Tribulation of Myriad Races

Phoenix Realm.

The Phoenix Emperor Palace was a massive palace built atop a gigantic parasol tree. At the moment, the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor was feeling jittery and uneasy. That sensation terrified her.

She did not know if this was a result of the recent deaths. In any case, she hadn’t been able to stay calm since the deaths of Nether Pseudo Emperor and the others. She was not the only one who was feeling jittery. The Eternals in the palace were feeling the same.

One could say that the myriad races had lost the battle in the Lower Realm. The epoch had started with an overwhelming advantage to their side, yet they lost. How laughable.

All in all, eleven Daofuses had died.

Even so, there were still twelve Daofuses among the myriad races. On paper, they were still capable of putting up a fight against humanity. But everyone knew that it would never work. Because the immortals, divines, and devils were not ready to fight the final battle.

After all, these were the races with more options available. In that case, why would they throw caution to the wind and fight humanity to the death? As far as they were concerned, humanity would be defeated the moment the Upper Realm opened.

Thus, they only wanted to preserve themselves until then. The greatly uneasy Phoenix Pseudo Emperor gathered all the Eternals of the realm in the palace. Apart from her, the phoenix race had sixteen Eternals in total. Some had died previously, but they were still a relatively powerful race.

With a solemn expression, the Pseudo Emperor said, “The myriad races have been defeated in the Lower Realm. There is no disputing this. Now, only the upper Realm is capable of checking that fiendish Su Yu. Su Yu himself had declared that he would attack before the opening of the Upper Realm. He mentioned five years, but that might be a misdirection. Perhaps he would do it in three years. Or two years.”

She inhaled deeply and continued, “Our race is not comparable to the divines, devils, and immortals. We are weaker. Extermination is very possible if humanity decides to attack us. Thus, I wish to ask all of you one question. How are we surviving this? We only need to survive long enough. When the Upper Realm opens, humanity will naturally be put back in their place.”

She did not believe that Su Yu would really attack in five years. That fiend had the habit of weaving truth and lies in his words. Thus, it would be safe to assume that he would probably attack in half the time he mentioned.

And that period was short enough that it was akin to a blink of an eye for many experts. This wasn’t enough for the phoenix race to produce a new Daofuse. The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor did not have the confidence to stop Su Yu and his allies alone.

An Eternal said, “Emperor, Fiend Su is now unstoppable in the Lower Realm. He also has control over the Fate Realm, severing our connection with the Upper Realm. We should refrain from further draining the laws as that might bait more Upper Realm experts to descend and deliver themselves to Fiend Su. If Fiend Su does attack us, we can only do our best and make sure both sides suffer while leaving some seeds behind. When the war ends, our race can reclaim its glory.”

“Is that really the only option?”

Phoenix Pseudo Emperor sighed. She was hoping to hear about ways to make Su Yu target the divines, devils, immortals, or even the dragons. Such an attack would result in a desperate battle that might even open the Upper Realm in advance. At that time, the phoenix race would be saved.

Since a realm needed to be destroyed, it would certainly be better for that to be someone else’s realm.

As the Eternals conversed among themselves, Phoenix Pseudo Emperor said, “I have been feeling incredibly uneasy today. Much more than usual, as though something is about to happen. Are we sure that our realm entrance is already sealed?”

“Yes. It is sealed.” An Eternal said, “It is guarded tightly as well. Even when humanity attacks, it won’t be broken through so quickly.”

“Good.”

Phoenix Pseudo Emperor started wondering if she was being too paranoid here. A major battle had ended not long ago, and the various realms had sealed themselves. At present, the Myriad Realms were at peace. Why must she keep scaring herself?

Just then, she frowned and asked, “Can anyone…feel anything?”

“Hmm?”

The others were confused.

Phoenix Pseudo Emperor said nothing. Instead, she started scanning her surroundings. She noted that outside, a tiny phoenix was happily playing around with a few other young phoenixes. They were all chasing a fireball.

This was a type of game popular in the phoenix race. The Pseudo Emperor herself used to play this game as well.

The fireball was actually a unique flame produced by the Phoenix Mountain. Consuming it would help one when comprehending the dao. Thus, some experts would harvest some from the mountain and had the juniors chase after the fireballs as a form of game.

One could say that this was a traditional and popular game of the phoenix race. In such a game, someone would insert some willpower into the fireball, making the fireball fly around randomly. Then, the juniors would give chase to showcase their courage, speed, and control. The best would win.

At the moment, the fireball was flying rapidly toward the main entrance of the palace. The Eternals noticed that, and they all laughed helplessly. Perhaps only the young could continue living without worries in their current situation.

Sigh.

So be it. They would not ruin the joy of these children.

But one of them decided to berate the juniors. “Tian Huang! Play elsewhere! This is not the place for you to play around! Have you forgotten your manners?”

That fireball was on the verge of flying into the palace.

The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor wasn’t in a good mood. This wasn’t a good time for these juniors to annoy her.

“Yah, yah.”

One of the young phoenixes answered, but the fireball did not switch direction. At that point, Phoenix Pseudo Emperor frowned again. For some reason, her uneasiness had risen to a new high.

She hurriedly scanned her surroundings again, but she found nothing. Suddenly, her gaze landed on the fireball and her expression changed. There was something inside the fireball! What was it?

Danger!

She could feel a sense of crisis from the fireball. But this wasn’t possible. Only the presence of another Daofuse could pose a danger to her. Even if this fireball was made by a Master of Law, it wouldn’t be able to harm her so easily.

“Damn it!”

She cursed as something felt very wrong to her. Thus, she sent a palm attack toward the fireball.

The Eternals had not sensed anything. One of them even tried to placate her, “Emperor, the children are merely playing around. Allow me to chase them out of this place…”

Why was the Pseudo Emperor reacting so intensely? This was a small matter.

After losing three thousand eggs to the treacherous Lan Tian, they did not have too many children left in the race. Thus, most of them were very doting toward the remaining children in the race. The Pseudo Emperor should not waste her time getting all agitated because of some children.

What was she doing?

But at the same time, the Pseudo Emperor’s expression changed massively. Just as her palm attack shot forth, the fireball dispersed, followed by a wave of death qi. And finally, at the innermost layer, a seal appeared. And beneath the seal was a tiny spatial whirlpool.

“Patience is a virtue. Say nothing.”

A voice drifted out of the whirlpool.

Great Zhou King!

Death tunnel!

It was over!

Just as she was about to roar in alarm, her mind went blank. Then, a boundless burst of death qi erupted in the room. South Heavenly King emerged and sent a palm attack toward the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor.

At the same time, more than ten marquises appeared. Each shot toward one Eternal.

Great Zhou King was the next to appear. With beads of sweat on his forehead, he roared, “Patience! Hope is always present! As long as you are patient enough, you can survive any hardship! Be patient and peace will follow. Take a step back and freedom will come.”

Phoenix Pseudo Emperor struggled internally, roaring at herself that she couldn’t be patient!

No!

Slowly, despair covered her eyes. It was over. The Phoenix Realm was over. A death tunnel had actually been opened right inside their palace. This was inconceivable.

It had been opened right before his eyes.

Just as she was struggling internally, a gentle voice rang out, “Stop resisting to preserve your race. I won’t kill you. Killing won’t bring peace. Peace can only be achieved through dialogue. Stop resisting and we can talk.”

Su Yu!

Phoenix Pseudo Emperor blanked out. Su Yu! That was a voice she could never forget. What was he talking about?

Talking?

Like Great Zhou King, Su Yu’s forehead was also beaded with sweat. He was pushing his saint character to its very limits. While standing inside the River of Time, he muttered, “Dialogue is your only option. Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, take a seat and talk.”

“Patience. Let’s talk.”

Great Zhou King continued chanting, “Dialogue. Patience. And taking a step back. This is the only path of survival.”

Intense struggle unfolded within Phoenix Pseudo Emperor’s eyes as they alternated between clarity and confusion repeatedly.

Alas, she had encountered not one, but two massive snakes. One was persuading her to be patient. This was a peak Daofuse. The other was trying to influence her with his saint character. And this person was no weaker than her in combat.

At the same time, Marquis Lanshan and South Heavenly King were suppressing her dao. A heavenly king was definitely stronger than her. Thus, her dao had dimmed in the blink of an eye.

Up above, Su Yu drew his pen and started writing on her dao. At the same time, a book flew out and wrapped itself around the phoenix dao. Next, South Heavenly King blasted her body apart. To the side, Marquis Lanshan suppressed her sea of willpower with the human lord’s token.

Further away, Great Zhou King was still chanting, “Be patient. Patience is your sole option. Trust me.”

Boom!

Phoenix Pseudo Emperor lost her body, had her sea of willpower suppressed, had her dao sealed by Su Yu’s pen, before having her sea of willpower swallowed into the Mark of Civilization. Inside the book, she was suppressed with the Token of Sanctification as well.

She had vanished instantly. She didn’t even have the chance to say anything. At the same time, the marquises were leading dozens of death sovereigns as they defeated the Eternals one after another.

In the blink of an eye, the hall was devoid of phoenixes. The group of young phoenixes was staring blankly outside the palace. Suddenly, one of them giggled and said, “Dearest friends, let’s become one with me! You will forget all your troubles after becoming me!”

And thus, that young phoenix stretched her wings out and wrapped them around the other young phoenixes. Then, she burned them all to ashes.

Witnessing that, Great Zhou King’s face twitched. Meanwhile, Su Yu merely watched with a genial smile. He couldn’t help but be impressed by Lan Tian. How incredible.

Previously, Lan Tian had placed the seal elsewhere. But upon sensing the reaction of the seal, he did something crazy and brought the seal right toward the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor.

Truly impressive.

The battle had ended cleanly.

The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor and the Eternals had all been captured without much resistance.

Lan Tian giggled again and said, “Why are you standing there? There is one more Eternal at the realm entrance. Go before he gets the chance to flee.”

“Don’t worry. Nobody can flee us.” Su Yu laughed and said, “Great Zhou King, you’ll capture this final Eternal.

“Marquis Lanshan, capture all their Sunmoons and Mountainseas. Kill anyone attempting to flee and keep the rest as prisoners.”

With a smile, Su Yu sent his Mark of Civilization out and swallowed all the defeated Eternals. They were left with only their seas of willpower. This, this did not pose Su Yu much challenge. He would keep them alive for now.

Before long, his phoenix page would experience a massive growth. With that thought in mind, Su Yu walked out of the palace with a wide smile. Overlooking the Phoenix Realm from the palace, he couldn’t help but praise the beauty of the realm.

Just like that, they had conquered a realm. It seemed almost easy. The remaining three would fall before long as well. And in the entirety of the Myriad Realms, the Divine, Devil, and Immortal Realms would be the only realms left outside his control.

Meanwhile, the regular phoenixes were all shaken by the sight of death spirits in their realm. They were in complete disbelief. They were also too weak to do anything about these death spirits. In fact, they were so much weaker that even suicide was impossible.

In the blink of an eye, the death spirit marquises started dragging the captured phoenixes in Su Yu’s direction.

The Phoenix Realm had fallen.

Outside, the world remained calm. Nobody knew anything.

Phoenix Realm. Conquered.