Chapter 2079: Drama King (3) |
At the moment, Su Yu was feeling quite relaxed.
Inside the River of Time.
Holding onto the weakened Hou Pseudo Emperor, he asked, "Wasn't that fun?"
Hou Pseudo Emperor felt like crying. Sure, sure.
It was so fun he nearly died.
For a moment there, he even thought that Su Yu was really going to kill him. Fortunately, he survived.
"Thank you for your favor, Emperor Yu."
This whole performance was done for the sake of the Upper Realm hous.
Su Yu smiled. "It's no big deal. I'm only doing what's right. I will try my best to overturn the Upper Realm before the myriad races learn that you're still around."
It felt as though Su Yu was capable of anything. Any casual gesture of his was seemingly capable of upending heaven and earth.
For example, he had killed a Daofuse before summoning a bunch of death spirit experts to force the myriad races to remove all their collected death qi. If Su Yu hadn't faked Hou Pseudo Emperor's death, the threat might not have worked against the myriad races.
With a smile, Su Yu brought Hou Pseudo Emperor back to the dao they found earlier. Then, he waited outside as Hou Pseudo Emperor entered the tributary.
Hou Pseudo Emperor had cultivated the wrong dao for so many years yet he was able to grow into a tier-three Daofuse. Su Yu had a feeling that at this rate, Hou Pseudo Emperor might even end up pioneering his own dao by accident.
As Su Yu waited, the tributary started shaking. After a long wait, Hou Pseudo Emperor returned from the tributary. His aura did not seem too impressive. He had only returned to his previous cultivation level.
However, Su Yu's eyes still lit up in excitement when he saw Hou Pseudo Emperor. The cultivation level remained the same. But one shouldn't forget that he had just severed his previous dao, yet he had immediately returned to his previous cultivation level. What did that signify?
It signified that he had indeed been comprehending the devour dao while cultivating the wrong dao previously. His comprehension of the devour dao was deep enough for him to instantly restore his cultivation level. And now, he was finally cultivating the right dao.
At this point, Hou Pseudo Emperor was fully convinced of Su Yu's words. "Your Majesty, I had indeed cultivated the wrong dao before this. The dao of my race has nothing to do with devouring."
With a helpless expression, he said, "My father was never a cultivator of the devour dao. Instead, I am the one who is truly compatible with the devour dao. But why...didn't my father tell me about my mistake before his disappearance?"
He didn't even know what to say about that. He might not know the nature of his father's dao, but was his father not aware of it as well? Why had his father never reminded him about that?
Su Yu was quite doubtful about that as well. "Was your father still around back when you started fusing with his dao?"
"Yes." Hou Pseudo Emperor said, "He was around even when I reached the ninth-degree Eternal Realm. Why didn't he remind me even when he saw me fusing with his dao? I had been cultivating his dao as a devour dao. No wonder I had such a hard time when I first fused with his dao. I only succeeded after receiving my father's help."
Back then, he had believed that he simply lacked talent. At the time, he had been the target of ridicule among the various young masters of the Masters of Laws.
They were all fellow descendants of Masters of Laws. However, he was still an Eternal when the others were already Daofuses. And when the others became heavenly kings, he was stil a Daofuse. It was only natural for him to become a subject of ridicule.
However, his fusion with an actual devour dao had proceeded smoothly. He had a feeling that if he had been cultivating this dao long ago, he could have reached the level of a heavenly king or even become a Venerable by now.
Very few children of Masters of Laws still remained in the Myriad Realms, and he was one of the few.
After some thought, Su Yu shook his head. "I can't understand this. Perhaps your father wanted you to figure it out yourself?"
That was possible. Some people enjoyed speaking in riddles, claiming that they were giving others the chance to understand things themselves. But at times, one could remain stuck in a single perspective for a long time.
Hou Pseudo Emperor chose to not think about the matter too much. He smiled and said, "I finally know my correct path. From now on, the hou race can start cultivating the proper devour dao. As for my father's dao, he can keep it for himself. I'll remind everyone to switch their daos later. Give me some time, Your Majesty. I believe I can reach the level of a heavenly king before long."
After all, he still had two other opportunities to observe the dao after this. Previously, he had studied the dao painting with the others, but it had been a waste since he had been cultivating the wrong dao at the time.
Now that he was finally cultivating the right dao, he could probably benefit a lot from observing the dao painting again.
Su Yu smiled as well. "Yes. That's very likely. Unlike the others, you were pursuing the wrong dao before this. Just look at Soy Bun. He became a heavenly king not long after understanding his dao. You can reach that level soon as well."
With that, their faction would welcome the addition of another heavenly king. Furthermore, Su Yu had more supporters in the Upper Realm. March was a Venerable while Giant Bamboo Marquis was a heavenly king.
Su Yu was unsure about Fate Pseudo Emperor's relationship with Heavenly Fate Marquis, but Spacebreak Marquis would most likely side with him as she was the dao companion of the Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor.
In short, Su Yu's faction was actually comparable with the other factions if the Venerables weren't counted. His faction might be weaker than the myriad races and Control King's lineage, but it was probably comparable to Hundred Battle King's faction.
"We now only lack the top-tier combatants."
He needed experts at the level of Hundred Battle King, the old ancestor from Control King's lineage, and Corona Venerable. He only needed someone like that and his faction would no longer be that far behind the other factions in strength.
Alas, he would probably need to rely on himself for that. He wondered if he could reach the level of a Venerable after his dao pioneering.
***
Celestial Chasm Realm.
Su Yu was back again. This time, he entered seclusion instead of running off again. He had decided to take three days to meditate on all his gains and prepare for his coming dao pioneering.
Where should he pioneer his dao? He might not have the ability to move it immediately after Creation. Thus, the location would be very important. He needed to do it somewhere in the chaotic space beyond the three realms.
Sure, almost nobody could see the dao clearly, but it wouldn't hurt for him to be careful about it. For example, those with the Hell Gate could probably see his dao. Hundred Battle King might also be someone with the Heaven Gate open.
"This world is split into three. Upper Realm, Myriad Realms, and Death Realm. Chaotic space can be found beyond the three realms. At the other extreme of the Origin Land, chaotic space can be found. The Chaos Mountain of the Upper Realm is also a land of chaos. The boundless void of the Myriad Realms is essentially chaotic space as well."
Su Yu realized that his options were actually quite limited. He could only pioneer his dao at the extreme end of the Origin Land. A large number of powerful beings were sealed there, but it was unlikely that these beings were everywhere. He could probably find somewhere empty for his dao pioneering.
In any case, he wasn't too worried about death spirits. There were simply too many limitations to them.
"Let's do it at the Origin Land."
As for the energy source, he did not intend to steal from the River of Time. The power from the River of Time might be too much for his dao. He intended to rely on himself for that.
"Just what is the source of River of Time's power?"
After a long thought, Su Yu exclaimed, "Chaos! Chaos itself is being used as the energy source of the River of Time!"
In short, chaos was the ultimate power source. Since Su Yu intended to pioneer his dao amid the chaotic space, he could consider doing that in the future. Chaos was most likely the proper energy source to use for a Creator.
"The death spirit dao and Human Emperor's dao aren't receiving their power from chaos. This signified that the masters of these daos weren't familiar enough with chaos when they pioneered their dao. They were lacking compared to the master of the River of Time."
Of course, Su Yu's understanding of chaos was also still not enough to actually do that. But he could save it for the future. He spent three days in thought, constantly improving his plan and digesting his recent gains from digging the hole in the River of Time.
"But to pioneer my dao, I need to retrieve all my pages. The other pages are fine, but what about the death spirit page?"
Su Yu sank into thought. After a long while, he laughed. "No, I'll create another death spirit page. Dragonblood Marquis can remain for now. He's still quite a useful chess piece."
He decided to continue keeping Dragonblood Marquis around. He could feel how fast Dragonblood Marquis had grown recently. Given time, Dragonblood Marquis would definitely give him a nice surprise.
Perhaps he might even need Dragonblood Marquis to pacify the Origin Land.
In the blink of an eye, the three-day break was over.
***
"With me, everyone. To the Origin Land."
A voice rang out throughout the Celestial Chasm Realm.
Numerous experts soared into the sky. There were dozens of Daofuses and hundreds of Eternals among them. All the Daofuses and Eternals would be allowed to go this time. Some looked excited, and some looked worried.
The worried ones were afraid that Su Yu would fail. That would be disastrous. As for the excited ones, they were fully confident in Su Yu. They believed that he would never fail. Heavendoom was one of them. He looked incomparably excited. Never once had the thought of failure crossed his mind.
The auras of all the experts rippled out before sweeping through the Death Realm. For a moment, even the Death Realm calmed down in the presence of so many experts. No death spirit dared to do anything. Too many experts had appeared.
In the Luminous Domain Mansion, Martial Emperor's figure appeared on the seventh level and gazed through the death tunnel solemnly. Was Su Yu finally here to kill him? Was this the crisis he sensed not long ago? Sure enough, Su Yu was making a move against him!
His senses were right!
Looking at the sheer number of experts around Su Yu, Martial Emperor looked incomparably solemn. There were so many heavenly kings and peak Daofuses among them. There were even hundreds of Eternals among them. Clearly, Su Yu was going to try his very best this time.
Martial Emperor doubted that he could survive the assault of so many experts. After all, he was still sealed. But he was the Martial Emperor. He would not go down silently! And thus, he released his powerful aura. His mighty figure appeared outside the death tunnel and stood tall, as though a god of war had appeared.
As his aura surged into the sky, he roared, "Bring it on, Su Yu! I'm not scared of you! I might die today, but I won't make things easy for you!"
His voice spread everywhere, fully showcasing his pride and prowess. Even if he must die, he would drag a large number of experts down with him.
***
All the experts around Su Yu stared at him blankly.
They were all confused.
What?
What did Su Yu do this time? Hadn't he been here all along? Why did Martial Emperor grow so agitated?
With a sneer, Su Yu said, "He's being a drama king. He must have been too bored recently."
What was that nonsense? Did he look so brainless? Why would he waste the lives of his people attacking Martial Emperor? He couldn't bear to lose even one of these people. Martial Emperor must have lost his mind.
"Ignore him. His brain has been damaged for many years. I thought he recovered not long ago, but clearly, I was wrong."
Su Yu shook his head with pity.
Poor guy.
Even now, Martial Emperor was still crazy.
Poor Martial Emperor.
***
Meanwhile, Martial Emperor was still standing tall with a mighty pose as he awaited the incoming assault. He would never bow! Not even death could make him bow!
But next, he sensed the numerous auras crossing the Celestial River of Death before entering the region of the four heavenly kings. The auras continued moving toward the Origin Land.
Gradually, Martial Emperor's face turned red.
Were they...not here for him? Did he...overreact? But he was sure his senses hadn't been wrong. Was this perhaps a ploy by Su Yu to get him to relax before attacking him? Martial Emperor sank into confusion. He was ready for an intense battle, but Su Yu had left him hanging. What was this?