Tribulation of Myriad Races

Boom!

Qin Zhen was sent flying. His entire body shook, looking like his three bodies were on the verge of separating. When an Invincible was forced out of their fused state, their strength would drop significantly.

And upon losing one or two bodies, an Invincible could very well drop to the level of a Pseudo Invincible in combat strength. The power of time swirled around Qin Zhen, while three overlapping bodies started appearing on him. These were signs that his bodies were going to be forcefully split.

Even in such a condition, and even with all the blood on his body, he grinned and said, “Not bad, Little Bastard. After living for thousands or perhaps tens of thousands of years, you have grown to a level strong enough to barely suppress me. Tell me. Is your woman one of the immortal fairies I killed?”

His opponent was none other than Immortal King Yueshi. The immortal king did not bother to reply. Instead, he stole a glance at Zhu Tianfang, who was giving a different immortal king a beating. Like Qin Zhen, the power of time was swirling around that immortal king, indicating that the immortal king was also on the verge of being forcefully split into three bodies.

At this point, the endurance of Qin Zhen and that immortal king would determine the direction this battle would take. As for Xia Longwu and Zhou Polong, both were doing decently against their opponents.

This was not what the immortals wanted to see. Alas, they had underestimated the decisiveness of the humans. They had not expected the humans to trigger the battle right away.

Over the years, the immortals had not been involved in too many direct battles. For the most part, they had been hiding in the shadows while inciting the others against each other. The human race had only risen in power for a few hundred years during this epoch. In the past, they had been maintaining a respectful attitude toward the immortals for the sake of survival. But now, the humans had decided to be even more decisive than the immortals in severing the fake friendship between the two races.

In truth, Immortal King Yueshi was misunderstanding something. The other human Invincibles were mostly old foxes who would be much more patient. Alas, the human Invincibles that had entered the mansion were mostly the ones with the worst temper.For example, Xia Longwu was bloodthirsty while Qin Zhen was warlike. The other two Invincibles were also relatively young. One could also say that they were the stronger and more warlike Invincibles among those from the younger generation.

It was only natural for them to disdain feigning civility with the immortals.

***

“Sigh.” A sigh rang out elsewhere as Umbra emerged from the shadows. Not far away, a crimson silhouette appeared as well. With his hands clasped behind him, the crimson silhouette looked at Umbra and said, “We can both stay out of this. What do you think? That man from the Heaven Department is still around. If we involve ourselves here, he will be the one to win. Don’t worry about Xia Longwu and the others. They are youngsters. Let them do what they want.”

Hearing that, Umbra laughed and said, “But I’m not that old either.”

The Blood Fire Devil King smiled and said nothing about that remark. Instead, he looked up at the sky and asked, “Who do you think will go down first? Qin Zhen or Guang Ran?”

Guang Ran was the immortal king fighting Zhu Tianfang. As a fifth-degree Eternal, he was by no means a weakling. In fact, the same could be said for all four of the immortal kings. Two were fifth-degree Eternals while the other two were fourth-degree Eternals.

The first to fall would greatly affect the result of the battle. Unfortunately, the humans might still be in a bad position even after prevailing against the immortals.

Seeing that Umbra was remaining silent, the Blood Fire Devil King said, “I reckon Qin Zhen will be first to fall. At times, strength is not something endurance alone can provide. Strength is strength. It is that simple. Am I right?”

Umbra remained silent.

The Blood Fire Devil King said, “In truth, I like Qin Zhen a lot. Both he and Xia Longwu remind me of myself when I was younger. But eventually, I realized something. My anger meant nothing. I was weaker than that man. Thus, he was able to rise into the position of the Devil Emperor while my race would remain subordinate to them. Bravery and endurance do not matter. Strength. Strength is the only thing that matters.”

Umbra said, “If they die, they die. It’s not like humanity has never lost Eternals before. After so many generations, humanity has probably produced enough dead Eternals to be piled into a mountain. No epoch has ever ended without the deaths of dozens of human Eternals.”

“True.” Blood Fire Devil King said, “Do you think Lan Tian or Su Yu will reveal themselves?”

“Why should they?”

Blood Fire Devil King said, “They might be able to distract some Eternals by showing up. If they remain in hiding, all the humans here will die. The various experts will not spare them.”

“What about you?”

“Me? I’m only here to keep an eye on you.”

Umbra sighed and said, “You’re here for the nine-leaf skylotus. What if I withdraw from the competition? After becoming a Daofuse, you can fight for the emperorship of your race. Why concern yourself with the dispute between the humans and the immortals?”

“I don’t really care about the dispute. But I also agree that Su Yu and Lan Tian must die.” Blood Fire Devil King said, “Lan Tian is mad. However, I have a way to deal with him. Su Yu is not as mad. He’s not even as strong as Lan Tian. But he is connected to the holy cities and soul devourers. If he survives, more devil Eternals will die because of him in the future.”

His tone turned serious as he said, “You can only blame humanity for lacking the ability to protect him. He would have lived a good life if humanity were strong enough to suppress the myriad races. Unfortunately, humanity is too weak. Sure, he has severed his relationship with humanity. But he is still a human. Would the holy cities join the battle when humanity was truly on the verge of extinction?”

Umbra said nothing.

Yes. Su Yu. To kill Su Yu. That was the only reason the devils and divines were prepared to get involved as well. Otherwise, they would be glad to see the humans and immortals kill each other. Why should they be concerned about that?

“The skylotus is on the verge of blooming…” Umbra muttered to himself.

Blood Fire Devil King laughed and said, “What’s the rush? The nine bloomings are merely the start. There is no rush. That guy from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion knows what’s happening as well.”

Just then, Qin Zhen was sent flying again with yet another rumble. He was already blood-soaked at this point. The River of Time swirling around him snapped, and his body separated into three.

This wasn’t a display of strength. Rather, this was an indication that he had been injured so much he couldn’t keep his three bodies fused anymore. All three Qin Zhens were equally soaked in blood. One of them, an armored Qin Zhen, roared furiously, “Trash! Why is my future so useless? Why can’t you kill even a geezer?”

The robed Qin Zhen complained gloomily, “What stupid question is that? He’s so old. How old am I?”

“Shut up, both of you!”

The middle Qin Zhen shouted at them, “Why are you still running your mouth at this time? Even if we die, we must die dragging this bastard down!”

Immortal King Yueshi looked completely indifferent as he floated there while the wounds on his body healed slowly. On his River of Time, five indistinct waves could be seen. Each of the waves was gigantic in size.

Noticing that, the eyes of some of the observing Invincibles flickered.

After such a long battle, they could all see that Immortal King Yueshi was already near the fifth degree. Meanwhile, Qin Zhen was still at the third degree. However, he was a fresh third degree who had achieved such a level due to the boost he had received for advancing in the Allheaven Battlefield. His actual combat strength was likely lower than that.

Against an opponent like Immortal King Yueshi, who was also fighting to the death, it was unlikely that Qin Zhen would be a match. Generally, Qin Zhen would flee when facing an opponent like this. But this was not the time for him to flee.

It would be quite difficult for a fifth-degree Eternal to kill a third-degree Eternal. But in a battle to the death with no escape, things would change. If Qin Zhen were to flee, his companions would be in trouble.

Thus, he had to persist. The one to flee would subject his companions to damnation. Then again, it wasn’t like escape was possible. With eleven death sovereigns on the level, fleeing alone while heavily injured was tantamount to throwing his life away.

***

Outside.

He Tu and the other death sovereigns were focusing on the battle above the Devote King’s residence. As He Tu watched, his eyes flickered repeatedly.

“Humanity…”

“The glory of humanity!”

Numerous ancient memories surfaced in his mind.

The glory of humanity!

That was the mantra of his father. He had long forgotten it after dying, but after seeing Su Yu’s star chart earlier, some memories had returned to him.

The glory of humanity!

He…was he still a human?

He was a death spirit!

He had forgotten his past. He had forgotten everything. This was a different life. He Tu was no longer He Tu.

“Father…”

He Tu’s eyes flickered as scenes from the past emerged in his mind.

He recalled his father. He recalled his father’s last words.

He felt like…he should cry.

But…he was not even capable of crying anymore.

He was a death spirit.

Fury was the sole emotion death spirits could feel.

Death spirits did not fear death. They would only pretend to be fearful, but fear was not an emotion they could actually feel. Death spirits were incomplete. They were akin to puppets, their strings under the tight grasp of the heavenly laws.

They were filled with fury from the first moment of their existence. Their sole desire was to kill their way back to the world of the living. Their sole desire was to convert the Myriad Realms into the Death Realm.

Other emotions? They did not exist.

Even when their past memories returned, they would only pretend to feel those emotions. For example, if He Tu wanted to cry when he recalled his dead father, he could only pretend to be sad without really feeling sad.

Deep inside, he was still cold and indifferent.

“I am now a death spirit…”

He Tu kept muttering to himself. According to his memories, he should assist the humans. But he did not do so. Why? Because something inside him was telling him that all living beings should die.

His emotions…became slightly complicated.

“Am I incapable of feeling grief?”

“Am I incapable of feeling hatred?”

“Am I only capable of feeling anger?”

Suddenly, He Tu grinned. Yes. Fury. That was the only thing he could feel. In that case, shouldn’t he direct his fury toward the immortals? He recalled something. He glared at the immortals with a burning fury.

Boundless fury. Those people deserved death!

Since he was no longer capable of feeling love, he should embrace his sole remaining emotion: fury.

***

Far away.

Xing Yue was feeling quite indifferent as well. She did not feel any sort of anger. But for some reason, she was feeling lost. She wanted to kill Su Yu, but she also didn’t want to kill him anymore. That bastard had been ordering her around. That was annoying.

But Xing Yue was also finding herself looking forward to something. She had not felt any other emotions for many, many years. One such emotion was the sense of excitement after a thrill.

“He will still help the humans…right?”

She looked at Dummy and noted the slightly complicated emotions in Dummy’s eyes. She asked, “What are you looking at? Were you a human?”

With the same blank expression, Dummy nodded, “Perhaps…I…want to help them…but…I don’t want…as well…”

“Such is the life of a death spirit.” Xing Yue sighed, “You still don’t have most of your memories. You won’t understand how complicated this feels. I wonder…if I were to return to life one day…would I still be the same? I believe…I would kill that guy after regaining all my memories and emotions!”

“I don’t like him! In my memories, nobody has ever dared to bully me this way! However…I can’t feel anything except fury! I have no other emotion! What about you, Dummy?”

“Me?” Dummy answered blankly, “I…don’t know.”

“Sure enough, you’re dumb. All death spirits are dumb. All living beings are smart. Only the stupid ones will die.”