Tribulation of Myriad Races

Near the death tunnel.

This was Su Yu’s first time in the Death Realm. He could feel the thick death qi in the air right after arriving. When he looked around, he saw nobody. Clearly, the nearby death spirits had either died or fled when Old Zhou was going crazy earlier.

Su Yu had been curious about one thing. He asked, “Lord, death spirits will spawn whenever people are killed in specific areas. Where are these death spirits from? How do they appear out of thin air?”

“Laws.”

After returning to the Death Realm, Xing Yue felt a lot more confident. Her voice turned cold, and her head was raised higher than before.

“As for the death spirits, most of the death spirits spawned in the ancient cities are sourced from converted residents like you. The converted residents will be stored inside a pool, awaiting the moment to be transferred back into the city. Outside of the ancient cities, the heavenly laws will do the job and transfer random death spirits as necessary.”

She then stared at Su Yu coldly, seemingly trying to remind him that this was her turf.

“Su Yu, I have a lot of good friends in the Death Realm!”

Su Yu nodded without a care and said, “Congratulations for having a lot of friends, Lord!”

What nonsense.

Good friends?

She was a shut-in death spirit. When He Tu attacked Grand Dream, she had refused to help. She had not bothered to go anywhere. Did she think that he was unaware of this?

Even the death spirits of Heavendoom City had gone over to help He Tu while this fellow had been happily staying home. How would someone like her have a lot of friends? Absolute nonsense.

He did not trust a word of that, but he couldn’t be bothered to argue either. He said, “Lord, I noticed that death spirits love gathering ancient city medallions. Why? Even the death spirits here can be bribed with ancient city medallions.”

He also noticed many death spirits carrying ancient city medallions around. After all, one could gather ancient city medallions by killing death spirits in ancient cities.

Xing Yue said, “The so-called ancient city medallions are identity tokens of the ancient past. These tokens would assign one with official positions acknowledged by the heavenly laws. With a high-tier medallion, the death spirit wearing it might be able to recover more intelligence thanks to the laws.”

Su Yu said, “You mean that the ancient city medallions in my hands can help with your intelligence if their tiers are high enough?”

“Exactly.” Xing Yue said, “But most of the remaining ancient city medallions are low in tier. These were the identity tokens of some insignificant individuals during the ancient past.”

One needed to be at least an untitled general to be considered a significant individual. Su Yu had some high-tier medallions on him. For example, the medallion from Grandstar City could be considered the identity token of an untitled general. As for the medallion from Grand Dream City, it could be considered the identity token of a titled general.

So these medallions could be used to restore the memories and intelligence of death spirits?

No wonder.

In that case, the tendency of death spirits to gather ancient city medallions could be attributed to their instincts. Their instincts were telling them to do so for the sake of self-improvement.

The myriad races did not know too much about the Death Realm. Most people only knew that there were many Death Sovereigns there.

Thus, Su Yu was very curious about the Death Realm. He asked, “Lord, are there cities in the Death Realm?”

“Cities?” Xing Yue coldly answered, “Death spirits will only gain a tiny bit of intelligence upon reaching the Sunmoon Realm. Only at the Pseudo Invincible Realm will they gain the ability to speak. And only death sovereigns have proper self-awareness. What’s the point of cities?”

Naturally, some death sovereigns would still build some palaces for themselves, but that was mostly due to their leftover instincts from when they were alive. Cities were unnecessary. What was the point of having cities?

A death kingdom would only have one death sovereign and several Pseudo Invincibles. Were they supposed to build a city for the other death spirits to roam about blankly? That would be a stupid thing to do.

Su Yu was left quite speechless. While he considered the matter, Xing Yue added, “There are no cities here, but I think there are cities elsewhere. I once heard a death sovereign on a long journey mention that there is a city of death spirits to the east. Many death sovereigns will go there for trade or cultivation. There are a lot of death sovereigns there, and it is said that there are Daofuse experts there as well.”

Su Yu asked with surprise, “Were you there before?”

“Why should I go there?”

Xing Yue asked coldly. Why should she go there? She loved staying below Grandstar City. What was the issue about that? Understanding dawned on Su Yu. Sure enough, this was a shut-in death sovereign.

There were cities in the Death Realm, just not in this region. Su Yu said, “Lord, are there a lot of Daofuse death spirits around?”

“I don’t know.”

“Have the top experts of the ancient past awakened?”

“I don’t know. They are either awake or still in the Celestial River of Death. You are free to seek them out.”

Xing Yue was very blunt. He could go look for them if he was so curious. He only needed to visit the Celestial River of Death.

Ads by PubRev Su Yu looked at the hanging river in the sky and asked, “Lord, is the Celestial River of Death really a river?”

“Of course. That is a river where death qi has condensed enough to become water. It runs through the entire Death Realm, constantly collecting the souls of the deceased. Any living being might appear in the river after dying. With enough luck, one would awaken and regain their memories.”

Su Yu nodded. That was a story he had heard before. However, the river seemed quite far away.

Xing Yue added, “Even death spirits will rarely visit the Celestial River of Death as you never know if you will encounter a newly awakened death spirit that is stronger. You also won’t know if you will be devoured by the river for no reason. As for someone like you, the river will instantly transform you into a death spirit the moment you step foot in the river.”

Was the river really that scary? Fine. Su Yu decided to not challenge the river. He looked around, noting the dusky and repressive atmosphere. The area was wrapped in a sense of timeless desolation.

When Su Yu tried stomping his foot on the ground, the ground remained firm. A tiny bit of death qi seeped out. Curious, he thought of digging some soil to study.

But just as he crouched down to do so, Xing Yue warned, “Don’t do anything rash. The dark soil of Death Realm is meant to protect the death spirits here. When you dig some, a big disaster will appear.”

“What manner of disaster?”

“I don’t know.”

“Hmm?”

Su Yu was rendered speechless. What answer was that?

“Because it has never been consistent.” Xing Yue explained, “At times, you will dig an ancient death spirit out. At times, you will dig some powerful qi capable of corroding even death qi. At times, you will dig up an unbreakable curse…”

Fine, fine. Su Yu decided to calm down. Why was the soil here so complicated? He decided to be obedient for once. He readily gave up on researching the soil here. Unlike Bai Feng and Wu Lan, he was not the type to risk everything just for research.

According to Su Yu’s calculation, this was the twentieth day the mansion was open. He had to return before the thirtieth day to prepare a nice backstab for his enemies. When they believed that he was outside, he was inside. When they believed that he was inside, he was outside.

When they believed they were blocking his path, he was the one blocking their path. For now, he did not have much interest in further exploring the Death Realm. He would not bite off more than he could chew. Countless experts had died during the ancient past. Who knew if there was a true Emperor somewhere in the Death Realm? Even without a true Emperor, there were probably plenty of Daofuses down here.

During the ancient past, even a mere marquis or a titled general would be a Daofuse. Even as death spirits, they would still be far stronger than Su Yu.

Su Yu asked, “Lord, do you have a way of finding He Tu?”

“Yes.”

Su Yu was overjoyed to hear that.

Excellent.

Suddenly, Xing Yue shouted, “He Tu, come out!”

“…”

Holy shit! Su Yu was losing his mind. Was that how things worked here? He hurriedly stood up and hid behind Xing Yue like an obedient subordinate. He was greatly astonished. Was this how things were done in the Death Realm?

Xing Yue seemed quite pleased with it. Yes. That was how it was done here. How else should they do it? Were they supposed to search the place inch by inch?

The Death Realm was massive, and Xing Yue had not even explored much of it. How was she supposed to know where he was? He Tu wasn’t even a regular death sovereign who would stay at one place for long. That fellow was known for his habits of running around recruiting helpers to attack the old turtle.

Furthermore, nobody knew if He Tu was still alive. Through this shout, she could perhaps attract some of the death spirits nearby and ask them about He Tu.

“He Tu, come out!”

Her voice reverberated in the area.

He Tu, who was busy recruiting new thugs for himself, blanked out. When he focused, he asked, “Tuofa, was that Xing Yue? Was she looking for me?”

Tuofa didn’t hear anything. He ignored the question and said, “He Tu, don’t change the topic. If you want us to join you, sure. First, you need to give up on the section of the river running through your kingdom.”

He Tu was instantly rendered speechless. He was being serious here. Why was Tuofa changing the topic? He did hear someone calling out to him. Was that Xing Yue? Was she not dead?

Well, that wasn’t too surprising. She was close to Su Yu, and Su Yu seemed to have brought her along when he was leaving. In that case, she must have survived. Was she back in the Death Realm? Was the battle in the Luminous Domain Mansion over?

He Tu was quite disappointed with his performance this time. He had entered the mansion through pure coincidence, but he had also been wanting to create his own army in the mansion. Alas, he had lost everything in the mansion.

He focused on listening to the voice in the air.

After a short moment, he said, “I’m leaving. I think Xing Yue is back.”

Then, he vanished with a flicker. The other death sovereigns hesitated slightly before going with him as well.