Tribulation of Myriad Races

Tiangu laughed and said, “Let’s see if Qin Guang can really kill his way back to the eastern sector. What about you, Zhou Tianqi? Are you leaving as well?”

Great Zhou King laughed and said, “Not at all. How can I leave and give you the opening to do something here? I believe in Old Qin. Those three are not enough to stop him. Don’t cry with regret when they all die in his hands. Tiangu, a lot of immortal Eternals have died recently.”

Tiangu chuckled and said, “If they die, they deserve it for being too weak to survive. Old as I am, I’m already used to such matters. During the first epoch, there were some surviving human marquises. At the time, they killed a lot of Eternals as well. But ultimately, they all died.”

During the first epoch, many legacies of the ancient past were still intact.

Tiangu said, “Back then, the human race was incredibly powerful. There were 360 human marquises in total. But over the nine epochs, I had witnessed the deaths of over seventy human marquises with my own eyes. More had died away from me. Zhou Tianqi, how many of these marquises are still around?”

Humanity had lost seventy marquises over the nine epochs. Many had also died during the collapse of the ancient past. How many of them remained in the tenth epoch?

Great Zhou King said, “Tiangu, it’s pointless to laugh before the very end. Are you sure you can keep laughing until the end? As long as humanity is still around, the immortals won’t be able to rule the Myriad Realms. It’s fine. I would rather let the divines or devils win than let the immortals win. I am willing to sacrifice everything just to see the immortals wiped out.”

“Are you trying to turn us against each other?” Tiangu laughed and said, “What a childish trick. Ask Jiwu what he thinks of this.”

The Divine Pseudo Emperor laughed and said, “Don’t worry. We won’t turn against each other before eliminating humanity.”

Eliminating humanity was their top priority.

Great Zhou King sneered and said, “This wasn’t what you said over four hundred years ago. I guess I have to thank the immortals for buying over four hundred years for humanity. Without them, we would have been wiped out by now. Thank you, Tiangu.”

Tiangu seemed indifferent. He said, “A mere four hundred years. What about it? No epoch has ever lasted shorter than a thousand years.”

Great Zhou King said nothing else. He couldn’t be bothered to keep arguing with them.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was busy fusing his acupoints.

He was still buying time. He needed time to continue his advancement. He had just completed his second fusion, reaching the second stage of the Mountainsea Realm.

He lightly swung his arms around, noting that his strength had increased yet again. However, the increase wasn’t too significant. Nevertheless, each fusion would still grant him the strength of several million acupoints.

At the second stage, his strength had grown from roughly sixty-six million acupoints to seventy million acupoints. That was too small a growth. Even the growth of his Heaven Gate was minuscule at the Mountainsea Realm.

As far as Su Yu was concerned, such a small amount of growth was the same as zero growth. Naturally, these thoughts of his would probably cause countless people to go mad if they were leaked.

An increase of millions of acupoints in strength per stage.

One ought to know that for the weaker Mountainseas, their strength wouldn’t even surpass ten thousand acupoints. Generally, even late-stage Mountainseas would only have the strength of a hundred thousand acupoints.

For them, an increase of twenty to thirty thousand acupoints in strength per stage was already an impressive result. And Su Yu’s growth was about a hundred times higher than that.

But for Su Yu, such a growth was indeed rather small. The gap between seventy million and sixty-six million was nothing. For him, that was stagnation.

Even at the ninth stage, he would probably reach about eighty million acupoints. Coupled with the minimal growth of his Heaven Gate, the entire Mountainsea Realm felt rather pointless to Su Yu.

Was upgrading from killing seventh-degree Eternals to killing eighth-degree Eternals such a big upgrade?

Nope.

While grumbling inwardly, Su Yu continued his advancement.

He knew that he had to keep advancing so that his body would be strong enough to withstand the white dog’s blood essence. As far as he was concerned, anyone without at least a hundred million acupoints in strength would be a weakling. Thus, that was the bare minimum he needed to reach.

He could only place his hope on the Sunmoon Realm, hoping that he could grow more then.

Just then, Su Yu received a voice transmission from the old turtle, “Watch out. I can feel some people stirring. Some Daofuses might appear soon.”

Su Yu did not react. Instead, he glanced at the Dragon Pseudo Emperor and the Spirit Pseudo Emperor.

Floating above an ancient city and shrouded in thick death qi, he looked around and roared, “If anyone dares to assassinate me, I’ll open a death tunnel! I have over ten Daofuses waiting down here!”

“…”

Again!

He was doing this again!

Previously, he had claimed that he had about a hundred death sovereigns waiting down there. Everyone laughed at him. In the end, not one of the Invincibles survived the trip to the Death Realm. Even Wisdom King died.

And now, he was doing the same thing again. Should they trust him this time? Of course, everyone was still inclined to view his words as a bluff. But…they couldn’t help but worry.

Damn it!

What if he was telling the truth again? What if there were really over ten Daofuses…no, that wasn’t possible. It was more believable for him to bluff about Invincibles, but not Daofuses. They knew that even in the entirety of the East Heavenly Domain, Marquis Lanshan was the sole human Daofuse there.

Far away, the Dragon Pseudo Emperor sneered and sent the enlarged female furball flying with a sweep of his tail.

“Su Yu, why don’t you say that the ancient Human Emperor is down there as well?”

Su Yu laughed and said, “Is that an insult? Do you know that you are now the target of my wrath? Worm, I have never been overly hostile toward your race. My hatred toward the immortal race surpasses my dislike toward the other races. And the celestial chasm race is my second most-hated race. As for the dragon race, you’re rather low on the list. But since you insist on provoking me, I shall kill you personally today. Just you wait, Worm.”

The Dragon Pseudo Emperor didn’t even bother to argue back.

Su Yu? Killing him personally?

What a joke.

An indistinct death tunnel started forming under Su Yu. A short while later, he finally received a voice transmission from the book spirit, “We’re here.”

They had arrived!

The book spirit was not alone. The tea plant and the old turtle’s dao body were there as well.

Su Yu was itching to kick things off.

With his dao body back, the old turtle could definitely suppress his two opponents, rendering them incapable of interfering in the other battles. And since the book spirit and tea plant were strong enough to resolve the crisis in the Death Realm, they could probably kill a Daofuse in no time by helping either the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor or the female furball.

That should be enough to reverse the situation. The only question was how many Daofuses they could kill today. Suddenly, the old turtle roared furiously. The ancient city under Su Yu instantly transformed into a barrier before appearing before Su Yu.

Clank!

A figure emerged out of thin air and said, “Brother Grand Dream, you sure are alert…”

Right at that moment, the Devil Pseudo Emperor and Nether Pseudo Emperor released more of their strength. They were trying to exert more pressure on the old turtle to prevent him from interfering with anything.

Both were overjoyed. The moment of victory had finally arrived. A new Daofuse had finally joined the battle.

The old turtle roared furiously, “You dare?”

“Why not?”

An old man clad in golden robes emerged from thin air. He looked at Su Yu and said with a smile, “Why don’t you try entering the Death Realm. See if I’ll give chase. Try me.”

Behind the barrier, Su Yu had a conflicted look. He sighed and said, “Must we do this? Are our races enemies as well?”

“Of course.”

The old man reached out at the barrier. The barrier was a manifestation of the old turtle’s shell, but it wasn’t strong enough to fully block the old man. After all, the old turtle was still busy dealing with two Pseudo Emperors.

The claw attack of the old man struck the barrier, causing it to shake intensely, looking like it was on the verge of collapsing. The old turtle started roaring furiously. His previous calm was nowhere to be seen.

A golden peng.

Yes. He was a Daofuse from an ancient race, the golden peng race.

While striking the barrier repeatedly, the old man strode forth one step at a time. With the same smile on his face, he said, “I didn’t want to do this, but…you left me with no choice. Su Yu, humanity deserves extermination. Why struggle? Humanity could have waited until the thousand-year limit is up. We never planned to start the war this early. Those in the Upper Realm would be the ones to decide the fate of humanity, not us.”

“We have been neutral all this while because we wanted to see something. How many surviving old fossils does humanity still have? We never wanted to exterminate humanity before then. That would force those old fossils to remain in hiding. Do you know how terrifying it is to have enemies of such caliber hiding in the shadows?”

That was what they were most worried about. They were already capable of exterminating humanity long ago. But why hadn’t they reached a consensus to eliminate humanity? They were worried that humanity would go mad and focus on dragging one race down with them. Nobody wanted to be that unlucky race.

But they were also wary of the potential old fossils of humanity in the Upper Realm. What if there were survivors? Without the human race tying those Daofuses down, they could remain in hiding and focus on dealing maximum damage on the myriad races instead. That would be disastrous.

In short, humanity still had a role to play: a bait. That was why the likes of golden peng did not wish to participate in this battle. Yes, they could eliminate the humans now. But what if some of their old fossils remained? Who would take responsibility for that? But now, they had no choice but to participate.

At this rate, humanity could very well defeat the various races before the thousand-year limit was up. Wouldn’t that be the biggest joke ever?

Boom!

Right at that moment, a ferocious ancient beast appeared. He looked at the golden peng while salivating and said, “I wonder if Daofuse golden pengs are delicious.”

Hou.

The Hou Pseudo Emperor had arrived.

The golden peng appeared unsurprised. He sighed and said, “You might look ferocious and wild, but you are nothing but a loyal slave. Back then, Martial King gave your father a beating to make your father a mount because he wanted a fierce mount. I had thought that you would hate humanity for that, but surprisingly, you have decided to follow in your father’s steps. Have you forgotten the humiliation your father suffered?”

Hou.

Martial king’s mount.

Hou Pseudo Emperor’s father.

The hou said, “Might makes right? Martial King was strong. Even across the Myriad Realms, how many people were as strong?”

“Yes. Might makes right. The current humanity…isn’t mighty anymore.” The golden peng said, “It’s not too late to change your mind now.”

“No thanks.”

The hou charged forth, but the golden peng did not move. Just then, a sigh rang out as yet another person emerged out of thin air.