Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Lan Tian, are you being serious?”

Lan Tian said, “Why is that so surprising? I’m a genius. You won’t understand how geniuses work. Without talent and ability, how can I hide from even Invincibles? I have been using sunmoon profound yellow liquid for the past twenty years. Why is it surprising that I’m at the eighth stage?”

What nonsense. How was that not surprising?

“Earthfire, you’re at the seventh-stage Sunmoon Realm, right?”

“Yes.”

“Titanic Strength Divine Sect master, how about you?”

“Seventh-stage Sunmoon.” A gruff voice replied.

Only four of them were late-stage Sunmoons. They were respectively the masters of the Titanic Strength Divine Sect, the First Divine Sect, the Original Devil Sect, and the Earthfire Devil Sect. The rest of the sect masters were in the middle stage. In other words, the leader would be selected from the four.

The First Divine Sect master said, “There is no need for a leader. The leader won’t be able to do much. If you guys really want to work together, we will settle with a voting system. Middle-stage Sunmoons are entitled to two votes each while late-stage Sunmoons are entitled to three votes each.”

The others thought about it before nodding in agreement. With this, a basic framework for cooperation would come into existence. Its simplicity did not matter. These sect masters were only coming together for peace of mind.

Lan Tian sneered, “First Divine, you have the highest cultivation level. You might as well use this chance to take all these people under your wing. Why are you pretending to be a good guy?”

The First Divine Sect master said, “Garbage will remain garbage regardless of amount. At my level, I only focus on my dao affirmation. Worldly power does not interest me anymore. Lan Tian, you’re too stupid.”

The other sect masters were somewhat unhappy to hear that, but they couldn’t help but admit that those words were reasonable. That was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Why should someone like that care about worldly power?

The First Divine Sect master said, “I have the highest cultivation level here, but I don’t have anything to ask of this alliance. I am willing to help with things that are not too excessive. But if you intend to make me risk my life, don’t bother.”

“That is only natural. It’s not like we’re very interested in doing risky things.”

Someone else said, “So for now, our first act should be helping those two from the Six-Winged Divine Sect. What does everyone think? The addition of two Sunmoons will be a great boost to the strength of our alliance. Those two aren’t weak at all.”

“The eight families are hunting them. Great Tang, Great Xia, and Great Ming had also deployed a Sunmoon each to hunt them down. All in all, eleven Sunmoons were on the hunt. Those two are probably trapped somewhere. It won’t be easy for us to take them out of the encirclement.”

“This is feasible. Those Sunmoons might be on the hunt, but they have yet to truly encounter those two. If we work together, we can easily lure those Sunmoons away.”

The sect masters were able to rapidly reach an agreement. At this point, all of them could benefit from working together. Their cooperation would be even more crucial during their future negotiations with the myriad races. If they worked separately, it was very likely that the myriad races would turn them into cannon fodder.

With that, these sect masters reached an agreement to assist the two Sunmoons from the Six-Winged Divine Sect.

***

The various sects of the Myriad Race Cult had officially formed an alliance with each other. News of this matter had yet to leak. A storm was brewing in the various prefectures of the Human Realm. What should they do when Zhou Polong attempted his dao affirmation?

Would the myriad races send a large number of Invincibles to stop him? Would a war erupt? This war referred to a war between Invincibles. Ye Batian was the perfect example. An Invincible was dead while Ye Batian himself had failed. How should they choose this time?

Meanwhile, the level of attention on Xia Longwu was dropping. That was inevitable. No matter how strong he was, as a physical cultivator, at most, he would become a second Great Xia King or Great Qin King. But it was entirely different if the Invincible in question was a cultural researcher.

All of a sudden, the entire Human Realm seemed to have sunk into inaction. The Myriad Race Cult had also turned inactive. Apart from the Six-Winged Divine Sect that was still busy hunting Chen Yong, cult activity across the Human Realm had dropped. This felt like the calm before the storm.

***

Great Ming.

Su Yu only learned of the new rumors a day after the match. Once again, Niu Baidao visited him.

“Kid, did you realize this would happen when you said those words yesterday?” Niu Baidao had a complicated expression as he said, “Honestly, if Zhou Polong is really trying to advance as a cultural researcher, his plan has been completely ruined by you. But if he isn’t, it won’t matter. It’s not like he’s your friend.”

Everyone only cared about whether Zhou Polong was affirming his dao as a cultural researcher. If he wasn’t, then he wouldn’t be anything special as there were a lot of Invincible warriors among the human race. As for his issue with Su Yu, that was a personal affair. Nobody cared.

Su Yu shook his head, “Nope. Also, who knows if he’s really going to attempt a cultural researcher advancement? Even if he is, that is none of my business. If he leaves me alone, I won’t waste my time picking a fight with him.”

Niu Baidao sighed, “Fine. But…if he’s really going to attempt a cultural researcher advancement, some people might put the blame on you. Be careful moving forward.”

“I’m injured so I need to recover in seclusion.” Su Yu said, “As for Zhou Polong’s advancement, that is out of my control. I don’t even know his strength. He has suppressed the multiple character faction for so many years. Am I supposed to think for him if he’s not telling me anything? If some other people wish to blame me for this, so be it.”

He did not care one bit. Even if that was the case, who could guarantee that Zhou Polong would succeed?

Su Yu didn’t believe that it would be so easy. He was actually quite happy to see this. Served Great Zhou right. They enjoyed making things difficult for others. Now, it was finally their turn to get a taste of their own medicine.

“Principal, it’s pointless to tell me all these. Even if I step forth and announce that I was speaking nonsense, will anyone believe me? They will only choose to believe that I am being threatened by Great Zhou. That will only increase the suspicion on Great Zhou.”

Niu Baidao found himself speechless. That was true.

Su Yu said, “Principal, I will be entering seclusion for some time. I won’t be getting involved in anything else for now. After all, I’m now too weak…”

Weak? Even Shan Xiong was not his match. How was he weak? This kid was probably strong enough to fight seventh-stage Cloudbreaches. This kid sure had a unique understanding of the word weak.

Niu Baidao nodded, “In that case, you can focus on your recovery. By the way, I have a few old friends, uhm, who are near the end of their lifespans…”

“Principal, this is my newly created cultivation method. But it needs a large amount of heavenly source qi to work well. After all, it can increase one’s lifespan and heal one’s injuries. But heavenly source qi is too rare. I do have some, but I have to use what I have for my body forging.”

Niu Baidao had an awkward expression. That was true. Something capable of increasing one’s lifespan would definitely have strict requirements. In fact, this requirement was already pretty generous as it only required heavenly source qi.

No matter what, that was still something that could be found in the Human Realm. If the cultivation method required some special natural treasures that couldn’t be found in the Human Realm, it would be completely pointless.

Nevertheless, heavenly source qi was still very rare.

Niu Baidao awkwardly said, “Su Yu…is it possible for you to provide us with some heavenly source qi? Don’t worry. I’ll prepare some divine and devil blood essence for you to forge your body. Top-tier divine and devil blood essence are actually as effective as heavenly source qi. That is especially true for the blood essence of the first divines and original devils…”

He had no choice but to do this. Some of his old friends were on the verge of dying. They might as well try this cultivation method. Perhaps it would work.

Su Yu hesitated and said, “Principal, I really don’t have much left. Why don’t we let those seniors cultivate in the holy lands? The grottos there are meant to help with cultivation, right?”

At the mention of grottos, a new idea appeared in Su Yu’s mind. Should he try to create a grotto with a Sunmoon character? He could create one specialized in storing heavenly source qi.

Otherwise, he would be forced to stay in his cultivation room covered by shadow barriers all the time. Of course, even with such a grotto, he would still need to produce his own heavenly source qi.

While he was thinking, Niu Baidao sighed, “The grottos in the holy lands have to both produce heavenly source fruits and supply the heavenly source qi for the cultivators going there for body forging. The exhaustion rate is quite high. We can’t use the heavenly source qi there rashly or we will end up squeezing the grottos dry. We can’t let that happen as that is the sole source of heavenly source qi in the Human Realm.”

“But those seniors are the heroes of humanity. Will the holy lands refuse this request even if there is a chance for them to keep living?”

Niu Baidao shook his head, “It’s not that the holy lands will be unwilling to see them live longer. But we simply don’t have enough heavenly source qi. Also, to be honest, there are a lot of Sunmoons at the end of their lifespans. If you make an exception for one of them, how about the others? But if we let everyone go, can the grottos sustain that level of exhaustion?

“Eventually, even those who are far away from the limit of their lifespans will be tempted. After all, they will be worried that the Human Realm will be out of heavenly source qi by the time they are near their lifespans.

“Do you understand now? Thus, the best option is to be self-sufficient. That way, we can avoid the string of troubles that might occur.”

Su Yu nodded. That was indeed a thorny problem.