Tribulation of Myriad Races

The series of resurrections ended with Xing Yue. Su Yu returned through the hole. Before long, he was back in the Death Realm. The turbulent Celestial River of Death started calming down.

The Master of the Perished was nowhere to be seen. Perhaps he would return again in the future when someone else attempted to steal from the river again. The power balance in the Death Realm had changed completely.

North Heavenly King was dead. Dragonblood Marquis was dead. Fourteen top powerhouses of the Sealed Region were dead. Many of the powerful death spirits hiding in the river had either died or joined Su Yu.

Su Yu’s world had grown significantly. Thanks to all the new people in his world, his strength had grown massively, and his dao had matured considerably. Xing Yue had left with Su Yu’s life and death daos, but the two daos ultimately originated from Su Yu’s world. Thus, his world would continue growing by association alongside her. There were pros and cons to this.

If Xing Yue were to die, the balance within Su Yu’s world would be broken. The entire world might suffer from it. But she could also grow the two daos, growing his world in an indirect manner.

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Inside the new world.

Twenty-six death spirits had resurrected. A majority of them were already his subordinates before this. Of those who weren’t already his subordinates, Heavenly Fire was the more prominent one.

In terms of strength, South Heavenly King was the strongest among them. Even more terrifying was the fact that even Su Yu felt weaker than her inside his world. One ought to know that he was the master of the world, not her.

Of course, this was only applicable inside the world. Outside, Su Yu would maintain his strength. On the other hand, South Heavenly King might decline in strength. This was the greatest con of cultivating his dao.

In here, Marquis Lanshan was a peak heavenly king only a step away from a Venerable. But outside, she would only be as strong as a fresh heavenly king. As for Heavenly Fire, he was already a Venerable in here. Even outside, he would be a considerably powerful heavenly king.

All the others had also grown after their resurrection. For example, He Tu had barely reached the level of a heavenly king in there. Xia Chen had grown to a tier-two Daofuse who was only a step away from a heavenly king. Puresolar Marquis and a few others were also not far away from heavenly kings.

The twenty-six powerhouses differed in strength, but even those who were previously Eternals had mostly grown into Daofuses. In short, Su Yu had gained twenty-six new living powerhouses under him. He also had thirty-one former guardians still with him.

These two groups alone were enough to contribute fifty-seven powerhouses to his camp. Coupled with the experts from the human race and the other races... It would be fair to say that Su Yu’s camp had truly become a gathering of powerhouses.

Su Yu landed from the sky. Everyone was returning to his world one after another. Giant Axe Marquis and March were there as well. Looking at the gathered powerhouses, both were alarmed.

Some of these people would be weaker outside. But the moment they entered this world, their strength would skyrocket. People like Great Xia King, Great Qin King, and some other had instantly turned into heavenly kings after stepping into this world. What a terrifying sight to behold.

Outside, Su Yu had slightly over ten heavenly kings under him. But in here, he had over twenty of them.

Furthermore, Giant Axe Marquis could feel that in here, he was actually weaker than South Heavenly King. No, he was probably weaker than Heavenly Fire as well. Even Marquis Lanshan was similar to him in strength in here.

March was just as alarmed. He was busy looking everywhere. This wasn’t a big world. It was the size of a small city, or the size of a mountain in the Iron Devourer Realm.

But this place was different from any other place. This was not the Death Realm. But this did not feel like the Myriad Realms either.

While March was busy thinking about all that, Su Yu smiled and said, ”It was fortunate that Senior Giant Axe and you arrived when you did, Senior March. I wouldn’t have known what to do without your help there.”

No, that was absolute nonsense. The two didn’t actually do much.

Su Yu had used even his Token of Sanctification. It was only a matter of time before all those people were defeated. The only person who could actually change the tide of the battle was Death Imperator.

That was the only variable big enough to change things. But Death Imperator had stayed out of it, allowing everything to progress smoothly.

Su Yu wouldn’t have dared to start without sufficient preparations.

March hurriedly said, ”You are being too polite, Emperor Yu.”

Giant Axe Marquis wanted to say something, but he held back after some thought.

Su Yu said, ”Senior Giant Axe, this is our first meeting. I heard about you before, and I can see that you are indeed as incredible as your reputation suggests.”

Giant Axe Marquis said awkwardly, ”You have plenty of powerhouses here. I thought that...”

No, he decided to not finish that sentence. He had been assuming that Su Yu was living pitifully.

He asked, ”Are all those people...not dead?”

He had thought that all those people had died.

Su Yu nodded, ”Of course. I was not interested in serving as the balancing point between the chaos race and the myriad races. Therefore, I needed an excuse to leave with my people.”

”Good.” Giant Axe Marquis exhaled in relief. ”I have been worrying about your losses for the sake of saving me. I have been feeling guilty. I’m feeling much better now.”

Su Yu smiled, ”The presence of guilt alone makes you better than a lot of people. But there is no need to feel guilty. I was only trying my luck when I made the myriad races free you. It is likely that the myriad races only agreed to release you because they wanted to make use of your strength as well.”

”Let’s forget about this matter.”

Su Yu looked at Heavenly Fire. Four individuals stood behind Heavenly Fire, all of them Daofuses.

The five were the sole outsiders to have survived this time. The rest of the outsiders had died during the resurrection.

Meeting Su Yu’s gaze, Heavenly Fire said, ”Thank you for the help, Emperor Yu.”

Resurrection.

They had benefited greatly from this, and the process hadn’t even been too dangerous for them. Of course, the ones who would find this process dangerous had all died.

Su Yu said, ”Let’s skip the pleasantries. It’s pointless. Since you have chosen to fuse with my world, I believe you understand what it means. I don’t like exchanging pleasantries with people I don’t know. It’s fair to say that we’re now connected by dao. When something bad happens to me, you’ll suffer as well. But when something bad happens to you, my dao will suffer too.”

Heavenly Fire said, ”I can feel it. Since we have chosen to fuse into your dao, the reason doesn’t matter anymore. Whether we’re forced or whether we’re doing this out of gratitude, none of it matters. We are willing to fight for you, Emperor Yu.”

He had only promised his service, nothing else. As for whether Su Yu could win his true allegiance, that was a matter for the future. For now, they didn’t even know each other too well. They had to serve Su Yu.

Of course, they could also sever their daos and leave. But by doing so, they would drop to Sunmoons before promptly dying from old age.

Definitely.

How long was the lifespan of a Sunmoon? They could no longer return to the dao of time. Without Su Yu’s dao, they would simply die to old age.

Su Yu smiled, ”I like smart people. In truth, I have been planning to remove anyone with the courage to negotiate their support after fusing into my dao. I can’t keep someone so indecisive on my side.”

”We wouldn’t dare.”

Heavenly Fire cupped his fists. They were inside Su Yu’s world, and they had even fused with his dao. Only a fool would attempt to negotiate their support in such a situation.

In any case, Su Yu had demonstrated his ability to pull out an unending stream of trump cards. Everyone feared that. How many powerhouses were there in the Sealed Region? And what of them now? Almost all of them were dead.

Su Yu nodded and looked toward the Sealed Region. He smiled and cupped his fists, ”Congratulations, Imperator.”

When Su Yu’s voice rippled out, Death Imperator opened his eyes and said, ”What is there to congratulate? I should be congratulating you instead.”

South Heavenly King said, ”There is naturally something worth congratulating. A large number of death spirits are dead, and a lot have resurrected. With a large amount of essence returning to the death spirit dao and barely any competitors left, this is your perfect opportunity to grow. Even fellow Masters of Laws differ in strength. I believe you can take another big step forward soon.”

Yes. There were barely any competitors left. Most of the death spirits capable of competing against him were either dead or resurrected. The coming days would be a golden period of growth for many death spirits. Those lucky enough could easily grow into heavenly kings or even Venerables.

Of course, there were still some Daofuse death spirits on Su Yu’s side. Not everyone had the courage to take the risk and attempt resurrection. Thus, these death spirits would be able to grow rapidly in the coming days.

One could say that the strength of Su Yu’s force had taken a qualitative leap forward. Su Yu himself had also grown significantly compared to how he was when he first pioneered his dao. That was all thanks to the continuous stream of people fusing into his world.

These were the forces currently under Su Yu:

Venerables: March, Giant Axe Marquis, Fat Ball, and South Heavenly King.

Fake Venerables: Heavenly Fire and Marquis Lanshan.

Heavenly kings: Lan Tian, Wan Tiansheng, Great Zhou King, Soy Bun, Flatbun, September, Fate Pseudo Emperor, Cloud Fire Marquis, Great Bamboo Marquis, Royal Consort Qi, and Grand Dream.

Fake heavenly kings: Great Qin King, Great Xia King, Topsoil Spirit, Brave Martial General, Hou Pseudo Emperor, June, Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor, and He Tu.

The two fake Venerables were about as strong as heavenly kings outside. South Heavenly King was probably strong enough to remain a Venerable even outside. Inside Su Yu’s world, she was probably strong enough to contend against someone like the Ancestor from Control King’s lineage.

This was what Su Yu had gained this time.

It was massive.

A faction like this was powerful enough to contend against any of the major factions out there.

In truth, Lan Tian was already near the level of a Venerable. However, he had been injuring himself after recovering repeatedly as he had been detonating his clones again and again recently. Thus, nobody knew how long he would take to actually take that step forward.

As for people like Hou Pseudo Emperor and Topsoil Spirit, they had all fused with Su Yu’s world as well. Topsoil Spirit might be a new Daofuse, but thanks to the support of the entire five elemental race, he was able to catch up to the older Daofuses.

All in all, Su Yu had over twenty combatants at the level of heavenly king or beyond when within his world.

Su Yu looked around at the gathering of powerhouses. He was in a great mood. Even Heavendoom had grown to a tier-two Daofuse within this world. Furthermore, dao comprehension was much easier in this young world. Thus, everyone could still grow rapidly in the coming days.

As for the fake daos...Su Yu didn’t really consider his daos fake anymore. The daos here were merely weaker because he was weak. Of the ancient experts, Stable Army Marquis was the unlucky guy to still be stuck as a tier-two Daofuse. He had not opted to fuse into Su Yu’s world. The reason for that was simple.

He only wanted the spear dao. But that dao was not available. Even the similar halberd dao had been taken by Marquis Lanshan. The staff dao had been snatched by Heavendoom. There were no other daos suitable for him. Thus, he could only blame his own bad luck for this.

In truth, Stable Army Marquis was already starting to feel inferior. Of course, he wasn’t really that bad outside Su Yu’s world. Outside, he was as strong as Great Qin King and the others. Even his old friend, Brave Martial General, would be similar to him in strength outside.

But inside Su Yu’s world, all his peers were heavenly kings. He was the odd one out. He felt like he had been squeezed out of the group of highest-tier combatants among Su Yu’s subordinates.

With Su Yu standing in the middle, over twenty of his strongest subordinates were standing around him, followed by the weaker subordinates standing further away. But Stable Army Marquis felt like he was no longer qualified to stand among the inner circle.

Noticing that Su Yu was deep in thought, he couldn’t resist asking softly, ”Your Majesty, do you have any other suitable dao for me in this world?”

He wanted a new dao as well! When the spear dao was taken away, he had thought that he still had the time to think it through. But in the blink of an eye, even the halberd and staff daos were gone. What now?

Su Yu laughed, ”Have you decided?”