Tribulation of Myriad Races

After becoming the mayors of Grandstar, Grand Dream, Empyrean Cloud, and Rainbow Rain Cities, Su Yu intended to help Heavendoom out as well. But he found that the burden on him was getting quite heavy.

Thus, he gave up on that thought temporarily. It didn’t look like Heavendoom was in need of help anyway.

Empyrean Cloud had also warned him that Heavendoom was a hyperactive fellow. He might end up running off from the city and refusing to return like a stubborn dog after going outside. She advised him to let Heavendoom be for now.

Otherwise, he might find himself spending all his time dealing with Heavendoom’s death qi in the near future. Furthermore, Su Yu also had to continue working on his body forging.

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While Su Yu was forging his body, he heard some sounds coming from the outside. As he opened his eyes, the door swung open as Senior Wang, who had recently converted into a resident, walked in and said, “Mayor, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is seeking an audience.”

“Who did they send?”

“An elder.”

Su Yu nodded, “Send him in.”

A short while later, a faceless elder stepped into the room. He bowed and said, “Third Heaven of the Heaven Department greets Mayor Su.”

Su Yu smiled, “Elder, what brings you here?”

Third Heaven cupped his fists together and said, “I’m mainly here to discuss the matters about the Luminous Domain Mansion.”

“Why me?” Su Yu said, “I’m not involved in that.”

Third Heaven said, “I was sent by the head. According to the head, both the pavilion and the holy cities are existences that have persisted since the ancient past. We should cooperate during the coming opening of the Luminous Domain Mansion. This time, the divines, devils, immortals, and the other races will be sending a large number of experts into the mansion.”

Su Yu laughed, “Are they trying to make up for their recent losses? But isn’t the mansion a place where it is more dangerous the higher your age and cultivation level are? Are they not afraid of suffering more losses?”

Third Heaven said, “The major races and some of the ancient races will be sending more experts than usual into the mansion this time. Major Su might not be aware of this, but this will be the hundredth opening of the Luminous Domain Mansion since the most recent reactivation of the Allheaven Battlefield. It has been a thousand years since the most recent reactivation. Every hundred years, the mansion will produce more benefits than usual. For a thousand years, the benefits will be even bigger. According to what the pavilion knows, a nine-leaf skylotus might even bloom on the seventh level.”

Su Yu was confused. And what was that supposed to be?

Aware of Su Yu’s ignorance, Third Heaven explained, “The nine-leaf skylotus is helpful for Invincibles. Or to be precise, it is very helpful for Invincibles. You know that Invincibles differed in strength. The strongest among them are Pseudo Emperors, while the weaker ones are at the level of minor realm leaders. And most of them will be stuck at the same level for life. Any progress is extremely difficult for an Invincible. For those in the Invincible Realm, the comprehension of time and space is the focus. Each leaf of the nine-leaf skylotus will help an Invincible meld an extra tri-life body. It is extremely valuable…”

“Wait, wait. What are you talking about?” Su Yu frowned, “Melding an extra tri-life body?”

Third Heaven said, “You must be aware that to affirm one’s dao, one needs to capture the past and future before bringing all three bodies together. But there are various versions of the past and future, while you can only capture one of each. With the nine-leaf skylotus, you can capture additional bodies and meld them into your existing bodies, increasing your combat strength. This is also a great way of reaching the Pseudo Emperor Realm.”

“Great Qin King is actually not far from the Pseudo Emperor Realm—”

Su Yu interrupted the explanation, “The Pseudo Emperor Realm is essentially the Daofuse Realm, right?”

Third Heaven nodded, “Yes, but I don’t know anything in specific. According to the head, if Great Qin King can get his hands on the nine-leaf skylotus, he might be able to advance into the Pseudo Emperor Realm, becoming the first Pseudo Emperor of humanity.”

Su Yu nodded, “And how does this affect me? I’m not an Invincible. But thanks to your explanation, I now understand that the mansion might produce more treasures this time. Therefore, the various races will be putting a lot more effort on this.”

“Yes.” Third Heaven said, “The Luminous Domain Mansion is essentially the mansion of a faction from the ancient past. This legacy should be ours as both the holy cities and the pavilion originated from the ancient past as well. The pavilion has great need for this nine-leaf skylotus. Thus, we hope to work with you—”

Su Yu interupted him again, “Wait. Work with me? Let me be blunt. We are far from strong enough to deal with the conflicts inside the mansion. We can act tough here and there outside, but we will be helpless without our guardians and death spirits in the mansion. Those mayors are only regular ninth-stage Sunmoons. Are you trying to say that I can help you with your quest for the nine-leaf skylotus?”

Third Heaven nodded, “That is what the head has in mind. According to him, you will definitely enter the mansion. You are an ancient city mayor, also the most talented individual in existence. As someone so loved by fate, you are actually the most likely person to win the contest over the nine-leaf skylotus. Your great luck will make it happen.”

“Are you talking about the head of the Heaven Department?”

“Yes.”

“He’s near the Pseudo Emperor Realm?”

“I don’t know.”

Third Heaven shook his head. He was being truthful about that. But that was most likely the case if the department head was trying to get the nine-leaf skylotus. Upon his advancement into the Pseudo Emperor Realm, the influence of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would increase significantly.

Su Yu regarded Third Heaven in silence for a long while before saying, “Is everyone else aware of this, or is the pavilion the only party aware of this information?”

“Those who have entered the seventh level before might all know this.” Third Heaven said, “The humans and some minor races might not know this, but most of the people who have been at the seventh level will know that the nine-leaf skylous has been around for a very long time. However, it has never bloomed. Based on our previous observations, it will bloom during the coming opening. It is only useful after blooming. Thus, the various races will be targeting it, especially the devil race. The Devil Pseudo Emperor needs it to restore his tri-life body, and the Blood Fire King needs it to advance into a Pseudo Emperor. They won’t let go of this chance.”

Su Yu smiled, “Therefore, you wish to work with me. Interesting. Isn’t the Heaven Department head in slumber? So he’s out now? Why should I hand it over to you if I manage to get it? Tell me.”

“The head is willing to trade some other treasures for the skylotus.” Third Heaven said, “The head knows that your physical cultivation is still stuck at the Skysoar Realm. For anyone else, the Cloudbreach Realm won’t be hard to reach. But for you, it will be extremely difficult. With how powerful your source qi is, your nine transformations will be much harder than a regular person. You need the most precious of resources if you wish to complete your transformation. And the pavilion is able to provide you with what you require.

“The skylotus isn’t that helpful for you, but it’s very helpful for us. The head is willing to trade enough resources to complete one transformation for each leaf. There is no limit to what we will provide. You can use as many resources as you need until the completion of your transformation.”

That was the deal. They would help with his nine transformations if he could get them the skylotus.

Su Yu smiled, “Your head is wise. Enough resources for me to reach the ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm for something one can use to become a Pseudo Emperor?”

“It’s different.” Third Heaven said, “Your Cloudbreach Realm is far too different from the Cloudbreach Realm of a regular person. In any case, this is only the start of our negotiations. We both need to enter the mansion first. The major races are keeping watch over the entrances of the mansion. Before we can proceed with anything, we need to join hands and get more slots to enter the mansion. In three months, the various races will finalize the allocation of slots. We need to fight for the slots we want then or it will be much harder for us to enter the mansion.”

Su Yu smiled, “Sure. I can agree to work with you to get more slots. As for what happens inside the mansion, we’ll see. Who knows? I might not enter, after all.”

Third Heaven said nothing about that. Everyone was speculating that Su Yu would enter. This was the first opening of the Luminous Domain Mansion since his rise in power. Nobody would believe that he wouldn’t want to enter.

In fact, the various races were sending so many experts this time because they wanted to both get the treasures in the mansion and kill Su Yu if possible. Su Yu would never cease being a threat as long as he was still alive.

When Third Heaven left, Su Yu muttered to himself helplessly, “Why is everyone certain that I’m going?”

How annoying. Was he that sort of impatient man to everyone? Hmph! In that case, he should break everyone’s expectations and stay out of the mansion.

But that thought didn’t last long before he wavered again. Should he go?

Yes!

He was about to finish his body forging, but he had yet to complete his source qi transformations. He had quite a lot of treasures he could use, such as the precious ancient dragonblood tree, the celestial devil fruits, the five elemental fruits, and so on. But were they sufficient?

The Heaven Department head was right. His nine transformations would be drastically different than anyone else. For everyone else, their transformations would be regular Skysoar transformations. But for Su Yu, it would be akin to a Sunmoon completing nine transformations. There was no comparing the two.

That was especially true with his yang acupoint open. His transformations would only be more difficult. As a vault of countless treasures, Su Yu couldn’t miss out on the Luminous Domain Mansion. But now, everyone was sure he would go. He really wanted to do the opposite and shock everyone. Alas…it was too tempting…

“Nine-leaf skylotus…just what does the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion want?”

Why were they telling him this? Were they trying to pass a message to humanity? Why would they mention Great Qin King otherwise? Su Yu frowned. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was no friend of theirs.

Pseudo Emperor…that was indeed what humanity lacked. If Great Qin King could reach that level, even if he couldn’t fully unite all the prefectures, the other Invincibles would be a lot more obedient than before.

“It feels like they’re plotting against me!”

Was the Heaven Department head trying to make use of humanity and create some trouble for the myriad races? That was very likely.