Tribulation of Myriad Races

Someone coldly said, “Hong Tan, Great Xia is too evil. Humans, listen closely. If you learn from him, you might not be able to leave this place alive. Hong Tan is harboring evil intentions. He is insisting on teaching the disassembly method at a time like this. The myriad races will definitely object. As a result, war will break out. And the humans here will be the first to die.”

That warning alarmed a lot of people.

True. The original multiple character faction was greatly limited by the strict requirements to practice their teachings. This was why the myriad races had been mostly ignoring the other lines of the multiple character faction, focusing only on the main line in Great Xia.

But the disassembly method might change everything. It was too dangerous.

A young genius from a different line of the multiple character faction pleaded earnestly, “Faculty Head Hong, please consider this again. The multiple character faction will continue to exist. There is no need to take such a drastic action.”

Hong Tan looked at the crowd and nonchalantly asked, “So I’m not allowed to teach?”

“No.”

“No.”

Numerous voices rang out.

Hong Tan laughed, “But I insist. What can you do about this?”

“You will die!”

“Great Xia will be destroyed!”

An expert roared, “Allowing the current multiple character faction to exist is the limit of our tolerance. Hong Tan, Xia Family, have you considered the consequences of doing this?”

“You’re starting a war that will engulf the entire Myriad Realms!”

“Seal the secret method away. Hong Tan, you have two options. Either all who know this method die or all of you must allow our Invincibles to seal your memories regarding this method. That is the only way to prevent war.”

“…”

One expert after another soared into the sky and protested.

The disassembly method was too big of a threat.

Hong Tan laughed, “This is the Human Realm. A human like me is being prohibited by non-humans from teaching what I know. Is this the Human Realm or is this the Allheaven Battlefield?”

“The location does not matter. You are not allowed to spread the method.”

Suddenly, a different voice rang out, “Wow. You guys are getting very arrogant.”

Next, a golden dragon arrived pulling a chariot. Seated in the chariot, Zhu Tiandao laughed and said, “Since when did all these people get so overbearing?”

Further away from the city, Su Yu was surprised. Why was Zhu Tiandao here? Wasn’t the Zhu Family supposed to sit on the sidelines and enjoy the show?

Everyone expected the Zhu Family to not get involved since it wouldn’t affect them. They might only consider joining the fight to do Xia Family a favor for free when the Xia Family gained the upper hand in the conflict. Why was Zhu Tiandao here personally?

Was he not afraid of getting beaten to death? He was merely a ninth-stage Sunmoon. He had yet to even gain access to the River of Time. This was all Su Yu knew about the prefect.

Zhu Tiandao said, “Wow, so many people are here…and there are also a lot of…animals here.”

“Zhu Tiandao!” A Pseudo Invincible said, “As a prefect, it is pointless for you to say something like this. A mere verbal victory does not matter.”

Zhu Tiandao laughed, “My apologies. I did not mean to insult. I simply don’t like it when wild animals get out of control in the Human Realm. I don’t really want to get involved in the affairs of Great Xia. But as a fellow human, I can’t stay silent when you bastards are walking all over my fellow humans. Am I right?”

“This is the Human Realm. Not a minor realm. Not a realm of your subordinate race. Remember this. It won’t be appropriate for you to go out of line here. I know, I know. Some of our Pseudo Invincibles have left. Even our Invincibles have left. The Human Realm is weaker than usual. But…this is still our turf. It won’t be wise for you to feel too confident here.”

“Prefect Zhu is right.”

At that moment, a different group of experts arrived. Among them was Qin Hao, who was clad in his black armor. Beside him was Qin Fang, also clad in black armor. Behind them, eight Sunmoons could be seen. One of them coldly said, “Have you gotten Great Qin’s permission to act all overbearing in the Human Realm?”

“Kill.”

“Kill.”

“Kill.”

The killing intent of the Sunmoons surged, dying the sky above them red. The expressions of the myriad race experts changed.

“What big words. Qin Hao, is Great Qin trying to start a war?”

The divine Pseudo Invincible coldly asked, “The multiple character faction, or to be precise, Ye Batian’s line is not allowed to exist. The myriad races share this opinion. We are already tolerating the existence of those multiple character geniuses you’re secretly training in your minor realms. Don’t push your luck. Do you really want war?”

“War? So be it.”

Qin Hao raised his spear and declared coldly, “Great Qin fears nothing. The spear of Qin will never lose the ability to kill.”

“War! War! War!”

The Great Qin Sunmoons roared.

At the same time, the experts of Great Xia emerged from the city. One of them laughed and said, “The spear of Qin and the blade of Xia. But I wonder if the spear of Qin is as sharp as the blade of Xia.”

“Thank you for being here, Prefect Zhu and General Qin.”

Marquis Xia cupped his hands at the newcomers and said, “I did not expect anyone to come. This…is quite a surprise for me.”

Zhu Tiandao laughed, “Xia Xiao’er, you’re looking down on me too much. I’m not here alone. A lot of people from Great Ming are here.”

Next, one figure after another stepped out of thin air.

The Shadow Guard had arrived. They numbered only thirteen, but they couldn’t be underestimated with six Sunmoons and seven peak Mountainseas in their ranks. And that was not all.

Hu Xiansheng of Great Ming Cultural Research Academy, the chief commander of Heavenly Dao Army, Hu Qi of Great Ming Cultural Research Academy, a chubby ancient beast, and even an old turtle had arrived.

Zhu Tiandao sighed and said, “I didn’t want to come. I only wanted to watch the show. But…the two holy lands are unbelievable. Zhang Qi…is a disgrace of humanity. This is not how the Knowledge Seeking Realm should be. This is not how cultural researchers should behave. Weak as I am, I am not willing to allow the myriad races to believe that all human cultural researchers are such cowards. Not all of us are so unfeeling. Not all of us are so cold-blooded.”

With a complicated tone, Zhu Tiandao muttered, “Knowledge Seeking Realm…”

His gaze landed on the group of young Sunmoons from the holy land and sighed, “If the rot has spread to even the roots, a cure will not be so easy to find anymore. Hehehe. Why is it that when everyone talks about the human traitor, they will immediately assume it’s from the Knowledge Seeking Realm? Why not the War Shrine?

“When did all human cultural researchers outside of the multiple character faction turn into such parasites? My father spent hundreds of years fighting for humanity. After all his hard work, he is rewarded with only notoriety, nothing else.

“When someone asks who the traitor is, everyone will say that Great Zhou King is the number one suspect, Great Ming King is the number two suspect, Great Han King is the number three suspect, and Great Song King is the number four suspect. Basically, the traitor is definitely from the Knowledge Seeking Realm.”

He laughed and continued, “Great Yuan King, Great Shang King, Fiery Sea King, Heavenly Seal King…all the suspects are from the Knowledge Seeking Realm. Just look at the state of our reputation. I suspect people are even starting to believe that cultural researchers should stop existing. But…I don’t understand. Who says that everyone with a character is from the Knowledge Seeking Realm? Every single one of those old farts in the War Shrine has their own characters as well.

“And thus, I come. I can’t let everyone believe that all cultural researchers are garbage. I need everyone to know that there are good people among us as well. I am a shining example of one such good cultural researcher. Am I right?”

Marquis Xia roared with laughter.

He laughed so hard even his belly jiggled. He said, “Old Zhu, you must be joking. You? A good person?”

Zhu Tiandao laughed as well, “Don’t say that, Xiao’er. I’m here today to help you. I’m risking our Great Ming by sticking my neck out for you. Spear of Qin. Blade of Xia. But all of you are brutes. Do people only know the spear of Qin and blade of Xia?”

Marquis Xia replied, “Yes, yes. In that case, what does the Great Ming have to offer? Tell me.”

“Great Ming?” Zhu Tiandao grinned, “Great Ming has plenty to offer. Come on, guys. Show everyone what we have.”

Instantly, the entire sky darkened. A dark curtain had covered the entirety of the sky above them.

Or to be precise, a dark curtain of countless ants had appeared in the sky. With the same grin on his face, Zhu Tiandao asked, “We have this to offer. We call them sky devouring ants. Are you familiar with this? These ants are quite useful if you ask me.”

Abruptly, a rumble erupted as a cluster of ants were blasted apart. There, the air warped before revealing a Sunmoon.

That was someone from the shadow race. Next, the earth shook as an earth elemental emerged from the ground. A short moment later, a translucent figure appeared elsewhere with a sigh. That was a wind elemental. Next, the top of a nearby hill exploded as a cursing stone golem appeared.

One hidden expert after another was forced out of their hiding place.

The sky, the ground, the river, the ants spread everywhere, devouring everything. In the blink of an eye, an area spanning tens of kilometers was reduced into a forbidden zone of sky devouring ants. Numerous experts were forced to reveal themselves.

Sigh.

Holy shit.

These ants were very dangerous. If ignored, they would not stop accumulating in number. And when the number reached a certain level, even Mountainseas and Sunmoons might end up devoured into nothingness.

Thus, these hidden experts were all forced to show themselves. Meanwhile, those who had been there since the beginning looked around in shock. Just how many people were hiding in the area?

A majority of the people in the crowd found that the number of hidden experts they had detected was merely a small portion of the actual number of hidden experts. In the sky, even the Pseudo Invincibles of the divine, devil, and other races were stunned. Why were there so many experts here?

After yet another rumble, numerous white masks appeared as well.

Leading the white masks, Su Yu laughed and said, “Impressive, Great Ming. Gather up. With these ants around, there is no point for us to scatter around.”

At that, over twenty masked Sunmoons converged around him, shocking quite a lot of onlookers. A lot of people knew that the pavilion members were hiding nearby, but nobody expected there to be so many of them.

And that was not all.

Somewhere in the sky, twelve faceless masks appeared. Two of the masks were lined with golden stripes. Ten elders and two Pseudo Invincibles had arrived from the pavilion. The third and eighth elders were busy blasting the endless wave of ants around them while cursing with annoyance.

Their appearance shocked even more people. Silently, the crowd gazed at the two groups of pavilion members. All those masks. Just…just how many Sunmoons had the pavilion deployed to the Human Realm?

Not long after, even more Mountainseas wearing white and black masks appeared further away from the city. This was a much larger group than the former two groups.

Instantly, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion became the strongest faction present.

Finally, Zhu Tiandao burst out with laughter as he asked, “Hahaha! Just how many Sunmoons are here today? Isn’t Great Ming impressive?”

Marquis Xia raised his thumb and said, “Impressive indeed. But these ants of yours…are going to turn Nanyuan into a desolate landscape.

Those ants were capable of devouring everything. If they were left alone, they could probably devour everything in Great Xia in only a few years. At that moment, even more rumbles rang out.

More and more experts appeared. Among them were Zhang Qi and some other Sunmoons from the Knowledge Seeking Realm. Next, a burly man appeared while shouting, “Don’t misunderstand me! I’m with you! I’m from the War Shrine! We’re here to help!”

Next, yet another rumble rang out, revealing two more masked individuals. With an awkward tone, First Yellow said, “Don’t misunderstand. I’m with you as well. Marquis, First Yellow and Yellow Nine are back.”

“…”

Marquis Xia blanked out. Back? Back his ass! Who were these two?

Oh, right. Weren’t these the two pavilion members he had helped not long ago to frame them as traitors of the pavilion? So the two had decided to play along?

At that thought, Marquis Xia grinned, “Good to see you. Come here, then.”