Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Human Lord…”

South Heavenly King looked at them doubtfully, but Marquis Lanshan answered loudly, “Understood! Spirit Suppression General, please inform the human lord that everything is fine!”

She tossed a token out and added, “The human lord’s token is here. The human lord might need it. May I trouble you to hand it to the human lord?”

“Okay.”

The old turtle did not linger and continued his withdrawal.

Even further away, the white dog said, “Right, Su Yu is still fighting up there. We’ll go back first.”

In the blink of an eye, all of them were gone. It was fine for the guardians to stay in the Death Realm at any other time, but this was most certainly not one of those times.

With everyone gone, South Heavenly King asked, “Marquis Lanshan, have you met the current human lord?”

“Yes.”

“How is the current human lord?”

“Impressive.”

“Impressive?”

What manner of an answer was that?

South Heavenly King said, “From the human lord’s token, the master of this token does not seem too strong.”

Marquis Lanshan frowned, as if she was taking offense to that. She said, “The human lord is still young. His growth has been rapid. Before long, he will grow stronger.”

“How is he compared to Hundred Battle King?”

“In strength, he’s naturally still weaker.” Marquis Lanshan said, “South Heavenly King, I suggest that you quell any doubts you might have. You saw that elderly white dog earlier. You also saw the book spirit, the tea plant, Spirit Suppression General, and the other guardians. All have submitted to the human lord! The current human lord has achieved the impossible. Since the collapse of the ancient past, he is the human lord with the highest chance to unify the Myriad Realms.”

South Heavenly King was shocked to hear that. Such a high evaluation!

Meanwhile, under He Tu’s lead, the various death sovereigns were gathering the death imprints of all the dead marquises from the battleground. They were also gathering the death blood and the belongings of West Heavenly King.

Noticing South Heavenly King’s gaze, He Tu laughed sheepishly and said, “Don’t look at me like this, South Heavenly King. These spoils can only be distributed by the human lord. You have contributed to this battle, but you can only receive your reward from the human lord. We do not have the right to share the spoils.”

South Heavenly King frowned and said, “Some were killed by my people.”

He Tu grinned and said, “Yes, but distribution must be centralized. These are the spoils of a major battle involving all of us. Only the human lord can distribute them. South Heavenly King, don’t kick a fuss for something this minor. The human lord will certainly not be stingy with his rewards. However, none of us can bear the consequences of splitting these spoils in private.”

“Consequences?”

He Tu explained, “Exactly. East Heavenly King is dead. West Heavenly King is dead as well. Those fellows in the Myriad Realms will be dead sooner or later. Everyone will face him sooner or later. Since you have picked a side, do not make a stupid mistake for something so minor. That would be unwise.”

South Heavenly King didn’t know what to say. But her curiosity about the new human lord was growing. For a moment, she felt as though she had returned to the ancient past, a time when every order of the Human Emperor was absolute.

Marquis Lanshan said, “Don’t worry, South Heavenly King. The human lord is generous with his rewards.”

“I understand.” After a short silence, South Heavenly King said, “In that case, I’ll take my people and encircle the North Heavenly Domain lest they decide to escape.”

“We will be troubling you with that, South Heavenly King.”

“I am only doing what’s right.”

With a wave of his hand, South Heavenly King vanished alongside her ten marquis subordinates. Marquis Lanshan was left with only three human marquises under her command.

Two of them were previously under South Heavenly King’s command. Initially, they had joined Marquis Lanshan out of human solidarity. Since humanity was in such dire straits, they had merely joined her out of sympathy. But now…

One of them couldn’t resist asking, “Lanshan, is the new human lord…really so impressive?”

“You saw it.” Marquis Lanshan understood their doubt. She said, “Remember, conduct yourself properly when you meet the human lord in the future. East Heavenly King was killed personally by the human lord. West Heavenly King was killed by Lord White Dog. All these powerful experts serve the human lord.”

The three marquises sank into thought.

It occurred to them that this new human lord was definitely no pushover.

When Marquis Lanshan spoke of the new human lord, a trace of worship could be heard in her voice. Even the inspector general appointed by the human lord, a mere Eternal death spirit, dared to reject South Heavenly King’s request to share the spoils. And South Heavenly King had actually accepted the rejection.

Something like this had almost never happened before.

But this was understandable. Both the Spirit Suppression General and white dog were the subordinates of the human lord. It wouldn’t be surprising for the human lord to command such respect from the others.

He was simply too powerful.

“Aren’t the humans of this epoch supposed to be very weak?”

The three marquises started growing doubtful.

Weak?

Was this a joke?

The four heavenly kings had lived for countless years. They had survived the previous nine epochs. But in this epoch, two had died in succession. Even North Heavenly King was forced to hide in his lair. And even South Heavenly King had finally picked a side for real.

Thus, these marquises couldn’t help but suspect that the previous rumors were false. The humans of this epoch weren’t weak. Rather, they were incredibly powerful. Powerful enough to dominate the Myriad Realms.

***

Not even Su Yu had expected the battle in the Death Realm to end so quickly. Not long after he arrived near Grand Dream City, he blanked out. He could sense his human lord’s token moving in his direction.

What the hell was this?

Was the battle over?

Or had his people been pushed to withdraw to the Spirit Suppression Domain?

Su Yu raised his brow. The human lord’s token felt rather calm at the moment. Just what was going on?

If even Su Yu was confused, the others were naturally confused as well. The old turtle was unaware of what was happening. He had been completely isolated by the formation around him.

Up above Grand Dream City, three super experts were engaged in an intense battle. Meanwhile, the old turtle maintained his defensive posture instead of joining the fight. His injuries were too heavy for him to risk moving himself. Even his shells had suffered great damage. If he got himself killed in a moment of carelessness, the consequences would be disastrous.

He was observing the battle in shock. Why did Great Qin King and Great Xia King turn into ancient beasts? Wasn’t that…the heavenly desolate beast?

Each of them was stronger than regular Daofuses. With the two of them working together, coupled with the Heavenearth Inkstone, they were able to keep the mysterious attacker occupied.

They were now powerful Daofuses. The Heavenearth Inkstone also offered them a formidable defensive prowess, further boosting their combat ability.

As she fought the two, West Royal Consort frowned.

Damn it!

When did the human race produce these two? She could see that they were humans. She even knew who they were. They had never met for real, but she had her own sources of information.

Great Xia King and Great Qin King.

Both had achieved Daofuse. They had seemingly done so through the bloodline of an ancient beast. West Royal Consort started feeling uneasy. Help had arrived from humanity. She also heard Su Yu’s furious shouts earlier. Another battle was seemingly happening elsewhere. What were they trying to do?

Instead of arriving with a large number of experts, Su Yu had only sent two individuals here to help. The two might be strong, but they were far from enough to prevail over her. Just as she was thinking about all that, two padlocks appeared in the sky.

The padlocks from Culture King’s Residence.

Instantly, the two padlocks sealed the space around them.

Standing atop the River of Time, Su Yu looked down at West Royal Consort with a slight frown. After a short moment, he smiled.

“Interesting. Are you Heavenly Seal King’s mother?”

West Royal Consort gave him a cold glance before hurriedly pulling away.

Su Yu!

That was Su Yu! She had never seen him before, but she was aware of what the current human lord looked like.

Looking at the sky with flickering eyes, she asked, “Do you think you can kill me? You are courting death. Sealing this place with the power of the dao? This is incredibly unwise of you.”

With the new seal, nobody would be able to leave or arrive anymore. Both her formation and Su Yu’s seal would work together to trap them all here. In fact, West Royal Consort was quite alarmed at the power of the seal. Whose power was that?

Culture King?

Likely.

It would probably take her a long time before she could break free. Yes. Breaking free was still possible. After all, Culture King was no longer around. But where did Su Yu get something like this?

Also, what was the source of Su Yu’s confidence? Even together, it would be incredibly hard for them to kill her. As for the old turtle, he could only remain on the defensive. He would be as good as dead the moment he lost his dao body.

With both her and West Heavenly King attacking from two directions, not even the other guardians could reverse the situation. In fact, they had deliberately avoided fighting the old turtle in the Spirit Suppression Domain because he would be as strong as a heavenly king there.

Su Yu laughed and said, “Are you sure I can’t kill you? What a surprise. So you’re colluding with the Death Realm? In that case, you must have really entered the Death Realm back then. Are you colluding with West Heavenly King? Interesting. By the way, I killed your son. Do you know that?”

West Royal Consort coldly said, “My son? No. That’s the son of that piece of trash. He should address me as his aunt instead. His father is my younger brother, a piece of trash. If he dies, he dies. My line does not care about pieces of trash like them.”

Su Yu blanked out slightly before chuckling, “Your nephew? But he addressed you as his mother. How did he become your nephew? Wait…holy shit! Those from Control King’s line sure have a unique taste! You and your younger brother…tsk tsk. How surprising.”

West Royal Consort merely stared at him coldly instead of offering any explanation.

Su Yu gasped and said, “Impressive. I was merely spouting bullshit, but it was actually the truth? No wonder things felt off. From the memories I saw, both Heavenly Seal King and his old man knew the sealing methods of Control King’s line. And you know the same methods as well. I was confused, wondering if these methods could be utilized without the proper bloodline. But no. Instead, those from your line have been marrying within the family to ensure the purity of your bloodline. What an impressive bloodline.”

Su Yu roared with laughter, “Interesting. Truly interesting! Sure enough, your entire line is filled with inbreds. You are capable of doing anything.”

West Royal Consort continued staring at Su Yu coldly, sensing that he was trying to buy time.

The moment Su Yu appeared, Great Xia King and Great Qin King had pulled back to stand guard around him, preventing him from being killed in a surprise attack. West Royal Consort was quite surprised to see that. Weak as this human lord was, he had somehow obtained the loyalty of these experts.

This was such a surprising epoch. But why was the human lord buying time? How would this benefit him? Was he clueless about the situation in the Death Realm? But he already knew that she was colluding with West Heavenly King.

Why?

West Royal Consort’s unease grew. Her sea of willpower rippled as she attempted to contact West Heavenly King. The two had a way of communicating across realms, even if the difficulty would be quite big.

At the same time, Su Yu noted a small death qi vortex forming under her. How interesting. She actually had a unique method to contact those in the Death Realm. Like him, her presence felt like that of a pseudo death spirit.

However, only a small part of her had transformed into a death spirit. Was this due to a unique cultivation method? Or was this a unique state? With a smile by Su Yu, the vortex under West Royal Consort closed shut.

With death qi rippling out of his body, Su Yu laughed and asked, “What game are you playing? Are you dreaming of opening a death tunnel in my presence?”

Then, Su Yu ordered, “Kill!”

Boom!

Both Great Qin King and Great Xia King charged forth. However, West Royal Consort was faster than they were. Instantly, a chain appeared out of thin air and swept toward Su Yu with the two none the wiser.

That was a chain manifested from the power of law.

Su Yu merely chuckled. The chain wasn’t too powerful. After all, she had to face the two kings and the old turtle at the same time. She couldn’t spare too much strength to deal with him.

This attack was enough to deal with regular Eternals. But was Su Yu a regular Eternal? Also, he was capable of seeing the chain with his eyes. As the chain was formed from the power of law, Great Qin King and the others couldn’t see it. At most, they could only feel it. Meanwhile, Su Yu could see it with his Heaven Gate.

He stood still, allowing the chain to approach him before throwing a sudden punch.

Boom!

After breaking the chain, he grabbed it.

Then, numerous characters appeared and started feasting on the chain.

As he devoured the chain, he focused slightly before saying, “What incredible power. I like this. My characters have been starving. Thank you for the meal. Thank you for delivering the dao of sealing for my comprehension.”

Shortly after, a tiny character popped out in Su Yu’s sea of willpower. The seal character.

Su Yu exclaimed in joy, “Ninety-first! Thank you! Come, use your fire on me next! Let’s see if your fire is any different from the fire of the five elements. What a dumb woman. How dare you play with laws in front of me? Did your trash ancestor not tell you that all sneak attacks will be reduced to jokes before someone with a Heaven Gate?”

“…”

Finally, West Royal Consort’s expression changed.

Her sneak attack was undetected even by the three powerful experts, yet Su Yu could sense it. He even managed to break it!

Damn it!

He had even comprehended a character from her attack! She couldn’t understand this!

Su Yu continued laughing as he said, “I suppose it’s not surprising for an inbred to be stupid. How can one expect the brain of an inbred to work well? The sky in my eyes is different from the sky in your eyes.”

At the moment, it felt as though Su Yu had transformed into a street bully. The burly Great Qin King and Great Xia King were his thugs. West Royal Consort was an innocent young woman who was being bullied by him.

Su Yu stood there with a wide grin. He was in no rush to join the battle. He could feel that his human lord’s token had arrived below the old turtle. He also noted that the old turtle had trembled slightly.

Understanding dawned on him. They had won the battle in the Death Realm. In that case, why should he risk himself? With so many thugs around, why must he fight himself? Spilling his blood and fighting with passion?

No, this was not the job of a ruler. Instead, the generals under the ruler were the ones who should be doing something like that.

Su Yu started commenting with a carefree tone. “Great Qin King, move slightly to the left. She’s trying to seal you.”

Boom!

Great Qin King couldn’t see anything, but with a swing of his spear, he caused West Royal Consort’s dao to shake.

“Great Xia King, fire to your right…”

“Qin, above you…”

“Xia, behind…”

Boom!

Just moments ago, the two were still disadvantaged against her. But all of a sudden, they seemed entirely capable of matching her. With her dao being struck repeatedly, she finally reached her limit and coughed a mouthful of blood.

With blood dripping down her mouth, she glared at Su Yu with fury and disbelief. Why?

Heaven Gate?

The legendary Heaven Gate?

Damn it!

He had opened the Heaven Gate!