Tribulation of Myriad Races

Venerable Moon did not bother to speculate too much. They could never be too careful, so they only needed to assume that they were facing two different groups of enemies.

Right at that moment, a Daofuse from a minor race stepped forth and said, ”Reporting to the Venerables. I suddenly recall something about the chaos race. According to the intelligence reports of my race, traces of experts suspected to be humans have been discovered near our territory recently. They aren’t too strong. Some are Sunmoons and some are Eternals. I don’t know if they’re related to the chaos race.”

”I remember some people from my race saying the same thing.”

Someone else added.

Venerable Scrape’s expression changed. He asked furiously, ”Why didn’t you report this earlier?”

The expressions of the Daofuses turned awkward. That was a minor issue. Why would they make a big deal out of it? They were Daofuses. Were they supposed to take some Sunmoons and Eternals seriously? Were they supposed to report such weaklings to Venerables? It wasn’t like they were directly subordinate to these Venerables.

Venerable Scrape ordered, ”The various races will start the migration immediately. Celestial Devil Marquis, Venerable Dao, and Venerable Nether will keep watch outside the Chaos Mountain. We will join hands to move the Myriad Race Mountain there. When we’re done, we will take ten pseudo kings with us and sweep through the various danger zones of the Upper Realm.

”I suggested that we sweep through the danger zones six thousand years ago, but many protested. This gave humanity the breathing space they needed. Because of that, Stable Army Marquis and the others survived until now. With so many of our own dead, I believe everyone should understand what’s necessary.”

At the time, the myriad races had failed to reach a consensus as they were too busy worrying about each other instead of the humans.

What about now?

Was humanity still so harmless?

***

At this point, March was starting to grow anxious. He sent Su Yu a voice transmission, ”What now? They will be moving the entire Human Mountain here. Three Venerables will keep watch outside the Chaos Mountain while the others will start sweeping through the entire Upper Realm. This is too dangerous for us.”

They were not holding back at all. The myriad races had never achieved unity before. But the recent incidents had increased the possibility of an actual unity between them. March didn’t even know what to say anymore.

Su Yu was quite bothered as well. The suspected humans the minor races mentioned, were probably Xia Longwu and the others. Since all races were told to migrate, what should the iron devourers do?

The real April was still on the Bamboo Mountain alongside Wan Tiansheng and the others. It would be almost impossible for them to hide themselves from the sweep of these Venerables.

The Venerables would probably take some time to complete the sweep across the vast Upper Realm, but this would still be extremely troublesome to deal with. They might even discover the entrance at the Buried Soul Mountain.

Would they try to force their way into the Lower Realm through that entrance? That would create an even bigger crisis for them. Annoyed, Su Yu started cursing Control King’s lineage repeatedly in his mind.

Fuck!

He had yet to even do anything yet danger was already encroaching upon him. Meanwhile, the bastards from Chaos Mountain would be the one to kick back and enjoy the show instead.

The myriad races seemed determined to carry out this plan. What should he do now? Objection was no longer possible. Any objection would turn the iron devourer race into the common target of the myriad races.

Numerous plans took form in Su Yu’s head, but all of them were dismissed almost immediately. He couldn’t think of anything that would work.

Just then, Heavenly Fate Marquis sighed and said, ”We have been residing in the Upper Realm for so many years, and our dao centers have been around for so long. Do we really need to abandon everything we built and move to the Myriad Race Mountain?

”If we must do this, we need to go back personally and wrap things up before the migration. We are not the same as the divines, devils, and immortals. We don’t have enough experts, so we have to handle everything personally. Also, we need to seal our dao centers before moving, even if we’re going to leave it behind. These dao centers are the result of our many years of hard work. We can’t let them fall into ruin without doing anything.”

At that, Venerable Scrape smiled and said, ”I can send some people to do it for you. Sacred Source Marquis and the others are more than qualified for this job. Bloodbreak Marquis can help as well. If you don’t trust them—”

Heavenly Fate Marquis frowned and said, ”What are you trying to do, Fellow Daoist Scrape?”

Venerable Scrape said, ”Nothing. But I’m worried about your well-being. We can’t afford to split up anymore. I worry about March and Thunderstorm as well. I suggest that we all come together and start the sweep from the Dao Origin Land.

”April and the others are around, right? Just send them back and have them wrap things up for you. As for your dao centers, there is no rush to seal them all up. Are you worried that the other races will occupy them during your absence?”

March showed his usual innocent expression and asked, ”Are you worried that we will run after going back? That’s not even possible. The Upper Realm isn’t that big. With the connection to the Lower Realm still sealed, where can we even go?”

Venerable Scrape said, ”You misunderstand me. I am merely doing this because a crisis is upon us. We have to be very careful. I will be by your side, Fellow Daoist March. Venerable Dao will be by Fellow Daoist Heavenly Fate’s side. Venerable Moon will be by Fellow Daoist Thunderstorm’s side. This way, we can look after each other during our travels.”

Of the six Venerables, three would stay outside the Chaos Mountain. The other three would first move the Human Mountain before setting off to perform a sweep through the Upper Realm in groups of two.

In such a manner, even Hundred Battle King would have a hard time killing them off while they were separate. This would also prevent March, Heavenly Fate Marquis, and Thunderstorm from trying anything funny.

And when their people were all in Human Mountain, with the three Venerables looming over their people at all times, betrayal would no longer be possible for the three unless they were willing to abandon all their people.

The three looked at each other with resignation.

Heavenly Fate Marquis smiled bitterly and said, ”Why must we go this far?”

”We have to be cautious.”

To that, Heavenly Fate said, ”Fine, fine. So be it. What can we even achieve when there is no unity among us?”

”With everyone gathered in one place, unity will follow.”

Venerable Scrape said, ”Back during the ancient past, we were united because of the overwhelmingly domineering humans. Thanks to our Myriad Race Assembly, humanity failed to fully annex the myriad races. Without the assembly, we would never have reached this far. The ancient assembly is no more, but humanity’s dominance has collapsed as well.

”We always say that humanity has a deep accumulation. But that’s the case with us as well. Our predecessors had swept away all hindrance before us. Thanks to them, we do not need to face the likes of Human Emperor and Culture King.”

The ancient humans had left a lot of things behind for their descendants. But that was also the case for the myriad races. Thanks to their predecessors, they did not need to face freaks like Human Emperor and the others.

They would never be a match for those freaks. The current humanity could still produce freaks, but these freaks were not as overwhelming in strength as their ancient freaks.

March could no longer be bothered to say anything to the Venerables. After spending some time cursing the three major races inwardly, he looked at Su Yu and said, ”April, you will return with Full Moon. Handle the migration and seal the Bamboo Mountain. We don’t want any unwanted individuals in our territory while we’re away.”

Venerable Scrape said, ”All of you are strong. I believe you can wrap things up and complete the migration within ten days.”

”Within ten days?” Someone asked, ”That’s not enough time! We still have some weaklings we need to tend to...”

Venerable Scrape’s voice turned cold as he said, ”Even weaklings can fly, right? If not, just carry them all in your weapons. I doubt any of you is so poor that you don’t even have a heaven weapon. If you’re really that poor, I can only say that your race deserves extinction. As for your personal belongings, just leave them behind for now. Are you trying to move even the tiles on the ground to the Myriad Race Mountain?

”Even a Sunmoon can reach this place from the far east in less than five days. Ten days are more than enough time for you. Are you so confident that the chaos race won’t attack again after this?”

Would the chaos race attack again? Even if there were no new attacks, the three major races would ensure that there were new attacks. They could simply wipe out the disobedient ones before framing the chaos race for it.

Thus, they wouldn’t budge from the limit of ten days. If even the iron devourer, fate, and primordial giant races had bowed, would these minor races dare to resist? Everyone looked at each other helplessly.

Venerable Scrape said, ”Each race must leave at least one Daofuse behind. If you have only one Daofuse in your race, send your Eternals back instead.”

As for the iron devourers, they only needed March here. The rest of their experts did not matter. The various races started discussing among themselves. They had only arrived here for a conference. But now, they were being forced to migrate.

The three major races had grabbed the opportunity presented to forcefully bring the myriad races together. The gathering of all the races in one place served as the foundation for their future unification.

With this arrangement in place, the three major races only needed to remain united for now and nobody would be able to shake their rule.

***

Knowing that he would be forced to stay with Venerable Scrape, March called Su Yu and Lan Tian over before sending them a voice transmission, ”This is getting troublesome. Originally, I thought that becoming a vanguard would be the worst. But no, I was wrong. The three major races are taking this chance to force the myriad races to come under their rule.”

This was far worse than he had expected.

March felt terrible. He continued, ”Be careful when you’re back. I won’t say much. May and the others will obey your orders.”

He did not bother to give any orders. Then again, this was quite tricky. The migration might expose Su Yu’s people.

”Even after emptying our people from the Bamboo Mountain, I’m worried that the myriad races will still search through the place. It won’t be a good idea for your people to remain there after my people are gone.”

March sighed. How troublesome.

He cursed, ”Damn the Control King’s lineage!”

Damn them all!

Why? Why did they attack the nether race?

Su Yu inhaled deeply and replied, ”This might not be a bad thing for us. With this, the myriad races will be forced to expose all their trump cards as well, including their hidden experts in the Dao Origin Land. Information is the key to winning wars. The true strength of the myriad races has always remained a mystery to us. This is a crisis for us, but it is also an opportunity.”

Through this, they would be able to discover the true number of experts among the myriad races. Since even the Dao Origin Land would be swept through, the old fossils hiding there would probably feel quite helpless. They would have no choice but to reveal themselves. Even those who were in deep slumber would also be forced to emerge.

March found himself in agreement, but he couldn’t help but worry. ”I’m only worried that there are human experts hiding in the Dao Origin Land as well. They might not be able to escape the sweep.”

Where could they even go? There was nowhere to run. After all, six Venerables would personally perform the sweep from the east to the west, with three Venerables keeping watch at the west.

Su Yu did not say anything about that. Yes, things would be dangerous for these hidden humans if there were any. They could only rely on themselves for survival.

March added, ”Additionally, our freedom will be restricted after migrating our people here unless we’re willing to abandon all our people here.”

But a race was not made up of only the top powerhouses. It wouldn’t be so easy for any of them to give up on their race. No matter how powerful one was, one would come from somewhere.

The regular people in their races were weak now, but even someone as strong as March had started as a weakling as well. Without the supply of new blood, a race would face extinction. It did not matter how powerful their top experts were.

Why did Human Emperor vanish with so many experts? The answer was simple. He did that for the sake of his race.

Su Yu nodded, ”I’ll think of something. At worst, I can keep them all in my weapon. There aren’t that many iron devourers up here anyway. I have enough space for them.”

For now, that was the only plan he could think of.