Chapter 92 - 92

Chapter 1372: An Elder At Home (3)

Before long, Su Yu was gone.

Once again, Grand Dream City returned to its usual silence.

As for Su Yu, he started preparing a suitable identity to enter the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Liu Hong's identity was usable...but he wasn't inclined to use it. That fellow had offended Topsoil Spirit. As of late, Topsoil Spirit had been looking for Liu Hong everywhere. Topsoil Spirit did not tell anyone the reason. Perhaps it was too embarrassing to mention.

After all, it was simply too shameful for an expert like him to get fooled by a weakling like Liu Hong.

Disguised as a random human, Su Yu started heading toward the Luminous Domain Mansion. During the past few days, the humans with the tokens to enter the mansion had been arriving one after another. This time, the human race had obtained 430 slots.

There were also some who had failed to receive any slots who were planning to try their luck with the special entrance. Of course, the special entrance would be a lot more dangerous than the regular entrances.

Su Yu had done some research on the special entrance as well. A total of 360 people could enter through the special entrance. But each opening, thousands or even tens of thousands of people would attempt to enter through these entrances. Out of these people, only 360 would be successful. In short, the mortality rate of those attempting the special entrance was extremely high.

That was also the regular battleground for the minor races. Since they couldn't get any of the regular slots, they could only place all their hope on the special entrance. The major races had intentionally left the special entrance alone to give the minor races a tiny bit of hope to placate the minor races.

"Should I use a special entrance or a regular entrance?"

Su Yu sank into thought.

The special entrance was filled with uncertainties.

The competition there would also be extremely stiff.

He might even end up exposing his identity if he got unlucky.

Should he use the regular entrance instead? That would keep things simple. Of course, there were also some benefits to using the special entrance. According to his research, those using the special entrance would often find themselves transported to some treasure lands in the mansion. Some people would also receive some special benefits, like how those who entered an ancient city through the main gate would receive additional protection against death qi.

"Whatever. I'll use a regular entrance. If I really want to enter through a special entrance, it will be better to carry some ancient city medallions when entering. Due to the mysterious connection between the ancient cities and the mansion, the medallions might make the process of entering smoother..."

Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind.

Since he wanted to enter the Luminous Domain Mansion, he naturally had to do more research on it. Unfortunately, the information regarding the mansion was quite confusing as fake stories were being deliberately spread to make it hard for one to determine what was accurate and not.

When it came to the Luminous Domain Mansion, not even the information one bought from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would be guaranteed to be correct.

There wouldn't even be a need for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to worry about its reputation for providing fake information. If one relied on their fake information, one would simply die upon entering a dangerous location in the mansion and nobody would know about it.

As for those skeptical of the information bought from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, they wouldn't rely entirely on the information to enter the dangerous location. Thus, they wouldn't be able to verify the authenticity of the information even if they weren't dead. There was simply no risk to the pavilion's reputation.

Thus, Su Yu had been skeptical about all the information he had gathered regarding the mansion.

For example, Liu Hong had offered to sell him a surprisingly large amount of information regarding the Luminous Domain Mansion. He was only a step away from offering a full map and introduction to the mansion. But would one dare to risk one's life based on a map purchased from Liu Hong?

Only a fool would do so.

"I guess I need to look for Wu Lan."

Finally, Su Yu decided to look for Wu Lan. That fellow seemed really serious about going. As an early Skysoar who was also a pure researcher, she insisted on entering the Luminous Domain Mansion. Su Yu couldn't help but wonder about the source of her courage. Did her nostrils give her the confidence to enter the mansion?

Surprisingly, the Wu Family had not advised her against it. Su Yu was quite speechless about that. Wasn't that the same as seeking death? Things would be very dangerous for every human in the mansion this time.

Furthermore, Teacher Bai and the others seemed to be thinking of entering as well. That was way too dangerous.

Su Yu had the urge to persuade them against this madness, but he knew that those from his line were too stubborn. Liu Wenyan and the others didn't want to rely on Su Yu too much. Thus, they viewed the Luminous Domain Mansion as an opportunity for them to get more cultivation treasures.

Su Yu couldn't help but wonder where they were at the moment.

At that thought, he tried his voice transmission talisman.

It was very hard to send messages in the Sea of Stars. Often, these messages would fail to reach their recipients due to the many interferences in the region.

Su Yu was in no rush. He was only trying his luck here. If he really couldn't contact them, he could always disguise himself as a random minor race member and enter through a special entrance.

He had yet to decide on which entrance to take. He also didn't know if he wanted to disguise himself as Wu Lan or some other human. During this opening, the myriad races would be targeting the human race. Things might get complicated.

He decided to try contacting them before making up his mind.

Surprisingly, he received a reply not long after.

***

Not far away, Liu Wenyan was quite surprised.

"Why are you out and about again? Aren't you dying? I'm on my way to visit you at Grandstar City. Why are you out of the city?"

Liu Wenyan didn't know what to say anymore.

He swore that he would never visit a dying Su Yu anymore in the future. Su Yu would simply not die.

This wasn't the first time either. Previously, Su Yu was trapped in Heavendoom City. Everyone said that he would die soon. Thus, Liu Wenyan had rushed over to help. But Su Yu was the one to find him midway instead.

And now, the same thing was happening.

Su Yu was very surprised as well. Was Teacher Liu nearby?

How did a reply arrive so quickly?

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"Yes."

Liu Wenyan replied, "We are moving separately. Moving together will make us a tempting target for our enemies. A lot of people are paying close attention to me. I told the others to move without me while I visit you. They didn't bother to visit because they knew you would be fine."

Wow. They sure had a lot of confidence in him.

After exchanging greetings, Su Yu asked, "Teacher, where are the others? We shouldn't meet. It won't benefit either of us. We might be able to meet in the mansion instead."

Liu Wenyan instantly understood what Su Yu was thinking. The kid was looking for an identity to borrow again.

He did not bother to say much. Instead, he told Su Yu everything he knew, including the locations of other humans and their dao protectors. Then, he said, "Don't tell me too much about your plan. Regardless of who you're entering as, pretend you don't know me after entering. Don't risk anything."

"Got it."

Su Yu knew what to do. It wouldn't hurt to be careful since he was currently the most wanted man in the Myriad Realms.

***

After about three hours.

When Su Yu saw Wu Lan near Grandstar City, he sighed. What a brazen lass.

Wu Lan, Wu Jia, and Wu Qi were all there. More importantly, they only had one Sunmoon serving as their dao protector. Wasn't this the same as seeking death? Were they not scared traversing the Allheaven Battlefield like this?

Then again, this was also quite understandable. Among them, Wu Qi was the only person with a little bit of fame. As for the other two, nearly nobody knew them. Using a Sunmoon as a dao protector was more than enough.

Hidden in the dark, Su Yu rubbed his chin and contemplated. Should he...really disguise himself as Wu Lan?

Sigh.

Wu Lan was actually quite a good identity to borrow. With her identity, he wouldn't even need to worry about meeting someone she knew. He only needed to raise his head, show them his nostrils, and snort.

Nobody would suspect anything.

It would only be suspicious if Wu Lan started speaking instead of snorting. Wasn't this the perfect identity to borrow?

He only needed to snort if he didn't feel like talking.

Su Yu sighed. He didn't like this idea at all. But what was this coincidence? Why was she here? This was too convenient. He could replace her here and nobody would notice anything.

"You will do."

With a sigh, Su Yu firmed his mind and decided. He would disguise himself as Wu Lan!

She didn't even have that much combat experience. She would only drag her sister down inside the mansion. How cruel of her to treat her sister like that. Fortunately, the kind Su Yu was here to save her and her sister.

This would also be a convenient identity for him to stick close to Bai Feng and the others.

Shortly after, Wu Lan looked around curiously before saying to Wu Qi, "Sister, I need to go for something."

"Hmm?"

Wu Qi was quite surprised. What was Wu Lan doing?

"I'll be back soon."

Wu Lan did not explain. She was curious. Why was Su Yu looking for her? Why was he here? Wait, since Grandstar City was here, it would be normal for him to be here as well.

Wu Qi hurriedly said, "Don't run around. Aren't you entering Grandstar City?"

"Yeah. Later. I'll be back shortly."

"You..."

Wu Lan ran off before Wu Qi could say anything else. She swore inwardly. This younger sister was still as disobedient as ever. She hurriedly followed. She was starting to regret letting her sister come.

Meanwhile, Wu Lan was running at her top speed. She was no fool. She wouldn't be running off alone for no reason. But since Su Yu was nearby, it was safe for her to do so.

Her talisman frequency was not known to outsiders. There also wasn't any point in baiting her out disguised as Su Yu. If someone wanted to do that, they were better off baiting Wu Jia out instead.

It wasn't like she was very close to Su Yu. Yeap. According to her, she was only a little bit close to Su Yu. But no outsiders knew that. Sure, she was also a member of the Source Soul Research Center. But they were only fellow researchers, not friends.

With all sorts of random thoughts in her mind, Wu Lan vanished into the distance.

Su Yu was waiting somewhere further away. He did not tell her to enter Grandstar City as too many people were monitoring the city.

As for the Sunmoon acting as the dao protector, truth be told, Sunmoons were no longer strong for Su Yu. At the very least, all Sunmoon below the late stage would no longer be considered strong for him.

Meanwhile, their dao protector was merely a first-stage Sunmoon. Su Yu was doubtful that the Sunmoon could even detect him with that measly strength.

Chapter 1373: Danger Sense (1)

An illusion manifested.

Not long after Wu Lan left, Su Yu appeared in front of her. Behind, Wu Qi and the dao protector were still following her. Or to be precise, Wu Qi was following Wu Lan while the first-stage Sunmoon followed in the dark. Wu Qi knew about the Sunmoon, but she did not mind his presence.

Not even the dao protector detected anything out of the ordinary. He was still busy grumbling inwardly about his dissatisfaction at having assigned the task of following them. Why were they running around randomly instead of heading straight to the mansion?

***

"Su Yu?"

Wu Lan did not realize that she was looking at Su Yu's projection instead of his real person. She exclaimed in joy, "Everyone is saying that you're dying. But I have never stopped believing that you won't die. You're a top-tier genius with 33 marks higher than me in the examination..."

Su Yu resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said, "I remember getting 897 marks while you only got 835 marks. I'm 62 marks higher."

She must have been following some bad influences in life. Why would she start playing such tricks for a mere minor victory otherwise?

Wu Lan wasn't too bothered about that. She said, "I only mentioned a random number. Sure enough, you're narrow-minded. Why do you still remember our exact scores even after so long?"

"..."

Su Yu was rendered speechless. That was an important examination. And it hadn't even been two years since then. How could he forget? That was the start of his rise. And as the top scorer in the examination, he naturally had to remember how much better he was than the second in place, right?

As for the third-highest scorer...he had truly forgotten about that person. He only remembered the second place because that would help him remember how much better he was. As for the third place, it held no interest for him.

Even the second-highest scorer would only remember the top scorer. Who would remember the third-highest scorer?

After verifying that she was indeed speaking to Su Yu, Wu Lan said, "Why are you here?"

"To see you."

"Did you finish researching the cultivation method?"

"No."

"Why are you seeing me, then?"

"..."

It was rather hard to converse with this woman.

Whatever. Su Yu went straight to the point and asked, "Why are you here?"

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"..."

Su Yu exhaled in exhaustion. He had the urge to return the same words she spoke to her, but Wu Lan spoke first, "I'm here to tell you about my research. There is progress, but I need a large amount of riversand for the research. Don't ask me if I'm entering the mansion or not. I will definitely enter. Don't bother telling me to get someone to gather the riversand for me instead. Who knows if they can leave the mansion alive? I need to enter personally to continue with my research."

As far as she was concerned, she was entering for an important reason.

Su Yu was surprised. "Research?"

"Yeah."

"Did Great Xia give you a slot?"

"Nope. I'm going under Great Ming's slot. Great Ming has slots as well. Very few from Great Ming are going. Why should I take the trouble of asking for a slot from Great Xia? Great Ming has given me one out of the twenty slots they got. Why do you ask?"

Wu Lan had a look of astonishment. Was there a problem with that? Everyone in Great Ming was lazy. Nobody wanted to go. They were more than happy to see her take one of the slots. Nobody even bothered to compete for the slot.

Sigh.

With a frown, Su Yu said, "You're entering the mansion for research...this..."

This would make things complicated.

"Do you want me to get some riversand for you?"

"No!" Wu Lan refused, "I need to see the place where riversand is produced. I also need to study the formation of riversand. Riversand has the ability to extract and purify willpower, but Teacher Kong has never been to the mansion before. She's unsure of the reason behind this. I believe the answer lies in the origin of riversand. Everyone else are barbarians without the knowledge to seek more knowledge. I can only do this myself."

Sigh.

She was looking for the source of riversand? In short, she was a researcher on a mission. If he stopped her from going, would she beat him to death? No wonder the Wu Family had not stopped her.

As a researcher, she had to do this herself. Nobody else could do it for her. Perhaps the Wu Family and even Great Ming were only here to assist her. If she could really figure out how riversand worked and replicate the effect, it would be impressive.

Su Yu felt a headache coming.

"Can you not go?"

"Not go?" Wu Lan looked at him oddly, "Why not? Since I'm investigating the source, I must go myself. Are you offering to go on my behalf? But you know nothing about my research."

Su Yu didn't know what to say. He found himself agreeing that she must go herself or she would regret it. Sure, she might die in there. But for a pure researcher, such a risk was nothing.

What a choice to make. This was troublesome.

Suddenly, Wu Lan said, "Don't tell me you're trying to persuade me against going before disguising yourself as me. Su Yu, are you a pervert?"

"..."

Su Yu looked at Wu Lan with an odd expression. Did she unlock something in her brain?

Why did she suddenly become so smart?

Fine, fine, she had never been stupid. She merely had low emotional intelligence. If she were stupid, she wouldn't have scored 835 marks in her examination. He didn't know what to say anymore.

Shortly after, he smiled and said, "Nope. Am I such a person? I am an overlord of a vast territory. I'm only here to catch up with you. Why would I do something like that?"

Wu Lan said, "Good. By the way, you can take Bai Junsheng's identity. He's going as well. If you take his identity, you can even stick with your teacher. He's so weak, and he knows nothing. It's a waste to let him go. If you go as Bai Junsheng, I can join you as well since we're both entering under Great Ming's slots. My elder sister is not reliable enough as a bodyguard. She's too weak. You only need to escort me to the place riversand is produced."

"..."

Holy shit!

Was she changing his plan for him?

Su Yu felt rather sullen at having his plan fall apart.

"No. I—"

"The most dangerous place is also the safest place. You have disguised yourself as someone from Great Ming repeatedly. Nobody will expect you to do this again. Just don't disguise yourself as Cui Lang since everyone is already aware of that. Sure, nobody thinks that you'll take his identity again, but everyone will still keep an eye on him."

"..."

Su Yu asked curiously, "What have you been eating lately?"

"Nothing special."

"Is that so?"

Su Yu was greatly surprised. If she hadn't eaten anything special, why was she suddenly so smart? Back when he used Bai Junsheng's identity, very few people knew about that. And now, Wu Lan was telling him to take Bai Junsheng's identity again.

While Su Yu was deep in thought, Wu Lan said, "You pervert! You must be thinking of knocking me unconscious before stealing my identity! You must have taken a fancy to my identity! That must be why my elder sister is still not here even after following me for so long! Pervert!"

"..."

Screw that!

Su Yu hurriedly explained himself, "Nonsense! My identity makes it inconvenient for me to meet you openly. That's why we're meeting in such a manner. Are you sure you must enter the mansion personally?"

"Yes. Unless you can uncover the secrets behind riversand without me, I won't change my plan."

"Can you do it?"

"I don't know, but I want to try." Wu Lan said in excitement, "The Luminous Domain Mansion is a ruin of the ancient past. There are many things I can research in there. The human race lacks understanding of the mansion. I can gather both information and materials in there."

"You're too weak..."

"Death is a worthy price in the pursuit of dao!"

"..."

Su Yu frowned. Was she serious?

He gave Wu Lan a long stare before asking, "Do you believe this is your dao?"

"Yes." Wu Lan answered solemnly, "I have walked the path of research since I'm a little girl. I was already a research assistant back when I was still in secondary school. I am better than you. Apart from combat strength, I'm better than you in every aspect. Do you deny this, Su Yu?"

Su Yu replied, "I don't. But I can make you cry with one punch."

"Barbarian!"

Wu Lan scolded. What a brute! Was punching all he knew! What a big brute!

"I don't care. Don't even dream of taking my identity. If you do it, I'll tell everyone you're a pervert!"

"..."

Su Yu felt like crying. She wasn't this smart usually! How did she guess everything before he could say anything? Why wasn't she stupid when she was supposed to be stupid? Did she not know that this was very annoying?

Wu Lan said, "Go look for Bai Junsheng. It won't be hard to pretend to be him. He's so stupid. He's only here to fill the quota. He can't contribute anything. Furthermore, Teacher Bai will need to waste his energy to protect that stupid guy in there. If you knock him unconscious and throw him somewhere random, he will believe he's already in the mansion when he wakes up. He won't know anything."

Su Yu was left quite speechless.

"I'm not entering the mansion."

"Sure, sure. Anything else? I'm taking my leave. Don't even dream of setting your sights on me. I have research to complete. I'm telling you. If I manage to complete this research, I'll be the number one researcher in the world."

Once again, Su Yu was left speechless. She wasn't giving him any chance to persuade her. She must have pretended to be stupid in the past to fool him!

"Bai Junsheng is just ahead of us. He's with his father. His father is only a Cloudbreach. You can replace his son right before his eyes and he won't notice anything."

Wu Lan added, "Don't dream of anything else. I'm warning you! I'll tell everyone you're a pervert!"

Screw that!

Su Yu felt incomparably sullen. His plan had been messed up. Sure enough, one should never rely on women. Hmph!

Bai Junsheng?

While Su Yu was thinking about it, Wu Lan continued, "That's all. Su Yu...you're a pervert!"

Then, she ran off.

Su Yu was left incomparably gloomy. How was he a pervert? He wasn't even given a chance to say much. She had said everything he wanted to say. Did the fire of inheritance somehow upgrade her brain during their time in Great Ming? That would explain her sudden growth of intelligence. Sure enough, she wouldn't be able to do anything without him.

Riversand...willpower purification...source...

Wu Lan had claimed that this was her dao. It did not matter if Su Yu believed she could do it. Preventing her from pursuing her dao would be the same as severing her path of cultivation. This was a taboo.

While rubbing his aching head, Su Yu vanished with a flicker. It was time to make a new plan. Sure enough, he couldn't underestimate how big of an obstacle a woman could be. He had to be more careful in the future.

Chapter 1374: Danger Sense (2)

At the same time, Wu Lan left the area enveloped in the illusion. Her vision blurred as she found herself suddenly standing in front of Wu Qi.

Her elder sister was in the middle of berating her, "I told you not to run off alone! Why are you doing this? If you remain disobedient, forget about going! I don't intend to throw my life away in the mansion!"

Wu Lan grumbled inwardly that Su Yu should have taken her elder sister's identity instead. Her elder sister had been way too talkative recently. Wu Lan was sure that she had guessed correctly. Su Yu was shameless enough to think of such an idea. He wanted to be her. Shameless!

As for whether Su Yu would end up looking for Bai Junsheng, that was none of her concern. She only knew that she was entering the mansion for research. She must enter. It didn't matter what Su Yu's real plan was. She had to first sever any possibility of that happening.

If she could find a way to replicate the effects of riversand, she was confident she would acquire even more fame than Su Yu. Then again, she was also aware of how hard that would be. After all, Su Yu was now known throughout the Myriad Realms.

***

Su Yu sighed.

Helpless.

Shortly after, he saw Bai Junsheng.

Bai Junsheng was fighting some demonic beasts under his father's lead. He was now a third-stage Skysoar. What gave him the confidence to enter the Luminous Domain Mansion with such strength? Su Yu had no choice but to be impressed with how lazy the people of Great Ming was. They had actually given the slots to the likes of Bai Junsheng.

Great Ming had been given twenty slots in total. And it seemed like they had wasted their slots.

"Bai Junsheng..."

Su Yu wondered if he should take Bai Junsheng's identity again.

Sigh.

Fine, fine. So be it. At the very least, he had prior experience pretending to be Bai Junsheng. When he pretended to be Bai Junsheng previously, he had failed to make Bai Junsheng famous. Clearly, this was his chance to make up for that.

***

Shortly after, Bai Junsheng exclaimed in surprise. Who was that?

Su Yu!

"Su Yu? Is this real?" He asked in astonishment, "Are you really Su Yu?"

"What stupid questions are you asking?"

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"Heavenly source fruit."

"Passcode accepted."

When Bai Jinsheng nodded, Su Yu resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Was everyone so suspicious nowadays? Why must everyone insist on such puzzles in every single meeting?

Before he could say anything, Bai Junsheng said, "Don't hit me. I'll do it myself. You want to knock me unconscious, right? I don't really want to enter the mansion as I'll only drag others down. But I'm one of the Eight Eminents. It would be too embarrassing for me to refuse to go. Furthermore, nobody in Great Ming wants to go. They all believe that this is a suicide trip. In fact, I was already well-prepared to die when I agreed to go. If you want to take my identity, go ahead! But you can't take my identity for free. Remember, these slots are very valuable."

"..."

Screw that!

Su Yu felt like coughing blood from frustration. Why was this the first thing on everyone's mind when meeting him?

Su Yu didn't even know what to say anymore.

Bai Junsheng spoke matter-of-factly, "According to the rumors, you're seriously injured. For you to suddenly appear in front of me instead of anyone else, you're clearly eyeing my identity. It's not like we're that close. Do you find me tactful? Don't worry. I won't appear before a month is up. Just hide me somewhere safe. I guarantee nobody will know about this."

"..."

For some reason, Su Yu felt insulted.

Bai Junsheng continued, "If you hide me somewhere ordinary, others might discover me easily. Too many people are monitoring Grandstar City so this won't be a good choice either. Aren't you tight with the stone statue in Heavendoom City? Just hide me there. Nobody is monitoring that city."

"..."

Su Yu said nothing. This guy had even made a plan for him.

Once again, he felt insulted.

Bai Junsheng urged him, "Come on, do it. Or I'll need to go with my old man soon. But let us agree to something first. You can commit murder and arson with my identity, but don't pick up girls with it. That would be troublesome."

Su Yu stared at Bai Junsheng in exhaustion. Had he been underestimating everyone's intelligence? Or were humans really smarter than the other races? Bai Junsheng's reasoning had been perfectly logical. For him to appear suddenly when it was rumored that he was dying, what else could he be planning? He was already a repeat offender. He had done this many times before. His deeds as Cui Lang and Profound Nine were known to all.

It wasn't that surprising that Bai Junsheng could guess his purpose here. However, it was surprising how cooperative Bai Junsheng was. In fact, Bai Junsheng was so cooperative Su Yu didn't even feel like talking anymore. He felt like anyone could see through his schemes.

Bai Junsheng continued pushing him, "Come on, do it. Are you really waiting for me to knock myself unconscious? My identity is very good. You can stick with my cousin with it. You can also stick to those from Great Ming. And you know me decently well. You know everyone I know. Su Yu, don't forget to give me some benefits for my identity. You agreed! Nobody knew you took my identity previously, but I was aware of that! Because of you, I was locked up for no reason!"

Su Yu said, "I suddenly don't feel like taking your identity anymore."

"No!" Bai Junsheng hurriedly said, "I'll be honest. I am deliberately traveling with my old man instead of the main group to wait for you. And you're finally here. I was starting to get anxious when you were nowhere to be seen!"

Su Yu frowned. Suddenly, a realization hit him. At first, everyone believed that he would go. But with his recent injuries, many believed he wouldn't go anymore. However, it was likely that many would reach the same conclusion as Bai Junsheng.

In that case, would all these people be under monitoring? Su Yu's heart thumped.

Even Bai Junsheng believed that Su Yu would pick the identity of someone he was familiar with. Would the myriad races not think of this?

Yes, he was gravely injured. But he was also known for his recklessness. Would he really give up? His tribulation character was still calm, but perhaps that was merely because the spies were not strong enough to threaten him.

Su Yu's heart thumped.

Bai Junsheng's words had reminded him of this possibility. He had always believed that it would be fine for him to enter disguised as someone else. But he had been too optimistic. He was now a wanted criminal of the myriad races. He couldn't underestimate their determination to kill him.

He also had to remember that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was still around. The pavilion's influence spread everywhere. Sure, he had left First Profound's mask in the city, but who knew if the pavilion had a different way to track him. Numerous thoughts emerged in his mind.

"The humans...are probably being monitored by multiple parties. Perhaps...everyone is waiting. It is possible that all 430 of the human participants are already under monitoring. How can I forget how important I am? I'm actually more important than even some Invincibles."

Su Yu looked at Bai Junsheng in shock and inhaled. If even an idiot like Bai Junsheng could think of this, what about everyone else? Human...must he insist on using the identity of a human? Was it possible that someone was already aware of his contact with Bai Junsheng?

Finally, Su Yu said, "You better not enter the Luminous Domain Mansion. It will be very dangerous. If you're really going, get the human experts to keep an eye on you. I have a feeling someone is targeting you. Watch your back. I won't be able to help you. Go look for some human experts to help you instead."

Su Yu's voice turned solemn as he said, "I'm only here to warn you about the potential danger. Don't think too much. I'm not here for your identity. I'm still recovering from my injuries. I won't be entering."

Bai Junsheng said, "You—"

"Take care."

Then, Su Yu vanished with a flicker. His voice rang out in Bai Junsheng's ears, "When you reach the human encampment near the Luminous Domain Mansion, inform the human experts immediately. Tell them you're being targeted. If you have to, give up on the slot."

With that, he left.

***

At the same time.

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

Someone reported, "Unique undulations have been detected near Bai Junsheng and Wu Qi. It is unknown if this is related to Su Yu."

"Keep monitoring them."

"Yes!"

With that order, a faceless elder left, leaving several gold masks in the room. After a short silence, one of them said, "Sure enough, Su Yu is still tempted. Who will he disguise himself as?"

"Wu Qi? Or Bai Junsheng? Or one of the other two girls?"

"..."

"You never know. Ordinarily, Bai Junsheng's identity would be more suitable. But Su Yu is unpredictable. He is shameless enough to disguise himself as an unassuming woman instead."

"How creative."

"The credit goes to the South Chamber head. He's the one with the idea to monitor every single human in the area. We don't even need to monitor them too closely. We only need to take note of any special undulations in the air. Sure enough, Su Yu has revealed himself. I can't help but wonder if even his injuries are fake."

"There is no guarantee that these undulations are caused by Su Yu, but it is also true that we need to keep a close watch over these people."

"Exactly."

***

After leaving Bai Junsheng, Su Yu had an odd sensation.

A sense of relief was washing over him out of nowhere. He frowned. Was someone really monitoring him earlier? That shouldn't be the case, right? If that was true, he should have sensed something. Was he being overly cautious?

He inhaled deeply.

Regardless of whether his guesses were true, it would be wise to give up on his original idea. It felt too risky.

He was also quite unhappy at how Bai Junsheng and Wu Lan had guessed his plan right after seeing him. It was as though everyone knew what he was thinking. He was already seriously injured. Why were they expecting so much out of him?

According to the old turtle, a Daofuse could see the past and future. Previously, he had assumed that nobody would waste their time doing so on a random person. But now, he couldn't help but change his mind. Would Tiangu personally wait out here for him?

He had to tread carefully.

While roaming around randomly, he encountered a group of people who were heading further away into the sea. From afar, he heard one of them saying, "Let's challenge the special entrance this time. Perhaps we can really get through. If we don't enter the mansion, we will remain trash forever."

"Exactly. We can't miss out on this chance. Many experts are aiming to reach the seventh level this time. Nobody will care about the bottom three floors. If we stay on the bottom three floors, things won't get too dangerous."

These were all minor race members.

Su Yu's eyes flickered as a new idea emerged in his mind. With a flicker, he vanished. Shortly after, he soundlessly destroyed the body of an iron-winged bird before feeding the sea of willpower to the little furball. He did that right in front of the others in the group.

Then, he inspected the memories of his victim through his victim's blood essence. None of the people in the group noticed anything. Most of them were Skysoars and Cloudbreaches. Not one of them was a Mountainsea. There were countless similar groups in the Sea of Stars.

The myriad races might try to monitor his whereabouts, but could they monitor everyone in the Allheaven Battlefield?

Before long, Su Yu replaced the iron-winged bird as a member of the group. He had picked the iron-winged bird instinctively as this was a race he was familiar with. The sea of willpower of his victim had not been destroyed. It had been stored in the little furball's stomach.

After inspecting the memories of his victim, Su Yu stored the sea of willpower into his Mark of Civilization instead.

His vision blurred.

Numerous scenes appeared in his mind.

When he did the same to the little furball previously, his visions had been interrupted by Soy Bun. Those visions had been very unclear due to the little furball's unique origin. This was not the case for the iron-winged bird. He could see everything in great clarity.

The past of the iron-winged bird was unveiled before him. He saw a relatively small realm. He saw an iron-winged bird struggling to survive amid countless iron-winged birds.

The iron-winged bird race was considered a low-level civilization. As a subordinate race of the divine race, the iron-winged birds had fought countless battles for the divines. Even in the home realm of the iron-winged birds, several Sunmoon divines were stationed. These Sunmoons were constantly subjected to the suppression of the realm, but that did not stop them from ruling the entire realm.

Su Yu's victim was nobody important. After spending a few years in the Allheaven Battlefield fighting for the divines, his army was demolished by the Devil Subduing Army. He survived by sheer luck, and he did not feel like returning to his realm. Thus, he started roaming the Allheaven Battlefield alone.

Chapter 1375: Danger Sense (3)

The memories were clear.

Or to be precise, Su Yu was witnessing the past of his victim through the Mark of Civilization. This concerned the manipulation of time, not memories.

Time Sage!

Once again, Su Yu realized how bizarre this book was. No wonder the heavenly laws had attempted to stop him. One of the pages in his book lit up slightly.

A previously empty page had been partially filled.

Iron-winged bird, first-stage Cloudbreach (incomplete)

That was all. The record was incomplete. The Mark of Civilization had not grown in strength. However, Su Yu learned a lot. Perhaps he needed an intact corpse to better complete the page.

Since the Mark of Civilization had only consumed the sea of willpower of the iron-winged bird, the record was incomplete.

Suddenly, a blacktail sable spoke, "Yifei, why are you so silent suddenly?"

Yifei.

Su Yu knew that this was the name of the iron-winged bird. He answered, "I have nothing to say. So many people are challenging the special entrance. How many people will die this time? How many of us weaklings can get through? The safe entrances are monopolized by the major races. The rest of us can only try our luck with the special entrance. If luck forbids, we will get through. If not, we will probably die. What is there to say?"

"You can't say that. We're together. We need to cooperate. Yifei, if we cooperate well, our chances will be higher. Some of us might die, but that's still better than fighting alone, right?"

Some of them believed that it was pointless to keep grumbling about the safe slots. It wasn't like anything would change.

Su Yu gloomily said, "I understand. Don't worry. I'll cooperate. Why would I be here otherwise? But I need to make it clear that I won't be sacrificing myself for anyone like a hero. If I must die, I will try to drag a few others down with me as well."

"Everyone is thinking the same thing. It's pointless to say things like this." Thɪs chapter is updated by novel※fire.net

With that, they all sank into silence. A sense of helplessness enveloped them, mixed with anger and fury toward the major races.

As for Su Yu, he sighed inwardly. After everything, he had still ended up using a special entrance. He had reached this decision because he felt like the regular entrances were already under strict monitoring.

There were only a few thousand regular entrances. It wouldn't be too hard to monitor all of them.

Meanwhile, the special entrance would welcome the participation of hundreds of thousands of individuals of various races and unknown origin. It would be much harder for the major races to fully monitor the special entrance.

***

At the same time.

Outside the Luminous Domain Mansion.

More and more experts had gathered around the massive gate.

To the north, where the immortals were encamped.

An eye appeared in Dao King's palm. It started looking around, undetected by anyone. Floating in the sky, Dao King was doing the same. Inwardly, he was conversing with someone, "Any discoveries, Lord Tiangu?"

"No." Tiangu's voice replied in his mind, "He is not the type to give up on something like this. He will come. And if he's coming, he will be here soon. Inspect all token holders strictly. Don't let anyone through before I take at least one look at them."

"Sure." Dao King asked, "Do we inspect those challenging the special entrance as well?"

"Yes. But I won't be doing that. The divines are in charge over there. Once Su Yu is found, kill him. He must die. Keep a close watch over the humans, especially those from Great Xia and Great Ming.

"Sure."

The eye in Dao King's palm continued scanning the area. Numerous scenes played in the eye, showing fragments from the past and future of the people it scanned. The immortals were serious about killing Su Yu.

Since a kill order had been issued, they wouldn't give him any chance to grow stronger. It didn't matter if he was really injured or if it was merely a lie. They would not spare him.

Disguise? Could any disguise escape the detection of a Pseudo Emperor?

Tiangu and the Pseudo Emperor of the divines were personally here. Su Yu would not be able to escape them. As far as they were concerned, Su Yu should be honored to receive such a level of attention from them.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was busy studying the Mark of Civilization.

Suddenly, a page detached itself from the book and covered his body. His eyes flickered as he suddenly felt like he had truly become Yifei. The page covering his body was none other than the page that had absorbed Yifei's sea of willpower.

"Is this working?"

Su Yu was unsure. Could this thing escape all detection? That was not all. Inside his sea of willpower, the Culture Tomb had turned into a cover, covering his entire sea of willpower. Invincibles were very powerful. When one focused, one could see through a lot of things.

Su Yu noted that it wasn't a good idea to fully cover his sea of willpower. It would also be suspicious if the Invincibles detected nothing from him. He must leave something for the Invincibles to detect to remain inconspicuous.

He licked his lips as he sank into thought. Instantly, the page entered his sea of willpower. Then, numerous fragments of virtual memories were implanted at the outer layer of his sea of willpower.

"I keep feeling like some people are targeting me this time."

Su Yu couldn't help but wonder if this was the so-called danger sense.

Whatever.

He had completely given up on his initial plan after meeting Bai Junsheng and Wu Lan. The special entrance would be much safer for him.

It was likely that both Bai Junsheng and Wu Lan would be under close monitoring this time. He had to pay close attention when it was time to enter the mansion. If the two were really under strict monitoring, it signified that he had nearly fallen for the trap of the myriad races.

***

Following the group, Su Yu traveled for an entire day before stopping.

There were countless people in the area. In the middle of the crowd was a massive blank space. And in the middle of the blank space was a massive gate. There was nothing behind the gate. It stood there alone, with two characters hanging atop it. However, those characters were not visible to the weak.

Only the strong could see what the two characters were: luminous and domain.

The armies of the various major races had formed a blockade around the gate. Only token holders were allowed to approach. Those without any tokens could only wait until the mansion was open before entering through the special entrance.

Beside Su Yu, an old man was explaining, "When the mansion opens, numerous tunnels will appear in the area. A total of 3,260 of them will appear. There are nine levels to these tunnels. The stronger one is, the higher one can go. That does not guarantee that you will be transported straight to the ninth level of the mansion, but those entering through the high-level tunnels might be transported straight to the third or fourth level of the mansion. The major races have explored the mansion many times. For them, exploring the lower levels again is a waste of time."

The Luminous Domain Mansion had been around for many years. Even those who had never entered would know something about it.

Su Yu knew all that as well, but he was uninterested in showing off his knowledge. Instead, he was busy feeling shocked. His tribulation character was pulsing. Someone was observing him. It wasn't obvious, but someone was indeed observing all of them.

He hurriedly banished all his thoughts and recited in his mind, "I want to enter. I want to grow strong. I want to become the strongest expert of the iron-winged bird race."

***

At the same time.

The white-haired divine king was roaming the area while hiding in the void, carrying an eye on his shoulder. The eye was constantly scanning his surroundings. The eye gave off an incomparably profound sensation. It was mostly focused on the token holders. Of course, it would also occasionally glance over the numerous beings waiting further away.

Suddenly, the white-haired divine king said, "Emperor, an update has arrived from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Bai Junsheng, Wu Qi, Wu Lan, and Wu Jia are all suspicious."

"Find a chance and approach them with me. I'll take a closer look."

"Yes!" The white-haired divine king was speaking in an extremely respectful tone. When he looked at the human encampment, he smiled and said, "If he's here, I will be able to sense it. The carrier treasure I gave him was something I spent many years nourishing..."

"There is no guarantee that he will keep it on him."

"A carrier treasure is invaluable. I believe he will keep it on his person. A reckless lunatic like him will always be ready to stake his everything in all his endeavours."

"That's reasonable."

***

In truth, this wasn't a matter Su Yu had even considered.

In fact, he had never cared much about that carrier treasure. He had not been able to detect anything suspicious about it. Not even Grandstar had detected anything. However, he had still picked this carrier treasure when he needed to crush one to forge his book.

No matter what, this was a gift from a hostile Invincible. He had to be wary about it. Thus, crushing it for his weaponsmithing was the best way to make use of it.

Su Yu could sense that someone was observing him, or to be precise, everyone in the area. He was sure this was a super expert. He was left quite speechless. Was there a need for this? He was but a mere Cloudbreach. Was this super expert looking for him?

Maybe...the expert was looking for Hollow instead. Right? Yes. Definitely. After all, everyone believed that Hollow had the Culture Tomb. And it was quite likely that he would try to enter the mansion as well.

Su Yu continued comforting himself. Nope. They weren't looking for him. They were looking for Hollow. That was a Pseudo Invincible capable of fighting Invincibles. Everyone must be looking for the Culture Tomb.

After spending some time comforting himself, Su Yu felt much better.

***

At the same time, even further away.

With a heavy look in his eyes, Hollow stared into the distance and swore inwardly. His danger sense was screaming at him. What was this? Was a Pseudo Emperor scanning the crowd?

With his strength, no regular Invincible could trigger such an intense reaction from his danger sense.

"Hmph. The moment the mansion opens, I'll teleport inside. Let's see what you can do! What's the point of this bullshit?"

Why were they so strict this time? Were they here for him?

Wasn't it just a Culture Tomb? He didn't even know how to use that thing. He had been studying it as of late, but he had learned nothing.

Chapter 1376: Don't Offend Women (1)

Su Yu could feel his danger sense slowly fading away.

He did not dare to think too much as he was afraid that his thoughts would be sensed by someone. He didn't even dare to think of the fact that he was Su Yu. Like everyone else, he was fully focused on the distant gate.

It was massive. White-jade in color, it looked slightly transparent.

Luminous Domain (Xing Yu).

Was that a name? Or was that a title?

This mansion seemed to have some connections to the Human Emperor. Or to be precise, this could very well be the location of the so-called Myriad Race Assembly. According to the old turtle, the time projections of the ancient experts could be found on the ninth level.

The white-jade gate was pulsing slightly, as though it was breathing. Each time it pulsed, a burst of source qi would ripple out in all directions. It felt as though the gate was alive.

"How beautiful."

Those were not Su Yu's words. Rather, they were the words of a beautiful humanoid fish nearby. The humanoid fish had a pleasant voice, but one should refrain from looking at the head of the fish as that would ruin the beautiful image left by the voice of the fish.

The humanoid form was quite popular among many races. That was mainly because many of the powerful races, such as the human, immortal, divine, and devil races were all humanoid races. Thus, their form was akin to a trend everyone pursued. As a result of different beauty standards across the various races, numerous unique humanoid forms had been created in the Myriad Realms.

Such was the case for the humanoid fish, who had maintained the head of a fish on a humanoid body. That was most likely a deliberate choice since at the Cloudbreach Realm, one should be able to perform a full transformation.

"Beautiful?"

A ferocious middle-aged man with the tail of a wolf said, "You're saying that because you have no idea how many experts have died in there. Many years ago, a race tried to attack and force this gate open before it was time. Ultimately, that entire race went extinct. That was a powerful race with a large number of experts. Yet they had gone extinct assaulting this gate."

Was that true? Su Yu had never heard of that. Curious, he smiled and asked, "Is that so? My race is unaware of that. Which race was that?"

When the wolf-tailed man noticed that many people were looking at him, he said, "Sure enough, many have forgotten about this. That's understandable. The major races are deliberately hiding this piece of history to encourage the other races to do the same foolish thing. Many years ago, there was a race known as the space devourer race. They consumed space for living, and they were extremely powerful. This was also an ancient race. For some reason, they made the stupid choice of assaulting this gate. Ultimately, they went extinct."

After a short pause, he continued, "There is a constant stream of people trying to sneak through this gate all the time. None of them survived. This gate will only open when a tide is imminent. At any other time, no living being can enter."

Su Yu nodded. He was aware of that. Entry was impossible at any other time as the tunnels leading inside the mansion were still sealed. Without the tunnels, going through the white-jade gate would only result in death.

Suddenly, his expression changed.

The same was happening to everyone around him.

Boom!

A massive palm was dropping down upon the humans from the sky. At the same time, a shining saber rose into the sky. At the exact moment, a jade sword shot out of thin air before flying toward the human encampment.

The sword had appeared out of nowhere, as though it had been manifested by timespace itself.

In the human encampment, Great Xia King roared with fury and drew his saber. Ignoring the palm and the jade sword, he swung his saber at the immortal encampment. At the same time, a tear was ripped open midair. Someone stepped out of the opening before shooting toward the divine encampment.

Countless armors burst apart at the same time.

In the human encampment, numerous bloody scars appeared on Bai Junsheng's body. This was merely the effect of the killing intent from the sword. The jade sword itself had yet to arrive. Beside him, Zhu Tianfang roared and manifested a character. An entire chunk of space was frozen as Zhu Tianfang shifted everyone around him away.

Everything had happened so suddenly.

Meanwhile, Great Xia King and Great Zhou King continued attacking the immortal and divine encampments. Before anyone knew it, space started collapsing all over the two encampments.

Moments later, numerous Invincibles appeared in the sky. One of them demanded, "What are you doing? Stop!"

"Are you trying to start a war now?'

"Humans, stop!"

"..."

Numerous shouts rang out.

One Invincible after another appeared around Great Xia King and Great Zhou King.

With a smile, Great Zhou King took a few steps back before vanishing with a flicker.

As for Great Xia King, he looked around with a cold expression. His swept his gaze over Dao King, the white-haired divine king, and the Invincibles around him before saying, "Very well. Wait and see."

Leaving those words behind, he vanished with a flicker.

Silence returned.

Dao King and the white-haired divine king appeared indifferent. They said nothing, but they were feeling quite doubtful. So it wasn't Bai Junsheng? Was it Wu Qi or one of the girls instead?

That assault earlier had pierced through Bai Junsheng's body. They could clearly see how weak his body was. Even his bones were revealed for a split second. No matter how heavy Su Yu's injuries were, his body wouldn't be so weak.

***

Meanwhile, Bai Junsheng was dripping with cold sweat.

He was rejoicing in the fact that he had listened to Su Yu. Right after joining up with the other humans, he had stuck close to Zhu Tianfang. He would have died otherwise.

Surviving would be impossible.

Zhu Tianfang was not weak. Even among Invincibles, he was considered quite strong. He had the history of fighting an Invincible without losing over a hundred years ago. After so long, he had most certainly grown even stronger than before. Thus, even with the attacks of two Invincibles coming his way, he was still able to use his space manipulation to take everyone away from danger.

At the moment, he had a solemn expression.

He glanced at Bai Junsheng and sent a voice transmission, "They are suspecting that you're Su Yu. You need to watch your back. I suggest that you refrain from entering the mansion this time."

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He understood how serious things were right after hearing Bai Junsheng's explanation. However, he had not imagined that the two Invincibles would be brash enough to attack directly. If Great Xia King and Great Zhou King had not attacked their encampments directly, provoking the interference of the other Invincibles, the two might not have stopped attacking.

This was too dangerous. If he had been the only Invincible present earlier, he would have failed to protect Bai Junsheng.

***

Far away, Su Yu's heart was thumping madly.

Bai Junsheng! One of the identities he had considered using.

Damn it!

Sure enough, the humans were being targeted.

The myriad races would have investigated more before attacking instead of going straight for the kill otherwise. If he had proceeded with his initial plan to take Bai Junsheng's identity, he would have been exposed immediately. Following that, the various experts would attack and end his life.

Dao King and the others had stopped not because they were afraid of the humans. Rather, they had stopped because it was clear this was the real Bai Junsheng. The injuries on his body made that clear.

Bai Junsheng was simply not worth a war with the human race. What even was the point of killing him?

They wanted to kill Su Yu. They were willing to accept a war with the human race if it meant the death of Su Yu. In any case, the immortal, devil, and divine races had reached a consensus on this. Thus, a war with the human race wasn't a big deal at the moment.

Previously, the divine and devil races had held back against humanity because the immortal race had been unwilling to adopt a clear stance when it concerned humanity.

Of course, the devil race had now replaced the immortal race as the race without a clear stance concerning humanity.

Due to the Devil Pseudo Emperor's injuries, the devils had pulled back the scope of their operations lately. A devil Invincible would have joined the attack against Bai Junsheng as well, otherwise.

Su Yu was greatly alarmed.

Damn it!

These bastards were too determined to kill him.

Suddenly, his tribulation character started pulsing again. He hurriedly calmed himself and recited something else in his mind, "So strong. Too strong. I want to be so strong as well..."

The two eyes continued scanning all the minor race experts gathered in the area. Numerous scenes played in the two eyes. In the two eyes, each individual would be split into three.

Past, present, and future.

However, the two eyes were only performing a rough inspection of the crowd. There were too many people for them to perform a more detailed inspection.

Suddenly, Dao King sent a palm attack toward a specific spot. With a rumble, space collapsed while a Sunmoon roared before transforming into a massive black bear.

The transformation had barely been completed when the palm struck and killed the black bear.

A moon dropped from the sky.

Silence descended while countless people started thinking of fleeing. Just then, Dao King's voice rang out, "I'm not killing for no reason. That is Blackwind of the bear race. Once, he slaughtered an entire unit of immortal soldiers. He is a wanted criminal."

With a complicated expression, an Invincible said, "Yes. Blackwind is a traitor of my race. Thank you, Dao King, for removing the traitor for us."

Blackwind was indeed wanted by the immortals. Surprisingly, he had hidden among the crowd to enter the mansion. And even more surprisingly, Dao King had discovered him and killed him with a slap.

Blackwind had concealed himself decently, but he had failed to hide from Dao King. A Sunmoon had died before the mansion was even open.

***

Human encampment.

Great Xia King glanced at Dao King with a pensive look.

Beside him, Great Zhou King appeared with a flicker before saying, "Daofuse eyes."

Great Xia King nodded. He lightly stroked the saber hanging from his waist and said, "Will he act personally if his Daofuse eyes are destroyed?"

"It's too hard." Great Zhou King looked around and said, "Dao King is weaker than you, but it won't be easy to defeat him. Eliminating the Daofuse eyes he's holding will be even harder. In a prolonged battle, you risk getting yourself encircled and killed instead."

Hearing that, Great Xia King pulled his hand away from his saber and said, "Even the Daofuse eyes are out. Are they looking for Su Yu?"

"Most likely." Great Zhou King said, "Tiangu has personally issued the kill order. The immortals will naturally spare no effort for this. They probably believe that Su Yu has arrived."

They all knew that the immortals and divines were doing this to look for Su Yu. It wouldn't be wise for Su Yu to leave his ancient city. Things were getting troublesome.

Chapter 1377: Don't Offend Women (2)

Great Xia King said nothing. He glanced around in silence as he tightened his grip on his saber before letting go. As Great Zhou King said, if he attacked, the immortals and divines might take the chance to encircle and kill him. Things were getting even more difficult for the human race.

Great Qin King was right. After the recent events, humanity had grown stronger. However, the immortals had also stopped pretending to be their friends. It might look like the immortals were only targeting Su Yu, but they had still attacked the human encampment. Clearly, they were about to link up with the divines and devils to eliminate the human race.

Dao King was making that clear. The alliance between the humans and immortals was no more. The Daofuse eye used by Dao King earlier was clearly the Daofuse eye of Tiangu. Thus, everything he did here was sanctioned by Tiangu.

Several human Invincibles stood behind Great Xia King. Hearing his words, they all had complicated expressions. They disliked the immortals. However, humanity had no choice but to maintain cooperation with the immortals to resist the divines and devils.

Thus, the conflicts between the human and immortal races had been limited to secret clashes all these years. Most of the time, humanity would end up taking a step back in the event of a conflict, hoping that the alliance would last longer.

However...it did not seem like the alliance would persist much longer.

Suddenly, Dao King's voice reached them, "Hand Su Yu over and the immortal-human alliance will remain strong. These are the words of my Emperor. Consider it."

Looking at the humans from afar, the Dao King smiled.

Su Yu was too hard to locate, especially when he was hiding in an ancient city. However, that wouldn't be the case for the human race. After all, there were simply too many connections between humanity and Su Yu. His father lived among them. His teacher lived among them. His friends lived among them.

Su Yu would occasionally visit these people in secret. It was likely that the top experts of humanity were aware of that. For example, Great Qin King might have been aware of his previous visit to Liu City.

These top experts had ignored it. Thus, the human race would have a far higher chance of capturing Su Yu.

Right after saying those words, Dao King's expression changed. A massive ancient city had descended from the sky.

A burst of laughter rang out from inside the city as someone spoke, "Why are you allowing people through the blockade without waiting for me? Are you looking down on the Holy City Alliance?"

Along with that voice, a man appeared in the sky.

Clad in elegant white robes, he was seated atop a floating throne. Su Yu had appeared.

"Su Yu" was slightly pale. Death qi was also leaking out of his body. He first swept his gaze through the area. Then, one ancient city after another descended from the sky.

With a smile, Su Yu said, "Do you think I'm dead? Or do you simply not care about the Holy City Alliance? What is the meaning of this disrespect?"

Dao King's eyes shone brightly as he gazed straight at Su Yu. At the same time, the eye in his palm did the same.

As the ancient cities were covered in death qi, the myriad race Invincibles did not dare to approach the city lest a battle with the ancient statues be triggered. With the arrival of the ancient cities, one Invincible after another revealed themselves again.

All of them looked toward the seriously injured Su Yu. They could see that his aura was still unstable, but he had clearly recovered significantly as well.

The Su Yu in the sky was none other than Liu Hong.

With an indifferent, unrestrained, and disdainful expression, he looked around and said, "What is this? Are you trembling in fear to see me alive? A battle nearly erupted here earlier. Why did it stop?"

"Su Yu!" Dao King said, "How dare you show up after forging an evil weapon? We have yet to punish you for that."

At that, Liu Hong laughed. With a mocking tone, he replied, "Dao King, don't bother playing this game with me. If you and that little bastard called Tiangu really want to kill me, be more straightforward about it. Come. I'm waiting here. I'm looking forward to that. Unfortunately, I doubt you have the balls to do that."

"Impudent!"

A single roar by Dao King caused the space to tremble. His voice rippled out in waves. Right at that moment, a source qi storm erupted above the ancient city before descending upon Liu Hong.

Inwardly, Liu Hong was terrified. But he maintained a sneer on his face as he said, "Audacious. Looks like the immortal race has decided to declare war against the Holy City Alliance. How dare you attack me? Lords, I beseech you to take action."

Immediately, a fist appeared out of nowhere and shot toward the immortal encampment.

Then, a stone statue appeared in the sky and roared, "Impudent! Are the immortals courting death?"

Boom!

A massive battle erupted in the sky. In the blink of an eye, Dao King and Grandstar exchanged more than ten moves before Dao King was sent flying while coughing blood. Almost immediately after, three immortal kings soared to the sky from the immortal encampment.

With a cold expression, Grandstar threw punch after punch at them.

Then, he roared, "Immortals, is this a declaration of war?"

At that question, the projections of multiple stone statues appeared in the sky. Behind the three immortal kings, Dao King was still coughing blood. Ignoring his injuries, he was still looking around. Was the Su Yu in the city real? Or was the real Su Yu outside the city?

Just because Grandstar could act did not mean that Su Yu was in the city.

Once again, the hand in his palm scanned the area. Soon, a voice rang out in Dao King's mind, "No death qi detected in the crowd."

For Grandstar to act, Su Yu would most certainly be subjected to a massive burden of death qi. Even if he could handle the death qi, it wouldn't be easy for him to hide any trace of death qi in the presence of so many Invincibles. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ noveⅼfire.net

However, no death qi had been detected among the minor race cultivators or the human cultivators. What did that signify? Clearly, Su Yu was not among them. In that case, the Su Yu in the city could very well be the real Su Yu. However, there was no way to verify that since the death qi in the city was interfering with any attempts to pry.

In any case, they could now be sure that Su Yu was not among the crowd outside the city. At the very least, he was absent from the hundred-kilometer radius around the massive gate. This could only mean that Su Yu was already suspicious of them. Thus, he had not opted to approach in a disguise.

***

Grandstar City.

Mayor's residence.

Old Man Bai had a pale expression as his yang acupoint madly absorbed death qi. Each moment Grandstar spent outside the city would send a large amount of death qi into his body.

He wouldn't be able to last for long. Thus, Grandstar wouldn't be able to stay outside for long either. He was different than Su Yu. For Su Yu, the yang acupoint was merely an additional help when processing death qi. He mainly relied on the reversal method to deal with death qi. However, this wasn't the case for Old Man Bai, who relied entirely on the yang acupoint.

Looking up at Liu Hong, Old Man Bai swore inwardly.

Was that bastard done with his act?

If he was done, he should come back down.

Fuck!

That bastard only needed to act while Old Man Bai needed to withstand the burden of death qi. If Grandstar were to remain outside for more than an hour at a time, he would die.

***

In the sky.

With his eyes narrowed, Liu Hong smiled, "Lord Grandstar, please calm your anger. The immortals are very strong. They also have an old Pseudo Emperor, Tiangu. They are so strong. How will they fear us? Lord Tiangu is terrifyingly strong. Even the Divine and Devil Emperors need to follow his lead. What are we before someone like him?

"Just look at what happened back when Tiangu voiced his support for humanity. With one word from him, both the devils and divines pissed off in fear. They no longer dared to provoke humanity after that. And now, Lord Tiangu has spoken yet again. The divines, devils, nethers, and dragons all need to obey and kill us. We only have three Pseudo Emperors and thirty-five Invincibles. We're not a match for this alliance led by the immortals. The immortals simply have too many running dogs."

Dao King warned, "Su Yu, these verbal disputes are pointless. Killing you is not our decision. However, you have committed an unforgivable offense. You are someone who has triggered the blood tribulation. The heavenly laws have demanded your death."

Liu Hong grinned, "Wow. That's so scary. Dao King, come on. Kill me. I'm here. I have never experienced the attack of an Invincible before. O Great Dao King, come on. Give me a punch. I'm so scared. Ahhh, I'm terrified."

He was incredibly annoying. Even Dao King, with his years of cultivation, felt his dao heart shaking in annoyance. As for Grandstar, he merely snorted before returning to the city.

With a sneer, Liu Hong looked at the immortals and the other races before saying, "What's the point of this? How about this? Just let me fight the immortals alone. When I cripple them, all of you can join in and take advantage of our weakness. Don't worry, I'll lose. But I won't have any issues killing ten or so of their Invincibles before that. Since they are so strong, just let them charge ahead. Why bother fighting for them?"

The white-haired divine king said, "Su Yu, this is pointless. There is no need for you to incite disharmony between us. You took what's mine. Return it and I'll leave you alone."

He was referring to his carrier treasure. Inwardly, the white-haired divine king was wondering about his carrier treasure. Why was it gone? Why couldn't he feel it?

Why?

He couldn't enter the ancient city, but that carrier treasure was something he had nurtured for countless years. Even outside the city, he should be able to sense it somewhat.

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Further away, Su Yu's heart thumped.

Dao King was talking about the carrier treasure. Since the white-haired divine king was suddenly talking about the carrier treasure, there must be an issue with it. He had studied the carrier treasure for quite a while after receiving it. However, he had failed to discover anything wrong with it. Was it possible that the white-haired divine king could sense the carrier treasure, after all?

Holy shit!

Could Liu Hong handle this? None of them had expected this.

With a laugh, Liu Hong said, "You want it back? My apologies. I have too many useless things like that. Thus, I gave it to my Lord Sovereign Xing Yue. If you want it back, sure. Just die. I'll get Lord Xing Yue to awaken you from your death and return it to you. Deal?"

"..."

Death Realm!

The white-haired divine king swore inwardly. Damn it! Did this bastard throw his carrier treasure into the Death Realm?

Damn it!

No wonder he couldn't sense it anymore. What was this madman doing? Did he really give it to the death sovereign? That was an invaluable treasure! How could he do this?

While the white-haired divine king was deep in thought, Liu Hong said, "Everyone, all will prosper from peace. There is no need for you to target me like this. What did I ever do to you? Did I kill everyone in your family or something? Don't force my hand. Also, do you still acknowledge the tokens allocated previously? If you do, play nice and keep following the rules. If not...well, I guess my mood will decide whether everyone gets to enter the mansion this time. Of course, you are free to challenge me if you doubt my words."

While speaking, Liu Hong was busy thinking as well. He knew that the white-haired divine king had given Su Yu a carrier treasure. Why was the divine king mentioning the carrier treasure suddenly? Was the carrier treasure problematic?

Had Su Yu dealt with the problem? Whatever. He was only in charge of acting. Everything else was Su Yu's problem to solve.

He had to admit that it felt amazing to become Su Yu. He could run his mouth against Pseudo Emperors and Invincibles yet they couldn't do anything to him. This felt great.

Just then, the white-haired divine king sent a voice transmission, "Dao King, Su Yu is withstanding the burden of three cities alone. Earlier, only Grandstar fought. Join hands with me and force the other two stone statues to act as well."

Dao King's eyes flickered as he replied, "Are you suspicious of something?"

"No...but I still feel uncomfortable about this. Su Yu is loved by luck. If someone like him is allowed to enter the mansion, he might benefit greatly from the mansion and become an even bigger problem for us."

The two conversed secretly. Grandstar was the only stone statue that had acted earlier. Were the other two stone statues incapable of acting due to Su Yu's heavy injuries? Or was there a different reason for that?

Or perhaps Su Yu was only capable of hiding the death qi when only one stone statue was out. When three of the stone statues were out, he wouldn't be able to hide his death qi anymore.

The white-haired divine king wanted to give it another try. More importantly, he was unhappy that he had lost his carrier treasure. If he had known that the immortals would issue a kill order against Su Yu, he wouldn't have bothered to give Su Yu the carrier treasure. At the time, he had relented because he was worried that Su Yu might go mad and target him before dying. But from how things had developed, Su Yu would probably go after the immortals before anyone else. Was his carrier treasure really in the Death Realm? He found this hard to accept.

Before long, the two reached an agreement. The other divine kings and immortal kings received their new order.

Attack.

They would attack Grandstar, Rainbow Rain, and Empyrean Cloud Cities. Even if they were looking at the real Su Yu, this might be enough to kill him through death qi overdose. And if the stone statues did not react to their provocation, it wouldn't matter.

That would only signify that Su Yu was no longer a threat. The stone statues wouldn't be that much of a threat if they couldn't leave their cities.

Next, the air shook as one expert after another attacked out of nowhere. The three ancient cities were being attacked at the same time.

Immediately, the three stone statues sallied out of their cities to meet the attackers.

Far away, Su Yu trembled.

***

Inside the city.

Instantly, Old Man Bai's face turned gray. He had the ability to withstand the death qi of three cities as well. Su Yu had reached an agreement with Empyrean Cloud and the others to assign a position in each city to Old Man Bai. However, this was meant to be a last resort.

Unfortunately, the three stone statues had been forced to act so soon after their arrival. Death qi started seeping out of Old Man Bai's body. Half the source qi in his yang acupoint was eroded away by the death qi in an instant.

At this rate, he wouldn't be able to last more than ten minutes. In the sky, Liu Hong's face turned gray as well. He swore inwardly. Grandstar had transferred a part of the burden to him. Damn it! Why did Grandstar not warn him beforehand? This was getting very dangerous! He was aware that Old Man Bai wouldn't be able to withstand this for long.

***

The three stone statues were furious.

Nine Invincibles had attacked them at the same time.

Among the attackers, Dao King and the white-haired divine king were almost as strong as the stone statues. Each stone statue was forced to face three attackers. In his fury, Grandstar roared, "Guardians, descend!"

Boom!

One projection after another appeared in the sky.

In the blink of an eye, countless punches and kicks dropped down from the sky.

Space collapsed while Invincibles bled.

***

Far away.

Su Yu looked alarmed. Like everyone around him, he trembled in fear. Inwardly, he was swearing.

How audacious of them. Were they really not afraid that the guardians would flip out?

At the same time, Great Xia King looked at Great Zhou King. However, Great Zhou King merely frowned and said, "Be patient. We—"

Before he could finish, a shining blade soared into the sky.

With a hum, it swung toward an Invincible.

As a response, Moge stepped forth from the devil encampment and stopped the blade with a punch before indifferently saying, "This is a battle between the ancient cities and the two races. Why must the humans interfere?"

He did not want to get involved in this, but he didn't want the humans to benefit from this either. That was why the devils had not joined the attack against the ancient cities yet they wouldn't allow the humans to interfere.

Before long, the Invincibles from the nether and dragon races stepped forth as well. They all stared at Great Xia King silently, their stance clear. This was something the humans shouldn't interfere with or they would all join the fight as well.

Great Xia King looked at the Invincibles coldly. Individually, he was stronger than any of them. But there was no guarantee that he would be able to handle all of them at once. Furthermore, each of the three races had more than one Invincible present.

Meanwhile, the battle between the ancient cities and the Invincibles grew in intensity. With a furious roar by Empyrean Cloud, her city transformed into a sword. With a flicker, it vanished, leaving only a massive black hole in its previous spot.

The expressions of Grandstar and the others changed drastically upon seeing that.

Empyrean Cloud was losing her mind.

"You are courting death!"

Instantly, she depetrified. Ignoring the black hole she left behind, she grabbed her sword and swung it. The sword extended endlessly, as though it had become the sole sword in the Allheaven Battlefield.

With a splurt, an immortal king's head was cut apart.

That did nothing to quench her anger. How dare they provoke her? She was no pushover!

The expressions of the immortal and divine kings changed drastically. Their change in expression was not due to Empyrean Cloud. Rather, it was because a death sovereign was looking out of the black hole with a wary and surprised look. Then, the death sovereign roared with laughter and flew out.

The seal was gone!

That crazy woman had actually removed the seal!

He, Yanmo, was finally free!

He was not alone. Countless death spirits were rushing out of the black hole. In all the other ancient cities, the death sovereigns were roaring as well, "Go! Go to Empyrean Cloud's tunnel!"

That lunatic had removed the seal!

Clearly, she had lost her mind to her anger.

Everyone's expression changed. As for the devils, they were pleasantly surprised to see Yanmo out. What a surprise. He had returned without any help from them.

"Impudent!"

Right at that moment, the sky changed color.

A massive ancient city descended from the sky. With a rumble, it suppressed the black hole and smashed all the death spirits apart, including Yanmo.

Grand Dream City had arrived.

The old turtle appeared in the sky. He looked furious as he glanced at Empyrean Cloud and the other Invincibles. Instantly, a massive turtle shell appeared in his hand. He brought the shell down upon Dao King.

Dao King was alarmed. At the same time, a ray of light shot out of the eye in his palm.

Boom!

The eye was smashed apart alongside Dao King's body. Before Dao King could regrow his body, his dao fell apart with a rumble as the space around him collapsed. With a roar, he regrew his body again only for it to be smashed apart again.

"Emperor—"

Tiangu's voice rang out from the sky, "Brother Grand Dream, this is a misunderstanding..."

The old turtle ignored him. Instead, he berated, "Impudent! Empyrean Cloud! Return and seal the entrance!"

With an indignant snort, Empyrean Cloud's sword transformed back into an ancient city before returning to its previous spot. As the old turtle moved away, the city pressed down upon the black hole. Then, Empyrean Cloud returned to the city and transformed back into a stone statue.

Next, a spatial tear appeared before Grand Dream City. With a flicker, Grand Dream City shot toward the northern sector.

Boom!

A terrifying scene unfolded before everyone's eyes. The massive ancient city was madly attacking the Immortal Realm's barrier.

Boom!

One immortal king after another charged out only to be blasted apart by the city. Some unlucky immortal kings lost all their tri-life bodies at once.

The old turtle appeared above the Immortal Realm in his main body and roared, "How dare you? Damn you! Tiangu, others might be ignorant, but is that an excuse for the immortals? Since you wish to die, I shall fulfill your wish."

His usual calm was nowhere to be seen. The massive city continued ramming into the Immortal Realm, alarming the various immortal kings.

Death qi started seeping into the barrier of the Immortal Realm as the furious turtle continued attacking madly. Meanwhile, the projections of the other Pseudo Emperors started appearing outside their respective realms.

The expression of the Divine Pseudo Emperor changed repeatedly as he sent a voice transmission, "Retreat! Now! Immediately!"

Holy shit!

They had somehow driven the old turtle mad.

In truth, what they did earlier wasn't enough to provoke such anger from the old turtle. But Empyrean Cloud had gone mad and gone against the laws. Was that lunatic not afraid of death?

Right at that moment, crimson clouds converged in the sky above Empyrean Cloud City.

A blood tribulation was manifesting.

Empyrean Cloud raised her head to look at the sky and snorted. With a furious voice, she said, "Where were you when they were humiliating me? Why were you silent then, you useless laws? We have worked diligently for a hundred thousand years. Is this how you repay us?"

The blood tribulation continued growing in strength. Clearly, it intended to kill Empyrean Cloud.

Right at that moment, the old turtle said, "Tiangu, join hands with me and scatter the tribulation or today will be the day we give up on our posts. This will be the end of the Myriad Realms."

Boom!

Meanwhile, the projections of the stone statues were slowly turning solid.

Grandstar roared furiously, "Abandon the tunnels and kill! Kill them all! Let blood wash over the Myriad Realms! If the heavenly laws dare to kill Empyrean Cloud, we will defy the heavens!"

Silence enveloped the world.

An intense sense of crisis was assaulting everyone.

Danger.

Extreme danger.

If the thirty-six stone statues were to abandon the ancient cities, they would die to the heavenly laws. However, everyone else would suffer alongside them.

Tiangu's voice rang out, "Join hands and scatter the tribulation!"

Tiangu was swearing inwardly as well.

Fuck!

Empyrean Cloud was crazy! If she really died to the tribulation, a calamity would befall the Myriad Realms. The guardians wouldn't even be their biggest concern. Rather, it would be the death spirits. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ N()velFire.net

This was troublesome.

This was the very first time a guardian had ever done something like this.

Only now did Tiangu come to a realization that these guardians...were capable of feeling emotions. That was especially true for Empyrean Cloud. She clearly had a terrible temper.

She had gone mad with only a tiny bit of provocation. Only three Invincibles had attacked her yet she had grown so angry that she directly abandoned the seal. What madness was that?

"Hmph!"

With a snort, the old turtle left with his city. At the same time, all the Pseudo Emperors raised their arms and attacked the blood tribulation. The old turtle joined them and rammed into the blood tribulation with his city.

They had to scatter the tribulation or Empyrean Cloud would die. This tribulation had appeared due to her dereliction of duty. This was an offense punishable by death.