I Shall Open a Dao!

Merging with the Dao, siphoning the power of the Brush Dao. Merging again, siphoning again, severing the link, then siphoning massive amounts the moment it snapped. Su Yu was getting addicted to this game! Only he could fool around like this; anyone else could not even merge with the Brush Dao to begin with. No sane person would mess around like this either. Doing this over and over risked shattering one's own Great Dao—who could endure that? To the side, Wan Tiansheng and Marquis Tongtian watched for a while. Soon enough, Marquis Tongtian could take it no longer and shouted, "Emperor Yu, let's head back! I can't hold out much longer!" Only then did Su Yu step out from the Brush Dao, a smile of satisfaction on his face. Within his civilization chronicle, another page had appeared. The Arrowhead Dao! He cast a glance at Marquis Tongtian and narrowed his eyes with a grin. "Your strength is only so-so, but your material is truly superb. Even that didn't crush you to death! I'm rather curious—what kind of material were you forged from, and who forged you? Are you a naturally formed gate, or were you crafted after the dawn of creation?" Previously, he had not paid much attention to this. Today, however, his curiosity was piqued. A gate capable of sealing an entire era. How terrifying was that! Of course, Marquis Tongtian was weak right now, but his essence had to be exceptionally high-tier. Otherwise, King Wen would never have bothered coaxing him with tales of going off to seal an era. Furthermore, once that era was sealed, had the people of that era died, or what? There were certain things Su Yu still could not figure out. Seeing Su Yu bring this up again, Marquis Tongtian put on a mournful look. "I am a naturally formed gate, not forged by anyone! Gates exist between heaven and earth; how could an artificially forged gate ever compare to a naturally formed one?" Is that so? Not necessarily! Su Yu felt that the world would not produce several giant gates for no reason. It was very likely that this fellow had still been forged by someone, and either did not know it himself or simply refused to say. Still, such matters were indeed far beyond him for now. Knowing the general idea was enough; there was no need to delve too deeply into it. Whether it was the Heavenly Gate or the Hell Gate, Su Yu certainly would not be able to touch them anytime soon. "Let's head back first!" They had stayed here long enough. Better to return before anything else. …… After a while, Su Yu and the others returned. When the crowd saw Wan Tiansheng, everyone was slightly taken aback. Doubao transformed into a sphere of light and flew over in an instant, projecting a faint phantom with a bewildered look in its eyes. What was going on? Wan Tiansheng also looked toward Doubao. Seeing the creature staring at him, he smiled. "Fellow Daoist Doubao, why stare at me like that? And... why hasn't Fellow Daoist restored your true form instead of maintaining this state?" "..." Doubao blinked in confusion and said, "My physical body blew up!" "Fellow Daoist... you must be joking!" Wan Tiansheng chuckled. "Fellow Daoist is fundamentally the manifestation of a Great Dao's rules. Where would you get a physical body from? The notion of a physical body is merely an ingrained impression, an illusion of will that made you believe you possessed one, and so a body materialized... In truth, that body was merely formed of the power of rules. You have simply lost a large amount of your rule power and become somewhat weakened, that's all." He had wondered about it all along! It was one thing for others to lose their physical bodies, but why were Doubao and Chuibing joining in on the fuss? Why turn into spheres of light as well? Where would the two of you get physical bodies from! The two of them were rule Daos personified, all right? What rule Dao had a physical body? Doubao was stunned for a moment, lost in thought. It had lived for a very long time and knew it was a rule Dao, but did rule Daos truly not have physical bodies? Then why... why did I have a fluffy, fur-covered body? Doubao said blankly, "But... but I felt like I had a body, and all the bodies in our race are the same!" All of them were little fur balls! Wan Tiansheng smiled. "Fellow Daoist Doubao, this is the path of idealism! In other words, you felt—or rather, King Wen back then felt—that you ought to look like a fur ball, and thus instilled such a concept into you. As a rule Dao that transforms at will, you naturally manifested as a fur ball!" *Whatever I imagine you to look like, you become, and thereafter, an ingrained impression is born.* The three fur balls of Doubao's lineage were actually three different Daos. How could they possibly be naturally identical? Their true nature was that of a Great Dao, and they were not even the same Dao! Doubao was dazed once more. "In other words, my physical body... No, I actually never possessed a physical body? I was just injured, and having dissipated so much rule power, I appeared somewhat weak?" "Precisely!" Wan Tiansheng himself was currently in a similar state, so he naturally understood Doubao's condition. Doubao stood dazed for a moment. After a while, it seemed to understand. Gradually, the sphere of light shifted back into a big fur ball. It was identical to how it had looked before, showing not the slightest trace of a shattered body. Its aura was indeed much weaker, but it had materialized out of thin air nonetheless. Gradually, it gave off the impression that its body had recovered, when in reality, it was not a physical body at all! Having regained its original form, Doubao glanced at Wan Tiansheng with curiosity. Soon, it looked toward the mother ball over there and called out, "Wife, you can recover too!" "How do I recover?" "Just keep thinking: I have a body, I have a body... Think about it for a while, and you'll have one!" "Hubby, is it really that easy?" "Yes!" The couple exchanged a few words, and before long, the mother ball recovered as well. Just like Doubao, she was merely somewhat weakened, but her body was back. The other light spheres were all rather surprised. They were also lost in thought! Rule Daos! These two were still different from everyone else. The God-Devouring race was truly extraordinary. It was exceptionally rare for a rule Dao to attain spirit and consciousness, yet there were three such beings in their race alone. At present, even if Wan Tiansheng chose not to restore his physical body, one could almost say he was a rule Dao turned spirit as well, only having retained his prior memories—that was the difference between him and Doubao's kind. Perhaps Doubao and the others had once been mighty experts who merged into their Daos and became Dao spirits. At this moment, Su Yu merely looked on. Doubao and Chuibing recovering was a good thing. They were slightly weaker than before, but with a bit more recuperation, their injuries would prove far less severe than they appeared. Su Yu, however, felt a strange doubt. Looking at Doubao, he hesitated before asking, "Senior Doubao, is your Dao truly the Dao of Devouring?" "Huh?" Su Yu frowned. "Could you have misperceived it? If you were on the Dao of Devouring, why does it feel different from Jiu Yue's..." Doubao said blankly, "I'm not on the Dao of Devouring. Didn't you know?" Su Yu was taken aback. Not on it? Doubao looked at him with an odd gaze, as if thinking Su Yu was a complete idiot, and explained, "Last time when I fought Tiangu, I even borrowed King Wen's power and had Lord King Wen possess me... Mine is the Dao of Time Reversal!" Doubao had never walked the Dao of Devouring in the first place; Su Yu had simply assumed it did. Doubao added, "My Dao reverses time..." Su Yu, however, furrowed his brows. "Time cannot be reversed!" Doubao froze. Cannot be reversed? Su Yu said in a solemn voice, "I saw you borrow King Wen's power last time. I wasn't blind. But I know that time is something that cannot be turned back! If Senior Doubao believes that time can be reversed and that you cultivate the Dao of Time Reversal... then it is only natural that after all these years, you never became a Heavenly King, a Heavenly Venerate, or even a Ruler of Rules!" Because you comprehended it wrongly! Just like the Old Turtle! The Old Turtle's Dao was not a Dao of defense, but a Dao of ferocious offense. To think Doubao actually believed its Dao could genuinely reverse time. If it had spent all these years laboring under that belief, the fact that it had reached the peak of the second-tier Dao Integration stage was already a miracle! He had previously assumed Doubao understood its own Dao rules, considering it had cultivated to such heights. In the end, Doubao still believed its Dao was about reversing time. Beside them, Wan Tiansheng nodded slightly. "Reversing time is impossible! Time is singular! It is impossible for anyone to return to the past! No living being can reverse time!" He looked at Doubao. "Does Fellow Daoist Doubao believe your Great Dao can bend time and send someone into the past?" Doubao muttered, "Yes. I can reverse time back to long ago... And I'm always dreaming. In my dreams, I lose track of years, as if I can truly return to the past..." It knew it was not on the Dao of Devouring—that was merely an outside misconception—but it had always believed it could reverse time. Could that be wrong as well? At this moment, Su Yu noticed that Fat Ball and Princess Consort Qi were gone. He did not pay it much mind; they had likely left together. Right now, he was far more interested in Doubao's Great Dao. Doubao was an old-timer among Dao Integration experts, an exceptionally ancient one. It had already integrated with its Dao back during King Wen's era. Up to now, most of its peers from that era had become Heavenly Kings, Heavenly Venerates, or even Rulers of Rules. Logically speaking, Doubao was a Great Dao in its own right; there was no reason for it to be stuck at the second-tier Dao Integration stage to this day. Su Yu had once claimed that Doubao and its kind were heaven's darlings. Yet this darling had fallen quite short! Su Yu hesitated. "Back when you were with King Wen, did King Wen never tell you the true nature of your Great Dao?" "Eating!" Doubao said dumbfoundedly, "Back then, my only job was eating. I didn't care about anything else!" Eating? Su Yu shook his head; that was certainly not the key. These ancient fogeys always tended to forget critical information. Su Yu figured King Wen could not have left it unsaid, but as a scholar, King Wen might not have spelled it out clearly. King Wen was just that kind of person! He loved making things seem profound and enigmatic to look cultured. Take the Brush Dao, for instance; he had made it incomparably convoluted. Whatever he did, he liked keeping it vague and ambiguous. He probably wanted Doubao to comprehend it on its own. In any case, back then they were not short of a single Ruler of Rules. In the end, he departed in a hurry without leaving anything behind. "Time reversal..." Su Yu opened his Heavenly Gate and looked at Doubao. The Heavenly Gate allowed him to see Great Daos clearly, but for Daos he had not comprehended deeply himself, he too could easily become confused or misled. Doubao had cultivated for countless years believing it walked the Dao of Time Reversal. Was it truly? To Su Yu's understanding, time was mostly related to speed. Take Little King Zhou's time acceleration, for example! Reversing into the past, however, was no longer a question of speed. Su Yu looked closely. Within Doubao's Great Dao power, faint phantom images indeed flickered in and out of sight. It was as if it truly could reverse into the past. Su Yu suddenly said, "Senior Doubao, try reversing me. Reverse me into the past and let me see!" "Huh?" Doubao said in surprise, "You... you're too young. If I reverse you into the past all at once and send you before you were born, you'll die!" That made sense! Su Yu nodded. "Then reverse Senior Hongmeng." Hongmeng was an ancient relic; a little reversal would not matter to him. Hongmeng did not refuse either, laughing, "Doubao, give it a try! Sometimes, being immersed in the Great Dao ourselves, we fail to see through its essence! Previously, I even thought our lineage was meant solely for defense!" Yet the Dao of his Dao companion was not defense at all, but that of a female turtle who loved fighting. Though still bewildered, Doubao was willing to give it a shot. In an instant, Dao power erupted. Hongmeng neither defended nor resisted, allowing Doubao's Dao power to wash over him. Visibly to the naked eye, Hongmeng seemed to regress into the past, time turning back as he gradually grew younger. Su Yu watched intently. He noticed that Hongmeng truly seemed to grow younger. Of course, being a little younger made no difference to Hongmeng, and his power had not changed. But after a moment, Hongmeng's strength seemed to plummet from Heavenly King level down to second-tier Dao Integration! Panting for breath, Doubao spoke up, "Look! Didn't I say I can reverse time? See, the Old Turtle's realm dropped!" Gasping, it quickly withdrew its Dao power. Hongmeng took a while to dispel the lingering Dao power before returning to his peak. Su Yu glanced at Wan Tiansheng, and Wan Tiansheng looked back at him. Suddenly, Su Yu brought out the Star Yu Seal. "Try reversing this!" "What?" "Aim it at the Star Yu Seal!" Doubao said vexedly, "I only work on living things, not dead objects! The Star Yu Seal is a piece of rock. How am I supposed to reverse it?" Su Yu smiled. "Give it a try. A rock has a past too!" Speechless, Doubao could only try. Yet the Star Yu Seal was completely unaffected. Su Yu fell into deep thought. After a moment, he said, "Try it on me. Just apply a tiny sliver of rule power." "All right!" Doubao sent a tiny strand of rule power toward Su Yu, just a minuscule amount. Su Yu received the rule power and silently experienced it. A moment later, his body shrank slightly, and his strength dipped. Everyone was alarmed, terrified that he might suddenly be reverted straight back into his mother's womb! Fortunately, Doubao hurriedly retracted the rule power. Su Yu soon returned to his original appearance and strength. Doubao grumbled, "See? I told you I'd reverse you into the past!" Su Yu contemplated in silence. After a while, he suddenly laughed. "Try again!" "Again?" "One more time!" Fine, then! Seeing his request, Doubao held nothing back, releasing roughly the same amount of rule power as before. This time, however, Su Yu stood completely motionless, showing no reaction whatsoever, like a boulder. Doubao froze, then increased the influence of its rule power. Yet Su Yu remained entirely unchanged! After another moment, Doubao grew thoroughly exasperated and ramped up its output even further. Su Yu called out, "Stop!" Panting slightly, Doubao asked, "How did you do that?" He had not been affected at all, and Su Yu did not seem to have used rule power to defend himself either. Besides, he barely had any rule power right now. Su Yu, however, broke into a smile! "I understand a bit now!" He looked toward Wan Tiansheng. This was a topic he had discussed with Wan Tiansheng in the past. Wan Tiansheng met Su Yu's gaze and nodded slightly. "Will interference!" Su Yu nodded as well, smiling. "It is interference of the will, or perhaps... illusion!" Wan Tiansheng nodded again. "Yes, that is my suspicion as well! If a Dao of Time is not a Dao of speed, then in all likelihood, it is an illusion! A method akin to self-hypnosis..." Seeing everyone looking over, he explained, "Back then, Emperor Yu and I discussed this. Traveling through time, returning to the past, returning to a specific juncture—these are all methods of will interference! For example, when Doubao borrowed King Wen's power previously, it was because its willpower was exceptionally potent, piercing through temporal barriers to leave behind an intense call of will at a certain temporal nexus... prompting King Wen to experience a sudden premonition. "It was a form of foresight, leaving a strand of power at a certain place that was eventually borrowed by Doubao countless years later! "And right now, Doubao's time reversal is actually an illusory interference... a disturbance of the will that makes you believe you are being interfered with, being reversed... carrying an immense hypnotic effect!" Doubao was dumbfounded. Over on the side, the light sphere of Tianmie caught on and suddenly burst into laughter. "You mean Doubao is just a hypnotist, not some powerhouse who reverses time?" Doubao was thoroughly dejected. *Could it be?* Wan Tiansheng smiled. "Broadly speaking, you're not wrong, but... an expert is still an expert. A hypnotist of this caliber is still a terrifying existence! Its terrifying aspect lies not in the hypnosis itself, but in the direct effect upon the will, compelling your mind to believe it all! "That is why even when Doubao used it against Fellow Daoist Hongmeng, Hongmeng felt as though he had returned to the past and his cultivation realm had fallen..." Su Yu summarized, "All in all, I think it can be explained as an illusion! Creating an illusion for the enemy, forcing them to believe that they have been reversed into the past. Doubao's rule power carries a powerful suggestive quality. The moment its rule power touched me, I felt an impulse... that I was about to return to the past, about to be reversed, about to suffer a drop in realm..." As for the second time, Su Yu had remained unaffected because his willpower was mighty and his conviction absolute, preventing him from being swayed. Doubao said downcastly, "So I'm just a hypnotist who conjures illusions?" *I thought I was an expert who could reverse time!* Su Yu smiled. "This Dao is not weak at all! In fact, I find it formidable! Every Great Dao has its own terror! Whether it is time reversal or illusory hypnosis, their practical essence makes little difference!" He looked at Doubao. "Senior Doubao, you should think more along these lines! The essence of Great Daos is fundamentally the same! Is time reversal truly stronger than this? Not necessarily!" "..." Doubao remained gloomy. Su Yu laughed again. "Senior Doubao, give it some thought. I believe this is even more formidable than reversing time. My very first divine character possessed an illusory effect, and it helped me immensely! "Furthermore, yours is not a simple illusion; it is blended with hypnotic suggestion of the will. It is an absolute godsend of a combination!" Su Yu grinned. "If you don't believe me, shift your mindset right now. Don't think about hypnotizing people into returning to the past... Think that Tianmie is a dog. Use your rule power on him. Even if he knows he is being hypnotized, he might genuinely believe he's a dog..." "Really?" Doubao was surprised. Could it really work? The light sphere representing Tianmie instantly fled! Yet how could he outrun Doubao? In the blink of an eye, Doubao intercepted him. Doubao's rule power erupted instantly, carrying an intense suggestive call: *"You're a dog, you're a dog!"* Tianmie's light sphere struggled violently! Yet it was useless. After a moment, the phantom of Tianmie within the sphere seemed to warp, gradually taking on the shape of a small dog similar to the little white dog, his eyes clouded with confusion. Soon, Tianmie shook his head, still seemingly dazed. "Tianmie, what race do you belong to?" Su Yu asked. Tianmie turned his head, hesitating for a moment and struggling, but soon replied, "The Dog race. Why? Has Emperor Yu forgotten?" "..." The surrounding spheres of light all shuddered violently! *Holy crap!* *What the hell is this?* Tianmie looked somewhat uncomfortable, wagging his tail while still appearing slightly perplexed. Soon, he looked at Doubao. "Doubao, what did you just do to me?" "..." Doubao was stunned as well, and quickly withdrew its rule power. Gradually, Tianmie shook off the influence of the rule power. An instant later, he let out a miserable shriek: "Fuck! I'm not a dog! I'm not!" Everyone felt a chill down their spines! They all turned to look at Doubao. Doubao's eyes were filled with sheer bewilderment. This was the first time it had ever tried something like this. In its ingrained perception, it was an expert on the path of time reversal! Why... why wasn't it time reversal? Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng, however, were not surprised. Reversing time was something they had discussed long ago. Back when Wan Tiansheng was teaching Su Yu about rule power in the ancient city, he had mentioned that time was singular, and everything else associated with time was merely a disturbance of the will or an illusion of speed. At this moment, Su Yu smiled. "Senior Doubao, from now on, dedicate yourself to this path! Tianmie is heavily injured right now and inherently weak, so interfering with him was simple, whereas interfering with a Heavenly King would be difficult! But if you were to interfere with an ordinary Sun Moon Realm cultivator, you could tell him he's your grandson and he would genuinely believe it!" The main factor was that Doubao was simply too strong, making it far harder to interfere with peers of its own level. Su Yu's eyes flickered with excitement. "Senior Doubao, this Dao is incredible!" Doubao felt a little depressed. "Incredible? It feels... rather useless!" Su Yu laughed. These old fogeys truly had rigid ways of thinking. "Senior Doubao, you are mistaken. In my eyes, if your Dao is developed to its zenith, it will be overwhelmingly formidable! For instance, in the middle of a massive battle, you could interfere with weaker foes—weaker Dao Integration experts—and instill a belief in them... 'You are all my avatars,' or 'You are spies on our side, and now it is time to set things right'... You might literally cause enemy Dao Integration experts to mutiny!" Su Yu's eyes shone brightly. "This is essentially a Dao of control, exceptionally potent! Granted, it might not be top-tier against peers of your own level, but against those weaker than you, I believe it is ten million times stronger than any Fleshly Body Dao or Warrior Dao! "If Senior reaches the Heavenly King realm, you might be able to control anyone below Heavenly King! Using your Dao to interfere with them is vastly more powerful than a Dao of Endurance! A Dao of Endurance merely forces them to endure! "Yet Senior's Dao can make them betray their former masters!" Su Yu's eyes grew brighter and brighter. "Senior Doubao, you need to explore this further and broaden your thinking. Right now, all you think about is reversing them into the past... Going back to the past merely weakens their strength, which isn't the best choice! "You could make them think of betrayal... Of course, that would trigger fierce resistance. But you could give them lesser illusions. For example, you could make Tianmie believe he is a tree—an immovable one..." Doubao promptly unleashed its rule power at Tianmie! Tianmie fled madly, howling, "Don't test it on me! Switch to Xinghong!" Yet in his severely injured state, how could he evade Doubao? In the next instant, Tianmie's sphere of light transformed into a tree. On the trunk, Tianmie's face seemed to emerge, looking completely lost. "I am a tree. I cannot move!" "..." A collective shiver ran through everyone! *Even that works?* Doubao froze for a second, then its eyes lit up like lanterns. In the next moment, Tianmie turned into a fish. "I am a fish. Anyone can eat me!" Immediately after, he turned into a little fur ball. "I am of the God-Devouring race. I can devour heaven and earth... Doubao is my granddaddy!" "..." Everyone looked at Doubao. Doubao, however, was having the time of its life, practically bouncing with delight, giddy with excitement. This... was so much fun! It felt vastly more entertaining than reversing time! The overwhelming mental interference left someone weaker like Tianmie utterly incapable of resistance! In the next instant, Doubao abandoned Tianmie, bubbling with excitement. It suddenly turned its gaze toward the Old Turtle, sweeping a formidable wave of rule power in his direction. The Old Turtle hurriedly dodged, while Doubao called out, "Let me try..." "Get lost!" Even the Old Turtle felt his flesh crawl. *Stay away from me!* *What the hell are you trying to do?* "Old Turtle, come play! Let's see if I can turn you into a female turtle..." "..." *To hell with you!* In the distance, Tianmie snapped back to his senses. Once the Dao interference dissipated, he actually remembered everything that had just occurred. At this moment, he was consumed by bottomless humiliation and fury! *Bastard!* *You take things too far!* *Doubao, sooner or later I'll beat you to a pulp... If I can't beat you, I'll go beat your son!* *Right, I'll go beat that little fur ball!* Su Yu, on the other hand, wore a wide smile as he watched Doubao. Ignoring its chase after the Old Turtle, he looked at Wan Tiansheng and said with a chuckle, "Principal, Doubao... I think it might soon reach the Heavenly King realm!" Wan Tiansheng nodded, smiling as well. "Doubao's comprehension of the Great Dao was never very deep, or rather, it lacked understanding of the Dao's true essence. Relying solely on brute force over all these years, it still managed to reach the peak Dao Integration realm. Now that it understands its Dao's true essence—even if it didn't figure it out on its own—following the proper course should allow it to reach the Heavenly King realm very soon!" To the side, the Destiny Emperor could not help but sigh with emotion. "This is innate talent; one cannot envy it! Someone like me actually has quite a deep comprehension of the Great Dao, and yet... my talent has its limits! Doubao managed to brute-force its way into the peak Dao Integration realm relying entirely on a mistaken understanding of its Dao... This... this is enough to pioneer a brand-new Dao!" There was nothing more to say! It truly was something beyond envy; that was the power of innate talent, of natural aptitude. A spirit of the Great Dao! Over on the side, Chuibing looked eagerly at Su Yu. Su Yu smiled and said, "Senior Chuibing, I actually believe yours truly is the Dao of Devouring! You didn't get it wrong, because Senior's Dao is quite straightforward. I have some understanding of the Dao of Devouring as well, and I believe Senior's comprehension is correct!" Doubao's Dao was rather complex. Chuibing's, on the other hand, was nowhere near as intricate. Chuibing, however, looked utterly disheartened. "So that means I can't fool around however I want like my hubby?" Doubao's Dao looked like so much fun! Turning people into dogs, trees, and fish—it was simply wonderful! Su Yu laughed. "The Dao of Devouring is exceptionally formidable as well! Jiu Yue walks the Dao of Devouring too. I think the two of you could exchange insights." Having addressed their matters, Su Yu turned to the rest of the group. "From the looks of it, recovery won't be much of an issue for anyone! Give me a little time to prepare. Furthermore... I may be getting ready to open a Dao! Whether I bore apertures into the River of Time before opening the Dao or afterward will depend on the state of my civilization chronicle..." Su Yu chuckled. "There isn't much difference between doing it before or after, but I will try my best to bore the apertures before opening the Dao!" The Destiny Emperor hesitated. "Emperor Yu had better do it after opening the Dao. It would be safer." Su Yu shook his head. "No, bore the apertures first. That way, everyone can strengthen their Daos, raise their strength, and then restore their physical bodies! As for my Dao opening... I will open it from within chaos. Chaos transforms into myriad Daos; when that time comes, I shall invite everyone to observe the Dao!" Observe the Dao! A jolt went through the Destiny Emperor's heart! Su Yu... wanted everyone to observe his Dao opening? To observe a heaven-opener opening a Dao? Could Su Yu... be considered a heaven-opener? In that instant, countless thoughts surged through the Destiny Emperor's mind. Some of the others understood, while some did not. Lan Tian quickly materialized, his expression grave. "Are you opening a Dao independently, or within the River of Time?" "Independently, opening it in chaos!" Lan Tian frowned. "Where is there any chaos left nowadays?" Su Yu smiled. "Every place where no realm exists is chaos! Beneath the dead spirit realm, above the upper realm, within the Chaos Mountain, across the endless void... all of it is chaos! Everything outside the River of Time, the Dead Spirit Dao, and the Human Sovereign's Dao is chaos! "Chaos transforms into myriad Daos, and myriad Daos resolve into chaos... Everyone, if you can seize these two opportunities to thoroughly organize your own Daos, perhaps... you will all gain something from it!" Su Yu's tone suddenly turned arrogant and bold. "Though I, Su Yu, may not match the Time Master, the Dead Spirit Master, or the Human Sovereign, in this current era, I may well be the only one willing to open a heaven myself!" Opening a heaven! He wanted to open a heaven, to open another world, just like the Human Sovereign had done! Even if the world he opened was not as strong or as vast as the Human Sovereign's, he was willing to give it a try! Back then, the Time Master did not seem to have chosen to open a heaven, maintaining a pseudo-Dao state instead. Su Yu was not entirely sure what the Time Master had been thinking—perhaps she intended to open a heaven only after fully perfecting the Time Record! Su Yu, however, felt there was no need to wait that long! The Time Master's ambitions were immense; nurturing the Daos within the Time Record until they were sufficiently powerful before opening a heaven might yield greater achievements. Yet Su Yu could not wait any longer! Open it first. Even if the resulting Dao was exceptionally weak, it would still be a Dao of heaven-opening! How many heaven-openers had there ever been in this world? The Time Master, the Dead Spirit Master, the Human Sovereign—currently only those three. As for King Wen... had he opened a heaven? Hard to say! King Wen had abandoned the Brush Dao; perhaps he too had chosen to open a heaven. But where was King Wen's heaven opened? No one knew! To what extent had he opened it? Su Yu had no idea either! And what of the Human Ancestor? Was the Fleshly Body Dao truly the Human Ancestor's only Dao? That was hard to say as well. It was entirely possible that the Human Ancestor had long since abandoned the Fleshly Body Dao and chosen to open a heaven elsewhere. Perhaps all of those figures were heaven-openers. And observing the opening of a heaven—even if the heaven Su Yu opened was weak—still meant watching a genuine heaven-opener at work. In the past, not even Rulers of Rules would have had the privilege to observe such an event! Yet now, Su Yu was willing to let them watch! What was the harm in letting them see? Su Yu smiled. "Everyone, make your preparations as well. Once I confirm how many people will be coming to my side, there will be two opportunities that I hope none of you will miss. Furthermore, with the Human Sovereign's Great Dao diagram, that might make three! I hope some of you will seize this chance!" Such opportunities were simply too precious. Su Yu's insights into the Great Dao, the Human Sovereign's comprehension of the Daos, excavating the River of Time, sorting through the myriad Daos... Every single one of these was an opportunity that peak experts of any era would dream of obtaining. At this moment, even the Destiny Emperor trembled slightly. Opening a heaven! Su Yu wanted to open a heaven! In an era like this, he chose to forgo opening a Dao within the River of Time! The Destiny Emperor let out a low sigh. "Emperor Yu... your ambition reaches the heavens. Wuming is filled with admiration!" Su Yu, however, shook his head. "It is not ambition, merely drawing upon the wisdom of predecessors! When I saw peerless experts one after another choosing to open their own Daos, choosing to open a heaven apart from the rest... I knew that this is the ultimate destination of the Great Dao!" Su Yu chuckled softly. "The Time Master opened this new world for us, but those who come after do so to surpass their predecessors, not to remain stuck in their ways! Of course, I may fail... Even the Human Sovereign had his path of heaven-opening severed. This path is exceedingly arduous..." Su Yu looked at him. "Do you understand what opening a heaven means?" The Destiny Emperor nodded and sighed. "I do! Back then, the ancestor of my race said that in this world, there are a few individuals whom we can never surpass! They branded their legends into every corner of this world... You will never forget them! Even if countless millions of years pass and you forget everyone else, the moment you stand at a certain height, you will see them, look up to them!" His voice held a trace of envy and longing. "Even if those people die, even if they have fallen for hundreds of millions of years, the mediocre are not worthy of knowing them—only legends can behold legends!" That was precisely what Su Yu had felt that day. Back then, he had thought of the Dead Spirit Master. Even if that being had truly fallen, truly died... As long as future generations could see through the essence of the Great Dao, they would know how magnificent and legendary the Dead Spirit Master was! And if future generations saw the Human Sovereign's Dao, they would understand how profound the regret was! They would surely be like him, unable to wait to uncover these people's pasts and understand their legends. Why had the Human Sovereign failed to open his Dao? Right now, Su Yu and the others still knew the answer. Countless ages later, perhaps everyone would forget, but one day, when someone beheld that half-finished Great Dao, they would certainly be filled with boundless curiosity. Why had such a heaven-opener abandoned the endeavor halfway through? What kind of legendary tale lay behind it? They would definitely want to know! Just like Su Yu, who was intensely curious about the Time Master and the Dead Spirit Master, even though they had never appeared before him, even if... they had fallen tens of millions of years ago! This was their yearning for legends! Since antiquity, the sages had always been lonely—not because the sages themselves felt alone, but because after the sages, no more sages arose. No one understood them, no one knew them, and the common masses were simply not worthy of knowing them! And those sages clearly did not care whether a crowd of mediocre folk knew of their existence. Legends cared only for legends! Su Yu looked up at the sky, gazing toward the Dao of Time. For a moment, his heart surged with boundless passion. *I want to open a Dao!* However formidable the Brush Dao might be, it was not the path he wished to walk! This era needed someone to bear witness to legends!