Tribulation of Myriad Races

He Tu tried to focus more. He couldn’t get a clear look as he was observing from the perspective of the dead Mountainsea. But he could see that it was a star chart.

For some reason, He Tu found the star chart familiar.

He started muttering without realizing it, “Which family…***?”

After a long while, he continued muttering, “No, that’s wrong. It’s incomplete. At least three acupoints are linked wrongly…”

He sank into thought.

Numerous forgotten memories resurfaced in his mind. Those were the memories from his childhood. It had been too long. That year, he had just embarked on the path of cultivation.

His father informed him that the greatest cultivation method of the ancient past was the Grand Cycle Method. His ancestor was a human king of the ancient past. After winning the favor of the Human Emperor, his ancestor received the Grand Cycle Method. And thus, that became the legacy of his family.

From that day onward, he started cultivating hard. He spent all his time opening acupoints. And he spent a long time doing it. Even when those from his generation were already Mountainseas, he was still stuck opening acupoints at the Great Strength Realm.

When he reached 350 acupoints, he was stuck. At the time, his father told him that he did not have the talent for this cultivation method. He was indignant. He was unwilling to accept that.

Thus, as an old Great Strength cultivator with 350 acupoints, he started exploring the Allheaven Battlefield. No matter how strong a Great Strength cultivator was, he would still be a Great Strength cultivator.

During his journeys, he encountered numerous dangers. He fought numerous enemies. He killed Infinite Strength cultivators. He killed Skysoars. He became the first in existence to enter the Heavenly Hunt Index as only a Great Strength cultivator.

This had never happened before.

Without entering the Infinite Strength Realm, he fought for three years in the Allheaven Battlefield as a Great Strength cultivator. Three years later, he opened his final ten acupoints after killing a peak Skysoar.

In one day, he went from a Great Strength cultivator to a Skysoar cultivator. He received the blessings of the Human Emperor. The moment he became a Skysoar, he was strong enough to kill Mountainseas. He became the first Skysoar to kill a Mountainsea.

All those memories emerged in He Tu’s mind.

He recalled his past. He recalled who he was.

“The glory of humanity…”

He recalled his father’s last words: “Remember this, He Tu. Your radiance will spread throughout the Myriad Realms. You will revive the glory of the Golden Age of Human Emperor.”

At the time, the ancient past was known as the Golden Age. The ancient past was yet the ancient past since it hadn’t been that long since the great collapse.

“Golden Age of Human Emperor…”

He Tu shook his aching head. He looked at the entrance to the sixth level. Something was screaming at him to take a look at the wolf. That was no wolf. That was a human!

Yes! That was definitely a human!

That was a chart of the grand cycle acupoints! That was something only a human could master!

“Who was that? Su Yu?”

Did he see Su Yu? Had Su Yu disguised himself as a wolf? That repulsive kid had departed in advance. Was the kid aware of his arrival?

“Were you scared? Did you find out that I’m here? Were you aware of my intention to give you a beating?”

Beside him, Dummy asked blankly, “Who…are you beating?”

He Tu laughed and said, “An annoying human kid. I will let him know that among those in the same cultivation level, I am unrivaled. I will defeat him with the same cultivation level.”

“What…if you fail?”

Dummy didn’t even know why he was asking that question. He was merely asking instinctively.

He Tu laughed and said, “In that case, I’ll first cripple him with my full strength before defeating him with the same cultivation level.”

“…”

Yes. He was that shameless.

Dummy felt like something was wrong with that answer, but he couldn’t understand what was wrong. Thus, he returned to silence.

With a smile, He Tu roared, “Kids, start the slaughter. Search the level and kill everything you see.”

Then, he looked up and said, “Su Yu…I’m petty. Nobody can live after offending me. You’re a super genius. I’m finding myself…liking you more and more…”

Su Yu was actually deriving the Grand Cycle Method. Incredible. He was actually trying to derive it himself instead of learning from an existing source.

The chart He Tu saw wasn’t that far from completion. Perhaps Su Yu had received an incomplete copy somewhere. However, the complete Grand Cycle Method was nothing so simple.

He Tu was already certain that the wolf was Su Yu.

Did the kid think that such a disguise would work on him?

“Hmph! I will target every single wolf I see in the mansion. Are you a human? Or are you a halfbreed? Do you really have the bloodline of the wolf race in your veins?”

He Tu was unsure if a halfbreed could also cultivate human cultivation methods. He wasn’t too worried. He was confident that Su Yu wouldn’t be able to escape him as long as Su Yu was in the mansion.

***

Su Yu, who was on the sixth level, frowned.

His tribulation character was still pulsing.

“What is this? Is He Tu skipping the fifth level?”

There were several people waiting on the other side of the entrance. When they saw him, a Sunmoon asked with a demanding tone, “Dark wolf, what’s the latest status down there?”

A tiny bit of nervousness could be heard in his voice. They had been assigned to watch the entrance, but they were quite scared of the task. Alas, they didn’t have the courage to refuse the order.

The entrance to the seventh level had yet to open. They couldn’t stop feeling anxious. In fact, those attempting to open the entrance were also anxious. That was why they had assigned a few people to watch the entrance from the lower level.

Su Yu looked around and noted only one Sunmoon and three Mountainseas around him. All of them looked nervous. The Sunmoon was only a first-stage Sunmoon. Clearly, the stronger ones were unwilling to do this job.

Furthermore, this was a Sunmoon from a minor race.

Su Yu smiled and said, “It’s not too bad. He Tu has just entered the fifth level…”

“That’s good to hear…”

But soon, the Sunmoon felt something was off. Why was there a lack of reverence in the voice of this wolf? Wasn’t this a tad bit too impudent? Just as that thought crossed his mind, dozens of Sunmoon beasts emerged from Su Yu’s book and dragged all four of them into the book.

Su Yu was merely keeping the Sunmoon imprisoned, as killing the Sunmoon would create a phenomenon. In fact, that was why the other experts had assigned the Sunmoon here. The moment the Sunmoon died, they would know that an expert had arrived. This trick would work against death spirits, but it wouldn’t work against Su Yu.

Having dealt with the four, Su Yu continued his attempts. He could feel that he was near.

Finally, he linked 358 acupoints.

This left him with only two more attempts at the maximum.

It was merely a matter of luck.

“Please bless me once, luck. Bless me to not blow up my ass one more time.”

Su Yu started praying.

He only needed to pick one out of two. This shouldn’t be that hard.

This time, he felt a lot more nervous than before.

An acupoint lit up.

Boom!

Su Yu had an unsightly expression as he cursed his luck.

Why? Why would he pick the wrong acupoint when there were only two left?

“Hmph! It’s all He Tu’s fault!”

Su Yu decided to put the blame on He Tu. Perhaps his luck might be better on the fifth level. But soon, he smiled again. It was a wide smile. Success was within grasp.

He had only blasted his backside apart 138 times in total.

Then, he lit up his acupoints following the sole possible route left.

One after another, the acupoints lit up.

One…two…

Three hundred.

Three hundred and fifty-nine.

Finally, the Heaven Connecting Acupoint lit up.

Boom!

This was not the sound of his acupoint exploding. Rather, it was a rumble generated by the 360 linked acupoints. A wave of power spread throughout his body.

Boom!

His entire body shook as a large amount of filthy blood seeped out of his pores. These were all the impurities accumulated through his recent injuries. His body was discharging the impurities.

At the same time, countless shining clouds appeared in the sky. Instantly, Su Yu cursed. Holy shit! Why was this happening? Was this such a big deal? Why was he being rewarded for this? Was this really happening? Wouldn’t this expose him?

He hurriedly collected all his rewards before vanishing with a flicker. Moments after he left, multiple high-stage Sunmoons arrived. All of them had solemn expressions.

“What’s going on?”

“Heavenly reward?”

“Where’s Fuhu? Why are they gone? They should still be alive. This is unrelated to the death spirits as they won’t receive heavenly rewards for killing. Did the newcomer spare Fuhu and kill the three Mountainseas for these heavenly rewards?”

“…”

The Sunmoons were taking this very seriously.

Just what was going on exactly?

Who was it?

Did anyone arrive from the fifth level?

More importantly, a first-stage Sunmoon like Fuhu had vanished just like that. What about the heavenly rewards? Even if they had arrived late, they could sense that powerful heavenly rewards had descended here moments ago.

They all looked at each other solemnly. Not even the sixth level was safe anymore. They had to enter the seventh level immediately. They had yet to deal with He Tu yet a different danger had arrived.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu’s body was still trembling as his acupoints worked on his body.

This felt great!

He felt like a burning oven as his entire body was being cleansed.

His 360 acupoints were also undergoing a transformation, powered by the unique source qi he had received as heavenly rewards. He did not know what it was exactly, but the unique source qi had completed one of his nine transformations.

Yes. He was finally starting his nine transformations. The heavenly rewards had helped him with one transformation. The saber qi in his previously transformed 144 acupoints had been fully dispersed by the heavenly rewards. Su Yu could feel the power of the laws within his body.

***

At the same time.

Seventh level.

Xia Longwu blanked out slightly.

Su Yu?

Nearby?

No..wait…that fellow seemed to have dispersed his saber qi.

He knew that Su Yu had completed a transformation before, but for some reason, Su Yu was still not a Cloudbreach. But now, Su Yu had removed his saber qi.

Did the kid…find his saber qi lacking?

Xia Longwu, an Invincible, also an expert who had slain Invincibles before, was the master of an incomparably powerful saber qi even before his dao affirmation. He was full of praise toward Su Yu when the kid used his saber qi to complete a transformation. But now, the kid had rejected his saber qi.

“How arrogant.”

Xia Longwu snorted. Was the kid looking down on his saber qi? More importantly, was the kid in the mansion? Not only did the kid enter the mansion, the kid had also opted to reject his saber qi near him.

What an arrogant kid. The damn kid better pray that they wouldn’t meet each other after this. But…with the saber qi dispersed, Xia Longwu would lose the ability to keep track of the kid. It was very likely that they would indeed not meet.