Tribulation of Myriad Races - Chapter 2096: Dao Completion (2)
Chapter 2096: Dao Completion (2)
On the other side.
The burly man was stunned. Was this kid…scolding him?
But why…were those words so familiar?
Suddenly, the burly man looked at the man in white. The man in white would frequently say those words to him as well.
He opened his Heaven Gate again. Finally, he managed to get a good look. Somewhere under the dazzling myriad daos was a white-haired youth of extraordinary bearing. More importantly, the youth was clad in fluttering white robes.
The youth was looking in their direction as well, but he was unsure if the youth could actually see them. But he had a feeling that those words were meant for him. After a momentary stupefaction, his eyes widened with alarm.
The man in white was frowning as well. When he took another look at the youth, his frown grew deeper.
“Your…son?”
The burly man was overwhelmed with shock. Where did this son come from? How was he unaware of this?
How shocking!
Holy shit!
All this while, the man in white was hiding a son out there?
After giving the burly man another glare, the man in white looked at the collapsing Heaven Gate and said, “Leave now or it will be too late.”
“I know what to do.” Su Yu said, “The Heaven Gate is thirty seconds away from vanishing completely. If it wasn’t for your noisy voice, I could have slept for twenty more seconds before waking up. I’m talking about proper, deep sleep. You disturbed my rest. I was supposed to wake up when there were ten seconds left.”
Such an opportunity was too rare for him.
Not giving the two a chance to say more, he continued, “Is Time Sage still alive? Stop wasting time and answer with yes or no.”
***
On the other side.
The burly man was still staring at the man in white with stupefaction. Holy shit. This son of his friend was a lot more domineering than his friend. What now?
“Yes.”
The man in white was shocked as well, but he ignored the burly man and answered, knowing that they didn’t have much time left.
“Are you stuck here?”
“Yes.”
“You can enter this place through the Heaven Gate, but it doesn’t work all the time. How strong do you need to be to properly enter this place?”
“You only need to be as strong as Zhou Wu to freely enter.”
“Have you encountered powerful enemies?”
“Yes.”
“Is there a physical Heaven Gate proper somewhere?”
“Yes.”
“Where?”
“No set location. It’s a moving gate.”
***
After asking a few more questions, Su Yu asked, “Have you pioneered your dao?”
“Yes.”
“Is your dao stronger than Human Emperor’s?”
“Unlikely. But I don’t know the current state of his dao.”
Su Yu asked again, “Why did the Book of Time return to the Myriad Realms?”
“To seek help. My sister is almost dead. I’m injured. There is no way for one to pioneer their dao here.”
“Can I enter again after leaving?”
“It’s hard to say.”
The man in white couldn’t hold his curiosity back anymore. He asked, “Are you pioneering your dao?”
“Yes.”
“Why are you doing that when you’re so weak? Are you sick in the head?”
“…”
The man in white asked again, “Are you currently stuck at the life and death daos?”
“Yes.”
“Life and death are very difficult to handle. You—”
“I have a certain level of confidence in succeeding. I would have awakened by myself even without you here. I’m too tired. I’m only taking this chance to rest shortly. It’s all because of you lot. I wouldn’t have been so tired without all the mess you left behind.”
The man in white blanked out. Their fault?
That was so rude.
How was he taking the blame for this?
“I don’t have much time left.” Su Yu said, “Apart from the four rooms, did you leave anything good behind in the Myriad Realms? Don’t bother mentioning the trash pen dao. I fused with it for a bit, but it wasn’t too suitable for me so I abandoned it.”
***
On the other side.
The burly man’s jaw dropped. Holy shit! His friend’s son was so arrogant it was crazy.
Trash pen dao?
He abandoned it after fusing with it?
That reminded the man in white of what he sensed not long ago. His expression changed slightly as he said, “The pen dao isn’t weak.”
“It’s weak for Creators. Too weak.”
The two were rendered completely speechless.
The man in white said, “I didn’t leave too many things behind. The four rooms were all I left behind.”
“After screwing humanity up so badly, are you not embarrassed of not leaving more things behind?”
“…”
Wh-what the fuck was he supposed to say to that?
This was his first time facing someone like this. He asked, “Are you here for me?”
“You can say so. I guessed that you’re here, but this encounter is still a surprise for me. I’ll be back outside soon.”
There were five seconds left. He had to leave soon. Those outside were probably losing their minds about now. He had set aside some time to sleep. It was true that he wanted to rest. He also wanted to escape his responsibilities. Alas, reality did not allow that.
He had only charged beyond the gate to try his luck. And he was naturally confident he could leave after entering.
“Are you sure you don’t have anything else left behind?”
“Yes.”
The man in white was left somewhat speechless. Why was this guy speaking like he owed this guy something?
Just why?
Were the four rooms and pen dao not enough?
“Whatever. This is a waste of time. Bye.”
Su Yu was annoyed as well. So there were no other benefits to be gained. What a waste of time. He had guessed that this would be the case, but he still couldn’t stop feeling annoyed after his guess was confirmed. He turned around and started leaving without any hesitation.
He didn’t want to waste more time on the two.
Seeing that Su Yu was leaving, the burly man hurriedly asked, “Are you from the Myriad Realms? How are my descendants doing?”
“Dead.”
“…You…nonsense…”
“They have you to thank for their deaths. Why the fuck did you leave back then? After your departure, the myriad races turned against humanity. Chaos descended. Culture King must have guessed the truth. Notice how he’s not asking these stupid questions? No matter what, he left something behind before leaving. But you left without preparing any contingency. I don’t feel like talking to you anymore.”
“Hey! Kid, you are too arrogant! I have a contingency as well! Hey, don’t be in such a rush to leave. I sealed—”
“Martial Emperor. I know. Bye.”
“…”
Then, Su Yu vanished behind the Heaven Gate. Moments later, the gate vanished as well.
Right at that moment, the man in white thought of something. He shouted, “Since you’re capable of returning to life, remember this! Resurrect Xing Yue! The moment you lay down life and death daos, an opportunity to resurrect her will appear! Remember this!”
He looked somewhat annoyed. He was distracted by the kid, so he had forgotten to say that earlier. He wasn’t sure if the kid could hear those words now.
The burly man muttered blankly, “Your son…is so arrogant. Also, why are you still pining for Xing Yue? Are you not giving up?”
The man in white did not entertain that remark. Instead, he said, “Sure enough! From the moment I saw you here, I knew something would happen. Sure enough! That guy had my pen dao and the Book of Time yet he still decided to pioneer his dao. He even came here. Was he here just to see me?”
“Did he travel all the way here to seek his father?” The burly man exclaimed with respect, “What a filial son!”
He stopped talking about Xing Yue as well. As a good brother, he naturally knew when to stop talking about such a sad topic.
“Cut the crap!”
The man in white frowned and said, “I’m afraid things are going badly in the Myriad Realms. Someone so weak shouldn’t be pioneering a dao. Also, he clearly fought that gigantic dragon earlier.”
He spent a moment deducing what had happened before looking at the burly man. “Sure enough, you’re incapable of doing anything useful. See what you did? Things have grown messy.”
“…”
Suddenly, the burly man muttered gloomily, “My son is dead.”
Hearing that, the man in white sank into silence. After a short moment, he said, “He might have returned as a death spirit. If we managed to return, I’d look for him and resurrect him for you.”
“Fine.”
Soon, the burly man suppressed his gloomy thoughts. This wasn’t the place for such thoughts. “Was that kid your son? He felt even more arrogant than you.”
“That was clearly your brother.”
“…”
The burly man stared at the man in white. This guy was clearly insulting him in a roundabout manner. Did this guy think that he wouldn’t understand it? Was this guy asking for a beating?
Just as the man in white was about to say something, his expression changed drastically as he said, “We need to leave now! Trouble is coming!”
Even as the two started fleeing, the burly man couldn’t resist asking, “Did you really not leave a descendant behind? That kid looked like a copy of you. Good heavens. He broke through the Heaven Gate just to look for you. His feelings for you must be quite strong for him to do something like that.”
“Shut your damn mouth!”
“See? You even talk the same way.”
“Shut your mouth or I’ll shut it for you.”
“You’re a scholar. Don’t forget your refinement…”
“I—”
The two vanished while bickering with each other.
***
Chaotic space.
Things were getting increasingly tense.
Su Yu was still nowhere to be seen. Something might have happened to him. The dragon started raising his aura, bracing himself for an intense battle.
Right at that moment, the air rippled as an illusory voice rang out, “Open!”
The command reverberated everywhere.
Instantly, a dark dao unfurled before everyone. Then, a figure appeared out of thin air. However, the fluttering white robes on this figure had turned into fluttering black robes.
“Your Majesty!”
Everyone was overjoyed.
The dragon was shocked. He…survived!
Standing atop the death spirit dao, Su Yu was in no rush to say anything to the others. Looking down at the dao with a slight frown, he said, “Open.”
Another dao unfurled out.
Su Yu stepped onto the second dao, but the dark qi around him did not dissipate. He had no way of fully removing the death within him.
Life and death continued their clash, stopping him from returning to life. With the same frown, Su Yu said, “Resurrect!”
Boom!
A powerful aura erupted from his body, but the death qi on him did not fade away. Rather, it grew even thicker than before.
Su Yu roared again, “Resurrect!”
Hissing sounds rang out as he went deeper into the life dao, but he still couldn’t return to life. “Open again!”
Numerous daos appeared.
“Life and death!”
A gap was left between the knitted daos, and the life and death daos managed to slip into the gap. However, the two refused to be knitted together.
The separation between life and death was too distinct. There was no way to bring the two together.
Su Yu frowned. He looked at Wan Tiansheng and the others before shrugging with resignation. “I guess this is it. I knew this. I might be fine with going from life to death, but going from death to life will be problematic. It might fail.”
He sighed. “I managed to experience death without He Tu’s help. And this isn’t even my first experience with death. My past experiences were mere dreams, but they were enough to help me resist a single death.”
He was able to resist even a single death. But because of the death, he had transformed into a death spirit. Now, he was stuck. He had no way of returning to life. In such a state, he wouldn’t be able to complete his dao pioneering.
The shocked dragon exclaimed, “You…did you really resurrect?”
“What do you think?” Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, “Can’t you see that I’m a death spirit now? I didn’t resurrect. Are you blind? Are you happy now that I’ve failed?”
“No…wait…you…did you call for someone during your final moments?”
Suddenly, Su Yu laughed. “You’re quite lucky. I wanted to keep you in there, but you managed to escape. By the way, someone took your tail, I think. I’m not sure, but that’s quite likely. Your tail is now food.”
The dragon’s expression changed as a certain name appeared in his mind. But he didn’t even dare to speak that name.
Su Yu said, “You can leave now. Your job is done. Why are you staying? Do you really think that my people can’t kill you?”
Wan Tiansheng asked, “Are we sparing him? He will bring more trouble to us in the future.”
Su Yu said, “Forget it. He might choose to self-detonate and drag some of our people down with him. It’s not worth it. Just let him go. He’s not so weak that we can kill him easily.”
The dragon looked at Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng before asking, “Did you really fail in your dao pioneering?”
Su Yu narrowed his eyes and asked, “Does the result matter? Do you really believe that…I can’t kill you?”
Abruptly, his aura surged to an even higher level. Alas, he was still shrouded in death. Life was missing. It was clear that he had grown stronger than before.
After a short silence, the dragon started withdrawing. Only upon moving far away did he say, “For attempting Creation amid chaos, you will turn the entire chaos into your enemy.”
“Enough talking.” Su Yu said, “I’m in a bad mood. Don’t push my patience.”
The dragon shut his mouth and left for real. This wasn’t a place he could stay for much longer.
Culture King.
He clearly heard the voice of that terrifying being earlier. Did Su Yu somehow summon that being from that place?
Nobody knew.
But the mere thought of that was enough to cause the dragon to shiver.
With the dragon gone, Su Yu exhaled in relief. This dragon was still very strong. In the event of a battle, he would definitely lose a bunch of his people. It simply wasn’t worth it. There was no need to fight the dragon to the death. He only needed to scare the dragon away.
Unlike him, the others grew even more agitated.
