Tribulation of Myriad Races

With an entourage behind him, Su Yu started moving everywhere in the Death Realm.

The second realm he found was the Phoenix Realm. It corresponded to the Great Ming seal. After leaving a mark there, Su Yu stationed some people there as well. The Phoenix Realm was still above the territory of the four heavenly domains.

The third realm he found was the Kunpeng Realm. It was located near the Celestial River of Death. Su Yu did the same and left a mark there. At this point, all the realms with Daofuses apart from the Divine, Devil, Immortal, and Dragon Realms had been located.

Even after searching far and wide with his entourage, Su Yu still couldn’t find the Dragon Realm. Before long, he started frowning. All of them stared into the area outside the four heavenly domains.

At one point, South Heavenly King had joined the group as well. She said, “The Dragon Realm might be located somewhere above the Origin Land.”

It wasn’t above the four heavenly domains. In that case, it must be above the Origin Land.

South Heavenly King said, “It is likely that the more powerful realms are not all above the four heavenly domains, including the Human Realm. The area directly below the Human Realm is probably extremely dangerous. It might be the location where the various ancient death spirits are being suppressed.”

She looked at Su Yu and said, “Back then, humanity must have suppressed a group of powerful death spirits somewhere. I don’t know much about it, but I know that humanity must have a separate tunnel to reach that place from the Human Realm. That will allow humanity to suppress them promptly in the event of an insurrection.”

Su Yu said, “Are you saying that the area directly below the Human Realm was where Martial King had suppressed all those experts?”

“Yes.” South Heavenly King nodded, “Humanity was very powerful. Put yourself in the shoes of the ancient humans. Where would you choose to suppress these powerful death spirits?”

Su Yu thought about it and nodded, “True. It is much easier to suppress them right beneath me. I can kill them at any time. In that case, I must count myself lucky for not having opened a death tunnel in the Human Realm back then, as there might be a bunch of heavenly kings or even Masters of Laws down there.”

Su Yu was unsure if there were Masters of Laws among the suppressed death spirits. Nobody could be sure. The death spirit dao was extremely powerful. If the physical body dao could produce experts at the level of Masters of Laws, why couldn’t the death spirit dao? There might really be some.

In that case, it would be a bad idea to open a death tunnel in the Human Realm or it might be disastrous.

Staring into the dark Origin Land, Su Yu exhaled lightly and said, “North Heavenly King and the others are all in there, and they seem fine. We will enter slightly and continue our search there. The Celestial Dragon Marquis isn’t weak. It would be much better for us to deal with him when he’s trapped inside his own realm.”

The Dragon Realm was actually Su Yu’s priority target.

South Heavenly King said, “In that case, we need to avoid entering too deeply. Not even North Heavenly King dares to enter too deeply. He is staying near the border. Additionally, the Origin Land has never fallen under the heavenly laws of humanity.”

“Is there a difference between places with and without humanity’s heavenly laws?”

South Heavenly King explained, “Firstly, all tokens are ineffective there, including your human lord’s token. Secondly, that is a place where the law of death spirit reigns supreme. In other words, death spirits will be stronger there. All other daos will be suppressed slightly in there.”

As Su Yu nodded, South Heavenly King continued, “Thirdly, the death spirit dao is suppressed in the four heavenly domains. You can’t sense it too clearly here. But in the Origin Land, you sense it clearly. The corrosion of death qi is much stronger and faster in there.”

Su Yu nodded again. He said, “I doubt it will do much to me since I am somewhat connected to the death spirit dao. After all, I am half a death spirit.”

“True.”

South Heavenly King nodded in agreement.

Su Yu only needed to be careful. The outer reaches of the Origin Land might be dangerous, but not to the point where not even heavenly kings could survive there. If even North Heavenly King could survive there, Su Yu would be fine there.

Su Yu did not hesitate and stepped into the Origin Land with his entourage. And the moment he stepped into it, he sensed something clearly. His surroundings seemed to have darkened considerably. Or one could say that his surroundings were now pitch black.

The four heavenly domains were dark as well, but they were dusky, similar to the darkness of a late evening. But here, it was pitch black, as though night had arrived. Su Yu could also sense the stronger corrosion of the death qi here.

The darkness did not affect Su Yu much. And it naturally wouldn’t affect the death spirits. Su Yu looked around, noticing that the place was relatively empty. There weren’t even that many death spirits around. But for some reason, the place gave off a dangerous sensation.

With a slight frown, Su Yu said, “We’ll first circle the Origin Land from the border and see if we can find the Dragon Realm. Hopefully, it’s somewhere in the outer region. Things will be troublesome if it’s deeper inside or even somewhere near the location where those ancient experts are being suppressed.”

The others nodded. Nobody objected. And thus, the search resumed. In truth, Su Yu could sense tiny fluctuations of humanity’s fortune coming from deep inside the Origin Land. He suspected that these were the fluctuations from the seals left in the Human Realm.

This signified that the Human Realm was really located above an area deep inside the Origin Land. Naturally, Su Yu had no intention of going that deep. He did not want to risk freeing the sealed super experts.

***

After a while.

Su Yu stumbled upon a stone house. A house made of black stone had been erected in the middle of nowhere.

He frowned. But soon, he sensed something and roared, “Teacher Liu, show yourself.”

Slowly, the door of the stone house swung open. And after a while, a cautious Xia Chen walked out. Only when he saw Su Yu did he exhale in relief. Xia Chen was emanating the aura of a Daofuse. Clearly, he had advanced as well. Upon seeing a familiar face, Xia Chen was no longer as nervous as before.

He said, “Liu Hong left not long ago. I’m alone here.”

“Hmm?”

Su Yu was surprised to hear that.

“Where did he go?”

“The Celestial River of Death, probably.”

Xia Chen walked over and looked at the others. He was shocked when he saw South Heavenly King, but his attention did not linger there for long. He said, “Liu Hong inherited a dao of Culture King. But he requires a lot of resources for his dao fusion. I believe he has gone to the Celestial River of Death.”

He Tu frowned and asked, “Why did you let him out of your sight?”

Xia Chen said doubtfully, “But…he’s the successor of Culture King…”

When South Heavenly King looked at Su Yu, Su Yu said, “Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. Of the four daos, Liu Hong received the ink dao. He can indeed be considered a successor of Culture King as well.”

South Heavenly King did not have much reaction to that. She glanced at the stone house doubtfully and said, “This house…seems to be a house left behind by Culture King back then. But I never saw it before even though this isn’t my first time here. How did it appear out of thin air?”

Xia Chen explained, “Originally, the house was concealed. It would only appear with Culture King’s token. I revealed it for Liu Hong. Inside, some cultivation resources could be found. Some written records of Culture King were available as well. But Liu Hong took them all. But even empty, this house is still not completely useless. It can accelerate the cultivation of death spirits. That’s why I have been staying here.”

In short, all the treasures had been taken away.

Su Yu frowned slightly and said to Marquis Lanshan, “Send some people to look for Liu Hong. Tell him to stop wasting time playing hide and seek with me. I’m not interested in stealing his ink dao. That guy is running because he’s afraid that I’ll kill him.”

Marquis Lanshan nodded. Xia Chen spoke for Liu Hong, “He has indeed left to strengthen his ink dao. The Celestial River of Death—”

Su Yu waved his hand and said, “You don’t understand. That guy has always been very timid. He’s always paranoid toward me. He doesn’t know that I have zero interest in his ink dao. I would have killed him long ago otherwise. Of the four daos, I had the inkstone dao as well. And I gave it away willingly. I am also willing to yield the pen dao in the future if someone manages to reach it. A cultivator should always aim to create something truly theirs and surpass their predecessors.”

He spoke indifferently, but South Heavenly King and the others were filled with admiration and respect as they listened.

Su Yu did not care for even the daos of Culture King.

Previously, South Heavenly King had thought that Su Yu might have been too rude toward a fellow successor of Culture King. But now, she had changed her mind. She had never met Liu Hong before, but she had a feeling Su Yu was a much bigger man than that Liu Hong.

One was the overlord of the Myriad Realms, ever victorious in battles.

The other spent his time hiding around like a rat, filled with fear of Su Yu. Someone like that must have obtained Culture King’s inheritance through sheer luck. How could he compare with Su Yu?

South Heavenly King did not think that it was a bad thing for Su Yu to think about abandoning Culture King’s dao for an original dao in the future. She believed that this was also what Culture King wanted to see.

Someone relying only on Culture King’s dao would forever remain in Culture King’s shadow. An overlord like Su Yu would naturally need to walk his own path.

Xia Chen looked at the others and said, “This place is a good cultivation spot for death sovereigns. Here, they can reach the Daofuse Realm more easily. I am now a Daofuse, and I have even stabilized my cultivation level. The more valuable treasures here are gone, but you can have some death sovereigns cultivate here, Su Yu–”

“Impudent!”

Right at that moment, Marquis Lanshan roared, “How dare you address the name of the current master of the Myriad Realms?”

Xia Chen blanked out, but Su Yu merely waved his hand and said, “It’s fine, Lanshan. This does not matter. Xia Chen is a senior from my line. He is also the spreader of Culture King’s legacy. Without Senior Xia Chen, the Culture Tomb would have remained buried until now, and I wouldn’t have reached my current level.”

Then, Su Yu looked at the stone house. After giving it a scan, he said, “Station some people here. Senior Xia Chen, why don’t you come with us if you’re free now? Of course, you can stick to your business if you still have something to do.”

Xia Chen was still unaware of the latest happenings in the Myriad Realms. He gave it some thought, looked at He Tu, and said, “I…I’ll come with you.”

He was still confused. Master of the Myriad Realms? He had only secluded himself for a short while. Did something big happen again? He decided to ask He Tu later. For now, he was still confused.

Su Yu did not say much. He resumed his search for the Dragon Realm.

***

While Su Yu was searching for the Dragon Realm.

Deep inside the Origin Land.

At the edge of the Death Realm.

Several dark pillars stood between the dark sky and earth below. The pillars varied in size.

North Heavenly King and his followers were looking at those pillars of light solemnly.

“The Sealed Region.”

North Heavenly King and his people were standing right outside the Sealed Region. In front of them was a translucent barrier, blocking their path forward. Countless indistinct characters could be seen flickering in the barrier.

With North Heavenly King’s approach, some of the dark pillars started fluctuating. A short while later, a withered face appeared on one of the middle-sized pillars. The face looked at North Heavenly King with a cold expression.

After a while, the face sneered and said, “Running dog. It is you, Ming Douhe.”

North Heavenly King looked at the face solemnly and said, “It’s you, Dizhiluo. You’re still alive. I never expected this. I thought you were dead.”

“Dead?” The withered face sneered and said, “We have all died once. What’s there to fear? But you, are now a stray dog. Since you’re here, you must have been kicked out of your place.”

With a frown, North Heavenly King asked, “Are all of you…still alive?”

“Heh.” The withered face said, “Tai Shan and the others did not have the courage to kill us. What would killing us do? Without the ability to break the death spirit dao, killing us would only produce more experts. He could only seal us here.”

The sealed death spirits were the most arrogant of death spirits, the ones who couldn’t be subdued. Yet killing them wasn’t the right thing to do either. Killing them would only result in the emergence of stronger experts. That could only be prevented with the destruction of the death spirit dao.