Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu said, “You have two options. First, war. A war that will not end until one side is wiped out. Second, submit. Scatter your power of laws and maintain the strength of a marquis.”

North Heavenly King’s expression changed slightly as he said, “Scattering my power?”

Su Yu said, “Think over it. There is no need for us to say more. Do not take the Celestial River of Death as your trump card. If chaos truly erupts, I will take all my people here. Do you really think I can’t kill you? Are you dreaming?

“Do you think I’m scared of leading an army of millions into the Death Realm and triggering the Celestial River of Death? I don’t mind triggering the awakening of three or even five heavenly kings from the river. Where can you go then? Do you think they will help you upon their awakening? I will simply destroy everything before establishing a new order. I only need to stay away and let all of you fight it out. I will only come toward the very end for cleanup.”

North Heavenly King shook.

Su Yu continued, “I can open death tunnels at any time. Can you? If you can, then you’ll have a way out. Without that ability…forget your delusions of contending against me. You have no cards!”

North Heavenly King sank into hesitation. After a long time, he coldly said, “Human Lord, are you not afraid that the dead will enter the world of the living? Grand Dream is the guardian. He will be the first to suffer when that happens!”

He did not believe that Su Yu was crazy enough to do something so reckless. He found that hard to believe.

But he was also scared that Su Yu would really do that. The moment a large number of death sovereigns and heavenly kings emerged from the river, his position as a ruler of a region would be threatened.

They might even view him as a delicious food. The weak wanted his death imprint, while the strong wanted him to make way from their shared dao. The newly emerged experts wouldn’t even know him. Who else would they attack if not him?

Of course, they would also fight among themselves. If he got lucky, he could even use that as an opportunity to strengthen himself. But that was too risky. The current balance would definitely shatter when that happened.

He was truly afraid that Su Yu would go crazy and enter the Death Realm at the helm of an army of millions. That would thoroughly throw the Death Realm into chaos.

Su Yu sneered and said, “Sure. Let’s wait and see. Do remember to keep an eye above you at all times. I might come down to cut your head off at any moment.”

Hearing that, North Heavenly King was further alarmed. But he remained unyielding as he said, “That’s impossible. Not even I know the corresponding coordinates up there. How can you know the correct location to open a death tunnel to me?”

Despite his words, he couldn’t resist paying more attention above him, worried that someone would really drop down to attack him suddenly.

He continued, “He Tu used to open many death tunnels in the Allheaven Battlefield before. Most of the time, his tunnels were only connected to the areas within the East Heavenly Domain. Not once did he open a tunnel connected to the North Heavenly Domain!”

Su Yu laughed and said, “How can a mere you understand the might of humanity? Right, right. Sure. That was a bluff. Don’t be scared. I was only trying to torture you emotionally. But are you sure Fat Ball and twenty-two other Daofuses aren’t waiting right above you? Are you sure they’re not up there waiting to descend upon you? Well, this is all a bluff. So don’t worry.”

“…”

North Heavenly King vanished with an unsightly expression. He didn’t want to talk to Su Yu anymore. Talking to Su Yu would only cause him to grow uneasy. Would Su Yu really descend with his army of millions? Would Su Yu really open a death tunnel right above him?

No idea.

***

South Heavenly King looked at Su Yu with surprise and switched to voice transmission, “Can you really open a tunnel right above him?”

If that were true, then things would be a lot simpler!

They should just launch a surprise attack to get rid of him!

Su Yu said, “Maybe. I have my way to mark the correct coordinates, but I’m not sure if it’s reliable. Perhaps it’s the Immortal Realm above him. Am I supposed to enter the Immortal Realm and do it? It won’t be a good idea to actually open such a death tunnel. Even if I can secure a quick victory through that, it will rely on the strength of living beings. If possible, I want to keep the calm in the Death Realm. A chaotic Death Realm won’t be conducive to my plan.”

He might be able to do it.

If he really wanted to, he could leave his human lord’s token and search for the corresponding coordinates in the Myriad Realms. But it wouldn’t be easy. If the corresponding spot were in the Allheaven Battlefield itself, things would be simpler. But if it were inside a different realm, things would be a lot more annoying.

What if the location was right where Tiangu was? He had only said that to scare North Heavenly King.

South Heavenly King frowned and asked, “You mean…we will let him be?”

Su Yu shook his head, “No. We wait. For now, we’ll scare him. If he’s willing to scatter his power, good. If not, we wait before attacking head-on.”

“Attacking head on…” After a slight hesitation, South Heavenly King said, “I won’t be his match here unless I receive Grand Dream’s help.”

Su Yu smiled and asked, “What about my help?”

“You…”

South Heavenly King wanted to say that Su Yu was too weak, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

Su Yu said, “I am indeed weaker than these heavenly kings, but with the pen dao, I am not so weak. I won’t be his match alone, but I can slow him down in a battle. I also have a drop of blood essence from East Heavenly King and another drop from West Heavenly King.”

“What?”

South Heavenly King looked at Su Yu in confusion.

Su Yu explained, “With the blood essence, I can borrow the power of the death spirit dao. I can barely utilize the strength of a heavenly king for a short time.”

In truth, both East Heavenly King and West Heavenly King had been obliterated upon their defeat.

Su Yu had never intended to gather their blood essence, but Marquis Lanshan and the others had still been able to gather some. He Tu knew how Su Yu fought, so he had kept some of the blood essence for Su Yu while distributing the remains of the two heavenly kings.

Su Yu could borrow the power of death spirit’s blood essence, but he would need to first waste a drop to activate the page. It would be quite a waste.

Hearing Su Yu’s words, South Heavenly King looked at him with surprise.

Borrowing the power of the dao!

Barely as strong as a heavenly king…if that was true, they could really defeat North Heavenly King together.

Su Yu said, “It won’t be a good idea for me to utilize the rest of my people for this battle. Senior Grand Dream needs to remain in his city and watch over the death tunnels lest the battle throw the Death Realm into chaos. We can’t allow the dead to charge through the tunnels.”

That was something they needed to watch out for.

After thinking about it, South Heavenly King nodded, “Okay. If you can really utilize the power of a heavenly king, the two of us will be enough. Even if we can’t kill North Heavenly King, we can kill his subordinates and weaken the forces under his command. He has fourteen marquises under him while we have fourteen on our side as well.”

She personally had ten under her command. That was not enough. She was worried that they would be the ones weakened in a battle.

Still conversing through voice transmissions, Su Yu replied, “There is no rush. We wait. I brought the twenty-seven guardians with me this time. They are currently busy capturing death sovereigns. They will strengthen themselves by killing those death sovereigns. And when they all reach the ninth-degree Eternal Realm, three of them will be enough to handle one marquis.”

A lot of the guardians were at the seventh or eighth degree. With their current strength, they could only face a marquis with five or six of them.

But at the ninth degree, with their petrification and weapons in hand, they would be much better equipped to deal with these marquises. After all, the most dangerous aspect of death spirits was their death qi, and the petrification method was meant to counter death qi. Three of them would be enough to contend against a marquis.

That would be the same as gaining nine Daofuses on their side. Of course, this equation would not apply to living beings. After all, living Daofuses would be much harder to deal with.

Upon hearing Su Yu’s words, South Heavenly King’s heart thumped.

In that case, they would essentially have twenty-three Daofuses on their side, including the marquises. Against fourteen marqueses…yes. It wouldn’t be a hopeless battle. They could first kill all those marquises before joining hands against North Heavenly King himself.

“What do we do now?”

Su Yu smiled and gave the same answer, “Wait. Surround him here. That won’t trigger the Celestial River of Death. Cut him off from the outside world. Cut him from all source of information.”

South Heavenly King nodded. That wouldn’t be an issue.

She said, “But the guardians can’t absorb death imprints. How can they grow strong by killing death spirits?”

Su Yu said, “I have a solution. The Luminous Domain Mansion is already under my control. I can take anyone inside.”

“Death spirits can’t enter through the tunnel…”

Su Yu said, “There is an official entrance in the Death Realm. We can teleport right inside.”

“Teleportation?” South Heavenly King thought about it and nodded, “Yes, I remember something like that, but not too well. I think that was how Martial King and the others arrived back then. But I don’t know too much.”

So the Luminous Domain Mansion was under Su Yu’s control. In that case, East Heavenly King must have died there.

***

At the same time.

He Tu and three marquises were busy catching death spirits everywhere. That was especially true for those who had just awakened from the Celestial River of Death. They even went deep inside the river to lure some powerful death spirits out.

With the support of twenty-seven guardians, over a hundred death sovereigns, and three marquises, they could probably handle even a heavenly king. The river roiled as they continued wreaking havoc there.

***

North Heavenly Palace.

Inside the main hall.

All fourteen marquises were looking at North Heavenly King, but he was looking above him. He was deep in thought. Could Su Yu really open a death tunnel right above him? Yes, that was possible.

What if that dog was waiting up there? He had witnessed the shoe that had stomped West Heavenly King to death with his own eyes. The marquises under him had witnessed the same scene as well.

One of them asked in fear, “Heavenly King, a tunnel might open suddenly above us…why…why don’t we split up?”

North Heavenly King coldly said, “Split up? So they can kill us off separately?”

What a stupid idea.

An immortal death spirit marquis said, “Heavenly King, why don’t we seek help. Get help from the world of the living. We can’t leave through the thirty-six tunnels. It will be hard for us to contact them unless they take the initiative to contact us. Even if they can really open new death tunnels, most are connected to East Heavenly Domain. I suggest we use the passage to the Celestial Chasm Realm. Through that passage, we can contact the myriad races and seek reinforcement. Get them to pressure Su Yu up there.”

North Heavenly King said, “Do you think I have never considered that?”

He did consider that. But that passage was too useless. Only weak death spirits could pass through it, but weak death spirits were too stupid to do anything. More importantly, the celestial chasm race seemed to have been wiped out.

Yes. He suspected that. This was deliberate on humanity’s side. That was the main reason they had attacked the celestial chasm race in the first place. To sever the connection between the Death Realm and the myriad races. That was their most reliable connection.

With the thirty-six tunnels blocked as well, the death spirits would have no way of contacting the world of the living anymore. They could only wait for someone up there to open a tunnel and establish a connection. But such a tunnel would most likely be connected to East Heavenly Domain.

North Heavenly King was curious about one thing. How had West Royal Consort moved in and out of the Death Realm? He was indeed considering seeking help. At the moment, the enemy forces were still weaker. But he was worried that Su Yu would open a death tunnel and stomp him to death as well.

Just as he was deep in thought, Su Yu’s cold voice rang out from afar, “There are fourteen marquises in the North Heavenly Domain. Six of them are immortals, devils, and divines. Kill one of them and you will be forgiven and spared death after my conquest. Kill North Heavenly King and even immortals, devils, and divines can be spared.”

North Heavenly King’s face turned cold as he looked at the other eight marquises in the hall. He said, “Do not listen to his nonsense. He has no way of conquering the North Heavenly Domain.”

“The fortune of humanity is rising. Do what’s smart for you.”

At that, a gigantic token appeared in the sky and illuminated the entire domain.

The blinding radiance of the token spread, annexing the space within the North Heavenly Domain and expelling the laws upholding North Heavenly King’s rule. Seeing that, the marquises started growing uneasy.

A marquis from one of the three mentioned races gnashed his teeth and said, “Do not listen to him! If he were strong enough to conquer the North Heavenly Domain, he would have attacked long ago! The glory of humanity is over! It is buried in the past!”

What a venomous trick! He was sowing dissidence among them! Suddenly, all their heads snapped outside again. Up in the sky, a gigantic pen appeared. The sight of that pen caused many of the marquises to pale. The pen started writing in the sky.

“Exterminate the rebels!”

“Honor the meritorious!”

“The meritorious will be spared. The rebels will be exterminated!”