Tribulation of Myriad Races

The battle that had lasted an entire day was finally over.

Everyone returned home.

The various races hid inside their realms after sealing their realm entrances. As for the dragon race, it even sealed its realm barrier after losing its Pseudo Emperor. Additionally, the celestial chasm race had been wiped out, the Spirit Realm was shaken, while the golden peng race was trembling in fear.

Such was a war between the myriad races. No matter how powerful a race was, losing their strongest experts could spell their end. As for the weaker races, a single wrong choice could very well turn them into history.

From this one battle, one could see that the humans, divines, devils, and immortals had not dominated for so many years for no reason. The humans had an almost miraculous ability to gather allies.

The immortals had received the assistance of two Daofuses from the Upper Realm the moment they were in danger. The devils could produce a legendary devil who was supposed to be dead many years ago. The divines had been maintaining a low profile during the battle, but that was mainly because they were never in that big of a threat during the battle. Otherwise, they would have shown their trump cards as well.

Outside the Human Realm, Su Yu was panting in exhaustion. What a tiring battle. He had been fighting from the Human Realm to the Allheaven Battlefield. He had killed Invincibles and Daofuses. The intense battle had left numerous injuries on him.

Some human Invincibles were busy with the cleanup of the battlefield, but he wasn’t paying them much attention. He was too tired to care about the spoils he could potentially gain from the battlefield.

While gasping for breath, Heavendoom walked over with a staff in hand. With a hearty laugh, he said, “What a fun battle! Su Yu, when are we doing this again?”

“…”

Su Yu laughed helplessly and said, “Lord Heavendoom, the next battle would probably be so dangerous that anyone below the Daofuse Realm could die easily.”

Looming over Su Yu with his large body, Heavendoom stared at Su Yu with a frown and asked, “Why do I feel like you’re insulting me?”

Su Yu chuckled and said, “Not at all!”

“Heh.”

Heavendoom snorted. That was most certainly an insult. Why did the kid specifically mention to him that those below the Daofuse Realm could die easily? Was the kid looking down on his cultivation level? So what if he wasn’t a Daofuse?

The old turtle’s voice rang out from afar, “Withdraw your weapons. Go back to your tunnels. The Death Realm has yet to fully calm down. Return and recuperate. Su Yu, we’ll be leaving first. Come back when you’re done with your business there.”

He was speaking the truth. Things were still chaotic in the Death Realm. Two marquises had died. The East Heavenly King would most likely not let things slide. Thus, the old turtle had to get ready to handle the heavenly king.

Heavendoom curled his lips in annoyance. Fine, fine. He wanted to have more fun out here, but he had no choice but to return.

Not far away, Empyrean Cloud was complaining unhappily, “Just when can we remove our seals? That damn slut! This is the second time she has escaped from me!”

“…”

Both the old turtle and Su Yu were rendered speechless. Clearly, she still couldn’t forget her grudge toward Immortal King Han Xiang. Alas, she was an eighth-degree Eternal while Han Xiang was a ninth-degree Eternal.

Empyrean Cloud’s Weapon Fusion Method was stronger than Han Xiang’s Three Body Method, but their cultivation level was too near and she was also in a sealed state. Thus, she had not been able to muster enough strength to kill Han Xiang.

Su Yu smiled and cupped his fists at the tired guardians. “Sure. Please have a good rest. I’ll return soon.”

Grandstar smiled and said, “Call for us if you need anything.”

“Sure!”

At that, the various guardians returned and started suppressing the death tunnels again. In the blink of an eye, the various ancient cities vanished, returning to their previous positions. It was time for the guardians to take a well-deserved rest.

They had all suffered various degrees of injuries from this battle. Furthermore, the Death Realm was still in chaos. Thus, it was only wise that they return to their cities first.

***

With the departure of the ancient guardians, Su Yu looked at the group of iron devourers. For some reason, he had the urge to laugh. They all…looked the same. Almost as though they were replicas of each other.

There were more than ten of them there, but they all had the same expressions, same postures, same weapons, and same black spots around their eyes. Furthermore, each of them was crunching on something while waiting.

Fortunately, Su Yu was still able to recognize September among them. He was one of the smaller iron devourers. The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor was also easy to recognize as he was the biggest among them.

Before long, Su Yu found another familiar face among the iron devourers. Dumbo. Dumbo of Great Ming. He was actually among them as well.

When Dumbo noticed Su Yu’s gaze on him, he flashed an honest smile and said, “Su…Mayor Su, I’m returning to the Iron Devourer Realm. I’m too weak, and my race is too small. I need to return to boost their numbers. I can also grow better with them.”

As he spoke, three tiny bears climbed up his back. Understanding dawned on Su Yu. In short, Dumbo used to be an irresponsible man drifting about, enjoying his freedom away from home. But for the future of his children, he had decided to return home.

Poor Dumbo.

Su Yu smiled and said, “Sure. Since you have stayed in the Human Realm for so many years, you’re also welcome to visit at any time.”

Then, Su Yu cupped his fists at the biggest iron devourer and said, “Thank you for your assistance, Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor.”

While crunching on some unknown food, the biggest iron devourer showed Su Yu a silly expression and said, “You’re too polite, Human Lord. My race has been friendly with the humans since the ancient past. We’re only here to abide by our ancient contract of alliance. You are the one who had contributed the most to this battle.”

Wow. The iron devourers all looked silly and simple, but they were actually quite good at flattering others.

Su Yu bowed slightly and said, “You’re too courteous. I will not forget this favor. Alas, we’re not in a position to properly welcome guests today. I can see that some of your people are injured as well. When I’m done with my affairs here, I’ll be sure to visit and express my gratitude.”

The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor had been wanting to leave, but he had stayed because it would be rude to leave without saying anything.

Thus, he was happy to hear Su Yu’s words. He said, “We’ll be awaiting your visit, Human Lord.”

Then, the iron devourers left without turning back.

Not far away, the Hou Pseudo Emperor was still snacking on the Ape Pseudo Emperor’s leg. When he saw Su Yu looking at him, he roared with laughter and said, “Su…no, I guess I should call you the human lord now. Human Lord Su, we’ll be leaving as well. You’re always welcomed to visit the Hou Realm as well.”

Su Yu cupped his hands and said, “My apologies for the trouble today. I will not forget this favor.”

“Don’t worry about it.” The Hou Pseudo Emperor said, “Just don’t forget me when you discover anything delicious. What a pity that Soldier King detonated himself. An old immortal like him would have tasted pretty good.”

Then, he left as well. From afar, his voice drifted over, “The thousand-year limit is near. Do get ready for that, Human Lord. We might be willing to help humanity, but our strength in the Upper Realm…is rather limited as well. Both the hou and iron devourer races have been friendly with the human race since the ancient past. But many of the other friends of humanity have been exterminated over the past nine epochs. We are the only ones left. Thus, our position in the Upper Realm is quite weak as well. We haven’t been able to produce too many new Daofuses over the years.”

The races friendly with the humans had also faced numerous suppressions over the years. In fact, over a hundred races friendly with the humans had been exterminated over the nine epochs. The rest had either gone into hiding or declined so much that they couldn’t be of much help anymore.

“Thank you for the reminder, Hou Pseudo Emperor.”

Su Yu expressed his gratitude yet again.

Next, the female furball flew over. She spoke in an exhausted voice, “Lad, I’m leaving as well. I need a good sleep. That was so tiring!” Her complaint was reasonable. She had indeed fought hard today. Unfortunately, she hadn’t been fighting in a very smart way. Because of that, she spent a lot of time being blasted all over the place.

Hearing her words, Su Yu hurriedly said, “My apologies for the trouble today, Senior! I will definitely visit with the little furball when I’m done with the matter here.”

“Sure, sure. Whatever.”

“…”

Su Yu was rendered speechless.

Wouldn’t those words hurt the little furball?

But just then, the little furball emerged from Su Yu’s head and shook his body at the female furball in excitement, as though he was chasing his mama away. He was glad to hear that his mama was finally leaving his personal farm.

The female furball seemed unbothered. She did not mind the little furball staying with Su Yu. Just look at how plump the little fellow had grown during his time with Su Yu. And thus, the female furball left as well.

Next, the book spirit and tea plant approached. Transforming into a humanoid form, the book spirit said, “We fought poorly. Out of the two immortal Daofuses, we only managed to kill one.”

Su Yu smiled and said, “You helped greatly this time, Seniors. You killed two marquises, Soldier King, and the golden peng during the battle. We wouldn’t have achieved such a victory without your help. Thank you, Seniors.”

“I’m only doing what is right.” The book spirit asked, “Shall we…hide away for now?”

Hiding away? Su Yu blanked out. Were the two not interested in getting to know the other humans? After thinking about it, he nodded in agreement. With that, the book spirit transformed back into a book while the tea spirit entered the book again. Then, the book vanished and reappeared inside Su Yu’s sea of willpower.

All six Daofuses had vanished.

Since the Celestial Chasm Realm was too far away, Great Zhou King and the others had yet to return. Thus, only a few humans were left outside the Human Realm. All of them were carrying heavy injuries.

So many of them had left the Human Realm together, and they had only fought three Invincibles during their time out here. Even so, they had all sustained heavy injuries. They had joined the battle as a bunch of singles, but after the battle, they had all been reduced into cripples. That much was obvious from how many of them were standing around with missing limbs. That one battle had crippled a large number of Invincibles.

Before long, the heavily injured Great Xia King and Great Ming King arrived as well. Su Yu couldn’t see if they had lost their tri-life bodies as well, but he could see that they had been weakened considerably due to their injuries.

With a sigh, Great Xia King said, “I can feel it. A few of our old friends are gone.”

Only a small number of late-degree Eternals had joined the battle at the Celestial Chasm Realm. Thus, it wasn’t too surprising for them to lose a few Eternals there. Meanwhile, with the powerful guardians on their side, they hadn’t lost too many people here.

Su Yu was aware that a few more human Invincibles had died outside the Celestial Chasm Realm as well.

“This is already a very good result for us.” Su Yu said, “All in all, only eight human Invincibles have perished. In exchange, we killed over a hundred enemy Invincibles and five enemy Daofuses. We even managed to kill two death spirit marquises. This is a massive victory.”

Great Xia King nodded. That was true. But Su Yu couldn’t understand their feelings. Or to be precise, he was not in a position to understand their feelings. The few human Invincibles who had died were the old friends of Great Xia King and the others. They were fellow soldiers who had fought side by side for hundreds of years. Meanwhile, they were complete strangers to Su Yu.

Six founding kings had died in this battle. Coupled with the four that had died in the past, only twenty-six founding kings were left. One ought to know that about four hundred years ago, humanity had started its counterattack against the myriad races with over fifty Invincibles. Less than half remained.

Su Yu had nothing to say. It was normal for people to die in wars. In the past, he had been very reluctant to accept sacrifices, but eventually, he came to the realization that winning a war with zero deaths was merely a dream.