Chapter 148 - 148

Cough, cough, cough!"

As blood flowed out of his seven orifices, everyone looked at him again. Another failure?

As usual, Su Yu maintained an indifferent expression while cursing inwardly. He was very confident that he had picked correctly this time!

Why?

Was he really supposed to try five times before succeeding?

Each failure was exceedingly painful!

The explosion would shake not only the Heaven Gate, but the rest of his acupoints and apertures as well. Each explosion was akin to having his head struck by a hammer. It was most certainly not a pleasant feeling.

Chapter 1749: Opening Doors, Harvesting Treasures (1)

Some people would die after several internal explosions. Some people would get numbed after several explosions. Pain was eternal. One only needed to get used to it.

As Su Yu attempted to perfect the cultivation method, he came to realize one thing. The Grand Cycle Method was not something to be taught lightly.

Yes. He had finally understood it. Luck played no role here. The Grand Cycle Method itself refused to be imparted. This was an extremely terrifying cultivation method. Or one could say that it was a perfect cultivation method. A method to unify the acupoints and apertures.

However, everyone was born imperfect. Even when one opened acupoints and apertures, completion was hard to grasp. After opening all of them to reach completion, the difficulty of fusing the completed acupoints and apertures into one would be unimaginably high. Thus, the Grand Cycle Acupoint Method was hard to obtain. The Grand Cycle Method was also hard to obtain.

Su Yu couldn't help but suspect one thing. Was the Grand Cycle Method really allowed to exist?

Back then, he wrote a cultivation method of 360 acupoints for Bai Feng. Ultimately, the heavens had rejected it as the written cultivation method had eventually been destroyed by a lightning tribulation.

What about a cultivation method for 720 acupoints and apertures? Perhaps this was something that could only be passed down verbally by a living person. Passing it down in written form was impossible.

Even the Grand Cycle Aperture Method was something Su Yu had learned from the book spirit. He had never seen the written form of that method.

"I can put this theory to the test after deriving the full method. The heavens do not allow this cultivation method to exist. Thus, each time my guts told me I made the right choice, it was actually the wrong choice."

The heavens would not allow him to learn the full method easily. That was a guess, but Su Yu believed that his guess was right. In that case, should he pick the option his guts were telling him was wrong?

And when he did that, another explosion erupted.

Su Yu laughed.

Understood.

The laws would constantly mess with him regardless of his line of thought. That was reverse psychology. The laws had messed with his judgment yet again. How interesting. So be it. In that case, he would try them all.

Su Yu braced himself to succeed only at the maximum number of attempts. This was a trial for him by the laws. As for the origin of these annoying laws...nobody knew. But every law was there because someone had placed it there. This was Su Yu's belief.

Therefore, this must be a law placed by a bastard who had suffered during the cultivation of this method. After all, this was exactly what Su Yu would do after mastering this method in such a painful manner. After detonating himself numerous times in the mastery of this method, he naturally wouldn't make it easier for others to cultivate this method.

As they walked, Su Yu exploded again and again. He was injured. But what did it matter? In life, injuries were unavoidable. A cultivator who had never been injured was not a good cultivator.

Suddenly, Heavenbridge Marquis spoke with a solemn tone, "We will reach the human king area soon. Human Lord, the rest of us might need to stop here. The laws might allow us to pass through, but that place is currently uninhabited. There are only laws here. If anything happens, there won't be anyone around to save us."

Even a marquis feared the laws there.

No matter what, a marquis had a level-four authority. Someone like that was qualified to enter even the assembly hall, yet Heavenbridge Marquis did not dare to keep going ahead. It was simply too risky.

Instead of arguing pointlessly, Heavenbridge Marquis was giving solemn advice, "Human Lord, if you must go, try to stop in the area with level-three authority. Try not to enter the area with level-two authority. There are only four residences there. The residences of the Four Cardinal Human Kings. The Culture King's Residence is the southern residence, the Martial King's Residence is the northern residence, the Radiant King's Residence is the eastern residence, and the Control King's Residence is the western residence."

He added, "We are heading in from the south. The assembly hall is located to the north, facing south. Its entrance directly faces the Culture King's Residence."

Such an arrangement was truly interesting.

Placing Culture King's Residence at the entrance of the assembly hall.

In short, they could never escape his gaze. Was this also a way for humanity to suppress the assembly? One man against an entire assembly? The assembly hall would find itself facing Culture King to the front and Martial King to the back. Was this an encirclement?

Sure, there were ninety-nine doors to the assembly hall. But it had a front entrance and a back entrance as well. These were most likely the main entrances.

Su Yu chuckled and asked, "So Culture King's Residence is right in front of the assembly?"

"Yes." Heavenbridge Marquis nodded and said with a sigh, "You don't know this, but during the ancient past, whenever the assembly members finished their meeting, they would be met with the sight of Culture King reading in front of his residence right after leaving the hall. The mere sight of him would cause anyone's heart to flutter in fear. That was why they eventually erected ninety-nine side doors, one door for each race. After the side doors were erected, the assembly members rarely used the main entrance."

That was quite a scene to imagine.

Right after finishing their meeting where they schemed against humanity, they would be met with the sight of Culture King, a book, and his smile. That was too chilling.

Su Yu laughed and said, "Yes. This is indeed something a scholar might do."

Su Yu couldn't help but agree that he indeed resembled Culture King greatly. After all, that was likely something he would do in the same position as well. He would wait outside their hall while they discussed ways to handle humanity. When they were leaving the meeting, he would read to them. What would he be reading?

Books on moral values and righteousness.

Books on loyalty to their rulers.

Books regarding the miserable endings of all traitors.

Books regarding the cruelest tortures awaiting all traitors.

That would be quite a fun thing to do. As he thought of all that, he even started feeling regretful that he wasn't born in that era. Otherwise, he would have done the same to these assembly members. He would read to them, telling them to give up all resistance.

They should obediently wait for their deaths. He would sit there and terrorize them with his presence.

Heavenbridge Marquis asked, "Human Lord, will you do something like this in the future?"

"No."

Hearing that, Heavenbridge Marquis exhaled in relief. Good. He was worried that Su Yu's court would act similarly.

But right after, Su Yu grinned and said, "If there were such a day for me, I would simply kill all disobedient fools. Why bother keeping them around? Culture King and the others were unable to kill all the opposition. In that case, why did they bother to conquer the Myriad Realms in the first place? Just continue the war until all their enemies are wiped out. If they couldn't, just obediently return to the Human Realm. Why did they insist on unifying the Myriad Realms and subject themselves to so many restrictions?"

Su Yu continued, "I've read a lot of history books. Such a situation is extremely problematic. Many empires had collapsed not to external enemies, but to internal conflicts."

"The difficulty of ruling everyone is too great. I don't think that Culture King and the others made the wrong choice. In fact, they had a nice plan. They also did well. They only needed time for their plan to come into fruition. Those from the early period of the era would eventually die off, while those from the later period would grow up receiving the brainwashing and benevolence of humanity.

"However, such a method requires too much time and effort. If you're strong enough, you're better off wiping out the older generation and preserving only those from the younger generation. The young will slowly forget their past. After three to five generations, complete unification will be within reach."

Su Yu expounded upon his idea confidently. He did not claim that Culture King and the others were wrong. They had merely picked a different path, but that did not signify that they were wrong.

Su Yu's proposed path wasn't an easy one either. If they were strong enough to eliminate the ninety-nine assembly members, they would have done so long ago. Unfortunately, they couldn't. Thus, they had to resort to a long-term plan. They aimed to slowly split the myriad races apart, to rope in some and remove some. Unfortunately, that worked too slowly, to the point that it hadn't even succeeded until the end of the era.

After all, the ancient humans were not trying to outlive a bunch of regular individuals. Rather, they were trying to outlive a bunch of Masters of Laws. The mere thought of that caused Su Yu to grimace. How long would that take? Resistance would not end as long as these Masters of Laws remained.

Heavenbridge Marquis decided to shut his mouth. He didn't feel like talking anymore. For some reason, talking to this human lord was quite a terrifying experience. He might be old and powerful, but he was also scared. This human lord was arrogant, domineering, and bloodthirsty. Furthermore, he was calm, a cool-headed madman.

This was the scariest opponent to have. In any case, this was the type of people Heavenbridge Marquis feared most. Powerful lunatics were not scary. But a powerful lunatic with a brain was terrifying.

Su Yu smiled and said, "You guys stay here. You can try to gather some treasures as well, but be careful. I think General Grand Dream's Residence is nearby as well. You can pay his old residence a visit. Perhaps you can find something good there. I'll continue ahead."

"Human Lord..." Marquis Lanshan asked with some hesitation, "Shall I escort you over?"

"That won't be necessary." Su Yu said, "None of you has sufficient authority to go with me. Marquis Lanshan, do you have a residence here?"

"No." Marquis Lanshan shook her head and said, "This place was established after the conquest. I was already dead..."

But Heavenbridge Marquis interupted her and said, "There is a residence for you here. You might have died back then, but you're a posthumous marquis. Every human marquis was allocated a residence here. Some were merely left empty. Back then, a few veterans from the Lanshan Army were in charge of maintaining and keeping watch over your residence. Eventually, they all died."

Marquis Lanshan was both surprised and touched to hear that. She said, "So the lords did not forget me..."

The gate couldn't resist revealing his true nature as he went into his argumentative mode and said, "No, they must have forgotten about you. That's what I believe. None of you was given compensation after your death. You would have been compensated if they hadn't forgotten about you."

"..."

What a killjoy! Marquis Lanshan glared at him coldly. What an annoying guy.

Su Yu ignored the conversation and said, "That's it, then. Explore this place yourselves, but be careful with these residences. Don't enter these residences rashly. Without the suppression of my human lord's token, the laws here will only grow stronger."

Then, he walked away, leaving them with the sight of his imposing back. But that imposing back collapsed moments later as yet another explosion erupted inside Su Yu's body, causing him to stagger. Naturally, they hurriedly looked away and acted as though they had noticed nothing. This guy was too petty. Thus, this was the right thing to do.

Only when Su Yu was far away from them did Heavendoom laugh. He said, "I had to resist laughing earlier, but finally, I can laugh now. Did you see those explosions? How miserable. By the way, he's starting to feel more and more like a proper human lord. When he stood there with a solemn face, I couldn't help but feel nervous."

Grandstar laughed and said, "Nervous? You? Are you capable of that? But yes, he has indeed matured."

Grandstar said, "Upon completing his cultivation method, he will probably start fusing with a dao properly. I wonder what his chosen dao will be. He seems confident. Perhaps soon, his strength will experience another massive growth. He will become a true top expert soon."

The current Su Yu was already quite strong, but not strong enough. But things would change when he became a proper Daofuse.

Grand cycle acupoints and apertures.

That granted him a far stronger foundation than anyone else. Someone with such a powerful foundation would definitely grow into the next human king. As for a higher level, none of them had considered that yet. For now, Su Yu had yet to display the potential to surpass the likes of Culture King.

Heavendoom grinned and said, "This isn't a bad thing. It's truly exciting to follow this guy. He will receive a beating every other day, but he simply won't lose."

Each battle would be desperate, but they had never lost. It felt as though they would win against anyone.

He added, "Since we have all advanced, will he really conquer the Myriad Realms before attacking the Upper Realm after leaving?"

"That won't be easy." Grandstar sighed and said, "Su Yu lacks experience, so he does not understand just how difficult this can be. We all know just how many experts there are up there. Of the 720 myriad race marquises, many died or vanished. But over the past nine epochs, ten or twenty would descend each epoch. I remember seeing more than thirty different Daofuses over the nine epochs. There are also the new Daofuses to include as well."

At that, everyone's mood turned heavy. The Upper Realm was truly not weak.

Chapter 1750: Opening Doors, Harvesting Treasures (2)

Grandstar continued, "Also, we have to take the human race into consideration. They had lost almost all their old fossils during the ninth epoch. Since humanity is still around, some must have survived. If Su Yu were a regular human lord, he wouldn't have much issue with these old fossils. But he's too domineering. Do you think those old fossils will accept a human lord like this? Will they really listen to a youngster like him?"

Heavendoom snorted, "Will those fellows really try to control him? Can they even do it? When he's weak, it doesn't matter. He can pretend to obey. But when he grows strong enough, I guarantee you he will settle scores with them. They should do the smart thing and obey. It would be sad for them to survive the myriad races for so many years only to die in the hands of that guy."

At that, the gate asked, "Will he really settle scores with some after growing stronger?"

"Of course."

The gate asked sorrowfully, "Will he settle scores with me?"

Grandstar coughed and said, "Don't worry. You joined the battle earlier, right? Alright, forget about that. Show us the way to our boss' place. Are there any laws there as well? I remember that there used to be a large pond in boss' place back then. That was his personal bath. It was quite comfortable. The pond was filled with sunmoon essence. I wonder if the pond has dried up over the years."

Heavendoom said, "I remember that there used to be a large millstone there as well. The millstone was made of the shell he shed back then. In the past, he refused to give it to me even after I asked for it. Now that I have advanced, my staff is no longer sufficient. I need some new treasures to strengthen my staff. Boss' shell should be an excellent material for this purpose."

"True, I need some treasures as well..." Suddenly, Empyrean Cloud recalled something and said, "The most powerful treasure in Boss' place was that bed of his. It was forged from the heavenly ice stone that had dropped from the boundless void after creation."

She exclaimed in excitement, "That's mine!"

At that, everyone stared at her silently. Marquis Lanshan did not react, but He Tu asked, "Empyrean Cloud, why did you visit your boss' bed for no reason?"

That was a very private place.

Empyrean Cloud's expression changed as she snorted coldly and said, "I like looking at beds. What about it? Why are your minds filled with these shameless thoughts?"

They merely nodded thoughtfully without saying anything else, further enraging Empyrean Cloud.

And thus, they started heading toward the old turtle's residence. It would be inconvenient for them to enter the other residences, but the old turtle's residence was different. They were simply too familiar with it. Since they were already here, they naturally had to rob their boss clean.

***

Boom!

After a series of explosions, Su Yu smiled. He had connected the 718th node. He would be done soon. This wasn't that hard, after all. He was left with only two. For the 719th node, he only needed to pick one out of two. At most, he would suffer one more explosion.

"My luck is not that bad, after all."

Su Yu consoled himself, even though he needed to make the maximum number of attempts for each node. After all, the total number of attempts was still low. He had only suffered some cracks on his Heaven Gate. He only needed to repair it. This was no big deal.

He wondered if he would receive a heavenly reward for completing this method. Or perhaps there would be a punishment.

Su Yu was unsure. Thus, he planned to stop at the 719th node. It wouldn't be wise to provoke a tribulation right in front of the assembly hall, the origin of all these tribulations. He continued walking, passing by numerous residences in the level three area.

"Cloud King's Residence."

"Battle King's Residence."

"First Divine's Residence."

Su Yu noted a certain residence that was larger than even a regular human king's residence. In the middle of the residence was a gigantic dao, connected to one of the doors around the assembly hall.

It felt as though an ancient beast was personally watching over the side door.

Divine race!

Su Yu's eyes flickered. This was the residence of the Divine Pseudo Emperor from the ancient past.

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The residence of a Master of Law, one who was much more powerful than the average Master of Law, would most certainly be filled with treasures. But after a while, Su Yu shook his head. It wouldn't be wise to intrude upon this residence.

The power of laws here was too dense for him to handle. It also felt as though there were two divines standing behind the main entrance of the residence, watching over it. But according to Su Yu's senses, the two were merely the manifestations of the laws instead of two actual divines.

Once again, an explosion erupted within his body. At this point, he no longer cared. Why would a mere explosion matter? It would only add a crack to his Heaven Gate. That was no big deal.

And thus, he was left with only one node to connect.

He was done.

With only one left, he was as good as done. His next attempt would also be his final attempt. Prior to this, he had made fourteen attempts and gotten four right. He kept consoling himself, telling himself that he was so lucky to have only gotten it wrong ten times.

"Is it possible that not even Martial Emperor himself can give me the full inheritance? Yes, I should be more lenient in how I judge others."

But soon, he curled his lips and rejected that speculation. Previously, he was able to teach someone else the full cultivation method, even if he had to suffer a tribulation for it.

"I now have the complete cultivation method!"

He smiled with satisfaction. He had accomplished his biggest goal here. He had also accomplished his side goal of killing East Heavenly King. Yes. That was only a side goal. After all, nothing was more important than his own strength.

He kept the final node unlinked. There was no rush. He intended to visit Culture King's Residence first.

He continued onward. Gradually, the number of residences he could see started dropping before finally, he saw the Culture King's Residence. It stood alone, with no other residences nearby. This was a special treatment accorded to only the residences of the Four Cardinal Human Kings, signifying their transcendent status among all others.

The residence was massive. As the main entrance faced the assembly hall, it was not visible from Su Yu's angle. However, the back entrance was visible to him. It was massive.

Even from afar, he could see the two characters floating above the back entrance: Sky Gaze.

Sky Gaze?

Su Yu stared at it from afar. What was the meaning of these two characters?

To gaze upon the world under heaven?

To gaze upon the sky from the bottom of the well?

To supervise the heavens, similar to the meaning of the Heavenly Supervising Pavilion?

What was the actual meaning of the two characters?

It didn't matter.

Culture King's Residence wasn't that far away from the First Divine's Residence. Perhaps this residence was established here to keep an eye on the Divine Pseudo Emperor.

Su Yu wondered if the residences of the three other cardinal kings were also erected near the residences of the Pseudo Emperors from the devil, immortal, and some other powerful races.

Su Yu walked straight toward the back entrance. He did not intend to try the main entrance. After all, it faced the assembly hall. Who knew if there was a trap there? Leaving the White Jade Avenue, he followed a minor path leading toward the back entrance.

As he walked, he finally left the level three area to enter the level two area. This was an area with authority surpassing his own authority. Supposedly, he could only walk past here but not enter any of the buildings. In fact, the moment he stepped into the area, he could feel an incorporeal pressure pressing down upon him.

All around him, chaotic powers of laws converged. This was not a reward. It wasn't a punishment either. Rather, these powers were offensive in nature. They were there to attack him the moment he stepped out of line.

Clearly, the authority of a mere human lord was lower than Culture King's. People like Su Yu were more akin to the crown prince of the emperor than the emperor himself. And a mere crown prince was not as highly revered as Culture King or the other Cardinal Human Kings.

Su Yu lightened his steps and continued walking forward. Before long, he reached the back entrance. The two floating characters became even clearer in his eyes. His surroundings were empty except for this building. Recalling his previous experience, a chill crept up his spine. He wondered if a voice would respond to his greeting here as well.

Previously, the white dog had responded to his greeting. It was said that Culture King had a residence on the ninth level as well. It was located inside the imperial palace. That was also the location of the treasure vault mentioned by Liu Hong.

In that case, would the method to restrict Martial Emperor also be stored there? If that were the case, things would get very troublesome. The old turtle had once warned Su Yu to never enter the ninth level.

"Just why did he need so many residences?"

There was one in the Human Realm, one in the Death Realm, one here, and one on the ninth level. Were these holiday villas or something like that? Why did Culture King build his residences everywhere?

"Human Lord of Anping Calendar, Su Yu, greets Senior Culture King."

Su Yu waited for an answer. This time, no reply came. But right at that moment, the crown on his head flickered with light. As a response, the two floating characters above the back entrance reacted. Rays of light shot toward Su Yu's body.

These rays were not offensive in nature. With a frown, Su Yu stepped back to evade them, but he was much slower. Before he knew it, those rays had landed on his body. The two floating characters started shining.

Then, the back door shook.

Finally, it swung open.

A creak rang out in the completely silent environment.

The door had actually opened by itself.

Beyond the door, a small courtyard was visible. Inside the courtyard, there were rock gardens, ponds, flowers, trees, and a swing. This was somewhat similar to the residence Su Yu had visited in Nanyuan. This was most likely the rear courtyard.

Su Yu stared at the two floating characters with a frown. Were they capable of determining his identity?

Which identity?

A successor?

A human lord?

Or...perhaps the two characters had merely detected the Book of Time?

Su Yu inhaled deeply. All along, Culture King had been shrouded in mystery for him. That was a name he had heard many times, but the more he learned, the more enigmatic Culture King seemed. From all the legends, it felt as though that was someone capable of everything.

Also someone who would never be wrong. However, he had vanished. He seemed to be in a battle, and he was nearing his limits. Just what manner of foe was terrifying enough to push even someone like Culture King into such dire straits?

Who was it?

In truth, Time Sage's call for help had chilled Su Yu to his bones. Whatever they were facing, it was capable of endangering even someone like Culture King. What about someone like him?

Su Yu tossed the matter aside for now and stepped into the rear courtyard. Behind him, the door swung shut automatically. Inside the courtyard, the swing started moving by itself even though there was no wind in the air. It almost felt as though someone was sitting on it. A non-cultivator would most likely assume that this was a haunted courtyard at the sight of this.

Suddenly, something floated out of Su Yu's sea of willpower.

Culture Tomb.

Rays of light swirled on the surface of the Culture Tomb.

Su Yu's expression turned solemn. The Culture Tomb had actually moved by itself!

Damn it!

What did that signify?

Did this signify that Culture King could freely control the Culture Tomb? Was the dao hidden in the Culture Tomb still under Culture King's control? Next, an even more terrifying sight appeared. A silhouette slowly emerged from the Culture Tomb. Facing Su Yu with its back, the silhouette stood there with fluttering white robes.

Chapter 1751: Opening Doors, Harvesting Treasures (3)

"You have arrived."

An ethereal voice rang out in Su Yu's ears.

After a long while, Su Yu answered solemnly, "Senior Culture King?"

"I must not be around anymore." Just as Su Yu was about to say something else, the white silhouette continued, "This is a memory imprint I left on the penblade."

"My students must have passed this penblade down as an inheritance. I am sure of this since those students of mine are incapable of handling this dao. The dao of penblade is the strongest among the four daos of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. It is also the hardest to control.

"Since you are seeing this, it signifies that you might have the ability to slightly grasp this dao. This is an extremely powerful dao. I did not create this dao myself. Rather, it is a natural dao. However, it is of little use to me these days. However, this was the dao I used to establish my status in the Myriad Realms. Who in all of existence can block a single jab of my pen?"

Culture King's silhouette continued speaking, facing Su Yu with only its back. But while listening, Su Yu suddenly had a brave idea. He wanted to take a look at the front of this silhouette.

And he did so unhesitatingly. Yes. He wanted to look at Culture King's face. He was very good at posturing as well. Showing one's back was indeed a good way to appear all mysterious.

He wanted to get a good look at Culture King's face. But when he stepped in front of the silhouette, he blanked out. It was yet another back. He started moving around the silhouette, but after circling the silhouette hundreds of times, he started collapsing emotionally.

"I—"

Holy shit!

Culture King was truly impressive! He had only left his back in this imprint. It didn't matter how one tried, and it didn't matter from which angle one was looking at it. One would only see the back of this silhouette.

How creative. How amazing.

Truly a trick worth learning!

Su Yu couldn't help but feel admiration for Culture King's ability to act cool. Was there a hidden meaning behind this action as well? Was this a way to say that nobody would be able to surpass him? All would stay behind him forever. Or was this a way to say that he was unqualified to see Culture King's face?

Ignoring Su Yu, the silhouette continued speaking.

"Since you are here, you must have encountered some trouble. If you are here, even the imperial court must have collapsed. I know. After my departure, the myriad races will definitely stir. The imperial court will fall into crisis. However, I must leave. There is someone I must save.

"I have no choice. Thus, I am leaving four legacies behind. Controlling even one of the four daos will grant you the strength of a Master of Law. You will be comparable to an assembly member, or even stronger. The dao of penblade is a dao that threads the martial and cultural path. It is incomparably sharp, capable of killing a regular Master of Law instantly."

To Su Yu, that sounded like bragging. Yes, Culture King was strong, but he wasn't here. This was merely a silhouette. Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to say anything anymore. This was merely a recording. It was incapable of replying.

"Your purpose here does not matter. Perhaps you have encountered trouble. You are here for help. Or perhaps you are here to commemorate a respected senior like me. Since you are here, I consider you a guest of my home. Who knows? Perhaps you might really grow into the founder of a new era.

"I can't leave irresponsibly. Thus, I left some contingencies behind. I don't know if these contingencies are still around by the time you're seeing this, and I don't know if they can still be used. Perhaps this recording will only be seen countless years later, when my era is nothing but a legend.

"The dao of penblade can only be inherited by humans. Your presence here signifies that you have grasped parts of this dao. Since you can enter my residence, you must be a human. Perhaps you don't need what I have prepared, but I might as well say it.

"There are four rooms in my residence, each corresponding to the daos of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. Each item can only open one of the rooms. Of course, you can open all these rooms without these items with enough strength. But you will need to surpass me to do so. If you possess neither the strength nor the inheritance item to open these rooms, accept that your fortune is lacking.

"Some items are left in each room. What are they? You may find out for yourself. As for the other treasures in the residence, if the residence still stands, please do preserve it for me. Do not damage it. After staying here for so many years, I have developed an attachment to it.

"Finally, if you see my younger sister, please tell her that I went looking for her. If she's back, tell her to wait at our old home. Don't run away anymore. Don't go looking for me."

At that point, the silhouette started fading. "Don't worry. This is the sole imprint left on the penblade. There are no traps on it."

Su Yu watched silently as the silhouette fully faded away. Then, the Culture Tomb returned to his hand. He studied the Culture Tomb with a helpless expression. So be it. What could he do even if there were more imprints left on the Culture Tomb? After all, Culture King was once the master of this dao.

Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. Four daos, and four rooms.

One legacy per room.

Su Yu had the pen, the inkstone, and half the paper. In that case, would he be able to open two of the rooms? He might be able to open the third room as well, but opening the fourth room would be impossible.

Rooms...

Su Yu followed the path in the courtyard. Before long, he saw the aforementioned rooms. There were indeed four of them, located on both sides of the small path from the rear courtyard. They were quite conspicuous due to their unique designs.

One of them stood tall, shaped like a pen.

One was shaped like a book, most likely the room for the paper inheritance.

With the unique shape of each room, there was no need to worry about getting the rooms wrong.

Su Yu was curious about one thing. Was that imprint only left for the pen legacy? Or were there similar imprints on the other three legacies as well? But if that was the case, why wasn't his inkstone reacting?

"Four rooms..."

Su Yu started approaching the pen-like room, wondering if he could find any records about Martial Emperor in there. According to the Culture King, he had left some trump cards behind. Was Martial Emperor one of these trump cards?

If that were the case, it would be mentioned somewhere. And the likelihood of these records appearing in the pen room would be quite high. After all, that was a legacy personally passed on by his students. Furthermore, only humans could pursue this dao.

As for the inkstone, it originated from an ancient demonic beast. All races could pursue this dao. Thus, it was unlikely that a trump card like Martial Emperor would be left on this legacy.

Su Yu was unsure about the ink legacy.

The paper legacy had been left for Heavenly Overseer Marquis prior to Culture King's departure. And that was not a human. Meanwhile, Martial Emperor was a human. It was unlikely that Culture King would allow a non-human to restrict a human Master of Law.

"Thus, the records about Martial Emperor can only appear in the pen room if Martial Emperor is one of these contingencies."

After reaching such a conclusion, Su Yu continued walking forward with anticipation. As long as he could find something to check Martial Emperor, he wouldn't even mind missing out on the inheritances in the other three rooms.

***

Before long, he was standing before the pen room.

There was a padlock on the door. It had a keyhole the shape of a pen.

Noticing that, Su Yu transformed the Culture Tomb into a pen before inserting it into the keyhole and giving it a twist. The padlock snapped open and started falling. After catching the padlock, Su Yu stepped forth, only to blank out momentarily.

He stopped, raised the padlock, and looked at it.

Law...

A power of law!

"Materializing a law into a lock. This is a dao as well!"

It wasn't that the padlock itself was a dao. Rather, a lock-related dao was under Culture King's control, and he had utilized the power of that dao to materialize this padlock.

Su Yu inhaled with shock. Why did Culture King know all these weird daos?

Su Yu felt like this padlock alone could probably provide him with a new character so long as he could fully absorb all the power in it. Furthermore, it would also grant him a high chance of stepping onto this dao as well.

"Impressive."

After muttering a praise, Su Yu stuffed it into his sea of willpower unhesitatingly. It was now his! The padlock was basically a treasure. Even if he didn't want to comprehend this dao, he could also use it to strengthen his existing characters.

Upon stepping into the room, the first thing he saw was a small, square desk. A case rested atop the desk.

After picking the case up, Su Yu gasped and said, "This alone is enough to make this trip a major profit for me. This case is also manifested by a certain law. Is this something capable of sealing time? This must be a way to preserve the contents of this case, right?"

With his keen eyes, he was able to easily guess the function of this case.

Culture King. What an impressive man. While everyone else was using materials to forge their items, Culture King was using the various laws to forge his items. How luxurious. Su Yu decided that when he grew strong enough, he would do this as well. This was the easiest way to impress others and show just how special he was.

He opened the case, revealing a golden piece of paper and a small token. Something was written on the paper. There were no traps or trials. There was simply no need. Culture King was confident enough in himself not to require such pointless measures. Furthermore, such measures would also be pointless against someone capable of forcefully breaking into this place.

First, Su Yu picked up the paper and read the contents written on it. Instantly, a look of joy covered his face. Sure enough, his guess was right. It was related to Martial Emperor. It wasn't that the ancient experts couldn't kill Martial Emperor. Rather, they had deliberately kept him around.

As Su Yu read, he started frowning. Culture King was quite straightforward in the explanation. After giving a short explanation regarding Martial Emperor, Culture King mentioned that this could be considered one of his trump cards, but at the same time, it also wasn't a trump card.

According to Culture King, Martial Emperor was too cruel. During the era of war, he had killed numerous people, including the innocent. That was why Martial King had acted against him. Culture King had not bothered to stop Martial King even if he knew that Martial Emperor wasn't the actual killer of the experts Martial King was accusing him of killing. Thıs text ıs hosted at novｅlfire.net

Eventually, they forged the Luminous Domain Mansion with Martial Emperor's body. That was also deliberate. Various reasons were given for that, but no detailed explanation was given. Some methods to handle Martial Emperor were also written on the paper.

According to what was written, Martial Emperor would not willingly serve anyone. That was perfectly logical. If one were too weak, attempting to control Martial Emperor would be tantamount to suicide.

The token in the case wasn't too useful. Its sole function was to suppress Martial Emperor's wrath during one of his episodes. However, the power left in the token was rather limited in amount. In truth, it was very similar to a character Su Yu had.

Saint.

It could pacify Martial Emperor several times, forcing him to calm down for a short period of time.

Culture King also stated that the true key to subduing Martial Emperor was to gain full control over the pen dao.

After reaching this point, he would be able to locate Martial Emperor's dao and carve something onto it to restrict Martial Emperor. Of course, there was a risk of backlash when doing so. That was an unavoidable risk.

As Su Yu read, he grimaced. This...did not seem achievable for him right now. Also, by the time he mastered an entire dao, would he still need Martial Emperor? Well, perhaps the answer was yes. After all, that was a Master of Law.

The token felt quite useless, but Su Yu couldn't be sure. That was something capable of calming even Martial Emperor. For example, this token would save his life the next time he lured an enemy into the mansion. Or perhaps it would save him after Martial Emperor escaped from the mansion.

Or maybe it could be used to kill Martial Emperor. He could simply calm Martial Emperor down before killing him...

"I guess this isn't that useless, after all."

Unfortunately, this was below his expectations. It wasn't something he could use to fully control Martial Emperor. Then again, that dao of penblade was very enticing since it was capable of subduing even someone like Martial Emperor. It was much stronger than expected.

Su Yu had thought that since this was one of the four unwanted daos of Culture King, it would probably not be too impressive. But with what he learned here, he realized that this dao could very well be the strongest of the four.

Right at that moment, the characters on the paper started fading away. They could only be read once. Clearly, this was a precaution to ensure that the contents of this paper would not be read by unwanted individuals.

After a short thought, Su Yu stowed the token, the case, and even the paper away. All of them were treasures. While on his way out of the room, he turned around and took even the desk away. This desk itself was sturdy enough to serve as a carrier treasure.

After some thought, Su Yu took even the sole chair in the room away as well. Yes. Even the chair was sturdy enough to serve as a carrier treasure. That was something he greatly lacked right now.

Clearly, Culture King was a rich man.

"Token of Sanctification."

That was the name of the token. As Su Yu thought about it, he grimaced. Culture King had clearly formed a large number of characters and mastered an impressively large number of daos. More importantly, Culture King seemed to think the same way as him. He had a saint character as well.

He had a feeling that the token would be very useful even if it wasn't used on Martial Emperor.

"Since it can calm even Martial Emperor, what about a regular Daofuse?"

Su Yu grinned, imagining the scene of a Daofuse kowtowing and calling him daddy the moment he took the token out. What a terrifying item. Since it worked against even Masters of Laws, it should work against Daofuses easily.

More importantly, he could use it several times. He didn't even feel like using it against Martial Emperor anymore. He was better off using it against the other Daofuses. It seemed even more useful than the white dog's dao of biting.

"Tiangu, the three heavenly kings, and Heavenly Overseer Marquis..."

Those were the names crossing his mind when he thought of using the token. Would it work against them? After all, these were the most annoying opponents he had to date.

"This is jackpot!"

A wide smile formed on Su Yu's face. It felt as though he had won the lottery. And he had only explored one room. The inkstone room was still waiting for him. Filled with expectation, he headed toward the other room.

Chapter 1752: Grand Cycle Unity (1)

Su Yu walked toward the second room.

It was the inkstone-shaped room. As expected, the first room contained some methods to handle Martial Emperor. What would he find in the second room?

These were the four trump cards left behind by Culture King, the trump cards only his inheritors could obtain. It should be something that would be useful now, not in the future, right?

"The inkstone is a dao from a different race. Thus, there is a possibility that it might fall under the control of a non-human. It is unlikely that the trump card left there will be too important."

Su Yu started speculating.

Before long, he was standing before the second room. It had a door and a unique padlock as well. Su Yu was quite happy to see this. Just the padlock alone was enough to make this trip worthwhile for him.

He took the inkstone out and sank into thought. He was still quite worried. He had not comprehended the dao in the inkstone. Would he fail to open this door? But it turned out that his worry was baseless. With a crack, the padlock snapped open. The inkstone was a legacy Culture King had left in his old residence.

Perhaps Culture King knew that with the white dog around, it was unlikely that the inkstone would fall into the hands of an enemy. That would only happen if the white dog was killed, but an enemy powerful enough to kill the white dog could probably open this door even without the inkstone.

Thus, the opening of this door was quite straightforward. Culture King might have even considered the possibility that the owner of this inkstone wouldn't have bothered to comprehend its dao.

"Good."

Su Yu exhaled in relief. Inside the room, he was met with the same scene. A desk, a chair, and a case.

Yet another case.

After opening the case, Su Yu blanked out again.

A toy was stored inside the case. Yes. A toy.

A tiny toy.

It looked lifelike, resembling a small draconic beast. The lightly shining toy was standing silently inside the case. Su Yu frowned. A figurine? This couldn't be a prank, right? What was this? What could he possibly do with a figurine?

After taking a closer look, Su Yu noted a piece of paper at the corner of the case. Evidently, Culture King had not intended for his inheritor to guess the function of this figurine. It would be pointless to set so many verification processes for these legacies only to have one guess at what they could do upon gaining access.

Su Yu started reading the note on the paper. Slowly, his expression changed. Before long, he focused on the figurine again. That was no toy. According to Culture King, it was a heavenly desolate beast. Yes. The same heavenly desolate beast Culture King had used to forge the inkstone.

This was a beast that had existed during the primordial era. During humanity's conquest, it had attacked the armies of humanity several times, consuming numerous humans. Eventually, Culture King acted personally and pursued the beast before killing it in the boundless void.

Its dao and skin were stripped to forge the Heavenearth Inkstone. As for the flesh of the beast, it had been sealed away. Sealed in the figurine inside the case. A trump card would naturally not be something simple. The trump card of the pen legacy contained the methods to handle Martial Emperor. The second legacy wasn't that bad either.

Two options were given in Culture King's note.

Firstly, one could fuse the Heavenearth Inkstone with the figurine, returning the dao and skin to the beast. The beast would likely resurrect. Culture King had left an opportunity to return when killing the beast.

However, the heavenly desolate beast was very powerful. It was a Master of Law, and it was incredibly violent. In fact, it was even more bloodthirsty than Martial Emperor.

It wouldn't be easy to control. In fact, controlling it might even be impossible. This was a trump card meant to seek mutual annihilation with the enemies. In Culture King's eyes, when humanity encountered a crisis where such a drastic measure was required, the enemies would definitely be Masters of Laws. Thus, all his trump cards were capable of dealing with enemies of that level.

The second option was transformation. Su Yu could transform himself or someone else. The figurine was essentially the intact corpse of the heavenly desolate beast. Its flesh and even blood essence were there. One could modify one's physique into the physique of the heavenly desolate beast. As the fusion progressed, one would grow rapidly.

During the progress, one could choose to fuse with the Heavenearth Inkstone as well, gaining access to the dao of the heavenly desolate beast. That was an incredibly powerful dao.

Also, one who had fused with the body of the heavenly desolate beast would have a ninety percent likelihood of success in fusing with the Heavenearth Inkstone and becoming a Master of Law.

This was a chance, but also a difficult choice. What should his choice be? Inherit the legacy of the heavenly desolate beast? Transforming himself into a primordial beast?

Master of Law...Su Yu could guarantee that if he handed it to any of the Daofuses out there, they would most likely choose to do it. That wasn't an easy realm to reach. Take the old turtle as an example. Even after living for hundreds of thousands of years, he had yet to reach that realm. This update ıs available on novel fire.net

It was unknown if this was due to the limitations placed on the daos, or perhaps most daos were already fully occupied. Not a single Master of Law had emerged from the first epoch until now. Not even Hundred Battle King could. He was as strong as a weaker Master of Law, but that was because he had walked far in humanity's dao of physical body.

As a beast requiring Culture King's personal effort to kill, the heavenly desolate beast was most certainly a powerful being.

"Becoming a Master of Law..."

Su Yu inhaled deeply as he stared at the figurine. Why did it feel like this legacy was even more powerful than the pen legacy? Wasn't the pen supposed to be the strongest legacy? What was the meaning of this?

"Maybe for Culture King, Martial Emperor is a lot more important than the heavenly desolate beast."

Maybe.

Perhaps Martial Emperor was really stronger than the heavenly desolate beast.

But why did these trump cards of Culture King feel so unreliable? Such was the case with Martial Emperor. Such was also the case with the heavenly desolate beast? Resurrecting the heavenly desolate beast would most likely backfire on him. Doing so might even produce another powerful enemy for himself.

"Even the second option does not guarantee an advancement into a Master of Law. It only provides a high likelihood of success. Nevertheless, this is still an extremely tempting prospect for many people."

As for the change of their bloodline and race, this was no longer that big of a deal for people at Su Yu's level. For people like them, the mind determined one's race, not the form. After all, Su Yu himself wasn't a pure human anymore. He was half a death spirit.

"Culture King..."

These trump cards of Culture King were not simple at all. He had opened two rooms, and each pointed toward a Master of Law. Any of these beings would be enough to dominate the current Myriad Realms. Perhaps for Culture King, this was nothing. During his era, there were at least 140 Masters of Laws around. Meanwhile, his trump cards had only offered four Masters of Laws to his inheritors.

However, the times had changed. This wasn't an era where Masters of Laws reigned.

"Transformation and fusion...why is Lan Tian the first person in my mind?"

Yes. This path reminded him of Lan Tian. A madman from the transformation faction. Someone willing to transform into anything. Su Yu was still somewhat unwilling to transform himself into a beast, but such a concern would not exist for Lan Tian.

"Lan Tian!"

Su Yu was certain that Lan Tian would proceed with the transformation without any hesitation the moment he saw this legacy. He would do it in excitement. For him, transforming himself into an extinct race would be a grand accomplishment.

"What a treasure."

That was Su Yu's conclusion. The Heavenearth Inkstone and the preserved flesh and blood essence presented a path nobody had walked before. This was also a dao Culture King had personally sealed, further increasing the likelihood of one becoming a Master of Law through this path. One could say that Culture King had been quite serious about these contingencies

No wonder the Heavenearth Inkstone had been kept with the white dog instead of being spread outside. According to the white dog, Su Yu was a nice guy. That was why the white dog had given him the inkstone.

The white dog was clearly the examiner for the test to obtain this legacy. Only those passing the white dog's test could obtain the inkstone. And the inkstone alone wouldn't be enough. Both halves of the legacy were crucial. Without the inkstone, one would only gain a stronger physical body instead of a powerful dao.

"Fusing with a dao and gaining control over it might take some time, but with the path paved, perhaps the time will shorten considerably. Of course, one might still be stuck for life if one is too unlucky."

One's comprehension ability and talent were very important as well. One could very well be stuck at the final step, failing to become a Master of Law.

"Also, with how powerful the heavenly desolate beast was, a regular person won't be able to withstand the pressure of fusing with its flesh. Thus, this might only work for a Daofuse."

Su Yu frowned. Daofuse. If a Daofuse were to attempt the transformation only to fail at becoming a Master of Law, it wouldn't be too helpful anymore. Of course, the Daofuse might still be able to become a peak Daofuse, reaching the level of the four heavenly kings.

"I can't give this legacy to any random person. It must be someone I can fully trust. Or I can use it myself..."

No, that wasn't necessary. He would need to give up on a lot of things to walk this path. Without a human body, he might lose the pen dao. Furthermore, a transformation might limit him to only this dao, significantly altering his future potential.

"Therefore, I will most likely give the inkstone away. But I need to pick someone who will absolutely not betray me. Someone who won't turn against me after growing strong..."

Su Yu sank into thought. In truth, he had quite a lot of candidates.

For him, the hou race was quite similar to the heavenly desolate beast. With a transformation, the Hou Pseudo Emperor might be able to rapidly grasp this dao and become its Master of Law.

But...no.

The Hou Pseudo Emperor had demonstrated reluctance when allying with him. Furthermore, they weren't familiar enough with each other. It would be stupid of him to place so much trust in the hou race.

"The old turtle, Heavendoom, and the others are suitable. As for the humans, Great Qin King and Great Xia King are suitable as well. As for the soul devourers...no, they have their unique daos. The white dog also has his own dao. This dao might not be good enough to catch his eyes..."

These were all the potential candidates he could think of.

Daofuses should be able to withstand this dao without much issue. Peak Eternals should be able to do so as well. Any weaker than that and it wouldn't be feasible anymore. The flesh of a Master of Law like the heavenly desolate beast was not something a mere seventh or eighth-degree Eternal could withstand. Lan Tian was a suitable candidate, but he wasn't strong enough.

Su Yu didn't even need to try it to know the power contained within the figurine. Just a single drop of blood essence from the white dog was enough to put so much strain on him despite his excessively powerful body. In terms of physical body alone, it was likely that Su Yu was already comparable to Great Qin King. Even dead, the flesh of the heavenly desolate beast would probably be comparable to the white dog in strength.

Numerous possibilities emerged in Su Yu's mind. He was in no rush to make a decision. There was also the first option to consider. He was considering the feasibility of going to the Upper Realm before unleashing the beast there. Would the beast wreak havoc and destruction in the Upper Realm? But this was too uncontrollable.

What if the heavenly desolate beast managed to kill everyone up there and decided to descend upon the Myriad Realms next?

"Or perhaps...I can unleash the beast upon Martial Emperor when he goes mad?"

Numerous ideas emerged in Su Yu's mind. He was very curious. Who among the two was stronger? Would they end up killing each other? At the moment, he was in a decent mood. As a whole, Culture King's contingencies were quite useful.

Only contingencies of such prowess were worthy of being called contingencies. With these trump cards, he would have the option of dragging everyone down before dying as the worst-case scenario.

Since he was going to die, why should he care about the fate of the world? He would simply unleash both Martial Emperor and the heavenly desolate beast upon the world and drag everyone to the afterlife with him.

"Two more legacies remain, and they might also be related to Masters of Laws."

The thought of that stirred some excitement in Su Yu, but soon, a sense of helplessness welled within him. He had no way of opening the other rooms. With a sigh, he collected the desk, chair, and case. These were all carrier treasures. He wouldn't be picky when he was so lacking in carrier treasures.

He did not mind preserving the residence for Culture King. He understood the annoyance of having someone mess with his home. But since these four rooms were meant for the successors, it would be fine for him to empty them, right?

This wasn't him breaking any promises. The four rooms were essentially his. He would naturally be free to do as he wished with the furniture inside. Yes. He was already considering the remaining rooms his as well. Sooner or later, the Heavenly Hunt Index would be in his hands as well.

As for the ink legacy, Liu Hong probably knew more about it. He had vanished. It was very likely that he had gone to the Death Realm in search of Culture King's Residence. Or perhaps the complete ink legacy was waiting in the Death Realm.

"Liu Hong..."

Su Yu smiled. Could it be that one must become a death spirit to obtain the ink legacy? Su Yu doubted Liu Hong's ability to reach this place and gain access to the ink room. While thinking about Liu Hong, Su Yu walked out of the room and headed toward the paper room. There was no harm in trying since he was already here.

Chapter 1753: Grand Cycle Unity (2)

The third room.

Standing before the room, Su Yu took out the two fragments he had. One with the myriad and art characters and one with the record character. The fragment with the visual character was still with Great Zhou King. He had not bothered to collect it lest the convergence of three fragments would give the Heavenly Overseer Marquis the chance to try something funny.

Then again, he wouldn't mind seeing the Heavenly Overseer Marquis here. If the Heavenly Overseer Marquis were to come after him here, he would be sure to teach the marquis an unforgettable lesson. Thıs content belongs to Nov3lFɪre.ɴet

After inserting the two fragments into the keyhole, the padlock shook slightly, but it did not unlock.

Su Yu could feel that he had the right key, merely incomplete.

"What a pity."

Su Yu was greatly disappointed. There was no opening the third room. As for the fourth room, there wasn't even a point in trying. However, he still stubbornly carried some hope within himself as he started heading toward the fourth room. Perhaps he already had the ink legacy without knowing it, right? Anything was possible!

Thus, he started trying all sorts of treasures on the door of the fourth room, including even the human lord's token. Maybe this would work, right?

No matter what, he was a human lord. In the ancient past, he could be considered a crown prince. Meanwhile, Culture King could be considered a prime minister. Would a prime minister dare to obstruct the path of the crown prince?

Alas, reality was cruel. It didn't work. Helpless, Su Yu could only leave the fourth room alone. He continued walking along the small path to the front of the residence. Since he had explored the rear courtyard, perhaps he could find more treasures in the front courtyard, right?

Culture King had requested the preservation of his residence. Su Yu would naturally abide by that. But to maintain a residence, a cleaner was required, right? Someone must be around to take the trash out, right? He was kindly offering his cleaning services here, not looting.

"I won't say no to any trash in this residence. I'm not picky at all."

After saying that, Su Yu took a broom out and started sweeping the floor. While sweeping, he muttered, "Senior Culture King, I'm a cleaner. Your residence is too dirty. It has been empty for too many years. A lot of things here must have broken down by now. Fear not. I'll replace your stuff with new things and remove the old things for you. New is better than old, right?"

After a while, he stumbled upon a pond. When he took a closer look at it, he gasped.

Treasure!

Wasn't this a pond of sunmoon profound yellow liquid?

This thing was very beneficial for Sunmoons when strengthening their acupoints and apertures. And Su Yu himself was a Sunmoon!

Thus, he drained the pond before taking out a large amount of heavenly source qi. With a smile, he said, "Senior, the water in your pond is too murky. It has been too long since the water in your pond was last replaced. Fear not, I'm here to replace it with some fresh water. You will love this!"

He wasn't looting. He was changing the water in the pond. He was no thief. How could he do something like stealing? As a student of sorts of Culture King, he naturally needed to do his part in the maintenance of Culture King's Residence.

Since he had inherited the pen dao, he could naturally be considered a student of Culture King, albeit an unofficial one. As an unofficial student, it was perfectly normal for him to replace the old furniture in Culture King's Residence with some new furniture. He was merely doing his duty. Before long, he was done replacing the water in the pond with heavenly source qi.

Done with that, he took a sniff and said, "See, with this, even the air smells fresher. Heavenly source qi smells a lot better. As for the original murky water, I'll remove it from the residence for you."

Then, Su Yu continued onward. The residence of Culture King should be filled with powerful laws. Any intruder would be faced with stiff resistance. But equipped with the human lord's token, Book of Time, and pen dao, Su Yu was able to proceed unobstructed. In fact, his passage here was likely smoother than his passage through an untitled general's residence.

Culture King's Residence was massive. As he walked, he saw more rooms.

Su Yu approached one of these rooms without any hesitation. After knocking on the door, he entered. It was a simple room with some furniture and no treasures.

Su Yu was a kind man. When he saw Culture King's bed, he took out a large amount of treasures and personally forged a new bed before replacing the old bed with it. He even used some precious silk and hide as the mattress for this new bed.

New, durable, and comfortable.

The bed forged by Su Yu could actually be considered a profound weapon. It was an excellent bed. In fact, it was good enough to serve as the weapon for a Cloudbreach or even a Mountainsea. He was doing Culture King a favor here by replacing his bed with something so valuable.

As for the old bed, it could be chopped apart to be used as seven or eight individual carrier treasures. They could even serve as the main weapons of those wishing to switch to the Weapon Fusion Method.

Even an old bed had to be recycled, right? Before leaving, Su Yu did not forget to sweep the floor of the room as well. This was a great opportunity for him to remove some of the useless treasures he had amassed.

Perhaps after spending a hundred thousand years here, all these useless treasures would turn into a new batch of carrier treasures.

One shouldn't be too greedy. That was Su Yu's warning to himself. One could not take anything for free. Thus, even as he was replacing the furniture in Culture King's Residence, he had to ensure that he was practicing the concept of equal exchange, even if his furniture would take a hundred thousand years to reach this so-called equality. As the prime minister, Culture King should be pleased to have the crown prince personally clean his place and replace his old furniture, right?

Su Yu could already imagine the scene of Culture King returning one day. Faced with all the new furniture, he would most definitely laugh with joy.

Su Yu could already imagine the happy laughter on Culture King's face. Even after leaving for a hundred thousand years, his residence was still filled with new furniture, and the air within was still so fresh. Wasn't that something worth rejoicing about?

"Culture King's happiness is my happiness."

Su Yu continued roaming the residence with his broom. When he encountered a big tree that had yet to wither even after a hundred thousand years, he plucked it from the ground alongside its roots. Then, he planted a branch of the tree back onto the ground. Finally, he activated his wood character and nurtured the branch while watering it with some heavenly source qi. In mere moments, the branch had transformed into an equally large tree, albeit a much younger one.

After a hundred thousand years, this young tree would grow as powerful as the old tree! This was yet another equal exchange! As a responsible cleaner, Su Yu naturally couldn't remove the old tree without replacing it, leaving only a hole in the ground. That would be too ugly. Culture King would not be pleased to see that.

Even the withered plants did not escape him. One by one, he plucked them off the ground before replacing them with new plants. In the blink of an eye, life returned to the residence.

He managed to collect quite a lot of withered plants. He did not mind their withered state. Since they had not rotten away after a hundred thousand years, it was clear they were treasures as well.

Before long, the entire residence was filled with lush vegetation and graceful flowers. Previously, it looked dead and desolate. Now, it looked fresh and lively.

After some time, Su Yu reached a hall that was most likely Culture King's office. There were quite a lot of desks in the room, but there was only a chair behind the main desk. As for the other desks, they were only equipped with a mat each. Clearly, the customs of the ancient past differed from the modern customs.

"So much old furniture..."

Su Yu's eyes lit up in excitement. He cupped his fists at the room and said, "This is the all-important conference room. The furniture here is too old to match the importance of the room. Su Yu of the human race is unwilling to let Culture King and his respected guests suffer such hardship. I also can't allow the myriad races to laugh at a great human king for having shabby furniture. Allow me to fix this."

Then, Su Yu dug out a pile of treasures from his personal treasure vault. He started forging new furniture on the spot in accordance with the appearance and style of the original furniture. He was doing this out of consideration for Culture King. This way, there wouldn't even be a need for Culture King to accustom himself to furniture of new designs.

Su Yu was basically counterfeiting on the spot. After enough years, the brand new furniture here would probably look rather similar to the old furniture. And if Culture King were to return after another hundred thousand years, he probably wouldn't be able to see a difference.

At his current level, Su Yu was able to forge profound weapons rapidly. He wasn't doing it alone. He even had his character clones forge at his side to hasten the process. Before long, he was done forging a set of new furniture.

Then, he kindly replaced all the old furniture with the new furniture before giving the floor a sweep. He finally understood the joy Xia Huyou used to derive from offering his cleaning services.

In fact, Su Yu considered himself kinder since he was doing this for free, unlike Xia Huyou, who would charge for it!

After leaving the conference hall, he continued heading onward. Finally, he reached the main entrance. The main entrance was massive. Behind it, the assembly hall stood. Su Yu was quite curious about how the assembly hall looked from here. But just as he stepped forward to push the entrance open, his idle tribulation character started pulsing violently.

Su Yu frowned. He hurriedly pulled back. Once again, the tribulation character calmed down. When he stepped forward again, the tribulation character resumed its pulsing.

"Danger. The entrance can't be opened."

That was Su Yu's conclusion from the reaction of his tribulation character. He frowned. Was it really so dangerous? Was opening this entrance to look at the assembly hall really such a dangerous act?

Just then, the little furball woke up with confusion. He emerged from Su Yu's head and took a sniff in the direction of the main entrance.

With a sleepy voice, he said, "Smells so good. Yummy, I can smell many Yummies there."

Su Yu asked, "The power of laws?"

"No, no..."

The little furball started hopping atop Su Yu's head while wrinkling his nose. After a while, he said, "It's that thing...that thing...the powers of daos!"

Was there a difference between the power of laws and the power of daos?

Su Yu looked at the little furball, who was getting increasingly agitated due to his lack of words to express what he was thinking.

Soon, he thought of something and said, "It's the...fruit tree! Normally, we eat fruits. The power of laws is the fruit of the daos. I am now smelling the trees themselves. Some of these trees seem to have been shattered. Do you understand now, Yummy?"

Su Yu raised his brow. This was new to him.

He understood.

With a solemn tone, he said, "Just say that there are shattered daos ahead, with some powers of daos leaking everywhere. Is that the case?"

"Right, right."

Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, "Some people died! These were Masters of Laws! They died in the assembly hall. I finally understand why it's dangerous to open the entrance. Daos had shattered in the assembly hall. Even now, the assembly hall must still be filled with danger."

Some Masters of Laws had died in the assembly hall. Heavenbridge Marquis was wrong. The ancient past had not collapsed peacefully. How could it be peaceful when even daos had shattered? And these daos had shattered inside the assembly hall. Such an environment could probably kill Su Yu instantly with the chaotic powers of daos in the air.

The little furball grew even more agitated as he said, "I want to eat so much! But I will die after eating! It's too yummy! I can't control myself anymore!"

The little furball was essentially a living dao. Most of the time, he would feed on the powers of laws from the various daos. But now, he was smelling the powers of these daos themselves, or the essence of these daos, to be precise. These powers would be extremely nourishing for him, even more so than the Book of Time itself. After all, the Book of Time had not collected the essence of these daos.

The complete essence of these daos might be available right ahead of them. This was too enticing for an existence like the little furball. But he did not dare to go. He knew that any attempt would lead to his death.

He was decently strong right now. Previously, he had also absorbed a large amount of the rewards from killing East Heavenly King. But he was still not an Eternal. He didn't even know what dao he was. Without that knowledge, it would be too difficult for him to start fusing his dao.

There wasn't a need for him to open a new dao since he was already a dao. By Fat Ball's definition, he would embark on the path of an Eternal upon advancement. That was currently hindered by the fact that he didn't even know the true nature of his existence.

The little furball continued with agitation, "I can feel that after eating this, I will know what I am! Yummy, that smells so nice! So yummy! Can I take a bite?"

Su Yu furrowed his brows and said, "It's too dangerous."

He didn't even know if there was only one shattered dao or multiple shattered daos there. It was too dangerous for the little furball to eat something like that.

"But it's really very yummy..."

The little furball had a wronged expression as he started losing hope.

After giving it some thought, Su Yu said, "There is no rush. I can enter this place freely now. We can find a suitable time and return with your dada and mama."

Su Yu smiled and said, "Your dada and mama are strong. It's better to go with them. You can eat together."

"But this is mine!"

The little furball felt even more wronged upon hearing that he had to share.

Chapter 1754: Grand Cycle Unity (3)

Su Yu gave the little furball a knock on his head and said, "When did you become so petty? Why is this yours? Just because you saw it first? But you haven't even laid eyes on it. You only stand a chance at eating something with your dada and mama here. Do you understand?"

The little furball blinked and argued, "But everything you saw became yours!"

In short, he was learning from Su Yu. He felt greatly wronged. He had learned almost everything from Su Yu. When he first left the Soul Devourer Realm, his sentience was still in a blurry state. Thus, one could say that Su Yu had formed the entirety of his character.

Su Yu's face fell. What was this guy saying? Was he such a person?

He ignored the little furball and said, "Let's go. We have harvested enough today. I have collected over a hundred pieces of furniture from Culture King's place. I can't stay any longer in the level two area. It's time to plunder the other areas instead. We can leave the mansion after gathering a thousand or so carrier treasures."

He had essentially advanced massively in his path to financial freedom here. Both level two and one areas were incredibly dangerous. He did not have the courage to visit the other three Cardinal Human King residences since he was unrelated to them. It was simply too risky. After gaining so much, he had to pursue stability. It would be too big a loss if something bad were to happen due to his greed.

Both the heavenly desolate beast and Token of Sanctification were treasures related to Masters of Laws. Additionally, he had gathered over a hundred pieces of furniture and countless sunmoon profound yellow liquid. A mere shattered dao was no longer worth risking his life for.

He had also obtained his coveted cultivation method. Before long, he could fully fuse his aperture, acupoint, and Heaven Gate. Then, he might be able to start dao fusion for real. He was just getting started.

How could he seek death now? One should take risks when the time was appropriate, but this was certainly not the appropriate time for rashness.

While walking back toward the rear courtyard, Su Yu said, "Furball, at times, tempering your desires is necessary. Do you understand? Everything you see is only yours if you can safely collect it. Otherwise, nothing you see is yours."

"Oh." While looking backward with reluctance, the little furball asked, "When are we coming back?"

"Soon." Su Yu grinned and said, "In the future, this place will be ours. But not now. I am still lacking in strength. We will return when I have the strength of a peak Daofuse. Also, you need to work hard on sensing your dao. Just what dao are you? After understanding that, you can start your dao fusion. Then, you can come and eat the dao essence here. Only then can you grow rapidly. It's a waste to eat all these treasures without the ability to become a proper Eternal."

The little furball complained, "But I don't know my dao!"

"It's fine. I will read some books to you when I have the time. I can even get the book spirit to read you some books. You are still young. You are lacking an accumulation of knowledge. You don't even know yourself that well."

That was true. The little furball was still young and inexperienced. It wasn't surprising at all that he didn't know his true nature. And what was the cure for ignorance? Books. This would be the correct path for him to take.

As Su Yu spoke, he moved rapidly back to where he came from. During his previous visit to the eighth level, he had not explored much. This time, he had completed his exploration of Culture King's Residence. During his next visit, he intended to explore the residences of the other human kings or even the assembly hall. Or perhaps he could even try entering the ninth level.

However, there was no rush. He needed time to properly digest his recent gains. Before long, he reached the back entrance. The entrance swung open automatically. When he stepped out, it swung shut again.

Up above, the two characters hovered. However, they were no longer shining like before.

Turning around to face the residence, Su Yu cupped his fists and said with a smile, "Thank you for your gifts, Culture King. This junior shall excuse himself."

Then, he left.

He did not try to enter the residences of the other kings and Pseudo Emperors.

Only when he was back at the level four area did he shout, "Where is everyone?"

Shortly after, several individuals appeared from several directions. Carrying a massive millstone with excitement, Heavendoom asked, "You're back? How's the harvest?"

"Decent."

Su Yu looked at the millstone and asked, "What's that?"

"Boss' shell!"

"..."

Su Yu chuckled. How impressive.

Grandstar and the others had also gained something from their exploration, but unlike Heavendoom, they were not showing off their gains.

Su Yu wasted no time and said, "Stick close to me. I'll search some of these marquis residences and gather some treasures to help improve your weapons."

Su Yu said, "This applies to you here and the other guardians. After growing in your cultivation, your weapons need to keep up as well. This is the flaw of the Weapon Fusion Method."

Heavendoom nodded in agreement. Grandstar sighed and said, "I never felt this so strongly in the past, but it's very obvious now. I am now a Daofuse, but without my weapon, I am the same as a regular three body Daofuse. Even with my weapon around, it is only an eighth-degree Eternal weapon. It is not strong enough for my present strength. Before improving my weapon, I won't be too much stronger than regular three body Daofuses."

The Weapon Fusion Method was indeed better than the Three Body Method. But the flaws were quite obvious, especially now that they had broken through. Their weapons needed to keep up with their growth, and it wouldn't be a cheap process.

With a helpless tone, Heavendoom said, "Previously, my great staff was very powerful. But it is no longer sufficient. That's why I'm planning to upgrade it with my boss' shell and hope that the growth will be enough."

Su Yu smiled and said, "I will think of a way to help with what you need. There are so many marquis residences here. I'm not going to the other areas for now. I'll focus on searching this area. Don't run off alone. Stick with me."

With the human lord's token, he opened a safe path for them as they explored.

Shortly after, they stopped before a marquis' residence from the divine race. Su Yu did not say anything. He directly suppressed the entire residence with his token before saying, "Enter and search the place. Loot everything. Only the treasures you need from the human residences, but take everything you can from the non-human residences."

The others wasted no time and rushed into the residence in excitement. With Su Yu suppressing the laws around and inside the residence for them, they could loot it to their hearts' content.

There was no longer any need to worry about the potential dangers in the residence. The ancient marquises were Daofuses, and they were Daofuses as well. Without the assistance of the laws, the security measures in these residences would not be able to do much to them.

In such a manner, they swept through the marquis residences like a swarm of locusts. All the non-human residences would be stripped clean. As for the human residences, they would be emptied of most of their treasures, leaving only some weaker treasures behind.

As the looting progressed, Su Yu could sense that the concentration of laws around them was starting to grow stronger and stronger. He was essentially aggravating the laws of the eighth level by doing this.

With the human lord's token, he could still suppress the punishment from the laws. However, if they further break the laws by damaging these residences, the punishment would probably grow strong enough to overcome his suppression.

"This is the power of a punishment. What will I receive after completing my cultivation method? A reward or a punishment?"

If he were to receive a reward, he could use it to clash against the power of the punishment gathering around him and milk even the laws in the mansion. But if he were to receive a punishment, well, a double punishment would be disastrous for him. So what would he receive after completing the Grand Cycle Method?

Su Yu thought of the collection of treasures in his sea of willpower, including the Token of Sanctification. He should be able to survive even a double punishment, right? He shouldn't be punished for completing the Grand Cycle Method, right?

Or perhaps both punishment and reward would arrive? In that scenario, the punishment would originate from the assembly, while the reward would originate from the ancient humans. It was unlikely that the ancient humans would set a punishment for this cultivation method as well, since it was the same cultivation method practiced by Human Emperor and his close companions.

Suddenly, Su Yu shouted, "Gather up!"

Hearing his call, they rushed over in excitement. Heavendoom asked joyfully, "So which residence are we looting next?"

"Wait here."

Su Yu looked up and noted that the power of the punishment was about to surpass the limit of the human lord's token. He said, "I will complete the fusion of my acupoint, aperture, and Heaven Gate. If a punishment arises from that, we run immediately. Heavenbridge Marquis, be on standby to teleport us out. But if a reward arises, I will use it to counter the incoming punishment. We can then continue looting these residences."

The others exchanged gazes before nodding in agreement. Su Yu's fusion would play a crucial role here. Heavenbridge Marquis did as told and prepared for the escape. With that, Su Yu's 720th node lit up. Instantly, it was as though the entire world was overturned. An incomparably powerful burst of power erupted from Su Yu's Heaven Gate.

His 720 acupoints and apertures started becoming one with the Heaven Gate. Only one would be left. The one and only acupoint, Heaven Gate Acupoint.

Only now did Su Yu fully fit the requirements to be called a Sunmoon as stipulated by the likes of Human Emperor, Culture King, and the others. Naturally, these were the only people who would set such a ridiculous standard for a Sunmoon.

Since the beginning of existence, only a small number of people had accomplished such a feat. A large amount of power of laws appeared out of thin air.

Sunmoon one true acupoint. The human race sends its blessings.

Numerous shining clouds appeared in the sky.

But suddenly, crimson clouds started appearing in the sky as well. A furious voice rang out, "The myriad races reject the Heaven Gate."

And thus, the two powers started clashing in the sky. Sure enough, the assembly had set some laws behind to prevent the reappearance of more Heaven Gates.

These laws did not target the mere appearance of the Heaven Gate. Rather, they targeted the completion of the Heaven Gate. As for the congratulatory message for the reward, it did not mention the Human Emperor. At first, Su Yu assumed that it was set up by the subordinates of the Human Emperor. But upon thinking more about it, he believed that it was more likely that this was the reward the Human Emperor had personally prepared.

It would be weird for the Human Emperor to refer to himself as the Human Emperor in his correspondence. The two powers continued clashing in the sky. Su Yu noted that the two were evenly matched. Their clashes were so violent that even the accumulated punishment around him was falling apart from the shockwaves of the clashes.

Su Yu was overjoyed to note that. The punishment was annoying, but the power behind the punishment was something he would welcome. That was...a lot of power! At the moment, his aura, body, and sea of power were strengthening rapidly. Inside his body, two types of energies were mixing with each other.

Yes. His source qi and willpower were fusing. The unity of source and soul! After completing his Heaven Gate, he had finally reached the state of unity. Inside his sea of willpower, numerous racial abilities and techniques manifested, all of them showing signs of transforming into characters.

The Culture Tomb was shaking as well.

Su Yu was overjoyed.

Finally, he saw hope. There was really hope for his racial abilities and techniques to transform into characters. However, something seemed to be lacking. He could sense that his comprehension of these abilities and techniques was not enough, preventing them from completing the transformation. But that did not apply to all of them.

Suddenly, a character flew forth. It was his existing character. The saber character. A miniature Su Yu appeared in his sea of willpower. That miniature version of him wielded the saber and started performing a saber dance. A dance of the Sky Sundering Saber.

That was the technique he frequently used. In the blink of an eye, the saber character merged with the manifested Sky Sundering Saber.

Boom!

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After fusing with the technique, Su Yu's saber character had strengthened considerably. It was still a Sunmoon character, but it felt much stronger than regular Sunmoon characters after the fusion.

He was overjoyed to see that. It was working! The technique he had the deepest comprehension of, the Sky Sundering Saber, had successfully become a character, of becoming one with the saber character. Even his comprehension of the saber of dao had increased from this.

With this confirmation, he knew that it was only a matter of time before the rest of his abilities and techniques became characters as well. That would help him collect the ninety-nine characters he required, officially stepping into the Daomeld Realm.

***

At the exact moment Su Yu completed his Heaven Gate.

Seventh level.

A face appeared in the sky. It was Martial Emperor's face. He looked up with surprise.

Succeeded?

So soon?

He could feel a power unique to a completed grand cycle. That little bug had really succeeded?

"He has really achieved grand cycle unity. The new human lord...has actually accomplished this feat?"

Martial Emperor still maintained his clarity of mind. The thought of the grand cycle unity reminded him of some people. Those from his era. Those from Tai Shan's era. Including the hundred thousand years he had been in slumber, he had been alive for nearly two hundred thousand years.

During this time, he knew of fewer than ten individuals who had achieved the grand cycle unity. In short, only one would appear every ten to twenty thousand years. It was also likely that not one had appeared since the collapse of the ancient past.

"Yet another supreme genius has been born..."

Martial Emperor muttered to himself repeatedly. He was no longer calling Su Yu the little bug. At this point, insulting Su Yu's talent would be the same as insulting his own talent.

Him, Culture King, Martial King, and Human Emperor. They were the giants of their era. And each of them was someone who had achieved the grand cycle unity. And now, Su Yu had joined their ranks.

"Is this the favored son of this era?"

Martial Emperor sounded incomparably bleak and lonesome as he said that. Was his era really over?