Chapter 2292: Powerful Force, Set Off (2)

Su Yu was surprised as well.

He knew that Xia Longwu was very talented, especially in the saber. But this was still beyond his expectations.

He smiled and said, "Well done."

Not bad at all!

Not far away, Stable Army Marquis was looking at Great Qin King sorrowfully. Why did Great Qin King break through?

Both of them cultivated the spear.

If Great Qin King had failed to break through as well, could he receive the spear dao and break through right away as well? He kept glancing at Great Qin King, who was also shooting him unfriendly glances.

Why was this guy looking at him?

He wasn’t stuck!

Su Yu's cold expression faded, replaced by a smile as he praised Xia Longwu before saying, "With this, Great Xia King can enjoy his retirement in peace. Xia Longwu will live up to the reputation of the blade of Xia."

Great Xia King nodded stiffly.

This was a part of their plan, but when as of this moment, he was truly feeling bitter. Su Yu thought that he was still acting, but no. He was truly saddened by this. He couldn't get over the fact that his grandson had surpassed him.

How sorrowful.

Su Yu moved on to the next person. With a look of regret, he called out, "Cloud Fire Marquis."

Cloud Fire Marquis stepped forth.

After some thought, Su Yu said, "I don't blame you for failing to break through. Back then, I did not allow you to fuse with my world immediately since you were a heavenly king. You only fused in later. At the time, the fire dao was already occupied by Heavenly Fire."

Cloud Fire Marquis had actually joined Su Yu before Heavenly Fire. Heavenly Fire was a member of the extinct fire god race, a resurrected death spirit who had taken over the fire dao in Su Yu's world after his resurrection.

After a slight pause, Su Yu continued, "You currently cultivate the dao of burning. It is similar, but still, it's not the exact same as the fire dao. Your failure in breaking through is more because your comprehension of the fire dao is too deep for you to adapt to a different dao quickly."

Cloud Fire Marquis lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I only have my own incompetence to blame for this. The dao of burning is very similar to the dao of fire. I am lacking..."

Su Yu sighed and said, "There is no need for you to switch your dao. The burning dao has never been a dao you're proficient with. You can keep your dao, but you won't be joining us upstream. You can have Heavenly Fire's dao when he dies or something."

"..."

Not far away, Heavenly Fire blinked. He opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't find his words.

What...was he supposed to say?

Su Yu laughed and said, "That was a joke. Fire is not a singular path. For example, Topsoil Spirit cultivates the five elements, including fire. I will further perfect the element of fire in my world."

Cloud Fire Marquis was one of the older heavenly kings in Su Yu's camp. Thus, it was quite regrettable that he was still stuck.

Su Yu could see that Cloud Fire Marquis wasn't necessarily to blame for this. That was mainly due to his unsuitable dao. He could have broken through with the fire dao. One ought to admit that at times, luck was very important. Cloud Fire Marquis was still feeling somewhat dispirited. He said nothing and stepped back.

"Grandstar..."

Grandstar stepped forth, sighed, and said with his head lowered, "Your Majesty, I'll yield the sword dao. I wish to hand it to Empyrean Cloud. I must be really getting old. My battle intent has calmed considerably. The sword dao is a killing dao. However, I am a sword-wielder lacking the intent to kill. I also lack Heavendoom's desire to forge ahead. I don't even have an abundant fighting spirit like Empyrean Cloud."

He was the first guardian to support Su Yu. Alas, he had still fallen behind.

He was the sole guardian Su Yu had brought to the Upper Realm previously.

At the time, he was stronger than Heavendoom. But he had been stuck since receiving the sword dao. Meanwhile, Heavendoom had already broken through.

Su Yu looked at Grandstar with regret. He had actually given Grandstar private lessons several times in the hope of a breakthrough. His conversion into a pseudo death spirit, his meeting with Xing Yue, the establishment of the ancient city alliance...All of that started from his meeting with Grandstar.

One could say that Grandstar had played a pivotal role in Su Yu's initial rise. His longest supporter among the guardians had seemingly grown weary, or perhaps his potential was truly running out. But he had fallen behind when even Heavendoom had taken the step forward.

Su Yu nodded and said softly, "The sword dao...goes to Empyrean Cloud."

Empyrean Cloud looked quite annoyed and disappointed as she said, "Why even bother fighting over this sword dao back then if you're this useless? I despise you, Grandstar!"

Instead of feeling happy about this, she was feeling at a loss.

They had been fellow guardians for a hundred thousand years. They were close enough that she wouldn't be hoping for him to fail just so she could get the sword dao. Thus, she couldn't bring herself to celebrate this. Without the sword dao, Grandstar would fall even further behind.

Unlike Cloud Fire Marquis, Grandstar cultivated a dao he was familiar with. He had also received numerous helps from Su Yu, yet he still failed to break through. Cloud Fire Marquis only lacked time to adapt to a different dao. Given enough time, he would be able to achieve just as much with the burning dao. Knowing that, Su Yu had allowed him to keep the burning dao.

But Grandstar had to give up on the dao he was most familiar with. Was there any hope for him to catch up with an unfamiliar dao?

Grandstar said, "Empyrean Cloud, I am indeed useless. I hope that you can do better than me. Our boss is already a Master of Law. Even Heavendoom is at that level. I failed, but I hope you will succeed."

Both Grand Dream and Heavendoom were feeling quite regretful as well.

Heavendoom even started muttering to himself, "See, this must be karma for bragging too much in the past. Why is a fish like you playing around with a sword? This might be good for you. As a fish, you should go play with water instead of swords."

Grandstar laughed, "Why is a monkey like you calling me names?"

Heavendoom curled his lips, but he didn't argue.

Su Yu looked at Empyrean Cloud and said, "Empyrean Cloud, you will take over the sword dao. I excluded you from the thirty since you cultivated an unfamiliar dao. But with the sword dao, you have a high chance at breaking through."

Su Yu had not included Empyrean Cloud among the thirty since she cultivated an unfamiliar dao. But he didn't expect her to instantly jump into a Master of Law upon receiving the sword dao like Xia Longwu. However, her chances were still decent.

Empyrean Cloud nodded, still not in a celebratory mood. Before long, the sword dao was separated from Grandstar before being attached to Empyrean Cloud. Her aura started stirring, and instantly, her grasp over the dao skyrocketed before stopping right before full mastery. She was still slightly lacking, but a breakthrough wouldn't be far.

Next, Su Yu looked at the Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor known as Space Devourer. He looked at Su Yu awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty...I...I really couldn't do it..."

Su Yu laughed, "I understand."

His dao companion, Spacebreak Marquis, managed to break through into a Master of Law. However, there was only one spatial dao. Since she was the Master of Law there, Space Devourer had no way of taking that step forward.

That wasn't the point there. The point was...he had switched his dao with Spacebreak Marquis. Su Yu was aware of that. He had even helped with it, but he wasn't supportive of it.

Space Devourer was one of the earlier cultivators of Su Yu's world. Thanks to that, he was able to occupy the spatial dao. Meanwhile, Spacebreak Marquis was a latecomer. Prior to that, Space Devourer had even helped the entire spatial beast race fuse into the same dao. Clearly, he intended to learn from the five elementals and utilize the strength of an entire race to cultivate and grow a single powerful dao.

Su Yu was supportive of this, but he didn't stop it. He much preferred seeing all sorts of talents blooming in numerous fields. But what could he do if they were only familiar with the spatial dao? It wasn't like they could achieve much if they were forced to cultivate some daos they were unfamiliar with just for the sake of being different.

That was the fourth to fail, but there was no need for him to yield his dao. After all, he had privately given the dao to his dao companion. That was why he looked so awkward. According to the unwritten rule, he wasn't supposed to do that.

"He Tu..."

Su Yu looked at someone else. Hearing his name, He Tu stepped forth blankly, "Yes?"

He broke through! Why was he being called?

With a slight frown, Su Yu asked, "You cultivated a different dao previously. Why did you switch to the dao of petrification?"

At that, He Tu coughed awkwardly and said, "Royal Consort Qi gave her dao to this world. I found that it was quite strong, and since my ancestor, Devote King, cultivated the same dao...cough, cough, uhm...I decided to walk the same path. You were aware of it when I switched my dao, right?"

He had abandoned his previous dao because Su Yu's comprehension of that dao was very shallow. He Tu himself had a very shallow comprehension of the dao as well. Thus, he had only done one thing during the past three months: dao switching.

Switching into the petrification dao abandoned by Royal Consort Qi.

Royal Consort Qi still had a high level of comprehension over that dao. Thus, He Tu had been studying under her for the past three months. Coupled with his compatibility with that dao due to his ancestor, he was able to master the dao in only three months.

Su Yu glared at He Tu. Yes, he was aware of that. But there was still a need for him to talk about this.

He said, "Everyone, even if you believe that your dao is unsuitable, do not switch rashly. It's fine for you to do it in my world for now. I can suppress the backlash when I'm still around. But there is no guarantee that I'll always be around to suppress the backlash.

"There is also no guarantee that I'll always allow this. Some of the daos are weaker or incomplete. They might scatter into nothingness after being abandoned. Moving forward, any dao switching requires a resolution from the court. Anyone doing so without approval will be punished."

He was mainly doing this to prevent excessive damage to some of his weaker daos. This would only weaken his overall strength if allowed to persist. It might also ruin the balance in his world.

He Tu hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty. I won't do something so rash anymore. I will be sure to report it before doing anything."

Like Space Devourer, He Tu had a good reason to switch his dao. But he was unbothered by this reprimand. He understood that Su Yu was simply using this as an opportunity to warn everyone. No matter what, Space Devourer was someone from an allied race. It was more appropriate for Su Yu to use a fellow human to set an example.

He understood his role well. This was why he was called out even though he had broken through. In fact, he was quite happy about it. As smart as him, he naturally understood that only someone trusted could take on such a role.

Su Yu continued, "Principal Wan, your dao of emotions..."

After a slight hesitation, he said, "I can see that you're cultivating multiple daos at the same time. There are more than ten of them, but not one of them is fully mastered. Is your current strength comparable to a Master of Law?"

Before Wan Tiansheng could answer, Su Yu added, "As for the ones before this, you are free to appeal your decision if you believe you're already as strong as a Master of Law without breaking through. Everyone understands that Principal Wan and Lan Tian are different. They are dao pioneers. I care more about actual strength, so don't think that I'm being biased here."

The others nodded, and none said anything.

Wan Tiansheng, Lan Tian, and even Fat Ball were dao pioneers. And it was also true that Su Yu had always based his decision on strength, not cultivation level.

The so-called human dao cultivated by Wan Tiansheng was actually not a singular dao. In Su Yu's world, it had manifested as over ten separate daos. He had yet to fully master them, but there were enough of them that it was hard to judge his strength.