Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu looked at Great Ming King and asked, “Can you find a way to break their concealment formations?”

Great Ming King inhaled deeply and said, “You mean…”

Su Yu grinned and said, “Their formations need to break down during a critical moment. We can’t allow them to keep enjoying this advantage against the myriad races, right?”

Great Ming King frowned and said, “That won’t be easy. Then again, no formation is unbreakable. There is definitely a way, but I need some time to complete my research.”

“There is no rush. It’s not like the myriad races will start moving so soon anyway.”

Su Yu said, “For now, we need to leave this place. Lan Tian, notify Xia Longwu and the others about our withdrawal. Tell them to not return here anymore. I’m afraid we need to pick a new place as our base of operations.”

Lan Tian nodded.

Great Zhou King asked, “What should we do next?”

At that, everyone looked at Su Yu. Ultimately, he was the one in charge here.

After giving it some thought, Su Yu said, “I have a very simple goal. I intend to pay the Dao Origin Land a visit. Of course, that’s a dangerous place so there’s no guarantee that I’ll really go. Secondly, I wish to meet our allies up here.”

That caught everyone’s attention. Even September stopped yawning.

Su Yu said, “Yes, September. I intend to see our allies, starting with the iron devourer race. How many Daofuses are there in the Upper Realm iron devourers?”

September answered, “According to what I know, there are three of them. I don’t know if there are more hidden experts. April, May, and Great Bamboo Marquis. Those are the Daofuses I know. I doubt they’re dead since we didn’t sense anything like that happening.”

Three Daofuses. That wasn’t a weak force at all. Supposingly, the hou race had two Daofuses up here previously. But one died previously, leaving them with only one. Then again, these were the numbers from the previous epoch. Perhaps these races had gained new Daofuses since then.

He had to visit them personally to know more. According to what he knew, the five elemental race did not have any Daofuse up here. In comparison, the iron devourer race was a lot stronger. Then again, any race capable of leaving a Daofuse in the Lower Realm wouldn’t be weak.

Perhaps the iron devourers had even produced more Daofuses over the years. Then again, Su Yu wouldn’t know for sure before meeting them.

Su Yu asked, “If I persuade them to abandon the Upper Realm and return to the Lower Realm with me, will they agree?”

September flashed his trademark innocent smile and said, “I’m unsure, but it’s not hopeless. Our population up here has always been low. We don’t breed as fast as the dragons and phoenixes. After so many years, there were only millions of dragons up here. My race is much smaller. It is likely that there will only be tens of thousands of them here. Withdrawal isn’t impossible for us.”

Su Yu rubbed his chin. If he could persuade the iron devourers up here to return, they would have five Daofuses down there.

Su Yu wished to meet his allies up here and reach an agreement with them. That was why he had brought September and the others with him. He couldn’t avoid meeting them forever.

Stable Army Marquis couldn’t resist asking, “Emperor Yu, since a meeting with the iron devourers is possible, why don’t you meet Cloud Fire Marquis and the others as well?”

No matter what, those were fellow humans.

Su Yu said, “I already told Shadow Marquis to contact them. They will be the ones to decide whether we meet or not. Am I supposed to force them to see me?”

Stable Army Marquis wanted to say that his meeting with Su Yu was a forced meeting.

But instead of saying that, he said, “Iron devourers…their Giant Bamboo Marquis helped me once back then. But…”

He looked at Su Yu and September. After a slight hesitation, he continued, “Dao Master May of the iron devourer race isn’t too friendly toward humans.”

Su Yu thought about it and sneered, “That’s perfectly reasonable. He sent his son to help you guys and his son died after only three days. If I were him, I would have turned against you immediately. How can you expect someone to remain friendly toward you after something like that?”

September corrected awkwardly, “Emperor Yu, the dead iron devourer was July, my grandpa.”

Su Yu got the wrong iron devourer.

Su Yu blanked out slightly before saying, “I thought Dao Master May’s son was killed in battle as well. He died during the third epoch, right?”

“Yes.” September nodded and said, “Ancestor May’s son died in battle during the third epoch. After that, my Ancestor June became the ruler of the race.”

Su Yu exhaled lightly. He got the wrong iron devourer. But he was still very impressed with their naming system. July was the one who had died in the ninth epoch. May’s son had died in the third epoch. In any case, May had more than enough reason to be unfriendly toward humanity.

Stable Army Marquis explained awkwardly, “We did not expect July’s death. At the time, the situation was very chaotic. Also, July did not inform us of his identity as a prince of the iron devourer race. We all believed that he was a regular iron devourer. We only learned of his background after his death…”

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, “Even if he were a regular iron devourer, that was no excuse to get him killed in only three days. He was there to help you as an ally.”

“…”

He had nothing to say.

Stable Army Marquis sighed and said, “In truth, we did reflect on ourselves after that incident. But at the time, we were too proud. We believed that we could win without allies. Ultimately, we brought disaster to both ourselves and our allies.”

Both humanity and its allies had suffered massively during the ninth epoch. As a result, no race was willing to help humanity in the tenth epoch. That only started to change after Su Yu’s rise.

Su Yu said, “Since Great Bamboo Marquis helped you before, it’s clear that they are still not hostile toward humanity.”

Su Yu asked, “What’s his strength? What’s the strength of April and May?”

Stable Army Marquis thought about it and said, “As a marquis, Great Bamboo Marquis is definitely not weak. The last time I saw him, he was a tier-two Daofuse. I don’t know if he has grown since then. As for April and May, they were tier-three Daofuses before this.”

After a slight hesitation, he added, “March might still be around.”

September looked over in confusion.

Stable Army Marquis explained, “January was your first Emperor. He vanished alongside the many experts of the ancient past. February vanished around the same time as well.”

“Dead.” Su Yu said, “I believe he was killed by Control King.”

“…”

Silence.

Stable Army Marquis said, “March survived the ancient past. But he vanished not long after. However, nobody heard of his death. Thus, I suspect that he’s still around. Maybe he’s somewhere in the Dao Origin Land. Nobody knows for sure. The Dao Origin Land is filled with dao powers and numerous hidden experts. That’s not an easy place to search. That is someone with the strength of a heavenly king.”

September asked doubtfully, “Is he really still alive? The experts of my race did not mention that when they descended during the previous epoch.”

“That is only a guess of mine. I don’t know the truth. Since the iron devourers helped us before, the divines, devils, and immortals are very wary of them. And yet, the iron devourers have been left alone. There must be a reason for that. The devils, divines, and immortals are aware that the iron devourers have always been an ally of humanity. Why are they leaving the iron devourers alone? March might have revealed himself before them once, forcing them to hold back out of wariness.”

Su Yu nodded, “That would be good news for us. Therefore, I must visit the iron devourers up here.”

He rubbed his chin and said, “With September around, I doubt it will be hard for me to get a meeting with them. But gaining their support might not be so easy.”

September offered, “Emperor Yu, I can persuade him.”

He flashed his usual innocent smile and said, “We are already human allies down there. Those up here are still unaware of that, but the choice has been made. Those up here have no other option.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “You can never be sure. Well, I’ll have to try.”

With that, his next course of action was decided. He would first meet his allies and strengthen his force. Then, he would get involved with the coming conflict in the Chaos Mountain.

He said, “I also need to find some time to go down and kill Celestial Dragon Marquis and the others.”

Everyone looked at him in surprise. That was too random.

Su Yu said, “We shall see. I might also need to take a trip down and gather more experts. Things are so exciting up here. I love this place. This is the best time for us to fish in troubled water.”

Stable Army Marquis asked, “Emperor Yu, how many Daofuses does humanity still have down there?”

Su Yu glanced at him and said, “Not many. And very few of them are stronger than you. Only Principal Wan, Guardian Grand Dream, Great Xia King, Great Qin King, Soy Bun, Fat Ball, Fate Pseudo Emperor, and a few death marquises. These are the only ones stronger than you. The rest are probably weaker than you.”

“…”

Stable Army Marquis had a bleak expression.

He had nothing to say.

There weren’t that many of them? But that was quite a large number.

So even down there, he was too weak to rank in the top ten?

Su Yu was not exaggerating. Then again, he couldn’t be bothered to explain much. While rubbing his chin, he said, “I’m also worried that things might get dangerous down there if I pull too many experts away. We shall see. Maybe we can kill Phoenix Pseudo Emperor and the others first if we need to.”

“That’s not our current priority. We should try to help the other guardians attain Daofuse. That will grant us more fighting strength.”

He would not miss out on the coming conflict in the Chaos Mountain. After his hard work, how could he allow peace to return? It would be even better if he could somehow join the myriad races and locate Control King’s lineage for them.

After all, Su Yu wanted to learn more about Control King’s lineage as well. But how could he join the myriad races? That would be a challenging issue to solve.

“Control King’s lineage…”

Su Yu muttered to himself for a bit before laughing, “What Control King did to February might not be a complete secret. In that case, I can use this as an excuse to sneak into the army of the iron devourers. They can use this as the reason to act against Control King’s lineage.”

Then, Su Yu looked at September. September continued flashing his innocent smile. Why was this guy looking at him? His words held no power in the Upper Realm.

Su Yu stood up and said, “Let’s not waste time. Pack up and leave. Leave everything else as is. The myriad races might discover this hill during their search. Some might even discover the formation here. With this formation, they will be certain that Control King’s lineage is hiding somewhere in this mountain range.

“Maybe they can even find a way to break this formation after discovering it. Great Ming King, leave some traces behind to point them toward Control King’s lineage.”

“Okay.” Great Ming King nodded in agreement.

***

Before long, they were done packing. They even restored the place to how it was before.

Outside the cave, Su Yu looked toward the depths of the mountain range and smiled. Now, he could only hope that Control King’s lineage would be strong enough to hold the attention of the myriad races.

Please be strong.

The stronger they were, they were the myriad races would fear them.

***

At the same time.

Deep inside the Chaos Mountain.

There was a certain ravine framed by multiple towering cliffs. The ravine looked completely normal from the outside. But the fluctuations of formations could be sensed in the air. Behind the formations, a large territory stretched on. It was as though there was a kingdom there.

Countless humans could be seen inside this kingdom. There were also numerous cities in this kingdom.

A hundred thousand years.

That was enough time to change many things. That was also enough time for thousands of people to grow into millions of people. Of course, that was also enough time for an entire race to go extinct.

But here, in this hidden paradise, the number of people would only grow.

Inside a certain hall, a voice rang out, “Investigate. Find out who left recently.”

“Ancestor…”

“Do it. Check if anyone left recently.”

A cold snort rang out from within the hall. The displeased voice said, “Something happened outside. Some of our people attacked the dragon race.”

“This…”

“Investigate now.”

“Yes!”

Before long, an investigation was carried out. Inside the hall, the voice continued raging. Damn it! Did some of them sneak out? How could these fools act so arrogantly? The time for the final battle had yet to arrive.

Attacking the dragon race would only attract the attention of the myriad races. Which fools did that?

There were too many experts in their lineage. Thus, not all of them were concentrated in the ravine. He was unsure if the culprits were really their people. Therefore, an investigation was necessary.

“Damn it!”

The owner of the voice was furious. He swore not to spare the fools who had done this.