Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu wasn’t too worried about the battle inside the Human Realm. Humanity would win, even if some had to die for that. But what about the battle outside the Human Realm? There were simply too many experts out there.

However, Su Yu did not have the luxury to think too much. Great Qin King and Great Zhou King were the ones who had decided to start this war. He was merely reacting to it. He wasn’t the one who had stirred this trouble.

He didn’t know how things would end. Six Daofuses and over a hundred Invincibles. Faced with such a force, how would humanity survive?

He was too busy to think more. A massive battle had erupted. The Myriad Door Formation unfurled in the sky, covering the sky with fluttering doors. Surrounded by five Invincibles, retreating was no longer an option.

This also wasn’t an option for the other human Invincibles.

Kill or be killed. That was their only path forward.

It was too late to retreat now.

After all, these enemy Invincibles had all arrived in all three of their bodies, making it clear that this was a fight to the death. The Human Realm was being attacked from the inside and the outside.

At the same time, an intense battle was raging outside the Human Realm. The ancient guardians, Great Xia King, and the others were already fighting. Deafening explosions were exploding everywhere outside the Human Realm.

Heavendoom and the others had all left their cities. With a swing of his staff, Heavendoom caused the world to shake. However, such a powerful staff strike was easily deflected by the Nether Pseudo Emperor. Next, a sword stabbed toward Heavendoom.

This was a battle involving over seventy Invincibles, with a considerable number of high-degree Invincibles among them. With thirty-five guardians and the human Invincibles working together, they would still put up a fight. However, the three Daofuses were too much for them to handle.

Heavendoom could barely deal with one of the Daofuses. Fortunately, a different ancient city appeared not long after. Both the Devil and Dragon Pseudo Emperors stared at the city warily. Grand Dream had arrived.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, “Senior Grand Dream, are you interfering again? Be careful lest an insurrection happen in the Death Realm. The East Heavenly King will not allow you to interfere in the affairs of the living repeatedly.”

As usual, Grand Dream appeared as a humanoid youth. He looked at the Devil Pseudo Emperor and said, “East Heavenly King? You sure know a lot. The previous Devil Pseudo Emperor must have learned a lot while exploring the Death Realm. Since you know so much, do you think the East Heavenly King has the courage to cause trouble in my territory?”

The Devil Pseudo Emperor laughed and answered, “Not now, but if you participate in a war of the myriad races…things might change. You’re only doing this to protect your mayor. Am I right?”

The old turtle answered, “Naturally.”

The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, “What about this? You can take Su Yu with you. We won’t stop you. Do we have an agreement?”

The old turtle did not answer.

Seeing that, the Devil Pseudo Emperor sighed and said, “Senior, you can’t fool yourself. Do you really want your companions who have been with you for a hundred thousand years to die for this war?”

Previously, the ancient cities had interfered for Su Yu. What about this time? This time, the Devil Pseudo Emperor had offered Su Yu’s safety. They only wanted to deal with the humans. But the old turtle remained silent. His answer was clear. It hadn’t even been that long since the previous battle. The stance of the ancient cities was clear for all to see.

Heavendoom had been hitting Nether Pseudo Emperor repeatedly with his staff, but he found that the Pether Pseudo Emperor was unharmed even when his arms were starting to sore. Thus, he pulled back. Standing beside the old turtle, he chortled and said, “Su Yu is now the lord of the Human Realm. That makes the Human Realm his. And he is also the lord of the ancient cities. Why waste our time with this bullshit?”

The Devil Pseudo Emperor looked at the Nether Pseudo Emperor before looking at the Dragon Pseudo Emperor. The three exchanged glances.

All thirty-six ancient guardians had assembled outside the Human Realm. Additionally, five human Invincibles were present as well. They were respectively Great Xia King, Great Ming King, Great Sui King, Great Jin King, and Qushan King.

Four founding kings and a younger Invincible.

One Daofuse and forty Invincibles.

Apart from Mountaindrive King, who was slightly weaker, the others were all high-degree Invincibles.

This was enough to face over seventy Invincibles. But the three Daofuses presented a massive challenge. The old turtle might be strong, but it was hard for him to face three Daofuses while also keeping the Death Realm suppressed.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor knew that well. Since he had mentioned the East Heavenly King, contact must have been established.

The three Daofuses noted that the battle inside the Human Realm had started. At this point, they could no longer stay idle and let all those Invincibles die for nothing. They were also suspicious of what was going on inside the Human Realm. After all, multiple Invincibles had perished in a short time.

With that conclusion in mind, the Devil Pseudo Emperor sighed and said, “Since the ancient cities insist on interfering, forgive us for not holding back. Kill!”

With a roar, the three Daofuses charged toward the old turtle.

The old turtle had a solemn expression. This wouldn’t be an easy battle. Facing three Daofuses while remaining wary of the changes that might occur in the Death Realm. This was an extremely difficult task.

Just then, someone else emerged out of thin air. A massive figure floated in the sky.

“Iron devourer. What’s the point?”

The Devil Pseudo Emperor sighed with regret. Next, a second person emerged from the sky. It was a delicate and dainty female Pseudo Emperor.

Despite the delicate appearance of the female Pseudo Emperor, her appearance was enough to cause the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor to stop eating. The look in his eyes slowly turned solemn.

Spirit Pseudo Emperor.

The Daofuse of the spirit race.

As the dainty Spirit Pseudo Emperor swayed gently with the wind, her crisp voice rang out, “Have the iron devourers decided to stand with the humans?”

The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor stared at her in silence. Then, he resumed eating. With an honest and silly expression, he said, “Aren’t the spirits neutral? Why are you getting involved now?”

The spirit race was a top ten race.

However, they had been maintaining an incredibly low profile.

Yet that had changed today.

The Spirit Pseudo Emperor said, “The humans have started this war by invading the celestial chasm race. It feels as though the ancient past has returned. I can see humanity unleashing slaughter upon the Myriad Realms again. I can see the tyranny of the humans arriving. I can’t accept that. I don’t want that. During the ancient past, the humans invaded the Spirit Realm and harvested my people to use them as materials for pillmaking and weaponsmithing. Our plant, mountain, and sea spirits are nothing but valuable materials for them. What choice can I make here?”

The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor sighed. True. There was no villain in this story. It was reasonable for the Spirit Pseudo Emperor to participate in this war. There was no denying what the humans did during the ancient past. But this only made the defense of Human Realm harder than before.

The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor was here to help stop the three Daofuses, but the Spirit Pseudo Emperor had appeared to stop him instead. Furthermore, the Spirit Pseudo Emperor had not arrived alone. About twenty spirit Invincibles were also heading toward the Human Realm. Their Pseudo Emperor had merely arrived in advance. Since she had decided to participate in the war, she naturally couldn’t afford to hold back.

After some hesitation, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor made his choice as well. From the Iron Devourer Realm, one powerful expert after another emerged. Since a choice had been made, he might as well go all out.

Only about a dozen iron devourer Invincibles had emerged. This wasn’t a particularly big number, but it was much higher than their so-called official number. Previously, they had claimed that they had barely any Invincibles in their race. But now, more than ten had appeared at once.

Seeing that, the Devil Pseudo Emperor sighed and said, “Has the time for the myriad races to pick sides really arrived? Iron devourers, think this through. Even if the humans can gain the upper hand now, the laws will relax when the thousand-year limit is up. Can the humans…survive what comes next? The wise submit to circumstances. The iron devourers have survived for so many years. Must you risk eradication in the tenth epoch?”

Yes. Humanity wasn’t weak at all. But that would only be temporary. When the heavenly laws relaxed, and when the experts beyond started descending, more Daofuses would appear. How many Daofuses did humanity still have up there?

Perhaps not even one.

Some might have survived the ninth epoch, but enough time had passed. Even when the Allheaven Battlefield was inactive, those beyond were still actively fighting. The remnants of the ninth epoch must have all died by now. Even if there were survivors, these survivors were probably struggling at death’s door.

In short, humanity was on the losing side.

The major races, such as the divines, devils, immortals, dragons, and nethers would easily gain multiple Daofuses with the arrival of the experts from the world beyond. There was no comparing humanity and them.

The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor sank into silence.

The Spirit Pseudo Emperor chimed in, “Iron Devourer, are you ignoring the fate of your race for the sake of Su Yu? A human cultivating the 72-Forged Iron Devourer? Just that? Isn’t your current life good? You live a free and leisurely life. Must you allow the tyranny of humanity to return? Where we are nothing but food and materials for the humans?”

As far as she was concerned, their current lives were good enough. Was Su Yu alone worth the help of the iron devourers?

The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor said, “My race was close to the Human Emperor. The human race and my race were close for many years as well. I’m not doing this because of Su Yu alone.”

This was the time to pick sides. Picking the wrong side would result in a disaster equivalent to eternal damnation.

However, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor remained firm in his choice. He looked around, his silly expression replaced by a solemn expression as he said, “Everyone, the humans have stopped aiming to conquer the Myriad Realms since their defeat in the first epoch. From the second epoch onward, they have been focused on protecting themselves. You..all of you are the ones forcing them to fight each time. During the second epoch, humanity proposed a Myriad Race Union for all races to live in harmony. If you had agreed…”

The Dragon Pseudo Emperor sneered and said, “Naive. The humans will never give up on their ambitions. The so-called alliance was merely a trick to buy time for them. The greed of humanity has always been insatiable. They will always want more. They only proposed peace because they were too weak back then. The moment they gained enough strength, they wouldn’t hesitate to walk the path of their ancestors.”

There was no arguing against that. It would be pointless. It was understandable that the myriad races were wary of humanity. Thus, they had warred against humanity again and again. Each time, humanity was forced to fight back for self-defense.

Once, humanity proposed peace. Humanity had even proposed a union. However, the myriad races had ignored them. As for whether that proposal was really a trick, well, nobody could know anymore since they were all dead.

By the time the tenth epoch came along, this had turned into a habit, a faith even, for the myriad races. They must suppress the humans. Knowing that there was no reasoning with the myriad races, humanity could only fight back.

The Dragon Pseudo Emperor coldly said, “Since the iron devourers are stubborn, stop wasting time. We kill. Let’s see how long these guardians can last out here.”

Boom!

And thus, a massive battle between Daofuses erupted.

The time for talking was over. As Daofuses, their opinions weren’t so easily changed. Since they had decided, they wouldn’t change their mind so easily. This was their best chance to eliminate humanity. If they were to attack when Great Qin King and the others were present, they would need to pay a much higher price for victory.