Tribulation of Myriad Races

If even Marquis Xia was so shocked, one could only imagine the sheer shock all the other people were feeling.

There was really a ruin here! They saw the Culture Tomb! They saw multiple carrier treasures that had fallen from the bodies of those ancient humans when they vanished! They even saw a dying heavenly source fruit tree! They saw everything!

This was a real ruin! And this ruin could very well be something left behind by more than one Invincible.

Nobody doubted it anymore. Someone muttered in shock, “One of the eye abilities accidentally triggered the River of Time, creating a collision between the River of Time and the pocket space. We’re looking at a sight from countless years ago.”

“Yes. Countless years ago, there was a small city here…right on top of the current Nanyuan. Then, it entered a spatial pocket and became an ancient ruin.”

“Culture Manor.”

“This is the legacy of an incomparably powerful cultural researcher or even a group of cultural researchers.”

That was the conclusion these experts reached after what they saw. The ruin must have collided against the River of Time and triggered this phenomenon. What they saw as a sight from countless years ago, not the present.

This also proved that there was indeed a ruin there.

A different person mumbled, “This is real. Unless someone has tampered with the River of Time, we’re looking at the past of this place.”

“Tampering with the River of Time? Are you kidding? Are you trying to argue on Xia Family’s behalf that this is a fake ruin?”

Someone sneered.

Marquis Xia’s expression changed repeatedly as he hurriedly explained, “Fake! Everything you see is fake! That was created by my father in his boredom when he was staying here back then! It’s not real!”

It was fake.

He desperately tried to convince everyone that this was fake.

Someone sneered and said, “How generous of Great Xia King to create a fake ruin with the Culture Tomb and carrier treasures in it. He is truly the most generous person in history.”

How ridiculous. Fake? Was Xia XIao’er taking everyone for a fool? Why was he still trying to lie?

It was fair that the Xia Family wanted to monopolize the ruin, but they should really consider their strength first.

Marquis Xia raised his voice in anger, “Even if it’s real, it belongs to the Xia Family! You can try to snatch it from us! “I told you! It’s fake! My father created it back then as a legacy for our future generations. Yes! This is a trial left by my father for our juniors! Huyou…yes, guards, get Huyou here! This is a legacy his great-grandpa left him! This is no ruin!”

“…”

The surrounding experts merely sneered at his words.

Xia Xiao’er had gone mad from greed. What a ridiculous excuse. He was treating everyone as fools. After gathering so many treasures, Great Xia King had created a ruin as an inheritance for his juniors instead of directly giving these treasures to them? What nonsense.

Some of them were on the verge of cursing loudly. Xia Xiao’er was insulting them by trying to fool them with such a lie! They had all witnessed the projection of the ruin with their own eyes. They knew what they saw!

What a thick face!

Everyone was convinced that the ruin was real.

This included the experts who had been observing in secret and even some Pseudo Invincibles. Hiding in the space between space, the third elder was observing with a group of elders.

Finally, the third elder nodded, “It’s real. Profound Nine was right. The time imprint of this place was triggered accidentally earlier. That was a projection from countless years ago. This projection was all that was left after all the ancient experts met their end. The ruin…is nearby.”

A different elder questioned, “Third Elder, is it possible that someone has tampered with the River of Time?”

The third elder laughed, “Someone capable of doing that would be terrifyingly strong. Are you talking about Great Xia King? You think he made this ruin and placed so many treasures inside, including the fabled Culture Tomb, just as bait and buy some breathing space for Xia Longwu’s dao affirmation?”

“That’s not entirely impossible.”

A different elder said, “The possibility is low, but not zero.”

“You’re right. But is this even worth it? Just to slightly reduce the number of Invincibles that might appear during Xia Longwu’s dao affirmation? In the end, Xia Longwu will complete his dao affirmation while the entire Great Xia will be reduced to ruins? Is Great Xia King going to abandon even his own son? Everything they have is here in Great Xia. This isn’t something they can just abandon. Even if Great Xia King is crazy enough to do that, Xia Longwu won’t agree.”

What a joke.

Sacrificing the entire Xia Family and the high-end combatants of Great Xia just for Xia Longwu’s dao affirmation. Even if Great Xia King was crazy enough for that, Xia Longwu wouldn’t agree to it.

Many elders nodded in agreement.

An elder said, “Third Elder, we have now confirmed the existence of the ruin. We also know that it will emerge soon. I believe the competition for this ruin will be very intense. There are more experts in hiding. Not even us are aware of their actual numbers…”

“Profound Nine will handle this well.”

“Profound Nine?” An elder hesitated and said, “Can he really do it?”

The third elder laughed, “Yes. Profound Nine is courageous, decisive, and capable. He is a tad bit too brazen, but as a whole, he’s very dependable.”

The third elder continued, “Don’t worry. Even if he fails, we will only lose him, First Profound, and some white masks. This isn’t a big loss for us.”

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s forces in the Human Realm were split into two. Profound Nine’s group was the weaker group. The actual elites were all in this group.

Of the twelve elders who had entered the Human Realm, one had died while one had betrayed them. Ten survived, and nine were here, excluding First Profound. Including the third elder, they had ten late-stage Sunmoons in the group. And among them, the third elder was a Pseudo Invincible. This force was stronger than even what the Xia Family could gather currently.

The other elders nodded. One of them laughed and said, “We’ll let Profound Nine do this thing. He can serve to attract more attention, making everyone believe that he’s our leader here. With that, nobody will notice us.”

This wasn’t a bad thing. Profound Nine could charge ahead of them. And his group wasn’t even that weak. After all, the eighth elder and First Profound were there. They also had a bunch of Sunmoon white masks. That was actually a group of respectable strength.

“Third Elder, what’s our goal?”

“The Culture Tomb…and the carrier treasures. But it’s fine if we fail to get the carrier treasures. We’ll prioritize the Culture Tomb.”

The Culture Tomb was their main target.

Without the Culture Tomb here, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion wouldn’t have invested so much of their strength here. They had also switched their position from a neutral party to a participant. It was very rare for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to take part in such events, but this time, they had decided to participate as well.

Even if the price of participation was high, they couldn’t give up on this.

“Profound Nine should have kept this information secret. Most people will give up after failing to find the ruin after an extended period of time.”

“That won’t work. Due to Su Yu, everyone is sure there’s a ruin in Nanyuan. Do you think everyone will take our words at face value? In the end, Su Yu could only blame fate for not smiling enough at him. He was only able to inherit a small part of the opportunities available in this ruin. All this could have been his.”

“True. But that guy…is doing quite well in the ancient city as well. He might not be able to live too long, but he’s living as good as someone who has inherited a ruin.”

They laughed at that. Su Yu was quite an overbearing person.

His overbearingness in Grandstar City was unrivaled.

Just a few days ago, he had thrown a punch at the nine realm experts from afar, forbidding them from recreating the island. He claimed that the place was now his territory. If they dared to continue with their work, he would invite the stone statue to teach them a lesson.

How domineering.

Those from the nine realms sure were pitiful. Why must their realm entrances be near Su Yu’s territory? Since they couldn’t move their realm entrances, they could only hide sullenly within their respective realms.

At the mention of Su Yu’s antics, the elders laughed in amusement.

So be it. That was not someone they wanted to provoke. That was simply too tricky an opponent to have.

As for Profound Nine, they actually placed a lot of importance on him. What a pity that he was a resident of Grandstar City. That wouldn’t be easy to deal with. Apart from severing his death qi connection, they also had to kill the death spirit who had converted him if they wanted to help him break free.

But the death spirit would remain in the city. Profound Nine could only place his hope on First Profound as none of the other elders were willing to risk themselves for him. What could they do if Grandstar had gained such an unreasonable master?

In the past, buying his favor with money was still possible. But that fellow seemed to have gotten so rich that he no longer cared about money. That was what the nine realms tried. They tried offering money for peace, but Su Yu merely answered with a second punch. How pitiful.

***

Su Yu was ignoring the chaos in Nanyuan. He did sense what happened, but he ignored it.

He was busy waiting for Sect Master Goldwing. The ruin had yet to even emerge. What was the rush?

He did accidentally see the latest update from the Allheaven Battlefield. Combined with the sudden eruption of death qi in his body, he instantly realized what happened. He couldn’t help but curse inwardly.

Had the damn statue got addicted to leaving the city?

Could that big brother of his be a tad bit more reliable?

Had he gotten addicted to leaving?

Had he?

That statue had been able to stay still in the ancient city for so many years. Why was he so active recently?

Su Yu grumbled again and again. If he was a regular person, he would have died long ago because of the stone statue’s addiction. No wonder. No wonder the death qi in his body had gone wild not long ago, forcing him to spend an entire hour to calm it down.

***

At the same time.

Grandstar City. At the inner hall, Grandstar opened his eyes and gazed into the distant sea. What a beautiful view.

The world was big, and he wished to see more of the world.

Was the Sea of Stars still as beautiful as it was back then?