Tribulation of Myriad Races

A majority of chaos beasts cultivated the physical body. Human Ancestor happened to walk the same path.

Great Zhou King continued speculating, ”Does Hundred Battle King know something we don’t? Is he trying to summon Human Ancestor back? If that’s his goal, we can assume that Human Ancestor is currently behind the Hell Gate. Yue Luo might not have been a spy planted for the sake of dealing with the sinned lineage. Rather, she must have been there to collect more information about the Hell Gate.

”There’s also the devil race to consider. Is the Blazing Flame Devil Pseudo Emperor behind the Hell Gate as well? That is the only explanation for the devil race’s willingness to join hands with the sinned lineage.”

Everyone started thinking about Hundred Battle King’s main goal.

After some thought, Su Yu said, ”Forget it. We won’t be able to come up with an answer for now. We don’t know enough. I don’t know if there is a conflict of dao ideology between Human Ancestor and Human Emperor. We only need to stay wary and not see Hundred Battle as a friend. That is enough.

”The myriad races are sealing themselves off, while Yu Qing’s side is still quite powerful. We will first deal with Yu Qing before moving against the myriad races. Only then will I start moving against Hundred Battle. That will be my current plan.

”As for Martial Emperor, he will only be free after enough of the power of laws in both the Upper Realm and Lower Realm is drained. We can take that chance to break the barrier between the Lower and Upper Realms. The two shall be reconnected and the various forces will be forced to converge.”

Everyone nodded. That would be their chance to keep Hundred Battle King in check. It was absolutely necessary for them to view Hundred Battle King as the imaginary rival. After all, a conflict between the two would erupt sooner or later.

Two hegemons could never coexist. Yes, both of them were humans. But one inherited the legacy of Human Ancestor while the other inherited the system of Human Emperor. A clash was inevitable.

”For now, I’ll be taking a trip to the Death Realm.” Su Yu laughed, ”It’s time for a chat with those two.”

He looked at the others and said, ”All of you will continue your cultivation here. Try to lure some chaos beasts into my world. Lan Tian will be in charge of fusing them into the world. I’ll also try to expand my world enough to cover the entire Chaos Mountain.”

”It’s hard to encroach upon other territories, but the Chaos Mountain is a land of chaos. It is much easier to do that here.”

Back when Human Emperor created the Dao Origin Land, he intended to spread the world into the entirety of the Upper Realm. Unfortunately, he was unable to complete his job. And now, Su Yu was considering doing something similar.

After giving the others some reminders, he left.

Suddenly, Heavenly Overseer Marquis asked, ”When are you going to kill me?”

Su Yu looked back and chuckled, ”What’s the rush? Are you looking forward to dying so much?”

Heavenly Overseer Marquis said, ”Not really. But I’m curious if my death will fully end the ancient past.”

”The ancient past?” Su Yu thought about it and said, ”I can only say that the imaginary rule of the ancient past will end with your death. Humanity has never truly ruled the myriad races. The so-called ancient past isn’t even a proper era. It’s merely the name humanity gave that period of time. We will still be us, and the Human Emperor will still be the Human Emperor. We will remain the same.”

Heavenly Overseer Marquis thought on what Su Yu said in silence.

Before long, Su Yu vanished into the distance.

***

At the same time.

Deep inside the Chaos Mountain.

Both Yue Luo and Yue Xiao were fleeing with all their strength. However, they were lost. There was no sense of direction in chaos. It was an extremely hard place to traverse.

Yue Luo looked around.

Grief swelled within her. She had remained in Control King’s lineage for many years as a spy. But before Hundred Battle King could even do anything, Su Yu had ruined everything. He deserved death!

Yue Xiao, who was panting heavily, asked, ”Yue Luo, can we really reach the Lower Realm through this place?”

”I believe so.”

Yue Luo had never taken this route, but she knew it was possible. She continued looking around. After a short while, she took a talisman out and burned it.

Dao tones rippled out.

After a while, the space split open. Yue Xiao’s expression changed as a gigantic chaos beast appeared. Someone stood atop the powerful beast. The beast had the shape of a fish with a pair of wings on its back. It looked rather similar to a kunpeng beast.

The beast gazed upon the two coldly.

Yue Luo frowned slightly before saying, ”We have been exposed.”

The beast said nothing. The gigantic human atop it looked down at the two, leveling massive pressure on them just by directing his gaze toward them, and said, ”Exposed?”

”Yes.”

”Did Yu Qing find out?”

”It was Su Yu.” Yue Luo said, ”Su Yu led the myriad races in an attack against the holy race. Toward the end, he forced us to fight Thunderstorm. One of us must die to end that battle. I was left with no choice but to flee.”

”Su Yu...” The giant smiled, ”So it was him.”

He said, ”Are you heading back to the Myriad Realms?”

”Yes.” Yue Luo nodded. ”Our cover is blown. We have to leave. I suspect that the matron dragon is out of the gate as well. Yue Zhan is still around, but almost everyone else is dead.”

”A pity.” The young man on the beast said, ”I was planning to use them as the whetstone for the return of my lord father. It has been too long since Evergreen and the others fought a proper war. A whetstone is required. Unfortunately, all of them are dead.”

With a smile, he continued, ”I’ll lead the way. Come with me.”

Yue Luo said nothing, but Yue Xiao couldn’t resist asking, ”Highness Ji, have you been staying amid chaos all along?”

The young man chuckled, ”You can say so. The chaos is...very interesting. Cultivating amid chaos is very fun. You can consider doing the same if you have the time. This bleak and empty chaos is very interesting to explore. By the way, someone performed a divination against me earlier. Was that Su Yu?”

Yue Luo said, ”I’m unsure, but that’s probably the case. He knows about you. He even mentioned you by name previously. They are already aware of your existence and His Highness’ plan to hide away. But they still don’t know your actual strength.”

”The exposure doesn’t matter.” The young man said, ”It’s unrealistic to hide forever. Hiding has never been our main goal. We have merely been waiting for the perfect timing to act. Now that the Hell Gate is on the verge of opening, our exposure no longer matters.”

Yue Luo frowned slightly and said, ”Even with the Hell Gate open, the current situation is still very complicated...”

”I understand.” The young man waved her off and said, ”Discuss this with my father. I don’t involve myself in these matters.”

He looked rather indifferent as he started moving downward. He said, ”There were some disturbances in the chaos not long ago. The chaos dragon and eight-winged tiger both rushed over. Even Kunfei sensed something. The disturbances had probably erupted somewhere near the Death Realm. A large number of chaos beasts were killed. I suspect it was Su Yu. You may inform my father about this. Su Yu might have done something there.”

Yue Luo asked, ”What did he do?”

The man said, ”I was busy, so I didn’t care. However, the disturbances were quite big. I believe it won’t be a small matter. Tell my father, and he’ll know what to do.”

Yue Xiao asked, ”Your Highness, did you encounter a powerful enemy in the chaos?”

What else could he be busy with? But could powerhouses still be found amid the chaos? The truly strong beings had all been sealed behind the gate. Entities as strong as the chaos dragon were a rarity in the chaos nowadays.

The man said, ”Not a powerful enemy, merely something interesting. I was searching for Time.”

The two blanked out. Searching for Time?

What was the meaning of that?

The man said, ”Is there an end to the River of Time? Definitely. I believe Time can be found at the end of the river. Can I find anything if I follow the river all the way to the end? Is the Heaven Gate there?”

He rambled on, ”The physical location of the Hell Gate is always known to us, but the Heaven Gate has never been found. Perhaps I have found some clues to its location. If there is a Heaven Gate at one end of the river, what about the other end?

”Is the Master of Time behind the Heaven Gate or the other gate? There is a clear end to the Celestial River of Death. But the end of the River of Time remains vague and indistinct. Clearly, the Master of Time is a terrifying entity.”

Both Yue Luo and Yue Hao were somewhat confused by what they were listening to, but they were still greatly shocked. The pursuit of this man...was beyond what they could imagine. He was different from the rest.

Seemingly knowing that he had said all that for nothing, the man laughed and said, ”Forget it. This is not something you should be worrying about.”

Yue Luo said nothing to that.

Three humans and one beast continued traveling downward.

Even after traveling for a while, their surroundings still looked the same for Yue Luo and Yue Xiao. Suddenly, the man said, ”Keep flying in this direction. You will reach the Myriad Realms after a while.”

Yue Luo nodded, ”Sorry for the trouble.”

”Don’t worry about it.” The man said, ”Inform my father that I’ll continue my search. I won’t be back anytime soon.”

”Sure.”

And then, the man vanished into the distance atop his chaos beast.

With him gone, Yue Xiao transmitted, ”Just what is his current strength? Why...did he feel scarier than Yu Qing?”

”I’m not sure.” Yue Luo stared into the distance for a while before answering, ”It doesn’t matter. Let’s go. We’ll return to the Myriad Realms.”

The two continued their flight.

***

At the same time, Su Yu was heading toward the Death Realm.

Halfway, he suddenly raised his brow. Something seemed to be present far in the distance. A gigantic figure could be seen. He focused, but it was too far for him to get a clear look.

It seemed to be a giant kunpeng beast. When he further focused, he even saw someone standing atop the beast. Having sensed something, the man atop the beast looked in Su Yu’s direction as well.

Their gazes met.

But the two did not stop. Instead, they pulled further from each other before vanishing in two different directions.

***

”Giant beast...and a humanoid figure...”

Su Yu sank into contemplation.

An explorer of the chaos. Who was that?

Zhou Ji?

Or was it a chaos beast in human form? He did not bother investigating. It was very easy for one to lose their way in chaos and that person was too far away.

”Forget it.”

Su Yu was unbothered. It didn’t matter if that was Zhou Ji or not. In any case, nobody knew just how strong Zhou Ji was. They only knew that this was Hundred Battle King’s son.

What if this son was weak enough to be killed with a single slap?

”But that beast is quite strong. Is that a Venerable?”

As the beast had been releasing its aura freely, Su Yu could sense it. However, he was not too surprised. Anything could appear in chaos. The appearance of Venerables wouldn’t be too surprising either.

Before long, Su Yu reached the Death Realm. He flew for a bit before landing on the ground. He was back at the Origin Land. At present, the entire Death Realm appeared abnormally quiet.

A large number of Daofuse death spirits had died not long ago, and many had been resurrected. Only a few Daofuse death spirits remained, while those below the Daofuse Realm had yet to truly recover their nature or intelligence.