Tribulation of Myriad Races

After some thought, Great Zhou King said, “In that case, Control King’s lineage might have even contributed to the survival of the Upper Realm humans until now. At the very least, they have revealed the fact that Hundred Battle King is still around, preserving the hope of tthe Upper Realm humans.”

“Exactly.”

Su Yu said, “It would be too pointless to have humanity wiped out from the Upper Realm. Tell me. What will the myriad races do the moment they wipe out the Upper Realm humans? Will they start fighting among themselves immediately?”

“Unlikely.” Great Zhou King shook his head, “When the difference between their strength isn’t too big, fighting among themselves will only induce suffering on all sides. The grudge between these races isn’t the same as their grudge against humanity. They can hold back for a bit.”

“That’s right. And with too much free time in their hands, they might start exploring the Chaos Mountain. What will happen next?”

Su Yu grinned and said, “Thus, Control King’s lineage must preserve the Upper Realm humans. Instead of aiming for humanity’s extinction, they are probably aiming to recreate their own version of humanity just like Martial Emperor.

“Back when Heavenly Seal King’s father sneaked into the Human Realm, there were very few experts among the Lower Realm humans. He was unaware of your existence. Did he slaughter all the humans to cause an extinction?”

“No.”

Great Zhou King shook his head.

“Did Heavenly Seal King do the same?”

Great Zhou King thought about it and shook his head.

“What about West Royal Consort?” Su Yu asked with a smile, “Did she do that?”

Nope.

Su Yu sneered and said, “This lineage is trying to wipe out the legacies and contingencies of the ancient past experts. They don’t care about the regular humans. They only aim to remove the influence of the ancient past and remake humanity in their image.”

He finally understood the goal of Control King’s lineage. Their betrayal was a fact known to only the few. And most had only learned of their betrayal after Su Yu’s rise. But were they true traitors?

Perhaps they weren’t the traitors of humanity. They were only the traitors of Human Emperor, Culture King, and the ancient past. One could say that Control King was very similar to Martial Emperor.

Both were individuals who had been suppressed by the ancient past experts. Unfortunately for Martial Emperor, he was completely sealed away, so he had been relatively helpless for many years. He could only sulk alone.

Meanwhile, Control King’s lineage had been active all these years. They were free to take out their anger against the ancient humans.

From how they had been acting, one could even conclude that they intended to be the one to unify the Myriad Realms instead. Thus, they had acted during Hundred Battle King’s reign, eliminating the momentum of humanity.

They did not want to see Hundred Battle King resurrecting the ancient court. Eventually, they decided to release Hundred Battle King to keep humanity around longer.

“Are they playing god?”

Su Yu chuckled and said, “But I have to admit that they have indeed been doing a good job. They were able to remain completely hidden from all parties for so many years. They only started coming out recently after determining that there was no longer any reason for them to remain so secretive.”

“Let’s forget all that for now.” Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he said with a sneer, “I refuse to believe that they have not left any traces behind over the past hundred thousand years. People have merely been neglecting or ignoring those tiny traces. I refuse to believe that the myriad races would remain completely clueless after the attempt to free Hundred Battle six thousand years ago.

“This lineage won’t be able to stay hidden for much longer. West Royal Consort had even entered the Death Realm personally. Clearly, they no longer care about concealing themselves as much. The old fossils of the myriad races might have noticed something about them.”

Stable Army Marquis had no idea what Su Yu was talking about. When he glanced at September and Grandstar, he noted that the two were listening attentively. At that, his confidence crumbled. He started doubting life itself.

Of course, he could see that Su Yu was talking about Control King’s lineage. Was that lineage really so powerful? Fine, he had to admit that he had not thought about this before. As an ancient marquis, he had thought that he knew a lot about these ancient kings. But he was wrong.

When Su Yu was done talking, he said, “Control King’s lineage did not have that many experts back then. It had also vanished after the collapse of the ancient past. The Four Cardinal Kings had left barely any contingencies behind…wait, no. Martial King’s contingency was extremely powerful.”

He sighed and said, “His son was the leader of humanity during the first epoch. Under his leadership, we fought everywhere. It was fun.”

Su Yu rolled his eyes. Great Zhou King said awkwardly, “Uhm, don’t brag about Martial King like that.”

There was no need for that.

Could Martial King’s so-called contingency be called contingency? What did he do apart from leaving a strong son behind? What manner of contingency was that? Could that be considered one? Well, his son had indeed worked hard during the first epoch. Leading an army of marquises, he killed quite a lot of myriad race experts.

That was the best Martial King could leave behind. For many, that was an extremely impressive contingency. After all, Culture King’s four daos were too secretive. Radiant King had left nothing behind. For the other humans, Control King had also left nothing behind.

Most people believed that Human Emperor had left nothing behind as well. But clearly, he had left his Torchbearers behind. In short, after comparing all of them, Martial King’s so-called contingency seemed the most impressive.

Martial King was strong. His son was strong as well. His son fought valiantly during the first epoch, but his courage was also the reason for his rapid fall. But for people like Su Yu, excluding Radiant King, the others had left far more impressive trump cards behind compared to Martial King.

Stable Army Marquis decided to shut his mouth. He was saddened at the prejudice the world had toward brutes like him. What was wrong with being a brute?

Was Martial King’s contingency not impressive? His son was incredibly strong and valiant. Yes, yes, he had died quickly. But he had also killed a lot of myriad race marquises before dying.

***

After that talk about Martial King, everyone sank into silence. They moved rapidly. Before long, several massive cities appeared in the distance. Su Yu opened his Heaven Gate and gazed ahead. With his Heaven Gate open, he could see numerous gigantic dragons roaring in the sky. And at the horizon, he saw a roaring crimson dragon.

“Blood Dragon Marquis?”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he hurriedly hid himself from that dao projection. The Heaven Gate was the perfect tool to spy on his enemies.

Unless it was someone with the habit of withdrawing their connection to their dao for no reason, nobody could hide from the Heaven Gate. For the most part, this wouldn’t happen to a Daofuse unless the Daofuse was in deep slumber.

There wasn’t a need for them to hide even their dao projections since it wasn’t something one could see without the Heaven Gate. With a glance, Su Yu noted that there were nine gigantic draconic cities in the region ahead.

Together, it felt as though the cities could be joined to form the outline of a dragon. Blood Dragon Marquis’ dao projection occupied the location of the dragon head, followed by the other cities.

To the north, the air was filled with draconic qi. Even the power of laws and source qi in the air radiated the aura of the dragons. In fact, there was so much draconic qi in the air that Su Yu could see numerous tiny energy dragons in the air.

Su Yu said, “Nine dragon cities, with Daofuses in seven of them. One of the empty cities probably belonged to Celestial Dragon Marquis. As for the other empty city, I’m not sure if the owner is dead or absent.”

Seven Daofuses.

The same number as the nether race.

Su Yu did not pay much attention to the Blood Dragon Marquis. Instead, he focused on the other cities. After a short moment, he said, “Seven Daofuses, including Blood Dragon Marquis. Of course, there is a possibility that some of them are in light slumber. That’s not something I can ascertain from here.

“Seven of them, with one being a heavenly king. That Golden Dragon Marquis does not seem weak either. From the power of his dao alone, I can see that he is a peak Daofuse. A tier-two Daofuse. As for the other five, one is at tier three, one is at tier four, and the remaining three are at tier five.”

Su Yu smiled, “The dragon race is impressive indeed. That Celestial Dragon Marquis was a tier-three Daofuse. Their recently dead Pseudo Emperor was a tier-four Daofuse.”

That was truly an impressive amount of strength. Just a single heavenly king was already good enough to contend against multiple Daofuses. The dragon race alone was already stronger than the entirety of Upper Realm humans.

Su Yu did not stay at the same place. He flew toward a different direction. After about twenty minutes, he stopped and looked in a different direction. There, a soaring phoenix could be seen.

The territory of the phoenixes.

As he observed the territory, he said, “Impressive. They’re about as strong as the dragons. And the head of the phoenix is near the tail of the dragon. The phoenix head is probably where their heavenly king resides. There are only ten minutes between the phoenix head and dragon tail. Of course, this is based on my travel speed.”

He looked at Lan Tian and asked, “How long would you need to travel the same distance when moving at full speed?”

After taking a quick look, Lan Tian answered, “Slightly faster. I can make the trip in eight minutes.”

Su Yu looked at Great Zhou King and asked, “How long would you need to teleport yourself between the two locations?”

“One minute.” Great Zhou King said, “It’s quite far, but I can do it within one minute.”

Su Yu asked, “Do you think the phoenixes have a teleportation master among them?”

Great Zhou King shook his head, “This race has never been proficient at spatial manipulation. It is unlikely. Of course, we can’t fully discount this possibility. Anything is possible.”

Great Zhou King added, “Apart from Lan Tian, who will be going toward the dragon head, I suggest that we stick together. Kill one Daofuse rapidly before teleporting to the next city.”

After pausing to make a short calculation, Great Zhou King said, “Each draconic city is roughly five thousand kilometers away from each other. A Daofuse will require thirty seconds to move that far without teleportation. But I can teleport everyone to the next city within three seconds.”

A Daofuse could move about a hundred kilometers per second when flying or moving through spatial tunnels. They could move faster through the River of Time. However, this was not the Dao Origin Land. The River of Time couldn’t be accessed here. Thus, teleportation would be the fastest transportation mode here.

In fact, traveling in the Upper Realm was a lot slower compared to the Lower Realm. Down there, one could move rapidly through the River of Time. For example, during Su Yu’s previous battle, Nether Pseudo Emperor and the others had reached the Human Realm in less than a minute by traveling through the River of Time. At the time, they had crossed hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

But in the Upper Realm, teleportation was a lot more effective. And coincidentally, this was Great Zhou King’s specialty. In truth, both Su Yu and Lan Tian were also capable of teleportation due to the myriad daos they had touched upon during their cultivation.

Su Yu thought slightly and said, “Excluding Blood Dragon Marquis, there are six Daofuses among the dragons. Can we complete the entire battle in three minutes?”

Everyone inhaled deeply.

Three minutes.

Su Yu added, “We might even need to be faster lest the spatial experts of the other races arrive before we can flee. We will be in big trouble the moment we allow them to slow us down.”

Lan Tian said, “I’ll be keeping Blood Dragon Marquis busy. Apart from him, Golden Dragon Marquis is the hardest opponent among them. Should we deal with him first? As long as he’s dead, the remaining five won’t be able to even escape.”

Su Yu thought about it and said, “Great Zhou King, the two of us will move together. Great Ming King, September, Stable Army Marquis, Grandstar, and Chong Ming will keep Golden Dragon Marquis occupied with the help of Great Ming King’s formation. Is that doable?”

Stable Army Marquis rolled his eyes and said, “How can Golden Dragon Marquis be a match for the five of us when we’re working together?”

Was this guy looking down on them? He suspected that Su Yu was too prejudiced toward brutes like him.

Su Yu coldly said, “Most of you have only broken through recently. Chong Ming isn’t even a Daofuse. Stable Army Marquis, you were so cautious before this. What happened? Why are you feeling so cocky now? Golden Dragon Marquis is stronger than you. And you have been stagnant while he has never stopped growing. Remember, you only need to keep him busy. I’ll handle the other Daofuses as soon as possible with Great Zhou King before coming over to help you. We will leave Blood Dragon Marquis for the last.

“You are the strongest in your group. If you fail to keep him occupied, or if there are casualties in your group, you will take responsibility. Do you understand me?”

Stable Army Marquis hurriedly answered, “Yes!”

He still felt like Su Yu was underestimating him. Golden Dragon Marquis was not a new opponent for him. And he had never been defeated by Golden Dragon Marquis before even if he had never won either.

But according to Su Yu, Golden Dragon Marquis was a tier-two Daofuse while Stable Army Marquis was a tier-three Daofuse. Evidently, Golden Dragon Marquis had grown significantly in the past six thousand years.