Tribulation of Myriad Races

The department head said, “The experts of the various experts have been speculating about this as well. Naturally, I don’t know who the traitor is. The pavilion has not been able to obtain this information. But there are many possible motivations for an Invincible to betray their own race.

“As the eighth elder said, the traitor might have done so believing that there is no hope for humanity. Perhaps the traitor has discovered something after prying on the future. Perhaps the traitor has been changed after capturing the future body because the future body is the traitor…”

Realizing that the explanation was getting a tad bit too complicated, the head explained, “In short, the traitor might have realized that he is a traitor in the future. Thus, he decides to become a traitor after capturing his future body.

“Or maybe a family member or someone close requires some treasures for dao affirmation. For the price of those treasures, he has decided to turn against humanity. Or maybe he is someone who has affirmed his dao in a minor realm. The minor realm has been used to blackmail him.

“There are many possibilities. Or perhaps he is simply a descendant of the divines or devils. In that case, it is only natural that he will betray humanity.”

Su Yu was surprised by the final possibility. He asked doubtfully, “A descendant of the divines or devils?”

The head said, “That’s normal. More than four hundred years ago, the connection between the Human Realm and the Allheaven Battlefield took form. The myriad races started entering the Human Realm. Some experts might have gotten together with some humans and left their descendants behind. This is rare, but not nonexistent.”

Su Yu had nothing to say about that. He was once suspected as a descendant of a non-human as well. Back then, when he was cultivating in the Source Qi Secret Grotto, Old Nie and Old Huang had wondered if he was a descendant of the mountainbreak bull race.

After all, his cultivation using mountainbreak bull blood essence was simply too fast.

The head said, “Over four hundred years ago…let me think. The era of prefecture founding only started about a hundred years after that. That was a chaotic period of time, so bloodline is something few cared about. It won’t be surprising for a descendant of the divines or devils to grow into an Invincible during that period of time with none the wiser.”

Su Yu blanked out and asked, “So there are some descendants of non-humans among the human Invincibles?”

“That is possible.” The head said, “Perhaps the traitor believes that the other half of his bloodline is a lot more respectable than his human bloodline. That will explain the betrayal. It is even possible that the traitor has been convinced to turn against humanity by his father or mother from the other race.”

Bloodline!

Su Yu thought of something. He had more questions, but he didn’t know how to voice them.

Fortunately, the eighth elder did not have such misgivings. The elder asked, “Lord, the number of new human Invincibles after the era of prefecture founding is publicly known, right?”

The head said, “Yes. The phenomenon of dao affirmation can be seen throughout the Myriad Realms. But dao affirmation in a ruin is the sole exception. According to what we know, the human race has gained eleven new Eternals after the era of prefecture founding. Great Wei King, Great Wu King, Great Qi King, and Great Chen King had perished. Some of the newer Eternals had also perished over the years, such as Great Zhou King’s younger brother and the Sea Subjucating King who had affirmed his dao about three hundred years ago.”

“Of the newer Eternals, nine survived. Coupled with the thirty-two surviving founding kings, there are forty-one surviving human Eternals. But these are only the publicly known Eternals. Of the nine newer Eternals, four had affirmed their dao in minor realms, two in the Human Realm, and three in the Allheaven Battlefield.”

All this was completely new to Su Yu. So there were forty-one known surviving human Invincibles.

After a slight hesitation, the third elder said, “So the traitor is one of the nine newer Eternals?”

“I’m not sure.” The head said, “Anything is possible. Can you guarantee that a founding king won’t betray humanity? Of course, that possibility is low since a founding king is someone who has affirmed his dao in the Human Realm. The destruction of the Human Realm will probably subject the thirty-four Eternals to a terrible backlash. Then again, the traitor never showed any indication that he wanted to destroy the Human Realm, right?” 𝐑ÄℕƟ𝐁ÊS

They all shook their heads.

The head laughed, “In truth, that fellow won’t be able to keep hiding for long. Those killed by Chen Yong. Ji Hong’s investigation. Slowly but surely, they are getting nearer and nearer to the truth. It is understandable why the Xia Family is trying to use this opportunity to force him out.”

As the leader of the department in charge of information gathering, the head was still quite aware of what had been happening. He said, “I believe the number of suspects has been reduced to around three to five people. And I’m almost sure I know who the traitor is.” “The moment the multiple character faction produces an Eternal, or even a ninth-stage Sunmoon, the value of this person will probably surpass the value of a traitor Invincible. At that time, most of the human Invincibles will have a change of heart. With that, the traitor will no longer be able to keep hiding.”

The third elder asked, “Are you talking about Liu Wenyan?”

“Yes.” The head nodded, “The moment he enters the Sunmoon Realm, he might not take long at all to reach the ninth stage. Is a multiple character cultivator on the verge of dao affirmation more important or is a traitor Invincible more important? I believe the humans will rearrange their priorities at the time.” “Therefore, this is the only chance for the traitor to kill everyone from Ye Batian’s line. Then, he can promise the humans that he has a personal vendetta with Ye Batian and this is where it ends. I believe Great Qin King and the others might really spare him after that.”

Su Yu said, “So the traitor will definitely show up? What is Great Xia relying on to deal with him? Do they only care about exposing the traitor and nothing else? Are they perhaps relying on the First Divine Sect master who might be Nan Wujiang? There is no guarantee that the traitor will die upon being exposed. But there is a very high probability that Ye Batian’s line will be completely erased after this.”

“Nan Wujiang…” After thinking about it, the head said, “That is possible. But the Xia Family might also be relying on something else entirely. They have been preparing for many years. In my opinion, they definitely have a way of dealing with Invincibles without Great Xia King and Xia Longwu, or luring the traitor out will be tantamount to suicide. Either Nan Wujiang is strong enough to fight Invincibles or the Xia Family has a secret expert capable of contending against Invincibles…”

Naturally, Su Yu wasn’t about to tell the head what he knew.

“This plot is so obvious that the traitor is definitely aware of it by now. Will he still appear if he knows there is a plot against him?”

The head laughed, “Who knows? Perhaps he will decide that this is a risk worth taking. After all, this is his final chance to put a clean end to this.”

At this point, the head decided to change the topic. He laughed and asked, “Profound Nine, how have you been recently? Are you dealing with your death qi fine?”

“Thanks to your support, things are fine since the pavilion has been supplying me with heavenly source qi.”

“Good to hear.” The head nodded, “The elders will receive their own missions moving on. You will be in charge of leading the other white masks and continue your good work of creating a more advantageous environment for the pavilion. You are the most reliable and trustworthy member we can find among those who aren’t elders.”

“Thanks for the opportunity, Head!”

Inwardly, he thought that yes, he was indeed trustworthy.

The head added, “But you also need to stop with your little agendas all the time. For example, you protected Liu Wenyan’s life when the pavilion intended to have him dead. You need to keep yourself in check.”

Su Yu was greatly alarmed.

The eighth elder said, “Head, Profound Nine only did that to give us an opportunity to escape safely…”

The head waved his hand, “I’m not saying he did the wrong thing. I understand why he did that. He wanted to sell Su Yu a favor so that Su Yu wouldn’t stand in his way when he attempts to sever his death qi connection in the future. Am I right, Profound NIne?”

Su Yu was stunned.

Holy shit! Right! That would be such an excellent excuse!

He did not dare to show his excitement and hurriedly said, “Head…I…I guess I should have expected that someone would be able to see through my intention. In truth, I don’t want to make a move against the multiple character faction. Even if the pavilion has to act against them, I don’t want to be the one doing it. After all, I still require Su Yu’s cooperation if I want to break free of the ancient city one day.

“But I swear I only did what I could when the opportunity was there. I have never thought of betraying the pavilion. For example, we didn’t do anything to Liu Wenyan because the First Divine Sect master was already nearby. There was also the risk of Liu Wenyan detonating more of Ye Batian’s characters. The risk was simply too high for us to act against him at the time.”

The head said, “Again, I’m not saying you did wrong. At times, you can only rely on luck. You did help Liu Wenyan once, and previously, you helped Hong Tan once as well. If Su Yu is someone capable of remembering his favors, he will naturally not stand in your way when the time comes.”

A certain realization dawned on the third and eighth elders.

Holy shit! They had nearly been fooled by Profound Nine! He had helped the multiple character faction multiple times, but he had done it both to benefit the pavilion and for his own personal reasons as well.

Why had he been helping the multiple character faction? They finally understood why. To earn Su Yu’s favor. After severing his death qi connection, the death spirit who had converted him would appear. At that time, Profound Nine would need to kill that death spirit to fully break free. But Su Yu was currently the ruler of Grandstar City. Without his approval, that would never happen.

In fact, it was possible that one wouldn’t be able to even enter the city without his approval.

The eighth elder said, “Profound Nine, why did you keep that from us? Just be honest about it. I did not think too much into it before, but killing Liu Wenyan will indeed sever what little chance you have.”

Su Yu spoke with a helpless tone, “Yes. That’s why I’m the only one who can’t act against the multiple character faction. I will eventually return to the ancient city. Things will be very difficult for me when Su Yu hears of what I did to the multiple character faction.”

The emotions of the two elders turned complicated when they were reminded that Profound Nine was an ancient city resident.

The third elder laughed, “You have been very energetic lately, so I have completely forgotten that you’re an ancient city resident. Seeing the state you’re in, the death spirit who had converted you must only be a Mountainsea. It won’t be too difficult to kill. How about this? If we receive any mission to kill those from the multiple character faction, you may stay out of it. Losing the assistance of one Sunmoon won’t make that much of a difference for now.”

Since he could do Profound Nine a favor without losing anything, he saw no harm in granting this favor. Meanwhile, Su Yu was rolling his eyes inwardly. They had provided him with the best excuse for him.

Instead of doing anything against the multiple character faction, he could even lend them a help or two. How kind of them to provide him with a reason to do that. In fact, he had nearly forgotten that he was an ancient city resident. Profound Nine was someone living under Su Yu’s roof!

From now on, he didn’t even need to rack his brain for a good excuse whenever he needed to help Liu Wenyan and the others. Helping them was basically the same as helping himself.