Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Why should I?” Chen Hao said, “You have too many experts around you. I will only be a burden. My old man gave me a beating previously, warning me to keep my distance from you and prevent anyone from knowing the relationship between us. Things aren’t too bad now.”

Su Yu asked, “Are you not disappointed that I’m not giving you any benefits after growing so strong?”

“No.” Chen Hao maintained his silly smile, with a trace of shrewdness flashing in his eyes. He said, “Those who are strong will end up as your fighters. They will all need to participate in the battles between the top experts. I know you. These battles are probably extremely dangerous. The fastest to die will be these people. Thus, not helping us grow strong faster is the same as allowing us to live longer. Don’t worry. Our turn will only come after all of you are done fighting. You guys will die first. I will definitely live longer than you.”

Su Yu chuckled, “What a nice dream.”

After taking a sip of his tea, he gestured at Chen Hao to sit down.

He said, “The experts around me are already known to the myriad races. My teachers, my father, and my friends are known to them as well. You are the exception. Contact between us has been minimal since we joined the academies. The rest of my inner circle are already known everywhere, but not you. I have known you’re smart since we were kids. Of course, you’re not as smart as me.”

Chen Hao grinned.

Su Yu said, “I am doing something big. Using the terms we used as kids, I’m dealing in death. One that will reshape the world. Upon success, I will create a legacy that will endure for ages. Upon failure, I will be dust.”

Chen Hao nodded and said, “Yes. Upon success, you will become the emperor. Upon failing, you will die a terrible death.”

Su Yu nodded, “Exactly. At times, I can’t help but wonder if this is worth it. But honestly, I don’t care anymore. Whatever. What’s the worst that could happen? Losing my head? It would only result in a bowl-sized scar on my body. No big deal, right?”

Su Yu laughed and said, “Let’s talk about something else. I am doing something big. If I survive, things will be great. If I die, so be it. I will entrust my father to you, Brother. I will tell you his hiding place. When I’m about to die, flee with him. Ignore everything else. I won’t give you too much as that’s too eyecatching. Hao, I will teach you a cultivation method instead.”

Facing Chen Hao’s gaze, Su Yu grinned and said, “A method to switch your bloodline. Through this method, you can change your whole identity. This is the only thing I’ll teach you. As for how far you can go, that will depend on yourself.

“If I do fail, take my father, switch the bloodlines and identities of all of you, and flee. It’s pointless for me to help you grow strong as you won’t be able to keep up with me anyway. If you grow strong enough to fight alongside me, you will die when I die. But by not helping you grow stronger, you can still survive. Of course, you will receive countless benefits if I succeed. In short, you might be able to gain massively without working for it. This is much better than using your life to earn your keep.”

Chen Hao sank into silence.

Su Yu continued, “Don’t be too deliberate when hiding our relationship. Outsiders are aware that we are childhood friends. Let’s keep it at that. There is no need to try too hard to hide things. Just act as though we are childhood friends who have drifted apart.”

Chen Hao nodded.

Then, Su Yu pointed at Chen Hao’s head, transmitting some information inside and sealing some other information. He said, “I sealed some information in your brain. If a day arrives when you find the seal unlocked, it signifies that I’m dead. At the time, return to the Human Realm, find my old man, and leave through the secret teleportation formation I arranged for you.”

Yes. Like Culture King and the others, Su Yu had also left some contingencies behind, contingencies that he hoped wouldn’t come into play. A mere thousand-man commander would not catch too much attention. In an era where even Daofuses were dying like dogs, what was a mere Cloudbreach? Even Sunmoons would be relegated to side characters.

Thus, it wasn’t a bad thing for Chen Hao to remain weak. The strong would not be able to escape so easily upon defeat. Staying a Mountainsea or Sunmoon would probably be enough. Nobody would pay attention to these weaklings.

Things would only be dangerous when one tried to hide as an Eternal. For this reason, Su Yu did not have much confidence in Great Zhou King’s contingencies. Upon another defeat, the myriad races would most certainly search the entire Myriad Realms for humanity. They would not give humanity another chance to rise.

Thus, Great Zhou King’s plan of hiding three Invincibles away was quite pointless. They wouldn’t have the chance to do anything.

Chen Hao listened silently. After absorbing the information in his head, he nodded and said, “Understood. Don’t worry. I will run the moment the seal is unlocked. I will hide myself and switch my bloodline.”

“Good. Thank you.”

“There is no need for thanks between brothers.” Chen Hao grinned and said, “Don’t thank me. It’s not like this contingency will actually go into play. You have always been incredible. That won’t change. My old man said that you would never lose.”

Su Yu chuckled and said, “As for your parents…”

“I’ll take them with me if possible. If not, I’ll send your father away before returning for my parents.” Chen Hao said, “If you were to die, I would probably focus on your father first. He would probably be stubborn and refuse to leave. I might need to knock him out. If you’re busy, you can go now. Don’t stay too long here.”

Su Yu nodded. After some thought, he sent a voice transmission, “Take care. Don’t die before me. You’re smart. Don’t pretend to be dumb in front of me. Just bend over when you see someone strong and run when you see someone ruthless.”

“I know, I know. Don’t worry.” Chen Hao laughed and said, “Why are you worried about me? I fought so many times as a kid yet I had never suffered a loss. At worst, I would receive a beating from my old man. Those schoolmates of ours were all so dumb. After receiving a beating from me, they would all rejoice when I was beaten up by my old man. I was beaten by my old man. But they were beaten by me. I wasn’t their old man. What was there to celebrate? Those fools. They deserve all those beatings!”

Su Yu laughed in amusement.

That was the truth. Chen Hao had gotten into many fights as a child. And each time he won, the other kids would complain to their parents and teachers. As a result, Chen Hao’s father would give Chen Hao a beating in front of those students.

And each time, Chen Hao would wail loudly. Instantly, the kids who had received a beating from him would cheer up. In the end, even their parents had to step in and stop Chen Hao’s father from further beating Chen Hao up.

But what was the result? Chen Hao had become the little tyrant of their school. Nobody dared to challenge him anymore. For him, receiving a beating or two from his father was a price he could pay. It was no big deal. How badly would his father beat him up?

“Well, you know what to do.” Su Yu said, “I’ll be taking my leave now. But remember, take care of yourself.”

“You too.”

With a flicker, Su Yu vanished.

As for the surrounding hundred-man commanders, they returned to normal, completely oblivious to the previous conversation. Chen Hao resumed the previous conversation, acting as though nothing had happened.

He maintained the same silly and honest smile on his face. The hundred-man commanders under him were very satisfied with him. He might be young, but his strength was decent. He was also the type to readily accept the suggestions of others. They much preferred working with him to the other thousand-man commanders.

***

Iron Devourer Realm.

Su Yu had arrived yet again. This time, he arrived in secret. June and September did not welcome him with a delegation of powerful iron devourers.

Inside a palace.

Looking at the six iron devourers around him, June said, “Emperor Yu has chosen you to guard the death tunnels. This is a glorious task. Be sure to obey his commands.”

“Got it.”

Each of the iron devourers was holding a bamboo in hand, and all of them nodded readily.

Su Yu smiled and said, “Please hide inside my Mark of Civilization for now.”

When the door appeared, they said nothing and stepped through it. The iron devourers had provided six Eternals. Including the human Eternals, he now had twenty Eternals ready to replace the guardians.

Su Yu stood up and said, “I will be taking my leave now. September, try to advance as early as possible.”

“Okay.”

September nodded. He had been growing rapidly recently. Stepping into the River of Time, Su Yu vanished in the blink of an eye. Even June gasped at his method of departure. This Emperor Yu was growing more and more powerful. Hopefully, all this was worth it.

***

Hou Realm.

After picking up the four hou Eternals, Su Yu left again.

***

Five Elemental Realm.

The eight Eternals entered Su Yu’s Mark of Civilization as well. But Su Yu did not leave immediately. He took the five ancestors to the River of Time and gave them some lessons before leaving.

At this point, he was still three Eternals short of liberating all the current guardians. He intended to get the final three from the spatial beasts. This race was a tad bit more reliable than the primordial giants. He had not bothered to interact with the primordial giants as he couldn’t trust them.

Furthermore, Su Yu also needed the spatial beasts to help him with the chunks of space he needed for his Mark of Civilization.

***

Spatial Beast Realm.

Like the hou race, the spatial beast race had a small population.

The Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor was greatly shocked to see Su Yu entering their realm undetected, but he did not show it. But he was further shocked when he heard Su Yu’s request.

“Emperor Yu, you mean…you only lack three to replace all of them?”

Su Yu nodded, “Yes. I only need three more. I intend to liberate the strongest among us. They can attain Daofuse, and I will gain over thirty Daofuses at once. This will give me enough strength to contend against the Upper Realm.”

The Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor was greatly shocked. Unknowingly, Su Yu had gathered around thirty Eternals to guard the death tunnels for him. This was no simple task. Clearly, the iron devourers and humans had fully submitted to him.

After a thought, the Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor nodded, “No problem. We can provide three Eternals. If you need it, we can provide even more.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “It’s fine. Three will do. But I need to trouble you with another task. Can you cut some space apart and send the spatial chunks to the Human Realm?”

“Okay.”

The Pseudo Emperor agreed easily. He realized that he had to reevaluate this human lord before him. Su Yu’s act of switching the guardians also pointed toward another matter. The Death Realm had been pacified. He wouldn’t have dared to swap all the guardians otherwise. Grand Dream would never agree to that if the Death Realm were still a threat.

And since Grand Dream had agreed, what did that signify? It signified that the threat of the Death Realm was now under control. That was the crux here.

***

Even after Su Yu was gone with the three spatial beast Eternals, the Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor was still in shock. He understood that a major war was coming. Su Yu was really going to start the war. He was even going to attack the Upper Realm. This new human lord was truly crazy.

***

As for Su Yu, he was too busy to care about what others thought of him. He finally had enough Eternals to replace the guardians. If the thirty-five liberated guardians could all advance into the Daofuse Realm, he would have the strength to launch an attack against the Upper Realm. However, advancement wouldn’t be easy for them.

“North Heavenly King…and death spirit marquises!”

Su Yu muttered to himself. Should he capture the disobedient death spirit marquises and the North Heavenly King before letting the guardians kill them for rewards in the Luminous Domain Mansion? That would be the fastest method for them to advance.

“If we don’t have enough marquises, we can even capture some from the Celestial River of Death. We will keep capturing until we have enough of them. It would be nice to have all the guardians reach the Daofuse Realm.”

But in that case, the guardians would hold a dominant position among the forces under his command. Ultimately, Su Yu decided that it was still too early to worry about that. For now, he had to strengthen those on his side as much as possible. After all, the deaths of Tiangu and the others might directly trigger a war against the Upper Realm.

Before long, Su Yu reached Grand Dream City. All the guardians were summoned there. A hundred thousand years of imprisonment. It was time for this to end. The old turtle looked incomparably emotional. His old companions would finally regain their freedom!

He was in no rush to reclaim his own freedom. He would only worry about that after Su Yu’s victory.

In a situation like this, West Royal Consort’s formation was surprisingly useful. It allowed them to swap the guardians undetected. Su Yu couldn’t resist praising West Royal Consort’s kindness for contributing such a useful formation to them.

What a nice woman. For that, she deserved to live a few extra days.

That day, Su Yu and the old turtle started replacing the old guardians with new guardians one after another. Out in the Allheaven Battlefield, the peace between Eternals and beyond endured.