Chapter 2342: Culture Kings World (1)

Chapter 2342: Culture King's World (1)

Shoe. Culture King's shoe.

Su Yu remembered the shoe as a considerably powerful weapon. Also, there was an interesting bit of gossip about this shoe. Thus, the shoe had never faded from the public eye. However, not many cared too much about it. No matter how powerful it was, it was still Culture King's shoe.

But from the new information he learned, Su Yu found that the shoe might be hiding Culture King's world within. That was quite ingenious. It was right there for all to see, but nobody could see it.

Human Emperor would never be able to guess that Culture King had hidden his world in his shoe.

"That shoe of Fat Ball might only be a key, like the characters within the Culture Tomb. The actual world might be somewhere else. It is more likely that the actual world is in the other shoe."

This was Su Yu's guess. It was unlikely for the world to really be hidden inside the shoe with Fat Ball. After all, Fat Ball had been actively moving around. If Culture King's world was really inside that shoe, it would signify that the world could actually be moved around freely. But that was clearly not the case.

However, Su Yu would not be able to know more before checking with Fat Ball. With a wave of his hand, Xing Yue appeared again.

Xing Yue, who was getting slightly annoyed, asked, "Yes? What is it this time?"

It was quite annoying to be called over repeatedly. She was busy. A lot of people had been injured from the recent battle. She had been healing everyone, but Su Yu had interrupted the process repeatedly.

"Tell Fat Ball to throw the shoe into the area covered by the world's influence and allow it to flow downstream. I can't be bothered to go all the way there to collect it."

He did not ask for Fat Ball to return personally. That would be too troublesome. Also, it was too risky to let a dog make such a long trip alone. What if the dog got lost somewhere?

"Okay."

And then, Su Yu waved his hand again, dismissing Xing Yue. She nearly cursed at him. He was calling her over and dismissing her as he wished. This was too excessive!

Su Yu chuckled and looked at the distant clone formed by Return and the illusory world around it. After a moment, he summoned his human lord's token. The token descended upon the illusory world and covered it like a massive lid.

With this, things would be a lot safer. With the human lord's token here, Return would not be able to leave the illusory world even if he was here in his main body. And since he was only here as a clone, he would be completely helpless.

On the other side of the gate, Return was exhausting all his strength to transmit Culture King's gift over. It would clearly take more time since a large amount of power was being transmitted.

At this moment, Great Zhou King arrived.

Having sensed that something was happening, he frowned slightly and called out, "Your Majesty."

Su Yu smiled and said, "It's fine. A tier-one inside the Heaven Gate. He's freshly broken through, and he'll only be here as a clone. Lan Tian will have some fun with him."

At that, an odd expression covered Great Zhou King's face. Yes, Lan Tian would indeed have a lot of fun with that. As of late, Lan Tian had been bored out of his mind. This was a perfect job for him, and it could even help him practice with his dao.

"Heaven Gate..."

Great Zhou King thought about it and said, "Your Majesty, you should be careful about this. There are some terrifying beings inside the Heaven Gate."

Su Yu nodded.

After a short pause, he asked, "Are you familiar with the sixth human lord?"

"Sixth human lord?" Great Zhou King sank into a short recollection before nodding, "Somewhat, but we didn't interact too much. The sixth human lord was a great hero, but this applies to every human lord. However, he was a somewhat withdrawn man. After he received the support of the Torchbearers, I stopped involving myself with the affairs of that epoch."

"He managed to cultivate the Heaven Gate. Do you know that?"

Great Zhou King shook his head, "I wasn't aware when he was alive. After his sudden death, I investigated the matter and concluded that he must have fallen to a plot from one of the three gates."

As long as one was talented enough, it wouldn't be impossible for one to cultivate the Heaven Gate.

That was not Su Yu's current focus. It was something else. He said, "I'm wondering about his Heaven Gate cultivation method. Where did he get it?"

Great Zhou King blinked.

Su Yu continued, "The method to cultivate the Heaven Gate is actually very rare and very hard to find. Of course, there is also the possibility that he was incredibly talented, and he had also passed through the life and death entrances of the Luminous Domain Mansion to discover the Heaven Gate. Written records of this cultivation method do not exist. I only learned it through Martial Emperor."

The 720 acupoints and apertures could result in countless combinations. How did he know the correct combination to manifest the Heaven Gate? He could try one by one, but he would probably die before he found the correct combination.

Each failure would result in heavy injuries. The sixth human lord had manifested the Heaven Gate in secret. Su Yu was more curious about the process. At the time, Martial Emperor had yet to regain his consciousness.

At that thought, Su Yu said, "Also, Hundred Battle's line seems connected to the Human Gate, but they have been focusing on the Earth Gate. This is quite suspicious as well. Since they cultivate the Human Gate, why did they enter the Earth Gate instead of the Human Gate?"

Once again, Great Zhou King blinked. He answered by reflex, "The Human Gate can't be opened, or maybe they don't know its exact location."

Su Yu shook his head and said, "Think about this. Those inside the Heaven Gate have been trying to open the gate all along, right? Someone like Return...that's the guy I contracted; all of them are trying very hard to come out. The chaos beasts inside the Earth Gate are doing the same. But the Human Gate has been silent. Are you seeing this?"

Great Zhou King frowned, "What are you saying, Your Majesty?"

"Is it possible that their plans were already in place long ago?" Su Yu smiled, "Or perhaps they have long entered the Myriad Realms by replacing the natives of the world outside?"

"Your Majesty...are you talking about...Zhou Ji?" Great Zhou King said, "Isn't Zhou Ji a representative of those inside the Human Gate?"

Su Yu nodded, "Yes. This is only a guess. Something is very suspicious about Zhou Ji. He was too detached toward Hundred Battle. He didn't seem to care too much about Yu as well. It felt as though he only saved Yu to maintain a connection with Human Ancestor. After all, Yu is a direct descendant of Human Ancestor."

"Hundred Battle cultivated the Human Gate. Yu did so as well. What about Zhou Ji?" Su Yu asked, "Also, when he severed his connection to humanity's physical body dao, his strength did not drop by much. Where did he get his strength from even after losing his dao?

"I didn't understand previously, but now that I'm contracted to someone inside the Heaven Gate myself, I have an idea. He was receiving power from inside the Human Gate."

At the time, Su Yu actually wanted to kill Zhou Ji after Zhou Ji severed his physical body dao. But Su Yu found that Zhou Ji did not feel weaker. Thus, he had to give up on the thought.

Back then, Su Yu was unaware of what was happening. Now that he had contracted someone in the Heaven Gate, he had to consider Zhou Ji doing the same. Perhaps he was receiving power from inside the Human Gate as well.

Was Zhou Ji even Hundred Battle's child? Or had his body been taken over by someone inside the Human Gate? Who could say for sure? Just what were the beings sealed inside the Human Gate? Humans? Myriad races? Chaos beasts?

Su Yu already had a rough understanding of the Heaven Gate and Earth Gate. But he still knew nothing about the Human Gate. It was the most mysterious. Apart from knowing about its existence thanks to Hundred Battle, he knew almost nothing about it.

Even Human Emperor did not know much about it. He had his arrangements inside the Heaven Gate and the Earth Gate, but he was unable to do anything to the Human Gate. According to Human Emperor, the Human Gate was somewhere downstream. Perhaps it was at the very end of the river.

For now, Su Yu still had to focus on the Heaven Gate and the Earth Gate. As for the Human Gate, he only needed to gather some information when possible. He had to make his arrangements one step at a time.

As for Zhou Ji...if he were really a representative of the Human Gate, he probably didn't enter the Earth Gate with good intentions. Perhaps Yu was merely a compass for him to find his way in there. Or to be precise, Yu was only meant to be a tool to look for Human Ancestor.

After some thought, Great Zhou King said, "If Zhou Ji can be considered a representative of the Human Gate, the Heaven Gate has its own representative out here as well."

"Hmm?"

Su Yu blinked. Who could it be?

"His Imperial Majesty the Human Emperor."

Su Yu frowned. What?

Great Zhou King smiled and said, "Back when His Imperial Majesty first manifested his Heaven Gate, he came in contact with a powerful being inside the gate. I don't know more, but the two had probably fallen out with each other subsequently. Even so, His Imperial Majesty probably knows more about the situation inside the Heaven Gate. Your Majesty can try asking him about it if you have the opportunity."

There were things that others might not be bothered to mention without being asked about it. Or perhaps those things had merely been forgotten.

This reminded Su Yu of what Human Emperor said previously. When Human Emperor was fighting the Immortal Pseudo Emperor, his weakened state arrived in advance. At the same time, the Heaven Gate stirred, forcing him to split his attention, resulting in his heavy injuries.

However, that was still a demonstration of just how strong Human Emperor was. After all, he had survived all that. Just how strong was Human Emperor at his peak? Beyond thirty-two daos? That would be truly terrifying.

Su Yu said, "Set all that aside for now. Did the Earth Gate stir during my absence?"

Great Zhou King complained inwardly. Su Yu was already aware of it before he could even report it. Sure enough, Su Yu had a tight grip over this place. Nothing could remain secret from him for long.

Great Zhou King nodded, "Yes. Maybe the ones who had recently entered told those inside about us. They believed that you were upstream, so they tried to leave the gate. But I stopped them."

Who could it be?

Su Yu thought about it. Zhou Ji and Yu?

Possibly.

Sure, it could also be Tiangu and the others, but they would be more concerned with maintaining a low profile and hiding themselves after entering instead of throwing themselves into the limelight. Well, the devils might be the exception.

They still had an emperor in there. Was this an emperor they had deliberately sent inside, or had the emperor entered accidentally?

Su Yu started moving toward the Earth Gate while waiting for Return's transmission to complete.

***

Shortly after, Su Yu reached the Earth Gate.

"If the world within the Earth Gate is the Chaos Era, does the river exist in there as well?"

Su Yu muttered to himself. It was said that January and some others were in there. He also knew for a fact that January wasn't dead. Would they look outside like this from the inside?

"Why can't I manifest the Earth and Human Gates?"

A thought had crossed Su Yu's mind to cultivate both the Earth and Human Gates as well. Then, he would proceed to contract someone within all three gates. And then, he could learn more about the three gates before finishing all these powerhouses off.

Suddenly, Su Yu asked, "Great Zhou King, how did Control's lineage manifest the Earth Gate?"

It seemed like only the direct lineage of Control could manifest the Earth Gate. As for the Human Gate, Su Yu knew how it was cultivated. One needed to open 720 body acupoints. In short, one's bloodline would be the biggest limitation for whether one could cultivate the Human Gate. What about Control's lineage? Why could they cultivate the Earth Gate?

"Control's lineage seems to be a mix of Control and the ancient devil emperor. And this is the lineage currently cultivating the Earth Gate..."

Su Yu looked at Great Zhou King and asked, "Is there anything special about the devil bloodline?"

Great Zhou King thought about it and shook his head, "I'm unsure. We have to go very far back in history to learn more about this."

Fine. Su Yu set the matter aside.

However, he was feeling quite regretful about it. He did not want to give up on cultivating the other gates. As he stirred his dao in a unique order, Heavenbridge Marquis appeared. He asked, "Is it possible for me to cultivate the Earth and Human Gates as well?"