Tribulation of Myriad Races

Inside the death tunnel.

West Royal Consort was cursing repeatedly in fury. Damn it! She had failed!

Damn it!

Not only had she failed to kill the old turtle, she had even exposed her existence.

“I’ll join up with West Heavenly King for now. Let’s see how things are progressing on his side…”

She continued flying through the tunnel gloomily.

She did not suspect anything even though there was no death sovereign in the tunnel. This was He Tu’s territory. And with He Tu gone, it was normal for this place to be empty. She could already see the light at the end of the tunnel.

But in truth, the white dog, book spirit, tea plant, Heavendoom, Tianyue, Empyrean Cloud, and Grandstar were waiting outside the tunnel. Just moments ago, they had received a message from the old turtle: block a powerful expert.

An incredibly powerful expert.

He warned them to be careful when stopping this expert.

Incredibly strong?

How strong?

The seven waited curiously. The old turtle had also informed them of his near-death experience. Thus, they were quite wary. They had to take this seriously. Even the white dog was fully prepared for combat. He did not take the shoe out, but his flowery ball, ring, and chain had all been taken out. He looked incredibly mighty, surrounded by his equipment.

The book spirit had formed a massive net right at the exit of the tunnel with countless characters. He was on high alert as this was a very powerful enemy. Heavendoom and the others were fully prepared as well.

Seven Daofuses, with the white dog among them. Could they win?

They could already sense the approach of a powerful aura inside the tunnel. Inside, West Royal Consort was still moving rapidly without bothering to conceal her aura.

“Su Yu!” Once again, she looked back with hatred and roared, “I will return! I will kill you all! Curse all of you!”

Then, she flew toward the exit. It was time for her to join up with West Heavenly King.

But immediately after, she was alarmed.

Multiple attacks carrying incomparably powerful fluctuations were raining down on her.

There was even a net among them.

“No…”

She paled with fright.

What was this?

Why were there so many Daofuses here?

Instead of only one or two, there were so many of them!

Wasn’t West Heavenly King attacking the East Heavenly Domain with a bunch of marquises?

Why was this happening?

Boom!

A deafening rumble rang out, spreading across the entire Death Realm. Her body instantly crumbled apart, and a golden dao body emerged from her crumbling body. The white dog looked at the others blankly. Very strong?

The old turtle had claimed that this was a very powerful opponent. Thus, they had all attacked with full power. But…why did this opponent feel so stupid? She had actually charged right into their attacks.

And a single round of attacks was enough to destroy her body. Even her dao body had cracked from a strike from the white dog’s flowery ball. Golden blood sprayed everywhere while the power of laws leaked out of her dao body.

She…did not seem too powerful. Then again, she had not died outright from the attacks of seven powerful Daofuses. This alone was proof of her formidable strength.

“I thought it was a Master of Law.”

The white dog muttered. That message from the old turtle had given him a scare.

The old turtle wasn’t that weak. Why hadn’t the old turtle been clearer? That had given him quite a fright. What a childish turtle.

At the exit, West Royal Consort’s crumbling dao body looked at the experts around her with confusion and despair.

Why?

Why were there so many super experts here?

This shouldn’t be possible!

“Where is West Heavenly King?”

She wailed. Where was West Heavenly King? Why was this happening? Just then, countless saber qi and spear qi arrived from behind her. With a rumble, her dao body was further damaged. Her aura dropped drastically as even more blood flowed out of her dao body.

Pincer attack.

This was what she intended to do to the old turtle. They had imagined the old turtle suffering her current fate while formulating their plan. But now, she was the one suffering this fate.

She wailed again, “Where is West Heavenly King?”

“Dead.” Heavendoom grinned and said, “All dead. Not a single expert from the West Heavenly Domain survived. They all threw their lives at us. Are you the so-called West Royal Consort? How impressive. You actually survived the attacks from all seven of us?”

Was this a praise?

Yes.

Surviving their attacks was indeed an impressive feat.

After all, they were joined by the white dog, and they were all waiting in ambush. Surviving the onslaught of their attacks was no easy feat. Heavendoom started wondering if this could be considered a victory. It had been quite a while since he last tasted proper victory.

What an amazing feeling.

An opportunity to encircle and attack a super expert like this was very rare.

In all their previous battles with Su Yu, they had been the weaker side. But today, they were finally the side doing the bullying with both strength and numbers. This was such an amazing feeling.

Heavendoom greatly enjoyed this experience. What a wonderful feeling!

Just then, Su Yu’s voice rang out from within the tunnel, “Capture her. Refrain from killing her. I’m going to use her to force the Control King’s lineage to reveal themselves. With her, I will trade for a treasure from them.”

Yes. Su Yu was deliberately saying these words. He was worried that West Royal Consort would self-detonate in her despair. It would be too hard to stop such an expert if she were determined to die.

Thus, he was giving her hope by saying that he would trade her for a treasure. It hadn’t been easy for her to reach her current level of cultivation. She should treasure her life! He couldn’t bear to let her die! What was he to do if she was dead?

Her death would generate a massive heavenly phenomenon. How was he supposed to come up with a convincing story to cover up the truth?

And indeed, West Royal Consort had thought of self-detonation upon learning of West Heavenly King’s death.

It was over!

Defeat.

West Heavenly King was dead. Ten Daofuses and even more experts under him had also died. She had lost her physical body. Even her dao body was falling apart. There was no hope of survival.

Thus, she was ready to detonate herself. Even if she couldn’t kill these people through her self-detonation, she still wanted to inflict as much damage as possible to them before dying.

But before she could do so, she heard Su Yu’s words.

Her heart thumped.

Keeping her alive?

Nobody wanted to die if survival was possible. That was especially true for a being like her, one who was only a step below a Master of Law. As long as she was still alive, she would have a chance to make a comeback. She had the urge to howl with laughter.

Su Yu wasn’t planning to kill her! He was actually planning to trade her for a treasure from the Control King’s lineage! How foolish of him. Was he not aware that for an expert at her level, just staying alive would present her with countless possibilities?

Su Yu’s voice rang out again, “Hey, inbred lady, cooperate well and I might grant you the chance to make up for your crimes. As the human lord, my heart has the breadth of a sea. You are not weak. If your ancestor is already dead, you might even stand a chance at mastering a dao in the future. Killing you will strengthen the other experts of your lineage. There is no need for me to do that. Inbred, submit to me and you will live!”

Su Yu’s voice carried boundless overbearingness. However, his offer sounded like the offer of a brainless fool to West Royal Consort.

Sparing her life.

And recruiting her? How ridiculous.

How did such a fool open the Heaven Gate? The heavens were truly unjust!

Nevertheless, hope had been rekindled in her heart.

She laughed and said, “You want my loyalty? It won’t come easy. Su Yu, you are still incapable of winning my submission.”

In short, she was telling him that there was hope. But not yet. She was baiting him. West Royal Consort was confident she understood these fools well. If she were to submit immediately, it would trigger his suspicion. He would also appreciate her less. Instead, she had to stroke his desire for conquest.

Yes. The desire for conquest.

Inwardly, she even started thinking that perhaps…she could subdue him instead.

West Royal Consort said, “I am a direct descendant of Control King and Devil Pseudo Emperor. My bloodline is within five generations of theirs. I enjoy a high status among those in this lineage. I have the combat power of a heavenly king, and I have a high mastery over two daos. The West Heavenly Domain is also my territory. I am a noble ruler of countless beings. Are you worthy of my allegiance?”

She was making a detailed self-introduction to remind Su Yu of just how noble she was.

Wasn’t something like this what all men wished to conquer?

She was noble. She was unattainable.

Inbred? She had the bloodline of a Cardinal Human King and a Devil Pseudo Emperor. Was she not noble enough?

She also ruled a quarter of the Death Realm.

She was an overlord of a massive territory.

Was Su Yu trying to subdue someone like her?

In that case, he would need to try hard. And that would grant her countless chances to maneuver herself out of her current predicament. Ultimately, she didn’t want to die. She had said a lot without offering her submission, but her words also revealed her intense desire to live.

Before she could say more, the white dog asked impatiently, “Su Yu, do we kill her or not? If you want her dead, stop wasting time. I need to go back. I’m very busy! It’s very troublesome! Half the flowers are still waiting to be watered! You took me away before I was done!”

The moment she heard those words, West Royal Consort wondered if she was better off dead.

The contempt in those words.

Yet Su Yu turned anxious as well. He exclaimed, “Half the flowers? Alright, let’s wrap this up! Hey, Inbred Lady, hurry up! Detonate your dao body and leave your sea of willpower behind. The book spirit will leave a seal there. Senior Fat Ball will leave a seal there as well. Seal her connection with her dao. Let’s hurry! We can’t let those beautiful flowers wither!”

The white dog was greatly pleased by those words. Truly, nobody knew him better than Su Yu.

That was unlike this woman. She had been wasting time spouting all that nonsense. He was completely uninterested in anything she had to say. He only wanted to go back home. Fortunately, Su Yu understood him.

What a lovable Su Yu! He was only slightly less lovable than Master and Little Master!

Before West Royal Consort could even start sulking, Su Yu’s voice rang out again, “Hurry up. Don’t waste Senior Fat Ball’s time. He needs to care for those flowers. Ten seconds. Senior Fat Ball, if she does not detonate her dao body in ten seconds, just kill her. Let’s stop wasting time.”

“One, three, nine…”

Boom!

The dao body exploded.

West Royal Consort was losing her mind. A certain understanding dawned on her. These people were all crazy. They were truly anxious. They were not joking around. They were truly in a rush to water some flowers.

Were they crazy?

They didn’t even bother to offer any promises to a super expert they were trying to recruit. Instead, they kept talking about some flowers.

West Royal Consort was completely unwilling to accept such a death. Dying because some lunatics wanted to go back and water some flowers? Dying to such a reason would probably generate a depression that would persist even when she returned as a death spirit.

The book spirit released countless characters before proceeding to seal her sea of willpower. In truth, she had left a way out for herself while detonating her dao body. It was not fully destroyed. A remnant had been preserved. However, her connection to her two daos had grown considerably hazy with such a small remnant left.

If she had fully detonated her dao body, she would lose all connection to her two daos. Her cultivation realm would even drop. With her cultivation realm preserved, she would have a chance at staging a comeback. The moment she gained her freedom, she would be able to rapidly return to her peak.

Only then did Su Yu step out of the death tunnel. After a single glance at the sealed sea of willpower, he laughed.

What a fool.

Leaving a way out?

He would kill her the moment the second war began. How would he give her the chance to stage a comeback?

He looked at the white dog, who wasted no time and spat a ring out. With the ring wrapped around the sea of willpower, he said, “This is my toy. Little Master gave it to me. Don’t lose it. Alright, I’m leaving now…”

With a flicker, he vanished.

It was time for him to go home. He was in a rush.

The book spirit and tea plant wanted to follow, but the white dog’s voice rang out, “You two will return with Su Yu. I’ll go first. I can’t take any of you through the entrance. I can only go through myself.”

Hearing that, they could only stop. But that was true. The white dog could only take them out, but not back in. Su Yu looked at West Royal Consort’s sea of willpower. Even with layer upon layer of seal, he didn’t feel safe leaving it around like this.

With a grin, he took a token out. Not the human lord’s token. Rather, it was the Token of Sanctification.

An item of Culture King.

This token would work on her unless she were a Master of Law.

The token stamped down on her.

After applying another layer of suppression around the sea of willpower, he took it into his Mark of Civilization.

The first layer of suppression was the book spirit’s seal.

The second layer of suppression was the white dog’s ring.

The third layer of suppression was the Token of Sanctification.

The fourth layer of suppression was the Mark of Civilization.

The fourth layer was the weakest, but it didn’t matter. If she could break free from the first three layers, she would be as strong as a Master of Law. An exceptionally strong one, at that.

Only then did Su Yu smile with relief.

Far away, the Celestial River of Death trembled again. Noticing that, Su Yu frowned slightly and said, “Let’s go back up.”

It was too risky to let so many living beings stay in the Death Realm. As the others departed, he gathered the remains of West Royal Consort, including her flesh and the fragments of her dao body. These were all treasures.

This time, they had successfully killed West Heavenly King and captured West Royal Consort. Two massive threats across the worlds of living and dead had been removed. More importantly, they had done all this with the myriad races none the wiser.

After all, West Royal Consort was not dead. Those in the world of the living were still completely oblivious to the fact that a super expert like that had been defeated. As Su Yu thought about the incident, he laughed with amusement. These fools were actually targeting the old turtle?

Fortunately, they had picked a bad time to do it.

If they had done it earlier, he would have to face them without his Heaven Gate. Great Qin King and Great Xia King would be much weaker as well. Even if they could win, they would not win without attracting the attention of the myriad races.

“Let’s go back first.”

Before leaving, Su Yu gave the distant Celestial River of Death another glance. Sensing the emergence of several powerful auras, he frowned. Too many powerful living beings had entered the Death Realm this time. The slumbering death spirits had been provoked into awakening.

***

Shortly after, all of them were back in Grand Dream City.

The white dog had departed in advance.

A total of nine Daofuses were gathered in the city. The one with the heaviest injuries was the old turtle. His main body had nearly been destroyed. His shells had been broken apart, and his city lay in ruins.

But with the return of his dao body, his condition would not worsen. Looking at Su Yu and the others, he sighed and said, “I have been an embarrassment in the earlier battle.”

He was very powerful. Yet he had nearly died.

Su Yu laughed and said, “You jest, Senior Grand Dream. If you hadn’t fought two battles at the same time, they wouldn’t be able to do much to you. I should apologize for bringing you into this trouble instead.”

He added, “Well, at least the result is favorable for us.”

Heavendoom asked, “Why did you spare that woman? Are you really trying to subdue her? I’m warning you. This is a very dangerous game…”

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and gave Heavendoom a level stare. At that, Heavendoom shut his mouth with an awkward expression.

Su Yu explained, “We can’t kill her for now.”

He did not tell Heavendoom the truth. Perhaps this would stimulate the ape to use his brain a bit.

He looked at the silent Tian Yue and smiled, “Heavenly Overseer Marquis is still busy fighting. Are you interested in spectating that battle?”

Tian Yue had a look of hesitation.

He had grown under Heavenly Overseer Marquis’ care. But he was also a human of the first epoch. At the time, humanity was still rather powerful. And back then, they viewed the Heavenly Overseer Marquis as an ally. He had not participated in the war of the first epoch, but he had still helped humanity in secret.

Thus, Tian Yue still viewed his status as a human with great importance, unlike the humans who had joined the pavilion after the first epoch. Heavenly Overseer Marquis could be considered a teacher of his.

With so many experts on Su Yu’s side, he knew that there was no longer any hope for his teacher.

“Lord…” Tian Yue said, “Perhaps…I can persuade him…”

Su Yu said indifferently, “There’s no need. One disloyalty is enough. Do you think I can trust him anymore? Perhaps you can persuade him to surrender this time. But how long will it last? What if there is a next time? Should I be granting him more opportunities?

“He is ultimately different from the myriad races. The myriad races were the subjects of our conquest. Their resistance is not wrong. Do you understand? The luck spirit was nurtured personally by Culture King. He is unlike them.”

There was a difference between the two. If Su Yu were a member of a different race, he would resist as well. Why must he submit to humanity? And a humanity that had declined at that? Only fools would submit so easily. Their resistance was perfectly understandable.

But the luck spirit was different. Like Soy Bun, the white dog, and the others, he was all nurtured by Culture King. They were essentially a part of humanity. The luck spirit had even received the Heavenly Overseeing Pavilion from Culture King. He was the sole inner follower of Culture King to be appointed a marquis. Yet he had betrayed humanity.

Such a betrayal could not be forgiven.