Tribulation of Myriad Races

Stable Army Marquis said awkwardly, “Yes. I didn’t think much when i mentioned it. According to the legends, that place is filled with treasures, but it is also extremely dangerous. Not even the myriad races dare to enter that place. That was why I mentioned it earlier…”

Great Zhou King protested, “No! Emperor Yu, I know a little about that place. Back then, that was the place where the ancient humans chased the powerful native life forms of the Upper Realm to. Some of those life forms were as powerful as the heavenly desolate beast. These life forms had been around since creation. Eventually, they went missing. It was unknown if they were dead or there was some other reason for their disappearance.

“That is an extremely dangerous place. Back then, that was where Culture King exiled Control King to. At the time, Control King was ordered to watch the Hell Gate for ten thousand years as punishment.”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered. That was something new for him. Evidently, not even Fallen Star Marquis and the others were aware of that.

Stable Army Marquis looked surprised as well. He asked, “When did that happen?”

Great Zhou King answered, “Late ancient past. Control King didn’t even stay there for a full ten thousand years. Eventually, Control King was recalled and pardoned by Human Emperor. At the time, Culture King was already gone. Thus, nobody bothered. In fact, very few knew about it since Control King was only away for less than a thousand years. Most people believed that Control King had merely been in seclusion.”

“Subsequently, I saw Control King once from afar.” Great Zhou King inhaled deeply and said, “Terror. Fury. And hatred. That was what I felt from Control King. Perhaps this was the reason for the eventual betrayal.”

“Control King betrayed humanity?”

Stable Army Marquis asked with surprise yet again, “How?”

Great Zhou King was starting to grow impatient as he said, “You have been around for so long yet you know nothing! It’s like you have lived so many years for nothing. I suppose this isn’t too surprising. Your status is low and your strength is weak. As an ancient marquis who has lived for so long yet still so weak, its only normal that you know nothing.”

Stable Army Marquis nearly choked from his own breath. He was an ancient marquis! Amid the crowd, his daughter was looking at him with an odd gaze. Her father had been telling her about the glorious ancient past her entire life. He had claimed that he had a high status in the ancient past. And she had believed that her father was an important person.

After all, his father was someone who had worked with legendary beings like the Human Emperor, Four Cardinal Kings, Pseudo Emperors of ancient races, and so on. Even the Pseudo Emperors of the myriad races needed to treat him with respect.

But suddenly, she had a feeling that her father had merely been talking big all along. From this conversation, it seemed like her father wasn’t a big shot during the ancient past. He knew nothing, and his strength wasn’t that impressive either. There was a bunch of people stronger than him here. That imposing and dependable image of her father was starting to collapse.

Su Yu was unsurprised that Great Zhou King knew so much. That was a secretary of Human Emperor. Thus, he knew a lot of secrets. He rarely talked about all these things. Perhaps he believed that most of what he knew was no longer important. But when it mattered, he would always be able to provide some useful information.

Su Yu asked, “Hell Gate?”

Great Zhou King nodded, “I don’t know the truth. I only know that there is a gate amid the primal chaos known as the Hell Gate. I don’t know its location. I don’t know what it looks like.

“But it might be related to the Human Emperor and Culture King. Back when they explored the Upper Realm, they might have reached an agreement with some ancient beings. The Hell Gate might be a door, but it might also be a border.”

“Border?”

Great Zhou King explained, “That might be the dividing line as agreed between those ancient beings and humanity. The territory to our side would belong to humanity while the territory to the other side would belong to them. Of course, I don’t know the truth. However, Control King stayed there for a thousand years, experiencing some massive battles and suffering some injuries during that time. I don’t suggest you go anywhere near that place.”

With a heavy tone, he continued, “There are definitely many treasures there. But the dangers there are terrifying. I suspect many gigantic beasts of the primordial past are still there. Or the beasts that are around during creation might also be there in hibernation.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “So there are so many fun places up there. Can nobody enter that place?”

Stable Army Marquis thought about it and said, “Entering is still possible, but I think you can’t go too deep. But even the outer region is so dangerous that the myriad races do not dare to enter easily. About three thousand years ago, a human expert entered.

“It was North Pacifying Marquis. He went there with his people to seek shelter from the myriad races, and he spent over a hundred years there. One time when he left to kill the myriad races, he was encircled…”

He sighed and said, “During that battle, a massive battle erupted in the outer region. He died, but the myriad races also lost seven Daofuses in that battle.

“He was not strong enough to kill seven Daofuses. But during the battle, several primordial beasts emerged from the depths of the Chaos Mountain. Perhaps they were attracted by the battle fluctuations. They joined the battle, resulting in the death of North Pacifying Marquis and seven Daofuses. Two of the beasts died as well.”

Su Yu was quite surprised to hear that. He was unaware of that before.

He smiled and said, “Since entering is possible, why didn’t you go? I doubt the myriad races have the courage to go after you there anymore.”

“Yes.” Stable Army Marquis nodded. But he said sheepishly, “However, a thousand years ago, a human called Roaring Thunder Marquis went there to take refuge. But his death phenomenon appeared not even half a day later. The myriad races didn’t even get the chance to give chase before he was dead.”

“…”

Great Zhou King sounded exasperated as he said, “Knowing all that, why did you instigate us to go? Are you a follower of Control King?”

“No! Don’t misunderstand…” Stable Army Marquis said, “I only mentioned that place due to Emperor Yu’s question. Roaring Thunder Marquis was similar to me in strength, but you’re all so powerful. I believe that is the safest place for people with your strength. The myriad races won’t have the courage to search that place.”

“If we only stay at the outer region…”

He looked at the little girl beside him and said nothing. He was certain this fellow would be able to survive well there. That was also a good place to evade the detection of the myriad races.

Even if the myriad races knew that they were there, the myriad races wouldn’t dare to give chase.

Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he said, “Sure. Let’s take a look there. Don’t worry, I don’t intend to die. We will look for a suitable place in the outer region to set up camp. Chaos Mountain…I have to say that ignoring everything else, the nature of the Upper Realm has been preserved well. Such a place can no longer be found in the Myriad Realms. The so-called danger zones there are mostly artificial.”

In short, the Upper Realm was wild and undeveloped. In the ancient past, this would have been a shitty place in the middle of nowhere. But after so many years, it had transformed into the so-called Upper Realm due to the rigid laws of the Myriad Realms.

Su Yu loved nature. He believed that such natural environments would help greatly in his comprehension of the dao. How could he attempt creation before witnessing how the world was at the beginning of creation? As for the dangers there…well, this was the Upper Realm. Danger could be found everywhere.

“Emperor Yu…”

Great Zhou King wanted to persuade Su Yu to change his mind, but Su Yu smiled and said, “Don’t worry. I know you’re worried, but I won’t seek death. That is indeed a suitable place for us. We’ll take a look first. If it’s too dangerous, we can switch elsewhere. If the dangers aren’t too much for us, we stay. Having a stable base is important for us to do our job.”

Job?

Great Zhou King wanted to ask Su Yu what that supposed job was. Did Su Yu even have an answer for that?

What nonsense.

They had arrived with the intention to look around and act according to what they discovered. That was all. They would get whatever benefit they could get, and they would leave if there was no benefit to be gained.

“Let’s go, Lan Tian. Clear everything here. You only need to leave a clone behind. Everyone else, enter the weapon. Lan Tian, your clones will hold on to the weapon. Do not lose it or it will be hard for us to find it later. Great Zhou King, you will conceal our auras.”

With Su Yu’s orders, they cleaned up their current encampment before heading toward the Chaos Mountain. Along the way, Stable Army Marquis wanted to request for the seal on him to be removed, but he resisted.

He wasn’t sure if they had forgotten about it or if they were doing this deliberately. In any case, nobody mentioned the seal on him. He felt quite helpless. These Lower Realm fellows were all keeping a distance away from him. Great Zhou King was the only person who was willing to speak more to him previously. But even that had changed after he suggested the Chaos Mountain to them.

An ex-overlord of a region like him had been reduced to a little brother after joining this group.

“I suppose this isn’t that bad…”

In truth, Stable Army Marquis was already tired. He had spent six thousand years running everywhere and living in fear. He was at his limits. He wouldn’t mind acting as a little brother instead of the leader for once.

At the very least, he no longer needed to worry about anything. He no longer needed to be on constant alert against the myriad races. Suddenly, he noticed his daughter, one of the few allowed to move freely, stealing glances at Su Yu. Instantly, his head started aching.

No!

Why was she looking at him? That was not the type of person they could afford to provoke. Did she not notice how docile all these Daofuses were before him? He was unfamiliar with Su Yu, but he understood one thing. Someone capable of bullying the likes of Tiangu in the Lower Realm was not someone they could afford to provoke.

Tiangu, Jiwu, and Mo Ji were all super freaks. But now, they had all been forced to hide in their realms. This would shock the myriad races of the Upper Realm if they were to learn of this.

The hous, iron devourers, spatial beasts, and fates were all serving Su Yu. Even those guardians were serving him. Stable Army Marquis couldn’t help but grow imaginative when he saw all that.

In comparison, Hundred Battle King seemed far less outstanding. Apart from strength, he did not seem to have anything else to offer. Stable Army Marquis was even starting to worry if Hundred Battle King would simply die to a scheme from this human lord.

“Whatever. I’m just a general in charge of fighting. These are not matters I should concern myself with.”

He decided to stop thinking. The other human marquises could do the thinking instead.