Tribulation of Myriad Races

Heavenly Seal King, with his pure bloodline, was the actual traitor.

That was Great Zhou King’s judgment.

Su Yu did not bother to argue as there was no proof. When he looked at Silk Destroying King, who was sulking to the side, he said, “Senior Silk Destroying King, were you not the one in contact with the Divine Skywing Sect master?”

“Huh? Of course not.” Silk Destroying King rolled his eyes and said, “Why would I want to get in contact with him?”

Su Yu said, “In that case, the current traitor definitely knows about you. The traitor was the one who had gotten in contact with the Divine Skywing Sect master. The dead traitor must have told the new traitor everything about you. That was the only reason for the new traitor to reveal his fake bloodline symbol for no reason.”

Great Zhou King nodded in agreement.

Su Yu continued, “Back then, they met at the Starfall Mountain. Great Zhou King, do you think we can find any proof there?”

Starfall Mountain.

Great Zhou King asked, “Are you going to continue investigating?”

Su Yu said, “Yes. I don’t want to accuse anyone wrongly. Great Zhou King, something is wrong with you. You insisted on investigating things when Silk Destroying King was the suspect, but now that Heavenly Seal King is the suspect, you only want to kill him. Your bias is too obvious. Do you happen to have a quarrel with Heavenly Seal King?”

Great Zhou King thought about it and said, “Perhaps it’s my intuition. At times, I trust my intuition more than anything. As an expert yourself, you should understand that a crisis can be sensed.”

Su Yu chuckled and said, “One more question. Who took the Xiyuan ruin? Wasn’t that Control King’s territory during the ancient past?”

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Silk Destroying King answered gloomily.

Su Yu frowned, “You?”

“Yes. Me.” Silk Destroying King said, “Didn’t you see it earlier?”

“I thought that was a random ruin. So that was the Xiyuan ruin? It did not look like anything special.”

“Was it supposed to be special?” Silk Destroying King said, “Apart from two carrier treasures, it had nothing. Well, it did have quite a lot of heavenly source qi as well.”

Great Zhou King laughed and said, “Since the traitor had arranged a fake identity for you, the Xiyuan ruin must be prepared for your taking as well, right? That would be the only logical path to take. You must have discovered that ruin through your bloodline, right?”

“Yes.” Silk Destroying King nodded and said, “I never suspected this before…but now…I am starting to suspect that someone was there before me.”

Su Yu asked, “What about Heavenly Seal King?”

“Him?” Great Zhou King said, “He affirmed his dao in the Allheaven Battlefield.”

Su Yu was surprised. He asked, “He did it himself? But why is he still at the fourth degree?”

Someone achieving dao affirmation at the Allheaven Battlefield should have reached the third degree during the breakthrough.

Silk Destroying King said, “It hasn’t been long since his dao affirmation, so he hasn’t grown much since then. Also, he cultivates the power of sealing. That’s an extremely difficult path. He’s very good at sealing.”

Great Zhou King said, “Yes. He’s very good at sealing. You need to understand that this path is a lot more harder to walk. His physical cultivation, on the other hand, is quite ordinary. His characters are very impressive.”

Su Yu nodded pensively. It was common knowledge that characters wouldn’t surpass the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm. But the truth was that characters could continue growing, eventually turning into laws, directly elevating one beyond the Daofuse Realm. Thus, it was incredibly hard to properly measure the strength of one’s characters.

If Heavenly Seal King was really the true Control King descendant with the full legacy from the ancient past, he must be aware that the Three Body Method was trash. He must also be aware that characters could grow into laws. In that scenario, he would probably focus on characters instead of his body.

As someone specializing in sealing, it was very likely that he specialized in characters.

At that thought, Su Yu said, “He must have an extremely powerful character. That character might have even fused partly with a law or two. If Heavenly Seal King has one such character, then there will be no doubt that he is the traitor. In that case, his sealing power must have been a legacy of the Control King. After all, that was Control King’s path.”

Great Zhou King nodded.

That was true.

A bloodline was something that would be generated automatically the moment one reached the level of an ancient human king. But bloodline alone would not allow a descendant to surpass the human king. However, characters might allow one to do so.

Thus, a true legacy would involve the power of laws, not bloodline. The power of bloodline could only point toward one’s origin. And the inheritance of laws would be the true indicator of one’s lineage.

Great Zhou King said, “There are many ways to verify this. The simplest method involves the bloodline. Different bloodlines will fuse differently. Initially, Silk Destroying’s body rejected the new bloodline. However, he didn’t suspect anything as he had assumed that this was a natural reaction during bloodline awakening.”

“It’s very simple to check Heavenly Seal’s real bloodline. Extract some of Silk Destroying’s blood and insert it into his body. If his body does not reject it, then he’s of the same bloodline.”

Great Zhou King said, “Your job is done here. I will have Silk Destroying inspect him before making my move.”

True.

Heavenly Seal King’s bloodline would not change even after having his original blood swapped. Of course, this plan wouldn’t work if he was a mere disciple of the previous traitor instead of a descendant. Then again, there were still plenty of methods they could use to verify his origin.

Su Yu said, “Sure. I’m not close to him so I don’t care. I only have one request. I want his corpse.”

Why was he still talking like a villain?

Great Zhou King did not say anything about that. Rather, he said, “He might have sensed what you did earlier. According to his plan, Silk Destroying should be our prime suspect right now.”

Great Zhou King looked at Silk Destroying King and said, “After returning, behave as usual. Don’t try to act. You’re not good at acting. Don’t pretend to be sad, wronged, or angry.”

Silk Destroying King was the type of person who wouldn’t realize that he was the prime suspect, even when someone was blatantly investigating him. Thus, he could continue behaving as usual.

He only needed to act like he knew nothing. Any other type of act would be too difficult for him. It would only incur the wariness of the real traitor.

Silk Destroying King felt like Great Zhou King was insulting him again.

Behaving as usual? That was all? Was Great Zhou King trying to say that he would be too stupid to realize anything unless it was spelled out to him?

He was tired of this.

Was he that stupid?

Silk Destroying King believed that he was quite smart. These people were only complaining about his intelligence because they spent all their time scheming instead of cultivating properly.

Would an honorable person spend all their time scheming?

An honorable person would spend all their time in cultivation instead!

No wonder the willpower path had declined.

Silk Destroying King looked at them with disdain. How could they grow strong if they spent all their time scheming instead of cultivating?

“Alright, alright. Stop scolding us inwardly. Cultural researchers aren’t weak or Culture King wouldn’t have reigned above Martial King back then.”

Great Zhou King waved his hand with disinterest and said, “Go back first. If they ask you anything, just tell them it was nothing important.”

“I—”

Silk Destroying King wanted to deny that he was scolding them inwardly, but noticing their indifference, he lost interest and left with a snort.

How boring!

Just as he was about to leave, he gnashed his teeth and said, “Do not leak anything! Or…I won’t let this slide!”

Great Zhou King chuckled and said, “Yeah, yeah. Go already. This is no big deal. Why are you so worried?”

“…”

No big deal? This was a very big deal!

Silk Destroying King could only leave with a mixture of nervousness and helplessness.

***

Right after Silk Destroying King left, Su Yu and Great Zhou King looked at each other before laughing. They had been holding back their laughter earlier.

After a while, Great Zhou King sighed and said, “Lan Tian…is truly a freak. Alas, his path won’t be an easy one. A myriad daos as one. Different laws…are too difficult to fuse. This path might grant him an extraordinary combat strength, but achieving Daofuse or beyond would be nearly impossible.”

Su Yu nodded and said, “Nearly impossible…but not hopeless. For example, he could kill the master of a law, or perhaps he could pursue a law whose master is dead. There is still hope.”

Great Zhou King sighed again and said, “Sure enough, you understand everything.”

Su Yu said, “It’s not surprising for me to know. But it’s very surprising for you to know as well, Great Zhou King.”

Great Zhou King laughed and said, “I have been cultivating for so many years. My experience matters.”

“Heh.”

“Heh.”

Once again, the two smiled at each other. After a while, Su Yu asked doubtfully, “Great Zhou King, why didn’t you lead humanity personally?”

“I can’t.”

“You can’t?”

Su Yu said, “Not at all. I can see that you have a lot of supporters among the Invincibles.”

Great Zhou King shook his head and said, “Let me put it this way. What does humanity need currently? What kind of leader does humanity need right now?”

“Someone like Great Qin King?”

“He’s very decent…but he’s still lacking slightly. For example, he lacks strength, luck, ruthlessness, and intelligence.”

Yes. He was insulting Great Qin King.

Su Yu stealthily recorded the whole thing down. However, Great Zhou King nonchalantly said, “You won’t be able to record anything. Don’t bother.”

Su Yu stopped.

Great Zhou King turned solemn and said, “Both Old Qin and I lack something essential. In truth, you’re not the best choice either. But you are probably our sole choice right now. You have ruined the balance.”

“Balance?”

Great Zhou King nodded, “Yes. Without you, I am confident in extending the peace for another fifty years. At that time, we would have a lot more options. Xia Longwu, Zhu Tianfang, and a lot of people are quite suited for this task. They only need more time.

“Humanity will be unified one day. That is inevitable. You need to have confidence in that. However, I did not think that it would happen anytime soon. But you…you are too surprising. You emerged. And you destroyed the balance. You shortened the timer, making you our sole option.”

Su Yu laughed and asked, “Am I that impressive?”

“Of course.”

Great Zhou King said, “Are you going to keep being unduly humble?”

“Not really. I agree that I’m truly impressive.”