Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, “In other words, everyone knows that the multiple character faction is the key to activating the suppressive force. But nobody believes in us thanks to the fifth principal. He was the one with the highest chance of succeeding, but he failed.”

“Yes.” Niu Baidao nodded, “The divines and devils are making this very clear. They don’t even care if we find out about this. After all, could the human race even produce a second Ye Batian? How long would it take? How many years would we need? It might not happen, but the myriad races had decided to suppress the multiple character faction anyway.”

“The divines and devils are outrageous.” Su Yu raised his brow, “Yes, they are stronger. But humanity is not too weak either. Are we going to bow just like that? Are our Invincibles surrendering so easily?”

“The divines and devils are not the only ones trying to stop humanity from activating our suppressive force.” Niu Baidao sighed, “If it’s only the divines and devils, we are still capable of causing them disastrous losses if push comes to shove. More importantly, the immortals, demonic beasts, and other races with Invincibles are of the same mind as well. None of them is willing to see a Human Realm with the suppressive force.”

Niu Baidao helplessly said, “If we managed to activate our suppressive force, things would be very bad for them. Would they even dare to invade us if we decide to turtle up in the Human Realm? They would need three hundred Invincibles to deal with our thirty Invincibles.

“Even those supremely powerful ancestors of the divines and devils wouldn’t be able to do much upon entering the Human Realm. Regardless of how terrifyingly strong they are, why should we be afraid if they are being suppressed in the Human Realm? Meanwhile, the human race would still be free to attack them. In short, the myriad races are merely doing this to protect themselves.”

Yes. This was self-defense for them. That was one way of viewing this matter. And that was the truth. If the human race could invade their realms without any suppression while they would be suppressed in the Human Realm, what was the point of resistance?

Sure, the humans could claim all they wanted that they loved peace. But who would take those words seriously? With the suppressive force, humanity would be able to defend their realm with only twenty Invincibles. The remaining ten could be sent to invade any realm they wanted.

Since the myriad races could no longer pose any threat to the home of humanity, the humans would naturally have the courage to do all sorts of outrageous things in the Allheaven Battlefield. They merely needed to return home when encountering danger. What could the myriad races even do to them?

Thus, even if the myriad races weren’t united, they were unified in this decision to suppress humanity. Most races wouldn’t care about any wars involving humanity at any other time. But the moment humanity showed signs of activating their suppressive force, well, everyone would ally against them. Neutral races? They would also join in. Why? Because the prospect of a human race with a suppressive force back home was way too terrifying.

Even the so-called neutral immortal race would make the same choice. This was a choice even the human race would make if it was a different race in this position instead.

The myriad races would allow a balance of power. They would absolutely not tolerate the dominance of any one race. The moment humanity activated their suppressive force, even if everything remained the same, they would still rise to absolute prominence, breaking the balance of power. This was much more serious than letting them gain a few Invincibles.

Su Yu no longer held any hope of being left alone. The divines and devils knew what was happening. They also knew the significance of the multiple character faction. Hoping that they would neglect the multiple character faction was no longer realistic. Humanity was being faced with an important choice.

Should they let the war start to protect the multiple character faction, hoping for the emergence of a new Invincible, or should they abandon the multiple character faction? That way, they could maintain the peace and continue accumulating strength.

Su Yu’s thoughts were in a mess. If he was an Invincible, how would he choose? Would an Invincible believe that someone like Su Yu could become an Invincible? He had no answer. How about Hong Tan? Or Liu Wenyan?

Who could guarantee that they would become an Invincible, become the first cultural researcher Invincible of the human race and the multiple character faction? Since they couldn’t give such a guarantee, they couldn’t blame the others for their lack of confidence in the multiple character faction.

“I understand, Principal…” Su Yu sighed, “When that happens, I will leave Great Ming and enter the Allheaven Battlefield. There, I will live the life of a vagabond. I won’t make things difficult for Great Ming.”

Niu Baidao sighed, “Kid, we’re not telling you to leave. Great Ming does not intend to throw anyone out after using them. We are only worried about you. We’re more worried that we will lack the power to protect you.

“Things aren’t that bad yet. For the most part, the things you have released can only cause a transformation of the lower-level cultural researchers. As for Hong Tan, he will be doing something that will transform the landscape of the higher-level cultural researchers. His disassembly method will attract countless eyes. Before long, chaos will erupt around him.

“Unless absolutely necessary, the myriad races will try to not escalate this into a large-scale war for now as well. But Hong Tan will not be allowed to spread or complete his disassembly method. If you ask me, he shouldn’t have spread the news of his disassembly method.”

Su Yu shook his head, “That won’t change anything. His mere advancement into the Sunmoon Realm will attract the attention of some people. Furthermore, my teacher and I had already exposed the existence of the disassembly method before.”

Back when Bai Feng first started this research, he did not think too much about anything else. He only did it to bring about the resurgence of the multiple character faction.

Thus, he ended up using the method against Xia Yuwen. At the time, a lot of people still didn’t realize the significance of this method. But as time passed, more and more people would realize it. There were simply too many witnesses. There was no hiding this method.

Even if Hong Tan did not step forth to take on the burden, the myriad races would still learn of it. But at that time, Bai Feng would be the target instead of Hong Tan. Their sole option was to never use it in the first place.

But at that time, Bai Feng had not expected such repercussions. According to what he knew, the single character faction was the culprit behind the decline of the multiple character faction. He only needed to make the multiple character faction stronger to deal with the suppression.

Niu Baidao nodded, “Thus, Hong Tan stepped forth to share the burden with Bai Feng and you. At the moment, Bai Feng is being recalled from the Allheaven Battlefield. That is no longer the place for him to say. The myriad races will start targetting him before long. I suspect that Bai Feng will still return to Great Xia. He will only bring more trouble here if he returns to Great Ming.”

Su Yu nodded. That was his guess as well. Great Xia had turned into the origin of chaos. Su Yu couldn’t help but recall the words spoken to him by Marquis Xia back then. The Xia Family was already prepared for this.

Su Yu decided to stop worrying too much about that matter. At the end of the day, this was still happening because they were too weak. If they were strong enough, or if they could convince those Invincibles that they could produce an Invincible, the human Invincibles would probably be willing to back them up. After all, being pushed like this by the myriad races must have felt terrible.

And activating the suppressive force was what all Invincibles would agree with. Of course, that traitor might be an exception. If they could convince everyone that one of them could activate the suppressive force within a hundred years, the human Invincibles would be able to rapidly come together and fight as one. But since none of them could see any hope, things were starting to get chaotic.

Su Yu said, “Principal, let’s not talk about that for now. If any trouble is coming, it will go after my grandteacher first. If they want to eliminate a future Invincible, my grandteacher will be the biggest target. My teacher comes after. I am probably their last priority.

“According to my own estimation, in terms of importance, my grandteacher occupies the first place. He is a Sunmoon with the disassembly method. He has the highest chance of reaching the Invincible Realm among us. I might be the second priority target right now, but Teacher Liu will take my place if he gains some strength. With all my cultivation methods, I will ultimately take the third place.”

That was his guess. And that might be the order the myriad races would take when killing them. Since he was still in Great Ming and multiple Sunmoons had just perished because of him, the myriad races would definitely not target him first.

“Well, at least you are keeping a good mindset about it.”

Niu Baidao was quite surprised. He had thought that Su Yu would be furious.

Su Yu smiled, “My mindset might change after the deaths of my grandteacher and Teacher Liu. For now, I’m still fine. You don’t need to worry about me too much, Principal. I understand how things work. At the very least, things are still quite safe for us right now. A situation where droves of Invincibles lose hope has yet to happen. You wouldn’t be the person visiting me otherwise. It would have been those from the War Shrine or the Knowledge Seeking Realm instead, here to escort me to the Allheaven Battlefield.”

The very fact that Niu Baidao could still come here to warn him was in itself a small victory. This also gave Su Yu some level of confidence in humanity.

The human Invincibles had yet to lose their calm. They had not lost all confidence in the multiple character faction. Otherwise, they would have agreed to the proposal already. Those Invincibles wouldn’t have even allowed news of this proposal to spread to anyone in the Human Realm. It was actually a good thing that even Su Yu himself had been allowed to know about this.

Niu Baidao nodded, “I’m happy that you are seeing things clearly. But Hong Tan will be in great trouble soon. And the Xia Family will also be put in a very difficult position. After all, they have been taking a lot of steps back recently.”

Su Yu thought about it and smiled, “That’s not necessarily the case. Taking a step back might not be the only thing the Xia Family could do. What do you think?”

Niu Baidao nodded, “Perhaps. The Xia Family’s blade is still quite sharp. But it is also still not sharp enough for them to do whatever they want.”

Su Yu sank into silence. Perhaps. But more of his thoughts were on his grandteacher, not the Xia Family. Things would start being really messy around his grandteacher soon. Something might happen before long.

Great Xia was attracting most of the heat for him, but he couldn’t allow things to stay the same for long. He wouldn’t do stay idle while his teacher and grandteacher were being pushed to their deaths.

Thus, he had to accelerate the release of his lifespan extending art. He needed more help. He also needed to pick up the pace of his body forging and grow stronger. His characters and willpower had to keep growing as well. If he lagged too far behind in willpower cultivation, the human Invincibles might really lose all hope in the multiple character faction and give up on them.

“Principal, does the Hundred Dao Pagoda have enough willpower? I might challenge the pagoda again soon…”

Niu Baidao helplessly said, “Wait a bit. We exhausted a lot of its energy using it in the previous fight. Give the pagoda some time to recover or it won’t have enough willpower for your absorption.”

“Alright. Noted.”

Niu Baidao said, “More importantly, we will be needing more riversand. The Luminous Domain Mansion will open soon. The list of participants will be finalized by the end of this year. At the middle of next year, the human delegation will set off to the Sea of Stars. If we can get a large amount of riversand there, willpower will no longer be an issue.”

So in the end, they still needed more riversand.

The Luminous Domain Mansion would be very important!

Before Su Yu could say anything, Niu Baidao said, “Don’t even mention that you want to go. It’s too risky. The prefect might not agree to that.”

“We’ll see. It’s still early.”

Su Yu laughed. He would decide later. If it was really too dangerous, he would consider doing something else. Then again, if the situation in Great Xia continued getting worse, he could perhaps join the delegation and cause some trouble to attract some heat away from his grandteacher and teacher.