Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Open!”

With a furious bellow, First Profound blasted the sky apart as his life force surged even higher before vanishing into the distance. Zhu Tiandao was about to give chase when he stopped with a blank expression.

“Heaven Suppressing Fist?”

Zhu Tiandao blinked. Heaven Suppressing Fist!

What…was going on?

He stopped giving chase. WIth an odd look on his face, he sent Su Yu a voice transmission, “Su Yu, what’s the background of First Profound?”

“No idea. Did you beat him to death?”

“No. He fled.”

“…”

Su Yu was left speechless. As a ninth-stage Sunmoon, the prefect had actually failed to capture the elder? Su Yu had no choice but to admit that this was indeed a useless ninth-stage Sunmoon without the ability to enter the Dao Affirmation Ranking. How weak.

He couldn’t even win against a mere First Profound.

Zhu Tiandao couldn’t be bothered to explain himself. Instead, he asked with the same odd expression, “Where are you?”

“Hiding.”

“Where are you hiding?”

“I don’t know.”

“Why are you on alert even against me? Does anyone know you’re back?”

“Yeah. I met Great Ming King earlier. He told me to look for you if I need help. You will be on-call twenty-four hours per day, ready to help at a moment’s notice.”

“…”

What? This brat encountered his old man?

How…lucky.

Zhu Tiandao had the urge to ask if Su Yu was robbed by his old man.

After all, this kid was so rich. He had a net worth of thousands of strands of heavenearth profound light. If the kid wasn’t robbed, then his old man must have been struck by a sudden attack of conscience.

“Destroy your voice transmission talisman. Now! Contact me with a different frequency!”

It was fine for now since Su Yu had just returned. But as time passed, if people started trying to send him messages and found that the messages could go through, they would know that he had returned.

Su Yu had nearly forgotten about this as well. After a short silence, a message arrived from a different frequency. When Zhu Tiandao answered it, sure enough, it was Su Yu.

“Lord Prefect, how many white masks and elders did Great Ming kill so far?”

“Why do you ask that?”

“I need to know how many of them are left and look for a chance to maybe kill more and expand my territory.”

“…”

Zhu Tiandao was rendered speechless. After a moment, he replied, “It’s not over. They are still hunting. I’ll contact you again when we’re done. Stay still…”

He was saying the same thing as his old man. Su Yu was feeling quite gloomy. Why were they saying the same thing? Why were they all telling him to stay still? He was not a child! He was already strong enough to fight Sunmoons!

Su Yu couldn’t be bothered to explain anything and moved on to a different topic, “Prefect, lock Bai Junsheng up. I need to borrow his identity for a bit. Don’t let him out or that might expose my disguise.”

There were some familiar faces in Great Ming.

And Bai Feng’s cousin, Bai Junsheng, was one of them. It was inappropriate for him to disguise himself as a Zhu, but he also needed a proper identity to make things smoother in the Human Realm.

Bai Junsheng was someone he knew quite well, so that was naturally a good choice. Zhu Tiandao started cursing inwardly. This brat had just caused Cui Lang to enter permanent seclusion not long ago after borrowing Cui Lang’s identity. And now, he had his eyes on Bai Junsheng. At this rate, all the young geniuses of Great Ming would no longer dare to go out anymore.

“Alright.”

But he still agreed. So be it.

Su Yu was pleased. Bai Junsheng’s identity was perfect for him. As Bai Feng’s cousin, he could openly visit Bai Feng and the others. He only needed to use the excuse that he was there to see Bai Feng on behalf of Bai Feng’s father, claiming that Bai Feng’s father was missing him.

And there was no risk of exposure since Bai Junsheng would be locked up by the prefect. That was the greatest risk when using a borrowed identity. And that was now solved.

Great Xia…Su Yu inhaled deeply.

He had returned.

This time, he was returning as an expert. Returning as Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s Profound Nine.

Returning as the leader of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s Great Xia operations.

Right at that moment, his mask shook slightly.

“The communication network has been established. Normal communication is now possible.”

When Su Yu checked, he noted that several new contactable names had appeared in his mask. Earth Eighteen, Yellow Nine…all of them were available.

He wasted no time and asked, “Are you alive?”

“Yes.”

“I’m here!”

“I’m fine.”

All three white masks had survived. How lucky of them.

“We have been assigned to Great Xia. You will operate in the prefecture but stay out of the capital. Maintain contact at all times. Try to avoid meeting physically to avoid exposure and attracting Great Xia’s attention.”

“We’re assigned to Great Xia?”

Yellow Nine had the urge to curse someone.

“Profound Nine, did you offend any of the higher-ups?”

Why were they assigned Great Xia? That was too dangerous. He still remembered White One’s repeated warnings about how dangerous Great Xia and Great Qin were. And now, they were assigned Great Xia.

“You guys must be the ones who had offended someone to be assigned to this hell. Alright, let’s end the conversation here. This is too dangerous. Contact me promptly if anything happens. For now, focus on settling down in Great Xia.”

“Alright.”

The white masks replied politely. Since Su Yu was now their direct superior, they had to show some respect to him. That was even more important now that they were assigned to somewhere as dangerous as Great Xia.

***

That day, the human race was alerted of what was happening.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had entered the Human Realm.

A large number of faceless and white masks had entered. A lot of them were Sunmoons with the rest being mostly Mountainseas. They had mainly been spotted near Great Shang, Great Ming, and Great Song. This signified that there might be an unstable realm entrance in this area.

But since the suspected area extended across three massive prefectures, it wouldn’t be easy to pinpoint the exact location of the entrance. Great Ming King was personally searching for it, but nothing had been found so far.

All they knew was that this realm entrance was extremely unstable, transporting the people using it to random locations.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had paid a large price for this mission. On the first day itself, one elder and eight white masks had died. Three moons were spotted falling, signifying that apart from the elder, two of the white masks were also Sunmoons.

And that was only the first day. Then again, that was also the most dangerous moment for them. The surviving eleven elders and ninty-two white masks had hurriedly hidden themselves everywhere.

After the successful entry, the white masks and elders would need to spend some time rushing toward their assigned prefectures and learn more about the current state of the Human Realm. Thus, the pavilion wouldn’t be sending them any new missions in the short term.

They were all given a period of time to settle into their new environment.

***

One day, Bai Junsheng appeared near Nanyuan.

It was not Su Yu’s style to hide in the dark. Bai Junsheng had been locked up. According to Zhu Tiandao, Bai Junsheng was currently enjoying prison food in the dungeon under the prefect’s residence. Su Yu was now free to use this identity.

Su Yu was very impressed. The prefect was still so reliable. He had moved so efficiently. Amazing. Looking at the city ahead of him, Su Yu inhaled deeply. Once again, he had returned. This place held too much meaning to him.

Previously, he wasn’t given the chance to get a good look at the city. But now, he could see numerous crimson pillars shooting into the sky from inside the city. This was not something a regular person could see. This signified that a large number of experts had gathered in Nanyuan.

***

While Su Yu was stepping into Nanyuan as Bai Junsheng.

At the same time.

Great Xia City.

Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

Wan Tiansheng frowned slightly as he looked southward. Confusion and doubt filled his mind.

What was going on? He once planted something in Su Yu’s heart, allowing him to get a general grasp of Su Yu’s whereabouts when Su Yu was in the Human Realm. He seemed to have sensed a certain someone’s existence.

Impossible!

Wan Tiansheng denied it. He must have sensed wrongly.

Su Yu was still in Grandstar City.

He was the mayor there.

It was impossible for him to return. Even if he did return, Wan Tiansheng would know. But no news had arrived from Allheaven Prefecture.

“Su Yu is still in the Allheaven Battlefield. Is age finally catching up to me?”

Wan Tiansheng shook his head. The person he sensed even felt quite near. Around Nanyuan. How was this possible?

Wan Tiansheng laughed. That was impossible.

But next, his face turned stiff. He was not old enough to grow senile yet. How could he sense wrongly?

Su Yu…was really near Nanyuan!

H-holy shit!

That kid was back?

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion…Su Yu…

He recalled the news he received earlier. Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had entered the Human Realm. They entered illegally. Thus, was it possible that Su Yu had somehow sneaked into the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and entered with them?

Wan Tiansheng had a bizarre expression.

“He’s a Cloudbreach, right?”

That seemed to be the case.

Is he strong enough to fight Mountainseas?

Likely.

In that case…wait, this wouldn’t be the very event he saw in his vision, right?

Was everything he saw…happening this time?

He looked upward blankly. He looked like he was both laughing and crying at the same time. In that case, he had sacrificed a hundred years of lifespan to view an event that was so near in the future?

A hundred years…this was not worth it!

Wait…

Wan Tiansheng suddenly recalled something. A hundred years of his lifespan wouldn’t be so worthless that it only showed him something so near in the future. In that case, the factor that had drained his lifespan was not the event he saw, but rather a person in the vision. Was that person…Su Yu?

The drain on his lifespan was only so big due to the significance of what he saw.

And one of the more memorable people he saw was Su Yu. At the time, Su Yu was only at the Source Opening Realm. In short, that kid was the reason he had wasted so much of his lifespan!

A bizarre look covered Wan Tiansheng’s face. That actually made a lot of sense. That vision was also the reason why he had started paying attention to Su Yu so early.

“So…I was already shown what was really important?”

He had failed to get a clear look at the appearance of the traitor. Instead, he had gotten a good look at Su Yu in the vision. Was it possible that…the core character of that event was not the traitor, but rather Su Yu?

A realization hit Wan Tiansheng. He had been paying attention to the wrong thing all along. The look in Wan Tiansheng’s eyes changed. Was Su Yu…going to be a very important person in the future?

He only got a tiny glimpse of Su Yu out of the massive scene he saw yet somehow, that left a deep impression on him. He had believed that the battle Su Yu was involved in was merely a tiny part of the overall event. But could it be that the majority of what he saw was the actual tiny part of the overall event while the battle Su Yu was in was the real main event?

Numerous thoughts emerged in Wan Tiansheng’s mind. Understanding dawned on him.

When he looked southward once again, he was rendered speechless. Mayor of an ancient city, Su Yu, had returned.

Who in all existence would believe that this fellow could still return to the Human Realm?

“The major battle…is starting.”

Wan Tiansheng inhaled deeply. The future he saw…was upon them.