Tribulation of Myriad Races

As veterans of many wars, Great Xia King and the others knew how to manage their grief, even if they couldn’t avoid being saddened by the loss of their old friends.

They all waited near the realm entrance. Before long, Qin Zhen and a few others returned from cleaning up the battlefield. All of them were grinning ear to ear. Clearly, the spoils had been bountiful.

“We found dozens of carrier treasures!” Qin Zhen roared with laughter and said, “We’re rich!”

He had never seen so many treasures before.

Su Yu nodded. That was a decent result. For him, the carrier treasures weren’t even the best treasure here. The Invincible corpses were the most valuable treasure for him. The corpses of the spirit Invincibles were also quite valuable, even if most of them had self-detonated. Their remains could serve as valuable materials for either weaponsmithing or pillmaking.

Su Yu said nothing and gazed in the Celestial Chasm Realm’s direction. Great Zhou King and the others were on their way back. He wondered if anyone would stay behind to watch over the Celestial Chasm Realm.

Great Xia King and the others looked in the same direction as well. At that moment, Great Ming King started complaining, “That damn Old Zhou! How did he advance into a Daofuse! What a surprise!”

What a liar!

That damn liar!

He had been able to advance into the Daofuse Realm all along.

He had merely refrained from doing so!

Su Yu smiled and said nothing. Why was that so surprising coming from Great Deceit King? He wouldn’t have dared to start such an operation without a trump card.

Su Yu was confident that even if he had failed to come up with a new surprise, Great Zhou King would have been able to do something to solve this crisis for humanity. Of course, they wouldn’t have been able to achieve such a major victory without him.

He said nothing and focused on healing his injuries and further digesting the power of laws he had consumed. His characters continued growing. The white dog’s blood essence was truly powerful. Even now, the remnant power was still running wild in his body.

He had gained a lot from this battle. First, he had advanced into the Mountainsea Realm. Then, he had even advanced into a dual Sunmoon. In terms of both cultivation level or combat strength, he could no longer be considered a weakling.

His understanding of the Book of Time and laws had also deepened considerably. At the thought of laws, he recalled Wan Tiansheng and Lan Tian. The two were nowhere to be seen during the battle.

He couldn’t help but wonder what they were doing. With how intense the battle was, the two would have participated even if they weren’t strong enough to handle the Daofuses. However, the two had been absent from the entire battle.

Even excluding Lan Tian, Wan Tiansheng himself was incredibly strong as well. Furthermore, he seemed to have gained new comprehension the last time they met. Those two were not the only ones absent from the battle. Su Yu also noted the absence of Bountiful Treasure and West Spire head.

Just then, a beam of light shot up from the distant Sea of Stars. Then, a powerful golden figure appeared with a flash before fleeing madly.

Heavendoom’s voice rang out, “Bastard, are you courting death? How dare you take this chance to steal a treasure for your Daofuse advancement?”

From the golden figure, Bountiful Treasure’s voice rang out with a laugh, “I stole nothing! Brother Heavendoom, that treasure wasn’t yours anyway. I picked it up on the ground! I’m doing this to protect myself, nothing else. See you!”

***

Outside the Human Realm.

Su Yu frowned as he said, “Did Bountiful Treasure achieve Daofuse?”

After thinking about it, Great Ming King nodded and said, “That’s not surprising. He has been near Daofuse for a very long time. He has only been held back by the injuries he sustained in the first epoch. Otherwise, he would have advanced back then. I wonder what treasure he found to finally complete his advancement.”

What treasure did he find? Su Yu was unsure. That fellow had been hiding in the Sea of Stars. Just what manner of treasure could he find there? Not a single one of the dead Daofuses had died there.

Inside Su Yu’s head, the book spirit spoke, “That treasureseeker mouse…seemed to have achieved Daofuse through the Source Return Blade.”

“…”

The look in Su Yu’s eyes changed. Source Return Blade? Did Great Qin King drop that weapon? And it had somehow pushed Bountiful Treasure into the Daofuse Realm? That was a divine weapon.

The book spirit sure was knowledgeable. But wasn’t the Source Return Blade supposed to be in Great Qin King’s hands? Great Qin King wasn’t dead, right? There was no way he would die without creating a phenomenon.

Right at that moment, Great Zhou King’s voice rang out from afar, “Bountiful Treasure, you stole Qin Guang’s weapon. This is not a weapon you should covet. You’re courting death.”

“You can have it back! I only took some treasure qi from the weapon! Back then, He Tu ruined my advancement! Today, I repaired my dao with Devote King’s weapon. The score is settled. Such is karma! I am definitely not courting death!”

At that, a saber shot over from the horizon. It was still as powerful as ever, but its treasure qi seemed to have weakened slightly.

Su Yu did not know much about Bountiful Treasure’s dao, but from how a tiny bit of treasure qi was enough to push him forward, it was clear he wasn’t that far from a breakthrough in the first place. He had merely used the weapon to satisfy the final requirement for his advancement.

After a moment, Su Yu’s voice rang out, “Bountiful Treasure, you have offended me repeatedly. You have also offended humanity. I promised to kill you. You’d better find a good hiding place or I’ll skin you alive when I finally find the free time. Since you’re so gutsy, I shall take a good look at your guts.”

No reply came. Su Yu had officially joined the list of people no one wanted to offend in the Myriad Realms. Thus, Bountiful Treasure did not respond. Rather, he focused on fleeing. He most certainly didn’t want to provoke Su Yu enough to trigger a pursuit by a bunch of Daofuses.

“Hmph!”

Seeing that there was no response, Su Yu snorted. As for Great Zhou King, he felt quite helpless. Not even he could scare Bountiful Treasure that much, but Su Yu was able to scare that fellow so easily.

Sure enough, only ruthless lunatics could do well nowadays. And Su Yu was indeed ruthless. Not only had he killed a bunch of Invincibles, but he had also killed and caused the deaths of several Daofuses. At this point, even Daofuses were starting to find him terrifying.

Right at that moment, something else happened.

Spirit Realm.

The realm entrance started shaking violently. Then, a figure shot out of it before vanishing with a flash. Next, several spirit Invincibles charged out of the realm entrance and roared in fury, “Humans! Must you be so extreme? If you’re going to keep pushing us, we’ll be sure to drag you down with us! If you dare to come again, we’ll detonate the entire realm and kill all of you! Wan Tiansheng, for stealing the treasure—”

Before the speaker could finish raging, some other spirit experts flew out, dragged them back, and sealed the realm entrance.

The spirits had suffered massively from this battle, with less than five Invincibles surviving. They couldn’t afford to go far and lose more Invincibles as that would put them in an even more difficult situation.

Su Yu blanked out.

Wan Tiansheng and Lan Tian.

So…they were missing because they went stealing?

Right at that moment, the Phoenix Realm started shaking. Then, the projection of the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor emerged above the realm and roared, “Humans! Return the three thousand phoenix eggs or we will continue the war!”

And what was it this time?

Who did it?

Before Su Yu could recover from his confusion, a gigantic phoenix appeared elsewhere in the Allheaven Battlefield.

“Bring it on! Kill me, my dearest honey!”

Lan Tian’s creepy laughter rang out as the voice continued speaking, “Dearest honey, I have always been the general in charge of watching over the Phoenix’s Lair. How can you say that about me? This is a trip! I’m out on a trip with our babies!”

“Come kill me, Darling! I’m right here!”

The gigantic phoenix soared into the sky and spread its golden wings. On its back, three thousand shining eggs could be seen.

“Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, bring it on! Come! Kill me or I’ll start my tour with these little darlings!”

“Teehee. This is so fun!”

“…”

Next, the phoenix transformed into a golden peng with a bunch of tiny golden pengs on its back. Lan Tian’s cheerful voice rang out again, “My darling phoenixes are very sharp! But the same can’t be said about the golden pengs! They’re still clueless until now! Teehee! Over a hundred chicks! I’ll take them on a school trip! The Myriad Realms are fun!”

Su Yu was completely dumbfounded.

Great Zhou King and the others, who were not far away from Lan Tian, were gnashing their teeth.

What was that?

The phoenix and golden peng races weren’t big races. Their numbers had always been on the lower side. Losing three thousand phoenix eggs was the same as losing an entire generation of phoenixes.

Essentially, Lan Tian had removed an entire generation from their lineage. The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor was so furious her body started burning. However, she did not have the courage to leave her realm.

In such a manner, Lan Tian continued switching forms between a phoenix and a golden peng under the gaze of the various races.

Finally, his laughter rang out again as he said, “Darling Tiansheng, let’s go! Let’s have some roasted pengs and hard-boiled phoenix eggs! They must taste so good! Let’s have an enjoyable meal!”

“…”

Wan Tiansheng couldn’t be bothered to muster a response. He hurriedly linked up with Lan Tian before vanishing into the boundless void.

Right before leaving, Lan Tian’s voice rang out yet again, “Big Darling Phoenix, come visit us in the boundless void! If you offer yourself as food, I’ll release the little darlings of your race!”

“Lan Tian!”

The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor howled furiously. She was infuriated. Not even losing more Invincibles could be worse than this. Great Zhou King was right. Losing three thousand eggs was the same as losing an entire generation of people.

The phoenix race was not too small in numbers compared to some other races, but producing three thousand offspring per generation was actually a relatively large number for them. And that was possible only after generations of growth.

After losing three thousand eggs at once, they wouldn’t be able to produce new offspring in the next thousand years.

For the phoenixes, they needed to first lay eggs before storing the eggs in their holy land. There, the eggs would absorb the natural qi of the holy land to produce talented and powerful offspring for the phoenix race. The holy land was under constant protection.

At any given time, at least three Invincibles would be stationed there. But due to the recent battle, a majority of their Invincibles had been deployed for battle. As a result, only one guardian was left behind to watch over their holy land.

Alas, that final guardian was fooled by Lan Tian to join the battle as well. Lan Tian had achieved that by transforming into a phoenix general and offering to personally watch over the holy land. And the rest was history. His theft was only discovered after the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor returned with the other Invincibles.

***

Human Realm.

Su Yu, Great Xia King, Great Ming King…

Their faces were twitching, not knowing how to respond to that.

Finally, Great Xia King coughed awkwardly and said, “That fellow…is very brave.”

Yes. That was so brave it was crazy.

It was understandable for someone as strong as Wan Tiansheng to steal from the spirits. But Lan Tian was even crazier than that. He had actually stolen an entire generation of people from a powerful race.

And he wasn’t even an Invincible yet. How did those stupid phoenixes allow him to serve as the guardian of their holy land? How did they allow someone like Lan Tian to gain a position at such an important place?

What could they even say about this? If it wasn’t for the earlier battle, the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor would have personally given chase with a bunch of Invincibles.

Great Ming King laughed and said, “Great Xia…has produced quite a lot of special talents!”

He placed a particular emphasis on the word “special” when he said that.

Great Xia King did not bother to reply. As for Su Yu, he laughed and said, “Phoenix…I was quite unhappy about the fact that they hadn’t lost much in the recent battle. But this isn’t a bad result.”

The various races that had participated in the recent battle had suffered considerable losses. However, the phoenix race had not suffered much. The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor had remained relatively uninjured even after spending a long time fighting the Primordial Giant King. As for their Invincibles, fewer than three had died.

Su Yu wasn’t sure about the exact number, but they had probably only lost one Invincible. After all, the phoenix race had joined the battle late. And the battle had ended soon after. Thus, he was quite happy to see them lose three thousand descendants. After thinking more about it, Su Yu narrowed his eyes. The divines had not suffered much as well.

They had lost five in the Human Realm. Prior to this, they had also lost some in the Luminous Domain Mansion. All in all, they had lost more than ten Invincibles. But that was nothing compared to the immortals.

The immortals had lost even a Daofuse. As for their Invincibles, they had lost about twenty or thirty. Su Yu had long stopped counting.

Lan Tian and Wan Tiansheng had fled far away after stealing from the two races instead of returning to the Human Realm. Su Yu was unbothered about that. It wasn’t like the phoenixes would dare to leave their realm anytime soon. The two would be fine for now.