Tribulation of Myriad Races

Death Realm.

A furious roar rang out, “Audacious! Who dares to cross my kingdom?”

With a smile, He Tu said, “Sovereign Saberwolf, it’s me, He Tu. I’m passing through on my way back to Grand Dream.”

Not far away, a powerful wolf-like death sovereign appeared. He glared at He Tu’s group. After a short moment, he focused on Xing Yue and snorted, “Xing Yue, you intruded upon my territory previously. Be thankful I was forgiving enough to spare you.”

Xing Yue stared at the death sovereign coldly and sent Su Yu a voice transmission, “Kill him. Together.”

Su Yu: “…”

He wanted to tell Xing Yue that she had changed.

He Tu was left quite speechless as well. He sent them a voice transmission, “Don’t cause trouble. Nothing good will come of killing a death sovereign here. Furthermore, he’s one of us. He’ll be useful one day.”

Then, He Tu said, “Sovereign, Saberwolf, Xing Yue did not mean any offense. Previously, she had to attend to an urgent matter. There was chaos in the Luminous Domain Mansion. We will throw you a feast as an apology for that in the future…”

“Chaos in the Luminous Domain Mansion?” The death sovereign thought about it and snorted, “I will forgive that out of respect for He Tu. I won’t tolerate it a second time.”

Xing Yue merely stared at him coldly, telling herself that she would kill him one day. Su Yu was uninterested in courting trouble for now. He only wanted to take a look at the aperture locations. This guy wouldn’t be hard to kill. There was no rush.

In any case, Xing Yue was already friendly enough that he could enter the Death Realm at any time from Grandstar City.

Su Yu placated her, “Don’t worry, Lord. Wait a few days. I’ll kill him and make a feast out of his flesh for you.”

“Hmph. It’s disgusting to eat garbage like this.”

Xing Yue replied with disdain. A similar scene had happened three times in their journey so far.

If Su Yu could be known as the expert socializer of the living, then He Tu could be known as the expert socializer of the dead. He seemed to be familiar with all the death sovereigns in the region. He knew all their names, and he could somehow strike up conversations with all of them.

Before long, they crossed the death kingdom. The so-called death kingdom was essentially a piece of desolate land with a large palace in the middle. But not all death sovereigns would bother to build a palace. Some would stay in a shack, and some wouldn’t even bother to build a shack.

From Su Yu’s perspective, these death sovereigns were all doing quite poorly. He also encountered a decent number of wandering death spirits. Some of the death sovereigns had regained a lot of their past memories, and these death sovereigns would have organized armies in their kingdoms.

It wasn’t even hard to maintain the army of death spirits as food was not an issue for the dead. For the most part, the death sovereigns ruling such kingdoms would also be stronger than regular death sovereigns.

As for the disordered kingdoms, their death sovereigns were either ones with few past memories or ones who had just started regaining their past memories. Su Yu even encountered two silly death sovereigns akin to Dummy. Those death sovereigns had only stared blankly as the group flew past their kingdoms. They wouldn’t do anything unless they were attacked first.

In fact, He Tu was tempted to land on the ground and try fooling them into becoming his thugs, but he eventually gave up. Perhaps they were too stupid for his taste as well.

Eventually, Su Yu grumbled, “This damn place is too stuffy and boring. The boredom alone is enough to kill.”

He Tu and Xing Yue glared at him. What was it again?

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, “Esteemed lords, what do death sovereigns do in their free time?”

He Tu smiled and said, “We have a lot of things to do. Firstly, we organize our armies in preparation for an invasion against the world of the living. Secondly, I fight the old turtle and keep him too busy to deal the death qi in his body. Thirdly, I recruit other death sovereigns in preparation for a war against the living. Fourthly, I explore the Celestial River of Death to strengthen myself. Fifthly…”

He listed a lot of things, making it clear that he was a busy death sovereign.

As for Xing Yue, she was stuck for a long while before finally saying, “Cultivate.”

That was all. She had nothing else to do. Su Yu was left quite speechless. How boring. Also, why was she still so weak after spending so much time cultivating? Just look at He Tu and his fulfilling life. He was truly worthy of being the main character of the first epoch.

In truth, Su Yu was quite interested in He Tu. He said, “Lord He Tu, I have been curious about one thing. How did you lead the army of the dead into the world of the living back then?”

That was a very important question.

He Tu grinned, “Are you thinking of learning what I did?”

“Somewhat.”

“Why should I tell you?”

Su Yu thought about it and answered, “Fate. Fate intends this. We are both humans. We have both opened 360 acupoints. We both know the reversal method. We’re both men. We have both entered the Luminous Domain Mansion. See, there are so many similarities between us. This is fate.”

“…”

He Tu was left completely speechless, but he couldn’t help but see some truth in that.

He Tu smirked and asked, “Are you thinking of luring death sovereigns out to fight for you? It’s not that hard. Since you know the reversal method, you naturally have the way to convert source qi into death qi. When the concentration of death qi in a specific area reaches a certain level, you will notice the weakening barrier between worlds. You can then break through the barrier and release the death sovereigns. Of course, you need to reach an agreement with the death sovereigns first. Otherwise, you will lose control over the death sovereign and…”

He Tu sighed and said, “Back then, everything was progressing smoothly for me. Eventually, some uncontrollable death sovereigns came out and killed the living recklessly, provoking the fury of the old turtle. What a pity.”

Xing Yue sneered at him, “You deserved it. How can death sovereigns be controlled so easily?”

He Tu sneered back, “What do you know?”

It was indeed an accident. Back then, he had reached an agreement with some death sovereigns in the Death Realm. But some wandering death sovereigns had joined in and messed up his plan. When those bastards saw an exit, they rushed out in excitement and started going wild. He Tu was too busy to even notice them. That was the reason for his eventual defeat.

He Tu said, “Even if you can lure them out, they won’t be easy to control. They can go crazy way too easily, resulting in the fury of the laws. And the thirty-six guardians are the enforcer of the heavenly laws out there. The old turtle might seem helpful right now, but when you do something wrong, he won’t hesitate to kill you.”

Su Yu nodded. After thinking for a bit, he said, “Back when you waged war at the helm of all the death sovereigns, you had avoided the fury of the heavenly laws during the initial phase.”

After a short pause, Su Yu continued, “There were probably multiple reasons for that. Firstly, the death spirits were firmly under your control. Secondly, you were able to pull away the death qi from the ancient city. Thirdly, you were able to provoke your enemies into challenging the heavenly laws instead. Fourthly, you refrained from killing indiscriminately. Fifthly, you were able to prevent the death qi from spreading uncontrollably. Am I right, Lord?”

“More or less.”

He Tu was quite surprised. He said, “If you can fulfill all those conditions, you will be able to conquer the Myriad Realms with the death spirits. But you need to clean things up properly. You have to keep absorbing the death qi in the air to avoid it from spreading too much in the world of the living.”

In truth, the main goal of the heavenly laws was the prevention of the spread of death qi in the world of the living.

He Tu said, “In the world of the living, you need to absorb all the death qi you produce within three days. Otherwise…you’re dead.”

He Tu had mixed feelings as he spoke. That was how he had fallen back then. Several bastards had been running everywhere to spread chaos, forcing him to run everywhere and absorb their death qi. In the end, he wasn’t fast enough. Because of those bastards, he had died.

He pointed at Su Yu and warned, “You also need to remember one thing. The principle of equal exchange.”

“What?” He Tu asked, “No matter how many living beings the death spirits kill, you need to kill an equal number of death spirits and preserve the balance.” “Or to be precise, the balance of life and death. A slight imbalance will be fine, but when it exceeds a certain level, the heavenly laws will take action.”

Su Yu kept that in mind. Sure enough, seeking advice from his elders was much better than trying blindly.

Xing Yue coldly said, “I won’t fight for you. Dream on.”

Su Yu nodded indifferently and said, “Good. You should stay in your kingdom. Please don’t leave. Please don’t die. I don’t want to lose my position as a mayor.”

He Tu laughed and said, “It’s fine. I can convert you after Xing Yue dies. No, wait, forget that. You’re too dangerous. Your heaven acupoint is half-opened. I don’t want to get sucked dry by you.”

Clearly, he knew about the yang acupoint as well.

He added, “You sure are brazen to open the heaven acupoint rashly like this. Even back then, very few people had the courage to open it. The heaven acupoint wasn’t a secret back then, but most people wouldn’t touch it unless absolutely necessary. That’s a very troublesome acupoint. How many cultural researchers have the confidence to open 360 acupoints?

“How many warriors have the confidence to open 360 apertures? Failure to fully open the heaven acupoint is the same as suicide. Thus, most people would only make the attempt upon opening all the apertures and acupoints. Some would do it when they were near opening all the apertures and acupoints. At that point, they would have the ability to close it upon failure to fully open it.”