Tribulation of Myriad Races

At the same time.

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

The South Chamber head was reporting the same thing to the scholar. However, the scholar said nothing. He stared at the Heavenly Hunt Index for a long while before giving a simple answer, “Fake. It’s the smiling mouth lotus.”

“What?”

The scholar explained, “A plant extremely similar to the skylotus. It’s very hard to differentiate the two. Not even the ancient past experts could easily differentiate the two. Grand Dream must know the location of the smiling mouth lotus. This must be what Su Yu is selling.”

“He’s scamming?”

The South Chamber head was greatly astonished.

“You can say so.”

The scholar wasn’t too bothered about this matter.

The South Chamber head hurriedly said, “Do we expose him?”

The scholar asked, “Do you want him to chase you everywhere like a mad dog?”

“…”

The South Chamber head blanked out slightly before asking, “Do we ignore him? Some will definitely fall for this scam!”

Yes. Su Yu would most certainly hunt the South Chamber head everywhere like a mad dog upon being exposed by the chamber head. The immortals had not bothered to expose Su Yu because many would doubt their words.

As for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, its status as an information peddler would make it quite easy for it to expose Su Yu’s scam.

“So be it.”

The scholar said, “What can Su Yu do with more carrier treasures apart from forging his Mark of Civilization with them? He is too ambitious. Even dozens of carrier treasures will be akin to a drop in an ocean for that weapon of his. This scam will only further increase the myriad races’ determination to kill him.”

“This scam won’t bring him any fundamental change. He is too greedy. The myriad races aren’t such easy targets. He might be safe while he remains strong, but he will die the moment he shows weakness.”

Yes. As far as they were concerned, the profits Su Yu could gain from this change would not bring him any significant change. Thus, both Tiangu and the scholar had decided to stay silent and observe.

They certainly wouldn’t be so indifferent if Su Yu could instantly grow much stronger through this one scam.

After thinking for a bit, the scholar asked, “Did he visit Great Zhou with Great Zhou King?”

“Yes. They left once in the middle of the formation forging.”

The scholar nodded. After a short moment, he said, “Take a trip to Celestial Chasm Realm and see Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. Offer him a peak heaven weapon for his visual character.”

“Would he agree?” The South Chamber head wasn’t too optimistic about it. He said, “Also, Su Yu promised to trade his record character for the humans in the pavilion, but he has been silent until now. We…”

The scholar said indifferently, “I certainly hope that the trade with the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor would be successful. If it failed…”

He smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter. He will lose it anyway. The celestial chasm race is plagued by death qi. They have also offended two of the individuals most blessed by luck in the Myriad Realms. It’s as if the heavens itself want them dead. Since they are blind to the great trend of the heavens, let them fall fully into the Death Realm.”

The South Chamber head had an odd expression.

Was that possible?

He knew what Heavenly Overseer Marquis was saying. The celestial chasm race had offended both the marquis and Su Yu by simply owning the visual character. Su Yu would most certainly try to get the visual character from them as well.

And the marquis and Su Yu were the two individuals most blessed by luck in the Myriad Realms. That was basically the same as receiving a heavenly decree for the end of the celestial chasm race.

However, the celestial chasm race was incredibly powerful. That was a race with one Daofuse and no less than twenty Eternals even if they only had about seven or eight Eternals on paper.

Yes. These ancient races had the habit of falsifying their records. For example, the iron devourers had always claimed that there were only two Eternals in their race. But would anyone believe that?

Nope.

They had a Daofuse who had lived for countless years. The Daofuse only needed to produce one Eternal per epoch and they would have at least nine Eternals by now. Very few of their Eternals had died during the previous nine epochs. Only a fool would believe their lies.

The same could be said for the primordial giants. That was a race composed of mountain giants, lava giants, earthfire giants, lightning giants, and many other giant races. Yet they had been claiming that they only had three Eternals in total. Was that not bullshit?

Nobody would believe that! The words of these ancient races couldn’t be believed!

The fate race was the same. They had been claiming that only one of their old fossils was still around. Null Seer was their strongest expert after their surviving old fossil, and Endless Passage was the strongest after that. Yes. A race as powerful as the fate race claimed to have only three experts in their whole race.

Only a fool would believe their lies.

The trump cards of these ancient races would remain hidden until their very survival was threatened.

The South Chamber head nodded and said, “Yes. I’ll try…”

Just then, Heavenly Overseer Marquis’ heart skipped a beat as he sensed something new. He did a quick calculation and said, “Do not stay there for long. Leave immediately if he refuses.”

“Leave immediately?”

While contemplating the meaning behind that order, the South Chamber head nodded and said, “Yes. I understand.”

“Go.”

With that, the South Chamber head vanished with a flicker.

After the South Chamber head’s departure, Heavenly Overseer Marquis sank into thought. After a while, he wrote a name on the Heavenly Hunt Index. It was the South Chamber head’s name: Xiao Qi.

Upon being written on the index, the name started shaking and warping.

“Dissipating luck. Threat of death…”

Heavenly Overseer Marquis’ heart thumped. Was something going to happen o the celestial chasm race? Or would something unexpected happen to the South Chamber head during this visit?

He was unsure. With some difficulty, he attempted to write another name–Boom!

The name was barely written when it exploded.

A cold snort rang out inside the hall, “Who dares to spy upon me?”

With a wave of his hand, Heavenly Overseer Marquis wiped the name off. At the same time, the voice vanished. He shook his head with regret. It was too difficult to spy upon the fate of a Daofuse, especially when the index was still in its incomplete state.

He wanted to inspect Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor’s fate, but he was found out before he could even start.

He did not mind the failure. After some thought, he wrote the name of a different celestial chasm Invincible. This time, nothing unexpected happened. The name warped slightly.

“Luck dissipation again? Is this really so effective?”

Heavenly Overseer Marquis was very surprised. The celestial chasm race was a powerful race. And yet…their end started approaching the moment Su Yu obtained the record character.

This was unbelievable.

“Su Yu…”

After a slight hesitation, Heavenly Overseer Marquis wrote Su Yu’s name on the index. He had lost count of how many times he had written this name on the index. In the past, Su Yu’s name would remain completely stable whenever it was written on the index.

Today, something changed.

Right after the name was written, something similar to either a pen or the tip of a saber shot out of the name.

To spy upon fate was to suffer the backlash from fate.

Instantly, the tip of the pen-saber reached his forehead and punctured his skin.

Drop after drop of blood flowed out.

Heavenly Overseer Marquis’ expression changed slightly. Su Yu’s luck had grown even stronger than before.

Had the kid stumbled upon yet another fortuitous encounter?

***

At the same time.

Su Yu’s heart thumped. The Culture Tomb in his sea of willpower had suddenly transformed into a pen before stabbing into an empty spot, followed by the sound of something being punctured.

“Spying on me?”

Su Yu hurriedly focused on his sea of willpower. He noted that even the golden book was reacting slightly.

“Heavenly Hunt Index!”

Instantly, Su Yu understood what was happening. He snorted coldly. Heavenly Overseer Marquis. That guy had attempted to spy upon him. Su Yu frowned. Why did the marquis spy on him out of nowhere? The marquis must have used the Heavenly Hunt Index to do so.

“Did that old man notice something? Has he finally noticed his loss of control over me?”

Su Yu sank into thought. These old fossils sure had many tricks up their sleeve. Heavenly Overseer Marquis…that was not someone to be provoked lightly. However, the marquis was the one who had provoked him first.

“This can’t do. I’m still too weak, and most of my trump cards have been exposed. Things might get dangerous if I let this continue. I need to think of a way to grow rapidly! Strengthening the Mark of Civilization is an option, but I also can’t neglect my characters and body.”

Unfortunately, his physical strength had slowed considerably in growth after his nine transformations.

“Characters…and laws…”

He might really need to milk the heavenly laws further, strengthen his characters, and improve his character technique. That would allow him to get a head start on his chosen dao.

“Each natural character is the fragment of a law…what about the heavenly tribulations and rewards? Both are manifestations of the power of laws. Perhaps…this is also the way for me to comprehend even more characters!”

Su Yu started rapping on his desk as he sank into thought. After this scam, he would focus on milking the heavenly laws instead of wasting his time on the others. After exposing so many of his trump cards, things were starting to get dangerous for him.

The divines, devils, and immortals were definitely trying to do something in the Death Realm and launch a pincer attack against him.

“Since humanity is attacking the Celestial Chasm Realm, I should probably go with them and find a chance to kill a Daofuse. Or I can open a few death tunnels there and let the death spirits go wild there. The heavenly laws will try to punish me, but they won’t be strong enough to kill me if I keep the spread of death qi under control.”

Numerous new ideas emerged in Su Yu’s mind.

Kill more people. Strengthen his Mark of Civilization.

He could receive heavenly rewards by killing in the Allheaven Battlefield. He could also receive heavenly tribulations by offending the heavenly laws. In short, he had to enter another phase of rapid growth.

Just Great Yuan King alone had taken him such a long time to defeat even with the assistance of a formation. That was far too weak to his liking.

At this point, the sun was setting.

Outside his residence, the five elementals were here again. Hearing Topsoil Spirit’s voice, a new idea emerged in Su Yu’s mind. Wasn’t the five elemental race the best option for him if he wanted to farm the heavenly tribulations? Would the five elemental race like to regain their lost Five Elemental Art?

He would generously offer to deal with any heavenly tribulations that might appear as a result of that. He did not fear heavenly tribulations. Heavenly tribulations were his best friends!

This was a lot more reliable and controllable than any other method he could think of! This might also help him further perfect his five elemental characters!

Yes! The five elemental race!

He loved them!

He loved them so much he would teach them the Five Elemental Art and take on the tribulations for them! He would farm the heavenly tribulations while the five elementals cultivated! He would let their entire race cultivate the lost art! Let’s see if the heavenly tribulations could really blast him to death!

And thus, Su Yu opened the door of his residence.

The moment Topsoil Spirit stepped inside, he was greeted by Su Yu’s wide smile. That smile…gave Topsoil Spirit the urge to turn around and leave. That was the kind of smile that could make him shiver.

How terrifying.

What was it this time?

He was already so helpful! What more did Su Yu want from him?

Meanwhile, the elder beside Topsoil Spirit was overjoyed to see Su Yu’s wide smile. Good! What an earnest smile!

From that smile alone, he could feel how friendly Su Yu was toward them!

He also had a strong feeling that Su Yu was the most trustworthy person in existence!

Even a Sunmoon elder couldn’t resist Su Yu’s influence. While Topsoil Spirit was shivering with fear, he received a voice transmission, “Brother Topsoil…no, as the successor of the Five Elemental Ancestor, should I address you as the ancestor as well?”

Shock covered Topsoil Spirit’s face.

He only wanted to run. To run far away.

Su Yu…knew the truth!