Tribulation of Myriad Races

Great Qin King nodded. He said, “Have all thirty-six prefects attend the celebration. Keep everyone together. This will keep things manageable.”

Great Zhou King chuckled and said, “You might invite a lot of complaints with this. Don’t worry. I’ll get this done.”

After a short hesitation, he continued, “He refused the blade of Xia. He is most likely unwilling to accept your burden…”

“That’s normal.” Great Qin King nodded, “I’m not even surprised. I don’t intend to hand the burden to him immediately. I only intend to prepare him mentally. The other humans also need to be prepared mentally. Then, he could return during a crucial moment and help humanity. At that time, everyone would recall my suggestion of making him the new leader. His promotion would seem much less sudden.”

Su Yu’s current decision did not matter. The future was more important. They couldn’t quite appoint a successor so suddenly, right? Nobody would be willing to accept that. Things could get very troublesome.

At the moment, Great Qin King was only trying to generate support to Su Yu. Then, they could do more after a few years. At the time, nobody would be surprised to see Su Yu ascending into the position of tenth epoch’s human king.

After all, talks about his ascension would have been ongoing for years by that point. This was Great Qin King’s true intention. For now, Su Yu was still not strong enough for that position. Furthermore, Great Qin King and the others were still around. Things were not desperate enough for humanity.

It was pointless to force Su Yu into the leadership position this early. That would only ruin Su Yu’s relationship with the others.

Great Zhou King laughed and said, “I understand now. How surprising, Old Qin. Even you have learned to scheme.”

Great Qin King said, “Scheme? How is this a scheme? This is a plan. I am doing everything openly. It doesn’t matter if he’s unwilling now. A day would come when he and everyone else would accept this. For now, we are merely planting the seed for his future rise.”

Great Zhou King laughed again and said, “Fine. This is actually a good plan. I had been worried that you were trying to quit.”

“That wouldn’t happen anytime soon.” Great Qin King added, “But the wait wouldn’t be too long either.”

Ads by PubRev Great Zhou King’s heart skipped a beat. He glanced at Great Qin King, but he asked nothing.

***

Human Realm.

Great Xia.

As of late, Great Xia had been filled with excitement.

The celebration of Su Long’s birthday had finally been announced.

Su Yu, an overlord of the ancient cities, had invited the geniuses of the myriad races to the celebration.

It was also said that Su Yu would return for this celebration. Everyone knew that Su Yu was born in Great Xia. Back when Su Yu fled Great Xia to join Great Ming, countless citizens had surrounded the prefect’s residence in fury. Eventually, Marquis Xia beheaded several Mountainseas to calm the anger of the masses.

That also marked the end of the conflict between the single and multiple character factions in Great Xia. Since then, everyone in Great Xia seemed to have forgotten about that conflict.

After that, Su Yu had returned as Profound Nine and killed countless powerful enemies. At Nanyuan, he battled the geniuses of the myriad races alone, further boosting his reputation in the Human Realm.

Alas, the public perception changed when he joined the ancient cities as a pseudo death spirit.

However, a twist came shortly after when the masses learned that Su Yu had only done so out of desperation. Everyone felt boundlessly regretful at the thought of a human genius desperate enough to become an ancient city resident.

Next, yet another twist arrived. With his own actions, Su Yu showed everyone that there was nothing regretful about that.

During the previous battle, he had showcased an incredible level of strength as even Invincibles started falling like bugs in his presence. The entire Myriad Realms were shaken. Even the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons were deterred from continuing the battle. He alone had suppressed the Myriad Realms.

And now, the butcher of the Myriad Realms was returning for his father’s birthday celebration.

A storm started brewing in Great Xia.

Some awaited his return in excitement, while some awaited nervously.

Naturally, even more people were simply curious about him. Just how strong was this legendary figure? Everyone called him a butcher. But had he killed as many as Prefect Xia? Everyone knew that Xia Longwu was now known as the Carnage King. Had Su Yu killed even more people than him?

For many, even the Sunmoon Realm was merely something they could only hear in the legends.

Great Xia.

Su Residence.

Yes. There was now a Su Residence in the capital, courtesy of Xia Family.

Inside the residence, Su Long was seated helplessly in front of a smiling Marquis Xia. He softly said, “Marquis, I don’t have the habit of celebrating my birthday. Also, that’s not even my birthday…”

The beaming Marquis Xia said, “What? Impossible. That’s definitely your birthday!”

“No…”

“Yes!”

The helpless Su Long said, “Marquis, isn’t this celebration a bit too excessive? I can always get Su Yu to sneak back and have a private celebration…”

“No!”

Marquis Xia said, “Su Long, you need to know that Su Yu is now different. He is the overlord of the ancient cities, the tyrant of thirty-six cities. Numerous Invincibles stand behind him. Multiple Pseudo Emperors stand behind him. How can someone so important sneak back? Not returning home in glory after attaining riches and honor is the same as walking in the dark in fanciful clothes. Since he has attained riches and honor, he naturally needs to return in glory.”

Su Long didn’t know what to feel about this. Su Yu had indeed brought glory to their family. He had never dared to imagine such an accomplishment coming from a Su. But Su Long was still feeling hesitant. He said, “Would people try to assassinate him when he returned? I am aware that everyone wants him dead now.”

“No. Nobody would dare.” Marquis Xia said, “My old man and Great Ming King are personally guarding him. He’s also very strong himself. It will be fine.”

“But…”

“Don’t worry!” Marquis Xia asked, “Speaking of, do you want to hold the celebration here or Nanyuan? Nanyuan is still in the middle of reconstruction, but I can accelerate the process if you wish to do it there.”

Su Long said awkwardly, “Uhm…if we must do this, let’s do it in Nanyuan. I don’t know this place well. I don’t even have any friends here. But I do have a lot of old friends in Nanyuan.”

Marquis Xia nodded, “No problem. Apart from your Nanyuan friends, do you want to invite your army friends as well?”

“Is that proper?”

“Of course! Great Xia has withdrawn from the front lines, including the Devil Subduing Army. They are all very free right now.”

“In that case…can those old brothers of mine come?”

“Chen Long and the others?”

“Yeah.”

“Sure.”

Su Long was overjoyed. He said, “Right, can my new brothers come as well? The ones I knew when I rejoined the army. That guy called Old Liu must come! Everyone else can skip the celebration, but not him!”

Marquis Xia didn’t know that name. He asked doubtfully, “Is that your good friend?”

Su Long gnashed his teeth and said, “Yes! We nearly became in-laws!”

Marquis Xia was surprised to hear that.

Meanwhile, Su Long was cursing inwardly. That bastard had constantly teased him in the past when he bragged about his son. When he suggested that Old Liu introduce his daughter to Su Yu, Old Liu had grown even more cocky and teased him more.

That would teach Old Liu a lesson for being so cocky!

Marquis Xia said, “Anything else? Feel free to make your requests.”

Su Long thought about it and said, “One more thing. Can my old apartment be rebuilt? I prefer going back to a familiar environment…”

“No problem!”

That was a trivial matter. Unfortunately, a ruin now stood atop Su Long’s old neighborhood. They had to think of a way to remove that ruin.

Marquis Xia said, “Su Long, Su Yu is incredibly talented. But you seem…”

Su Long awkwardly said, “My talent is terrible. But my son is bright!”

“Do you know why?” Marquis Xia asked, “Is it related to his mother?”

Su Long shook his head, “His mother was a normal woman. It has nothing to do with her.”

Marquis Xia stared at Su Long. How was Su Long so sure?

Su Long did not say more. He flashed an honest smile and said, “Marquis, I’m an ordinary person. Su Yu’s mother was an ordinary person as well. Su Yu’s talent must have come from his hard work. It has nothing to do with us.”

“Fine, I won’t ask more.” Marquis Xia said, “But be careful. Don’t drop your hair or personal articles behind. Others could easily make use of these things to harm both you and Su Yu.”

Su Long nodded. He knew that.

“Don’t worry, Marquis. I’ll be careful.”

When Marquis Xia left, a certain memory emerged in Su Long’s mind. But he hurriedly stopped thinking about it as he was aware that top experts had the ability to read the memories of those weaker than them.

Thus, he kept his mind blank. He would say more when his kid was back. In fact, he had been thinking of visiting Su Yu as of late.

“Just come back earlier. It’s time for me to enjoy a life of glory.”

Su Long couldn’t help but sigh at the thought that Su Yu had indeed brought glory to the Su Family.