Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu was not aware of Great Qin King’s thoughts.

He was still young. In fact, he was still hot-blooded, rash, and reckless. At the same time, there was still a tiny bit of kindness in him.

However, many people had taught him through example.

They told him to let go of his sense of responsibility. They told him that the burden was too much for him to bear.

They told him that he was only Su Yu, one of the many, many humans in existence. Humanity would still be humanity without him.

He should stop seeing himself as the messiah.

He was no saint.

Great people would contribute their very beings to the world. But he was having a hard time even protecting himself. What could he give to the world? These words were constantly resounding in his ears.

And some memories still couldn’t be forgotten. Perhaps things would be completely different without these lessons. He might do his best to protect humanity. He would do his best to obtain the nine-leaf skylotus for Great Qin King and create a Pseudo Emperor for humanity. He would even try to introduce the three Pseudo Emperors he knew to humanity. He would try to put the thirty-six ancient cities under humanity’s control. He would give all the treasures he had to humanity.

But he had done none of that.

After gaining control over the ancient cities, he had only visited Liu City once. Apart from that, he had completely isolated himself from humanity. There were still dozens of Invincibles in the human race. Su Yu was nothing.

He could sacrifice a lot for them, but humanity might end up taking everything for granted instead of seeing him as the savior. To become a proper savior, one must emerge at the moment of destruction. That was the only way to become a true savior.

Humanity must first experience despair, pain, and suffering. Only then would a savior be regarded as a savior. Otherwise, he would be nothing.

***

Su Yu knew all that very well.

He might not be one to think so deeply into these matters. But he knew a lot of old schemers. All of them had been teaching him. Even Niu Baidao had taught him similar lessons in the past. Do not become a savior that he believed in. Be a savior that everyone believed in.

The opinion of the few did not matter. Thus, he should not care about the opinion of the few. Seated on his throne, Su Yu looked around with indifference. He might not be as strong as these Invincibles, but it did not matter. Not even Invincibles would dare to attack him here. And that was enough to put him on an equal standing with them.

He had gained all these through his own efforts. If dozens of human Invincibles had arrived to help him back then, he wouldn’t have been forced to convert into a resident. He wouldn’t have become who he was today. Everything would be different.

Alas, there were no ifs in life. Only Great Xia King and Great Ming King had appeared to help him back then. But that was far from enough. And thus, he had ultimately become the leader of the ancient cities.

As for Great Qin King’s order to eliminate Silk Destroying King as a show of support for him, he knew very well that wasn’t even the main purpose of that action. That action was mainly for the purpose of repairing humanity’s reputation. And he had returned that favor to humanity during the battle at Nanyuan.

He would be completely fine even if Great Qin King had not ordered the elimination of Silk Destroying King. Nevertheless, he had still been greatly moved by that order. That day, he was told that he was still a human. The myriad races couldn’t kill him without consequences.

However, his ideals and naivety had been broken by what Wan Tiansheng did and the return of several individuals. Once again, he buried all those emotions deep in his heart. Seated above the ancient city, Su Yu was deep in thought.

Only when a palace hall dropped from the sky did he return to reality. Beside him, an ancient palace had appeared.

“The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is here.” An ancient voice rang out, “Please pardon our tardiness. It takes time to reach this place from the boundless void.”

Su Yu looked over, but with the doors of the palace shut, he couldn’t see anyone.

However, he could clearly sense that someone inside was looking at him. With a smile, he raised his hand and greeted the newcomer, “Which head is this? Greetings. I am an elder of the Profound Department, First Profound.”

An awkward silence descended at those words.

Su Yu continued, “Since we are family, do you want to take a seat in my city?”

The ancient voice rang out again, “You’re too polite, Elder Su. This old man is the head of the Heaven Department. I’m afraid I won’t be visiting today. Perhaps we can catch up properly some other day.”

Su Yu laughed, “Sure. Heaven Department head…I reckon Lord Grandstar knows you. Do remember to visit and catch up with Lord Grandstar. If that’s not enough, I can invite Boss Grand Dream here as well. I suppose you’re all old friends. Very few people from the ancient past are still around so you should treasure each other.”

“…”

The silence persisted around them as everyone listened closely. They wanted to know more about the Heaven Department head as well. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was simply too mysterious an organization.

Everyone knew that there were two mysterious super experts in the pavilion. One of them was the head of the East Spire while the other was the head of the Heaven Department. It was likely that both of them had survived from the ancient past. Even if they weren’t, they would most definitely be experts of considerable age.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s continued existence had not gone unchallenged. In fact, the myriad races had been trying to eliminate them countless times. Each time, they would be able to return strong. The two ancient experts had played a large role in that.

Surprisingly, one of them had appeared today. This was an existence that was near the Pseudo Emperor Realm. Perhaps he was already a Pseudo Emperor.

It was likely that he was stronger than the majority of the Invincibles present. Only the likes of Great Zhou King of the human race, the white-haired divine king of the divine race, Devil King Moge of the devil race, and Immortal King Tian Xuan of the immortal race could stand a chance against him in combat.

Su Yu kept his conversation with the head short. It ended after they were done with their pleasantries. Then, he started looking around. The experts of many races were already present.

The mysterious fate race, the bizarre celestial chasm race, the ancient iron devourer race, the spatial beast race, the primordial giant race, the heavenly spirit ape race, the five elemental race, the suanni race, the mountainbreak bull race, the mystic armor race..

Some were led by their Invincibles and some weren’t. Most of the Invincibles present were only here on their tri-life bodies. Very few had arrived with their completed bodies. The Allheaven Battlefield was too dangerous.

Losing a tri-life body was a salvageable loss. Losing a completed body would mean the loss of everything. Thus, the completed bodies of Invincibles were very rare in the Allheaven Battlefield. This was especially true today since a number of Invincibles had perished not long ago.

The white-haired divine king was looking around as well. He remarked, “Almost everyone is here. As for those who are still absent, we’ll assume they have given up on the slots. Is Wan Tiansheng not here?”

Someone else said, “I doubt he will come. His presence will put Great Zhou King and the others in a difficult position. Should they attack him or not?”

“What are you talking about?”

The air warped as a woman walked out of thin air in the sky. With a seductive smile, she said, “Tiansheng is in seclusion. He can’t attend this assembly, but I’ll be here as his representative. I’m just a girl, but I hope you’re fine with having me here.”

“…”

Silence descended.

Even Great Zhou King kneaded his aching head at the sight of Lan Tian.

In fact, he would rather see Wan Tiansheng here. At the very least, Wan Tiansheng was far more normal a person.

Even Su Yu shivered. Right at that moment, the seductive woman looked at him and said, “Little Honey Su, I’m so scared. They will kill me. Can you shelter me in your city? This is so scary!”

“…”

Su Yu, who was boundless domineering and devilish just moments ago, swallowed nervously and said, “Lord Empyrean Cloud, may I trouble you to allow L-L-Lan–cough, Tian entry into the Empyrean Cloud City?”

The woman shot Su Yu a grudging gaze and complained, “Why didn’t you invite me to your place? I have been looking forward to spending some time with you! You’re such a heartbreaker!”

“…”

Su Yu couldn’t take this anymore. Even a woman, who was an obstacle in cultivation, was better than having Lan Tian by his side. He couldn’t help but wonder about Lan Tian’s current gender. He didn’t have an answer.

In any case, he only knew that Lan Tian was crazy. He did not want to sit beside Lan Tian. He would shiver through the entire meeting if that were to happen.

He laughed awkwardly and said, “Uhm, Sect Master Lan, that’s a better place. You can have your own throne there and make it clear you’re here as a separate party. Since you have an invitation here, you should get as many slots as you can. If you sit beside me, won’t it be the same as joining my party?”

“True.”

The seductive woman sashayed into the Empyrean Cloud City. When Su Yu saw that, he sighed in relief. All around them, some experts remained indifferent, some had bizarre expressions, and some were smiling.

Su Yu spent some time grumbling in his mind. Why was Lan Tian here? What was Old Wan planning this time? Even if he could get some slots, would he actually enter the mansion? Or would Lan Tian be entering? How odd.

The white-haired divine king said, “Since everyone is here, let us start our allocation. There are 3,240 fixed slots in total. Additionally, there are also 360 slots of special entrance. We will be allocating the fixed slots. As for the special entrance, everyone may compete fairly over them.”

Dao King of the immortal race said, “The immortal race has always been the holders of the 810 northern entrances. This is how it has always been. This will not change.”

“The southern entrances belong to the devil race.”

Devil King Moge was the representative of the devil race. He was also Mo Duona’s ancestor, a powerful devil king of the original devil race.

The white-haired divne king said, “As usual, the divine race will be taking the western entrances. Everyone else can get the eastern entrances. Are we in agreement?”

Su Yu said nothing. Great Zhou King remained silent as well. The other races waited silently with odd expressions, seemingly waiting for the humans to say something. Great Zhou King looked at Su Yu and the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

Su Yu merely yawned and started playing with the little furball in a leisurely manner. There was no need for him to charge ahead of everyone else. He was in no rush.

After all, he wasn’t even targeting the fixed entrances. He was planning to use the special entrance. It didn’t matter to him.

Before the humans could say anything, a dragon gloomily said, “If we follow our previous arrangements, what are we supposed to do about the slots we promised the humans previously? Does that agreement still count?”

Previously, the myriad races had promised the human race some slots to gain entry into the Human Realm.