Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu was very pleased to receive the promise of the stone statue.

Finally, he had something he could count on. This was the very first Invincible who had given him a definitive assurance to help him if he encountered trouble. Of course, this was a rather troublesome Invincible since the help could only be rendered in a specific location. Whatever. Su Yu decided to not worry about such a trivial issue.

Then, Su Yu thought of something and took two treasures out. He carefully asked, “Lord, these were dropped by your two defeated foes. Do you want them? If not, this subordinate is willing to keep them for you.”

He was sure the stone statue wouldn’t want them. The stone statue had no need for them. It was likely that he would get to keep them. With that, he would be able to legitimize his ownership over the two treasures.

And if he thought wrong and the stone statue wanted them, it didn’t matter. He wouldn’t lose anything since he couldn’t use them yet. He would treat it as a payment to purchase a valuable backer.

The stone statue ignored the question. Clearly, the two treasures were of no importance to him.

Su Yu was relieved to see that. He said, “Lord, are these used to bear the weight of tri-life bodies? Can anyone use them?”

Once again, the stone statue spoke.

“To bear the weight of tri-life bodies, treasures of different attributes are required. For example, someone good at physical combat only needs a durable carrier. If it’s a cultural researcher specializing in time and space, unique materials are required. The lightning divine, snowfrost divine, and earthfire devil races are examples of races with unique requirements for their carriers.

“Tri-life bodies can be weak or strong, and this can affect the types of carriers required. If a powerful ninth-stage Sunmoon wishes to capture a powerful tri-life body in the River of Time, regular carriers will not be sufficient.

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. He looked at the two items in his hands. One of them looked like a lump of iron while the other was something pearl-like.

The stone statue continued his explanation, “That lump of iron can be used as a main material for heaven weapon forging. It is a middle-tier heaven-grade treasure, the heavenly profound iron. That pearl is a dragon pearl that can be produced by peak Sunmoon dragons. It is very suitable for the dragon race.”

Su Yu’s curiosity was answered. One of them was the heavenly profound iron while the other was a dragon pearl produced by a peak Sunmoon. The dragon pearl definitely belonged to a dragon Invincible, but the previous owner of the lump of metal was still unknown.

Well, there were only a few possibilities. Nevertheless, both were precious treasures.

“Lord, can I use them when I’m a ninth-stage Sunmoon?”

The stone statue answered, “Talk about that again when you actually reach that level.”

Why was this damn brat worrying about that so early?

Su Yu recalled something else and said, “Lord, can I affirm my dao in the ancient city? If Invincibles try to beat me up during my dao affirmation in the city, will death sovereigns keep them busy?”

Wow. If that was possible, he would have nothing to fear even during his dao affirmation!

But the stone statue had to resist the urge to roll his eyes. Why was this brat thinking so far ahead?

“Nope.” The stone statue shattered his dream and coldly said, “The so-called dao affirmation is the act of fusing all three bodies into one. To affirm one’s dao, one needs to traverse the River of Time, fusing past and future with present, achieving eternity. Holy cities are filled with uncertainties. Any accident or carelessness can result in the rupture of the river. Death qi will attack. You will die. During dao affirmation, it is better to look for a place with no other distractions.”

Su Yu was greatly disappointed.

In that case, he couldn’t attempt his dao affirmation in the ancient city anymore.

At that thought, Su Yu said, “Lord, what if I form a circle with thirty-six ancient cities and affirm my dao in the middle of the circle?”

“…”

Yes, that was actually doable. Naturally, the stone statue did not answer. He did not feel like entertaining Su Yu anymore. What a great idea. What an annoying idea. The brat wanted to move all thirty-six cities together…before affirming his dao surrounded by the cities?

Perhaps the stone statues would be so annoyed that they would be the ones to beat the damn brat to death instead.

Grandstar didn’t deign to give a response.

Su Yu felt regretful that there was no answer. So be it. He would think again in the future.

He left the inner hall, sank into thought, and put on his mask. He asked, “Elder, what benefits do we get from the assignment to the Human Realm? Also, since I can claim my heavenly source qi from the pavilion, is there an upper limit to this?”

“…”

First Profound was speechless when he received the message. The brat was so rich. Did he even need any heavenly source qi support from the pavilion?

Finally, this fellow was replying.

“Are you fine?”

“Yeah. During the battle, I hid in an ancient building. I was completely unaffected. With the grand reputation of our Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, nobody tried to target me in specific.”

“Can…”

First Profound wanted to say something, but he changed his mind. He asked, “Are you agreeing to enter the Human Realm?”

“Is the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion entering through the realm entrance connected to the Allheaven Prefecture?”

“Unlikely.” First Profound answered, “There are other entrances to the Human Realm. Most experts will enter through those entrances.”

Su Yu was unsurprised. He asked, “Do you know the location of these entrances? Does the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion know a secret entrance?”

“Don’t ask me. I don’t know that. But the department, chamber, and spire leaders are probably aware of that. Without a secret entrance, there is no way we can send our spies inside.”

First Profound asked, “Can you actually leave the ancient city?”

“Of course I can.”

That simple reply left First Profound speechless again. After a momentary pause, he said, “All selected members will be gathering near Heavendoom City in a month.”

“Why Heavendoom City? Just come to Grandstar City!”

First Profound was stuck speechless again. After a long pause, he replied, “They’re afraid that nobody will survive a visit to Grandstar City.”

Why else? With this damn brat there, who would dare to go?

How many people had died because of this brat so far? If it wasn’t for the fact that the damn brat was stuck in Grandstar City, even Heavendoom City would be a place nobody dared to go.

Speaking of…

First Profound warned, “When you reach Heavendoom City, don’t do anything rash!” In short, he was imploring Su Yu to not kill all the pavilion elites.

It was Su Yu’s turn to be rendered speechless. After a pause, he asked, “Elder, are you going?”

“Of course.”

Su Yu turned slightly wary. So First Profound was going as well?

That would be troublesome. This was someone who was aware of his secret identity. If this elder decided to track him, he might not be able to even escape. He had no way of solving the potential betrayal by this elder. But after thinking about it, he calmed down.

It would be fine. The city was still in the Allheaven Battlefield. He could notify his big brother instantly through the mayor’s medallion. Further, he also had a big brother in Heavendoom City. He remembered how well he got along with Heavendoom City’s stone statue previously. There, he had received a lot of benefits. Thus, the big brother there was family as well!

Right! What was there to fear? These people were the ones who should be afraid of him.

Good. This would be a great opportunity to test First Profound. If the elder wanted to betray him, that would happen within the Allheaven Battlefield. It would be much harder in the Human Realm since he would have the home advantage there. No matter how unpopular he was in the Human Realm, he still had Great Ming’s backing.

“Elder, will I get some little brothers for this mission? Like being in charge of an entire team of people.”

“Yeah, that’s possible.” First Profound told the truth, “This time, twelve elders and eighty white masks are being deployed from the four departments. With only twelve elders, we don’t have enough people to control the operations in all thirty-six prefectures. Thus, some white masks will be put in charge of some prefectures. You can try to fight for this. This will help in your future promotion into an elder.”

Su Yu said, “Elder, why don’t we do this? You can be in charge of Great Ming while I can be in charge of Great Xia. The two are right to each other. Together, we can control the entire Human Realm!”

Just look at how kind he was! He was letting the elder have Great Ming, which was practically his home! Naturally, there were benefits to doing this. If this elder tried something funny, he could contact some Great Ming experts and have this elder dealt with.

Yes, elders were all Sunmoons. They were strong. But so what? It wasn’t like Great Ming did not have any late-stage Sunmoons. In fact, there were several of them. First Profound ignored the proposal. That was something neither of them could decide.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was starting to plan his actions after returning.

He thought of something and asked, “Elder, will we be promoting our transaction platform in the Human Realm as well? The index copies don’t work in the Human Realm, right?”

“Yeah. But the department heads are thinking of a solution. We might take our usual solution for situations like this. The pavilion will produce an improved index and install it in the Human Realm, temporarily extending our coverage to the Human Realm as well.”

Amazing.

The improved index would need to be at least a heaven weapon or it wouldn’t be able to do that.

How rich. If he could get his hands on it…forget it. This wasn’t something he should think about for now.

The conversation lasted a while and eventually, the elder ended the connection with impatience. He was tired of dealing with Su Yu. The damn brat had way too many questions, asking for ways to rob or take advantage of the pavilion in a roundabout manner.

The damn brat was even trying to rope him in! First Profound was very speechless. Had the brat gone mad? Him? Robbing the pavilion alongside the brat? Did the brat think that the Invincibles of the pavilion were all blind?

Since the elder was not accepting his offer, Su Yu had no choice but to stop.

One month.

He would return to the Human Realm after one month.

It was already the end of August in year 351 of Anping Calendar. Thus, he would probably enter the Human Realm at around end of September or early October.

“One month…I guess I should enter seclusion and cultivate while I wait. I have plenty of resources and money so I should forge my body more.”

He had only reached fifty-three body forgings. The seventy-second forging was still quite far away. He had nineteen forgings to complete. In a month, he could probably complete five forgings. The difficulty would increase the higher his level was. The speed would also slow down considerably.

He wanted to reach at least fifty-eight forgings before entering the Human Realm. This was a rare chance to openly return without exposing his whereabouts to anyone. Why? Because he would return with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s secret realm entrance.

That way, everyone would believe that he was still in the ancient city. Some would believe he was dead. Meanwhile, he was back in the Human Realm. He did some calculations and noted that twelve new Sunmoons had hidden in the city after the previous incident. He decided to ignore them for now.

After three days, ten of them would become residents. As for the remaining two, they would probably keep struggling. He could simply seal the city again. That should be enough to destroy the little bit of hope they were still harboring.

With an increased number of Sunmoon residents, even when he was away, they would take a lot of burden off him and the city. Of course, Su Yu was confident he could withstand the burden of death qi even without them. As for the population census he had been wanting to do, he decided to wait.

He also needed to toss the guard and commander medallions of the city out onto the streets. Perhaps some people would pick them up. These people were probably unaware that the mayor could shift some of the death qi on them through the medallions.

Yes, he should do this. In fact, he should toss these medallions in front of the buildings those Sunmoons were hiding in.

Su Yu did not choose to enter seclusion in the mayor’s residence. That place was simply too dangerous. It was the first place anyone would attack if they wanted to kill him. That palm attack from Devil King Lade had taught Su Yu a good lesson.

After entering a random ancient building, Su Yu started his cultivation with heavenearth profound light. He would exit after one month.