Chapter 2333: Too Late (1)
Chapter 2333: Too Late (1)
Dao Origin Land.
Su Yu was there again.
He was here to openly milk--no, to save Human Emperor.
That was such a poor guy.
Even fusing with his own world to become a dao spirit was very difficult for him. He might end up killing himself because his world was too strong for him. To help him survive, Su Yu had to weaken his world.
As Su Yu stepped into the Dao Origin Land, he said, "A powerhouse like Human Emperor will never be willing to weaken himself. He would rather die and create two tier-ones than survive with a weaker strength. But there is no need for him to be so extreme about it."
Su Yu shook his head, "The dao of others will forever remain the dao of others. Someone like Human Emperor can rise again so long as he's given enough time. However, he's unwilling to cut off unnecessary burdens to survive. Or to be precise, he didn't dare to do so."
In truth, Human Emperor knew that he could still save himself. But he didn't do so due to his sense of responsibility. That was the power that had brought him success, but it was also the power that had brought his ruin.
It was likely that even his human emperor dao, the River of Time dao he cultivated, was also related to responsibility. And it was only natural for his dao to affect the world he created.
Great Zhou King didn't fully understand what Su Yu was saying, but he got the gist of it. He asked, "Your Majesty, are you saying that His Imperial Majesty can still be saved?"
So he wouldn't die?
"What do you think?" Su Yu laughed, "A powerhouse like that can't die easily so long as he's not killed in a single blow. Human Emperor keeps saying that he will die soon. But those are the words of someone burdened by responsibility. Take a good look at who's saving him now."
When Great Zhou King stared at him, Su Yu said, "What are you looking at? Am I inferior to Human Emperor? I have survived even harder times. This is nothing. At worst, I'll return to the Myriad Realms, hide, and wait for the three gates to open. I refuse to believe that they are all united. How can those from three different eras be of one mind?"
"Therefore, he has nothing to worry about with me around."
Human Emperor feared that humanity would lose its support after weakening himself in the process of recovery. He would rather sacrifice himself and produce two tier-ones for humanity. But as far as Su Yu was concerned, Human Emperor would be more useful than two tier-ones even after dropping into a tier-two himself.
Thus, he disagreed with Human Emperor. Human Emperor did not want his world weakened. But Su Yu did not care. What was the big deal about dropping in strength for a while? The world itself was Human Emperor's foundation. With the foundation around, he could still rise again.
Someone like Human Emperor would definitely grow rapidly even if he had to restart from scratch. It was time for him to shed his burden. What was the point of constantly torturing himself with that heavy burden? Why mumble about dying all the time? He was being such a pussy about it. Su Yu found that annoying.
When Su Yu voiced that thought, Great Zhou King's face turned purple.
What?
Human Emperor would probably grow mad if he heard that.
Su Yu said, "Therefore, I intend to drain the power from his world and weaken it slightly. His essence will remain for him to restart from scratch. After fusing with his world, he can reconstruct his physical body. At that time, he can even construct himself a nice pussy if he wants."
"Your Majesty..."
Great Zhou King grimaced. Was it appropriate to speak of his old master like this before him? How was he supposed to react to that? If it wasn't for the fact that he was absolutely no match for Su Yu, he would have started a fight with Su Yu for this.
Su Yu laughed, not bothered about what he was saying. He continued, "I will extract a large portion of the dao power inside his world and infuse it into my world. I'll leave mostly the essence behind. Oh, there's also his human emperor dao.
"I need to extract the power of that dao as well. With this, he will be weakened on both sides. With this, he will be free to either fuse with his world or his human emperor dao. He can first fuse with his world, stabilize his condition, before fusing the human emperor dao with it for another boost."
That was Su Yu's plan for Human Emperor.
Great Zhou King frowned slightly as he said, "Will His Imperial Majesty...agree? This will ruin the world and dao that can originally produce two new tier-ones."
"You guys are such pussies."
Su Yu rolled his eyes. "You guys are always so indecisive. Do I care about a tier-one or two? Even as a cripple, Human Emperor is more useful alive than two new tier-ones. Can any of you understand this?"
Su Yu was growing impatient as he said, "I'm only telling you about this. I'm not asking for your permission. I don't care about Human Emperor's permission either. He doesn't have the right of choice. He's already a cripple, so I am the boss now. He can either listen or watch as I take his entire world apart."
"Fine."
Great Zhou King instantly shut his mouth. He understood Su Yu well. Since this guy had decided, nothing would change his mind.
As for Human Emperor...cough. Uhm, he was a nice guy. He wasn't exactly indecisive, but he was too soft toward his own. With Su Yu forcing this on Human Emperor, it was unlikely that Human Emperor would be able to refuse. Knowing that, Human Emperor would probably not bother to refuse.
***
Ignoring Great Zhou King, Su Yu tore a rift and walked right into Human Emperor's responsibility dao.
He went straight to the end of that responsibility dao. Looking at the water that was still flowing out of the River of Time, he said nothing and released numerous strands of dao power to seal the opening. He had to first plug this hole.
Human Emperor was already a cripple. What was the point of leaving this hole here? It would be even better if he could detach Human Emperor's world from the River of Time. At the exact moment Su Yu started plugging the hole, the dao trembled, as though it had sensed the interference.
"Who?"
Boom!
At that, Su Yu merely punched the dao, forcing the voice to fade away.
Great Zhou King's jaw dropped.
Holy shit!
Was this Su Yu's way of persuading Human Emperor?
***
At the same time.
Upstream.
Human Emperor, who was seated in meditation, suddenly trembled and opened his eyes. He started cursing.
What was this?
Su Yu had returned and even entered his world. What was that fellow doing? He only wanted to say hi and ask about it, but that madman had answered with a punch. That tiny bit of willpower he had sent back was blasted apart with one punch. It nearly ruined his recovery session.
"Is he mad?"
Human Emperor was greatly annoyed. He was someone who had dominated the world for so many years. Furthermore, he could be considered a senior of that kid, right? Why was the kid so impolite toward him?
But after some thought, Human Emperor decided to let it be. He was already planning to give up on that world. Since the kid wanted to do something with it, so be it. But what was the kid doing, exactly?
Human Emperor was feeling very doubtful. Just what was Su Yu planning? It felt as though Su Yu was plugging the hole in his dao.
***
Dao Origin Land.
Great Zhou King opened his mouth, but he found no words. He could only watch as Su Yu continued plugging the hole. Su Yu kept weaving strands of chaos power into a net to cover the hole even as he complained about how big the hole was.
Why was the hole so big? Did Human Emperor think that a big hole would help his world grow faster?
Heh.
The entire effort had gone to waste. A major crisis had fallen not long after this dao was created.
Su Yu continued weaving strands of chaos power into a net. This wasn't his first time doing this, but the hole was simply too big. Despite his much greater strength, this was still greatly tiring for him. After a while, he cursed again, "I should have blown this whole thing apart previously."
"Your Majesty, are you trying to shut the hole?"
That reminded Su Yu of something as he looked back and said, "Go. Go to the other end of the river and call out for Lan Tian. Tell him to connect the human emperor dao with my world. I'll be extracting some power from that dao."
"This..."
"Go!"
As Su Yu raised his voice, Great Zhou King felt somewhat wronged. He wasn't about to protest. He only wanted to say that he did not want to interact with Lan Tian. He couldn't stand that crazy guy.
So be it. It wasn't like Su Yu cared about an explanation. Also, it would be better to not let Su Yu know about this. He even started praying that those bastards had not recorded his previous interaction with Lan Tian or Su Yu would definitely collect the recording for them.
Great Zhou King swore to never spare the one who had recorded that scene. At that thought, Great Zhou King repeated inwardly that yes, he would never forgive that. Before long, Great Zhou King left to go looking for Lan Tian. In such a situation, Lan Tian was a lot more useful than Liu Hong.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was still busy mending the hole. He was taking his time with it, but fortunately, this was the Myriad Realms. Time wasn't the type of luxury one would have upstream.
As time passed, the massive hole started closing in. For the current Su Yu, the water from the River of Time was no longer as terrifying as before. Its impact was something he could now endure even without Xing Yu's token.
"Human Emperor has a Human Emperor's seal, and it is known as the number one divine weapon in existence. Perhaps it can be used as a foundation."
Su Yu started planning things out, "The power in this world can't go to waste. It has been purified by Human Emperor's world, but it is not too suited for me. I only need a small part of the power here. The rest can be given to others."
Why? Because the power in Human Emperor's world was mostly filled with the concept of responsibility. Strictly speaking, Human Emperor's dao was a super trap.
It was as much of a trap as the Human Mountain. It was merely a storage for Human Emperor's physical body, yet it was capable of influencing those on the mountain. Su Yu had known long ago that this was why the myriad races had left the Human Mountain empty for so many years.
Eventually, the myriad races decided to gather on the Human Mountain because they needed a suitable and durable place to gather all the races together.
The power in Human Emperor's world behaved similarly. It could unknowingly influence others to develop a sense of responsibility toward humanity. In fact, it was likely that the fake dao cultivators of the Upper Realm would slowly develop a sense of responsibility toward humanity with enough time.
This thing was akin to poison. Or at the very least, this was a poison for Su Yu.
"But this power is quite suitable for the newly joined myriad race powerhouses. Great Zhou King and the others can absorb some. Right, Martial Emperor should absorb some as well..."
Su Yu decided to not absorb too much of the power here. Rather, he would save more for the others. Before long, he would be able to create one big loving family with it. How impressive. No wonder Culture King was so terrified of this dao power.
Even Su Yu found this power terrifying. It was fine if Human Emperor wanted to be a saint himself. But it would be terrifying if Human Emperor believed that everyone should be a saint as well.
While entertaining all those thoughts, Lan Tian created a connection between his world and the human emperor dao. Instantly, Su Yu extracted a large amount of power from that dao into his world, pouring the majority into the physical body dao.
Su Yu would still be influenced somewhat, but the influence would be diluted and spread across his world. The same couldn't be said for the cultivator of the physical body dao.