Tribulation of Myriad Races

The death spirit known as Xing Yue blanked out. A certain scene had emerged out of nowhere in its mind. In that scene, a massive furball had appeared before Xing Yue. Beside Xing Yue was the stone statue.

That was a scene from the past. A scene from the moment when Su Yu was in the middle of being coverted into a resident.

With a doubtful expression, the massive furball looked at Su Yu and muttered, “Am I dreaming again?”

How odd. The big furball looked at Su Yu, wondering about all his recent dreams.

He then stared at the stone statue and the death spirit. After a while, a tiny limb stretched out of his furry body as he rubbed the stone statue’s head before rubbing the death spirit’s head while muttering, “Am I dreaming again? Am I traveling to the past in my dream again?”

“…”

Both the stone statue and the death spirit were utterly dumbstruck.

After thinking for a bit, the big furball said, “I need you to take care of the young lad from my family. The Soul Devourer Realm is too far so I won’t be coming. Uhm…I’m not too late, right?”

Both Grandstar and Xing Yue were still completely stunned.

After a long while, Grandstar said, “Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor.”

The stone statue inhaled deeply. Why did this fellow use such a method to meet them? Time rewind?

The big furball said, “All you stone statues look the same…whatever. Uhm…yeah, look after the young lad from my family…”

Why were these words so familiar? The big furball kept wondering if this was a dream yet again.

He looked at Su Yu again and asked, “That human lad seems to be a friend of the young lad from my family. Is he becoming a death spirit?”

After a while, he said, “Just take care of them. Bye.”

The scene ended there.

An additional memory had appeared out of nowhere in Xing Yue’s mind. Or to be precise, that memory had always been there. But all of a sudden, it had reemerged with some real-time alterations.

What did that signify? Basically, the big furball was rewinding time right at this moment. After waking up, the big furball had decided to rewind time and tell them to take care of his kid.

Xing Yue sighed inwardly. This was a demonstration of true time rewind. That was perhaps the only way to cause someone to suddenly gain additional memories.

A regular time rewind would not be able to affect the people in the past. For example, back when Silk Destroying King brought Feng Ji back to the past to search for Chen Yong, Chen Yong was completely unaware.

But if it had been a true time rewind, Chen Yong would have gained additional memories of his meeting with Silk Destroying King.

Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor.

Xing Yue only paused slightly. That Pseudo Emperor could very well be the same furball from the ancient past. If that was the case, that would be an extremely terrifying existence.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was completely clueless about what had happened. Xing Yue picked up the plank and vanished into thin air.

Su Yu was left completely confused. What? Why did that fellow leave so suddenly? Was that fellow not going to give him some benefits? Whatever. A benefit given by a death spirit might not be something he could actually digest.

Furthermore, that death spirit was still waiting for him to die. He better not wish for anything from that fellow. But it was quite a pity as that fellow had taken the plank as well. He had actually been thinking of using that plank to forge a weapon.

***

Mayor’s residence. Inner hall.

Xing Yue returned with the plank in hand. There, it stopped and gazed at the stone statue. The stone statue returned the gaze. Both of them had experienced the addition to their memories.

“Is that Pseudo Emperor the same person from the ancient past?”

The stone statue said nothing. In that case, the stone statue was either prohibited from revealing that information or unsure of the answer as well.

After a long while, the stone statue said, “It’s time for you to leave.”

Xing Yue laughed and said, “I’ll be back soon. There are still a lot of living beings in the city. Su Yu will not leave them alone. When the next massacre starts, I’ll be here again.”

“Return. Now.”

The stone statue warned sternly. That was a matter for the future. As for now, it was time for this death spirit to leave.

Xing Yue smiled and vanished into the tunnel beneath the stone statue. With the death spirit gone, the stone statue returned his focus to Su Yu.

How brazen.

That human had actually conversed with the death sovereign.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was completely unbothered.

It wasn’t like he had never met Invincibles before. What was the big deal with having a short conversation with one? If an Invincible wanted to kill him, he would die no matter what, right? Sensing the growth of the death qi in his body, he hurriedly reversed some of it to slow it down.

Su Yu didn’t know what to say. It would seem like life would not be as easy moving forward. Each day, he would need to spend some time reversing the death qi in his body. He finally realized how hard life was for an ordinary resident. Without a method to reverse the death qi, one would need to spend even more time and effort to deal with the death qi. No wonder everyone said that a resident would remain at the same cultivation level until death.

But the truth was that a resident simply wouldn’t have the time to grow. All of one’s time would be spent on contending against the death qi to stay alive. Sure, heavenly source qi could help with that. But if one had to use it every single day, not even a divine or a devil could support such an expenditure.

When one’s body was completely filled with death qi, one would fully transform into a death spirit.

“Why is the death qi in my body growing so fast? Is it the same for everyone? If that’s the case, won’t anyone else die in only a few days?”

Su Yu was feeling quite doubtful. If he didn’t know the reversal art, he would have died not longer after his conversion. But some residents were clearly able to stay alive for decades or even a hundred years. How was that happening? How weird.

Su Yu was confused. Were those people simply using heavenly source qi every single day? But even if one only used a drop per day, in one year, one would use 360 drops. In 100 years, one would use 36,000 drops.

Was this a joke? This would simply be unaffordable no matter how rich one was. In that case, how were the other residents staying alive?

Suddenly, Su Yu recalled something. Previously, a few death spirits had exploded while trying to complete his conversion. First, it was a Cloudbreach. Then, it was a Mountainsea. Next, it was a Sunmoon…

All those fellows had exploded. Only at the very end did the death sovereign appear.

“Is the growth of death qi dependent on the death spirit completing the conversion?”

That was Su Yu’s guess.

In reality, he was right. Generally, a Cloudbreach would be converted by a Cloudbreach death spirit. The growth of death qi would be similar to the cultivation speed of a Cloudbreach. As long as one cultivated hard, one would be able to slow the growth. Of course, unexpected incidents might still happen to slow one’s cultivation rate and increase the growth of death qi.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was converted by a death sovereign. This was basically a special treatment reserved only for geniuses. That way, the converted resident would die earlier.

The death sovereign would even personally welcome the resident upon death. This was a treatment a normal resident would not receive. That was why Su Yu’s death qi was growing at an incredibly fast pace. If it was anyone else, that person would have transformed into a death spirit by now.

But Su Yu was able to remain alive. Instead, he had even reversed some of the death qi. Even Xing Yue was surprised to see that Su Yu was still alive. But it didn’t matter. It was only natural for a genius to have some tricks up his sleeve. Without such trump cards, Su Yu might not have dared to even convert into a resident.

***

As Su Yu roamed the streets, he noted that the city was still filled with death spirits. They would remain for at least three days. He was basically the sole living being on the streets. When he reached the gate, he looked outside…and was stunned.

The sea?

Yes. At the moment, the city was floating on the sea. There was no longer any land around the city. How terrifying. Was the entire Ninestar Island gone?

Su Yu shook his head speechlessly.

He sat atop the city wall and enjoyed the view. When the death spirits saw him, the weaker ones would even move away from him. He did not mind their actions, but he was starting to feel lonely sitting there alone.

Not a single living being could be seen outside. How regretful. All the living beings were probably trembling in fear inside these buildings. Nobody had the courage to leave. That was understandable. There were so many Sunmoon death spirits in the city. As far as they knew, there might even be Invincible death spirits in the city. Who would dare to come outside?

They could only pray that their buildings would be sturdy enough. To make things worse, the death qi density in the city had increased to a terrifying level. A lot of people were reaching their limits.

After a while, Su Yu continued roaming the streets. After a while, he resisted the urge to laugh. He had actually found two bloodstained talismans during his stroll. Evidently, some people were trying to convert into residents after reaching their limits. As a civic-minded person, Su Yu picked up the two talismans while grumbling that they shouldn’t litter.

He didn’t care who they were. He didn’t care if they were dead or alive. The truly cowardly ones would have fled long ago. The ones who had remained long enough to be trapped in the city were the brazen ones. In any case, he was sure these weren’t humans. He would be able to notice it from the blood alone if they were humans.