Tribulation of Myriad Races

This was precisely what Su Yu wanted. He would always be unpredictable.

Rather than keeping his guard up indefinitely, Su Yu would much rather seize the initiative. That was especially true since he could already sense them. He wasn’t foolish enough to leave them around to stab him in the back.

Not long after, a gigantic turtle appeared from the sky.

“Emperor Yu…”

The old turtle called out in confusion. A war against the death spirits in the river? This wasn’t part of the plan.

“Are Great Qin King and the others around?”

“They are ready.”

Su Yu ordered, “Have them all enter. Even death spirits will need time to awaken from the river. We only need to kill faster than their awakening. We will clean this river.”

At that, a powerful life force erupted from afar.

Boom!

Great Qin King and the others had entered.

Then, Su Yu opened his Heaven Gate and shared his vision with the old turtle. Instantly, the old turtle saw numerous small lines around him. Su Yu said, “Each line is connected to a marquis. Kill them all. They are only hiding in the river because they believe they can’t be detected there. How strong can they be? I refuse to believe they are strong enough to stop us. Kill them.”

“Understood.”

With the arrival of Great Qin King and the others, the entire river started roiling intensely. More and more death spirits were provoked into awakening. According to Su Yu, their rate of killing only needed to be faster than the death spirits’ rate of awakening. That way, they would have nothing to fear.

With a flicker, the old turtle appeared atop a line. He had not sensed anyone here. But with the special sight granted by Su Yu, he could see the line. Thus, he decided to trust Su Yu. Without bothering to say anything, he turned his shell into a mountain and slammed it down.

Even as he attacked, he was still not seeing a powerful death spirit below him. Only the weaker death spirits were visible. But he did not hold back due to his trust in Su Yu.

Boom!

With a rumble, the dao trembled and a marquis emerged from the river. After the slam by the old turtle, the marquis’ body had been blasted apart.. He was escaping desperately with his dao body.

The old turtle was shocked.

Holy shit!

So there was really one here?

That was too terrifying.

The most terrifying aspect of the Celestial River of Death was its mysteriousness. Not the powerful death spirits that might be hiding down there. But now, the daos of these death spirits were trembling as they were all lying in wait to fight.

They could continue hiding if they calmed their daos, but that would rob their ability to fight at a moment’s notice. The old turtle was shocked, but he was powerful enough not to let it affect him.

Having lost his concealment, the injured marquis was no match for the old turtle. Once again, a gigantic shell was slammed down.

Boom!

Instantly, the escaping marquis was crushed.

The dao trembled violently. Never before had the old turtle killed a marquis so easily. Meanwhile, Su Yu continued granting miniature Heaven Gates to the guardians, Great Qin King, and the others.

“Follow the lines and kill.”

“Understood.”

They knew what to do. Without further instruction from Su Yu, they scattered and started fighting all over the Celestial River of Death.

Boom!

One marquis after another emerged from the river in shock and confusion. Just what was going on? Two marquises had died before they could even react. They were shocked by Su Yu’s audacity to actually attack the river. They were also shocked by the ability of these living beings to pinpoint their locations.

***

North Heavenly Palace.

North Heavenly King and the others were completely dumbstruck.

Instead of attacking the North Heavenly Domain, Su Yu was attacking the Celestial River of Death. That was supposed to be their path of retreat upon defeat in Su Yu’s hands.

But now…

Suddenly, North Heavenly King’s expression changed as he recalled something. No matter what, he was an appointed heavenly king. A realization hit him. The Heaven Gate! Yes! Su Yu had opened the Heaven Gate!

He roared, “He opened the Heaven Gate! Your concealment doesn’t work! Do not expose the power of your dao–”

Boom!

South Heavenly King attacked with a roar, “Since the human lord is too busy to fight here, we will fight. What a fool. Calming their daos will only kill them faster. Would they dare to do it?”

North Heavenly King blanked out. Then, he drew a saber and attacked with a roar.

“Kill her!”

He said, “There are countless experts in the Celestial River of Death! Su Yu’s group won’t be able to conquer the river. The arrival of living beings will awaken even more marquises!”

This wasn’t the correct way to pacify the Celestial River of Death. It wouldn’t work. How many could he kill?

***

How many?

Su Yu did not have the answer. How was he supposed to know the exact number of death spirits in the river? Great Qin King, Great Xia King, Great Ming King, Heavendoom and the Daofuse guardians, the book spirit, the tea plant, and the old turtle had all entered.

Ten Daofuses.

Nine of them were incapable of concealing their life force. The old turtle was the exception among them. Thus, a large number of death spirits started awakening. More and more lines appeared around them.

The appearance of each line was the sign that an expert had connected to the dao in preparation to fight. Great Qin King and Great Xia King fought together, sweeping their way through all opposition. Just then, a hiding marquis was blasted out of the river by the Heavenearth Inkstone.

With a rumble, a saber and a spear descended upon him, crushing his dao body and killing him. Just how powerful could a newly awakened death spirit be? Even ancient Daofuses wouldn’t be too strong when they first awakened.

Suddenly, an incomparably powerful death spirit roared, “Gather around me!”

Damn it!

That was Cangshan Nether. He had just finished his discussion with the various marquises. It had taken him quite an effort to convince them to act. But just as they were waiting for an opportunity to act, they had been attacked. The new human lord was completely unpredictable.

The various hiding marquises were killed one after another. About five of them had died so far. Everything was happening too quickly. Not even Cangshan Nether could react in time. Damn it! Why was this happening?

He had just convinced more than ten marquises to act, but five had died in the blink of an eye.

***

Su Yu’s sudden attack on the Celestial River of Death had surprised everyone.

Everyone had assumed that he would be on guard against the river. But no. He had simply attacked the river. Several individuals were following behind Su Yu.

Su Yu casually tossed a death imprint behind him and said, “He Tu, eat.”

He Tu had just returned from reporting to the old turtle. He did not hesitate to accept the death imprint from the freshly killed marquis. As a death spirit, he did not need to enter the Luminous Domain Mansion to grow.

Upon consuming the death imprint, his aura grew. As for Su Yu, he glanced around before stabbing his pen out again. Deep inside the river, a marquis coughed a mouthful of black blood before fully withdrawing his connection to the dao. As his aura dropped, he hurriedly fled without leaving the river.

How terrifying. With the withdrawal of the connection to the dao, the line Su Yu could see vanished as well. In such a state, the fleeing marquis would only be as strong as a Sunmoon or a weak Eternal.

The Heaven Gate was the perfect weapon against concealed enemies like this.

Concealment?

Nope.

It would never work unless one were willing to abandon the usage of laws.

Not far away, the old turtle clashed against Cangshan Marquis in an intense battle. Cangshan Marquis was displaying the strength of a heavenly king.

Su Yu wasn’t too surprised. He was too busy to care. He couldn’t afford to allow these death spirits to gather up. They had just awakened, so they still lacked wisdom and fear for anything. This would be his best opportunity to kill them.

The Mark of Civilization appeared and enlarged.

Countless death spirits were directly dragged into the Mark of Civilization. The short battle had caused numerous death spirits to surface from the river. But in the blink of an eye, the surface was cleared of death spirits yet again.

Having consumed so many death spirits, death qi was spliing out of the Mark of Civilization.. A large number of death spirits had been killed by Su Yu. Looking at the distant North Heavenly Domain, he noted that a battle had erupted there as well.

The two sides were evenly matched. With one heavenly king and fourteen marquises on each side, the battle wouldn’t end anytime soon. Thus, the battle on Su Yu’s side would be the deciding factor for the result of this war.

In truth, Su Yu was quite furious. His perfect plan had been ruined by these newly awakened death spirits. It was fine if they wanted to awaken, but why would they think of taking advantage of him? He would never allow that to happen.

That was why he had shifted his priority target to these newly awakened death spirits. He would rather kill these fellows first and spare North Heavenly King than to let these fellows be.

Boom!

Battles were erupting everywhere.

With ten Daofuses, twenty-seven guardians, and over a hundred death sovereigns, Su Yu commanded a force of respectable strength. The river roiled intensely. Nobody had attacked the river since the end of the ancient conquest.

As far as most people were concerned, the river was mysterious, powerful, and dangerous. But Su Yu was here. He had exceeded all expectations and attacked the river instead of doing what everyone was expecting him to do.

That was not all. Suddenly, he roared, madness in his voice, “Ignore the North Heavenly Domain! South Heavenly King, Lanshan, come. Today, I will flatten the Celestial River of Death!”

“…”

South Heavenly King, who was busy fighting North Heavenly King, blanked out. What? Even North Heavenly King was blanking out.

Huh?

Attacking the river instead of him? So…what should he do now? Help the river?

Su Yu seemed to have lost himself to the madness of slaughter. He had first summoned so many living beings into the Death Realm. And now, he was abandoning even his plan to attack the North Heavenly Domain. It was as though the Celestial River of Death had transformed into his greatest enemy.

So what now?

South Heavenly King was about to say something with a frown when Marquis Lanshan shouted, “Head to the Celestial River of Death!”

“Stop them!”

That was North Heavenly King’s order. The situation had somehow reversed. They had to stop South Heavenly King and the others from leaving. He couldn’t afford to let them pacify the river.

But his marquises were displeased by his order. In truth, they had been intimidated by Su Yu’s madness. They had yet to forget about the dog that was in here not that long ago. Just how many experts were waiting out in the world of the living?

Also, Su Yu was simply too crazy. The Celestial River of Death was feared by even death spirits. Meanwhile, Su Yu had taken the initiative to attack it. They couldn’t help but feel like North Heavenly King was no longer a good person to follow.

They could die way too easily following this guy. Since South Heavenly King was no longer targeting them, should they take this chance to flee? Fleeing to the Origin Land? That place might be dangerous, but it would be better than this place, right?

Meanwhile, the marquis facing Marquis Lanshan was feeling terrible. Marquis Lanshan had grown massively recently, and he was currently receiving a beating from her. He was no longer her match.

In her haste to go to Su Yu, Marquis Lanshan was fighting with even more ferocity than before, intensifying the suffering of her opponent. The marquis was having a terrible time. With a deep frown, North Heavenly King continued engaging South Heavenly King in combat, preventing her from leaving.

Meanwhile, the subordinates of North Heavenly King was slowly losing the desire to fight.

Previously, they were desperate enough to fight with all their might. But now, they were starting to believe that there was a way out of this. Thus, their hesitation started showing in battle. A few of them were stealing glances at North Heavenly King repeatedly.

Must they continue this? They might as well allow these people to leave before fleeing.

“Heavenly King, why don’t we give up on this. With them gone, we can opt to either stay or leave.”

North Heavenly King trembled slightly. Things were getting troublesome. He had yet to lose anyone, but the morale was clearly dropping. They were no longer willing to fight. Not even the immortal, divine, and devil marquises wanted to fight anymore.

Should he…let them go? The morale of Marquis Lanshan and the others were still rising. Nobody knew just how many experts the Celestial River of Death hid. Should he let them go and let the two parties fight it out instead?

It wasn’t like he knew the experts in the river.

Why should he help them with his very life?

“Heavenly King, the Celestial River of Death is filled with experts. Since South Heavenly King and the others wish to seek death, why should we stop them at the risk of our lives?”

Boom!