Tribulation of Myriad Races

Return’s face turned green from sheer embarrassment. He argued, ”No, Xing Yu...Xing Yu is probably weaker than Culture King...”

He had to save face as well. How could he deny what he said previously?

He added, ”I’m not actually scared of that person. It is...simply pointless to make a new enemy out of nowhere, right?”

Su Yu laughed. That was absolute nonsense.

He asked, ”What is the strength of that person? How many daos?”

”I’m not sure...”

Su Yu asked, ”What about you? How many daos?”

”That’s a secret.”

”...”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. Return was basically unaware of how strong that person was. Thus, he didn’t dare to say more to avoid saying something wrong. At this realization, Su Yu couldn’t be bothered to ask more. It was pointless since this fellow knew nothing anyway.

”Sure. This will be the last time you do this for me.”

***

Su Yu was back at the Sea of Stars.

The book spirit appeared instantly with a pair of shoes hovering above his hand. He was panting slightly as he said, ”I branded the core of the world in these shoes. You can consider them an extension of myself. I’ll be troubling Your Majesty for this.”

There must be a reason for Culture King to leave his world behind back then.

But after entering the Heaven Gate, his Heaven Gate projection had probably been sealed away, preventing him from borrowing more strength from his own world. Thus, he had to rely on Su Yu for this.

As for Radiant King and Human Emperor, both had been stuck upstream. Thus, they couldn’t do much to help. The book spirit understood all that. Su Yu was the sole person capable of helping Culture King now.

”It’s no big deal.”

Su Yu laughed, ”Culture King’s continued survival is a good thing for all of us. At the very least, he can keep the powerhouses inside busy.”

As he spoke, he accepted the pair of shoes.

This was a pair of black shoes with gold embroidery. This design was somewhat similar to Su Yu’s shoes. With a smile, Su Yu waved his hand and turned the shoes white. When the book spirit looked at him, Su Yu said, ”This is more fitting to him.”

The book spirit didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Culture King enjoyed wearing white robes, but that did not mean that he loved white shoes as well. Then again, this was no big deal so the book spirit did not protest. Before long, Su Yu sent the shoes through the Heaven Gate. It was actually quite difficult.

Fortunately, Su Yu had grown strong enough to do it. After some time and effort, a tiny opening appeared on his Heaven Gate projection. Then, the shoes were sent through it.

***

At the same time.

Culture King’s eyes flickered as his head snapped in a certain direction. His lips curled into a smile as he said, ”Found it.”

”What is it?”

Martial King asked curiously.

Culture King beamed, but he didn’t answer. He had discovered the location of Su Yu’sHeaven Gate projection. He could feel it. He could feel the power of his world. Su Yu was truly quite impressive. He had somehow opened the world, summoned the book spirit, and sent the core of the world through the gate in such a short time.

Su Yu was a lot more capable than imagined.

Culture King raised his brow slightly and stared at Martial King. After a long while, he said, ”Stop calling him my son or you might really get in trouble.”

”Hmm?”

Martial King chuckled, ”What are you saying? Why are you acting like I won’t be his match? You know that I’m only a tiny bit away from reaching that level. I reckon I’m actually stronger than you in here.”

”Heh.” Culture King sneered, ”Sure. Believe whatever makes you happy.”

Culture King had a bright smile on his face.

He could finally extract some power from his world. Su Yu must have understood what he was trying to say. This wouldn’t have happened otherwise. And this could only mean that the Myriad Realms had been pacified. There was no worry that their enemies would discover his world when he was using it.

From the location of his world alone, Su Yu should be able to understand its purpose. Exposing it in advance would be a major loss for them. But since Su Yu had transmitted the influence of the world inside the gate, it could only mean that the Myriad Realms were already under their control.

Culture King exhaled and said, ”The Myriad Realms have been pacified.”

”...”

Martial King blanked out. And how did he reach this conclusion? Not long ago, this guy said that things might be getting troublesome in the Myriad Realms. And now, he was saying that the Myriad Realms had been pacified. Could this guy stop changing his mind so suddenly?

Culture King continued, ”Things should also be fine with our big brother. But I can’t say for sure. It depends on Su Yu’s arrangements.”

Martial King’s lips twitched.

Culture King continued, ”The Heaven Gate is still shut. This can only mean that Big Brother and the others are still upstream. They are blocking the myriad races from returning. I wonder if Su Yu has gone upstream to meet Big Brother or not.”

After some thought, he said, ”The meeting must have happened. Su Yu must have done something to greatly reduce the pressure on Big Brother. That must be why he returned to the Myriad Realms again after going upstream.”

All this was pure speculation. It was unlikely for Su Yu to not go upstream after growing strong enough.

He must have gone upstream, and he had even helped stabilize the situation there significantly. Only then did he return to the Myriad Realms to grow further. And in the process of growing further, he had set his sight on Culture King.

In fact, he must have learned the method to contract someone inside the gate from Human Emperor.

Culture King said, ”A balance has probably been reached between Big Brother and the myriad races. Su Yu is seeking strength to break this balance.”

Martial King was blanking out as he listened. Did this guy leave a clone in the Myriad Realms or something? How could he know all this through guessing? The two of them had been together all along. How did this guy know more than him? This guy must be spouting nonsense.

Culture King ignored Martial King’s stare and said, ”We can’t keep wasting time here. Regardless of the result on Big Brother’s side, he will return to the Myriad Realms soon. And then, the Heaven Gate will open.”

Culture King sighed, ”We have wasted too much time here. Su Yu has been growing rapidly. We still don’t know much about the myriad races. Have they been exterminated? Or have they been expelled?”

Martial King was still blanking out. Were these wild guesses? Or did he know for sure? What was it? Why did he sound so convincing? How did he know all that when he wasn’t even there? Culture King continued ignoring Martial King. He was able to guess many things from Su Yu’s single act of sending the power of his world through the gate.

There were many clues he could pick up on. Martial King had naturally picked up on nothing since he never bothered to use his brain.

And suddenly, Culture King raised his brow and said, ”Go. Go pick a fight with the Eternal Life Mountain. Create a big ruckus and run right after starting a fight.”

”Oh.”

Martial King didn’t know why. He only knew that he loved picking fights. And thus, he shot off in Eternal Life Mountain’s direction.

Culture King remained still.

In the blink of an eye, a rumble rang out as Martial King grew into a giant before throwing a punch out. Reality itself split open from the punch as he roared, ”Release Wen Yu or I’ll kill all of you!”

Boom!

The disturbance spread far and wide.

Far away, Return’s heart palpitated. Did they start yet another battle? He had to run!

But just as that thought crossed his mind, Culture King’s voice rang out in his ears, ”Hand the shoes over and you can leave.”

Return paled.

This time, he was here in his main body. After all, he was still far away enough that he didn’t bother to create a clone. And yet Culture King had discovered him so easily.

He was greatly alarmed.

Shoes?

Yes, it must be the shoes! He hurriedly tossed the shoes out before fleeing. Inwardly, he cursed endlessly. Just what was Su Yu plotting with Culture King? He found nothing when he inspected the shoes, yet Culture King had somehow sensed it.

Good heavens. This was so dangerous! Didn’t this mean that Culture King could actually find and kill him easily?

Behind him, the shoes vanished into nothingness as Culture King’s voice rang out in his ears again, ”Tell Su Yu to stop contacting me. It’s too dangerous. This applies to you as well. Don’t let anyone discover your connection to all this.”

He even showed some concern for fear of exposing Return too early as he offered, ”Feel free to look for me if you’re in trouble. I can help, provided I have the time...”

Return’s face turned purple.

What?

Did he even need protection? Far away, Culture King said nothing. He gazed at the departing figure in silence. A pair of white shoes had appeared around his legs. He smiled.

With his white robes, white shoes, and fluttering, long hair, he looked rather carefree. Sensing the power emanating from his legs, he grinned, ”Eternal Life Mountain...”

He looked in a different direction. That fellow had suppressed him for so many years. Had it been enjoyable for that fellow? Culture King’s smile grew as he vanished with a flicker. They didn’t have much time left.

He had to deal with this issue as soon as possible. It would be embarrassing for him to still be entangled with the same enemy by the time his big brother and Su Yu were done with their enemies.

These days, face was the only thing refined scholars like him cared about.

Su Yu had pacified the Myriad Realms. His big brother had settled the myriad races. How could he face them if he was still stuck facing the Eternal Life Mountain? It would be so embarrassing.