Tribulation of Myriad Races

While everyone on the first level was fleeing to the second level madly.

Su Yu was still moving leisurely. He was not worried that the treasures on the level would all be harvested by these fleeing people. Some of the treasures in the mansion were not things just anyone could harvest.

After all, the Luminous Domain Mansion had been around for countless years. If these treasures could be harvested so easily, they would have been harvested long ago. Some treasures could only be harvested by the fated ones or the smart ones.

Su Yu was confident he was the smart one. Or to be precise, he was the fated one. After all, he believed that one had to open at least 360 acupoints to become the fated one, right? As far as he was concerned, one would be nothing here without opening the grand cycle acupoints.

The Luminous Domain Mansion belonged to the Human Emperor. The builder was most definitely a human. Thus, some of the treasures here were only available for humans. This was yet another legacy from their ancestors. The other races would not be able to steal these treasures from the humans. The humans only needed to have the ability to harvest these treasures.

Heavenly Pit.

This was an incomparably large pit with a cliff rising from outside of the pit. Previously, it wasn’t too obvious. But after the recent disaster and the change of landscape, it became obvious.

The cliff was a tongue. The massive pit was an open mouth. The surrounding mountain ranges were the lips. The massive terraces lining the cliffs were the teeth.

Prior to this, the mouth was covered in soil and many other things, making it look like a large hole. But now, even Xia Huyou could see that it was a mouth. An incomparably massive mouth.

Up in the air, Xia Huyou shivered as he said, “This looks creepy. Su Yu…is this someone alive? How can a mouth grow so big?”

Beside him, Yellow Nine was frowning as well. Suddenly, she said, “Don’t float right above the Heavenly Pit. At times, powerful air currents will shoot out before dragging those above inside. Nobody has ever left the pit alive after being dragged in.”

“Were they eaten?” Xia Huyou asked, “Why does the Luminous Domain Mansion feel more and more creepy? Is this Human Face World really a human head? It looks more and more like it. I didn’t feel like this previously, but now, it really resembles a human face too much.”

Everyone knew that this place was called the Human Face World. But previously, the first level did not look too much like a human face. There were only some similarities. But with all the soil shaken off by the recent disaster, the Human Face World, one could finally notice the terrifying similarities between this place and a human face.

Su Yu smiled, “Isn’t this obviously a human face? A head that has been chopped off…”

After a short pause, Su Yu continued, “Or not. Perhaps the head was forcefully bent in an unnatural manner, with the head at the bottom and the rest of the body above. Maybe the entire Luminous Domain Mansion is a human body.”

With the head bent and the body arranged in an L shape, the face would face upward even when the head was at the bottom. That was possible, right? Su Yu could not discount this possibility. If that were the case, would the second level be the neck? Or perhaps the neck included the third level?

“Stop! The more you say, the scarier this feels.”

Xia Huyou looked embarrassed as he said that. After listening to Su Yu’s speculations, even his hair was standing on end. However, there were nine levels in the Luminous Domain Mansion. Together, the mansion was larger than even the Human Realm. How was this a body?

Furthermore, the legends claimed that this was the residence of the ancient Human Emperor and the headquarters of the Myriad Race Assembly. If this was really a body, the Human Emperor, who was supposed to be a saintly ruler, would look a lot more barbaric. Why would he reside inside a human corpse if he wasn’t barbaric? This was not something humanity had ever imagined.

Many humans believed that the ancient Human Emperor was a benevolent and kind ruler. But if one were realistic enough, one would realize that such a ruler would not be able to conquer the Myriad Realms. That was simply not a feat that could be accomplished without slaughter. Su Yu ignored the others and looked into the dark pit below him. It did look somewhat scary.

“If my guess is right and the whole body is being arranged in an L shape, I can enter the mouth and reach the higher levels through the throat, right?”

Su Yu considered that possibility, but he soon set the thought aside. Then, he landed on one of the terraces hanging from the cliff. Or to be precise, it was the tooth of the mouth.

Su Yu sank into thought, wondering if the teeth here were stronger than even carrier treasures. After all, even the nasal hair of this face could be used as carrier treasures. And the teeth were supposed to be the strongest part of the human body. For example, Su Yu could probably bite Mountainseas to death even if he had never tempered his teeth before. The teeth of a supreme expert like Old Zhou would most definitely be impressively powerful.

Su Yu stomped on the ground, but the tooth remained completely still. Only some dust rose from the ground due to the impact. Xia Huyou and the others landed beside him.

Looking at the unreasonably big teeth, Huang Teng crouched down and sent his source qi into the ground before inhaling in shock, “It’s unimaginably durable. If this is really a tooth…or an imitation tooth, it will be incomparably powerful if you can pluck it off.”

Su Yu laughed, “Stop dreaming. Plucking it off? If even a nasal hair is so hard to pluck, imagine the difficulty of plucking a tooth. If you’re so free, you’re better off looking for the scalp. Maybe there are countless hairs there. A single strand of hair is strong enough to act as a carrier treasure. There, hundreds of thousands of carrier treasures are waiting for you.”

“…”

They all blanked out upon hearing that. Then, Xia Huyou swallowed and said, “A-are you serious?”

Su Yu looked around and said nonchalantly, “How am I not serious? Of course, there is no guarantee that every single strand of hair is as strong. But you can probably find a hundred or so from an entire head of hair, right? After all, the Luminous Domain Mansion has been around for so many years. But then, nobody has ever spoken of a land of dense woods in the mansion, right?”

Su Yu was certain the hair would be quite long. But nobody had ever seen the hair of Old Zhou. Or perhaps the entire scalp of Old Zhou had been removed? Su Yu wasn’t too concerned about it. He would try to look around later, but he wouldn’t fret even if he couldn’t find it.

Above the brow was the forehead. And above the forehead, one should reach the scalp. Unfortunately, when Su Yu was there, he saw no scalp. He only saw the edge of this world.

Before long, Su Yu entered the Heavenly Pit with the others following behind him.

***

At the same time.

Inside a dark and massive world.

Numerous towering pillars dotted the landscape of this world.

Somewhere in the dark world, He Tu was slapping his new friend’s head as he berated, “Where is this? Where did you take me? This isn’t the Death Realm anymore!”

Where was this? This was a bizarre place. He Tu was taking this very seriously. For some reason, he felt uneasy here. Those thick pillars were everywhere. Even as strong as him, he could hardly damage these pillars. More importantly, these pillars seemed to be alive.

Just as he was scolding his new friend, a nearby pillar swept toward him.

“Are you trying to bully me?”

Furious, He Tu sent a palm attack filled with death qi toward the pillar, slapping it away from him. His new friend wasn’t slow either. Just as another pillar swept toward them, He Tu’s friend sent the pillar flying with a punch.

He Tu did not choose to stay and continue fighting the pillars. Instead, he shouted at his friend, “Time to go, you fool! You will be the death of me, I swear!”

He was feeling very gloomy. How could the great He Tu be led astray by a dumb death spirit? Just where was this? Why were there so many pillars here? Every one of these pillars was aggressive and powerful. Even He Tu was finding these pillars hard to damage. The scariest part was the sheer number of these pillars around them.

He Tu had a feeling that any random pillar here could be used as an earth weapon or even a heaven weapon. And such powerful pillars were everywhere. How terrifying.

He Tu wasn’t too interested in these pillars. Even the pillars strong enough to act as carrier treasures were not too important to him. After all, he had no use for carrier treasures. As one of the dead, he had no past and future. He did not require carrier treasures to bear his tri-life bodies.

He Tu’s sole desire was to leave this bizarre place. What would he do if someone were to steal his territory while he was away?

For death spirits, nothing was more important than the Celestial River of Death. Very few treasures could attract the attention of death spirits. And He Tu’s territory included a relatively large and safe part of the Celestial River of Death.

If he did not return, some other death spirits might steal his territory, thinking that he was dead. That would be troublesome. Sure, he could always take it back upon returning, but the battle might end up damaging the territory itself.

While avoiding the aggressive pillars, he studied the death spirit beside him. Finally, he asked helplessly, “Do you know the way out?”

Damn this fellow! Just who was this guy when he was alive? This guy was actually quite strong. However, why had this guy entered the unknown tunnel out of nowhere? As a result, both of them had been transported to this mysterious place. He Tu might not have all his memories, but he was still a knowledgeable individual. However, he had zero idea what this place was.

Thus, he was certain this wasn’t a place he had been to when he was alive. Did such a place really exist in the Myriad Realms? He Tu was feeling very doubtful. Just what was this place? How did he not know of this place before his death?

The dumb death spirit said nothing. As he had just awakened, his memories would take some time to return. Or to be precise, these memories required a long time to return. For some, it might take thousands or tens of thousands of years.

Seeing that the dumb death spirit was saying nothing, He Tu slapped the dumb death spirit’s head again and chided, “Look at you! Where did you take us? Damn it! Because of you, that old bastard is probably living a comfortable life now. Nobody is there to attack him anymore!”

He was furious. The old turtle was probably enjoying this. Without him around, the old turtle could probably leave the city freely without much issue.

After a while, the dumb death spirit finally shook his head. Perhaps he was not used to having his head slapped around. After following He Tu around for a bit, he said, “Up…we…should be able…to go…up…”

Up?

He Tu looked at the towering pillars hanging above them and shivered. How was it so simple to go up? There were so many pillars around them it felt as though they were middle of a formation. Even He Tu found these pillars troublesome to deal with.

Was the way out really up there? After a short thought, He Tu decided to trust his dumb friend one more time. If he couldn’t leave, he would absorb his friend to strengthen himself.

And thus, the two death spirits started soaring into the air. Countless pillars attacked them, but the two persisted. Before long, they reached the top of the space.

With a slap, He Tu sent hundreds of pillars flying. Then, he looked down while gasping for breath. The moment he looked down, he exclaimed, “Why does this place look like someone’s hair?”

Yes. Hair.

Or to be precise, someone’s long hair that was flowing downward.

He Tu continued moving while swearing. Eventually, he went through yet another forest of pillars. There, he saw a dot of light.

He was overjoyed. Was he finally leaving? But where was this exactly? Was this the Myriad Realms? Did this mean that apart from the death tunnels, there was a different way out of the Death Realm?

If that was the case…why should he continue wasting his time fighting the old turtle? He could simply leave through this route. Sure, this was a dangerous route. Regular death sovereigns might die here. But it was still an alternative.

Fortunately, his dumb friend was quite strong. Together, the two were able to safely go through the forest of pillars.