Tribulation of Myriad Races

Generally, he would produce new characters each time he studied something new and important, such as the culture and radiance characters he had formed after observing Old Wan.

How could he not form a new character after observing Culture King’s character with his heavenly talents? What was the meaning of this?

Also, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis had appeared completely clueless about being spied on. But was someone like him so easily spied upon?

Furthermore, the little furball had claimed that the record character smelled nice, but he had zero desire to eat it. This was completely unlike his reaction toward the golden book. Even back when the little furball was incredibly weak, he still couldn’t resist pouncing on the golden book. Meanwhile, he had zero appetite even when facing a supposedly similar character.

Su Yu inhaled deeply and tightened his grip on the fragment. He had a feeling that someone was scheming against him. Was it the Heavenly Overseer Marquis? Bountiful Treasure? This was supposed to be Bountiful Treasure’s payment to secure his own life.

Su Yu asked, “Lord, were Bountiful Treasure’s injuries heavy?”

“Yes. I blasted his golden body apart. You might not be familiar with this term. Just see it as something similar to losing a tri-life body.”

“If you were to continue your pursuit, was killing him possible?”

Heavendoom sneered, “Are you looking down on me?”

“No.” Su Yu smiled, “I am naturally confident in your strength. I’m asking if Bountiful Treasure was aware of your incredible strength. He had easily agreed to make a move against you during the battle. Was the Immortal Emperor’s Stele really so useful to him?”

“I don’t know. He was probably unaware of my real strength. Hmph. He didn’t know that he was courting death. If he had dared to do so in the ancient past, I would have killed him with my staff.”

“In short, he was already weaker than you during the ancient past?”

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“Has he grown much over the years?”

“Not really.”

Heavendoom was confused by the series of questions. What was the point of asking all that?

Su Yu continued, “If he hadn’t offered the payment, would you continue pursuing even after failing to kill him?”

“Of course not!” Heavendoom said, “The battle was too urgent for me to keep following him. He might even escape into the boundless void. If he went too far away, I would have simply switched my target to someone else.”

He only needed to remove the opponent. Making the opponent flee would achieve the same effect for that battle.

Su Yu nodded.

“Is this record character valuable even for someone at your level, Lord?”

“Of course. This is a fragment from Culture King’s divine weapon. A combination of this fragment and the Heavenly Hunt Index could produce something extremely powerful.”

He might have handed it over to Su Yu, but he was well aware that it was incredibly valuable.

Su Yu nodded again. In short, Bountiful Treasure was in a situation where he could survive, yet he had offered to pay the fragment as the price of his life. Everything looked normal. But the moment one scrutinized it with a skeptical gaze, it would no longer look so normal.

When Wan Tiansheng arrived from afar, Heavendoom said, “You’re here again.”

Wan Tiansheng bowed with a smile and said, “Greetings, Guardian Heavendoom.”

Heavendoom couldn’t be bothered to say more. Wan Tiansheng did not mind. He looked at Su Yu and asked, “What is it?”

At that question, Su Yu tossed the fragment to Wan Tiansheng and said, “Take a look, Principal. Try entering some willpower into it and see if anything happens.”

Wan Tiansheng did as told and shook his head, “Nothing. What a mysterious treasure. It somehow showed me the scenes of others, including myself. This might be the early design of the Dao Affirmation Ranking.”

The Allheaven Treasure House was the publisher of the Dao Affirmation Ranking. However, it was lacking in ability, resulting in a less-than-reliable ranking.

Su Yu nodded. He took another item out. When Wan Tiansheng frowned, he said, “Hold this and try doing the same to the fragment.”

“Culture Tomb?”

Heavendoom asked doubtfully, “You got it back?”

Su Yu nodded with a smile. Previously, he had heard that Heavendoom knew what the Culture Tomb looked like. Sure enough, that was the case.

Wan Tiansheng did as told. Before long, he tossed it back to Su Yu and said, “Apart from some scenes as before, I saw nothing. What did you want me to see?”

“Did you see the Heavenly Overseer Marquis?”

“No.” Wan Tiansheng asked with surprise, “Did you see him?”

“Yeah.”

Su Yu smiled. He saw it. And that was clearly unrelated to his Culture Tomb. In short, that must be related to the golden book. Or was he simply too paranoid? Or perhaps, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis was targeting the golden book. Nothing else.

Was the marquis aware that the Heavenly Hunt Index wouldn’t be complete even with the return of the two characters?

Numerous schemes took form in Su Yu’s mind. With the fragment in hand, he said, “I believe I can learn some important information through this thing.”

He smiled and continued, “Principal, do you think it’s normal for one to start muttering top secrets alone after suffering a hundred thousand years of loneliness?”

Wan Tiansheng shook his head, “I don’t know. Maybe. It’s common for people who have been lonely for too long to start talking to themselves.”

“You spent many years in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion. Did you have the habit of talking to yourself as well?”

“Yeah.” Wan Tiansheng smiled, “Why? Is anything wrong with that?”

“But would you have the energy to keep talking after a hundred thousand years?”

“Probably not. Ask me again when I’m that old.”

Su Yu exhaled and said, “I hope this is merely an unfounded suspicion.”

But if that wasn’t the case, wouldn’t it mean that the Heavenly Overseer Marquis had been targeting him all along? No, not really. Bountiful Treasure had only tossed the fragment out after the Invincibles were lured into the Death Realm and started dying.

Perhaps this was merely a precautionary scheme that had been activated due to how things had developed.

“Bountiful Treasure and Heavenly Overseer Marquis were in collusion.”

This was a guess based on his initial suspicion. It would naturally be disproved if his initial suspicion was wrong in the first place.

“They might not be targeting only me. Perhaps…this was initially prepared for the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor? This is likely. After all, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor has the other character.

“The person with the greatest longing for this thing wouldn’t be me. Rather, it would be the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. It would be perfectly normal for the weaker Bountiful Treasure to lose the fragment to him. But after the deaths of all those Invincibles in my hands, the plan somehow changed…”

It wouldn’t even be hard to get the fragment in Su Yu’s hands as Heavendoom would likely care little for it. Su Yu would not resist taking a look at it upon learning that it might be related to the Culture King or the Time Sage. Upon discovering the secret of this fragment, he would naturally keep it with himself.

Was this something that could spy on him as well? Unlikely. That could arouse his suspicion way too easily.

When Su Yu was done rearranging his thoughts, he smiled and tossed the fragment into the air before catching it again. It didn’t matter. He would keep it with him for now and judge again in the future.

“Alright. That is all, Lord Heavendoom. We’ll be leaving now.”

While bidding his farewell, Su Yu was already thinking about something else.

The West Spire head.

He had never thought of the record character before, but the West Spire head had visited him just to remind him about it. Was that deliberate?

Su Yu wondered if he was too paranoid. The West Spire head had helped him greatly. Without his help, the previous battle might have ended differently.

How odd. Was he really too mistrustful?

Su Yu couldn’t help but wonder that. After all, the West Spire head had helped humanity unhesitatingly and stopped the South Chamber head during a crucial moment. But what if that was really a scheme? Sure, he had the ability to get those pavilion Invincibles killed, but he had yet to even open the death tunnel when the West Spire head decided to help.

The Wisdom King was aware that he could open a death tunnel in advance. What about the Heavenly Overseer Marquis? The marquis definitely knew it as well. Thus, he should know that not even the pavilion Invincibles could kill him so easily. As long as the death tunnel remained unopened, he would have a trump card left.

The West Spire head’s choice wasn’t supposed to be suspicious. Some would even be thankful of him. But the truth was that without the West Spire head’s defection, both him and the South Chamber head would join the rest to die in the Death Realm.

And now, both of them had survived.

“The West Spire head….with his sense of righteousness, had decided to return to humanity during a crucial moment. He helped humanity and even visited me to get help for the humans trapped in the pavilion.

“There are quite a few ancient humans in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Earth Department head, Heaven Department head, and West Spire head. The powerful Heaven Department head had driven himself mad from the conflict of his loyalty toward the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and the Culture King. The Earth Department head had turned completely against humanity. Meanwhile, the West Spire head had easily opted to help humanity.”

Su Yu looked at Wan Tiansheng and said, “Principal, the first principal claimed that almost all the ancient humans were killed during the ninth epoch, right?”

“Yeah.”

“What were the Heaven Department head and West Spire head doing back then? Why didn’t they help then?”

“How am I supposed to know?” Wan Tiansheng laughed and said, “Either they had a more important mission or…they saw no point.”

“But the Heaven Department head did drive himself mad. I suspect that he already had the same inner conflicts during the ninth epoch. Why didn’t he do something back then?”

“Maybe he had a mission that was even more important? Or he wasn’t even aware of the final battle when it was happening?”

Wan Tiansheng could only guess. After all, he wasn’t around back then. Seeing that, Su Yu decided to stop asking.

Wan Tiansheng asked, “Did you discover something suspicious?”

“Yes.” Su Yu replied, “I’ll tell you some other day.”

Wan Tiansheng did not ask further. As they started flying toward the Grandstar City, he asked, “Are you returning to the Human Realm? Thanks to the first principal, the number of our suspects has reduced significantly. I believe two suspects would be much easier to investigate.”

He wanted to return himself, but it did not seem possible anymore. Furthermore, those Invincibles might not trust him due to all the blood in his hands. On the other hand, Su Yu was more trustworthy than him.

People like Great Xia King and Great Qin King would all be willing to listen to him slightly. As for Wan Tiansheng, he was now known as the demonic human. Even if Great Qin King were to trust him, the other Invincibles would protest it.

Only him, Liu Hong, and Su Yu knew of what the first principal said. However, Liu Hong was too weak to participate in this matter.

“Yes. I’ll return sooner or later.” Su Yu nodded, “No matter what, I need to get the Willpower Grotto for myself. It is useful for me. I need to push my willpower to the ninth-stage Mountainsea Realm.”

He paused slightly and continued, “As for the traitor, I’ll try to investigate the matter as well. At worst, I could take the guardians with me and force the human race to accept my investigation.”