Tribulation of Myriad Races

”Hehehe...”

Su Yu started laughing.

Was that risky? Yes. It was very risky. This was his very first time showing his actual body in front of two Venerables. It was a great challenge. It had been a very long time since he last took a risk like this. He hadn’t done something similar since he grew enough to gather a large number of experts under him.

Even his previous attack against the Sealed Mountain had only been done after numerous preparations. If the two Venerables had decided to turn on him and call the other Venerables over, it would be very difficult for him to flee.

Shortly after, Lan Tian arrived.

Even Lan Tian was still nervous from the meeting. He exhaled and said, ”That was too risky.”

Su Yu grinned and said, ”But the return is massive as well, right?”

”Will they really cooperate with us?” Lan Tian appeared uncertain. ”Will they turn against us soon?”

Su Yu said, ”Before they find a solution for the fake dao cultivators, they won’t turn on us so easily. A third of their combat force is a very large force. Five or six heavenly kings and about a hundred Daofuses are at risk here. They won’t be willing to give up on all these experts so easily.

”Rather than fighting two different enemies at once, they might as well try joining hands with one. Do you think we’re the only ones looking for cooperation? No, they are looking for cooperation as well. Would they agree if those from the Chaos Mountains had proposed a cooperation with them before us?

”In their current state, they will agree to anyone proposing cooperation with them. They only need to be wary during the cooperation. For them, it doesn’t matter as long as they can get us and those from the Chaos Mountain weakened.”

Lan Tian nodded, ”They will be on guard against us. They won’t stop trying to look for ways to deal with our control over the fake dao cultivators. They might even get their people to slowly switch to real daos and break free of our influence.”

Su Yu nodded. The myriad races would not allow themselves to remain vulnerable. They would not allow so many of their experts to remain under Su Yu’s influence. That was too dangerous.

As for sending all these compromised experts to their deaths, the myriad races would not do something like that. It would be a major loss, and it would also cause resentment among their own people. Furthermore, many of the experts from the three major races were fake dao cultivators as well. These experts had friends, families, and loved ones among the three major races.

Su Yu smiled and said, ”There is another possibility.”

When Lan Tian looked at him, he said, ”They can cooperate with those from the Chaos Mountain and wipe us out. We are the bigger threat. Even if they don’t know who among us are the ones capable of controlling the fake daos, they know that even Bing Ku and the others from back then couldn’t do so. It is obvious that this isn’t an ability available to many people. I am one of them. We can use Great Zhou King as a decoy and make him one as well.

”There is no doubt that the myriad races are waiting to see us dead as well. Without us, the fake daos will turn into real daos again.”

The so-called cooperation was the same as befriending a wild tiger. One had to be very careful. Openly, they would appear friendly to each other after an agreement was reached. But nobody knew what the other party would do in the shadows.

It was clear that each of the three parties had its own plans and goals. Nobody would view a different party as true allies. That would be the same as courting death.

Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, ”The moment Control King’s lineage showcases their power, this alliance will be stable temporarily. But if Control King’s lineage appears too weak, this alliance will fall apart immediately.”

Lan Tian asked, ”What if Control King’s lineage pretends to be weak?”

”That won’t be so easy.” Su Yu said, ”This is their first debut in a hundred thousand years. They have their morale to worry about as well. Even if they can maintain morale while pretending to be weak, that will allow the myriad races to advance rapidly in the Chaos Mountain. They will need to pay a great price for this deception. I believe that Control King’s lineage will try to use the Chaos Forest as their defensive line.”

Lan Tian nodded.

Then, the two smiled at each other. This might be a turning point of sorts. Humanity and myriad races were enemies, but when a more powerful faction appeared, cooperation was inevitable.

For Su Yu, there were advantages and disadvantages to this cooperation. But the advantages were enough to offset the disadvantages.

”What should we do now?”

It was unlikely that Su Yu would return to the Dao Origin Land again.

Su Yu said, ”Now? We return to the iron devourers. Have you forgotten that we are now iron devourer Daofuses? The migration is happening soon. Our absence will be rather suspicious.”

Lan Tian laughed.

”What are we supposed to do with the humans the myriad races discover during the sweep?

Su Yu said, ”It’s fine. It’s not like we can trust these people immediately. We’ll lock them somewhere and deal with them when we have the time.”

Su Yu had never intended to subdue any ancient humans immediately. That was unrealistic and risky.

Internal stability was too important for him right now. As the weakest of the three parties, the lack of internal stability could be fatal. Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something and released someone from the book.

A pale Silk Destroying King appeared. He felt like a puppet. He would be taken out when his blood was needed. He did not feel like a person anymore.

Su Yu smiled and said, ”Senior Silk destroying, we had to do that earlier to ensure the smooth progress of our future plan. This is a small sacrifice for a massive contribution in the future. And with a massive contribution, you might be able to attain Daofuse earlier than expected.”

”...”

Silk Destroying King grumbled inwardly before saying, ”Just notify me in advance the next time you do something like this.”

Su Yu nodded and asked, ”How is Wen Qi doing?”

”I gave him several beatings.”

Since Wen Qi was being suppressed, Silk Destroying King was capable of giving him a beating even without being a Daofuse.

He added, ”I don’t know if he’s acting this way because he’s wary of your survelliance. Even when I offered him to join Control King’s lineage, he ignored me. I’m not sure if he’s a traitor, but he doesn’t seem like one.”

Su Yu nodded, ”In that case, we can toss him to Hundred Battle. At the moment, Hundred Battle has entered deep inside the Chaos Mountain with Yue Luo. That’s a very dangerous place. He might be in need of an advisor...But well, I guess we’ll wait for an opportunity before doing anything.”

Wen Qi might be an inept advisor, but he wasn’t completely useless. However, he wasn’t valuable enough that Su Yu was willing to spare the effort to subdue him. Thus, the easiest method to make use of him was to send him to Hundred Battle King.

***

Soon after, Su Yu and Lan Tian started moving toward the iron devourers, who were already in the middle of their migration. As for the skeletal figure they found, they would deal with her after regrouping with the iron devourers.

***

At the same time.

Dao Origin Land.

Venerable Scrape and Venerable Moon had returned with a suppressed Six-Winged in tow. After all, he had killed a considerable number of divine experts during his bout of madness. No matter what, they had to show that he was not getting away scot-free.

In fact, it would be better for Six-Winged to return to the public with a completely different identity lest the friends and loved ones of his victims decide to seek revenge for what he did.

With the two back to their previous positions, Venerable Scrape sent a voice transmission, ”Do we discuss this with the others? If we do, should we let March and the others in to the discussion?”

Venerable Moon replied, ”A discussion is necessary. As for March and the others, we naturally need to get them involved as well. If they are colluding with the Torchbearers, they will know about this even if we refrain from telling them about it.

”And if they’re not colluding with the Torchbearers, this will be the perfect chance for us to test them. Both of us know a little about what March is thinking. But we still don’t know what Thunderstorm and Heavenly Fate are thinking. That’s especially true for Thunderstorm. Is Hundred Battle really related to Thunderstorm’s race through marriage? Why are we unaware of this?”

The mention of that matter annoyed Venerable Scrape. He said, ”I believe very few people know about this. Thunderstorm was not involved in the final battle against Hundred Battle back then. And Thunderstorm has been completely indifferent since Hundred Battle’s escape. Is he really so good at hiding his thoughts? Is he waiting for a better time to do something?”

Venerable Moon said, ”Let’s continue our sweep. Have Venerable Nether, Venerable Dao, and Venerable Devil send their clones over. We need to start the discussion as soon as possible. We also need to reach a decision about the proposed cooperation. This concerns over a hundred fake dao cultivators. We can’t take it lightly.”

After a short silence, Venerable Scrape asked, ”How do you think they’re controlling the fake daos? Are they able to freely control the fake daos or do they need to fulfil some requirements?”

Bonewing Marquis and Six-Winged had gone mad after regaining their strength. They were normal before reconnecting to their daos. It was likely that the Torchbearers had taken advantage of their slumber to do something to their daos.

But this wasn’t what Venerable Moon was worried about. He said, ”It doesn’t matter if they need to fulfil specific requirements to influence the fake daos. Have you forgotten how the six pseudo kings had died previously?”

It was unlikely that all six of them had fulfilled some specific requirements for the Torchbearers to manipulate. Perhaps controlling these fake daos couldn’t be done so easily, but they could definitely suppress the fake daos without worrying about any special requirements.

The six pseudo kings had been suppressed and killed easily. Venerable Devil was present during that incident, and the other Venerables had sensed some of what was happening from afar as well.

”Also, if the chaos lineage is really that powerful, cooperating with the Torchbearers to weaken the chaos lineage is indeed beneficial for us. Do you think there are really Masters of Laws among the chaos lineage?”

That was a question they had been avoiding until now. Were there such powerhouses among those people? They were unsure. There was such a possibility. Even a weak Master of Law was powerful enough to give three or even five Venerables a hard time. But Venerable was the highest ceiling they could reach in this era.

Venerable Scrape sank into silence. He did not have the answer. But he couldn’t deny that the chaos dao might really be unaffected by the limits imposed to the myriad daos.

Venerable Scrape said, ”Since they came from the Lower Realm...I suspect things aren’t that well for our people down there.”

”Jiwu isn’t dead.”

”Mo Ji is still alive as well.”

The two exchanged gazes and said nothing else. Their contact with the Lower Realm was too limited. Perhaps this cooperation would provide them with more opportunities, such as another passage to the Lower Realm?

Even if they couldn’t get that, they could still try to win some concessions from the Torchbearers, such as allowing Jiwu and the others to ascend, right?

Yes.

It was obvious that the Lower Realm was as good as lost. But it was also true that Jiwu and the others weren’t dead.

Jiwu, Tiangu, and even Mo Ji were still alive. All of them were peak Daofuses. After spending so many years in the Lower Realm, they might be able to grow rapidly after ascending to the Upper Realm.

Or they could find a way to have the three collapse the passage and destroy the biggest trump card of the Torchbearers. Even when they were cooperating, they weren’t friends. They were still opponents.

With numerous thoughts in their minds, they summoned the three other experts over to discuss the matter.

March and the others looked curious, but they didn’t bother to ask as the Venerables from the three major races hadn’t bothered to tell them anything.

They continued the sweep. Having learned the lesson from Six-Winged’s madness, they were a lot more cautious during the search.