Chapter 726: Beginning Of Change (1)

Human Realm.

Great Zhou was reopening their multiple character faction. That news shocked all cultural researchers in the Human Realm. Great Zhou was the main headquarters of the single character faction. And even this place was forced to reopen the multiple character faction. Their suppression of the multiple character faction over the past decades had been reduced to a joke.

Great Zhou's Shan Xiong would head toward Great Ming after leaving seclusion. There, he was going to challenge Su Yu. This was also a big news. Single and multiple character factions. Which was stronger?

Both were geniuses of their respective faction. Su Yu was a year younger and a fresh Skysoar who was known throughout the Human Realm. Would he be Shan Xiong's match?

News of the incident at the Allheaven Battlefield did not spread to the Human Realm. Meanwhile, news of multiple character faction's reemergence had greatly changed the entire landscape of human cultural researchers.

Great Ming.

Su Yu only received the news three days after it happened. Shan Xiong might challenge him upon exiting seclusion. Niu Baidao had personally told him that.

Inside the beautiful Four Seasons Pavilion of his research center, Niu Baidao was leisurely sipping tea while enjoying the scenery outside. He smiled, "Kid, you have been cooped up in this building for a few days, completely cut off from the outside world. Be careful lest you're still clueless when Shan Xiong is here."

Su Yu also took a sip of his tea before indifferently saying, "If he comes, he comes."

"Don't be careless about this." Niu Baidao reminded him, "If he comes, he might come as a ninth-stage Skysoar. You are not weak. In fact, you're strong enough to defeat some fourth or fifth-stage Cloudbreaches. Or maybe even fifth and sixth-stage Cloudbreaches. I know that. But I won't be here to remind you if Shan Xiong is no cause for worry."

He solemnly asked, "Do you think Bai Feng is strong? To be precise, do you think Xia Yuwen and his peers are strong?"

After thinking about it, Su Yu nodded. They were quite strong.

"Shan Xiong is capable of battling them even with a lower cultivation level." Niu Baidao said, "Character masters are very strong. And those from the multiple character faction are said to be strong enough to contend against first divines and original devils. As for Shan Xiong, he is someone who has defeated numerous multiple character faction experts of the same level."

Su Yu nodded, "I'm not afraid of him. In terms of willpower cultivation, I have the strength of a seventh or eighth-stage Skysoar."

"You?" Niu Baidao laughed and nodded, "True. But that is the level of regular character masters, not the best of the best. Let me ask you. How many cultural techniques do you know? Just so you know, soul techniques are also known as cultural techniques. Excluding your character technique, how many aperture-utilizing techniques do you know?"

Su Yu thought about it and shook his head. He didn't know too many of them. Strictly speaking, he only knew one: his little hammer, the Soul Expanding Art. And that wasn't even an offensive technique.

"There you have it." Niu Baidao smiled, "That is not what a character master should be like. For character masters, characters are very important. But apertures are also a big contributing factor to their strength. You're still too green. Try to find some time to learn a few cultural techniques. At the very least, you need a way to utilize the many apertures you opened."

Su Yu nodded. That was true. There was a need for that. The main reason for his lack of cultural technique was the lack of these techniques in the blood essence he had consumed so far.

"Sure, Principal. I'll learn a few later..."

Niu Baidao continued sipping his tea. He sank into silence. Su Yu grew curious. Was there something else?

After a long while, Niu Baidao opened his mouth, "In the coming few years, chaos might erupt in the Human Realm. But after that episode, peace might return. At the time, all of humanity will be unified again. At the very least, all our policies will be unified.

"And for the coming few years, you need to be very careful. The myriad races might send their experts into the Human Realm. The Myriad Race Cult might also risk everything to deal with you."

Niu Baidao paused to inhale deeply. "Previously, they were scared after losing several Sunmoons. They no longer dared to show themselves. But now, they might receive the support of the myriad races they serve."

"You mean..." Su Yu frowned, "Principal, what are you trying to say?"

Niu Baidao hesitated, but he still decided to be honest, "Some myriad race Invincibles want your life. For that, they took a big step backward and offered humanity a massive benefit. That offer might cause some disturbances in the Human Realm.

"This came too suddenly. It caught all of us by surprise. The myriad races are much more afraid of the multiple character faction than we had imagined. Fortunately, Hong Tan is taking on a lot of the heat for you in Great Xia. Even so, you still need to be careful. Try to avoid releasing any cultivation methods that are too powerful for now. Even if you have some, you can only release them in a small circle."

Su Yu frowned, "You mean that what you taught me about pushing my value to a level that is above Invincibles is no longer effective?"

"You can say so." Niu Baidao sighed, "The myriad races are way more wary of the multiple character faction than we had imagined. You are barely getting started yet you are already earning the attention of their Invincibles..."

Niu Baidao's eyes flickered as he said, "We all know what the myriad races are doing. But that does not matter to the myriad races. They offered us a hundred years of peace. That can only mean that they have the confidence to build enough strength to suppress the human race in that period of time without too big of a price. Meanwhile, there is no guarantee that the multiple character faction can produce an Invincible even after a hundred years. Thus, this will be the time for humanity to make a choice."

A hundred years. The myriad races were clearly unafraid of the human race even if humanity was given a hundred years to produce more Invincibles. As for the multiple character faction, could they even produce an Invincible in the same period of time?

Who could confidently say yes? Who among them was the nearest to the Invincible Realm? Hong Tan? He was only a fresh Sunmoon. He still had the nine stages of Sunmoon ahead of him. He also needed to get through the massive wall of affirming his dao as a willpower cultivator, not physical cultivator.

Could he do it? Could he complete a task even Ye Batian had failed at? As for Su Yu...he was too young to even be considered. Niu Baidao was confident that Su Yu would be able to become an Invincible through physical cultivation in due time. But how about his willpower cultivation?

Nobody was optimistic about the multiple character faction's chances of producing an Invincible within a hundred years. In that case, multiple new Invincibles would be a lot more important, considering the chaos that would come.

𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The myriad races had fully exposed their thoughts regarding humanity. They didn't even bother hiding anything. So what if the humans knew it? They were not going to let the multiple character faction rise. And they only needed a hundred years to gain enough strength to suppress the human race. A few additional Invincibles wouldn't even pose them much trouble.

Why should the human race agree to the proposal, then? Simple. If the humans refused to suppress the multiple character faction, they wouldn't even be given a hundred years to produce some new Invincibles. Either way, war was coming. The difference was whether humanity would gain a hundred years to prepare.

"A hundred years?"

Su Yu muttered as he gazed at Niu Baidao questioningly.

After a short silence, Niu Baidao said, "I learned about this from the prefect. And the prefect only learned it from some old friends of Great Ming King. They told us to be careful. According to them, some Invincibles had negotiated with Great Qin King to hand over a few individuals for peace. They would grant us a hundred years of peace. Any human attempting to affirm their dao will not be stopped during this period of time."

Su Yu's heart skipped a beat.

"Handing over a few individuals...you mean..."

"Yes." Niu Baidao nodded, "Only some Invincibles and their descendants are aware of this for now. News has yet to spread. Humanity can't afford to have this news spread among the general populace, anyway. You need to be ready for this. Perhaps...this is my fault."

He was the one who had told Su Yu to display his talent and tell everyone that he was more important than Invincibles.

Su Yu did it. He did it perfectly. But Niu Baidao had underestimated the myriad races' wariness toward the multiple character faction. They would rather let people like Xia Longwu advance than let Su Yu and Hong Tan continue growing.

It was clear that for the myriad races, the multiple character faction was a lot more important than a few Invincibles. The divines and devils hadn't even bothered hiding their intention. They were making it very clear that the multiple character faction would not be allowed to rise. This was also an indirect confirmation that the multiple character faction was the key to activating the Human Realm's suppressive force.

That was the only thing that could be more important than a few Invincibles. With the suppressive force, humanity could fully pull back into the Human Realm. At that time, even if the divines, devils, and immortals joined hands, they still wouldn't be able to fully eliminate humanity. That would give the human race a lot of leeway to work with.

Niu Baidao solemnly said, "Thus, things will become more and more complicated. Back then, Ye Batian gave everyone hope. But he also disappointed everyone. Back then, way too many people had perished for his sake, including Great Zhou King's younger brother."

Niu Baidao helplessly said, "Ye Batian is both the source of glory and disaster for the multiple character faction. He is the first human that had caused the myriad races to feel so pressured. What a pity that he failed. If he had succeeded, the realization would come too late for the myriad races. But he failed. That brought a lot of trouble to everyone else. It also greatly increased the myriad races' vigilance toward humanity.

"That failure had also caused the human Invincibles to lose hope. If even someone like Ye Batian had failed, how about his juniors? Could Hong Tan do it? Could Liu Wenyan do it? Could you do it?"