Tribulation of Myriad Races

Just then, Xing Yue asked impatiently, “So are we going or not? What’s so curious about that? The Luminous Domain Mansion has always been a corpse. Of course, very few know about that. Martial King mentioned it once, but he stopped talking about it again since a lot of people were disgusted upon hearing that.”

He Tu was stunned. Su Yu was stunned as well. Both stared at Xing Yue with surprise.

Xing Yue asked coldly, “What are you staring at? I still have some of my past memories. What’s the problem with that? I only recalled this after hearing you talk about it. I wouldn’t have recalled this otherwise.”

He Tu asked, “Who…were you? How did you meet someone like…Martial King?”

How odd.

Xing Yue asked, “What’s the big deal about meeting Martial King? We’re all dead. Are you not tired of thinking about all this all the time?”

How boring. Why was he thinking about all that as a dead person?

Su Yu asked curiously, “Lord Xing Yue, who’s Martial King? Do you know his name?”

“How am I supposed to remember that?” Xing Yue answered impatiently, “Everyone called him Martial King. Who would waste their brain cell remembering his real name?”

He Tu said, “During the ancient past, a few individuals stood apart from the rest of existence. They were akin to gods overlooking all life. Human Emperor, Culture King, and Martial King. These were the most prominent of these individuals. Of course, Time Sage could be considered one such existence as well, but Time Sage was too enigmatic.”

After a short pause, He Tu continued, “Very few people know Culture King’s real name. As for Martial King…his name might be…Tai Shan?”

He was unsure.

Su Yu’s heart thumped. Tai Shan? That was the same name Old Zhou had been cursing endlessly. In that case, was Martial King the one who had killed Old Zhou?

Holy shit!

Was that guy really so impressive?

From how powerful Old Zhou’s remnant will was, one could imagine just how strong he was back then. Yet someone like that had been killed by Tai Shan. In that case, was Tai Shan stronger? Was Martial King Tai Shan?

“Lord He Tu, are you sure about that?”

“I can’t remember much, but it should be right.”

Suddenly, He Tu looked around and warned, “Try not to mention the names of these existences too much. If they were alive, they would be able to sense it. Even dead, the death spirit of such an existence would be able to sense it as well. If someone like that were slumbering in the Celestial River of Death, you might awaken them. And that would be disastrous.”

Even He Tu was fearful of an existence like the Martial King.

Seemingly worried that Su Yu wouldn’t understand him, he explained further, “During the ancient past, the Human Emperor was the strongest. Perhaps some people doubt that, but there is no doubt that the Human Emperor once suppressed the entire Myriad Realms. As for Martial King and Culture King, they might be stronger than even the ancient Pseudo Emperors. The three top human experts had to join hands to suppress the Myriad Realms.”

“You need to understand that the Human Emperor might be strong, but he was not the only Transcended one. The Pseudo Emperors of some powerful races were at a similar level of cultivation. Martial King and Culture King had played a crucial role in the superiority of humanity. All three must be around for the victory to persist. You can’t even imagine just how powerful these existences were.”

Su Yu asked, “Transcended one? What’s that?”

“That’s my personal definition for someone at that level.” He Tu said, “During the ancient past, almost every marquis was a Daofuse. Some were weak and some were strong. As for the human kings and the non-human Pseudo Emperors, they might have reached a different cultivation realm. That might be the case for the Human Emperor as well. For people at their level, the name of their cultivation level no longer matters. That was a term I came up with myself.”

Suddenly, Xing Yue sneered, “You know nothing, but you talk a lot. Disregarding everything else, I know that even the human kings were different from each other. Regular human kings such as the Devote King were similar to regular Pseudo Emperors. Only the major Pseudo Emperors, such as the Immortal Pseudo Emperor, were at the same level as the Human Emperor. People like them could be split into at least two major categories.”

He Tu felt insulted. His gaze turned much colder. The Devote King was his ancestor! Fine, fine, as a death spirit, he no longer felt much affection toward Devote King. But he was still displeased with the tone of her voice.

Who was she to claim that Devote King was weak?

Su Yu hurriedly interjected, “Lords, may we proceed with our task at hand? Both of you are wise and knowledgeable. I believe you know a lot more than me, especially concerning some special topics.”

“What are you talking about?”

Su Yu drew a flower in the air and asked, “Lord He Tu, as a descendent of a human king, do you recognize this symbol?”

That was the bloodline symbol. The one Su Yu had seen in the past.

He Tu said with disdain, “A mixed bloodline. Impure. This flower is known as the infernal hibiscus. It has somehow gotten mixed with flame…infernal hibiscus…this might be the bloodline of the ancient Control King. As for the flame…there are many possibilities. It’s hard to judge since it’s impure.”

Ancient Control King.

Su Yu’s heart thumped. In that case, were there some surviving ancient bloodlines amid humanity? As for the one who had colluded with the Divine Skywing Sect master, that must be a descendant of the Control King.

This was the clearest answer he had gotten regarding this symbol.

Su Yu asked, “Lord, will people reveal these symbols voluntarily?”

He Tu sneered and said, “Some. These people love showing off their noble bloodline. But this is mostly applicable for the mixbreed with impure bloodlines. Those with pure bloodlines will not deign to do this. In the ancient past, those with mixed bloodlines were regarded poorly. The bloodlines of human kings were noble. Why would a truly noble person deign to pollute their bloodline?”

“Wait.”

Su Yu asked, “Can’t the bloodlines of two human kings be mixed into something like this as well?”

He Tu snorted with disdain and said, “What do you know? A descendant of two human kings won’t be born with an impure symbol like this. A purebreed will only generate the symbol of either their father or their mother. Or they might awaken a brand new symbol, not something impure like this. A descendant of two human kings won’t be considered a mixbreed.”

He Tu was making it clear that he knew more than the old turtle. No matter what, the old turtle was not a human. Meanwhile, He Tu was a proper human kin descendant.

He asked, “Where did you see this symbol? Did the owner expose it? If that’s the case, the owner must be a mixbreed with some knowledge about the ancient past. Due to his sense of inferiority after learning of his lowly origins, he tried to twist it into something else to show off his status as a descendant of a noble human king. In truth, mixbreeds like this would not be acknowledged as human king descendants for the most part.”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. No wonder. If the mysterious Invincible was strong enough to hide the symbol, why bother keeping it around? So he had kept it on deliberately to brag about his noble bloodline. He was a descendant of the Control King.

Su Yu kept this in mind. A so-called mixbreed could very well be a human mixed with some other race. Sure enough, the dead knew more than the living. Who said that the dead couldn’t speak? Just look at the talking dead in front of him.

Su Yu realized that in the future, not even killing someone would be a reliable method to silence someone. He had to find a way to kill even the death spirit that person had converted into to fully silence that person. That was the only way to keep something secret forever. After all, the dead could speak.

He Tu said, “I can show you the way, but if you dare to try anything funny, I’ll kill you. Also, you once insulted me. I have not forgotten about that.”

Xing Yue interrupted, “What about it? Come after me if you have an issue with that. I’m not scared of you!”

He Tu cursed inwardly. What was wrong with her? He was talking to Su Yu, not her!

Su Yu smartly shut his mouth. Since Xing Yue had kindly offered to handle this matter for him, he wouldn’t reject it. He only wanted to take a look at the 360 apertures or even the circulation route if possible.

He had to prioritize opening his yin aperture as he kept having a feeling like he was going to blow up and die suddenly. He had a very good impression of He Tu. Just look at how He Tu had told him everything so readily. He didn’t even need to fool He Tu into telling him the truth.

Meanwhile, He Tu, the nice guy according to Su Yu, was deep in thought. If the Luminous Domain Mansion was forged of a human body, was this human alive or dead? Could he make this human his subordinate?

He did not mind showing Su Yu the entrances. He was quite surprised to learn that Su Yu knew quite a lot of things as well. And thus, the three set off.

***

At the same time.

Grandstar City.

More and more experts were gathered near the city. News of Su Yu’s appearance in the mansion had leaked in a small circle. A lot of people were starting to suspect the Su Yu who had been appearing in the city.

Inside the mayor’s residence, Liu Hong walked to the inner hall and bowed at Grandstar before saying, “Lord, this won’t do. We have to find a chance to teach them a lesson and prove that Su Yu is still here. Otherwise, Su Yu won’t be able to return to the city safely after leaving the mansion.”

Grandstar opened his eyes and nodded. True. He had to let everyone know that Su Yu was still in the city. After all, Su Yu might die before reaching the city even if the city wasn’t that far from the mansion.

“Wait a while longer. I’ll attack at the first sign of provocation.”

Liu Hong retreated respectfully. Inwardly, he was rejoicing. Very good. When someone provoked the city, Grandstar would be gone. Xing Yue had been gone for quite a while. Not bad at all. This would open a clear path for him. He decided to take this time to grow even more since the Death Realm was such a dangerous place. He only needed to leave within ten days since Su Yu would return by then.

“Little Su Yu, you’re still too inexperienced. I’m leaving soon…”

Liu Hong laughed. Su Yu was truly impressive, but he had neglected the fact that Liu Hong had the courage to actually enter the Death Realm. Wasn’t that surprising? Su Yu would return to find him missing.

Goodbye, Su Yu!

Liu Hong started looking around with mixed feelings. He even soared into the sky to look at the scenery outside the city. This might be his last time seeing the beautiful world of the living.

Hopefully, everything would proceed smoothly. When his gaze landed at the Invincibles outside the city, he sneered at them. With a voice of disdain, he said, “The fuck are you looking at? Do you even have the courage to attack my city? Garbage.”

How arrogant. His sheer arrogance caused many people to grow doubtful again. Was this Su Yu or not? How could anyone other than Su Yu be so arrogant and annoying?