Tribulation of Myriad Races

Ancient city.

Su Yu did not place all his hope on the little furball. In any case, the big furball’s arrival might save the others, but not him. After all, he was quite yummy, according to the little furball. After sending Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan away, he returned to the inner hall of the mayor’s residence.

No noise was coming from the tunnel anymore. Xing Yue wasn’t out of the tunnel. She could have taken this chance to kill him if she was out.

Su Yu had a sneaking suspicion that Xing Yue was sulking somewhere down there. She was not willing to show her face anymore.

“Lord!”

At that, Grandstar opened his eyes and regarded the super troublemaker before him.

Su Yu solemnly asked, “If I were to die, would I turn into a death spirit?”

Grandstar gave it some thought and answered, “Most likely.”

“What do you mean most likely? Isn’t it guaranteed?”

“Not at all.” Grandstar explained, “There are some special requirements to be met before becoming a death spirit. You will know when you become one yourself.”

What a worthless answer.

Su Yu resisted the urge to roll his eyes and asked, “Can I preserve my memories after becoming a death spirit?”

“No. You will regain some of your memories after becoming an Eternal. But you won’t regain all your memories. At that point, it is likely that you will only recall some unimportant parts of your past life. And that’s not even guaranteed. Some will not regain any of their memories. To be precise, some will no longer see themselves as the same person after becoming a death spirit.”

“What is the purpose of the Death Realm?” Su Yu asked, “Lord, are the dead and the living enemies? If I were to become a death spirit, would you stop me if I were to try leaving the Death Realm as a death spirit?”

Grandstar regarded Su Yu silently.

Su Yu seemed to be harboring some pessimistic thoughts. He was already preparing to become a death spirit.

“Yes.” Grandstar answered, “That is the purpose of our existence. That will only change when we’re dead.”

“Will the Death Realm ever invade the realm of the living?”

Grandstar did not answer.

Seeing that, Su Yu stopped asking. He inhaled deeply. He was prepared to become a death spirit, but nothing was certain.

He took a storage ring out and said, “Lord, can I store this with you for safekeeping? If…the worst were to happen, please hand it to my teacher, Liu Wenyan.”

Grandstar said, “If Yanmo manages to enter this city, both you and your teacher will die.”

Su Yu laughed, “If the furball’s father were to come, he probably wouldn’t be interested in my teacher and the others. Anyway, this is just a precaution.”

What could he do if he was so yummy? In fact, each time he thought of pinching the little furball to death, he was prepared to die with his enemies.

It was a good thing that he no longer needed to kill the little furball. His father might be able to deal with the Devil Pseudo Emperor. After all, the Devil Pseudo Emperor wasn’t even here with his own body.

In Su Yu’s estimations, the Divine, Devil, and Immortal Pseudo Emperors were the three strongest experts in existence. Even if the little furball’s dada was a Pseudo Emperor, he might not be a match for them. He might not even be a match for the Nether and Dragon Pseudo Emperors.

The so-called Pseudo Emperor was merely an ancient title for the leaders of races. They were only allowed to style themselves Pseudo Emperors because there was already an Emperor among humanity.

With this system, the other races would be constantly reminded of their place. Just because one was a Pseudo Emperor did not mean that one was all-powerful. Of course, one still needed to be an Invincible to receive that title.

The stone statue said, “With the city sealed, he might not necessarily enter the city. There is no need for you to be so pessimistic.”

Since the Devil Pseudo Emperor couldn’t enter the city, the big furball might not be able to enter as well. Su Yu nodded. He was only afraid of catching the attention of the big furball. Just look at how stubbornly the little furball had stuck to him.

If it wasn’t for the fact that the little furball was too weak to eat the golden book, he would have swallowed the golden book long ago. The race of furballs might look adorable and harmless, but Su Yu had never viewed the little furball as an adorable pet. He had always been wary of this race. He knew how dangerous they were.

He said nothing else and left after placing a storage ring on the ground. Right after leaving, he transformed into a death spirit again.

When he was gone, Xing Yue’s furious voice rang out in the tunnel, “He’s doing it again!”

Grandstar said, “He has to do it or he’ll be drained to death himself.”

With the yang acupoint open, Su Yu had to keep absorbing Xing Yue’s death qi.

Otherwise, he would have to spend all his time in cultivation like the Bai Family’s ancestor.

“Is the heaven acupoint really so hard to open?”

If it was so difficult, could anyone even open it fully?

Grandstar said nothing. Xing Yue had not regained much of her original memories. She naturally wouldn’t understand how hard it was to open the heaven acupoint. Even during the ancient past, it was also an extremely rare acupoint to open. In fact, Grandstar himself had only heard of those super geniuses. He had never met one himself.

It was likely that the ancient Emperor was someone who had opened the heaven acupoint. But Grandstar lacked the qualification to ask about the Emperor.

Soon, he tossed the thought out of his mind. As a guardian, he shouldn’t be thinking too much about these matters. Su Yu’s appearance might have lightened the burden on him, but he still couldn’t break the laws for Su Yu.

He could kill a few Invincibles in secret, but that was the limit of what he could do. With everyone paying attention to what was happening here, he couldn’t afford to risk breaking the laws.

***

At the same time.

Somewhere in the eastern sector, Niu Baidao felt like crying as he looked at the multicolored rays of light coming out of his body.

Holy shit!

After over four hundred years, it was finally his turn to complete his dao affirmation.

This was…too touching.

He had been relatively lucky this time. First, Xia Longwu killed the Invincible trying to prevent him from affirming his dao. Then, he was able to absorb the heavenly rewards Xia Longwu had abandoned after affirming his dao. And then, Xia Longwu and the ancient city proceeded to occupy everyone’s attention.

Unfortunately, the phenomenon of his advancement wasn’t too impressive. Then again, he should be thankful just being for able to complete his dao affirmation in the Allheaven Battlefield. That alone was enough to place him ahead of many Invincibles who had completed their advancements in the minor realms.

While Niu Baidao was thinking about all that, his expression changed abruptly. Not far away, the air rippled as two ball-like objects appeared for a split second before vanishing with a flicker.

“Husband, that one smells quite nice as well. Why are we not eating him?”

“If we eat this one, Devil Emperor will know we’re here. Also, our young lad’s smell is on him. He’s probably our young lad’s friend.”

“Oh. Forget it, then.”

“…”

Their voices were almost imperceptible, but having affirmed his dao, Niu Baidao could hear them. Instantly, beads of sweat filled his forehead.

What was that? His eyes flickered as he recalled the record of a peculiar event over three hundred years ago…

Holy shit!

It couldn’t be, right?

Husband?

So…it was a couple, this time?

Niu Baidao shivered.

From what he heard, he had been apparently close to being reduced to their food without knowing it.

As a cultural researcher, he was probably a tempting target for them. How terrifying. What were they doing here? Devil Emperor? He recalled something else he overheard. Were the two…on the way to eat the Devil Pseudo Emperor?

Holy shit!

Something big was about to happen!

But…that wasn’t a bad thing.

In fact, that would be great for humanity. At that thought, Niu Baidao decided to look for a devil Invincible and kill some time. If something were to happen to the Devil Pseudo Emperor, he might be able to take advantage of the resulting chaos to gain some benefits.

***

Outside the ancient city.

The night would arrive soon.

The aura on Mo Duona’s body grew stronger and stronger. In fact, a phenomenon was starting to take form around him. Anyone capable of producing a phenomenon during a breakthrough below the Invincible Realm was someone of extraordinary talent.

This was especially true since Mo Duona was merely a Cloudbreach breaking through into the Mountainsea Realm. In fact, Su Yu couldn’t recall this happening with any human apart from Xia Longwu. Then again, the phenomenon for a breakthrough of this level wouldn’t be too big so it was possible that there were more that he was unaware of.

Floating above the mayor’s residence, Su Yu gazed at Mo Duona. After the breakthrough, he would be able to bear even more of the Devil Pseudo Emperor’s strength. And that would allow the Devil Pseudo Emperor to summon Yanmo again. Meanwhile, the big furball was nowhere to be seen.

Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan appeared beside him.

He looked at the two and said, “Teacher, Principal, you should hide somewhere.”

Wan Tiansheng said, “It’s fine. If Yanmo comes, I can still put up a fight. I don’t want to die while hiding like a rat. Are you sure you don’t need Lan Tian to do it?”

“It’s fine.”

Su Yu shook his head. He was the one who had killed the resident. With his death, Yanmo would have no good reason to return. The city would remain sealed for three days. Old Wan and his teacher would have to rely on themselves during that time.

Wan Tiansheng gave Su Yu a deep gaze before leaving with Liu Wenyan. He was smart enough to realize what Su Yu was planning, and he respected Su Yu enough to say nothing about it.