Chapter 122 - 122

Chapter 1576: Bountiful Harvest (1)

Recalling something, Su Yu asked again, "Senior Xia, will you lose your current memories?"

"Not for now. With the protection of Culture King's token, I should be fine."

Su Yu asked with joy, "Can you stay at Xing Yue's side?"

"Hmph!" Xing Yue, who was seated atop her throne, snorted coldly. Her gossipy mood faded, replaced by coldness as she said, "This is my territory. No outside sovereigns are allowed to stay here."

"This is family..."

Xing Yue answered with another snort. She would not allow that.

Xia Chen chuckled and said, "I doubt so. I'm afraid I need to leave soon."

"Leave?" Su Yu asked in surprise, "Are you looking for Culture King's residence?"

"No." Xia Chen shook his head and said, "Some people are probably coming from across the river. I can feel it. It won't be long. As far as I know, the Death Realm is split into inner and outer regions. I have to go across the river."

He Tu said indifferently, "What is there to fear? We can attack the old turtle's territory. Nobody can do anything to us when we're doing that."

As long as there was trouble, he only needed to attack the old turtle's territory. That was something he had learned from experience. Upon being attacked, the old turtle would furiously sweep through the nearby area, including the incoming enemies.

Xia Chen said, "Not necessarily. Senior Grand Dream is someone from Devote King's faction. I'm different."

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He Tu wanted to say more, but he hesitated. He considered the old turtle an annoying bastard. But over the years, the old turtle had also helped him several times. He Tu had once wondered if the old turtle was forced to kill him back then, but it no longer mattered. He was already a dead spirit. His desire to kill would overtake all his other feelings.

At that thought, He Tu narrowed his eyes and said to Su Yu, "Be careful. Don't open the death tunnel for now. I suspect some of the death spirits who had exited my tunnel back then were from across the river. Now that they know you can open death tunnels as well, they might take advantage of it and stab you in the back."

He continued, "Your death qi is too thick. You have to watch out as you can open death tunnels accidentally when you're outside. The various races won't spare you so easily. They might even work with the Death Realm to deal with you. Since they can produce something like a death summoning token, they must have a way to contact the Death Realm. Perhaps the next time you open a death tunnel, death will arrive for you. It might even bring the old turtle and the others down."

Just like how he had suffered back then. At the time, the old turtle was left with only two choices: Allow all guardians to die or kill He Tu. And now, both Su Yu and the guardians were hard to kill. Thus, the best option was to create a repeat of He Tu. That would force the old turtle to make yet another choice. Should he kill Su Yu who had offended the laws or face the laws alongside Su Yu and die with all the other guardians?

Hearing that, Wan Tiansheng also said, "It is very likely that they will try that. You have exposed all your trump cards this time. They can ambush you and force you to use a large amount of death qi. At the time, a death tunnel might open automatically. And only a few uncontrollable death spirits need to leave the tunnel for you to be in deep trouble."

Su Yu nodded, "Yes. It is indeed wise to learn from the mistakes of one's predecessor."

A certain death spirit was displeased after hearing that. What was the meaning of that? Was this kid teasing him indirectly?

Su Yu did not care about what He Tu was thinking. He also agreed that with He Tu as an example, he had to be careful of such ploys. The myriad races might really try to trap him and force him to open a death tunnel.

At the time, he could very well flee into the death tunnel only to encounter a bunch of death spirits he didn't know. Or the death spirits might flee the tunnel and start killing indiscriminately in the world of the living. At the time, he would be in deep trouble.

The major races might even target the guardians alongside Su Yu with such a ploy. After all, the guardians had been a thorn in their side during the recent battle. When the dead caused chaos in the world of the living and the culprit wasn't punished, what would happen to the guardians?

Su Yu blanked out slightly. He suddenly asked, "Lord He Tu, what would happen back then if Lord Grand Dream didn't kill you? What trouble would he meet?"

"Trouble?" He Tu thought about it and said, "The laws would punish him for dereliction of duty. A tribulation would descend from the assembly. Perhaps...not even the old turtle is strong enough to face the tribulation."

Su Yu frowned and said, "By that logic, I can open the death tunnel and hide somewhere. If the guardians failed to find me, they would be punished. But would I be punished as well?"

"I think so."

Su Yu exhaled and cursed, "Shit. So I'm very important? Someone could simply catch me and trap me somewhere to ruin me and the guardians." Read full story at NovєlFіre.net

"Yes." He Tu said, "There are pros and cons to everything. Anytime you take something, you have to give something."

"Would there be no new guardians when Lord Grand Dream and the others died?"

"There would." He Tu said, "Those major races would send some people to become the new guardians. They merely disliked being guardians right now because of the old turtle. If the old turtle were to go away, they would gladly take on these positions. After all, having their people serving as guardians would grant them some benefits as well."

Su Yu's heart thumped. He finally realized just how important he was. Opening the death tunnels rashly might really cause numerous deaths. He wouldn't be bearing the consequences alone.

"Hu!" He exhaled and said, "I suspect the major races are really planning something like this."

"Is that even surprising?" He Tu rolled his eyes.

Wan Tiansheng said, "Definitely. They will definitely target you the moment you leave the ancient city. The guardians can protect you in the Allheaven Battlefield, but what about the minor realms or the Human Realm? Being realms apart would pose more difficulties. If you were to find yourself in an encirclement in one of these realms, you might be forced to open a death tunnel. Someone could capture you during such a moment, making it impossible for you to shut the tunnel. At that time, you would be in great trouble."

"Of course, but that probably won't happen in the immediate future." Wan Tiansheng added, "Right now, they are still unsure about your trump card in the Death Realm. They wouldn't try anything before finding out more."

Su Yu hesitated slightly and said, "All the existing death tunnels are under my control. They had their people serving as mayors previously, but that is no longer the case. The cities are firmly under my control and the guardians won't allow anyone through so easily."

With a slight pause, Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "Celestial chasm race."

"Hmm?" Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, "The celestial chasm race. They have a way of contacting the Death Realm. Furthermore, their realm is located between the Death Realm and the world of the living. Strictly speaking, their realm is the intermediary between hell and the world above. Some weak death spirits might even wander into their realm accidentally every now and then."

A realization hit him. That was how the various races could contact the Death Realm. The celestial chasm race must have played a big role here.

He Tu said, "Exactly. The celestial chasm race. Among the various realms, two realms in particular are incredibly mysterious. The Celestial Chasm Realm and the Fate Realm. Heavens above, death below. Each has a connection with one of the two aspects. According to what I know, the celestial chasm race used to be a part of the fate race many years ago. Eventually, they corrupted and founded the celestial chasm race."

Su Yu asked, "Heavens above?"

He Tu smiled, "Do you understand now?"

Su Yu inhaled, "Yes. Is that where the actual old fossils are staying?"

"You can say so."

He Tu wasn't being too direct as not even he could say too much. He was both worried about the laws and attracting unknown troubles.

Celestial chasm race. Fate race.

Once again, Su Yu realized that there were too many secrets in the Myriad Realms. No wonder the two races had survived for so long.

He Tu said, "The Myriad Realms are a lot more complicated than you think. The world is a lot bigger than you know."

With a smile, He Tu continued, "Just take the five elemental race as an example. In the past, they used to be a major race with a Pseudo Emperor. But the Pseudo Emperor is no more while they are no longer a major race. That's mainly due to the separation of the five elements and their subsequent failures in reintegrating the five elements."

"Separation of five elements?" Su Yu asked curiously, "How did that happen? Was someone split into five?"

He couldn't resist laughing at the thought of that.

Surprisingly, He Tu nodded and said, "Yes. Their ancestor was split into five. That was how the five elemental race came into existence. Each element could only exist separately. Prior to that, they weren't split into five sub-races. Instead, each of them can control all five elements. Eventually, the split happened and reintegration was forbidden through the laws."

"..."

Su Yu didn't even know what to make of this.

Holy shit!

He was joking, but his joke was actually the truth?

He Tu asked, "Do you doubt that? It's true. I heard it from my father."

Not far away, Xing Yue sneered, "The foolish spreading foolish stories. What a clown. The issue of the five elemental race is related to their ancestor, but that's not the main reason. Their realm origin was forcefully split into five, resulting in their current predicament. Splitting their ancestor into five? What a joke. Their ancestor had merely been stripped of his five elemental origin."

He Tu stared at Xing Yue blankly. After a long while, he argued stiffly, "My father said that! Do you understand? My father! The fourth generation descendant of Devote King! He grew in in the ancient Luminous Domain Mansion! What do you know?"

Xing Yue continued sneering, "And why would you believe the words of a nobody?"

"Damn it!" He Tu roared furiously, "I am a descendant of Devote King! I descended from the direct line of a human king! Even this Xia Chen guy is hundreds of generations away from the Battle King. I am a fifth-generation descendant. How dare you call me a nobody?"

Xing Yue didn't even deign to argue.

Su Yu was completely uninterested in the small quarrel. Instead, he asked curiously, "Realm origin? What's the meaning of that?"

Xing Yue explained nonchalantly, "The five elementals are very different. They are born out of nature itself. The Five Elemental Realm has a suitable environment for the growth of such beings. But because of that, they are also greatly reliant on their original realm. Their elements originate from their realm. Back then, their ancestor offended a big shot. As punishment, he was stripped of his five elemental origin. That's essentially the same as sealing your 360 acupoints."

"With the crippling of their ancestor and the splitting of their realm origin, only single-element beings could be produced. Thus, the five elemental race became split into five sub-races. Prior to that, they were comparable to a major race like the dragon race. In fact, they used to be even stronger than the dragons."

Su Yu asked with surprise, "Were their ancestor strong?"

"Pseudo Emperor." Xing Yue said, "And he was definitely stronger than the current Pseudo Emperors."

"How was he crippled? Who did it?" Su Yu thought of something and asked, "Was their original cultivation method something called the Five Elemental Art?"

"Yes." Xing Yue said, "Eventually, the Five Elemental Art was listed as a banned art. The assembly set down laws to prohibit the cultivation of this art."

Realization dawned on Su Yu.

Yes.

He had once been punished for cultivating that art. Sure, the tribulation at the time was quite weak, but it was only weak for Su Yu. Any other Skysoar would have died easily to that tribulation.

In fact, that tribulation was strong enough to kill even Cloudbreaches. It only felt weak for Su Yu because he was abnormally strong. Meanwhile, perhaps ninety-nine out of a hundred five elementals would die to the tribulation cultivating that art.

Even the sole survivor would be cripped. Perhaps only one out of a thousand could survive the tribulation well.

Chapter 1577: Bountiful Harvest (2)

Su Yu thought about it and said, "This isn't right. I know a guy who has seemingly integrated all five elements. He is already capable of using all five elements."

"Hmm?"

Xing Yue was surprised. He Tu was also surprised. He asked, "Why am I not aware of such a person?"

"That's a nobody. A youngster called Topsoil Spirit."

A nobody?

He Tu nodded understandingly and said, "The five elemental race was split by the laws. How is that...possible?"

That would only be possible if they were strong enough to counter the laws.

Xing Yue thought about it and said, "Not necessarily. There are to ways around that. Firstly, a five elemental born near their realm origin might have the ability to utilize all five elements naturally. Secondly, someone related to their ancestor. Back then, the Five Elemental Ancestor was stripped of his five elemental origin. But the origin wasn't taken away. Rather, it was kept in the Five Elemental Realm. Perhaps this person was born from the five elemental origin. Essentially, he is the Five Elemental Ancestor reborn."

What was the meaning of that?

Su Yu asked, "Is the Five Elemental Ancestor dead?"

"He survived the procedure, but he's probably dead now." Xing Yue said, "His strength would keep dropping after deprived of his origin. After so many years, he must have died. In that case, it is likely that he will be reborn from the origin. Achieving rebirth through destruction."

Su Yu's eyes flickered. Topsoil Spirit. Rebirth through destruction.

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"In that case, Topsoil Spirit might be the Five Elemental Ancestor?" Xing Yue said, "No. The ancestor is dead. At most, he's a...son of the ancestor? Or daughter? The concept of genders do not exist in the five elemental race."

Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, "So he can be considered the first generation descendant of the Five Elemental Ancestor. A direct descendant of an ancient Pseudo Emperor. Is that right?"

"You can say so."

Su Yu was left speechless. That was quite a noble identity. No wonder. No wonder Topsoil Spirit was so loved among the five elementals. Each time something happened to him, a bunch of five elemental Invincibles would appear to help him.

Just look at how easily he had obtained multiple Invincible talismans from his elders. Regardless of whether he was born near the realm origin or born from the ancestor's origin, one thing did not change. He was the hope of the five elemental race.

No wonder.

Back in the mansion, Su Yu knew that Topsoil Spirit was hidden in Auspicious Golden's heaven weapon. But that fellow had been quite tactful as Auspicious Golden was the first non-human to help them. Thus, he hadn't bothered to do anything to Topsoil Spirit.

Thinking about it, Su Yu said, "Teacher Liu, I recall you scamming Topsoil Spirit previously. You used the Five Elemental Art as the bait, right?"

Liu Hong asked blankly, "What about it?"

Su Yu sneered, "You sure know a lot. Not even I know that the Five Elemental Art is the thing they want most. But you know about it."

"What are you talking about? Isn't it normal for the five elemental race to long for something called the Five Elemental Art?"

Liu Hong complained in a wronged manner, "The name alone makes everything obvious."

Su Yu sneered, "Is that so? I came up with that name myself."

Liu Hong said, "But that's such a generic name. It's not hard to accidentally make up a name like that. Was I supposed to call it the Six Elemental Divine Art instead?"

Fine.

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to argue, but he was certain Liu Hong knew it. That was why Topsoil Spirit had fallen for the scam so easily.

"Did the five elemental race lose the Five Elemental Art?"

"Yeah." Xing Yue said, "Most likely. They stopped cultivating that art after that incident."

"Who did they offend? The Human Emperor?"

"I don't think so." Xing Yue said, "I don't remember too much about this. But it seemed to be related to the five elements. Their ancestor might have been too arrogant and offended an expert specializing in the five elements as well. But I don't know the identity of that expert."

Su Yu nodded, "If you don't know it, the five elementals probably don't know it as well. In that case, I have a good guess. It must be the immortals. The ancient Immortal Pseudo Emperor was too treacherous."

"Hmm?"

Xing Yue blanked out. Immortal Pseudo Emperor?

Was that it?

Why was she unaware of that?

He Tu was confused momentarily as well, but soon, understanding dawned on him. Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng appeared completely indifferent. He knew that the kid must be scheming something again.

With a look of righteous indignation, Su Yu continued, "The Five Elemental Ancestor had offended the ancient Immortal Pseudo Emperor due to his mastery over the five elements. The Immortal Pseudo Emperor cultivated the five elements as well. The proud Five Elemental Ancestor offended him by claiming that the five elemental manipulation of the immortals was a joke.

"In his fury, the Immortal Pseudo Emperor defeated the Five Elemental Ancestor and stripped his origin. That wasn't enough. The Pseudo Emperor abused his power in the ancient assembly, kicked the five elemental race out, and stripped their realm origin as well. Finally, he banned the Five Elemental Art to conclude everything. The existing cultivators of that art were all killed by the resulting tribulation, resulting in the loss of the Five Elemental Art."

Xing Yue was completely confused.

He Tu blanked out.

Xia Chen sank into contemplation. Wan Tiansheng rubbed his chin thoughtfully. As for Liu Hong, he clapped and said, "Perfect! That is the perfect story! Only someone who had lived through the events back then would know whether this is the truth or a lie."

He couldn't resist raising his thumb at Su Yu. It had taken the kid mere moments to solve an ancient case with an entirely believable story. Such amazing skills!

Su Yu continued without a change in expression, "There are more than ten Invincibles in the five elemental race. They might even have more secret Invincibles hidden away. Perhaps they could even produce twenty Invincibles when needed. This is a rather formidable force. That's already almost comparable with the dragon race."

"Have they forgotten their ancient hatred? Since Lord He Tu is unaware of this matter, clearly, those from the first epoch had no idea. Lord He Tu's father was a nobility of the ancient past, a great-great-grandson of Devote King. Not even he knew the truth. Thus, Tiangu might not know the truth either."

"Since this involved the secrets of ancient Pseudo Emperors, I reckon only some human kings and Pseudo Emperors knew about it. All these people are not around anymore. Thus, we are the only ones aware of the truth."

Su Yu smiled, "Five elemental race. Topsoil Spirit. How interesting. It won't be easy for me to befriend any other five elemental, but I know Topsoil Spirit very well! He's a smart guy. He knows to bow when necessary, and he's also greatly loved by luck. Someone like that is very open for negotiations."

The five elemental race was a formidable race. And Topsoil Spirit was very important for the five elemental race. What a surprise. Su Yu had not expected learning about something like this here.

He said, "Lords, do you know any other secrets?"

He was trying to find more usable secrets. This had been a very productive gossiping session. Xia Chen had talked a lot, but he had only provided a little useful information. Meanwhile, Xing Yue and He Tu were a lot more useful. Sure enough, age could be very useful at times.

At that thought, Su Yu grew even more curious about Xing Yue's identity. He asked, "Lord Xing Yue, do you still remember your previous identity?"

Xing Yue replied coldly, "What is the point? Then again, I was definitely someone far more noble than He Tu. Compared to me, he was a peasant."

He Tu sneered, "Why are you getting all proud for no reason? You were already under Grandstar since the first epoch. You have been around for so long yet you're still so weak. Are you not embarrassed of yourself?"

Xing Yue stared at He Tu coldly. Was he insulting her?

"Back when I was already a death spirit, you were still alive. But you had nearly died twice since then."

Xing Yue finished with a snort. Her strength had stagnated because she didn't enjoy hunting.

For death sovereigns, hunting was essentially the process of killing other death sovereigns and consuming their death imprints. She hadn't done that much. Not long ago, she had received a death imprint of a seventh-degree Eternal from Su Yu. Upon consuming that, she would probably grow stronger.

Su Yu wasn't interested in their quarrel, but he still listened attentively in case they leaked more secrets while bickering.

Since he didn't learn anything new this time, he asked, "What about the soul devourer race? Do you know anything about them?"

Soul devourer race?

He Tu shook his head, "No. This race...can't be considered a proper race. I only knew some rumors. Their origin might be related to the Culture King."

Xing Yue said, "I don't know too much about them. I only remember that...Soy Bun used to stay at Culture King's place."

Surprisingly, Xia Chen had something to say about this topic. "Soy Bun? There are some records among the line of the Gravekeepers about this. I had always thought that the records were referring to some food. But is the so-called Soy Bun actually the Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor?"

"Yes."

Xia Chen continued, "I remember something about this. Soy Bun...was indeed related to the Culture King. He might be an existence similar to the five elemental race. He was born out of nature itself. Or he might even be a living being formed of Culture King's character..."

"Nonsense."

The little furball jumped out and protested, "Impossible! My dada is so strong! How could a single character of Culture King be so strong? Also, if my dada is a character, what am I?"

Xia Chen looked at the little furball curiously and asked, "Is this...a little soul devourer?"

"I'm not little!"

The little furball sulked angrily.

Xia Chen looked at Su Yu with confusion and asked, "Did your character mutate as well?"

"..."

Su Yu was rendered speechless. What was that?

Xia Chen asked, "Your dada...are you referring to Pseudo Emperor Soy Bun? If he used to be a character, you must be one as well. Perhaps he simply treated you as an offspring after finding you somewhere because you are younger."

"Impossible! My dada gave birth to me!"

The little furball was very angry. He refused to believe that.

Su Yu suddenly recalled some rumors he had heard before. His expression turned odd as he said, "I heard that your mama spent hundreds of years waiting to eat Tiangu outside the Immortal Realm. How old are you, Furball?"

The little furball thought and counted very hard before answering gloomily, "I'm twelve!"

According to the human calendar, he was twelve.

He insisted unhappily, "My dada gave birth to me!" Google seaʀᴄh novel[f]ire.net

Su Yu asked curiously, "How did you know that you have a mama? Hasn't she been away your whole life?"

"I know because I know!"

The little furball continued sulking.

Su Yu placated him, "I see. Yes yes. You are definitely your dada's child. Your mama must have returned to give birth when she found some time before leaving for Tiangu again. Yeap. That story makes perfect sense."

The little furball thought about it and nodded in agreement. Yes. That must be the case. It made perfect sense. He returned to Su Yu's sea of willpower with a much improved mood.

The others were rendered speechless as they witnessed the way Su Yu was fooling the little furball.

Was he being serious?

Returning to give birth when she found some time?

Fine. Fine.

How could one argue against this unless one was the person in question?

Chapter 1578: Bountiful Harvest (3)

Su Yu had nothing else to ask. Since Wan Tiansheng couldn't stay here for long, Su Yu stood up and said, "In that case, we'll be leaving first. Senior Xia, please spend some time cultivating here. If you have any problem, you can contact me through Lord Xing Yue or Lord Grandstar."

Xia Chen nodded.

He Tu said, "Worry about your own strength. I only care about my resurrection. There are two main obstacles in that. Firstly, you need to fully reverse my death qi. Secondly, you need to resist the laws. Coming back from death will definitely trigger the punishment of the laws. The heavens will not tolerate this."

He Tu continued coldly, "Don't die too quickly. I was near Daofuse before my death. You need to at least be a Daofuse to bring me back to life. I need to remind you about this lest you start the process blindly and harm everyone."

Daofuse.

Su Yu inhaled deeply. That wouldn't be easy.

"What about Lord Xing Yue?"

"It will be no less dangerous than facing an eighth or ninth-degree Eternal. Grow strong enough to handle that before saying anything. You're not good enough to even start the process right now. Remember this, Su Yu. All crafty plots and machinations will ultimately rest on the amount of strength you can muster."

He Tu was speaking from his own experience. He was far too weak during the first epoch.

Sure, he was near Daofuse. But near Daofuse was still not the same as an actual Daofuse. That was why he had been killed so easily by a simple ploy. He might have killed many people before that, and he had even defeated Daofuses before, but he had still fallen. Because he was not a Daofuse himself.

As a Daofuse, he would have been able to do even more.

Su Yu smiled and said, "I understand. Before long, my body will reach the Sunmoon Realm. As for my willpower, it will easily reach the peak Mountainsea Realm. The Sunmoon Realm will pose some challenge though..."

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They were casually talking about Invincibles, Daofuses, human kings, and the Human Emperor. Suddenly, Su Yu said that he would reach the Mountainsea and Sunmoon Realms soon. That caused everyone to blank out slightly, as though they had just woken up from a dream.

Mountainsea? Sunmoon?

How long had it been since they last cared about such cultivation levels?

Su Yu continued, "I have my own path to walk. In physical cultivation, my path forward is very clear. I only need to keep strengthening my body. As for my willpower, I aim to first push all my characters to the Sunmoon Realm before forming more characters to complete my character technique. At the moment, my character technique is still not reliable enough..."

"Hmm?" Xia Chen asked in surprise, "Have you not completed your character technique?"

"Nope."

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Su Yu grinned, "First Principal, you are outdated. My teacher created the disassembly method, allowing one to keep completing the character technique even after the Skysoar Realm."

"Your teacher?"

Xia Chen asked blankly, "What's his strength? Is he already an Eternal?"

"No. But he's already a Cloudbreach."

"..."

Silence descended.

Xia Chen was dumbfounded. Cloudbreach.

What was going on in the recent era?

"How many characters have you formed?"

"Thirty?"

"Why didn't you complete your character technique?"

Su Yu shrugged, "My character technique requires more."

"More?"

"Yes. A lot more."

"A lot more than even thirty?"

"Of course."

Xia Chen exhaled, "No wonder. No wonder your willpower is so weak even with your monstrous talent. Turns out your character technique is incomplete."

Xia Chen advised, "You should focus on forming your characters for now. Your combat strength will increase significantly after completing your character technique. According to my past research, you should form only human characters..."

Su Yu said, "That's an old story. Everyone knows that now. We can only form human characters to prevent the characters from rejecting each other. That is the only way to smoothly become a Sunmoon or even an Invincible through willpower cultivation. All my characters are human characters."

Once again, Xia Chen was left speechless. Had he died for so long? Why was he so outdated?

Su Yu said, "Back then, my teacher speculated that humans were supposed to have racial abilities as well. That ability might appear after fusing all our characters. Are you aware of that, Senior Xia?"

"Racial ability?" Xia Chen frowned.

He Tu said in surprise, "What? Since when did humanity start having racial abilities?"

Su Yu was even more surprised as he said, "Was there no such thing even during the ancient past? Why is humanity the exception when all the other races have their own racial abilities? This doesn't make sense."

He had been dreaming of fusing his characters to trigger the appearance of a powerful racial ability. Bai Feng had long stopped this line of research as the difficulty was too high. Thus, he had shifted his focus to study blood essence and willpower with Wu Lan.

Su Yu had to admit that his teacher was truly a monstrous researcher. Alas, his teacher had a short attention span. He would never complete his research before losing interest.

He Tu said blankly, "There were no human racial abilities even during the ancient past. Humanity has never possessed racial abilities."

Su Yu looked at Xing Yue. In his opinion, even He Tu was not too reliable. He was more willing to trust the oldest existence among them.

Xing Yue frowned for a long time before saying uncertainly, "Human racial abilities...there might really be no such thing. I once heard the rumors of the Time Sage traversing the past and future. Perhaps that is a form of racial ability."

She continued hesitantly, "I'm unsure if that's the case. Additionally, the so-called racial ability might be related to time...something capable of traversing the barrier of time. I'm not sure."

Related to time? That sounded so powerful!

Su Yu said, "So be it. I'll know after fusing my characters in the future."

This concept was introduced by Bai Feng. Back then, some other people had researched the same topic as well, but they ultimately concluded that there was no such thing. However, Bai Feng had reached an entirely different conclusion, claiming that upon fusing all characters, the racial ability would appear. But nobody had ever succeeded in fusing all their characters thus far.

Suddenly, Wan Tiansheng said, "Right now, you're very strong physically. But your characters and manipulation of laws are lacking. Without enough mastery over the laws, even escaping strong enemies will be difficult. You have enough strength to prevail over seventh-degree Eternals, but in a proper fight, you won't be able to kill such an opponent. As the battle drags out, you will be the one to die instead."

Su Yu nodded and said gloomily, "It's not like I want this, but I really don't know the laws too well."

Wan Tiansheng thought about it and said, "We'll talk more after leaving this place. I'll see if there is a way for me to teach you more. Are you strong enough to see the River of Time now?"

"Slightly."

"That is enough." Wan Tiansheng smiled, "In fact, it's a good thing. It signifies that you have reached a certain level of strength. With enough strength, you only need more understanding to gain mastery over time, space, and laws."

Su Yu had nothing else to say. Before leaving, his gaze landed on Liu Hong, who had been trying to remain unnoticeable. When he reached out to grab Liu Hong, Liu Hong shouted, "Su Yu, I helped you! You can't do this to me!"

"I'm not killing you." Su Yu snorted, "I have something to discuss with you. I intend to make a big sale, but I'm worried that my plan isn't good enough. Perfect my plan for me."

"What is it?"

"I'm selling the nine-leaf skylotus." As he walked, Su Yu explained, "I'll be selling dozens or even a hundred skylotuses away. But I have offended all the races out there, so it's very hard for me to sell things to them. They won't trust me anymore."

"What was that again?"

"Over a hundred skylotus. What about it?"

"Nine-leaf skylotus?"

Su Yu nodded and took something out. Liu Hong had never seen the real nine-leaf skylotus, but when he saw the lotus in Su Yu's hand, his breathing quickened as he said, "Is this really the nine-leaf skylotus?"

Behind them, He Tu and the others looked over in surprise as well.

He Tu exclaimed in surprise, "It's really the skylotus!"

Xia Chen asked curiously, "Where did you get so many of them? There have always been nine in Devote King's Residence. You can't get so many even after emptying the residence."

Once again, Xing Yue proved her worth and said, "Smiling mouth lotus?"

Su Yu smiled, "Nine-leaf skylotus."

"Smiling mouth lotus!"

Xing Yue snorted. She could trust others, but definitely not Su Yu.

At that, some memories returned to He Tu as he said with a frown, "Smiling mouth lotus? I seem to remember this lotus...but it shouldn't be available anymore. Where did you find it?"

"The third level."

"How lucky." He Tu nodded and asked, "But you have offended everyone. Are you planning to sell them to the iron devourers and humans? Nobody else will buy from you."

Su Yu sighed and said, "Yeah. It's hard for me to sell things nowadays. Too expensive and nobody will buy it, but too cheap and nobody will trust me. Everyone knows I have the skylotus, but it's too hard for me to do anything now."

He said regretfully, "If it wasn't for the previous battle, I could have sold these lotuses to them."

Just then, Liu Hong laughed and said, "This is easy. Enough benefits can move anyone. Just look at the Human Realm. Every now and then, the Myriad Race Cult would carry out all sorts of deals with the various prefectures even though they were supposed to be mortal enemies.

"Any deal can be completed if enough benefits are on the line. But you need to sell them separately. Sell them petal by petal. Selling each lotus as a whole is less reliable. After all, an entire lotus can produce a Daofuse but a single petal is not as special. At most, they can only use it to cultivate their tri-life bodies. At present, we have plenty of Invincibles without their tri-life bodies around."

Liu Hong concluded, "It's not hard. It merely depends on how gutsy you're feeling. Do you want to do a bigger deal? Or do you settle with a smaller deal? Both is possible here."

"What do you mean?"

Su Yu acknowledged the fact that he might not be able to come up with the best idea at times. It wasn't bad to get some advice every now and then.

"A bigger deal is very simple." Liu Hong said, "But you need Lord Grand Dream's help for this. Get him to pursue the Heavenly Overseer Marquis into the boundless void. Then, we can disguise ourselves as the Heavenly Overseer Marquis and auction the lotus with Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's reputation."

Su Yu frowned, "I'm now an enemy of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion as well. Why would I sell my lotus through them?"

Liu Hong smiled, "Why wouldn't you? In business, everything is possible. What's the harm of selling through them if they have what you need? So what do you need most right now?"

Su Yu thought about it and answered, "I don't really lack anything, but I do happen to need the cultivation method for the grand cycle apertures."

"Does the Heavenly Overseer Marquis have something like that?"

"How am I supposed to know that?"

"What about the Culture King?"

"Since it's related to willpower cultivation, yes. Most likely." Su Yu said, "Are you saying that the Culture King definitely have the cultivation method since this is related to willpower cultivation? And as a subordinate of the Culture King, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis must have received it as well? No, that's not possible. Why would the Culture King impart that cultivation method to him?"

"Who can say for sure? And if this is unknown to even you, what about the myriad races? This will be the perfect reason for you to deal with the pavilion."

Su Yu shook his head, "It doesn't make any sense for the Heavenly Overseer Marquis to sell that cultivation method to me either."

"True." Liu Hong said, "In that case, you only need to make a longer plan. It will work."

Su Yu shook his head, "No, I can't afford to wait. I'll think of something...hmm...perhaps you're right. I can make use of someone."

Su Yu rubbed his chin and said, "I can cooperate with an enemy. What about...Topsoil Spirit? Or Zhan Wushuang? Or Mo Duona? Nobody will trust me, but things will be entirely different for them. But the timing will be very important for this plan."

As Su Yu's eyes flickered, he continued muttering, "We shall see. Apart from the cultivation method, I also lack carrier treasures."

Or to be precise, he greatly lacked carrier treasures. He needed too many of them. He had only forged about twenty of them into his book.

Wan Tiansheng asked doubtfully, "Why would you lack carrier treasures?"

Hadn't the kid collected many carrier treasures already?

That reminded Su Yu of something as he hurriedly looked at Xing Yue and said, "Lord, so many Invincibles were killed this time. Were there any carrier treasures left behind?"

Xing Yue replied nonchalantly, "Yes. The other sovereigns didn't care about them so I collected them all. Perform well and I will bestow them upon you."

It was true that death spirits didn't care about carrier treasures. Knowing that Su Yu needed them, Xing Yue had collected all the carrier treasures.

"Lord, how many did you collect?"

"Nine. The rest were destroyed in combat."

What a pity. With eighteen Invincibles, at least thirty-six carrier treasures were available. Alas, so many of them had been destroyed. It was obvious how little death spirits cared for carrier treasures. More intact carrier treasures might have dropped, but the death sovereigns must have destroyed some during the battle.

But nine was still a decent number. As for the Invincibles killed outside the Death Realm, Su Yu had collected some of their carrier treasures as well. However, the number was rather low as he had only managed to collect three. He had been too busy to collect more.

All in all, he had gained twelve carrier treasures this time. Even after forging all twelve of them into his book, the total number wouldn't exceed forty yet.

At that thought, Su Yu sighed and said, "I have a long road ahead of me. Including these newly gathered carrier treasures, the number of carrier treasures forged into my book hasn't even reached forty. I am planning to gather ten thousand of them."

"..."

Hearing that, Wan Tiansheng stared at Su Yu blankly. Meanwhile, Liu Hong was trying very hard to keep his mouth shut. Forty.

What a bastard!

Two could produce an Invincible. These carrier treasures were enough to produce twenty new Invincibles.

Damn that bastard!

Lan Tian had been shouting about gathering ten thousand carrier treasures, but he had never been serious about it. Meanwhile, this bastard was doing it for real.

Su Yu ignored their reaction and said, "Lord, I will come for those carrier treasures when I have the time. Please bestow them upon me in advance. I will come with something delicious next time."

Xing Yue coldly said, "Say that after earning them."

Su Yu thought about it and nodded, "No problem. I'll kill a few death spirits later and gather some death imprints for you."

Xing Yue ignored him. That was essentially a yes from her. Wan Tiansheng wanted to ask for the nine carrier treasures as he could kill death spirits as well, but he decided to not compete against the damn kid. In any case, there was no guarantee that this death spirit would tolerate him the same way she was tolerating Su Yu.

Su Yu grinned and left happily.

It was time to strengthen himself, read Wisdom King's memories, and plan his next scam.

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When Su Yu left the Death Realm, night had arrived yet again.

The crimson clouds in the sky were starting to disperse. The world did not seem to care even after the deaths of so many Invincibles. No matter how strong one was, one would be reduced to nothing after death. Grandstar had also returned to his usual position.

Suddenly, Senior Wang called out from outside the hall, "Mayor."

"Enter."

Shortly after, Senior Wang entered and said, "Mayor, the West Spire head of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is requesting an audience with you."

"West Spire head?"

Su Yu raised his brow. He had thought that the West Spire head would either leave or return to the Human Realm. Surprisingly, he was here.

"Invite him into the city."

The West Spire head was a top expert as well. He was a seventh-degree Eternal. During the previous battle, he had stopped the South Chamber head, saving Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng the effort of handling yet another seventh-degree Eternal. At the time, it was unlikely that they would be able to handle another opponent like that.

That would force Su Yu to open the death tunnel earlier. In that scenario, Wisdom King wouldn't have appeared. Without Wisdom King's death, the immortals wouldn't have given up so easily. Thus, the West Spire head had played a big role in the battle.

Beside Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng said, "I'll leave the room. Watch out. It's unlikely that he will suddenly turn against you, but it's still better to be careful. He's very strong. Keep an eye for any surprise attack." Read complete versıon only at novel-fire.net

It was necessary to be cautious when meeting an expert like that. Su Yu nodded. At his current stage, a seventh-degree Eternal could easily take him down through a surprise attack before he opened his Heaven Gate.

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"I'll be careful."

Before Su Yu could say more, Wan Tiansheng solemnly said, "Don't rely on your characters for everything. I know you have a character capable of detecting danger, but don't be overly reliant on it. Characters can both detect and hide dangers. You should understand this well."

Characters were not omnipotent. For any ability a character had, there would most likely be another character that was a counter. For example, Su Yu had always wondered if the tribulation and calm characters would cancel each other when used by two different individuals.

Su Yu nodded and said, "I understand. I won't take this lightly. I can't give up completely on characters, but I also can't be too reliant on the characters."

"It's good that you understand."

Wan Tiansheng said nothing else and vanished with a flicker. As for Su Yu, he left the hall after a slight preparation.

***

Outside the hall.

An expert with a golden mask walked over with Senior Wang. Even from afar, Su Yu laughed and greeted, "My apologies for the wait. First Profound of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's Profound Department greets the West Spire head."

"You jest, Mayor Su. I'm not the West Spire head anymore."

Hearing the slightly cold voice of the department head, Su Yu smiled and said, "What are you talking about, Spire Head? The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion belongs to Culture King, which makes it the property of humanity. We are no traitors. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis is the traitor here. We are the true successors of the pavilion. In that case, you are naturally still a spire head and I am naturally still an elder."

The West Spire head was slightly shocked by those words. Not even he had considered the matter from such an angle. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had been under Heavenly Overseer Marquis' control for over a hundred thousand years. All these years, everyone had tacitly accepted that the pavilion was his. Meanwhile, Su Yu had a different argument. A very reasonable argument.

"The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion...belongs to humanity..."

As the spire head muttered to himself, Su Yu chuckled, "That is only natural. The pavilion only has its current fame due to the Heavenly Hunt Index. However, the index belonged to Culture King. The marquis is merely a guard. How dare a mere guard rebel against his master?"

The West Spire head thought about it and said, "You can't really put things that way. According to the same logic, the entire Myriad Realms should belong to humanity as well. After all, the Myriad Realms belonged to humanity during the ancient past."

"Exactly." Su Yu said confidently, "Is that not the case?"

"..."

The spire head was starting to find Su Yu's logic hard to follow. That was merely an argument to debunk Su Yu's claim, but Su Yu had actually accepted it as the truth.

In truth, he wasn't trying to defend the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. However, he believed that one should still be fair when making such judgments. The ancient past had ended, and the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had been under Heavenly Overseer Marquis' management since then. If he were a traitor, everyone not a human in the Myriad Realms could be considered a traitor as well.

With the golden mask, the spire head's expression wasn't visible. He stood where he was and said, "Mayor Su, you are very strong, talented, and blessed by luck. However, I don't see any hope in your success in unifying the Myriad Realms and reclaiming the past glory. Forgive me for being blunt."

"Unifying the Myriad Realms? Reclaiming the past glory?" Su Yu chuckled, "You jest, Spire Head. I don't have such plans for now. My sole goal is to kill all my enemies. That is all."

"..."

Wasn't it the same thing, then? After all, he had way too many enemies. Almost all the major races were his enemies. And killing them all would essentially be the same as unifying the Myriad Realms.

"Spire Head, please come in. It's improper for us to talk out here."

After a short silence, the spire head stepped into the hall. Su Yu entered as well. Inside, he did not hesitate and took the main seat while Senior Wang served the spire head tea.

After a short wait, Su Yu asked, "Spire Head, are you here bearing a message or a request for help? I am grateful for your help during the previous battle. If you need anything, don't hesitate to mention it."

The spire head sank into silence. After a while, he slowly spoke, "I only wish to talk about the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and save some people."

"Save some people?"

"Yes." The spire head emphasized, "Save some people. There are still quite a lot of humans in the pavilions. There are no Eternals anymore, but there are more humans who have entered the pavilion during this epoch. After my betrayal, the marquis will definitely remove all those people from the pavilion."

"Are there a lot of them?"

Su Yu knew that there were a decent number of humans in the pavilion, but he never knew the exact number.

"The number is likely high." The spire head said, "I used to run the West Spire. Based on what I know, there are no least a hundred humans in the West Spire alone. I believe the same applies for the other departments. There should be no fewer than a thousand of them in total."

Su Yu thought about it and asked, "Can he detect all of them? The pavilion's management system is quite restrictive. At each level, one can only control those a level lower..."

"Yes." The spire head said, "He is the pavilion master. He has a different level of authority than the rest of us. It is impractical for the master of an organization to know even the members of the organization. Originally, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion belonged to Lord Culture King. He was the sole person with such authority. However, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis has been trying to refine the Heavenly Hunt Index all these years. Even our masks originated from the index. Upon the success of his refinement, he would gain the ability to know everyone's true identity."

The spire head continued, "At that point, the humans in the pavilion would suffer. Additionally, he would also know about the spies from the other races, making use of their identities for his own advantage."

"You mean...he has yet to fully refine the index?"

"That's most likely the case." The spire head explained, "After all, the index belonged to Culture King, not him. Culture King's remnant imprint remains in it. However, enough time has passed that not much of the imprint is still there. Before the previous battle, the record and visual characters were fused with the index for a short time. That would most likely increase the speed of his refinement."

"How long would he take to complete the refinement?"

"I'm not sure."

The spire head shook his head and said, "But even without a full refinement, he could still summon all the elders to him and inspect them one by one. That is something he was capable of. Upon discovering a human elder, he could keep going down the line of command to find even more humans."

Su Yu nodded and asked, "What have the humans in the pavilion done? Have they contributed anything to humanity?"

If they had only done things to benefit themselves during their time with the pavilion, why should he face the Heavenly Overseer Marquis for them?

"Naturally. They have contributed a lot." The spire head said, "When humanity attacked the various realms during the early period of the human prefecture foundings, they had received information and maps of all these realms from the pavilion. Do you think attacking so many realms at the same time is such a simple thing to accomplish?

"During the middle period, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was the biggest trading partner of humanity. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis wasn't someone who would willingly do so. That was merely due to the hard work of all the humans in the pavilion.

"And at the late period, the various human prefectures started waging wars against the various realms. Even during that time, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had acted as a source of intelligence for humanity. On many occasions, humans had escaped dangerous situations due to the information they received from the pavilion through third parties."

That piqued Su Yu's interest. He said, "In short, all these humans have contributed greatly to humanity?"

"Yes. Naturally, some had also joined the pavilion just to profit from the chaos. There is no denying that."

At that, he stopped and stared at Su Yu silently. Su Yu was one of these people. Yes. Su Yu had merely joined the pavilion to profit from the chaos instead of contributing to humanity.

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Su Yu grinned without any shame and asked, "So you want me to save these people?"

"..."

After a short silence, the spire head nodded.

"Why don't you look for the human race for this?"

The spire head said, "The humans can't do anything. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis does not fear them. He doesn't need anything from them either."

"But what can I do?"

"You can be very useful. Of course, you might not view this as a worthy thing to do. Previously, Senior Heavendoom managed to seize the record character. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis might be willing to spare some of these humans with that character as the price."

"Record?"

Su Yu was unaware of that.

The spire head explained, "It came from the Bountiful Treasure General. For his own survival, he gave it to Senior Heavendoom. That is a very important component of the Heavenly Hunt Index. It is very important for Heavenly Overseer Marquis. Of course, it is also very valuable. Perhaps you won't be willing to trade it for some humans who aren't even Eternals. I am only here to try my luck..."

Su Yu asked, "Can't the humans simply leave and return to the Human Realm?"

After a short silence, the spire head said, "Some might not be willing to leave. They believe that there is still hope so long as their identities remain a secret. After so many years, some of them have grown into elders, with a large amount of resources under their care. Leaving is the same as giving up on all that."

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He sighed and said, "This includes those under me. There are two human elders among my subordinates. I told them to leave, but they were unwilling. After all, the West Spire controls a large amount of resources and information, including the numerous spies we have in the various realms. They are not willing to give up on all that."

"Spies in various realms?" Su Yu rubbed his chin and said, "That's quite useful. Sneaking into any realm will be much easier with some local help instead of appearing out of nowhere as someone entirely new."

The spire head was rendered speechless. Why was that Su Yu's first thought upon hearing this?

Su Yu smiled and said, "I'll think about this. How about this? Contact the pavilion and tell the marquis to be patient. I'm willing to do a trade with him. This is no big deal." "But he needs to wait. I need to study the record character first. Perhaps that's Culture King's character. Tell him to wait. For him, waiting for ten years or so is nothing, right?"

The spire head said, "He might not be so patient. Too long and the humans will gain the time to arrange for an orderly escape."

Su Yu chuckled and said, "Fine. Make it one month. I'll complete the trade if I feel like doing so in a month. Otherwise, he can do whatever he wants."

The spire head had nothing else to say. He was only here to take a gamble. Since Su Yu had made such a promise, there was still hope. He stood up to leave. Since his purpose here had been accomplished, there was no need for him to stay for long.

But before he could leave, Su Yu asked, "Spire Head, are you returning to the Human Realm? Or do you have somewhere else to go?"

"I doubt I'll return to the Human Realm. It's not like I can win their trust anymore. Rather than that, I would rather roam the Allheaven Battlefield or spend some time in a minor realm. I doubt you need my help for anything, Mayor Su. After all, you have all those guardians backing you."

Clearly, he had greeted the guardians in advance before coming.

Su Yu did not mind that. He smiled and said, "I won't force you to do anything, but I have a small favor to ask."

"What do you need from me?"

"After spending so many years as a spire head in the pavilion, I believe you have established a rich network of connections."

Su Yu continued, "It's a simple favor..."

At that, Su Yu took out a book and said, "Do you know what this is?"

The spire head said, "The culture weapon you forged previously."

"Correct." Su Yu asked, "Is it powerful?"

"Very."

"Do you know why?"

As the spire head frowned, Su Yu answered, "Do you know that I have forged over thirty carrier treasures onto this book? It has also consumed the blood essence of countless experts."

"A demonic weapon."

The spire head was shocked at how wasteful Su Yu was, but he was also shocked at the fact that this weapon was raised through the blood essence of experts. This was a demonic weapon through and through.

Su Yu grinned, "Exactly. It's a demonic weapon. I am a butcher. I have killed countless people, including Invincibles. Why? For their blood essence. For their carrier treasures. Please do me a favor and spread this news everywhere."

"Hmm?" The spire head asked in surprise, "Spread it?"

"Yes."

Su Yu said, "I believe you have the ability to do so. But don't make it so everyone knows. I only want some top experts to know it."

"What?" The spire head said, "This will only bring you more trouble."

Su Yu chuckled, "What difference does it make? Am I not in enough trouble right now?" Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novel✶fire.net

Things would be the same. The spire head blanked out as the realization hit him. At this point, those who were still uninterested in killing Su Yu wouldn't change their mind just because of the weapon.

Su Yu said, "This heaven weapon is merely an early heaven weapon. I am trying to make it a divine weapon. How I long for another battle where I can harvest even more Invincibles."

The spire head asked, "Do you want these words to be spread as well?"

"Yes." Su Yu said, "Make them aware that I urgently need a battle for more blood essence and carrier treasures. This is the fastest way for me to grow. I'm running out of time."

The spire head was still confused, but he agreed since this was Su Yu's request, "Sure. But I need some time to do it properly."

"That won't be a problem."

Su Yu cupped his fists, "Thank you, Spire Head."

"That's only natural."

Then, the spire head left.

After the spire head left, Wan Tiansheng appeared and asked, "What disaster are you courting now?"

Su Yu laughed, "Nothing at all. Since I want to sell something like the nine-leaf skylotus, I need to make it clear that I'm in need of something extremely rare, right? I call this the marketing before the sale. I need them to know about my urgent need for carrier treasures and blood essence. I believe some experts have accumulated some of these treasures.

"They might claim that I am a demon for forging such a demonic weapon, but they will still conveniently forget about the matter when the nine-leaf skylotus is available for sale. What's more important than improving their own strength with the skylotus? Why should they care about how demonic I am? Nothing smells better than the increase of one's own strength."

"What? What smells good?"

The little furball hurriedly jumped out and asked after hearing the keyword.

Su Yu ignored the question and stuffed the furball back inside his head. Wan Tiansheng laughed and said, "You sure are brazen. Marketing...true. You need to let everyone know about what you lack for this to work."

He asked, "As for the record character, Heavendoom might not hand it over willingly. That is a supreme treasure, a component of a divine weapon. It can be used as a heaven weapon independently. Also, are you really going to hand it to the Heavenly Overseer Marquis? After refining the Heavenly Hunt Index, he will definitely grow stronger. You're courting more trouble for yourself."

"We shall see." Su Yu said, "I can't decide before even getting the record in my hands, right? I'll visit Lord Heavendoom shortly. In any case, I believe that character is somewhat related to me."

"Related to you?"

Su Yu laughed, "Yes. In short, it is mine in the first place."

"Yours?"

Wan Tiansheng was left speechless. How was everything his? The Myriad Realms were his. Even the treasures were all his. The kid was getting more and more greedy.

***

Su Yu was not concerned about Wan Tiansheng's thoughts. Only now did he know that Heavendoom had obtained a component of the Heavenly Hunt Index.

Heavenly Hunt Index.

Record and visual, combined into the character catalog.

Only now did Su Yu know that the visual character came from the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor while the record character came from the Bountiful Treasure General.

"Record and visual..."

Su Yu muttered to himself repeatedly. Record. Visual. Catalog.

Heavenly Hunt Index.

The golden book in his head.

He had once suspected that the Heavenly Hunt Index was essentially a death list. Now, it was proven that he was right. Thinking of his own Mark of Civilization, Su Yu suddenly had the idea of forging such a list for himself as well. But the difficulty would probably be quite high.

Perhaps the golden book was related to all that. Perhaps they used to be one. The book could very well be the Mark of Civilization of the previous Time Sage. In that case, the Culture King must be the Time Sage.

"The Martial King's name was Tai Shan. The Culture King and the Time Sage was the same person. Old Zhou might be the Martial Emperor..."

Su Yu felt like he had learned a lot recently.

"As for the golden book...why is it in my head?" How odd. Could this be considered an inheritance of the Culture King? Or was it the inheritance of the Time Sage?

Su Yu became more and more certain that the golden book in his head was the previous Mark of Civilization. Before long, Su Yu arrived at Heavendoom City. There, he saw Tian He.

Yes. Tian He had returned from the mansion.

Su Yu never cared for Tian He previously, but he looked visibly excited when he met Tian He this time. He asked, "Mayor Tian He, I didn't see you in the Luminous Domain Mansion. Where were you?"

Tian He had a complicated expression as he sighed and said, "Don't talk about it anymore. I have returned empty-handed. You can't imagine what I found there."

He switched to voice transmission, as though he was sharing the greatest secret ever, "You won't believe this. I was accidentally teleported to a treasure land not recorded anywhere. That place was massive, and it was completely devoid of people. And there were divine weapons in there. Yes. Divine weapons. Several of them. At first, I thought that was a mountain range. But eventually, I noticed that the mountain range was actually a weapon."

With a look of profound shock, he continued, "Divine weapon! It took a punch from me completely unharmed! I flew along the mountain range for what felt like forever...Ultimately, I reached a conclusion."

Heavendoom explained, "The gigantic divine weapon was actually similar to a bone. It must have been forged by the primitive experts during an era even older than the ancient past. They must have fought with bones back then. You can't imagine this, right?"

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"A bone? What are you talking about?" Su Yu asked, "How did they look like?"

Tian He answered by drawing something out. When Su Yu looked at the drawing, he noted that it resembled a humerus. Did Tian He somehow enter the arm of Old Zhou?

Su Yu rubbed his chin and completed the story for Tian He, "As you travelled, you found another divine weapon. A smaller divine weapon. It was very long as well. As you went forward, you found five more weapons. They were akin to chains linked together. Am I right?"

Tian He exclaimed in surprise, "You went there as well? Why didn't I see you?"

Su Yu shrugged without answering. Sure enough, Tian He had entered Old Zhou's arm. Su Yu was quite surprised to hear that. How did that happen? Death spirits would be teleported to the first underground level. Meanwhile, a pseudo death spirit like Tian He would be teleported inside the arm. Was that the case?

Speaking of, what about the other pseudo death spirits? A decent number of pseudo death spirits had entered the mansion this time, such as the water elemental, shadow, and the others. Su Yu had been too busy to look for them so he was unsure of their fates. He was unsure if they had left with Xia Longwu and the others.

If they weren't with Xia Longwu and the others, they were probably dead. The humans would most likely take them along upon encountering them since Hong Tan knew them. After all, Hong Tan was the one who had captured them in the past. Tian He was stronger, so he had survived alone.

Tian He continued asking in shock, "Su Yu, were you there as well? Did you collect the divine weapons there?"

He was certain those were divine weapons. They were terrifyingly powerful.

Collecting?

Su Yu rolled his eyes. Nonsense. Those were Old Zhou's bones. Anyone attempting to collect them would be beaten to death.

"No. Stop thinking about them. Be thankful you were weak enough to even move them."

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Clearly, Tian He wouldn't hesitate to take Old Zhou's bones away if he could. How brave of him.

"Su Yu...those are definitely divine weapons!"

"Divine weapons are not for people like you to dream of. That applies to even me." Su Yu asked, "And? Anything else? Did you get anything from the mansion? You're already a Pseudo Invincible. Do you have your second carrier treasure?"

Tian He sighed, "Don't even talk about that anymore. There were so many treasures there, but I couldn't take even one. Why would I be so sad here otherwise?"

His sigh was filled with bitterness. He felt like he had returned from a treasure vault empty-handed. Any single weapon there would be more than enough for him. After all, even a heaven weapon was already good enough to serve as a carrier treasure.

"Sure. Keep sulking here. I might gift you one if you do contribute something to the ancient cities in the future, but only if I have excess. For now, I'll be using what I have for myself since you have yet to contribute anything."

"That's only natural."

Tian He did not mind that. He continued sighing. He was greatly saddened by this trip to the mansion. After struggling for an entire month, he had returned empty-handed. In fact, his mental state was quite impressive for him to not go mad after such a massive disappointment.

He had never seen so many divine weapons before. Where else could he find so many divine weapons? Alas, he was only lucky enough to see those weapons but not leave with them.

In fact, he was so sad that he no longer felt anything when Heavendoom shouted at him after his return. He didn't care anymore. He was more than happy to see Su Yu become the mayor. That would only reduce the burden on him.

What a pity that he had returned empty-handed.

***

"That guy has gone mad."

The moment Su Yu met Heavendoom, he heard Heavendoom grumbling, "In the past, he was terrified of me. But now, he has gained the courage to ignore me!"

Heavens! Heavendoom couldn't even believe this. Was Tian He actually such a courageous person?

Su Yu chuckled, "That's not surprising. Anyone returning empty-handed after seeing so many treasures would go mad."

"Was he telling the truth?"

"Most likely." Su Yu said, "But those are not divine weapons. They are probably the bones of Martial Emperor. But the bones of such a person might as well be divine weapons."

"..."

Heavendoom said, "I thought he was either lying or tricked by some illusions. So you mean he actually saw all those treasures?"

"Yeah."

"In that case, his madness is understandable."

Heavendoom shook his head and said, "I would go mad as well. Divine weapons are attractive to even someone like me."

He continued, "Bones...teleportation...Human Face World...all these are truly curious."

Su Yu laughed, "What's curious about that? Everything is so obvious."

Heavendoom said, "If that's really the case, Martial King was truly ruthless back then. Is this Martial Emperor still alive?"

"Probably."

"Martial King...no, the Human Emperor and Culture King were around back when the mansion was built. These people...were truly ruthless."

Heavendoom had a vague idea of what had happened all those years ago. He didn't even know what to say about it. A living supreme expert had been forged into a mansion, surviving in such a state for countless years. This was an even worse fate than what the guardians had suffered.

After all, the Luminous Domain Mansion was older than even the Allheaven Battlefield. The supreme expert had been turned into a mansion for more than a hundred thousand years.

Heavendoom asked, "Was his head stabbed into the ground?"

Heavendoom thought about it and laughed in amusement, "What about the Devote King's Residence? What's the location?"

Su Yu shrugged and said, "Don't ask me. I don't know."

"Hahahahaha!"

Heavendoom was greatly amused. He said, "Devote King was not a good guy. Back then, he spent so much time disciplining me. Hahahahaha! So his home was actually someone else's...hahahahaha!"

Heavendoom roared with laughter. It was as though his grudge from a hundred thousand years ago had finally been dissolved. That bastard Devote King was the one who had sent them here, causing them to be stuck as stone statues for a hundred thousand years.

If it wasn't for the fact that Devote King was already dead, Heavendoom would have gone mad and attacked the Devote King long ago. Thus, he was greatly pleased to learn about the truth behind Devote King's Residence.

Su Yu said helplessly, "Enough laughing, Lord. Can I have the record character?"

"Uh..." Heavendoom blanked out for a long while before recalling what Su Yu was talking about. He asked, "You need it?"

"Maybe. I'll accept it if it's good enough. Otherwise, forget it."

"Heh." Heavendoom said, "That's my spoils of war."

What was the kid thinking, asking for that?

"You get three or five extra days outside."

"Ah? Three or five?" Heavendoom sneered and said, "The record character is a very valuable treasure."

"Seven or eight days."

"Hehe..."

Su Yu turned around directly and said, "Forget it. You can keep the character."

"No!" Heavendoom shouted, "Come back! Including the three days you promised me previously, I'll get half a month in total! I want to go out and party for half a month!"

"No problem."

Su Yu agreed easily. It was no big deal.

Far away, Wan Tiansheng was looking on with a blank expression. So a supreme treasure even the Heavenly Overseer Marquis longed for was mere worth half a month outside the city.

How...lamentable. How sad.

And Su Yu was truly a scumbag for toying with the guardians like this.

***

Su Yu was naturally unbothered. As far as he was concerned, the character was useless for Heavendoom. Or to be precise, the character would be useless for most people. Bountiful Treasure wouldn't have given it up so easily otherwise.

Thus, the character was worth about half a month's holiday.

That was all.

Before long, he received the character.

It was a golden fragment with the record character embedded in the middle of the fragment. It was also written in the willpower language.

Was this the so-called record character?

The moment Su Yu held it in his hand, the golden book in his head trembled slightly.

It seemed to be reacting.

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As for Su Yu, his vision blurred.

When his gaze landed on the record character, he felt as though numerous paintings, numerous people, and numerous auras were dancing in his vision.

Record.

Recording. Gathering. Storing. To bear the weight of history.

Numerous figures flickered in his eyes. He saw Wan Tiansheng. He saw September. He saw Skyeater.

His mind went blank.

A catalog.

Yes. This was a part of a catalog with some unique functions. It was capable of supervising the world. No genius could escape being recorded by this catalog.

Alas, he only had a mere fragment in his hand. The catalog was incomplete.

"It has broken apart..." Su Yu muttered to himself. How did something so powerful break apart?

Did it break apart due to the death of its master? Or was it simply broken by someone? He had heard that the catalog had remained in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion all along. It was unlikely that it had suffered the attack of an expert. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis would have died before something like that happened. In that case, was the damage to the catalog a result of the destruction of these characters upon the death of their master?

No, that wasn't right. The record character was still around. Did the Culture King do this deliberately? He couldn't return anymore. Or he foresaw his own death. Since he didn't want the complete catalog to fall into the hands of Heavenly Overseer Marquis, he had damaged it from afar.

Was that why? That was the most probable likelihood. Otherwise, the characters wouldn't have remained intact while the catalog itself broke apart.

"The Culture King...broke it himself."

Did a part of the complete catalog find its way into his head during that time?

"How odd."

Countless questions emerged in Su Yu's mind. Why didn't the Culture King hand him the complete inheritance, then? He couldn't understand.

Even more scenes were appearing in his vision. He continued focusing. Eventually, he saw...the Heavenly Overseer Marquis.

Chapter 1582: Secrets Everywhere (1)

Yes. Su Yu saw the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. Or to be precise, he saw the Heavenly Hunt Index through the record character. And through the index, he saw the marquis.

"Hmm?"

Su Yu was greatly surprised. Was this a form of monitoring? Or was he simply looking at a recording of the past? If it was a form of monitoring, could the Heavenly Overseer Marquis see him as well? If that were the case, wouldn't Bountiful Treasure and the owner of the other character be able to monitor the Heavenly Overseer Marquis at all times?

Countless questions emerged in Su Yu's mind. However, he couldn't afford to waste his time pondering on the questions. He focused, noting that the marquis he saw was located in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. The appearance of the marquis was rather indistinct.

Su Yu was still unsure if he was looking at something real time. Or was this actually a recording from some day in the past? How odd.

Suddenly, he heard a voice, "Any news from Tian Yue?"

"No, Pavilion Master."

"He's missing. But I have a feeling he's not dead. Tell me. Do you think he'll betray me?"

"This subordinate does not have the answer."

"So be it. Gather the elders. Order all of them to attend the elder's feast in ten days. Attendance is compulsory."

"Yes!"

Before long, the second voice faded away. Su Yu had a faint feeling that the Heavenly Overseer Marquis was caressing the Heavenly Hunt Index. For some reason, he could feel the touch.

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"Soon...you'll be mine soon! Su Yu...how did he survive a curse from that celestial chasm? He must be protected by a supreme treasure in his sea of willpower. Lord Culture King, is this your inheritance? Or is this Time Sage's inheritance?"

A short moment later, Su Yu woke up as his earlier state ended automatically. He was sweating heavily with a pale face due to excessive consumption of willpower. In front of him, the slightly glowing record character dimmed again. It was as though the character had gone back to sleep.

Beside him, Heavendoom asked curiously, "What was that earlier? It didn't react at all in my hands. How did it glow the moment you hold it?"

Su Yu inhaled deeply and asked, "Did you see that, Lord?"

"What?"

What was he supposed to see? Seeing Heavendoom's look of confusion, understanding dawned on Su Yu. Were those scenes only visible to him?

He had somehow activated the record character earlier and saw the Heavenly Hunt Index. The sight of the Heavenly Overseer Marquis was merely a bonus. After all, the record character was once one with the Heavenly Hunt Index.

Su Yu inhaled deeply again without explaining. He didn't even think about it as he raised the character to his eye level. Was this really a character? If it was...it must be an Eternal character, right?

He had never seen an Eternal character before. Could this be considered one? Even if it was a character, he could probably not crush it for his cultivation or activate it fully because it was embedded in the fragment.

Surprisingly, the record character trembled lightly the moment that thought surfaced in his mind. Had the character gained a tiny amount of sentience? Was it capable of sensing his thoughts?

"I wonder if this is a character or something written by the Culture King." Su Yu looked at Heavendoom and asked, "What do you think, Lord?"

Heavendoom answered nonchalantly, "At his level, even a regular written character was something that should be taken seriously. Something written by someone like that would be much more powerful than regular characters, even without being a character itself." There was still no proof that this was a character, but there was no doubt that it was incomparably powerful.

Su Yu nodded in agreement.

"Lord, can you crush this thing?"

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Heavendoon grinned, "Are you sure you want me to try?"

Su Yu nodded, "Give it a try. Perhaps we can remove the outer layer and retain the character as a whole. It doesn't matter if it's an actual character. Let's focus on getting it out first."

"You..."

Heavendoom was rendered speechless. This was truly a brazen guy. Fine, fine. He didn't mind trying. He did not hesitate much and gripped the fragment before roaring. As he exerted himself, rumbling sounds rang out, but the fragment remained completely undamaged. Instead, Heavendoom's skin was pierced through and blood started seeping out.

Heavendoom grimaced and tossed the fragment away as he said, "A precious treasure. It is extremely durable. Just how was it broken in the past? You need to be at least a Daofuse to even damage it."

"Is it too durable for you, Lord?" Heavendoom rolled his eyes and said, "What a dumb question. I could crush anything with my staff and full strength, but are you sure you want me to do that?"

Su Yu gave the matter a thought and decided to leave that decision aside for now. For now, the fragment was still slightly helpful. At the very least, he could monitor the Heavenly Overseer Marquis with it. The marquis didn't seem to have noticed his monitoring.

"Is it related to the golden book in my head?"

Su Yu muttered to himself. Could he store it inside his head as well? He was only worried that something unexpected would happen. If the fragment decided to go crazy and damage his sea of willpower after being placed inside, he would be in trouble. One could never place things in one's sea of willpower rashly.

"Right, the furball..."

Su Yu recalled something and dragged the little furball out. Looking at the little furball's confused expression, he asked, "Yummy or not?"

He wanted to ascertain if this fragment shared the same origin as his golden book. If the answer was yes, it should prove quite attractive for the little furball as well.

The little furball sniffed the fragment and said with some hesitation, "A little yummy."

"Only a little?"

"Yeah."

"Want to eat it?"

"Can I eat it?"

Su Yu rubbed his chin and asked, "Does it smell the same as the one you usually talk about?"

"Yeah."

"Similar?"

The little furball answered, "Yeap. Similar."

"Why didn't you jump on it, then?"

"Not as yummy as you."

"..."

Beside them, Heavendoom was left confused. What manner of a conversation was this?

Su Yu frowned slightly and looked at Heavendoom before asking, "Lord, who was Bountiful Treasure's superior back then? Which race did he come from?" Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net

"Bountiful Treasure?" Heavendoom was confused at the sudden change of topic. He thought about it and answered, "Let me think about it...he was a titled general...what was his duty again?"

Only after a long while did Heavendoom remember, "Oh! He was in charge of the Heavenly Treasure Office of the imperial court. He worked under the Heavenly Treasure Marquis, someone in charge of treasure distribution. Basically, he occupied a lucrative position in logistics, a much more comfortable position than guardians like us."

"As for his race..."

Heavendoom spent even more time recalling before answering, "The treasureseeker mouse race! Yes, that race! That's an extinct race. He is probably the sole survivor. He loves collecting treasures. During his short fight with me, he detonated at least a hundred earth weapons and three to four heaven weapons."

"So he's quite rich."

Su Yu smiled, picked up the fragment, and said after a slight hesitation, "Lord, do you think this is the real deal?"

"What?"

Once again, Heavendoom was confused. What was Su Yu talking about?

Su Yu said, "Don't worry about it. I merely feel like...this isn't right. The little furball believes that it's yummy, but he hasn't bothered to pound on it..."

This time, it was the little furball's turn to blank out. What was wrong with that? He hadn't been too hungry as of late. Wow. That was indeed weird. And that thing indeed smelled nice.

Su Yu continued, "Lord, just how strong can the so-called marquises be? What about the human kings?"

Heavendoom answered, "All marquises were Daofuses. Most Daofuses would be appointed one upon making enough contributions. Even without enough contributions, a Daofuse would still be appointed a titled general."

Su Yu asked, "Were there any Daofuses who were not marquises back then?"

"Yes. Such as my boss."

Heavendoom laughed and said, "My boss was already a Daofuse back then, but he wasn't appointed a marquis. He was offered, but he refused because he didn't want to stay at the Devote King's Residence. Even so, he was supposed to receive his appointment at the end of his term. The Devote King had already applied for his promotion with the Human Emperor. However, the matter was delayed due to Culture King's disappearance. And then...the ancient past ended."

Su Yu nodded, "You could probably receive the same appointment upon completing your term and achieving Daofuse, right?"

Heavendoom curled his lips and said, "Yeah. At the time, they were planning to make me a titled general. Since my boss was still a titled general, I decided to wait before advancing. That became a forever wait."

"Why are you asking about this?" Heavendoom asked curiously, "It's pointless for you to know more about this."

Su Yu smiled and said, "I'm merely curious. Which race was the Heavenly Overseer Marquis from?"

"Heavenly Overseer Marquis..." Heavendoom scratched his head and said, "Not many know this. Fortunately, I was quite close with a few Culture King students back then. Occasionally, I would hear about the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. He came from a rare race that couldn't even be considered a proper race. He was called Luck Spirit or something like that, or maybe that was related to his dao."

"What does that mean?"

"How am I supposed to know that? I only heard some random mentions about him. I didn't even care about him so I didn't bother to ask. Then again, he came from Culture King's Residence as well, and he was favored by the Culture King back then. However..."

Heavendoom pointed at the little furball and said, "That big guy from his family knew the Heavenly Overseer Marquis back then. They might even be quite close. After all, the big furball came from Culture King's Residence as well."

The little furball blanked out. Was that the case?

"So I can eat for free at the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?"

That was his only question. He had been wanting to rob the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion for a long time. Could he actually eat there for free?

Heavendoom laughed and said, "You can try."

The little furball curled his lips with disappointment. He didn't have the courage to try. He was afraid of being beaten to death. How was he supposed to see Yummy again after dying?

Meanwhile, a certain thought emerged in Su Yu's head as he rubbed the fragment in his hand. As a master counterfeiter, he couldn't resist wondering if he was holding the real thing. Or was it perhaps a counterfeit product? If so, what was the point? Why?

Su Yu was suspicious because of his own history at producing counterfeits. Additionally, he had not formed a new character even after studying the record character. In short, he was dissatisfied with the poor user experience.