

"I'm not scared."

"I know you have something you can rely on. But assassination attempts by someone like Tiangu...might not be so easy to stop."

Having said that, Great Zhou King left.

***

With Great Zhou King gone, Su Yu sank into thought, contemplating his gains and losses that day.

Just then, someone arrived.

It was Liu Wenyan's group.

Right after entering the room, Bai Feng asked, "Do we leave?"

"Where to?"

"The ancient cities."

Su Yu chuckled and asked, "Why should I return now? I'm not done here."

"Why are you still staying after suffering such a big injustice? You weren't like this before. You used to be very impatient..."

Su Yu laughed, "Injustice? Teacher, did you not see how I gave Great Yuan King the beating of his life? Teacher, you are too narrow-minded. Let the past stay in the past. Why are you still holding onto the insignificant grudge?"

Bai Feng was rendered completely speechless.

Fuck this guy!

This little shit! He was angry on the little shit's behalf! But was the little shit not angry at all? He had thought that Su Yu would be seething with anger right about now.

Liu Wenyan smiled nonchalantly and said, "A lot more races have arrived. After your battle with Great Yuan King, even more arrived, all claiming to be here for Su Long's birthday."

Su Yu laughed.

The fish had taken the bait.

After his battle with Great Yuan King, the myriad races had probably concluded that he would definitely not sell his nine-leaf skylotus to humanity.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from outside the residence, "Greetings! The five elemental race is here!"

"Fuck off!" Su Yu shouted, "Topsoil Spirit, stop playing this game with me. I know what you want. I'm not selling. Piss off."

Outside.

Topsoil Spirit was green in the face.

Bullshit!

That scumbag was the one who had told him to come! Why was the scumbag still acting?

Beside Topsoil Spirit, the elder was hurriedly signalling him to be patient. Su Yu was probably still in a bad mood. They were only here to soothe Su Yu's heart with some treasures.

Thus, Topsoil Spirit forced himself to smile and said, "Don't misunderstand me, Mayor Su. I am only here to grab a drink with you. I understand how you feel after such injustice..."

"Fuck off!"

"..."

Topsoil Spirit cursed inwardly. Had that scumbag gotten addicted to acting?

Fine.

So be it.

He sent his elder a voice transmission, "Don't bother. We should come back tomorrow. His current mood is...too bad."

"I'm worried that he will increase the price if we wait one more day! He will definitely receive more offers the longer we wait!"

"He won't. Don't worry, Elder."

Topsoil Spirit couldn't be bothered to explain more and walked away. Behind him, the elder followed with a look of struggle. That was the nine-leaf skylotus! Something too valuable for them to miss out on!

***

Far away.

A dragon laughed and said, "They failed. How stupid of them to visit at this moment. The five elementals are getting too impatient. Then again, it's understandable. This is a race with ninth-degree Eternals. With seven petals, they might really produce a Daofuse."

"Unfortunately for them, Su Yu does not care about them."

"That isn't surprising. Su Yu is boundlessly overbearing. He only follows his desires. It's perfectly normal for him to act like this."

The dragons were not the only ones talking about this. A large number of races had gathered in Great Xia. All of them were seemingly here to celebrate Su Long's birthday.

Celebrating the longevity of someone who was only fifty.

As for Su Yu's recent battle with Great Yuan King, nobody mentioned it. No matter what, this was human territory. These visitors weren't stupid enough to talk about such a sensitive topic here.

It was obvious that humanity was currently in a terrible mood because of that incident. Su Yu was probably in a bad mood as well. The best course of action for these visitors was to pretend nothing had happened.

***

Inside Su Residence.

Liu Wenyan frowned and said, "All these people are here for you. And they are clearly targeting the nine-leaf skylotus. Are you really selling it?"

Not even Liu Wenyan knew how many petals Su Yu had gathered.

Those present in the mansion during the distribution only knew that Su Yu had taken three for himself. Naturally, nobody knew if Su Yu had obtained more after that. Great Zhou King was probably the only one who had guessed that this whole thing was a scam. Wait, no, there was also Topsoil Spirit.

Bai Feng and the others were also present when Su Yu distributed the petals in the mansion. However, none of them had suspected that this was a scam. They had assumed that Su Yu had obtained more. The most update n0vels are published on NoveI[F]ire.net

Su Yu said, "We shall see. If I do start selling, I'll limit the sale. Each race will only be allowed to buy one petal. By itself, a petal is basically a carrier treasure. It doesn't mean much."

"Be careful lest they get some minor races to buy more for them."

Liu Wenyan couldn't resist warning Su Yu. It wouldn't be wise to produce a powerful enemy with his own treasure and get himself killed in the future.

Su Yu nodded, "Yes. I will definitely be careful if I do decide to sell. I will definitely limit the sale. The minor races affiliated with major races will not get anything no matter the price."

"Just be careful. You know what to do."

Suddenly, Wu Lan said, "Enough about the skylotus, Teacher Liu. He's selling fake petals. What's the point of this conversation? Su Yu, I have something that is actually important to talk about."

"..."

Su Yu blanked out. Liu Wenyan blanked out as well.

Noticing all the gazes on her, Wu Lan asked with astonishment, "What?"

Liu Wenyan asked with a frown, "What did you say just now? Fake?"

Wu Lan hesitated slightly and asked, "What about it? Is there any issue with that? A bad guy like Su Yu will definitely not sell the real product."

Was there a problem with that?

Su Yu felt very helpless. Was that it?

In her eyes, she only needed to believe the opposite of what she saw in regards to everything he did.

He didn't know what to say anymore.

He said, "What nonsense! I never lie to the great people of the Myriad Realms! What do you want to talk about?"

When had he ever lied?

Su Yu was feeling quite gloomy.

As far as he was concerned, those he had lied to were not people. Thus, his lies to them did not count.

Wu Lan said, "Recently, my research with Teacher Bai regarding willpower has progressed somewhat. Do you want to hear about it?"

Su Yu was actually quite interested in this topic. Everyone else was busy cultivating or fighting. Meanwhile, these two were focused only on research. Even Chen Yong had been turned into a research addict by them.

In fact, Chen Yong was very good at research as well. After all, he was the person who had developed the method to extract memories from blood essence. Even Bai Feng had only learned the method from him.

"Sure. What great discovery did you make this time?"

Wu Lan did not mind his teasing tone. She said, "Do you know where willpower comes from?"

Su Yu thought about it and said, "You can extract some from willpower texts and source qi. Seas of willpower can also produce a small amount naturally. Some treasures also come with willpower..."

Wu Lan nodded and said, "Therefore, there aren't a lot of willpower sources out there."

"Yes."

Wu Lan continued, "Have you seen any blood with willpower?"

Su Yu furrowed his brows and said, "Willpower can be related to characters and seas of willpower, not blood..."

"No, you're wrong!"

Wu Lan said in excitement, "Your answer proves your ignorance in this aspect! Do you remember the blood we gathered in the Luminous Domain Mansion? We discovered the existence of willpower in the blood we gathered!"

Su Yu's heart thumped.

Old Zhou!

Yes, the connection between the grand cycle acupoints and grand cycle apertures! This was something Su Yu had contemplated before as well. He said, "You mean...that existence is capable of conversion between source qi and willpower?"

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Wu Lan nodded, "Exactly. But there must be an intermediary to enable that process. It must be the source soul acupoint you mentioned back then. Have you opened this acupoint?"

"Yes."

The overjoyed Wu Lan shouted in excitement, "Good! Let us study you for a bit!"

"..."

Su Yu was rendered speechless.

Bai Feng was also growing excited, but he coughed to hide his excitement and said, "Uhm...dear student, just be kind and let Wu Lan study you. She's so weak. She won't hurt you. Don't worry. I'll keep an eye on her for you."

In short, he wanted to study Su Yu as well.

Su Yu was tired of this conversation.

These two had gone mad. They were starting to view him as a test subject. But to experiment on him, they had to be strong enough, right? Even if he were to relax himself completely, they wouldn't be able to do anything to him. How were they supposed to study him?

Liu Wenyan and the others chuckled in amusement. After a short moment, Liu Wenyan said, "I'll have a chat with your old man and grab a drink with him. It has been a while since we last met."

"Go ahead."

With that, Liu Wenyan and the others left.

The moment they left, Wu Lan impatiently said, "Come on! Show us your source soul acupoint! Explain how it works! Su Yu, this research can help you freely convert between source qi and willpower! This will also help your characters grow rapidly!"

Su Yu thought about it and started explaining, "Characters are actually laws. Do you know what laws are?" Googlᴇ search novel·fire·net

He began with the basics, telling them about laws, characters, and the Heaven Gate. Wu Lan and Bai Feng listened attentively, interupting now and then to ask some questions.

After a while, Su Yu blanked out slightly. Why did it feel like he was the teacher here? He had never been a teacher before.

Finally, Bai Feng muttered, "So the racial ability I proposed back then might really exist! No, racial ability isn't an accurate term. It's a manifestation of the power of laws upon pushing one's characters to completion."

Su Yu nodded.

But soon, Bai Feng said, "No, that's wrong."

"How is it wrong?"

Bai Feng said, "Back then, I proposed that the fusion of all characters will manifest the racial ability. But according to your theory, every character is a law in itself. Something doesn't fit. I believe a single law might produce numerous characters. There are many facets to a single law. And there are many forms of similar characters. Only the fusion of all the characters of a single law can produce a complete law."

His eyes lit up as he continued, "Character techniques...yes! I finally understand! Character techniques are simplified forms of laws! Su Yu, I bet every character technique represents a complete law! They only differ in strength!"

Su Yu furrowed his brows as he sank into thought. After a short moment, he took the Culture Tomb out.

"Teacher, are you saying that this thing is filled with embryonic laws?"

"No, no, no!"

Bai Feng's eyes flickered as he said, "I understand now. You said that a character of Culture King might be found in the Culture Tomb, right?"

Su Yu nodded.

Bai Feng said, "I see. There might not have been so many character techniques in the Culture Tomb initially. But eventually, that character developed numerous character techniques autonomously..."

Su Yu was still confused.

Bai Feng grew annoyed and said, "I mean...this Culture Tomb itself is a law. If you doubt me, try to reassemble these character techniques. I dare say that every single character technique can be reassembled into the same template."

What was this?

Su Yu sank into thought.

As Wu Lan thought about it, a slight understanding dawned on her as she said, "Teacher Bai, are you suggesting that we stack all the templates inside this thing and note down the overlapping nodes? Through these nodes, we will be able to form a real character technique, a character technique representing the true law behind the Culture Tomb. Is that so?"

Bai Feng nodded, "Yes! Exactly!"

His excitement grew as he said, "According to this theory, we will be able to obtain a character technique directly corresponding to a complete law through this method!"

Su Yu asked, "Are you sure? If you are sure, I suspect my character technique might be the completed form."

Bai Feng considered it and nodded, "Yes, there are ninety-nine nodes in your character technique. Give it a try, Su Yu. Make a copy of as many templates as you can from the Culture Tomb and stack them up. You don't need all of them. You only need enough of them. Stack them up on top of your character technique. If there is a large number of overlaps, our theory will most likely be correct."

Was that really the case?

Su Yu was unsure.

He decided to give it a try.

He sent his willpower into the Culture Tomb. Having grown much stronger than before, he was welcomed by a large number of templates right after entering.

He started moving deeper, recording every single template he saw.

After recording over a thousand of them, he was slightly exhausted. Thus, he withdrew.

***

After withdrawing from the Culture Tomb, he said nothing and started stacking the templates.

As he stacked the templates, he also adjusted their size accordingly.

Slowly, a new template took form. After removing all the unnecessary lines and nodes, something remarkable appeared before him. Sure enough, a majority of the nodes overlapped with each other.

The number of nodes wasn't as high as one would expect, but they did overlap. The more templates he stacked on top, the fewer nodes there were as the overlapping nodes were smaller in number than the total nodes of the stacked templates.

Eventually, a template with over sixty nodes took form.

Next, Su Yu drew a template with ninety-nine nodes beside the new template. Upon comparison, the two were nearly identical. At that, the three looked at each other silently. They were both surprised and not surprised.

Bai Feng gasped and said, "Incredible. Culture King was indeed incredible. Anyone with the ability to gather enough of these templates before reassembling them into one will be able to walk Culture King's old path.

"Su Yu, you might instantly gain control over an entire law by simply filling all ninety-nine nodes of your character technique. That character hidden in the Culture Tomb might be the essence of this law. By simply filling the ninety-nine nodes, you might be able to instantly rise to a level beyond others."

This clearly differed from Su Yu's previous theory. He had assumed that he needed to follow ninety-nine daos, but Bai Feng was saying that his ninety-nine daos could be combined into a proper grand dao. Culture King had left the inheritance of an entire grand dao in the Culture Tomb.

Suddenly, Su Yu recalled some rumors and said, "Some say that the Culture Tomb can help a Pseudo Emperor transcend..."

Understanding dawned on him.

Yes. The Culture Tomb could indeed do so. But that Daofuse needed to be smart and strong enough to make use of the Culture Tomb. The Daofuse also needed to have the ability to reassemble character techniques.

He seemed to have solved the mystery behind the Culture Tomb by complete accident. More importantly, the secret was right in front of him all along. He had already gained the complete template.

The Book of Time had helped him form the complete template. A question appeared in Su Yu's mind. Was Culture King really not the Time Sage? Were the two really not the same person? Why would the Time Sage know Culture King's dao so well otherwise?

"The relationship between the Time Sage and Culture King is definitely not simple! Either they are the same person or a couple! Or siblings! Or best friends closer than family! One copied the other's Book of Time while the other knew about the great dao hidden in the Culture Tomb..."

Even replication would be almost impossible if the two didn't know each other well enough.

While Su Yu was still deep in thought, Bai Feng lost interest and said, "Is the Culture Tomb a mere inheritance device of a great dao? Is that it? How boring."

"..."

Su Yu was dumbfounded. Had Old Bai forgotten that he was only a Cloudbreach? Above him, there were the Mountainsea, Sunmoon, Eternal, and Daofuse Realms to cross before the Great Dao Realm! All those people could kill him with a mere sneeze.

Noticing Su Yu's gaze, Bai Feng explained himself, "This legacy is too easy to unlock. The Culture Tomb isn't even as mysterious as I thought. This puzzle is too simple..."

Su Yu was speechless.

Was it simple?

No, right?

He had never even considered this angle before.

Those from Xia Chen's line had guarded the Culture Tomb for countless years, and not one of them had considered this angle either. That was a line that had stayed with the Culture Tomb for ten epochs without solving the puzzle.

The legacy of a great dao.

That was what the Culture Tomb was.

Su Yu wondered if this great dao was under Culture King's control.

Perhaps it was formerly under his control, but he had subsequently renounced his control.

Or perhaps Culture King was really dead and this great dao was now masterless.

Numerous possibilities emerged in Su Yu's mind.

After a while, he pushed the matter aside. He was still far from considering a question like that. He could always try forming all ninety-nine of his characters and staking a claim on the great dao before thinking more.

Bai Feng said, "If the Culture Tomb is really the legacy of a great dao, your character technique might be the most compatible technique with the tomb. You can try fusing your character technique with the tomb and use it as your cultural weapon. Your current cultural weapon is a Mark of Civilization, but it doesn't look sturdy enough. It also isn't an offensive weapon. I believe the Culture Tomb will make for a good weapon for you."

As of late, Su Yu had been forced to use the Sky Sundering Saber with his bare hands.

His heart thumped.

Yes. He had never considered that possibility. Could he turn the Culture Tomb into his personal weapon?

Or more importantly...was the Culture Tomb a weapon?

Su Yu did not wait. This would be his first attempt. What would happen? And thus, he manifested his character technique and formed a blade with it. Then, he pushed the Culture Tomb into the character technique.

The end result was a saber. An ancient saber that had been sheathed for countless years.

The moment the saber took form, Su Yu's sea of willpower shook violently. Then, it was emptied of willpower to form a saber qi composed mainly of willpower. The saber qi shot out.

Boom!

The sky itself was split into two by that saber qi.

***

Far away.

Great Xia King looked behind him in surprise and muttered, "Willpower blade? How powerful!"

Su Yu's willpower cultivation was nothing impressive. At most, it was comparable to the willpower of a regular Sunmoon. But that blade felt like the attack of an eighth-stage Sunmoon.

What was the kid doing now?

Was he still venting his anger over the incident with Great Yuan King?

How...petty.

Why was the kid still so angry even after giving Great Yuan King such a terrible beating?

***

Su Residence.

Su Yu looked surprised as well. He said, "This...might really be a weapon! A weapon of this legacy!"

He had never considered using the Culture Tomb as a weapon before.

Was it safe to assume that apart from the Mark of Civilization, he had gained a second weapon he could use? This seemed like quite a powerful weapon!

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he thought of something else. Next, the saber turned into a pen.

He raised his other hand and manifested the Mark of Civilization above his palm.

Book and pen?

He had always thought that his character technique was a saber. After all, it had a slightly wider tip and a straight body...

But why couldn't this shape be...a pen?

A writing brush, to be specific. But it could also be considered a pen. A tool meant for writing.

While rubbing his chin, Su Yu looked at Bai Feng and asked, "Teacher, does my character technique resemble a saber or a pen more?"

"Pen?"

Bai Feng blanked out slightly before saying, "Saber, I guess? A type of long saber..."

"But isn't the body too straight to be a saber? And the body is also too long."

Hearing that, Bai Feng sank into confusion as well. He shook his head and said, "Isn't this up to you? It depends on how you use it."

"No, that's not what I mean."

Su Yu smiled. Interesting. Had he misunderstood something all along? The great dao passed on by Culture King was actually a pen. And the legacy passed on by Time Sage was a book.

What a...perfect combination.

At this point, Su Yu was already certain that the two were related.

Previously, Soy Bun had claimed that Culture King and Time Sage were different people. He had also claimed that Time Sage was a woman. Thus, Su Yu became absolutely certain that the two were a couple. There were simply too many coincidences to point otherwise.

Soy Bun was unaware of the actual relationship between the two, but that was probably because Culture King did not want him to know.

Furthermore, Su Yu also knew that Culture King had disappeared not long after Time Sage's disappearance. Clearly, he had gone looking for the missing Time Sage.

Su Yu was now certain.

No wonder. No wonder so many people suspected that Culture King was also Time Sage. The two were essentially family, so it was reasonable for so many people to be suspicious. While playing with the pen in his hand, Su Yu wondered what would happen if he wrote something on the real Book of Time with this pen. Could he kill someone simply by writing?

Just how long would it be before he could take the book out of his head?

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Su Yu was still deep in thought about the Book of Time and Culture Tomb, but Wu Lan and the others were already losing patience.

Wu Lan said, "That's not the point here. The point here is, show us your source soul acupoint!"

He should focus on the main point here!

Was he trying to change the topic or something?

Su Yu blanked out.

Holy shit!

They had changed!

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A weapon that could be considered a heaven or even a divine weapon was before them, yet they were completely uninterested as well!

Had they fully given up on everything related to strength after realizing how weak they were?

"Have you given up on yourself in despair?"

"What nonsense is that?" Wu Lan shot back unhappily, "What do you even know? If we could find a way to freely convert source qi to willpower and vice versa, we would gain the ability to nurture our characters with source qi! We could totally abandon our physical cultivation, even if we are currently doing quite well in physical cultivation!"

Bai Feng nodded and said, "Student, you don't understand how research works. Research is the essence of strength. We are living in a world where source qi is the most abundant resource you can get. The moment we find a way to nurture characters with source qi...heh. You might seem impressive now, but you might not be so impressive anymore in the future!"

Bai Feng declared proudly, "At that time, we would be able to give up on physical cultivation and focus on building incredibly powerful willpower and characters. We could even reach an entirely different level, becoming one with our characters. I am my characters, and my characters are me. Together, we transcend the mundane!"

Su Yu was stunned.

Yes. He was completely stunned.

"What did you just say?"

Su Yu's burning gaze caused Bai Feng to feel slightly uncomfortable. He glared at Su Yu and said, "What? I am your teacher! What is wrong with what I said? Can't I teach you a lesson as your teacher?"

"No, Teacher. Can you repeat what you said?"

Bai Feng answered uncomfortably, "What else? I said that I could become my characters, and my characters could become me. I would transcend the mundane by becoming my characters. What is wrong with that?"

"No." Su Yu asked, "What I want to know is...how do you intend to preserve your personality after the fusion with your characters?"

Bai Feng laughed and answered, "That's easy. Just treat your newly fused body as regular human flesh and cultivate as usual."

Su Yu sent a voice transmission, "Senior Flat..."

The female furball heard the conversation as well. She said blankly, "Lad...he said...characters...laws...soul devourers...is he saying that we...sentient characters like us, might originally be living beings as well?"

Su Yu was just as surprised. In fact, Bai Feng's theory had instantly reminded him of the soul devourers. The soul devourers were essentially sentient characters. Soy Bun had previously said that they were born from the natural laws.

But Bai Feng was saying that he and Wu Lan were planning to walk another path. The path of achieving Daofuse through their characters, becoming one with their characters. In the future, they would focus on only their characters. Perhaps they might even do something as drastic as only focusing on one character.

Wasn't that the same as changing themselves into soul devourers? In that case, were Soy Bun and the others really born naturally or created artificially? This madness of Bai Feng was enough to shock even Su Yu.

What was this?

Could this be considered yet another path?

Was there nobody normal in the multiple character faction?

Wan Tiansheng walked the path of he alone was dao. Lan Tian walked the path of all daos were him. And now, the weak Bai Feng wanted to walk the path of becoming one with dao.

Would this be an easy path to walk?

No. Definitely not.

Su Yu was left with one question. Was Soy Bun really just a character?

He might...have been a living being as well!

A multiple character faction member!

Subsequently, he had encountered an issue while walking the path of character fusion. As a result, Culture King, the progenitor of the multiple character faction, preserved him in his current form. Unfortunately, Soy Bun had lost all his past memories.

Was such a possibility feasible?

Soy Bun might even be something born from a corpse, with the corpse being Soy Bun's original body.

Soul devourer race!

Bai Feng had no idea that his words would change how Su Yu look at the soul devourers forever.

The soul devourers might be...humans...

Su Yu's heart thumped violently. Both his teacher and Wu Lan had been focusing on research as of late. Su Yu never minded them too much, but he found that their path of research had strayed to an extremely abnormal path.

"Su Yu?"

Bai Feng had an odd expression. Did his idea shock his student that much?

Why wasn't his student supporting his genius idea?

Su Yu woke up from his reverie. He looked at his teacher and solemnly said, "Teacher, characters are laws. And laws are emotionless. When you fuse your being into a character, the merciless great dao might erase your personality and your memories. You would cease being yourself."

Bai Feng nodded, "That is only natural. The great dao is still the great dao. It might not accept my memories, my body, and everything about me. It might view my attempt as an invasion. I might die upon failing. But the resulting character would be one with a rather high level of spirituality. It would be a character I could pass down to the future generation."

Spirituality!

Bai Feng had reached the same conclusion!

That was essentially what Soy Bun and the others were!

So...were the three born naturally? Or were they artificially formed?

Su Yu did not have the answer to that question.

Bai Feng said, "This is a shortcut. Do you understand? Upon completing my fusion, realms such as Mountainsea, Sunmoon, or Eternal no longer mattered. I would only need to consume the power of laws and perfect my character to keep growing. I would only need to worry about my character instead of things like my sea of willpower and body. Because at that point, I would become one with my character. My sea of willpower would be redundant."

"Teacher...you...might be mad."

Su Yu said sorrowfully. His teacher might have gone mad from too much research.

Bai Feng rolled his eyes and said, "You're the mad one here. You have gone mad long ago. I'm doing research here. Do you understand research? I might have found a new path. A path truly suited for us."

Bai Feng said in excitement, "That was what Lan Tian did. Through endless modifications on his own body, he discovered his own path. And thus, he grew strong rapidly. I'm confident my path isn't any weaker than his!

"But I also know that it is still imperfect. I feel like my theory still lacks something. Should I use one character as the foundation? Or should I use the character technique as the foundation? The character technique will be stronger, but the difficulty will also be much higher!"

Su Yu said nothing.

Wu Lan nodded before shaking her head again as she said, "Teacher Bai, you are seeing this wrongly. What do we use as the foundation? Let me put it this way. Each natural character might represent a full law in itself. Meanwhile, the characters you form through studying willpower texts are different. You might need a large number of them to represent a full law. If you don't have any natural characters, just use your character technique as the foundation and meld it with the dao you follow. If you have a natural character, that character alone is sufficient."

Bai Feng nodded, "Yes, that is reasonable."

He rubbed his chin and said, "I think I understand what these natural characters are. They are essentially the law fragments scattered all over nature. When you comprehend something at the right time, you might resonate with this fragment and form a natural character.

"As for the characters you get from reading, you are merely learning what someone else has already comprehended. As such, the two of you will eventually clash when pursuing that dao."

"..."

Su Yu was completely dumbstruck.

A certain understanding was dawning on him as well.

So this was the difference between natural and learned characters!

Natural characters were the fragments of natural laws. They might still be masterless. Comprehending these fragments was much harder, but growing through these fragments was also much easier due to a lack of competition.

Learning from willpower texts was easier, but one would eventually clash against those one learned for. Of course, this was something that would only bother someone upon reaching the Daofuse Realm.

Prior to that, one's realm would be too low to feel anything.

Su Yu's tribulation character was a good example. Since it was a natural character, there might not be a competitor walking the same law it represented. But the calm character would definitely come with a competitor: Great Zhou King.

Su Yu might be able to achieve Daofuse through the calm character, but when Great Zhou King achieved Great Dao, Su Yu would be stuck below Great Dao forever.

Bai Feng's words had given Su Yu a lot of enlightenment.

Bai Feng continued, "I understand now..."

What did he understand this time?

In the past, Su Yu would be the one saying he understood. But their roles had been reversed today. Bai Feng was the one understanding things again and again. So what was it this time?

Bai Feng said, "It's quite simple. There is nothing wrong with cultivating both natural and learned characters together. For example, Su Yu can cultivate both. Upon achieving Great Dao with his natural character, he can simply shatter the learned characters and feed his natural character with the learned characters if he doesn't want to compete for control over the laws the learned characters represent. This will both weaken the daos of others and strengthen his own dao. It's not a bad thing."

His excitement grew as he said, "Wait, was this what the ancient past experts would do in battle? The victors would shatter the daos of the losers bit by bit to strengthen their own daos. Eventually, their daos would grow much stronger than before while their enemies would no longer have any daos to walk. That would spell the end of their enemies."

Su Yu didn't know what to say anymore. He strongly suspected that his teacher was right. Was this how ancient battles were fought?

Time Sage...just why had the Time Sage made the Book of Time and killed so many people?

To preserve civilization?

What nonsense.

The Time Sage had most certainly been plundering the daos of others to strengthen her own dao.

Yes.

That was definitely the case. Sure enough, the Book of Time was a vicious weapon. It was meant to slowly devour the daos of others. First, the Time Sage could start with the weaklings walking these daos. Slowly, the daos would weaken enough for the Time Sage to kill the masters of these daos before devouring the daos entirely.

What a vicious person.

Su Yu finally understood why everyone hated the Time Sage. That was essentially a fiend. Her so-called corpse collection was an act of weakening others, strengthening herself, before killing the Great Dao experts whose daos she had weakened.

Some of these Great Dao experts might have died without even knowing how she had weakened them.

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Bai Feng continued, "Student, my beloved student, come on. Show us your source soul acupoint. Everything would change if we could discover a way to convert source qi to willpower. I am ready to give up on my body and continue my cultivation as a character..."

Su Yu smiled helplessly and said, "The source soul acupoint...was known as the Heaven Gate during the ancient past. You can only open it after opening all 360 acupoints and 360 apertures. Learning about this acupoint won't do much for you..."

"Dumbass." Bai Feng argued, "We can always replicate it! Who says that we must open it to use it? If your Heaven gate has a hundred percent conversion rate, we only need to create a replica with a thirty percent conversion rate. It doesn't matter. Thirty percent is enough for us!"

Su Yu nodded in agreement. He said, "I'm curious about one thing. The Heaven Gate is constantly feeding on my energy. Is the energy stored inside the Heaven Gate? Just how long will it take for the Heaven Gate to be truly mine?"

"When it is unblocked."

Bai Feng might not have the Heaven Gate. He might also not know what it looked like. But he could easily answer, "Everything should be fine after unblocking it. It will fuse naturally with you. All the energy you're feeding it is probably still stored inside somewhere. It will only be released when you require it. You have been feeding it with death qi. Try to reduce the ratio of death qi you feed it or you might pollute it into a death acupoint. That might even convert you fully into a death spirit."

Su Yu nodded. He had a similar theory.

He looked at his teacher again and said, "Teacher, if you really want to walk the path of cultivation as a character, I can introduce a few of my friends to you. They are very familiar with this path."

"Who?" Bai Feng asked in surprise, "That's not possible, right? This is my original idea! Is someone already walking this path?"

He said gloomily, "In that case, why should I even continue researching this? What's the point of researching something not completely new?"

Su Yu laughed and said, "It's normal for people to stumble upon similar paths when researching. In the end, it comes down to who's the better researcher. However, please do consider carefully before abandoning your physical flesh. I truly believe that the human body is very important in one's identity as a human."

"Nothing is impossible in the path of research." Bai Feng disagreed, "Even after becoming a character, I will remain a human so long as I continue seeing myself as a human. Even with a human body, I will cease being a human the moment I stop seeing myself as a human. The heart matters here, not the flesh."

Su Yu nodded, "Just make sure you know what you're doing."

He looked at Wu Lan and asked, "Wu Lan, are you planning to walk the same path? The future of this path is still unclear..."

Wu Lan said nonchalantly, "I don't know yet. There are countless daos in the world. And there are countless paths to follow. There is no need to stick to any singular path until the very end. You said that the Three Body Method is the sole method leading to dao affirmation in this era. Any other path will be riddled with danger and calamity. I'll observe Teacher Bai first. Maybe he will die walking this path and I can learn a lesson from his death."

Bai Feng was rendered completely speechless.

That was so rude!

"You won't be able to study the Heaven Gate. In fact, not even I can study it..."

As he spoke, Su Yu drew a diagram in the air, showcasing all 720 acupoints and apertures. The sheer act of drawing the diagram out was enough to summon a bolt of lightning from the sky above.

Instantly, Su Yu's lightning character shot out. Instead of merely scattering the bolt of lightning, it devoured the bolt of lightning entirely. Su Yu smiled and said, "Interesting. The world itself is forbidding me from drawing this diagram out."

Meanwhile, numerous people were looking in Su Residence's direction with astonishment.

What was it this time?

What did Su Yu do to anger the heavens again?

Clearly, this guy was so evil that even the heavens couldn't tolerate him anymore.

Su Yu ignored all the attention. Instead, he was laughing happily. He had been looking for a way to milk the heavenly laws. But this seemed to be a rather reliable method.

He strengthened the diagram he drew with both willpower and source qi before handing it to Bai Feng. "Teacher, study this yourself. This is the Grand Cycle Source Soul Diagram. The 720 acupoints and apertures are in there. Even the Heaven Gate's location is in there. I marked them all."

With the diagram in hand, Bai Feng asked, "Will the heavens smite me for this?"

He still remembered the bolt of lightning dropping from the heavens the moment this diagram was drawn.

Su Yu looked up, noting that the tiny lightning tribulation had been completely devoured by his lightning character. He judged that this was a rather weak tribulation and said, "It's fine. The world itself probably allows the existence of this diagram. I suspect only some masters of laws rejected this diagram. They must have established these laws many years ago, and they are probably dead. Thus, the laws rejecting this diagram won't be too powerful. Each instance of tribulation will probably end with a single bolt of lightning."

Bai Feng nodded. He put the diagram away with a smile and said, "Interesting. I'll memorize this diagram and draw it out the next time I encounter someone I can't defeat and surprise! Hah!"

Su Yu's heart skipped a beat. What a great idea! Yes! This was a good idea! But he wondered if they would fully exhaust the laws tasked with rejecting this diagram if they kept doing this. Well, there was no harm in trying.

Bai Feng was satisfied with the diagram in hand. Thus, he smiled and said, "With this, I guess there is no need for me to study you. Kid, I have been wanting to slice you open a long time ago. You sure are lucky to survive until now. So be it. I'll leave you for the future."

Su Yu was completely speechless. He wanted to tell his teacher that he could now kill his teacher with a single sneeze or glare. Slicing him open? What nonsense! He decided to forgive Bai Feng. This teacher of his had still given him a lot today. Thanks to his teacher, he had finally learned the proper way of utilizing the Culture Tomb. It was said that this was something the students of Culture King had forged after his death.

Su Yu started wondering about the identities of these so-called students. Why were they magnanimous enough to leave Culture King's character behind? That was a character representing a great dao. Could someone really let go of something like that?

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Xia Family's ancestor?

What role did Battle King play here?

Was he related to Culture King and Time Sage?

It was worth noting that both the Culture Tomb and Book of Time had appeared in Great Xia while Great Xia was founded by Battle King's descendants. Could it be that...Battle King was the third party in a love triangle with Culture King and Time Sage?

Or perhaps he was secretly in love with Time Sage.

A brand new drama emerged in Su Yu's mind.

Or perhaps...Battle King was secretly in love with Culture King.

Good heavens!

The ancient past sure was complicated.

***

While Su Yu was busy cooking up an ancient love story in his head, rumors of his fight with Great Yuan King spread outside the Human Realm.

A battle had erupted between Su Yu and Great Yuan King.

During the conference, Great Yuan King had lost control and attacked Su Yu. Without any external assistance, Su Yu had destroyed Great Yuan King's present and future bodies. Great Yuan King was nearly killed for real, but Su Yu was eventually stopped by his teacher. If it weren't for his teacher, a war between the ancient cities and humanity might have erupted by now.

That was a shocking piece of news.

It was akin to a bomb, shocking the entire Myriad Realms.

***

Immortal Realm.

Tiangu was listening to a report about the incident in the Human Realm. After a while, he said, "This is nothing worth celebrating. Great Yuan King has lost control. Killing his tri-life bodies is a good method to preserve his life. How are you sure that this wasn't Su Yu's intention in the first place?

"Don't forget that both Great Zhou King and Great Xia King were present. Since none of them bothered to stop Su Yu, this might be an attempt to cure Great Yuan King through Su Yu's hands."

It wouldn't be appropriate for founding kings like them to be the ones killing Great Yuan King's bodies. On the other hand, Su Yu was quite a suitable person to get this job done. Through this, he could both establish his dominance in the Human Realm and prevent any internal conflicts between human Invincibles.

This was beneficial for them.

Thus, Tiangu was completely indifferent even after hearing about the battle between Su Yu and Great Yuan King. In any case, Great Yuan King was only a seventh-degree Eternal. Even losing him wouldn't make that much of a difference for humanity in the grand scheme of things.

Jade King, who was the one who had reported the incident, said, "Emperor, Su Yu is trying to become the leader of humanity. I can see that Great Qin King and the others are laying the foundations for his future ascension. Should we do anything about this? An alliance of the ancient cities and humanity is too threatening for us."

"Things aren't that simple. Those guardians will never fight for humanity. The moment Su Yu dies, this alliance will collapse."

"But Su Yu isn't easy to kill..."

"There is no rush." Tiangu said, "We wait. Wait for an update from the Death Realm. For now, Su Yu still has an absolute trump card against us. Even if I personally assassinate him, he can easily escape through a death tunnel. Such attempts will only weaken our prestige. Therefore, we wait. When we complete our arrangements in the Death Realm, we can attack him from both sides, ensuring the kill."

"But the Luminous Domain Mansion..."

"Don't worry about that." Tiangu said, "The terrifying existence inside will incur the wrath of the heavens upon leaving. We won't be the only ones suffering. In fact, the release of that monster might bring calamity upon the entire Myriad Realms. In such a situation, more paths will open up before us."

Jade King nodded and said, "Do we ignore the Human Realm for now?"

Tiangu gave it some thought and said, "No. Maintain contact with the human Eternals. Keep increasing our offers to the point they can't reject us anymore. As long as they are willing to switch their race, we will grant them Daofuse bloodlines, heaven weapons, and carrier treasures. We will also help each family produce Eternals for three generations in a row. Each of them will become an esteemed immortal king in the Immortal Realm. Extend the offer to their Sunmoons as well. Humanity lacks carrier treasures. Tempt them with carrier treasures."

"But...we don't have too many spare carrier treasures either. Dao King and the others are also applying for carrier treasures from the Immortal Emperor Palace. Do we approve their applications?"

"Dao King?" Tiangu frowned and said, "Those useless fools. The immortals have only suffered such heavy losses because of all his schemings. However, he did have a decent grandson. A pity. So be it. Grant him one carrier treasure."

Jade King nodded and asked, "What about the divines and devils?"

"Divines and devils?" Tiangu laughed and said, "During the previous conflict, they deliberately held back to ensure we suffer more losses. Wisdom King is now dead. Su Yu has proven how big a threat he is. Don't worry. During the next conflict, the divines and devils will not hold back anymore."

Jade King nodded again and said, "One more matter. There are some additional skylotus petals in Su Yu's possession. According to the reports we received, he might be trying to sell them. The people of the various races are all gathering in the Human Realm because of this. He might have seven petals for sale..."

"Nine-leaf skylotus..." After a long while, Tiangu said, "Is he actually willing to sell something like that externally?"

After a short pause, he continued, "I seem to remember that back during the ancient past, fake nine-leaf skylotuses had appeared in the market..."

"Fake?"

Tiangu frowned and said, "I can't be sure since it was too far in the past. But that was the only time I heard about the fake skylotus. It had not appeared again since then. Su Yu...he knows Grand Dream. And the skylotus was grown in Devote King's Residence. Grand Dream might know more about the skylotus..."

Jade King exclaimed in surprise, "Is he selling a fake skylotus?"

"Nobody can be sure."

Jade King said, "Do we inform the various races about this?"

Tiangu asked, "Why should we?"

"..."

Jade King frowned slightly and said, "Do you mean that...a fake skylotus will be a good tool to weaken the various races? But Su Yu can grow even stronger with his profits from selling the fake skylotus! He will grow into an even bigger threat than before!"

Tiangu said, "Answer me, then. Will the myriad races believe us if we claim that Su Yu is selling a fake skylotus?"

"..."

Would they? It was hard to say. They might suspect that the immortals were lying to prevent them from producing a new Daofuse. Then again, some would also hesitate since Su Yu was indeed a prolific scammer.

After some thought, Tiangu said, "Send our people as well. Tell Su Yu to share half his profits with the immortals or we'll expose him."

"Will he agree?"

"Just give it a try." Tiangu said, "His answer doesn't matter. We can expose him and cause at least some hesitation among the others."

"Fine."

Jade King thought about it and nodded. True. This was worth trying.

If Su Yu agreed, they could get half the profit.

If Su Yu refused, they would expose him and slightly reduce his profits.

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At the same time.

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

The South Chamber head was reporting the same thing to the scholar. However, the scholar said nothing. He stared at the Heavenly Hunt Index for a long while before giving a simple answer, "Fake. It's the smiling mouth lotus."

"What?"

The scholar explained, "A plant extremely similar to the skylotus. It's very hard to differentiate the two. Not even the ancient past experts could easily differentiate the two. Grand Dream must know the location of the smiling mouth lotus. This must be what Su Yu is selling."

"He's scamming?"

The South Chamber head was greatly astonished.

"You can say so."

The scholar wasn't too bothered about this matter.

The South Chamber head hurriedly said, "Do we expose him?"

The scholar asked, "Do you want him to chase you everywhere like a mad dog?"

"..."

The South Chamber head blanked out slightly before asking, "Do we ignore him? Some will definitely fall for this scam!"

Yes. Su Yu would most certainly hunt the South Chamber head everywhere like a mad dog upon being exposed by the chamber head. The immortals had not bothered to expose Su Yu because many would doubt their words.

As for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, its status as an information peddler would make it quite easy for it to expose Su Yu's scam.

"So be it."

The scholar said, "What can Su Yu do with more carrier treasures apart from forging his Mark of Civilization with them? He is too ambitious. Even dozens of carrier treasures will be akin to a drop in an ocean for that weapon of his. This scam will only further increase the myriad races' determination to kill him."

"This scam won't bring him any fundamental change. He is too greedy. The myriad races aren't such easy targets. He might be safe while he remains strong, but he will die the moment he shows weakness."

Yes. As far as they were concerned, the profits Su Yu could gain from this change would not bring him any significant change. Thus, both Tiangu and the scholar had decided to stay silent and observe.

They certainly wouldn't be so indifferent if Su Yu could instantly grow much stronger through this one scam.

After thinking for a bit, the scholar asked, "Did he visit Great Zhou with Great Zhou King?"

"Yes. They left once in the middle of the formation forging."

The scholar nodded. After a short moment, he said, "Take a trip to Celestial Chasm Realm and see Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. Offer him a peak heaven weapon for his visual character."

"Would he agree?" The South Chamber head wasn't too optimistic about it. He said, "Also, Su Yu promised to trade his record character for the humans in the pavilion, but he has been silent until now. We..."

The scholar said indifferently, "I certainly hope that the trade with the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor would be successful. If it failed..."

He smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. He will lose it anyway. The celestial chasm race is plagued by death qi. They have also offended two of the individuals most blessed by luck in the Myriad Realms. It's as if the heavens itself want them dead. Since they are blind to the great trend of the heavens, let them fall fully into the Death Realm."

The South Chamber head had an odd expression.

Was that possible?

He knew what Heavenly Overseer Marquis was saying. The celestial chasm race had offended both the marquis and Su Yu by simply owning the visual character. Su Yu would most certainly try to get the visual character from them as well.

And the marquis and Su Yu were the two individuals most blessed by luck in the Myriad Realms. That was basically the same as receiving a heavenly decree for the end of the celestial chasm race.

However, the celestial chasm race was incredibly powerful. That was a race with one Daofuse and no less than twenty Eternals even if they only had about seven or eight Eternals on paper.

Yes. These ancient races had the habit of falsifying their records. For example, the iron devourers had always claimed that there were only two Eternals in their race. But would anyone believe that?

Nope.

They had a Daofuse who had lived for countless years. The Daofuse only needed to produce one Eternal per epoch and they would have at least nine Eternals by now. Very few of their Eternals had died during the previous nine epochs. Only a fool would believe their lies.

The same could be said for the primordial giants. That was a race composed of mountain giants, lava giants, earthfire giants, lightning giants, and many other giant races. Yet they had been claiming that they only had three Eternals in total. Was that not bullshit?

Nobody would believe that! The words of these ancient races couldn't be believed!

The fate race was the same. They had been claiming that only one of their old fossils was still around. Null Seer was their strongest expert after their surviving old fossil, and Endless Passage was the strongest after that. Yes. A race as powerful as the fate race claimed to have only three experts in their whole race.

Only a fool would believe their lies.

The trump cards of these ancient races would remain hidden until their very survival was threatened.

The South Chamber head nodded and said, "Yes. I'll try..."

Just then, Heavenly Overseer Marquis' heart skipped a beat as he sensed something new. He did a quick calculation and said, "Do not stay there for long. Leave immediately if he refuses."

"Leave immediately?"

While contemplating the meaning behind that order, the South Chamber head nodded and said, "Yes. I understand."

"Go."

With that, the South Chamber head vanished with a flicker.

After the South Chamber head's departure, Heavenly Overseer Marquis sank into thought. After a while, he wrote a name on the Heavenly Hunt Index. It was the South Chamber head's name: Xiao Qi.

Upon being written on the index, the name started shaking and warping.

"Dissipating luck. Threat of death..."

Heavenly Overseer Marquis' heart thumped. Was something going to happen o the celestial chasm race? Or would something unexpected happen to the South Chamber head during this visit?

He was unsure. With some difficulty, he attempted to write another name--Boom!

The name was barely written when it exploded.

A cold snort rang out inside the hall, "Who dares to spy upon me?"

With a wave of his hand, Heavenly Overseer Marquis wiped the name off. At the same time, the voice vanished. He shook his head with regret. It was too difficult to spy upon the fate of a Daofuse, especially when the index was still in its incomplete state.

He wanted to inspect Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's fate, but he was found out before he could even start.

He did not mind the failure. After some thought, he wrote the name of a different celestial chasm Invincible. This time, nothing unexpected happened. The name warped slightly.

"Luck dissipation again? Is this really so effective?"

Heavenly Overseer Marquis was very surprised. The celestial chasm race was a powerful race. And yet...their end started approaching the moment Su Yu obtained the record character.

This was unbelievable.

"Su Yu..."

After a slight hesitation, Heavenly Overseer Marquis wrote Su Yu's name on the index. He had lost count of how many times he had written this name on the index. In the past, Su Yu's name would remain completely stable whenever it was written on the index.

Today, something changed.

Right after the name was written, something similar to either a pen or the tip of a saber shot out of the name.

To spy upon fate was to suffer the backlash from fate.

Instantly, the tip of the pen-saber reached his forehead and punctured his skin.

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Heavenly Overseer Marquis' expression changed slightly. Su Yu's luck had grown even stronger than before.

Had the kid stumbled upon yet another fortuitous encounter?

***

At the same time.

Su Yu's heart thumped. The Culture Tomb in his sea of willpower had suddenly transformed into a pen before stabbing into an empty spot, followed by the sound of something being punctured.

"Spying on me?"

Su Yu hurriedly focused on his sea of willpower. He noted that even the golden book was reacting slightly.

"Heavenly Hunt Index!"

Instantly, Su Yu understood what was happening. He snorted coldly. Heavenly Overseer Marquis. That guy had attempted to spy upon him. Su Yu frowned. Why did the marquis spy on him out of nowhere? The marquis must have used the Heavenly Hunt Index to do so.

"Did that old man notice something? Has he finally noticed his loss of control over me?"

Su Yu sank into thought. These old fossils sure had many tricks up their sleeve. Heavenly Overseer Marquis...that was not someone to be provoked lightly. However, the marquis was the one who had provoked him first.

"This can't do. I'm still too weak, and most of my trump cards have been exposed. Things might get dangerous if I let this continue. I need to think of a way to grow rapidly! Strengthening the Mark of Civilization is an option, but I also can't neglect my characters and body."

Unfortunately, his physical strength had slowed considerably in growth after his nine transformations.

"Characters...and laws..."

He might really need to milk the heavenly laws further, strengthen his characters, and improve his character technique. That would allow him to get a head start on his chosen dao.

"Each natural character is the fragment of a law...what about the heavenly tribulations and rewards? Both are manifestations of the power of laws. Perhaps...this is also the way for me to comprehend even more characters!"

Su Yu started rapping on his desk as he sank into thought. After this scam, he would focus on milking the heavenly laws instead of wasting his time on the others. After exposing so many of his trump cards, things were starting to get dangerous for him.

The divines, devils, and immortals were definitely trying to do something in the Death Realm and launch a pincer attack against him.

"Since humanity is attacking the Celestial Chasm Realm, I should probably go with them and find a chance to kill a Daofuse. Or I can open a few death tunnels there and let the death spirits go wild there. The heavenly laws will try to punish me, but they won't be strong enough to kill me if I keep the spread of death qi under control."

Numerous new ideas emerged in Su Yu's mind.

Kill more people. Strengthen his Mark of Civilization.

He could receive heavenly rewards by killing in the Allheaven Battlefield. He could also receive heavenly tribulations by offending the heavenly laws. In short, he had to enter another phase of rapid growth.

Just Great Yuan King alone had taken him such a long time to defeat even with the assistance of a formation. That was far too weak to his liking.

At this point, the sun was setting.

Outside his residence, the five elementals were here again. Hearing Topsoil Spirit's voice, a new idea emerged in Su Yu's mind. Wasn't the five elemental race the best option for him if he wanted to farm the heavenly tribulations? Would the five elemental race like to regain their lost Five Elemental Art?

He would generously offer to deal with any heavenly tribulations that might appear as a result of that. He did not fear heavenly tribulations. Heavenly tribulations were his best friends!

This was a lot more reliable and controllable than any other method he could think of! This might also help him further perfect his five elemental characters!

Yes! The five elemental race!

He loved them!

He loved them so much he would teach them the Five Elemental Art and take on the tribulations for them! He would farm the heavenly tribulations while the five elementals cultivated! He would let their entire race cultivate the lost art! Let's see if the heavenly tribulations could really blast him to death!

And thus, Su Yu opened the door of his residence.

The moment Topsoil Spirit stepped inside, he was greeted by Su Yu's wide smile. That smile...gave Topsoil Spirit the urge to turn around and leave. That was the kind of smile that could make him shiver.

How terrifying.

What was it this time?

He was already so helpful! What more did Su Yu want from him?

Meanwhile, the elder beside Topsoil Spirit was overjoyed to see Su Yu's wide smile. Good! What an earnest smile!

From that smile alone, he could feel how friendly Su Yu was toward them!

He also had a strong feeling that Su Yu was the most trustworthy person in existence!

Even a Sunmoon elder couldn't resist Su Yu's influence. While Topsoil Spirit was shivering with fear, he received a voice transmission, "Brother Topsoil...no, as the successor of the Five Elemental Ancestor, should I address you as the ancestor as well?"

Shock covered Topsoil Spirit's face.

He only wanted to run. To run far away.

Su Yu...knew the truth!

Chapter 1643: Holy Land Establishment (1)

Su Yu knew about the Five Elemental Ancestor.

He had learned it from gossiping with Xing Yue and the others, and he was now putting that knowledge to use. It was very effective.

Topsoil Spirit only wanted to run far away.

His identity was too special. The moment the truth was exposed, something very bad might happen. Back then, the five elemental race was a major race as well. Even after the separation of the five elements, they were still considered a strong race. The threat of reunification might attract the attention of their former enemies.

"Mayor Su..."

Topsoil Spirit spoke stiffly. His brownish face looked even more brown than before.

Beside him, the elder was completely unaware of what was happening.

Su Yu smiled and gestured at them, "Sit. Don't be nervous. Brother Topsoil, we're old friends. We have done so many things together. Why are you so stiff?"

The elder's face lit up with delight as he hurriedly said, "Mayor Su is too kind. Topsoil Spirit! Thank Mayor Su's generousity for forgetting about your past quarrel!"

Topsoil Spirit had the urge to roll his eyes.

Him? Thanking Su Yu?

For Su Yu's generosity?

This elder was too stupid!

However, there was nothing he could do except sit down and maintain his silence.

Meanwhile, the elder continued signalling Topsoil Spirit with his eyes, hinting at Topsoil Spirit to say something. It was time to talk about the nine-leaf skylotus!

Topsoil Spirit was left quite speechless by how his elder was acting. After a while, he said, "Mayor Su, are you willing to sell some of the skylotus petals you have?"

Su Yu smiled and said, "I would slap anyone else to death for daring to ask me this question. But since it's Brother Topsoil, I am totally open to discussion. Previously, I refused you because I didn't want the others to find out about the sale. Well, I can sell one petal to you."

The elder asked, "Lord Su, is it possible for us to buy more?"

Su Yu replied, "Only one."

The elder did not dare to say more. Topsoil Spirit rolled his eyes again. Buying more? Only a madman would do that!

He said, "The price..."

"We're friends. You can have the petal for a cheap price of two carrier treasures."

Topsoil Spirit was feeling very helpless. And what could he do if Su Yu were to keep the carrier treasures without returning them to him?

Just then, Su Yu sent the elder into an illusion with a wave of his hand. Then, he smiled at Topsoil Spirit and said, "Carrier treasures are not important. Everything else is unimportant. But Brother Topsoil, the matter concerning your identity is very important. You are in danger, Brother Topsoil."

"I'm in danger?"

Topsoil Spirit laughed and said, "Mayor Su, I'll be safe so long as you don't harm me."

Su Yu chuckled and said, "Are you still pretending to be clueless? Back then, the Five Elemental Ancestor got into a conflict with the Immortal Pseudo Emperor. The immortals cultivated the five elements as well, while the Five Elemental Ancestor was the self-proclaimed number one expert in the five elements. The two walked similar daos. Ultimately, the Immortal Pseudo Emperor killed the Five Elemental Ancestor, stripped the five elemental dao from the ancestor, and split the five elements. You know all this. Why are you pretending?"

Su Yu continued, "Sure, this matter is unknown to many even during the ancient past. But how can an event like this be hidden from the likes of us?"

Topsoil Spirit wanted to shout that he was really unaware of that! He was greatly alarmed. He only knew that their ancestor had been killed back then. But he didn't even know who the culprit was.

Did Su Yu assume that he knew as well?

Immortal Pseudo Emperor?

Immortals!

Were the immortals the reason for the five elements to be separated?

Topsoil Spirit did not dare to show his shock. With the same calm expression, he said, "I don't understand what you're saying, Mayor Su."

Su Yu sneered and said, "Would you believe me if I say that the immortals would attack and eliminate the five elementals the moment they learned about your identity? The ancestor is dead, and the past is the past. There is nothing anyone can do about the past. But you somehow emerged from the ancestor's five elemental origin. You have regained your race's ancient ability to utilize all five elements."

Su Yu sighed and said, "This would be very terrifying for the immortals. Would they not be scared of a new Five Elemental Ancestor rising and taking revenge against them for the past?"

Su Yu sighed and continued, "They definitely would. Back then, the Five Elemental Ancestor was a top expert even among the various Pseudo Emperors. But times have changed. The appearance of a new Five Elemental Ancestor...could very well lead to the end of the immortals."

Immortals...

Topsoil Spirit sank into thought. Were the immortals the culprit?

Were the immortals the ones who had killed the Five Elemental Ancestor? The most update n0vels are published on N0velFire.ɴet

Just how did Su Yu learn about all this?

With the same smile on his face, Su Yu said, "There's also the lost art of your race. The Five Elemental Art is missing, but that's not exactly the truth. Your race has no way of cultivating it as the heavenly laws will punish any attempt to cultivate it.

"Previously, you fell for Liu Hong's scam. Clearly, you are trying to recover the Five Elemental Art. But think about it. Apart from you, can anyone else in your race cultivate this art? The biggest issue plaguing your race is the separation of the five elemental origin. Because of that, the Five Elemental Realm can no longer produce new unified five elementals naturally."

Topsoil Spirit was feeling very helpless. Clearly, Su Yu knew everything.

The origin of the Five Elemental Realm was split. The origin of their ancestor was split as well. He knew that.

But even someone like Topsoil Spirit had only learned about all that through various incomplete ancient records. Some of the younger five elemental Invincibles were completely unaware of this. None of them knew who the culprit was.

"Mayor Su...where did you learn about all this?"

Su Yu chuckled and said, "The living don't know, but the dead know."

"..."

Understanding dawned on Topsoil Spirit.

Su Yu was well-connected both in the world of the living and the world of the dead. And he was right. The living might not know, but some of the old fossils and the dead would know.

Topsoil Spirit thought about it and said, "Do you have a solution for this issue?"

Su Yu grinned, "Do you want to know?"

"..."

Topsoil Spirit didn't know what answer he should give.

He struggled with himself.

After a long while, he nodded, "Yes."

Su Yu smiled and said, "Two methods. Firstly, produce an expert stronger than the Immortal Pseudo Emperor and forcefully unify the five elemental origin with force."

Topsoil Spirit pretended he didn't hear that.

"Secondly, have all the five elementals cultivate the Five Elemental Art. Each five elemental is born from the same origin. With enough of you cultivating the Five Elemental Art, you can slowly reunite the five elemental origin. After the automatic reunification is done, your entire race will change into a new life form."

Topsoil Spirit's eyes lit up as he said, "I thought of this before! Some of the elders in my race once speculated that with enough people cultivating the Five Elemental Art, the five elements will reunite. It is only a matter of time!"

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and asked, "See? I'm not lying."

Topsoil Spirit stared at Su Yu silently. After a long while, he asked, "Are you giving me the Five Elemental Art? But we still have two issues to solve. Your Five Elemental Art is only suited for the human race, not the five elemental race. Secondly, the heavenly tribulations won't be easy to handle."

Su Yu asked, "Is that really so hard? Hand your current single elemental arts to me. I only need to make some comparisons and deductions to recreate your ancestral Five Elemental Art."

That was not difficult at all.

Both the five elemental race and human race had the same number of apertures. Su Yu only needed to match an aperture or two before deriving the proper Five Elemental Art of the five elementals.

In truth, there were many organizations in charge of doing this among the various races. They would focus on deducing the arts of the other races to create different versions of the same arts.

Of course, the early phase of the deduction would be quite risky. However, the risk was not an issue for Su Yu. If the five elemental race wanted to restore their art, it would be perfectly natural for them to assign some test subjects for this great task. This was a noble task worthy of any amount of sacrifice.

Topsoil Spirit frowned slightly and asked, "Do you really know the Five Elemental Art?"

"Yes. The Five Elemental Art is merely a trash art for me."

With a smile, numerous dots of light appeared above Su Yu. Instantly, his 360 apertures shone brightly. Then, he opened his Heaven Gate. His entire disposition changed. Like a saint from the heavens, he gazed upon Topsoil Spirit with a solemn and detached expression.

By sheer instinct, Topsoil Spirit lowered his head before the current Su Yu.

Su Yu asked, "Do you understand now?"

"Yes..."

Topsoil Spirit sighed with his head lowered and asked, "You have opened the grand cycle apertures. Is that the case?"

"Yes!"

Su Yu said, "For me, the Five Elemental Art is decent with its 180 apertures. This alone signifies that the five elemental race must be a major race during the ancient past. However, 180 apertures are far too lacking compared to my 360 apertures."

Yes. The gap was indeed big.

Topsoil Spirit had nothing to say.

Even 144-aperture arts were rare enough to be functionally non-existent. Thus, there was no need to doubt the value of an 180-aperture art.

In fact, the Five Elemental Art was good enough to be called a divine art. Yet such a divine art was nothing for Su Yu.

Finally, Topsoil Spirit looked up to meet Su Yu's gaze and asked, "Are you willing to teach my race the Five Elemental Art? What do you want from us?"

Su Yu spoke with a lazy tone, "I won't be talking about my goal for now. I only have one question. What would the immortals do after learning about your identity?"

Topsoil Spirit frowned and said, "The immortals might not necessarily believe you."

Su Yu beamed and said, "Is that so? Are you certain that the immortals have never suspected you? You have been deliberately keeping a low profile, pretending to be someone who can only utilize the five elements through a unique method. But you were born with this ability. Is that not the case?"

Topsoil Spirit said, "No. I wasn't born with the five elements unified."

"Is that so?" Su Yu said, "Answer me. How far along are you with the Five Elemental Ancestor's dao? How much of his dao have you fused with?"

"I don't understand what you're saying."

Su Yu chuckled and said, "Let me be more specific. Since the Five Elemental Ancestor could reach such a height back then, he must have reached the very end of each elemental dao, becoming a master of five laws.

"The Immortal Pseudo Emperor must have killed him after failing to advance further in the same daos. I suspect that each law can only be mastered by a single person. Thus, he must kill the Five Elemental Ancestor to make way for himself. The Immortal Pseudo Emperor must have grasped some other daos that were even stronger. Then, he killed the Five Elemental Ancestor to free the five elemental daos. He must have walked further along these daos since then, but these daos are probably still masterless."