Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1117: I'm Very Scared (3)

Chapter 1117: I'm Very Scared (3)

While Wan Tiansheng was taking a stroll on the River of Time with Su Yu.

Great Ming.

Mayor's residence.

Great Ming King looked north in the direction of Great Xia capital with a frown.

Beside him, Zhu Tiandao flashed a fawning smile and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Can't you feel it?" Great Ming King turned to look at his son.

Zhu Tiandao looked in the same direction and focused. But after a while, he replied, "Nope. What is it?"

"Someone is walking the River of Time."

Great Ming King hesitated, "Am I the only one feeling this? Can't you feel anything?"

"No."

"You're not strong enough, resulting in a weak grasp on the past and future."

Great Ming King muttered doubtfully, "Great Xia...who is the person who has reached this level? Is Xia Longwu back? No. Can it be...him?"

"Wan Tiansheng?"

"Perhaps."

Zhu Tiandao nodded, "That's very likely. Is he attempting his breakthrough?"

Zhu Tiandao laughed and continued, "It won't be easy. If you're willing to settle with any random body you get, it won't be that bad. But if you're picky, it will be very hard."

After saying that, he swung his arm. A miniature River of Time that was so small one would think it was created by someone urinating appeared. With a smug smile, Zhu Tiandao said, "It's very hard to find someone like me who can easily open the River of Time at any time."

He looked incomparably proud of himself. He was basically asking for his father to praise him. Soon, the tiny stream of water nobody would consider a river vanished.

Great Ming King nodded, "You're quite good. However..."

The river he sensed felt incomparably vast. Why?

Zhu Tiandao asked doubtfully, "What is it?"

"Nothing."

Great Ming King said, "If it's Wan Tiansheng, is he working on becoming a Pseudo Invincible to prepare for his dao affirmation?"

"No idea. More like he's preparing for Nanyuan."

Zhu Tiandao said, "Forget about that guy. He has been hiding his strength for so many years. I've long guessed that he's much stronger than his official cultivation level."

Great Ming King nodded, "He was Ye Batian's good friend. Back then, Ye Batian would frequently visit him at the Knowledge Seeking Realm to talk about cultivation even when Ye Batian was already near dao affirmation. Wan Tiansheng is a lot stronger than he appears. He is also incredibly talented."

Zhu Tiandao said, "Yeah, I heard as well. Back then, everyone said that Wan Tiansheng was the second coming of Xia Chen. But with Ye Batian's rise, everyone forgot about him."

Xia Chen, the first principal and founder of Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.

Great Ming King said nothing. He was still feeling doubtful. Just the ability to open the River of Time was enough to prove a Sunmoon's strength. The moment one captured a past or future body, one would become a Pseudo Invincible.

For example, the tiny river Zhu Tiandao opened earlier was essentially what the River of Time looked like for a vast majority of ninth-stage Sunmoons. It was through that tiny river that many had captured their past or future bodies.

Yes, one needed to enter the river to capture the body. But there was no need for one to enter the river with one's entire body. Reaching an arm inside to capture a body was sufficient.

To enter with one's entire body, the river needed to be big enough. Such a river was extremely powerful. Upon entering, it was also extremely easy for one to completely lost one's way in it.

Most ninth-stage Sunmoon would only open a tiny river, reach inside, and settle with whatever they caught for their dao affirmation.

Great Ming King tossed the matter to the back of his mind. He shouldn't disturb someone when one was opening the River of Time. Otherwise, he might end up blamed for interfering in the case of failure.

Suddenly, Su Yu opened his eyes.

He found himself back on the River of Time. He stared at Wan Tiansheng's back blankly and swallowed. That was...Wan Tiansheng's past! Wan Tiansheng's past!

But he didn't see Wan Tiansheng there! Where was Wan Tiansheng? Holy shit! Was that mysterious expert...him?

After a long silence, Wan Tiansheng's calm voice rang out, "Did you see it? There is a traitor. Or there might be two traitors. The two palms probably belonged to a human and a non-human respectively. They had pretended to fight before attacking Ye Batian together."

"Ye Batian was not overly confident in himself. Nor was he overly arrogant. He knew the danger he was in. Thus, he had his good friend act as his dao protector by his side. But his friend failed to protect him. Thus, he died. In truth, he had high hopes of succeeding."

Su Yu swallowed again and said, "I feel like...the two of them were strong enough to kill the two Invincibles."

"Yes. If the battle had continued without interference, they would have won."

"But...that..."

Su Yu didn't know what to say. His entire mind was in a mess.

Wan Tiansheng said, "I showed you this to tell you that Ye Batian still lacked something during his attempt. Remember what you saw. Think about it carefully. Study it. You might not understand everything you see today. It doesn't matter. When you grow strong enough, you might notice more when you recall this memory. Remember, Ye Batian could have succeeded. But I believe that only applies to his physical cultivation. His willpower cultivation showed no sign of successful dao affirmation."

"..."

Su Yu nodded, still in a dazed state. But next, an understanding dawned on him.

"Source soul acupoint is split into the yang acupoint and yin aperture. You need to open 360 acupoints and 360 apertures. Additionally, you might also need to meet some other requirements. Only then will it be possible for you to affirm your dao in willpower cultivation."

That was Su Yu's hypothesis. Wan Tiansheng had a pensive look as he said, "Perhaps. You can try it your way. Also, non-human characters might also affect the attempt."

"Noted."

"Let's leave."

"Uhm...is that mysterious man...dead?"

Wan Tiansheng nonchalantly replied, "Dead or alive does not apply to that man. That is only a tri-life body."

"..."

What? Su Yu was shocked yet again. A single tri-life body was able to fully suppress a celestial chasm Invincible in battle? He felt like his horizon had been expanded greatly today.

Ye Batian and his boundlessly powerful axe.

A mysterious man capable of nearly killing a celestial chasm Invincible with only a tri-life body.

And finally, three Invincibles joined hands to kill Ye Batian after killing the tri-life body of the mysterious expert.

Who was that mysterious expert? Su Yu did not ask. But he had a good guess.

He swallowed and said, "Uhm...since we're done here, bye, Principal. You're not interested in silencing me, right?"

It felt terrifying to know too much. Why did the principal show him that? He was feeling very insecure right now.

Wan Tiansheng said, "Silence you? Maybe...if you remain..."

Su Yu ran off without any hesitation. Inwardly, he grumbled that he had been thinking of running way earlier. He had merely lacked the courage to do so before getting the principal's permission to leave. He was greatly terrified.

Inside his head, the little furball was greatly terrified as well. The furball was madly licking a random nearby character to console his trembling heart. His instincts were telling him that before dying, he should fill his belly. He should die a full ball, not a hungry ball!

***

At the same time, under a heavenly source fruit tree in a certain realm.

A massive furball opened his eyes. Numerous bubbles appeared around him. He looked at them doubtfully and muttered, "A dead tri-life body. What a powerful future body. Is he planning to capture another body?"

While thinking, the big furball fell asleep. That had nothing to do with him.

He should resume his sleep. He must have been dreaming again.