Tribulation of Myriad Races

Inside the Celestial Chasm Realm.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor could sense the gathering outside the realm.

He smiled.

As his dishevelled hair whipped about, he struck Great Qin King repeatedly with his ruler before pausing to breathe. “Zhou Tianqi, what a good plan. Unfortunately, humanity is still a sinking ship. Just how many people can you get to board a sinking ship?”

Of the seven Daofuses outside, four were here to help him. They had also arrived with a large number of Invincibles. He only needed to wait for them to break through the realm barrier before escaping. With so many enemies outside, the humans wouldn’t have the courage to go out. Thus, they would die trapped in the Celestial Chasm Realm.

At worst, the Celestial Chasm Realm would serve as the sacrifice for their lives.

Great Zhou King looked up and said, “Are you waiting for them to break through the realm barrier? They won’t be able to do so easily as long as you’re still here. Aren’t you the core of this realm? Unless you’re away, it will take them quite long to actually break through.”

“Is that so?” The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor laughed and said, “You bet wrongly. This is your loss. Do you understand?”

“My loss?”

Great Zhou King laughed. Slowly, his aura surged.

It grew stronger. And stronger. And stronger.

“I wanted to attempt Daofuse after killing you. That might have been better for me in the long run. But I suppose I can make the attempt before killing you as well…”

Abruptly, Great Zhou King’s aura erupted.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor’s expression changed.

An attempt to achieve Daofuse?

“Can humans…still achieve Daofuse?” He muttered to himself.

One step at a time, Great Zhou King stepped forth. With a smile, he asked, “Why not? Yes, it’s hard for warriors. But I’m no warrior.”

Had they forgotten that he was a cultural researcher? He was no warrior. A character manifested above his head. It was an incredibly unique character, looking like a combination of numerous characters, but it also looked like a single, regular character. It started devouring the energy in the air as it grew madly.

It still felt like a Sunmoon character, but it also felt incredibly special. It felt way too strong to be a mere Sunmoon character. Meanwhile, almost all the celestial chasm Invincibles had died. The few remaining survivors were struggling desperately against the human Invincibles. It wouldn’t take them long to kill all the remaining celestial chasms.

Their advantage had grown so big that they would be able to kill all these people without further casualties. They had sacrificed three Invincibles for the extermination of the celestial chasm race. For them, this was an incredibly worthy trade.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor’s expression changed as he stared at Great Zhou King. He could see that Great Zhou King was indeed near a breakthrough. Great Zhou King was already an extremely annoying enemy to face right now. He would grow even more dangerous after his breakthrough.

“Don’t even dream of killing me!”

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor roared, spread his willpower everywhere, and flooded the air with death qi. Then, he tossed an assembly token out. Having done all that, he started fleeing with all his might.

He couldn’t afford to stay and fight. He might really die after Great Zhou King’s advancement.

Seeing that the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was fleeing, Great Zhou King frowned and gave chase. Great Qin King, with his heavily injured body, did not stay idle either. He shot forth and stabbed his spear forth.

However, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor merely allowed the spear strike to ravage his back as he continued fleeing. He couldn’t afford to stop for even a moment. Great Zhou King was too dangerous.

Suddenly, Great Zhou King appeared in front of him with a flicker before sending a palm attack out.

Boom!

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor deflected the palm strike with his ruler before resuming his escape. In such a manner, the three started exchanging attacks while moving rapidly in the sky.

Gradually, they approached the realm entrance.

At the realm entrance, the seal was left wide open, with Heavenly Seal King gasping heavily in front of it. He had also sustained heavy injuries after killing numerous Sunmoons. His expression changed when he noticed the approach of the three.

Great Zhou King’s voice arrived from afar, “Seal the exit! Heavenly Seal, stop him!”

Heavenly Seal King’s face fell. That was a Daofuse! But as an Invincible, he was still capable of slowing the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor down slightly. Thus, he hurriedly erected numerous sealing formations around him.

While doing so, he gnashed his teeth and said, “On it!”

Meanwhile, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was also gnashing his teeth while fleeing. He could feel the aura of Great Zhou King growing stronger and stronger behind him. He had to escape. He must escape!

At this point, there were barely any surviving celestial chasm Invincibles anymore. If he waited any further, the other human Invincibles would be free to surround him. There would be no surviving that.

With a wave of his hand, a death spirit appeared before him. Then, he teleported the death spirit behind him. Great Qin King, who was in pursuit of the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, couldn’t move away in time and rammed into the death spirit.

The death spirit burst apart, but even more death spirits appeared. That was the work of the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. He was constantly teleporting death spirits behind him to stop the two.

In fact, death spirits were also appearing around the human Invincibles who were killing off the surviving celestial chasm Invincibles. Far away, a death sovereign was approaching while roaring with laughter. “Hahaha! We are out!”

The death sovereigns were starting to arrive. They had finally noticed the collapse of the barrier separating the two realms. As the chaos inside the Celestial Chasm Realm intensified, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor continued his desperate escape.

Just then, a death sovereign appeared before Great Zhou King. With a frown, Great Zhou King unleashed the character above him. With a rumble, he sent the death sovereign crashing into the ground.

That slight delay allowed the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor to finally reach the realm entrance.

Right at that moment, a spear from Great Qin King arrived behind him. He turned around and pushed Great Qin King back again. Using the impact, he rammed into the sealing formations blocking his way.

Meanwhile, Great Zhou King was charging forward again after dealing with the death sovereign. His aura never stopped growing. In fact, it felt like he was nearly through a bottleneck. His aura was starting to feel like the aura of a Daofuse.

At the same time.

Inside the tunnel behind the realm entrance.

Heavenly Seal King was faced with two options. Resisting with his life on the line to buy more time for Great Zhou King. At worst, he would die. Or he could make way. The desperate Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor would not bother to attack when a way out was available.

Looking at Great Zhou King and Great Qin King who had both been delayed by the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor…

Heavenly Seal King struggled to make a decision.

But after a short moment, he released an indistinct yet unique aura. The escaping Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor’s head snapped in his direction.

Their gazes met.

Next, a look of joy appeared in Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor’s eyes.

This aura…this unique aura…was something he had felt before!

It was him!

It was actually him!

With a roar, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor swung his ruler in accordance to the guidance of the unique aura. Instantly, all the sealing formations shattered.

The way out was open.

Meanwhile, Heavenly Seal King was profusely coughing blood, having suffered from the backlash of losing all those formations. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was overjoyed.

The way out was finally open!

The Daofuses outside the realm could sense it as well. They could sense that the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was on the verge of breaking free. Humanity had failed. With the addition of one more Daofuse outside the Celestial Chasm Realm, the position of humanity would further weaken than before.

Their attempt to seize the initiative had backfired on them. This could very well be their final struggle. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor rushed into the tunnel with joy, completely ignoring Heavenly Seal King.

Behind him, Great Zhou King sighed and said, “That was the final chance. Why persist?”

It was unclear who those words were meant for.

Final chance.

He had given Heavenly Seal King one last chance instead of killing Heavenly Seal King directly. Unfortunately, Heavenly Seal King had made the wrong choice.

If Heavenly Seal King were only prejudiced against the multiple character faction, the situation could probably be salvaged. After all, Ye Batian was already dead. Great Zhou King still harbored a tiny hope that this situation was salvageable.

Alas, Heavenly Seal King had disappointed him. He had planned to allow Heavenly Seal King to die a hero even if the situation was unsalvageable. But now… he no longer felt like doing so. Heavenly Seal King was unworthy of that.

Great Yue King, King Hong, and Great Liang King were the ones who had died heroes. Heavenly Seal King was unworthy.

A traitor was a traitor.

A hero was a hero.

Looking at the fleeing Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, an odd smile formed on Great Zhou King’s face.

Right at that moment, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, who was almost through the tunnel, froze.

Yes. He froze.

A fleeing Daofuse had actually frozen mid-action.

Why? Because his path ahead had vanished.

Or to be precise, the exit had been moved to a different spot. It looked as though he had unluckily walked the wrong path while escaping. But that wasn’t possible. The tunnel was there. And this was a tunnel he had traveled countless times before. He would never get lost in the tunnel. There was no such possibility.

He was completely stunned. He didn’t know how to react anymore. The exit was elsewhere. It was dozens of kilometers away. He still needed some time to cross that distance.

Impossible!

This was impossible!

Just what was going on?

With a smile, Great Zhou King stared ahead, his gaze seemingly piercing straight through the realm barrier to look at the tunnel.

What rotten luck was this?

He had guessed that this would be an unlucky day for the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. But he had never expected that the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor would be unlucky to such an extent.

Even the tunnel exit had coincidentally moved somewhere in his moment of need. A wide grin formed on Great Zhou King’s face. Heavenly Overseer Marquis…was he not afraid of being seen through for using his power so openly? Or did he believe that nobody would be able to see through that?

With one glance at Great Qin King, Great Zhou King understood the reason for Heavenly Overseer Marquis’ confidence. None of them had any idea what was happening. They only saw the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor hesitating right before going through the exit. In their eyes, it looked as though the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor had suddenly changed his mind about escaping.

Great Qin King was completely stunned. Even his previous fury and despair were forgotten. What happened? Why did he stop running? Heavenly Seal King’s expression changed as well. Why did he stop?

Inside the tunnel, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor roared in despair, “Who did this?”

Boom!

Right at that moment, an explosion of aura erupted behind him. The character above Great Zhou King had suddenly grown massively in strength. With a flicker, Great Zhou King vanished before reappearing before the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor.

He softly asked, “Why must you be so greedy?”

How could someone who had offended the two individuals most loved by luck survive? Heavenly Overseer Marquis never cared about the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor’s life. He only cared about his Heavenly Hunt Index.

After asking that question, Great Zhou King transformed his character into a sword. A sword was a gentleman’s weapon. As a self-proclaimed gentleman, he believed that a sword was a fitting weapon for him.

Boom!

That was not the sound of the attack landing on the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. Rather, it was the sound of a line in a net being severed. Originally, the net was not exposed.

But it had now exposed itself, and Great Zhou King had easily severed it.

Splurt!

After coughing a mouthful of blood, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor found that the power of laws inside his body was starting to stir before finally exploding. He stared at Great Zhou King in shock.

“You…laws…”

Great Zhou King smiled and said, “The dao you’re fusing…is too weak. And you haven’t fused enough of it.”

Once again, he swung his sword.

Boom!

Yet another part of the line in the net was cut through. Meanwhile, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was wide-eyed with disbelief. He couldn’t believe this.

Impossible!

“The laws are mere toys in the hands of cultural researchers. You won’t understand.”

With a smile, Great Zhou King unleashed countless stabs in an instant, reducing the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor into mincemeat.

Boom!

The entire Myriad Realms shook. The Celestial Chasm Realm shook with an even higher intensity. Mountains collapsed, seas overturned, while the sky cracked.

As Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor’s body separated, he muttered with indignation, “You…who…who did you work with…to stab me in the back?”

He could feel it. Someone was working against him from the dark.

Great Zhou King smiled and asked, “Who do you think?”

“Him…it’s him…”

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor couldn’t accept it. He was furious. Heavenly Overseer Marquis!

It could only be him!

“It’s too late for you to know this now. Your life is the price for your greed.”

For daring to covet the Heavenly Hunt Index, it was only natural that the Heavenly Overseer Marquis would act against him.

Boom!

Following an even louder explosion, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor finally blew apart. A much larger net appeared in the sky. One of the lines on it, a particularly tiny one, collapsed.

Boom!

The rumble sounded throughout the Myriad Realms. Next, silence descended.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor…was dead?

That was too sudden!

How was this possible?

***

Outside.

The Daofuses were greatly shocked.

Dead?

Among them, Heavenly Overseer Marquis watched on indifferently. Yes. Dead.

That fragment was probably in Great Zhou King’s hands now, right?

If Great Zhou King could survive this, the fragment would end up in Su Yu’s hands.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor only had his own greed to blame. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis wouldn’t have eliminated a major enemy of humanity otherwise.

Greed.

What was the point?

He was unworthy of that fragment. Was he not aware of that?

What a pity. After all, that was a Daofuse. Why so greedy? He was given the opportunity to sell the fragment. He would have survived if he had agreed. Alas, he had made the wrong choice.

A rain of blood poured down on the Myriad Realms.

All the laws trembled.

A Daofuse had fallen.