Tribulation of Myriad Races

Outside the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Nearly three hundred tunnels had collapsed at the same time.

Shock rippled through the crowd.

Su Yu was completely unaware that just before he killed the myriad race experts around the waterfall, over a hundred tunnels had collapsed. All in all, more than four hundred tunnels had collapsed one after another. The sky itself darkened from all the deaths.

A repressive silence enveloped the area, only to be broken by the sound of gasping breaths.

“Over…a thousand had died.”

The atmosphere was suffocating.

Three days.

It had only been three days. Over a thousand had died.

They couldn’t accept this. They couldn’t believe this either. The Invincibles lost control as they revealed themselves one after another. The sky trembled while time and space were thrown into disorder. The anger of the Invincibles was burning the very world around them. The minor race experts waiting outside the mansion had sorrowful expressions as well.

Dead.

So many of them had died. Their hearts chilled as they looked at all the collapsed tunnels. Among the major races, the immortals had lost the highest number of people. Altogether, the major races had lost about six hundred people. Over two hundred of them were immortals. In short, the immortals had suffered a third of the total losses suffered by the major races.

This had happened in only three days. In comparison, the divines and devils were in a much better position. They had each lost about a hundred people. Once again, numerous gazes landed on the human encampment. Why had the human race suffered so few losses? This wasn’t possible.

This was even more so for the recent deaths. Over four hundred had died, but less than five of them were humans. The humans had sent about four to five hundred people into the mansion as well. How was this happening? Were all these deaths related to the humans or not?

An Invincible said, “So many are dead. Can anyone tell me what’s happening in there? The mansion has been around for so many years, but this has never happened before.”

It had only been three days!

This was too abnormal. Sure, the Invincibles had been notified that something had happened on the first level before this. But those on the first level had mostly escaped by now. In that case, had the danger spread to the other levels?

Did the recent deaths happen on the second and third levels?

Very few of the dead were Sunmoons. This was still consistent with the past openings. However, far too many Cloudbreaches and Mountainseas had died in a short time frame. This could only happen if a super expert were conducting mass slaughter in the mansion. They had all died instantly.

Many of the dead were the descendants of the various Invincibles. Some had entered with powerful weapons, and some had entered with powerful blood essence. Even so, they had died at the same time as the others. This signified that they had not been able to resist before dying.

“Hu…”

An Invincible exhaled deeply as his murderous intent leaked around him, slicing the space around him apart. However, he did not know who he should direct his anger to.

Suddenly, someone said, “I suggest we ask the humans about this. Humans, tell me. How is this happening? How are the humans surviving when everyone else is dying in there?”

Up until now, about sixty humans had perished. That was one-eighth of their people inside. Meanwhile, the immortals had lost over two hundred people. A decent chunk of them were Invincible descendants.

Numerous gazes landed on the human encampment. Faced with all those gazes, Great Xia King looked indifferent while Great Zhou King looked solemn.

With a sigh, Great Zhou King said, “Don’t ask me. If we’re capable of this, we would have done so during the previous openings. We’re not friends. There is no need for me to deny our involvement if we really had a hand in this. I suggest you send a message inside again to ask about this.”

At that, the myriad race Invincibles cursed. Sending a message? They required a drop of Invincible blood essence each time, and the connection wouldn’t even last for long. This was not a price they could afford to pay each time.

A divine Invincible exhaled and said, “How about this? Each race will take turns to ask.”

The moment that suggestion was made, an Invincible said, “Our race will be staying out of this. We sent three people in there, but two had died. Only a Sunmoon remains, but he’s probably not on the lower levels. It’s pointless for us to ask anything.”

Was this a joke? Why should he participate in this and waste his blood essence when he wouldn’t benefit from it?

The divine king was not angered by the rejection. He calmly said, “Sure. But those not willing to contribute will not receive the information we obtain through this method.”

They were free to stay out of this. But they shouldn’t dream of benefiting from this either. Some of the minor race Invincibles were completely uninterested in this proposal. They hadn’t been able to send that many people into the mansion in the first place. With most of their people inside dead, it was pointless for them to participate in this.

Among the various races, the major races had taken more than two thousand of the slots. With about five hundred of them dead, there were still roughly two thousand of them inside. Meanwhile, the total number of survivors in the mansion was less than 2,500.

Thus, a majority of the survivors were those from the major and ancient races. With the minor races losing so many of their people, including Sunmoons, they were naturally unwilling to participate in this. The various Invincibles sank into silence.

After a long while, the white-haired divine king sighed and said, “So be it. It’s rather pointless to ask now. Let’s wait. It’s not like we can enter even if we know what’s happening.”

Someone hesitated and said, “Can the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion think of a way to send a message inside?”

“Yeah. Can the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion do something about this?”

“Can they send messages inside through the Heavenly Hunt Index?”

Unlike the minor race Invincibles, the major race Invincibles were quite anxious about this. In their opinion, the ancient Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was their biggest hope. After some time, an indifferent voice rang out from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

“Contact was permissible in the past. After all, the ancient experts residing in there needed a way to keep in touch with the outside world, right? However, the Luminous Domain Mansion has since been sealed. Nowadays, sending a message in there is no longer a simple matter. With the Heavenly Hunt Index damaged, it is too difficult for us to send any message in there.”

Before anyone could say anything, a cough rang out as an ancient projection appeared in the sky. The race of this person was unclear. In fact, the very identity of this person was unclear. Numerous people were alarmed to see him.

The newcomer looked at the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, coughed, and said, “Marquis…what do you need to repair the Heavenly Hunt Index?”

Marquis!

Some people were confused, but some had odd expressions upon hearing that. At the same time, numerous humans looked at Great Xia King.

Great Xia King said, “What are you looking at? That’s not my son. During the ancient past, the human king was both a position and a strength status. With all of us proclaiming ourselves kings, that fatty from my family decided to proclaim himself a marquis after reading some ancient records. He’s not a true marquis. In fact, none of us is a proper king.”

Nowadays, any human Invincible would proclaim themselves a king. In truth, that was not a title to be given lightly. Not everyone was qualified to be one. Even Marquis Xia had only proclaimed himself a marquis after reading about the ancient past.

The words of Great Xia King caused even more people to have odd expressions. They had nearly forgotten about this. But now, many recalled that Marquis Xia was the sole person using this title nowadays. And for some reason, he enjoyed quite a lot of popularity. That was why everyone would think of him the moment the title was mentioned.

Initially, the ancient experts did not pay much attention to the title used by the newcomer. But with this reminder, their expressions changed as well. Even the scholar in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion blanked out slightly before saying with a smile, “Marquis…you jest. The ancient past is no more. There is no need for you to address me this way. Just call me the pavilion master.”

He couldn’t bring himself to keep using this title.

After all, the only marquis everyone recognized nowadays was Great Xia King’s son. The scholar was a big shot from the ancient past. He was uninterested in talking about the ancient past.

One could say that he was the highest-ranked survivor from the ancient past.

A titled marquis.

Excluding the Human Emperor, only the human kings and Pseudo Emperors were ranked higher than him.

However, those were titles that would be formally conferred in the last. Meanwhile, some of the current Pseudo Emperors were merely self-proclaimed titles. In fact, even the old turtle was one such person. A true Pseudo Emperor was someone who had been conferred that title by the ancient Human Emperor. Anyone proclaiming themselves one before being conferred the title would be treated as a rebel.

Things had changed nowadays, with everyone calling themselves kings. The scholar couldn’t be bothered to say much about this. If they were to follow the standards of the ancient past, perhaps Great Qin King was the sole human qualified to receive such a title. It was also possible that even Great Qin King wouldn’t be good enough to be one.

The scholar did not say much about his title. He had a rough guess as to the identity of the newcomer. This was someone he hadn’t seen for many years. Thus, he was quite surprised to see that this person was still alive.

With a laugh, the scholar said, “It’s almost impossible to fully repair the Heavenly Hunt Index. However, contact with those inside the mansion might be possible if the missing parts of the index were returned.”

“Missing parts?”

The crowd muttered doubtfully. How could such a powerful index be incomplete?

The scholar added, “Yes, the current Heavenly Hunt Index is a shadow of its past. It is no longer capable of automatic aura collection. We have to do it manually. It is no longer as fair as it was.”

In the past, the Heavenly Hunt Index was capable of gathering auras automatically from the Myriad Realms. Yes. The Myriad Realms instead of only the Allheaven Battlefield. Anyone could enter the index.

The scholar continued, “The Heavenly Hunt Index is no longer complete. However, I know that there is a fragment of the index in the Allheaven Treasure House. If we can reunite the index with the fragment, we might be able to establish contact with those inside.”

Allheaven Treasure House!

The organization hosting the Dao Affirmation Ranking.

Numerous expressions changed upon hearing that.

It was rumored that the Allheaven Treasure House was backed by one of the major races, or perhaps all the major races. Nobody knew for real, but everyone knew that the Allheaven Treasure House wouldn’t have the courage to publish something like the Dao Affirmation Ranking without sufficient backing.

The Allheaven Treasure House had always maintained a low profile, but it was by no means cowardly. Very few people knew the location of its headquarters. One could say that it was even more mysterious than the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Nevertheless, it was still incomparable to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion in terms of strength.

An Invincible said, “If the fragment is really in the hands of the Allheaven Treasure House…perhaps this is feasible. Why don’t the people from the Allheaven Treasure House talk with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion about this? At the moment, we know nothing about what’s happening inside. We need information to prepare against whatever’s happening in there.”

“Some people of the Allheaven Treasure House have entered the mansion as well. Is the house master here?”

After a short moment, the sky rippled as a chubby middle-aged man stepped out of thin air and smiled, “Here I am!”

The expressions of even more people turned odd. Was it so easy to see this person? Speaking of, this was yet another unfamiliar face. Who was this? The house master? Which race was he from?

The scholar of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion looked at the chubby man and smiled, “So it’s you.”