Tribulation of Myriad Races

Myriad Realms.

Human Emperor and his people were back.

The moment Human Emperor stepped into the Upper Realm, several powerhouses appeared around him. Lan Tian, Empyrean Cloud, the tea plant, Cloud Fire Marquis, and even Heavenly Overseer Marquis were there.

Human Emperor blinked. Five!

Su Yu was truly impressive. Even after leaving with so many powerhouses, he still had five back home.

Human Emperor was in too much of a rush to take a look at his cherished home. Thus, he had rushed to the Upper Realm right after emerging from the river. Those around him were looking at the newcomers with odd expressions. Were these Su Yu’s subordinates as well?

When Empyrean Cloud saw who they were, she said, ”This general, Empyrean Cloud, offers Human Emperor her greetings.”

And then, she pointed at the tiny village in the distance, ”Your Majesty the Human Emperor, your world is over there. Per His Majesty, when the Human Emperor is back, he is to fuse with your world speedily. All preparations have been completed by His Majesty.”

With a smile, Lan Tian spoke, ”This junior, Lan Tian, offers his greetings to Human Emperor and the seniors. Per His Majesty, please inform me before severing your dao. I will contact His Majesty and inform you of the best moment to sever your dao. This must be done at the right moment as it concerns His Majesty’s fate.”

Human Emperor’s eyes flickered as he said, ”I understand.”

As he stared at Lan Tian, he frowned slightly before sighing, ”Sorry.”

Lan Tian laughed, ”Is Your Majesty speaking...to me?”

Those around Human Emperor were surprised as well. Why was he apologizing out of nowhere? Human Emperor said nothing. Had all the people of this era...been driven mad? Lan Tian was someone with a serious case of split mind. Human Emperor noticed with a single gaze. This was a madman. Someone as mad as Su Yu.

Suddenly, Human Emperor laughed mockingly at himself. Was that decision back then...really the right decision? It was rare for him to doubt himself like this. Even the tenth human lord had been driven into madness. Who should take the blame for this?

Him?

Perhaps.

It was hard for him to say sorry, but he didn’t know what else he could say. He had not met too many of the humans from this epoch. But he knew that Su Yu was mad. And now, he saw that Lan Tian was also mad. That cloning technique with countless bodies...was too abnormal. Lan Tian had split his mind into countless pieces. He had long lost his mind.

Human Emperor shut his eyes. As he met one genius after another who had been driven into madness, he started doubting himself. What was his actual responsibility?

After a short moment, Human Emperor opened his eyes again. Something seemed to have changed in his eyes, but nobody could say what it was. Once again, he looked at Lan Tian and said with a smile, ”If you can send a message to Su Yu, tell him that this era does not belong to him alone. This heavy burden does not belong to him alone. I...am the actual Human Emperor here.

”Remember. He may call himself an emperor, but he’s no Human Emperor. I am the only emperor of humanity. He might ascend to the emperor of the myriad races, but humanity will remain my responsibility, not his.”

He was the Human Emperor. And Su Yu was a human. Even if Su Yu became an emperor of the myriad races, so what? He was still a human.

Human Emperor laughed and continued, ”Tell him that I will be on standby. I can sever my dao at any moment.”

”Don’t you want to take a moment to rest, Human Emperor?”

Lan Tian laughed as well.

Human Emperor chuckled, ”Do I look so useless? Rest? Do I need that? Are you trying to insult me? I can disregard many things, but I will never disregard my face. Have you considered the consequences of making me lose face?”

”...”

That was enough for Lan Tian to actually feel a tiny bit of fear. He coughed and said, ”Not at all. Do not misunderstand me, Human Emperor.”

A wise man knew better than to fight at the wrong time. Human Emperor laughed.

Shortly after, a few other individuals walked over. Stable Army Marquis laughed awkwardly and said, ”Greetings, Your Majesty. Greetings, Peace King...”

Peace King looked at Stable Army.

Good heavens!

He was really not dead!

Noticing the gaze, Stable Army Marquis grew even more awkward as he said, ”Lords...I’m Stable Army. Have you forgotten me?”

Peace King said, ”No shit. How can I forget you? How are you still alive?”

”...”

Stable Army Marquis said helplessly, ”My king, no matter what, I’m your retainer. Can you not talk about me like that?”

Peace King coughed and said, ”No, I didn’t mean it like that...but...but...you understand. I was Martial King’s retainer back then. I got lucky and became a king through the physical body dao. But as a new king, I didn’t have too many subordinates...you know...cough. I didn’t even have too many Daofuses under me. I was desperate enough to nearly appoint a few Eternals as marquises to fill the quota.”

Peace King was looking very awkward as well. He had grown into a king through sheer luck. Originally, he was merely a physical body cultivator under Martial King. His appointment had been too sudden. At the time, he didn’t even have a proper power base.

Most of his former subordinates had remained under Martial King. As for Stable Army Marquis, he was quite average even among Peace King’s subordinates. Back then, even tier-three Daofuses could hardly be promoted into marquises. And back then, Stable Army wouldn’t be stronger than a tier-four Daofuse.

He was only a tiny bit stronger than a Daofuse cultivating the Three Body Method. Someone like that would be nobody under Martial King. He was only appointed a marquis because Peace King truly had nobody else to appoint.

And somehow, he survived so many years and even grew into a heavenly king. What a...surprise.

Stable Army Marquis was left speechless. The other human kings were left speechless as well. Some wanted to laugh, but they couldn’t bring themselves to laugh. Almost all their subordinates had died. There weren’t that many ancient marquises in Su Yu’s camp.

That was why Peace King was so surprised to see that Stable Army Marquis was one of the survivors.

Peace King coughed awkwardly and continued, ”It’s good that you’re alive. I’m happy to see someone under me still around.”

Stable Army said with the same awkwardness, ”My king...uhm...I have joined Emperor Yu’s Court. But...but...I’ll be joining Human Emperor soon...cough. Uhm...I’m not a spy. Before His Majesty left...he said that he would...tell Human Emperor to...allow us to join his world.

”My king, if I manage to become a Master of Law...our strength...cough, my king, have you improved over the years? Are you still a tier-five? His Majesty said that tier-fives are basically tougher Venerables. They aren’t even proper Masters of Laws...”

Peace King’s face turned green. Was this guy trying to insult him?

He glared at Stable Army and said, ”This king has long broken through.”

”Phew. Good to hear. Good to hear.” Stable Army Marquis said with relief, ”It would be too awkward if I manage to surpass my king so easily.”

”...”

Peace King resisted the urge to roll his eyes. To the side, Human Emperor nearly laughed from amusement.

He chuckled and said, ”Su Yu sure is greedy. There are thirty of you. He’s trying to monopolize thirty of my daos.”

Yes. Su Yu had arranged for thirty people to fuse with Human Emperor’s world. Most of them were the guardians and some humans. There were even some iron devourers among them. There was no helping it, since this was a relatively big race. Human Emperor was left quite speechless. Su Yu was asking for thirty whole spots.

Among the crowd, April had his trademark innocent smile as he said, ”His Majesty said that we’re doing this to strengthen His Majesty the Human Emperor’s world. We need to contribute to the strengthening of His Majesty the Human Emperor.”

Human Emperor was left even more speechless. How did they bring themselves to say such shameless words? But then again, he had no way of refuting that claim. When did the iron devourers grow so shameless?

”You must be April.” Human Emperor asked, ”Are you thinking of fusing with the body refining dao in my world? I am actually saving it for January...”

With the same innocent smile, April said, ”My great-grandfather won’t mind it. He’s strong enough himself. He will be happy to see his juniors strong. Forget my great grandfather, Human Emperor.”

Human Emperor laughed again.

That guy wasn’t holding back even when it concerned his great-grandfather.

Human Emperor nodded, ”In that case, get ready to transfer the dao power in Su Yu’s world into mine...”

He wanted to say that they only needed to bring a tiny bit of power over. He wouldn’t ask for much. But before he could finish, all those people cleanly severed their daos, leaving every bit of power behind before moving toward Human Emperor’s tiny village.

Human Emperor was completely stunned.

So decisive?

So clean?

Weren’t they claiming that they were helping to strengthen his world? But they were bringing nothing over. How were they strengthening his world?

What nonsense.

This was so ridiculous that Human Emperor nearly laughed. Had these bastards forgotten that they would be completely at his mercy after fusing with his world? How were they still so loyal toward Su Yu? Human Emperor didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

This whole thing was so ridiculous that it was funny, to the point even Human Emperor’s previous dark mood was dispersed.

Right at that moment, Empyrean Cloud said solemnly, ”Human Emperor...your world...uhm...it should maintain its current size. Try to keep it compressed after fusing with it. Don’t expand...”

Human Emperor blinked. What?

Empyrean Cloud cowered slightly from Human Emperor’s gaze, but she forced herself to continue, ”Uhm...His Majesty said that...Human Emperor shouldn’t encroach upon his territory...it’s...not appropriate.”

Human Emperor’s jaw dropped. What was this? The entire Upper Realm was developed by him. Who was the one doing the encroaching here?

Just as he was about to argue, Empyrean Cloud continued pitifully, ”Don’t make things difficult for me, Human Emperor. I’m only following my orders. If...if Human Emperor makes things difficult for me...I...I can only...hang myself in Human Emperor’s world!”

And then, she took out a rope and hung it outside Human Emperor’s world before saying, ”This is the line. The moment Human Emperor’s world crosses this line...I’ll have to die.”

”...”

A bunch of people were rendered speechless.

To the side, Devote King’s face twitched as he said, ”Empyrean Cloud...you...you...”

Speechless.

The guardians used to be his subordinates. And now, not only had this former subordinate of his grown into a Master of Law, but she was even starting to make demands of Human Emperor.

He didn’t know what to say. Human Emperor was left shaking his head as well. Fine, fine. So be it. Su Yu had probably said it jokingly, but Empyrean Cloud had somehow taken those words seriously.

Human Emperor said nothing and started waiting in silence. He was waiting for Su Yu’s message.

***

Suddenly, Su Yu stood up.

Everyone shook. Again?

Instead of charging out, Su Yu took out a saber, inhaled deeply, and faced everyone. With a grin, he transmitted, ”Be ready. The moment Human Emperor severs his dao, a battle to the death will arrive.”

Everyone turned solemn.

A battle to the death.

Just as Radiant King and the others were about to approach him, Su Yu waved them off and said, ”Go. Split off. Radiant King, Radiant Consort, and Martial Suppression King will split up. Remember, you only have one task. Kill. Do not lose your calm. Do not do anything else without an order from me. Even if I’m dying, don’t come unless I ask for it.”

They shook.

Radiant King hurriedly said, ”Emperor Yu, your safety should be the priority--”

Su Yu said, ”This is an order.”

That stern gaze stopped Radiant King from arguing more. After a short moment, he said, ”Yes.”

What was Su Yu trying to do? The myriad races were feeling greatly annoyed as well. Were they doing it again? They were tired of this. When would this end?

Su Yu stood still. And suddenly, he roared, ”Kill!”

Boom!

The power of his world spread out as he charged ahead. This would be the decisive moment. It no longer mattered Human Emperor could return in time to help them. If everyone progressed smoothly, tier-ones would die, and the army of the myriad races would fall apart.

”Get ready, Return. Cross over the moment I say so.”

”Martial Emperor, when I tell you to devour the dao, do it immediately. Fuse it without any hesitation.”

Great Zhou King, be ready to block the opponent for me.”

”...”

One order after another was given.

***

On the other side, Immortal Pseudo Emperor and the others blinked. What an odd formation.

Su Yu was not moving together with the tier-ones. Instead, he only had a few tier-twos around him. Was he not afraid of being targeted? Did he believe that they had yet to realize that over thirty of his Masters of Laws were fused with his world?

Devil Pseudo Emperor licked his lips and said, ”Seems like...our opportunity is here.”

In the prior battles, all the tier-ones would stick together. But for this battle, they were scattered. Were they being helped by the very heavens?

Immortal Pseudo Emperor and Divine Pseudo Emperor looked at each other. They were tempted. However, they still lacked something. Something to make the others work just as hard. The three of them would not be enough to accomplish this.

Would this something...appear?