Tribulation of Myriad Races

Someone couldn’t resist asking, ”Do we know this person? How old is this Creator?”

”What?” Xing Yue blanked out slightly before answering, ”Early...twenties, I think?”

”...”

Despair sank in.

With that, their hope was crushed. That was way too young. They had thought that it would be an old fart, but nope.

Someone else asked, ”Are there any Masters of Laws in the Myriad Realms?”

”A few.” Xing Yue answered, ”Death Imperator, Martial Emperor, and the Ancestor from Control King’s lineage.”

Everyone’s expression turned odd.

Someone asked, ”Isn’t Martial Emperor dead?”

”No.”

”...”

All gazes converged on the illusory figure.

Human Emperor coughed and said, ”Xing Yue, you came here right after your resurrection, so you don’t actually know too well. Right?”

Xing Yue said with an odd tone, ”Of course I know. Martial Emperor was still alive and well right before my departure. It didn’t even take me that long to reach this place. I doubt he has died in the short time I took coming here.”

Martial Emperor wouldn’t die so easily since Su Yu was not planning to kill him.

”Tsk, tsk.”

”Heh.”

”Hehehe.”

”Keh keh.”

”...”

Numerous muffled laughs rang out.

Their Majesty had blundered.

Martial Emperor wasn’t dead.

Human Emperor merely smiled indifferently and said, ”Xing Yue has just returned. She still doesn’t know things well. Even if she saw Martial Emperor before her departure, it doesn’t mean anything. In fact, much longer has passed during your travel here, even if it doesn’t feel like it. Perhaps many years have passed while you traversed the River of Time. Martial Emperor died not long ago, so you might not be aware of it yet.”

He decided to move on from this topic and said, ”By the way...”

But Xing Yue did not cooperate. She frowned and said, ”Has it been a long time? No, I doubt so. I don’t think it will take me that long to travel upstream.”

”...”

Dearest younger sister! Why was she continuing this topic?

”Since you’ve just arrived, Xing Yue, I’ll give you a short introduction to the situation here. You need to work on everyone’s injuries soon. We can’t rely on the Myriad Realms anymore, but good thing Xing Yue is back.”

Human Emperor forcefully ended the topic. In any case, he was the authority on the flow of time. If he declared Martial Emperor dead, then Martial Emperor is dead.

Yeap. That was the end of the matter.

Everyone resisted the urge to roll their eyes. Their boss had gotten too shameless, but since that was their boss, they decided to be lenient and let him be.

Radiant King smiled and said, ”In any case, we’ll be back to the Myriad Realms soon. We can see for ourselves whether Martial Emperor is dead or not.”

Xing Yue asked with surprise, ”Wait? Do you all care about Martial Emperor’s well-being that much?”

Why?

Even when she mentioned a Master of Law from Control King’s lineage, nobody cared. Shouldn’t that be more important here?

She frowned, and just as she was about to speak, Battle King laughed and said, ”Your Highness, His Majesty claimed that Martial Emperor died five times, and we didn’t believe—cough. We’re simply trying to verify the facts.”

”Five times?”

Xing Yue looked at her elder brother with an odd gaze. Why did he tell such a lie?

How could someone die five times? She wouldn’t believe that either. Ohhh...Understanding dawned on her. Her elder brother had made the wrong conclusion, but he was too stubborn to admit that he was wrong.

Thus, she could only force herself to lie, ”Maybe he’s really dead.”

Well, that could really happen before they were back.

With Su Yu around, Martial Emperor would die if he remained rebellious. Thus, it was likely that Martial Emperor would die for real before their return.

Human Emperor was relieved to hear that. He hurriedly said, ”Xing Yue, come have a chat with me. It has been so many years. I’m so happy to see you. By the way, a lot seems to be happening in the Myriad Realms recently.”

”Yes.”

Xing Yue nodded. That was only natural when someone like Su Yu was around.

”What is the name of the Creator who has resurrected you?” ”A Sunmoon Creator is inconceivable, but it is indeed possible for one at that level to create a simple world. However...that Creator has probably been crippled, right? You have devoured their life and death daos.”

Human Emperor sighed and said, ”Life and death as the core. That is a decent foundation. What a pity. Is this person still alive?”

In his opinion, this Creator must have created a world of life and death. But it is likely that the life and death daos were no more after Xing Yue’s resurrection. Without their core daos, this Creator could very well be dead.

It wasn’t appropriate for Human Emperor to say much about this choice.

Xing Yue thought about it. Su Yu had told her not to leak his information. She was also worried that Su Yu wouldn’t deliver after she spoke highly of him. Everyone would only end up disappointed. Thus, she said, ”He’s essentially crippled, but he’s not dead.”

The bigger the hope, the bigger the disappointment. Thus, the correct path was to pretend Su Yu didn’t exist before he was actually here.

She didn’t want to bring everyone’s hopes up. What if Su Yu came before becoming a Master of Law? That would only end up disappointing everyone, and they might even start looking down on him because of that.

”As expected. What a pity.” Human Emperor sighed and said, ”Well, at least he’s alive. I’ll make it up to him when we’re back.”

What a pity.

A Sunmoon Creator who had created a world of life and death. That was just what his little sister needed for her resurrection. This was quite a big coincidence. And this Creator must be quite talented to complete Creation as a Sunmoon. They were terrifyingly powerful.

Truly a pity.

Well, seemed like the river wouldn’t be shaking so much anymore moving forward.

The others had a look of pity as they heard that.

Yet it also wasn’t too appropriate for them to comment on this choice. After all, this Creator had sacrificed himself to save Xing Yue. As a master of the life and death daos, Xing Yue could be more helpful to them than a Sunmoon Creator.

Human Emperor asked, ”How’s the situation in the Myriad Realms? Are things well?”

”No, things aren’t well. Control King betrayed us, and there are too many powerhouses in that lineage. Meanwhile, the human camp has lost almost all its strength. They had zero Daofuses as of a few hundred years ago. At the time, they had to survive with only some Eternals...”

Everyone was alarmed to hear that.

How was that possible?

Human Emperor said with disbelief, ”We might have declined, but how did we decline to the point we don’t even have a Daofuse?”

Xing Yue sneered and said, ”The ninth epoch...The current time is measured in epochs. Around ten thousand years per epoch. During the ninth epoch, about a hundred thousand years after your disappearance, the ninth human lord went into hiding with his people and gave up on humanity. As a result, humanity started the tenth epoch without a single Daofuse. All inheritances were severed. Fortunately, Su Yu emerged. This is the Creator who had resurrected me. He rose to power in a few short years and killed a bunch of Daofuses to protect humanity. But not long before my departure, the ninth human lord returned and chased him out of the Human Realm.”

Everyone’s expressions shifted.

Someone gnashed his teeth and asked, ”What is the name of this ninth human lord?”

”Hundred Battle!” Xing Yue said coldly, ”Apparently, this is a descendant of Conflict King, also a descendant of Human Ancestor. He is close to the giants. During the ninth epoch, he caused the deaths of numerous human allies. As a result, nobody dared to help humanity during the tenth epoch.”

Conflict King?

Everyone’s heart thumped. With a slight frown, Human Emperor said, ”Conflict King...yes, he is indeed Human Ancestor’s descendant. But he has been missing for a long time. We suspect that he has gone looking for Human Ancestor.”

As for Control King’s lineage, Human Emperor wasn’t too surprised to hear about them. He said, ”I slapped Control King into the Hell Gate after the betrayal. The Hell Gate will probably reopen at around the same time as our return. We can ignore that for now.”

Battle King cursed, ”Is Conflict King’s lineage really so unreliable? What the fuck were they doing? How did they lose humanity all its Daofuses? Were all the marquises already dead at the time?”

”Nope.” Xing Yue said frostily, ”All of them defected. They are all following Hundred Battle now. But before I left, I spared them and only punished them by extracting half their life force and physical body power in consideration of their past contributions.”

”They should all be killed!” Someone yelled furiously.

But Human Emperor merely smiled and said, ”So be it. They are all humans as well. Not even Human Ancestor’s descendants are so useless. From what I can see, that Hundred Battle must have done so to protect humanity as a whole. She wouldn’t have spared them otherwise.

”Xing Yue, you must have brought your extracted life force and physical body power, right? Yes, this will be very helpful for our recovery. I must say that my little sister is indeed quite thoughtful. Hahaha!”

”...”

Xing Yue said nothing. Only after a long silence did she speak, ”No. The exhaustion was too high when I was traveling upstream so I exhausted everything.”

”...”

Fine.

Human Emperor was slightly disappointed to hear that, but he didn’t mind it too much. He smiled and said, ”So be it. It’s good that you’re here. This stretch of river is solidified, so you won’t need to resist the flow of the river here.”

He was happy enough to see Xing Yue here. He was in a great mood. Not only had she resurrected, but she had also arrived as a master of life dao. As for the matter of Martial Emperor, Human Emperor had completely forgotten about that. He also needed to reward Su Yu when he was back. And that Hundred Battle guy and Control King’s lineage, he wasn’t too worried about them.

Everyone was happy to see Xing Yue here. She was both a Master of Law and a healer. Additionally, she came bearing some new gossip. They all decided to enjoy the moment. As for the affairs of the Myriad Realms, they would worry after they were back.

It wasn’t like they could do anything when they were still trapped here. Or to be precise, they still couldn’t return. They couldn’t afford to take even a step back. They could only face their enemies head-on. They had to drag this out, however long they could.

They would only start worrying when the day for them to return arrived. While following Human Emperor away, Xing Yue heard some mutterings about how big of a pity it was that the Sunmoon Creator had ruined his future. She wanted to say something, but after a short thought, she decided against it.

Even her elder brother was lamenting the loss of such a genius. A master of life and death was way too rare.

”Are life and death daos really so rare?”

Xing Yue wanted to argue, but she shut her mouth again. Su Yu wasn’t even a master of life and death. The two were never his core. If Xing Yue’s memories served right, Su Yu’s world was incomparably stable even after her resurrection. He was perfectly fine. Why was his elder brother acting like Su Yu’s world had fallen apart or something?

How odd.

Whatever. She decided to let them assume whatever they wanted. She still remembered that Su Yu wanted to give the Human Emperor the biggest surprise of his life during their future meeting.

Yeap. The biggest surprise of his life.

At that thought, Xing Yue hesitated slightly and said, ”Big Brother, I have an amazing subordinate in the Myriad Realms. He said that he will come and save you.”

”Oh, sure, sure.”

Human Emperor nodded. What a filial little sister. Well, it was the thought that mattered, right?

Myriad Realms?

There wasn’t even a Master of Law there.

Sigh. The juniors must have gotten overconfident since they had never seen Masters of Laws before.

They probably couldn’t even comprehend the concept of what a Master of Law was.

But that was understandable. Her little sister had spent many years as an Eternal. Her so-called amazing subordinate was probably a Sunmoon or something. How adorable. The Human Emperor laughed, but he said nothing. He had to take his little sister’s face into consideration, right?

She must still be muddle-headed since she was recently resurrected. Was there a need to even mention a Sunmoon subordinate to him? An amazing subordinate? How amazing could this subordinate be?

Human Emperor sighed with pity.