Tribulation of Myriad Races

Countless phoenixes were captured.

Fear, anger, and resentment filled the air.

However, there was nothing they could do.

Su Yu did not spare them much look. He only stared at the sky for a bit before saying, “I won’t kill all of you. In fact, I have not killed anyone during the entire attack. Killing is never the way to solve problems.”

As he said that, he released the seas of willpower of the phoenix Eternals and Pseudo Emperor.

Or to be precise, he slightly loosened the seals on them, allowing them to hear him.

With his saint character active, he flashed them a gentle smile and said, “I am here to end the endless wars of the myriad races. I am not here to kill. I know that talk alone won’t do anything. Thus, I can only defeat everyone before talking about peace. If I want to exterminate the phoenix race, this would be the perfect chance for it. But that is not what I want.

“Therefore, I am giving you a choice. I can release an Eternal and have this Eternal supervise the Phoenix Realm. But the other Eternals and your Pseudo Emperor must remain imprisoned. You know very well that all of you will become my enemies again if they are not locked away.”

Great Zhou King and the others wanted to say something, but they hesitated. As for the Eternals and Pseudo Emperor, they were surprised to hear that. Not killing them? Not exterminating the phoenix race?

Even the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor was shocked. He asked, “You…are you serious?”

The Phoenix Realm had been defeated. It was a complete defeat. Race extermination was imminent. Was this simply Su Yu’s trick to distract them or something?

The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor asked, “Are you worried that killing us will trigger more changes in the Myriad Realms? You are only postponing our deaths to the future!”

Su Yu laughed and said, “How foolish. Even if that’s the truth, what can you do about it? Even if I were to kill every last phoenix below the Eternal Realm, what could you do? Self-detonate?

“I am merely giving your race a chance. Pure slaughter will never bring peace or unification. In the past, I didn’t understand the Human Emperor and Hundred Battle King. But I think I understand now. Slaughter will only lead to disasters.”

With the look of a benevolent saint bemoaning the state of the universe, Su Yu continued, “I am getting quite emotional here. In any case, you have your options. Pick one. This is your path of survival. If you don’t care about it, you are free to give up on it.”

But that would result in extermination.

The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor hurriedly said, “We are willing. Su Yu, release me and I can even serve you!”

“It’s fine.” Su Yu said, “I wish to pacify the Myriad Realms, not create more trouble for myself. You’re a Daofuse. Releasing you? Do I look that stupid? Find a low-degree Eternal for me. That will be the Eternal supervising the Phoenix Realm for now. I will be imposing some restrictions on this Eternal. I seek peace, but I don’t seek to be stabbed in the back. Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, do you think I’m a fool like you and Tiangu?”

As Su Yu sneered, the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor said, “Fine. I agree.”

It wasn’t like there was any other choice. They had to either accept extermination or pick a weak Eternal to run the realm temporarily. The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor kept trying to guess Su Yu’s thoughts.

She could understand Su Yu’s reason for sparing them. But those below the Eternal Realm could be killed without much implication. So why had Su Yu spared them? She couldn’t understand it. Was he trying to recruit them? Or was he trying to recruit her?

This was the only conclusion she could reach. Perhaps Su Yu was trying to recruit them instead of exterminating them. That was why he had spared them. This wasn’t a bad thing. This would give them a chance to rise again. After all, she had thought that the Phoenix Realm was over. Any hope was better than nothing.

Su Yu looked at the captured phoenixes and said, “A war between races is cruel. I am already doing all I can to be merciful by sparing your race from extermination. It is pointless to keep directing your hatred toward me. You can only blame yourself for picking the wrong side.”

“Keep living your life as usual. I hope you will not remain blind to the current situation of the Myriad Realms. As a precaution…Great Zhou King, lay down a formation to prevent any information from leaking out of the Phoenix Realm.”

Su Yu said, “You can try contacting those outside, but upon discovery, prepare to face extermination. Our formation will prevent any message from being sent out. The realm entrance is sealed. The Death Realm is under my control. I am quite curious. How else can you escape your realm?”

The phoenixes sank into silence. They were happy to just stay alive. In fact, this was already much better than expected.

With a frown, South Heavenly King said, “Human Lord, it is dangerous to keep them around. The phoenix race…”

Su Yu waved his hand and said, “I don’t wish to commit mass slaughter.”

“But…”

Su Yu smiled and said, “The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor is under my suppression. All their Eternals are under suppression as well. They only have some weaklings left. If the Phoenix Pseudo Emperor dares to try anything, I will kill her and exterminate her race. Don’t worry. I am no fool.”

Fine.

South Heavenly King could only accept this decision. She felt like Su Yu was way too soft today. This did not seem like his usual style. What was going on?

Su Yu did not bother to explain himself. He looked at Great Zhou King and said, “Great Zhou King, lay down the formation. Focus on the prevention of any message transmission.”

A seal flew out. That was Great Ming’s seal, the seal used to pinpoint the coordinates of this realm.

Su Yu said, “Use Great Ming’s seal as the core for the formation. The moment they try anything, we will emerge from the death tunnel and wipe them out. Station three human Eternals here in secret. After this, only one phoenix Eternal will be left. A mere low-degree Eternal won’t be able to do much against us.”

“…”

As Su Yu made his arrangements, the phoenix experts listened in silence. They weren’t surprised by what he was doing. In fact, from his actions, it felt as though he was really trying to recruit them.

They felt much more reassured by that thought.

Su Yu continued, “Station two Daofuse guardians to guard the realm entrance. They will suffer from the suppressive force, but they will still have the power of Eternals. In the event of combat, they can break through the seal and leave the realm to regain their full power.”

“…”

One order after another was given, and Great Zhou King noted them all down. Inwardly, he had an odd feeling. Leaving the realm intact? And sparing these people? Why? If he was worried about the effect on the heavenly laws, he could simply cripple them all. But Su Yu hadn’t even bothered to do that.

Great Zhou King couldn’t understand what Su Yu was doing.

Done with giving his orders, Su Yu soared into the sky and said, “Start with the formation now.”

With that, Great Zhou King could only soar into the sky and get to work. As for Su Yu, he fully sealed the captured phoenix experts before looking up at the sky with his Heaven Gate open. He could see a massive phoenix with its wings spread in the sky.

That was the main dao of the phoenix race.

“It’s such a waste to kill you all. You are better off nurturing my dao page for me.”

For Su Yu, killing them would be a complete waste. The effect of their blood essence would be quite limited. It was much better to let them nurture his page for him instead.

After this defeat, the phoenix would definitely cultivate diligently. They would long for the strength to defeat the invaders one day. They had a strong motivation to cultivate hard.

“But this dao’s exact location is quite hard to find. It doesn’t matter. I can ignore the segment of the tributary in the Upper Realm and place my page into the segment inside their realm.”

While Great Zhou King was laying down the formation, Su Yu split his phoenix page into countless pieces. Then, he inserted them into the many personal daos of the various phoenix experts.

Those at the peak Sunmoon Realm would start to touch upon the dao. As for those beneath the Sunmoon Realm, the racial abilities were actually the embryonic forms of the various daos. Humanity was the sole exception. Under the Sunmoon Realm, a human had no way of touching upon the dao.

Su Yu worked tirelessly, fusing the pieces of his page into these daos. He could only do this through the personal daos of these people instead of the main phoenix dao in the River of Time. After all, he wasn’t strong enough to do it to the main dao.

Furthermore, there were more phoenix experts in the Upper Realm. The moment he entered their dao, those experts might detect him. Thus, he could only spread his page among the countless smaller daos, hoping to grow alongside these daos before eventually entering the main dao.

While Great Zhou King was laying down the formation, he was also observing Su Yu. He didn’t know what Su Yu was doing, but he saw the countless pieces of paper Su Yu was tossing out. As he saw that, he shivered.

He was certain Su Yu wasn’t doing something kind here. Su Yu had never been a kind man. Not only had he spared the Phoenix Realm from destruction, he had even allowed a phoenix Eternal to run the realm. This was inconceivable.

And now, Su Yu was seemingly doing something in secret while he was laying down the formation around the realm.

“Is that the Mark of Civilization? Tearing the pages of the Mark of Civilization? What is he doing?”

Great Zhou King could see that Su Yu was sweating heavily. Clearly, he was putting a lot of effort into this. And if he was putting so much effort, he was definitely doing something treacherous.

After a while, Su Yu flew over while breathing heavily. With a smile, he asked, “Great Zhou King, are you done with the formation?”

“Yes.” Great Zhou King nodded, “What now?”

“You can return. Send two Daofuse guardians and three human Eternals over. They will be stationed here. If we do the same for the other realms, we will need eight Daofuse guardians and twelve human Eternals in total. We need to find some work for them, right?”

“They have been quite free lately. In truth, I would much prefer to have a human Daofuse per realm, but we don’t have enough Daofuses. I intend to station Tian Yue in the Dragon Realm. As for you, Director Wan, and the others, I still require your help. Thus, I can only hope that more humans will enter the Daofuse Realm soon.”

Great Zhou King nodded and said, “There is hope. In truth, everyone has been growing rapidly after switching their daos. Great Han King, Great Tang King, Great Shang King, and Great Song King aren’t that far away from the Daofuse Realm.”

Su Yu nodded. Shortly after, he released one of the phoenix Eternals. The pale Eternal stared at Su Yu silently, not knowing what to say.

Su Yu appeared rather amiable as he smiled and said, “As long as you don’t try anything funny and run the Phoenix Realm well, you will remain the acting Phoenix Pseudo Emperor. If you try anything funny, you die. The others will die as well. Perhaps you can give it a try. This is a good opportunity to remove all of them and seal your position as the supreme ruler of the phoenixes.”

All the phoenix experts heard those words. The Sunmoons below remained silent.

Su Yu laughed and said, “I will station some people here as well. For the most part, they will leave you around. But the moment you try anything, they will be here to wipe you out. Think properly before doing anything.

“Hand over seventy percent of your resources. You can keep the rest for your cultivation. Yes, I won’t stop you from cultivating. I hope you understand that I am already showing you extreme benevolence.”

The released Eternal inhaled deeply to calm himself before saying, “Su…Human Lord Su, when will humanity release the experts of my race?”

Seventy percent of their resources were nothing.

Stationing experts in their realm was nothing.

He was only worried about the captured experts.

Su Yu smiled and said, “I don’t intend to kill them. I don’t even want to suppress them. I will find a suitable minor realm and lock them in there for now. In a different realm, even a Daofuse will be reduced to an Eternal. They will probably be imprisoned in the Iron Devourer Realm or one of the allied realms of humanity. As long as they don’t cause trouble for us, they can cultivate or do anything they want. I don’t care.”

The released Eternal was overjoyed to hear that.

Only imprisonment. This…was a lot better than expected!

Su Yu continued, “Of course, you need to be obedient. Do not force me to exterminate your race.”

At that, a willpower projection appeared again. The Phoenix Pseudo Emperor asked solemnly, “Human Lord, are you really only imprisoning us? If that is the case, we won’t try anything stupid. For our race and for ourselves.”

Su Yu chuckled and said, “I hope so.”