Tribulation of Myriad Races

Tiangu had a heavy expression as he said, ”I heard of that. Su Yu promised to leave the fake daos alone so long as we agreed to attack the sinned lineage. We followed the agreement and killed numerous sinned lineage powerhouses. Since you’re here to reclaim your personal belongings, we will accept that. But will Su Yu go back on his word?”

He couldn’t help but start worrying about that. This matter was too serious. It could seriously damage the morale on their side. After all, a third of their powerhouses were fake dao cultivators. Even Tiangu himself was a fake dao cultivator. What if...In truth, he already knew that Su Yu’s control over the fake daos would be extremely troublesome to handle.

Even now, he believed so. But Qi Rong’s ability to kill multiple Daofuses with a wave of her hand was too terrifying. That would deal a massive blow to the morale on their side. At this point, denying the possibility of that happening was no longer possible. Instead, it would backfire on them.

Their people would sink into greater fear if they remained in denial. Thus, he could only reveal Su Yu’s promise to make sure everyone knew that Su Yu had promised to not touch their fake daos.

Qi Rong answered, ”That is something for His Majesty to decide. Since he has promised, he naturally won’t go back on his word.”

That might be what she was saying, but the myriad races couldn’t feel at ease. That was even more so for the fake dao cultivators. They felt greatly uneasy, worried that they would be the next to be killed with one wave. That was a death they couldn’t even resist.

It was only natural for one to die when one’s entire dao was forcefully extracted from one’s body.

Qi Rong was no kind soul. She hadn’t bothered to suppress the backlash on their bodies while extracting their daos. Thus, those people had either exploded or died to a collapse of their seas of willpower after their daos were extracted.

As far as Qi Rong was concerned, their deaths didn’t matter. This might even be a good chance to apply more pressure on the myriad races.

***

On the Human Mountain.

The powerhouses had unsightly expressions. Venerable Desolate gnashed his teeth in fury and said, ”Let’s risk it all! When will this end? Three months? We will fall apart before three months are up!”

This was a ploy to crush them mentally. Su Yu was too dark-hearted. Qi Rong’s action must have been deliberate. Definitely. A third of their Daofuses were fake dao cultivators. After this demonstration, would they still dare to face Su Yu’s side?

Furthermore, Su Yu’s side had revealed twelve Venerables so far. Were there more? If there were more, deeper despair would start sinking in. This was an unending form of pressure, one that would slowly increase in intensity. It was extremely stifling.

***

”How ruthless!”

Extreme Martial gasped with astonishment. Redmoon and the others were nodding solemnly as well. Su Yu was too capable of playing mind games. Even as mere observers, they could feel the despair that the myriad races must be feeling.

The top powerhouses on Su Yu’s side were increasing in number. Meanwhile, the fake dao cultivators among the myriad races had lost all courage to fight. It was only the fifth day. Twelve Venerables had appeared so far. Would there be more?

Probably.

The sixth day arrived.

Yet another powerful aura surged in the sky.

This time, the aura felt far stronger than normal.

”Yu Ziqi, Emperor Yu’s Court.”

A voice with bone-piercing chill rang out.

South Heavenly King.

Someone exclaimed in shock, ”South Heavenly King!”

”Resurrecting the dead!”

With South Heavenly King’s appearance, a certain possibility rose in everyone’s mind. A terrifying possibility. Resurrecting the dead.

That was South Heavenly King! Very few people knew her name, but it was not a completely unknown name. The moment she revealed her identity, many people stirred.

Atop the Human Mountain, Consort Emeritus shook. She soared into the sky and said with shock, ”Wang Ziqi...did you return to life?”

South Heavenly King replied indifferently, ”Yes. Did you not notice?”

It wasn’t that they hadn’t noticed anything, but it was so unbelievable that nobody had reached that conclusion from the disturbances they sensed.

South Heavenly King said, ”His Majesty graced us with his favor and released us from the Celestial River of Death before bringing us back to life. Death...no longer scares us. All who serve under the banner of Emperor Yu’s Court can survive so long as they are collected by the Celestial River of Death after death.

”The Upper and Lower Realms are now connected. Did you think that we opened the connection to make it easier for us to attack you? No. We only opened the connection to extend the reach of the Celestial River of Death.”

Her words struck everyone’s mind like a hammer.

Heavens!

Their enemies could return to life after dying. In short, each of them had at least two lives. How many times could each individual be resurrected?

Could they be resurrected without limit?

How...were they supposed to contend against an opponent like this?

Morale started crashing.

Not even Tiangu could suppress the spread of despair. They started roaring with madness and despair, ”This isn’t possible! They can return to life after dying! What about us?”

”What are we even fighting for?”

”The heavens themselves want to ruin the myriad races!”

”What can we even do now?”

”Do we surrender?”

”They won’t even accept our surrender.”

Boundless despair.

They had thirteen Venerables, the ability to manipulate fake daos, and the ability to resurrect the dead. The myriad races were losing their will to fight. The expressions of their leaders changed drastically.

Their morale had crumbled apart. In such a situation, they would be completely helpless against an attack by Su Yu. The fake dao cultivators would most likely not dare to lift a finger against Su Yu’s side, but even the real dao cultivators would most likely hesitate to fight after the recent revelation.

What was the point of fighting if not even death could end their opponent?

Tiangu roared, ”You might have the ability to resurrect the dead, but it won’t be so easy to accomplish.”

At that, South Heavenly King waved her arm. Around twenty powerhouses appeared behind her. He Tu and Xia Chen were among them.

With a smile, He Tu said, ”Yeah. It’s quite hard. We only managed to resurrect about twenty people previously. Luckily for Marquis Lanshan, Heavenly Fire, and the rest of us, we were chosen to be resurrected. I am He Tu. I suffered a lot under your hands during the first epoch. I am back.”

Tiangu staggered backward, his face pale. His reaction wasn’t due to He Tu. Rather, it was because all the newcomers were resurrected individuals. All of them! It was as though South Heavenly King was aware that they would be in denial. Thus, she had brought twenty or so resurrected individuals here to prove her point.

Was resurrection so difficult if so many of them were back?

Even He Tu was back!

Su Yu...what a cruel ploy!

This was no single combat. This was the crushing of their mind. He was crushing their mind before killing anyone. They did not fear death as they could return from death. They were extremely powerful with thirteen Venerables.

And they still had more powerhouses absent from the battlefield. For example, Su Yu himself was still absent. Were there more powerhouses among them? Nobody could be sure.

Nobody knew if this was the end of Su Yu’s bag of tricks. Were there more? The myriad races were sinking into despair. Including Su Yu himself, he would have at least fourteen Venerables on his side. So what if the myriad races had a Master of Law?

South Heavenly King’s aura was strong enough to reach the level of Fat Ball and chaos dragon. Was Su Yu trying to snatch victory without an actual battle??

Tiangu looked up at the sky blankly. Despair covered his face. The final hope of the myriad races had been crushed. At this point, they had lost the courage to even throw caution to the wind and fight to the death.

Because even a battle to the death would be pointless. Self-detonations would be pointless. Their opponents could simply resurrect. They would be dying for nothing.

As for the human camp, their morale surged. Yes. They were too strong. They had numerous Venerables. They could return from death itself. What was there to fear?

The gap between the two was too big. This not only applied to their battle strength, but their battle will and morale as well. These factors were very important in battles, and it was even more so for top powerhouses.

Those on the human camp did not fear death while the myriad races would not gain any advantage even after sacrificing themselves. This was a hopeless battle through and through.

***

The myriad races were not the only ones sinking into despair.

Extreme Martial and the others sank into silence when South Heavenly King arrived with twenty or so resurrected individuals.

Resurrected death spirits.

How terrifyingly shocking.

This was catastrophic to their morale.

For the first time, they started wondering if Hundred Battle King...could really win against Su Yu.

Victory seemed...rather unreachable.

Thirteen Venerables.

That was five more than the Venerables on their side. No, with Su Yu included, that was six more. Sure, Hundred Battle King was powerful, but could he handle six or seven Venerables alone?

With a solemn expression, Extreme Martial said, ”South Heavenly King...is very strong. And that Fat ball, that eight-winged tiger...all of them are very strong.”

For him, a strong individual was essentially someone he wasn’t confident in defeating.

As for the chaos dragon, there was no doubt that he was no match for the dragon. And he was already the strongest combatant under Hundred Battle King. But someone like him would probably only be one of the top five combatants in Su Yu’s camp.

”Don’t forget Martial Emperor as well.” Redmoon reminded, ”We can only cooperate with this human lord. We can’t make him an enemy. I can only hope that Longbrow and the others won’t instigate His Majesty to make the wrong decision.”

Su Yu’s display of power had deterred the various parties. Only now did everyone stop underestimating him. Nobody believed that he was too weak to be on equal standing with Hundred Battle King anymore.

Not only was he worthy of being on equal standing with Hundred Battle King, but his side seemed to surpass Hundred Battle King’s side in strength.

”Is this...the result we get after six thousand years of preparation?”

Blood Shadow sighed. He looked lost. They had waited patiently for six thousand years. Was this the result of that? Under Su Yu’s leadership, humanity had grown to an unbelievable level, even with a lack of inheritance and guidance by ancient powerhouses.

That was the truly terrifying part of all this. Their six thousand years of patience had been reduced to a joke. Hundred Battle King’s decision to withdraw had turned into a joke.

***

At the same time.

Before the Hell Gate.

Venerable Scrape had a complicated expression as he asked, ”Are we...even a match for him?”

They had two Masters of Laws and someone almost a Master of Law on their side. Including Venerable Scrape himself, could they be a match for the thirteen Venerables on Su Yu’s side?

The matron dragon looked a lot more solemn than before, but soon, he sneered. ”They are not Masters of Laws. What can Venerables do?”

He might be saying that, but Venerables were still troublesome opponents.

The matron dragon grimaced and suggested, ”Yu Qing, why don’t we kill the fellows waiting outside and summon a few more fellows out of the gate.”

He was suggesting that they kill Extreme Martial’s group.

Their lives would be used as the fuel for more summoning. There were only six Venerables on Extreme Martial’s side. The matron dragon could face them all alone.

He was feeling the pressure to summon more help. Despite his words, he was starting to feel uneasy by the sheer strength the humans were displaying. How did the damn humans produce so many Venerables out of nowhere?

During the ancient past, the humans had a large number of Masters of Laws. Many of the chaos beasts who had fled out of the gate were killed back then. The matron dragon had thought that this would be a very safe era for them. He had believed that he was undefeatable out here.

But now that he was finally out...he started feeling the urge to shout at everyone. Damn the fucking humans! The humans were supposed to have only a small number of powerhouses. Why? Why did so many powerhouses appear out of nowhere?

Su Yu wouldn’t be easy to kill anymore. How was he supposed to kill Su Yu with so many powerful subordinates under Su Yu’s wing?

”Also, contact the myriad races and try proposing a cooperation...”

The matron dragon gave another suggestion. As someone who had survived as long as he did, he was no complete fool. He could still see the benefit of cooperating in their current situation.

They wouldn’t be a match for the damn humans alone. Yu Qing said nothing. Venerable Scrape maintained the complicated look on his face.

They had originally believed that Control King’s lineage was the strongest. But the devils had lost two Venerables not long after joining them. And not long after, they grew desperate enough to even consider a cooperation with the myriad races.

That would render the devil race’s betrayal utterly pointless. Had their two Venerables died for nothing? If they had known, they would have remained with the myriad races. What was the point of defection if they were going to end up cooperating with the myriad races again?

Venerable Scrape felt terrible at the thought that the devils had lost two Venerables for nothing.