Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu said, ”The Consort Emeritus has yet to return to her peak strength. Strictly speaking, I am now at the level of a brand new Master of Law, I guess.”

Su Yu shook his head. ”At the level of a Master of Law, further strength classification is too complicated. There are too few of these powerhouses around. Most people at that level fight each other to determine each other’s strength. It’s too hard to assign values to one’s cultivation upon reaching this level.”

Prior to that, one’s cultivation could be measured by how much they had fused.

Suddenly, Great Zhou King smiled and said, ”Your Majesty, there were some classifications for Masters of Laws back then. It was mostly used internally among humanity to mark and classify our enemies into different categories.”

Su Yu grew curious. ”Was the system not passed down?”

”The system was rendered pointless after all the Masters of Laws were gone.” After a short thought, Great Zhou King continued, ”According to the classifications set by Human Emperor and the Cardinal Kings, our enemies were categorized into five tiers.”

”This is similar to how you classify Daofuses into tiers. Tier-one Masters of Laws correspond to those at the level of Human Emperor and Culture King. Tier-two Masters of Laws correspond to those at the level of the other Cardinal Kings.

”Tier-three Masters of Laws correspond to those at the level of Battle King. Tier-four Masters of Laws correspond to those at the level of Snow King. Tier-five Masters of Laws correspond to to the physical body human kings.”

Su Yu asked, ”What was Martial Emperor’s tier back then?”

”Battle King’s tier, I think.”

Great Xia King couldn’t help but protest, ”Can you not use my ancestor as the unit of measurement?”

”...”

Great Zhou King rolled his eyes. He needed something as a reference point, right?

Not bothered to respond to that, Great Zhou King continued, ”This classification was more adjusted for the late period of the ancient past. Martial Emperor was an older existence. Prior to that, he was at the same level as Martial King and the others. But toward the end, the others progressed massively. By the late period, Battle King was already as strong as Martial Emperor before he was sealed away. After spending so many years sealed away, Martial Emperor is probably weaker than Battle King now.”

The passage of time was the scariest of all. The beings used as the measurement for the top tier back then had all moved on to become Creators. One could say that the standards they established back then were constantly evolving.

”In other words, Martial Emperor is at the level of Battle King during the late ancient past. Is that so?”

”Yes!” Great Zhou King nodded, ”The chaos dragon and Yue Zhan are probably slightly weaker than the physical body human kings of the late primordial past. But they won’t be weaker by much. They can barely be considered tier-five Masters of Laws. Since Your Majesty is capable of matching actual Masters of Laws, perhaps you are at Snow King’s fourth tier.”

Snow Orchid said nothing. But she was annoyed as well. Why was he insisting on putting those names behind the tiers? And couldn’t he use someone else instead of the seniors of those present?

Su Yu thought about it some more and said, ”In that case, I speculate that Hundred Battle is probably a weaker tier-three or a stronger tier-four. Yu Qing is a regular tier-four. The Consort Emeritus has newly returned to her original cultivation, so she’s probably a stronger tier-five.”

Great Zhou King asked, ”Are you saying that Martial Emperor is indeed the current strongest being in the Myriad Realms?”

Su Yu nodded, ”Yes. He is likely the strongest among all who are active right now. Second after him will be Hundred Battle, who is probably similar in strength to the matron dragon. Yu Qing comes after, followed by the Consort Emeritus. People like the chaos dragon, Yue Zhan, and Fat Ball all come after them.”

Those on Hundred Battle King’s side believed that Yue Luo and Extreme Martial could handle Fat Ball. But Su Yu would only snort with disdain upon learning about that. Fat Ball had never shown them his full strength.

Perhaps he was similar to those people in strength previously, but he was definitely stronger than Yue Luo after his transformation. In Su Yu’s view, Yue Luo and Extreme Martial were at the levels of Sacred Marquis and Corona.

At that thought, Su Yu continued, ”The strength classification of the myriad races is too broad. After all, there are too many top powerhouses around. The world is also sealed, creating unique existences known as Venerables. In truth, some of them can’t be considered Venerables anymore, such as the chaos dragon and Yue Zhan.

”It is very important to know the strength of our opponents. Only by knowing your enemies can you win all battles. Masters of Laws can be removed from the equation when we’re trying to quantify the strength of our opponents.

”Strictly speaking, I believe the strongest true Venerable in existence right now is the eight-winged tiger.”

Su Yu said, ”The tiger, Sacred Marquis, Corona, Yue Luo, and Extreme Martial are all at this level. South Heavenly King might also be this strong outside. But in here, she is as strong as the chaos dragon.”

Or she might even be stronger than that. After all, this was both Su Yu’s world and her world. These were the true Venerables in the Myriad Realms. Someone like the chaos dragon could already be appointed a physical body king if he were a human during the ancient past.

The others nodded. Su Yu’s classification had given them a far clearer idea of their potential opponents.

To the side, March couldn’t resist asking, ”Your Majesty, what about us?”

”You?” Su Yu chuckled and said, ”You’re a common Venerable. What else do you want me to say?”

Common Venerable. Why must he add the word common in front of Venerable? It sounded a lot less impressive put that way.

”In truth, there isn’t much variation between fellow true Venerables.”

Su Yu said, ”Apart from the exceptions I mentioned, the rest are quite similar to each other. All Venerables are those who have walked their dao to the absolute limit. The exceptions are different only because their daos are stronger. That is all.”

All Venerables were essentially the same in cultivation. The only thing separating them was the dao they cultivated. This time, Heavendoom had learned to do the smart thing and not ask anything.

Asking a question now would only result in an answer that would hurt their fragile feelings. If even Venerables were common in Su Yu’s eyes, what about them?

Wan Tiansheng smiled and said, ”In short, we are far stronger than the myriad races. Your Majesty can handle the Consort Emeritus, while Fat Ball and a different Venerable can handle Corona and Sacred Marquis. Or perhaps Fat Ball can even handle them both alone. Basically, the myriad races won’t be too difficult to defeat.”

Su Yu nodded, ”Yes. We only need to worry about our casualties, or think of a way to do it with zero casualties. I don’t want to lose anyone fighting these people. There will be plenty of time for people to die in the future. Far stronger opponents are still waiting for us.”

He had a heavy tone as he said that.

But soon, he recovered and said, ”I don’t want anyone to die. But since I wish to save Human Emperor, we might need to face over a hundred Masters of Laws. People might start dying then. It’s just not worth losing anyone while we’re still fighting here in a smaller pool.

”I have too many opponents. After defeating the myriad races, there is the Hell Gate to face. After the Hell Gate, there is the Heaven Gate to face. And then there are also all those unknown and sealed eras behind those gates. All that is gone will return and converge once again.

”I believe there is something in the Myriad Realms attracting all of them. Chaos is endless. One can attempt creation anywhere. One can live anywhere. Why must everyone fight so hard to return to the Myriad Realms?

”This is a special era. And this is a special place. Thus, we should focus on the future. Before then, we need to grow and gather strength. The time for us to die has yet to arrive. Of course, that doesn’t mean that we fear death. We will continue staring death down fearlessly.”

Everyone had thoughtful expressions as they listened. Yes. The various missing eras were returning. Just what was so special about the Myriad Realms? Or was it this era itself that was special? What was so special about it?

As far as they were concerned, the River of Time was the most unique aspect of the Myriad Realms. Many daos, including Su Yu’s dao, were created with the River of Time as the reference point. And many daos were created by stealing from the River of Time.

Was the Master of Time the true strongest being of the various eras? But almost nobody had seen that terrifying being with their own eyes. Where was that being now? Was the Master of Time dead? Everyone sank into thought.

Suddenly, Great Zhou King interupted everyone’s contemplation and said, ”Your Majesty, do we act against the myriad races now or do we keep hiding until they are lured into our world? Do we proceed with our plan involving the tea plant?”

The chaos dragon knew that Su Yu was a Creator. Martial Emperor and Death Imperator knew as well. In short, quite a few people were aware of this information.

Thus, Su Yu’s plan could be exposed quite easily.

Su Yu laughed, ”There is no harm in proceeding. It is something we can do in passing. We wait. We wait until Hundred Battle makes his move. How can we move without him standing in the sinned lineage’s way? He won’t fight for real, but he will at least pretend to fight. Of course, we still need to create some pressure to force him into action.”

At that, Su Yu turned serious as he ordered, ”Fat Ball, Heavenbridge, Lan Tian, Great Zhou King, Giant Axe, and March. Heed my order.”

The six answered their call.

”Take Marquis Lanshan, Cloud Fire Marquis, Brave Martial General, Great Qin King, and Great Xia King alongside fifty Daofuses and head to the Upper Realm. Encircle the Human Mountain and trap the myriad races on the mountain.”

Everyone’s heart thumped.

Six Venerables, multiple heavenly kings, and even more Daofuses. Between Marquis Lanshan and Cloud Fire Marquis, one was a Venerable while the other was near that level. Even the non-Venerable of the two had a high chance of becoming a Venerable soon.

In short, this would essentially be a force of eight Venerables. This was an incredibly powerful force. The myriad races had a lot of Daofuses, but they had lost a large number of them not long ago.

Such a force was enough to pressure the myriad races and force them to hide on their mountain. In any case, there was no way Tiangu would take the initiative to leave.

Su Yu continued, ”We will encircle the Human Mountain. Tiangu will be too wary of Heavenly Fate. Fateless, see Heavenly Fate Marquis before we act. Tell him he may now leave with his people.”

Fate Pseudo Emperor asked, ”Your Majesty, do we need to defend the tunnel in the Fate Realm?”

It was more likely that anyone wishing to traverse the two realms would walk the tunnel at the Buried Soul Mountain. However, the tunnel in the Fate Realm was still there. Then again, even with the tunnel cleared, there was still the suppressive force of the Fate Realm. Thus, the tunnel there would still remain the unpopular tunnel.

Su Yu laughed and said, ”It doesn’t matter. The connection has been opened so it doesn’t matter anymore. I suggest that the fate race withdraws completely from the Fate Realm as well. It is too dangerous to stay there as anyone can descend from the tunnel at any time.

”Get Heavenly Fate Marquis to withdraw before Tiangu is certain that I’ll really attack them. We don’t want Tiangu to do something crazy and wipe them out when he grows desperate after our attack.”

As for Thunderstorm...that was something for Hundred Battle King to worry about, not him.

Fate Pseudo Emperor nodded and left. He had to get the fate race to withdraw before the encirclement.

As for the others, they started convening with the other powerhouses and their subordinates to prepare for the coming battle. Prior to this, he had only deployed the highest-tier combatants of their camp.

But the myriad races had a large number of Daofuses, enough to perhaps pose a threat at a single mistake. Thus, Su Yu had decided to deploy his Daofuses as well.