Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu was clashing against Hundred Battle King. But instead of fighting head-on, he was avoiding direct clashes to buy time. Why was he buying time? Because he needed a bit of time to perfect his plan. Things would change, and plans would also need to change and adapt to reality.

At that moment.

Upper Realm.

Everyone was in a solemn mood as a battle seemed to have erupted in the Lower Realm. However, nobody was sure if that was really happening.

Just then, a change appeared in the Upper Realm.

A storm raged in the Dao Origin Land.

The various dao powers shook alongside Human Emperor’s dao before finally, a gigantic scene was projected onto the sky. The scene of the battle between Su Yu and Hundred Battle King.

***

Su Yu: ”The Hell Gate has driven all of you mad. You are willing to sacrifice even Human Emperor and the others for your goal!”

”Therefore, my previous attack against the sinned lineage must have caused your heart to ache badly. Is that the case?”

Hundred Battle King: ”If they die, they die. Yu Qing and the matron dragon wouldn’t have been able to emerge without all those deaths. Someone must die for that to happen. I’m mere surprised that you’re starting the war to pacify the Myriad Realms so soon.”

”Therefore...you are the biggest traitor of all.”

Hundred Battle King: ”You’re too smart.”

”Perhaps those on your side have been pulling the strings in the dark since the first epoch. You were probably the strongest to emerge among your camp, but your people must have started killing those loyal to Human Emperor since the first epoch.”

”I see. I must have guessed correctly.”

”Therefore, those on your side have been manipulating the results of the battles over the past hundred thousand years.”

”Countless human lives. Countless ancient powerhouses dead. Because of you. The sinned lineage has an ancestral teaching to never allow Culture King to return. Perhaps they have a second teaching. To never allow Human Emperor to return. Perhaps even Time Sage’s initial disappearance had been a trap by your side.”

Hundred Battle King: ”Su Yu, you’re really too smart.”

Only a short conversation was broadcast. But that short conversation...that had seemingly been edited before the broadcast from the slightly unnatural flow...

That was not the exact flow of the conversation, but as Su Yu firmly believed, editing was an important skill to have. The short scene was replayed over and over in the sky. Silence enveloped the entire Upper Realm.

***

”Impossible!”

Extreme Martial and the others were stunned. This was impossible!

This couldn’t be true!

His Majesty wouldn’t do so! He was attacking Su Yu in the Lower Realm and their conversation was being projected in the Upper Realm. This might be Su Yu, or someone else might be the one projecting the conversation.

But in that short conversation, Hundred Battle King had admitted to being a traitor. He had admitted that his side had been pulling the strings behind the war over the past hundred thousand years. They were also the ones who had been secretly killing the secret guards left behind by Human Emperor.

That was not all. Hundred Battle King was even colluding with the sinned lineage. No, it wasn’t even that. Hundred Battle King did not care about the deaths on their side. The deaths were worth it so long as the matron dragon and Yu Qing could emerge from the gate. As for those serving under Hundred Battle King, they were mere tools.

Extreme Martial’s expression changed.

The expressions of Yue Luo and Yue Xiao changed as well. Before they could do anything, Extreme Martial’s cold voice rang out, ”Don’t move. Do you want to die?”

In moments, Redmoon and the others surrounded Yue Luo and Yue Xiao. The surrounding Daofuses and heavenly kings were staring with fear and disbelief.

Slowly, Extreme Martial’s face fell as he muttered to himself, ”A lie. This must be a lie.”

But was that the case?

It was only a matter of time before the truth was unveiled. He did not know how Su Yu had projected the scene to the Upper Realm. It might be related to the River of Time and Human Emperor’s dao.

Su Yu was the one who had sealed the Lower Realm. He was the one with the initiative. Extreme Martial did not dare to believe what he was hearing. He was unwilling to believe it. If those words were really the truth...everything would be over for them.

To the side, Blood Shadow sighed and said, ”I see. Your people are the true allies of His Majesty. As for the rest of us, we have been nothing but convenient tools. We thought that the two of you were the tools, but we were wrong. This whole thing must have been so funny for the two of you.”

”Why did His Majesty make that choice? Is this...what we get in return for our loyalty?”

Yue Luo was ashen-faced. Hundred Battle King’s words had revealed a lot of things, and he hadn’t been lying in the projection.

Yue Luo said, ”Everyone, His Majesty has his own goals. This projection is quoting him out of context. It’s not showing his thoughts behind his actions.”

She was essentially admitting to the things said in the projection. But she argued that the projection was not explaining things clearly.

Extreme Martial laughed and said, ”So...did His Majesty really say all that?”

He continued laughing, but he was feeling like crying. He was still carrying a tiny bit of hope that this was merely a trick. A lie. But Yue Luo was telling him that it was true. That was not all.

To make things worse, Yu Qing and the others started flying over after the projection appeared. A battle had erupted between Hundred Battle King and Su Yu. Hundred Battle King had acted. This served as a confirmation to Extreme Martial that the projection had depicted the truth.

Hundred Battle King was truly colluding with Yu Qing’s side. He still had many unanswered questions. Why did Hundred Battle King not join hands with Control King’s lineage to conquer the Myriad Realms back then? What was Hundred Battle King’s actual plan?

All those questions were still unanswered. But Extreme Martial knew that at this point, they had turned into abandoned tools.

He sighed, ”So Hundred Battle only sent us here to get us killed and fuel the appearance of one or two more Masters of Laws from the gate. Is that the case? Does our loyalty of many years mean nothing? Is our loyalty so worthless?”

Redmoon ordered coldly, ”Kill them and withdraw.”

Why was Extreme Martial still wasting his time sighing to himself? They needed to kill Yue Luo and Yue Xiao before withdrawing. Time was of the essence.

Extreme Martial sighed again, ”Withdrawing? Where can we even go?”

”We...we can go to Human Lord Su!” Redmoon said, ”We made the wrong choice six thousand years ago! Are we supposed to keep making the wrong choice?”

Hundred Battle King himself had admitted to being a traitor. Was he feeling overconfident because the connection between the two realms was sealed? Was that why he was speaking so openly?

As a result, Su Yu was able to use an unknown method to project the conversation into the Upper Realm. They weren’t aware that Su Yu was the one who had sealed the connection. Even Hundred Battle King had merely been forced by Su Yu to make a move.

Even if Hundred Battle King hadn’t said all those words, Su Yu would have a way to fabricate something.

Thanks to all that Hundred Battle King had said, he only needed to perform some slight editing before releasing his recording. Su Yu was already an old hand at this. Back then, he had also done something similar with the recording of the attempt on his life at Starfall Mountain. He had subsequently spread the edited recordings throughout the Human Realm.

In the edited recordings, he was the victim while the single character faction was the ultimate villain.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect.

***

Human Mountain.

The myriad races were looking at the sky with odd expressions. The humans...were fighting among themselves!

An internal strife!

A battle had really erupted between Hundred Battle King and Su Yu!

Even more shocking to them was the fact that Hundred Battle King was actually on Control King’s side. For some reason, they had not moved against the myriad races six thousand years ago. In short, the myriad races had survived all these years through sheer luck.

Meanwhile, those on Su Yu’s side started growing uneasy. But they calmed significantly after seeing the projection. Since the projection could appear, Su Yu clearly had things under control. He would be too busy trying to survive if things were really going badly for him.

Great Zhou King and the others weren’t focused on the myriad races. Rather, their attention was on Extreme Martial and the others.

Wan Tiansheng said, ”Extreme Martial and the others are in danger. Do we help them? I believe His Majesty wishes to recruit them. He wouldn’t have bothered to send that projection over otherwise.”

The projection was clearly meant for Extreme Martial, not them. It wouldn’t do much for the rest of them. Only Extreme Martial and his people. Great Zhou King looked over and noted that Extreme Martial’s side would probably struggle even against Yue Luo, Yue Xiao, and Thunderstorm. And there was still the sinned lineage to worry about.

Two Masters of Laws would be very troublesome to handle. But it wouldn’t be easy for them to help either. They couldn’t afford to reduce their suppression of the myriad races.

Great Zhou King frowned. Su Yu would always give them clear instructions on what to do whenever he planned something. But this time, his instructions had been sparse. Why was that?

What should they do in this situation? Sure, there was also the plan to capture the members of the myriad races, but Su Yu was in charge of that. They didn’t even have the hostages with them.

Were they supposed to expose the matter now? But would it help in this situation? Great Zhou King sank into thought. Just what did His Majesty want them to do? He was unsure.

After a while, he ordered, ”Death Spirit King, Fat Ball, and Heavenbridge. Go. Help them.”

Three powerhouses would be sent to help them. As for what the myriad races would do...Great Zhou King was unsure. They would probably try to stop it. After all, this could very well be their final opportunity to reverse the situation.

Great Zhou King’s head ached greatly.

***

Human Mountain.

Corona’s eyes lit up as he ordered, ”Stop them! This is our only chance!”

Their opportunity had arrived! This time, Su Yu had truly turned himself against the other three factions. The myriad races were greatly surprised that this had actually happened. A change had truly appeared! Their previous choice to compromise was right. Tiangu’s choice had been correct.

Even Tiangu was starting to grow excited, but suddenly, his expression changed, ”No! Wait!”

”What?”

Corona and the others couldn’t believe it.

Why was he still hesitating?

Venerable Desolate said with fury, ”Are we going to wait and let them help the other humans? If we allow them to join hands and defeat Control King’s lineage, our destruction will follow.”

Tiangu’s brows were furrowed tightly as he said, ”Wait a moment. It isn’t possible that Su Yu has not seen this coming. He wouldn’t have sent the projection over otherwise. Don’t make any rash moves...”

Venerable Desolate roared, ”You’ve been ruined by your fear of Su Yu! Tiangu, this is our sole opportunity! We can’t let go of it!”

Damn it!