Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1799: Su Yu’s Plan (3)

Meeting Su Yu’s gaze, Great Zhou King nodded and said, “Yes. Lan Tian is the perfect person for this job. He has countless clones. Not even I know how many clones he has now. Perhaps he already has his clones in all these realms. Ignoring his…unique personality, he is actually quite useful.”

Even Great Zhou King couldn’t maintain his trademark calm expression when he spoke of Lan Tian’s personality. Noticing that, Su Yu’s expression turned odd. Was Great Zhou King one of Lan Tian’s victims as well?

Noticing Su Yu’s gaze, Great Zhou King coughed and said, “I am naturally not one of his victims. But as far as I’m aware, no fewer than five human Eternals have fallen victim to him.”

Su Yu gasped in shock. Five.

At least five!

The desire to gossip burned within him. But upon further thought, he decided that he was too busy for that. He said, “You’re right, Great Zhou King. Lan Tian is perfect for this job. He might already have suitable clones hiding in the various realms.”

Never had Lan Tian been so important before.

Su Yu wanted to defeat the myriad races down here with the lowest cost possible. In that case, eliminating them one by one from the Death Realm would be the best option. If possible, he even wanted to capture them like West Royal Consort instead of killing him.

That way, he would be able to remove all these Daofuses undetected. He would be able to keep going until exposure.

Thus, his next step was to pacify the North Heavenly King and get the Death Realm under his control. That would allow him to lead South Heavenly King and the other death spirits on his attacks against these Daofuses. Humanity did not have enough Daofuses. Su Yu alone would not be able to get rid of all these Daofuses silently.

Looking at Su Yu, who was deep in thought, Great Zhou King couldn’t help but sigh in admiration. Impressive indeed. Not even he had considered such an idea. Not a single human lord had thought of such an idea in the previous nine epochs.

Then again, they weren’t pseudo death spirits. Thus, they had no control over the death tunnels. But Su Yu was different.

More importantly, he was also a human lord, allowing him to use the various human prefecture seals as markers. Otherwise, he would need to open his death tunnels blindly, which would most certainly not work.

After all, not even the heavenly kings knew the locations one needed to open death tunnels to reach the various realms directly.

“Emperor Yu, do you need me in the Death Realm as well?”

“That won’t be necessary.” Su Yu shook his head and said, “You need to keep watch over humanity. It’s fine for me to go missing, but your disappearance will be too suspicious. I can also take this chance to see if the myriad races are still trying to enter the Death Realm. Maybe I can even kill them while I’m down there. Previously, I learned that Talisman King was there once. A pity I didn’t encounter him down there.

“Great Zhou King, contact Lan Tian and tell him I’m looking for him. Prefect Zhu and Marquis Xia, supervise Heavenly Forge King and have him increase his speed. Prioritize the weapons for the new guardians. I need these weapons urgently.”

They all accepted their orders.

Just as Great Zhou King wanted to leave, Su Yu said, “Great Zhou King, the capable are often the ones with more responsibilities. You are very capable. Find a chance to set up some sealing formations outside the major realms as well. Get Great Ming King to assist you with this. You will be in charge of sealing these realms the moment I attack.”

Great Zhou King was losing his mind.

Holy shit!

Even dying would be easier than these tasks.

What had he done to deserve this? He had only kept some secrets from Su Yu. Was there a need for Su Yu to assign him these impossible missions as punishment?

Hiding the seals near the Daofuses and laying down sealing formations around the major realms. He would probably die. Had Su Yu forgotten that he was only a Daofuse, not a Master of Law? Su Yu was overestimating him too much!

Great Zhou King felt like coughing blood.

With a laugh, Su Yu said, “I have no choice. Great Qin King and Great Xia King are good at killing, but a task like this…they will absolutely fail. Be honest, Great Zhou King. Can you trust anyone else with such a task? What if I get the spatial beasts to help? Do you dare to let them handle such an important task? Humanity…needs to be self-reliant. And apart from the two of us, can you name another human capable of handling this task?

“Don’t think that I’m targeting you. If I’m really prejudiced against you, I won’t tell you about such an important plan. I trust you. That’s why I’m letting you handle this task. This is too important for humanity. We might still win in the end, but the losses will be disastrous.”

Great Zhou King raised his brow. Su Yu sure was good at talking. But then again, he had to admit that Su Yu had shown him a lot of trust here. He was actually quite surprised that Su Yu was telling him about this plan. Both tasks were extremely crucial, and both had been entrusted to him.

Su Yu was right. Any carelessness would result in a disastrous failure. No ordinary person could complete this. Very few humans had the ability to handle the two tasks.

He thought about it and said, “The difficulty is very high. Not even Great Ming King’s assistance is enough. It will only work if Great Ming King himself is a Daofuse as well. I also need the assistance of more people. I might even need someone to trigger a small skirmish and lure the Daofuses away from their realms.”

Su Yu said, “That won’t be hard. I’ll gather seven or eight Daofuses and attack a random realm. Those fellows will rush out to reinforce our target. We will drag the battle out and buy time for you.”

Great Zhou King said, “But my absence from the battle will be suspicious as well.”

Su Yu nodded and said, “True. I guess your acting skills will be very important here. Just use a clone and get into a standoff with an expert. You just have to avoid fighting for real. You can figure this out yourself. I can trigger such a battle for you.”

At this point, Great Zhou King could no longer find any excuse to refuse the task. He was annoyed at how Su Yu would constantly assign him these difficult tasks. But he also had to admit that he was indeed very important.

Who else could Su Yu rely on for something like this if not him? Great Qin King and Great Xia King? Heh. They were good for matters requiring brute force. But for matters requiring brainpower…they were hopeless.

And thus, Great Zhou King left with an odd sense of satisfaction even if he was feeling greatly troubled by how difficult his mission was. But not long after, he blanked out and cursed.

Damn it!

That damn bastard Su Yu had used the saint character on him during the discussion! No wonder he had suddenly found Su Yu incredibly agreeable earlier. What a bastard! But at the same time, Great Zhou King was also greatly shocked.

In the past, that character was incapable of influencing him. But after Su Yu’s dao affirmation, his understanding of the power of laws had increased sufficiently to affect even a peak Daofuse like Great Zhou King.

At this rate, it wouldn’t take Su Yu long to reach a level where he could make Daofuses prostrate before him in admiration just by flashing his character. Great Zhou King looked back at the now distant hall with mixed feelings. He felt as though Su Yu was still gazing upon him. He had to admit that this human lord was indeed much smarter than Hundred Battle King.

His mastery of the carrot and stick approach was impressive. Under his manipulation, Great Zhou King had switched between feeling like Su Yu hated him to feeling like Su Yu trusted him without even realizing what was happening.

More and more, he felt like a monarch. Perhaps…this was how all monarchs were. Would a monarch one could easily see through be qualified to be a monarch? Would a monarch one could know like the back of their hand still be a proper monarch?

“I suppose this is understandable for someone who has climbed from the very bottom. Unlike Hundred Battle King’s smooth rise, he has experienced too many tribulations before reaching his current height.”

With this plan, they could really pacify the Myriad Realms without too many casualties.

At this comparison, even Great Zhou King, a great advocate of Hundred Battle King, couldn’t help but feel like Hundred Battle King was too lacking. He was indeed dumb. But why did everyone find him so agreeable back then? Was everyone else dumb as well?

Perhaps those old fellows had readily believed in Hundred Battle King because they wanted to. After all, Hundred Battle King was extremely human-centric. These old fellows were still dreaming about the glory of the ancient past. An era where humanity alone was supreme.

At the time, the so-called allied races of humanity were not too important. After all, humanity was incredibly powerful in itself. It was only natural that humanity back then wouldn’t regard these allied races too highly.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was someone who had risen from nothing. His mindset was completely different.

“Hundred Battle King had wasted the accumulation of humanity while Su Yu has caused the resurgence of humanity. However, he has also broken free from some limitations of humanity.”

Great Zhou King had to agree that this wasn’t a bad thing. The results speak for themselves. He would have grown into an entirely different person if he had been protected by ten or so Daofuses since the very beginning.

***

Inside the hall.

After Great Zhou King’s departure, Su Yu chuckled. Not even the old fox could resist him. He had focused on suppressing the old fox for some time before suddenly giving the old fox some praises. And it had worked splendidly.

But it was true that Great Zhou King was a lot more reliable for such tasks. Anyone else would most likely fail the mission.

“North Heavenly King…”

Su Yu muttered to himself. It was time for him to deal with the Death Realm. With North Heavenly King around, it would be hard for him to move forward with his plan.

“I need to meet South Heavenly King as well. With the deaths of West Heavenly King and East Heavenly King, he has probably grown stronger than before. He is likely stronger than even West Royal Consort now. Strictly speaking, I can consider him my current strongest subordinate.”

Perhaps not even the white dog would be able to kill the current South Heavenly King anymore. At that thought, Su Yu reminded himself to make more preparations before heading to the Death Realm.

He couldn’t take too many living beings with him lest the Celestial River of Death be provoked yet again. It wouldn’t be an issue for him as he was a pseudo death spirit.

“Lanshan is not strong enough. I need another expert strong enough to check South Heavenly King in the Death Realm.”

Su Yu shut his eyes and resumed his comprehension of the various daos. For now, he had to wait for all the weapons of the new guardians to be completed. As for the person he could use to check South Heavenly King…perhaps he could subdue North Heavenly King? No. It would be difficult. And Su Yu didn’t feel like doing it either.

“Liu Hong. Ink dao.”

The fellow had entered the Death Realm. Had he inherited the ink dao? With the ink dao, his strength would probably grow rapidly. Su Yu might seem prejudiced against Liu Hong and Great Zhou King, but he also acknowledged that these treacherous individuals were exceptionally useful.

“I now understand why these treacherous officials were so loved by their rulers in the past dynasties. They might be treacherous, but they are also much more capable compared to honest individuals like Great Xia King.”

Naturally, these weren’t the words that he could tell anyone. He had to keep such a thought to himself.