Tribulation of Myriad Races

Seventh level.

A certain lotus was budding in the void. The first petal was on the verge of blooming. At the same time, the experts on the seventh level were checking their index copies. The Heaven Department head was frowning with a Heavenly Hunt Directory in hand.

He Tu.

He knew who He Tu was. Or to be precise, he had met He Tu before during the first epoch. At the time, the department head was still a nobody while He Tu was already influential across the Myriad Realms.

“He Tu is here…”

The department head looked at the nine-leaf skylotus in the void and sighed. He only wanted to harvest the nine-leaf skylotus and achieve Daofuse peacefully. But…trouble was knocking. Sure enough, Daofuse wouldn’t be so easy to achieve.

Even without He Tu around, there was no guarantee that he would succeed. He might be the strongest person in the mansion, but so what? Would that guarantee him victory? If strength were so absolute, luck would be pointless. Reality itself was proving that. A massive trouble was coming.

With the arrival of trouble, chaos would arrive. Numerous variables would come into play.

He Tu was not the sole issue here. The seventh level had its own death tunnel. They had been avoiding the tunnel so far, but it was only a matter of time before the tunnel started creating trouble for them as well. Why? Because of the nine-leaf skylotus.

The nine-leaf skylotus was blooming above the tunnel. It was the treasure being used to suppress the tunnel. The moment it was harvested, a large number of death spirits would emerge.

“How annoying.” The department head sighed. NovelFire

Just then, someone exclaimed, “He Tu? The death spirits are invading from the lower levels?”

Those on the seventh level were surprised. Only now did they find out what was happening on the lower levels.

***

Somewhere on the seventh level.

Several humans were meeting up. NovelFire

Qin Zhen cursed and asked, “Fuck! Why did they come after me repeatedly? Am I so weak? Am I so easy to bully?”

How weird. He had been on the level for four days. Up until now, he had fought eight battles with eight different Invincibles. He was wounded all over.

Seeing that everyone was ignoring him, he helplessly said, “Xia Longwu, did you see the message? Something is happening down there. What now?”

The Invincibles were silent.

After some time, Xia Longwu looked at Zhu Tianfang and asked, “What do you think, Brother Zhu?”

Before Zhu Tianfang could say anything, Qin Zhen berated, “What is this? That’s your uncle. I’m your uncle as well. Mind how you’re addressing us! We’re a generation above you!”

“…”

Nobody said anything. Strictly speaking, Xia Longwu was indeed a generation behind them. Even Zhou Polong was a nephew of Great Zhou King. Meanwhile, Xia Longwu was Great Xia King’s grandson.

The rest of them were only a generation behind the Invincibles.

Xia Longwu continued without a change in expression, “Brother Zhu, should we go down?”

Qin Zhen sighed helplessly. Inwardly, he was cursing at the youngster for being so rude. Then again, Xia Longwu was probably the strongest among all the new human Invincibles. At that thought, Qin Zhen decided to forgive Xia Longwu’s rudeness.

Among them, Zhu Tianfang was the strongest. He had participated in battles between Invincibles as early as a hundred years ago. After a short silence, he said, “Even if we do go down, we won’t be He Tu’s match. I know him. Back then, he was only a step away from Daofuse. Even dead, he should be no weaker than a seventh-degree Eternal after absorbing death qi for so many years. It won’t be an issue for us to handle him together. But none of us can contend against him alone.”

Seventh-degree Eternal. Someone like that could be considered a super expert even among Invincibles. To put things into perspective, someone who had affirmed their dao in a random minor realm could be considered a first-degree Eternal. Those who had affirmed their dao in their own realm could be considered a second-degree Eternal. Those achieving dao affirmation in the Allheaven Battlefield would reach the third degree right after their advancement.

As for Zhu Tianfang, he was slightly weaker than the current Xia Longwu after his initial advancement. But over a hundred years had passed. He was now a middle-degree Eternal. Among the human Eternals, he was someone in the middle of the pack.

Meanwhile, He Tu was as strong as Dao King and the white-haired divine king. That was the same level of strength as Great Han King. Such an existence was no pushover. Back when Great Han King fought several Invincibles alone, some of his opponents were middle-degree Invincibles. It hadn’t been easy for them to face Great Han King.

Among the human Invincibles, Great Qin King was a ninth-degree Eternal. Great Zhou King and Great Xia King was publicly known as eighth-degree Eternals. Great Ming King, Great Han King, Great Tang King, and Great Shang King were publicly known as seventh-degree Eternals. The strength of the rest varied between the middle to the early degrees.

For example, the Silk Destroying King was a middle-degree Eternal. He was publicly known as a fifth-degree Eternal, but nobody would know his exact strength before he fought with his full strength.

Qin Zhen asked, “Are we ignoring the lower levels? A lot of little fellows are down there.”

With a frown, Qin Zhen continued, “Those little fellows might not be able to reach the seventh level. They have to face the heart fire on the fifth level and the nine bends and eighteen trials of the sixth level. The difficulty of reaching the seventh level is too high. Won’t they all die if they stay down there?”

Zhu Tianfang nodded, “Thus, we can only trust the Sunmoons to escort them up. Many Sunmoons have entered the mansion as well. Old Hu of Great Xia, Qin Hao of Great Qin, Old Hou of Great Ming…and the Sunmoons of the other prefectures. Many of them are on the sixth level…”

After a slight pause, Zhu Tianfang continued, “Neglect the difficulty of descending. If we do descend together, it won’t be easy for us to return. Do you think those people will leave the entrance unguarded upon our departure? They will definitely wait there to make a move when we return.”

Zhou Polong said, “We can’t go. If we go, we will be forced to fight He Tu by ourselves. Things could get very troublesome.”

Going down was not a good idea. Those outside might be telling them to cease all infighting, but that was nonsense. They might find themselves blocked from returning after going down.

“For now, we have to wait at the entrance to prevent our fellow humans from falling into their ambush upon arriving. That is the only correct option for us.”

With four human Invincibles around, the other Invincibles would have to think twice before trying anything.

Qin Zhen sighed and said, “Fine. We’ll do that.”

That was their sole option. Zhu Guangshen was down there. Xia Huyou was down there. A few juniors of the Zhou Family were down there as well. If even those from these families were suggesting that they remain, what else could he say?

But they were right. It would be unwise to leave. And thus, they reached a decision.

***

At the same time, the people on the fifth and sixth levels were starting to gather up with those from their own races to start the climb to the seventh level. They had all given up on all the treasures in the mansion.

Things had gotten way too dangerous for them to continue their search.

Invincible death spirits were coming.

Fifth level.

Like the others, Topsoil Spirit had gathered with the experts from his race. He was quite surprised to learn that the death spirits were the culprits instead of Su Yu.

“This…can’t be true, right?”

Topsoil Spirit muttered to himself doubtfully. Was the killer he saw really a death spirit? It didn’t seem so. How could a death spirit be so devious? He had seen with his own eyes how the killer had killed all those people through sneak attacks. Since when did death spirits learn to do so?

But he could also hear the words of those who had escaped the fourth level alive. Death spirits were definitely involved.

“Su Yu can transform himself into a death spirit, right?”

Topsoil Spirit was unsure, but he seemed to remember that being the case. Could this whole thing…be yet another scheme of Su Yu? That was possible.

He couldn’t resist feeling suspicious as the humans had suffered far lighter casualties in comparison. Furthermore, what he saw with his own eyes was different from the stories he was hearing.

Then again, he couldn’t be bothered to expose anything. What if his exposure provoked Su Yu enough to make him a priority target? Wouldn’t that be bad?

When Topsoil Spirit looked around, he noted that a large number of people had gathered here. The likes of Mo Duona were nowhere to be seen. Perhaps those lunatics had reached the sixth or even the seventh level.

But he did see some other Heaven Index geniuses around. Before long, his gaze settled on a group of humans. His eyes flickered when he saw that among them were several humans with unique identities.