Tribulation of Myriad Races

”Heh. They need to be whipped around before they are willing to work.”

Su Yu appeared completely indifferent. If Tiangu weren’t the leader of the myriad races, he would actually be worried that the excessive slaughter would turn them against him. But with Tiangu leading them, there was no such worry. After all, Tiangu loved overthinking.

He was smart and capable, but he lacked the decisiveness of a qualified leader. Due to his many defeats in Su Yu’s hands, it was highly unlikely that he would turn against Su Yu right now. In the blink of an eye, Venerable Scrape was riddled with injuries. Sorrow covered his face at the realization that the devil race had picked wrongly. They had truly picked wrongly. Yu Qing and Hundred Battle King were completely unreliable.

In his desperation, he sent Tiangu a voice transmission, ”I picked wrongly. I shouldn’t have betrayed the myriad races. But I was only following the command of the Blazing Flame Devil Pseudo Emperor. Fellow Daoist Tiangu, I am already a Master of Law. I can rejoin you...”

Tiangu’s eyes flickered. In truth, he didn’t care much about Venerable Scrape. But if they had to survive behind the gate...the devil race could be useful. It was likely that the Blazing Flame Devil Pseudo Emperor was behind the Hell Gate.

As the devils were colluding with Control King’s lineage, Venerable Scrape might know more about the situation behind the gate. Tiangu and the others had zero knowledge about the world behind the gate.

Taking all that into consideration, Tiangu transmitted, ”Find a chance to turn against Yu Qing and kill her. If you manage to do that, we can...give this a try.”

He didn’t agree outright. He didn’t have the authority to agree. But he could try negotiating with Su Yu. For the current Su Yu, Venerable Scrape was probably worth nothing, even if Venerable Scrape was already a Master of Law.

By killing Yu Qing, Venerable Scrape would become an enemy of Control King’s lineage. Naturally, Tiangu needed to keep the proof of what Venerable Scrape did. He could then use the proof to ensure Venerable Scrape’s cooperation after entering the Hell Gate. After all, Control King was in there as well.

Venerable Scrape’s expression changed slightly as he asked, ”Fellow Daoist, are you saying that...this is up to Su Yu? If he wishes to kill me...you won’t be able to do anything?”

”Yes. You can try if you’re willing. If not...accept your death.”

Venerable Scrape had a heavy mood. When did the world change this much? Even the submission of a Master of Law required Su Yu’s approval for it to happen. Alas, this was already the reality. At this point, not even Tiangu and the others dared to resist Su Yu anymore. What could Venerable Scrape do all by himself?

Venerable Scrape sank into silence. As the battle raged on, he slowly moved in Yu Qing’s direction. Yu Qing was stronger than any of the Masters of Laws facing her. She was giving them quite a fight with a spear in hand. Consort Emeritus had greatly exhausted herself today through her repeated battles. Sacred Marquis and Venerable Desolate were greatly exhausted as well. Thus, the three Masters of Laws were unable to defeat Yu Qing promptly.

Right at that moment, Venerable Scrape shouted, ”Join up with me! You won’t survive once I die!”

In truth, Yu Qing preferred fighting without Venerable Scrape by her side. That would reduce the pressure on her. But Venerable Scrape was right. Without her help, he might die. And she would be the next to die without him to occupy the remaining powerhouses of the myriad races.

Thus, she swept her spear over and sent Venerable Desolate flying.

Then, she rushed to Venerable Scrape’s side before transmitting, ”Withdraw! We can only withdraw behind the gate! Hundred Battle will probably lose...”

Withdrawing.

She had finally left the gate after great difficulty, so she was unwilling to return so easily. But that was much better than staying and losing her life. Venerable Scrape’s eyes flickered as he nodded.

Suddenly, his purple hair whipped about as dark light erupted from his palm. Before anyone could react, he sent a palm attack toward Yu Qing. The alarmed Yu Qing reacted with a sweep of her spear.

However, with the sudden attack by Venerable Scrape and the five Masters of Laws waiting nearby, she was completely helpless. In her fury, she roared, ”Fool! Your ancestor is waiting behind the gate!”

First, Venerable Scrape had betrayed the myriad races. Then, he betrayed the holy race. Someone like him would be met with a miserable end. She would die now, but he wouldn’t be surviving for long either.

She had even promised to take him behind the gate. Why did he turn against her even with that promise? What a fool!

Venerable Scrape said nothing.

He knew what his future entailed, and he understood that repeated betrayals would grant him a miserable end. With sorrow on his face, he said, ”You are willing to give up on your people to complete your grand mission, but I can’t abandon the devil race.”

She was only able to take him with her. What about the numerous ordinary devils depending on him? The Upper Realm devils were still waiting inside Control King’s kingdom. She could abandon them all, but he couldn’t. The repeated betrayals were his choice. It shouldn’t implicate the devils.

”Yue Zhan was right. You don’t even care about the holy race anymore. The so-called holy race is nothing but a joke.”

Venerable Scrape’s tone was bitter.

Withdrawing?

Was he supposed to flee alone and recreate the devil race with Blazing Flame behind the Hell Gate?

How ridiculous.

What was a race?

Foundation, faith, home, nation, feelings, power, fame...

What would a race be without all those factors?

Nothing.

Why would the so-called dao conflict of those bigwigs matter for them?

That was too far away for them to worry about.

Too far!

Boom!

Six Masters of Laws and two Venerables attacked together. Strong as Yu Qing was, she was no match for them. A rumble rang out. Her body fell apart. Her spear snapped. A large amount of chaos power leaked out of her body before exploding. A mushroom cloud rose.

A ball of light flew out. Right at that moment, the chaos dragon bit down on Yue Xiao before roaring, ”Emperor Yu, that’s the chaos will! It can’t escape as it might be able to lead more powerhouses behind the gate here...”

With a crack, he crushed Yue Xiao. He had an intense desire to rush over and swallow the ball of light. But he didn’t dare to. The eight-winged tiger shared the same feeling.

Tiangu’s group reached out and captured the ball of light. As it struggled, a voice boomed out behind the gate, ”Audacious! How dare you kill Junior Sister Yu Qing—”

Before the voice could finish, Su Yu roared and lifted the Human Mountain with his veins popping. Transforming the entire mountain into a gigantic blade, he brought it down toward the Hell Gate.

”Fuck you!”

Boom!

The impact could be felt throughout the three realms.

The entire Chaos Mountain exploded.

An illusory Hell Gate appeared in the resulting void, but Su Yu directly cut it apart before roaring, ”Heavenbridge!”

A hum rang out.

Heavenbridge Marquis teleported himself over before swallowing the broken pieces of the gate.

Su Yu said, ”Why are these cowardly rats running their mouth here after spending so many years hiding behind the gate?”

Then, he tossed the Human Mountain aside. With a rumble, the mountain landed. However, countless people had died during that short exchange. Tiangu and the others were crying tears of blood, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Su Yu said, ”Hand it over.”

Just as Tiangu was about to speak, Su Yu tossed a large ball of light over. ”These are your people from the Lower Realm. Stop wasting time. If you wish to keep it, sure. Kill Venerable Scrape.”

At that, Venerable Scrape paled.

Su Yu said, ”You must have guessed my intention. This is your chance. While I’m still busy with Hundred Battle, with that willpower smashed aside by me, those behind the gate will lose sight of this place for a period of time. Take this chance and piss off with your people. Don’t force me to change my mind.”

Tiangu’s eyes flickered as he nodded. Consort Emeritus tossed the chaos will toward Su Yu as Tiangu ordered, ”Go! Collect all our people on the Human Mountain! We will be leaving immediately!”

They had to leave the Myriad Realms. The Myriad Realms no longer belonged to the myriad races. They had to leave this place. After a hundred thousand years of conflict, they had to abandon this place.

The Masters of Laws started packing up and collecting all their people before storing everything in the weapon spaces. They had to leave as soon as possible. The gate had just been cut apart by Su Yu. This was their best chance to enter the gate undetected by those behind the gate.

Su Yu was truly terrifying. He had taken even this factor into consideration. Su Yu had been holding back from moving personally against Hundred Battle King. It was likely that he was waiting for them to leave. With them out of the way, he could finally focus on Hundred Battle King.

That was indeed the case. Su Yu was worried that the moment the battle between him and Hundred Battle King’s side increase in intensity, Tiangu and the others would take advantage of it and do something. That would be very dangerous for him. Thus, he gave the myriad races the chance to leave earlier. It was up to them whether they wanted to take the offer.

He reached out and grabbed the chaos will. The distant eight-winged tiger and chaos dragon were salivating. However, Su Yu merely put the chaos will away instead of offering it to them. Sorrow covered their faces when they noticed that they weren’t getting it.

How sad.

That was what they wanted most.

Suddenly, Hundred Battle King roared, ”Are you thinking of withdrawing behind the Hell Gate? It’s extremely dangerous in there. Rather than taking such a risk, you might as well throw caution to the wind and fight with all your strength out here...”

He finally understood what Su Yu was trying to do. Su Yu was willing to spare the myriad races just to kill him. This signified that in Su Yu’s eyes, he was more deserving of death.

Su Yu did not bother to hide anything. He said, ”Three minutes. If you’re still here after three minutes...”

”Go!”

Tiangu did not wait for Su Yu to finish the threat. Apart from some of their core resources and their people, they were leaving everything behind.

Before leaving, he turned to look at Su Yu and said, ”The world is wide. This is our defeat. Emperor Yu, I look forward to experiencing more of your wisdom again if we do manage to return in the future.”

Su Yu sneered, ”You? I suggest you avoid returning if possible. Then again, I doubt you will have such a chance. If I win here, I will definitely take the fight behind the Hell Gate. Am I the type to sit tight and wait for an assault to arrive? No. Wait for me. When I enter the Hell Gate, you can continue serving as my lackeys. Remember. You are my scouts in there. Investigate the place and prepare a list of people I need to kill. If you do well enough, I might spare you when we do meet again.”

How utterly arrogant.

He would be taking the fight behind the Hell Gate, not the other way around.

But upon further thought, Tiangu had to admit that this was indeed how Su Yu had always been. Rather than waiting for the myriad races to attack the Human Realm, he took the fight to them. Rather than waiting for those from the Upper Realm to descend upon them, he took the fight to them.

He had always been one to seize the initiative. He was not the type to wait passively. After this, he would take the fight to the upstream.

Tiangu had a bitter expression. Su Yu’s words could very well come true in the future.

”Farewell.”

At this point, the Masters of Laws were done with their packing. As Masters of Laws, they were able to finish their packing quickly. Before long, they gathered up and started moving toward the Hell Gate.

Shortly after, they arrived at the gate. Due to the recent damage it had suffered from Su Yu, it was no longer emanating the same pressure as before. Heavenbridge Marquis was waiting beside the gate.

He was grinning ear to ear as he asked, ”Are you leaving? I wish you a pleasant journey. The willpower of the gate has just been smashed apart by His Majesty, so it is currently unconscious. I’ll smuggle you over.”

Tiangu’s expression changed slightly as he refused the offer, ”It’s fine.”

”Scrape, how do we enter?”

He didn’t dare to accept the offer. That was way too risky.

Venerable Scrape said, ”I’m unsure of the exact method, but I do know that drawing a teleportation formation with the blood of Control King’s lineage will send us inside.”

Tiangu’s eyes turned cold as he ordered, ”Go. Kill all their powerhouses above the Sunmoon Realm. Their blood shall grant us entry.”

When Venerable Scrape hesitated, Tiangu barked, ”Go!”

Finally, Venerable Scrape gnashed his teeth and nodded. Before long, wails started ringing out from the distant kingdom. In less than a minute, a Venerable Scrape who was drenched in blood returned. He pulled a clump of blood essence out and started drawing on the gate. Tiangu watched in silence.

Shortly after, a unique power rippled out of the gate.

Tiangu looked behind him one last time before looking at the smiling Heavenbridge beside him. With a sigh, he lamented, ”A hundred thousand years of strife, and everything is wiped clean just like this. Encountering Emperor Yu...might be an honor of mine, and a disaster of the myriad races. Farewell. May we meet again, or not.”

”Go!”

With that order, they vanished behind the gate.

The teleportation formation drawn by blood shattered the moment they were gone.

A hundred thousand years.

After a hundred thousand years of strife, the myriad races had departed the Myriad Realms with six Masters of Laws, two Venerables, and their surviving forces. This was their only choice as the loser of this conflict.

Only uncertainty awaited them.

Perhaps they would never return from this departure.

Even toward the very end, Tiangu did not dare to lead the myriad races against Su Yu. He did not dare to bet on the possibility of a victory on their side.