Tribulation of Myriad Races

When Qin Hao noted the arrival of some newcomers, he looked over indifferently before returning his focus to the building. Naturally, Su Yu kept away from them and approached the group of divines instead. There, both he and Old Hao floated slightly to look over the wall.

The first thing Su Yu noticed was a massive lotus blooming on a pond. Four petals had bloomed thus far. The glowing petals swayed about gently as they consumed the energy in the air.

Su Yu could see a great resemblance between this lotus and the smiling mouth lotus. The two almost looked the same. Not far from the skylotus was a pavilion. And floating above the pavilion was a saber. Under the saber, a faintly discernible gate could be seen.

“Death tunnel!”

Su Yu was quite alarmed to see that. The death tunnel was less than a kilometer away from the skylotus. For top experts, such a distance was nothing. No wonder. No wonder the experts on the seventh level were trying so hard to prevent the death spirits from leaving the death tunnel. Wouldn’t their arrival ruin the blooming skylotus?

Naturally, the death spirits could exit through the heavenly laws when certain requirements were fulfilled. For example, when someone was killed, they could appear directly where the murder was performed. However, the experts on the seventh level would not allow them to exit through the death tunnel.

Would the suppression of the death tunnel vanish the moment the floating saber was removed?

“There sure are a lot of treasures here.” Old Hao sighed and said, “The nine-leaf skylotus and the divine saber. Even the water in the pond is probably a treasure as well. After all, it is capable of growing an absolute treasure like the nine-leaf skylotus.”

Su Yu nearly rolled his eyes upon hearing that. What water was this? This location…wasn’t this the location of Old Zhou’s Heaven Connecting Acupoint? If that was the case, the water here…well…was this the end of Old Zhou’s intestines?

Su Yu started growing imaginative. This was quite a fertile ground. The nine-leaf skylotus was most likely something manually planted here. In the ancient past, the skylotus merely served as a decoration here. From this, it was obvious how powerful the experts of the ancient past could be.

Even something so valuable was treated as mere decoration. Apart from the pond, there was nothing else in the courtyard. There were more than one nine-leaf skylotuses in the courtyard, but only one was blooming. Su Yu could see that there was a skylotus every few hundred meters.

All in all, there were nine of them. No wonder those outside the mansion could know about the blooming skylotus in advance. Left undisturbed, the other skylotuses would also bloom in the future.

They continued looking over the wall from the outside like curious children. The Pseudo Invincibles in charge of guarding the entrance couldn’t be bothered to do anything about them. In any case, one could only enter through the main gate.

Beside Su Yu, Old Hao said, “I wonder if we will be allowed to enter after the Invincibles are done harvesting the skylotus. Perhaps there are more benefits to be gained inside.”

Hearing his words, a divine youth sneered and said, “Stop dreaming. Nobody will be allowed to enter even after the blooming skylotus is plucked. This place is essentially a farm. Even Invincibles will be careful not to damage the roots of the skylotus while harvesting it. According to the records, the skylotuses here had been harvested eight times before this. Look over there. Look at the smallest skylotus. It will probably bloom again after a few hundred tides. This place is too valuable to be ruined by the likes of us.”

Su Yu looked over and noted that the eighth skylotus was the nearest skylotus to the blooming skylotus. It was indeed the smallest skylotus on the pond. Waiting a few hundred tides for it to bloom again was essentially waiting a few thousand years.

When was the last time a skylotus was harvested? There were nine of them in total. Thus, up to eight skylotuses had been harvested prior to this. Su Yu wondered if the people who had harvested these skylotuses in the past were still alive.

If they were still around, they should understand the proper method of harvesting these skylotuses. He removed his gaze from the skylotus and focused on the pavilion instead. There was only a floating saber in the pavilion.

It looked ordinary. He didn’t have it in hand. But he knew that it was an incredible weapon. Something capable of suppressing a death tunnel was most definitely a divine weapon. And every divine weapon was incredibly valuable.

Su Yu was rich, but he didn’t have a divine weapon in his possession. His Mark of Civilization was merely an embryonic divine weapon. He didn’t even know if he could grow it into a divine weapon in his lifetime. An embryo was not the same as the real deal.

A real divine weapon was incomparably powerful. For example, the Heavenly Hunt Index could send messages and collect auras throughout the Allheaven Battlefield. Su Yu wouldn’t be able to purchase a divine weapon even with all his wealth. Such was the value of a divine weapon.

At present, there were no weaponsmith capable of forging divine weapons in existence. At best, one could only forge a heaven weapon and try to upgrade it into a divine weapon. However, such a person would not be considered a proper divine weaponsmith. Even the famed Pseudo Emperors were only using peak heaven weapons. From this, one could see just how rare divine weapons were.

Su Yu asked, “Is that saber really a divine weapon? How many golden stripes does it have? Since the Devote King is dead, is that saber still usable?”

A divine Sunmoon chided him, “Stop talking about these ancient experts here. Even dead, their remnant will might remain. That is a divine weapon. And divine weapons are intelligent. Do you think divine weapons are the same as earth weapons?”

The Sunmoon was essentially warning him to shut his mouth lest the saber decide to teach him a lesson.

Su Yu shut his mouth. Fine. Divine weapons were intelligent…as a weaponsmith himself, he understood more. Whether a divine weapon was intelligent would depend on how it was forged.

For example, the Mark of Civilization would contain a powerful projection in each page upon becoming a divine weapon. With these projections, his Mark of Civilization would have a certain degree of intelligence as well. This was the so-called intelligence divine weapons were supposed to have.

Old Zhao’s hammer was another example. After becoming a divine weapon, it would maintain a certain level of intelligence thanks to the character Old Zhao planted in it. The intelligence would remain even after Old Zhao’s death. It would only lose its intelligence upon losing its character. This concept was also applicable to the weapons forged from a living person.

For example, Hu Qi had forged a Sunmoon into a weapon not long ago. Such a weapon would also possess a certain degree of intelligence, thanks to the remnant will of the person used to forge the weapon.

Su Yu was curious about the method used to forge this saber. If it had been forged from a living person, it would be an extremely dangerous weapon. Such a forging method was essentially a demonic forging method. Most of the time, such a weapon would go crazy upon the death of its master.

“It’s probably not a living forging method or the weapon wouldn’t have stayed here obediently. It must have been forged through a proper method.”

As Su Yu’s eyes glowed faintly, he stared at the saber. He wanted to see if he could find a way to release the death spirits. As for the trouble that would arise from that, well, that was none of his business. Here, the weak were merely food for the strong.

There was no need to hold back. Su Yu suspected that the immortal kings would probably give up on even Mo Duona if they were to learn that he was here. Even if Mo Duona was really the person who had killed Xuan Wuji and the others, the immortal kings would still give up on Mo Duona and go after him instead.

Why? Because that was the order of multiple Pseudo Emperors.

“It won’t be easy…but it’s not impossible.”

Su Yu judged that this weapon was not uncontrollable. He only needed to fulfil several requirements. Firstly, bloodline. Secondly, the cultivation method. Since this was Devote King’s weapon, it would need either the bloodline or the cultivation method of Devote King to control.

“He Tu seems to be a descendant of Devote King.”

Su Yu had learned that from the immortals, but he was unsure if it was true. But He Tu was dead. Death would sever everything, including his bloodline.

“In that case, I can only rely on the cultivation method. But a death spirit won’t be able to make use of the cultivation methods of the living. In that case, not even He Tu can control his saber anymore.”

That wasn’t surprising to him. He Tu would have entered the mansion long ago if he had a way to control the saber. Next, Su Yu shifted his focus to the skylotus. Numerous ideas emerged in his mind, but he couldn’t think of anything that could help with harvesting the skylotus. It was simply an impossible task.

Just then, he heard someone talking about something. That topic prompted him to look in a certain direction. Near the back door of Devote King’s residence, a whirlpool could be seen in the air. It was located around ten kilometers from the pavilion above the pond, and it was also the entrance to the eighth level.

Someone nearby said, “I heard there are a lot of treasures on the eighth level since the residences of numerous ancient experts are there. All those people were Emperors. Any random treasure from that place will be enough for us to profit massively. What a pity that we have no way of entering the eighth level.”

“Entering the eighth level? Stop dreaming. According to the rumors, some of the ancient experts are still alive. Back then, an Invincible tried to enter the eighth level only to be killed with one punch.”

“Are you sure about that?”

“Of course. My ancestor told me. If you want to know, feel free to ask your own ancestor.”

“…”

The eighth level.

That was a place Mo Duona wanted to enter as well. He was targeting a treasure in the residence of the ancient Devil Pseudo Emperor. As far as Su Yu was concerned, that was madness.

But he had also heard from an immortal king that one could enter the eighth level if one held an official position in the ancient court. However, Su Yu’s position was relatively low-ranked. Even if he could enter, his movement might be restricted.

He was an ancient city mayor. Strictly speaking, someone like him could be considered a general of the ancient court. People like Heavendoom were also mayors back then. They had only turned into stone statues to further resist the death qi after the collapse of the ancient past.

With the mayor’s medallion of the Grand Dream City, Su Yu could be considered a titled general. His rank was lower than that of marquises, but much higher than most people.

“Is the entrance so near?”

Su Yu started considering the eighth level as a hiding place. Should he enter the eighth level after snatching the nine-leaf skylotus?

“But there is no guarantee that the others can’t enter as well. For example, the Heaven Department head might be able to enter. As a subordinate of the Heavenly Overseer Marquis, he might have been appointed a titled general. Also, are there no other surviving titled generals among those living fossils?”

Su Yu’s head ached as he thought about this issue. Even if he could snatch the skylotus, there was no guarantee that he would be able to escape. The eighth level…or the Death Realm.

Those were his only options. However, entering the eighth level would not guarantee that he would be able to leave the mansion later. Even if he could leave the mansion, could he survive long enough to reach his ancient city?

Numerous Invincibles were paying close attention to the mansion out there. The short distance between the mansion and his ancient city could prove extremely challenging.

“I can still keep a low profile if I stay away from the skylotus. But that won’t be possible after snatching the skylotus. They will definitely find out who I am. Escape will be impossible. I might need to enter the death tunnel and cross the Death Realm to return to the ancient city. Since Xing Yue can come all the way here, there must be a way to return as well.”

But that was too dangerous. Once he entered the Death Realm, Xing Yue could start trying to kill him. Out here, she still had to follow the heavenly laws. That would change in the Death Realm.

Su Yu understood the importance of an escape route. Thus, he had to plan his escape route before getting his hands on the skylotus.

“Maybe I can kill those people during the transfer out of the mansion. But doing so will reduce the number of people that can cover for me…”

This was so troublesome. Suddenly, a massive rumble rang out. That was followed by He Tu’s voice, “Keep going! I won’t give up until I succeed!”

Boom!