Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu nodded, ”I see. I had always thought that Human Ancestor created a race by himself when he grew strong enough, but I was wrong. So the race had been around as a tribe. He was merely a leader. Is that so?”

”Yes.” Death Imperator nodded, ”I’m saying this because I can see that you have been somewhat influenced by Hundred Battle. You might start believing that Human Ancestor has betrayed humanity as well. But that won’t be accurate. At most, he’s only biased toward his own tribe, but that’s human nature. But there is no denying that he was acknowledged as the common ancestor of humanity during that era.”

Death Imperator was being quite frank with his thoughts.

Su Yu smiled, ”Yes, you’re right. It is only natural for someone to take better care of those directly under them.”

Death Imperator explained, ”In truth, if we go back far enough, all these humanoid races, such as the divines, devils, immortals, souls, and nethers originated from the same race. Some powerful beings with unique cultivation methods had eventually left to develop their own living space, becoming independent races with the passage of time.”

Su Yu wasn’t surprised to hear that. Many had speculated the same thing.

Control King’s lineage would be the more recent example of this phenomenon. If it had been left to develop alone, it would have probably developed into an entirely different race after tens of thousands of years.

Su Yu thought about it and said, ”In that case, let’s pay the giant race a visit. They should have some Eternals in there. I have been ignoring them all along. There is no need for me to exterminate them because of Hundred Battle. They only did what they did because of their origin. I only need to capture a three body cultivator for you. I’m getting very interested in the Three Body Method.”

”Yeah, it’s the same for me!”

Death Imperator smiled. He was getting very interested as well. Three Body Method? How curious.

***

After a short while.

The two reappeared in the Myriad Realms.

Before long, they appeared above the Giant Realm. The race had gone completely silent after the escape of Yu and Zhou Ji and the deaths of Hundred Battle and Thunderstorm.

However, the Primordial Giant King wasn’t dead.

Previously, Su Yu had heavily injured him with a punch. And that punch had saved him from the fate of dying alongside Hundred Battle and Thunderstorm. When the injured Primordial Giant King sensed the presence above their realm, he sighed with despair. Perhaps...this would be the end of their race.

Su Yu had finally remembered the existence of the primordial giant race.

***

Before long, the heavily injured Primordial Giant King flew out with ten or so Eternals and several Daofuses behind him.

The Primordial Giant King did not say much. He directly took his crown and royal robe off before dropping to his knees. Then, he presented the royal seal with both his hands. Behind him, the various giant experts knelt down as well.

The king kept his head lowered as he spoke softly, ”We are willing to submit. I only hope that Emperor Yu is willing to accept us. All beyond the Sunmoon Realm of my race are here. We are willing to sever our daos to thank Your Majesty for his grace.

”We hope that Your Majesty can take into consideration the fact that we used to be the same race during the primordial past and forgive us for our transgressions.”

”Please forgive us for our transgressions.”

The Eternals and Daofuses pleaded with their heads lowered. Those beyond the Sunmoon Realm were willing to sever their daos and die, all to spare the common people and ensure the continuation of their race.

This was war. The loser, even as a king, was willing to beg the victor for the survival of their race. The strong were willing to beg and die just to ensure the continuation of their race.

Su Yu said indifferently, ”You must have moved some people away recently, right?”

Primordial Giant King paled.

Su Yu continued, ”I never considered exterminating your race. I dislike Hundred Battle, but I know that he wouldn’t have exterminated humanity even if he could defeat me.”

There was no need for Su Yu to make up a story here just to sully Hundred Battle’s name. It was unlikely that Hundred Battle would exterminate humanity even if he could defeat Su Yu. At most, he would ignore humanity and leave it to its own devices.

Primordial Giant King was pleasantly surprised to hear that. He started crying tears of joy as he said, ”Emperor Yu is wise! Yes, Hundred Battle King wouldn’t have exterminated the human race even if he could win! The heavens can bear witness to this!”

Su Yu said, ”Enough with this show. I can’t be bothered to do anything to the regular giants. I also don’t need all of you dead. Just assist with some tests. If you survive, you survive. If not, so be it. Let the heavens determine your fate. If you wish to seek revenge in the future, come at me.”

”We wouldn’t dare.”

Primordial Giant King wouldn’t dare to say yes to that. Revenge?

No!

Su Yu was too scary.

Su Yu was unbothered. He truly didn’t care about a potential future revenge. Could these people even live that long? He still needed them to help with his tests on the Three Body Method. He asked, ”Do you cultivate the Three Body Method or a different method?”

”The Three Body Method.” Primordial Giant King answered, ”That is what everyone cultivates after the ancient past. I’m not an ancient marquis, so I don’t have access to the Weapon Fusion Method or the other methods.”

Su Yu nodded. Then, he reached out and crushed the king in his palm.

The Eternals and Daofuses paled, but they could only grieve silently. They didn’t even dare to raise their head.

Resist?

Resistance would result in the extermination of their race. With submission, only the strong would die. This was the fate of the loser in a war.

Su Yu only crushed the body and the sea of willpower, leaving the dao of the king alone.

A short while later, the wind rose and the clouds swirled as the River of Time emerged out of thin air. Su Yu opened his Heaven Gate and observed attentively. In the blink of an eye, a unique aura rose, and a certain dao trembled slightly. And then, the Primordial Giant King returned.

He was back to life. One of his three bodies was dead.

His strength had dropped considerably. Su Yu continued observing in silence. After a while, he raised his brow and exclaimed, ”How magical. Only a drop of strength. He lost a lot of dao power, but his life imprint is well preserved. Even his sea of willpower is back to normal.”

Su Yu had neglected this method before, but he was finding it truly mystical right now. Even a Creator like him couldn’t see through how resurrection worked for this method.

Death Imperator looked amazed as well. ”A true resurrection. A complete resurrection, with only a loss in dao power. This Three Body Method...is inconceivable.”

Truly inconceivable.

This was his first time witnessing the Three Body Method in action. The Three Body Method already existed in the ancient past, but at the time, it was extremely unpopular. Nobody was stupid enough to cultivate something known as the trash method when alternatives existed.

Death Imperator shook his head, ”I don’t understand how it works.”

Su Yu was able to understand slightly what he was looking at. He waved his hand again, swatting the king to death again. This time, even the dao was snapped. The Primordial Giant King walked the physical body dao.

Thanks to the Heaven Gate, Su Yu was able to get a clear look at what was happening. A burst of power emerged from the river, and slowly, the scattered life imprint converged again. And then, the king returned to life.

The second of the three bodies was dead. A much weakened Primordial Giant King appeared. One who was barely a Daofuse.

”Is this a future body?”

The pale king nodded, ”Yes. A future body.”

”Interesting.” Su Yu smiled and said, ”Three Body Method. The past as the foundation, the present as the base, and the future as an illusion. Losing the future body is no big deal. Losing the present body is still not hopeless. But losing the past will turn one into a kite without its string.

”How interesting. This method is capable of gathering the scattered imprint into three major concentrations...no. Is this method actually gathering every trace of the cultivator in the river, leaving no essence outside of the three bodies?”

Numerous ideas emerged in Su Yu’s mind.

”Have there been any Eternal or Daofuse who have returned to life after dying? He Tu came from the first epoch, so he didn’t cultivate the Three Body Method. Lanshan and the others came from the ancient past. Xia Chen followed the path of characters and Battle King’s legacy...”

Su Yu looked at Death Imperator and asked, ”Have any three body cultivators returned as death spirits?”

”I don’t recall any...”

Probably not. Death Imperator gave it more thought before shaking his head. Very few powerhouses had returned after the ancient past. And He Tu and Xia Chen were already the most prominent of the returned beings after the ancient past.

Su Yu had once sent his people to search for more prominent figures of the tenth epoch, such as the founding kings and people like Ye Batian. But not one had been found.”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he muttered, ”Those cultivating the Three Body Method...are probably impossible to resurrect after their three deaths.

”Three bodies, three lives. Every essence of their being will be concentrated on the three bodies. The past and future imprints are no more. There won’t be anything left from the Celestial River of Death to collect.”

Su Yu shook his head, ”Therefore, the three body cultivators won’t be able to return through the Celestial River of Death.”

This was an entirely new discovery. In the past, everyone believed that many of the recently dead experts had not returned as death spirits because not enough time had passed. But that wasn’t the case. Rather, the Three Body Method had gathered every trace of these people. No trace of them would be left after their three deaths.

Resurrection was impossible for these people. In short, if Ye Batian wasn’t a chess piece of Great Zhou King, then he would be truly dead. According to what Su Yu knew, Ye Batian should be a three body cultivator as well.

No, that did not make sense.

Su Yu’s eyes flickered. That was merely his impression, but he wasn’t sure what the truth was. Su Yu saw Ye Batian’s death from Wan Tiansheng’s memories. He was killed in combat.

At the time, Wan Tiansheng cultivated the Three Body Method as well. But after losing one body, he gave up on that method.