Tribulation of Myriad Races

Down below.

South Heavenly King looked at the sky before looking at Marquis Lanshan. With a smile, she asked, ”Are you going?”

Marquis Lanshan laughed. ”Of course.”

They knew that something must have happened for Su Yu to suddenly make this offer. It didn’t matter. This was a risk they were willing to face.

While flying into the sky, Marquis Lanshan said, ”South Heavenly King, we will succeed, right?”

”Who knows?”

South Heavenly King laughed. And thus, the two flew toward Su Yu.

Shortly after, several death spirits soared into the sky as well. Below, Xia Chen looked at Great Xia King and said, ”I’ll teach my unfilial descendants a good lesson after returning to life. Don’t think that I’m clueless about how you have been talking badly about me behind my back.

”But if I don’t return, be sure to protect the bloodline of Battle King. The Xia Family will be relying on you moving forward. Longwu is decent, but Xiao’er is quite lacking. He needs to work harder.”

The Xia Family members nodded solemnly. All around them, some death spirits hesitated while some flew into the sky decisively. The human death spirits, such as Puresolar Marquis, Wavecloud Marquis, and Oceanwave Marquis all flew into the sky as well.

The students of Culture King smiled at each other before flying into the sky as well. They had all experienced death once. But they had never experienced resurrection. Of course, they had never experienced a second death either. This would be a great chance for them to experience something new.

***

At the same time.

Far away.

A certain figure soared into the sky. It was Xing Yue. She saw Su Yu in the sky. She saw He Tu. And she also saw many other death spirits. All of them were flying into the sky.

About thirty death spirits had soared into the sky.

Some were Daofuses, and some were Eternals.

***

Even further away.

Suddenly, a death spirit marquis from North Heavenly King’s camp flew into the sky as well. He, too, wanted to return to life. No death spirit would say no to resurrection.

Su Yu had not specified that only his people could go. Also, so many death spirits were flying into the sky that Su Yu might not even realize that there was an outsider among them. This death spirit longed for resurrection to the point he was willing to take the risk of complete death just to have a shot at returning to life.

With a frown, North Heavenly King said, ”Resurrection is but a legend. Do not do anything rash, everyone.”

However, the death spirit flew straight toward the opening in the sky. That was an opening Su Yu had torn earlier.

In truth, many were paying close attention to the approaching death spirits. When the death spirit from North Heavenly King’s camp was near, several experts flew out. But before they could do anything, Su Yu’s voice rang out, ”Don’t stop anyone. Everyone can come, but bear in mind. This is extremely dangerous. I will help you even if you’re not from my camp. But outsiders will be the ones to go first. When something goes wrong, you might be the first to die. This is the risk you need to take.”

The hearts of many death spirits thumped upon hearing that.

Even those not from his camp could go?

Suddenly, a death spirit emerged from the Celestial River of Death. That was someone with the aura of a heavenly king. The moment he emerged, he said, ”I am Heavenly Fire of the heavenly fire race, a race that had existed during the primordial past. I am willing to give this a try. I will entrust my fate to luck. Please grant me this favor, powerhouse of the human race.”

Su Yu said, ”Come, but be sure not to cause trouble for me. Obey me during the process. Otherwise, I’ll kill you personally.”

”That is only natural.”

The death spirit flew over as well. Instantly, even more death spirits flew into the sky. They were all either Eternals or Daofuses. Three additional death spirit marquises from North Heavenly King’s camp gnashed their teeth before soaring into the sky with more than ten Eternals.

They would leave their fates to destiny.

This was a gamble they were all willing to take.

With a frown, Dragonblood Marquis looked at North Heavenly King. North Heavenly King was looking at him as well, but North Heavenly King did not intend to try. As far as he was concerned, the likelihood of failing was too high.

***

Boom!

Suddenly, a Sunmoon death spirit exploded mid-flight.

With a frown, Su Yu said, ”If you’re a Sunmoon or weaker, don’t come. Your dao is too weak to bear this burden.”

Hearing that, some of the smarter Sunmoon death spirits pulled back. This opportunity was not available for Sunmoons. The death spirit dao was too powerful for them to even approach.

The rest continued heading toward Su Yu, but as they moved, waves rose from the river and swallowed them all. Su Yu’s subordinates were able to continue advancing by supporting each other. Some of the stronger independent Daofuses were able to continue forcing their way forth.

But this was too much for some of the independent Eternals to handle. The moment they were swallowed by the waves, their bodies broke apart, followed by their death imprints. Instantly, they ceased to exist, becoming one with the river again.

Some of the death spirits who were tempted gave up upon seeing that terrifying scene. This was too dangerous for independent death spirits. However, that was not enough for all of them to give up. Some looked at each other and started advancing while supporting each other.

Their longing for life was too great for them to give up.

***

Su Yu did not help these approaching death spirits.

This was only a tiny bump in their path toward resurrection. If they couldn’t even overcome something like this, they would only cause more trouble for him later. Suddenly, he stared into the distance. Xing Yue.

She was only a seventh-degree Eternal, yet she was approaching alone. When Su Yu saw that she could handle the waves, he removed his gaze. Beside him, He Tu’s aura continued growing. He was nearly done devouring his entire essence.

In fact, he was approaching the level of a tier-two Daofuse. That was terrifying growth in such a short time. Abruptly, He Tu’s essence faded into nothingness. It had been fully devoured.

And right at that moment, an abrupt change happened.

Rumble!

The death spirit dao shook again.

An incorporeal willpower started awakening from nowhere.

”Theft of essence. Forbidden.”

”Essence. Price for your second life.”

The incorporeal willpower emerged, slowly spreading throughout the death spirit dao. The willpower left behind by the Master of Death was seemingly awakening. He was telling all the death spirits that their second life was granted by him.

And a price was required.

Boom!

A gigantic death spirit appeared. With a blank expression, the giant stepped forth in a robotic manner. The first death spirit to rise from North Heavenly King’s camp happened be be in its path.

Before the death spirit marquis could move aside, it was stomped into nothingness by the giant. After stomping the marquis into nothingness, the giant continued forward, as though nothing had happened.

***

”Death Will.”

Su Yu’s expression turned grave as he warned, ”Move aside from its path! Now!”

A few death spirits were still ahead of the giant. South Heavenly King and the others were among them. South Heavenly King, whose expression was changing rapidly, hurriedly dragged the others along as she increased her speed forward.

Behind, rumbling sounds rang out as the giant continued stomping forth. With a trident in hand, the giant continued moving forward rapidly. Someone was attempting to extract their essence from the death spirit dao.

That was forbidden.

Unacceptable.

The essence of these death spirits was the pillar of the death spirit dao. Not a single exception could be made as that would result in an eventual collapse of the dao.

Boom!

The giant stomped forth, sending waves everywhere with its massive body. Even from afar, everyone could sense the level of danger it represented. The faces of South Heavenly King and the others fell.

A heavenly king? No. This giant was likely to be as strong as a Venerable. However, that was not the main reason for their faces to turn so unsightly. They had noticed that He Tu was only a tier-two Daofuse.

The moment someone stronger like South Heavenly King started the process, the resistance of the death spirit dao might grow even stronger. Perhaps something at the level of a Master of Law might appear.

South Heavenly King had an unsightly expression. She...shouldn’t have come. No, she could be here. But she definitely shouldn’t retrieve her essence from the river. Yes. She would do just that.

She couldn’t afford to trigger the appearance of a danger beyond Su Yu’s ability to handle.

***

At the same time.

At the Sealed Region, Death Imperator sighed. ”Sure enough.”

Indeed. This wouldn’t be so simple. It was only He Tu, yet the death spirit dao was already reacting so intensely. And this was merely the first step of resurrection. More trouble awaited them.

Nearby, a Venerable sighed, ”Looks like they will probably fail. This willpower giant alone is already a massive trouble.”

Death Imperator nodded. With a complicated expression, he said, ”The Death Realm did not exist prior to the primordial past. It appeared at the end of the Creation Era. The Master of Death created the Death Realm, allowing beings known as death spirits to come into existence, granting us a second chance at life.

”Nothing comes free. A cost must be paid. And right now, Su Yu is trying to seize this payment from the death spirit dao. He’s essentially stealing the death spirits of the death spirit dao. The Master of Death might no longer be around, but this still isn’t something he will allow.”

Death Imperator saw no hope in this.

This was only the first step. And Su Yu had more people to resurrect. Su Yu couldn’t even give up on resurrecting the others during this attempt. With the appearance of the Death Will, this could be his one and only chance to do so.

”Will he give up on the others?”

Death Imperator looked at Su Yu. Up above, Su Yu was standing upright, looking as unyielding as ever. It did not look like he was about to give up.

He knew very well that this could be his sole chance to resurrect these people in a very long time. His next opportunity would only arrive when he grew far beyond the death spirit dao itself.

”In that case, let’s put everything I have into this.”

Su Yu gnashed his teeth. He would stake everything on this one attempt.