Tribulation of Myriad Races

Death Realm.

Su Yu stared at He Tu attentively without saying anything. The intense gaze caused He Tu some discomfort.

”Your Majesty...”

”You might die from this.” Su Yu finally spoke.

He Tu frowned. ”It’s fine. I still wish to try. I am the destiny child of the first epoch. I don’t want to stay stuck in the Death Realm forever. I was the ender of the first epoch. I am a descendant of a human king. A supreme talent. I opened 360 acupoints. I cultivated the Grand Cycle Acupoint Method. I once fought the various heroes of the Myriad Realms. I should have been the leader of the first epoch, but I wasn’t chosen due to my youth.”

Su Yu said, ”But you will die for real if we fail.”

”Your Majesty, I already died once.”

Su Yu nodded. He was only saying this to remind He Tu of the risk. Since He Tu was still willing to try, so be it.

Su Yu turned solemn as he looked up at the sky. ”I am going to strip the essence from within the death spirit dao. Liu Hong, you will be in charge of guiding me as I return with his death imprint. Something might happen while we’re doing that.”

He looked at the others and said, ”Everyone, I will be needing you to stand guard while I’m doing this. I might try to resurrect the others during this attempt as well.”

South Heavenly King and the others were surprised to hear that. Why?

Su Yu said, ”Success at a single attempt is better than multiple attempts. I’m worried that the death spirit dao might awaken after the first attempt. The first attempt might be the only attempt I am allowed.”

That was what Su Yu was worried about the most. The first attempt could potentially be the most likely attempt to succeed. Thus, he would resurrect them all during the first attempt if possible. The opportunity for him to make the second attempt might not appear for a long time after that.

Everyone’s expression turned solemn upon hearing that. Resurrecting a single individual was different from resurrecting multiple individuals.

Su Yu said, ”South Heavenly King and Lanshan. Seal your strength for now in case you somehow fall under the control of the death spirit dao during the attempt.”

The death spirits looked at each other before doing as told.

Su Yu continued, ”As for the rest of you, come out from my world and keep a close eye on South Heavenly King and the others. I’m worried that even their self-imposed seal will fail during the critical moment. The dao might drive them crazy.”

South Heavenly King and the others said nothing. A large number of experts flew out of Su Yu’s world. Even Lan Tian was among them. His aura felt much more ethereal than before. He felt stronger, but his presence was too indistinct for Su Yu to be sure now.

Next, Su Yu looked in the direction of the sealed death spirits and North Heavenly King. All of them were paying close attention to him. Too many people knew about Su Yu’s coming attempt. Thus, it was no longer a secret.

Death Imperator knew it. The others knew it as well. Then again, they would all know the moment he started the attempt anyway.

Su Yu’s aura surged as his voice rumbled out, ”I will be resurrecting South Heavenly King and the others soon. The death spirit dao will stir. Do not cause trouble for me during the process.

”North Heavenly King, Dragonblood Marquis, Dizhiluo. May you think carefully before doing anything. This resurrection attempt is also something that can bring hope to all death spirits. Don’t destroy the final hope of all death spirits.

”As for the beings within the river, you can remain in hiding. I hope you take this advice to heart. Otherwise, slaughter will be unleashed across the entire Death Realm today.”

Su Yu’s voice spread everywhere. He was warning all of them. This was necessary as some confused death spirits might do something stupid upon sensing the disturbance. Over a hundred powerful auras thrummed, backing Su Yu’s warning to the numerous death spirits.

Su Yu had over a hundred Daofuses on his side. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that he had truly amassed a gathering of powerhouses.

From afar, North Heavenly King’s voice rang out, ”This attempt is indeed a ray of hope for us. We won’t do something as stupid as stopping a resurrection.”

Nobody knew if he was speaking the truth. But that was something he had to say to placate Su Yu.

***

At the same time.

Once again, Martial Emperor’s clone had manifested at the entrance on the seventh level. He was standing outside the entrance while gazing into the distance. He looked solemn, and traces of hesitation could be seen in his eyes.

The resurrection of death spirits. This was something even Culture King had failed to do. Would Su Yu succeed?

Sure, the death spirits left in the Death Realm were either sealed away or cowering from Su Yu, but something troublesome might still happen.

”Su Yu...is getting crazier and crazier.”

Martial Emperor became more and more convinced that Su Yu was simply a lunatic. He dared to do anything. He dared to do what others didn’t dare to do. He was willing to do what others were unwilling to do.

That was a crazy gambler. He dared to attempt a resurrection even without knowing exactly what it entailed. It felt as though he only existed for the sake of attempting what nobody dared.

***

Su Yu’s aura continued growing.

Standing at the edge of chaos, his aura rippled out. Slowly, it went beyond even his previous peak.

With a light push, Fat Ball flew away. At this point, nobody was paying attention to him anymore.

Everyone was solemnly focusing on Su Yu.

Suddenly, Su Yu moved.

”Open!”

The Heaven Gate swung open.

A gigantic dao appeared within his vision. It was the death spirit dao. And it was right above him. Or to be precise, it was the end of the death spirit dao.

”Dao, open!”

His roar reverberated throughout the Death Realm, followed by a deafening rumble. As of that moment, everyone felt as though the sky was falling upon them.

A gigantic dao manifested in everyone’s vision, even those without the Heaven Gate.

Death spirit dao.

”Manifest!”

With a roar by Su Yu, a large amount of death qi surged out of his body. Instead of going through the Heaven Gate, it was pouring straight out of his body in attempt to lure the death spirit dao over.

For many, this was their first time seeing the death spirit dao with their naked eyes. The massive dao stretched on endlessly in the sky. The various experts in the Death Realm were alarmed.

What was Su Yu doing?

Meanwhile, Su Yu’s aura continued growing. A Heaven Gate hovered above him, forming a tiny void of death qi around it while releasing a large amount of life force.

Slowly, Su Yu stepped into the sky. His voice boomed out, ”I will be stepping into the death spirit dao and extract everyone’s dao essence. First, I need to manifest the death spirit dao. Observe, everyone. Kill anyone with the courage to stand in my way. Show no mercy.

”Anyone in the Sealed Region with the courage to try something shall be killed regardless of the cost. With the death spirit dao manifested, everyone can see any disturbance with the dao. The moment you notice anything unusual, kill.”

”Yes!”

Numerous voices rang out in the sky. Over a hundred top experts roared together. The powerful auras of numerous Daofuses rippled out, shocking the various denizens of the Death Realm. There were too many of them.

Finally, Su Yu tore a rift in the sky. ”Get up here, He Tu.”

He Tu flew up with a solemn expression. At this point, everyone could only hope that things would progress smoothly. There was nothing they could do to help. With Su Yu standing at the front and He Tu standing at the back, an opening to the hanging river appeared.

As Su Yu stepped into the river, the water started churning. With another roar, Su Yu released Xing Yu’s token and suppressed the river.

”He Tu, start heading toward your dao essence.”

He Tu said nothing. He stepped into the river and focused slightly before moving in a certain direction. With the token in hand, Su Yu continued suppressing the river.

He was preventing anything from interfering with He Tu’s search. There were no tributaries in the death spirit dao. Thus, everyone’s dao essence would only exist as a drop of water. As for the location of that drop of water, they could only search manually.

The death spirit dao reacted intensely. It almost felt as though the very dao was roaring at them. However, the stretch around Su Yu would always remain calm. Everyone could see the gigantic river in the sky, and everyone could see the tiny Su Yu and He Tu slowly traversing the berserk river.

***

Sealed Region.

Numerous figures manifested.

Looking up at the sky, Death Imperator muttered, ”Grand waves, majestic view. The dao is incomparably beautiful.”

Perhaps this would be the only time he could see a whole death spirit dao in his life.

Not far away, Dizhiluo sneered and said, ”Death Imperator, this Su Yu guy is too overbearing. We should—”

Death Imperator looked at him and said, ”Dizhiluo, brutes, martial artists, sages, treacherous foxes, cowardly people, and wise advisors all have their place in the world. But one type of people, in particular, is the most troublesome to keep around. Do you know which I’m talking about?”

Dizhiluo frowned slightly. He shook his head and said, ”No. Please grant me your wisdom, Death Imperator.”

”Fools.” Death Imperator said, ”A brute might not necessarily be a fool. A martial artist might not necessarily be a fool. It is terrifying for one to be a fool. You have been with me for many years, Dizhiluo. Or to be precise, you have been with me since we were sealed. I’m happy to see your brutish or rash side. But I don’t enjoy having a fool by my side. Do you understand me?”

Dizhiluo’s expression changed slightly.

Death Imperator looked at the others and said, ”You are free to cause trouble if you really wish to die. Otherwise, stand down. Dying once isn’t so scary. But one should always learn from one’s past mistakes.

”All of you have existed for so many years. You have all practically lived twice. Are you really so foolish?”

There were over a hundred Daofuses and more than ten heavenly kings out there. There were also beings like Su Yu and Fat Ball there. Were they really foolish enough to challenge these people?

Yes, there were many powerhouses among the sealed death spirits. There were fifteen of them. Ten of them were heavenly kings and four of them were Venerables. But so what? In an all-out battle, Su Yu was capable of killing them all, even if he would suffer heavy losses doing so.

Death Imperator sank back into silence. That was all he had to say. If Dizhiluo wished to court death so much, he was free to do it himself.