Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Intestines…Heaven Connecting Acupoint…”

Su Yu smiled. Was the Heaven Connecting Acupoint serving as the entrance to the seventh level as well? That might not necessarily be the case. The Heaven Connecting Acupoint was located at the end of the intestines. It was still quite far away. Thus, there was a possibility that it was on the seventh level. Then again, this no longer mattered.

Su Yu did not care about that acupoint anymore. He had learned the cultivation method. If given enough time, he wouldn’t mind searching out all these acupoints and strengthening them one by one. That would further stabilize his acupoints. Unfortunately, He Tu was in the mansion. Su Yu simply didn’t have the time to explore.

“For now, I’m as strong as a sixth-stage Sunmoon even without the yang acupoint.”

The yang acupoint wasn’t something to be opened lightly. Without the old turtle around to seal it for him, he would need to bear the load all by himself. Thus, that would remain his last resort.

Then again, he was already strong enough right now even without the yang acupoint. With the strength, vibrate, and break characters, he could probably contend against even seventh-stage Sunmoons. And that was discounting the option of consuming blood essence for more strength.

“When my body reaches the strength of ten million acupoints, I can start trying to consume Invincible blood essence.”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered as he sank into thought. It was time for him to start gathering Invincible blood essence. With over ten million acupoints in strength, he could perhaps comprehend something new, like the power of time upon consuming Invincible blood essence.

“Nine-leaf skylotus!”

Su Yu looked in a certain direction. He couldn’t afford to waste his time searching for more treasures here. He had to go to the seventh level.

He should take this opportunity to join the main crowd and enter the seventh level undetected. Otherwise, a single Invincible on the other side of the entrance would be enough to stop him.

His body trembled slightly as he shook off the corrosive qi sticking to him. Looking down at the numerous valleys and mountains, he decided that there wasn’t much for him to gain here.

For those below the Sunmoon Realm, the sixth level was extremely dangerous, even with dao protectors. But the sixth level was nothing for Su Yu. He reckoned that many people in the mansion were feeling terrible right now. They hadn’t even gotten the chance to gain much from the mansion before they were forced to flee to the sixth level. Furthermore, they had to continue their climb and enter the seventh level. That must feel terrible.

“For me, this is nothing.”

Su Yu smiled as he started wondering about the next identity he should take. Langtu’s identity was no longer sufficient. This was not a race with an Invincible on the seventh level. There was a high risk that he would end up targeted by the Invincibles up there the moment he arrived as Langtu.

“I need the identity of someone from a major race.”

Which identity would be the most fitting for him? He needed someone with sufficient status and strength. It was pointless to disguise himself as a weakling as a weakling had no place up there.

“A loner from a major race…”

A certain person emerged in Su Yu’s mind. A third-stage Sunmoon he had killed on the first level. Nobody in the mansion knew that the Sunmoon was dead. Since the Sunmoon had been killed by Su Yu right after entering the mansion, nobody knew that the Sunmoon had been transported to the first level.

That was a subordinate of Dao King. That might even be a convenient identity for him to approach and kill Dao Cheng. He was starting to get a bad feeling from Dao Cheng. It was extremely dangerous to allow a genius to live for long.

Sure, the death of each Sunmoon would generate a phenomenon. However, nobody knew that the immortal Sunmoon had died. No, Yellow Nine might be aware of that. She might have seen the immortal Sunmoon’s real appearance before the immortal was killed by Su Yu.

But soon, Su Yu stopped worrying about that. With the little furball in her head, she wouldn’t be a threat. He took his Mark of Civilization out and flipped to the immortal page. After consuming so many immortals, the page had grown considerably stronger.

“Immortal…third-stage Sunmoon…”

Certain records were written on the page, and at the end of one of the sentences, a small portrait was visible. When Su Yu focused, he noted that it was the portrait of the immortal Sunmoon.

Some of the people absorbed into the book would leave such imprints behind. For example, he had three imprints of seventh-stage Cloudbreach immortals on the page.

Suns and moons spun in Su Yu’s eyes as he sank his consciousness into the portrait. The Mark of Civilization was capable of witnessing the past. Perhaps it was also capable of witnessing the future. However, that was still not possible for now.

Before taking the identity of someone else, it would naturally be better to learn as much as possible about that person.

Learning about his past, learning about his habits, and learning about his cultivation methods.

All for the sake of perfecting the disguise.

***

Su Yu felt like he was in a dream.

He dreamed of the immortal’s past. The immortal was known as Ling Heng, a third-stage Sunmoon.

He lived under Dao King’s rule. More importantly, he was a disciple of Ming He, who was a disciple of Dao King.

Fairy Ming He.

Su Yu naturally knew who that fairy was. That fairy was the reason Dao Cheng had entered the Heaven Index. That fairy was also the reason Dao Cheng had become his sworn enemy. Back then, Su Yu had seriously injured her before trapping her in Heavendoom City. Ultimately, she forced Dao Cheng to kill her with his own hands.

She had allowed Dao Cheng to experience the greatest despair one could experience. She had used her very life to teach her student that a single carelessness might result in the utmost suffering, such as the loss of one’s lover and teacher.

That incident had changed Dao Cheng forever.

Su Yu was quite surprised to learn that his victim, Ling Heng, was also a disciple of Ming He. In that case, Ling Heng was Dao Cheng’s senior brother.

“Interesting.” Su Yu smiled, “Those on the outside know that Ling Heng is dead. Dao King is aware as well. Dao Cheng has an index copy as well, but it’s a pity for him that no personal messages are being sent from the outside.”

In such a situation, Dao Cheng would not be informed of Ling Heng’s death. It would simply be a waste of opportunity. They had far more important messages to send. For the most part, when a Sunmoon died alone, only their family might find out due to their blood resonance.

Not even teachers or friends would have a way to sense one’s death. For example, Dao Cheng had only learned of Gu Zhu’s death through Gu Zhu’s hair. And a Sunmoon would not allow their hair or blood to be collected so easily.

Thus, Su Yu was confident nobody inside the mansion knew of Ling Heng’s death unless Ling Heng had a blood family in here.

“From his memories, there are no such people in the mansion. He had a lot of descendants, but none were qualified to enter.”

After going through Ling Heng’s past, Su Yu transformed into Ling Heng. He looked exactly the same as the original Ling Heng. As his characters worked together, his hair grew to his shoulders. Then, his hair started floating alongside the ethereal qi swirling around his body.

“I need to find a good excuse for his disappearance. Ling Heng is strong enough to be transported directly to the fifth or sixth level. I’ll just claim that I was busy treasure seeking.”

That would be a perfect explanation. It wasn’t weird for one to go missing for days at a time while looking for treasures.

“Treasure…”

Su Yu looked around. Where could he find a suitable treasure on this level? He needed to find a treasure near the entrance to the seventh level. That way, he could easily attract the attention of the people there.

“I can probably find some treasures at the Spirit Palace acupoint.”

Su Yu grinned. Yes. Old Zhou’s belly button must be a land of treasures as well. He should pay that place a visit. It was likely that the entrance to the seventh level was there as well. If not, he could always create some disturbance himself and pretend he had just emerged from treasure seeking. That would be the perfect alibi.

***

Once again, Su Yu searched the level from the air while resisting the corrosive qi. Before long, he landed in a massive basin.

The sixth level was filled with mountains. Thus, this basin was rather conspicuous. The Spirit Palace acupoint should probably be somewhere in the air instead of underground.

Sure enough, he found a dark barrier somewhere in the basin. That should be the belly, right?

In any case, this should be the belly button. However, he was unsure if he could find any treasures in it. Then again, it didn’t matter. He could always take out his own treasure and pretend that it was found here. He only needed a treasure that could logically appear here.

***

While Su Yu was changing his identity.

Entrance to the sixth level.

It was located in a massive depression on the ground.

The experts of various races were arriving one after another. Not everyone was here as some were still busy looking for their people who were lost amid the maze-like landscape of the sixth level.

Looking at a divine Sunmoon who had just rejoined the group, Zhan Wushuang said, “Master Lang, what happened?”

The entire level was shrouded in a layer of corrosive qi. Not even experts like them could see too far away. Those who had departed to investigate the disturbance were high-stage Sunmoons with sharper senses.

The divine Sunmoon replied with a frown, “Fuhu and the others are gone. Fuhu is probably still alive, but I’m not sure about the rest. They might be dead since there are traces of heavenly rewards there. The killer was probably a genius. Fuhu might be on pursuit…”

That was the only conclusion they could reach. A genius had killed several Mountainseas before receiving heavenly rewards for the kills. As for Fuhu, he had left to pursue the killer.

“Which genius is missing?”

Someone else answered, “Many. But a lot of them are probably dead.”

What a stupid question. So many geniuses had died. Who would know the answer to that question? Over a thousand people had gathered near the entrance. However, this was not all the people on the sixth level.

Apart from the few hundred people on the seventh level, almost all the survivors were already on the sixth level. The sixth level was also a level filled with geniuses.

Mo Duona, Zhan Wushuang, Xuan Wuji, Ming Yue, Dao Cheng…

All these people were on the sixth level.

Not far away, the human race had taken over a small stretch of land. A large number of human experts were gathered there.

Administrator Hu was among them. Director Hou of Great Ming was there. Liu Wenyan and Hong Tan were there as well. Their auras looked much stronger than before. Clearly, they had all benefited from exploring the mansion.

There were about three hundred humans present. That was almost the same as the number of immortals present. As for the divines and devils, they had a smaller number of survivors after their disastrous losses on the fifth level. Combined, they only had about five hundred people. In total, about 1,100 survivors from the four major races had gathered here.

As for those from the dragon race, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, and the ancient races, they numbered around three hundred. In short, there were about 1,400 people here. The rest were either dead or on the seventh level.

The small number of survivors who were still spread all over the sixth level would arrive soon.