Tribulation of Myriad Races

The Fate Pseudo Emperor shook slightly before saying, “Perhaps…that will come true in this era.”

The moment he said that, someone shouted, “Impudent! Fate Emperor, not even you can insult the immortals like this!”

In terms of status, Tiangu was above the Pseudo Fate Emperor.

The Pseudo Fate Emperor said, “Forgive me for rambling on.”

Then, he vanished with his River of Time. Only his voice was left resounding in the air, “This time, the Luminous Domain Mansion is filled with disaster. I’m afraid less than one-tenth of them will survive. Prepare yourselves, everyone.”

Countless expressions changed.

Less than one-tenth would survive.

Was a calamity really coming?

One ought to remember that this time, more than twenty Invincibles had entered the mansion as well. The number of Sunmoons who had entered was also far higher than the previous openings. There were at least three hundred of them. Almost every race had sent at least one Sunmoon into the mansion, and almost all the index geniuses had entered as well.

These elites numbered more than a thousand. These were the pillars of the Myriad Realms. Would all these people die inside?

The major races, in particular, were greatly alarmed. This included the human race. Compared to the other races, they had sent a higher number of people into the mansion. In fact, the major races alone had sent nearly five hundred people into the mansion combined. If the Fate Pseudo Emperor was right, a majority of these people would die.

“That’s an old scammer! Don’t listen to him!”

The big furball shouted, “I took a peek at the future earlier. There are at least ten survivors! That scammer claimed that there would be fewer than one survivor! That’s a lie! He lied!”

“…”

His words did nothing to calm the various experts down. Rather, his words chilled their hearts. Nobody could deny that the big furball was a supreme expert. How strong was he exactly?

Nobody could be sure. They only knew that even the young Devil Pseudo Emperor might not be his match. If someone like that was claiming to have caught a glimpse of the future, it would be very likely that he was speaking the truth.

At least…ten survivors?

What joke was that? A total of 3,600 people had entered. More than 20 were Invincibles. Also, did the furball not understand the meaning of one-tenth? One-tenth was not the same as one.

In any case, two Pseudo Emperors had given a grim prediction regarding the fates of those inside the mansion. A depressing atmosphere enveloped everyone.

Great Xia King had a dark expression as well. His grandson and great-grandson had entered the mansion. Great Xia had suffered massive losses not long ago. If they were to lose Xia Huyou and Xia Longwu as well…Great Xia might as well declare its collapse in advance.

He looked at Great Zhou King and sent a voice transmission, “Fortune Teller, you’re good at fortune telling as well. What’s your take on their words?”

Great Zhou King shook his head and said, “You heard the Fate Emperor. It was merely one among millions upon millions of possibilities. It is not absolute. What they saw does not dictate the future itself. Due to their strength, they can see the possibilities that are more likely to happen. But that is not the sole possibility in existence. Anything is possible. The future is fickle. Old Xia, you already know this.”

“I understand.” Great Xia King said, “I do not believe in fate. If I were a believer in fate, I would have died long ago. I wouldn’t have affirmed my dao. I wouldn’t have founded Great Xia. However, things have indeed been changing too much recently…”

After a short silence, Great Zhou King nodded, “Yes. Many things have changed. Be careful. This is the tenth epoch.”

The tenth cycle.

Humanity had survived nine cycles. They won some. They lost some. But they had endured.

What would happen during the tenth cycle? Had humanity fully exhausted the advantage built by their ancestors? That…might be the case.

They were out of ancient ruins. They were being targeted by the myriad races. They were unable to reactivate their suppressive force. A new Human Pseudo Emperor was nowhere in sight.

Could humanity survive until the closure of the Allheaven Battlefield yet again?

Each time the Allheaven Battlefield reopened, it would last between a thousand years to ten thousand years. On average, it would shut after around five thousand years. It had only been a thousand years since the start of the current epoch. If they were lucky, the epoch would not last long. If they were unlucky…the Allheaven Battlefield would remain open for thousands of years. And that was enough time to wipe humanity out.

Great Xia King sank into silence. When he looked at the White Jade Gate, he noted that it was slowly calming down again. The spatial cracks it had created around it still lingered, proving that nobody was seeing things.

It had indeed moved.

***

While everyone outside was contemplating the future with worry.

Inside the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Things had calmed down as well. While coughing blood, Su Yu cursed inwardly. He realized something. This person…could hear him as well.

Only him.

Of course, that would only happen if all 360 of his acupoints were active. The moment he shut some of them, the first level would not react.

“Tai Shan…”

When Su Yu called out again, nothing happened. In short, he could stop hearing the cries of pain and prevent the mysterious expert from hearing him by shutting off some of his acupoints.

He exhaled in relief. This was both scary and exciting. He seemed to have discovered yet another major secret. What was the name of this mysterious expert? It did not matter.

He only knew that the mysterious expert was terrifyingly strong. That might be someone who had opened all 720 of his acupoints and apertures and the heaven acupoint. That was someone who could kill Sunmoons by breathing. More importantly, this mysterious expert could do so even after dying.

Su Yu decided to temporarily refer to the mysterious expert as Old Zhou (Cycle). After all, that was an expert who had opened the grand cycle acupoints. Basically, Tai Shan had killed Old Zhou. Then, Old Zhou was forged into the Luminous Domain Mansion. Due to his resentment toward Tai Shan, Su Yu could hear his resentment after opening his grand cycle acupoints.

He could talk about anything except Tai Shan as Old Zhou would rage at the mere mention of that name.

“Is this applicable only here or the entire Luminous Domain Mansion? If this effect extends to the entire mansion…”

Su Yu inhaled deeply. Wouldn’t this be a good thing? He couldn’t control the Luminous Domain Mansion. But he could shout the forbidden name, Tai Shan, when he was in danger. Then, Old Zhou would go crazy. That would be enough to keep his enemies busy.

It did not matter how strong one was. Faced with the sudden anger of Old Zhou, even a super expert would be caught by surprise. Even if the resulting chaos wouldn’t be enough to allow Su Yu to kill his enemies, it should be enough for him to flee.

“Tsk tsk…”

That was the extent of Su Yu’s plan. He did not intend to control the Luminous Domain Mansion. He did not even consider the possibility of communicating with Old Zhou. What a joke. Old Zhou was already dead. This was merely a remnant of his resentment. Attempting to communicate with such an Old Zhou was tantamount to suicide.

Su Yu did not intend to provoke something beyond his ability to handle. Since Old Zhou was dead, he might have awakened in the Death Realm as a death spirit. Upon regaining his memories…

Su Yu did not even dare to entertain that thought. Old Zhou was truly too strong. Then again, the killer of Old Zhou was even stronger. Was the ancient past truly such a terrifying era?

Was it so scary that a mere building forged from the corpse of a dead ancient expert was enough to hold back the might of countless Invincibles? It was very likely that the Luminous Domain Mansion, or Old Zhou, to be precise, was as powerful as a proper Emperor.

A dead Emperor?

At that, Su Yu stopped his line of thought. He did not dare to think further about this matter.

After all, this was starting to feel like an internal turmoil between fellow humans. He even started suspecting that internal turmoil might be the reason for the collapse of the ancient humans.

Then again, there was also a possibility that the Luminous Domain Mansion predate the ancient past.

According to what he knew, the Luminous Domain Mansion had been treated as the center of the Myriad Realms from the very beginning of the ancient past. Even the Myriad Race Assembly was headquartered here. In that case, Old Zhou might have been killed in an earlier era.

“Perhaps…this was the result of a conflict between two Emperors?”

Su Yu sank into thought.

Perhaps the Human Emperor was not a single person. Rather, it was a tittle that had been passed down generation after generation. The last Human Emperor had snatched the position from Old Zhou before forging Old Zhou into a mansion.

If that was the case…the last Human Emperor would most definitely be an extremely ruthless person. Just killing his enemy was not enough for him. He had even forged the corpse of his enemy into a mansion.

While Su Yu was deep in thought, Xia Huyou and Huang Teng were staring at him stiffly. They were bloodied all over as they stared at Su Yu with utter shock. Finally, Xia Huyou opened his trembling mouth and asked, “Did…did…you do that?”

Su Yu smiled, “How is that possible? It was unrelated to me.”

“But…I-I h-heard you shouting….t-then…t-the world ended…”

Xia Huyou was still trembling in fear.

Holy shit!

That was too terrifying.

The fury and pressure he sensed earlier felt even stronger than what his great grandfather could produce.

Since they were still deep in the ear, they were unaware that the entire first level had undergone drastic changes. Numerous towering peaks had collapsed, and numerous rivers changed course.

Numerous areas were flooded, and cracks could be seen everywhere. Those who had visited the first level before would not be able to recognize it anymore.

“It was unrelated to me.”

“What were you talking about earlier?”

Xia Huyou couldn’t stop his legs from shaking. He continued staring at Su Yu with doubt. Was that really unrelated to Su Yu?

Su Yu smiled and explained, “I said nothing. I was talking about Tai Shan. If you do end up taking Yellow Nine as your wife, you’ll need to address my Teacher Liu as Mount Tai, right?” (Tai Shan = Mount Tai = father-in-law)

“…”

Xia Huyou was still suspicious. Was that the case?

That seemed logical. But…but…disaster had struck right after that. Even more shocking was the fact that Su Yu, who was the strongest among them, was the first to start coughing blood when the disaster struck. That did not make sense.

Why was Su Yu the first to cough blood? Because he was the first person the furious sound waves struck. He had only survived because his sea of willpower was under the Culture Tomb’s protection. Otherwise, the attack would have blasted his sea of willpower apart.

He realized that he had been too adventurous there. He had merely muttered a name out of curiosity. How could he expect that someone who had been dead for so many years could still be so powerful? How did that even happen? Did Old Zhou somehow engrave his very resentment onto his body? How terrifying.