Tribulation of Myriad Races

While Su Yu was waiting for Old Man Bai’s arrival, more and more people arrived at Red Clouds Island, the island not far away from Grandstar. The myriad races had finally decided to finalize the slot allocation for the Luminous Domain Mansion.

This was needed to prevent chaos from breaking out when the mansion opened up. At that time, the experts of the myriad races would be there. A battle at such a time might result in a fight between Invincibles, which would put all the young geniuses there in danger before they could even enter the mansion.

Bright City.

The city had been cut into two by Great Xia King not long ago, but the damage had been fully repaired. At the moment, the mayor’s residence was under the occupation of the major races instead of the clearbright bird race.

In the past, the allocation would be done on the Ninestar Island. Unfortunately, the Ninestar Island was no longer around. And nobody was willing to perform the allocation in an ancient city. Thus, they were left with Bright City.

The mayor’s residence had been enlarged significantly by the major races that were occupying it temporarily. One palace hall after another had been erected in a circle to streamline the allocation process.

Each race with at least one Invincible would be qualified to fight for the slots. Those without Invincibles could opt to attach themselves to the major races for a chance to enter the mansion. They could also choose to enter through the special entrance. Most of the time, the major races would leave the special entrance to the minor races to placate them.

Several Invincibles had arrived. Instead of staying together, all the Invincibles were staying with their respective races. However, that did not stop them from conversing with each other.

An Invincible said, “So do we extend an invitation to the ancient cities or not? They have Eternals as well, but their Eternals do not belong to any race…”

“Just send them an invitation, or Su Yu might start creating trouble again.”

“He dares? The myriad races will punish him for that.”

“I know you think you sound impressive saying that, but your words mean nothing. How many Eternals have died because of him so far? Do you think the Eternals of those small races are willing to fight the ancient cities for some slots that they won’t even get? Your so-called punishment from the myriad races basically involves only people from the major races like us. And how many Eternals will we need to defeat the ancient cities? Upon defeating them, are you going to deal with the invasion from the Death Realm?”

“In that case, we can lure Su Yu over and kill him. That will solve everything.”

Ultimately, the Invincibles agreed that an invitation needed to be extended. If Su Yu was reckless enough to come personally…they could take this chance to kill him. However, Su Yu did not seem like the kind of person who would give them such an opportunity.

The white-haired divine king concluded, “Just send him the invitation to keep him from causing trouble. I much prefer giving them some slots. That is the best way to ensure that Su Yu will enter the mansion. He is troublesome with the ancient cities around, but he will be nothing in the mansion.”

“True.”

As the discussion continued, one of them laughed, “How about the humans?”

“We did promise them some slots previously, so they can get some. But they already have their own slots. If they want more, it will depend on what they can do. The minor races have gained six new Eternals recently. They will want some slots as well. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion will want a share as well.”

“What about the soul devourers?”

“Are they even interested in the slots?”

Someone laughed, “How many members do they even have?”

That wasn’t even a concern. It was pointless to mention them.

The others nodded. Someone said, “I heard a lot of minor race experts have been killed recently. Is anyone paying attention to this matter?”

“Nope.”

The Invincibles held complete disregard for the lives of those from the minor races.

“So do we do things the same way this time? First, we kill the humans. Then, we fight for the treasures.”

“Yes.”

“That is a must.”

“News about the nine-leaf skylotus has been spread everywhere. The humans might send some experts this time. Even their Eternals might try to enter. We need to be very specific during the allocation this time. The identity of every person with a slot must be verified. We can’t do things vaguely this time. This will help us know who the humans are sending and make our arrangements accordingly.”

“The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is still as ambitious as ever. They are probably the ones who have leaked the news about the nine-leaf skylotus. This is probably related to the Heaven Department head’s awakening. He must be trying to create some chaos to fish in troubled waters. He has been trying to advance into the Pseudo Emperor Realm for quite some time.”

“…”

And finally, they reached an agreement. The humans were still nowhere to be seen. Most of the time, the allocation would be led by the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons. The humans might be powerful, but they had been kept out of this exclusive club.

After some time, an Invincible issued an order, “Send the invitations to the various races.”

With that, one invitation letter after another flew into the hands of the numerous experts gathered in the city.

Now that the major races had finished their discussion, the minor races were finally allowed to join the discussion. The second round of discussion would finalize the allocation and act as the bait to perhaps get Su Yu killed in this city.

A different Invincible ordered, “Spread this message. If anyone encounters Wan Tiansheng, invite him here. He is allowed to enter the Luminous Domain Mansion as well. Who knows? He might get lucky and get the nine-leaf skylotus. It will be very useful for him as well.”

They would be more than happy to see Wan Tiansheng here.

After all, he was also one of the targets they wanted to kill. He might have left the human race, but he wasn’t exactly a traitor to the human race. These Invincibles were no fools. Wan Tiansheng might have killed a lot of Mountainseas and Sunmoons, but that had not weakened the human race by much.

In fact, the deaths of those people had welcomed a new era of peace among humanity. And this was most certainly not something the divines, devils, and the other major races wanted to see.

They had worked hard to keep the internal conflict among humanity alive for many years. However, Wan Tiansheng alone had ruined all that. The humans were too terrified of Wan Tiansheng to resume their infighting so soon after the recent bloodbath.

The numerous invitation letters continued flying in all directions, reaching the numerous realm entrances scattered all over the Allheaven Battlefield. By the time the allocation was finalized, the mansion would probably be ready to open.

***

That day, Old Man Bai arrived at Liu City.

He gave Su Yu the impression of a fragile old man. Even when he walked, he was trembling. Yet he was a ninth-stage Mountainsea Realm. That was what Su Yu sensed the moment he set his eyes on the old man. That was the cultivation level he sensed from the old man.

But the power hidden deep in the old man’s body felt so powerful that even his heart started palpitating in the old man’s presence. Even Liu Wenyan, as a third-stage Sunmoon, felt the same. Just how much source qi had the old man fed his yang acupoint?

The old man felt like a walking bomb. And the resulting explosion would probably be more terrifying than even the self-detonation of Sunmoons.

Supported by Bai Feng, the old man stepped into the mayor’s residence before looking around. When his gaze landed on Su Yu, his expression changed slightly. After giving Su Yu a long stare, he sighed, “So you opened it as well…but yours felt different. Yours seems…like it has been blocked off by something…”

Su Yu nodded. The old man was quite sharp. Perhaps that was because both of them had similarly opened the yang acupoint.

“Sigh. I regret what I did. I believed you only wanted to research it instead of opening it yourself. I shouldn’t have given you the book.”

The old man shook his head with regret. He had given the book regarding the acupoint to Su Yu through Bai Junsheng, hoping that Su Yu would come up with a way to deal with it. Alas, the reckless kid had opened it despite knowing how dangerous it was. As far as Old Man Bai was concerned, opening the yang acupoint was the same as suicide.

Su Yu merely smiled. The old man was underestimating him.

He was most certainly not courting death when he opened that acupoint. With Xing Yue around, he wouldn’t die before both the yang acupoint and his body were filled to the brim with death qi.