Chapter 2347: Terrifying Growth (3)

Return's mood improved significantly. It was worth working so hard for this.

He had sent his clone into the Myriad Realms so easily. He couldn't resist thinking of that old friend of his with disdain. That friend of his had latched onto the unreliable sixth human lord. The tenth human lord, on the other hand, was an entirely different story.

Back then, his old friend had worked very hard just to send a clone over. He had competed against the sixth human lord in both wit and strength, but still, he failed.

But Return was different. His clone had been sent over so soon after coming in contact with Su Yu. It wouldn't be long before he was there in his main body as well.

Return was greatly excited. He looked around at the Allheaven Battlefield. This was a place he recognized. It had changed from how it was during his time in the Myriad Realms, but he had also been paying close attention to the Myriad Realms.

In fact, that was something everyone in the Heaven Gate had been doing. Any information about the Myriad Realms was something everyone in the Heaven Gate yearned for. He could still remember how he had to beg and beg just for a little bit of information about the Myriad Realms. But now, his very clone was roaming freely in the Myriad Realms!

As he flew, he arrived somewhere with people. There were a lot of them. This seemed to be a small city. It was bustling with activity. The moment he landed, someone laughed heartily and greeted him, "Lad, where are you from? Are you a human? Are you here for the martial competition as well?"

Return's interest was piqued. The person before him was very weak, but also very friendly. He did not mind having a short conversation here. He asked, "A martial competition? I have just ended my seclusion. Can you tell me more about it?"

"Seems like you have left seclusion at a good time."

The old man laughed and said, "Emperor Yu's Guard is recruiting new high-tier combatants through this competition. You're lucky. If you can perform well in this competition, you can directly join the Emperor Yu's Guard as a higher-ranked guard."

Emperor Yu's Guard? Su Yu?

Return's eyes flickered as he asked, "Is Emperor Yu's Guard really recruiting?"

"Yes."

Return asked, "But things are very dangerous recently, right? There are rumors saying that Emperor Yu has encountered a powerful enemy recently..."

"So what?" The old man said indifferently, "Emperor Yu can prevail over everything."

That left Return speechless. All these people must have been brainwashed by Su Yu. That enemy was a peak tier-two while Su Yu was only a tier-four. How was he supposed to prevail over everything with that strength? He would have died long ago without Return's support.

However, Return was quite happy to encounter such a talkative person. This would be a good opportunity for him to gather more information. After all, Su Yu's words could not be fully trusted.

And thus, the two started conversing amicably.

***

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to pay much attention to Return.

That was a world filled with Lan Tians. What could Return even learn from Lan Tian? Su Yu had zero worry about that.

This seemed to be his lucky day. So much dao power. And it was true that these daos felt different from the daos in the Myriad Realms. That was not all. Su Yu even found that...there seemed to be a complete tier-one dao among them.

Instantly, the look in his eyes changed. It wasn't surprising that Culture King could kill tier-ones. But he had even stripped a complete tier-one dao from one of his victims. That required an incredibly high level of strength. Also, Culture King was incredibly generous to be handing this out so easily.

This was actually a familiar dao to Su Yu.

"Long life dao."

Yes, this was it. Su Yu was certain. This could also be called the life dao. Su Yu gasped with shock. Who did Culture King fight in there? A master of life dao. Culture King had even extracted the complete dao from this opponent. Was this prepared to perfect the life dao in Culture King's world?

Yes, there was a life dao in Culture King's world as well. However, it was still quite weak.

"This is crazy!"

Su Yu beamed, but next, he raised his brow as he sensed something else amid the various daos.

When he focused, a faint voice rang out in his ears, "Send...my world power...search...spirit..."

"Search for the book spirit and send his world power into the Heaven Gate?"

As a fellow Creator who had also discovered the truth behind the book spirit's existence, Su Yu was able to instantly understand Culture King's intention. However, the message had been partly obliterated by the Heaven Gate.

From this, would it be accurate to assume that the Heaven Gate would not allow a non-contractor to spread their influence outside the gate?

Su Yu wasn't too bothered about that. He muttered, "Does he want me to send his world power inside the gate?"

This could only mean that Culture King was facing heavy pressure in there. Su Yu laughed. Well, there was no rush. For now, he had to focus on strengthening his own world.

With so much power, law fragments, and even a complete tier-one dao, he would be able to grow massively. Furthermore, these daos seemed to complement their counterparts out here. Together, they could produce something even stronger.

"Sure enough, growth is much easier after finding Culture King."

Su Yu had a wide smile on his face.

For now, he would focus on growing his own strength. As for Culture King, there was no rush. Only by growing stronger would he be able to send more power into the gate, right? With his current strength, it was unlikely that he would be able to send enough strength to make a meaningful difference for Culture King.

Su Yu wasted no time and looked at the book spirit before saying, "Get ready. I received a message from Culture King. He requires the support of his world, and your cooperation is required. We need to transmit some of the power from his world to him through my Heaven Gate."

Hearing that, the book spirit turned solemn as he asked, "Can Master communicate with Your Majesty now?"

"Not really. I received the message through a third party."

Su Yu smiled, "But it's only a matter of time. Since we can now communicate indirectly, it won't be long before we can communicate directly. I can see that Culture King is in a rush as well."

The book spirit said, "Okay. I can transmit the power into your Heaven Gate at any time."

After a slight pause, the book spirit asked, "Is the Little Master fine?"

Su Yu was unsure, but he smiled reassuringly and said, "She should be fine. Even Martial King is living well, so the Time Sage won't be doing too badly. Alright, I need to go for now. I received quite a lot of dao power from Culture King. I need to return to my world and focus on digesting this gift..."

"Sure."

Su Yu vanished with a flicker.

***

A short moment later.

Su Yu ignored the Great Zhou King and Heavenbridge Marquis who had rushed over with him as well. Instead, he started fusing the dao power he received with his world.

Some of these daos were already present in his world. But at the same time, they felt different. The lightning dao was one such example. His existing lightning dao was cultivated by Royal Consort Qi.

It was at the level of a weaker tier-three. That was Royal Consort Qi's strength inside Su Yu's world. But she would be far weaker outside.

Meanwhile, the lightning dao from Culture King was only about tier-five in strength. When introduced into Su Yu's world, it fused harmoniously with Su Yu's lightning dao. It was akin to the unity of yin and yang.

The overbearing lightning power turned gentle, yet this gentleness only applied to its master. It would grow even stronger against its enemies. And the fusion between a tier-five lightning dao and a weak tier-three lightning dao had somehow resulted in a massive boost all the way into a middle-range tier-three dao.

Su Yu's expression changed again, "What a massive growth..."

It might not seem like much, but one ought to know that the other lightning dao was only a tier-five. Generally, a tier-five dao would not be able to change a tier-three dao by much since it was far weaker in comparison.

Su Yu inhaled with shock. But at the same time, he was frowning deeply, "Well, this is certainly troubling..."

A certain realization was dawning on him.

It was very important. Since those outside could grow massively by consuming the daos inside the gate, would the same apply to those inside the gate? Could they grow massively by consuming the daos outside?

"In that case...their intense obsession with leaving is a lot more understandable. Have they been aware of this all along?"

While thinking about all that, Su Yu continued his fusion with the various daos. He could clearly sense the rapid expansion of his world.

And by the time he was done fusing the tier-one dao into his world, his world expanded even more. In the blink of an eye, his world had taken over the entirety of the Upper Realm apart from the tiny territory of Human Emperor's dao.

It was as though he had devoured a large number of Masters of Laws at the same time.

***

At the same time.

Upstream.

Due to the flow of time, only a short moment had passed for Human Emperor and the others. But in that short moment, when Human Emperor had just given his seals away, he saw something and...blanked out.

He was not alone. Everyone else was blanking out as well. The aura of Royal Consort Qi had skyrocketed out of nowhere.

Meanwhile, she only looked around with nonchalance, as though this was completely normal. She could feel Su Yu inserting some unique power into her dao, making it calmer than before. As a result, it also became far easier for her to control her power.

At almost the same time, South Heavenly King's aura skyrocketed as well. And immediately after, Martial Emperor, who had just returned to the level of a tier-two, skyrocketed in strength as well. After all, the physical body dao was a very common dao even inside the Heaven Gate.

Martial Emperor's jaw dropped. What was going on now? Prior to this, the physical body dao in Su Yu's world was barely a tier-two. Martial Emperor had subsequently grown from the power Su Yu extracted from Human Emperor's world.

Or to be precise, he had probably grown from the strength of eight daos to nine daos. But in the blink of an eye, he had suddenly grown to the tenth dao. Martial Emperor was dumbstruck. Holy shit. Was growing actually so easy?

What was going on?

And this wasn't happening to him alone. People were growing all around him. Radiant King and the others stared blankly. What was going on here?

Toward the end, even Xing Yue, who was busy providing treatment to the injured combatants, released a sudden burst of power. Instantly, Human Emperor shouted, "Radiant King!"

Radiant King reacted immediately and laid down a formation to mask her aura.

At first, Xing Yue was confused. But at the next moment, her indifference returned, as though this was no big deal. To the side, Battle King asked blankly, "Why do I feel like...you're now as strong as me?"

Peak tier-two?

Had he lived for so many years in vain? How did she catch up to him so easily?

Xing Yue said indifferently, "Su Yu grew stronger. He also strengthened the life and death daos. Is it so surprising for me to grow from that?"

Her tone turned doubtful as she muttered, "I can feel that something is restricting me. I could have grown all the way to the first tier."

How odd.

That was what she was feeling from her daos. Or rather, she was stuck because she had reached the limit allowed by Su Yu's world. Did Su Yu eat something nourishing or something? How did he give the life and death daos such a massive boost all of a sudden?

When she was there moments ago, nothing had changed. And then, she returned to tell Fat Ball to send his shoe downstream. That was the only thing that had happened. Did Su Yu eat Culture King's shoe?

At that thought, she looked at the confused Fat Ball with pity. Su Yu had eaten his master's shoe. No wonder. No wonder she could feel an odd odor from her dao. Ugh...fine. So what if he ate a shoe? It was no big deal.

Meanwhile, the others were still staring in stupefaction.

Not far away, Snow King was in the middle of a conversation with her daughter. She was a peak tier-three and not far from the second tier. As for her daughter, she was able to reach the third tier within Su Yu's world. All of a sudden, he aura shot to the level of a peak tier-three.

Snow King was completely dumbstruck.

What was this?

Not far away, Giant Axe had grown as well. He had grown from the bottom tier-three to the peak tier-three. With his growth, he grinned and said, "Snow King, our cultivation level is quite similar now. What a surprise that I can grow just by sitting around..."

Snow King's face turned unsightly. Was he trying to show off or something?

Also, his growth was none of her business. Why was he telling her about this? Even further away, Human Emperor's figure shook. Holy shit! Should he still remain in seclusion? Should he perhaps...end his seclusion?

Just what was going on? What in the world was Su Yu doing? He only knew that Su Yu had just left when his people started growing madly out of nowhere. In comparison, Human Emperor felt so helpless and worthless.

Even Radiant King was losing his calm as he asked, "Your Majesty, is growing so easy once you join the world of a Creator? Can we join your world as well? Can I jump straight to the first tier the moment I join your world?"

Holy shit!

He couldn't stay calm anymore. That great-great-great-great-something grandson of his had grown from the bottom tier-three to peak tier-three. In fact, he was nearing the second tier. Would he surpass his great ancestor if he was given a few more days to grow?

What was going on? Was this the benefit of joining a newly created world? Was growing really as easy as drinking water? That was...so enviable! Human Emperor opened his mouth, but he couldn't find his words. Eventually, he shut his mouth again.

Even Human Emperor himself would not go beyond peak tier-two after becoming one with his world. Thus, he wouldn't be able to support cultivators beyond the third tier in his world. In short, joining his world was the same as courting death when it was someone like Radiant King.

Of course, with all these people joining his world, it would probably strengthen enough to push him to the first tier. However, everyone else would be forced to remain lower than him in tier.

Human Emperor stared blankly.

Su Yu had merely taken a trip out, but that had resulted in such crazy growth. It was as though he had taken drugs or something. Just what was going on?

"Did he get in contact with Wen Number Two?"

That might be the answer.

And then, Human Emperor suddenly felt a sense of crisis. This crisis did not come from the myriad races. Rather, it was a crisis of losing his face.

"If I keep living, Su Yu will surpass all of us...showing that I have lived all these years in vain!"

Human Emperor's expression changed drastically. Death was not scary. Losing face was much scarier, especially if he had to keep living to face it. He did not fear death. He only feared losing face. He had no idea Su Yu would be able to grow so quickly.

At this rate, he would be surpassed before long. This was so embarrassing. Should he just die to save face?

Human Emperor had previously thought of fusing with his world before feeding it with his human emperor dao from the river. That should be enough to push him back to the first tier. But now...was Su Yu still a fresh tier-one like before?

"Not necessarily. That little shit might have grown enough to stay tier-one even outside his world!"

The more Human Emperor thought about it, the more alarmed he was. That could only signify that Su Yu would be at least a Twentieth Dao powerhouse or more in his world. And the stronger one's world was, the more strength one could preserve outside the world. At Master of Time's level, one would be just as strong outside one's world.

Human Emperor gasped and grimaced as all those thoughts surfaced in his mind.

This couldn't be!

Why was Su Yu still not back? The moment Su Yu came back, he would need to go back, fuse with his world, sever his human emperor dao, and grow!

And then, Human Emperor looked at Radiant King with a burning gaze. He did not initially plan to make use of these old brothers of his. But now...he was desperate. Perhaps...these people should cultivate his world alongside him.