Tribulation of Myriad Races

Before long, Su Yu and Great Zhou King were back at Great Xia.

By that time, morning was arriving.

Su Yu had returned with one additional fragment in his Mark of Civilization. He had not forged the myriad and art characters with the record character. Rather, he suppressed them in separate pages. In fact, he was keeping the record character right beside the female furball.

What was Heavenly Overseer Marquis scheming?

It didn’t matter. Su Yu only needed to do one thing. Regardless of what Heavenly Overseer Marquis was planning, he wouldn’t make a move before the three fragments were unified.

Luck borrowing.

Su Yu realized what Heavenly Overseer Marquis was doing. As a luck spirit who had affirmed his dao, the marquis was trying to borrow his luck. Or to be precise, the marquis was even adding more luck to his, making him complete a task the marquis had failed at for countless years.

Both the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor and Great Zhou King were difficult opponents for the marquis. Thus, unifying the three fragments through Su Yu’s hands was a rather good option.

Great Xia King was relieved when he saw the two returning.

Good. Nothing happened.

He was happy to see the two chatting amiably. Clearly, no conflict had erupted between the two. Relieved, he returned his focus to the formation again. At the moment, over a thousand small doors had been completed.

At the same time, the competition between Heavenly Forge King and Zhao Tianbing seemed to have reached its climax. They had somehow pushed the whip to 117 golden stripes.

One ought to know that only 109 were required for a weapon to become a heaven weapon. At 118 stripes, the weapon would become a middle-tier heaven weapon. At that point, it would be strong enough to serve as a carrier treasure. The impressive weaponsmithing skills of the two were clear for all to see.

After observing the two for a bit, Su Yu returned his gaze to Great Ming King and the others. Each of them was already panting heavily. Not far away, one of the academy halls was being renovated in preparation for the conference later.

Su Yu had most of his attention on Silk Destroying King and Heavenly Seal King. Among them, Heavenly Seal King revealed the weakest level of strength. He was the one breathing the heaviest, with his aura, willpower, and life force surging madly. It looked as though he was really trying his best here.

Su Yu frowned and sent a voice transmission, “Lord Flat, can you sense a bloodline power here?”

“Only Great Ming King. I can’t detect anything from the others.”

“Not even Silk Destroying King?”

“No.”

Su Yu was surprised to hear that. Was Silk Destroying King still not tired enough? How was he still not going all out? Great Xia King had said that Silk Destroying King might have the bloodline of an ancient human king. Su Yu was unsure of how Great Xia King had found out about that. He had not asked too much as it seemed inappropriate.

Someone with an ancient bloodline would have the ability to sense it. Furthermore, the bloodline symbol would also make it clear that one was the holder of an ancient bloodline.

Thus, it was impossible for an Invincible to have an ancient bloodline without knowing it. But apart from the bloodline holder, anyone else would need to be no weaker than a Daofuse to somewhat sense the bloodline. Naturally, this rule would not apply to the weaker bloodline holders. For example, the female furball was able to easily detect Zhou Hao’s bloodline.

“Is this job not hard enough for them?”

Su Yu could see that at this rate, they would need four or five days to complete the formation.

So be it.

He decided to wait longer.

Perhaps he should shift his focus to the conference and sale of his skylotus for now. Great Zhou King would probably set off three days later. The ones working on his formation would probably go with him. That was the only way Great Zhou King could deal with the traitor during the attack.

Su Yu forced himself to stay patient. There was no rush. Impatience would only leave weaknesses for others to exploit.

***

The sky slowly brightened as Su Yu waited in patience.

The experts of the various prefectures started heading toward the cultural research academy. Some of them had sent people from all three generations to the conference. The establishment of a new holy land was a major event. It might affect many things, including the appointments of future prefects. Thus, they had to discuss the matter thoroughly. Furthermore, many were unwilling to accept Su Yu as the leader of the new holy land.

As for Great Zhou King, he intended to take it slow and drag the conference out. The conference would be a good tool to attract the attention of the myriad races.

Thus, Su Yu was in no rush either. Waiting was his job here.

***

Finally, morning arrived.

On one side, an Invincible was forging a weapon. On the other side, a group of Invincibles was working on a formation. This presented a rather magnificent sight.

Far away, the large academy hall was finally open for entry.

The various representatives started streaming into the hall. Some looked at Su Yu and the others, while some merely entered with their heads down. If it wasn’t for the call from Great Qin King and the other Invincibles, some of the prefectures would have ignored this conference.

At the entrance of the hall, Marquis Xia was welcoming the representatives with a genial smile. After a while, he soared into the sky and asked, “Great Zhou King, the representatives of the various prefectures have arrived. Do we start the conference now? Do you wish to host the conference?”

Great Zhou King said, “It’s fine. Get Great Yuan King and Great Han King to co-host the conference instead.”

Marquis Xia raised his brow before saying, “Noted.”

Great Yuan King and Great Han King? The two had opposing views about this matter. More importantly, Great Yuan King was greatly against the proposal. Great Han King might be supportive of the proposal, but he wouldn’t be enough to suppress Great Yuan King’s opposition.

What was Great Zhou King trying to do? Marquis Xia was deep in thought. Was Great Zhou King supportive of the proposal or not? Or was he perhaps in opposition as well and Great Yuan King was merely here as his shield? What choice would Great Zhou make during the conference?

As a prefecture with four Invincibles, Great Zhou’s decision held a lot of weight. Was Great Zhou King pretending to be supportive while he was actually opposed to it?

The confused Marquis Xia looked at Su Yu and asked, “Mayor Su, do you want to join the conference as an observer?”

Su Yu asked toyingly, “Is that possible?”

“Of course.” Marquis Xia said, “Those from Liu City are welcome as well. But they don’t have a vote.”

Seeing that the formation was nowhere near completion, Su Yu smiled and said, “Sure. I’ll take a look.”

Just as Great Xia King was about to say something, Great Zhou King smiled and said, “Old Xia, this is a matter between the juniors. Let’s not interfere. Great Xia is too involved in this matter to act as a host.”

Great Xia King snorted and spoke loudly, “Great Xia supports the establishment of the new holy land. That is all.”

He did not bother saying much. He only needed to make his voice heard here.

Great Zhou King said, “Yes, but anyone can be the leader of the holy land. Why are you so nervous?”

“Old Zhou!”

Great Xia King was furious. Was Old Zhou picking a fight?

Meanwhile, the experts in the hall were watching on with odd expressions.

Was Great Zhou King in opposition to the holy land? No…perhaps he was in opposition to Su Yu as the leader. Was that the case? But prior to this, Great Zhou King seemed supportive of Great Qin King’s choice to make Su Yu the leader. Just what was going on exactly? Was he acting?

At that thought, many focused on Zhou Potian, the representative of Great Zhou. He was an expert who had always maintained a low profile, and he had recently affirmed his dao. He was not the only Invincible present. Liu Wushen of Great Han, Qin Zhen of Great Qin, Xia Longwu of Great Xia…these people arrived one after another. These were all former prefects who had recently affirmed their daos.

An Invincible had also arrived from Liu City: Yun Chen.

Nan Wujiang was nowhere to be seen. It was unknown where he was. It was said that Invincibles wouldn’t participate in the conference, but quite a lot of Invincibles had arrived. In fact, even Great Ming had sent an Invincible to the conference. The person accompanying their prefect, Zhu Tiandao, was none other than Niu Baidao.

Just then, a peal of laughter rang out in the air as Great Yuan King appeared with a flicker.

Upon stepping into the hall, he said, “Both me and Old Liu will be hosting this conference.”

Behind him, Great Han King nodded and stepped into the hall as well.

A large number of Invincibles had gathered in Great Xia.

Great Zhou King, Great Xia King, Great Ming King, Great Han King, Great Yuan King, Heavenly Forge King, Junior Zhou King, Silk Destroying King, Xia Longwu, Niu Baidao, Liu Wushen, Qin Zhen, Yun Chen, and Zhou Potian.

Fifteen Invincibles.

Five founding kings and ten younger Invincibles.

There were only around fifty Invincibles in the human race. In short, about a third of them had gathered in one place.

The prefects of the various prefectures had also arrived, save for those who were in deep seclusion. If everyone here were to die, humanity…would most likely collapse overnight.

With a wide smile on his face, Great Yuan King sat on the seat of honor. There was a second seat of honor beside him. With a smile, Great Han King took his seat as well.

Just then, the smiling Su Yu landed on the ground and stepped into the hall. Great Yuan King coldly said, “Mayor Su, this is a conference between the thirty-seven prefectures of humanity. You should wait outside.”

Su Yu maintained his smile and asked, “Are you qualified to make this call?”

“Naturally.” Great Yuan King said, “Why am I not qualified?”

“Great Han King, is he qualified?”

Great Han King smiled and said, “There is no need to bicker about a small matter like this. Old Yuan, don’t make things awkward for no reason. Su Yu, take a seat.”

Next, a chair appeared beside him. He intended to sit between the two and keep them apart. He couldn’t allow a conflict to arise between them again during the conference, right? And yes, Su Yu was offered a seat of honor as well. With his current status, Su Yu was naturally qualified to take the seat.

Great Yuan King sneered, but he said nothing else.

Su Yu was all smiles as he walked over. After one look at the chair, he said, “Great Han King, what do you think about swapping seats? I love sitting beside Great Yuan King. After all, by sitting closer, we can build a better relationship with each other.”

He continued, his voice barely above a whisper, “It’s also faster for me to punch him to death that way.”

Great Yuan King’s eyes turned cold.

Great Han King’s head started hurting.

Fuck!

Damn that Great Zhou King! Why did Great Zhou King make him do this job? On one side, there was the arrogant and unruly Great Yuan King, also an old friend of his. On the other side, there was the rising genius and overlord of the ancient cities.

Both were incredibly powerful.