Tribulation of Myriad Races

The divine king looked at the rooms around them and said, “I have a heaven weapon with me. I can take some people inside it. All of you can enter it later. I won’t be able to spare any attention to this safe house once the battle starts. Yu Sheng will be in charge of maintaining the stability of the heaven weapon. Wushuang, you will be in charge of keeping an eye on everyone. The moment someone does something suspicious, kill.” “As long as I’m not facing the humans or the death spirits, Yu Sheng may notify me about any emergency. If something bad happens while I’m occupied, escort Wushuang out of the weapon. I will leave an exit for you. The rest will perish alongside the heaven weapon.”

Zhan Wushuang’s expression changed upon hearing that. Yu Sheng asked with an alarmed expression, “Lord, these are fellow divines…”

The divine king said, “This is my way of showing them mercy. Otherwise, I would have killed everyone apart from the two of you right now. If he’s really among them, this will be a worthy sacrifice to pay for his life.”

Su Yu was worth the lives of numerous geniuses and experts. But the divine king wasn’t cruel enough toward his fellow divines. That was why he had kept them all alive before knowing whether Su Yu was among them. If he could confirm that Su Yu was really among them, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill them all.

Unfortunately, everything was still uncertain.

Nobody knew where Su Yu was.

Yu Sheng’s expression changed again. Finally, he sighed. He could only hope that Su Yu wasn’t among them. The divine king had decided to sacrifice everyone just to kill Su Yu if he was really among them.

What a terrifying decision.

Hundreds of lives for his life.

Yu Sheng wasn’t able to hold his silence for long. He said, “Perhaps we can wait a few years for him to die naturally.”

“…”

The divine king coldly said, “What an idiotic dream. If you still believe that he’s going to die for sure, I can only say that you’re too naive. You believe that dao affirmation is difficult because you are too simple-minded.”

Su Yu? Dying naturally to death qi? What nonsense. Even now, the divine king had a feeling that Su Yu could perhaps outlive all of them even with all the death qi in his body. The ironclad law that all mayors would die might not be applicable to Su Yu.

With the discussion over, the divine king removed the barrier and said, “Come out.”

Before long, all the divines returned to the courtyard. The divine king scanned them all one more time with a bright radiance in his eyes. However, he did not attempt to make a deeper inspection on them lest he alert Su Yu of his intentions.

“Massive changes will occur on the seventh level soon. We might not have the time to protect all of you. If you’re willing, you may enter my Illusory Heaven Mirror and take shelter in there.”

“Illusory Heaven Mirror?”

Some were confused upon hearing that, but some were aware that this was the weapon of this divine king. It was not offensive in nature. Rather, it was meant for support. Not all heaven weapons came with spatial pockets.

And not all heaven weapons with spatial pockets could store living beings inside. Only a small number of them could do so. The Heart Cultivating Pavilion was one such weapon. Even the Heart Cultivating Pavilion, which was essentially Old Wan’s sword, could do so as well. Clearly, this divine king was here to take them all away.

Like the others, Su Yu maintained an indifferent expression. This did not matter to him.

However, some experts still hesitated. One of them asked, “Lord, won’t it be safer for us to remain here?”

He was not questioning the divine king’s decision. Rather, he was worried. Why? Because of someone by the name of Zhu Tianfang. He had used the same trick to kill a bunch of people. He had kindly offered to take those people away in his weapon. In the end, he used the weapon and all the people inside as a bomb. Everyone inside was killed.

It hadn’t even been that long since that incident. Thus, a lot of people were still wary of entering the weapons of others. The suppression of a divine king and the explosion of a heaven weapon was enough to kill even Pseudo Invincibles.

Entering the weapon was the same as placing their life fully under the control of the divine king. They would lose all agency over their own lives.

The divine king indifferently said, “You may enter if you wish. You may also stay here if you wish. Just watch over yourself and refrain from running around.”

But those words did not eliminate the hesitation of those who were already wary. The divine king tossed a mirror out. A large gate appeared on the surface of the mirror. Beyond the gate, a paradise with elegant pavilions and gardens could be seen.

“Enter now if you wish to come. If not, stay here.”

The divine king sounded completely indifferent. Su Yu started wondering if he should enter. What if the divine king learned from Zhu Tianfang and used the mirror as a bomb? Should he stay behind?

The moment that thought surfaced in his mind, his tribulation character pulsed slightly. He was alarmed. Was staying behind dangerous?

Beside him, Old Hao sent a voice transmission with hesitation, “Yun Hao, do we enter?”

Su Yu stuck to Yun Hao’s personality and spoke directly, “Of course we’ll go. It’s fine for Sunmoons to stay outside. As mere Mountainseas, why are we staying out here? Are you trying to die?”

Then, he followed the crowd entering the mirror without any hesitation. Behind him, Old Hao hurriedly followed as well. That was a sound argument. Sunmoons were strong enough to try surviving alone. But Mountainseas should stop dreaming about surviving alone.

Before long, nearly 180 divines had entered the mirror. About 20 were left outside. After some hesitation, they decided to stay behind. There were geniuses and experts among them.

Zhan Wushuang looked at the ones staying behind and hesitated slightly before saying, “It’s dangerous out here. It is advisable for you to come inside as well. The safe house isn’t that safe.”

“It’s fine. We will protect ourselves.”

That was the answer of a young genius. He sounded proud when he said those words. There was no need for that. He did not enjoy relying on others. He would rather rely on himself.

Zhan Wushuang sighed before entering the mirror with Yu Sheng. Then, the gate swung shut.

The divine king glanced at the ones left outside, shut his eyes, and sighed before saying, “Perhaps I’m wrong. However, I would rather kill the wrong people than spare the wrong person. Don’t blame me. I gave you a way out.”

Boom!

With a single palm attack, almost everyone blew apart before they could react. The Sunmoons were able to resist slightly while roaring with fear, “Frost Divine King, what are you doing?”

Boom!

That was all. Moments later, all the Sunmoons were frozen solid before shattering apart.

None of them was spared.

Any of these people might be Su Yu in disguise. Even if that wasn’t the case, this would ensure that he had all the divine survivors with him. Su Yu would no longer be able to disguise himself as a divine.

With this move, Su Yu would either be dead, be inside his mirror, or be disguised as someone else. After this, he could treat any non-Invincible divine outside his weapon as Su Yu. This was the safest path.

After checking the safe house one last time, the Frost Divine King froze the entire safe house over and left.

***

Those inside the Illusory Heaven Mirror could not see what was happening outside.

Thus, they were unaware of what the Frost Divine King had done. Su Yu was left wondering about the danger he might encounter staying out there. Was he going to die without coming in here?

“How are the ones left outside doing?”

The space inside the Illusory Heaven Mirror wasn’t too big. However, the environment was excellent with thick source qi and numerous elegant buildings. It was more than enough to carry hundreds of people for an extended period of time. The only bad thing about it was the total loss of connection with the world outside.

Suddenly, the sky above them blurred and started showing them the situation outside.

Frost Divine King’s voice rang out, “A closed space might easily cause panic. This is the view of the world outside. Nothing will happen. When things get dangerous, Yu Sheng will arrange your departure to somewhere safe. Don’t run around inside the mirror. Don’t fight inside the mirror. That might cause instability within the mirror.”

After a slight pause, Frost Divine King continued, “Don’t worry about the others. They must have their own trump cards to rely on since they have decided to stay behind. Danger and opportunity come hand in hand. Perhaps this is an opportunity for them.”

Su Yu did not suspect much, but that changed when he saw the helpless eyes of Zhan Wushuang. He blanked out slightly as understanding dawned on him.

Helplessness?

Pain?

Danger outside?

A certain possibility dawned on Su Yu. He was alarmed. Those outside…might have died. And the divine king was the killer.

“Why? Killing those outside and keeping all divines under his control. Is he worried about spies? Why is he so decisive? Is he targeting Lan Tian?”

Su Yu rejected that answer. Lan Tian had countless clones. What was the point of killing one or two of his clones?

“Am I…the target?”

Su Yu’s heart thumped. Was that the case? Were the divines aware that he was here? How did they find out?

“Could it be that…the incident with Mo Duona has still caused everyone to suspect me?”

He had been keeping a low profile because of Mo Duona. A lot of people found it hard to believe that Mo Duona would sully his hands with the blood of weaklings.

Meanwhile, Lan Tian was unwilling to take the blame. He had been wailing day and night about how he was wronged while killing people randomly. At this point, everyone was starting to believe that he was wronged.

Since it wasn’t Lan Tian, could it really be Mo Duona? Thus, it became perfectly logical to assume that Su Yu had entered the mansion. Su Yu was furious. Why? Why did everyone trust Mo Duona so much? Why couldn’t Mo Duona be a bloodthirsty madman as well? Why were they looking down on Mo Duona? Why must Su Yu be the only person capable of doing that?

“Sigh.”

It became clearer and clearer that some people were starting to suspect that he was in the mansion. They were simply unsure about the identity he was using. Perhaps each race was doing something similar to remove all suspects.

“Illusory Heaven Mirror…”

This was a good idea. It wouldn’t be easy for Su Yu to escape after entering the Illusory Heaven Mirror. A heaven weapon couldn’t be destroyed so easily. If it were so simple, Su Yu would have forged a heaven weapon into his Mark of Civilization long ago.

A heaven weapon was as durable as a carrier treasure. Only Invincibles could damage something like that. Su Yu did not have the combat power of an Invincible. He was not capable of that.

“However, there are ways to exit a heaven weapon…”