Tribulation of Myriad Races

Human Emperor roared, ”Remember. Start the fusion the moment I succeed. After the fusion, start recovering. And then, follow me to the front lines!”

”Yes!”

The many human kings roared.

An austere atmosphere swept out. The Myriad Realms trembled. Even injured, these were still human kings. Furthermore, the Human Emperor was here. His very presence was enough to cause the world to shake.

Human Emperor looked up at the sky and said, ”Today, I shall sever my dao and complete my creation. Creating a world of humanity. Creating a world of responsibility. Creating a world of protection. Creating a world of enlightenment. All humans are allowed to enter my world. To recreate the world. To recreate the heaven and earth. My heart is firm. A world shall have responsibility, protection, and enlightenment as its foundation. If I lose my heart one day, may this world collapse. May humanity abandon Xing Yu.”

The very heavens reacted to those words.

These were the words of the Human Emperor.

If he were to change, his world would collapse. He shall be abandoned.

Everyone’s expression changed.

Human Emperor roared with laughter and said, ”I am Human Emperor. The emperor of mankind. Su Yu? You are nothing compared to me.”

”...”

Everyone was rendered speechless. They had noticed that whenever someone was on the brink of desperation, they loved scolding Su Yu. This seemed to be the case with their enemies and those on their side.

And finally, Human Emperor roared, ”Break!”

His voice spread everywhere.

A golden dao snapped. The entire River of Time started shaking madly. Human Emperor’s dao was too powerful. To sever the dao was to steal from the river.

Boom!

The intense shaking spread upstream and downstream. Even the worlds within the three gates were shaking. Suddenly, several figures appeared behind the Earth Gate. Then, an eye emerged from it.

Human Emperor’s eyes turned frosty. Utilizing the burst of power he received from the severed dao, he threw a punch. The golden punch illuminated the world.

Boom!

The punch entered the Earth Gate. And the gate seemed to have awakened as it actually opened slightly to allow the punch to enter it instead of landing on it.

Boom!

A miserable wail rang out.

It was as though someone had punched through the Earth Gate. Under everyone’s shocked gaze, around three or four Masters of Laws behind the gate were torn apart by that punch.

Human Emperor’s gentle warmth vanished. His voice boomed out, heavy with the hallowed dignity of the heavens. ”You leave and stay at this emperor’s whim. To leave without approval is to die. Control? Human Ancestor? Master of Chaos? It doesn’t matter who you are. Leave, and you will die.”

Instantly, silence descended.

The prowess of his punch swept through the world inside the Earth Gate after blasting the Masters of Laws behind the gate apart. Everyone inside could see the gigantic golden fist sweeping through everything.

It was an incomparably powerful punch.

***

Inside the Earth Gate.

Human Emperor’s voice spread.

”Human Emperor!”

”It’s Human Emperor!”

”It’s him!”

”Has he returned?”

”How did he return?”

”Heavens! Is he coming in here?”

The Earth Gate opened once during the ancient past, but it was ultimately shut again. Why? Because that was an era with Human Emperor and Culture King. Everyone inside the Earth Gate was shaken. That man, one of the strongest of the modern era, had demonstrated his might. Even the Earth Gate itself dared not receive his punch. He was pure terror.

Deep inside the Earth Gate, several faint figures appeared. Someone spoke, ”He’s back.”

”The three gates are not opening even when he’s back. Clearly, someone is still blocking the way upstream.”

”Have our people pull back from the gate. Do not approach it before the three gates are open.”

Several grand voices spread out.

And then, a gigantic figure appeared. An ancient voice rang out, ”Xing Yu, the gate has yet to open. I can’t leave, and you can’t enter. It’s pointless for us to fight right now...”

Human Emperor’s indifferent voice arrived from afar, ”Master of Chaos? The past is the past. Are you trying to claw your way back to the present? You couldn’t defy the natural order even during your era, yet you’re dreaming of defying the natural order in our era?” ”Step out of the gate and I promise I’ll kill you. Disgusting bugs. Challenge me again, and I’ll be sure to wipe out the Chaos Era first when the three gates open.”

Human Emperor was showcasing his unbridled arrogance.

”Don’t blame me for not warning you. Challenge me again, and I’ll smash my way through the Earth Gate and wipe out the Chaos Era before you can even leave. Fuck off!”

Countless chaos powerhouses trembled with fear. And countless chaos powerhouses fled far away from the gate.

Human Emperor!

Number one in the Myriad Realms.

Of course, Culture King shared this title, but this was not the time for them to think about that. They were too busy trembling in fear. Not even the gate could stop Human Emperor from killing someone inside. That was too terrifying.

There were supreme powerhouses inside the gate as well. Some sank into silence, some snorted, some sneered, and some did not react.

Human Emperor had returned.

He was no Su Yu. He was a supreme being who had ruled an era, someone who had defeated countless powerhouses. He was someone the beings inside the gate had faced before. During the ancient past, he was the one who had slaughtered countless chaos powerhouses right outside the gate.

Back then, Human Emperor and his people started a feast and roasted the bodies of the dead chaos beasts right in front of the gate. And that terrifying man was back. After missing for so many years, he had returned. And he was as terrifying as ever.

***

The expressions of Tiangu and the others changed drastically.

Human Emperor was back.

It didn’t matter what era they came from. Everyone was familiar with the legend of the Human Emperor. Even those unaware of his strength before were now overwhelmed with shock.

Those inside the Earth Gate knew him.

Or to be precise, they were scared of him.

What a terrifying thing to realize. Back then, Human Emperor had not only suppressed the myriad races. He had also suppressed the beings inside the Earth Gate.

***

Elsewhere.

Zhou Ji looked up. An indistinct figure of Human Emperor appeared in his vision as he sighed, ”How strong.”

But something seemed off.

What was it?

Zhou Ji sank into contemplation.

Human Emperor felt incomparably powerful. The world was shaking. Why was the world shaking?

That punch from Human Emperor had masked the shaking, but it was also true that the shaking had started before Human Emperor’s punch. Zhou Ji muttered, ”Is that...the final punch of his life? It can’t be, right?”

He was unsure.

But the punch was excessively strong. It was so strong that even the gate had to open itself to avoid taking the punch directly. If Human Emperor were so strong, he would have killed his way into the Earth Gate long ago. Why would he wait until now?

***

Shock covered the faces of Lan Tian and the others.

The Earth Gate instantly sealed itself fully before withdrawing into the void.

Human Emperor remained aloof in the sky for one extra moment before everything fell apart. His sea of willpower started stirring madly as his dao power leaked everywhere. At the same time, he turned and rushed into his world. His urgent voice rang out, ”Hurry up! Start the fusion! Ahhh...I’m dying!”

”...”

Stunned.

Everyone was stunned. But Human Emperor seemed to be really dying. That was not an act. And thus, everyone had to set aside their previous shock. Just a moment ago, Human Emperor was so imposing and powerful that it shocked all of them. With one punch, even the Earth Gate was forced to withdraw. Not even the ancient beings in the gate dared to say anything in retort.

At that moment, everyone was convinced that Human Emperor was really the number one under the heavens. But that illusion had shattered instantly. That was merely a momentary burst of strength from the snapping of his dao.

The truth was that Human Emperor would die the moment he failed in his fusion with his world.

Peace King and the others grew urgent as well. ”Hurry up! Star the fusion! Allow the dao of stability to be the first. This will help the world stabilize.”

The various powerhouses started rushing into the world.

That single punch was one that they couldn’t forget, but they had something more urgent to worry about. They could keep that moment for the future. After all, Human Emperor had yet to get the chance to brag about that imposing moment before he was forced to run into his world.

If this was any other day, Human Emperor would have started bragging about how he had forced the three gates to cower with one punch. The entire river was shaking wildly.

***

At the same time.

The shaking spread even to the Heaven Gate and the Human Gate.

The disturbance created by the severance of a supreme powerhouse’s dao was far greater than one could imagine.

***

Upstream.

Su Yu and the others were still in the middle of a battle when the river started shaking violently. Golden light washed over everything as towering waves rose into the sky.

Under everyone’s shocked gazes, a gigantic dao emerged from the river.

A golden dao.

At the same time, a silhouette behind the front lines fell apart. The fake Human Emperor had collapsed.

And then, the golden dao snapped.

The eyes of Immortal Pseudo Emperor and the others widened with disbelief, shock, fear, and countless other emotions.

Die Human Emperor...die?

His dao had snapped! Even his silhouette had scattered into nothingness. Had the supreme being who had dominated the world for countless years died? Or was he severing his dao to seek survival?

Numerous possibilities emerged in their minds, but this was not the time for that. Regardless of whether Human Emperor had died or not, they had to make their move now.

To kill Su Yu.

At the same time, the figures of the other injured humans behind the front lines were falling apart as well. That was enough to inform the leaders of the myriad races that Human Emperor had not died. Instead, he was seeking survival. The humans were doing something to help Human Emperor recover.

And the myriad races could not allow that to happen.

With a roar, Immortal Pseudo Emperor’s life dao shook madly. Even more power streamed into the bodies of the injured powerhouses around him. At the same time, he started aging rapidly. His aura dropped considerably, but his eyes were brighter than ever as he roared, ”Human Emperor is dead! Kill! Exterminate humanity!”

Human Emperor was dead!

Over thirty injured powerhouses recovered in an instant. For some, they could only maintain this condition for a moment. But at this very moment, all of them had returned to their very peak.

All of them roared to encourage themselves before charging forward, ”Human Emperor is dead! Kill!”

All of them were rushing toward Su Yu.

As long as they could kill him, this war would end.

An opportunity.

A great opportunity.

At the same time, the expressions of Radiant King and the others changed drastically. They knew that Human Emperor would sever his dao, but they had not expected this move from Immortal Pseudo Emperor. He had sacrificed a majority of his dao just to instantly heal the combatants on his side.

There were over thirty of them.

With so many Masters of Laws attacking Su Yu together...he wouldn’t survive. They knew that Human Emperor wasn’t dead. But they could also see that Su Yu would die soon. And everything would be over with Su Yu’s death.

Just as Radiant King was about to move over, he recalled Su Yu’s previous words. They should focus on killing their opponents and ignore Su Yu, even if he was going to die.

Noticing that those around him were on the verge of moving toward Su Yu, he roared, ”Consolidate our defensive line! Kill!”

And then, he released all his power and attacked madly with numerous offensive formations. At the same time, Martial Suppression King and Radiant Consort roared as they started attacking madly as well.

”Kill!”

The myriad races were also roaring, but they were roaring in excitement. ”Kill! Exterminate humanity! Victory is ours!” For the myriad races, it felt as though the very heavens were helping them.

Human Emperor had vanished at a critical moment. The injured powerhouses of humanity had vanished as well. Meanwhile, the injured combatants on their side had fully recovered to join the battlefield. What else could this be if not their chance to seize victory?

An opportunity had arrived!