Tribulation of Myriad Races

Wan Tiansheng’s sigh resounded in the ruin.

Alarmed, the people in the ruin looked up at him.

Meeting their gazes, Wan Tiansheng smiled. This was a ruin Su Yu had forged by destroying a carrier treasure. It was very durable. Not even Pseudo Invincibles could break this ruin easily. That was how it had lasted until now even after the intense battle earlier.

This was one of the reasons why everyone was convinced this was a real ruin. Nobody would expect Su Yu to sacrifice a carrier treasure to forge a fake ruin. Perhaps even the Xia Family was starting to believe that this was a real ruin.

Apart from Wan Tiansheng and Su Yu, nobody, not even Zhu Tiandao, knew for sure that the ruin was fake.

“Principal Wan…” Someone said cautiously, “You’re back? Since nobody was here, we decided to take these treasures for safekeeping lest anyone took this chance to steal them.”

Wan Tiansheng said, “This ruin is Su Yu’s. Everything here is his. Take everything you have taken out. I’ll return them to Su Yu.”

Someone laughed and said, “Principal, Su Yu already has the carrier treasures and Culture Tomb right? Oh, no, Hollow has the Culture Tomb. In any case, the main treasures are gone. These dregs are not worth his attention…”

“Who is Su Yu to lay claim to all these treasures?” Someone argued disdainfully, “Is his name written somewhere on the ruin?”

Su Yu’s ruin? Was his name on the ruin? What a joke.

Wan Tiansheng smiled and reappeared in front of the ruin with a flicker. There, he said, “The ruin is his. See, his name is in there…”

This was Su Yu’s ruin. Regardless of the truth, this was now the truth. Everyone had been suspecting that Su Yu was the owner of a ruin. And that ruin had finally appeared. This was what everyone believed.

Wan Tiansheng believed that this was a good development. With this, people would stop coveting the secret ruin they believed Su Yu to have. Some of the people in the ruin did notice Su Yu’s name written on the ruin. But they remained indifferent. So what if his name was written in the ruin?

A Sunmoon laughed and said, “Principal Wan, your injuries look severe. You have contributed greatly to humanity today. Now, it’s time for you to return and recuperate…”

“Contributed greatly to humanity?” Wan Tiansheng said, “Not at all. I did not kill Fiery Sea King and Nether River King for humanity. I was merely doing it out of vengeance.”

As he spoke, traces of dark qi started appearing around him.

He once cautioned Su Yu against the demonic path. He advised Su Yu to be more positive. According to him, humanity was not all that bad. Su Yu should not let his life be consumed by hatred.

Alas, Wan Tiansheng had not given himself the same advice.

He turned his head and looked into the distance. There, the battle near the portal had grown even more intense than before while the Invincibles had all departed through the portal.

He started laughing.

The Invincibles were gone.

Great Han King was gone as well.

Wan Tiansheng turned to look at the people in the ruin again. With a sigh, he said, “Everyone, I’m too cruel. And too callous. If you must blame someone, blame me.”

The people in the ruin were confused. What was he talking about?

Yuan Qingdong was also among the crowd. The moment he heard those words, his expression changed drastically. He had long wanted to leave, but his friends had refused to leave while he was too scared to leave alone. With alarm and panic, he said, “Principal, when I first reached Great Xia, I was ignorant and arrogant due to my youth. But I have not crossed any lines since then…”

“Right.” Wan Tiansheng nodded. With a genial smile on his face, he said, “But your ignorance…nearly killed Feng Ji.”

Panic covered Yuan Qingdong’s face.

“Principal, please…you…”

Boom!

Forming a sword with a character, Wan Tiansheng swept the sword out. Instantly, a Sunmoon was killed. Chaos descended among the crowd.

“Wan Tiansheng, have you gone mad? We’re the descendants of Invincibles! What do you think you’re doing, Wan Tiansheng?”

Someone screamed in horror.

A moon fell from the sky, confirming that a Sunmoon had died.

With another swing, Wan Tiansheng killed a second Sunmoon before nonchalantly saying, “I’m removing the sins of humanity. It is a sin to run from battle. It is a sin to remain a spectator while your fellow humans are being killed. It is a sin to abuse your power. And I, have sinned as well.”

Yet another Sunmoon was cut down. Horrified, the others started attacking. Alas, Wan Tiansheng was an existence capable of killing Invincibles. That would not change just because he was injured.

These people were no match for him. In fact, even a regular Invincible would have a hard time surviving an encounter with him in his current state. Blood splattered on his snow-white robes, akin to blossoming crimson flowers.

Abruptly, two individuals appeared behind him. Zhu Tiandao and Lan Tian.

Lan Tian grinned and said, “Well done. If humanity wishes to have peace, everyone needs to join my Holy Sect.”

As for Zhu Tiandao, he watched silently. Finally, he sighed and turned around to leave, “I’m never here. Take care. Wan, very few people have ever earned my respect. You…sigh. Farewell.”

He left bleakly.

Humanity had prevailed in this conflict. It was a big victory.

Six enemy Invincibles had been slain.

The main combatants were those from Great Xia, Great Ming, Great Qin…and multiple character faction. Meanwhile, dozens of human Sunmoons only watched nearby. Zhu Tiandao had considered giving them a beating or complaining about them at the Knowledge Seeking Realm.

He had been intending to make life hell for them after the battle. But…Wan Tiansheng was willing to go a step further. After Wan Tiansheng was done, would anyone still have the courage to run from battle in the future? Would there be? Were they not afraid of creating a second Wan Tiansheng? It was unlikely that anyone would run from battle anymore.

Four centuries of impatience. Four centuries of growth. Four centuries of power.

The slate shall be wiped clean.

Even if the next generation of people were the same, they would not dare to be as blatant as these people. This fear would last for centuries. The corruption of humanity that had persisted for a few hundred years would be cleansed today.

And Wan Tiansheng would take on the role of the sinner.

A sinner who had slaughtered the descendants of Invincibles. A sinner who had slaughtered the descendants of saviors of humanity. Even now, those Invincibles were fighting for humanity on the battlefield. Meanwhile, their descendants were being killed back home.

The sins of their descendants could not be washed away no matter how much they contributed to humanity. Most people would not be aware of the true story. They would only know that today was the day Wan Tiansheng turned into a demon. It was also clear that he did not intend to stay in the Human Realm any longer.

Zhu Tiandao left helplessly.

In the end, it still came to this.

In truth, his participation in this conflict had cost him heavily. He could have entered the Allheaven Battlefield to affirm his dao. But he did not. His elder brother could have remained in hiding.

Not a single individual from Great Ming had affirmed their dao during this conflict. Not even Niu Baidao. He had returned to join the battle in Nanyuan. Great Ming had lost five Sunmoons without gaining anything. His elder brother had been exposed. His strength had been exposed. Niu Baidao’s strength had been exposed.

Zhu Tiandao was the main reason for that. He wanted to see for himself if Great Xia could really put up a fight. And ultimately, they won.

Behind him, Wan Tiansheng continued bathing in blood.

Miserable wails, pleas for mercy, and furious roars rang out repeatedly.

Further away, hundreds of Lan Tians clapped, cheered, and danced amid the bloodbath.

Both of them were mad.

Lan Tian was insane, but Wan Tiansheng was even more insane.

Thus, Lan Tian viewed Wan Tiansheng as one of his own. He would listen to nobody except Wan Tiansheng. That was the only person he would listen to. Killing Pseudo Invincibles? Stopping Lade? He would carry out any command from Wan Tiansheng faithfully.

With a sword in hand, one conducted a massacre. With boundless cheer, one danced amid the blood.

Above them, moons rained down, as though it was a meteor shower.

This was a beautiful scene.

Splurt!

With a final swing of his sword, Wan Tiansheng cut Yuan Qingdong’s head off. Then, he softly said, “I don’t blame you. You’re right. You’re young and ignorant. You’re no younger than me, but you’re indeed young and ignorant. The Knowledge Seeking Realm has protected you too well.

“This was why our Invincibles fought so hard back then. For the peace of their descendants. I don’t blame you for your ignorance. However, you shouldn’t have remained indifferent when your fellow humans were dying. You shouldn’t have suppressed the multiple character faction. You shouldn’t have stepped on them when they were down. You shouldn’t have made them the scapegoat for everything…”

Wan Tiansheng smiled gently and said, “You have sinned. But I have sinned as well. Thus, I shall cease being a human. From now on, I am a demon. A demonic human.”

Then, he crushed Yuan Qingdong’s severed head. Even during his final moments, Yuan Qingdong did not have much resentment in his eyes. Instead, his eyes were filled with helplessness. He knew it!

He knew this would happen. These people had all gone mad. Great Xia was filled with lunatics. Why? Why did the Knowledge Seeking Realm send him here? He never wanted to be here. He had long noticed the dangers of this place. Alas, he couldn’t change anything. Perhaps this death was a form of release. He could finally stop living in fear.

After taking one last look at the corpses all around him, Wan Tiansheng smiled and took a step forward before vanishing. Behind him, a procession of singing, dancing, and cheering Lan Tians followed.

***

Far away.

Su Yu turned around and stared at the descending moons blankly. Traces of sorrow could be seen in his eyes.

With this, Wan Tiansheng would be forever severed from his homeland.

He would no longer be wanted in the Human Realm.

After achieving the greatest feat of his life, during a time when he should be celebrated by humanity, he had stepped on a path of no return. This choice of his was similar to the dao he walked. A dao of no past and future. A dao of one and only Wan Tiansheng.

There was no past. There was no future. There was only one Wan Tiansheng.

Perhaps he had seen through everything fifty-one years ago. Perhaps he had made his mind since then.

According to Marquis Xia, the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy was his final cage. But that was wrong. The multiple character faction was that final cage.

But after the recent events, things had improved for the multiple character faction. The third principal had returned. Yun Chen had returned. Liu Wenyan, Xia Yunji, and the others had advanced into the Sunmoon Realm. That was how Wan Tiansheng was released from his final cage.

After seeing with his own eyes how Su Yu was protected by the stone statue, and after giving Su Yu one final lesson, he could finally release the demon in his heart.