Tribulation of Myriad Races

Nanyuan.

Su Yu did not bother to wait for Great Zhou King and the others. They would appear when the time was right. As for how many of them would arrive as clones, he was unsure. Great Zhou King had mentioned that he wouldn’t be taking too many Invincibles with him.

The newly reconstructed Nanyuan was similar in design with the past Nanyuan, with the biggest difference being the fact that most of the buildings in the city were new. A majority of the original Nanyuan residents had yet to return.

Nevertheless, a large number of locals had still gathered outside the city. They were here to celebrate Su Long’s longevity. Longevity for reaching fifty years. For many, that was quite an awkward thing to celebrate for someone as young as him.

The city bustled with noise and excitement.

Colorful lanterns and banners filled the entire city.

The majority of the people currently in the city were not commoners. Rather, they were the soldiers from the army. These soldiers were also the ones receiving the many guests at the city gate.

A large number of guests had arrived. That included the myriad race visitors. Since they were already here, there was no reason for them to skip this celebration. The experts of the thirty-six prefectures were also present, even if some looked rather unhappy to be there.

After all, this was also the day of Su Yu’s coronation as the new holy lord.

Su Yu was already in the city.

***

Outside the city.

A large number of experts were waiting, but they were in no rush to enter.

As usual, Topsoil Spirit was accompanied by his elder. The elder was slightly nervous as he sent Topsoil Spirit a voice transmission, “Topsoil, do you think the immortals, devils, divines, and dragons will cause trouble during Su Yu’s coronation?”

“Unlikely.” Topsoil Spirit explained, “It’s pointless to move against Su Yu now when they still have no way to guarantee his death. The various races have yet to complete their preparations in the Death Realm. Attacking now will only reveal more of their trump cards without achieving anything of note. It’s not worth it.”

That was his opinion. And he was pretty confident in it. In truth, most of the smarter ones shared the same opinion. The myriad races would not bother to make a move against Su Yu right now.

That included even the immortals and devils. They were only observing for now without any intention to make a move.

And thus, the divines, devils, and immortals had all sent their envoys to congratulate Su Yu. That might not be their real intention here, but it was also true that they were only here to watch a good show.

Wouldn’t it be fun if the humans started fighting among themselves during such an important ceremony?

***

Far away.

After some thought, Mo Duona said, “Do not cause trouble today. It’s pointless to provoke Su Yu for now.”

A Pseudo Invincible beside him nodded in agreement. It was indeed pointless for them to ruin this ceremony.

In short, the ceremony would probably proceed smoothly unless an internal fight were to break out between the humans. It was either that or Su Yu picking a fight because he was bored. Otherwise, this ceremony would turn into a one-man show for Su Yu.

***

Not far away.

Zhan Wushuang was giving the people around him the same warning. At the moment, Zhan Wushuang was looking slightly pale. The restriction Su Yu placed on him was still intact. In fact, he had mainly visited this time to have the restriction removed. Unfortunately, Su Yu had refused to meet him for the past few days. He had to keep finding an opportunity to get a meeting with Su Yu.

***

Divines, devils, immortals, dragons…

None of the major races was planning to cause trouble today. Firstly, Su Yu was already quite strong. Secondly, this was the Human Realm with people like Great Zhou King around. Furthermore, the thirty-five guardians and Great Qin King were also waiting outside the Human Realm. Finally, Su Yu could easily escape through a death tunnel.

Therefore, this was not the time and place to act against Su Yu.

As such, most of the myriad race visitors appeared rather relaxed, confident that no trouble would arise.

***

The humans shared the same opinion.

Outside the city.

These days, Xia Huyou was considered one of the leaders of the human youths. As a prefect, he enjoyed a rather high status.

Since everything was happening within Great Xia, he looked very comfortable and at ease.

Surrounded by a group of Invincible descendants, he laughed and said, “Don’t worry. Nanyuan has just been rebuilt. Everything here is in good condition. More importantly, there is a ruin here. After the celebration, we can take a trip to the ruin. The heavenly source qi there is quite dense.

Numerous expressions changed upon hearing that. Not long ago, a lot of people had died because of that ruin. The fight for that ruin had also led toward the destruction of the previous holy lands. Some of them had even lost their elders during that battle.

Nanyuan ruin.

Even now, everyone was still certain that it was a real ruin.

Of course, a small number of people were suspicious. However, none could provide solid proof to back their suspicion. After all, the fake ruin was simply too stable thanks to the carrier treasure Su Yu used to forge the ruin. Wan Tiansheng had also helped in the production of this ruin. Thus, it wouldn’t be easy for anyone to determine if it was a fake ruin.

Thanks to Su Yu’s philosophy of mixing the real and the fake when making something fake, many were still utterly convinced that this was a real ruin even after all this time.

Qin Fang was beside Xia Huyou as well, but he couldn’t be bothered to say anything in response to Xia Huyou’s words. Instead, he looked at Wu Qi and Huang Teng before asking, “Do you think anything unexpected will happen today?”

Huang Teng was clad in his usual hemp garment with his crew cut hair, looking like an old farmer. When he heard the question, he smiled and said, “What could happen? As long as the human prefectures don’t cause any trouble, the myriad races won’t have the courage to try anything either. Do you think Mayor Su is a pushover?”

Clearly, everyone had the same opinion here.

Qin Fang nodded and said, “Nanyuan…this is such a nice place. The Su Family has earned boundless glory, even more than my Qin Family. Just look at how even the myriad races are here to celebrate the longevity of someone merely fifty years old.”

There was a lot of glory in that, considering fifty was really not that old.

Just then, someone snorted and said, “Excessive arrogance will lead to ruination. Su Yu is too overbearing. How dare he force the thirty-six prefectures to celebrate his father’s birthday? Just how old is his father to deserve such a grand celebration? Is he not afraid of losing lhis ifespan from the bad karma?”

Xia Huyou looked over and said, “Shang Tianjiao, just keep your mouth shut. You will be fine saying that here since we all know you’re brainless. But try saying the same thing inside Nanyuan. Not even your Shang Family can protect you.”

Shang Tianjiao shot back coldly, “Am I wrong? Just how old is his father? And how old are the various prefects? Every Sunmoon is older than a hundred. How dare he make everyone celebrate the longevity of their junior?”

“Tianjiao!”

Beside her, Shan Xiong stopped her from saying more. Things had changed. She had to start watching her mouth around certain topics as not even the Shang Family could protect her anymore. He doubted that even Great Shang King would want to get into a quarrel with Su Yu anymore.

Shang Tianjiao had no respect for Xia Huyou and the others, but she was quite obedient when it came to Shan Xiong. Right after his warning, she shut her mouth.

Xia Huyou smiled and said, “Shan Xiong, you’d better keep a tight watch over her. Don’t let her say anything stupid in the city. It’s fine here since we’re all old friends. But…things might get ugly if Brother Su hears about it.”

Shan Xiong nodded and warned the furious Shang Tianjiao again with his eyes.

Some things couldn’t be spoken about anymore.

As for Qin Fang and the others, they couldn’t even be bothered to entertain the others in the group. As far as they were concerned, they lived in an entirely different world from the rest of them.

Among the people in Shang Tianjiao’s group, Shan Xiong was the sole person who was decently strong. In fact, he was probably slightly stronger than Huang Teng, even if he had a lower status than the rest of them. But since Shan Xiong had always been a man of few words, Qin Fang had never bothered to pursue more conversations with him.

Completely ignoring them, Qin Fang spoke to Wu Qi again, “Wu Qi, I heard your younger sister has been researching something mysterious with Bai Feng. It has been a while since I last saw them. Have they produced anything that might be useful to us?”

“I don’t know. I never asked.” Wu Qi replied indifferently. She had her focus on the distant Mo Duona.

Noticing her burning gaze as she stared at Mo Duona, Huang Teng shook his head and said, “Don’t provoke him. For some reason, the mere sight of him is enough to send a chill up my spine this time. He must have grown massively yet again. I reckon he’s near the Sunmoon Realm. Upon becoming a Sunmoon, I suspect he’ll be as strong as Pseudo Invincibles…”

Qin Fang sighed and said, “Yeah. He is too far ahead of us. I felt it as well. He’s probably only a step away from the Sunmoon Realm. A good opportunity might be all he needs to step into that realm…”

As of late, the gap between the different Heaven Index geniuses was starting to widen.

Mo Duona was the strongest. Xuan Wuji was dead. Zhan Wushuang had lost his spirit recently. A few Heaven Index geniuses had died in Su Yu’s hands. This allowed some new names to enter the Heaven Index, resulting in a wider gap between the different geniuses on the same index.

They continued chatting among themselves in a relaxed manner. They were all confident that nothing major would happen today.

In fact, Qin Fang was feeling relaxed enough to laugh and say, “What a pity. If you ask me, things would be a lot more interesting for something to happen today. Even better if we could lure a few myriad race Invincibles over. With so many of our experts here, this would be a great opportunity to kill some enemy Invincibles for the grand occasion.”

“…”

Everyone stared at him speechlessly. What stupid thing was he wishing for?

How ridiculous.

Huang Teng rolled his eyes and said, “Stop jinxing things. Peace is getting harder and harder to come by nowadays. Must you seek trouble when things are peaceful?”

Killing a few Invincibles for the grand occasion?

Qin Fang had always been someone with the tendency to jinx things the moment he spoke.

Then again, the myriad race Invincibles were no fools. Why would they provoke Su Yu here for no reason?

He must be dreaming.