Tribulation of Myriad Races

Inside the Myriad Realms.

Su Yu was grinning widely. This was the excuse Return had provided to him. Previously, he was still not too sure if Return was really so desperate to leave. But the moment Return proposed to get help, he knew that Return was getting more and more desperate to leave. He was in a rush to deal with the Myriad Realms.

”Sure enough, one should remain calm no matter how urgent the situation is. Otherwise, someone else might take note of it.”

And the moment someone took note of one’s urgency, things could get very uncomfortable. Initially, the two were on equal grounds. This was merely a cooperation between two parties. But when Return showed his desperation, the balance changed. After telling Return that he could always go upstream, Su Yu had ended their connection, further strengthening Return’s sense of urgency.

Su Yu took his time to slowly remove Return’s brand. He believed that Return would eventually agree to his request.

”This is not in line with what I’ve read...”

Su Yu muttered to himself. It felt as though he was the big villain here. Usually, the old villains were the ones plotting against the inexperienced youngsters.

But why was Return, an ancient being, the one being plotted against here? He was in the process of being turned into a tool to kill and harvest others for Su Yu. In this story, Su Yu was the bad guy while Return was the innocent and pitiful good guy.

”Well, blame yourself for responding to my call.”

Su Yu felt as though Return was the pitiful guy on the verge of selling his soul to the devil.

”Will you sell your soul or not?”

Su Yu muttered as he grinned ear-to-ear.

He believed that the answer was yes.

And sure enough, right as the brand was about to be completely removed, the Heaven Gate projection shook. With a chuckle, Su Yu opened it slightly. Instantly, Return’s urgent voice rushed over, ”Su Yu! I agree! Let’s do it!”

He was the desperate party here.

He was terribly desperate.

After so much effort, his brand was finally strong enough to support the emergence of a tier-four clone. He did not want to redo all his work from the beginning.

But Su Yu did not stop. While still working on removing the brand, he said, ”You’re a peak powerhouse. Have you not killed anyone over the years? Do you not have anything left from your past victims? Send a little over. I’ll check the quality and decide if you’re really worth cooperating with.”

”Su Yu, you—”

Boom!

Once again, Su Yu shut the gate and continued removing the brand.

Return started knocking on the gate again, but he ignored it.

After some time, the brand itself shook as a tired voice drifted out of it, ”Su Yu, I agree. Let’s do it. But open the gate first...”

Su Yu slapped that tiny bit of willpower into nothingness before opening the gate slightly. He said, ”So?”

”I’ve decided.”

Return looked like he was about to cry. Deep inside, he felt like killing someone. He should be the one leading this conversation. But why? Why was Su Yu the one with the initiative here? He was bursting with rage.

Despite his rage, Return spoke calmly, ”Su Yu, Masters of Laws aren’t so easy to kill. And there is no guarantee that I can get any dao power after killing one. I don’t really have a reserve of the dao powers I collect from those I killed over the years...”

Seeing that Su Yu was about to shut the gate again, he hurriedly added, ”But I can trade with others! I can buy or I can even take a loan! Su Yu, don’t shut the gate! You won’t benefit from it either!”

Su Yu said, ”Actually, you can do one thing for me and I’ll agree to give you some time.”

”What is it?”

”Go look for Culture King. I don’t need him near my gate. I know what you’re worried about. Just look for him and tell them to hand over all the treasures they have gotten over the years. You’re only in charge of sending those things over.”

”How will that even work?”

Return stared blankly. Was Culture King supposed to take his words at face value? Was this a joke?

Su Yu said, ”Just tell him this is a request from the tenth human lord. Someone who has cultivated the Heaven Gate. Also, be sure to pass on my message that Martial King is a fool. That is all. Let’s see if I can get anything good this way.”

”...”

Meanwhile, Return was losing his mind. Was this a joke? Martial King would kill him! Yes, he loved claiming that he was strong to Su Yu. But he wasn’t even a match for Martial King, let alone Culture King. He greatly suspected that if he went to them with those words, Martial King would beat him to death.

”They won’t agree, Su Yu...”

”Shut up.” Su Yu said, ”Just pass the message. As for how you’re going to avoid his attempt to tail you, that’s your business. If you can’t even handle something this minor, forget about competing over the opportunity in the Myriad Realms. Stop making a joke out of yourself.

”You might as well give up since you’ll die in the attempt due to how incompetent you are. As for whether Culture King will agree to the request, that is not something you should worry about. You only need to worry about bringing my message to him.”

Would Culture King agree?

Yes.

Su Yu had not interacted much with Culture King. In fact, he had only interacted with Culture King once, and it wasn’t even a long interaction. But Su Yu was certain that Culture King would agree.

After so many years in the Heaven Gate, Culture King and Martial King must have killed a lot of people.

Definitely.

After some thought, Su Yu added, ”Also, ask him about the location of his lair. Tell him that Fat Ball has been looking for something good to eat. I need the address of his lair.”

”...”

Return said with a slightly displeased tone, ”Su Yu, I’m not your subordinate—”

”Bye.”

Boom!

The gate swung shut again as Su Yu continued his removal of Return’s brand. Return started knocking on the gate madly. Shortly after, his willpower arrived through his brand again, ”I—”

Boom!

Su Yu punched the strand of willpower apart.

A moment later, the gate opened slightly again. An exhausted Return said, ”You’re crazy. We’re still in the middle of negotiation. Why are you doing this? I have my conditions as well.”

”Tell me.”

”What I mentioned previously about my subordinates...”

”No problem.”

Su Yu agreed easily. Return continued, ”I need some information about the Myriad Realms. The information must be accurate.”

”Sure.”

”I...wish to send a willpower clone over. Don’t worry. It won’t be too strong. It can even be an Eternal or a Sunmoon. But I need to take a look with my own eyes.”

After making that request, he waited nervously. That should be acceptable, right?

After a long silence, Su Yu answered, ”Sure.”

Return was stunned. Even that was acceptable? This Su Yu had truly gone mad! How could he agree to something like that? Meanwhile, Su Yu felt like it was only natural for him to agree. He only needed to create a small playground for Return to play in. Could a weak clone see through his illusions?

He would be entering an illusory world.

He could look around as much as he wanted in there.

Of course, Su Yu had to make this request as well. He said, ”However, your clone can’t be too strong. A Sunmoon will do. The moment it grows beyond that level, I’ll wipe it out.”

”Additionally, you also need to offer me enough benefits on top of what I’m getting from Culture King. I need at least ten complete tier-four daos. Otherwise, I’ll shut the gate.”

Su Yu smiled, ”See, my request is so simple. Agree, and we can proceed. If you disagree, our cooperation ends here.”

Return thought about it. The offer...seemed acceptable.

It was quite dangerous for him to look for Culture King, but he only needed to focus on evading Culture King’s tracking. Culture King would probably be too busy to focus too much on this. Everything should be fine.

As for the ten tier-four daos, he could collect them from others, such as the ones he intended to cooperate with.

Return said, ”All that can be done, but I need to make one thing clear. I can look for Culture King, but if he disagrees, I can’t do anything to change his mind.”

Su Yu spoke with an impatient tone, ”He will agree. If you come back saying that he refused, it can only mean that you have stolen the goods.”

”But...”

”No buts.”

Su Yu cut him off.

Return was losing his mind. Was this guy so certain that Culture King would agree? Did he even know Culture King? Was he Culture King’s son or something?

Holy shit!

Su Yu was being unreasonable here!

Return was left rather speechless. Culture King had left the Myriad Realms many years ago. Su Yu was too young to even know Culture King. Why would Culture King give him all those treasures through an outsider as the intermediary?

Was Culture King stupid or something? There was no way he would agree. Return kept cursing inwardly. Su Yu was being truly unreasonable here.

”Fine, I’ll give it a try. If he refuses, you’ll have to think of something else. I’m not interested in...in making an enemy out of him so soon.”

He was too embarrassed to say that he was actually scared of being beaten to death by Culture King.

”Sure, sure. Just be quick about it. You have three days. Find Culture King within three days or I’ll shut the gate and fully erase your brand.”

”That’s not enough!”

Boom!

But Su Yu shut the gate without saying more. He believed that pressure was the greatest motivation one could have. If it were his subordinate, he would have given them no more than one day. Sure enough, these ancient fellows were very inefficient.

Return sighed. He suddenly felt like it was quite dangerous to cooperate with Su Yu.

”That guy...is somewhat crazy.”

Return frowned deeply. But he had no choice. Unless he was willing to abandon his plan, Su Yu was the sole person he could work with right now. He felt greatly helpless. After a moment, he gnashed his teeth and left after covering traces of his presence in the area.

He had to look for Culture King and his future partners. He did not know where Culture King was. But it wouldn’t be hard to find out. After all, a lot of people were hunting Culture King lately.