Tribulation of Myriad Races

An ancient great dao with a remnant will left on it had forcefully fused with a descendant of the remnant will, pushing that descendant into a ninth-degree Eternal. That was akin to reaching the heavens in a single bound.

Of course, not everyone was capable of removing the seal of Control King. Not even June could do it. It was likely that the white dog was the sole being in the Myriad Realms capable of doing so right now.

Even the so-called strongest expert in existence, the old turtle, might not be able to do it due to his lack of understanding of the various great daos. With a drop of blood essence from the white dog as the price, Su Yu had gained the support of an expert on the verge of becoming a Daofuse. This trip to the Iron Devourer Realm had been a lot more bountiful than imagined.

Su Yu was in a great mood. Yes, the blood essence could help him kill another Daofuse. But most Daofuses had grown incredibly wary of him. It was unlikely that they would even give him the opportunity to do so. Thus, the difficulty of killing another Daofuse had increased significantly.

He was much better off winning the loyalty of the iron devourers with that drop of blood essence.

After escaping his furious father, September flew over in excitement and said, “Human Lord, no, Emperor Yu, do you have more ways of helping someone advance directly like this?”

Su Yu beamed and said, “Yes. There might be two more daos like this in your Iron Devourer Realm.”

September was overjoyed to hear that.

Su Yu said, “But your first Pseudo Emperor might not be dead. Even if he’s dead, too many people might be sharing this dao and there won’t be a remnant will behind to help someone fuse with it. You can perhaps try killing all your people to monopolize the two remaining daos yourself.”

Instantly, September shut his mouth.

Su Yu said, “You are loved by luck.”

At this point, Su Yu had regained his calm. He said, “You have a brighter future than the Pseudo Emperor. Or to be precise, you are the person with the highest chance of becoming a Master of Law in the entire Myriad Realms currently. I call that the Great Dao Realm.”

Beside them, June remained silent with a pensive look. Top experts of powerful races like him still knew a little about the laws.

Su Yu might be right. September could very well be the person currently closest to that level since he was enjoying the monopoly of an entire dao.

September was both surprised and nervous to hear that. He said, “Shall I…”

“Don’t overthink it.” Su Yu smiled and said, “Just cultivate hard and try to achieve Daofuse as soon as possible. For now, that will make you among the strongest in existence. You might not be a match for the older Daofuses, but you only need to be strong enough to keep even one of them busy. I might restart the war between the various realms soon.”

Hearing that, September’s expression turned solemn. But for some reason, he still looked silly and adorable with a solemn expression.

June said, “Emperor Yu, you mean…”

Su Yu said, “I am not the type to stay passive and wait for things to happen. When I gain enough strength, I will strike. The myriad races are waiting for the experts from the Upper Realm to descend. That’s not my plan. No. I will kill my way up there instead.”

June shook.

Su Yu said, “Yes, you’re not hearing things. I won’t wait for them to come. I’ll go after them. If I have enough strength, I will lead a team into the Upper Realm. I reckon there are no experts at the level of the ancient human kings left up there. Am I right?”

“No. We haven’t seen any for a few epochs.”

June said, “There are many Daofuses up there, but even in the Upper Realm, Daofuses are among the ruling class. A lot of the experts up there are still Eternals and those born up there. Thus, many are probably below the Eternal Realm as well. There is no one beyond the Daofuse Realm up there.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “In that case, why can’t we go up? Why must we wait for them to descend?”

June inhaled deeply to calm himself and said, “It’s too hard. To put things into perspective, each epochal war will be a period where numerous geniuses can rise rapidly. New Daofuses will emerge from almost every major race during that period. The various great daos will become extremely active, making it easier for new experts to emerge.

“Furthermore, there are some unrestricted daos in the Upper Realm. These daos will also make it easier for new experts to emerge. Due to the long accumulation over nine epochs, the number of Daofuses in the Upper Realm is probably comparable to the number of Daofuses during the ancient past.”

“What’s the rough number of Daofuses up there?”

June thought about it and said, “I’m unsure. But my race has three Daofuses up there. April, May, and Giant Bamboo Marquis. The marquis is our surviving expert from the ancient past while April and May are both experts from my line.”

“Your father and grandpa?”

June shook his head and said, “May is my uncle. April is my granduncle. During the third epoch, May’s son died in battle. I advanced into a Daofuse after that and became the new Pseudo Emperor.”

Nevertheless, they were still from the same family.

Su Yu was quite surprised. What a powerful family. A single family had produced multiple Pseudo Emperors and Daofuses. The power of bloodlines was indeed something one shouldn’t underestimate.

So there were three iron devourer Daofuses in the Upper Realm.

At that thought, Su Yu asked, “So there are still quite a lot of ancient past survivors around. But why do people say that no corpse from the ancient past has ever been found?”

“That’s the truth.”

June explained, “After the collapse of the ancient past, the death phenomena of many experts appeared. But not a single corpse was found. Some speculated that the death of a Master of Law might result in the collapse of the dao and the destruction of the body.

“Some claimed that these ancient experts had entered the Death Realm with their subordinates to hide from the final war of the ancient past. For various reasons, not a single corpse of the supposedly dead ancient experts has ever been found.”

That was why it was widely claimed that ancient corpses did not exist.

From the popularity of the fake ancient corpse Su Yu had produced previously, he had misunderstood that Tiangu and the others were cut off from the Upper Realm. But that wasn’t the case. Instead, the truth was simple. There were indeed no ancient corpses around.

Did they all enter the Death Realm? Or somewhere else? Now that Su Yu had learned more about the Myriad Realms, he had his own guesses as well. Most of the surviving ancient experts must have fused with daos where their original masters had died before the ancient past collapsed. Some of these ancient experts might still be alive, but they were simply fighting somewhere unknown. Some might have opened their own daos.

As for the experts who had died during the collapse of the ancient past, their daos might have collapsed. This was why none of their corpses had been left behind.

Death Realm.

Celestial River of Death.

The world was a lot more complicated than he had expected. But that also made things interesting. He smiled and said, “Pseudo Emperor, what is the difference between the Upper Realm and the Myriad Realms? The number of experts?”

June shook his head and said, “No. The Upper and Lower Realms have their own advantages and disadvantages. As for the Upper Realm, firstly, there is no need for one to enter deep slumber during the period between epochs. Secondly, that is a far easier place for one to comprehend the power of laws as the Upper Realm seems to be the origin of many laws. Thirdly, in many epochs, the wars in the Myriad Realms are a lot more intense than the wars in the Upper Realm. It is much easier for one to die down here. Fourthly, some masterless daos are still available in the Upper Realm.”

He looked at September before looking at Su Yu again. “Perhaps those daos are similar to the dao earlier.”

Su Yu nodded. In that case, there were indeed many advantages to staying in the Upper Realm.

But he was still feeling doubtful. He asked, “Why don’t more people go up there, then? People like Tiangu and Heavenly Overseer Marquis could have ascended long ago, right?”

Why did they refuse to leave despite the many advantages? Tiangu had been ruling the Immortal Realm since the first epoch. Even his juniors had ascended to the Upper Realm, but not him

June smiled and said, “There are also advantages to staying down here. We can go up at any time, but those above can’t come down freely. Those from the Upper Realm must leave at the end of each epoch if they don’t want to be suppressed or killed by the laws. Some say that the Upper Realm is the origin of the various laws, but some also say that the Lower Realm is the origin of the various laws.

“After all, the many experts of the ancient past had risen in the Lower Realm. The Upper Realm is merely a realm opened after the rise of the various ancient experts. The Lower Realm is where one can truly advance to a higher realm. I have never heard of someone advancing beyond the Daofuse Realm in the Upper Realm…”

Advancement.

Su Yu sank into contemplation. Tiangu, the old turtle, and Heavenly Overseer Marquis were people who had nearly gained control over an entire dao. Perhaps there were no Masters of Law even in the Upper Realm.

It was likely that advancement was likelier in the Lower Realm, while it was far more unlikely in the Upper Realm.

June continued, “Additionally, there are numerous ancient ruins in the Lower Realm. The Luminous Domain Mansion, the other ancient human ruins, all of them are in the Lower Realm. The Upper Realm is too young. Most of the things available up there were actually migrated from the Lower Realm.”

Su Yu nodded. That was true.

June added, “And finally, the Death Realm. The Lower Realm is connected to the Death Realm, but not the Upper Realm.”

Su Yu frowned and asked, “You mean…”

“The Death Realm has collected quite a lot of dead Lower Realm experts, but not a single dead Upper Realm expert has been found in the Death Realm.”

June explained, “In other words, one will not return after dying in the Upper Realm. But that’s not the case for those in the Lower Realm. Some speculated that this is likely because the power of the Celestial River of Death only reaches the Lower Realm, but not the Upper Realm.

“A terrifyingly powerful individual is required to link the Celestial River of Death all the way to the Upper Realm for the dead of the Upper Realm to enter the Death Realm as well. Otherwise, they won’t have a second chance upon dying. For people like us, we can still bet on the possibility of returning as a death spirit.”

So that was why. Understanding dawned on Su Yu. No wonder he had never heard of any Upper Realm experts in the Death Realm. So that was why.

Su Yu did not stay in the Iron Devourer Realm for long. After a short conversation with June, he said, “Everyone, prepare for war. I will restart the war sooner or later. This war will engulf the entire Myriad Realms. And if we have enough strength after that war, I will fight my way up.”

Su Yu looked up and said, “I want to see for myself. Just how high is this sky? Just how strong are those experts? Why can they be the ones to attack from above but not the other way around?”

He wanted to kill his way up. That was his plan. Since there were no experts at the level of ancient human kings up there, what was there for him to fear? June looked at Su Yu with his trademark silly expression, but he was greatly shocked inwardly.

This was the first ever human lord to have said something like this. Yes. Not a single human lord of the previous epochs had dared to attack the Upper Realm. In fact, such a thought never even crossed their mind. Instead, all of them were busy hoping that the Upper Realm would ignore them for as long as possible.

Even the Hundred Battle King, at his peak, had not planned to do so. Meanwhile, Su Yu was already talking about such a daring plan even before he was too strong.

“We will prepare,” June answered.

Su Yu smiled, “Good. I shall gift your race ten carrier treasures. May your race produce more Eternals with these treasures.”

“Thank you, Emperor Yu.”

With a smile, Su Yu spoke again, his voice reaching the entire Iron Devourer Realm, “The iron devourer race shall be an eternal ally of the human race. I hereby promise that as long as the human race stands, the iron devourer race shall stand as well.”

“The Emperor is wise!”

Cheers rang out throughout the realm.

After making that last declaration, Su Yu left.

With Su Yu gone, the silly expression on September’s face vanished. He looked at June solemnly and said, “Sixth Ancestor, do we really…stand with the human until the end?”

June said, “The time has arrived for us to pick a side. Su Yu is too domineering. And he is also too talented. He is more domineering than Hundred Battle King. He is a lot more murderous. With his reign, even staying neutral might invite disaster. September, between Su Yu, Tiangu, Jiwu, and Mo Yue, who will you choose?”