Tribulation of Myriad Races

Luminous Domain Mansion.

Sixth level.

A seventh-stage Sunmoon divine suddenly felt his blood boiling. His expression changed as he hurriedly sped off to find a safe hiding spot. Only when he was safe did he have the chance to sink his focus into his sea of willpower. He was curious and doubtful. Why was his father looking for him?

The difficulty involved in sending a willpower message from outside the mansion would probably be unimaginably high. Inside his sea of willpower, a silhouette slowly took form.

“First level…danger…”

“What is it, Father?”

“First level. Countless deaths. Danger. Crisis…spreading. Careful. Crisis is coming. No matter the level. The crisis might come. Which level are you on currently?”

“Sixth.”

“I won’t say much when I next contact you. The moment you feel your blood boiling again, leave. It will only mean that the crisis has reached the sixth level.”

The divine hurriedly asked, “Do I climb? The seventh level is even more dangerous.”

“Fool…many experts on the seventh level, it’s safer. Sixth level…with your strength, you stand at the top. The crisis…will prioritize you…leave the mansion alive…claim you investigated the first level…after coming out…”

“Father…”

Before the divine could say more, the silhouette vanished. The divine had a doubtful expression. A crisis? Leaving the sixth level for the seventh level the next time his father contacted him? What was going on? Did something big happen on the lower levels?

Unfortunately, not even his father could send him a clear message. Since the matter was pressing, his father could only remind him to flee the next time his blood boiled.

“After leaving, claim that I investigated the first level…”

After muttering to himself, the divine put the matter aside. He would think more after leaving the mansion.

***

At the same time.

Outside the Luminous Domain Mansion.

The River of Time beside an Invincible snapped. A mouthful of blood spurted out of the Invincible’s mouth. Instantly, the mouthful of blood was corroded away by the power of time.

While gasping for breath, the Invincible looked around and said, “I contacted my son through the River of Time. Before long, he will reach the first level. Hopefully…everything proceeds smoothly…”

As he spoke, a look of lingering fear covered his eyes, “Do avoid making the same attempt if possible. My River of Time was nearly destroyed. That short attempt exhausted a drop of my blood essence and one-tenth of my strength. I’ll need dozens of tides to make a full recovery…”

Meeting his gaze, the other Invincibles did not bother to say much. As agreed, they tossed some treasures over as compensation.

However, one of them frowned and asked, “Divine King Yang Yu, are you sure you have passed the message?”

The divine king coldly said, “Are you questioning my strength? Am I incapable of delivering a short message after paying such a high price?”

“You misunderstand me…”

The other Invincible said nothing else. Everyone could see the divine king’s River of Time snapping. The divine king had clearly paid a huge price for this.

As long as the message could be delivered, they would have no other issues. With a seventh-stage Sunmoon investigating the issue, perhaps they could learn more about the situation.

As for the possibility that the divine king had not delivered the message…what nonsense was that? Why would the divine king pay such a high price otherwise? The blood essence of an Invincible was far more valuable than the blood essence of a Sunmoon. Nobody suspected that the divine king had indeed transmitted a message inside, but the message was the opposite of what they had expected.

Divine King Yang Yu did not bother to explain much. For him, his choice was a no-brainer. Since he knew things were dangerous, why would he send his son toward the danger? Sure, he had many sons. But the one inside the mansion was his favourite.

Initially, he had only planned to send a message to warn his son about the danger. Surprisingly, everyone had offered to compensate him for his effort. This was not a bad thing for him.

As for their suspicions…could anyone even prove that he hadn’t delivered the intended message?

He couldn’t be bothered to worry about the others. He only needed to ensure that his son would be fine. The next time he contacted his son, the effort required would be much lighter since he only needed to trigger his son’s bloodline. At that point, his son only needed to run.

With an advanced warning, his son would have a higher chance of surviving the crisis. Most of the Invincibles were still waiting expectantly for the Sunmoon to investigate the first level for them. A smaller number of them remained indifferent.

Yet reality differed from their expectations. No seventh-stage Sunmoon was descending the levels to investigate the danger. That would be a stupid thing to do.

***

Su Yu was naturally unaware that a divine king had smoothly pulled off a scam outside because of him. The divine king had received the payment of others to send only his son a warning, ignoring the safety of the others and the task they had paid him for.

Su Yu had just reached the Ear Sea.

It was a boundlessly vast sea.

“Ear Sea…”

Su Yu had a doubtful expression, wondering about the reason for there to be a sea in the ear.

The Ear Sea was dangerous yet it produced very few treasures. Thus, this was an unpopular area for exploration. Most people would avoid coming here as even genius cultivators had drowned here before. And drowning was supposed to be impossible for cultivators.

Su Yu looked at Xia Huyou doubtfully and asked, “Does the Xia Family know anything about the Ear Sea?”

Xia Huyou nodded, “A little. There aren’t a lot of treasures here. Those from Great Xia has always been advised to avoid the Ear Sea upon entering the first level. However, this place is not completely worthless. A special solidwater pearl can be found at the bottom of the sea. Each pearl contains a large amount of heavenly source qi. However, not everyone can reach the bottom. Very few people have the ability to return from the bottom as the water itself can also be considered a sort of treasure. The water in this sea is extremely thick and heavy.”

In short, even an expert might end up dying to the pressure and weight of the water after diving too deep.

Su Yu said nothing. He glanced at the sea and sank into thought. Was this a result of an accumulation of ear fluid? Or was this a form of inflammation, with the sea water being pus? Was the ear injured?

Su Yu rubbed his chin. The mansion had been designed in accordance with a human face. There must be a reason for there to be a sea in the ear.

“Solidwater pearl…”

Su Yu asked, “How does the solidwater pearl look like?”

“Yellowish and round. It looks like a drop of water. That was how it came to be known as the solidwater pearl. These pearls are probably the solidified form of the sea water.”

Upon hearing that, Su Yu muttered, “No, that’s earwax. I understand. There is a buildup of earwax, blocking the ear passage to the point that the fluid in the ear accumulates into a sea.”

“…”

Xia Huyou stared at Su Yu with an odd expression.

Huang Teng coughed awkwardly and asked, “What do you mean by that? The solidwater pearls are very valuable. You can use them for body forging and Cloudbreach transformations.”

Su Yu shot him a glance and asked, “Did you eat some before?”

“…”

Yes.

Huang Teng refused to answer. Many in Great Xia had eaten these pearls before. He was not alone.

Xia Huyou also explained stiffly, “These pearls are true treasures. Each time the mansion opens, Great Xia will harvest some of them. You must understand that these pearls are even better than heavenly source fruits.”

Su Yu replied, “Sure, that must be true. Everything here is valuable. I understand now. A single mansion feeding upon a myriad realms. How can it not be filled with treasures?”

“No, why did you call these pearls earwax earlier?”

Su Yu laughed, “What about it? This sea must have formed only a few thousand years ago. Or maybe it formed tens of thousands of years ago. In the beginning, this place was probably dry. Eventually, the accumulation of earwax caused a blockage of the ear canal. As a result, the source qi outside continued accumulating alongside other impurities until a sea took form.”

Su Yu rubbed his chin and continued muttering to himself, “In that case, there might be some incredibly valuable treasures down there. After all, everyone has only been focused on the earwax. Nobody has ever entered the ear canal.”

“…”

All three of them stared at Su Yu stiffly. Even Yellow Nine couldn’t resist saying something, “Uhm, the solidwater pearls are really quite good…”

“I’m not denying that.” Su Yu asked in confusion, “Why are you reiterating this point repeatedly? Is there anything in here that isn’t a treasure? Everything here is a treasure. However, the Ear Sea is not a sea. It has merely been gathering water due to the blockage. What a pitiful guy. Nobody cleaned his earwax for him so he could only let all these impurities gather. His nose was in a much better state since he could expel those impurities through breathing.”

“…”

Xia Huyou couldn’t take it anymore. He protested, “Su Yu, can you stop using the term earwax just because this place is known as the Ear Sea?”

“What do you know?”

Su Yu ignored the protest and surveyed the area. The sea was massive. And it was shaped like a large ear. It even felt slightly slanted.

Su Yu soared into the sky to take a better look at the area. After comparing the sea against his own ear, he landed on the ground and said, “Come with me. Very few people have explored this place properly before. I reckon this is the place with the highest number of treasures on the first level.”

“Are you sure?” Xia Huyou asked, “Su Yu, are you really treating the Human Face World as a human?”

“What stupid questions are you asking?”

Su Yu rolled his eyes. “Fool! This place was forged in accordance with a human body. How long has it been? Has nobody ever wondered about this?”

“Yes, the human race did investigate this place before. We did manage to find some treasures from our explorations. But the gains were never rewarding enough to be worth the risk. As for this Ear Sea, it has nothing to offer except the solidwater pearls.”