Tribulation of Myriad Races

Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu’s mind. According to what he knew, the Upper Realm shouldn’t be as good a place compared to the Lower Realm. That was why people like Tiangu had remained in the Lower Realm.

Tiangu was important enough to be a big shot even in the Upper Realm. People like him and Heavenly Overseer Marquis had only remained because the Lower Realm was more stable and mature. A place easier for one to become a Master of Law.

“They might know something I don’t.”

That was Su Yu’s conclusion. He had learned something new from this. Back then, humans wanted to create something like the Death Realm. It was unknown if the mastermind was the Human Emperor, but they did try to break free from the influence of the River of Time and create something like the death spirit dao.

But clearly, they failed. There was no such dao in the Upper Realm. Furthermore, the Upper Realm had subsequently been occupied by the myriad races.

“With my Heaven Gate, I might be able to see something new in the Upper Realm. It is said that when the Upper Realm is sealed away, those who have been in the Upper Realm before will be rejected by the Lower Realm. They can either return or hide somewhere. For that to happen so consistently, the rejection must be coming from the River of Time.”

Numerous speculations rose in his mind.

After thinking about all that, Su Yu smiled and said, “Can I trouble you to draw me a map of the Upper Realm, including the special geographical features, the locations of the various cities and experts, the various dangerous regions, and the various strategic regions for me? Also, list out the names of the more important Daofuses up there.”

“Lord, we don’t really know that much—”

Su Yu interrupted with a smile, “It’s fine. Just draw and write whatever you know. I’ll be killing Talisman King soon. I expect to learn a lot from his memories as well. Also, I have yet to extract the memories of the dead Fallen Star Marquis and the others. With everyone’s contribution, I can probably get a relatively complete picture.

“Great Zhou King, you have probably been there before. You don’t know the situation there now, but you know the situation there during the ancient past. Also, even the dead can speak. I can learn more things from some death spirits as well.”

Su Yu knocked lightly on his armrest and asked, “So what is your main purpose down here?”

Zhao Chuan hurriedly answered, “In truth, it has been fulfilled. Stable Army Marquis wanted us to descend and get the humans down here to help distract the myriad races and reduce the pressure on them up there. By killing some Eternals down here, the myriad races would be distracted and stop focusing so much on the humans up there.

“After Marquis Minshan’s death, the myriad races have intensified their efforts to hunt South Suppression Marquis, who was hiding in the Heavenly Hole Range. The rest of us have also been hunted relentlessly.”

Zhao Chuan said helplessly, “We also heard that a massive battle had happened in the Lower Realm, to the point Talisman King, Soldier King, Abyss Marquis, and Celestial Dragon Marquis had descended. That had actually helped reduce a lot of our pressure.”

The goal was simple, and it had been met. The Upper Realm must have noticed all these deaths.

Su Yu laughed in amusement and asked, “Will this really work? If I were the myriad races, and I couldn’t descend, I would simply try harder to kill all the humans up there. Are you not afraid that the pressure on your people will grow instead?”

Su Yu narrowed his eyes as he continued, “Or perhaps your thoughts are simple. You only want to see more Upper Realm experts descend.”

Zhao Chuan answered sheepishly, “Yes, that was part of the plan. Humanity was supposed to be at its weakest in this epoch, but you managed to provoke a decent number of experts to descend. Stable Army Marquis guessed that something must have changed, and those in the Lower Realm might have the ability to help us.

“Right, one more thing! Stable Army Marquis told us to visit the Death Realm if possible and look for the human experts there. He wished to get them to buy us some time as well. That was why we entered Heavendoom City previously. We were looking for a way to enter the Death Realm.”

Su Yu asked, “And who in specific are you finding down there? Or are you going to look around randomly?”

“Not really. We believe Marquis Lanshan is still there in the East Heavenly Domain…” Zhao Chuan explained, “That is the territory of a heavenly king, one of the four appointed by humanity back then. We still have some experts there, and Stable Army Marquis has a friendship with some. If you are willing to let us through, we can even make the introductions for you, Lord!”

At this point, Zhao Chuan seemed to have regained some of his confidence. He could no longer offer anything in regards to the world of the living. But Stable Army Marquis had some old friends in the Death Realm!

Marquis Lanshan!

He exhaled in relief. Previously, he was worried that the new human lord would kill them without care. But things had changed. He said, “Lord, we can introduce Marquis Lanshan and Lord Grand Dream to you. Lord Grand Dream can help reduce the pressure on some of the guardians, making things easier for you down here.”

Su Yu had a faint smile, “Is that so? As far as I know, Marquis Lanshan does not have much power in the East Heavenly Domain.”

Zhao Chuan’s heart thumped. He hurriedly said, “As long as it doesn’t infringe upon the benefits of East Heavenly King, things will be fine…”

Su Yu yawned. Suddenly, a token flew out. The token flew straight out of the building.

Su Yu had never opened a death tunnel in the Human Realm. After all, it was too dangerous. He hadn’t been able to find the corresponding coordinates of the Death Realm under the Human Realm. It was likely that the corresponding coordinates were somewhere in the Origin Land.

Thus, he had never entered the Death Realm through the Human Realm. The token continued flying, and it continued all the way out of the Human Realm. Shortly after, it entered Grand Dream City. It was able to move unobstructed. Eventually, it reached the East Heavenly Domain.

Marquis Lanshan hurriedly moved out of the palace. After a short conversation through the token, it transformed into a battle armor around her. All her death qi was covered. Then, she flew out of the death tunnel with the token. The old turtle opened his mouth to say, but he had nothing to say.

With the growth of humanity’s fortune, the human lord’s token had also grown much stronger. It was now capable of taking a death spirit out of the Death Realm without suffering from the heavenly tribulations. What was Su Yu trying to do?

***

The old turtle did not interfere. Nobody could use Su Yu’s token without Su Yu’s permission, so he had no reason to interfere. Led by the token, Marquis Lanshan went straight to the Human Realm.

Inside the main hall.

Nobody knew what Su Yu did. Suddenly, the eyes of Great Zhou King and Wan Tiansheng flickered as they looked outside.

A token was approaching through the River of Time. It seemed to be carrying someone. Then, that individual emerged wrapped in a battle armor formed by the token. Marquis Lanshan was shocked, but next, excitement seeped in as she realized that she seemed to have returned to the Human Realm!

She hurriedly stepped into the main hall, dropped on one knee, and roared in excitement, “Lanshan greets Emperor Yu! What command do you have for me, Emperor Yu?”

Su Yu smiled and said, “Relax. There are no battles. We won our previous engagement. You are one of the top generals of Emperor Yu’s Court. I am inviting you here today to introduce you to some of your colleagues.”

Su Yu said, “You’re here just in time. Someone said that their master knows you. Do you know Stable Army Marquis?”

“Stable Army Marquis?” Marquis Lanshan thought about it and said, “I think so. I was appointed a marquis after my death, but I managed to learn more about the other appointments subsequently. Stable Army Marquis should be a general under Peace King. I don’t know him well. His status wasn’t too high, and his strength was ordinary. I served under Martial King. Those serving under Peace King were mostly bad at combat. Do you wish to capture this person, Lord?”

“…”

The jaws of Zhao Chuan and the others dropped. They were stunned. Was this…Marquis Lanshan? They were completely dumbstruck.

Su Yu laughed and said, “Why would I want to do that? I was merely curious because I heard you are acquainted with him. So you’re saying that you’re not that close?”

“Yes.”

While speaking, Marquis Lanshan glanced at Wan Tiansheng and Great Zhou King. She removed her attention immediately, but moments later, she focused on Great Zhou King again.

Great Zhou King’s expression remained the same, as though he hadn’t noticed it.

After studying him for a bit, Marquis Lanshan asked in astonishment, “Do I know you?”

Great Zhou King smiled and said, “How is that possible? You must have mistaken me for someone else.”

Marquis Lanshan frowned. After a long while, she said, “No, that’s not possible. You…seem to be…Let me think. When had I seen you before? Back then, I served under Martial King. Once, he sent me to ask for some military provisions from Human Emperor. I did not manage to meet him, but I met a secretary under him. That secretary was repulsive and vile. He had the same smile as you. With that vile smile, he claimed that Human Emperor wasn’t in charge of provisions and sent me off to Culture King instead…”

With a look of contemplation, Marquis Lanshan asked, “Was that you? I remember that I wanted to beat you up, but someone stopped me. Was that you?”

Great Zhou King chuckled and denied, “How could that be me?”

“Yes, this was how he laughed!”

Marquis Lanshan frowned and said, “It’s the exact same! Your face looks different, but face is not important for people like us. But your bearing is the exact same! The bearing of someone lying nonchalantly! You obviously had the provisions to spare, but you refused to grant them! I was so furious I nearly killed you!”

“…”

Great Zhou King sighed and denied again, “You have really mistaken me for someone else.”

“Impossible!” Marquis Lanshan raged, “It must have been you! Either you or your ancestor! I don’t remember some of the other smaller incidents, but I will never forget those I hate! I can’t forget your smile!”

“You really got the wrong person.”

“Yes! Just like that! Back then, you claimed that there were no provisions with the same tone of voice!” Marquis Lanshan’s anger grew as she said, “You swore that you were really out of provisions. You claimed that Culture King took everything! It was you! I would never forget a bastard like you!”

Great Zhou King’s face was starting to turn stiff as he said, “You…it really…wasn’t me…”

“Yes! That was how you argued back then as well!”

Marquis Lanshan grew angrier and angrier. Meanwhile, Su Yu merely watched on with a gentle smile.

Great Zhou King looked at Su Yu helplessly and said, “Emperor Yu, I…”

Su Yu chuckled and said, “Marquis Lanshan might have gotten the wrong person. Lanshan, this is Great Zhou King, not a secretary.”

“You’re that Great Zhou King?” Marquis Lanshan blanked out slightly. She said with indignation, “Fine. Perhaps I really got the wrong person.”

Su Yu smiled and asked, “How are things down there?”

“Everything is well. All the turmoil has been pacified. Even the river is calm. Some battles had erupted in the Origin Land. South Heavenly King is investigating the matter. However, she is following your order not to go too deeply into the Origin Land.

“As for the Spirit Suppression Domain, everything is stable with Spirit Suppression General around. Field Marshal He Tu is still in the midst of searching for the people you asked for…”

After giving a concise report, Marquis Lanshan asked emotionally, “Emperor, can…can I visit my old home, Lanshan, later?”