Tribulation of Myriad Races

The numerous chains had kept Martial Emperor suppressed all these years.

He had broken some over the years. Now that he was fully awake and the suppression of the Myriad Realms was gone, he took the chance to break many more of these chains.

”I’m coming out!”

Martial Emperor’s roar rang out.

Boom!

The river continued shaking intensely.

A stretch of the river had been sealed by Human Emperor, preventing anyone from breaking through into a Master of Law. However, a breakthrough was not necessary for Martial Emperor as he was already a Master of Law.

He had chosen the correct era to break through. An era where Human Emperor’s influence was the weakest.

***

At that moment.

Upper Realm.

Consort Emeritus’ eyes flickered as she muttered, ”This era...seems to have weakened.”

To the side, Venerable Corona blinked. Jiwu hurriedly asked, ”What...does that mean, Imperial Consort?”

This was the Divine Imperial Consort.

A former Master of Law who had severed her dao and recultivated to remain in the Myriad Realms. Unlike Martial Emperor and Death Imperator, she was not sealed away. Thus, she couldn’t preserve her previous cultivation level. She had cultivated from scratch before rapidly climbing onto the level of a Venerable.

And now, she had sensed some changes. She said, ”I...might be able to follow my former dao and continue forward now.”

Her eyes gleamed.

Venerable Corona hurriedly transmitted, ”Imperial Consort, are you...capable of breaking through already?”

Everyone else couldn’t. Would she be an exception?

Consort Emeritus did not have an answer. That sensation was too vague. ”Martial Emperor is shaking the River of Time to break free. My dao isn’t too far away from his dao. I might be able to push forward through the disturbance he is causing.”

”I don’t know if this will work, but I wish to try. Corona, the divine race is in imminent peril. I must try. But if I fail, the backlash might outright kill me.”

Corona paled.

”Eclipse Moon has yet to recover, while I’m struggling at death’s door. In my current state, I can only fight once before dying. Corona, I’m...tired of this.”

”Therefore, I wish to try. If I fail...join the immortals...or Su Yu.”

Consort Emeritus’ expression turned complicated as she said, ”I wish to take a look at the Lower Realm. The dao is clearer down there. If I fail, don’t bother looking for me. Don’t bother collecting my corpse. When Divine Pseudo Emperor returns, tell him that I had waited too long. I couldn’t wait anymore.”

”Imperial Consort!”

When Corona exclaimed in shock, Consort Emeritus laughed and said, ”The opportunity is right before me. It will be gone soon. I am pushing forward, not expanding a new dao. It’s not that hopeless.”

At that, she soared into the sky. The expressions of the nearby immortals changed. Before they could do anything, her voice rang out, ”I’m challenging the restriction. If I succeed, I will become a Master of Law. If I fail, I die. Tiangu, the divine race will follow you in my absence.”

Tiangu shook. He solemnly said, ”I wish you luck, Consort Emeritus.”

If she could succeed, the myriad races would have a Master of Law as well. There was no hope for Sacred Marquis and the others. Consort Emeritus was the one with the highest chance at breaking through right now.

***

Su Yu was still busy snapping the various dao threads.

Suddenly, a rumble rang out from the boundless void above the Buried Soul Mountain. Next, a crumbling body descended upon the Allheaven Battlefield.

Su Yu’s expression changed.

Far away.

Step by step, Consort Emeritus stepped forward. She first looked at the struggling Martial Emperor before looking at Su Yu. With a slight bow, she said, ”This old woman...wishes to take this chance and reconnect to my dao. If I succeed, I break through. If I fail, I die. If I fail, nothing needs to be said anymore. If I succeed, I can agree to carry out a single request of yours with all my strength.”

Su Yu raised his brow.

The Consort Emeritus was trying to push forward. Should he agree? He could expel her or even kill her now.

”Myriad races...”

Su Yu muttered to himself. Should he allow the myriad races to produce a Master of Law?

After a long contemplation, he said, ”If you stay out of my way, I’ll stay out of your way as well. Let your fortune decide your future.”

”Thank you.”

The Consort Emeritus did not say much and flew toward the Divine Realm. Su Yu had agreed.

As for Su Yu, his expression changed repeatedly.

Fine.

He would let the situation grow even more chaotic. Consort Emeritus and one request...

Hopefully, this wouldn’t backfire on him. He was essentially creating a powerful enemy here. He had mixed feelings about this. If Hundred Battle King had agreed to work with him, he wouldn’t have given Consort Emeritus this chance.

But now...he no longer cared.

Suddenly, he roared, ”Get ready. I will be demolishing the entire net now.”

Boom!

The world shook as Martial Emperor’s voice boomed out, ”Do it!”

Su Yu wasted no time and snapped the final thread.

Boom!

Rumbling sounds reverberated throughout the Myriad Realms.

A titanic body fully emerged from the sky. It was Martial Emperor’s actual body. He was indeed suspended somewhere in the void. For some reason, black smoke was coming out of his buttocks. No, that was the death tunnel.

Both his legs were opened wide into a straight split.

He was essentially a human T.

Poor guy.

Martial King sure was cold.

And a gigantic palace was built atop his split legs. That was the actual location of the eighth and ninth levels of the Luminous Domain Mansion. Human Emperor and the others sure were unique.

For some reason, they had decided to construct the first seven levels of their imperial palace inside Martial Emperor’s body. When Martial Emperor opened his eyes and saw the state he was in, he lost his mind. He already knew this, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. It felt different when he was finally looking at the result.

”Tai Shan!”

A furious roar rang out, and the soundwaves rippled out to shake the entire Sea of Stars. Towering waves rose into the sky and endless source qi converged around him before entering his body.

Su Yu looked at Martial Emperor with pity.

Naturally, he did not forget to record everything down. Naturally, he was doing it stealthily so as not to further drive Martial Emperor crazy.

Good heavens!

What a poor fate to suffer.

Su Yu didn’t even know what to say anymore.

”Break!”

Martial Emperor roared again. His voice could be heard even in the Upper Realm. Slowly, he pulled his head out of the ground, revealing a dark hole leading straight to the Death Realm.

The River of Time shook violently.

The chains shackling him down snapped one after another as he straightened his body. He stood in the air as his slightly sparse hair whipped about. Yes, he had lost quite a lot of hair recently.

With another roar, he punched the thin air, shattering reality before entering the River of Time.

Su Yu followed Martial Emperor with his Heaven Gate open. Martial Emperor was madly punching his dao, demolishing the various chains wrapped around the tributary.

The impact could be felt everywhere. Su Yu could feel that deep in the Death Realm, Death Imperator was also breaking free thanks to the disturbance spreading from the River of Time to the Celestial River of Death.

That was not all. Consort Emeritus’ eyes flickered as she slapped space apart before entering the river. Inside, she made use of the disturbance to snap her existing dao before reconnecting to her former dao.

She was taking this opportunity to return to a Master of Law. All three superpowerhouses had chosen the same moment to make their move. One could say that this was their sole chance at doing what they wanted.

The turbulent river assaulted Consort Emeritus, but she ignored the waves and burned her very life to reconnect to her old dao.

Failure would result in her death. And success would return her as a Master of Law. She would then regain everything she burned here.

”Break!”

Once again, Martial Emperor roared. He had smashed his way to the end of his dao. He was only a tiny bit away from the very end. But something seemed to be blocking him from taking that final step forward. Or to be precise, a barrier of light was blocking the way at the very end of the dao.

”No...”

Martial Emperor roared with desperation as he threw punch after punch at the barrier. His fists were bloodied, but he still couldn’t break through. He couldn’t believe this. What was this?

Who? Who was blocking his way?

Why?

He wanted to break free!

Why couldn’t he?

Su Yu had entered the river as well. When he looked over, he frowned. After a short moment, he waved his hand and summoned the projection of a token before him.

Then, he roared, ”With my authority as the human lord, I pardon Martial Emperor. Heaven and earth shall bear witness. Remove the seal.”

Next, the human lord’s token shone brightly. The entire Myriad Realms were covered in a blinding radiance.

A gigantic token manifested in the sky, suppressing the Myriad Realms and the River of Time. A beam of light shot out of the token, piercing straight through the barrier at the end of Martial Emperor’s dao.

Boom!

The seemingly unbreakable barrier shattered with a rumble.

Martial Emperor blanked out slightly, but he did not have the time to stay surprised. He hurriedly rushed through the barrier. At the end of the tributary, he started devouring a large amount of water from the river. His aura skyrocketed. He had absorbed so much water that a stretch of the river was completely drained.

Not far away, Consort Emeritus was failing at reconnecting to her former dao. But with Martial Emperor draining a stretch of the river, the resistance weakened, allowing her to push forward. She roared as her white hair whipped about. And then--BAM!

An overwhelming aura erupted from her tributary.

Martial Emperor was too busy consuming the water of the river to care. He didn’t even spare the nearby tributary a glance. Instead, he focused fully on strengthening himself. However, he did steal a glance at Su Yu. Recalling what happened earlier, he gnashed his teeth with fury. Damn it. Even Human Emperor was involved in the sealing of his dao. He had never noticed the final layer of seal before.

He nearly failed.

Damn that Human Emperor.

Damn that treacherous snake!

Meanwhile, Su Yu was left quite impressed. Human Emperor was truly remarkable. He had personally set down a final layer of seal to Martial Emperor’s strength.

It was likely that Martial Emperor would have failed to break free without the human lord’s token. This signified that Human Emperor had actually left a contingency behind to deal with Martial Emperor. Without the permission of the human lord, Martial Emperor would remain sealed regardless of how strong he was.

How reliable. Sure, he had left a terrible mess behind, but he was still a lot more reliable compared to the other ancient humans.

Boom!

The river stirred even harder as two Masters of Laws started madly consuming a large amount of water from the river.

***

At the same time.

Somewhere upstream, a curse rang out.

”Fuck!”

”Hehe...Martial Emperor died again.”

Someone teased. Martial Emperor had probably died yet again. Whatever. They couldn’t be bothered to ask anymore. Martial Emperor’s death would be the answer they receive.

The river was shaking again.

Not far away, the illusory projection had a gloomy expression. Bullshit. This time, Martial Emperor seemed to have broken free. So was he really not dead?

Fine, fine. He would make it true by personally killing Martial Emperor when he got the chance.