Chapter 108 - 108

Chapter 1482: Who's Silly? Who's Dumb? (2)

Before long, Su Yu attached his own willpower onto the 109th golden stripe. The Frost Divine King noticed nothing.

Prior to this, Su Yu had not dared to try something so risky. That had changed after he learned that the weapon was only partially bound to the divine king. As a weaponsmith himself, Su Yu knew very well the parts of a weapon one should attach one's willpower to in order to control the weapon.

The Frost Divine King had only left a small amount of his willpower at a single spot in the weapon to maintain his control over it. Su Yu was uninterested in what was happening outside. He couldn't care less about all the schemings going on out there.

It also wasn't his place to worry about the humans. He shouldn't be biting off more than he could chew. With four human Invincibles present, there was no need for him to worry that the humans would sink into too big of a disadvantage.

It was also likely that there were more hidden allies of humanity among the other races. Thus, Su Yu was completely unconcerned about them. He refused to believe that humanity would be doomed without him. After all, the human race was filled with cunning old foxes. They would be fine.

At the moment, Su Yu was busy sending his willpower bit by bit to the 109th golden stripe with his deceit character. It didn't matter whose backdoor this was, but it was now his. Sure enough, all weaponsmiths were scumbags.

That was Su Yu's conclusion from this. Yes, there were good weaponsmiths out there as well. Old Zhao was one of them. The first thing he taught Su Yu was the fact that a real weaponsmith would not deign to leave backdoors in the weapons they forged. That was an insult to their profession.

However, that would not apply to immoral weaponsmiths. Back when Old Zhao said those words, a majority of the weaponsmiths looked uncomfortable. For many of them, this was essentially an unwritten rule. All weaponsmiths should leave backdoors in the weapons they forge. For them, Old Zhao was the odd one out.

As Su Yu took over the backdoor, he couldn't help but lament that the world was never kind to the kind. He told himself that he wanted to be a good weaponsmith as well. But even the weaponsmiths of the divines were immoral. What could he do about this?

It was likely that the Frost Divine King wouldn't even dare to use a weapon forged by someone outside the divine race. After some time, the stone vein on the ground started pulsing weakly.

When Su Yu focused, he noted that he had transferred enough willpower to detonate that vein and destroy the weapon instantly.

"I need to inspect the heaven weapons I looted for these backdoors when I have the time."

When Su Yu thought about it, he felt quite regretful.

Frost Divine King had only attached a tiny amount of willpower to this weapon. It was a good thing as this made it much easier for Su Yu to operate inside the weapon. But it was also a bad thing as the divine king would not be affected much by its destruction. However, most of the divines inside the weapon would probably die.

"If the divine king has attached enough willpower to the weapon, I could have take this chance to cripple and kill him."

As Su Yu thought to himself, someone outside started roaring with laughter again.

He Tu had returned.

***

Outside, He Tu declared, "I'm back! This is my turf! I will never stop returning!"

"..."

Silence descended. Noticing the silence, He Tu's confidence wavered slightly. What was going on?

Previously, he would be attacked right after stepping out of the entrance. It was exhilarating to give the Invincibles a beating each time he arrived. In those moments, he felt as though he was alive again. But what...was happening now?

He was prepared to fight an intense battle before retreating again. But...all the Invincibles were merely floating nearby silently. Nobody did anything.

"Hahaha!"

He Tu roared with laughter again, hoping to attract their attention. Perhaps they hadn't noticed his arrival. That shouldn't be the case, right? What was happening? Slowly, he grew wary.

Previously, he was fearless even when he was being beaten up by these people. Now that nobody was doing anything, he started feeling a little bit of fear.

"Hahaha! Are you trying to lure me away from the entrance? Such tricks won't work against me!"

With that, He Tu stepped back into the entrance again.

Fuck!

He Tu felt like silence was the biggest danger of all. Were those Invincibles silent because they had finally found a way to kill him? Was that why they were trying to lure him away from the entrance? They must be trying to kill him before he could escape.

Dream on!

How would he fall for such a trick?

Sixth level.

He Tu grabbed Dummy and said, "Don't go! It's dangerous! Those treacherous bastards are setting up a trap for us! They're trying to lure us away before killing us!"

Dummy stared at He Tu blankly without saying anything.

He Tu exhaled and continued, "It's very dangerous. The living are truly treacherous. But I am He Tu! How can such a trick work on me?"

What a joke. He was no fool. They were all waiting nearby without doing anything. Wasn't it obvious what they were planning?

Hmph! How would he fall for such a trick? He was certain that the seventh level had grown much more dangerous than before. Thus, he refused to enter the seventh level again.

***

Whoosh!

Only the sound of the wind could be heard on the seventh level. The various Invincibles were staring at the entrance blankly. What the fuck? What was that? When they were trying to stop He Tu, he attacked relentlessly. Now that they weren't trying to stop him, he decided to stop. Were all death spirits so dumb?

The Invincibles felt incomparably speechless. Yes. They had been prepared to let He Tu through and throw some chaos into the mix. But He Tu surprised them all by retreating.

None of them had even attacked him!

None!

They had all stayed more than ten kilometers away from him. But even that was enough to scare him off. How tiring.

***

Inside the Illusory Heaven Mirror.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

The various divines coughed to hide their feelings. What...was that?

He Tu would charge forth when everyone was stopping him and stop when nobody was stopping him. How was he supposed to succeed if that was how he was going to act?

Even Su Yu was left speechless. He Tu was a total clown. Sure enough, one's intelligence would drop after death.

He Tu was a domineering overlord when he was alive. But after his death, he was reduced to a clown. What would He Tu feel if he knew this? It was true that without one's complete memories, one would cease to be a complete person. Essentially, all death spirits were incomplete beings.

Silence descended.

Suddenly, someone said, "After dying, one will never be the same person even after regaining one's past memories. He Tu, a main character during the late period of the first epoch...has been reduced to a mere clown."

The divines had mixed feelings about this. One would no longer be the same even after rising from the death. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel~fire~net

The sight of He Tu's fate wrapped them all in a dreary mood.

They became even more determined to not die. They were aware that they might be worse off than He Tu after dying. No matter what, He Tu was still a seventh-degree Eternal. Meanwhile, people like them might not even regain their memories after dying.

Just then, an Invincible said, "Stop wasting time. Humans, guard the entrance."

Immortal King Xuan He said, "You are free to decide whether you'll let He Tu through or block his advance. In any case, you are not allowed to enter the Devote King's residence."

"Why?" Qin Zhen snorted and said, "Who are you to decide that?"

"Qin Zhen, are you testing my patience?"

"So what if I'm testing your patience?" Qin Zhen was weaker than Immortal King Xuan He, but he showed no fear. With his spear in hand, he roared, "Why are you acting all cocky here? During my time serving at the human-immortal border, I specialized in killing immortals. There are a bunch of single guys in the immortal race right now, right? You have me to thank for that. I killed over three thousand immortal fairies. What can you do about that?"

At that, the expressions of some divines and devils turned odd. A mystery had finally been solved. Yes. This was a mystery. Years ago, many immortal fairies went missing for no reason. So they had simply been killed by this guy.

An immortal king roared in fury, "How dare you?"

Yes. They were truly surprised. None of them had suspected him before. Yes, Qin Zhen was stationed at the border some time ago. But he was supposed to be guarding against the divines and devils. When did he run off and assassinate all those immortals?

More importantly, during that period, a vast majority of immortal deaths involved females, not males. The immortals even suspected that a pervert or a demonic cultivator was the culprit for that. But Qin Zhen was the culprit all along.

Qin Zhen sneered and said smugly, "Yes, it was me. So what? Killing three thousand immortal fairies is the same as removing tens of thousands of young immortals from the equation. Just wait. One day, I will kill all immortal fairies in existence. Just wait for your eventual extinction."

Even Xia Longwu and the other humans were dumbfounded. Was...that why? No wonder he had only targeted the immortal fairies. So he was trying to cause an extinction? They were quite speechless. Was such a method feasible?

Well, in a way, it was.

If he could really kill all immortal fairies in existence, the immortals wouldn't be far from extinction. Sure, some male experts had the ability to alter their gender and take on the role of birthing, but it took a lot of courage for a male to commit to something like this. It wouldn't be easy.

Thus, this could very well work. Of course, the premise for that was the total elimination of all immortal fairies, which was rather impossible in the first place.

Xia Longwu couldn't help but laugh in amusement. He said, "You...if you did it, so be it. Why are you talking about it now?"

Qin Zhen sneered and said, "We're already enemies. Why should I keep hiding this from them? I only have one thing to say. The moment the battle starts, don't even dream of provoking me. I will only target the immortals. Everyone else should stay away from me. Don't die for the immortals. It's not worth it. Xuan He, you're a fifth-degree Eternal, right? Come on. Come kill me. I dare you."

He was completely fearless.

With a sneer, he continued, "From my experience of killing thousands of immortal fairies, I have to admit that dead fairies are truly beautiful. Xuan He, I believe some of them came from your family as well. Why don't you avenge them? Come on. I'm waiting."

Qin Zhen snorted one more time and showed them a smug expression. Xia Longwu and Zhu Tianfang stared at him with amazement. Incredible.

Qin Zhen might not be good at too many things, but he was good at psychological manipulation. No matter what, he used to be a general of armies. He loved using brute force to solve his issues. Over the years, he had killed as many people as Xia Longwu during his time in the army.

He was simply less well-known than Xia Longwu. Just look at the immortals. None of them had suspected Qin Zhen of being the culprit for the deaths of their immortal fairies. The immortal kings had to try very hard to remain calm.

Qin Zhen.

They realized that they had underestimated that fellow. With his words, the other races started hesitating. Since the humans were targeting only the immortals, should they still move against the immortals?

Would it be in their interest? It was very likely that the humans would focus only on the immortals. Suddenly, the entrance rippled again. He Tu stepped out and looked around without laughing. Instead, he released a large amount of death qi into the air. As a result, the floating saber in the Devote King's residence started shaking again.

All the Invincibles watched speechlessly.

After a while, He Tu retreated again.

The Invincibles did nothing but enjoy his solo performance.

Unsurprisingly, he returned in less than half an hour. After releasing some death qi, he fled again. Everyone on the seventh level was watching as he performed.

Chapter 1483: Who's Silly? Who's Dumb? (3)

Inside the Illusory Heaven Mirror, Su Yu didn't find that funny.

Rather, a sense of sorrow enveloped him.

What a fool.

He Tu's intelligence had indeed deteriorated. He should have understood that the Invincibles weren't even trying to stop him. They were allowing his death qi to spread.

The Heaven Department head was a ninth-degree Eternal. With multiple seventh-degree Eternals and the other Eternals, they had enough people to kill He Tu and his assistant. How did He Tu not realize that after so long?

The main character of an era had been reduced to a clown. Su Yu had mixed feelings about this. Wasn't that why he looked down on those death spirits? He lacked fear toward them, even if they were Eternals.

For example, he had zero fear toward Xing Yue. He had never considered her a threat. She was easily angered, but she was also easily placated.

"And I was actually planning to become a death spirit...would I be willing to turn into a fool as well?"

Was he willing to become a clown in the eyes of people he used to look down on? No. He was not. Back during the first epoch, the older ones among these Invincibles were merely bugs in front of He Tu. Now, he was merely a clown in front of them.

A certain thought emerged in Su Yu's mind.

The life death fruit.

He wanted to give He Tu the fruit. He wanted to awaken more of He Tu's memories. What would he do upon realizing that these people were treating him like a clown? Would he let it slide? He was such a proud and domineering person.

But soon, Su Yu rejected that plan. It wouldn't be in his interest to do so. Things could go wrong way too easily. Dumb death spirits were a lot more useful to him. Everyone was treating He Tu like a clown, including him.

Sure enough, all living beings were treacherous. Again and again, He Tu attacked. He was excited. He was happy. The living beings were thinking that he was dumb, but he was also thinking that the living beings were dumb.

Look at them. Nobody was stopping him. Did they think that he would fall for their trick and stray away from the entrance? What a joke. He would never do that. He would open a death tunnel right there and gather all the death sovereigns under his banner.

Thus, he emerged from the entrance before retreating again and again. Each time, he would stay longer outside. Slowly, a gate took form near the entrance.

When He Tu retreated once again, an Invincible asked gloomily, "Are we not stopping him? With a new tunnel, a lot more death sovereigns will arrive. Who can stop them?"

The Invincible from the celestial chasm race said, "It won't be too many. I checked. There are only nine death sovereigns down there."

Nine.

Including He Tu and his companion, there would be eleven of them.

All the Invincibles reached a tacit agreement to allow this tunnel to form. One of them said, "Will anything happen to that saber with the tunnel shifting over here?"

At that reminder, the hearts of the various Invincibles thumped. Right. Could they take the Source Return Blade away without a death tunnel there? That was a divine weapon. They weren't concerned about the death spirits.

So what if the death spirits could exit the tunnel? Could they leave the mansion? The Luminous Domain Mansion was a powerful weapon in itself. It could suppress everything.

With the saber in hand, one could snatch the nine-leaf skylotus. Then, one would advance into the Daofuse Realm. With such a cultivation level and such a weapon, one could even grow into the strongest person in existence.

At worst, they only needed to give up completely on the Luminous Domain Mansion.

***

At the same time.

Inside the death tunnel.

The various death sovereigns could sense something happening. One of them exclaimed in excitement, "He Tu is near success!"

"The tunnel has shifted!"

"Hahaha! We will be leaving the Devote King's residence soon! The Source Return Blade can no longer suppress us with the power of the laws!"

"Hahaha!"

The death sovereigns roared with laughter.

Right at that moment, a voice rang out, "Esteemed sovereigns, our race is assisting He Tu with the activation of the tunnel to fulfill our end of the bargain. We only require the nine-leaf skylotus as payment. If possible, we also wish to take the Source Return Blade with us. From now on, the Luminous Domain Mansion is yours."

A death sovereign laughed and said, "You sure are greedy. Yes, we don't need those things, but they are still treasures of incredible value. What is your price for our assistance?"

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"No." The death sovereign coldly said, "We don't know what's happening outside. How can we be sure that you have really helped with our release?"

He sent Xing Yue a voice transmission, "Xing Yue, is He Tu's success due to your subordinate or the celestial chasm race?"

Xing Yue had previously claimed that her subordinate was the one helping outside.

Xing Yue replied, "The celestial chasm race is a joke. He Tu's success is due to my subordinate's secret assistance. In fact, my subordinate was also the reason He Tu could enter the mansion in the first place. You can ask He Tu about it if you want more confirmation. Ask him if there were 360 stars at his point of entry. Ask him if he saw countless hair-like pillars when he first entered the mansion. Ask the celestial chasm race about this. See if they know anything."

The death sovereigns were surprised to hear that. One of them exclaimed, "Even He Tu's arrival was due to your subordinate?"

"Why didn't you..."

Xing Yue interrupted the question, "Our freedom requires effort on both sides. It's pointless for me to go since I'm not strong enough to do much. I can't do anything to the Source Return Blade either. He Tu is the only person capable of that. However, it is undeniable that I am the reason any of this is happening. You are free to check with He Tu later."

This was the argument Su Yu had given her.

Su Yu could easily guess how He Tu had entered the mansion. The entrance to the mansion from the Death Realm was most likely the location of the 360 apertures. That was most likely where He Tu had entered to reach Old Zhou's scalp.

There, he would most likely be greeted with numerous hair-like pillars. Thus, Su Yu was able to easily design an argument to convince all the death spirits. Unsurprisingly, the death spirits started hesitating. Was Xing Yue telling the truth? Or was the celestial chasm race telling the truth?

Xing Yue added, "That subordinate of mine is working hard to sow distrust among the various races, making them hesitate to make a move against He Tu. The celestial chasm race has done nothing to help."

After a slight pause, Xing Yue continued, "Since they wish to make use of us...we can naturally satisfy them. Let me design our oath to them."

The death sovereigns were naturally more inclined to trust Xing Yue. After all, she was one of them. The celestial chasm race was nothing. How could they be more trustworthy than Xing Yue?

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"Sure. How are you planning to design the oath?"

Xing Yue said, "Firstly, there are two celestial chasms in the mansion. An Eternal and the Heavencurse who is in charge of communicating with us. He is incredibly strong as well. We will require them to help us. As an exchange, we won't kill them without any provocation.

"Secondly, we can snatch the nine-leaf skylotus for them. But they need to retrieve it from us in the Death Realm after the end of the battle. We can't hand it over immediately. They have one day to do it. Otherwise, this term will be written off.

"Thirdly, they are not allowed to make a move against any death spirit. They are also not allowed to make a move against our subordinates.

"Fourthly...

"Finally, we need to make the punishment clear. If they went against the oath, their Rivers of Time would snap and their tri-life bodies would separate. The heavenly laws would enforce this term. If we went against the oath, our death qi would scatter, our memories would be wiped clean, and we would return to the Celestial River of Death. The two celestial chasms need to seal the oath with their life imprints. We will also seal the oath with our death imprints. The Human Emperor, assembly, and laws shall bear witness to this."

The death sovereigns exchanged gazes. They agreed with the part about the celestial chasm race, but they disagreed with the part involving them. One of them asked, "There are nine of us and two of them. Isn't this unfair for us?"

Xing Yue indifferently said, "We are all reliable death spirits. How will we be the ones to break the oath? This is merely a way to protect us from their schemes. Don't forget that all living beings are treacherous."

"True."

Having reached an agreement, the death sovereigns sent their proposal to Heavencurse.

***

Devote King's residence.

Inside the void.

Heavencurse frowned as he studied the proposal. Overall, it seemed sincere even if the death sovereigns were asking for a lot.

"Entering the Death Realm within a day after the end of the battle. This...will be quite difficult."

But Heavencurse also understood that his race would be in trouble if they were the ones to leave with the skylotus. Meanwhile, it would be perfectly fine for the death sovereigns to leave with the skylotus and enter the Death Realm.

"But...this won't be easy."

One day. That was the time limit, and that was the sole point he couldn't agree with. As for the request not to harm their subordinates, that was no big deal. He had never intended to attack the death spirits. He did not wonder if half death spirits were considered their subordinates as well.

Or to be precise, he did not find this something worth thinking about. It did not occur to Heavencurse that Su Yu was someone Xing Yue had personally converted. He definitely qualified as a subordinate.

As far as Heavencurse was concerned, Su Yu was unrelated to the death sovereigns here. Thus, he did not suspect anything even if he was sure that Su Yu was in the mansion as well. After thinking about it for a while, Heavencurse gnashed his teeth and agreed.

As a whole, this was advantageous for them. At worst, either he or the Invincible would need to enter the Death Realm after the battle. That would also be a good way for them to avoid any potential danger still waiting inside the mansion before leaving.

Of course, he had his own term to add. His mouth started moving as he sent a message to the death tunnel, "We can agree to these terms, but I have one extra term to add. You are not allowed to harm the celestial chasms entering the Death Realm after the battle."

With this additional term, he would have nothing to worry about. Before long, he received a reply. The death sovereigns had agreed. Heavencurse smiled. It was clear that the death sovereigns were planning to stab him in the back. Well, this wasn't surprising. Death spirits were too stupid to plot anything complicated.

Before long, he sent another message to the death tunnel, "I'll be contacting my race's Eternal. We will be sealing the oath with our life imprints soon."

He had to pick up the pace as he was worried that the death spirits might be released before the oath was completed.

***

A short while later, he returned to his hiding place. In his hand was a flickering, dark book. That was the contract of their oath. Instead of entering the Devote King's residence, he stayed nearby and started chanting softly. Slowly, the dark book dissipated away.

***

Inside the death tunnel.

A dark book appeared before the death sovereigns.

The simple-minded death sovereigns started adding their death imprints onto the book without any hesitation. Xing Yue did the same. The moment they were done, the world shook.

A crimson line ran through the Death Realm and the Luminous Domain Mansion. No outsider could detect what was happening. A book appeared in the mind of all eleven signers of the contract.

This was a sign that the alliance had been sealed, witnessed by the laws. Unless one had the strength to defeat the laws, this agreement was inviolable.

***

Su Yu received an update as well.

The look in his eyes turned odd.

He didn't mind the other terms too much, but one term in particular was extremely interesting for him. Could he be considered a subordinate of Xing Yue? He was uncertain. That was something for the laws to decide. If he could be considered one as well...everything would be over for the two celestial chasms.

When they left him alone, he would attack them. When they tried to harm him, they would violate the ancient oath. The laws would punish them. Not even the old turtle could resist the punishment of the heavenly laws. Could they survive the punishment?

They were already dead. They were simply unaware of it.

Su Yu sneered. Hopefully, the laws were reliable. They had to acknowledge his status as the loyal subordinate of Xing Yue. The celestial chasm race had better not blame him for this. What could he do if they were the ones who insisted on dying?

This was a race Su Yu greatly disliked. After all, this was the race that had killed Ye Batian.

Sure, Su Yu didn't know Ye Batian. He disliked Ye Batian as well. But that did not stop him from hating the celestial chasm race. He wouldn't mind getting rid of Heavencurse and the Invincible when there was a chance. This would also serve as an amazing trump card for him.

When he showed up, it would be perfectly reasonable for the celestial chasm race to go after him. Xing Yue could always make way for them to go after him. He would run far away. They would give chase and die. Xing Yue and the death sovereigns would have a chance to snatch the skylotus.

One plan after another fell into place.

Su Yu exhaled lightly and thanked the celestial chasm race inwardly. Because of him, his chances of succeeding had increased significantly.

How kind of them to offer him this help.

May they die in peace.

At that thought, Su Yu couldn't help but smile. Beside him, Old Hao looked at him with astonishment. Noticing the gaze, Su Yu pointed at He Tu and said, "Look, he's so dumb. Why are death sovereigns so dumb? Do we even need to fear them?"

At that, the surrounding divines laughed as well.

Yes. They were truly dumb.

Chapter 1484: Death Tunnel Opens (1)

The silly He Tu was still busy spreading his death qi everywhere. The tunnel was also showing signs of being shifted from its original position. The various Invincibles merely watched in silence. Some looked at the sky to determine when the nine-leaf skylotus would bloom.

It would be best for the death spirits to emerge at the moment of maturity and throw the entire seventh level into chaos.

***

"It's blooming soon."

Yu Sheng and Zhan Wushuang were also looking up at the sky. The death tunnel would open soon as well.

Chaos was approaching.

At this point, it was already clear for everyone that the death spirits were merely the tools of the Invincible to throw everything into chaos. After all, not one of the races here had the confidence to emerge victorious during the battle for the skylotus. Thus, they required the death spirits to add some uncertainty into the mix.

Who would the eleven death sovereigns target? The death sovereigns did not care about race. They cared about nothing. They only cared about themselves. The celestial chasm Invincible smiled.

The death spirits were coming.

Nine would be coming out from the tunnel.

Thanks to the death spirits, the celestial chasm race had become one of the strongest factions here even when there was only one celestial chasm Invincible present.

They had surpassed even the devils. The celestial chasm Invincible looked at the skylotus in the sky longingly. He was determined to win the skylotus.

As He Tu released his death qi, the gate continued taking form. Slowly, some death sovereigns became visible behind the gate.

As for the Devote King's residence, the saber remained floating in the air. However, the death tunnel it was suppressing was slowly fading away. The saber was supposed to be a representative of the laws.

However, He Tu had displaced the saber slightly, allowing the death tunnel to be shifted. This signified that the death spirits coming out of this tunnel would no longer be subjected to the limitations of the heavenly laws. This would remain until the death tunnel was returned to its original spot.

"Hahaha!"

He Tu roared with laughter, showing his dark teeth to everyone.

Success was near.

He started sneering at the Invincibles nearby.

Fools.

Were they dreaming of using him?

Sure, he did not have his full memories. He was no longer as smart as he was when he was still alive. But after so long, he had finally noticed what the Invincibles were doing.

They were using him to introduce some chaos into the mix.

Sure. So be it.

The gate became clearer and clearer. Before long, those outside could start hearing the voices of those inside.

"He Tu!"

A death sovereign was calling He Tu's name. He Tu could be considered one of the smarter death spirits around. With a smile, he looked at the death sovereigns and focused on the smiling death sovereign standing in front of the others.

"Tuofa."

That was someone He Tu knew.

Back when he waged war against the Myriad Realms, Tuofa was one of his helpers from the Death Realm. Ultimately, the old turtle intervened and killed some of the death spirits. The rest of the death spirits were forced to return to the Death Realm. Tens of thousands of years later, He Tu had reunited with Tuofa.

The Death Realm was massive. One needed to cross the territories of many death sovereigns to reach this place from Grand Dream City. Since He Tu had quite a lot of enemies in the Death Realm, it wouldn't be easy for him to make the journey. It had been too long since his last meeting with Tuofa.

When He Tu saw Tuofa, the smile on his face grew wider. But suddenly, his smile turned stiff. He saw a death spirit wearing a fashionable cloak. Why...did that death spirit look so familiar?

Who was that?

Had he seen that person before?

He thought hard and finally recalled that this was...Xing Yue.

While He Tu was feeling surprised at Xing Yue's presence, she said, "He Tu, why are you not thanking me for your entry into the Luminous Domain Mansion? You wouldn't have been able to enter the mansion if I hadn't activated the starry transference tunnel for you."

He Tu blanked out slightly. What was she talking about?

Tuofa smiled and asked, "He Tu, according to Xing Yue, you were injured by some hairs when you first entered. Is that true? When did you become so weak, He Tu?"

"..."

The look in He Tu's eyes turned odd.

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Hairs.

Starry transference tunnel.

He was quite surprised. Even someone as old as him had only learned about all that recently. How did Xing Yue know about that?

Was she really the one who had activated the transference tunnel?

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Xing Yue had yet to leave the tunnel, but He Tu had a sudden urge to let her stay inside. What was she trying to say?

Was Dummy not the one who had accidentally activated the transference tunnel?

He Tu sank into thought.

Xing Yue asked, "He Tu, why are you staying silent? Are you trying to forget about the help you received?"

As He Tu's death qi started seeping into the tunnel, he asked, "Xing Yue...you know about the transference?"

"Of course." Xing Yue declared, "I was a saint of the ancient past. I know more secrets than youngsters like you. Your ancestor, the Devote King, was a close friend of mine back then. Answer me. Are there 360 stars at the entrance to the mansion?"

At that moment, He Tu became fully convinced that Xing Yue was speaking the truth.

Holy shit!

How did she know all that? Was she truly the one who had started the transference process?

He Tu asked, "Did you send Dummy my way as well?"

Dummy?

Xing Yue blanked out slightly, but she could understand that He Tu was talking about the other death sovereign, the one who had recently awakened from the Celestial River of Death.

She said, "Of course. I woke him up secretly before luring you here. After all, you are the only person capable of moving the Source Return Blade. He Tu, don't blame me for that."

He Tu said nothing. Meanwhile, Tuofa and the other death sovereigns were fully convinced of Xing Yue's contributions. Tuofa laughed and said, "Don't be angry, He Tu. It doesn't matter how you got in. What matters is the fact that we'll be free soon. These living beings have suppressed us for so many years. We waged war against them in the past, but the old turtle suppressed all of us. Without the old turtle around, we can finally return and turn the world upside down!"

They were no longer doubting Xing Yue. They even rationalized Xing Yue's reason to travel such a large distance to reach this place. She had traveled a much larger distance than He Tu. That was rather impressive.

In fact, Tuofa and the others were starting to guess Xing Yue's identity before death. Some of them could no longer remember who they were, but some still remember their past slightly. Since Xing Yue had never talked about her past, it wouldn't be easy for them to determine her past identity.

But that was not important. They were all dead. They were nothing but death spirits.

***

He Tu didn't even know what to think anymore.

Had he been...led by the nose all along? No wonder. No wonder he had entered the mansion out of nowhere.

Xing Yue.

He Tu was greatly alarmed at Xing Yue's cunning. Even Dummy was a chess piece of Xing Yue.

He Tu couldn't find a reason to doubt Xing Yue's words. After all, many of these things were unknown to even him prior to this. For example, the starry transference tunnel and the hair pillars. Only someone who had been there would know all this.

Clearly, Xing Yue had been there before. Perhaps she had not been able to establish any contact with the other death spirits during her initial attempt. That was why she had picked him to do the job instead.

He Tu was slightly displeased. How dare she? How dare she use him like a tool? But...he decided to let it slide. After all, everything had indeed been working smoothly. He had to be grateful instead. She was the one who had given him the chance to do all this.

He reminded himself that in the eyes of many death spirits, he was gentle and wise. A wise leader like him should not say anything that would destroy his image.

After calming himself down, He Tu said, "Thank you for your help, Sovereign Xing Yue."

"Don't worry about it. We're all working for the betterment of all death spirits."

Xing Yue appeared completely indifferent, but inwardly, she was greatly amazed. She...had successfully told a lie! She had fooled all these death spirits! And the victim of her lie, He Tu, was actually thanking her for lying to him!

Was this...the so-called path of lies?

She knew that Su Yu loved lying. He had grown wealthy lying. He had also killed many of his enemies through lies. So this was how it felt to lie.

If one could lie effectively, the victim would even feel grateful for the lie.

The path of lies.

Xing Yue had mixed feelings about this.

One of the death sovereigns laughed and asked, "Xing Yue, when will you let us leave the Death Realm without any restrictions like He Tu as well? Such freedom must feel incredible."

Xing Yue replied, "We can do it again during the next tide. The starry transference tunnel will only activate once per tide. It coincides with the opening of the mansion in the world of the living."

"Remember to take us along the next time you're doing this."

"Sure." Xing Yue said, "We can do that after this. He Tu knows the place. Even without me around, he can take you all there."

What else could she say since she didn't really know the location of the transference tunnel?

He Tu took the chance to say, "Yes, I'll take you all there when we have the time."

Inwardly, he was cursing. No way.

That was a very valuable secret. He couldn't tell them about it. That was the only free connection between the dead and the living. There, one could move without the restrictions of the heavenly laws. How could Xing Yue tell everyone about that place so easily? How foolish of her!

Sure enough, Xing Yue was dumb. Fortunately, he knew the location. Perhaps he could find a way to fool Xing Yue or kill her later to keep the location secret. How could such a valuable location be shared with others?

He had to prevent that secret location from gaining too much attention. That might attract some ancient fossils, eventually resulting in the closure of that place. Numerous thoughts emerged in He Tu's mind. He even started considering silencing his fellow death spirits to protect the secret.

Naturally, he wouldn't let anyone know about his plan.

Chapter 1485: Death Tunnel Opens (2)

While the death spirits were conversing among themselves, some of the living Invincibles started contemplating withdrawal. There was no need for them to wait here until the tunnel was fully open.

Some were setting their sights on the Source Return Blade. Without the tunnel there, could the Source Return Blade be moved?

Thus, some Invincibles started sneaking off. However, those from the major races were in no rush.

They all waited indifferently, including the Heaven Department head. Yes, a divine weapon was extremely useful. Everyone wanted something like that. But making an attempt on that weapon now was tantamount to suicide.

He Tu had merely displaced it slightly to shift the tunnel away. But that did not signify that the Source Return Blade was up for grabs. Suddenly, a loud hum rang out and a massive blade appeared in the sky.

Above the Devote King's residence, the sky itself was split into two.

Then, a silhouette appeared out of the void.

Someone sneered and said, "Fool."

That was a Pseudo Invincible from the nether race.

Clearly, he was attempting to steal the Source Return Blade while everyone was distracted. He should know his place. Did he not notice that even the Invincibles were not making any attempts?

Did he think that he was better than the Invincibles?

Boom!

The nether was cut into two before dropping into the pond.

With that, the nine-leaf skylotus matured at an even faster speed than before. The expressions of some Invincibles changed. There were nine skylotuses in the pond. The ninth skylotus was the one blooming this time. But with the addition of a Pseudo Invincible corpse, the pond turned into a blood pond. But the water turned clear again in only a split second.

Everything seemed to have returned to how it was, but the other eight skylotuses had clearly grown slightly than before.

Someone laughed and said, "Looks like the skylotus is lacking in nourishment. Just look at what a corpse can do. Perhaps we can cause another skylotus to bloom if we can bury everyone present in the pond."

Those words caused many people to shiver. The nine-leaf skylotus...was starting to feel eerie. It was actually capable of growing from the nourishment of corpses. Nobody was aware of this before. Perhaps it had simply been too long since a skylotus bloomed.

With that, some people fully gave up on their initial plan. The Source Return Blade was still untouchable.

The nether Pseudo Invincible had merely touched the blade lightly, yet he had been killed before he could even release his three bodies. And his corpse failed to cause even a ripple in the pond. It seemed to have dissolved right after touching the pond.

This marked the death of the fourth Pseudo Invincible in the mansion.

Su Yu had caused the deaths of two while Lan Tian had killed one. Supreme experts who could act with impunity outside the mansion seemed so helpless in the mansion.

***

Qin Zhen was also greatly surprised by what he saw. He looked at Xia Longwu and asked, "You're a saber user. Can you take that blade?"

Xia Longwu merely glanced at Qin Zhen without saying anything. He did not feel like answering the stupid question.

Zhu Tianfang smiled and gave the answer, "Stop dreaming about it. The difficulty is too high. Of course, it's not hopeless. The Source Return Blade has the duty of suppressing the death tunnel. The moment the death tunnel ceases to exist, it can naturally be moved. But the tunnel still exists. It has merely been shifted away. Maybe a Pseudo Emperor can take it away forcefully, but I doubt anyone here can do it."

"A Pseudo Emperor?"

"Yes, there is hope for a Pseudo Emperor to do it."

"Those outside—"

Xia Longwu interrupted Qin Zhen and said, "No Pseudo Emperors will have the courage to enter. It is simply too risky. Have you ever heard of a Pseudo Emperor entering the mansion?"

True.

Qin Zhen nodded. He looked at the death tunnel again and asked, "Are we ignoring the death spirits?"

"What else? Look for an opening and sneak off together."

Xia Longwu looked at Zhu Tianfang and sent a voice transmission, "It's time for us to leave or they might try to surround us. With death spirits in front of us and enemies behind us, things might get very difficult for us. We need to retreat before the tunnel opens fully."

Zhu Tianfang nodded slightly, looked around, and sent a voice transmission, "The moment the tunnel opens, charge the dragons. Those two won't have the courage to stay for long as well. They will try to retreat and we will follow their route. Regroup at the Devote King's residence. The skylotus will fully bloom soon, but don't be the first to harvest it. The first to do so will also be everyone's target."

Yes, making the first move would give us a chance to flee with the skylotus in hand. But the probability of that succeeding was very low. Something bad might happen with that strategy. The first person to make the move might end up dying and damaging the skylotus in the process.

Suddenly, a massive rumble rang out.

The sound could be heard throughout the seventh level.

He Tu started roaring with laughter as the gate behind him finally took form fully. Slowly, the gate swung open. A shrill hum rang out, but the Source Return Blade was merely shaking instead of attacking.

It was charged with only suppressing the death tunnel, not death spirits in particular. The death tunnel itself was still located below the saber. Its gate had merely been shifted elsewhere. Thus, the conditions for the blade to act remained unfulfilled.

The Heaven Department head looked at the gate and said, "If He Tu were to stop maintaining the gate, it would return to its initial location while these fellows would be subjected to the restrictions of the heavenly laws again."

He Tu laughed and said, "This is enough. This gate will last no less than nine days. That is enough for us to kill all of you. How arrogant of you. You will learn to never play with fire again after this."

These people had really allowed him to release the death spirits. They were simply courting death.

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The gate finally swung open fully.

The entire world started shaking.

The death sovereigns inside started roaring.

They were finally free of the heavenly laws.

At that exact moment, four human Invincibles charged toward the dragons. A blinding saber manifested in the sky and illuminated the entire level. The two dragons merely shot them a glance before retreating.

Zhu Tianfang was right. With the arrival of the death spirits, the dragons lost all interest in fighting the humans. It was completely pointless.

Chaos had arrived.

In the blink of an eye, six Invincibles vanished.

The Pseudo Invincibles in the Devote King's residence also vanished one after another as they started looking for a safe place to hide while the Invincibles were fighting. Up in the sky, the ninth petal of the skylotus unfurled fully. It had bloomed slightly earlier than expected. That was most likely due to the extra nourishment it had received from the dead Pseudo Invincible.

***

At the same time, Frost Divine King started retreating with the other divine kings as well.

The divines were led by the Lightning Divine King.

While retreating, Lightning Divine King said, "Find a chance to kill our opponents. Keep everyone occupied and avoid provoking the death spirits. Let the death spirits fight our enemies for us."

That was most likely what everyone was thinking at this moment.

Frost Divine King said, "I'll head to the Devote King's residence first. With so many people in my weapon, I'll try to avoid combat."

He did not want to give up on the surviving divines unless absolutely necessary.

"Sure."

With that, the divine kings vanished into the void. With a rumble, wave after wave of death qi rushed out of the death tunnel.

***

Everyone inside the Illusory Heaven Mirror trembled with fear as they witnessed what was happening. The heaven weapon they were hiding in felt more like a cage. If something bad were to happen to Frost Divine King, they would most likely die alongside him as well.

Alas, this was a place where Invincibles reigned. There was nothing they could do. They could only hope that Frost Divine King would be fine.

Boom!

They could hear the deafening rumble outside. They could even feel the invasion of the death qi. Eleven death sovereigns appeared in the sky, flooding the entire seventh level with their laughter.

***

"We are free!"

"We will erase the filth that is the living!"

"Well done, He Tu! Hahahaha!"

"Nice, Xing Yue!"

"..."

The death sovereigns were incomparably excited to taste freedom yet again.

Finally!

Not only were they out of the Death Realm, but they had even broken free from the heavenly laws. This was the biggest source of their excitement. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to kill wantonly even if they could somehow leave the Death Realm.

He Tu had a wide grin on his face as well. Looking at the fleeing Invincibles, he understood that these Invincibles weren't fleeing because they were no match. Rather, they were trying to create chaos. So be it. He would gladly fulfill their wish. Let's hope they would enjoy the coming chaos.

He Tu laughed and said, "Friends, let's celebrate our freedom with a good slaughter. That is the only way to show appreciation for the freedom we have gained after such hardship. Let's start with a minor race Eternal..."

"No, start with a divine. I hate them."

"No, devils. I hate them."

"No, no, no! Start with the humans. I remember that they were the ones who had killed me back then. I don't feel anything about my death anymore, but I still want to kill them."

He Tu was starting to lose control over the death sovereigns. Since they were out, they would naturally prioritize their desires.

He Tu's expression turned unsightly. Just as he was about to try persuading them, Xing Yue's cold voice rang out, "Start with the immortals. Their heavenly source qi is helpful in suppressing our death qi. Kill them before we start pursuing our personal vendettas. The immortals are our true enemies."

The moment she said that, a death sovereign who was slightly closer to her agreed, "Sure. Let's do it this way. We need to show Xing Yue some respect, right? Let's kill the immortals first."

"..."

He Tu cursed inwardly. He was the one who had released them. Why were they listening to Xing Yue?

Damn it! Damn Xing Yue! She had stolen his leadership!

Chapter 1486: Death Tunnel Opens (3)

Xing Yue maintained her indifferent expression, but she was greatly enjoying this feeling inwardly. What an odd sensation. So this was how it felt to master the art of persuasion. So she could be a leader as well. Only some lies were needed and these people would all trust her over He Tu.

Xing Yue started wondering if she should lead these people and kill Su Yu instead? But...she found herself slightly unwilling to part with Su Yu anymore.

After all, Su Yu was the one who had allowed her to enjoy this sense of superiority only someone intelligent could feel. She had easily become their leader. This was temporary, but it still felt amazing.

As for He Tu's feelings, why should she care?

With a sneer, Xing Yue looked into the distance and said, "In that case, let's start. Kill the immortals."

"Sure."

Nine death sovereigns vanished with a flicker.

Only He Tu and Dummy were left behind. Dummy stared at He Tu blankly while He Tu gnashed his teeth in fury. Alas, he had to fit in with the rest of the death sovereigns. Thus, he could only go with them. He didn't really mind who they wanted to kill first.

He was only annoyed that they were listening to Xing Yue, not him. He was greatly displeased. He felt like he had worked so hard for days just to release a bunch of ungrateful bastards. A certain person had stolen the credit for all his hard work.

Yes. Everyone was crediting Xing Yue for everything. He Tu was in the mansion because of her. He Tu was on the seventh level because of her. Everything was because of her. He was merely a tool.

***

Rumble!

Frost Divine King's voice rang out in the Illusory Heaven Mirror, "Things are getting troublesome for the immortals. How interesting. The death spirits have decided to target the immortals first."

It was clear that Frost Divine King was enjoying this. Who would the death spirits target first? Everyone was taking a gamble that it wouldn't be them.

Would the death spirits target a specific race? Or would they fight random opponents? It was now clear that the death spirits were targeting the immortals. A large battle had unfolded between the two sides.

Frost Divine King exhaled in relief, but he also felt slightly regretful. He would enjoy seeing the death spirits target the devils more. That was because the devils had the highest number of experts in the mansion. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel[f]ire.net

There were seven devil kings on top of Blood Fire Devil King in the mansion. Everyone should be targeting the devils.

Unfortunately, the death spirits disagreed.

***

The various Invincibles remained in hiding and waited patiently for an opportunity to act.

Meanwhile, the immortal kings were cursing inwardly.

Atop a massive mountain, Immortal King Xuan He roared, "He Tu! Are you trying to make an enemy out of the immortal race?"

He Tu said nothing.

Fuck that!

This wasn't even his idea. Furthermore, so what if they were enemies?

Tuofa was the one to answer. He roared with laughter and said, "Immortal race? So what? If you're so strong, why don't you try invading the Death Realm?"

Yes. The death spirits did not fear them. Would the immortals dare to invade the Death Realm? Who would die in such a scenario? The answer was clear. The immortals could strut around arrogantly in the world of living, but that would not happen in the Death Realm.

Immortal King Xuan He cursed again before fleeing. He had no interest in fighting them. It wasn't like he could win anyway. He was furious. How unlucky. Why were the immortals so unlucky recently?

Not only had they lost so many people, even the death spirits were targeting them. He had been hoping that the death spirits would start fighting randomly. How could they travel together and target the immortals?

Something was wrong with this. He was suspicious, but he did not have the time to think too much about this. If the death spirits continued going after them, they could forget about the skylotus. Even staying alive would be difficult.

***

Inside the Illusory Heaven Mirror.

Su Yu waited silently. Frost Divine King was quite lucky. He had been able to remain in hiding without stumbling upon any opponents. In such a situation, Su Yu wouldn't try anything. It was too dangerous.

Naturally, he wasn't idling around while waiting. He was still maintaining his communication with Xing Yue. "Lord, get the celestial chasms to attack the divines."

Before long, a reply came, "I don't need you to teach me what to do."

That was her answer. It was short and simple. Su Yu did not mind. He was used to it.

***

Elsewhere.

The celestial chasm Invincible had just regrouped with Heavencurse. Just then, both received a message.

"Kill the divines."

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Heavencurse frowned and said, "Brother Spiritvenge, is there a grudge between these death sovereigns and the divines?"

Why would they specify the divines otherwise?

Heavencurse was not an Invincible, but he was addressing the Invincible as a brother. The Invincible did not seem to care as he replied with a smile, "Don't mind it. You only need to know that we will be the ones to emerge victorious this time. It isn't a bad idea to remove a challenging competitor ahead of time. The divines, devils, immortals, and humans are the strongest forces in the mansion currently. Additionally, there's also the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. If we can get rid of all of them, we will win."

Heavencurse nodded and smiled.

True. They needed to weaken these races.

"In that case, let's look for a divine Invincible to kill."

Heavencurse smiled, "We can do it one at a time. This applies to those from the other races as well. It is time to remove those nobodies lest they spoil our plan."

"Sure."

Having reached an agreement, they two split up to start their hunt.

***

Inside a massive canyon.

September grinned. Chaos. Chaos was great.

A massive bamboo appeared in his hand. Next, he swung it at a nearby Pseudo Invincible immortal. Now that the immortals were in trouble, the perfect opportunity to kill some immortals had arrived.

September was only targeting the immortals since they were delicious.

The Pseudo Invincible hurriedly fled in alarm. In fact, he even split in two and fled in two different directions. One was his present body while one was his past body. He only wanted to survive, even if he had to sacrifice one body for it.

The bamboo struck the past body and stunned it. Then, September reached out and grabbed the past body. He was excessively strong.

Such was the power of September, second on the Dao Affirmation Ranking.

Only Wan Tiansheng, a madman who had killed two Invincibles ranked above him. Everyone else, including Lan Tian and Endless Passage were ranked below him.

He was able to defeat the past body of a Pseudo Invincible with only a swing of his bamboo. He was probably stronger than even proper Invincibles below the third degree.

Just then, a miserable wail rang out in the distance. A sharp claw stabbed through the escaping future body. Then, Skyeater appeared with a ferocious look in his eyes. But when his gaze landed on September, he smiled and said, "Brother September, let's share this prey. I killed him myself. I didn't steal from you."

September merely flashed Skyeater a silly smile before taking a bite out of the past body. Inwardly, he wondered about the best way to eat Skyeater. Would Skyeater taste better raw or roasted?

How dare Skyeater steal his food? With a flicker, the two ferocious beasts vanished as they went their separate ways in search of more prey.

***

Carnage was unfolding everywhere.

The entire seventh level trembled.

The death spirits were killing. Everyone else was killing as well. An army of death spirits was also spilling out of the death tunnel and flooding into the seventh level. The other death sovereigns were too far away so it would take some time for them to arrive. In any case, there was no guarantee that they were aware of what was happening here.

However, a large number of regular death spirits had arrived. Over ten Pseudo Invincible death spirits were leading tens of thousands of death spirits as they swept through the seventh level. They were planning to take over the entire Luminous Domain Mansion and make it a domain of the dead.

The various minor race experts were dug out of their hiding places and killed. Those from the major races could still rely on the protection of their Invincibles, but that was not a privilege the minor races enjoyed.

They had been hiding everywhere in fear after reaching the seventh level. But with the arrival of the death spirits, they could no longer hide.

***

Outside.

One tunnel after another collapsed.

They were collapsing at an incredibly high rate as the various minor race experts were slaughtered.

This was the fifteenth day.

Over 2,600 tunnels had collapsed so far. More were still collapsing.

Someone sighed and said, "In half a month, only less than a thousand are left."

Most of the survivors were those from the major races. Those from the minor races had practically been wiped out. The divines, devils, immortals, humans, and dragons made up of roughly nine hundred survivors. All the other races had only around a hundred survivors.

It had only been half a month.

Eventually, the speed with which the tunnels were collapsing started slowing down. Everyone knew that this wasn't a sign that the slaughter had stopped. It was merely a sign that only the strong and the protected ones remained.

The next time someone died, it would most likely be an Invincible. And it was likely that the death of each Invincible would be accompanied by the deaths of numerous weaklings.

Chapter 1487: Chaotic Battle In The King's Residence (1)

Seventh level.

Boom!

Suddenly, Frost Divine King roared, "Lan Tian! Are you courting death?"

"I have been wronged!"

The wails returned.

Fuck!

Frost Divine King couldn't take it anymore. He said, "I am not the one who has wronged you! Go look for the devils and immortals! Not me!"

He felt incredibly gloomy. This had nothing to do with him. He wasn't the one who had wronged Lan Tian. In fact, he had been generous enough to ignore the fact that Lan Tian had killed a Pseudo Invincible divine earlier.

Frost Divine King wasn't weak. He was a fourth-degree Eternal. Even if Lan Tian was strong enough to fight Invincibles, he wouldn't be a match for Frost Divine King. But things were different here. Lan Tian seemed to have established a connection with something terrifying. Each time Lan Tian wailed, a powerful impact would assault Frost Divine King's sea of willpower.

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"I have been wronged! I lost a lot of clones! I saw it! You have a lot of clones! Give me some and I'll leave!"

Countless Lan Tians appeared and cried. He acted like a child throwing a tantrum. And he had sensed many lives on Frost Divine King's body. He suspected that the other divines were hiding somewhere on Frost Divine King. He needed more bodies to serve as his clones.

Su Yu and Lan Tian. Su Yu needed corpses to feed his Mark of Civilization. Meanwhile, Lan Tian needed corpses to complete his myriad daos.

With a snort, the area around Frost Divine King turned into a world of frost. One after another, Lan Tian's clones froze over.

This caused Lan Tian to feel even more wronged. The frozen Lan Tians continued wailing, "You're trying to kill me! I have been wronged! This is wrong!"

"Madman."

Frost Divine King was greatly annoyed. For someone cultivating regular tri-life bodies, he wouldn't need to kill them more than thrice.

Even regular clone users would only have puppet clones or character clones. These clones were very easy to distinguish from the real body. Meanwhile, every clone Lan Tian used was akin to the real body. It felt impossible to kill Lan Tian so long as he had even one clone remaining. He was a terrifying opponent to have.

Lan Tian was no longer someone whose strength could be measured with something as simple as cultivation levels. He was someone with a myriad bodies, walking the path of myriad daos. One might believe that he was only a ninth-stage Sunmoon, but that was not the case. Perhaps not even Lan Tian himself knew what his cultivation level was anymore.

He was walking a unique path. A path that was sinister and crazy for the myriad races.

Kill, refine, fuse, and clone. As long as a clone remained, he would never die. Someone like that was too difficult to handle. Not even Invincibles could think of a good way to deal with him.

Frost Divine King decided to ignore Lan Tian. After freezing his surroundings, he left. All around him, mournful wails rang out, "Frost! You hit me! You killed so many of my clones! This is wrong! I have been wronged!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Wails and resentment enveloped the entire seventh level.

***

At the same time.

Many of the people in the Illusory Heaven Mirror started coughing blood with pale expressions. The power of resentment seemed capable of reaching everywhere, including the world inside the weapon.

Like the others, Su Yu was pale as well. With his 360 acupoints opened, he could hear even more things.

"I have been wronged! Tai Shan! I will have my vengeance! Why did you kill me? I will kill you! I will kill you!"

"Tai Shan! Where are you?"

"Tai Shan! I'm back! I am coming back! I will kill you!"

"..."

Su Yu didn't know what to say about this. Lan Tian had somehow established a connection with Old Zhou's resentment.

Old Zhou had been claiming that he was killed by Tai Shan. Thus, he was probably dead. But instead of transforming into a death spirit, he had transformed into a sort of vengeful spirit. He aimed to rise again in the world of the living, not the Death Realm.

After all, his body was still around. His remnant will was still around as well.

As far as Su Yu was concerned, Old Zhou could very well return to life. Two individuals played a key role in this. Lan Tian and Su Yu himself. Lan Tian was provoking Old Zhou's resentment while Su Yu knew the key word to activate Old Zhou.

The moment he shouted the name Tai Shan, Old Zhou would go crazy.

"How annoying."

Su Yu cursed inwardly. Thanks to Lan Tian, things were starting to go out of control.

Just then, Zhan Wushuang shouted, "Seal your six senses! Stop listening to that voice!"

If this continued, they would start dying. Everyone sat down cross-legged and did as told. Only Zhan Wushuang and Yu Sheng were keeping their senses open. Or to be precise, Su Yu was keeping his senses open as well. He merely went through the motions and pretended his senses were sealed. He was wondering if Zhan Wushuang was his double agent.

Wasn't this the perfect opportunity for him to kill them? With their six senses sealed, he could easily kill them without worrying about detection. Was this Zhan Wushuang's gift for him?

In such a situation, he only needed to take his Mark of Civilization out and all of them would be gone. Of course, Zhan Wushuang and Yu Sheng would still be able to put up a little bit of a fight.

"Well, this sure is helpful."

Suddenly, Zhan Wushuang threw a bunch of punches toward all the divines while floating above them.

Su Yu was slightly alarmed, but he forced himself to remain still.

Sure enough, Zhan Wushuang's fists stopped right before they struck. He started scanning the crowd. After a short moment, Yu Sheng flew over and smiled, "This is more than enough. I doubt that man is among us. Wushuang, you don't have to be so paranoid."

"My apologies for letting you witness this embarrassing side of me."

The wails continued resounding in the air, but Zhan Wushuang appeared unaffected apart from a slightly pale complexion. His eyes shone brightly as he roared, "Su Yu, if you are here, I will open the exit and allow you to leave. Yes, the divines and humans are enemies. But killing all these people won't change anything. If you are strong enough, kill until the Invincibles of the myriad races bow to you. With that, the myriad races will naturally stop provoking you."

No reply came.

Yu Sheng was rendered speechless. This guy was getting too paranoid. Firstly, there was no guarantee that Su Yu was really in the mansion. Secondly, there was no guarantee that Su Yu was hiding among them. Thirdly, an Invincible had personally inspected these people. Did Zhan Wushuang think that he was better than the Invincibles? Fourthly, so what if Su Yu was here? Yu Sheng believed that he alone was enough to deal with Su Yu. So what if Su Yu was a freak? Could he be a match for a Pseudo Invincible?

It wasn't that Yu Sheng was looking down on Su Yu, but Su Yu was only a Cloudbreach. There were two realms between the Cloudbreach Realm and the Pseudo Invincible Realm. Sure, Su Yu had fought Sunmoons before. But at the time, he had only demonstrated the strength of an early Sunmoon. He was nowhere near the level of a ninth-stage Sunmoon.

In Yu Sheng's opinion, Zhan Wushuang was making a big deal out of nothing. He had been scarred by his previous encounter with Su Yu.

"Wushuang, you should seal your six senses as well. This mental assault is very uncomfortable. I can keep watch here."

"No. It's fine."

Zhan Wushuang continued observing everyone. His eyes remained sharp even when his entire sea of willpower was shaking. Sealing his six senses was tantamount to putting his life in Yu Sheng's hands. The others might feel safe doing that, but that was not the case for him. Even after multiple reminders from him, Yu Sheng was still indifferent to the potential threat of Su Yu.

Zhan Wushuang couldn't remain at ease. He knew that Su Yu would be hiding among the devils, immortals, or divines. Thus, the probability of Su Yu being here was actually quite high. He was certain of that.

The probability of Su Yu being among the devils was lower since with Mo Duona in their midst, too many eyes were on them. Thus, Su Yu would either be among the divines or the immortals. How could Yu Sheng be so dismissive of this threat?

Was being a Pseudo Invincible a big deal? Had Yu Sheng forgotten about Yang Hu and Zhankui? Both were Pseudo Invincibles. And both had died. It was said that Zhankui had died to Yang Hu. Eventually, the heavily injured Yang Hu was killed by Mo Duona. As far as Zhan Wushuang was concerned, that was nonsense. He was certain that Su Yu and Mo Duona had joined hands to kill all those people.

Su Yu was left quite speechless. What was Zhan Wushuang doing? Why was Zhan Wushuang so certain that he was among the divines? What a stubborn guy. How dare that guy treat his debtor like this?

Eventually, Su Yu decided to ignore Zhan Wushuang. With his eyes shut, he continued planting his willpower in the golden stripe. This was his best chance to act since Frost Divine King was occupied and the entire seventh level was filled with death qi.

A large number of death spirits were pouring into the seventh level.

Boom!

Outside, Frost Divine King sent a death spirit flying before freezing his surroundings and fleeing. A lot of death spirits had arrived, but most of them were weak. However, the sheer number of death spirits on the seventh level was making it hard for these Invincibles to remain in hiding. Battles were erupting everywhere, serving as an indicator to where living beings could be found.

***

Su Yu continued sending orders to Xing Yue.

As far as he was concerned, these Invincible death spirits would be an embarrassment if they couldn't kill a few Invincibles after coming out of the death tunnel. After all, there were so many of them around. Why were they so useless? They had yet to kill even one living Invincible.

"Lord Xing Yue, if you really can't kill those immortal kings, go to the Devote King's residence and attack the nine-leaf skylotus. That will force the Invincibles to act. Lure those geezers out of their hiding and let the other death sovereigns deal with them.

"Of course, prioritize the immortal kings if you find a chance to kill them. Also, don't forget to extract the blood essence of the Invincibles you kill. That is very important."

Su Yu threw one order after another while grumbling about how useless the death sovereigns were. There were eleven of them. Each of them was so strong. With all the living Invincibles separated from each other, was it so hard for them to kill a few?

"Do I need you to teach me what to do?"

Xing Yue gave her usual reply, but Su Yu did not mind it. As far as he was concerned, he wasn't teaching her. He was telling her. Whatever. He decided to focus on his cultivation instead. He was waiting for an opportunity to do something. However, he didn't know when such an opportunity would arrive.

Chapter 1488: Chaotic Battle In The King's Residence (2)

Near the Devote King's residence, battles were erupting repeatedly.

Someone tried to enter the courtyard of the residence, but they were smashed apart before they could enter. As a result, a Pseudo Invincible death spirit appeared.

That was all the Death Realm could spawn since all the death sovereigns nearby had left.

Someone shouted, "Don't kill the Pseudo Invincibles in the residence or the Death Realm will shift the death sovereigns of other territories here as well."

When required, the heavenly laws could transfer some death sovereigns elsewhere here as well. There wasn't even a need for those death sovereigns to travel such a large distance here. They only needed to answer the call and they would be brought here directly.

Thus, the Devote King's residence was still a dangerous place. One should avoid killing Pseudo Invincible death spirits when possible. Of course, that did not apply to the death spirits outside the residence. After all, those death spirits were not currently under the restrictions of the heavenly laws.

Thus, the Invincible who had attacked earlier ignored the Pseudo Invincible death spirit and stared on the nine-leaf skylotus with a look of intense longing in his eyes. Follow current novels on novel fire.net

Nine-leaf skylotus!

However, nobody dared to approach the skylotus right now. It was simply too dangerous. That was applicable for even Invincibles. A lot of Invincibles were converging around the residence. A major battle would probably erupt here soon.

Before long, the Heaven Department head arrived. He wasted no time and tossed a corpse into the pond. Instantly, the skylotuses absorbed the nutrients provided by the corpse. The ninth skylotus continued swaying about, as though it was going to bloom fully soon.

The Heaven Department head said, "Make it bloom while the immortals are busy and end the battle as early as possible."

This idea was beneficial for everyone here. However, the addition of a Pseudo Invincible corpse had only caused the ninth skylotus to glow slightly brighter than before. It had yet to fully bloom.

After taking a look at the skylotus, the Heaven Department head said, "It will mature in about two hours."

At that, the breathing of those around the residence intensified. Not even Invincibles could stay fully calm anymore. Their desire toward the skylotus was simply too great.

It was simply too hard for one to achieve Daofuse the regular way. The skylotus was a shortcut to complete that process. And nobody could resist the temptation of achieving Daofuse.

Boom!

Far away from the residence, the immortals were still fighting the death spirits.

One of the Invincibles near the residence smiled and said, "This time, the death spirits are targeting the immortals. How did the immortals provoke them?"

They were quite confused as well.

Generally, death spirits would only act in complete disorder. Even back when He Tu was alive, he was unable to lead the death spirits properly. Sure, he was able to lead them somewhat during the initial phases of his invasion. But toward the end, he lost control over the death spirits, forcing the old turtle to take action and kill him.

One could say that the battle between He Tu's death spirits and the myriad races marked the end of the first epoch.

If He Tu could control the death spirits like a disciplined army, he would naturally be able to avoid provoking the heavenly laws during his conquest. Alas, he had overestimated himself and underestimated the inability of death spirits to follow orders.

The various Invincibles continued enjoying the show the immortals and death spirits were putting up.

***

At the same time.

A death spirit said impatiently, "These bugs are so annoying. Why don't we start attacking randomly?"

Xing Yue was feeling quite helpless.

These death sovereigns were too independent. Their desire to kill and destroy was too strong. After trying to kill the immortal kings for an extended time and failing, they were starting to lose patience.

Xing Yue grew anxious. Was she going to lose her leadership so soon?

"Bastard Su Yu, what now?"

Xing Yue did not want to lose her leadership. The death sovereigns were on the verge of running off independently to satisfy their desire to kill and destroy.

Shortly after, Xing Yue received a reply.

After checking the reply, she sent a voice transmission to the death sovereigns, "We must kill the immortals or we won't have the ability to gain control over the entrances to the mansion. The death tunnel opened by He Tu won't stay open for long. We need a way to enter the mansion again in the future."

The death sovereigns were surprised to hear that. How were the immortals related to the entrances?

They looked at He Tu in confusion. He Tu was confused himself. After all, he had no idea how he had entered the mansion in the first place. Thus, he awkwardly said, "I believe Xing Yue knows this better..."

Why were they asking him? He was as clueless as they were. With Xing Yue around, he couldn't even make something up to fool them. Because of this, he felt terrible.

"Sure. We'll kill one. Is that enough, Xing Yue?"

"Barely. We can only transfer one death spirit into the mansion per drop of blood essence. The blood essence we get from one immortal is probably enough for us here. But it will also be better to kill a few more..."

"Sure. Let's do it."

Greatly motivated, the death sovereigns started pursuing the immortal kings with renewed effort while roaring madly.

Both Immortal King Yueshi and Immortal King Xuan He were cursing inwardly.

Fuck!

Had the death spirits gone crazy? Why were the death spirits targeting only them?

"Go to the Devote King's residence and drag the others into the battle as well! That is our only choice!"

The immortal kings decided that this was their sole option if they wanted to salvage this. They started fleeing in the direction of the Devote King's residence. They were most certainly not willing to suffer alone. They would drag everyone down with them.

Boom!

Multiple Rivers of Time appeared in the sky as the immortal kings tried to flee, but all of them were instantly broken by the powerful death sovereigns. The immortal kings were forced to continue fighting the death sovereigns while coughing blood. Eventually, the immortal kings started turning paler and paler. Some of their tri-life bodies were starting to show signs of dispersing.

When they were near the Devote King's residence, both He Tu and Tuofa, who had been holding back so far, roared together. With that, the death sovereigns all attacked a single immortal king at full power.

Once again, a River of Time snapped. With a palm attack, He Tu further injured the immortal king. Then, Tuofa's punch arrived, blasting the immortal king's body apart.

Boom!

One of the immortal kings ahead of them looked back. Even further ahead, Immortal King Xuan He shouted, "Keep going!"

Why was that guy slowing down to look back? At this rate, all of them would die.

"Damn it!"

At the next moment, all the immortal kings rushed into the Devote King's residence. Only one immortal king was left behind. Realizing his impending fate, the immortal king roared with fury and detonated himself.

As the world shook, two Rivers of Time unfurled forward. One headed toward the Devote King's residence. The three bodies of the immortal separated, but one broke down almost immediately.

The second body was blasted apart moments later. The third body was able to dive into the River of Time before reappearing in the Devote King's residence with an unsightly expression.

Just as he was about to go deeper into the residence, a silhouette appeared beside him with a flicker. "Teehee, mine!"

Instantly, over a hundred Lan Tians appeared around him. Then, all the Lan Tians detonated themselves.

Boom!

The explosions pushed the final body of the immortal king to the brink of destruction. Out of nowhere, a jade-white palm shot through his head and sea of willpower before digging a carrier treasure out.

Boom!

Finally, the third body exploded, signaling the complete death of this immortal king.

"Lan Tian!"

The other immortal kings weren't too far away. They all roared furiously.

The remaining Lan Tians flashed them a creepy smile and said, "Are Invincibles really so hard to kill?"

The Invincibles cursed inwardly. Were Invincibles not hard to kill? That immortal king had only died to Lan Tian due to a series of unfortunate circumstances. Why was Lan Tian bragging about this?

Before they could say anything, crimson clouds appeared above them. The crimson clouds spread outside the mansion. They spread throughout the Myriad Realms.

A massive cloud appeared above Lan Tian. Instantly, several Invincibles appeared there. One of them, a devil king, swung his axe down. The cloud was Lan Tian's heavenly reward. That signified that the Lan Tian beneath the cloud was the real body. Since Lan Tian wasn't a death spirit, he would naturally be rewarded for killing an Invincible.

"Why must you do me like this?"

Lan Tian wailed bitterly. They were trying to ruin his heavenly reward! He roared, "Su Yu! What are you doing?"

Instantly, the Invincibles looked behind them. They could ignore any other name. But Su Yu's name could not be ignored.

When they looked back...there was nothing behind them. The devil king ignored the distraction and continued swinging his axe at Lan Tian. He was determined to eliminate Lan Tian. This was someone as threatening as Su Yu.

"I'm so sad."

With a sigh, Lan Tian was cleaved into two. Instantly, all the surrounding Lan Tians faded away, as though Lan Tian had died for real.

But soon, a devil king roared, "He's not dead!"

A true death would produce a phenomenon.

Far away from them, a new Lan Tian appeared. Next, more and more Lan Tian appeared. But these new Lan Tians appeared weaker than the previous Lan Tians. They wailed with resentment, "You killed my main body! It's over! It's over! Ahhh! My strength has dropped!"

"..."

Yes. His strength had dropped. Because one of his main bodies had died. Yes. One of his main bodies.

Meanwhile, the Invincibles were losing their mind. How was he not dead? Why were the heavenly laws rewarding his clone? Damn it! Or was it possible that this lunatic no longer had a main body?

***

Battles were still erupting all over the seventh level.

People were dying everywhere.

Outside.

Crimson clouds covered the sky.

The immortal kings outside had unsightly expressions. The first Invincible to die was an immortal. They were all expecting the deaths of some Invincibles this time. But they still found it hard to accept when the person to die was one of their own.

"Sigh."

Tiangu sighed, as though he had aged significantly suddenly. An immortal king had died. Of the five immortal kings inside the mansion, one was lost. How about the others? As for their Pseudo Invincibles, all four were lost.

Yes. None survived. They were left with only four immortal kings and about two hundred immortals of various cultivation levels in the mansion. The atmosphere among the immortals outside the mansion turned heavy and bleak. Who was the killer?

The immortals were truly unlucky this time. They had lost all their young geniuses and Pseudo Invincibles. Of all the races in the mansion, they were the first to lose all these people. They were also the first to lose an Invincible. They were afraid that they would also be the first to lose all their Invincibles.

That would be a massive deal. Even the powerful immortal race would feel pained from losing five immortal kings. Some of their immortal kings had lost their tri-life bodies recently. If they were to lose more immortal kings on top of that, it would be disastrous.

"Immortal King Zhigu might not be too strong, but in a battle between Eternals, nobody can kill him when there are four other immortal kings around unless the enemy is much stronger."

A different immortal king said, "There aren't that many people capable of killing him inside."

Clearly, they were suspecting the Heaven Department head and Blood Fire Devil King.

Those were the strongest in the mansion. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and the devils remained silent. Since they were unaware of what was happening inside the mansion, it wouldn't be easy for them to make a judgment.