Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu smiled. ”Fellow Daoist, are you saying that she won’t be the current Xing Yue after her recovery? She’s unlike South Heavenly King and the others, who will remain the same after resurrecting.”

”Yes!” The giant said, ”To do this, you need to hand the two incredibly important daos in your world to her. She’s not even someone you know too well. Is this really worth it? Are you sure you want to do this? Don’t forget that she has powerful backers behind her as well. That Human Emperor would be a supreme expert even after failing his attempt at Creation. Be careful lest he decides to invade your world through her.”

Su Yu laughed. Then, he turned around and said without the slightest bit of hesitation, ”Let’s go to the intersection of life and death.”

The giant followed and asked, ”Are you sure about this? Rashness will be punished. The young are always rash. In the future, you will understand just how risky this is.” ”Creation is hard. Why risk your future for someone you don’t even know? You can still escape after resurrecting the others, while I have yet to regain my full power. Are you going to risk everyone for the sake of this woman?”

The giant was trying to drive a wedge between Su Yu and his people.

South Heavenly King could see that, so she coldly said, ”His Majesty will not give up on anyone.”

Su Yu laughed. ”You’re wrong, South Heavenly King. I will give up when required. I’m not that great a man. There is no need for you to lie for me. But Xing Yue is different. Many of the trump cards I have are truthfully hers. I am not the type to forget favors.

”As for the rest of you, I am naturally confident enough to bring you all back to life. Ignore this mental imprint’s poor attempt at provocation. This is a lame trick. I have long graduated from it. I doubt the actual Master of Death will deign to play around with such lame tricks as well.”

”Confident?” The giant laughed, ”Your confidence will turn into a joke soon.”

Su Yu ignored the giant.

The giant asked again, ”Are you sure you’re handing the daos of life and death to her?”

”Why not?” Su Yu said, ”Those aren’t even my core daos. Your view is too narrow, Fellow Daoist. Yes, my life and death daos are decent, but that’s because they are indeed useful. But that does not mean that they are that important to me. Even if she stops being the current Xing Yue, so what? I am still going to do what I need to do.”

The giant laughed and continued following Su Yu in a leisurely manner.

Its aura was still growing.

Slowly, it reached Su Yu’s level. Even then, its growth was not stopping.

***

At the same time.

Deep inside the river, Xing Yue was still looking for her essence with Xing Yu’s token in hand. After a long while, she grumbled, ”Forget it.”

Even after going so deep, she could feel that her essence was actually further ahead. She had wasted enough time searching this far. Thus, she was thinking of giving up. He Tu and Xie Chen were with her to protect her. Both had odd expressions as well. The further one’s essence was, the stronger one was supposed to be.

Even South Heavenly King had found her essence, yet Xing Yue’s essence was still nowhere to be found. In fact, they had gone deep enough that without Xing Yu’s token, all three of them would have died long ago.

Could she really feel her essence? Or was she roaming around blindly because she couldn’t sense anything? Just where was Xing Yue’s essence? Instead of explaining, Xing Yue turned to leave. But before she could go far, numerous powerful auras started approaching them.

Sensing the auras, He Tu exclaimed in shock, ”Is His Majesty escaping after a defeat?”

Why would he have moved so deep into the river otherwise?

Right at that moment, several figures appeared in the distance. Su Yu laughed and said, ”Why are you turning around?”

”Xing Yue is giving up because she can’t find her essence.”

Su Yu said, ”How is that possible? How can she not know the location of her essence? Lord Xing Yue, your essence is right at the very end of the river, right?”

With her usual cold expression, Xing Yue replied, ”Can’t find it.”

”Sure, sure. I know, it’s at the very end. Come on. Let’s go together.”

Su Yu grinned, ”What are you worried about? Are you worried of wasting too much of my time? Don’t worry. Look, even the fellow daoist behind me is in no rush. There is no need for us to worry either.”

At that, they looked back and noted that the giant was indeed looking quite relaxed. The giant was slowly following them while making sure to maintain a distance with Su Yu’s group. Noticing their gazes on it, the giant smiled and said, ”Go on. I’m curious about this resurrection as well.”

He Tu sent Su Yu a surprised voice transmission, ”Did you...subdue it, Your Majesty?”

What?

Su Yu was left speechless. The giant was clearly here to enjoy a good show. Was that not obvious enough? The giant was already growing toward the level of a Master of Law. Why would someone like that submit to him?

***

They continued ahead.

Xing Yue tried to speak several times, but Su Yu interrupted her each time. Her protest was unneeded. Before long, they reached the intersection of life and death. Everyone could see the interweaving powers there. As for Xing Yue, she first stared ahead blankly. But slowly, clarity flickered in her eyes.

Her essence was indeed here!

Su Yu looked at Xing Yue and said, ”Lord Xing Yue, you can feel it as well, right? Your essence is here. It sure feels nice to have a backer. Are you perhaps the daughter of Human Emperor? Sister? Or wife? Wait, you’re not his mom, right?”

When Xing Yue glared at him, Su Yu laughed and said, ”According to the Fellow Daoist Death Spirit behind us, your resurrection is quite simple. Culture King tried to resurrect you back then, but the life and death daos refused to cooperate. I believe your resurrection is different from the others. The River of Time might still accept you after your resurrection, but the others won’t.”

Behind them, the giant laughed and said, ”Remove that might. This woman will definitely be accepted by the River of Time. That’s also why her resurrection is so dangerous. She will regain everything she had from the River of Time on top of your life and death daos. She won’t be under your control after her resurrection.”

Xing Yue’s status was even more special than He Tu’s. She was dead for real, but her backer was once here to split her death essence into life and death. Thus, she couldn’t be fully resurrected through the death spirit dao as only half her essence was there.

Su Yu had to admit that it was nice to be someone with a powerful background. She was still so special even dead. Unlike the others, she could return to the River of Time after her resurrection. This was a treatment nobody else could enjoy.

Xing Yue asked with a frown, ”What do you mean?”

The giant said, ”This young daoist is probably trying to hide some of the truth, but I don’t mind answering it—”

Before the giant could finish, Su Yu said, ”What is there to hide? How childish. In short, you will control the life and death daos in my world after your resurrection. You will also regain all your memories. Your memories of your time with me will become completely insignificant. I will be akin to a pee buddy you encounter in the toilet. You will forget me right after.

”...”

Everyone stiffened. What was that comparison?

Su Yu laughed and said, ”Why is everyone looking at me like that? Will you remember the person you encounter while peeing in the toilet? Can you still remember the person peeing beside you the next time you see them?”

”You never know.”

When He Tu nodded seriously, everyone looked at him with an odd gaze. This was supposed to be a tense situation, but suddenly, a comedic flair was added to it.

But Xing Yue’s frown grew deeper as she asked, ”In other words, I’ll forget you?”

”I doubt so, but you will probably start seeing me as a total stranger.” Su Yu said, ”It’s ok. We have never been that close. Back then, you attempted to convert me into a death spirit. Then, I made use of you to kill my enemies. I even obtained Xing Yu’s token and dao painting through you. And now, I’m repaying you with my life and death daos.”

Xing Yue’s voice turned cold as she asked, ”Are you turning everything between us into a trade?”

Su Yu chuckled. ”What are you saying? It is only right that we do this. Of course, please do take great care of me if you still remember me after your resurrection. Human Emperor is a great backer to have.”

”Hmph!” Xing Yue snorted and said, ”I am not resurrecting anymore. There is no need for any of this.”

Su Yu laughed. ”Your words don’t matter anymore.”

Under everyone’s stupefied gaze, Su Yu stepped forth and grabbed Xing Yue. ”You are too weak right now. Your words don’t matter. I will repay you if I want. You can’t stop me. Let’s stop wasting time. Fellow Daoist Death Spirit will probably grow into a Master of Law soon.”

Su Yu pushed Xing Yue toward the intersection of life and death. ”Come on, start absorbing your essence.”

”I refuse!” Xing Yue resisted furiously, ”I’m not resurrecting!”

Su Yu continued laughing. ”Stop with that nonsense. Why don’t you want to resurrect? Are you trying to protect your beautiful memories with me? You’re a supreme cougar over a hundred thousand years old. Don’t get too obsessed with a young guy like me.”

”...”

Everyone resisted the urge to laugh.

As for Xing Yue, she felt both furious and sullen. She also felt...greatly ashamed. Yes. Why was she refusing to resurrect? Was she unwilling to part with something?

She roared furiously, ”Who cares about that? We have no beautiful memories! Su Yu, you overestimate yourself!”

Su Yu laughed. ”True. There are not many memories between us. Most of our memories are limited to me sucking you dry repeatedly. Hahahaha!”

”...”

Those words were quite suggestive.

Not even South Heavenly King could listen silently anymore. She shouted, ”Hurry up! Are you really waiting for that giant to grow into a Master of Law?”

What was this?

Even Marquis Lanshan was looking at Su Yu with an odd gaze. His Majesty could be quite...unruly at times.

But soon, Su Yu’s face turned stern as he said, ”Alright. Go at it already. I don’t like owing others anything. At one point, the favor will become a burden. I always repay my kindness not because I treat everything as a transaction, but because I don’t like owing others anything. When you owe someone too much, even something good might turn into something bad.”

”Xing Yue.” Su Yu said, ”You can remember me after resurrecting. Or you can forget me. It doesn’t matter. I only have one request for you.”

After a short silence, Xing Yue said, ”Say it.”

Slowly, Su Yu turned solemn. The entire atmosphere changed as everyone watched in silence. What was Su Yu going to say here?

After a short pause, Su Yu said, ”You can’t have the life and death daos.”

Everyone was stunned.

Even Xing Yue was stunned.

What?

This bastard! When she refused it, he insisted.

But when she stopped refusing, he didn’t want to do it anymore. Was he doing this deliberately?