Tribulation of Myriad Races

A storm raged atop the Dragonclash Stage, accompanied by raging flames. Meanwhile, Su Yu was in a unique state of mind. This was similar to what he felt when he opened his first aperture. His consciousness seemed to have left his body, floating high in the sky and looking at his body down below.

Astral winds cut through his consciousness.

Furious flames burned his consciousness.

The pain caused him to be somewhat speechless. What was this? Was this the so-called heavenly phenomenon?

Bullshit!

No! This was a heavenly punishment! This was no blessing. This was an attempt to take his life! Fortunately, he was no pushover. His willpower had reached a potent level thanks to his 180 apertures. His experience of dying every night in his dreams had also given him an indomitable will. The Soul Expanding Art had further strengthened his willpower.

His consciousness returned to his body. Then, his eyes opened. His eye acupoint activated, unleashing a blinding radiance, turning his eyes into resplendent stars. He continued absorbing the heavenly source qi around him to forge his body. Meanwhile, his sea of willpower churned violently.

The phenomenon in the sky continued spreading. Ten meters. Twenty meters… Eventually, the entire Dragonclash Stage became a world of fire and water.

Zhu Tiandao’s voice rang out, “What’s happening? Do you want to stop this?”

“No.”

Su Yu refused to stop. All 180 of his apertures shone brightly as he obliterated the incoming water and fire. At the same time, his hammer attacked furiously. The water and fire were attempting to harm his willpower. But with each clump of flame he destroyed, his willpower grew.

His hammer faced the incoming astral wind. Slowly, a wind character took form in his sea of consciousness.

Water and fire attacked him, only to be struck apart by his hammer. Next, a stream of heavenly water flowed in his sea of consciousness as a water character took form.

This was both an opportunity and a calamity. If his willpower was not strong enough, he would be killed. Without the Soul Expanding Art, he might not have been able to overcome these attacks. At the moment, these attacks were unable to defeat him.

He still had more trump cards. For example, the little furball, who was busy eating the leftover heavenly water and astral wind. These attacks were not enough to kill him.

His willpower continued growing. Gradually, it showed signs of materialization. The ground shook, sending vibrations through his body and sea of willpower. After withstanding the attack, an earth character took form.

Some of the onlookers finally lost control of their weapons. Those weapons flew into the air and disintegrated into a single beam before shooting toward Su Yu’s sea of willpower. All around him, plants grew uncontrollably and shot toward him as well. This was not a blessing from nature. But Su Yu treated the calamity as a blessing. He stood up, his apertures shining brightly, as he crushed all the incoming attacks.

“Trying to stop my advancement?”

These things seemed to be trying to stop his advancement into the Skysoar Realm. He had not imagined that linking 180 apertures would result in something like this. After all, no such thing had happened when he linked his 360 acupoints previously. Why was this happening?

His cultural weapon appeared.

Meanwhile, his physical body continued absorbing heavenly source qi and growing strong. The absorption was happening at a rapid speed.

The heavens were refusing to allow the five elements to come together.

Su Yu sank into thought as he stared at the sky while shrouded in golden light. Why? What was wrong with bringing the five elements together? Why couldn’t he do that?

Boom!

Thunders rumbled.

His lightning character reacted, releasing thundering rolls.

Source qi and willpower continued gathering in the sky. Eventually, even heavenly source qi started appearing as well. The entire Dragonclash Stage was enveloped by the different energies.

From the storm of energies, Su Yu’s cultural weapon shot out, powered by his characters, to face the miniature figures forming in the sky.

Five elemental miniature figures.

Fire figure, water figure, wood figure…

Source qi, willpower, and heavenly source qi came together to form several miniature figures before descending upon Su Yu. With a raised brow, he battled these figures with his cultural weapon.

Loud clashes erupted.

One character after another half-materialized and shot into the sky.

***

All around the stage, one Sunmoon after another appeared.

As they surrounded the stage, Zhu Tiandao said, “Seal this place away. Just what is going on? This doesn’t look like a heavenly blessing. It is more like a heavenly punishment.”

Niu Baidao’s eyes flickered as he said, “I don’t know. But it might be related to a certain rumor. After the great apocalypse, certain things had disappeared from the world. It wasn’t that they had been forgotten, but they had simply been stopped from reappearing. Is Su Yu cultivating a divine-grade art?”

“He has opened all his acupoints, so I guess this can be considered one…”

“In that case, I don’t know.”

The Sunmoons were unclear. As for Zhu Tiandao, he continued giving out orders through voice transmission. Suddenly, a mirror in his pocket shook. That was the companion mirror to the Super Sensory Jade.

When he looked at it, his expression changed. He said, “Be careful. Some Sunmoons are appearing.”

The others were shocked. Sunmoons! These people were ultimately unable to resist entering the city.

Su Yu had surpassed the expectations of the Great Ming experts, creating a real phenomenon that had completely messed up their plans. Still, they waited silently. It was still not the time to deal with the unknown Sunmoons.

Zhu Tiandao shouted, “Pull away from the stage. Don’t get too near. This is a normal phenomenon. Su Yu might have deduced the location of the source soul acupoint. The heavens are trying to stop him. Everyone, remember Su Yu’s sacrifice today.”

Those words shocked all onlookers.

“So not even the heavens want the source soul acupoint to appear?”

“The heavens are trying to kill Su Yu!”

“Damn the heavens for forcing us to go through the Source Opening Realm!”

“Going against the natural order and skipping an entire realm will attract the wrath of the heavens. This isn’t surprising. Is Su Yu fine?”

“Prefect, you guys are so strong. Please smash those things apart!”

“…”

Zhu Tiandao said, “Without going through the heavenly tribulation, the source soul acupoint won’t appear. Su Yu will be able to get through this.”

He was honestly making up most of what he was saying. In truth, even the source soul acupoint was not supposed to be something that would affect Invincibles. It shouldn’t cause them too much trouble even. But since Su Yu had created such a big ruckus, he had to find a good reason for it, right?

Abruptly, a large amount of source qi gathered in the area. The newly arrived source qi wasn’t here to help Su Yu in his breakthrough. Rather, it was here to stop his willpower from achieving materialization.

In the sky, the miniature figures continued fighting his cultural weapon. At the same time, phenomenon continued growing, spreading further and further away.

***

An old man in the crowd stared at the sky in shock.

Heavenly punishment.

Was the source soul acupoint so important? Was the human race going to be able to skip the Source Opening Realm in the future? This would place humanity on the same level as the powerful races such as the divines and the devils. Apart from that, what else could the source soul acupoint do?

When Su Yu first proposed the concept of this acupoint, some people mentioned Bai Tianhao. That was a Cloudbreach who had killed a seventh-stage Mountainsea. Would the source soul acupoint grant humanity more combat strength? Was it beneficial for both the weak and the strong?

He needed to get a better look. He must learn more. He was unable to hold himself back. The sun and the moon appeared in his eyes, but he did not dare to focus too much on what was going on. He could only get a vague glimpse at the golden Su Yu who was standing there like a god of war.

“Damn it! I can’t get a clear look!”

“…”

That old man was getting anxious trying to get a closer look. Was the source soul acupoint something that could grant one the ability to punch above their class? Not far ahead of the old man was a middle-aged woman who was feeling quite irritated. She was dying to get a better look as well.

Damn those Sunmoons! Why did Zhu Tiandao and those bastards seal the space? That way, she could no longer get a clear look at what was happening.

Where was the source soul acupoint? How should one open it? What would one get after opening it? Was it useful to Sunmoons as well? Would it increase the strength of even Sunmoons?

Damn it! Su Yu had actually discovered something like this. Even those who originally didn’t think much of it had changed their minds after seeing the phenomenon generated. That was most certainly a big deal.

Storm continued raging around the stage as source qi gathered. Suddenly, a golden cloud appeared in the sky. Instantly, the berserk source qi tore the cloud apart, releasing a large amount of heavenly source qi.