Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1798: Su Yu’s Plan (2)

Su Yu continued flying as he said, “Let’s not talk about all that anymore. Martial King? Radiant King? Their descendants only enjoyed an easier start. To grow stronger, they still need to rely on themselves. Zhou Hao, complete your body forging as soon as possible. If you need money, look for Great Zhou King.”

Great Zhou King was left speechless. Why him? It wasn’t like he was in charge of the treasury.

Su Yu continued, “Also, three human Invincibles are still missing. Where are they, Great Zhou King?”

According to his calculation, three were still missing. Humanity should have forty-six Invincibles in total, but only forty-three had made an appearance so far.

Zhu Tiandao and Marquis Xia would join the ranks of human Invincibles soon, but Su Yu had yet to take them on a trip to the River of Time. After all, they had yet to receive their new weapons. So where were the remaining three?

Losing three Invincibles was not exactly a small matter. Over the years, there were rumors that some Invincibles had died outside the Human Realm. Some even spoke of the phenomena that had appeared because of their deaths. Thus, most people assumed that they were dead.

But Su Yu suspected that they were still alive.

After giving it some thought, Great Zhou King said, “Those three are relatively young. Some years ago, I arranged for them to fake their deaths. Then, I spread some confusion around to make people believe they were not really dead. But upon further investigation, people would reach a conclusion that they were dead. In short, this is a vague threat I leave to scare keep the myriad races on their toes.”

Basically, this was a ploy to sow confusion.

Su Yu asked, “Where are they?”

Great Zhou King coughed and said, “In a minor realm. We have some humans living in these minor realms. Even those so-called secret multiple character cultivators there are merely bait.”

“Which minor realm?”

“Fire Hog Realm.”

Great Zhou King explained, “That is the weakest and dumbest race. They dare to make humanity their enemy even when they are unwanted by the myriad races. But they are so weak and stupid that nobody has been bothered to deal with them. Even when there are wars, nobody will waste their time asking for the participation of these fire hogs. Their strongest experts are merely some Mountainseas. Essentially, this is a forgotten race of the Myriad Realms.”

Furthermore, they weren’t even allied to the humans. Thus, the myriad races would leave them alone even after humanity’s defeat. At most, the myriad races would send a Sunmoon or two to set some ground rules with them and leave them to their own devices again.

“Are all three there?”

“Yes.” Great Zhou King said, “It’s not a good idea to separate them. By keeping them together, they can also keep each other in check and reduce the risk of defection. They are relatively weak since none of them has affirmed their dao in the Human Realm. Even at humanity’s defeat, they can still survive in secret. Perhaps they can rebuild a new humanity for the eleventh epoch…”

Su Yu nodded, “Such an arrangement makes sense. In that case, they can stay where they are. Three weak Eternals won’t be too helpful anyway. Just keep them around as seeds for the future.”

Great Zhou King said, “But I believe we have hope of winning in this epoch.”

“Is that so?” Su Yu sneered and said, “There are at least sixty or seventy myriad race Daofuses in the Upper Realm. They might have gained more over the years. Maybe they have more than a hundred of them. How many Daofuses do we have on our side? This is all thanks to the humanity of the previous epoch.”

Great Zhou King couldn’t offer a retort for that.

Su Yu continued, “Hundred Battle King is probably alive. He is probably sealed somewhere or crippled. Do you think he has betrayed humanity?”

“Unlikely.” Great Zhou King still believed that Hundred Battle King had not betrayed humanity. He said, “He is not such a person. The old fossils of the previous epoch weren’t fools. If Hundred Battle King is still alive, he must have been suppressed somewhere.”

Su Yu nodded, “Suppressing someone with that level of strength…the myriad races still hold many secrets, it seems. Someone capable of suppressing him even through an ambush must be near the level of a Master of Law. Is there such an expert among those of Control King’s lineage?”

Considering West Royal Consort’s strength, that was quite likely.

Before long, they reached Emperor Yu’s Court. The construction of the new holy land had been completed. A massive palace complex stood where the two holy lands used to be. Numerous soldiers stood guard, giving the place a look of strict security. But this was essentially pointless against true experts. It merely looked impressive. Someone strong enough could easily kill them all with one slap.

At the moment, Heavenly Forge King was busy forging weapons with numerous human weaponsmiths in the prefecture. The clanging from all their hammering could be heard from far away.

The moment Su Yu arrived, two figures appeared before him. With a wide smile, Zhu Tiandao said, “With Emperor Yu’s return, this place will finally become a proper holy land.”

“You are too polite, Prefect.” Su Yu said, “We are old friends. You don’t have to be too formal when speaking to me. It’s uncomfortable. Formality only needs to be maintained when dealing with those you’re unfamiliar with. Am I right, Great Zhou King?”

Great Zhou King did not even bother to reply. Clearly, there was a hidden meaning behind those words. Had he not been both formal and polite to this human lord? Why must Su Yu target him all the time?

Su Yu moved on immediately and asked, “How goes the weaponsmithing?”

“Smoothly.” Zhu Tiandao said with a pleased expression, “Things are proceeding well. Fourteen weapons for the replacement guardians have been completed so far.”

Su Yu nodded and said, “Tell Heavenly Forge King to work harder. Work overtime. I need more weapons from him. Some must fit the characteristics of the five elements. The five elemental race will provide eight Eternals for this task. The iron devourers and hous will need some weapons as well. Get him to finish their weapons as soon as possible.”

“Understood.”

Marquis Xia waited patiently. When Zhu Tiandao was done, he spoke, “Emperor Yu, Bai Feng said that you have a large amount of riversand. My father gave the Willpower Grotto to you previously, but I suggest that we make it public, allowing more of our cultural researchers to grow strong. But to accomplish that, we require the resources for it…”

Su Yu laughed and said, “I have nearly forgotten about that grotto. Sure. Do it. I have plenty of riversand. I don’t even need it anymore, but this resource is still quite useful for the regular cultural researchers.”

Marquis Xia nodded before flashing Zhu Tiandao a smug grin. This guy could never outcompete him! Unlike Zhu Tiandao, he had arrived with a proposal to benefit all cultural researchers. Even Bai Feng, the teacher of Su Yu, was a member of Great Xia!

Su Yu said, “The two of you need to get ready to affirm your daos as well. We have a great shortage of Sunmoons. Since the heavenly laws are still filled with power, we should kill more experts in the Allheaven Battlefield to gather more rewards from the heavenly laws. Through these rewards, our people can grow rapidly. Our enemies won’t be so easy to kill anymore once we start our war against the Upper Realm.”

“Understood.”

The two shot each other a glance before nodding. True. Strength was still very important. Their current strength was insufficient.

Without strength, how could they remain the senior administrators of Emperor Yu? Even if they wanted to be the new Culture Kings, they needed strength, right? Even Culture King himself was a monstrously strong expert.

While speaking, they continued heading toward the distant palace complex. The sprawling palace complex floated in the sky, and it radiated an aura of opulence. Su Yu did not bother to admire the architecture. Rather, he went straight into the main hall. It was spacious yet empty, with a gigantic golden throne at the very center of the hall.

“How tacky.”

Su Yu grumbled. Was gold really so pretty? Not at all. It was likely that this was the favourite color of Marquis Xia and Zhu Tiandao. But for Su Yu, this was too tacky and vulgar. Whatever. This wasn’t something he should complain about since he doubted he would even be here often.

“Sit.”

After Su Yu took his throne, Great Zhou King and the others sat down as well. As for Zhou Hao, he left tactfully before sitting down cross-legged outside to focus on his cultivation.

Su Yu looked at the three in the hall and said, “I have successfully initiated my dao fusion. The myriad races are aware of this. It is likely that they won’t let this be. In their eyes, we are still lacking in Daofuses. Thus, they won’t fear us. Their current silence is merely out of their desire to reduce their losses.

“If they can delay the war until the opening of the Upper Realm, they will be able to greatly reduce their losses while dealing with humanity. But they also won’t allow us to continue growing until then. They will try to maintain the balance. Great Zhou King, what would you do if you were Tiangu?”

Great Zhou King thought about it and said, “Firstly, I would try to accelerate the restoration of the connection to the Upper Realm. Secondly, I would try to contact the Death Realm and get rid of Grand Dream. Thirdly, I would find a chance to kill a Daofuse or two from humanity’s camp. This would serve to weaken humanity and warn the remaining Daofuses who were still neutral. Fourthly, I would try to recruit the neutral Daofuses.”

Su Yu nodded and said, “Exactly. That must be their plan. The previous disturbance in the Death Realm was also related to them. They managed to contact the West Heavenly King, but we managed to get rid of that threat in advance. They are probably still unaware of that.

“Tiangu and the others wish to weaken us, but I wish to weaken them as well. Their races are too old and powerful. An Eternal or two won’t be a match for a Daofuse, but with enough numbers, they can pose a threat to even Daofuses.

“The phoenixes, dragons, apes, and nethers are weaker than the three major races. Their accumulation is much shallower as well. Tiangu is looking for an opportunity to kill some of our allies, but I am also looking for an opportunity to remove these races from the equation.

“We need to do this without causing too big of a disturbance. Thus, I will need to head to the Death Realm after switching all the guardians. Great Zhou King, you will need to handle the Human Realm while I’m gone.”

Great Zhou King raised his brow and asked, “You mean…”

“I’m going to look for the locations below these realms in the Death Realm. That way, I’ll be able to launch a surprise attack to their realms from below. Therefore, I have a very important mission for you, Great Zhou King.”

“Please give the order, Emperor Yu.”

“Each of the thirty-six prefectures has its own seal. I want you to sneak them into the various realms and hide them. I will be using them as my markers through the human lord’s seal. With these markers, I launch surprise attacks against these realms from the Death Realm.”

Great Zhou King gasped in shock and asked, “Do you have any requirements for the locations?”

“Yes. Right under those Daofuses.”

“…”

Great Zhou King grimaced. Did Su Yu think that those Daofuses were blind or something?

Su Yu looked at the three before him and smiled, “In my opinion, the three of you are the smartest individuals in the Human Realm. You will work together on this project. If you can do this, I’ll be able to attack them with a few experts who are immune to their suppressive force. Eliminating them right inside their realms will be a lot less troublesome. It will also be less costly.

“I don’t intend to lose even one Daofuse on our side. I still need to fight the Upper Realm. There are so many Daofuses waiting up there. There is no point in winning the war down here but losing seven or eight Daofuses in the process.

“Thus, we need to do our best to reduce our casualties. We will remove these Daofuses without alerting anyone. And one day, Tiangu will launch his war, only to find that his allies are all gone. Wouldn’t that be funny?”

At that, Su Yu laughed in amusement.

Zhu Tiandao said, “Yes, you’re right. We can even get a few experts to disguise themselves and replace the Daofuses we refuse. These people can stab Tiangu on his back during the battle. They won’t believe that we will be gutsy enough to do something like this. We can have our people replace the Pseudo Emperors of the phoenixes and nethers. We will give them a big surprise during the battle.”

Even Marquis Xia was tempted by that idea. What an incredible idea.

But Great Zhou King did not share their enthusiasm. He said, “Friends, we are still talking about the planting of the seals near the Daofuses. How are we supposed to even accomplish this?”

That was the biggest question. If they couldn’t hide the seals near enough, the Daofuses would be able to escape before they could do anything. It might create a ruckus that would cause the failure of their plan.

Su Yu laughed and said, “Great Zhou King, you will take charge of this task. You’re fine with this, right?”

No, he wasn’t fine. He was far from fine! Great Zhou King had the urge to curse at someone. Hiding something near a Daofuse? Hiding something like a human prefecture seal? Was this a joke?

Su Yu said, “Great Zhou King, I have great faith in you.”

Great Zhou King smiled helplessly and said, “Emperor Yu, this is really too difficult. But…I have an idea. We need Lan Tian back here.”

Su Yu’s eyes lit up.