Tribulation of Myriad Races

Aged?

Radiant King blanked out slightly. This was the first time someone was saying this to him, but soon, bleakness covered his face. Yes. He had aged. Back when he first met Xing Yue, he was still young. At the time, he was a strapping young man.

So many years had passed in the blink of an eye.

He looked at Xing Yue with a complicated gaze and asked, ”Are you really Xing Yue?”

This was unbelievable. Seeing this, he could only conclude that Culture King had returned. Xing Yue wouldn’t have returned to life otherwise. With Culture King and Martial King back, they would no longer need to fear the myriad races. Culture King and Martial King were good enough to defeat seven or eight Masters of Laws by themselves.

And if they wanted to push it, the two lunatics were probably good enough to deliver even ten Masters of Laws a beating. They were the main contributors to humanity’s victory all those years ago.

With the same complicated gaze, Xing Yue nodded and said, ”Yes. It’s me. Big Brother Zhu, I have returned. If you find this hard to believe, you can ask me about the past. Maybe you can ask about your wife. I played a role when you were courting your wife back then. To pursue her, you injured her father and even ambushed her elder brother. Then, you called me over to heal them to play hero in front of her. When I noticed that their injuries came from you, you told me to keep it secret...”

Silence descended.

Yes. Suddenly, an awkward silence enveloped the place.

Radiant King was stunned. He stared at Xing Yue for a long while with his mouth open, but he couldn’t find his words.

Suddenly, a bone-piercing cold rose from afar as a voice rang out, ”Zhu Ming, is that the truth?”

”...”

Radiant King hurriedly said, ”This is not Xing Yue. This is an imposter!”

He added, ”Or maybe her memories are in chaos after spending so many years dead. She has gotten the characters in her past mixed up.”

Nope. He would never admit to injuring his brother-in-law and father-in-law to play hero in front of his crush. Why was someone exposing him after so many years?

Good heavens!

Nope. He could never admit to it. That fierce wife of his was not to be underestimated.

The gazes of the people around them turned odd. Did that...really happen? Not far away, Profound King sighed with relief. This should be enough to make everyone forget about his past, right?

How terrifying.

Did Old Zhu really do something like that?

How shameless!

No wonder he was successful in his courtship. He was shameless enough...

Suddenly, Profound King’s face lit up with realization as he exclaimed, ”Was it that time?”

He looked at Radiant King with shock and asked, ”There was one time when you gave Jadelife General a beating for failing his protection duty. But that was merely a ploy to give your love rival a beating, right?”

”...”

A new gossip!

All the powerhouses focused.

Someone else mumbled, ”Right...that happened a long time ago. At the time, Radiant King was still a general. At the time, there was another general known as Jadelife General. That was an incredibly handsome young man, and he was courting the Radiant Consort back then. While he was on duty, a thief entered her home, stole a bunch of treasures, and injured her brother and father. Ultimately, Jadelife General withdrew from his position for failing his protection duties.”

”...”

How dark-hearted!

Numerous gazes landed on Radiant King. With a stiff expression, Radiant King scolded, ”Why are you looking at me? That is absolute nonsense! That never happened! Jadelife withdrew voluntarily!”

He turned to look at the aged yet beautiful woman who was rushing over and said with indignation, ”Don’t listen to them! That’s a lie!”

Seeing that the woman was still rushing over furiously, Radiant King exclaimed with fear, ”Stop! In order to make up for them, I promised to raise the Sea of Stars to the sky! The entire territory under the floating sea was then granted to your father and brother! Why would I have bothered to raise the sea otherwise?”

The woman grew even more furious. ”What? You didn’t raise the sea because I like floating seas?”

”Bullshit.” Radiant King said, ”Not at all! Why would I waste my time doing that for no reason? Your father and brother learned of the truth not long after and blackmailed me for hush money. Since I didn’t have new lands to give out, I had to raise the entire sea and grant them the entire territory down there. That was a massive territory!”

”...”

Everyone looked at each other with odd expressions. Sure enough, fairy tales were all lies. The beautiful love story was a lie as well. According to the legends, Radiant King had raised the sea to the sky with all his power just to please the woman he loved.

But the truth was...good heavens!

The truth had finally been unveiled! He didn’t do that to please the woman he loved. No. He did that because he needed more land to grant to his in-laws.

Good gracious.

The entire love story was a lie!

The Radiant Consort was furious. ”Absolute nonsense! How dare you slander them when they have been dead for so many years?”

”That’s really the truth!”

Radiant King said, ”I’m not lying! Both of them knew it! Even Jadelife learned of it subsequently and came asking for some benefits to shut his mouth. How did you think he got himself a posthumous appointment as a marquis?”

”You bastard! Die!”

Boom!

The woman sent a palm strike at him.

Radiant King hurriedly fled toward Xing Yue and spoke in whispers, ”Sister! Dear sister! Why are you doing this to me? Why are you mentioning this matter after so many years?”

What was this?

Xing Yue was stunned. ”Wasn’t...wasn’t your wife...soft and gentle in the past?”

”Good heavens. How many years has it been since then?”

Radiant King kneaded his temple. Was Xing Yue aware that many, many years had passed? They were no longer in the past. His wife had long turned from a gentle young lady into a violent woman.

Xing Yue looked awkward. That seemed to be quite a massive change. Did she really turn into a violent woman? How terrifying.

The area seemed to have turned into a market. After a while, an illusory figure arrived. He had sensed it, but he still couldn’t help but stare with disbelief. Joy and bitterness could be heard in his voice as he said, ”Xing Yue...you...have returned.”

”Big Brother!” Xing Yue teared up as she gazed at the figure, her body shuddering.

Silence descended. Even the Radiant Consort stopped whipping a tied-up Radiant King. Instead, she started wiping her tears with his sleeve and muttered, ”What a touching reunion. Little Sister Xing Yue is finally back.”

Meanwhile, Radiant King was rolling his eyes. What was this woman doing, feeling all touched? It was fine if she wanted to do that, but could she set him free first? It was so inappropriate to do this in public.

Step by step, Human Emperor walked forward. ”You...you’re really back!”

”Back then, I couldn’t accept your departure. I planned to resurrect you after Creation, but those people messed everything up. I had no choice but to give up on the plan. I had thought that you would live out the remainder in confusion. But now, you’re back. You have returned.”

He was greatly emotional.

Xing Yue was feeling very emotional as well. She rushed forth and grabbed the figure, but her hands phased right through. At that, she shed even more tears as she asked, ”Big Brother, where is your body?”

”I suffered a tiny injury. Don’t worry. It’s no big deal.”

The figure patted her head and consoled her, ”Don’t worry about me. Your return is the best news I’ve heard in many, many years. I did not expect to see you here. I did sense something earlier, but I thought I had sensed wrongly. What a surprise. You’re really back.”

Xing Yue nodded.

The siblings looked at each other, crying and laughing at the same time.

After some time, Human Emperor recalled something and asked with excitement, ”Did you...master the life dao?”

”Yes.”

Xing Yue nodded, and Human Emperor was overjoyed.

”Sure enough, even the heavens are helping me!”

His younger sister had returned at such a critical juncture. And she had even returned as the master of the life dao.

The rest grew excited upon hearing that.

Dao of life?

His Majesty’s sister was the master of the life dao? Indeed. The heavens still favored them. They had accumulated numerous years from so many years of battle. And some of these injuries were too heavy to recover from naturally. That was especially true for the injuries they had sustained to their life force. This was not something that could be reversed easily. And now, Xing Yue was back.

Did this not mean that they could all finally make a full recovery? In the beginning, they held the upper hand over the myriad races.

Alas, the Immortal Pseudo Emperor was proficient in the dao of life. As time passed, the myriad races continued enjoying the benefits of having such an expert among them while the humans could only bear with their injuries without proper healing. To reverse this situation, they tried killing the Immortal Pseudo Emperor many times. Alas, all those attempts had failed. In fact, Human Emperor had sustained his heavy injuries in one such attempt.

When two parties clashed, the party without healing would be disadvantaged over time. And this was exactly what happened to them. They had to drag things out, but at the same time, dragging things out was not beneficial to them.

The longer the battle lasted, the weaker they became. And now, Human Emperor’s sister had returned as a master of the life dao.

”How are the Myriad Realms now?”

”How did you resurrect?”

Everyone had numerous questions, but they held back from interrupting the touching reunion between siblings.

Radiant King, in particular, was the more shameless one among them. Seeing that Human Emperor was finally asking questions, he asked, ”Is Culture King back? Why isn’t he here with you?”

At that question, everyone looked over expectantly. Was it Culture King? Was Martial King with him? If the two were back, they would be able to defeat the myriad races all over again.

”No, Big Brother Wen isn’t back.”

Xing Yue shook her head. She felt quite helpless when she noticed all the expectant gazes on her. She knew what they wanted to hear, but Su Yu, the person who had resurrected her, was still weak.

She couldn’t give them any hope there.

She said, ”I only resurrected due to luck and coincidence.”

Human Emperor recalled something and asked, ”Did someone complete Creation?”

”Yes.” Xing Yue said, ”But he did it when he was still a Sunmoon. He’s not strong.”

”...”

Everyone was stunned. Human Emperor trembled.

Holy shit!

What the hell was this?

A Sunmoon Creator?

Yes. Su Yu wasn’t even a Daofuse when he attempted Creation.

Human Emperor exclaimed with disbelief, ”How is that possible?”

How did someone that weak survive the attempt? That did not make any sense. He had been curious about how someone could attempt Creation when there were no Masters of Laws in the Myriad Realms. But nope. Someone had done so as a Sunmoon.

Resignation sank in when they heard those words. In short, this Creator wouldn’t be helpful to them. Attempting Creation as a Sunmoon. How strong could such a person be even upon success?

Daofuse?

Pseudo king?

Or something else?

In any case, that person wouldn’t become a Master of Law so soon. How much could a Sunmoon know about the dao?