Tribulation of Myriad Races

West Royal Consort took everything in even as she pretended to be indifferent. With a sneer, she said, “Why are you telling me this? Are you expecting me to tell you something? Dream on.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “I’m only trying my luck here, but I don’t expect to get anything. But in truth, the two of us are on the same side. If anything bad happens to me, you will suffer as well. My life is truly quite hard. Some internal enemies have appeared before I am even done with my external enemies.”

With slight contempt in his voice, Su Yu said, “What is Hundred Battle King? He lost even when he had all the advantages under the sun. And now, he’s dreaming of making a comeback and kicking me away? Are they looking down on me just because of one defeat? Just because of my lost lifespan? I am only twenty, yet I can already fight Daofuses. I still have a hundred years. Are they so sure that I won’t become a Master of Law in that time? After becoming a Master of Law, my lifespan will naturally return!”

Understanding dawned on West Royal Consort. Su Yu had suffered a loss and lost a large portion of his lifespan. Thus, those supporting him would need to bet on his success on his first attempt as there wouldn’t be a second time with him.

Great Zhou King and the others were unwilling to take such a gamble. They couldn’t see any hope. Meanwhile, it was fine for Hundred Battle King to lose repeatedly. At the very least, he could try again and again. As for Su Yu…becoming a Master of Law within a hundred years?

This world could no longer produce Masters of Laws! No wonder they abandoned him.

As she thought of all that, West Royal Consort even started pitying Su Yu. With a mocking yet sympathetic tone, she said, “Looks like you have lost the support of humanity. Well, this is understandable. A human lord who can only live a hundred years. Or perhaps you might die in only ten more years. Who knows? Why must they welcome death alongside someone who will die soon like you?”

Su Yu’s voice turned cold as he said, “If I’m someone who will die soon, what about you? Don’t forget that I still hold your fate. If I die, nothing good will happen to you.”

Su Yu snorted and continued, “I need proof. I need proof to refute Great Zhou King and his people. You are someone from Control King’s lineage. I don’t care if your proof is fabricated. Give me something I can use to prove that Hundred Battle King is a traitor.”

West Royal Consort shook slightly. Fabricated proof?

Su Yu asked, “Do you understand me? I need proof, even if it’s fake. I don’t care. I need something irrefutable. Hundred Battle King can forget about returning. He was the one who had lost everything. Now that I have built something up, he’s thinking of stepping in to reap the results of my hard work? Even if I can only live for a hundred years, this will still be Su Yu’s century. This era is mine alone.”

“Great Zhou King does not have the full support of humanity. I have the support of both Great Qin King and Great Xia King. They are also very popular among humanity. But I need proof to do anything. And you will provide me with this proof.”

West Royal Consort frowned and said, “I am your prisoner. Nobody will trust me. They will only assume that you’re forcing me to frame him.”

“I know that.” Su Yu asked, “Do you take me for a fool? Do you think I’ll have you testify that Hundred Battle King is a traitor? As someone capable of rising to my current height, am I really that stupid? I don’t need your testimony. I need the testimony of those behind you. Get them to make something up, or maybe hand something real to me. I don’t care how, but make Hundred Battle King a traitor.”

West Royal Consort stared at Su Yu and laughed, “Are you begging me?”

“Begging you?” Abruptly, Su Yu reached out and grabbed her throat. He coldly said, “No. I’m ordering you. If Hundred Battle manages to return, you will be the first person I kill. I am only keeping you around right now because you’re somewhat useful. If you’re unwilling to be useful, what’s the point of keeping you around? Are you courting death?”

Crack!

Su Yu’s fingers started digging into West Royal Consort’s throat, painting a poignant picture of a red beauty.

But West Royal Consort maintained her smile as she repeated herself, “Are you begging me?”

“You’re courting death!” Su Yu said frostily, “Don’t force me to kill you. Those tricks won’t work on me. I only care about your value. I don’t care about your beauty. How laughable. Are you dreaming of conquering me through seduction? Do you think I’m a fool like West Heavenly King? How dare a cheap inbred think of seducing me?”

Slowly, West Royal Consort’s expression turned unsightly.

Su Yu demanded, “Speak!”

Boom!

He tossed her out, sending her crashing into the barrier. Cracks appeared all over her body, dyeing her entire body red. Even as she was coughing blood, she grinned and said, “Su Yu, don’t you hate traitors the most? And now, you’re asking me to fabricate proof and frame Hundred Battle of something he didn’t do. Is there a difference between the two of us, then?”

Su Yu regained his calm as he said, “That’s where you’re wrong. I am not betraying humanity. I am merely bringing order to chaos. Hundred Battle is a fool. I’m not. I lost once, but I suffered alone. I did not lose countless human experts in the process. I even killed two ancient marquises. I did no wrong. Hundred Battle was the sinner who had lost countless human experts.”

“I can even abdicate to a suitable candidate, but Hundred Battle will never be that suitable candidate.”

Su Yu said, “I’m going to ask you one last time. Is there anything you can do about this? If not…I think there is no need for you to keep existing. Do you think I really care about that shitty face of yours?”

West Royal Consort cursed inwardly as she glared at Su Yu. What a hateful guy!

But after a long while, she slowly stood up and said with a sneer, “Even if I’m willing to help, you won’t have any way to produce the proof you want. Any proof you can find is located in the Upper Realm. Do you think those in the Upper Realm will be willing to cooperate with you, even with your so-called proof? They will still prefer Hundred Battle over you!”

Su Yu said, “There is no need for you to worry about that. As long as there is proof, they will start stirring. I only need them to stop supporting Hundred Battle so firmly. If there is such proof, it will naturally find its way from the Upper Realm to the Lower Realm. The myriad races will be more than happy to see humans fight internally. Do not treat me as a fool. Do not treat the myriad races as fools. They will be more than happy to see a conflict between Hundred Battle and me.”

Su Yu said, “As long as such a proof is released, the proof will find its way down here. At that time, Great Zhou King will no longer have any excuse to make me help. They are confident that Hundred Battle won’t betray humanity, but I’m not them. I only need the humans of this epoch and my era to distrust Hundred Battle. That is enough for me. Me? Or a potential traitor? The choice is obvious.

“As for the way to pass your message to the Upper Realm, it won’t be too complicated either. The divines, devils, and immortals can do the job for us. I don’t even need to send the message personally.”

“True.” West Royal Consort laughed and said, “Su Yu, you are young, yet you are merciless when you scheme against others. Hundred Battle might not be a traitor, but you’re forcing him to be a traitor.”

“I don’t care about him.”

West Royal Consort laughed again and said, “In that case, I will naturally help. After all, we now share the same fate.”

Then, she flashed him an enchanting smile. But that smile only caused Su Yu to shiver. Why was this lady smiling like Lan Tian? How scary.

West Royal Consort continued, “But don’t dream of tracing those from Control King’s lineage through this. It’s not possible. I can hand you something. There is a dark jade in my storage ring. Send it to the Upper Realm. Someone will appear before the bearer of this ring. Make the request, and it will be fulfilled.”

She chuckled and said, “So, can you really send it up? Also, forget about digging any information through this ring. The individual to appear will only be a regular expert without any knowledge of our inner workings. But that individual can act as the messenger.”

Su Yu frowned and asked, “Are you certain your people will receive this message?”

“Yes.” West Royal Consort laughed and said, “Save the effort. You will never find my people. You can even try tailing the messenger, but it’s pointless. My lineage is more powerful than you can imagine. Su Yu, if you’re finding your life here hard, why don’t you consider joining us? I can grant you a new life…”

“Piss off!”

Su Yu sent her flying with a slap and sneered, “Who are you to offer me a new life?”

With a contemptuous laughter, he vanished. West Royal Consort stood up silently and stared at Su Yu’s previous position with a silent smile. Inwardly, she was sneering. He was a mere dead man walking. Who was he to say something like that?

But she was certain that whatever his plan was, it wouldn’t work. He wouldn’t be able to frame Hundred Battle successfully. He also wouldn’t be able to trace her people. Her promise to him was also bullshit. She was only hoping that Su Yu would really deliver that ring to her people up there. That way, her people would finally find out about the things that had happened down here.

Perhaps someone would be here to rescue her before long.

Through this one meeting, she had realized that Su Yu was almost impossible to seduce. In that case, she decided to make his life difficult as well.

***

Outside, Su Yu was smiling to himself.

He was very satisfied with that meeting. At the very least, he had learned that she had a way to contact those in the Upper Realm. That was enough. As for the so-called dark ring, he would inspect that ring later. If needed, he would seal it temporarily to prevent it from exposing him when he was in the Upper Realm.

Good. He viewed this as a reminder that he needed to be careful with his belongings in the Upper Realm.

“I need to inspect everything on me before going to the Upper Realm lest some of them are traps planted by the myriad races. Perhaps I can wash them all in the River of Time to remove all influence on them.”

Any tricks others could try would involve the use of laws. But no law could hide from the River of Time. What a stupid trick. Would he really take the ring with him and meet the messenger obediently?

Looking up at the sky, Su Yu smiled. It was time for him to make his preparations.