Tribulation of Myriad Races

Great Ming.

Somewhere in the academy.

Wave Listener Teahouse.

With Zhu Tiandao’s departure, the show ended for Su Yu and the others. Every last one of them looked like they wanted the show to continue.

There were a lot of them.

Before them was the projection of the scene depicting Zhu Tiandao’s departure from the holy land. With a wave of his hand, Hu Xiansheng ended the projection and said, “The show is over. The prefect will be back soon. There is no need to keep this thing on. It wastes a lot of energy.”

Su Yu nodded and asked regretfully, “Why couldn’t we see the Invincibles clearly through this thing?”

“This projection basically works by capturing one’s image using energy before transmitting the captured image back. But there is no way to capture the image of Invincibles.”

Hu Xiansheng laughed and said, “Be satisfied with this. The two Invincibles must have noticed us. They were simply letting us be. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to see anything.”

Niu Baidao said, “They definitely noticed us. They were simply ignoring us. The prefect has obtained a full victory. The two Invincibles seem to have the intention to bring some order back as well. But their stance is still somewhat vague.”

Su Yu smiled and said, “Even this much is enough. They have agreed to nearly all the requests the prefect made. I can see that apart from their vague attitude toward the unknown Invincible, they are quite supportive of the prefect on all the other matters.”

Great Han King had promised to perform a detailed investigation the next time the unknown Invincible did something. The next time. Not this time. That was the only request of Zhu Tiandao that was not fully fulfilled.

Even after multiple attacks, Great Han King and Silk Destroying King still couldn’t make a firm resolution to take action against that unknown Invincible. Rather, they gave the Invincible one last chance.

Niu Baidao nodded, “This is not surprising. Great Han King can only represent himself. He can’t give you any guarantees. Even if you’re unhappy, he can’t do anything big unless you can convince the majority of the Invincibles.

“At the very least, things are slowly moving in a direction that is beneficial for us. You heard Great Han King. He called the unknown Invincible parasite instead of calling this a private conflict. Since he is currently in charge of the Knowledge Seeking Realm, his stance is the Knowledge Seeking Realm’s stance.

“This is a very good thing. You need to know that prior to this, even if they were aware of the existence of this Invincible, they would either stay silent or be vague about it. Was this Invincible a traitor? Or was the Invincible merely pursuing a personal vendetta?”

Su Yu nodded, “You mean that the unknown Invincible is now officially acknowledged as harmful to humanity?”

“Yes.” Niu Baidao said, “This is what I meant by popular sentiment. Initially, some people might try to smooth things over even if that Invincible ends up exposed. But now, with that Invincible officially defined as a parasite, with solid proof, people like Great Han King will make a move against this Invincible. The Invincibles who are neutral will also be more inclined to clean up the parasite from the human race. This is the power of popular sentiment.”

Su Yu nodded, “I understand what you’re trying to say, Principal. Previously, our enemy is an Invincible while we have no Invincible on our side. For the other Invincibles, we’re not as valuable as the enemy. But now, people like Great Han King has changed his stance slightly. That is a good thing for us.”

Niu Baidao smiled, “It’s good that you understand. Dealing with an Invincible is not something that can happen immediately. We can consider this a massive success. To do anything more, you need solid proof. That is an Invincible. And this Invincible might have friends as well. But we can obtain victory if we can turn this Invincible into the parasite or tumor of humanity.”

Su Yu nodded. Niu Baidao had told him something similar before. He needed to use the popular sentiment, turning all his enemies into the enemies of the masses. Evidently, he had successfully taken the first step in the right direction. The appearance of Zhu Tiandao and the many cultivation methods of Su Yu had slightly altered the stance of Great Han King.

Su Yu was not hoping that these Invincibles would do more for him. He only hoped that these Invincibles wouldn’t stand in his way when he found enough proof to deal with the unknown Invincible in the future.

Of course, he wouldn’t be involved in killing the Invincible. But Great Xia King had once promised to make a move for him. As for the Zhu Family, he could try asking about Great Ming King later. If he could obtain the assistance of both Great Xia King and Great Ming King, unless the unknown Invincible was at Great Zhou King’s level, they would be no match for those two.

Su Yu was in a good mood. Zhu Tiandao was indeed an expert in throwing a tantrum…cough, in arguing on strong grounds. He did not know what Zhu Guangshen was doing, but what he saw was good enough for him. He had seen the entire process of the hearing. It had actually surpassed his expectations.

He asked eagerly, “Principal, will the eight families really deal with the Six-Winged Divine Sect?”

“Since they have agreed to do it, they will do it.” Niu Baidao answered, “They might not be able to complete the task in one month. But three months are more than enough. Of course, if those cultists decide to hide themselves, the eight families might not be able to find them. There’s no helping that. The Human Realm is too big and a Sunmoon that is focusing on hiding is very hard to find.”

In truth, Su Yu was feeling quite helpless about his martial uncle. He had not been able to get in touch with his martial uncle. He could only place his hope on Director Hou and the others. It should be fine, right? From what he could see, everything was still fine. After losing so many Sunmoons and Mountainseas, the cult would probably need to start withdrawing their members and reducing the scale of their operations.

As for the single character faction, Su Yu could feel that the eight families were probably the backer of the single character faction. With what Zhu Tiandao did this time, they would probably stay silent for a period of time.

Thus, the pressure on Su Yu had reduced significantly. At the very least, that was the case for the pressure coming internally from the human race. As for external pressure, he should be fine as long as he remained in the Human Realm.

He recalled Great Han King’s words and asked, “Principal, can Invincible ruins really help someone enter the Invincible Realm in secret?”

“Yes.”

With a pensive look, Su Yu asked, “Will the ruin cease being useful after a single advancement?”

“Yes.” Niu Baidao answered, “The process of dao affirmation requires a large amount of energy. Most Invincible ruins won’t be able to withstand such a level of expenditure. Most of the time, these ruins will be destroyed after the advancement. Even if the ruin manages to remain, some of the formations or laws preserved in the ruin would have been damaged. Thus, no second person can affirm their dao in the same ruin.”

Su Yu said, “Was that why Great Han King said that the myriad races will have their eyes on me? They are afraid of Prefect Xia getting the chance to affirm his dao in secret from me?”

“Yeah.”

The others stared at Su Yu with an astonished gaze. So there was a ruin, after all. Where was it? It was now common knowledge that Su Yu had a ruin. Without a ruin, he wouldn’t have been able to produce so many powerful cultivation methods despite how talented he was.

Su Yu did not say anything. Him? Having a ruin? Bullshit!

“Prefect Xia won’t be willing to affirm his dao in a ruin…”

That was the only thing Su Yu said. He was basically claiming that Xia Longwu wouldn’t be willing to use a ruin even if one was provided to him. Xia Longwu was someone known as the butcher. Would someone like that be willing to affirm his dao in secret?

Perhaps he was actually looking forward to his advancement as that might allow him to fight an enemy Invincible. Of course, Su Yu would be happy to see Xia Longwu advancing in secret. Unfortunately, he didn’t have a ruin he could contribute.

Su Yu asked curiously, “Is there a big difference between those affirming their dao in different places?”

“Yes.” Niu Baidao said, “There are three main categories for dao affirmation. Minor realm affirmation, home realm affirmation, and Myriad Realms affirmation. Affirming your dao in a minor realm will not grant you too much support from the natural laws. You will also be bound to that minor realm. If that minor realm is destroyed, you might suffer heavy injuries or even death.

“Home realm affirmation will grant you a stronger combat strength in your own realm. As for the Myriad Realms affirmation, there are no limitations. You will have a lot more options in the future.

“For the human race, almost all the prefecture founders have chosen home realm affirmation. As for the subsequent Invincibles, some advanced through Myriad Realms affirmation while some advanced through minor realm affirmation.”

Niu Baidao shook his head, “Minor realm affirmation is actually the worst choice. It is very troublesome. You will be in big trouble the moment the minor realm is destroyed. As for the bigger realms with Invincible, you won’t be able to gain entry easily. Even if you do manage to enter, they won’t allow you to affirm your dao in there. As for a realm without Invincibles, that is a weak realm that can be easily destroyed, ruining your cultivation in the process.”

Su Yu nodded, “In other words, the worst option we should take is to affirm our dao in the Human Realm. But most of our prefecture founders affirmed their dao in the Human Realm. In the event of destruction…”

“That is almost impossible.” Niu Baidao said, “The Human Realm is big and stable. Even if the myriad races manage to defeat us in the future, it is unlikely that they will destroy the realm itself. Of course, anything is possible so we won’t fully deny that possibility. But this is also why the prefecture founders have never talked about migration while some of the newer Invincibles are proposing migration to reduce the pressure from the myriad races.”

Su Yu had learned something new again. He had not imagined that there would be such a big difference between different Invincibles. Minor realm affirmation was the simplest, but also the option with the most potential trouble in the future. It was actually quite dangerous as one’s fate would be bound to a weak realm.

Niu Baidao moved on from the topic and said, “Just focus on your cultivation. After this incident, the cult will no longer dare to enter Great Ming. So many of them have been killed. Only the truly crazy ones will keep coming.”

“The cult has lost a lot of Sunmoons. Principal, why do I feel like they have even more Sunmoons than Great Ming?”

How many Sunmoons did Great Ming have? Su Yu was unsure, but he was only aware of seven. How many Sunmoons had the cult lost over the past year? The Blood Fire Sect alone had lost three of them.

Niu Baidao answered, “They don’t have that much. This is only a matter of perspective. The prefect like to exagerate. For example, the divine skywings attacking Prefect Xia previously had only entered the Human Realm for that mission. As for the blood fire devil killed by our prefect previously, that devil was also newly arrived. If you think about it, there aren’t really a lot of dead human Sunmoons.”

After thinking about it, Su Yu had to admit that Niu Baidao was right. Of the actual Sunmoon cultists, two were killed by Xia Longwu and five were killed by Zhu Tiandao. Jin Yuhui couldn’t actually be considered a cultist. Thus, there were only seven of them.

Only seven cultist Sunmoons had died in the span of one year. That was actually still a big number.

Niu Baidao said, “The Myriad Race Cult has existed for over three hundred years. With the support of the myriad races, it is not too surprising that they will have some Sunmoons. But it is unlikely that they will have that many Sunmoons. Based on our previous investigation, the cult will have an average of one Sunmoon per prefecture. In total, they have around thirty Sunmoons.

“They are much weaker than the human race as a whole. For example, Great Ming alone has more than ten Sunmoons. There are also plenty of Sunmoons in the other prefectures, the two holy lands, and the three oceans.”

Including those in the Allheaven Battlefield, humanity as a whole had quite a large number of Sunmoons.

“Over the past fifty years, very few new Sunmoons have appeared. There are only seven publicly known new Sunmoons. Even if we include Jin Yuhui, there are only eight of them. No, we also have to include people like Wan Tiansheng, Ji Hong, Hong Tan, and Zhou Mingren. There are about a dozen of them if you want to be really generous about it.

“Producing only about a dozen Sunmoons over fifty years is actually a rather low rate. Meanwhile, the various prefectures have been around for over three hundred years. The early years of the Anping Calendar can be considered a golden age for humanity. Most of us have been in the Sunmoon Realm since then. Thus, the human race actually has a lot of Sunmoons. But most of them are in seclusion due to their injuries.”

Su Yu’s interest was piqued.

The person in front of him was an antique who had lived for many years. He took the chance to ask, “Principal, did you guys fight the myriad races in the Human Realm? How did you advance back then?”