Chapter 99 - 99

Chapter 1420: He Tu Is Here, Run! (3)

Second level.

Su Yu was frowning. His tribulation character was still pulsing. He did not dare to take this lightly. After all, the tribulation character was quite a magical character. He had survived numerous dangers thanks to this character.

Finally, he said, "Go on to the third level. Yellow Nine, don't think of running. Furball, follow her for now. Look for my teacher and Wu Lan there. They are probably somewhere near the riversand."

Xia Huyou was surprised. "We're going first?"

"Go. Stop wasting time." Su Yu said gloomily, "I have a bad feeling. Something ominous might be approaching."

They stared at him with disbelief. What was he talking about? Who could be more ominous than he?

Xia Huyou thought that this was a joke. Just as he was about to joke back, Su Yu said solemnly, "Go. Now. Something is coming up from the first level."

"That...can't be true, right? How about you?"

"I'll wait and see what's coming."

Su Yu exhaled deeply and said, "I'll be waiting near the entrance. If things get dangerous, I'll leave. Go. Look for my teacher and the others. If I don't appear after some time, tell them to enter the fourth level..."

At this time, his tribulation started pulsing faster and faster.

Seeing Su Yu's solemn expression, Xia Huyou frowned and said, "There are still some humans on the second level. Should I...notify them?"

Su Yu said, "It's up to you. Just give them a short reminder. Don't waste your time convincing them."

"Yeah, yeah."

Xia Huyou said nothing else. He was still quite confident in Su Yu's judgment. If Su Yu claimed that a danger was coming, it must be true.

Before they could leave, Yellow Nine said, "I'll keep your secret. Can you take that thing off me?"

Su Yu's eyes turned cold as he said, "You are not qualified to haggle with me. Protect them if you don't want to end up as food."

Yellow Nine shivered. In her mind, the little furball's cheerful voice rang out, "Don't be scared! Scold him! Argue with him! He won't dare to touch you!"

The little furball was naturally unwilling to leave Yummy. If she continued arguing, Yummy would definitely tell him to eat her. At that time, he would be free.

Yellow Nine inhaled deeply and left with Xia Huyou silently. The disappointed little furball sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "Yummy, how long will you stay down here?"

The little furball was unwilling to stay away from Su Yu for even one minute. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel{f}ire.net

Sure, he wasn't in Su Yu's head anymore. But at the very least, Su Yu was still nearby, right? But now, they were going to go their separate ways. One on the second level and the other on the third level. That was as good as worlds apart. Little furball was greatly saddened.

The little furball's antics left Su Yu quite speechless. Even his anger from before dispersed significantly. He replied, "Just keep an eye on her. Try to find my Teacher Liu and verify her identity. If she's not a Liu, just eat her."

"Alright."

At that, the little furball grew excited. He started praying that she wasn't a Liu. That way, he could finish his mission early. Then again, it would be fine if she was a Liu as well. In that situation, he could leave her with Liu Wenyan. He really didn't want to part with Su Yu.

For the little furball, a day apart from Su Yu felt like three years.

***

Before long, they left.

Su Yu did not care if they would warn the other humans or not. He only needed to take care of himself. As for the beasts that had entered the mansion through the ancient city slots, he was unsure about their current whereabouts. He had not seen them since entering. He didn't even know if they were still alive.

"There are only some blood veins on the second level. There's nothing important in the neck...Since a danger is coming, I need to figure out what the danger is. Just what manner of a danger is it to threaten even me?"

Su Yu was feeling very curious. He felt as though a certain danger was following him since the first level. He had felt the same earlier, but the feeling hadn't been as strong.

When he first left the first level, his tribulation character had only pulsed slightly. Since it was a minor reaction, he had ignored it. In any case, he was too occupied by his transference to the second level during that time.

But now, his tribulation character was pulsing without stopping. That signified that the danger was approaching.

Su Yu exhaled gloomily.

"Did I provoke Old Zhou so much that his head is climbing the levels to take me out?"

Su Yu started grumbling to himself. That was the only possibility he could think of. What a pity. He hadn't even searched the second level yet. He decided to stop thinking too much and flew toward the entrance to the third level. He would hide there and prepare to launch an ambush. That would also be a good opportunity for him to get rid of those trying to flee to the third level.

That would also be a convenient place for him to make his escape at the first sign of danger. Su Yu had a feeling that the entrance to the third level was probably near the middle of the neck.

Before long, he reached the entrance. In fact, he had reached before Xia Huyou's group arrived.

Not long after, Xia Huyou's group arrived. As he was hiding in the void, none of them noticed him. Only the little furball could sense him. However, he didn't greet Su Yu since they were moving in a rush.

A few humans had joined Xia Huyou's group. Su Yu was unsure if these were all the humans left on the level or if these were merely the ones willing to trust him. Xia Huyou was no saint. He wouldn't risk himself for those too stubborn to trust him. He had merely issued them a warning out of his sense of obligation as a fellow human.

Shortly after, they left through the entrance. When Su Yu focused on the entrance, understanding dawned on him. This entrance couldn't be opened easily. Those below the Cloudbreach Realm would have a hard time opening it.

It was akin to a lid that could only be opened one way. Only those capable of pushing it upward would be able to pass through it to the next level. This was probably how all the other entrances worked as well.

If one wasn't a Cloudbreach, it would be recommended for one to follow a Cloudbreach as it would be too hard for a Skysoar to leave through this entrance.

Su Yu was relieved to see Xia Huyou and the others gone from the second level. His tribulation character continued pulsing. He wasted no time and placed his book over the entrance, waiting for others to throw them into his book. A large mouth appeared on each of the pages in preparation to consume the coming victims.

Shortly after, several minor race experts arrived. As they arrived, the projections from the book started sorting themselves according to their races. They would directly eat those from the same races. Or to be precise, those from the same races would be eaten and fused while those not from the same races would be eaten and stored.

The fusion would be delayed until the addition of the relevant pages by Su Yu. As time passed, Su Yu collected more and more storage rings. As no overlap of space was possible, Su Yu couldn't be bothered to keep so many storage rings on him. Thus, he dedicated a page of his book as his personal storage.

Even so, it did not take him long to completely fill the space in the book with the possessions of his victims. At that point, over three hundred storage rings had been piled before him. In other words, Su Yu alone had killed over three hundred individuals after entering the second level. Naturally, the number of people who had died due to the many disasters he had caused was considerable as well. There were about a hundred of them.

"How murderous."

Even Su Yu had to mutter that about himself.

These were the young geniuses of the various races. Anyone capable of entering the Luminous Domain Mansion could be considered a genius. He was seriously suspecting that he had killed over fifty index geniuses in the mansion. He was unsure because many of his victims had been dragged into his book before he could look at them properly.

Su Yu was also left quite speechless by the fact that he had not received a single heavenly reward from all these kills. Perhaps even the heavenly laws believed that he had killed them in too cruel a manner. Perhaps he should kill them in a different manner?

Su Yu continued waiting in silence. There were still quite a lot of people on the second level. If the others continued refusing to come, he would simply shout Tai Shan's name a few times to encourage them to come.

"This is too effective. I should do this on the next level as well."

Suddenly, his tribulation character pulsed violently. Without any hesitation, he activated multiple characters to further hide his presence. He had to know the source of this danger. Nothing was more terrifying than an unknown danger.

Only by knowing the source of the danger would he be able to think of a solution. Just then, he sensed the appearance of two incredibly powerful concentrations of death qi. His heart thumped in alarm.

Holy shit!

He knew that there was a death tunnel in the Luminous Domain Mansion. But according to what he knew, the tunnel shouldn't be connected to the lower levels. Why would there be a death spirit coming from the first level?

No, this was more than that. This was...holy shit! These were death sovereigns! As someone who was constantly connected to Xing Yue, he could very easily recognize the death qi of death sovereigns. Thus, he was able to recognize that the newcomers were two death sovereigns from the tiny bit of death qi he sensed.

Yes. There were two of them instead of one. He finally understood. The approaching danger was none other than the death sovereigns.

"I—"

Su Yu cursed inwardly.

This was troublesome. Death sovereigns were different than regular death spirits. He could always disguise himself as a regular death spirit to fool the other death spirits, but death sovereigns were too smart to fall for that. That would only work if there were too many death spirits around for the death sovereigns to notice him.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

Miserable wails rang out as over a hundred people soared into the sky and started escaping.

"Death spirits!"

"There are death spirits here!"

"No...this isn't possible..."

"Death spirits are climbing the levels..."

The people on the second level were horrified. Understanding dawned on all of them. The crisis on the first level had been caused by these death spirits! It was likely that not a single survivor remained on the first level.

"Hahaha! There are so many living beings here! I like it!"

The laughter resounded throughout the second level. Those words horrified everyone. Since this death spirit was capable of speech, this was most certainly a death sovereign.

It was over.

Even Su Yu's expression changed upon hearing that voice.

Holy shit!

That was He Tu!

Yes! He Tu!

He couldn't forget that arrogant voice. All his hesitation vanished as he dove into the entrance to the next level. How did He Tu enter the mansion? What was this? He was able to make a small recording of the second level before leaving. This recording might prove useful. After leaving the mansion, he could use it to make He Tu the scapegoat for all the people he killed.

It was only natural for him to come up with this plan. Who would be a better scapegoat than a death sovereign? Nobody would even doubt him. That was the thought in Su Yu's mind as he escaped the second level.

Not far away, the laughing He Tu stopped. For a fleeting moment, he sensed someone scheming against him. What was that? He had entered through the basement. Nobody was supposed to know it was him. In that case, how was someone supposed to scheme against him?

What the fuck?

He Tu stared at Dummy with a frown. Was Dummy plotting against him? Was it Dummy?

Chapter 1421: The Death Spirits Have Joined The Game (1)

"He Tu!"

On the other side of the entrance to the third level, Su Yu was panting heavily with lingering fear in his heart. How did that guy enter the first level? This wasn't right.

Su Yu was sure he had swept through the first level. He had not encountered any powerful death spirit. He Tu would have gone after him long ago if He Tu had been there since the beginning. Sure, He Tu might not know his appearance. But at the very least, He Tu knew his voice. In any case, a death spirit would not need an excuse to kill a living being.

"It's over for the second level."

Su Yu might have killed some people there, but he had never planned to search the place in detail to hunt everyone down. That was a waste of time. He would only kill those he happened to encounter. That was different from He Tu, who was intentionally searching the place to kill everyone.

"He had probably reached the first level after my departure."

With that thought in mind, he vanished with a flicker.

"He's a death spirit. How did he enter the first level without a death tunnel? The tunnel is on the seventh level. Did he come down from the seventh level? No...even death spirits need to follow the laws. In that case, he must have entered through a unique method...Soul apertures?"

Suddenly, a certain thought came to Su Yu. This was not something anyone else could have thought of. Su Yu was different. After all, he was already wondering about how the White Jade Gate worked earlier. With the appearance of He Tu, he was able to guess even more.

"Death Realm!"

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he realized something. Yes! It must be the Death Realm!

There were probably more entrances in the Death Realm. The entrances there would correspond to the soul apertures. Thus, He Tu must have entered through these entrances. Before this, he was probably in the basement.

Su Yu's eyes flickered again. Was it the hair? Was there another level beneath the first level? Or were there multiple levels down there? That must be the case! He was greatly alarmed by the implication of this possibility. This was big.

"The circulation route of the soul apertures is there!"

Su Yu inhaled deeply. What he needed could be found in the Death Realm! This was an extremely important piece of information. This was important for the advancement of his willpower cultivation and his opening of the yin aperture followed by the heaven acupoint!

The unity of yin and yang, the unity of source and soul!

"Death Realm!"

He Tu's appearance had given him an extremely important clue. Up until now, Su Yu had only discovered 290 apertures. He was still far from opening all 360 of the apertures. It was worth noting that unknown soul apertures were a lot harder to discover than unknown source acupoints.

Unlike the source acupoints, the soul apertures were scattered throughout the sea of willpower, akin to the stars in the sky. Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind. Then, he started rushing in the little furball;s direction.

He had to find them and leave immediately. He was unsure how long He Tu would take to reach this level. Things were getting too dangerous here.

Flying in the sky, a vast and mountainous landscape stretched as far as the eye could see. Su Yu suspected that this was Old Zhou's chest.

Where was the riversand?

Su Yu had never been here before, but he had read about this place before. However, there was no guarantee that what he read would be accurate.

"Riversand....chest...Celestial River..."

While flying, Su Yu sank into thought. After some time, he grimaced and muttered, "Don't tell me the so-called Celestial River here is filled with...milk?"

Old Zhou was probably a man, right? That was what his instincts were telling him. Was a man capable of lactation as well? Old Zhou clearly sounded like a man. Was he supposed to be a woman?

Or was it a disguise? Unlikely. Why would someone dead bother to disguise their voice?

"Or perhaps the riversand is merely a product of his intestines? Purification...right, the riversand is capable of purification..."

A new idea came to Su Yu. Certain internal organs were capable of purification. He was still unsure which part of the human body the third level was supposed to correspond to. The place was too big. He had to look around before forming a conclusion.

Originally, Su Yu had been quite leisurely and relaxed in his exploration of the mansion. But due to the sudden change, he was running out of time. There was no saying when He Tu would arrive. He had to leave with his people as soon as possible.

***

At the same time.

Hundreds of people were gathered in front of a massive waterfall.

The riversand was an important resource regardless of race. Surprisingly, the human race was the first race to discover the usage of the riversand. However, it didn't take long for the myriad races to learn of it.

Its ability to purify willpower made riversand a valuable resource for both cultural researchers and warriors. After all, warriors needed to cultivate their willpower as well. At the very least, they needed to cultivate their willpower enough not to have their seas of willpower easily destroyed by cultural researchers.

Thus, the riversand was the resource everyone on the third level would fight over.

The waterfall falling from the sky itself was the famous Celestial River. Upon collision with the ground, it would form a sort of sparkling and translucent crumbs on the ground. And that was the so-called riversand.

At the moment, the experts of the various races had gathered there. The riversand was a treasure everyone could easily see. It did not require a long time to accumulate either. Every ten years, a decent amount of riversand would be available for harvest. This update ıs available on novel~fire~net

"Humans, stop dreaming about the riversand."

A devil Mountainsea warned the humans in the area. Around him, the dragons, immortals, divines, and nethers were looking at the humans with hostility. A decent number of humans were here as well.

Over three hundred people had gathered there, and nearly a hundred of them were humans. The leading figures of the humans were Qin Fang, a Heaven Index genius, and some other human geniuses such as Wu Qi and Bai Feng.

There were also several human Mountainseas among them, but all of them had solemn expressions.

After Ye Batian's death during the battle over fifty years ago, humanity had stagnated somewhat. Far fewer experts had been produced since then, as though an entire generation of humanity had been lost. Or to be precise, the generation that should have reached the Mountainsea Realm by now had been lost. Thus, humanity did not enjoy any advantage over the myriad races in terms of Mountainseas.

With a tight grip on his spear, Qin Fang coldly said, "He'ertai, don't push your luck. This place is big enough. We're only asking for a tenth of the place. What else do you want? Must you turn this into a bloody battle? Are the devils so interested in serving as the vanguard of the myriad races?"

He was not afraid of them, but they enjoyed a numerical superiority with over twenty Mountainseas among them. Meanwhile, the humans had fewer than ten Mountainseas here. This wouldn't be an easy battle to win.

The devil called He'ertai said, "Piss off if you don't want to die."

"Bullshit!"

Qin Fang retorted furiously, "If you dare to attack, we will target nobody but the devils. We will both lose together. Try us! I dare you!"

That was precisely what He'ertai feared. That was why he had restrained himself from attacking. With a frown, he looked at the other races. None of the top geniuses were here. People like Mo Duona, Zhan Wushuang, Ming Yue, and Xuan Wuji were nowhere to be seen.

Not one of these superstars was present. Some were still exploring the second level, while some were long gone from the third level. For these super geniuses, the third level was nothing. The riversand might be valuable, but not valuable enough to be worth their time.

However, the riversand was incredibly important for the human race.

He'ertai ignored Qin Fang and sent a voice transmission to the strongest among them, an expert from the dragon race. He said, "Long Ji, you're the strongest among us. You will deal with Qin Fang while I handle Wu Qi and the rest. What do you think?"

More than ten dragons were hovering in the sky in their original forms. Long Ji was about to reply when a burst of laughter rang out not far away.

"Oh? Everyone's here!"

Someone was leisurely walking toward them in the sky.

With a smile, Huang Teng revealed himself to the group. For Su Yu, he was nothing. But for the myriad races, he was a lunatic nobody wanted to provoke. As a sixth-stage Cloudbreach, he was capable of killing even a sixth-stage Mountainsea.

He merely had a lower cultivation level compared to Qin Fang. With the same cultivation level, nobody could be sure who among them would be the stronger one.

In truth, Huang Teng was on the verge of reaching the seventh stage, the same cultivation level as Qin Fang. He was only a step away.

He grinned at Qin Fang and said, "Old Qin, why are you so useless? How can you let these people scare you?"

Qin Fang snorted. When was he ever scared? He was merely worried about the other humans. Many of the humans here were Skysoars. Meanwhile, the majority of their opponents were Cloudbreaches.

More importantly, there were some important humans among them. He had to ensure their safety. Alone, he would never fear these people.

"Huang Teng!"

He'ertai said, "Are you here to court death?"

Huang Teng's arrival caused some excitement among the humans. They were overjoyed to see the arrival of a strong helper. Just then, two more individuals arrived.

Many looked over. Nobody was surprised to see Xia Huyou. It was normal for Huang Teng to be with Xia Huyou. But there was a woman beside Xia Huyou. That was an unfamiliar face to everyone.

Nevertheless, the sight of her still caused the expressions of some myriad race Mountainseas to grow solemn. She was a seventh-stage Mountainsea! When did the human race produce such a young seventh-stage Mountainsea? Was this someone from the Xia Family? But they had never seen her among the Xia Family. Had she remained in disguise before this?

The seventh-stage Mountainsea was none other than Yellow Nine.

Xia Huyou grinned and said, "Everyone, we're all here to treasure hunt, not kill each other. The Luminous Domain Mansion is filled with treasures. What's the point of shedding blood for some riversand? Why don't we all take a step back? We won't gather too much. You guys can have the majority—"

Noticing that someone was about to argue, Xia Huyou added, "By the way, something dangerous is coming up from the second level. I suggest you stop causing trouble and wasting your time on pointless fights."

At that, more than ten humans appeared behind him. These were all the humans who had followed him from the second level. For the humans here, this was a sizeable reinforcement.

He'ertai and the others frowned. Long Ji asked, "Crown Prince Xia, you don't make the call here. As for the danger you're talking about, are you referring to the tremors? If you're talking about that, forget about scaring us off with mere tremors. It's pointless."

Seeing that more and more humans were arriving, Long Ji continued, "What about this? The humans can go elsewhere. We won't trouble you. However, you can't stay here."

This was the most important place on the third level. This was clearly an offer made in bad faith.

At the same time, an immortal fairy said, "Hand over Bai Feng and the others. If my memories serve, the various prefectures of humanity do not have that much of a relationship with Bai Feng's line. We're only here for Bai Feng. Do you want to anger us for Bai Feng?"

The immortal fairy looked at those from the other major races and asked, "You must have received similar orders as well, right? We need to remove Bai Feng's line from the mansion."

"Yes!"

A handsome divine smiled and said, "Bai Feng's line is the public enemy of the myriad races. All the other humans can leave, but not them."

Among the humans, Bai Feng maintained a calm and indifferent expression. Before Su Yu, he would always smile and act sloppily.

But before everyone else, he would always be as calm as a grandmaster. Hearing those words, he said, "True. Everyone else can leave. Let me see if these garbage really have the courage to kill me. I believe not a single one of you can live after that. That student of mine can't do much to your ancestors. But you...well, I doubt you'll pose him much challenge."

He only needed to use his student's name. What was there to fear? Since Xia Huyou and the others were already here, he was confident Su Yu himself wouldn't be that far away.

With Su Yu around, what was there for him to fear?

At that, the expressions of some myriad race experts changed. They looked at the humans thoughtfully. Unless they could kill everyone here, Su Yu would definitely learn of what they did to Bai Feng.

At this time, Xia Huyou sent Bai Feng a voice transmission, "It's fine. There is no need to throw your life away, Teacher Bai. A solution will present itself soon. Just drag this out for a bit."

He did not mention Su Yu. He wasn't sure if Bai Feng was aware of that. Then again, his reminder was pointless as Bai Feng already knew it. However, it did give Bai Feng even more confidence. Sure enough, his walking disaster of a student was here.

Chapter 1422: The Death Spirits Have Joined The Game (2)

Such a large gathering of cultivators was something Su Yu could sense.

Even from far away, he saw the massive waterfall pouring out of the sky, as though there was a hole in reality itself. The stream of water falling from the sky was the so-called Celestial River.

The so-called river was actually a waterfall.

It was massive.

It dropped from the sky with enough momentum to instantly reduce a regular person into mincemeat.

"Celestial River...waterfall..."

Su Yu looked at the sky and wondered, "Is this a bleeding blood vessel? Or is this something else? Where's the smiling mouth lotus? Is it under the waterfall?"

There was a river behind the waterfall. In that case, where was the smiling mouth lotus? The waterfall would be the most suitable place for the smiling mouth lotus to grow on the third level.

He observed in silence without revealing himself or doing anything.

He waited.

He waited patiently. Even knowing that He Tu was coming, he waited.

He was waiting for some people to leave.

The myriad races had given the other humans a chance to abandon Bai Feng to them. Su Yu wanted to see if anyone would take the offer. This was not about the supposed fellowship between fellow humans. That did not matter.

Nevertheless, Bai Feng and his companions were still humans. Su Yu wanted to see if the other humans would continue stabbing the multiple character faction in the back even in a situation like this.

If the other humans decided to take the offer and leave, it would signify that humanity as a whole had abandoned their line. In that case, Su Yu would no longer be obligated to give these humans any help.

Nobody here was aware that He Tu was coming. Thanks to Su Yu and He Tu, nobody had been able to escape the second level.

***

The gathered crowd was still unaware that Su Yu was already there.

Raising his spear high, Qin Fang said, "Don't bother. You're trying to incite disharmony between us. It's pointless. Bai Feng's line is also a part of humanity. Immortals, do you really believe we're helpless against you? Are you trying to pick a fight with me?"

Beside Qin Fang, someone snorted coldly and said, "What a childish ruse. Are you so confident in your victory? Come and try us. I dare you."

The immortal fairy said, "You don't speak for everyone here. Not everyone wants to die. Do you really think that we can't kill you? We have merely been holding back. Are you certain you're going to protect Bai Feng's line?"

At that, the myriad race experts released their auras. Even if they couldn't kill all these humans, they had to destroy the unity of the humans. This had always been the policy of the myriad races. They were confident this would work. Some of the humans would most definitely step out and leave. After all, this was how it had always been.

In any case, Bai Feng's line had never stopped being the target of the myriad races. A beast grinned and said, "Bai Feng, are you still counting on Su Yu? Stop dreaming. Can he still leave his ancient city? The moment he leaves, the Emperors will personally kill him. Who are you trying to scare with his name?"

Bai Feng looked at the speaker and sneered, "Useless garbage. Where was your courage when you were out there? You didn't even have the courage to speak his name. You're only so cocky now because you're in here."

"These arguments are pointless." A divine youth said, "Are the humans really willing to fight us for these people? This is our final mercy. We can spare the rest of you, but Bai Feng's line must die. Are you naive enough to believe that you have enough people here to contend against us?"

The myriad race experts started pressuring the humans. And that was working. Some of the humans started wavering.

But that was not everyone. Some completely ignored the threats. As the myriad race experts pressured them repeatedly, even Qin Fang started feeling nervous. Meanwhile, a certain someone amid Bai Feng's group was ignoring the entire conversation. She was crouched on the ground, completely focused on her research.

The anxious Wu Qi sent her a voice transmission, "Get up already. When the battle starts, stick close to me."

Wu Lan ignored her elder sister. She continued gathering samples from the ground while performing tests on them with the instruments arranged around her. Beside her, Wu Jia was acting as her research assistant.

Wu Lan replied without looking at Wu Qi, "It will be fine. Can you stop disturbing me?"

How annoying. Since the fatty was here, Su Yu wouldn't be far behind.

The moment that freak arrived, all these people would die. Perhaps he was already here. He was merely hiding nearby. Wu Lan knew him too well. He was probably waiting for the humans to start running before revealing himself. At that time, the humans who had decided to run would probably end up as his priority targets.

Then, Wu Lan returned his attention to his tests. When she checked the gathered data, an odd expression covered her face as she said to Wu Jia, "Sister Jia, can you record this? For some reason, the water from the Celestial River is alkaline in nature. The water is also yellowish in color."

After a slight hesitation, she added, "Add a note that this is merely my personal hypothesis. The water here resembles the bile you can find in the human body. As for the riversand, it resembles the bile salt you can find in the human body, capable of dissolving, digesting, and absorbing."

Wu Jia hesitated and asked, "Are you sure?"

"No. But there are similarities. Just record them down." Wu Lan added, "If we follow the same line of thought, there might be something similar to a liver at the end of the Celestial River. The river is merely the bile overflowing from the liver..."

Wu Lan frowned and continued, "Just record this down for now. If we do encounter Su Yu, we can hand the results to him. That way, our research will not be lost even if we were to die. Note that at the end of the river, there might be a multipurpose treasure capable of expelling toxins, absorbing, and purifying..."

"Sure."

Wu Jia recorded all that down before looking at the sky curiously. Was there really a treasure up there? Some people had attempted to reach the end of the river in the past, but nobody had succeeded in flying over the river. As for those attempting to enter through the waterfall itself, one would die to the impact of the water before going far.

While the two were calmly recording all their data, the humans around them started stirring.

Someone sent Qin Fang a voice transmission, "Prince Qin Fang, Liu City is...independent from humanity. Do we really fight for them?"

Qin Fang did not look at the speaker. Instead, he roared coldly, "Those thinking of leaving are free to leave. I'm staying. Let me see if these people can really kill us all. Just look at these clowns. They can only tremble in fear when facing Su Yu so they have to take out their anger on Su Yu's teacher instead. What a joke."

"Qin Fang, are you looking down on us?" A human laughed and said, "If they want to kill us, tell them to bring it on. I'm very curious. Just how many of us can they kill? And how many of them will die in the process? Do they think they are really united when they are playing this game with us? Just bring it on. Which race is willing to be the first to fight and die for the other races?"

A divine youth said, "Are you sure you're not leaving? Guys, make way for our human friends. Let them leave. My human friends, remember Wan Tiansheng. Remember Su Yu. None of them are merciful when it comes to humans. Think about it. How many troubles has humanity endured because of them? In the end, they are still alive while countless humans are dead."

The expressions of more humans changed as the myriad races moved aside and opened a passage for them to leave.

The myriad race experts started smiling mockingly. One of them said, "Your life belongs to nobody but yourself. This is your last chance to salvage it."

More and more myriad race experts were arriving. Some of them had been busy exploring nearby. Upon noticing the commotion here, they came.

Eventually, the number of myriad race experts approached three hundred. The pressure on the humans continued to grow.

Ultimately, a human lost his composure and shouted, "He'ertai, are you sure you won't attack us while we're retreating?"

He'ertai laughed and said, "We won't. Don't worry. If you're worried...friends, let's make a bigger passage. Remember. Your life belongs to nobody but yourself. Are you going to throw it away for Bai Feng?"

The human who had spoken was sweating nervously. Noticing the furious gazes from his fellow humans, he lowered his head, gnashed his teeth, and soared into the sky. With a gloomy voice, he said, "I don't even know them. I'm only here to look for some opportunities. I'm not here for anyone else. My apologies..."

Then, he rushed through the passage. Sure enough, the myriad races did not stop him. He was able to leave safely.

He'ertai and the others smiled.

There were over a hundred humans here. They would need to pay a considerable price to kill them. Thus, it would be better to incite disharmony among these humans instead. In any case, only Qin Fang, Huang Teng, Wu Qi, and Bai Feng mattered to them. The other humans were unimportant.

If they could kill these key humans, they would definitely receive generous rewards upon leaving the mansion. With one person taking the lead, the second person stepped forth.

"Sorry. I...don't want to die here."

Yet another human left. At first, the others would throw furious words at those leaving. But eventually, silence descended.

Ten, twenty, thirty...

Qin Fang and the others watched in silence. After a while, about a third of them were gone. Only about eighty were left. Some of these people were sweating nervously, but they had opted to stay.

A young woman gnashed her teeth furiously and spat, "A bunch of traitors! Cowards! Today, they will allow the multiple character faction to be killed by the myriad races. Tomorrow, someone else will do the same to them. Are they so blind to this obvious plot of the myriad races?"

Many of them felt quite helpless. With a third of them gone, they were further disadvantaged against the myriad race experts around them. In fact, there were even some Mountainseas among the humans who had departed. This was a big blow to the remaining humans.

Bai Feng looked around solemnly and said, "If you wish to leave, do it now. Previously, you remained out of your sense of righteousness. But if you continue to remain, you will be throwing your lives away. We're not close enough that you need to throw your lives away for me..."

Someone berated him, "What nonsense are you saying? We humans are free to fight among ourselves. But we must remain united against external enemies. I understand the grudge that the multiple character faction holds toward the rest of humanity. But even that is an internal conflict. It has no place when we're facing external threats. Didn't Wan Tiansheng kill a lot of people not long ago? Vengeance has been pursued. Stop holding onto the past. The ones who had left could not represent the entire humanity." Newest update provıded by novel✦fire.net

At that, one human expert after another released their auras. Slowly, the myriad races closed the passage and reformed their encirclement around the humans.

He'ertai smiled and said, "Looks like you guys are quite determined to die. What a surprise. I did not expect so many of you to remain."

Chapter 1423: The Death Spirits Have Joined The Game (3)

Su Yu was surprised as well.

He had not expected this.

He was floating above everyone. Of the 120 humans gathered, only 38 had left. He could see everything. This was very surprising for him. He had been observing in silence as the myriad races pressured the humans to leave. He had expected more than half or even two-thirds of the humans to leave. But that did not happen.

Less than one-third had left. That was not all. Of the thirty-eight who had departed, a few had returned and laid in ambush nearby. They were clearly trying to stab the myriad races in the back when the battle began. Thus, only about a quarter of the humans had truly left.

Su Yu looked up at the sky and sank into contemplation. A quarter. Was that a big number? That was a decently big number. But it was much smaller than what he had expected. The multiple character faction had never been loved by humanity at large. Wan Tiansheng's slaughter had only served to further exacerbate the issue.

Su Yu could feel that some of the remaining humans were shivering with fear. That was understandable. It was normal for one to feel fear in the face of death.

Even Su Yu himself was not immune to that fear. However, they had still remained. That was a mark of courage.

"Humanity..." Su Yu muttered to himself.

Even as a human himself, he couldn't help but lament that humanity was truly too odd. The internal strife within the human race was so intense that he couldn't resist abandoning humanity altogether. The humans seemed incapable of not fighting among themselves.

But when threatened by an external enemy, many would step forth courageously, even knowing that they would die. Even those who had never liked Bai Feng would step forth out of a sense of obligation.

Even when a much safer alternative was offered, they had opted to remain.

Even when they were throwing insults and snorting at Bai Feng when he thanked them, they had remained.

Such was humanity.

"How complicated."

Su Yu couldn't help but admit that humanity was far harder to understand than the myriad races. This was not an alliance for the sake of reaping some benefits. There was nothing to be gained here. Many of them had remained only because they were still hot-blooded.

"This is too complicated..."

Su Yu laughed in a self-mocking manner. He was still too young, after all. At times, he would believe that he had seen through humanity. Alas, he had seen through nothing. He knew nothing. He had expected most of them to leave. But only a small number of them had left.

Why were they so odd?

"Time to leave!"

Worried that He Tu would arrive soon, Su Yu decided it was time to end this. According to his observations, he noted that there were several drops of Sunmoon blood essence or heaven weapons among the gathered myriad race experts.

Those would be his priority targets. There was no need to worry about the others. With his Mark of Civilization around, the solution was simple: kill them all.

After all, He Tu had graciously offered himself as the scapegoat.

Right as the myriad races began to stir, someone looked up upon sensing something. A small book could be seen floating above them.

"What's that?"

Someone muttered curiously. Was that a treasure?

After all, the Luminous Domain Mansion was filled with treasures. It wouldn't be weird for treasures to drop from the sky every now and then. That attracted the attention of more people. They all looked up at the floating book.

Everyone was convinced that the book was an incredible weapon. Shrouded in a layer of saintly radiance, the book felt like it was a part of the great dao itself.

Above the book, numerous faint silhouettes could be seen. It was as though the book was a record of the history and civilizations of the myriad races. Nobody felt any sense of danger from the book.

Why was that? Because Su Yu's tribulation sense was working to distort everyone's sense of danger. For him, this was merely a bunch of weaklings. There wasn't even a Sunmoon among them. How could they contend against him?

"Absolute treasure..."

He'ertai's eyes widened, convinced that the book was a heaven weapon.

The saintly aura the book emanated made it clear that it was no simple weapon. Greed covered their eyes. A heaven weapon was something nobody could reject.

Long Ji sent the others a voice transmission, "Kill the humans first before deciding who among us can have the weapon. Since the treasure has emerged, it won't run off."

He'ertai nodded in agreement as he roared his order, "Kill the humans first before fighting for the treasure." For origınal chapters go to NoveIＦire.net

A battle was on the verge of erupting. The various human experts braced themselves warily. However, Xia Huyou and Huang Teng had an odd look in their eyes. These fellows...must be tired of living.

Abruptly, numerous projections erupted from the floating book. One Sunmoon projection after another appeared. A hundred, two hundred, three hundred...

Su Yu's face paled slightly from the sheer expenditure of supporting this move. The book itself was powerful, but it also required his power to sustain.

"Fellow daoists, let us explore the meaning of civilization, the past and future, together."

When that voice rang out, nobody realized that danger was upon them. Then, the three hundred projections attacked.

Whoosh!

This was a match between three hundred Sunmoons and a bunch of Cloudbreaches and Mountainseas. How could they be a match? In the blink of an eye, more than nine-tenths of the myriad race experts were killed.

They were all consumed by the projections before they could even react. As for the survivors, they all activated their blood essence and heaven weapons in panic. Alas, they were too late. Done with the weaklings, the Sunmoon projections enjoyed an absolute numerical advantage.

Each survivor was faced with about ten Sunmoon projections. They were completely helpless.

"Roar!"

"Howl!"

The projections roared and howled joyfully.

Before long, nobody was left. They were gone. All three hundred myriad race experts had been wiped out instantly.

The humans were left stunned. Some of them paled and trembled. What...was this? Their brains were incapable of processing anything anymore. Fear was the only thing they could feel.

How terrifying.

Then, Su Yu reversed his source qi and floated down from the sky. With a frosty voice, he said, "The sovereign is upon us. He takes pity on the human race. By his grace, the humans here will be allowed to retreat. Take heed of these words. The Myriad Realms shall be ours."

Death spirit!

Fear and disbelief gripped everyone.

A death spirit?

A death spirit had appeared on the third level!

A sovereign was coming?

A voice rang out in Xia Huyou's mind. Hearing that, his expression changed drastically as he hurriedly shouted, "Thanks, Lord. Everyone, leave now! I told you guys! A danger is approaching from the second level. It will be here soon! Lord Sovereign He Tu is coming! Thank you for your assistance, Lord!"

Su Yu replied indifferently, "I used to be a human. This is all I can do. I do not dare to disobey the sovereign. Leave now."

The humans drew numerous conclusions from the short exchange between Xia Huyou and the death spirit. In short, this was a subordinate of Sovereign He Tu. He used to be a human before dying.

After regaining some of his memories, he had opted to help the humans this time. However, a death sovereign was coming. The death sovereign might not be as kind toward the humans.

Their expressions changed drastically as that realization hit them.

Run!

A death sovereign was coming!

In their eyes, Su Yu was a super expert who had killed so many experts instantly. As far as they were concerned, he was nearly as powerful as a death sovereign.

Qin Fang shouted at the others, "Retreat! Now! Go to the fourth level!"

Qin Fang was greatly alarmed. Why would there be a death sovereign here? This shouldn't be possible! Also, why was such a saintly book the weapon of a death spirit? This was unreal.

Su Yu said, "Leave. It is only a matter of time before we start our conquest of the Myriad Realms. At that time, humanity will be our enemy as well. I am no longer a human. I am now a death spirit. I will only show mercy once. This is the first and the last time I'm showing you mercy."

Even Qin Fang was touched upon hearing those words. He hurriedly offered his earnest gratitude, "Thanks, Lord!"

What a good guy! Even in death, he still remembered that he was a human.

He was about to leave when his gaze landed on Bai Feng's group. With a frown, he asked, "Why are you not leaving? What are you waiting for?"

Bai Feng didn't know what to say. Why should they leave? This was clearly a lie from Su Yu. But he couldn't say that.

Just then, Su Yu's voice rang out in his head, "Leave. A death sovereign is really coming. This isn't a lie!"

Instantly, Bai Feng paled. Was Su Yu being serious here? He stared at Su Yu in disbelief. Su Yu nearly rolled his eyes. He could see what his teacher was thinking. Did his teacher think that every word out of his mouth was a lie?

"I'm serious. Leave. Go as high as you can. He Tu isn't even alone. He has another death sovereign with him. I'll be fleeing soon as well."

Bai Feng stopped hesitating and grabbed Wu Jia and Wu Lan before fleeing. He did not even give them a chance to protest or react.

While she was being dragged away, Wu Lan sent a voice transmission to the death spirit in the sky, "Go up. Check the records left on the instruments. There is a treasure up in the sky..."

Those were the only words Wu Lan could send before she was dragged off. Su Yu looked down and noted the instruments on the ground. Clearly, she had left those instruments behind for him.

Before long, nobody was left around the waterfall.

News of He Tu's arrival started spreading.

A terrifying disaster was upon them.

A death sovereign was coming.

Chapter 1424: Heavenly Hunt Index (1)

Outside the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Nearly three hundred tunnels had collapsed at the same time.

Shock rippled through the crowd.

Su Yu was completely unaware that just before he killed the myriad race experts around the waterfall, over a hundred tunnels had collapsed. All in all, more than four hundred tunnels had collapsed one after another. The sky itself darkened from all the deaths.

A repressive silence enveloped the area, only to be broken by the sound of gasping breaths.

"Over...a thousand had died."

The atmosphere was suffocating.

Three days.

It had only been three days. Over a thousand had died.

They couldn't accept this. They couldn't believe this either. The Invincibles lost control as they revealed themselves one after another. The sky trembled while time and space were thrown into disorder. The anger of the Invincibles was burning the very world around them. The minor race experts waiting outside the mansion had sorrowful expressions as well.

Dead.

So many of them had died. Their hearts chilled as they looked at all the collapsed tunnels. Among the major races, the immortals had lost the highest number of people. Altogether, the major races had lost about six hundred people. Over two hundred of them were immortals. In short, the immortals had suffered a third of the total losses suffered by the major races.

This had happened in only three days. In comparison, the divines and devils were in a much better position. They had each lost about a hundred people. Once again, numerous gazes landed on the human encampment. Why had the human race suffered so few losses? This wasn't possible.

This was even more so for the recent deaths. Over four hundred had died, but less than five of them were humans. The humans had sent about four to five hundred people into the mansion as well. How was this happening? Were all these deaths related to the humans or not?

An Invincible said, "So many are dead. Can anyone tell me what's happening in there? The mansion has been around for so many years, but this has never happened before."

It had only been three days!

This was too abnormal. Sure, the Invincibles had been notified that something had happened on the first level before this. But those on the first level had mostly escaped by now. In that case, had the danger spread to the other levels?

Did the recent deaths happen on the second and third levels?

Very few of the dead were Sunmoons. This was still consistent with the past openings. However, far too many Cloudbreaches and Mountainseas had died in a short time frame. This could only happen if a super expert were conducting mass slaughter in the mansion. They had all died instantly. Fresh chapters posted on ⓝovelFire.net

Many of the dead were the descendants of the various Invincibles. Some had entered with powerful weapons, and some had entered with powerful blood essence. Even so, they had died at the same time as the others. This signified that they had not been able to resist before dying.

"Hu..."

An Invincible exhaled deeply as his murderous intent leaked around him, slicing the space around him apart. However, he did not know who he should direct his anger to.

Suddenly, someone said, "I suggest we ask the humans about this. Humans, tell me. How is this happening? How are the humans surviving when everyone else is dying in there?"

Up until now, about sixty humans had perished. That was one-eighth of their people inside. Meanwhile, the immortals had lost over two hundred people. A decent chunk of them were Invincible descendants.

Numerous gazes landed on the human encampment. Faced with all those gazes, Great Xia King looked indifferent while Great Zhou King looked solemn.

With a sigh, Great Zhou King said, "Don't ask me. If we're capable of this, we would have done so during the previous openings. We're not friends. There is no need for me to deny our involvement if we really had a hand in this. I suggest you send a message inside again to ask about this."

At that, the myriad race Invincibles cursed. Sending a message? They required a drop of Invincible blood essence each time, and the connection wouldn't even last for long. This was not a price they could afford to pay each time.

A divine Invincible exhaled and said, "How about this? Each race will take turns to ask."

The moment that suggestion was made, an Invincible said, "Our race will be staying out of this. We sent three people in there, but two had died. Only a Sunmoon remains, but he's probably not on the lower levels. It's pointless for us to ask anything."

Was this a joke? Why should he participate in this and waste his blood essence when he wouldn't benefit from it?

The divine king was not angered by the rejection. He calmly said, "Sure. But those not willing to contribute will not receive the information we obtain through this method."

They were free to stay out of this. But they shouldn't dream of benefiting from this either. Some of the minor race Invincibles were completely uninterested in this proposal. They hadn't been able to send that many people into the mansion in the first place. With most of their people inside dead, it was pointless for them to participate in this.

Among the various races, the major races had taken more than two thousand of the slots. With about five hundred of them dead, there were still roughly two thousand of them inside. Meanwhile, the total number of survivors in the mansion was less than 2,500.

Thus, a majority of the survivors were those from the major and ancient races. With the minor races losing so many of their people, including Sunmoons, they were naturally unwilling to participate in this. The various Invincibles sank into silence.

After a long while, the white-haired divine king sighed and said, "So be it. It's rather pointless to ask now. Let's wait. It's not like we can enter even if we know what's happening."

Someone hesitated and said, "Can the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion think of a way to send a message inside?"

"Yeah. Can the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion do something about this?"

"Can they send messages inside through the Heavenly Hunt Index?"

Unlike the minor race Invincibles, the major race Invincibles were quite anxious about this. In their opinion, the ancient Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was their biggest hope. After some time, an indifferent voice rang out from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

"Contact was permissible in the past. After all, the ancient experts residing in there needed a way to keep in touch with the outside world, right? However, the Luminous Domain Mansion has since been sealed. Nowadays, sending a message in there is no longer a simple matter. With the Heavenly Hunt Index damaged, it is too difficult for us to send any message in there."

Before anyone could say anything, a cough rang out as an ancient projection appeared in the sky. The race of this person was unclear. In fact, the very identity of this person was unclear. Numerous people were alarmed to see him.

The newcomer looked at the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, coughed, and said, "Marquis...what do you need to repair the Heavenly Hunt Index?"

Marquis!

Some people were confused, but some had odd expressions upon hearing that. At the same time, numerous humans looked at Great Xia King.

Great Xia King said, "What are you looking at? That's not my son. During the ancient past, the human king was both a position and a strength status. With all of us proclaiming ourselves kings, that fatty from my family decided to proclaim himself a marquis after reading some ancient records. He's not a true marquis. In fact, none of us is a proper king."

Nowadays, any human Invincible would proclaim themselves a king. In truth, that was not a title to be given lightly. Not everyone was qualified to be one. Even Marquis Xia had only proclaimed himself a marquis after reading about the ancient past.

The words of Great Xia King caused even more people to have odd expressions. They had nearly forgotten about this. But now, many recalled that Marquis Xia was the sole person using this title nowadays. And for some reason, he enjoyed quite a lot of popularity. That was why everyone would think of him the moment the title was mentioned.

Initially, the ancient experts did not pay much attention to the title used by the newcomer. But with this reminder, their expressions changed as well. Even the scholar in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion blanked out slightly before saying with a smile, "Marquis...you jest. The ancient past is no more. There is no need for you to address me this way. Just call me the pavilion master."

He couldn't bring himself to keep using this title.

After all, the only marquis everyone recognized nowadays was Great Xia King's son. The scholar was a big shot from the ancient past. He was uninterested in talking about the ancient past.

One could say that he was the highest-ranked survivor from the ancient past.

A titled marquis.

Excluding the Human Emperor, only the human kings and Pseudo Emperors were ranked higher than him.

However, those were titles that would be formally conferred in the last. Meanwhile, some of the current Pseudo Emperors were merely self-proclaimed titles. In fact, even the old turtle was one such person. A true Pseudo Emperor was someone who had been conferred that title by the ancient Human Emperor. Anyone proclaiming themselves one before being conferred the title would be treated as a rebel.

Things had changed nowadays, with everyone calling themselves kings. The scholar couldn't be bothered to say much about this. If they were to follow the standards of the ancient past, perhaps Great Qin King was the sole human qualified to receive such a title. It was also possible that even Great Qin King wouldn't be good enough to be one.

The scholar did not say much about his title. He had a rough guess as to the identity of the newcomer. This was someone he hadn't seen for many years. Thus, he was quite surprised to see that this person was still alive.

With a laugh, the scholar said, "It's almost impossible to fully repair the Heavenly Hunt Index. However, contact with those inside the mansion might be possible if the missing parts of the index were returned."

"Missing parts?"

The crowd muttered doubtfully. How could such a powerful index be incomplete?

The scholar added, "Yes, the current Heavenly Hunt Index is a shadow of its past. It is no longer capable of automatic aura collection. We have to do it manually. It is no longer as fair as it was."

In the past, the Heavenly Hunt Index was capable of gathering auras automatically from the Myriad Realms. Yes. The Myriad Realms instead of only the Allheaven Battlefield. Anyone could enter the index.

The scholar continued, "The Heavenly Hunt Index is no longer complete. However, I know that there is a fragment of the index in the Allheaven Treasure House. If we can reunite the index with the fragment, we might be able to establish contact with those inside."

Allheaven Treasure House!

The organization hosting the Dao Affirmation Ranking.

Numerous expressions changed upon hearing that.

It was rumored that the Allheaven Treasure House was backed by one of the major races, or perhaps all the major races. Nobody knew for real, but everyone knew that the Allheaven Treasure House wouldn't have the courage to publish something like the Dao Affirmation Ranking without sufficient backing.

The Allheaven Treasure House had always maintained a low profile, but it was by no means cowardly. Very few people knew the location of its headquarters. One could say that it was even more mysterious than the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Nevertheless, it was still incomparable to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion in terms of strength.

An Invincible said, "If the fragment is really in the hands of the Allheaven Treasure House...perhaps this is feasible. Why don't the people from the Allheaven Treasure House talk with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion about this? At the moment, we know nothing about what's happening inside. We need information to prepare against whatever's happening in there."

"Some people of the Allheaven Treasure House have entered the mansion as well. Is the house master here?"

After a short moment, the sky rippled as a chubby middle-aged man stepped out of thin air and smiled, "Here I am!"

The expressions of even more people turned odd. Was it so easy to see this person? Speaking of, this was yet another unfamiliar face. Who was this? The house master? Which race was he from?

The scholar of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion looked at the chubby man and smiled, "So it's you."

Chapter 1425: Heavenly Hunt Index (2)

The Allheaven Treasure House had been a long-time opponent of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

It was a relatively young organization. Thus, the pavilion master had been wondering about the identity of its master. He was quite surprised to see that it was this chubby man. He said, "Bountiful Treasure General, it has been a while."

The chubby man smiled and said, "Indeed. Greetings, Marquis."

After a slight pause, he laughed it off and said, "No, forget that. I should be calling you the pavilion master instead. I heard you, Pavilion Master. I'll be frank. I did pick up a piece of treasure many years ago. Thanks to that treasure, I was able to found the Allheaven Treasure House and start the Dao Affirmation Ranking. Now that you're asking for it...you might as well ask for my life, Pavilion Master. My Allheaven Treasure House won't survive without it."

The scholar sank into silence. After a long while, he said, "Which piece do you have?"

"I only have one..." The chubby man grinned and said, "It has a...character on it."

The scholar instantly sat up straight and asked, "Which character?"

"Record."

The scholar's expression changed slightly as he asked, "Is the...visual character not with you?"

"Nope. I'm telling the truth!" The chubby man said, "I wouldn't dare to lie. I only have the record character. The Dao Affirmation Ranking would have been a lot more reliable otherwise. Every now and then, it would stop working. It will also fail to observe its targets the moment they go into hiding."

"Where's the visual character?"

The scholar muttered to himself. Together, record and visual meant catalog. Yes. The Heavenly Hunt Index was originally a catalog. However, two important pieces were missing.

Or to be precise, the record and visual characters were missing.

The chubby man said, "Pavilion Master, I have the record character. As for the visual character...why don't you keep asking around? Perhaps someone else has it? In any case, it's not with me."

The scholar asked, "Can you return it? You understand that it does not belong to me. I am merely someone appointed to supervise the world for the heavens..."

The chubby man laughed, "You jest, Pavilion Master. That was a matter of the ancient past. However, I do believe we should look for the owner of the visual character. The three of us can join hands to establish contact with those inside. As for returning them to you...I suggest you forget about this idea."

"Sigh."

The scholar sighed and said, "So be it. Who has the visual character? If we have both characters, we will only be missing some small fragments. That won't affect the index too much. That should be enough to establish contact with those inside."

The various experts started looking at each other. Some were confused, and some had odd expressions. The Heavenly Hunt Index was actually a catalog? And it was incomplete? Even so, it was still as powerful as a divine weapon. Just how powerful would it be when it was complete?

Most of them had guessed long ago that the pavilion master was an ancient past expert. However, nobody had expected the master of the Allheaven Treasure House to be one as well. After all, everyone had believed that the Allheaven Treasure House was merely a subordinate organization of the major races.

Bountiful Treasure General.

Some of them knew that in the ancient past, the generals were ranked one rank below the marquises. Or to be precise, these were the titled generals. And a rank below them were the untitled generals.

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Great Xia King was surprised as well. He sent Great Zhou King a voice transmission, "What's his strength? Can you see through him?"

Great Zhou King focused on the chubby man for a bit before replying, "No. But he's definitely not weak. He might even be stronger than us. The geezers are coming out one after another. This isn't a good sign."

It had been hundreds of years since these people had last appeared in such frequency. Some had remained in slumber, and some had focused on resting. But now, they were appearing one after another.

Bountiful Treasure General, Heavenly Overseer Marquis, Tiangu, Fate Emperor...

Suddenly, someone asked, "Bountiful Treasure! Kid, did you really build the Allheaven Treasure House?"

When the chubby man looked in the direction of the voice, he saw a projection above an ancient city. When he saw that man, he smiled and said, "Greetings, Brother Heavendoom."

Heavendoom had been too free. He might not be able to leave his city, but he could still converse with someone outside. He had only been so silent in the past because too few people were qualified to speak to him.

Thus, his interest in speaking was piqued right after seeing General Bountiful Treasure. He said, "You sure are brave for showing yourself after picking up something of the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. That geezer is terrifyingly strong. Be careful lest he kills you for his treasure."

Bountiful Treasure General smiled and said, "Things are not that serious, Brother Heavendoom."

Heavendoom said, "So you don't believe me?"

Just then, someone interupted with a snort and said, "Idiot. He's here because he fears nothing. Don't you know that the Allheaven Treasure House is backed by the major races. This guy must have reached a sort of agreement with Tiangu and the other geezers. With their backing, what is there for him to fear? He's what they're using as a counterbalance to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."

Heavendoom blanked out slightly before looking at the Empyrean Cloud City and asked, "How do you know this, Empyrean Cloud?"

Empyrean Cloud did not bother to reply. What a stupid question. That was easy enough to deduce. No matter what, they had lived for so long. They should possess the ability to see through some ruses.

Bountiful Treasure laughed and said, "No, not at all. There's no such thing..."

Heavendoom looked at Bountiful Treasure and sneered, "I see. Pretend we didn't meet today. No matter what, you're from the senior generation. Why are you playing around with kids like Tiangu and the others? How embarrassing. You must have failed to reach Daofuse. What a piece of trash. It has been so many years. You should have reached Daofuse by now. I guess I was wrong."

At that, the chubby man laughed awkwardly. Heavendoom stopped talking to the chubby man. His interest had waned. He might have his freedom restricted, but deep inside, he still viewed Tiangu with contempt. For him, Tiangu was merely a kid. Why was a kid acting all cocky before him? Sure, Tiangu was stronger. But that was because Heavendoom had been locked in the city for too many years. Tiangu would never have surpassed him otherwise.

Sure, he had grown slightly over the years, but the growth was minor. If he had remained free like Tiangu for a hundred thousand years, he would have achieved Daofuse long ago. Bountiful Treasure General did not mind Heavendoom's contempt. Things had changed. The ancient past was no more. Follow current novels on noveⅼfire.net

He looked at the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and asked, "Pavilion Master, do you not know the location of the final piece?"

The scholar sank into silence. After a long while, he said, "If my guess is right, the celestial chasm race probably has it. Am I right? Steercurse, you lead the celestial chasm race. Care to show yourself for a conversation?"

"Celestial chasm race?" Bountiful Treasure General blanked out slightly. Soon, a look of understanding appeared on his face as he said, "I see. No wonder. No wonder their curses have been growing steadily over the years. So they have the visual character? Looks like they have used that as the intermediary to kill quite a lot of people through curses."

At that moment, the sky trembled as a boundless canvas of darkness appeared in one section of the sky. An expert clad in black robes appeared. He softly said, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you, Seniors. Yes, I have it. But the ancient past has ended. Even the master of the Heavenly Hunt Index had perished. Thus, those fated to own these items will be their new owners. What do you think, Heavenly Overseer Marquis?"

The scholar said, "Since the two of you have these pieces, it's pointless for us to say more. If I'm strong enough, I'll naturally attempt to retrieve them. If I'm not, you will naturally get to keep them. Let's work together to establish contact with the mansion. I do wish to see if the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is still as powerful after so many years."

The man in black laughed and said, "That, I can agree with. But don't forget that even bringing the pieces together won't truly rejoin them. Unless you can find a divine weaponsmith to reforge them into one, the index will not be able to reach its peak power. This might not be enough to establish contact with those inside."

"Let's try."

The scholar sighed. Sure enough, the pieces were not lost. They had merely been split between the Allheaven Treasure House and the celestial chasm race. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be easy for him to take from them. Bountiful Treasure might not be a Daofuse, but he was only a step away.

As for this youngster from the celestial chasm race, he was the first Pseudo Emperor the celestial chasm race has produced since the great collapse. One should never underestimate the celestial chasm race. After all, it was still a race that had persisted from the ancient past until now.

Sure, it wasn't like he was too weak to handle the two. He was confident he was still stronger, but many people didn't want to see the Heavenly Hunt Index regaining its peak power. Thus, many would interfere in his attempt to regain the pieces.

A short while later, a golden booklet floated in the sky. After a short silence, both Bountiful Treasure and Steercurse took their pieces out. Both of them had refined their respective piece, binding the pieces to them. With a wave of their hands, the two pieces flew toward the golden book.

Instantly, the three came together. The resulting Heavenly Hunt Index was still far from its peak power as its ownership was now split into three. Even so, the return of the two pieces had still caused the index to shine brightly. A brilliant golden light enveloped the world.

Rumble!

Powerful undulations started rippling out of the booklet.

One golden stripe after another appeared.

145, 148, 155...

In the blink of an eye, 170 golden stripes appeared.

Only then did the golden booklet calm down. Everywhere, people were panting in greed. Nobody could hide their desire to own this book. This was a divine weapon. An incomparably powerful divine weapon. It was still incomplete ye,t it could already manifest 170 golden stripes. How strong would it be at its peak?

No wonder. No wonder it had the ability to encompass the entire Myriad Realms.

Several characters appeared on the booklet.

The four indexes could be seen on it. The Dao Affirmation Ranking was also visible.

Additionally, an Eternal Index was faintly visible as well...

Mo Duona occupied the first place on the Heavenly Hunt Index. But with the improvement to the booklet, a faint name was flickering over Mo Duona's name. However, it was unable to manifest fully.

Something seemed to be masking its target. The scholar frowned and looked in the ancient city's direction.

Liu Hong, who had been alarmed by the sudden change, looked outside. The moment he met the scholar's gaze, a chill spread through his body. However, he maintained his calm expression and grinned, "Is the index trying to manifest my name? What a pity. It must be conflicted because I'm half dead. The index is wrong here. I can easily defeat Mo Duona. The index isn't accurate enough."

Nobody could deny that.

It was likely that the index was trying to manifest Su Yu's name. Alas, he was already half a death spirit. Since the index had yet to make full recovery, it did not have the ability to fully manifest Su Yu's name.

Nevertheless, the scholar was still doubtful. 170 golden stripes. It was no longer that far away from its peak. Thus, it should be able to manifest the names of even death spirits, much less Su Yu ,who was still not a death spirit.

How odd.

Did Su Yu have a treasure capable of preventing the prying of the Heavenly Hunt Index? His thought did not linger on the matter for long. A different ranking had manifested as well.

"Dao Affirmation Ranking!"

"First on the ranking, Wan Tiansheng."

"..."

Chapter 1426: Heavenly Hunt Index (3)

Silence descended.

Nobody was surprised that Wan Tiansheng was on that ranking. Rather, they were surprised to see that the Heavenly Hunt Index had seemingly improved significantly. It had gained the ability to rearrange the ranks automatically.

In the past, the Dao Affirmation Ranking was not a part of the Heavenly Hunt Index. Meanwhile, the version started by the Allheaven Treasure House was inaccurate. Prior to this, Wan Tiansheng's name wasn't even on that ranking since he wasn't even a Pseudo Invincible.

Everyone focused on the ranking curiously. How would the Heavenly Hunt Index rank the experts below the Invincible Realm?

"Second on the ranking, September."

Once again, everyone blanked out. September? Him? The same September from the iron devourer race? That lazy and fat bear was second on the ranking? The same fat bear that would not move unless it was for the purpose of eating and drinking?

"Third on the ranking, River. Fate race."

Nobody was surprised by that. He had been second on the ranking for a very long time.

"Fourth on the ranking, Heavencurse. Celestial chasm race."

This was the previous top ranker. He had actually dropped to the fourth place.

"Fifth on the ranking, Hollow. Spatial beast race."

That wasn't surprising either.

"Sixth place, Lan Tian. Human race."

"..."

Once again, silence enveloped the world.

Numerous expressions changed. Lan Tian. Sixth on the ranking. This was the Dao Affirmation Ranking. It was a ranking of the strongest individuals below the Invincible Realm. The top ten of this ranking would almost be as strong as Invincibles.

Was Lan Tian...one of them? Was this a joke? Yes, he had fought the tri-life bodies of Invincibles before. However, he had never fought fully-powered Invincibles before. How was he ranked sixth?

"Seventh on the ranking, Skyeater. Hou race."

"Yo! My lad is on the ranking!"

A hou king, whose mouth was oily from all the food he had been eating, appeared in the sky. With a casual swing of his claws, he killed a clearbright bird and started munching on it while saying, "My lad was ranked thirty-sixth before this. Wow, his rank has finally improved. Seventh place? Not bad at all."

That alarmed numerous people. Nobody had expected Skyeater to be so strong before.

"Eighth on the ranking, Gudang. Immortal race."

Once again, everyone sank into silence. That was Tiangu's descendant."

"Ninth on the ranking, Xuefutu (Blood Buddha). Devil race."

"Tenth on the ranking, Doucang (Heaven's Challenger). Divine race."

The names on the top ten had changed drastically.

With the new ranking, Yun Chen was only ranked fifteenth. That was someone who had killed three Invincibles. If someone like him was ranked so low, just how strong were the others? Everyone started looking for Zhu Tiandao's name and found his name on the ninety-seventh spot. His rank had dropped drastically. Then again, just being on the ranking was already proof of his incredible strength.

The eyes of numerous people flickered as they sank into thought. What a surprise. Truly a surprise. There was no comparison between the current ranking with the previous ranking. Most of the previous top rankers had dropped in rank.

And many lower-ranked names had increased significantly in rank. More importantly, the person ranked sixth was supposed to be strong enough to fight Invincibles. Was Lan Tian...so strong?

Was he holding back during the previous conflict? Furthermore, there were actually two humans in the top ten.

Then again, nobody was surprised to see Wan Tiansheng's name there. He was someone who had killed two Invincibles. One could claim that he had only killed the Invincible from the nether race through sheer luck. But he had further proven his strength by killing Fiery Sea. That was enough to demonstrate his strength.

In fact, most of the names on the top ten were surprising to see. Wan Tiansheng was the sole exception.

Someone laughed and said, "What a surprise. I guess I must be blind before this. September is ranked second...he's only a rank below Wan Tiansheng. Where is he? Is he in the mansion?"

Several expressions changed upon hearing that. Yes, September had entered the mansion. Someone capable of fighting or even killing Invincibles. He must be capable of that since he was only second to Wan Tiansheng in the ranking.

Just then, the sky split apart as a titanic iron devourer appeared. Like the old hou, he was also busy munching on something with his oily mouth. With a lazy tone, he said, "Don't fight. Our race does not fight. September was hungry. He was only in there to find some food. He will return when he has his fill."

Yes. Yes. Nobody should misunderstand them. September was very weak. Some merely sneered at that. Only there for food? What manner of food was he looking for? Divines? Devils? Or immortals?

September...yes, it was very likely that he had entered to look for some immortals to eat. Not long ago, many of these beastly races were salivating over the immortals. An immortal king roared furiously, "Five of our Sunmoons had died suddenly earlier. Were..."

Were they the culprits? Was Skyeater in there as well? Yes. That was most likely the case. Damn it! These beastly races had all sent their super Sunmoons into the mansion! Damn them all!

"Cough." An Invincible coughed and said, "Stop wasting time. Pavilion Master, can you contact those inside now?"

"Let me try. This might take a while..."

***

At the same time.

Su Yu was just about to leave when the golden book in his mind trembled slightly.

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Su Yu frowned.

It had been a while since the book last reacted to anything. What was up with it? He had thought that it would do something again, but it had returned to calm soon after. Was this an omen of the arrival of something bad? But his tribulation character had not reacted.

Suddenly, he blanked out. Even the Culture Tomb wrapped around his sea of willpower was trembling. He could feel an incorporeal power reaching toward him before being bounced away by the Culture Tomb. That power was almost indetectable. Right after it was bounced off, it faded away.

"What is this?"

Su Yu's heart thumped. Someone was trying to pry on him! Yes! That was definitely the case!

"What is this? It's almost indetectable. Is this...the Heavenly Hunt Index or a supreme expert?"

Su Yu was alarmed. It couldn't be the Heavenly Hunt Index, right? This had never happened before. Why was this happening now? He hurriedly took his book out and started searching through one of the storage spaces in it. Before long, he dragged an index copy out.

He had not bothered to sort through his inventory recently. Thus, many of the spoils from his recent kills had been piled in his book. In any case, the Luminous Domain Mansion was supposed to be free from the effect of the Heavenly Hunt Index. He saw no point in wasting his time sorting through his spoils.

But now, the index copy was shining faintly. It seemed to be reacting to something. The reaction was weak. One could easily miss it if one wasn't paying attention. What the hell was this?

Su Yu was greatly surprised. Wasn't the Luminous Domain Mansion supposed to be entirely cut off from the outside world?

Furthermore, his golden book and Culture Tomb had reacted earlier. And now, the index was reacting. What did this signify?

"Something has changed with the Heavenly Hunt Index. Or perhaps it has grown strong enough to penetrate the Luminous Domain Mansion. And for some reason, my golden book has also reacted to the change..."

Su Yu's eyes flickered. What did this signify? Was his golden book related to the Heavenly Hunt Index? What was the relation? Su Yu frowned. Could he conclude from this that the Heavenly Hunt Index was...rightfully his?

"..."

Yes! Su Yu reached a terrifying conclusion. Someone...had taken something of his! The Heavenly Hunt Index was his! The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had stolen it from him!

"See, I have been wondering why the Heavenly Hunt Index has always seemed so pleasing to my eyes. It was kind enough to send me to the top rank in a very short time. So it was actually mine. No wonder."

Su Yu snorted. Very well. He would reclaim it one day. But that was a matter for the future. He wasn't strong enough to make that attempt. This also told him something new. Those outside were attempting to contact the index holders through the Heavenly Hunt Index. Perhaps the fellows outside were getting anxious due to the many deaths.

At that thought, Su Yu started searching his pile of spoils. Soon, he found over fifty index copies. He grinned. Contact through the Luminous Domain Mansion must be difficult. Those outside should not have the ability to determine the origin of the messages coming from inside the mansion.

"He Tu!"

He wrote the name down on one of the index copies. However, there was no reaction. As a precaution, he had only used the index of someone who was still alive. Previously, he had knocked several humans unconscious instead of killing them. He had naturally looted them as well.

He doubted that those outside could determine the owner of these index copies with the mansion standing between them, but it was never a bad idea to be cautious. He did not mind the lack of reaction. This was not a bad thing to him. With this, those outside could finally know the culprit behind all these deaths.

It was none other than He Tu, the barbaric butcher. At that thought, the culture and radiance characters on his book warped into He Tu.

Since he was He Tu, he should have a booklet (Tu) as a weapon. It was obvious the Mark of Civilization was He Tu's lifebound weapon.

Hehehehe.

He Tu shall take all the blame. In any case, this was what He Tu would do anyway. He was merely lending He Tu a helping hand here.

Su Yu waited as the index copies started trembling slightly. But even after a long while, they were still unable to establisha connection with the world outside. After waiting for a long time, Su Yu curled his lips with disdain.

Garbage!

Fine, fine. He decided to be kind and give them a push.

"Tai Shan!"

Boom!

The world started shaking again. Meanwhile, the He and Tu characters on Su Yu's book trembled before turning into light and fading into the book. After a short moment, Su Yu shut one of his acupoints, allowing the world to calm down. Once again, all the index copies trembled. After a short while, they calmed down again.

Su Yu grinned.

Interesting.

His guess had been correct. In his fury, Old Zhou was able to open the mansion to the outside world for a short moment.

"So you guys have to rely on me even to establish contact with the people inside?"

In short, the flow of information was tightly within his grasp. He wondered what manner of price those outside had paid for this. How generous of them. Hopefully, they would send some useful information to him. Of course, he had to gather all the index copies in the mansion to intercept their messages.

***

While Su Yu was provoking Old Zhou.

Two characters flickered on the trembling Heavenly Hunt Index. It only lasted for a short instance before fading away.

"He Tu!"

The characters were not written in the language of any race. Rather, they were written in the original language, the willpower language. Several expressions changed as they recalled something. Their eyes widened with disbelief. He Tu?

Which He Tu? The same He Tu from the first epoch? Or a different He Tu? How was that possible?

An ancient expert asked, "Brother Grand Dream, is He Tu in the tunnel?"

***

Deep underwater.

The old turtle blanked out. Right, He Tu had gone missing as of late.

Holy shit!

Did that guy...enter the Luminous Domain Mansion?

How did he do that?

Did he enter through the seventh level? But the disasters had only been happening on the lower levels.

"He Tu is gone...and he's inside the Luminous Domain Mansion..."

The old turtle was completely stunned. This was too sudden. Those damn geezers were trying to kill his little He Tu! Then again, what could they really do? It wasn't like they could go inside and kill him.