Tribulation of Myriad Races

Great Yue King had perished.

In the sky, his projection appeared. The projection was gazing to the east, the direction of his home.

Slowly, he walked toward the east with a smile. He was going home.

For a hundred thousand years, humanity had fought and fought. Many had died away from home.

Great Yue King had never been a warlike person.

Alas, circumstances had forced him to fight.

Over four hundred years ago, he only wanted to become a wealthy local tycoon. That year, Great Qin King visited him, beat him up, and forced him to join the war against the myriad races.

In that war, he was a cowardly person. Often, he would hide behind the stronger combatants.

Eventually, the war ended.

He became a founding king. The founder of Great Yue. The protector of millions upon millions of people. He became the god of Great Yue. At that thought, he had the urge to laugh in amusement. God?

No. He only wanted to be a local tycoon. Would anyone believe that?

He had done many things when the world was in chaos.

Killing humans. Killing divines. Killing devils.

He was no saint.

Yet he had answered Great Qin King’s call yet again. And finally, he had fallen. Fallen away from home.

He laughed.

“Qin Guang, Zhou Tianqi, both of you are bastards. Why should I obey you? Hahaha!”

While roaring with laughter, he took one final step forward before fading into nothingness. His final shred of consciousness had dissipated away.

He had long wanted to scold the two bastards to their faces.

Far away, Great Zhou King and Great Qin King remained expressionless, but their eyes reddened slightly.

Yet another of their old friends had departed this world.

Ning Hong, the human Invincible who had died earlier, was much younger. He was not one of the older Invincibles who had been fighting together since the very beginning. However, Great Yue King was different. He was someone who had been by their side since the very start.

“Kill!”

Great Qin King roared in fury and attacked madly.

Meanwhile, the ninth-degree celestial chasm Eternal was gravely injured by Great Yue King’s final attack. The explosion had barely settled when five furious human Invincibles roared and attacked him from all directions.

In the blink of an eye, he had lost a body.

The two remaining bodies emerged at the same time before charging the human Invincibles madly.

At the same time, a distant celestial chasm Invincible was killed by both Great Tang King and Great Shang King. Done with their opponent, the two charged toward the ninth-degree celestial chasm Eternal as well.

***

Human Realm.

The moment the crown was set on Su Yu’s head, the entire Human Realm shook slightly. In response, the crown shook as well. The shaking was too tiny for most people to notice, but both Great Xia King and Great Ming King noticed it.

The battle had begun!

That was not all. An Invincible had died.

A human Invincible, to be precise.

At the moment, the various humans were prostrated on the ground. The myriad race guests were also keeping their heads lowered, not daring to look straight at Su Yu and the blinding golden radiance around him. Only powerful Invincibles like Great Xia King and Great Ming King noticed it. Not even the other human Invincibles, including Junior Zhou King, noticed anything.

Like the two, Su Yu was greatly surprised as well.

Someone had died!

He did not know who it was. However, it was most likely not a founding king. But he was sure it was a human Invincible as he could sense the fortune of humanity stirring from the death.

With a solemn expression, he glanced at the people prostrated on the ground. Calm returned to his face.

But moments later, the golden seal of Great Yue started shaking violently.

At the same time, the entire Great Yue started shaking as well.

Great Han King had hidden the phenomenon from appearing in the Allheaven Battlefield.

However, the death of a founding king couldn’t be hidden from the Human Realm. Most people would not understand what was happening, but the Invincibles realized one after another. Their expressions changed drastically.

Something had happened to Great Yue King!

Abruptly, Great Xia King turned to look at Great Yue’s seal. He could see the beginning of a crack forming on it. Meanwhile, the people from Great Yue were still prostrated on the ground, completely oblivious as to what had happened.

Su Yu’s expression changed as well.

A founding king had died!

So soon after the death of a human Invincible!

Two Invincibles had died in such a short time!

At the moment, some of the people in the crowd sensed something as well. Just as they were about to look up, they were interrupted.

Su Yu roared coldly, “Great Yue, Great Chu, and Great Liao. For disobeying the will of humanity previously, you will be punished. Thirty percent of your fortune will be withdrawn as punishment.”

At that, everyone forgot about the slight shaking they felt. Instead, they started shivering in fear.

Su Yu was trying to settle scores with them!

The crown on Su Yu’s head released a burst of light. A connection was formed between the crown and the seals of the three prefectures. The blinding radiance covered all three seals, making it impossible for anyone to see the three seals anymore.

After a short while, the blinding radiance receded, revealing the three seals again. Great Yue’s seal felt weaker, but the crack on it had vanished. As for the other two seals, there weren’t many changes.

Both Great Xia King and Great Ming King saw what Su Yu did. Instead of extracting the fortune of the three prefectures, he had instead withdrawn some from his crown to repair Great Yue’s seal.

With the three seals revealed before everyone again, the prefect of Great Yue raised his head and glared at Su Yu furiously.

Su Yu coldly asked, “Do you object? Those against me deserve death. Since I am now the holy lord, all shall obey.”

All shall obey.

How overbearing.

However, the prefect of Great Yue couldn’t do anything. He could feel that a large amount of fortune had vanished from Great Yue’s seal. In fact, Great Yue’s seal was the only seal to have weakened considerably. The other two seals still looked the same as before.

Thus, he was furious.

Why was Su Yu punishing him for what Su Yu told him to do?

How could Su Yu do so when he had been so cooperative?

This was too hateful!

Fortune, also known as luck, might seem like mere superstition. However, it truly existed. The decline of Great Yue fortune would even cause the decline of ambient source qi in Great Yue. The cultivators of Great Yue might also find their cultivation getting harder. Or to be precise, life in general would be harder for the people of Great Yue.

Thus, the fortune of a prefecture was very important.

Meanwhile, those from the other prefectures were trembling in fear.

How overbearing of Su Yu. He had punished three prefectures right after becoming the holy lord. Was someone like this really a good leader for them? At this time, the myriad race guests finally noticed the weak shaking coming from Great Yue. They were greatly astonished. How ruthless.

Was this his way to warn the humans against any form of disobedience? Was Great Yue shaking after losing too much fortune? Su Yu was indeed overbearing, ruthless, and ferocious.

The prefect of Great Yue was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Thus, he noticed the shaking almost at the same time as the myriad race guests. He finally lost his temper and shouted, “Su Yu!”

“Shut it!” Great Xia King roared, “How dare you address the holy lord by his name directly? Do you wish to die?”

At that, the prefect forcefully calmed himself slightly before saying, “I…my prefecture has lost too much fortune. I must return to maintain calm in the prefecture! Holy Lord, please grant me leave!”

Su Yu’s reply was cold and indifferent. “Rejected.”

That further infuriated the prefect. However, a sense of helplessness washed over him when he looked at the others who were still prostrating and the Invincibles who were staying silent. He understood that attempting to leave against Su Yu’s order might really be disastrous for him. In his fury, he withdrew the seal from the sky.

Su Yu did not stop him. But when the seal returned to the prefect’s hand, he instantly sensed it. The seal was still actively leaking fortune. Something was wrong. He also noticed some fortune not native to Great Yue mixed amid the seal.

At that discovery, his heart thumped.

A certain realization dawned on him.

He suddenly recalled the fate of…Great Wei and a few other prefectures.

He recalled what happened when their founding kings died. He recalled how their seals had shrunk.

He recalled what he sensed earlier…

Instantly, he understood.

Tears streamed down his face as he looked up at Su Yu, who was also looking at him calmly with firm and calm eyes.

Something…had happened to his father.

And Su Yu was aware.

Yes! Su Yu was definitely aware!

His father had died!

Everything had changed.

He couldn’t stop himself from crying. He couldn’t accept this. He couldn’t…even if he knew he shouldn’t be acting like this. Now was not the time.

His father might have fallen in battle.

Had the war of the myriad realms finally erupted?

He was unsure.

But he knew now. He understood now. Great Xia King and Great Ming King knew. Su Yu knew as well. They were trying to hide it from the masses.

“Holy Lord…”

He gazed at Su Yu with sorrow. What happened to his father?

Up above, Su Yu stood up from his throne, looked around, and coldly said, “Great Yue Prefect. Are you disobeying an order?”

“No…I wouldn’t dare…”

“Trash.” Su Yu coldly said, “A great ninth-stage Sunmoon yet so cowardly. I don’t know your father, Great Yue King, well. But I have met him twice. He lacks class. He behaves like a bandit. He isn’t too strong. But he’s boundlessly proud. He is both hateful and respectable. As the son of someone like that, how can you cry in public because of a tiny punishment? Pieces of trash like you are why humanity is in its current state.”

The prefect wiped his tears off and lowered his head. He sank into silence. He didn’t feel like saying anything anymore.

Su Yu continued, “Now that I have been appointed to this position, I hope that everyone will understand the proper way of conducting themselves before me. I hereby call for everyone to prostrate and pay their respects to the new holy lord. Let’s see if anyone dares disobey me. Perhaps I would get to kill a few more people as a warning to others.”

All the Invincibles had mixed feelings about this. Su Yu was too overbearing.

Unbelievably so.

Even after being crowned the holy lord, he was still trying to pick fights with the various prefectures. He was looking for someone to punish. Just what was he trying to do here?

The myriad race guests were also watching in astonishment. What a ruthless guy. Had he forgotten that he was a newly appointed holy lord? Was he not worried about generating a rebellion from how overbearing he was?

This was his first day at the job! He should remember that well!

***

The five elemental elder sent a voice transmission, “This person…is truly arrogant and overbearing. He extracted the fortune of three prefectures just like that. When the three founding kings find out about this, chaos will erupt.”

The more the elder saw, the more terrified he was of Su Yu. What a terrifying guy.

He was worried that Su Yu would go even wilder and kill all the myriad race guests. He felt extremely uncomfortable staying in the Human Realm.

After a short silence, Su Yu said, “Rise, everyone. Start the feast. Since it’s my old man’s birthday today, I’ll be generous and forgive your transgressions today.”

The crowd felt even more uncomfortable upon hearing those words. So if it wasn’t his father’s birthday today, would they need to remain on their knees for the entire day?

Finally, a trace of sorrow appeared in Great Xia King’s eyes as he sent a voice transmission to Su Yu, “May…you treat Great Yue well. Great Yue King is dead. The other dead Invincible might be…King Hong.”

Su Yu said nothing.

Humanity had not lost even a single Invincible during the previous conflicts involving him. But today, two had died right at the start of the battle. He was saddened by it as well. Was this worth it? Was the celestial chasm race really worth invading at such a price?

Perhaps…the answer was yes. Left alone, the celestial chasm race would most definitely make a move against humanity in the future. Even so, it was still hard for him to accept the loss of Invincibles.

He looked up at the sky and sighed. He…wouldn’t be able to cover for them for too long. They could only rely on themselves for this conflict. That was all he could do.

Sorry.