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Chapter 1878: All Life Dao (3)

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"Who was that?"

"Martial Emperor?"

Wan Tiansheng was also greatly shocked.

Su Yu smiled and said, "Yes. A talented yet unlearned man. He does not understand the dao. He has no ambition or dream. He doesn't even know what he wants."

Su Yu said with disdain, "He opened the Heaven Gate earlier than Culture King and the others. Yet his dao is only slightly stronger than a brainless heavenly desolate beast. An embarrassment to all humans. A barbaric brute."

Wan Tiansheng nodded, "Getting himself sealed even with the Heaven Gate open. That is indeed quite disappointing. The Heaven Gate allows one to understand the dao with one look. It is disgraceful for someone like that not to have achieved anything great."

Lan Tian joined in, "A pity indeed. Back when I entered the Luminous Domain Mansion, he felt powerful. But now...he is too weak compared to his peers. As someone with the Heaven Gate, he shouldn't have fallen so far behind Culture King and the others even if he couldn't surpass them."

And then, the three nodded and said in unison, "Barbaric brute."

What a waste of his talent. Truly lamentable.

The three tossed the matter aside and continued moving forward. They had something more important to focus on. It was pointless to waste their energy speaking of a barbarian.

Nevertheless, Su Yu had still learned something new from this. So Martial Emperor's dao was here.

It was even further away than the pen dao and human dao. In short, just because a dao was further away did not necessarily mean that it would be stronger. Or perhaps the pen dao had moved due to a long time of being masterless?

He was unsure, but it didn't matter. What a pity that he did not have extra blank pages anymore, or he could have tried to plant a page in Martial Emperor's dao as well. Wait, maybe that wasn't a good idea, after all. Martial Emperor might be able to discover it. There was nothing to be regretful about.

At the moment, Su Yu was wrapped entirely in white.

White robes. White hair. White brows.

Yet his face looked as young as ever. In fact, with his white hair, he looked even more carefree than before. With the help of the Book of Time, the three continued moving forward.

Su Yu continued burning his lifespan. A thousand years. Ten thousand years. Twenty thousand years.

Su Yu felt like his current strength would allow him to live for at least a hundred thousand years.

This was nothing. He had plenty of life left to burn. At this point, the crimson path had nearly crossed the entire Myriad Realms. It started approaching the boundless void.

***

The passage of time couldn't be felt in the River of Time.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Su Yu stopped. Behind, Wan Tiansheng's aura felt even weaker than before. As for Lan Tian, he had lost even more clones. The Heavenly Hunt Index had dimmed completely.

With a look of disappointment, Lan Tian said, "Return for real this time. After witnessing something I have never witnessed before, I can already die with no regrets. Thank you, fellow daoists for seeking the dao with me."

Fellow daoists.

Fellow seekers of dao.

In the path of cultivation, such friends were the hardest to find.

The three had traversed a large distance together, moving through time and space.

Emperor Yu had burned his lifespan for this. And a sage king had suffered numerous injuries for this. This was enough.

If they continued further, none of them would be able to return anymore.

Su Yu looked bleak as well. He had tried his best. But there seemed to be no end to this dao. He had really tried his best.

At this point, Lan Tian would either succeed or be reduced to a cripple. He had sacrificed countless clones. Countless pieces of his sea of willpower had been turned into a path of blood. Even if he could return now, he would be a cripple.

This was a difficult dao to pursue. Incredibly difficult.

Success or die.

Wan Tiansheng, who was shaking while standing, had a look of resignation. They had failed. They couldn't reach the end.

"Just where is the end of the dao?"

Su Yu roared with indignation. He couldn't accept this. They had traversed such a large distance for this dao! How could a dao be so difficult to pioneer? Could anyone even succeed in pioneering such a dao?

Two powerful Daofuses, Book of Time, Heavenly Hunt Index, and the stone had been used as the dao protectors of a single Sunmoon. Even so, they had failed to complete the opening of this dao. Was this dao even possible to open?

Even Masters of Laws might fail here.

The three here were individuals who had probably surpassed Master of Laws in dao comprehension. Sure, a Master of Law would be better at the dao they had mastered. But that did not signify that they would be better at every dao.

Meanwhile, the three here were freaks who had pursued a myriad daos at the same time. Yet not even the three of them could complete this crimson path. They couldn't accept this.

With a smile, Lan Tian said, "Just go back. I have seen enough of this dao to die without regrets. In fact, I am thankful of this dao. I don't regret anything."

He had no regrets.

He was only sad that he couldn't see this dao until the end. He was also regretful that he had wasted the lifespan of two supreme geniuses. Su Yu had sacrificed so much, but they had still failed.

In front, Su Yu stood with fury and indignation as his long, white hair fluttered around. Ultimately, he sighed. This was the furthest he could go. He would die if he went any further.

"Sorry."

Su Yu did not dare to meet Lan Tian's gaze. He had promised so confidently that he would help complete this dao. But ultimately, only two of them could return.

Lan Tian laughed and said, "What's that? You are truly...different."

"Just go." He said, "I'll try going ahead. I still have three clones. With my last three bodies, I will witness the beauty of this dao. I have learned a lot from this trip. Thank you, both of you."

The time for separation had arrived. They couldn't change anything. Su Yu felt incomparably bitter. Beside him, Wan Tiansheng could only watch silently as Lan Tian continued ahead while his body fell apart.

He would lose a fellow daoist here. They had entered the River of Time with full confidence. But now, they could only leave with sorrow. He was still not immune to human emotions. No sorrow or joy? That was a saint. But he wasn't. He was only Wan Tiansheng.

"May we meet again in your next life. I shall open the path for you again in your next life..."

Wan Tiansheng believed that Lan Tian would step on this dao again one day. He believed that Lan Tian would get to witness an even more beautiful view than this one day.

"I have no regrets."

Lan Tian fell apart, replaced by another clone. With a smile, he said, "Go back. After completing all you need to do, don't forget that you have a friend deep in the River of Time."

Su Yu watched silently as the second clone started falling apart as well.

Fuck!

Why did they fail?

Why was this dao refusing to be completed?

Must they really reach the end of the river?

That was not possible.

The end of the river was probably where Human Emperor and all the other ancient experts were. How would this dao require them to go that far?

"This is an impossible path. A dao nobody can open..."

Su Yu sighed inwardly. Ahead of him, an indistinct dao could be seen. It was a massive dao. It might be the dao of yet another super expert. But he was no longer in the mood to care. Even further ahead, darkness stretched on. He could not see the end of the river.

He watched in silence as Lan Tian's second clone fell apart, replaced by the third clone. And when this clone fell, there would no longer be a Lan Tian in this world. Death qi started seeping out of Lan Tian's body.

Death was near.

Sorrow engulfed Su Yu.

Even death qi was starting to appear...wait.

Death qi?

Boom!

A certain thought struck his mind like a thunderbolt.

Death qi?

This was the River of Time! No death qi was supposed to exist here!

Was this a joke?

The death spirit dao was supposed to be independent from the River of Time! How could death qi appear here?

Su Yu's scalp turned numb as he recalled what South Heavenly King said previously. All daos shared the same essence.

Death spirit dao, a dao gathering the dead...

And that dao seemed to have arrived to collect Lan Tian. Even so, there shouldn't be any death qi here in the River of Time. This wasn't possible.

Suddenly, Su Yu roared, "Wait! I'll do it!"

Then, Su Yu rushed forth. Wan Tiansheng was alarmed. Lan Tian roared in shock, "No! You can't!"

"Idiot! Death qi!"

Su Yu roared.

"Seek life among death! Yes! Seek life among death! A death spirit dao tributary is ahead! No, it's no tributary. The death spirit dao is ahead! The two rivers must be connected somewhere!"

That must be the case!

He finally understood how the death spirit dao was created. The creator of the death spirit dao had also stolen from the River of Time! Of course, that was none of Su Yu's concern right now. He only knew that there might be hope!

He rushed forward, activated his Book of Time again, and said, "Do not hold back! Do not be afraid of exhaustion! We will return through the death spirit dao! That is much less exhausting than returning through the River of Time! Principal Wan, let's go!

"Lan Tian, do you have a death spirit clone?"

"Nope."

"Make one! Now!" With great urgency, Su Yu explained, "Unification of life and death. Seeking life amid death. Of the myriad daos, you lack the death dao! Your dao is incomplete! You won't be able to finish opening your all-life dao even if you spend your entire life walking down this path! You must first complete your dao!"

There was a missing ingredient.

The death spirit dao.

Lan Tian blanked out. He lacked something. He lacked the death spirit dao. Understanding dawned on him.

Behind him, Wan Tiansheng was overjoyed. He rushed forth and said, "Stop wasting time! Make a death spirit clone! We'll look for the Celestial River of Death!"

And thus, both Wan Tiansheng and Su Yu started helping Lan Tian with all their strength. They no longer bothered to preserve strength. They blasted the waves before them with all their power. It was as though the wave was going to reach even the sky above.

Su Yu was certain that the death spirit dao was near. Otherwise, death qi wouldn't have appeared on Lan Tian's body. And after forcing their way forth for a while, Su Yu was overjoyed. He could feel it! He could feel the seed he planted in the death spirit dao!

Somewhere in the River of Time, somewhere the death spirit dao shouldn't have appeared; it had appeared. This was inconceivable.

Su Yu continued rushing forth. Before long, he saw it!

No, he was looking at a blank space.

Nobody could see it. Even Su Yu, with his Heaven Gate, couldn't see it. But he could feel it. The creator of the death spirit dao was truly terrifying. Just where did he open the death spirit dao?

Why wasn't it visible?

Su Yu could clearly sense it. His eyes lit up as he slammed his stone into the river, causing the river to roil madly. However, the joy on his face did not diminish.

"A madman. That guy was a madman as well! He opened a tributary at the bottom of the river! No wonder I couldn't see it!"

All tributaries would appear on the two sides of the river. Nobody would open a tributary at the bottom of the river. The creator of the death spirit dao was the sole exception. How impressive. How creative.

That way, the connection would be safe and concealed. Nobody could detect it. And through this connection, the death spirit dao could continue stealing from the River of Time undetected.

No wonder the death spirit dao was so powerful. So that lunatic had punched a hole through the River of Time to steal from it.

As Su Yu slammed his stone into the river repeatedly, the water started parting. And eventually, a hole at the bottom appeared.

At this point, Lan Tian and Wan Tiansheng had caught up with Su Yu as well.

Both could sense the existence of death qi somewhere around them. And their sensation only intensified after Su Yu revealed the hole at the bottom. Instantly, a large amount of death qi erupted from Lan Tian's body.

A certain understanding dawned on Lan Tian as he laughed.

"I...can feel the death spirit dao. I see now. Seeking life amid death. I see now!"

Slowly, his final clone transformed into a death spirit. He roared with laughter and said, "I can see hope again! A new world is before me! Hahahahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

All three howled with laughter. Sure enough, the heavens would never sever one's path fully. There was always hope in the deepest pit of despair.

Boom!

And finally, Lan Tian's final clone completed the transformation into a death spirit. Death qi surged out of him. At the same time, life and death intertwined in the crimson path. The dim crimson path suddenly glowed brightly.

The radiance covered the entirety of the River of Time.

Boom!

And then, a large amount of power converged. On the crimson path behind them, one Lan Tian after another emerged. All the dead Lan Tians had returned. A bridge of Lan Tian through the entire River of Time. Countless Lan Tians were roaring with laughter.

"Life and death. Yin and yang. Myriad daos. All life."

"All-life dao."

Even death spirits were part of all life. He had been too narrow-minded.

The countless Lan Tians roared in unison, "My darling death spirits, I love you! You are part of life as well! Hahahahaha!"

One after another, the Lan Tians came together.

All-life dao. Done.

Boom!

With each fusion, Lan Tian's aura would surge. From the beginning to the end of the crimson path, Lan Tians of all cultivation levels fused. Infinite Strength, Skysoar, Cloudbreach, Mountainsea, Sunmoon...

And finally, Eternal.

First stage, second stage, third stage...

Lan Tian's aura continued to grow.

Seventh stage, eighth stage, ninth stage

And when Su Yu saw the incomparably powerful Lan Tian stepping forth, that Lan Tian already had the aura of a Daofuse.

And there were still more clones to be fused. The powerful clones continued stepping forward while fusing with each other. Even upon reaching the level of a Daofuse, the fusion did not stop.

Lan Tian continued howling with laughter.

"My little darlings are all back! I love you!!"

"Cutie Yu, Darling Tiansheng, I love both of you to death!"

"Teehee. Big Brother Yu, you are my only love from now on! I will stop loving Big Brother Tiansheng!"

Boom!

When the final fusion was completed, Lan Tian's aura reached the peak, releasing a massive shockwave that pushed even Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng back.

Su Yu stared blankly. Wan Tiansheng's jaw dropped.

Then, the two looked at each other and cursed in unison, "Fuck! Has he reached the peak? Or the level of a heavenly king?"

This was unacceptable!

Fuck!

Suddenly, they were feeling competitive. This bastard had seemingly surpassed them after receiving their help!

"Hahaha!"

"Shut up!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha!"

Lan Tian howled with laughter as the entire world trembled. He had succeeded. He couldn't hold back his joy. His dao had taken form. The dao of all-life.

***

At the same time, a gigantic wave was washing toward the very end of the River of Time.

During Wan Tiansheng's dao pioneering, something similar had happened. Thus, several gigantic beams of light had appeared to stabilize that stretch of the river. And today, the same thing was happening again. An illusory figure appeared, looked back in shock, and cried out, "Holy shit!"

What was happening?

Did a Master of Law emerge?

Well, one Master of Law was no big deal. The big deal here was the fact that this powerful reaction had clearly not appeared from the emergence of a Master of Law.

Just...what was happening?

The illusory figure was filled with disbelief.

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