Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu rubbed his chin. Swapping a high-degree Eternal with a guardian might not be worth it. In that case, he still lacked there. Could the spatial beasts contribute? He had not bothered to visit the primordial giant race. Perhaps the spatial beast race could help. He could also take this chance to see if they were truly sincere in their alliance with him.

Su Yu smiled and said, “Sure. I’ll take eight. Will that be fine?”

Topsoil Spirit struggled and asked, “Will they…be corroded to death by the death qi?”

Su Yu explained, “They will be fine within ten years. After ten years, two things might happen. I win, and everything will be fine. Or I lose and they either die to death qi or the myriad races. They will still die.”

Topsoil Spirit smiled with resignation. That was true. There was no need for them to worry about what would happen after ten years.

Noticing that the fire ancestor was trying very hard to stay silent, Su Yu chuckled and asked, “Senior Fire, do you have anything to say?”

The fire ancestor asked, “Emp…Emperor Yu, the connection to the Upper Realm will be restored by then. The immortals, devils, divines, and dragons will be able to muster at least fifty Daofuses from the Upper Realm. Or more. Definitely. We witnessed the final battle of the ninth epoch ourselves. Humanity gathered over seventy Daofuses, but they were faced with over a hundred Daofuses of the myriad races. Initially, they were evenly matched. Hundred Battle King himself managed to kill a decent number of experts.

“But eventually, Hundred Battle King died. More than ten top experts survived the final clash against him, and they unleashed slaughter upon the Myriad Realms. In the end, the myriad races lost roughly thirty Daofuses, but humanity lost almost all its Daofuses. At least seventy myriad race Daofuses had survived that battle. I was being optimistic when I said that they could muster fifty Daofuses because I assumed some would have died during their years of internal conflicts in the Upper Realm.”

About seventy human Daofuses had perished in the final battle. In that case, humanity had also lost around thirty prior to the final battle. Meanwhile, the myriad races had lost thirty during the final battle and around twenty prior to that.

Su Yu felt like cursing again. So the casualty rate of humanity had been higher than the myriad races since the very beginning? Damn it! Was Hundred Battle King stupid?

Su Yu asked, “Were all those dead Daofuses humans? Or were some of them from the allied races?”

“No, the allied races of humanity were among them as well.” The fire ancestor answered, “Many ancient races participated in that battle as well. As a result, they all suffered extinction after the battle. I still remember it like yesterday. The greenspirit birds, mountainbear crocodiles, hunched star buffaloes, and some other ancient races were exterminated due to their alliance with humanity.”

Su Yu nodded. They could only consider themselves unlucky to encounter an idiot like Hundred Battle King.

“But why was I informed that prior to the final battle, the losses of humanity and the myriad races were almost equal?”

The fire ancestor thought about it and said, “Yes. It was almost equal. The humanity of the ninth epoch was completely different from the current humanity. At the time, humanity dominated the Allheaven Battlefield since the beginning while the myriad races were forced to hide in their realms. Just like how a few hundred years ago, the myriad races roamed the Allheaven Battlefield while humanity could only hide in its realm.

“The myriad races were on the defensive for almost the entirety of the ninth epoch. Hundred Battle King did not want to invade any of these realms. Thus, most battles had only happened outside these realms. As a result, the losses on both sides were about equal. Since he was unwilling to invade these realms, humanity was unable to fully exploit their advantage over the myriad races, allowing the myriad races to minimize their losses.”

This was the opinion of the five elemental race as an observer during the ninth epoch.

Su Yu asked, “What do you think about Hundred Battle King?”

Seeing that the fire ancestor was hesitating, Su Yu chuckled and said, “Just be honest.”

“Boundlessly talented.”

The fire ancestor gave a short evaluation.

“And?”

With a slightly gloomy tone, the fire ancestor continued, “Over the ten epochs, he was the most talented human after you.”

“What about the other aspects of him? Excluding his talent.”

Su Yu pressed on.

The fire ancestor had a sheepish smile as he said, “Uhm…excluding his talent…he was…kind?”

“Hmm?”

When Su Yu widened his eyes, the fire ancestor continued awkwardly, “Yes. He was quite kind. He treated the human race well. Of the thirty-odd Daofuses his side lost initially, a majority were non-humans. He was quite obvious. Initially, he had the allied races and myriad races exhaust each other. Cough, cough, I’m not complaining. But he was truly very kind toward humanity.

“By exhausting the strengths of the non-human races during the early phases of the war, humanity would be able to maintain its dominance after the final war with a larger number of surviving experts. This was his way of learning from the mistakes of the ancient past.”

Su Yu blanked out slightly. In short, Hundred Battle King had maintained humanity’s strength during the early phases of the war. They only needed to win the final battle to maintain an absolute dominance over the other races. That was a good plan.

Su Yu couldn’t help but nod. It was indeed a good plan from humanity’s perspective. As of this moment, he no longer considered the previous human lord a pig. Rather, the previous human lord had been upgraded to someone slightly smarter than a pig. He finally understood what Hundred Battle King tried to do back then.

A good idea.

To have their allied races and their enemies exhaust each other’s strength while humanity maintained its strength. After the final victory, humanity would still maintain a large number of Daofuses. Along with him, they might really be able to restore the ancient imperial court.

But…that idiot lost.

His strategy had lost humanity the support of many races.

The iron devourer race was one such race.

“Only humanity matters. Is that the case?”

The fire ancestor nodded sheepishly and said, “Yes. Therefore, humanity loved him.”

Su Yu smiled and nodded. He could understand why. Damn it! That was the best leader humanity could ask for. Fifty to sixty Daofuses had perished in the various battles, yet very few of them were humans. In such a situation, their support for Hundred Battle King was completely understandable.

A warrior was willing to die for a worthy ruler. If Hundred Battle King had won, he would have cemented his position as the new legend of humanity. In light of this new information, he was truly not as stupid as Su Yu had initially thought. He knew his actual power base.

Humanity. That was his actual power base.

Su Yu laughed and said, “Whatever. Let’s forget about him. Great Zhou King spoke of him not long ago. Even you guys are speaking about him. I have been hearing about him repeatedly as of late. This is an omen. He is either sealed somewhere, or he might have betrayed humanity. He will return sooner or later. Destiny itself is pointing toward this by having so many people talk about him. This is a natural reaction of the laws. A sign that a super expert is about to emerge.”

The appearance of each super expert would be accompanied by unique omens. The very laws would ensure this.

Su Yu moved on and said, “Gather your eight Eternals in secret and await my command. After their new weapons are forged, they will all reaffirm their daos through the Weapon Fusion Method.”

The gold ancestor exclaimed in shock, “Switching a cultivation method?”

“Yes!” Su Yu said, “The Three Body Method is too weak.”

Su Yu looked up, as though his gaze could pierce the ceiling to reach the sky beyond, and said, “I understand the dao of your race. The five elemental dao. Your ancestor was a genius. Also a supreme expert. How bold. Five elements in one dao.”

He continued, “Initially, I believed that there are five daos. But no. It’s one dao with five elements. Five elements fused into a singular dao. I suspect the Five Elemental Ancestor was far stronger than many Masters of Laws. A pity that he had still died…”

Su Yu shook his head and said, “Very few people could kill someone like him. It would most likely be someone from either the human, immortal, devil, and divine races.”

Topsoil Spirit asked awkwardly, “Didn’t you claim that it was the Immortal Pseudo Emperor previously?”

Su Yu said nonchalantly, “That was a random guess. How am I supposed to know the truth? This is a matter from the ancient past. But it is indeed quite likely that the immortals were the culprit. The five elemental race was a human ally. The ancient humans had no reason to do this.”

“Anyway, it’s pointless to keep talking about the past. Your race can no longer produce Daofuses. I believe I understand why.” Su Yu explained, “Someone forcefully separated your dao. How impressive. And how ruthless. Splitting one dao into five daos. This dao could only reunite after producing a Daofuse. But herein lies the paradox. With the dao split, you can no longer produce a Daofuse.”

Basically, the dao had not been fully split. Rather, one end had been split into five. One had to fully walk the split parts before reaching the unsplit part. But since the newer five elementals could only pursue one element at a time, they lacked the ability to go that far. And thus, they lost their ability to produce new Daofuses.

Su Yu looked at Topsoil Spirit and said with a smile, “Your race is wise for placing your hope on him. He came from the essence of the Five Elemental Ancestor. He should have been born as a Daofuse with all five elements fused. But he was probably born too late. He was born when the remnant power of the Five Elemental Ancestor had fully leaked. Thus, he was born weak. However, his path through this dao will be incomparably smooth. You can consider him a Daofuse of sorts.”

Topsoil Spirit exclaimed in surprise, “Me? A Daofuse?”

“Of sorts. One without the strength of a proper Daofuse. At your core, you are a Daofuse. But at their cores, the soul devourers are all Masters of Laws. But are they?”

Su Yu thought about it and explained, “Simply put, the dao of your race has been split into five. Nobody can merge them, but you can. When you grow strong, when you become a proper Daofuse or even a Master of Law, you will gain the ability to rejoin the split elements.”

Su Yu looked at the others and said, “As for the origin of your realm, it must have been suffering from an interference all this time. An interference of a dao is not something I can resolve. Only Topsoil Spirit has a chance of resolving this upon gaining control over the dao. And only with your dao fixed will your race continue producing proper five elementals again.

“Of course, I can also do this for you if I can grow beyond the level of the culprit of your split dao.”

Su Yu lightly tapped on the table before him and said, “The five of you will probably be stronger than regular Daofuses upon joining hands.”

Su Yu rubbed his chin and continued, “Right, you guys are the only ones walking the dao of your race. And there isn’t a single Daofuse pursuing this dao. This is actually an opportunity for you.”

“Opportunity?”

They all blanked out. This was their first time hearing that it was a good thing for them to not have a Daofuse among them.

Su Yu smiled and said, “Yes. An opportunity. You simply don’t understand it. Let me explain. Your dao is a powerful dao, but it hasn’t produced any Daofuses in a long time. If the five of you can join hands and use each other as the bridge to temporarily join the split parts of your dao, you will be as strong or even stronger than peak Daofuses.

“Of course, you will be reduced to weaklings the moment you separate from each other. For the most part, you will probably be as powerful as trash Daofuses like Mo Yue upon joining hands.”

Everyone stared at him with odd expressions.

Trash Daofuses?

This guy…was too bold with his words.

“But if you follow my suggestion, you might gain the ability to match a Daofuse at the level of Jiwu upon joining hands.”

All of them were shocked to hear that. Was this real? Jiwu was absolutely not weak. He was probably strong enough to fight two Mo Yues alone.

Probably.

But all five of them would have a hard time handling even one Mo Yue. Was this a joke?

Su Yu chuckled and said, “Do you doubt me? That is not the only benefit. With my method, all of you will smoothly become proper Daofuses the moment Topsoil Spirit becomes a Daofuse and rejoins your dao.”

Topsoil Spirit couldn’t resist asking, “Are you serious? Su…Emperor Yu, you shouldn’t lie to us. We might take this seriously. My ancestors might even end up fighting a peak Daofuse after listening to you. This is a very dangerous matter to lie about. Someone might die from it.”

This was no laughing matter. He did not want to question Su Yu. But this matter was too serious. What if his five ancestors were to fight the likes of Tiangu and Heavenly Overseer Marquis in their excitement? After all, Su Yu had claimed that they would be as strong as these peak Daofuses. That would be way too dangerous.

Su Yu smiled and asked, “Are you doubting me?”

“…”

Topsoil Spirit was filled with resignation. Wasn’t it perfectly normal to doubt the words of a habitual liar like Su Yu?

Su Yu couldn’t be bothered to explain. “Doubt on. I don’t care. By the way, of your six high-degree Eternals, can you gather enough to fill each of the five elements?”

Topsoil Spirit thought about it and nodded, “Yes. Of the six, we have one of each element, with one extra water elemental. After all, the water elementals are longer lived.”

“One from each element…excellent.” Su Yu said, “According to my plan, these five can join hands to match a Daofuse as well. A weaker Daofuse, but still a Daofuse.”

Everyone gasped.