Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Su Yu!”

A stone statue asked eagerly, “What about me?”

What about him? Heavendoom couldn’t wait anymore. What about him? He had been very supportive of Su Yu as well! Su Yu was even his disciple! Why wasn’t Su Yu giving him any help? Tian He was too useless as a mayor! He needed a new mayor!

Su Yu laughed in amusement and cupped his fists at Heavendoom. “Lord Heavendoom, please wait a moment. If I have more energy to spare after taking over Rainbow Rain City, I will definitely help you. If not…I’m afraid we will need to wait until I grow stronger.”

“Su Yu!” Heavendoom said anxiously, “The next…must be me! I…I’m at my limits as well!”

“…”

That instantly rendered all the other stone statues speechless. Had he forgotten how shame felt? Tian He was actually a decently strong mayor. And Heavendoom was a decently strong stone statue. He was still in a great condition, especially compared to Rainbow Rain and a few other stone statues. Grand Dream wouldn’t have thought of using Su Yu as a bridge for all of them otherwise.

Su Yu stepped into Rainbow Rain City.

At the same time.

News of what had happened during the assembly of ancient cities started spreading everywhere.

Yet another Pseudo Emperor had appeared.

Some people were already expecting this, but they still couldn’t help sighing with regret upon hearing that it had indeed happened. There were too many secrets in the Myriad Realms. Up until now, three relatively unknown Pseudo Emperors had appeared in succession.

Out of nowhere, there were three additional Pseudo Emperors for everyone to contend with.

The stone statues had remained inactive for a very long time. In recent days, Grandstar and Empyrean Cloud had acted in succession. They weren’t weak at all. In fact, every one of these stone statues was an incredible expert. Alone, they might be weaker than a Pseudo Emperor or even Great Xia King. But there were too many of them. Could Great Xia King or Great Qin King handle three to five of them alone?

These stone statues were far stronger than regular Invincibles. Even after a dragon king was given a beating, the Dragon Pseudo Emperor had withdrawn without saying much. Clearly, the Pseudo Emperor of the ancient cities was not an easy opponent.

With the appearance of yet another Pseudo Emperor and the withdrawal of the Devil Pseudo Emperor due to his injuries, things were growing increasingly uncertain in the Myriad Realms.

Additionally, Su Yu’s position in the Sea of Stars had also stabilized. He was already a force to be reckoned with.

***

Eastern sector.

Human territory.

When Great Qin King heard the latest news, he smiled. But his smile seemed rather stiff.

He said, “We don’t need to worry about Su Yu anymore. For now, we need to focus on the Luminous Domain Mansion. The divines, devils, immortals, and dragons have all sent envoys to us, asking for a meeting to discuss the allocation of slots. According to Zhou Tianyuan’s observation, the mansion will open in around half a year.”

He looked at everyone and said, “We need to finalize our list of candidates as well. This is both an opportunity and a risk for them. Some of the geniuses long to enter, but some are also unwilling to take such a risk. We will never have enough slots. As I said, we will make our preparations with the assumption that we will get eight hundred slots. But we need to pick a thousand candidates as a precaution.”

He looked at the Invincibles and leaders in front of him and said, “We will divide the slots equally among the thirty-six prefectures regardless of the strength of each prefecture.”

At this, an Invincible said, “Great Qin King, will we be rebuilding the two holy lands? Will the holy lands receive their slots?”

The holy lands were no more.

Someone else suggested, “Why don’t we decide the allocation based on the number of Eternals we have. Each Eternal can pick twenty candidates. That will be enough to supply us with the number of candidates we need.”

Officially, humanity had forty-nine Invincibles. But there were a few more who were inactive after losing their tri-life bodies. Thus, the actual number was higher than that.

Great Qin King asked, “What about the prefectures with dead founding kings like Great Wu?”

“We can allocate some aside for them…”

“Great Wu, Great Wei, Great Chen, and Great Qi. We can allocate ten to each of them. If they have more people than that, we can make further rearrangements.”

After a short silence, Great Qin King looked at Great Zhou King and asked, “What do you think, Old Zhou?”

Great Zhou King smiled, “Don’t ask me. We have too many Eternals, so it’s inappropriate for me to say anything about this proposal.”

They had four Invincibles. Then again, Great Ming had three, Great Xia had three, and Great Qin had two. As for the Invincible to first suggest this, he was the sole Invincible of his prefecture. Thus, he wasn’t actually making the suggestion for ulterior motives. He merely believed that this was the better idea.

The slots were precious. They might as well allocate these slots based on the number of Invincibles in each prefecture. Sure, cowardly geniuses could be found everywhere. They only needed to avoid picking these people as candidates.

Great Qin King thought about it and looked at Heavenly Forge King. “Heavenly Forge, what do you think?”

Heavenly Forge King smiled, “I agree. The holy lands are gone. It will be awkward to reallocate the slots previously given to them. Furthermore, allocation based on prefectures will make it awkward for people who are not founding kings like us. It’s much easier to base the allocation around the Invincibles instead.”

Heavenly Forge King was somewhat able to speak for the Invincibles who were not founding kings. Thus, Great Qin King nodded and said, “In that case, we’ll follow this distribution method. Twenty slots per Eternal. I hope the people you pick try their best to return with what we need. We have exhausted most of the resources we have gathered over the years…”

“That’s all thanks to Wan Tiansheng.”

An Invincible snorted coldly. This was not something they could forget anytime soon. For now, they still couldn’t find Wan Tiansheng. But even if they did find him, they wouldn’t be able to do much anyway.

Great Qin King ignored the complaint and continued, “Try to finalize your candidates as soon as possible. Make sure to prioritize young geniuses. Those are the type of people the mansion loves. Don’t try to hide your young geniuses anymore. It’s time for them to experience the real world. Without experiencing any hardships, a genius will never be a proper genius. How many Eternals can you name who have reached that level before achieving a certain level of fame in the Allheaven Battlefield?”

“Zhu Tianfang.” Someone joked, “That fellow is an Eternal already, right?”

Great Qin King laughed as well, “True. But…I suspect this kid has probably killed a lot while in disguise. Just look at how ruthless he was toward the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, killing dozens of Sunmoons in one go. It is obvious he’s no gentle soul. He must have worked his way up in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion from a black mask or a white mask. You can ask him about it if you want a confirmation.”

Suddenly, Great Zhou King asked, “What about Liu City?”

Liu City.

Even Great Qin King hesitated slightly upon hearing that name. He said, “Nan Wujiang…you can ask them about this. If they need some slots, Great Qin can allocate some to them in case they don’t want to go with your slots. They won’t be able to send too many people anyway.”

Nan Wujiang nodded silently. No words were needed.

Niu Baidao, who had just returned from his trip to the ancient city, grinned and said, “Great Qin King, has Su Yu been invited to the coming meeting regarding the mansion?”

Great Qin King shook his head.

Niu Baidao said, “I doubt the number of slots allocated in this coming meeting will be an accurate representation of how things will be. After forming the alliance of ancient cities, Su Yu will definitely try to get his share of these slots. Previously, he had demanded for a hundred slots. Now that the ancient cities have produced even a Pseudo Emperor, I doubt he will let things rest if he’s not given some slots.”

Great Qin King nodded, “This will depend on what the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons have to say. Even if the ancient cities are given some of these slots, they might not have any suitable candidates to send. Are those mayors supposed to enter the mansion personally?”

He thought about it and shook his head, “Su Yu can do what he wants. Everyone, time to get busy. Don’t forget the military. Some of them might not be considered geniuses, but I hope you will take them into consideration as well. Talent, resilience, experience, and ruthlessness are all important.”

Everyone nodded. It was time to finalize their candidates and start preparing for the mansion.

***

Before long, news about the mansion started spreading all over the Human Realm.

Once again, the Luminous Domain Mansion would open. In the past, humanity would start preparing much earlier. But too many things had changed this year.

But finally, they were going to finalize the list of candidates.

News about the coming opening of the Luminous Domain Mansion spread everywhere in the Myriad Realms, overshadowing even the recent disturbance caused by Su Yu.