Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu was tasked with handling the six human Daofuses, but he had actually dealt with seven of them, including Wen Qi. The ease with which he had captured South Suppression Marquis had indeed shocked and awed Cloud Water Marquis and the others.

That was too fast.

No matter what, South Suppression Marquis was a peak Daofuse. Yet he had been dealt with so easily. As someone who had survived the myriad races in the Heavenly Hole Range for so many years, South Suppression Marquis was by no means someone so easily captured.

Suddenly, Brave Martial General recalled that fleeting sense of terror she had felt when she met Su Yu. She had almost forgotten about that. Cloud Fire Marquis was frowning as well.

As all of them focused on Su Yu, Cloud Water Marquis asked, “Human Lord, have you opened the Heaven Gate?”

Su Yu nodded.

Sure enough!

All of them were shocked to hear that, with Shadow Marquis being the sole exception, as he was already aware of that. This was the first person to open the Heaven Gate since the ancient past.

Cloud Water Marquis asked again, “Human Lord, do you have the bloodline of an ancient powerhouse?”

In the past, Su Yu loved claiming relationships with powerful individuals.

But now, he reacted differently. With a nonchalant smile, he said, “Ancient bloodline? I am very curious. Why must that be the answer? Was Human Emperor someone with a noble bloodline before his rise in power? Was he perhaps the direct descendant of the Human Ancestor? Is having a powerful bloodline the only way one can grow strong?”

“I don’t mean that.” Cloud Water Marquis said gently, “I am only astonished at your talent, Human Lord. As someone capable of opening the Heaven Gate, you are extraordinary. I am merely curious. I apologize.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “I don’t mind your curiosity. But I don’t understand. Since you care so much about the nobility of one’s bloodline, tell me. What is noble? What is not noble?

“If you insist on judging others by their bloodlines, humans might not even be the most noble race. If the River of Time has a master, that would be the most noble of all. And if we go even further, the creator of the world would be the most noble of all. Are you sure all these people were humans?”

Su Yu shook his head, “I disagree with this way of judging people.”

He stared at them and said, “You believe that humanity is the most noble of all, and you attribute the success of our predecessors to bloodline alone. How laughable. How lamentable.”

Su Yu sighed and said, “In your eyes, someone who has killed his way up from the very bottom will remain lowly without the right bloodline. This does not inspire loyalty at all.”

“Countless hardships and enormous hard work, all denied because of something as fleeting as bloodline. This is the sad fate of commoners. Sigh.”

He shook his head and said, “Back when I was studying in the academy, there was also such a conflict. A conflict between the common and the prestigious. Even with my current strength and my current status as the human lord, I am still being measured with my bloodline. How…disappointing.”

Great Zhou King said, “Do not be discouraged, Emperor Yu. Bloodline does not dictate how noble one is. You are noble. As such, your bloodline is noble. If you leave some descendants behind…”

Su Yu said, “I understand what you’re trying to say. If I leave some descendants behind, you will support them even if I am dead. My teachers said the same. They advised me to leave some bloodlines behind. If I were to die, they would support my descendants and fight another epoch.”

Su Yu shook his head and sighed, “No. This is not what I want. I cultivate so hard, I kill the myriad races, I battle the various realms. Why? Just to give my descendants some special privileges? No. One shall hold one’s fate in one’s own hand. I don’t need privilege. I only need fair treatment. That is enough. You can support my descendants. You can even help one of them become the human lord or the emperor. But so what?”

Su Yu sighed again.

These old farts only cared about one thing: bloodline.

No matter how hard he worked, they would attribute any form of success to bloodline.

Nobody cared about his sacrifices and hard work.

Bloodline. The killer of hard work.

Almost all of them thought the same.

Su Yu had never met Hundred Battle before, but he was sure that Hundred Battle thought the same. They believed in the nobility of human bloodline.

Just by proclaiming those of Control King’s lineage as mixedbreeds was enough to turn Stable Army Marquis and the others against them. This was a useful tool, but it also made their prejudice clear to Su Yu.

Great Qin King and Great Xia King were worried that they would receive the scorn of future generations. Why? Because their blood was no longer pure.

Their accomplishments. Their contributions. All would be negated due to their blood. They were worried that they would be scorned by humanity for ages, despite how much they had sacrificed for humanity.

They were only relieved after Su Yu promised to immortalize their contributions through the heavenly laws. They were heroes who had protected humanity for hundreds of years. Yet they had to worry about their blood.

The ancient experts remained silent.

Cloud Water Marquis had asked the question instinctively without thinking too much, but Su Yu’s reaction was far too intense than she had imagined. In truth, none of them believed that they were wrong to think so. They couldn’t understand his intense reaction.

It was only natural for bloodlines to be ranked differently. Was that not the perfectly natural thing to do? The bloodline of humanity was the most noble of all. That had always been the case. Their faith in this was too deeply rooted to change.

Lan Tian laughed and said, “Forget it, Emperor Yu. It’s pointless. Perhaps for these people, I am the first person humanity should execute after the completion of our conquest.”

After all, his bloodline was impure as well. Or rather, his bloodline was mixed to an unimaginable level. One couldn’t even say for sure if he was still a human anymore.

Lan Tian continued, “These old farts are very stubborn, but there aren’t a lot of them. Just wait for them to die from old age and all will be fine.”

Brave Martial General frowned and said, “This is how things have always been. Human bloodline is always superior to the bloodlines of the myriad races.”

And among humanity, the bloodlines of the supreme humans would naturally be superior to the bloodlines of the common humans. That was a fact. Why was the human lord so angry?

She couldn’t understand.

She did not think that she was wrong.

She continued her argument, “Upon becoming a Master of Law, your descendants will enjoy the blessings of having a superior bloodline as well. Nobody will deny this. This is not discrimination. This is a fact. Why can’t I say it?”

Great Zhou King glanced at her in admiration. How bold. Clearly, she didn’t know Su Yu too well. Those familiar with Su Yu would have shut their mouths in fear at this moment.

Slowly, Su Yu regained his calm. He shook his head and said, “So be it. Perhaps you’re not wrong. Some arguments will never end. But if I were to become the Emperor of all existence one day, I would etch a law into the heavens. One shall never be judged through one’s bloodline alone.

“You don’t understand. You don’t know just how much some without the so-called pure human bloodline have sacrificed for humanity. Your belief in human supremacy is a joke to me. Without me, and without all those people, humanity might have ceased to exist by now.

“Great Xia King, Great Qin King, Lan Tian, and even me…None of us is a pure human.”

That greatly alarmed the ancient human experts. What was the meaning of that? It was fine for others to not be pure humans, but…even the human lord? After a split second of confusion, Great Zhou King recalled something. His expression turned odd. True. Not even Su Yu was a pure human anymore. He was half a death spirit. No wonder he was so angry at that question.

Their racial supremacy would call into question even Su Yu’s legitimacy. All their sacrifices. All their hard work. All would be negated just because of this so-called bloodline supremacy.

Cloud Fire Marquis couldn’t resist asking, “Human Lord, what do you mean?”

Su Yu said with perfect calm, “Nothing complicated. I am half a death spirit. I am not a pure human. That is not all. I have a large number of death spirits serving under me. I have always believed that as long as you view yourself as a human, you’re a human. Thanks to your guidance, I now understand that I was wrong.”

Their expressions changed repeatedly.

Half a death spirit.

This was the first ever human lord who was also a pseudo death spirit. It had never happened before.

Lan Tian could no longer hold himself back. He sent Su Yu a voice transmission, “Emperor Yu, if these people dare to do anything they shouldn’t, just kill them all and be done with it. These old farts have no idea just how much you have done for humanity!”

He found these people disgusting.

Without Su Yu, would humanity still exist in the Lower Realm? That might not be the case. Great Zhou King wanted to wait a few decades for humanity to grow further. But was there really that much time?

And from how things were up here, it was clear humanity would meet its end the moment Hundred Battle was free.

In the end, Control King’s lineage would become the main faction of humanity. In that situation…heh. He most certainly didn’t have the so-called pure bloodline these old farts cared so much about.

Lan Tian continued with his voice transmission, “Emperor Yu, for people like them, we’re the same as Control King’s lineage. All of us shouldn’t exist.”

Su Yu said nothing. He did not feel like saying anything. As for the old fossils, they were free to think whatever they wanted. He wouldn’t be bothered to do anything to them so long as they stayed out of his way. If any of them dared to stand against him, he would show no mercy.

He had never been too bothered about the fact that he was a pseudo death spirit. But he realized that for some, that was unacceptable. Humanity as a whole might not care, but a rather large chunk of humanity might still care.

Great Zhou King was remaining silent as well. The group flew with Su Yu in silence. Cloud Water Marquis and the others were deep in thought.

Su Yu was not a pure human!

Even Brave Martial General, who was opposed to Hundred Battle King’s leadership, was trying very hard to process this information. Su Yu was not a pure human. Was he qualified to become the human lord?

After an indeterminate amount of time, Brave Martial General asked,

“Why did you become a pseudo death spirit?”

“Because I felt like it.”

“…”

Brave Martial General didn’t know what to say to that. She gloomily said, “Aren’t you strong enough to sever your death qi connection?”

“I’m not doing that.”

Su Yu said, “I enjoy staying as a pseudo death spirit.”

“But…” Brave Martial General asked, “Don’t you think that this will give others an excuse to oppose your rule?”

“No.” At this point, Su Yu had grown a lot more indifferent than before. He said, “Ask Great Zhou King. Of the countless living beings in the Lower Realm, is anyone opposed to my rule?”

“No.”

Great Zhou King answered easily.

Brave Martial General said, “Are they aware that you’re a pseudo death spirit?”

“Of course.”

Su Yu grinned.

Great Zhou King chuckled and said, “Of course they know. How can they not? Emperor Yu did not grow in power among humanity. Rather, he rose among the thirty-six ancient cities. He first subdued the thirty-six cities before returning to unify humanity.”

The ancient experts were stunned. One of them said, “A human lord…who hasn’t grown internally…through the support of his seniors?”

“Why do I need the support of my seniors?” Su Yu laughed and said, “A success I earn myself tastes a lot sweeter. When I rose to the top, nobody dared to object. Nobody could object. Even Great Zhou King, who initially wanted to make me a puppet, has grown very obedient nowadays. Am I right?”

Great Zhou King said, “That is only natural. Emperor Yu is far above everyone else. Apart from Emperor Yu, nobody is qualified to lead humanity.”

“…”

How shameless.