Tribulation of Myriad Races

Great Xia was in chaos.

Seven experts from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion were discovered. Four of them perished, with two being Sunmoons.

Yuan Qingdong nearly died. Ji Hong was injured gravely.

Hu Dehao, who had been keeping a low profile, took action and personally killed the two middle-stage Sunmoons before injuring a faceless elder, displaying an incredible level of strength.

The old timers in Great Xia were revealing their strength one after another. It was as though there was no end to the surprises Great Xia could provide.

That day, Great Xia issued a kill order, targetting not the faceless elder but Profound Nine. Profound Nine had challenged Great Xia’s dignity. Thus, he could not be tolerated. Even Heavenly Hunt Pavilion itself was classified as an enemy organization at the level of Myriad Race Cult. Every member of this organization could be killed without trial.

And every human with an index copy in hand must declare it to the authorities. Anyone caught with an undeclared index copy would be punished severely. After returning to the capital, Administrator Hu issued a series of orders regarding the pavilion.

At the same time, a large number of experts started heading toward Great Xia. Some were the people called over by Yuan Qingdong and some were Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members. Something big was about to happen in Great Xia. They naturally had to be there when it happened.

Profound Nine and Yellow Nine had gone missing. Both had severed contact with the pavilion. According to Profound Nine’s final message to the pavilion, he suspected that there was a human in the pavilion. The human had betrayed them.

Yes. Su Yu, the actual spy, was shouting loudly that there was a spy. At the moment, he was hiding atop a random tree. His white robes had been replaced with green robes for better camouflage.

Inwardly, he was swearing up a storm.

Suddenly, his mask shook.

“Where are you?”

That was First Profound. Su Yu asked straightforwardly, “Why do you ask? Are you trying to track my location?”

“No. An enforcer elder has arrived. He is telling me to inform you that an investigation on whether we have a traitor is underway.”

With a complicated expression, First Profound continued, “You claimed that Yellow Nine might be the spy, right?”

“Yes. That fellow has been pretending to fight all along. He didn’t contribute much during the fight but somehow he was able to escape as a mere Mountainsea. He’s definitely a spy planted by the humans!”

“…”

First Profound was left speechless. If he wasn’t already aware of who Profound Nine was, he would have believed that as well. How was this guy saying all that so confidently? He was Su Yu! He was a human, and only a Cloudbreach! If even he could survive, why was he complaining about a Mountainsea surviving?

Su Yu continued, “In fact, I even suspect Yellow Nine’s direct superior, First Yellow. Elder First Profound, something is fishy about them, right?”

“…”

Right his ass!

First Profound didn’t even deign to give that question an answer. He asked, “What happened? The headquarters issued an order to capture Ji Hong alive with two hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid as the reward. This is a reward normally offered for late-stage Sunmoons. Ji Hong is only a second-stage Sunmoon.”

Su Yu wasn’t sure if Ji Hong was speaking the truth during the battle. Also, was Wan Tiansheng aware of this? Did Ji Hong really know something about the traitor? He wasn’t sure.

Ji Hong shouldn’t have mentioned that so easily. Then again, if he knew he was going to die for sure, it was logical that he would try to let Heavenly Hunt Pavilion know about it. Even if the pavilion would profit massively from it, the results of his investigation would still be revealed. Eventually, humanity would find out as well.

Thus, there were many reasons for Ji Hong to reveal the truth. It might not necessarily be due to his fear of death. It was also possible that he only said all that so that the secret would not die with him.

Su Yu was unsure. Was Wan Tiansheng aware of this? Initially, only Ji Hong was sent over. Was Old Wan not aware that Rainbow One would be present? That was not possible since Su Yu had informed Old Wan about it. In that case, Ji Hong’s appearance might also be a part of Wan Tiansheng’s arrangements.

“Wan Tiansheng might know something. This might be deliberate. He might be in contact with Ji Hong. Or maybe he had simply judged that Ji Hong would reveal the secret in such a situation.”

This was starting to feel confusing. Why did these geezers scheme so much? How annoying.

Also, there was also Administrator Hu. Su Yu decided to remember that administrator. That fellow had attacked without holding back and injured him heavily. If it wasn’t for his powerful physique, numerous trump cards, and ability to regrow his flesh, he might have died from that encounter with Administrator Hu.

At the time, Su Yu was already getting ready to reveal his identity since the alternative was getting beaten to death by Administrator Hu. Fortunately, an elder had arrived in time so he did not need to resort to that.

How lucky.

First Profound said, “The enforcer elder is ordering both you and Yellow Nine to report to him and tell him about the entire event in detail.”

“No thanks.”

“If you refuse, you will be declared a traitor.”

Su Yu rolled his eyes. After a long while, he replied, “I’m not going, but I can agree to talk about this in a voice channel. Also, I need you, the enforcer elder, Yellow Nine’s direct superior, and two other enforcers to all be in the room.”

“I’ll pass the message.”

“Sure.”

“…”

The conversation ended there.

Su Yu rubbed his chin. Things had gotten really dangerous this time. Old Wan was truly too unreliable. Fortunately, he was already aware that Old Wan was unreliable and had been on high alert. Otherwise, he would have died right after encountering Ji Hong.

Recalling that Yuan Qingdong was not dead, Su Yu thought of the blood he gathered. He intended to extract some blood essence from the blood he gathered and try to read some of Yuan Qingdong’s memories.

He wanted to read the memories etched deeply in Yuan Qingdong’s being. Did Yuan Qingdong know anything important? But since Yuan Qingdong was still alive, his blood might not be as effective in revealing his deepest secrets.

Next, Su Yu recalled his reputation as the ferocious Profound Nine. He had to uphold that reputation.

“I need to take my revenge for this incident.”

As a new idea emerged in Su Yu’s mind, he sent a message, “Little Fatty Xia, give me a list of names. I need to kill some people as revenge.”

“Are you Profound Nine or Yellow Nine?”

“Guess.”

“No thanks. I reckon you’re Profound Nine. Yellow Nine is not popular enough to be you.”

“Wow. You’re so smart.”

“No. You’re simply too good at climbing the ranks.”

Xia Huyou was left quite speechless. He had initially thought that Su Yu was simply a nobody in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. But it turned out that Su Yu was actually quite a big deal in the pavilion.

Even Yuan Qingdong had nearly died in his hands. Incredible.

“You can’t kill too many of them or they will start suspecting you.” Xia Huyou said, “So you’re trying to create the image of a crazy and petty man, right?”

“Yes. You’re so smart and talented. That’s exactly what I have in mind.”

Su Yu proceeded to praise Xia Huyou. That was indeed what he was planning to do.

This was the time for him to start killing like a lunatic to take revenge for his recent losses. He had to let everyone know that Profound Nine was a madman. He would madly attack Great Xia. At that time, would anyone still think that he was a traitor to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?

“Also, don’t keep killing those unimportant individuals. It won’t be convincing enough. Kill a few important individuals who are not too strong. Hmm…right, I have a good idea. Why don’t you kill my uncle…”

“Huh?”

“Xia Xinyi. Do you know him? Xia Chan’s father. You should have seen him before.”

“What? Are you crazy? I get that you people are fighting for the throne, but is there a need for this? Or are you saying that even someone like him has betrayed Great Xia?”

Su Yu was greatly shocked by this proposal. This guy was telling him to kill Xia Xiao’er’s son. Was this guy crazy? That was too cold.

“It’s fine. My uncle encountered some issues during his cultivation. I believe that the best choice for him is to destroy his body and cultivate from scratch. The issues are too serious to be worth fixing. This will be a good way for him to safely withdraw from the coming chaos. Just destroy his body and leave a tiny bit of his sea of willpower behind. Don’t kill him for real. That feat alone will be enough to shake the entire Human Realm. That way, everyone will truly understand how crazy you are.”

“Won’t Great Xia go crazy and start hunting me down after that?”

“Of course. But you’re not worried about this, right? This is what you want, right? You want to be seen as a madman so this is your best option. My uncle has always maintained a low profile. Even Xia Yuwen is more well-known than him. He has always been quite secretive with his schedule. After blasting his body apart, my second granduncle will return. He will have the excuse to flip out and pull some experts back without arousing suspicion. Without a proper excuse, pulling those experts back will only make it clear that we’re planning something.”

“Wait. So Great Xia has more experts to spare?”

“What do you think? We still have two Sunmoons at Allheaven Prefecture. One of them is a late-stage Sunmoon. We also have more Sunmoons in the Devil Subduing Army. The chief commander of the Devil Subduing Army is also a late-stage Sunmoon. There are five minor realms under Great Xia’s rule. We have twelve Sunmoons standing guard inside those realms. Five of them are late-stage Sunmoons.”

Su Yu swallowed.

Holy shit!

Was that real?

He was not aware of all that.

Was Great Xia actually that powerful?

Recently, he had slowly come to believe that Great Xia was actually weaker than even Great Ming.

“Does Great Ming have so many hidden experts as well?”

“Not really. They have some, but most of their main experts love staying home. The three minor realms they conquered are being left to run autonomously. They don’t even bother to station a late-stage Sunmoon there. Great Xia is different. Almost all the minor realms under our control are being watched over by a late-stage Sunmoon.”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu.

He said, “So you mean I should blast your uncle apart to give Marquis Xia the excuse to summon those experts back?”

“Yes. That’s his only son. Such a reaction is completely reasonable. We can’t call those experts back without a proper excuse as that will look too suspicious.”

“This better not be a lie, Fatty. If you’re trying to use me as a tool in your scramble for power before unleashing your Xia Family after me!”

Su Yu was doubting this plan. Could he really do this? Would things really be fine after blasting Xia Xinyi apart? He had to blast Xia Xinyi’s body apart and leave only a tiny bit of sea of willpower behind. Any mistake would result in death.

“Shut up! Don’t worry. Trust me!”