Chapter 2224: It Broke (1)
Chapter 2224: It Broke (1)
Rumbling sounds continued ringing out.
Finally, Su Yu was done fusing all the pages into his world. As a kind man, he had naturally left something for Time Sage. He wouldn't consume everything.
"Cook Book."
Yes. He had kindly preserved the cover for Time Sage. He was too kind to devour everything.
When they met in the future, and when Time Sage asked for her cookbook, he would naturally hand the cover with "cook book" written on it to her.
"Time Sage... Radiant Cook Sage?" (Time = Shi Guang, Radiant Cook = Shi Guang as well)
Su Yu blinked. Time Sage was such an impressive name. That was a name he heard from Xing Yue, but back when Xing Yue was alive, Time Sage should still be quite weak, right? Would she call herself the Time Sage when she was still weak?
Perhaps it was Radiant Cook Sage instead? A sage who would eat everything clean until the plate itself sparkled.
Su Yu sank into confusion. So was she the Time Sage or was she the Radiant Cook Sage? The name of the book suggested that she should be the Radiant Cook Sage instead. Then again, this didn't matter.
Su Yu did not think too much about it. If he was still curious in the future, he could always ask her about it.
A short while later, Su Yu removed the cage around Heavenly Overseer Marquis with a wave. Everything looked the same, and Su Yu still felt the same as well. It was as though nothing had changed.
Su Yu was already strong enough to fight the chaos dragon right after his creation. And from his presence, it felt as though he had been stuck since then. As far as most people were concerned, Su Yu was very strong. But not excessively so.
There was a limit to his strength. He was not as strong as a Master of Law. At most, he would be comparable to the ancient physical body human kings. But those on Su Yu's side knew that previously, he was already strong enough to fight a weak Master of Law like Consort Emeritus outside his world. That alone was enough to shock countless people.
Even now, Heavenly Overseer Marquis' aura was still stirring. He had fully stepped onto the level of a Venerable. And he wasn't even at the level of a weaker Venerable. In truth, the dao of luck was a powerful dao.
It could shower misfortune on someone. And it would be even more unfathomable against opponents of the same level. A sudden misfortune was not something anyone could withstand. For example, Heavenly Overseer Marquis would probably do really well against the sinned lineage with their recent drop of fortune.
Heavenly Overseer Marquis opened his eyes and leveled a complicated gaze at Su Yu. Su Yu had grown even stronger. The others wouldn't be able to notice anything. Even those of the fate race would only be able to see the vague outline of one's fortune. But Heavenly Overseer Marquis could see the surging fortune above Su Yu. It was as though the power of fortune around him had turned into a dragon.
Yes. At present, Su Yu was blessed by a surging fortune. Heavenly Overseer Marquis could see that the dragon was gigantic yet perfectly hidden away.
This was Su Yu. The current human lord, possibly the final human lord, and perhaps the emperor of the new era.
"You seem to be doing fine." Su Yu grinned, "You're riding off my coattails."
Heavenly Overseer Marquis said nothing.
Su Yu continued, "Those who had taken advantage of my in the past had all suffered miserable ends."
Heavenly Overseer Marquis remained silent. He was the fortune incarnate of the ancient court. If Su Yu didn't want this, Su Yu could either kill him or fully separate from the ancient court. What could he do about this? It wasn't like he was deliberately doing this. This was all happening passively to him.
Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "What if I kill you now and let some people advance into Masters of Laws? Is that a good idea?"
After a long silence, Heavenly Overseer Marquis said, "I believe you won't kill me now."
"Are you so confident?"
Heavenly Overseer Marquis said, "You won't necessarily benefit that much from killing me now. The others will benefit more. If you wish to kill me, you will wait until you can be the one to reap the biggest benefit before doing it."
"I guess you're right." Su Yu nodded, "You're not stupid. But you're not too smart either. You wouldn't have made me your enemy otherwise."
Heavenly Overseer Marquis sank into silence. He had only chosen to stand against Su Yu due to a sense of indignation. He was jealous when he learned that Su Yu had inherited the pen dao. He couldn't accept losing the paper dao to Su Yu. But now, he had understood everything.
He knew that it had never been possible for him to actually master the paper dao. In fact, not even Culture King himself had mastered that dao. Heavenly Overseer Marquis had failed to master the paper dao even after holding the Heavenly Hunt Index for many years because it was not even an existing dao. It required the pioneering of a dao.
Su Yu did not mind Heavenly Overseer Marquis' silence. He smiled and said, "You are the incarnation of the ancient fortune. I control my own fortune. What are your views on Hundred Battle's fortune? Does he hold the fortune himself? Or is the fortune concentrated on Zhou Ji?"
After some thought, Heavenly Overseer Marquis answered, "It might not be on Hundred Battle himself. The previous time I saw him, his fortune did not seem too impressive. He used to be successful in every endeavour during the ninth epoch, but he grew unlucky and failed at the very end."
Su Yu blinked before nodding, "That seems to be the case. In that case, he must have cut off a part of humanity's fortune and fused it into his son after his son's birth. Is his son the actual destiny child of his faction?"
At that, Su Yu chuckled and said, "Heavenly Fate Marquis...he has quite an impressive name. Heavenly fate. Essentially, any destiny child can also be considered his child."
Su Yu thought he was being funny, but Heavenly Overseer Marquis disagreed.
Nevertheless, he still gave a reply, "Heavenly Fate Marquis is indeed a nice title. That is why he's able to survive until today. From his continued survival, it is clear the fate race has a prosperous fortune as well."
Su Yu had the habit of judging someone through their strength. Heavenly Overseer Marquis, on the other hand, had the habit of judging someone through their fortune.
With a smile, Su Yu said, "Stay here. I'll take a stroll outside. Don't dream of escaping. I might not necessarily kill you if you remain, but I will definitely kill you if you attempt to flee. Also, you should know that Hundred Battle probably wants you dead as well."
Heavenly Overseer Marquis shut his eyes again and said nothing. He would not trust Su Yu's words. This was someone with zero sense of shame. He was as crafty as an ancient fox at such a young age.
Done with the conversation, Su Yu vanished into thin air.
***
Su Yu had many things to do.
With the three months he bought, he had to remove some unwanted variables. The eight-winged tiger and chaos dragon were among the variables he needed to handle. The two were definitely still somewhere in the chaos.
If Su Yu could locate them, he wouldn't mind killing them. If he could locate Zhou Ji as well, he wouldn't mind removing Zhou Ji either. Zhou Ji might be the carrier of the fortune Hundred Battle King's side had accumulated. Removing Zhou Ji might plunge their entire faction into extreme misfortune.
Hundred Battle King wished to buy time. Su Yu would allow that, but not more than three months. Hundred Battle King might take the time to do something, but it wasn't like Su Yu would be idle either.
Now that both the myriad races and sinned lineage were too preoccupied to interfere with his plans, he could freely move out and remove the unwanted elements from the Myriad Realms.
***
It wasn't easy to find someone amid the vast chaos.
That was especially true when one was looking for old foxes like the eight-winged tiger and chaos dragon. Both were veteran chaos beasts. With how sly the eight-winged tiger was, he could probably guess that someone would want him dead. He would put more effort into hiding.
But Su Yu had a way to locate someone in the chaos.
At the moment, a white furball could be seen atop his head.
Ever since returning to Su Yu's sea of willpower, the little furball had been spending all his time sleeping atop the Heaven Gate. Occasionally, he would wake up and give the gate a few licks. These days, he had stopped licking characters since Su Yu had fused all his characters into his world.
With his nose wrinkled, the little furball looked around curiously and asked, "Yummy, where is this?"
"Chaos."
"Oh."
Why did Yummy drag him out? The little furball looked around at the boring darkness. He was better off sleeping.
Su Yu laughed and said, "Time for you to pick up your old profession. Try sniffing around and see if you can find the chaos dragon and eight-winged tiger.
"I now have a clear idea of what your dao is. You are extremely sensitive toward energy. and laws. You're a fake devour dao like Soybun. You are probably a tracking-related dao."
At that, the little furball shot Su Yu an odd gaze before saying with a jump, "Did I not tell you? I figured that out long ago! I realized this during the time I was forced to study by that fat dog."
"..."
Su Yu was rendered speechless. Was that the case? He was unaware. Yes, the little furball was now an Eternal. Su Yu noticed that. But it felt as though the little fellow had merely forced his cultivation to that level. So was the little fellow already aware of his dao?
The little furball said, "Yep! I already knew back then! I am good at tracking because I can keep smelling yummy stuff by tracking! And then, that book told me that I might be a tracking-related dao!"
Su Yu chuckled, "Looks like you're not that stupid, after all."
"Of course."
The little furball looked quite smug as he said that.
Su Yu said, "It's good that you know what dao you are. Alright, time for you to take a sniff at the soy sauce here."
"What?"
"The eight-winged tiger loves drinking soy sauce. Don't bother tracking his smell as he can easily notice that. Track the smell of the soy sauce instead."
Su Yu laughed with amusement. The tiger's love for soy sauce might not be a good thing for the tiger. The little furball was too weak to track the tiger undetected. But there was an alternative. Tracking the soy sauce was not the same as tracking the tiger directly.
The little furball nodded his entire body and said, "Okay! Yummy, when can I grow as strong as Fat Ball?"
He was looking forward to having that level of strength. Unfortunately, he was still too weak right now. Even after spending so long licking the Heaven Gate, he was still an Eternal. The gap between him and Su Yu was growing bigger and bigger.
At that, Su Yu laughed and said, "What's the rush? I don't lack a Venerable or two. For now, it's not necessarily a good thing for you to be too strong. When you're too strong, everyone will know about you. You're currently in a good position. Almost everyone has forgotten about you.
"At this rate, you will be completely forgotten after some time. And then...I can start leaving my contingencies behind as well.
"My father and teachers are very weak. I never bothered to elevate their cultivation. It is better for them to progress naturally. I will find a place and build my very own hidden lair. Then, you can stay there and watch over my place. Learn from Fat Ball. He continued watering the flowers diligently even after over a hundred thousand years..."
The little furball said dispiritedly, "But I like sleeping. I don't like watering flowers."
That would be so tiring.
Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not telling you to water flowers. I'm telling you to watch over the place. Do you understand?"
"Oh."
"Everyone will forget about you in the future. When something happens to me, you can start watching my hidden lair for me. Perhaps I'll return countless years later. At the time, I'll still have a home I can stay in.
"Human Emperor, Masters of Laws, Human Ancestor, Master of Time...this is a complicated era. Too complicated. Why were the previous eras sealed away? Who sealed those eras away? Where did the gates come from? Who built them? Why is everyone trying to return to the Myriad Realms?
"What's so special about the Myriad Realms? Or perhaps those fellows will all die without the Myriad Realms?"
That was the biggest question. Why was everyone trying to return? How did the world behind the gates look like?