Chapter 98 - 98

Chapter 1413: He Tu And Dummy (2)

As they traveled, He Tu continued looking around. The more he looked, the more doubtful he felt. These hairs really resembled someone's hair that was being draped downward.

When they flew higher, he felt as though he was approaching the scalp. But for He Tu, the scalp might as well be the sturdiest of walls. Even with his strength, he couldn't deal any damage to the wall here.

Left with no choice, he could only continue flying along the wall. Of course, the attacks from the pillars were also growing intense. But as they flew, the pillars started becoming sparse.

And finally, they left the forest of pillars and landed on a massive platform. Or to be precise, they had landed on the upper part of the forehead.

He Tu's expression turned odd. He looked around and saw numerous large pillars hanging on the side of the platform. For some reason, the pillars were no longer attacking him.

After some hesitation, He Tu looked at his friend, whom he was now calling Dummy, and asked, "You...were you here before? Just what place is this?"

Then, he looked behind him with a frown. Some ripples could be seen in the air. That was a barrier. When he approached the barrier, he could vaguely see through it.

Suddenly, a large amount of death qi converged on his eyes. Then, his eyes shone. With that, he was finally able to see through the barrier. His expression changed. There was something familiar about this.

What did he see?

He saw a seemingly endless mountain range.

"Brow Mountain..."

A name emerged in his mind out of nowhere.

Brow Mountain.

His expression changed drastically.

Brow Mountain!

In that case, where was this?

He looked around with a greatly alarmed expression. He saw the Brow Mountain! The gigantic Brow Mountain!

"Fuck!"

Holy shit!

He had somehow entered the Luminous Domain Mansion! No, this wasn't right. The Brow Mountain was on the first level. In that case, where was he?

Negative first level?

Basement?

"There is a basement in the Luminous Domain Mansion? No, no, this...place is connected to the Death Realm!"

He Tu's expression changed drastically. Had he forgotten something?

He was not an expert from the ancient past. Rather, he was a human expert of the first epoch. Additionally, he was also a descendant of an ancient past expert. The bloodline of that ancient expert ran thick in his veins.

He couldn't remain calm. He had entered the basement of the Luminous Domain Mansion through the Death Realm. What did this signify? This signified that the Luminous Domain Mansion ran through both the Myriad Realms and the Death Realm. That was a terrifying concept.

He also knew that there was actually a death tunnel in the Luminous Domain Mansion as well. However, that tunnel was connected to the seventh level. Furthermore, the situation there was too complicated. It wouldn't be easy to reach due to the restrictions of the laws.

But the power of the laws...did not extend to this place.

In other words, the tunnel connected to the seventh level was more like a prison. The laws were the jailers. One would only be able to move through it with the permission of the jailers.

Meanwhile, this place seemed to be a backdoor. An unguarded backdoor to the Luminous Domain Mansion. A certain realization hit him. After entering the mansion through this place, would he return to the Death Realm upon leaving? Or would he be transported to the Myriad Realms? It did not matter. He had finally found a place where the heavenly laws did not exist. He could move freely in the Luminous Domain Mansion!

In his shock, he looked at Dummy and asked, "Who are you exactly? Is this a coincidence? Or is this intentional? How can there be tunnels to the Luminous Domain Mansion from the Death Realm?"

Once again, He Tu's expression changed as he exclaimed, "360 stars. 360 tunnels. This is the same number as the special tunnels! This...yes! The Luminous Domain Mansion has opened recently! In that case, the tunnels in the Death Realm have opened at the same time as the tunnels in the Myriad Realms!"

Numerous thoughts emerged in his mind.

Abruptly, he shouted, "Su Yu!"

He started gnashing his teeth. That was the name of the bastard who had dared to provoke him previously. Was that bastard in the mansion as well? Was that bastard here?

"Su Yu!"

He Tu smiled, revealing his black teeth. Was Su Yu here? He had...somehow entered the Luminous Domain Mansion!

"Hahaha!"

He Tu roared with laughter.

When he was done laughing, he looked at Dummy and said, "Come on. Let's enter the Luminous Domain Mansion!"

This was the basement of the mansion. This was also the forehead. As for the massive pillars, those were the hair. In fact, a certain idea was starting to emerge in his mind. But that was too scary a possibility. He did not even dare to entertain it.

The Human Face World was not hairless! And the Luminous Domain Mansion was really connected to the Death Realm.

The Human Face World might resemble a human face slightly, but not everyone gave it much thought. Most people believed this was some sort of joke played by the builder. But now that He Tu had seen the hair of the Human Face World, he couldn't help but think of a certain possibility.

Was this really just a joke? If this was a joke, was there a need to build even the hair? As he walked, he found himself ramming into the barrier instead of phasing through it. He blanked out. Could he not walk through it?

He frowned and sent a palm attack at the barrier. It only caused the barrier to shake slightly.

"It's impassable?"

No way...right? Soon, he thought of something. One could only enter the Luminous Domain Mansion through specific entrances. This might not be one of those entrances. It didn't matter. Since he was already in the basement, there was no rush. He could probably find the proper entrance after looking around.

He would be inside before he knew it.

At that thought, He Tu started laughing again. When he looked at Dummy again, he had a satisfied expression. What a good subordinate.

With this, he could finally come into direct contact with the younger generation of the Myriad Realms.

And among them was someone called Su Yu. That guy better be here as well. And that guy better be alive. Wasn't that guy cocky?

That guy had destroyed his remnant and insulted him before. He Tu had not forgotten about that. Just wait.

And thus, He Tu started his search for a way into the mansion.

***

Su Yu had naturally not imagined that there would be a basement in the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Through countless years of exploration, it was concluded that there were nine levels in the mansion. Nobody knew that there was a basement. Nobody knew that two Invincible death spirits were currently roaming the basement. One of them was someone with a grudge toward Su Yu.

After defeating He Tu's remnant previously, Su Yu had rained insults on He Tu, thinking that He Tu would not be able to leave. Thanks to his ignorance, Su Yu was feeling particularly relaxed in the mansion. He was the strongest individual on the first level. This would probably last until the third level. What was there for him to fear?

Thus, he was feeling very relaxed. He couldn't enter the ninth level, and there was no guarantee that he would enter the eighth level. As for the seventh level, he would decide later. He had plenty of time left. It was only the second day. There was no rush at all.

When it was time to temper his mouth, Su Yu hesitated. If it were any other part of his face, he could either cut or dig it off. But what was he supposed to do with his mouth? Was he supposed to cut it off as well?

But soon, he discovered that there was no need for him to go through that trouble. However, it would be quite disgusting.

Su Yu noted that some astral winds were swirling at the depths of the Heavenly Pit. After a slight test, he found that he only needed to inhale the air there and let the air swirl in his mouth. The air would automatically temper his mouth for him.

It was simple...but...Su Yu couldn't help but wonder if Old Zhou had bad breath. Were the astral winds here...Old Zhou's breath? In short, he had to inhale Old Zhou's breath to temper his mouth.

Fine, fine.

So be it.

If even earwax could be treated as treasures, this was nothing.

Just look at what Xia Huyou and the others were doing. They were sprawled on the ground, inhaling deeply from the ground itself. They were essentially kissing Old Zhou's tongue.

How disgusting.

Even deeper in the Heavenly Pit, a clear pond could be seen. Su Yu had the urge to gather some of the water from the pond, as it was obvious the water in the pond was incredibly valuable as well. However, he couldn't bring himself to do it. After collecting Old Zhou's earwax, and after inhaling Old Zhou's breath, was he supposed to collect Old Zhou's saliva as well?

While he was hesitating, Xia Huyou urged him, "Su Yu! Go collect it! This is the Emperor's Saliva, an absolute treasure renowned throughout the Myriad Realms.

Yellow Nine offered an explanation as well, "This thing is even better than the spring water of the Blood Plain. It has miraculous healing effects. Aren't you injured? A few drops of the Emperor's Saliva will probably be enough for you to make a full recovery."

"I would rather die."

Su Yu snorted. How could they tell him to consume saliva? To make things worse, this was the saliva of someone who had died countless years ago. No way! Fine, fine. He would gather some. This was still a treasure. At worst, he could sell it. Nobody knew it was saliva anyway.

Then again, the dragon race had a treasure known as the Dragon's Saliva as well. It was said that this treasure was made from the saliva of dragons. And everyone loved it. Why? Why would they love the saliva of the dragons?

Also, there was a unique delicacy called the bird's nest. It was also a relatively popular food. If everyone could accept eating the saliva of birds and dragons, they could probably accept Old Zhou's saliva as well.

Su Yu couldn't help but wonder if Old Zhou would constantly emanate a refreshing aroma when he was alive.

With such random thoughts in his mind, Su Yu drained the entire pond. Sure enough, the pond contained an incredible amount of energy. And the energy also felt incomparably saintly and pure.

"I'll look for the smiling mouth lotus on the third level instead. Its roots can be used to recover from physical injuries as well. If I can't find any..." The source of this content

Chapter 1414: He Tu And Dummy (3)

Su Yu glanced at the collected water in his storage ring. If he failed to find the smiling mouth lotus...cough, cough. He would think about it later. It was only a little bit of saliva. It was no big deal.

Cough, cough. He would decide later. There was no rush. The Luminous Domain Mansion was filled with treasures.

If things got desperate enough, he simply needed to brace himself and shut his eyes. At that point, he could eat anything if it meant recovery. Thus, this was a problem for future him to worry about.

Su Yu kept consoling himself that this saliva was an absolute treasure. Countless people dreamed of eating it. He should be thankful he could eat some. Just then, he finished tempering his mouth.

With this, he was left with only his belly button to temper. That might have to wait until he was on the second level or at the entrance to the second level.

After tempering so many of his Source Opening acupoints, his head had grown much stronger. But that was nothing. More importantly, he also had a feeling that he had somehow elevated himself into a higher being.

He felt as though...he was no longer part of the mundane. Sure, as a cultivator, he had long ceased being a part of the mundane. But as of this moment, he felt as though even if he cut his head off, he could continue living a long life.

As he was already very strong, the changes on him weren't exactly that obvious. Meanwhile, Xia Huyou was the one to feel the transformation most vividly. Just by following behind Su Yu for a bit, he had completed up to his twenty-fourth body forging.

How terrifying.

This place was simply filled with treasures. He would complete a body forging with any random treasure he picked up while following behind Su Yu. Before he knew it, he had completed the twenty-fourth forging.

As Xia Huyou cultivated the Sky Sundering Saber, he could complete up to thirty-six body forgings. Thus, he could now be considered a sixth-stage Skysoar. The seventh stage wasn't even that far away. Perhaps a piece of earwax would be enough to push him into the seventh stage.

Huang Teng was also on the verge of completing another transformation to become a seventh-stage Cloudbreach. Meanwhile, Su Yu was still a first-stage Cloudbreach. His changes were clearly not as obvious as the other two.

"I need the proper cultivation method..."

He recalled what he saw when entering the mansion. He was unsure if what he saw was the circulation method of Old Zhou or the builder of the mansion. Unfortunately, he had not been able to witness the full circulation.

"I still don't have all the apertures...but I can put that aside for now. I need to focus on my body first. I can't complete my Cloudbreach transformations randomly as that will greatly affect my combat strength."

He needed a proper cultivation method. Perhaps...this would be the best time for him to conduct some experiments. After all, he was already injured. If he waited until he had fully recovered before conducting his experiments, he might injure himself again and end up wasting more resources for recovery.

He was not concerned about receiving more injuries when he was already injured. With Flesh Regrow, he could ensure that his body would not collapse completely. There would always be a base he could regrow from. That was enough.

Of the 360 acupoints, he had seen the circulation route through 250 of them. Every cultivation method followed a certain set of rules. He only needed to connect the remaining acupoints in a logical manner. In fact, following this line of thought, he could link around 300 of his acupoints. Only a small number of acupoints needed some tests.

"There might be more than one grand cycle cultivation method. I might not need to use something existing. As long as I can link all the acupoints smoothly, I will be able to temper and transform my acupoints all at the same time. As for the strength of this unorthodox cultivation method...it's really not that important."

Why would different cultivation methods utilizing the same number of acupoints differ in strength? That was because some cultivation methods were more efficient than others. After all, any circulation route capable of linking all the acupoints without harming the user could technically be considered a cultivation method.

"The linkage of my acupoints is my current priority. As for the strength of the cultivation method, I can readjust at a later date."

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something else. If this were a head, there should be another important acupoint her,e even if that wasn't one of the nine Source Opening acupoints. The forehead acupoint between the brows.

That was the acupoint he had discovered through the devils. Suddenly, he pointed at a spot near the two Brow Mountains and asked, "Is the entrance to the next level there?"

"Yeah." Yellow Nine asked, "Didn't you ask the same question earlier?"

No. That wasn't it. Yes, he pointed in the same direction when he asked the question previously. But at the time, he was referring to the One Hundred Openings. However, he had confirmed that the Human Face World was cut off somewhere near the forehead.

The One Hundred Openings was not there. Only the forehead acupoint between the eyebrows could be found there. That acupoint was the entrance to the second level.

"Forehead acupoint ..."

Perhaps this would be a good opportunity to check how that acupoint would operate according to the grand cycle cultivation method. Of his 360 acupoints, the operation of three of them was particularly hard to derive. Unlike the other acupoints, the three did not have any counterparts in the human body.

They were respectively the forehead acupoint, the Heaven Connecting Acupoint, and the spine acupoint he had discovered from a divine cultivation method. If he could figure out the operational method and circulation route of these three acupoints, he wouldn't be far from deriving the entire grand cycle cultivation method.

"Forehead acupoint, spine acupoint, and Heaven Connecting Acupoint..."

Su Yu muttered to himself.

"Also..."

Suddenly, he looked at the Heavenly Pit again. "There might be a door somewhere down there."

The three looked at him in astonishment. What was he talking about?

"Those big doors..."

Su Yu was referring to the doors in the special entrance. He suspected that those doors had all returned here. They had all returned to their respective acupoints. Thus, there might be a door in each of the 360 acupoints. These were the doors one could use to leave the mansion.

At the moment, none of the doors were visible. Perhaps they were all hiding away in the void. They would only reappear when it was time to leave. The Luminous Domain Mansion had too many secrets.

Su Yu was in no rush to uncover everything right away. He could uncover the truth one level at a time. Having decided on that, he said, "Let's go to the entrance. We're going to the second level."

"Are you not going to further explore the first level?" Xia Huyou was reluctant to leave. He said, "There are more treasures to be found here..."

Su Yu said, "Nope. The places you know are probably some pores or sweat glands. What can you find there except trash? It's a waste of time."

Fine, fine.

Xia Huyou didn't know what to say anymore. Trash? The earwax was trash. The nasal hair was trash. Even the saliva was trash. Yet Su Yu had collected them all. So why was he complaining about trash now?

Looking at the teeth around them, Xia Huyou sighed, "What a pity that we can't pluck these platforms off. They are sturdy enough to serve as heaven weapons or even carrier treasures."

"You can try if you're tired of living."

Su Yu rolled his eyes. Old Zhou was still capable of reacting instinctively. If Xia Huyou attempted something like that, he would probably be bitten to death.

Speaking of...

Su Yu looked at two of the peaks around there. If he could really pluck them off...they would really be quite valuable.

What a pity. Was Old Zhou still capable of shutting his mouth?

At that thought, he grabbed the others and said, "Let's move further away. It's dangerous here."

"Danger?"

They looked at him with surprise. Where was the danger?

Su Yu ignored them.

After moving some distance away, he reopened the acupoint he had shut previously. Immediately, the cries of pain slammed into his mind. Fortunately, he had braced himself for this. Thus, he wasn't too badly affected.

With a wave of his hand, he erected a barrier around Xia Huyou and the others. Then, he yelled, "Tai Shan!"

Boom!

"Tai Shan!"

The sky collapsed. The earth shattered. The furious roar resounded in the air.

Then, the distant mouth clamped shut. Space itself shattered from the sheer biting force of that mouth.

Alarmed, Su Yu hurriedly shut one of his acupoints. The moment he did that, the first level started calming down again.

The mouth reopened, turning back into the Heavenly Pit.

Su Yu inhaled deeply.

Was there a way to...lure some Invincibles to the first level?

Holy shit!

That single bite was enough to heavily injure, if not outright kill, an Invincible. That was too fast.

Meanwhile, Xia Huyou and the others were greatly surprised. The disaster this time wasn't as big, and it had ended almost immediately. When they looked at the Heavenly Pit again, they saw that it still looked the same. The only difference was the addition of some spatial cracks above the pit.

Xia Huyou shivered and said, "Impressive, Su Yu. How did you know that some spatial cracks would appear there? That would have been very dangerous."

Su Yu smiled and said nothing. How could he not know about the coming danger? After all, he was th—no. It was Old Zhou, not him. Sure enough, Old Zhou was still capable of reacting. That mouth of his could probably bite even Invincibles to death. For more chapters visıt novel·fiɾe·net

"Let's go."

As Su Yu resumed his journey, He Tu was looking around with an incomparably solemn expression.

Danger.

Earlier, an intense sense of danger had arisen within him out of nowhere. Thus, he decided that he was in no rush to enter the first level. It wouldn't hurt to wait until the danger had passed before entering.

Chapter 1415: Death Follows (1)

Near the entrance to the second level.

The entrance was a large whirlpool. When Su Yu arrived with his companions, he frowned and looked around. This was indeed the location of the forehead acupoint.

"Are we going up now?"

Xia Huyou asked again. Were they really leaving just like that?

Su Yu ignored him and soared into the sky before scanning the surroundings. He started hesitating. Could he obtain any benefits from the forehead acupoint? How should he temper his forehead acupoint?

Or to be precise, how should he go about discovering the operation method of this acupoint? How should source qi circulate through this acupoint, and which acupoints were this acupoint linked with? This was one of the acupoints he had not been able to see before being transferred into the mansion.

If he could figure out the circulation route through these unique acupoints, it would be much easier for him to derive the rest of the route.

"Forehead acupoint...circulation..."

Suddenly, an idea came to Su Yu. He reached out and grabbed Yellow Nine and the others. Xia Huyou blanked out slightly, but he did not protest. Both Yellow Nine and Huang Teng panicked, but Su Yu did not give them the chance to resist.

Instantly, they were all trapped inside a misty space. After trapping them in the misty space, he continued observing the whirlpool. A short while later, he opened his shut acupoint.

"Tai Shan!"

With a shout, the world raged. Old Zhou seemed even more furious than before. Perhaps that was because he had been provoked multiple times in the same day.

The same voice reverbrated in Su Yu's mind.

"Tai Shan! Why did you kill me!"

"I do not accept your reason!"

"I refuse to accept this result!"

"..."

Blood started dripping out of Su Yu's mouth, but he did not seem to care. Even as the sound waves were attacking him, he continued focusing on the forehead acupoint. When Old Zhou raged, he would most certainly circulate his cultivation method. Su Yu wanted to see what the forehead acupoint would look like with the cultivation method active.

Sure enough, the forehead acupoint started spinning faster and faster. A large amount of source qi converged there as the entrance started trembling.

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Far away, beyond the barrier of the first level.

He Tu saw someone.

No, he saw multiple individuals.

He had never seen Su Yu's appearance. He only knew Su Yu by voice. Thus, he wasn't too bothered by the individuals he was seeing. Rather, he was trembling from sensing the intense energy undulations.

What was this? The Luminous Domain Mansion was raging! Was that because...the mansion was forged out of a human?

He did not dare to think too deeply about it. In fact, he didn't even dare to move. Something was extremely wrong about the first level. It was extremely dangerous. It would be a bad idea for him to enter now. Thus, he decided to further delay his entry.

At the same time, his curiosity toward the Luminous Domain Mansion was growing. He had been in the mansion before. But things weren't like this before. Beside him, Dummy was staring through the barrier blankly. He seemed oddly engrossed in what he was seeing.

***

At the same time.

Outside.

Once again, the White Jade Gate rampaged.

This was the third time.

The first time it happened, it was intense. The second time it happened, it was milder. And the third time...seemed very long-lasting.

All the Invincibles had unsightly expressions.

Each time the gate raged, some of their people inside the mansion would die. They had lost the most during the first incident. They hadn't lost too many people during the second incident. Perhaps that was simply an unintended reaction. But now, more tunnels were collapsing, signifying that even more of their people had died.

Damn it!

This time, the people dying were no mere weaklings. Instead, they were Sunmoons. Dao King watched silently with a cold and detached expression. He had stopped raging. Of his thirteen initial slots, only eleven had been utilized by his people. Seven had died. Such was his luck. Only four remained.

He was so unlucky that he felt as though the world itself was targeting him. This was too vile.

"There are 3,080 survivors. This...isn't too bad."

Someone muttered in relief. The second day was nearly over and only about five hundred had died. This wasn't too bad. It was merely two hundred or so deaths per day. Meanwhile, the Invincibles around him were left completely speechless.

How was this not bad?

Sigh.

They had no idea why this was happening. For some reason, the Luminous Domain Mansion was raging again and again. They were starting to feel jittery. If this continued, they would lose all their people. This wasn't a price they were willing to pay.

***

Seventh level of the Luminous Domain Mansion.

An intense battle was unfolding between a large number of experts. After cutting a Sunmoon to death with his saber, Xia Longwu exhaled and fled. Fortunately, the mansion had raged all of a sudden. Otherwise, the myriad race Invincibles would have succeeded in encircling him.

While fleeing, he observed his surroundings. The seventh level was extremely dangerous. Too many experts had gathered here. In fact, over twenty Invincibles had arrived on this level.

As for the nineleaf skylotus everyone was waiting for, it was starting to emerge. Everyone could see it. Shrouded in the midst of void, it was slowly blooming. However, when one tried to approach it, one wouldn't be able to touch it.

According to what Xia Longwu knew, one had to wait for the correct moment before harvesting it. After it fully bloomed, it would turn corporeal. That would be the time to harvest it.

Thus, most of the people on the seventh level were cleaning their competition while waiting. Some had been assigned to watch the entrance, preventing more people from entering the seventh level.

Not far away, a different battle erupted. When Xia Longwu looked over, he noted that it was probably Zhu Tianfang. That was a strong fellow as well. Thus, Xia Longwu focused on fleeing and did not bother to help.

This time, four human Invincibles had arrived. Xia Longwu, Zhu Tianfang, Zhou Polong, and Qin Zhen.

The Invincibles from the other races had arrived as well. According to Xia Longwu's estimation, about twenty-two Invincibles were here. There were probably even more than that. It was also likely that some of them were still on the lower levels.

Some might have arrived with only their tri-life bodies, but Xia Longwu was sure that a lot of them had also arrived in their complete bodies. Fighting so many Invincibles with only a tri-life body was the same as losing that tri-life body for no reason. After all, a mere tri-life body of an Invincible would only be slightly stronger than a Pseudo Invincible. Such a level of strength was too weak to be of use here.

Suddenly, a massive spear shot into the sky somewhere else.

Next, Qin Zhen's furious roar rang out, "Immortals! Screw you, immortals! Eat my spear!"

A battle had broken out between Qin Zhen and an immortal Invincible. Xia Longwu merely gave Qin Zhen a glance before looking away again. Qin Zhen was strong enough to take care of himself. Unfortunately, he seemed to be quite unlucky. It had been less than two days yet Xia Longwu had sensed Qin Zhen fighting six times.

This wasn't a stage when these Invincibles should fight each other with such frequency yet. However, Qin Zhen was the exception. Out of all the battles that had broken out between Invincibles on the seventh level thus far, he alone had participated in thirty percent of them.

Eventually, Xia Longwu started frowning. This time, the disturbance seemed to be lasting much longer than before. It only stopped after a long while.

All of them were feeling doubtful. Just what was happening? Where did these disturbances come from? It had happened several times so far.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was coughing blood without stop.

But he paid it no mind.

It would be fine.

With the Culture Tomb, he might feel uncomfortable, but his sea of willpower would be fine. Old Zhou was only shouting, not attacking. Nothing would happen as long as his sea of willpower was protected.

Slowly, a clump of flame appeared on his forehead. After observing the operation of the forehead acupoint while Old Zhou raged, Su Yu finally figured something out. He continued observing while coughing blood. It would be fine.

What was the big deal about coughing some blood? He had to take this chance to fully figure out the forehead acupoint. After some time, Su Yu's forehead acupoint started spinning. Then, it linked itself with the other acupoints. Inside his body, one acupoint after another lit up.

250 acupoints. 260...270...

This was his attempt at deriving the full cultivation method for his 360 acupoints. However, he wasn't fully activating them. He was merely activating them enough to link them up. Normally, fully activating all 360 of his acupoints before completing a full circulation of source qi through them would take him an entire day.

But since he wasn't activating them fully, the process was happening at a much faster rate. Most acupoints came in pairs. Thus, knowing the circulation method and route for one acupoint would allow him to figure out the method and route for another acupoint. Before long, 320 of his acupoints lit up.

Splurt!

Suddenly, he coughed a mouthful of blood while his face turned pale.

"That's wrong."

He had activated an acupoint wrongly. That was not how it should be done.

He wasted no time and took a drop of Emperor's Saliva out. Just as he was about to consume it, he blanked out. Wait. Why should he swallow it? He could always apply it externally!

At his cultivation level, there was no longer any need for him to swallow the treasures he wanted to use. He cursed at himself for his stupidity. How could he forget this?

Thus, he spread the saliva--no, the Emperor's Saliva over his skin. Instantly, his damaged acupoint recovered completely. That was not all. A refreshing power seeped into his body and repaired his badly injured body. In the blink of an eye, most of his previous injuries were gone.

Chapter 1416: Death Follows (2)

Su Yu was alarmed. Old Zhou's saliva was way too effective. His body was comparable to the body of a Sunmoon yet it was able to heal most of his injuries instantly. This thing was definitely better than even the celestial devil fruit. More importantly, he had collected an entire pond of this thing. He probably had thousands of drops of this saliva, right? How terrifying.

Then, Su Yu returned his focus to the acupoint he had activated wrongly before. After some adjustments, he continued his attempt to derive the correct route. He had to test with his own body as he did not have the time to look for a test subject. In any case, he didn't know anyone who had opened 360 acupoints. Thus, he could only serve as the test subject himself.

After his revision, he was able to smoothly link the acupoints up to the eyebrow acupoint. There, he exhaled in relief. More and more of his acupoints lit up. Eventually, it reached his spine acupoint. With a rumble, his spine acupoint burst apart and he coughed another mouthful of blood.

He hurriedly spread the saliva over his back. This time, he did not continue after healing himself.

This couldn't do.

He couldn't link his spine acupoint smoothly. However, the spine acupoint was too sensitive for him to experiment with. Any mistake might blow his entire body up. When he shut one of his acupoints, Old Zhou stopped raging.

Then, he removed the misty space around Xia Huyou and the others with a wave of his hand. All of them looked at him.

Su Yu was still in his wolf form, but he looked clearly weakened and pale. Furthermore, traces of blood could be seen on his forehead, as though something had pierced through his forehead not long ago.

Xia Huyou knew that Su Yu was attempting something before. Thus, he did not bother to ask about their short imprisonment. He asked, "Are you fine?"

"Don't worry about it."

Peace had returned to the first level.

Looking at the whirlpool, Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, "Let's go."

He was done here. He had learned the correct operational method of the forehead acupoint. He had been able to smoothly link over three hundred acupoints earlier. He only needed to find the correct route and operational method for a few more key acupoints and he would be able to derive a working grand cycle cultivation method.

With a proper grand cycle cultivation method, he could probably complete his nine transformations in the Luminous Domain Mansion. After the nine transformations, he would enter the Mountainsea Realm and start the acupoint fusion process. He suspected that he would complete this process instantly.

Of course, it was merely a suspicion. He was still unsure. In any case, if everything were to proceed smoothly, he would probably be a Mountainsea or even a peak Mountainsea soon.

"Are we going up now?"

Xia Huyou looked around with mixed feelings and said, "It has only been two days, but you have emptied the first level of people. During the previous openings, the first level had always been the most happening level."

Sure, there might still be some people on the first level, but there wouldn't be too many of them. Here, any carelessness would result in death.

Su Yu had essentially ruined everyone's plan on the first level.

Su Yu had claimed that he wasn't the one who had caused the mansion to rage. But Xia Huyou would not believe that.

"Fine, let's go."

He did not mind. For now, he would stick to Su Yu and enjoy the benefits. It wasn't like he would continue following Su Yu to the higher levels.

Su Yu said nothing and flew into the whirlpool. Xia Huyou and the others followed behind him.

After they left, a certain opening appeared on the distant barrier. From the opening, He Tu and Dummy stepped out. He Tu merely gave the whirlpool an indifferent glance before setting the matter aside. He was more curious about the reason for all these changes. Why was the mansion raging repeatedly this time?

"Dummy, do you know why?"

Dummy said nothing. He continued staring into the first level blankly. Many of his memories were still missing.

He Tu sighed helplessly. What a dumb death spirit. On the bright side, a smarter death spirit wouldn't be fooled into becoming his subordinate so easily.

"Why does the first level feel so empty?"

He Tu smiled with satisfaction. This would give him a better opportunity to explore the place. Both he and Dummy were incredibly powerful. Thus, they started walking on thin air while exploring the place leisurely. Before long, they arrived at the Blood Plain. There, He Tu sighed. He remembered that back when he was still alive, he had been here as well. Back then, he had even collected some spring water here.

And now, he was back. Alas, he was no longer a living person.

"My ancestor...was one of the existences residing in the Eighth Heaven back then."

He sighed. When he noticed the lack of reaction from Dummy, he said, "Are you confused? The Luminous Domain Mansion is split into nine levels. The Human Emperor resided on the ninth level. As for the eighth level, the residences of the various supreme experts were there. My ancestor was an ancient human king. Do you even understand what a human king signifies?"

Dummy stared at him blankly. After a long while, he spoke with his hoarse voice, "Human king...Daofuse...peak..."

He Tu wasn't surprised to hear that. No matter what, Dummy should have recovered a tiny bit of his memories. With a smile, He Tu said, "Exactly. A peak Daofuse. That is an existence standing at the peak of what the people nowadays call Pseudo Emperors. What a pity. My ancestor had ultimately died. I don't know if he's in the Death Realm. Those ancient monsters won't be able to awaken so easily even after dying.

"Thus, you can say that this Luminous Domain Mansion is tied to me in some way. Alas, when I entered back then, I wasn't able to gain too much benefits here. I didn't even reach the eighth level. That damn guard refused to let me through..."

He sneered and added, "That fellow from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion sure is good at surviving. I heard that he has a residence on the eighth level as well. However, he can't return anymore. He can only drift about outside, living the life of a homeless."

He continued introducing the mansion to Dummy, as though this was his mansion, "Do you know the master of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? That's the Heaven Overseer Marquis. His status was lower than my ancestor's. After all, my ancestor was a human king. He was one of the most important existences in the Myriad Realms. The Heaven Overseer Marquis ranked below him. However, the old turtle was ranked even lower as the Spirit Suppression General. The old turtle was strong, but he had been too lazy. Otherwise, he could have climbed into the rank of a marquis as well."

Dummy remained silent.

He Tu continued his explanation, "Are you confused about the ancient ranks? Aren't you an ancient death spirit? You're quite strong. If you're not an ancient death spirit, you are probably someone from my generation. During the ancient past, the Human Emperor reigned supreme, followed by the Pseudo Emperors of the various races. In terms of status, the human kings were equal to the Pseudo Emperors of the myriad races.

"The marquises ranked below that. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis was probably the highest-ranked survivor of the ancient past. Then again, he would be the first to die if the ancient past were to return. As the Heavenly Overseer Marquis, he had failed in his duties. When running from the disaster back then, he had even allowed the Heavenly Hunt Index to be damaged. Heh...in the ancient past, this was punishable with death." Get full chapters from n0velfire.net

Before long, He Tu reached the Double Dragon Gorge. There, he turned a divine who was hiding in the area into a death spirit with a casual wave of his hand. The divine, who had survived the previous disasters with great difficulty, met his end before he could even resist. After transforming into a death spirit, he started following behind He Tu obediently.

"The Double Dragon Gorge...is the nose. If this is really a human face...what a terrifying idea to even entertain."

He Tu rubbed his chin and muttered, "I have not heard of any ancient expert being forged into a mansion. Is this merely an imitation?"

He was unsure as well.

Suddenly, his expression turned odd as he asked, "Why do I feel like someone is speaking to me? Are you hearing this?"

Dummy answered hoarsely, "No..."

"No?"

He Tu frowned, "Really? Sigh. Maybe this is what will happen when you die. Not even your senses are sharp anymore."

Back when he was still alive, he was also someone who had opened 360 acupoints. Su Yu did not know this for sure, but he did suspect this. According to what he knew, He Tu was also capable of reversing death qi. That must be the same reversal art, and that must also be how he had been able to release all those death spirits from the Death Realm.

However, that was all in the past. Death had erased all of He Tu's past. After rising again as a death spirit, the past no longer concerned him. These acupoints no longer mattered to him. He Tu could hear some faint whispers, but the voice was too unclear for him to be sure of anything. As a result, his curiosity toward the first level grew.

Shortly after, he stepped into the Double Dragon Gorge with Dummy and his new subordinate. Countless dragonbind trees attacked him, but compared to the gigantic pillars he had encountered back on the head, these nasal hairs were nothing.

***

At the same time, Su Yu appeared on the second level.

Right after he stepped through the portal, a surprised voice rang out beside him, "There are still survivors on the first level? Is this someone from the demon wolf race?"

"For him to survive all those disasters, he must have collected quite a lot of treasures on the first level..."

Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to open his eyes. He casually tossed his book out. By the time his eyes were open, the six Cloudbreaches and one Mountainsea had entered his book. These were clearly the people waiting here to rob the newcomers from the first level. People like them were quite common in the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Sure, the first level had turned incredibly dangerous this opening, but that signified that one could potentially gain even more from the first level this time. Most of the people there had fled to the second level, but there might still be some survivors down there. Thus, some people had decided to wait here and rob any newcomers from the first level.

Su Yu would not hold back against people like them. It mattered not if there was a human in the group. Since they had dared to attempt a robbery against him, he would kill them all. Then again, he did not see any humans among them. Perhaps even here, the humans were being targeted by the various races.

By the time Xia Huyou and the others opened their eyes, their surroundings had been completely cleaned by Su Yu.

They did hear the voices when exiting the portal, but speakers were nowhere to be seen when they opened their eyes. For a moment, they even doubted their ears. But when they saw the book returning to Su Yu's hand, their hearts thumped.

Nope. They did hear those voices. The speakers had merely died.

Su Yu had killed them in an instant.

***

Outside, some people started frowning again. Seven people had died at the same time.

Which level was that?

With the cultivation level of the new victims, it must have happened on either the second or third level.

However, the number of deaths this time was low enough not to alarm anyone. Perhaps they had encountered a powerful Mountainsea before dying together. This was different from the deaths on the first level. There, hundreds of people had died at once.

In truth, the seven were not the sole people dying. More people were dying on the first level.

The few survivors would all be converted into death spirits upon encountering He Tu. He Tu had discovered that the heavenly laws were doing nothing to restrict him in the Luminous Domain Mansion.

If he had left through a regular death tunnel, he would still need to abide by the heavenly laws. He would not be allowed to convert just anyone. If it wasn't for these restrictions, Xing Yue would have forcefully converted Su Yu long ago.

"Twenty more deaths."

The Invincibles sighed. With this, only three thousand people were left in the mansion. A sixth of the people inside had died.

Someone laughed and said, "These changes have only eliminated the weaklings. Most of the experts are still alive. Don't be so pessimistic. It's normal for the weak to die."

To some, the deaths thus far were no big deal. Only a few of them were Sunmoons. The rest were Skysoars and Cloudbreaches.

Chapter 1417: Death Follows (3)

"So this is the second level?"

After killing his welcoming party, Su Yu started looking around. The second level was different from the first level. Or to be precise, it was very different. The second level felt like a world of flame. Fire and lava filled the level.

Yellow Nine said, "The second level is known as the Flame Mountain. In the legends, a blood fire devil and fire elemental had battled here during the ancient past. This world was the aftermath of their battle."

Su Yu laughed and said, "The so-called lava here is merely the blood vessels on the neck. Why do you believe in such fairy tales?"

What nonsense was that? Unlike the first level, the second level did not resemble anything on a human body. This was indeed a world of flame. But equipped with the knowledge he had gained from the first level, Su Yu was able to easily determine that the rivers of lava were essentially the blood vessels on someone's neck.

Yellow Nine did not argue. If Su Yu's theory were correct, this could indeed be the neck. However, the thought of that was still so ridiculous she did not dare to even entertain it.

That would be a fact far more terrifying than the legends about this place.

If Su Yu was right, it could only mean that an incomparably powerful ancient expert had been killed by the Human Emperor before being slammed head-first into the ground. The hair of that ancient expert had stabbed right into the Death Realm while the rest of his body had been forged into a mansion.

Of course, Su Yu's group still knew nothing about the hair of this supposedly ancient expert.

Su Yu was deep in thought.

First level. Source Opening.

Second level, Great Strength.

The Great Strength Realm was a rather simple realm. In this realm, one only needed to open enough acupoints for advancement.

After opening enough acupoints, one could temper one's body with blood essence. That was essentially what one needed to do at the Great Strength Realm. Was there any connection between the second level and the Great Strength Realm?

As far as Su Yu was concerned, when treasure hunting, he had to hunt for truly valuable treasures. He was in no rush. The obvious treasures would have been harvested long ago. He would need to look for the less obvious treasures.

"Tai Shan!"

He opened his shut acupoint and shouted casually. He even made sure that Xia Huyou and the others did not hear him.

Immediately after...

Boom!

Flame raged and lava erupted. The furious Old Zhou roared, "Where is Tai Shan!"

"Where are you?"

Learning that Tai Shan had reached the second level, Old Zhou's fury grew even more intense.

It felt as though the world was ending.

A storm of flame raged.

When Su Yu saw the erupting lava, he understood that Old Zhou was so furious even his blood vessels were bursting.

Was Tai Shan on his neck?

Was Tai Shan riding on his neck?

That was probably the conclusion Old Zhou had reached. Su Yu understood that all remnant wills would be quite stupid. Apart from clinging onto their obsession, these remnant wills were incapable of articulating any flexible thought.

Not far away, a wailing individual soared into the sky only to be instantly set aflame and reduced to ashes.

Once again, Xia Huyou and the others stared at Su Yu. Xia Huyou couldn't help but swallow and said, "This...our people are here as well. Su Yu..."

He was killing indiscriminately!

Su Yu smiled, "This has nothing to do with me. This is merely a natural disaster."

As for the humans that might be on the second level...

Were his teacher and the others here? He doubted that there would be too many humans here.

His reasoning was simple. Most of the people from the first level had escaped here. Naturally, their arrival would squeeze the humans out. In such a situation, most of the humans here would group up before fleeing to the next level. Those who would still remain would not be so weak that they could die so easily. In any case, he was not their nanny. Why should he think about them all the time?

At the moment, Su Yu was in a great mood. He had verified that calling Tai Shan's name would still be effective here. Very good. With Old Zhou raging yet again, more people would die, right?

"Wait, this is such a waste!"

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something. He couldn't do this anymore. What was he supposed to feed his book with if Old Zhou killed everyone? He was still counting on the cultural researchers here to complete his missing apertures. For him, the treasures on the second level were not as important as the corpses he could collect here.

Su Yu had killed seven people right after arriving. With a shout from him, over twenty unlucky souls perished to Old Zhou's anger. With that, the number of people in the mansion finally dropped below three thousand.

***

Second level.

Somewhere amid a flaming region.

With characters swirling above his palm, he sighed and said, "Let's go to the third level. The crisis has arrived at the second level. A terrifying monster must have emerged from the first level."

Beside him, Xuan Wuji frowned and said, "Dao Cheng, are you sure it's a monster instead of a natural disaster?"

Dao Cheng answered solemnly, "There is nothing natural about this. I was doubtful, but now, I'm sure. When the crisis appeared on the first level, the second level was affected as well. But it wasn't as serious. But now, even the second level is reacting so intensely. This is definitely not natural. When I tried to foresee the danger...I was answered with an ill omen. We need to leave. If we stay, we will die. It would be even better if we could reach the seventh level and seek protection there. This opening, the Luminous Domain Mansion is a lot more dangerous than the past."

Xuan Wuji nodded with a frown. He still had some faith in Dao Cheng's fortune telling. He said, "But..."

He looked at the reddish tree amid the sea of flames ahead of them. He exhaled deeply and said, "Do we give up on this dragonblood fruit tree? This is bigger than even the one that had appeared outside not long ago. It is a lot older as well. If we can deal with the flames around it, we can harvest it..."

"We leave." Dao Cheng said, "We will need at least three days to deal with the flames here."

That wasn't too long. If they could remove the flames and harvest the tree, they could sell it for at least one carrier treasure to the dragons.

However, in face of the uncertainties on the second level, that was too long a wait.

Xuan Wuji was reluctant to leave. Around them, some other immortals looked reluctant as well. One of them said, "In that case, you guys can leave first. We'll remain and leave after harvesting the tree."

Dao Cheng understood their feeling. He was feeling the same. After all, the tree was right in front of them.

This was the most valuable treasure they had discovered on the second level. His grandfather still lacked a carrier treasure. With this tree alone, they would be able to make up for all their recent losses. However...he attempted another fortune telling only for his character to crack immediately.

At that, Dao Cheng paled. This signified extreme danger. An even bigger crisis was coming. Three days? He was afraid he wouldn't survive even one more day here.

"Sure. You have your reminder. I won't be staying here any longer."

With that, Dao Cheng departed. This was his sole choice. He could feel the arrival of death. Seeing how determined Dao Cheng was about leaving, Xuan Wuji frowned. After thinking about it, he departed as well.

With the two gone, a Mountainsea immortal sneered, "Dao Cheng sure is growing more and more timid nowadays. After losing Jiu Xuan, he seems to have lost all his courage to Su Yu. He has been crippled since then. He might still be an index genius, but he is far too timid to be worthy of that."

An immortal fairy giggled and said, "He's simply a romantic. He has been changed by Jiu Xuan's death. He's a good guy..."

"In that case, are you marrying him?"

"It's not like I can catch his eyes."

"..."

About ten of them were left. As they waited, they joked among themselves.

At this point, the raging lava and flames had calmed down. Thus, they weren't too bothered about it. After all, this wasn't the first time something like this was happening. This had happened several times since the day before.

Done with joking among themselves, their gazes settled on the nearby tree again. Looking at the numerous fruits hanging on it, the Mountainsea muttered with greed in his eyes, "What a treasure. Unfortunately, these fruits aren't too compatible with immortals. Then again, I don't see a point in trading this tree for anything else. This tree itself is enough to serve as a carrier treasure."

The fruits were incompatible with them, but it didn't matter. The tree itself was still useful for them. This tree must have emerged after the recent disturbances in the mansion. Otherwise, it would have been harvested long ago. They were certain that fate was finally smiling at them.

Dao Cheng and Xuan Wuji sure were generous to give up on such a bounty. Well, this wasn't a bad thing. With the two around, the rest of them wouldn't be able to get too big of a share from the harvest.

The same immortal fairy smiled and said, "Gu Zhu, don't forget our share. Don't even think of keeping the harvest for yourself. You're a descendant of the Immortal Emperor. Someone with your noble bloodline are entitled to a bigger share, but you can't hog everything for yourself either."

The Mountainsea called Gu Zhu smiled and said, "Don't worry. It's merely a carrier treasure. Us of the ancient immortal race will not ruin our reputation for something like this. I'm not Dao Cheng. We all know that his grandfather is urgently in need of something like this."

He continued, "Let's stop wasting time. Dao Cheng had predicted a crisis. I don't fully trust him, but I still have a little bit of trust in him. There have been too many disturbances as of late. Be on alert. We will leave right after harvesting this tree."

With that, they spread out and laid out their formation to suppress the flames surrounding the tree. Without the assistance of Xuan Wuji and Dao Cheng, this process would take about three to four days to complete.

Regardless of their bravado, they were still slightly worried after listening to Dao Cheng's warning. Alas, their worry was not enough to overcome their greed. This tree was simply too valuable. A carrier treasure was an absolute treasure for many people. Not everyone was like Su Yu, someone with multiple carrier treasures in possession.

***

Far away.

Xuan Wuji was able to catch up to Dao Cheng who was flying at a rapid speed. He said, "Are things really getting so dangerous?"

"Yes. I would have stayed for the tree otherwise. You know how much my grandfather needs it right now."

Dao Cheng answered solemnly, "Pick up the pace."

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Dao Cheng said, "It's fine. We can let him test the danger. No matter what, he is a descendant of the Immortal Emperor. He might even have some Invincible blood essence on him. If even someone like him could die to the danger, then this danger would be far beyond what we could handle. At that time, we would need to head straight to the seventh level."

As he said that, a strand of hair appeared in his hand. He twirled it around his finger and said, "This is Gu Zhu's hair. If Gu Zhu dies, it will burn. That will be our signal to flee as fast as possible."

"When did you get it?"

Xuan Wuji looked surprised. Any cultivator would be wary of letting others obtain their hair and blood.

"During the previous disturbance."

Dao Cheng said, "Don't overthink it. I don't know any curses. Even if I know some, it doesn't matter. A Mountainsea can't be cursed to death so easily."

Xuan Wuji did not say anything about that, but the wariness in his heart deepened. He reminded himself to stay careful when cooperating with Dao Cheng.

Yes, Dao Cheng was weaker than him. But Dao Cheng had also changed significantly after his encounter with Su Yu. Since that close brush with death, he had remained in a perpetually dark mood. It was no longer so easy to guess his thoughts.

Before long, the two reached the entrance to the third level.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was leisurely wandering around in the sky.

Suddenly, he looked somewhere in astonishment. Did he stumble upon a treasure? Was that not a dragonblood fruit tree? This was much larger than even the dragonblood fruit tree he had obtained previously.

"Is this tree...growing out of the blood vessel? Or is this...a body hair?"

Su Yu was unsure if it could be considered one. A lot of the things in the Luminous Domain Mansion were related to the human body. But some were also the things that had been planted by those who had entered after the building was completed.

The sight of the dragonblood fruit tree answered his question about the origin of this tree. Rooted to the blood vessels of Old Zhou, it would grow by absorbing Old Zhou's blood. No wonder it could grow into an invaluable treasure.

"Dragonblood fruit tree? What a stupid name. It should be called Old Zhou's Fruit Tree instead."

He glanced at the fifteen immortals around the tree from afar. Four of them were Mountainseas and the rest were Cloudbreaches. This was a relatively powerful group. When he looked at the group a second time with a glint in his eyes, he was left quite impressed. For some reason, they had actually caused his tribulation character to pulse once.

Inside the body of the seventh-stage Mountainsea was a drop of incomparably bright blood essence. This was quite a surprise. Which Invincible's descendant was this?

How generous.

What could that be except a drop of Invincible blood essence? Of course, that drop of blood essence was something that could only be used when the Mountainsea intended to die together with someone as its usage would kill the Mountainsea himself. That did not make the blood essence any less scary. Even Sunmoons would probably need to flee when that drop of blood essence was ignited.

"Invincible blood essence...regular Invincibles won't be generous enough to provide something like this. Don't tell me this is someone from Tiangu's family."

Su Yu clicked his tongue in amazement. Was this really someone from Tiangu's family? That was not a face he knew.

He wondered if this was someone on the Heavenly Hunt Index as well. Or perhaps this person had never ventured out of the Immortal Realm before. In any case, Su Yu's interest had been thoroughly piqued by this discovery. This could be considered a big shot among the immortals. In that case, his bloodline would most certainly be impressive. What would this do for his book? Tsk tsk...Su Yu was overjoyed. His book would most certainly benefit greatly from this.

Chapter 1418: He Tu Is Here, Run! (1)

"Immortals...I still remember Tiangu's kill order against me."

Su Yu laughed and looked around. The seventh-stage Mountainsea was no weakling, especially since he had a drop of Invincible blood essence on him. If he was a descendant of Tiangu, he would be even stronger than regular Mountainseas as the bloodline of Tiangu would most certainly be a powerful one.

Then again, someone like this still wouldn't be a difficult kill for Su Yu. He only needed to be careful and prevent the activation of the Invincible blood essence. While he was deep in thought, the immortals started speaking again.

"Dao Cheng was in too much of a hurry to leave. I didn't even get the chance to tell him that Bai Feng and the others are on the third level. Anyone related to Su Yu must die. I wonder if they will wait for us on the third level. We need to work together and kill them all."

"Dao Cheng?"

Su Yu blanked out slightly. Fled? What?

Why did it feel like Dao Cheng was always so lucky? Su Yu had long wanted to kill Dao Cheng, but he had never found a chance to do so despite their many encounters. Or to be precise, when an opportunity came, something would happen to keep him busy. For example, he was kept busy by Zhan Wushuang during his last encounter with Dao Cheng.

At the time, he had instinctively targeted Zhan Wushuang to force the divines to go after him. As a result, Dao Cheng was spared from his attention.

Was Dao Cheng here earlier? Su Yu frowned. Dao Cheng...that fellow had survived him one too many times. No matter what, he had to kill Dao Cheng this time. A strong enemy was not scary. A resilient enemy was much scarier.

Since fate had allowed Dao Cheng to survive him repeatedly, Dao Cheng could very well grow into a dangerous opponent of him in the future. He had to deal with this.

"Third level...sure. I'll sweep through all the levels and kill you."

Dao Cheng must die. That was Su Yu's decision. Since Dao Cheng had fled before his arrival, it was clear Dao Cheng had sensed the coming danger. That was a very sharp man.

"For now, I'll settle for killing these people."

Then, Su Yu tossed his book into the sky. Instantly, the book vanished into the void. It wasn't too hard to kill these people.

He could simply shout Tai Shan's name again. That would create a massive disturbance and distract them all. The chaos would give him the chance to kill the Mountainsea before the others could even react.

"Tai Shan!"

"Kill! I'll kill you!"

Once again, Old Zhou's voice rang out in Su Yu's head. This time, he sounded even more furious than before. Boundless resentment could be heard in his voice.

Boom!

The flames around the dragonblood fruit tree started raging, instantly injuring the immortals in the area. The expression of their leader sank as he roared, "Retreat--"

Right as that word left his mouth, his expression changed. He could sense the approach of an intense crisis. But when he looked around, he saw nothing. Abruptly, someone walked out of the void. Without saying anything, the silhouette clawed at his heart.

"You..."

Gu Zhu was alarmed. Just as he was about to flee, a sharp pain assaulted his head. A massive hammer had struck his sea of willpower, throwing him into a daze. With a spurt, the drop of blood essence was plucked out by Su Yu.

Hissing sounds rang out as the Invincible blood essence struggled and roared.

The moment Su Yu caught the drop of blood essence, his entire arm was set aflame. This drop of blood essence had been tamed by Gu Zhu's elder. Or perhaps it was simply the blood essence of his elder. Thus, it would remain docile in Gu Zhu's hands.

But Su Yu was an outsider. Thus, the blood essence reacted instinctively the moment it made contact with Su Yu. Even with Su Yu's powerful flesh, the flesh on his arm was instantly burned into nothingness.

Then, the flame started burning his bones. Resisting the intense pain, Su Yu gnashed his teeth and roared. At that, a book dropped down from the sky and released dozens of Sunmoon beasts. Instantly, all the other immortals were swallowed. Then, the beasts charged toward the drop of blood essence.

At that point, a faintly discernible silhouette was starting to form in the drop of blood essence. The silhouette was on the verge of walking out of the drop of blood.

"Impudent!"

A furious roar resounded from the blood essence. That single roar was enough to scare the charging beasts, causing them to hesitate.

That single hesitation caused Su Yu's face to turn unsightly as he roared furiously, "Bastard!"

If they were so cowardly, why should he keep them around? How dare they disobey him just because of a projection? How could they show fear toward a mere projection?

Damn it!

In his fury, the culture and radiance characters manifested. With a rumble, the hesitating beasts were blasted apart before more beasts appeared to replace them. This time, they showed no fear. Nearly a hundred Sunmoon beasts roared and charged the drop of blood essence, suppressing it.

At this point, Gu Zhu was still alive. He stared at Su Yu in disbelief and roared, "Su—"

Boom!

With one swing of his blade, Su Yu cut Gu Zhu's head off before dragging Gu Zu into his book.

Done with that, Su Yu returned his focus to dealing with the drop of blood essence. A large amount of Emperor's Saliva appeared and covered his entire body. In such a manner, he started fighting a battle of endurance against the blood essence.

He refused to believe in defeat. Yes, he couldn't defeat an Invincible. But was he supposed to lose to a mere drop of blood essence? Was this a joke? He was determined to win.

When Su Yu punched the drop of blood essence, the same voice rang out again, "Impudent!"

Clearly, the master of this blood essence was still alive.

Su Yu suspected that this expert was the elder of the dead Mountainsea immortal. He was unsure if it was Tiangu, but he doubted that. This expert was not giving off the stifling sensation Tiangu would emanate.

"Impudent your ancestors!"

With a furious roar, Su Yu started raining punches on the drop of blood essence.

Boom!

As numerous Sunmoon beasts worked together to suppress the drop of blood essence, a middle-aged man appeared above the drop of blood essence. He roared furiously, "Impudent—"

What? Was this the only word this guy knew? Su Yu grew even angrier. Was this guy looking down on him?

"Bite him to death!"

The Sunmoons did as told.

As for Su Yu, he resumed his attacks, using his punches, weapons, five elements, and everything else he knew. He couldn't believe he was fighting a drop of blood. More importantly, he could very well lose without the assistance of his Mark of Civilization.

Wouldn't that be embarrassing? No, that would be a terrifying thought to entertain. That signified that the master of this drop of blood essence was most definitely not a weakling.

***

At the same time.

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An immortal had suddenly soared into the sky from his cultivation room. He looked sharply in a certain direction. Then, he tore space apart to create a spatial tunnel before stepping into it. Instantly, he reached the realm entrance.

"Ancestor."

Tiangu was still there. Seeing Tiangu, the immortal's expression changed slightly as he said, "Gu Zhu seems to be dead."

Tiangu said nothing. He merely nodded, acknowledging the news.

So be it.

He did not have many first-generation descendants. A majority of them had died of old age. Some had been killed during the past eras. This middle-aged immortal was a fifth-generation descendant of his.

As for Gu Zhu, he was a seventh-generation descendant. Tiangu had many seventh-generation descendants around. He had been alive for too long. The deaths of a few descendants no longer mattered to him.

But suddenly, his calm broke as he looked at the middle-aged immortal and scolded coldly, "Impudent! Did you give him your blood essence?"

This seemed quite suspicious. What was the big deal of losing a descendant? Was this such a big deal that it needed to be reported to him?

When he focused inward, he noted that his life force had withered slightly. Instantly, he raged, "You bastard!"

"Ancestor, I—"

Tiangu said, "Even if you wish to seize the nine-leaf skylotus, you shouldn't have handed your blood essence to a descendant. Even going personally is better than this. You're not dead. If your blood essence falls into the hands of an enemy...you will be in great trouble."

In the Myriad Realms, it was common sense that one shouldn't leak one's blood essence if one was still alive. Something like blood essence was too important. There were too many ways for one to exploit the blood essence to target the master of the blood essence.

Not even a Skysoar would dare to easily leak their blood essence. Why did this Invincible do something so stupid? Was he brainless? It did not matter how much he loved his descendant. Once given, there would be no guarantee that the blood essence would not fall into the hands of an enemy.

Fool!

The middle-aged immortal paled slightly. With his head lowered, he said, "Ancestor...I-I merely wished to let him—"

"You fool!" Tiangu said, "Stay in seclusion for a period of time lest anyone notice anything. Perhaps your blood essence had burned itself off. When the mansion shuts again, try to sense your blood essence. If it's still around...I'll try to get it back."

There was no denying that this descendant was quite strong. Unfortunately, he seemed too confident in himself. Why was he so sure that nobody would dare to kill his descendant? This could get extremely troublesome.

It wouldn't be that bad for the blood essence to fall into the hands of a regular person. But in the hands of Invincibles capable of doing something with it...

No, it was stupid to make such an assumption. Anyone capable of killing someone with a drop of Invincible blood essence wouldn't be a regular person.

Tiangu was furious. But soon, he calmed down and said, "Can you still sense the blood essence now?"

The middle-aged immortal answered, "No. I lost contact with it after it entered the mansion. Just now, something triggered my seal on the blood essence. I wanted to check if Gu Zhu's tunnel has collapsed."

Tiangu shut his eyes. At the same time, an indistinct wave of willpower emerged in the Sea of Stars. He saw that Gu Zhu's tunnel had collapsed. That was not all. The tunnels of many immortals had collapsed.

Tiangu had the answer. He looked at the middle-aged immortal and coldly said, "Dead."

The middle-aged immortal's expression turned unsightly. He could only hope that his blood essence had been destroyed. If it had been snatched instead...things could get very troublesome.

***

Outside the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Everyone sank into silence. The tunnels of more than ten immortals had collapsed at the same time. Of course, none of them was a particularly important individual. Among them, Gu Zhu was the most well-known one. After all, he was an ancient immortal and a descendant of Tiangu. However, most people did not know more than that.

The death of a mere Gu Zhu would not be that big of a deal unless it involved the blood essence of an Invincible. However, Dao King smiled when he saw the collapsing tunnel. Inwardly, he snorted with satisfaction. He recalled that Gu Zhu had the blood essence of a certain someone.

This wasn't a bad thing. Seeing someone else faced with a disaster was better than facing a disaster himself.

Chapter 1419: He Tu Is Here, Run! (2)

"Down with you!"

With a roar, Su Yu threw another punch. With a rumble, the Invincible projection collapsed. The drop of blood essence went still. The tiny bit of sentience left in it had been fully eliminated.

Su Yu exhaled in relief. Even in such a state, this drop of blood essence was still incredibly powerful. He wasted no time and had his Sunmoon beasts surround the blood essence before dragging it into the book.

Then, he wiped the nonexistent sweat on his head. That was quite a tough battle. What a surprise. He had nearly suffered a defeat. Fortunately, he was smart enough to kill the immortal before doing anything. If the immortal was given the time to activate the blood essence, things could get far more troublesome.

How terrifying.

A single drop of blood essence from an Invincible had nearly defeated him. Su Yu gnashed his teeth in annoyance. How embarrassing. Was he so weak?

Just then, Xia Huyou and the others flew over. All of them were looking at him with a bizarre expression. At this point, Huang Teng had fully accepted Su Yu's authority. He said, "That blood essence...came from a living Invincible!"

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "What else could it be? The blood essence of a dead person won't be so scary. I have some blood essence of dead Invincibles on me. I know."

"..."

Huang Teng opened his mouth again, but he couldn't think of anything to say. He had some Invincible blood essence!

Xia Huyou was greatly shocked as well. He exclaimed, "You have...some on you?"

Su Yu replied, "What? Can't I have any? Back then, several Invincibles died in the Human Realm. Prefect Zhu killed a few of them. One of them left a drop of blood essence behind before dying. Even with him dead, his blood essence is still very powerful. I have yet to put it to use."

There was no point in hiding that fact since they had witnessed him collecting his second drop of Invincible blood essence. If they were already aware of his Mark of Civilization, what was the big deal of letting them know about the blood essence?

Now, he had two drops of Invincible blood essence. Of course, each drop came from a different race.

One came from the divine race. Or to be precise, it was the blood essence of Divine King Huoji."

"Blood essence of an immortal Invincible..."

Su Yu muttered to himself. He recalled that Zhu Tiandao had the corpse of an immortal king. Should he trade for that corpse? Perhaps he could trade Huoji's blood essence for the corpse?

It was only a matter of time before he started using Invincible blood essence. He would require a drop to activate the Invincible page in his golden book. However, there was no need for him to activate the cultivation methods on the page since he already knew the cultivation methods of the immortals. But he required another drop if he wanted to harness the power of an Invincible.

But soon, he set the matter aside. For now, he had to focus on the mansion. Perhaps he would gain even more from the mansion.

Xia Huyou hurriedly said, "That's the blood essence of a living Invincible. Su Yu, this..."

Su Yu smiled and said, "I know what you're trying to say. But I don't know any curses. Even if I do, it won't be possible for an Invincible to die to something like curses. Perhaps a Pseudo Emperor can do that, but that's probably the descendant of Tiangu. It won't be easy to find someone willing to mess with him..."

Xia Huyou said, "The human race does not fear him..."

Su Yu appeared disinterested. He said, "We'll see. This is mine. If the human race is willing to trade for it with another drop of Invincible blood essence, I might consider it. Otherwise...forget about getting this blood essence from me."

He did not care if they could make use of the blood essence now. He might not be able to use it now, but he was confident it was only a matter of time. Why should he hand the blood essence over to them?

Xia Huyou did not try to further persuade Su Yu. Instead, he grimaced and said, "That weapon of yours...is too powerful. It has so many Sunmoon projections in it. Even the blood essence of an Invincible can be suppressed. Did you forge it yourself? It's way too strong."

It was excessively strong.

Su Yu grinned and said, "It's decent, I suppose. But it's also quite useless. Why do they fear the immortals even in death?"

Su Yu didn't know what to say about that. The fear these beings held toward the immortals was engraved so deeply inside them that even after becoming mere projections in his weapon, they were still terrified of the immortals. This was too embarrassing. Su Yu decided to teach the races of the projections who had hesitated earlier a good lesson in the future. They had nearly spoiled his plan.

Shrouded in a layer of Emperor's Saliva, his injuries were slowly healing. He exhaled deeply and started focusing on the immortal page. The immortal page was growing stronger and stronger. Google seaʀᴄh noveⅼfire.net

Previously, he had only fused a drop of first-stage Sunmoon blood essence into the page. But now, it had reached the strength of a second-stage Sunmoon. He had not fused the Invincible blood essence into the page. After all, the immortal was still alive. It was pointless. For now, he would suppress that drop of blood essence in his book. He would think of what to do with it in the future.

When his gaze landed on the nearby dragonblood fruit tree, he smiled. Earlier, the flames were raging violently. Now that Old Zhou's anger had subsided, the flames had weakened considerably. Then again, the intensity of these flames did not matter to Su Yu.

He transformed into a fire elemental and dove right into the flames. This was yet another massive harvest. A drop of Invincible blood essence and a dragonblood fruit tree. Was this not a good harvest?

There were probably more good things to be found on the second level. That was especially true for the lava here. If the lava here was really the blood of a super expert...he could perhaps gather some.

***

Somewhere further away, the ground was trembling slightly.

Someone was fleeing underground.

He was none other than Topsoil Spirit!

He was terrified. He was swearing endlessly.

Was that Su Yu?

He was unsure. He had not dared to approach. But after the battle, he had witnessed with his own eyes how that wolf had transformed into a fire elemental. Instantly, he realized that he might have stumbled upon Su Yu.

Holy shit!

Did Su Yu really enter?

Topsoil Spirit had been planning to take advantage of the chaos and snatch the dragonblood fruit tree. He was planning to make his move after the immortals were exhausted dealing with the flames. But now, that thought had vanished completely from his mind.

"The changes on the first and second levels...might be related to him!"

Topsoil Spirit had only observed the battle from afar. He was unsure if that was Su Yu. But it did not matter. If there was a suspicion, he wouldn't go wrong with assuming that it was Su Yu.

It was time to run. That fellow was too terrifying. For Topsoil Spirit, super experts were not scary. At times, even a super expert might not be lucky enough to kill him. But Su Yu was different. As the favored child of fate, he could easily kill Topsoil Spirit even if Topsoil Spirit himself was also favored by fate.

"I need to enter the third level...no, the seventh level!"

Topsoil Spirit gnashed his teeth as he reached a decision. The third level was not enough. He had to enter the seventh level. There were a lot of Invincibles there. Things wouldn't be dangerous as long as he stayed out of the competition over the nine-leaf skylotus.

"I'll think of a way to come back down when Su Yu is done here."

Before long, Topsoil Spirit reached the entrance to the next level. He dove into the entrance without the slightest bit of hesitation.

***

At the same time.

Third level.

Dao Cheng's expression changed. Beside him, Xuan Wuji looked alarmed as well. The hair in Dao Cheng's hand was burning.

"Dead." Dao Cheng said, "I told them it was dangerous. They refused to believe me. The killer is no weaker than a fifth-stage Sunmoon."

Xuan Wuji frowned and said, "That's not possible. How can a fifth-stage Sunmoon appear on the lower levels?"

"That's possible if the Sunmoon is young enough."

Dao Cheng started heading toward the entrance to the fourth entrance. As he walked, he said, "Don't forget, Su Yu is totally capable of this. Let's go. Not even the third level is safe anymore."

"But the immortals have issued a kill order against Bai Feng and the others..."

"You are free to go." Dao Cheng said, "The crisis is coming. I don't know if it's Su Yu. Even if it isn't, the crisis is still approaching. Waste your time dealing with Bai Feng's group and you will die."

He added, "The kill order is only applicable outside. This is the Luminous Domain Mansion."

He could sense the approaching crisis. He did not intend to throw his life away like this.

"If we go, we will go empty-handed."

"If we look harder, an opportunity will arise for us to find something. That's better than dying."

Dao Cheng said nothing else. After a slight hesitation, Xuan Wuji nodded. He had never taken Dao Cheng's words so seriously before. But now, he had no choice but to admit that Dao Cheng's fortune telling was not to be underestimated. In terms of staying alive, he was very good.

***

It hadn't even been long since Su Yu entered the second level and over forty people had died.

Su Yu, who had just collected the dragonblood fruit tree, was in a good mood. Suddenly, he frowned. His tribulation character was pulsing slightly. What was that?

"How odd."

How could the second level pose him any danger? With his strength, could anyone on the second level be a threat to him?

***

While Su Yu was thinking about all that.

First level.

Near the forehead acupoint.

He Tu was leading a group comprised of Dummy and over ten death spirits. These were all the survivors of the first level.

Looking at the whirlpool, He Tu smiled and said, "Something happened on the second level. How interesting. The first level has been emptied. Unfortunately, I was only able to gather a little over ten death spirits. However, they are decently talented. Perhaps I'll get a bunch of powerful subordinates before long."

Anyone capable of surviving such an environment would be no pushover. Alas, after surviving the disaster that was Su Yu, they were faced with the disaster that was He Tu. In a way, He Tu was even scarier than Su Yu. By the time He Tu was done, not a single survivor was left. The first level had been transformed into a land of the dead.

***

Outside the Luminous Domain Mansion, a suffocating silence enveloped everyone.

The prediction of Fate Emperor was slowly coming true.

2,900.

That was the number of survivors in the mansion.

All the races had sustained heavy losses, including the human race. Around 450 humans had entered the mansion. About a tenth of them had died thus far. The immortal race had naturally suffered the highest number of losses.

Over six hundred immortals had entered and over a hundred had died. The all-powerful immortal race had suffered more losses than the human race. It was worth noting that the human race had sustained most of their casualties from the joint-attacks of the various races.

The second day was at its end.

The third day was approaching.

The number of survivors in the mansion continued dropping, with those on the upper levels still oblivious to what was happening below them.

At this point, most of the dead were still those below the Sunmoon Realm. All the Invincibles had solemn expressions, but they couldn't do anything about it. It wasn't like they could enter now. Even if they could, it might not help. After all, there were still over twenty Invincibles in the mansion.