Tribulation of Myriad Races

Once again, Human Emperor was left speechless. Suddenly, he had a feeling that the new human lord wouldn’t be easy to get along with. It wasn’t like he was scared of a baby Master of Law like that, but he was still worried about an overconfident kid who might provoke the ire of all the veteran powerhouses here. After all, his perception of power might be skewed due to his time in the Myriad Realms.

This wouldn’t even be surprising. In an era where no Master of Law existed, someone like Su Yu could easily proclaim himself the number one under the heavens. It was only natural for him to feel greatly overconfident.

And that overconfidence might become a source of trouble for his allies here. Unreliable teammates were what Human Emperor feared most. He had been traumatized after having so many of his plans ruined by unreliable teammates. He was greatly terrified that his reinforcements would be a bunch of unreliable teammates as well.

Seemingly having guessed his thoughts, Xing Yue said, ”Su Yu is actually quite capable. How could he have conquered the Death Realm, the Lower Realm, and the Upper Realm without being capable? How could he have expelled the myriad races without being capable? He has surpassed even you in glory, Big Brother...”

At that, Human Emperor merely gave her a polite smile.

Yes, yes, keep bluffing.

Tsk, tsk. All of a sudden, the new human lord had surpassed him.

Conquering the three realms?

Sure, he acknowledged that Su Yu was truly quite capable. But who knew if the myriad races were still a serious threat in the Myriad Realms? Perhaps they would have ruined themselves even without Su Yu around.

Tsk.

He could bear hearing her bluffing about Su Yu, but he couldn’t accept hearing about how he had been surpassed.

With a smile, he said, ”Is that so? In that case, I’ll be looking forward to seeing how he does here. Yue, you did not experience our past conquest. Back then, I led my old brothers against the various realms after your death. Eventually, we swept through all opposition and dominated everyone. During those days, we were without equal.”

Did she understand just how impressive they were? What a pity that she had not experienced that era personally. She had died too early. At the time, even humanity was still split into numerous warring factions.

Thus, she was not there to witness his glorious accomplishment of unifying humanity and conquering the Myriad Realms.

Hearing his words, Xing Yue nodded in agreement. Yes, her elder brother was quite impressive. She asked nonchalantly, ”By the way, how long did you take to conquer the Myriad Realms?”

”A hundred years or so.”

”Oh.”

Xing Yue said nothing. Noticing her indifference, Human Emperor recalled something. As that realization hit him, he shook slightly and said, ”It’s not the same. During our time, the Myriad Realms were filled with powerhouses. The immortals, devils, divines, and dragons, in particular, were exceptionally powerful. Every realm was extremely difficult to conquer.”

”Oh.” Xing Yue nodded indifferently and said, ”Okay. I’ll go look for Big Brother Battle King, then.”

”Wait, let me finish!”

Human Emperor was furious. What was that attitude? That was unacceptable!

”Back then, I—”

”Yeah, yeah, I know. I’ll listen to your stories when I’m back.”

Xing Yue placated him. She had to take care of her elder brother’s desire to show off. But since Su Yu was near, she had to put this off for now.

Human Emperor was furious.

”Wait!”

Xing Yue stood still.

Human Emperor snorted with satisfaction and continued, ”Back then, those fellows opposite us would tremble at the mere sight of me. They had the numbers, but they still had to bow and beg for forgiveness. A pity that...your big brother is not favored by fate.”

With a sigh, he continued, ”Your Big Brother Wen is unreliable. No, he’s not that bad. Your Big Brother Tai Shan...is super unreliable. Unreliable enough to ascend to godhood in unreliability!”

He did not feel like saying more than that.

Human Emperor wondered if that dumbass had been instigated by Control King or something. In any case, that guy was the one who had exposed the matter about Culture King’s absence.

Otherwise, Human Emperor could have continued with his plan. An additional thousand years and he would no longer have anything to fear from the myriad races. Unfortunately, the situation did not allow him to continue his creation.

And ultimately, he was reduced to his current state. What rotten luck.

Culture King and Martial King were still missing, while the Myriad Realms were unreliable. It would be fair to say that nothing had gone smoothly for Human Emperor. He was supposed to be launching an attack against the three gates long ago. But to many things had happened to mess his plans up.

He looked at the sky bleakly.

He was a hero in decline.

What about the three gates?

He could still suppress them!

Alas, time wasn’t on his side. He suffered repeated defeats just as victory was within sight. Back then, he had the ambition to compete against the Master of Time. But he had long given up on that.

Yes, his thoughts were straying again. This wasn’t how he was in the past. But due to his injuries, his sea of willpower was starting to loosen up. He was truly at his limit.

”Man can overcome the heavens. But...man can’t overcome man.”

He sighed regretfully.

Sensing her big brother’s dismay, Xing Yue thought about it and solemnly said, ”Don’t worry. My subordinate is coming.”

”...”

Screw that!

Why was she saying that with such conviction? What in the world could her subordinate even do to help?

”Yes, yes. Go meet your subordinate.”

Human Emperor waved her off, pretending he didn’t hear the last statement.

At the same time, he transmitted to the distant Battle King, ”Go with Xing Yue. Meet the tenth human lord, the Sunmoon Creator. Apparently, this Su Yu guy is quite petty, so be polite when you’re there. His strength might not be anything special, but its the thought that counts.

”His appearance is still beneficial for humanity. If he has any requests, just agree if possible. If he’s making excessive demands, just tell him you can’t make such decisions and await my answer.”

The eyes of the burly Battle King flickered slightly as he transmitted, ”Your Majesty, will this mess things up? I’m worried that the reinforcements will be overconfident. Instead of helping, they might cause more trouble for us...”

”It’s fine. I was able to put you lot under control back then. A single kid like him won’t be much of a challenge for me. Just be polite. Radiant King can’t leave even if he’s the much better choice for this. He knows what to do when facing proud brats like that. As for you...just act stupid.”

”What? I’m a senior now. It’s so embarrassing for me to play the fool in front of a junior.”

”Cut the nonsense!” Human Emperor transmitted, ”Also, try to explain to him about the situation here and the strength difference between our opponents and us. Just give him an overall explanation but leave the details out. Don’t let him assume that he’s safe just because he’s here. You know what to do.

”Also, if he refuses to take orders from anyone here, let him be. Just tell him he will receive the title of a king. He can do whatever he wants with his subordinates so long as he doesn’t trigger a battle against our opponents.”

He was quite welcoming of Su Yu, but he also wasn’t quite willing to incorporate Su Yu into his existing command structure as that might cause more disruption than intended.

When he placed himself in Su Yu’s position, he understood that someone who had conquered three realms would probably be too proud to remain subordinate to someone. That did not matter. He only needed Su Yu to not be too stupid.

Battle King nodded and noted everything down.

Shortly after, he laughed, ”Don’t worry, Your Majesty. I’ll give him a nice dose of reality. I will make sure to make a proper show of force. In fact, I’m worried that they will be too weak to even come this far upstream. That would be awkward...”

Human Emperor blinked. That wouldn’t be the case, right? If the new human lord couldn’t even come this far...cough, it would indeed be quite awkward.

”Just wait near the boundary, but don’t stay there for too long. We don’t want the myriad races to notice your absence. Just pull back if he’s still not there after some time.”

Yes, there was a real possibility that the new human lord could not reach this far.

One ought to know that Xing Yue had regained her original cultivation. Even so, she had barely reached with the assistance of Xing Yu’s token. If Su Yu was too weak, and he didn’t even have the assistance of Xing Yu’s token...good heavens. He might really fail to reach and embarrass himself.

Battle King grinned, ”Sure, I understand. I’ll be going now, Your Majesty. If he can really come this far, the mere sight of me will probably be enough to give him the scare of his life. I’ll allow him to witness what a true powerhouse looks like. We need to temper their pride after their victories in the Myriad Realms.”

”Just don’t go too far.”

”Don’t worry.”

Battle King promised. What was there to worry? How hard could a bunch of brats be to handle? According to Xing Yue, that Su Yu guy came from Great Xia. It was said that Great Xia was founded by his descendant. Perhaps he was even the ancestor of Su Yu’s ancestor many generations in the past.

Before long, Battle King and Xing Yue left silently. Some people noticed, but they were unbothered. Patrols would be sent to the rear frequently to prevent any sneak attacks. This was a common occurrence for them.

As for the myriad races, they were unbothered as well. It was no big deal for Battle King to move around for a bit.

Naturally, things would change if his absence lasted for more than two or three days. At the time, the myriad races would launch a probing attack to make sure that Battle King had not stealthily returned to the Myriad Realms.

***

At the same time.

Su Yu reached the barrier Xing Yue needed to break through before. Human Emperor’s group was near. He looked back with a frown. He had been cut off from his world before even reaching this place. This would be annoying.

”A pity.”

Su Yu muttered to himself. It was indeed a pity. The influence of his world was only a tiny bit away from reaching Human Emperor’s location. If it could really reach this far, he would have a far more enjoyable time there.

Pushing his thoughts aside, Su Yu stared ahead again.

The life and death daos were rippling with a message from Xing Yue. Since the two weren’t that far from each other anymore, communication was easy. According to the message, Human Emperor couldn’t leave. Thus, Xing Yue was coming with Battle King.

Battle King!

Su Yu turned to look at Xia Longwu and smiled, ”Your ancestor is coming.”

Xia Longwu nodded with his usual cold expression. He was completely unbothered. There was no helping it. What was one supposed to feel when meeting an ancestor from a hundred thousand years ago? Was one supposed to feel a sort of familial affection or something?

They had different goals and aspirations. A hundred thousand years. How many generations had it been? Even if one counted a hundred years as a generation, a thousand generations would have passed.

For cultivators, one could perhaps count a few hundred years per generation. Even so, hundreds of generations would have passed. This ancestor was too far removed for Xia Longwu to care.

Someone exclaimed in excitement, ”Battle King?”

Someone snorted with displeasure, ”Why is Human Emperor not welcoming us personally?”

Su Yu rolled his eyes, ”Shut up. Do you want to take his place in the frontlines so that he can come here personally?”

”...”

A pity that this attempt at buttering Su Yu up had failed.

Su Yu looked at Martial Emperor and said, ”Back then, Battle King was a tier-three. But now, he has probably reached the second tier. I understand what Human Emperor is thinking. I’m of the same opinion as well.

”A show of force will be necessary to make sure I won’t mess things up for them. But we also need to show them our muscles as well. Martial Emperor, Battle King might showcase his aura later. The moment that happens, ignore everything else. Martial Emperor, Death Spirit King, and March will beat him up first.”

Death Spirit King was roughly at the third tier. March was also at the higher end of the third tier after winning the bamboo stick from Su Yu. The bamboo had been fused directly into his dao, allowing him to surpass South Heavenly King.

Two tier-threes and one tier-two. Unless Battle King was a tier-one, they should be enough to deal with him.

”Beating Battle King up?” March grimaced, ”Is that appropriate?”

Martial Emperor’s eyes flickered with hesitation as well. Could he? But that would be such a fun thing to do!

Su Yu smiled and said, ”Keep your auras inward. Battle King will definitely be the first to release his aura as a show of force. We won’t be the ones causing trouble here, but we also won’t take it silently when someone tries to make us cower.”

Understanding dawned on everyone. They started snickering as they withdrew their auras.

Understood.

Su Yu wanted to save face. He couldn’t do something as embarrassing as bullying Battle King. But as his most loyal subordinates, they naturally needed to share the burden of their lord.

Battle King would be the one to start trouble. They would have a perfect excuse to beat him up. To the side, Xia Longwu’s face twitched. No matter what, that was his ancestor. This...whatever. So be it. In a way, this could be considered a form of test for both parties.

They were doing this to make their voice heard. They had to ensure that the other camp would not underestimate them. By making things clear from the get-go, they could avoid many unwanted troubles in the future.

***

”Sneeze!”

At the same time, Battle King was rubbing his nose with discomfort.

At the same time, he smiled and said, ”Little Sister Xing Yue, should I show them thirty percent of my strength later? Or do I need to show fifty percent of my strength? You can decide since that’s your subordinate!”

Battle King was feeling quite excited as this was the first time in many years there was a newcomer.

Xing Yue hesitated as a message came from Su Yu right about then. After a slight pause, she said, ”Use all your strength. Maybe...wait, maybe you should give up on trying to make them cower. Big Brother Battle, I worry...”

”Are you worried that I’ll scare them so much they piss themselves?” Battle King laughed heartily, ”Don’t worry. I won’t go too far. I’m not a bad guy. I only need to make them understand just how dangerous things are...”

Sure.

Xing Yue nodded. So be it. But she could feel that this guy would suffer later. Fine, fine, she would be on standby to treat him later.