Tribulation of Myriad Races

Buried Soul Mountain.

A group of people was emerging out of thin air. The moment he was out, Lan Tian took a deep breath and pulled a swarm of bugs into his mouth. He even released his forked tongue to lick his lips after he was done.

The people around him hurriedly distanced themselves from him.

Heavendoom poked Grandstar and asked, ”Is that your brother?”

”Little Doomie, don’t talk behind my back!”

With a grin, Lan Tian gave Heavendoom’s head a pat. Instantly, Heavendoom stiffened. This felt so uncomfortable. He wanted to give Lan Tian a beating, but he recalled that he wasn’t a match. He also remembered that his boss wasn’t here. Furthermore, he was the weakest in the group.

Thus, he could only look at Su Yu pitifully, hoping that Su Yu would rein Lan Tian in. He felt very uncomfortable with that madman standing beside him.

Meanwhile, Lan Tian was happily taking in the fresh air around them before saying, ”Things have been calm for the past few days. The first meeting of the Myriad Race Assembly has ended, but they didn’t reach an agreement.”

”They are merely an unorganized mob.” Su Yu said nonchalantly.

Great Zhou King agreed, ”That’s normal. This is a big decision to make. It is a war that will involve the entire Upper Realm. They won’t be able to reach a decision about it so easily.”

Not everyone was like Su Yu. Furthermore, the myriad races were split into numerous factions. Each race had its own goals to pursue. Unless the myriad races were all united under the rule of a single person, a decision wouldn’t be reached so easily.

Great Zhou King was unsurprised to hear that there was a delay.

Brave Martial General was of the same opinion. ”That’s normal. Even during the ancient past, agreements weren’t so easy to reach. Human Emperor and the Myriad Race Assembly would always check each other. Often, they would discuss and argue about a single matter for years before reaching an agreement.”

At that, some of them sighed.

Not even the ancient Human Emperor could do as he wished. With the myriad races checking him, his hands were often tied. In comparison, Su Yu was in a much better position. He had risen from nothing.

His allied races had actually submitted to him, so it would be more accurate to call them subordinates instead of allies. He was unwilling to accept a pure alliance. For example, he had rejected Bountiful Treasure when Bountiful Treasure first offered to join him.

Such a method of growth was the reason for Su Yu to be able to move with such high efficiency. He alone could decide what to do. Nobody could refuse him. Thus, he was able to react promptly to any changes.

Su Yu nodded and said, ”Things are much simpler for us since we’re still small. We’re also still at the rapid-growth phase, so that makes things straightforward as well. As time passes, we will get more people and things will start getting complicated.

”Take Emperor Yu’s Court as an example. Things are fine now, but in the future, the ranks might get bloated. Some of the older members might start flaunting their seniority to get their way. And then, it will turn into another imperial court. It’s easy to make a fortune, but it’s hard to keep the fortune.”

While everyone’s expression was changing upon hearing that, Great Zhou King smiled and said, ”With Emperor Yu around, I doubt that will happen.”

”Well, let’s forget about the far future.” Su Yu laughed and said, ”It doesn’t matter. Why should I care if I’m dead in this far future? And if I’m still around then, unless I’m old or weak, that won’t happen.”

Su Yu was speaking with a cheerful smile, but everyone etched all his words into their minds.

Su Yu stopped talking. Seeing that nobody was saying anything, Lan Tian grinned and said, ”The second meeting is happening soon.”

He had left behind some clones in the Upper Realm previously, though he had detonated quite a lot of them during their previous escape. However, some were still around. He didn’t have any connection with them during his time in the Lower Realm. Now that he was back up here, his connection with them was back.

Su Yu nodded and asked, ”What about Hundred Battle? Was he captured?”

”He fled.”

Lan Tian laughed and said, ”By the way, this is interesting. The myriad races are spreading words that Hundred Battle is a piece of trash. They’re saying that he’s only good for dragging his allies down. They are blaming him for humanity’s defeat during the ninth epoch. They are also saying that he’s thinking of getting back together with Yue Luo.”

Everyone had odd expressions as they listened to Lan Tian’s words. Some were even stealing glances at Su Yu. Cloud Fire Marquis couldn’t help but wonder if Su Yu had reached some sort of agreement with the myriad races.

These rumors seemed like they came from Su Yu instead of the myriad races. Was Lan Tian the culprit behind these rumors? Had his clones been busy recently?

Noticing the many gazes on him, Lan Tian said, ”Why are you looking at me like that? It wasn’t me. This is the territory of the myriad races. What can I even do? This is the work of the major races. It’s working very well. Everyone up here knows that Hundred Battle is useless. Nobody is afraid of him anymore.”

The ancient humans looked awkward.

Yes, Hundred Battle King was somewhat rash. But was he that useless?

What an embarrassment.

As a human lord, he was being looked down upon by the myriad races. With his impressive combat strength, the myriad races didn’t even care that he had escaped. They were even saying that he would only bring disaster to his allies. That was truly insulting to hear.

Someone truly capable would be able to strike fear into their enemies. Someone whose enemies wouldn’t mind their escape would be nothing but a piece of trash.

Su Yu laughed and said, ”Let’s forget about him. Since he managed to flee, he’s not totally useless. Come on. Let’s visit the iron devourer race.”

But before they could move, Heavendoom asked eagerly, ”Where are Xia Longwu and the others? I’ll meet up with them!”

With a cheerful smile, Lan Tian grabbed him by the back of his neck and said, ”Little Dooomie, don’t be like this. Be a good boy, okay?”

”...”

Heavendoom felt helpless.

The heavens must be playing a joke on him. Back then, he was the one doing the bullying. Now, he was the one to receive the bullying. He was greatly saddened.

Noticing what Lan Tian was doing, Su Yu laughed and said, ”Don’t be rude, Lan Tian. At Heavendoom’s age, it’s so rare to see someone maintain the passion of a teenager. We will be relying on him on our future battles against the Venerables.”

Heavendoom had a sheepish expression. That sounded suspiciously like an insult. But he decided to be magnanimous and ignore the remark.

With a chuckle, Su Yu soared into the sky. Great Zhou King and Great Ming King hurriedly worked to conceal their auras.

Buried Soul Mountain was quite far away from Buried Soul Mountain. However, this was a group of top experts. Even when the weaker experts they encountered on the way couldn’t notice them. Daofuses could probably notice them, but lone Daofuses were very rare after the recent incidents.

After all, too many experts had died at Su Yu’s hands. The myriad race Daofuses no longer dared to move around alone. Even when sending envoys on official business, these envoys would travel in groups.

***

Bamboo Mountain.

September and the others were still waiting anxiously.

Suddenly, a powerful aura appeared. Before they could even react, a large iron devourer appeared before them.

”Father!”

”Ancestor.”

”March.”

They greeted the newcomer with joy.

March came from the same era of Great Bamboo Marquis. April was his son, while May was his grandson. As for Full Moon, she was a descendant of a different lineage. Out of all of them, March had the greatest seniority as he was slightly older than even Great Bamboo Marquis.

More importantly, he was also stronger.

He was bigger than even Great Bamboo Marquis. At the moment, he was in no mood to eat. After landing on the ground, he nodded at the gathered iron devourers. But next, he blanked out. After taking another look at the gathered iron devourers, he blanked out for the second time.

Then, he started pointing at the gathered bears around him, ”One, two, three, four, and five?”

March’s eyes were opened so wide that the dark circles around his eyes were nearly gone.

How odd.

Five?

When did they produce five Daofuses?

Weren’t there supposed to be only four here?

There should be five, including him.

He did another headcount and asked, ”Did we produce a new Daofuse recently?”

When March looked at September, September hurriedly greeted, ”Ancestor, I am September, the successor of Ancestor February’s devouring dao.”

In short, he was the successor of February’s daddy.

March blanked out again. When he looked at the others in confusion, Great Bamboo Marquis coughed and said, ”It was too hard to contact you, so we didn’t bother. September came from the Lower Realm?”

”Huh?” March asked, ”Has the connection to the Lower Realm been restored?”

”No. They arrived through a different passage.” After giving a quick explanation, Great Bamboo Marquis said, ”March, you should know about the latest incident. It was actually related to me...”

He gave another explanation about Su Yu’s visit. March was further stunned by the story. He stared at Great Bamboo Marquis, September, and the others in stupefaction before saying, ”So...you were the one who had sent those fellows there?”

Great Bamboo Marquis answered with a troubled expression, ”Not at all. I told them to kill three Daofuses to show their strength. But they went and killed so many pseudo kings. I did not expect that.”

March continued blanking out for a long while before exclaiming, ”Holy shit! If I knew this in advance, I would have acted to save them. I saw them escaping into the River of Time. Venerable Scrape and Venerable Moon spent a day and a night chasing after them. Then, everything calmed down. Are they dead?”

Finally, he recalled something and looked at September. ”Whose dao did you inherit again?”

”Ancestor February.”

March said, ”Is my missing old man really dead? Sigh. I have been holding onto that tiny bit of hope that he’s with Human Emperor and the others. But...he’s really dead.”

September hurriedly explained, ”It was Control King. When Emperor Yu visited our realm, he removed the seal, releasing the final strand of consciousness of Ancestor February. He handed me the devouring dao before dissipating away.”

”Good lad!”

March patted September’s furry head and said, ”From now on, you’ll be like a son to me.”

April stared at him silently.

May said, ”Grandpa, September is June’s great-grandson. And June is my nephew.”

This would mess with their seniority. Like his son? What was he talking about? Was he supposed start calling September his uncle from now on?

”It’s the same. It doesn’t matter.”

March did not seem to care about that. September was the successor of his old man. Was he supposed to call September father instead?

To hell with their seniority!

Meanwhile, Great Bamboo Marquis was enjoying the show. This was unrelated to him since he hailed from a different lineage. Strictly speaking, Full Moon hailed from his lineage as well.