Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 2026: Su Yu’s Plan (1)

After sending May and Full Moon back to cover for their absence, Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng departed their hiding place. They were currently in the inner region of the Chaos Mountain.

The chaos power in the air was much thicker here. When Su Yu observed the power with his Heaven Gate, he could see that the environment here was much closer to how things were during the early days of creation.

”Cut off your connection to your dao.”

With that, the two cut off their connections to their daos. Since they were aware that their enemies had the ability to observe daos, it would be stupid for them to not do this before proceeding with a scouting mission.

With a solemn expression, Wan Tiansheng sent a voice transmission, ”Are we really fighting them? We’re supposed to be pushing the myriad races and the chaos lineage against each other, not fight in the front lines.”

”Tell me, Principal. When you know that a third party is lurking outside, would you be willing fight your enemies to the death?”

Wan Tiansheng sighed.

True.

To push the myriad races against the chaos lineage, they had to first let the myriad races learn more about them.

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said, ”Principal, I’m ready to let Tiangu and the others ascend.”

”Hmm?”

Su Yu explained, ”Tiangu and the rest understand us better. At the moment, we are too mysterious to the myriad races. And there are disadvantages to this. When they know us more, they will fear us less. How strong do you think Tiangu and the others believe we are?”

Wan Tiansheng said, ”You mean...we mix truths and lies to confuse the myriad races?”

Su Yu nodded, ”Not only the myriad races, but the chaos lineage as well. We will let them know that we have merely been posturing. We aren’t that strong.”

Su Yu laughed and said, ”Right now, we are too mysterious. Both the chaos lineage and myriad races are scared of us. Therefore, we can show them our real strength without showing them. Some of our people can be hidden. For example, Qi Rong, or your real strength, or Great Qin King and Great Xia King...”

Some of their people were too hard to hide, such as Lan Tian and Great Zhou King. Tiangu was also aware of Fat Ball’s presence. But it wasn’t like that was the case for everyone on their side.

Wan Tiansheng looked thoughtful as he asked, ”Are you thinking of finishing the conquest of the Lower Realm next?”

”Not for now.” Su Yu said, ”We still need to wait. We need to gather at least fifty assembly tokens before we do anything. With fifty or more tokens, we can control part of the power of laws guarding the connection between the Lower and Upper Realms. We can open it and trick some idiots into crossing it before shutting it down again. Of course, we won’t be doing that anytime soon.”

Su Yu had his own plans to progress. Staying unknown was a good thing as his enemies wouldn’t know what they were facing. But he was too good at acting, to the point both the other parties were getting too wary of him. Thus, they would not do what he wanted and start fighting each other seriously.

Su Yu said, ”Principal, be wary of everyone, including those on our side. I will find a way to feign your death and let you go into the shadows. The composition of the people on our side is getting more and more complicated. I am not yet strong enough to secure their absolute loyalty or confidence. With time, minds might change.”

Prior to this, he had to appear strong to his enemies. And now, it was time for him to appear weak. People like Qi Rong needed to be hidden. Apart from Lan Tian, Great Bamboo Marquis, and a select few, nobody knew that Su Yu had gained an additional heavenly king under him.

As of late, Su Yu was starting to grow uneasy. The more active he was, the more exposed he became. Before long, his presence in the Upper Realm would become public knowledge. Everyone would know about him, and that would be very dangerous as everyone would also know that removing him might be the key to completely destroying the momentum humanity had gained recently.

”We need to be careful with the spatial beasts and iron devourers as well. The flow of information needs to be controlled.” ”I understand.”

Wan Tiansheng looked at Su Yu and asked, ”Do you have any other plans apart from this?”

”Yes.”

Su Yu nodded, but he did not elaborate. Wan Tiansheng did not push either.

But after a short pause, Su Yu offered, ”I will find some time to take a trip down to the Lower Realm and resurrect some people. South Heavenly King and the others are all death spirits. But they won’t be true heavenly kings before resurrecting. I believe that they will actually grow stronger after their resurrection. After all, they don’t have access to their full capabilities as death spirits.”

Wan Tiansheng gasped in shock. Resurrecting the death spirits? Was that even possible?

”There are several steps involved in resurrection. I need the dao of life, the ability to calm the dao, and the ability to strip a dao from someone. Qi Rong is an expert at dao stripping. If Liu Hong has grown enough, he might have the ability to block the spread of death spirit dao, allowing our target to return to life at the intersection of life and death.

”Moving forward, I will focus more on researching the dao of life. Back then, Culture King had gathered the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone daos to resurrect Xing Yue. However, he didn’t actually keep the paper dao under his control. I have a slight idea as to what I’m supposed to do with that dao. I suspect it is meant to capture a life form and produce a body for a death spirit we want to resurrect. This is similar to Lan Tian’s clones.”

Wan Tiansheng listened in silence as Su Yu spoke. He knew that Su Yu was doing this to gather even more chips on his side. Su Yu might be young, but he was not to be underestimated. As the number of ancient fossils on their side grew, he was starting to worry that things would go out of control.

Su Yu continued, ”I am worried that these old fossils can’t be completely loyal to our cause. Only the humans of the current epoch are the ones we can fully trust. The mentality of the ancient humans are simply too different from that of this era.

”Therefore, I will also start finding a way to help Great Han King and the others attain Daofuse. And...one more thing. Don’t hesitate to send those old fogeys for the more dangerous missions.”

Wan Tiansheng’s pupils shrank at the implication of those words. Su Yu did not even look at him as he continued, ”They all owe me. Am I supposed to baby them even during a war? It is only natural for them to face the dangers head-on. I won’t feel anything losing these old fogeys, but I can’t bear to lose people like you, Principal.”

Wan Tiansheng chuckled and said, ”Sure. I understand.”

”Good. At worst, we will lose all of them and restart from scratch. I will find a way to create a new land of life inside the Death Realm. When we grow desperate enough, we can all withdraw to the Death Realm and mount our defense there.”

Alarmed, Wan Tiansheng asked, ”Are you...really so hopeless about our chances?”

Su Yu answered with perfect calm, ”No, not hopelessness. I merely lack optimism. I am certain there are at least one Master of Law among the chaos lineage.

”They might also be aware of the secret pertaining to Heavenly Overseer Marquis. They might be aware that killing him will allow the myriad races to instantly produce a bunch of Masters of Laws. It is likely that the chaos lineage itself also has a bunch of heavenly kings waiting to break through into Masters of Laws. They have been growing uninterrupted for a hundred thousand years. We can’t catch up in only a few years.”

Su Yu couldn’t see any hope of victory. Those in the Upper Realm were far more powerful than expected. And the old fossils were too unpredictable. Not even having the old fossils on humanity’s side to advance into Masters of Laws might benefit Su Yu.

They had lived for a very long time. Words alone would not be enough to rule them. Only those who had supported him since he was weak could be trusted. People like Grand Dream and the others. These were the ones who had been with him since the beginning.

Su Yu intended to help all the guardians reach the Daofuse Realm. As for his coming conflict against the chaos lineage, he intended to use it as an opportunity to showcase the power of the chaos lineage to the myriad races. He was also considering releasing some people to help with a different plan of his.

Celestial Dragon Marquis, Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, Ape Pseudo Emperor, and Kunpeng Pseudo Emperor had all been brought to the Upper Realm. He might be able to put them to use this time.

Numerous ideas emerged in Su Yu’s mind. In fact, the four might be even more useful than Tiangu.

No matter what, they were a part of the myriad races. And Celestial Dragon Marquis had been in the Upper Realm for a long time. But he could only put forward this plan if the iron devourers and spatial beasts agreed to withdraw from the Upper Realm with him. Otherwise, they would suffer for what the myriad races would learn from the four. Thus, their choice would decide what Su Yu would do next.

Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng was still confused at Su Yu’s hopelessness. Su Yu had always looked incomparably confident. He couldn’t help but ask, ”Why are you suddenly so pessimistic?”

After a short silence, Su Yu replied, ”Because of Hundred Battle.”

Wan Tiansheng blanked out again. He asked, ”What? I don’t understand.”

”Hundred Battle...Principal, do you think he’s really a brainless brute? Could someone like that really be so stupid?”

Wan Tiansheng frowned, ”Are you saying that...something is off with him?”

No way, right?

Su Yu said, ”Hundred Battle is the closest existence to the level of a human king in a hundred thousand years. But a single Yue Luo had successfully stabbed him in the back, causing the deaths of almost all the surviving ancient fossils. Those ancient fossils were by no means fools or weaklings.

”People like Yue Gang and Qi Rong from the third epoch were certainly capable individuals. But even people like them ended up as mere toys of the ancient fossils. Because of them, a human lord was forced to personally execute his lover. Until the very end, Yue Gang was completely helpless against these old fossils.

”And what about the primordial giants? What’s the deal with them? Why did Hundred Battle produce a descendant with them? Just what are people like Thunderstorm thinking? Furthermore, Cloud Water Marquis and the others have submitted way too easily. Don’t they seem too obedient for you?”

Wan Tiansheng answered, ”They are obedient because of our strength. Hundred Battle is someone who has caused the deaths of many human experts.”

”I know.” Su Yu said, ”But I can’t shake off this bad feeling. Hundred Battle had vanished completely while in pursuit with Yue Luo. This is suspicious. Even the dumbest of brutes will understand that the Chaos Mountain is the territory of his enemy and it is a bad idea to stay there. What would you do after failing to catch Yue Luo if you were Hundred Battle?”

”Find some random people to kill or go looking for my former subordinates...”

Mid-sentence, Wan Tiansheng stopped and stared at Su Yu blankly.

Su Yu nodded, ”Has he done any of that? Nope. He has been ignoring the Upper Realm humans completely. He acted rashly, charging straight into the Chaos Mountain in pursuit of Yue Luo. Thanks to his rashness, everyone discounted him and forgot about him.” ”The myriad races no longer care about him after his escape. As far as they are concerned, Hundred Battle is a brainless brute.”

Su Yu said, ”This is too convenient. So convenient that it’s suspicious.”

”What are you suspicious of?”

Su Yu licked his lips and said, ”I suspect that he has actually joined the chaos lineage. Perhaps one day, he discovered just how powerful they were. He knew that defeating them was impossible. Even after defeating the myriad races, he would never be able to defeat them. Thus, he decided to give up at his height of power. Instead, he opted to get a large number of ancient fossils from humanity’s side killed before allowing himself to be sealed. He decided to stand down and wait.”

Wan Tiansheng felt all his hair standing on end.

He said, ”You mean...this whole thing is a show by Hundred Battle and Yue Luo? Perhaps...Yue Luo has always been on his side?”

Wan Tiansheng couldn’t help but shiver.

”Why...would you think of such a possibility?”

When did Su Yu start suspecting Hundred Battle King?

Su Yu sighed and said, ”When I saw Qi Rong. According to Qi Rong’s explanation, none of those ancient fossils were fools. Were they all blind when Hundred Battle placed so much trust in Yue Luo? But none of them had bothered to stop him.

”Someone like South Suppression Marquis had voluntarily detonated himself for Hundred Battle without any hesitation. Could a brainless fool inspire such a loyalty in others?

”According to Great Zhou King, Hundred Battle was unimaginably talented. He was also incomparably charming. Many ancient fossils willingly killed themselves to free up some space on the physical body dao for him to grow strong.

”Were people like Yue Gang so terrible? So stupid? No. But nobody bothered to kill themselves for him. Humanity was a lot more desperate in the third epoch compared to the ninth epoch. Yet it was at the ninth epoch that these old fossils had sacrificed themselves for a human lord. Sacrificing themselves when humanity was at its strongest? Were they tired of living or stupid? No. That would only be possible if the human lord in question was extremely good at winning the loyalty of others.

”Just look at how Stable Army Marquis and the others are still waiting for him six thousand years after his defeat.”