Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu and Human Emperor walked side by side as they moved toward the Myriad Realms together. Everyone followed behind them.

Many felt like they were looking at Culture King and Human Emperor from all those years ago. Back then, the two would always walk together and support each other. Since Culture King entered the Heaven Gate, Human Emperor had fought alone for many years. Thus, this sight gave the old subordinates of Human Emperor complicated feelings.

It was likely that Human Emperor was very happy with Su Yu’s arrival. For the truly strong, their greatest fear was loneliness. The loneliness of someone standing at the top.

***

A smile hung on Human Emperor’s face while his hands were clasped behind him.

As he walked, he asked, ”Are you planning to repair your world with the Heaven Gate?”

After a short pause, he added, ”It might not be a good thing to use the Heaven Gate too much. The stronger the gate projection grows, the easier it will be for the peak powerhouses in there to cause trouble for you through your gate projection.”

Su Yu nodded.

He smiled and said, ”I’ll see.”

He added, ”By the way, the three gates are likely not on the same side either. I know a bit about the Heaven and Earth Gates. What about the Human Gate? What was Immortal Pseudo Emperor talking about previously?”

Su Yu had not heard the entire message from Immortal Pseudo Emperor.

Human Emperor sighed and said, ”He said that the Human Gate is the most complicated and sinister. In truth, he didn’t know the actual strength of the Human Gate as well. But he suspected that the Human Gate had made its arrangements long ago as well. They had been playing with the emotions and minds of the various races.”

Human Emperor continued, ”Regardless of whether it is Control or Hundred Battle or even Human Ancestor, they might be slightly related to the Human Gate. Some myriad race powerhouses have connections with the beings inside the Human Gate as well.”

Su Yu frowned.

He knew very little about the Human Gate. With this new knowledge, he said, ”Just who are the people inside the Human Gate? It’s the Human Gate. It can’t be that it has humans in it, right?”

Human Emperor shook his head, ”We don’t know much about it either. Strength, cultivation level, number of people, we don’t know any of that. We don’t even have a way to enter and investigate since this gate is located downstream. Theoretically, it is located in the future.”

Human Emperor smiled helplessly and continued, ”In short, you can try looking for the Human Gate, but maybe nothing will be the same anymore by the time you’re out again.”

Past, present, and future.

Su Yu sank into thought. The Heaven Gate was located upstream. So was it located in the past? Was the Human Gate really located in the future? As for the Earth Gate, it was located somewhere parallel to the Myriad Realms. Was it a gate of the present?

There was one past, one present, but countless futures.

Going by that trend, Human Gate should also be unfathomable.

Hundred Battle had opened the Human Gate, but Su Yu knew too little about this gate. It was likely that Human Ancestor was connected to the Human Gate. Even Zhou Ji might be connected to the Human Gate.

Su Yu did not think too much about it. He knew too little. It was pointless to think too much about it.

Noticing how Su Yu was shaking his head, Human Emperor smiled and said, ”Don’t be too worried. I never fear the three gates. If those inside the gates are really so capable, they wouldn’t have ended up sealed in the first place. I’m more worried about the master of the River of Time. That is a truly unfathomable and powerful being.”

Su Yu frowned again and asked, ”Do you know anything about this person?”

”Nothing at all.” Human Emperor said, ”And that is why this person is so terrifying. Everyone knows such a person exists. Everyone cultivates in this person’s world. But nobody knows anything about this person. What is the gender of this person? Is this person a monster or some other being? We know nothing, yet this person’s influence is everywhere. Compared to this mysterious person, the three gates are nothing.”

Su Yu nodded in agreement.

Human Emperor continued, ”It probably won’t be long before the three gates open. You can feel it. The flow of the river is starting to increase in speed. At this rate, the three gates will fully open in around ten years.”

If Su Yu hadn’t messed with the order of things, the connection to the Upper Realm should just be opening after ten years. That would also coincide with the release of Martial Emperor and the other sealed beings.

Everything should have erupted at the same time. The three gates would open. The Upper Realm would reconnect. The various ancient beings would be released. Human Emperor would return.

Su Yu thought about it and asked, ”Are you sure we still have ten years? The myriad races have lost about half their powerhouses. We’re also leaving. The suppression on the river has weakened considerably.”

Humanity had gained new powerhouses, but the myriad races had lost some. And with so many of them returning, would they still have ten years?

Human Emperor considered the matter and said, ”At the very least, we’ll have five or six years. We have five or six years to accumulate strength.”

Su Yu nodded, ”Yes, we have at least one or two years to accumulate strength.”

Human Emperor wanted to ask if Su Yu was having problems with his ears. Five or six years! Not one or two years!

Su Yu added, ”Or maybe less.”

”...”

That left Human Emperor even more speechless than before. Did Su Yu damage his brain from the battle earlier? Five or six years!

Su Yu continued, ”It’s such a bad idea to wait for the gates to open. We should take the initiative and enter one of the gates. We should be going on the offensive. But with even more of our people gone, the time we have will probably drop to one or two years.”

Only then did Human Emperor understand what Su Yu was thinking. He chuckled.

What a crazy kid.

Someone as aggressive as Su Yu was very rare. Most people would cower with fear the moment they heard about the three gates, the past eras, and the countless powerhouses. But Su Yu did not seem capable of feeling fear.

”Do you have a plan already?”

Su Yu nodded, ”Earth Gate.”

Human Emperor raised his brow. After thinking about it, he said, ”The Earth Gate is indeed the weakest of the three. But, likely, we’re not the only ones with people inside. Things are very complicated in there.”

He explained, ”The Earth Gate opened both during the primordial past and the ancient past. Things were very chaotic back then. Thus, it is likely that those from the other gates have sneaked inside as well. They might be there as clones to recruit their own people or build their own factions inside.”

Of the three gates, the Earth Gate was the weakest and also the most chaotic. It was telling how well Control King’s lineage was doing so well in there. Furthermore, Su Yu had also chased Tiangu, Zhou Ji, and more people inside, further contributing to the chaos inside.

”Chaos is good.” Su Yu laughed. ”Can the Earth Gate benefit us? Like how the daos inside the Heaven Gate complement our daos, is there something similar in the Earth Gate?

”Based on what I know, most of the people inside are chaos cultivators. Do we not stand to gain much from them? And do they not stand to gain much from coming out as well? That should be the case, right?”

Those from the Heaven Gate could gain massive benefits after leaving. What about the Earth Gate? Su Yu had killed some of the chaos cultivators from the Earth Gate before. Apart from slightly strengthening his world with their daos and corpses, they weren’t actually that helpful to him.

”There are benefits to be gained.” Human Emperor explained, ”We once fought them for many years. After killing so many chaos beasts, we understand them quite well. The benefits of the Earth Gate aren’t as straightforward, but killing their cultivators is essentially a process of strengthening your core. Your origin. I don’t know if you can understand this.”

Human Emperor further explained, ”When we devour our past and future bodies, we have to rely either on carriers or training a strong body to bear the load. But there is a limit to what we can actually bear. By killing the Earth Gate cultivators, we can actually strengthen our core, allowing us to bear more.”

Su Yu understood. His eyes flickered as he said, ”I see. In short, I might be able to devour even more past bodies to strengthen myself after killing enough Earth gate cultivators.”

There was only one past. But there were countless points one could stop when returning to the past. He could simply capture the past from different points in time.

However, his body was not strong enough to bear more of his past without the help of external items. But he could strengthen his core by killing those from the Earth Gate. This would change everything.

Human Emperor nodded and laughed.

Both of them started laughing.

Human Emperor warned, ”The Earth Gate might be the weakest of the three, but it is still not a gate you should underestimate. Back then, when it opened during my era, we were quite curious about it. We even thought of exploring it. I didn’t consider actually entering, but Wen Number Two entered. However, he was kicked out not long after entering.”

Su Yu blanked out.

Had Culture King entered the Earth Gate as well?

How gutsy of him. He seemed truly brazen. After being kicked out of the Earth Gate, he entered the Heaven Gate.

”That time, his opponent was a powerful being in the Earth Gate, the Master of Chaos. Of course, nobody knows if that’s really the master of the Chaos Era. We only know that he’s very strong. Not even Wen Number Two dared to start a battle against that guy. Instead, he opted to leave.”

After all that explanation, Human Emperor asked again, ”Knowing all this, do you still intend to take the fight to the Earth Gate?”

Su Yu thought about it and answered, ”I’m not sure. I’m more worried about triggering the opening of the other gates in advance after entering. Should I focus on scouting for now?”

He added, ”Also, I have something important I need to do...”

”What is it?”

”I need to save someone.” Su Yu said, ”Time Sage.”

That was very important.

Human Emperor blinked. He said, ”You...”

Su Yu sighed and said, ”I need to save her as soon as possible. She’s in a terrible situation. Strictly speaking, she is the main contributor to who I am today. Rather than Culture King, I’m more a successor of hers instead.”

The pen dao was merely a dao he had used for a short time while growing. Meanwhile, the Book of Time was the core for his growth and even his creation. He still remembered the weeping voice he heard back then.

Oh, but that voice also claimed that Culture King was dying...

Recalling that, Su Yu blinked. Culture King wasn’t dead!

Sure enough, women were all liars.

Su Yu had also learned more things about Time Sage from Return. She might have been captured by a powerful being. But why had that being captured her instead of killing her? This was what Su Yu had been curious about.

Since the powerful being was aware of how strong Culture King and Martial King were, the logical choice would be to release or kill Time Sage. What was the point of keeping her around and dragging things out for so many years?

Also, Time Sage had likely entered the Heaven Gate back then due to a plot. Or to be precise, the bait was so alluring that she had entered despite knowing the dangers.

With all those thoughts in his mind, Su Yu said, ”I might first take a trip into the Heaven Gate. Maybe I’ll only send a clone there. Human Emperor, you once projected yourself in there before you were kicked out. Is that so?”