Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu nodded, “That is understandable. For some reason, I keep having a feeling that he might not be weaker than Great Qin King. He is too crafty and patient. Even if someone kills his son, he might continue hiding his strength.”

With a smile, Su Yu continued, “But I don’t like him. Perhaps he is the kind of leader humanity needs. He can take humanity further. Humanity will be safer in his hands. But I don’t like him. That is all. Maybe that’s because I’m still young. Maybe because those I care about are the victims of his policies. But even if none of that is the case, I still won’t like him. My belief is the direct opposite of his.”

Grandstar smiled, “Is that so? Tell me about your belief.”

“Mine?” Su Yu grinned, “I have a very simple belief. If I can win, I fight. If I can’t win, I bow. If bowing doesn’t work, I go crazy and try to give them a bite before I die. If I fail to even land a bite…I die. That’s all.”

Grandstar asked, “What about him?”

“Him?” Su Yu thought about it and said, “I don’t know him too well, but I can see that he’s a very patient man. If he can’t win, he will bow. If bowing doesn’t work, I will go crazy while he will continue bowing. Even when someone spits on his face, he will smile. He will wait until he can win before fighting. Ultimately, he might win. But the process will be terrible. I won’t tolerate that, even if defeat is the price.”

Grandstar said, “In my opinion, you are a lot more hot-headed. His way might be the correct way.”

Su Yu shrugged, “I never said he’s wrong. I merely dislike it. It doesn’t matter how right he is. I simply dislike his way.”

“That is a perfectly acceptable reason.” Grandstar said, “But you’re still young.”

“I hope I won’t live long enough to grow old.” Su Yu said, “I only have the courage to say this because I’m still so young. When I grow old, after reality gets its chance to slap me around, I might end up even more cowardly than him. But I’m still young. Thus, I look down on his way.”

Grandstar did not say anything about that. Beside Grandstar, Empyrean Cloud smiled approvingly, “That’s right! Youth is good! Only youth will give you the drive to do what you need to do. A long time ago, we were young. At the time, we had grand aspirations. We wanted to flatten the Death Realm. Alas, our tenure ended up lasting forever. Our drive and passion are no more.”

Wow. So the great stone statue was once a hot-headed youth as well?

While Su Yu was having an inner monologue, Empyrean Cloud said, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going back. By the way, that Heaven Department head is probably not someone from the ancient past. Rather, he might be an expert from a few epochs ago. He feels familiar, but his disguise is too deep for me to see through.”

Grandstar nodded in agreement, “I have the same feeling. We might have seen him before. I am only certain that he’s not one of the survivors from the ancient past. Someone like that will be a lot more obvious to us.”

Su Yu nodded. This wouldn’t affect him that much. In that case, was the East Spire head the antique who had survived since the ancient past? Nobody knew the answer.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was keeping a surprisingly low profile. Why did they settle with only forty slots when they were powerful enough to grab more? They were rich enough to buy more from Su Yu yet they had also refrained from buying any of his slots.

Were forty slots enough for them or perhaps many of their people were going to enter as the elites of the various races?

Before long, Su Yu was back to his city. As promised, he distributed his slots to the other cities. They could decide among themselves who would get to go. The demonic beasts were also given their slots. It would be up to them whether they would survive in the mansion or not. He had given all he had promised.

That left him with eleven slots.

He would keep them around and wait for an update from Liu City before doing anything with them. The humans had received only 420 slots during the allocation. Including the 10 slots purchased by Great Zhou King and Qin Zhen, they would have 430 slots to share among themselves. That wouldn’t be enough for each human Invincible to receive 10 slots.

One ought to know that previously, they had picked their participants on the assumption that each Invincible would receive twenty slots.

Even if those from Liu City had participated in the competition for the slots, it did not signify that they would receive too many slots. If they lacked slots, Su Yu could provide them with some. At the very least, he needed to provide Wu Lan with one.

If Wu Lan didn’t even have a slot, how was he supposed to enter disguised as her, right? Speaking of…was this idea really viable?

Su Yu sighed, lamenting his shamelessness. Why was he taking this random idea so seriously? No, no n,o. There were so many identities out there he could take. Why must he set his sights on her?

How odd.

Even disguising himself as his teacher would be better, right?

No. Su Yu thought that his teacher, Bai Feng, had his own destiny to pursue. Furthermore, Bai Feng was just as good at attracting trouble. That certainly wouldn’t be a good identity to borrow.

Su Yu tossed the matter out of his mind. He returned to the mayor’s residence and took some materials out. As he stared at the materials, he sank into thought.

Myriad Race Memoir.

Should he forge one?

Numerous thoughts surged in his mind. Myriad Race Memoir. Was this…his dao?

Or was this…his obsession?

Or was this the influence of the golden book?

This thought had formed a new character, allowing him to form the two characters into civilization. That was too much of a coincidence. It signified that he had comprehended something important. That was why such a character would take form.

Was Myriad Race Memoir a suitable dao for him?

The dao of civilizations?

He focused on his two characters. Culture and radiance. The two characters were still attached to each other. Of the two, the culture character had the ability to amplify the power of other characters.

What about the radiance character? What could it do?

“Radiance…a speck of light in the dark? The dawning of knowledge? The dawning of tomorrow?”

The easiest way to get an answer was to give it a test.

He dragged the two characters out, alongside the little furball who was happily snoring on them. He said nothing about that. As of late, the little fellow had lived an extremely comfortable life, to the point that he was starting to snore.

When Su Yu casually pushed the little furball off, the little furball looked at Su Yu with a wronged expression. But soon, he decided to forgive Su Yu and return to the sea of willpower. After climbing atop the tribulation character, he resumed his sleep.

This time, Su Yu left the little furball alone. He stared at the two characters in a trance. A certain understanding dawned on him, but it was so vague it felt as though he still know nothing.

Next, he activated his fire of inheritance. With the character active, his mind became much sharper. When he looked at the two characters again, they felt entirely different.

As his eyes flickered, he dragged the little furball out again. Ignoring the wronged expression on the little furball’s face, he stuffed the two characters into the little fellow’s mouth, greatly alarming the little fellow.

Fishing!

This was a very familiar scene! Yummy was fishing again!

He protested, “No! No eat! I don’t wanna eat! I’m not a ball like that! Listen to my explanation, Yummy!”

“…”

“Explanation? No. More like sophistry.”

Su Yu snorted and said, “I’m not telling you to eat anything. Stop talking. Keep your mouth open. You have a unique physique. Unlike the bodies of regular living beings, no character can enter your body. You might really be a living character. How bizarre.”

“…”

The little furball frowned. No eating?

Just keeping them in his mouth?

What an odd fetish.

He did as told and kept the characters in his mouth. He took the chance to give them a good lick. So yummy. These two felt even more yummy than the tribulation character. Did Yummy make such a yummy character while he was sleeping earlier?

He wanted to eat them, but he was also worried that this would be Yummy’s bait. This might be a scheme to get him killed. Thus, he decided to give up on that urge. As for Su Yu, he activated the characters. Suddenly, his vision blurred. He saw something…complicated.

Then, a certain voice appeared in his mind.

“Yummy must be fishing me. This ball won’t fall for that.”

Su Yu felt as though his willpower was no longer his. It was as though he had fused into the little furball’s mind. He saw something. He saw the past. He recalled his life back in the Soul Devourer Realm. He saw the gigantic heavenly source qi tree. He saw a gigantic furball…

Suddenly, the gigantic furball gave him a curious glance. Then, the vision ended. Su Yu returned to his own body.

When he reopened his eyes again, he was met with the little furball’s eyes. The little fellow asked curiously, “Yummy, I dreamed earlier. What an odd dream. I dreamed of home…”

Su Yu blanked out. Numerous thoughts emerged in his mind.

What an odd character.

He had somehow merged with the little furball and saw some things…including the past.

What was the meaning of this? Culture and radiance.

Civilization.

Was this related to civilization?

He sank into thought. Civilization. Fusion. Was the civilization character capable of showing him…the experience of being the myriad races?

Only by becoming one of them would he be able to truly understand the civilizations of the myriad races. Was that the case?

This was starting to feel similar to Lan Tian’s dao. By fusing with the myriad races, he became the myriad races and walked the dao of the myriad races. Were the two really similar? Or was he misunderstanding something?

Su Yu stared blankly as he sank into deep thought.

***

At the same time, in the Soul Devourer Realm, the big furball stared at the sky blankly. After a long while, he muttered, “What a bizarre feeling.”

Beside him, a slightly smaller furball asked curiously, “What’s up, Husband? Are your injuries bothering you again?”

“That’s not it…” Still staring at the sky, the big furball mumbled, “I felt like someone had spied on me, but that someone felt like our lad…how weird. Whatever. I’ll sleep. A sleep will fix everything.”

How weird.