Battle Through the Heavens Ends, a Change in Mindset

The flock immediately spotted Su Yu, then bared its fangs at him.

Su Yu froze. It was his first time seeing a flock of sheep bare its teeth at someone…

Curiously, Su Yu walked toward the flock. The moment he approached, the sheep became agitated and began bleating wildly. Su Yu grew even more puzzled. These were nothing like sheep.

Ignoring their angry cries, Su Yu continued toward them. Several sheep immediately charged at him viciously. Su Yu raised his hand slightly, and those sheep seemed to freeze in midair.

Su Yu walked up to the sheep, circled them twice, and stroked his chin. "How strange. This is truly the first time I’ve seen herbivores turn into carnivores!"

"Baa!"

The other sheep immediately began crying out as well, each looking ferocious. Yet as soon as Su Yu heard their bleating, he could not help wanting to laugh.

With a wave of Su Yu’s hand, the sheep that had been held in place immediately regained their freedom. A trace of wariness appeared in their eyes as they looked at him.

A moment later, the entire flock ran away.

Su Yu smiled and continued onward. He felt that those sheep were not Magical Beasts from Battle Through the Heavens. Although he had never seen sheep like them before, he sensed a familiar aura from them, though he could not recall where it came from for the moment.

Not long afterward, Su Yu encountered a creature from the Southeast Region for the second time. This time, it was a tiger. The tiger pounced at Su Yu without hesitation, and Su Yu drew the Mingze Sword and cleaved it in two with a single strike.

The next moment, a faint glow emerged from the tiger’s corpse. The light gathered above the body and formed a yellow ring.

"Fuck! A Soul Ring? This is a Soul Beast? How could there be Soul Beasts in the world of Battle Through the Heavens? You’ve got to be kidding me…" Su Yu said in astonishment.

Su Yu immediately summoned Ya Er. "Ya Er, what’s going on? Why have Soul Beasts from Douluo Continent come to Battle Through the Heavens? And why have I never encountered those sheep or this tiger before?"

Ya Er thought for a moment before saying, "Master, it is very likely that the Heavenly Dao of the Battle Through the Heavens world brought over some of the Soul Beasts from Douluo Continent."

Su Yu asked doubtfully, "A world’s Heavenly Dao can bring creatures from another world into its own? If that were possible, wouldn’t the Myriad Realms be thrown into complete chaos?"

Ya Er slowly replied, "Of course a Heavenly Dao cannot bring things from another world into its own world. A Heavenly Dao cannot even leave its own world. Although they are the rulers of their worlds, their one drawback is that they cannot leave them. Once they leave, the world will be regarded as having lost its Heavenly Dao, and then the world itself will collapse."

"Then what’s going on?" Su Yu felt his scalp tingle. Why had so many strange things suddenly appeared in Battle Through the Heavens?

Ya Er explained, "Master, let me first explain how a Heavenly Dao comes into being. At the beginning of every world’s birth, that world selects a living being from another world to become its Heavenly Dao. That person can agree or refuse. In other words, before becoming a Heavenly Dao, they are merely living beings from other worlds. They need not have been powerful experts from a world before becoming a Heavenly Dao; they could even have been a street beggar from some world. There are all kinds of Heavenly Daos."

Su Yu nodded in understanding and stroked his chin. "So the Heavenly Dao of the Battle Through the Heavens world was originally a living being from Douluo Continent? According to what you said, the Heavenly Dao of this world should be a Soul Beast. That’s why it brought some Soul Beasts from Douluo Continent here."

Ya Er nodded slightly. That was exactly it.

Su Yu released his divine sense and swept through the Southeast Region. This place was practically another Star Dou Great Forest, though the Soul Beasts here were stronger than the Soul Beasts in Douluo Continent’s Star Dou Great Forest.

That made sense. The world of Battle Through the Heavens had existed for a long time. Back then, Douluo Continent must have been a world where Soul Beasts covered the land. It could be said to have been Douluo Continent’s ancient era, an age when even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were not rare!

Su Yu had evidence for this guess. When his divine sense had swept through the Southeast Region just now, he had found ten Soul Beasts with auras reaching a million years. Yet none of them had taken human form. Clearly, the Soul Beasts here looked down on human bodies.

Su Yu guessed that in Douluo Continent’s ancient era, humans had probably been nothing more than food in the mouths of Soul Beasts.

Su Yu had already fully understood the situation in the Southeast Region. After all, he was very familiar with the Star Dou Great Forest, so he had no interest in sightseeing here. He left and returned to Jia Nan Academy.

After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Su Yu found that Yao Lao and Xuan Yi had already gone off on their honeymoon…

Su Yu was instantly fucking speechless. So everyone else was busy, and he was the only one with nothing to do…

Su Yu raised his head to look at the sky and sighed. "Sigh, I’ve already obtained the World Power of the Battle Through the Heavens world. What am I still doing here? Maybe I should visit another world."

The moment Su Yu finished speaking, Mao Jiu appeared beside him without him knowing when. "Husband, don’t you seal your cultivation when you travel to other worlds?"

"Oh, Xiao Jiu, you’re back." Su Yu looked at Mao Jiu and smiled.

Mao Jiu smiled. "I sensed that you had already obtained World Power, Husband, so I came back to take a look."

Su Yu hugged Mao Jiu. "Xiao Jiu, you just asked why I don’t seal my cultivation. Let me ask you first: when you traveled through worlds before, did you seal your cultivation and memories?"

Mao Jiu nodded. "Yes. If I didn’t seal my cultivation and memories, I wouldn’t be able to properly experience life in a world. Great strength and extraordinary insight would make me disdain deep interactions with ordinary people. So I suggest that even if you don’t seal your memories when going to another world, you should at least seal your strength."

Su Yu knew Mao Jiu was right. He had not noticed it before, but because of the enormous gap in strength and his exceptional knowledge, a divide had indeed grown ever wider between him and the natives of the Myriad Realms. Thinking back on it now, Su Yu found it somewhat frightening. He had started out as an ordinary person, yet he had developed a mindset that placed him above all living beings.

Su Yu took a deep breath and smiled bitterly. "I didn’t even notice this happening… I absolutely cannot have this kind of mindset!"

As he spoke, a trace of determination appeared in Su Yu’s eyes. He said resolutely, "I cannot have this mindset. In the next world, I’ll use only the guqin. I will find my original heart again."

What Su Yu sought was the state of a true recluse living hidden among the people. In his heart, he did not wish to divide people into ranks. Perhaps every ruler had different ideals, but what he pursued was Buddhism’s saying: "All living beings are equal."

PS: Ahem, this chapter was a little padded out. My main purpose here was to write about the protagonist’s change in mindset and his return to his original heart. Everyone, see you in the world of Chinese Paladin next chapter.