Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu grinned and said, ”Continue! Beat her up! Yu, hand over the bamboo stick and break your dao. If you do that, I can spare your life. Otherwise, heh. None of your threats will work on me. You are free to keep trying.

”You can even detonate your bamboo stick. It doesn’t matter. Human Emperor’s world has been idle for so long. You should blast it apart and allow me to infuse the released energy into my world as well. I don’t even need to ask for his permission to do that. Oh, yes. Please, do it. Detonate the bamboo stick!

”Detonate yourself and detonate the bamboo stick. That should be enough to destroy Human Emperor’s world. This isn’t something just anyone can accomplish. It is a job fit for someone as strong as you. Do it!”

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something as he hurriedly added, ”Wait, give me a moment. I’ll take you to the Heavenly River Exit. Doing it there will guarantee a collapse of his world. Stay calm, okay? Give me some time to move my world over. It won’t take long. Please wait!”

And then, Su Yu roared and transformed into a giant. Carrying his world on his back as his veins bulged, he started moving toward the Dao Origin Land.

Su Yu’s voice was filled with urgency as he roared, ”Please wait! Wait a little longer before detonating yourself! Wait until I reach the Heavenly River Exit! Make sure to aim properly or you might fail! Human Emperor is very strong! His world is a failed product, but it is still tough enough to endure the detonation of most people.

”Please wait for your glorious death! You won’t achieve anything out of your death anyway. The least you can do is go out in a blaze of glory by collapsing Human Emperor’s dao. That will be something you can be proud of!”

”...”

Silence descended.

Despair, madness, desperation, hopelessness...All sorts of emotions assaulted Yu. Because she could see that Su Yu was being serious.

He had even halted his assault against her. Instead, he was using all his strength to move his world toward the Dao Origin Land. He was moving slowly, but he pushed himself as he yelled, ”While there’s life, there’s hope! Wait a little longer! Don’t die a meaningless death! I will grant meaning to your death! Be patient! Big Sis, please wait!”

”...”

Yu was losing her mind.

”Do you not like it when I call you big sis? Fine, fine, I’ll call you sister-in-law! I’m actually quite tight with Brother Hundred Battle! I’m sorry! I should have killed Yue Luo long ago! I shouldn’t have allowed her to die alongside him! Worry not, sister-in-law! I’ll dig their grave--no, I’ll whip the corpse of that adulterous couple! Damn the adulterous couple! May they rot in hell!”

Yu’s despair intensified.

Su Yu was mad.

A true madman.

A total lunatic.

He did not care about mutual destruction as he had swapped himself out for someone else to suffer the mutual destruction in his stead. Human Emperor’s world would be the victim. Su Yu himself would not suffer any loss from this.

He only wanted her to delay her detonation so that he could move his world to a better position to better accommodate the detonation. How could one not lose hope against someone like Su Yu?

Just as Su Yu was still painstakingly moving his world forward, a sigh rang out, ”Emperor Yu, why must you go this far?”

Su Yu did not even bother to look back as he replied, ”Nephew, don’t play this game with me! I have the habit of killing anyone acting all mysterious and cool in front of me. If you wish to taste death, I’ll be glad to oblige!”

”You are quite a straightforward one, Emperor Yu.”

A silhouette appeared at the border of Su Yu’s world. The newcomer was riding atop a gigantic beast. Looking at Su Yu, he said, ”My mother...”

”Snap her dao, fuse it into my world, and hand over the bamboo stick. Additionally, you need to hand over the physical body dao of humanity. If you do that, I’ll allow the two of you to reunite.”

The youth atop the beast asked, ”Emperor Yu, are you not worried that I’ll charge into your world? Can you stop me?”

Su Yu grinned, ”Give it a try. Come on in, Nephew. Talk is cheap. Just come in if you have the guts.”

”Can I trade the safety of my mother for some information?” The youth offered, ”First, I know the location of the Heaven Gate. Second, Martial Emperor’s life.”

Su Yu laughed, ”I’ll bow in respect if you’re really capable of killing Martial Emperor. That idiot must still be roaming the chaos in search of you. As for the location of the Heaven Gate...heh. It’s either something we can manifest with the Heaven Gates we cultivate, or it’s located at one end of the River of Time. What information are you trying to sell again?”

”...”

Silence descended.

Nobody said anything.

Finally, Su Yu turned his head to look at the youth. The youth’s face had turned a lot more solemn than before. After a long silence, he said, ”Emperor Yu is truly the greatest in a hundred thousand years.”

Su Yu sneered, ”Trying to scheme against me? Your schemes are probably only good against the chaos beasts in chaos. Who were your teachers? Evergreen? That’s a fake advisor. Longbrow? That’s an ass-kisser. Extreme Martial, that’s a brainless brute. Redmoon and Blood Shadow are only ordinary in intelligence. They wish to become the loyal officials of the ancient past, yet they’re not smart enough. Primordial Giant King, that’s a total fool. Your mommy? Heh. I don’t know if she has a brain in that skull of hers.

”They didn’t have the courage to raise you out in the wider world. Instead, they reared you in secret. How can you develop your brain in such an environment? I might be younger than you, but your Granddaddy Su has been involved in countless conflicts since his childhood. I didn’t have a strong background, so everyone dared to step on me.

”What about you? When your people were raising you, everyone knew of your identity as the crown prince. Who would dare bully you? The conflicts and challenges you believed you had received were mere games they used to fool the illustrious crown prince.”

”...”

Su Yu was throwing insult after insult.

Zhou Ji blanked out slightly before nodding with a smile, ”Perhaps.”

Su Yu smiled as well, ”I killed your daddy.”

Zhou Ji nodded again, ”I know.”

There wasn’t much change in his emotion as he said, ”In truth, we were never that close. I was merely an accidental product of him and Mother. Or to be precise, they produced me for their own goals. I am a chess piece as well. I understand that, but I never felt like doing anything about it.”

”Their goal was simple. They wanted to raise me and allow my physical body to grow strong enough to inherit Human Ancestor’s will...”

Zhou Ji laughed, ”I knew all that. I was simply unbothered. They believed that I was clueless, but I never liked participating in all their ploys. Who did you think the possession method of the devils was first prepared for? You should know Mo Duona, right? Their Devil Pseudo Emperor wanted to possess Mo Duona’s body, but that method was originally passed to them by my mother.”

Su Yu blinked. This was new to him.

Not far away, Yu exclaimed with shock, ”You knew!”

Zhou Ji nodded, ”Yes. I knew.”

He looked at Su Yu and said, ”A lot of these things did not appear for no reason. For example, the devil race’s previous attempt to resurrect the dead was an experiment to resurrect some powerhouses to act as their soldiers or free sacrificial materials for the gate.”

”People like Mo Duona were raised as geniuses, but they were merely test subjects as well. They were testing if a body could be possessed through willpower. And the results of that test were rather good. The divines and immortals rarely made such attempts, but the devils were serious about it.”

”I noticed all that. I understand that all these tests were for the sake of guaranteeing success when they finally do it to me. If they fail in their summoning of Human Ancestor, they will settle with having Human Ancestor take over my body and instantly become a second tier or even a first tier Master of Law. With such strength, my body can sweep through the Myriad Realms and open the Hell Gate.

”I know all that. I understand all that. The conflict between my father and you is an internal conflict of humanity. A conflict between human lords. It is inappropriate for me to interfere. But the grudge between my mother and you isn’t that deep. Emperor Yu, can you give me a chance to repay her for giving birth to me?”

Zhou Ji continued, ”You can have the bamboo stick...”

”No.” Yu roared, ”Ji, charge in here and break his world! He can’t do much to me!”

Zhou Ji sighed and said, ”Mother, I’m only saving you to repay the favor of giving birth to me. I understand Emperor Yu well. If you refuse, he will kill you, snatch your bamboo stick, and even feed everything about you to his world. He won’t spare you.”

”Hand over the bamboo stick. I can pay a price for you as well. I can sever my connection to the physical body dao of humanity to pay Emperor Yu for his losses. Emperor Yu, is this enough to secure our exit?”

Su Yu gasped, ”You...feel very dangerous! Someone like you will either be the villain of all time or a great saint. You remind me of someone. Wan Mingze, grandnephew of Old Wan. He was very similar to you. I feel like killing you now.”

Su Yu had the sudden urge to kill this person. This man was too dangerous. He didn’t seem to care even though his father was dead. He only deigned to show himself when his mother was nearly dead as well. Furthermore, he was offering to hand over his physical body dao and his mother’s bamboo stick without any hesitation. He was essentially offering Su Yu everything he wanted.

Just then, Zhou Ji laughed and asked, ”Remember me, Brother Su?”

”...”

Su Yu blinked. Suddenly, his head snapped in Old Wan’s direction. Old Wan was stunned as well. The youth had suddenly transformed into Wan Mingze.

Old Wan said, ”Mingze is currently in the Celestial Chasm Realm.”

He wasn’t dead.

But this youth before them...

Zhou Ji chuckled and said, ”That’s a simple illusion. Brother Su said that I have never experienced the hardships of life. That is untrue. I did experience the hardships of life. Since I am named Ji (state), I naturally care about saving the world.”

Su Yu gasped again, ”You...you’re Wan Mingze?”

”Yes...and no.” Zhou Ji said, ”That’s not my real body. It’s a willpower clone. As for my main body, I spend most of my time in chaos.”

Wan Tiansheng narrowed his eyes and asked, ”Did you kill my nephew?”

”No.” Zhou Ji shook his head, ”Perhaps I should be calling you my second granduncle. To experience the mundane life, killing is not the appropriate first step to take. My character gave birth to Wan Mingze. Wan Mingze has been me since the very beginning. No killing is involved.”

In short, even the pregnancy of Wan Mingze’s mother was never real.

Su Yu laughed, ”Impressive. Truly impressive. So you have been observing us since the very beginning.”

”Not exactly.” Zhou Ji explained, ”You’re familiar with Lan Tian. After cutting his connection to his clones, they can exist as independent entities. I did the same with my clone. After all, with Great Zhou King around, I wouldn’t dare to connect the clone to my main body. I only retrieved the experience of the clone recently.”

Su Yu nodded, ”I see. So you killed Wan Mingze.”

”That was my clone...”

”Yes. You killed Principal Wan’s grandnephew.”

”That was my clone...”

”Yes. You killed my best friend.”

”...”

Zhou Ji sank into silence. Fine, fine. Since when was Wan Mingze his best friend? Su Yu was clearly trying to pick a fight here.

Su Yu coldly said, ”Enter my world and spar with me. If you do that, I’ll accept your offer.”

”...”