Tribulation of Myriad Races

Spatial Beast Realm.

A massive spatial beast suddenly looked toward a certain direction with flickering eyes. Beside him, an old man stood. And beside the old man was a woman. As the old man looked at the massive spatial beast, the massive spatial beast said, “War…is coming.”

“Ancestor, is the war of the myriad races really arriving?”

The old man was shocked.

The massive beast said, “Yes. It’s coming. None of the various races can escape being engulfed in this war. Nobody. Hollow, your act of saving and raising a human has ensured our participation in this war as well.”

“Ancestor, I—”

“Enough.” The massive spatial beast said, “The ancient past has collapsed for a hundred thousand years. The time has arrived for there to be a conclusion. Go. Call upon the people of our race. Prepare for war.”

“Prepare for war?”

Hollow was greatly shocked. Was the spatial beast race really going to participate?

“Go.”

“Yes!”

Hollow did not dare to question his ancestor. He hurriedly left with Yellow Nine. While leaving, Yellow Nine looked in the direction of the Human Realm. All she saw was a blinding white radiance.

After Hollow left, the massive spatial beast stared into the distance and sighed.

The humans…were starting the war.

That was understandable. Rather than being passive and waiting for an attack to come, seizing the initiative might be a good idea. Even in this epoch, the humans were still as domineering as ever. Even when they were in such a weak position, they were still incredibly decisive.

As for Hollow’s act of saving a human baby, would it be a good fortune or a disaster for the spatial beasts? The massive spatial beast sank into thought.

The spatial beast was the best at spatial manipulation. Thus, the movement of the humans could be hidden from many, but definitely not him.

***

At the same time.

Human Realm.

Great Xia King’s voice rang out again.

“Su Yu. Are you willing to fight for humanity?”

With a frown, Su Yu answered, “I only fight for the worthy.”

Great Xia King asked again, “Are you willing to live and die alongside the Human Realm?”

Su Yu answered, “I will mirror humanity’s treatment toward me. So long as humanity does not turn against me, I shall never turn against humanity.”

He did not try to say anything eloquent or fancy. He merely answered from the depths of his heart.

If they were good toward him, he would be good toward them.

If they were to disappoint him, he would disappoint them.

Such answers were naturally not something a saint should be saying.

But Great Xia King did not seem to care. He asked again, “As the saint, as the king, never forget that you are a human. You were born human. You will die human. That will never change. Emperor? Saint? Your root will never change. You are a human.”

Su Yu did not deny that. After all, that was the truth. He couldn’t change his birth.

“I will live and die a human.”

“That is acceptable.”

Then, Great Xia King stepped forth and grabbed the tiny token with both hands. Instantly, the token transformed into a crown.

At the same time, Su Yu reached the top of the stairs. He turned around, inhaled deeply, and sat down on the throne.

Holding the crown with both hands, Great Xia King climbed the stairs, one step at a time.

On the shining crown, 140 golden stripes could be seen.

The crown was also showing signs of further advancement.

When Great Xia King was a step from the top, he dropped down on one knee. Just as Su Yu was about to stand and help him back up, Great Xia King’s voice rang out, “Holy lord of Emperor Yu’s Court, please accept the crown. Only you can crown yourself. The holy lord reigns supreme in the Human Realm.”

In short, nobody was qualified to crown the holy lord except the holy lord himself.

Through this, Great Xia King was informing the entire humanity and the myriad races that humanity had finally been unified under a common leader.

They could protest it. They could support it. Nothing would change.

Once again, Su Yu blanked out.

Should he…accept the crown?

He started hesitating.

He knew that he had fallen into a trap.

They had targeted what he wanted and plotted against him based on his desires. He only wanted the benefits associated with the position without the burden. But out of nowhere, the burden had been placed on the crown that was now presented toward him.

It had appeared out of nowhere.

It was clear this was a ploy.

Su Yu was aware. From the moment he started climbing the stairs, he understood. He had continued climbing regardless of the truth. But facing the crown, everything suddenly became real. He started hesitating.

Great Ming King and the other Invincibles landed on the ground one after another.

Looking at Su Yu, Great Ming King smiled, dropped to one knee, and roared, “Holy Lord, please accept the crown!”

Behind him, the various Invincibles reacted differently. Some hesitated, and some sighed. A short moment later, they dropped to their knees as well. This…was the first time something like this had happened in the tenth epoch.

“Holy Lord, please accept the crown!”

And then, the various human experts, regardless of their wishes, dropped to their knees as well. They roared, “Holy Lord, please accept the crown!”

The thud from their knees hitting the ground reverberated in the air. Even those from Liu City, such as Liu Wenyan and the others, knelt down on one knee as well.

At the very top of the stairs, Su Yu shook slightly. He wanted to stand up. He wanted to leave the throne. He could feel a boundless pressure falling upon him. He was terrified of this burden. His previous excitement had vanished completely.

He did not want this anymore!

He started having second thoughts.

He did not want to be the holy lord anymore!

He wanted to shout loudly that he didn’t want this anymore!

Just as he was about to give up, Great Xia King’s voice transmission arrived, “Put on the crown. Great Qin King and the others have left. They are eliminating the powerful enemies of humanity for you. For your sake, they will not stop fighting until the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor is dead. Only with the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor dead would things be slightly safer for you.

“You were the one who had stirred endless chaos in the Myriad Realms. You were the one who had pushed the final war far ahead of schedule. This is the karma you sowed with your own two hands. Are you thinking of only enjoying the benefits without shouldering any responsibilities? Humanity has lost fifty years of preparation because of you!”

Su Yu wanted to argue.

He wanted to say that it wasn’t him.

But was that really the case?

Great Zhou King was right. If he hadn’t killed so many myriad race experts, humanity would be able to enjoy no less than fifty years more of peace. That would allow them to make a lot more preparations.

Great Zhou King and the others had planned to take action after fifty more years of preparation.

Not now.

A sense of helplessness washed over Su Yu. Yes…he was the one who had reduced humanity’s preparation time by fifty years.

But that had never been his intention!

He stared at the crown with boundless helplessness. He had arrived with excitement. But now…the solemn ceremony had destroyed his excitement completely.

He sighed inwardly.

Slowly, he reached out for the crown before finally grabbing it. The crown felt heavy. So heavy that he almost failed to lift it.

“Su Yu, remember who you are. You are the holy lord. Be decisive.”

Great Xia King roared at him through voice transmission, to the point even his eardrums were starting to hurt.

After another deep inhalation, Su Yu tightened his grip, lifted the crown, and lowered it to his head.

The entire Human Realm started shaking.

As though the realm itself was shaking from excitement.

Multicolored rays of light appeared in the sky and shone upon the Human Realm.

Everyone. And everything. Was celebrating the grand occasion. A leader of humanity was born.

***

Meanwhile, Great Zhou King and the others were moving through the void. In the blink of an eye, they emerged from the void and appeared above the Sea of Stars.

Below, the old turtle’s heart thumped in shock.

Great Zhou King did not even spare the old turtle a glance before teleporting everyone away again.

With the Human Realm creating such a massive ruckus, barely anyone noticed the movement of Great Zhou King’s group.

After another second, the group reappeared at the western sector.

At this point, the human Invincibles were already looking incomparably solemn, their weapons drawn and ready.

With another teleportation, they moved slightly off from the west toward the devil race’s territory. After a while, they pierced through a realm barrier and emerged in a boundlessly dark world.

They had arrived.

With another teleportation, they emerged right in front of the realm entrance. With a wave of his hand, Great Zhou King covered the entire Celestial Chasm Realm with a massive barrier. The expression of the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, who was busy observing the changes in the Human Realm, changed drastically.

And when his gaze landed on the group before the realm entrance, his face sank.

Enemy attack!

The humans were attacking!

“Humans! You dare?”

The Pseudo Emperor roared in fury.

However, Great Zhou King remained completely indifferent. Wielding a saber as a spear, Great Qin King roared, “Kill!”

Hum!

The saber shot across the entire realm, shattering the projection of the Pseudo Emperor in the sky. Then, the various human Invincibles split in all directions. The Sunmoons in charge of guarding the realm entrance were instantly exterminated.

A battle had erupted out of nowhere.

The slaughter had begun.

The massive palace at the center of the Celestial Chasm Realm started shaking. Then, a powerful individual appeared above the palace.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor had an incomparably solemn expression. When he spread his senses around, he noted that the entire Celestial Chasm Realm had been isolated from the outside world.

Humanity had come prepared.

“All Eternals, gather and kill the invaders!”

With one roar of his, the entire Celestial Chasm Realm bustled with activity.

One Invincible after another soared into the sky.

Deep underground, numerous ancient existences opened their eyes, awakened from their slumber.

“A war of extinction is upon us. The humans are invading. Join me and fight the invaders.”

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor’s voice resounded throughout the realm. That further shocked the celestial chasms. Humanity was attacking? This was the first attack from humanity in many years.

Or to be precise, humanity had only attacked the Celestial Chasm Realm once, and that was during the ancient past. Over a hundred thousand years had passed since then.

During the previous nine epochs, the humans had not invaded the Celestial Chasm Realm. But during the tenth epoch, when the humans were at their weakest, they had actually taken the initiative to invade. This was greatly surprising to the celestial chasms.

About twenty Invincibles appeared and charged straight toward the realm entrance.

Apocalypse had arrived to claim their world.