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Chapter 1434: Level After Level (2)

Seventh level.

A certain lotus was budding in the void. The first petal was on the verge of blooming. At the same time, the experts on the seventh level were checking their index copies. The Heaven Department head was frowning with a Heavenly Hunt Directory in hand.

He Tu.

He knew who He Tu was. Or to be precise, he had met He Tu before during the first epoch. At the time, the department head was still a nobody while He Tu was already influential across the Myriad Realms.

"He Tu is here..."

The department head looked at the nine-leaf skylotus in the void and sighed. He only wanted to harvest the nine-leaf skylotus and achieve Daofuse peacefully. But...trouble was knocking. Sure enough, Daofuse wouldn't be so easy to achieve.

Even without He Tu around, there was no guarantee that he would succeed. He might be the strongest person in the mansion, but so what? Would that guarantee him victory? If strength were so absolute, luck would be pointless. Reality itself was proving that. A massive trouble was coming.

With the arrival of trouble, chaos would arrive. Numerous variables would come into play.

He Tu was not the sole issue here. The seventh level had its own death tunnel. They had been avoiding the tunnel so far, but it was only a matter of time before the tunnel started creating trouble for them as well. Why? Because of the nine-leaf skylotus.

The nine-leaf skylotus was blooming above the tunnel. It was the treasure being used to suppress the tunnel. The moment it was harvested, a large number of death spirits would emerge.

"How annoying." The department head sighed. NovelFire

Just then, someone exclaimed, "He Tu? The death spirits are invading from the lower levels?"

Those on the seventh level were surprised. Only now did they find out what was happening on the lower levels.

***

Somewhere on the seventh level.

Several humans were meeting up. NovelFire

Qin Zhen cursed and asked, "Fuck! Why did they come after me repeatedly? Am I so weak? Am I so easy to bully?"

How weird. He had been on the level for four days. Up until now, he had fought eight battles with eight different Invincibles. He was wounded all over.

Seeing that everyone was ignoring him, he helplessly said, "Xia Longwu, did you see the message? Something is happening down there. What now?"

The Invincibles were silent.

After some time, Xia Longwu looked at Zhu Tianfang and asked, "What do you think, Brother Zhu?"

Before Zhu Tianfang could say anything, Qin Zhen berated, "What is this? That's your uncle. I'm your uncle as well. Mind how you're addressing us! We're a generation above you!"

"..."

Nobody said anything. Strictly speaking, Xia Longwu was indeed a generation behind them. Even Zhou Polong was a nephew of Great Zhou King. Meanwhile, Xia Longwu was Great Xia King's grandson.

The rest of them were only a generation behind the Invincibles.

Xia Longwu continued without a change in expression, "Brother Zhu, should we go down?"

Qin Zhen sighed helplessly. Inwardly, he was cursing at the youngster for being so rude. Then again, Xia Longwu was probably the strongest among all the new human Invincibles. At that thought, Qin Zhen decided to forgive Xia Longwu's rudeness.

Among them, Zhu Tianfang was the strongest. He had participated in battles between Invincibles as early as a hundred years ago. After a short silence, he said, "Even if we do go down, we won't be He Tu's match. I know him. Back then, he was only a step away from Daofuse. Even dead, he should be no weaker than a seventh-degree Eternal after absorbing death qi for so many years. It won't be an issue for us to handle him together. But none of us can contend against him alone."

Seventh-degree Eternal. Someone like that could be considered a super expert even among Invincibles. To put things into perspective, someone who had affirmed their dao in a random minor realm could be considered a first-degree Eternal. Those who had affirmed their dao in their own realm could be considered a second-degree Eternal. Those achieving dao affirmation in the Allheaven Battlefield would reach the third degree right after their advancement.

As for Zhu Tianfang, he was slightly weaker than the current Xia Longwu after his initial advancement. But over a hundred years had passed. He was now a middle-degree Eternal. Among the human Eternals, he was someone in the middle of the pack.

Meanwhile, He Tu was as strong as Dao King and the white-haired divine king. That was the same level of strength as Great Han King. Such an existence was no pushover. Back when Great Han King fought several Invincibles alone, some of his opponents were middle-degree Invincibles. It hadn't been easy for them to face Great Han King.

Among the human Invincibles, Great Qin King was a ninth-degree Eternal. Great Zhou King and Great Xia King was publicly known as eighth-degree Eternals. Great Ming King, Great Han King, Great Tang King, and Great Shang King were publicly known as seventh-degree Eternals. The strength of the rest varied between the middle to the early degrees.

For example, the Silk Destroying King was a middle-degree Eternal. He was publicly known as a fifth-degree Eternal, but nobody would know his exact strength before he fought with his full strength.

Qin Zhen asked, "Are we ignoring the lower levels? A lot of little fellows are down there."

With a frown, Qin Zhen continued, "Those little fellows might not be able to reach the seventh level. They have to face the heart fire on the fifth level and the nine bends and eighteen trials of the sixth level. The difficulty of reaching the seventh level is too high. Won't they all die if they stay down there?"

Zhu Tianfang nodded, "Thus, we can only trust the Sunmoons to escort them up. Many Sunmoons have entered the mansion as well. Old Hu of Great Xia, Qin Hao of Great Qin, Old Hou of Great Ming...and the Sunmoons of the other prefectures. Many of them are on the sixth level..."

After a slight pause, Zhu Tianfang continued, "Neglect the difficulty of descending. If we do descend together, it won't be easy for us to return. Do you think those people will leave the entrance unguarded upon our departure? They will definitely wait there to make a move when we return."

Zhou Polong said, "We can't go. If we go, we will be forced to fight He Tu by ourselves. Things could get very troublesome."

Going down was not a good idea. Those outside might be telling them to cease all infighting, but that was nonsense. They might find themselves blocked from returning after going down.

"For now, we have to wait at the entrance to prevent our fellow humans from falling into their ambush upon arriving. That is the only correct option for us."

With four human Invincibles around, the other Invincibles would have to think twice before trying anything.

Qin Zhen sighed and said, "Fine. We'll do that."

That was their sole option. Zhu Guangshen was down there. Xia Huyou was down there. A few juniors of the Zhou Family were down there as well. If even those from these families were suggesting that they remain, what else could he say?

But they were right. It would be unwise to leave. And thus, they reached a decision.

***

At the same time, the people on the fifth and sixth levels were starting to gather up with those from their own races to start the climb to the seventh level. They had all given up on all the treasures in the mansion. Chapters fırst released on novel·fire.net

Things had gotten way too dangerous for them to continue their search.

Invincible death spirits were coming.

Fifth level.

Like the others, Topsoil Spirit had gathered with the experts from his race. He was quite surprised to learn that the death spirits were the culprits instead of Su Yu.

"This...can't be true, right?"

Topsoil Spirit muttered to himself doubtfully. Was the killer he saw really a death spirit? It didn't seem so. How could a death spirit be so devious? He had seen with his own eyes how the killer had killed all those people through sneak attacks. Since when did death spirits learn to do so?

But he could also hear the words of those who had escaped the fourth level alive. Death spirits were definitely involved.

"Su Yu can transform himself into a death spirit, right?"

Topsoil Spirit was unsure, but he seemed to remember that being the case. Could this whole thing...be yet another scheme of Su Yu? That was possible.

He couldn't resist feeling suspicious as the humans had suffered far lighter casualties in comparison. Furthermore, what he saw with his own eyes was different from the stories he was hearing.

Then again, he couldn't be bothered to expose anything. What if his exposure provoked Su Yu enough to make him a priority target? Wouldn't that be bad?

When Topsoil Spirit looked around, he noted that a large number of people had gathered here. The likes of Mo Duona were nowhere to be seen. Perhaps those lunatics had reached the sixth or even the seventh level.

But he did see some other Heaven Index geniuses around. Before long, his gaze settled on a group of humans. His eyes flickered when he saw that among them were several humans with unique identities.

Chapter 1435: Level After Level (3)

At the moment, Bai Feng and the others were also heading toward the entrance to the sixth level.

Suddenly, a yellowish figure appeared not far away and said, "Hey, are you Su Yu's teacher?"

Bai Feng frowned.

Five elemental?

He recognized who the speaker was. He coldly asked, "Topsoil Spirit of the five elemental race?"

"It's me."

Bai Feng asked, "Yes? Are you here to pick a fight?"

Topsoil Spirit snorted and said, "Nope. I dislike the humans, but I'm quite close to Su Yu. I noticed that a few of you have been ignited by the heart fire. You need to deal with it immediately."

He tossed a storage ring out and said, "There are a few five elemental fruits here. All of them are of the water element. Eat them to suppress the heart fire. Remind Su Yu to repay me when you meet him."

"..."

The surrounding experts were stunned. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel✦fire.net

Even some five elemental geniuses were caught by surprise. One of them sent a furious voice transmission, "Topsoil Spirit, what are you doing?"

Had he gone crazy? Su Yu was now public enemy number one. What was this?

A Sunmoon beside Topsoil Spirit hurriedly explained, "Don't misunderstand this. Topsoil Spirit has no relationship with Su Yu. In fact, Su Yu once attempted to kill him..."

Noticing the gaze of the immortals, the Sunmoon grew even more anxious as he continued, "That's a misunderstanding. This is merely a joke..."

However, Topsoil Spirit interupted him with a solemn declaration, "Don't misunderstand us. I don't represent the five elemental race. I only represent myself. My fight with Su Yu was merely a regular spar. Since I lost, he has my respect. For me, race does not matter. It does not matter if he's the public enemy number one. None of you understands the mind of a genius. I dare say that not even Mo Duona and Zhan Wushuang would be too hostile toward Su Yu. As geniuses, we respect the strong."

He swept his gaze through the crowd and coldly said, "If you find my words unacceptable, feel free to attack me. I might be weak, but I don't fear you. Do I need your permission to make a friend? What nonsense."

"..."

Everyone stared at him with surprise. He must have gone mad. Why was he declaring himself Su Yu's friend in front of so many people? Only someone absolutely tired of living would try something like that.

An immortal Sunmoon coldly said, "Topsoil Spirit, think carefully before you say more. There are things not even a genius can handle. This is the order of the various Emperors. Be careful lest you invite disaster upon yourself."

Those words of Topsoil Spirit alone would have been enough for them to kill him if it weren't for the current crisis they were facing.

Topsoil Spirit said nothing.

Inwardly, he was thinking that these people knew nothing. They should worry about leaving the mansion alive instead. If they couldn't leave alive, they naturally wouldn't be around to create trouble for him.

He ignored them and sent Bai Feng a voice transmission, "Stop staring at me. I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing this for Su Yu. The fruits are the real deal. They are not poisoned. Among the human race, my only enemy is the guy called Liu Hong. I don't care about the others."

"..."

Bai Feng was very surprised. Since when did Su Yu make such a good friend? Topsoil Spirit had actually given them such valuable fruits in public.

Sure, they didn't need those treasures too much as Yellow Nine had returned with quite a lot of treasures. However, the five elemental fruits were very valuable. In fact, they were so valuable Bai Feng couldn't even afford to buy one for himself. When he checked the storage ring, he noted that there were five of these fruits in it.

This was quite generous. He looked at Topsoil Spirit with astonishment. Sure, Topsoil Spirit wasn't too polite, but this was normal for geniuses. For them, everyone except a fellow genius was garbage.

"Thank you."

Bai Feng started wondering if Su Yu had befriended Topsoil Spirit during their previous fight. This was a logical conclusion to draw. Back then, Su Yu had caused the deaths of numerous Sunmoons in the ancient city. Meanwhile, Topsoil Spirit had survived in the city for an entire month. They could very well be friends. Many people reached the same conclusion.

Someone said, "Back then, Su Yu disguised himself as Topsoil Spirit and challenged Tianduo to a fight. Then, he killed Tianduo and stole Tianduo's identity. The five elemental race had claimed that Topsoil Spirit was clueless as he had been imprisoned during the entire event. Hehe...it's now obvious that everything was a lie."

Topsoil Spirit might really be related to Su Yu. Or to be precise, Topsoil Spirit was definitely the supporting cast in Su Yu's scheme.

Damn it!

Topsoil Spirit deserved death as well!

The five elemental Sunmoon sent Topsoil Spirit a voice transmission, "Damn it! What...what is this? Damn it!"

The Sunmoons were greatly disappointed in Topsoil Spirit. Even if he was friendly with Su Yu, he shouldn't have exposed it publicly. Things could get very bad for them.

After leaving the mansion, Topsoil Spirit would be in great trouble even with the support of the five elemental race. They did not object to Topsoil Spirit's friendship with Su Yu. As far as they were concerned, it would never be a bad thing for a genius to befriend a fellow genius.

But Su Yu was the public enemy number one. It was stupid to reveal their friendship so openly. This could drag the entire five elemental race into countless troubles.

Topsoil Spirit did not bother to explain himself. It was pointless. Excluding the humans present, everyone else would probably die in the mansion. With all of them dead, those outside would naturally remain ignorant about all this. The humans did not matter as the myriad races would never believe them.

If Su Yu really wasn't in the mansion, he only needed to think of a way to kill all these people before they could leave the mansion. This wasn't even a big deal. Why worry? His elders were getting more and more cowardly.

These people had gathered quite a lot of treasures in the mansion. It would be very profitable to kill them all. With so many people already dead, those outside wouldn't suspect anything even if more of them were to die. He ignored the Sunmoons. He did not say more to Bai Feng either. He couldn't risk making it too obvious that he was trying to fawn over them. There was no need for that.

He only needed to remain indifferent and arrogant. After making such a public declaration, Su Yu would probably think twice before making a move against him, right? After all, he was now the savior of Su Yu's teacher and friends. He definitely didn't know that Su Yu was already in the mansion. He was definitely doing this out of sincere friendship.

Before long, they started entering the entrance to the next level. The treasures left on the level no longer mattered. This wasn't the time to worry about treasures. Surviving was their top priority.

In such a manner, the geniuses and experts started fleeing like refugees. Nobody bothered to try attacking the humans anymore. There were about three hundred humans present. How long would it take to kill these humans?

In any case, many of them were no longer in the mood to fight.

***

Third level.

The group of death spirits behind He Tu had swelled yet again.

Standing in front of the entrance to the fourth level, he frowned, "Dummy, have you been scolding me inwardly?"

Dummy said nothing.

"Was it you?"

He Tu was unsure. Dummy had not been too talkative. For some reason, He Tu could feel countless people talking about him. More importantly, this wasn't a sensation just anyone could produce in him.

Clearly, the people talking about him were all quite powerful. Their anger was so powerful it had nearly broken through the River of Time itself. He Tu could remember that the last time he felt something like this, he was still alive. At the time, he had invaded the Myriad Realms with his army of death spirits.

What was it this time?

The jittery He Tu shook his head and said, "Whatever. Let's go to the fourth level. Did some people escape this level? Did they spread the news of my arrival?"

He Tu was unsure. Had they learned of his arrival? That shouldn't be the case. He had never declared his identity to anyone. Even if there were some survivors, how could they find out about his identity?

Confused, he asked, "Dummy, have I ever told anyone that I'm He Tu?"

"D...don't know..."

He Tu started doubting himself. He did not remember introducing himself. He only remembered laughing loudly. Again, he shook his head and tossed the matter to the back of his mind. For now, he only needed to climb the levels.

So what if they knew about him? Those outside would still remain clueless. He would wipe everyone in the mansion and nobody would know about it. Before long, He Tu reached the fourth level with his army of death spirits. For some reason, the fourth level was incomparably silent.

He Tu grew even more doubtful. Had they really learned of his arrival? Was he not thorough enough when killing?

"Search carefully. Do not spare a single person."

Whatever. He only needed to sweep every level clean. Ultimately, everyone would die. The fourth level was not completely devoid of people. However, only a small number of people remained. Most of them were those who were still clueless as they had been searching for treasures alone. And these were He Tu's main targets.

Su Yu only killed those he encountered. He Tu would deliberately seek out targets to kill. Thus, every level would be completely wiped clean by the time he was done. But this had also given Su Yu the time to do what he needed to do. No matter what, each level was massive. It would take He Tu some time to go through these levels.

Near the entrance, Su Yu quietly recorded the scene of He Tu's arrival before sneaking away. Then, he entered the fifth level. He Tu had done a good job at cleaning up the levels. Su Yu was quite impressed. He could feel how thick the death qi in the air was becoming.

"Keep working hard, He Tu! Take your time!"

He needed time as well. He was certain there were more treasures waiting for him on the fourth level. Alas, He Tu had not given him much time to search the level properly. He Tu's speed was increasing. Perhaps that was due to his increased number of subordinates.

"The spine acupoint is definitely here. I might need to spend more time here."

Right after entering the fifth level, the fire heart started burning him, informing him that this must be where the heart was located. More importantly, he had to locate the spine acupoint and determine its correct operation method.

He would be able to derive the entire grand cycle cultivation method soon. And when that happened, he could start worrying about reaching the ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm instead of stopping his advancement each time.

Chapter 1436: Grand Cycle Cultivation Method (1)

The fifth level was the level where the fire heart burned.

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to run around to search for treasures. There weren't a lot of people left on the fourth level. He Tu would probably be done with the level before long. In fact, even the fifth level was already mostly empty by now.

Those who had been informed about the coming disaster had fled. Those who were still clueless were either those from the minor races or lone travelers. There weren't a lot of them.

Here, Su Yu's priority was the spine acupoint. It should be on this level as the next level would be near Old Zhou's backside. The spine acupoint wouldn't be there.

As Su Yu traveled through the fifth level, he found some treasures as well. These treasures were decently valuable, but he didn't care too much about them. At this point, nothing below the value of a carrier treasure could attract his attention.

He was simply too rich. What could he do if he was rich enough not to care about these treasures?

Su Yu was in a rush. It wasn't like he didn't want to search the place carefully, but He Tu was too fast. He could not afford to waste his time. He could only slow down on the seventh level where there were people strong enough to handle He Tu.

"The news must have spread by now. The entrance to the seventh level is probably being watched now. I need to join the crowd and enter the seventh level together. In that case, I need to stop killing or there won't be enough people to serve as my cover."

Su Yu had slowed down on his killing. He was in no rush to enter the sixth level either. In any case, there were definitely high-stage Sunmoons on the sixth level. Those wouldn't be easy opponents to kill. He could always handle them later. It wasn't even the fifth day yet. He had an entire month in the mansion.

After a short while, he arrived at a certain location. It was the edge of the level where the barrier of the world could be found. Su Yu looked around and noted that the entrance to the next level wasn't here. Rather, he was faced with a massive mountain. The mountain seemed to penetrate the sky itself.

"Is this the spine?"

With that question in mind, Su Yu flew into the sky and sent a palm attack at the mountain. It didn't even budge. It was unimaginably tough. Could he...leave the mansion here if he could somehow penetrate the spine?

He didn't entertain that thought for long. Old Zhou's body was too strong. On top of Old Zhou's body, the builder of the mansion had probably added some other materials as well. Thus, the resulting Luminous Domain Mansion was probably tougher than even Old Zhou's body.

Thus, penetrating this spine was probably impossible for even a Daofuse.

"Where's the spine acupoint?"

Su Yu started looking around, taking his own body as the reference. He had decided to stop calling Tai Shan so often. He felt like Old Zhou was on the verge of going mad. He didn't want to provoke Old Zhou into self-detonation. That wouldn't be fun.

Sure, someone dead might not be capable of that. But he didn't want to take that risk. Before long, Su Yu set his sights on an empty spot in front of the mountain ridge. The moment he activated his spun acupoint, the empty spot reacted. Weak undulations rippled out, but the acupoint did not show itself.

But this was enough to confirm that the acupoint was here. However, this was the part where Old Zhou needed to be provoked yet again.

"Tai Shan!"

With a roar from Su Yu, the world raged. The entire fifth level started shaking violently while Old Zhou's roars rumbled in Su Yu's mind.

"I'll kill you! Kill you!"

"I won't spare you!"

"Who are you?"

"You're not Tai Shan! Who are you?"

Su Yu: "..."

Su Yu's heart chilled, and his scalp went numb. He could feel the attention of the world itself on him.

"You're not Tai Shan...where did you hide Tai Shan? Hand Tai Shan over..."

Madness was seeping out of that voice.

Su Yu was greatly alarmed. Why was this happening? Old Zhou was dead. Why was this happening? How could Old Zhou realize that he wasn't Tai Shan? There shouldn't be anything of Old Zhou left apart from his stubborn resentment. But was resentment capable of thought?

Su Yu did not have the time to think too much. He had to focus on a spinning black hole that had appeared in front of him.

In his head, Old Zhou's voice continued growing in intensity, "You're not Tai Shan...you're not...You hid Tai Shan..."

"Who are you?"

"Just who are you?"

"Who is Tai Shan to you?"

All of Su Yu's hair stood on end.

Holy shit! How was Old Zhou capable of such a level of reasoning? Was this really a remnant resentment? Or was Old Zhou actually still alive? Was he simply mad instead of dead?

A mere remnant resentment shouldn't be able to make such a level of thought?

Su Yu did not dare to say anything. Instead, he gnashed his teeth so tightly that he started bleeding from his gums and stared at the spinning black hole. He only wanted to get the grand cycle cultivation method, nothing else.

He kept in mind to avoid calling Tai Shan's name unless absolutely necessary after this. He was worried that if this continued, it might even provoke the awakening of Old Zhou. He had noticed that after several provocations, Old Zhou seemed to have grown smarter.

So was Old Zhou dead or alive? Su Yu shivered. Could it be that...Old Zhou had been forged into the Luminous Domain Mansion alive? Was that why the Luminous Domain Mansion had been able to remain operational so many years after the great collapse?

The more Su Yu thought about it, the more alarmed he was. If Old Zhou was really alive...he would probably throw the balance of the Myriad Realms upside down after regaining his freedom. Someone like him would probably be strong enough to fight even Daofuses even in a crippled state.

How terrifying.

After a long while, the fifth level calmed down again. Su Yu had also figured out the operational method of the spine acupoint. Just as he was about to shut his acupoint, a far calmer voice rang out in his mind, "You're not Tai Shan...you're not...Tai Shan isn't this weak, no, he's not this weak..."

Su Yu hurriedly shut his acupoint to prevent himself from hearing more. Then, he collapsed to the ground with cold sweat all over him.

He had reached a terrifying conclusion: Old Zhou was not dead.

"He's not dead. He's mere crippled and sealed. He's not dead."

Su Yu was trembling. They were currently exploring the body of someone alive.

The name Tai Shan was akin to a curse.

A curse to awaken this person from his slumber and release him from his seal.

Holy shit!

A realization came to Su Yu. He seemed to have done something bad. He started swallowing nervously. But after a long while, he gnashed his teeth and said, "How is this bad? I don't rule the current Myriad Realms. The divines, devils, and immortals rule the current Myriad Realms. With Old Zhou free...hmph!"

Su Yu's eyes flickered. Why should he care if the world were to sink into chaos? He was now the public enemy number one. Everyone wanted him dead.

Chaos was good for him, not bad.

With that in mind, a majority of his fear evaporated. He stood up and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

A tiny bit of life might still remain in Old Zhou.

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he sank into thought. He wasted no time and started linking his acupoints together.

He did not call Tai Shan's name this time, but when all his acupoints were reactivated, Old Zhou's voice returned to his mind: "Why must you kill me?"

"Why?"

This time, Old Zhou had seemingly returned to his previous confused state. In this manner, Old Zhou was quite predictable. He would go crazy the moment Tai Shan's name was spoken.

"What a terrifying man."

As Su Yu attempted to link and circulate his acupoints, blood started seeping out of his mouth. After some time, he ate a piece of lotus root before resuming his attempt.

One acupoint after another lit up.

330, 340...

It kept increasing. The forehead acupoint was linked successfully. The spine acupoint was also linked successfully. At the 350th acupoint, a rumble rang out. Su Yu ignored the pain and looked around before swallowing another piece of lotus root to repair a certain part of his body.

"Fuck!"

Su Yu cursed inwardly.

Fortunately, nobody was here to witness that. Then again, he was also fortunate that it was the Heaven Connecting Acupoint instead of the forehead or the spine acupoint. Those two acupoints would be far more dangerous to damage. The Heaven Connecting Acupoint wasn't too dangerous to damage. It was simply embarrassing.

This was why he had dared to make this blind attempt. Alas, he had failed. He was left with only ten acupoints to link. He could probably succeed after a few hundred attempts.

After all, all acupoints would follow a certain set of rules. These rules worked to limit the potential orders in which these acupoints could be linked, making it easier for him to link them through trial and error.

"Perhaps...I will learn the grand cycle acupoint method by myself after blowing my ass up a few hundred times..."

Su Yu cursed inwardly and rubbed his newly regenerated backside. This was so inelegant. This did not fit his image of a cultural researcher. If someone saw this, he would probably die from sheer embarrassment. Image was very important for cultural researchers.

"Maybe I should look for Old Zhou's Heaven Connecting Acupoint first..."

Suddenly, Su Yu felt an intense longing toward a certain someone. Zhou Hao. That was a genius as well. Unfortunately, he had yet to open 360 acupoints. And someone without 360 acupoints wouldn't even qualify to serve as Su Yu's test subject.

More importantly, knowing the locations of the 360 acupoints would not guarantee that one could open them. Su Yu was unsure of how many acupoints Zhou Hao had opened thus far. Perhaps he had opened over two hundred acupoints. Who knew?

"Sigh."

He was saddened by the lack of test subjects, forcing someone like him to personally detonate his backside instead of getting someone else to do it.

"If the Heaven Connecting Acupoint is located on the seventh level, there is no guarantee that I can reach there. Even after reaching the level, there is no guarantee that I can get near the acupoint. That level is filled with Invincibles. Do I really need to test blindly?"

With that thought in mind, he started flying toward the entrance to the sixth level. Even as he was flying, he couldn't resist testing on himself. Perhaps he could get lucky and get it right.

Boom!

Su Yu hurriedly looked around before eating another piece of lotus root. How delicious.

Yum yum!

Su Yu covered his embarrassment with the act of eating. Follow current novels on novel✶fire.net

"I have several hundred pieces of lotus root and I can probably figure out the cultivation method with no more than a few hundred attempts..."

Suddenly, his expression changed as a certain thought surfaced in his mind. Did fate intend for him to derive this cultivation method himself? During his time in the mansion, he had provoked Old Zhou multiple times. Would Old Zhou awaken?

Conveniently, he had also harvested several hundred pieces of lotus root during his time in the mansion. And these roots were perfect for his tests.

"No, no...no...Not at all. This whole thing must be a coincidence."

Yes. This was most definitely not the arrangement of fate. Once again, Su Yu scanned his surroundings, worried that others would see this embarrassing sight. Sure, he was currently a wolf, not Su Yu, but it would still be embarrassing.

If he could figure out the grand cycle cultivation method in advance, he would be able to complete his nine transformations in advance as well. After all, there was a risk that he might stumble upon suitable treasures for his nine transformations that couldn't be kept for later.

"Should I...try?"

Chapter 1437: Grand Cycle Cultivation Method (2)

Ultimately, Su Yu decided to keep trying. It wasn't like there was anyone here to witness his embarrassment. If anyone saw the sight of his backside blowing up, he could always kill them to silence them.

With that thought in mind, he tried linking and circulating his acupoints again...only to be greeted with yet another explosion. He ate another piece of lotus root without delay. His clothes were still fine. Even his underpants were an earth weapon.

There was no need to worry about his clothes. If possible, he would even change his underpants to a heaven weapon.

He couldn't resist trying. A strong desire to learn was pushing him. He had a certain infatuation for all things related to cultivation. He started encouraging himself to make him feel better about his choice.

"I am sacrificing myself for a grand undertaking!"

"I am sacrificing my body to restore the lost grand cycle cultivation method for the Myriad Realms!"

"A great researcher can sacrifice everything for research. Even feces can be eaten if it helps with research!"

After a series of self-hypnosis, Su Yu felt like he had transformed into a saint.

He was a saint, bemoaning the state of the universe and pitying the fate of all living beings.

He was a saint with boundless affection for all.

His kindness had touched even himself. He was a great man who had opted to sacrifice his body to restore that which was lost for a hundred thousand years. Yes. This was definitely what he was doing.

He was doing this for the legacy of all cultural researchers in existence. Suddenly, a character took form in his sea of willpower.

"Saint."

Yes. A saint. A saint who had sacrificed everything for the world. A saintly radiance enveloped Su Yu's body. The radiance was blinding. He was akin to a saint descending from the heavens to save the mundane world.

"Sure enough...this is who I truly am."

Su Yu muttered to himself that the saint character was an embodiment of his true self. He was doing this for the world. For the pursuit of the great dao. Yes. He had gained a new character just like that. As a natural character, it reached the second tier right after formation. It was also Su Yu's twenty-ninth character.

Saint.

When Su Yu focused on the character to sense its ability...he was left speechless.

It had no special ability. It was not offensive in nature. It wasn't even capable of dealing any damage. Rather, it only provided one with a sense of warmth. Yes. With this character, he would project a warm and gentle aura to all around him. Everyone would find him kind and trustworthy. Nobody would be able to resist trusting him.

This new character was a supportive character. In short, it was meant to increase his credibility.

After a short pause, the look in Su Yu's eyes changed. A wide grin appeared on his face. Yes. As a cultural researcher, such a character was crucial. Sure, it might seem useless at a glance.

But it could increase his trustworthiness. It might even touch his enemies and convince them that he was no longer their enemy. Only upon failing to convince them with kindness would he resort to overcoming the obstacle with force.

"Yes. This is the dao of a saint. A saint shall gladly sacrifice his ass..."

Su Yu smiled gently. He stopped finding it embarrassing to blow his backside up. He sure was incredibly talented. With a tiny bit of thought, he had formed yet another character. Perhaps his thirtieth character would arrive soon as well.

He had been teleporting frequently as of late. Including the beast character he had detonated previously, he had a feeling that his comprehension of space had deepened significantly. He also had a large amount of cut space in his Mark of Civilization. He had even cut some of the space himself.

He was confident it wouldn't take him long to comprehend a natural spatial character. In such a manner, Su Yu started linking his acupoints while eating lotus roots to repair his backside. At the same time, he was also swallowing some other treasures to strengthen his new character.

A character following the dao of saints. He aimed to make everyone see him as their father the moment they laid eyes on him. At that point, would anyone still want to attack him?

Wow. This could prove to be an incredibly scary character. His mere presence might be enough to cause everyone to kneel down and call him father once the character was pushed to a sufficiently high level.

Su Yu grinned again as he imagined the sight of that. He, with his genial smile, merely needed to show up for the likes of Tiangu to weep bitter tears and call him father, begging him to forgive their past transgressions.

Hehehe.

What an incredible character. It truly deserved to be a natural character.

Su Yu did not have a lot of natural characters, but each of his natural character was unique and useful.

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Yes. He had naturally neglected a certain character when he counted his natural characters.

The deceit character.

That was no natural character. That was an accident. Yeap. Definitely.

With a smile on his face, lotus root in his mouth, and an exploding backside, Su Yu strolled leisurely through the fifth level, presenting a bizarre sight that would suggest to anyone that he was a madman.

Naturally, that was not a concern for Su Yu. He was the only person in the area. Nobody would see this.

Right at that moment, someone walked out of a nearby cave before looking at Su Yu with an odd expression. Clearly, this was someone who had just emerged from treasure seeking. Noting that Su Yu was also a wolf like him, he decided to greet Su Yu. But before he could act, his head was separated from his body.

Then, the wolf was absorbed into a book. With the book in hand, Su Yu sighed while smiling, "You saw something you shouldn't."

Yes. This was the dialogue of a villain. But when it was spoken by him, it felt as though it was the way of nature. Eventually, Su Yu grew used to blowing up his backside. That wasn't exactly a sensitive spot since someone at Su Yu's cultivation level no longer required toilets.

"That was wrong...If I were to teach someone the grand cycle cultivation method, I would never teach them the operational method of this acupoint. I swear."

He started gnashing his teeth even as he maintained the genial smile on his face.

Definitely.

Absolutely.

If he found anyone teaching the operational method of this acupoint, he would make that person his sworn enemy. After all he had experienced for this acupoint, he would not allow anyone to learn it any other way.

Yes. He was that overbearing. Even if an ancient past expert were to return to life, he would not allow that expert to teach about this acupoint. It wasn't like one would die from this. At worst, one would only need to rest for a month or two to make a full recovery.

It might even take less time than that since someone cultivating the grand cycle cultivation method would not be a normal person. Su Yu reasoned that such an experience would be the perfect tool to temper someone.

"If I were to reach the level to establish my own heavenly laws, I would forbid the dissemination of the operational method for the Heaven Connecting Acupoint."

Su Yu gnashed his teeth with a grimace. What was this? He could tolerate pain and exhaustion in cultivation. He did not mind all that. But he greatly despised cultivating this acupoint.

"Seventy-seven routes. Seventy-seven explosions."

While muttering, Su Yu continued his attempts. At this point, he was already at the entrance to the sixth level. He did not step through it. He didn't bother to explore the fifth level for treasures either.

His tribulation character was pulsing weakly. He was uncertain if He Tu would arrive anytime soon.

"The grand cycle cultivation method should adhere to the ways of the world. It shouldn't generate a tribulation for me, right?"

That was his question. Back when he cultivated the Five Elemental Art, he had been challenged by a heavenly tribulation. He had encountered another heavenly tribulation when forging his weapon. That shouldn't happen with the grand cycle cultivation method, right?

"Will the blood tribulation appear again? Was the ancient Myriad Race Assembly brazen enough to stop the human race from learning this cultivation method? Unlikely. Those capable of learning this cultivation method would all be the descendants or students of important individuals. They were different from the Time Sage, who was the public enemy number one. The assembly wouldn't dare...Even the members of the assembly might cultivate the same thing as well..."

With that conclusion, Su Yu relaxed considerably. Yes. That would be a good thing. Without a tribulation, he would not need to worry about attracting too much attention.

"Ninety-two..."

When he burped, he noted that even his breath was now fragrant and sweet from eating so many lotus roots.

"I'm pretty unlucky here..."

He could link up to 356 acupoints, but the moment he attempted to link them to the Heaven Connecting Acupoint, an explosion would be generated. Only a few acupoints were left. Why wouldn't it succeed?

A chart filled with numerous dots of light appeared before him. That was a projection of his acupoints. When observing with the naked eye, a cultivation method could also be beautiful. A cultivation method that did not emanate a sense of beauty would not be a good cultivation method.

As he observed the route he had charted, he frowned and started making adjustments. He was so immersed that he had completely forgotten about He Tu.

In truth, he greatly enjoyed the process of deducing cultivation methods. Sure, he wasn't creating original cultivation methods, but it still felt great to successfully deduce a cultivation method.

Up until now, the Double Wu Acupoint Fusion Art was his proudest work. That was something he had derived one step at a time, relying only on himself. He had combined multiple cultivation methods, decided on thirty-six acupoints, and discovered the rules followed by these acupoints, before completing the cultivation method through multiple tests.

The Five Elemental Art was his second proudest work. It was a cultivation method he had completed with Old Zhao by slowly combining five cultivation methods into one. Thus, this was an exciting process to him. As he started his work, he completely forgot that he was currently in the incomparably dangerous Luminous Domain Mansion.

This state lasted until a fool shouted at him from afar, "Piss off! I'm going to the sixth level! Get out of the way!"

With a rumble, the diagram in front of him shattered. Su Yu frowned and slapped the Mountainsea into pieces.

"Damn it! How dare a Mountainsea act so arrogantly?"

Su Yu was furious. After killing the annoying shrimp, he finally realized that a long time had passed. He Tu might arrive soon as his tribulation character was starting to pulse faster and faster.

He sank into thought. The tribulation character was a lot more intense than before. Had things gotten even more dangerous? In that case, he should retreat without staying to record He Tu's arrival.

Having made up his mind, he vanished with a flicker.

Not long after, He Tu arrived. This time, he did not stand around laughing like a villain. He had decided to keep a low profile. He started moving through the level rapidly. Before long, he reached the entrance to the next level.

He intended to watch the entrance himself this time as he suspected that Dummy had been deliberately releasing some of his victims. Something was telling him that his identity had been exposed.

Thus, he had taken on the job of watching the exit point himself. At the entrance, he smelled a weak stench of blood in the air. With a frown, he reached out and grabbed at the thin air. Then, a drop of blood formed atop his palm.

"Recently dead?"

A Mountainsea had died recently here. What a pity. This Mountainsea could have been converted into his subordinate.

He Tu was in no rush to enter the sixth level. He would stay and finish searching the fifth level first. With the drop of blood in his hand, he decided to punish the person who had killed a potential Mountainsea subordinate of his.

When he crushed the drop of blood, a scene started playing out before him. In the scene, a wolf was seated cross-legged in cultivation.

At first, He Tu was unbothered. But soon, he noticed something. His eyes flickered as he focused even more on the scene. A projection of the starry sky was visible in front of the wolf.

Chapter 1438: Grand Cycle Cultivation Method (3)

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

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

He started muttering without realizing it, "Which family...***?"

After a long while, he continued muttering, "No, that's wrong. It's incomplete. At least three acupoints are linked wrongly..."

He sank into thought.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This had never happened before.

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

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

All those memories emerged in He Tu's mind.

He recalled his past. He recalled who he was.

"The glory of humanity..."

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

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

"Golden Age of Human Emperor..."

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

Yes! That was definitely a human!

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

"Who was that? Su Yu?"

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

"Were you scared? Did you find out that I'm here? Were you aware of my intention to give you a beating?"

Beside him, Dummy asked blankly, "Who...are you beating?"

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

"What...if you fail?"

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

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

"..."

Yes. He was that shameless.

Dummy felt like something was wrong with that answer, but he couldn't understand what was wrong. Thus, he returned to silence. Orıginal content can be found at novel~fire~net

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

***

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

His tribulation character was still pulsing.

"What is this? Is He Tu skipping the fifth level?"

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

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

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

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

Furthermore, this was a Sunmoon from a minor race.

Su Yu smiled and said, "It's not too bad. He Tu has just entered the fifth level..."

"That's good to hear..."

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

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

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

Finally, he linked 358 acupoints.

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

It was merely a matter of luck.

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

Su Yu started praying.

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

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

An acupoint lit up.

Boom!

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

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

"Hmph! It's all He Tu's fault!"

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

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

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

One after another, the acupoints lit up.

One...two...

Three hundred.

Three hundred and fifty-nine.

Finally, the Heaven Connecting Acupoint lit up.

Boom!

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

Boom!

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

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

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

"What's going on?"

"Heavenly reward?"

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

"..."

The Sunmoons were taking this very seriously.

Just what was going on exactly?

Who was it?

Did anyone arrive from the fifth level?

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

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

***

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

This felt great!

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

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

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

***

At the same time.

Seventh level.

Xia Longwu blanked out slightly.

Su Yu?

Nearby?

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

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

Did the kid...find his saber qi lacking?

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

"How arrogant."

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

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

Chapter 1439: First Cloudbreach Transformation (1)

Inside a random valley, Su Yu released his Mark of Civilization and covered the heavenly rewards he had received. The saber qi in his 144 acupoints was fully dispersed. Before this, he could be considered a pseudo Cloudbreach. One whose transformation had stopped at 144 acupoints.

He had planned to complete his transformation through multiple cultivation methods. However, Grandstar had claimed that this would cause an imbalance of his acupoints. That was why he had started his pursuit of the grand cycle cultivation method. He aimed to transform all 360 acupoints together.

Since the unique source qi from the heavenly rewards contained the power of the heavenly laws, his transformation was made simpler and stronger. Depending on one's foundation, each transformation would provide a different level of boost in strength.

That was only fair since building one's foundation was hard work. The unique source qi started tempering his acupoint one after another. His acupoints grew brighter and brighter. Each acupoint was as dazzling as a star.

His transformation began.

Su Yu felt so touched that he almost teared up. Finally, he could become a proper Cloudbreach. It had been almost two full years since he first joined the academy. He had joined the academy in the year 350. It was now the middle of the year 352.

After so long, he could finally start his advancement into the Cloudbreach Realm. With this cultivation speed, could he be considered a genius?

Yes. But at this era, he wasn't the sole person capable of reaching the Cloudbreach Realm in two years. He doubted any other Cloudbreach would need to go through so many hardships for advancement.

He first had to locate the 360 acupoints through numerous cultivation methods. Through that method, he became the strongest Infinite Strength cultivator in existence. Then, he had to go through numerous cultivation methods before settling on one to complete his seventy-two body forgings and become the strongest Skysoar in existence.

With the grand cycle cultivation method, he could probably grow into the strongest Cloudbreach in existence as well. Hopefully, this cultivation method would enable him to fuse his acupoints easily during the Mountainsea Realm.

If it didn't work after going through so many hardships, he would probably cry tears of regret.

It should work, right?

At the Mountainsea Realm, he only needed to fuse all his acupoints into one. That would push him into the Sunmoon Realm. It better work, or he would really go crazy. This had been too hard a cultivation method to find.

While thinking, Su Yu started taking out a large amount of treasures. He did not use them. Rather, he piled them around him to create an environment of thick heavenly source qi. That way, his acupoints would be able to absorb enough energy for their transformation.

He did not lack money so this wasn't an issue for him. For anyone else, they could probably complete nine transformations with only several five elemental fruits. Su Yu was different. He was simply too strong. He would need a lot more energy for his transformations. In any case, he was not the type to settle for a weaker transformation.

***

His body was recovering.

His acupoints were rumbling.

His source qi swirled and gathered in his acupoints. Eventually, the source qi in each acupoint took on a new form. Instead of a saber, it transformed into a book.

Yes. A book.

His acupoints had seemingly acknowledged his identity as a gentle scholar instead of a barbarian. Even his source qi had taken such a form.

One, two, three...

One after another, his acupoints completed their transformation.

One book after another appeared in his acupoints.

300...350...

Finally, the transformation was complete. With a rumble, Su Yu's mind blanked out. With a single fart, he blasted a massive crater in the ground.

This felt great!

That fart had expelled the final bit of impurities from his body. Only an unblemished body was left.

Previously, Su Yu had claimed that the immortals were delicious. But if the hous, iron devourers, golden pengs, and other ancient beast races were to see him now, they would probably start salivating. He looked far more delicious than the immortals.

With his eyes shut, Su Yu immersed himself in his transformation. The quantity of his source qi remained roughly the same, but its quality had increased significantly. He threw a casual palm attack out.

After sensing his new strength, he exhaled softly. With his purified body, even his breath smelled incredible.

"A growth of about fifty percent."

Su Yu grinned. He had not expected to improve so much, even at his current level of strength. Initially, he had the strength of over 1.72 million acupoints at 72 body forgings. That was with his yang acupoint inactive.

With the yang acupoint active, he could reach the strength of nearly 3.5 million acupoints. That was similar to the strength of a seventh-stage Sunmoon.

According to his calculations, a regular eighth-stage Sunmoon would probably have the strength of four million acupoints while a new ninth-stage Sunmoon could probably reach five million acupoints. No trash could reach the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm. Each of them could be considered a genius. Thus, only the freaks would deviate from this standard.

But after his transformation, Su Yu's strength had surpassed 2.5 million acupoints with his yang acupoint inactive. He was unsure if the yang acupoint could double that number. If that was the case, he would be as strong as a ninth-stage Sunmoon the moment he activated his yang acupoint.

"I'm so scary."

By merely inhaling in shock, Su Yu created a tiny black hole in the air. He was genuinely shocked. How could a Cloudbreach be so strong? He was only a first-stage Cloudbreach. He had merely completed his first transformation.

"After completing nine transformations...good heavens!"

Su Yu surprised even himself. He wasn't asking for much. If he could improve by fifty percent each time, by the time he completed his nine transformations...holy shit!

At the fifth transformation, he could surpass ten million acupoints in strength.

At the sixth transformation, he would approach twenty million acupoints.

At the ninth transformation, he would surpass sixty million acupoints.

Su Yu swallowed and muttered, "How strong are Pseudo Invincibles?"

A regular Pseudo Invincible would have two tri-life bodies. A small number would have three tri-life bodies. But at that point, they could start preparing for their dao affirmation. Of course, some wouldn't.

Such as Yun Chen.

Such as Hollow.

These were the people who had gathered three tri-life bodies without fusing them. Perhaps fusion was impossible because these bodies were too strong. Su Yu was unsure of the reason behind that.

If an early ninth-stage Sunmoon had the strength of five million acupoints, what about a peak Sunmoon?

Su Yu had no answer. He had never fought an opponent of such a level before. And how strong would a Pseudo Invincible be? Should he assume that each would have the strength of ten million acupoints?

Su Yu was left speechless. At nine transformations, he could finish one off with only one punch. Of course, he needed to have the ability to break the River of Time to do so. Some Pseudo Invincibles and peak Sunmoons could already manifest the River of Time.

"I only have brute strength..."

Su Yu frowned. Yes. That would be troublesome. No matter how strong his strength was, it would only be useful if he could actually land a punch on his opponent. Without the ability to manifest the River of Time, he would be much slower than these people. Regardless of his strength, he would be nothing but a clumsy beast for these people.

"Looks like I need to start focusing on my speed and grasp over the laws next..."

Time. Space. Both were unique.

Only with mastery over both would he be able to fully utilize his strength.

"Thus, the best solution is...more characters."

Yes. That would be the shortcut.

A space related character. Or a time related character. For example, the slow character that he had neglected. That was a character he had comprehended when studying the Time technique. It could be considered a semi natural character. This character had touched upon the domain of time lightly. With its potential maximized, it could even stop the movement of his opponents.

"I can't give my opponents the time to open the River of Time. I need to approach them before they can do so. In such a situation, I wouldn't need to fear even Pseudo Invincibles at my ninth transformation."

With the strength of sixty million acupoints, Su Yu believed that his offensive strength was probably comparable to that of an Invincible.

How terrifying. His greatest weakness was his mastery over the laws. Without such mastery, he would be nothing but a practice target for these people.

"My strength will only work if I can catch my opponent by surprise and punch them apart before they can react. In short...maintaining a low profile is very important."

Then again, he was still a first-stage Cloudbreach. It was far too early for him to worry about all that. He had only completed his first transformation. Without suitable treasures, it wouldn't be easy for him to complete his remaining eight transformations.

With his strength, regular treasures would not suffice. Even if he could force a transformation with some inferior treasures, the result would be rather disappointing. He needed the best of the best.

"Nine-leaf skylotus!"

Su Yu's eyes flickered. Yes! That would be great material for his transformation. Only a treasure at such a level would suffice for his transformations. Upon completing his transformations, he wouldn't be so easily defeated by Invincibles anymore. Sure, he still wouldn't have a way to reach those opponents.

But his strength would greatly boost his defenses, making him extremely hard to defeat as well. The Invincibles could very well end up hurting themselves upon attacking him.

"At that time, I might still be weaker than an Invincible. However, I can reach a level where an Invincible can die easily if they provoke me."

At that point, Su Yu would be akin to a clumsy bear while the Invincibles would be akin to strong and healthy foxes. They wouldn't be able to deal any real harm to him yet he could kill them if they were even a tiny bit careless.

At that thought, he felt greatly relieved. He had simply offended too many people. Even Invincibles and Daofuses could be counted among his enemies. Meanwhile, his combat strength was not enough to reach the peak. He had only been surviving by relying on some supporters.

But the strength of his supporters would never be his. The stone statues and furball parents were ultimately still outsiders. They had merely assisted him for the sake of benefits and some other special reasons. And relying on the help of others should always be a last resort. If he wanted to stand tall in the Myriad Realms, he could only rely on his own strength.

"As long as I can get the nine-leaf skylotus, I will have the ability to stand tall!"

He needed to snatch the nine-leaf skylotus and complete his nine transformations in the mansion. Upon the transformation, he could even jump straight to the ninth-stage Mountainsea Realm instantly.

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"Regular treasures are no longer sufficient to support my source qi transformations. I need the skylotus."

At his level, Su Yu could no longer be considered a Cloudbreach. Instead, one should view him as a high-stage Sunmoon. Having seen a clear path forward, Su Yu stood up with a great mood.

After withdrawing his Mark of Civilization, he started looking around. The sixth level was filled with mountains and valleys. Gigantic mountain ranges dotted the landscape, giving one the impression that one was in a maze.

When Su Yu soared into the sky, he sensed a corrosive qi in the air. Fortunately, his body was strong enough to withstand the corrosive power. The corrosive power was comparable to the strength of an early Sunmoon.

"Those below the Sunmoon Realm will be forced to operate on the ground. This won't be an easy level to explore."

Su Yu instantly understood what this place was.

Intestines.

Chapter 1440: First Cloudbreach Transformation (2)

"Intestines...Heaven Connecting Acupoint..."

Su Yu smiled. Was the Heaven Connecting Acupoint serving as the entrance to the seventh level as well? That might not necessarily be the case. The Heaven Connecting Acupoint was located at the end of the intestines. It was still quite far away. Thus, there was a possibility that it was on the seventh level. Then again, this no longer mattered.

Su Yu did not care about that acupoint anymore. He had learned the cultivation method. If given enough time, he wouldn't mind searching out all these acupoints and strengthening them one by one. That would further stabilize his acupoints. Unfortunately, He Tu was in the mansion. Su Yu simply didn't have the time to explore.

"For now, I'm as strong as a sixth-stage Sunmoon even without the yang acupoint."

The yang acupoint wasn't something to be opened lightly. Without the old turtle around to seal it for him, he would need to bear the load all by himself. Thus, that would remain his last resort.

Then again, he was already strong enough right now even without the yang acupoint. With the strength, vibrate, and break characters, he could probably contend against even seventh-stage Sunmoons. And that was discounting the option of consuming blood essence for more strength.

"When my body reaches the strength of ten million acupoints, I can start trying to consume Invincible blood essence."

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he sank into thought. It was time for him to start gathering Invincible blood essence. With over ten million acupoints in strength, he could perhaps comprehend something new, like the power of time upon consuming Invincible blood essence.

"Nine-leaf skylotus!"

Su Yu looked in a certain direction. He couldn't afford to waste his time searching for more treasures here. He had to go to the seventh level.

He should take this opportunity to join the main crowd and enter the seventh level undetected. Otherwise, a single Invincible on the other side of the entrance would be enough to stop him. Follow current novels on NoveI(F)ire.net

His body trembled slightly as he shook off the corrosive qi sticking to him. Looking down at the numerous valleys and mountains, he decided that there wasn't much for him to gain here.

For those below the Sunmoon Realm, the sixth level was extremely dangerous, even with dao protectors. But the sixth level was nothing for Su Yu. He reckoned that many people in the mansion were feeling terrible right now. They hadn't even gotten the chance to gain much from the mansion before they were forced to flee to the sixth level. Furthermore, they had to continue their climb and enter the seventh level. That must feel terrible.

"For me, this is nothing."

Su Yu smiled as he started wondering about the next identity he should take. Langtu's identity was no longer sufficient. This was not a race with an Invincible on the seventh level. There was a high risk that he would end up targeted by the Invincibles up there the moment he arrived as Langtu.

"I need the identity of someone from a major race."

Which identity would be the most fitting for him? He needed someone with sufficient status and strength. It was pointless to disguise himself as a weakling as a weakling had no place up there.

"A loner from a major race..."

A certain person emerged in Su Yu's mind. A third-stage Sunmoon he had killed on the first level. Nobody in the mansion knew that the Sunmoon was dead. Since the Sunmoon had been killed by Su Yu right after entering the mansion, nobody knew that the Sunmoon had been transported to the first level.

That was a subordinate of Dao King. That might even be a convenient identity for him to approach and kill Dao Cheng. He was starting to get a bad feeling from Dao Cheng. It was extremely dangerous to allow a genius to live for long.

Sure, the death of each Sunmoon would generate a phenomenon. However, nobody knew that the immortal Sunmoon had died. No, Yellow Nine might be aware of that. She might have seen the immortal Sunmoon's real appearance before the immortal was killed by Su Yu.

But soon, Su Yu stopped worrying about that. With the little furball in her head, she wouldn't be a threat. He took his Mark of Civilization out and flipped to the immortal page. After consuming so many immortals, the page had grown considerably stronger.

"Immortal...third-stage Sunmoon..."

Certain records were written on the page, and at the end of one of the sentences, a small portrait was visible. When Su Yu focused, he noted that it was the portrait of the immortal Sunmoon.

Some of the people absorbed into the book would leave such imprints behind. For example, he had three imprints of seventh-stage Cloudbreach immortals on the page.

Suns and moons spun in Su Yu's eyes as he sank his consciousness into the portrait. The Mark of Civilization was capable of witnessing the past. Perhaps it was also capable of witnessing the future. However, that was still not possible for now.

Before taking the identity of someone else, it would naturally be better to learn as much as possible about that person.

Learning about his past, learning about his habits, and learning about his cultivation methods.

All for the sake of perfecting the disguise.

***

Su Yu felt like he was in a dream.

He dreamed of the immortal's past. The immortal was known as Ling Heng, a third-stage Sunmoon.

He lived under Dao King's rule. More importantly, he was a disciple of Ming He, who was a disciple of Dao King.

Fairy Ming He.

Su Yu naturally knew who that fairy was. That fairy was the reason Dao Cheng had entered the Heaven Index. That fairy was also the reason Dao Cheng had become his sworn enemy. Back then, Su Yu had seriously injured her before trapping her in Heavendoom City. Ultimately, she forced Dao Cheng to kill her with his own hands.

She had allowed Dao Cheng to experience the greatest despair one could experience. She had used her very life to teach her student that a single carelessness might result in the utmost suffering, such as the loss of one's lover and teacher.

That incident had changed Dao Cheng forever.

Su Yu was quite surprised to learn that his victim, Ling Heng, was also a disciple of Ming He. In that case, Ling Heng was Dao Cheng's senior brother.

"Interesting." Su Yu smiled, "Those on the outside know that Ling Heng is dead. Dao King is aware as well. Dao Cheng has an index copy as well, but it's a pity for him that no personal messages are being sent from the outside."

In such a situation, Dao Cheng would not be informed of Ling Heng's death. It would simply be a waste of opportunity. They had far more important messages to send. For the most part, when a Sunmoon died alone, only their family might find out due to their blood resonance.

Not even teachers or friends would have a way to sense one's death. For example, Dao Cheng had only learned of Gu Zhu's death through Gu Zhu's hair. And a Sunmoon would not allow their hair or blood to be collected so easily.

Thus, Su Yu was confident nobody inside the mansion knew of Ling Heng's death unless Ling Heng had a blood family in here.

"From his memories, there are no such people in the mansion. He had a lot of descendants, but none were qualified to enter."

After going through Ling Heng's past, Su Yu transformed into Ling Heng. He looked exactly the same as the original Ling Heng. As his characters worked together, his hair grew to his shoulders. Then, his hair started floating alongside the ethereal qi swirling around his body.

"I need to find a good excuse for his disappearance. Ling Heng is strong enough to be transported directly to the fifth or sixth level. I'll just claim that I was busy treasure seeking."

That would be a perfect explanation. It wasn't weird for one to go missing for days at a time while looking for treasures.

"Treasure..."

Su Yu looked around. Where could he find a suitable treasure on this level? He needed to find a treasure near the entrance to the seventh level. That way, he could easily attract the attention of the people there.

"I can probably find some treasures at the Spirit Palace acupoint."

Su Yu grinned. Yes. Old Zhou's belly button must be a land of treasures as well. He should pay that place a visit. It was likely that the entrance to the seventh level was there as well. If not, he could always create some disturbance himself and pretend he had just emerged from treasure seeking. That would be the perfect alibi.

***

Once again, Su Yu searched the level from the air while resisting the corrosive qi. Before long, he landed in a massive basin.

The sixth level was filled with mountains. Thus, this basin was rather conspicuous. The Spirit Palace acupoint should probably be somewhere in the air instead of underground.

Sure enough, he found a dark barrier somewhere in the basin. That should be the belly, right?

In any case, this should be the belly button. However, he was unsure if he could find any treasures in it. Then again, it didn't matter. He could always take out his own treasure and pretend that it was found here. He only needed a treasure that could logically appear here.

***

While Su Yu was changing his identity.

Entrance to the sixth level.

It was located in a massive depression on the ground.

The experts of various races were arriving one after another. Not everyone was here as some were still busy looking for their people who were lost amid the maze-like landscape of the sixth level.

Looking at a divine Sunmoon who had just rejoined the group, Zhan Wushuang said, "Master Lang, what happened?"

The entire level was shrouded in a layer of corrosive qi. Not even experts like them could see too far away. Those who had departed to investigate the disturbance were high-stage Sunmoons with sharper senses.

The divine Sunmoon replied with a frown, "Fuhu and the others are gone. Fuhu is probably still alive, but I'm not sure about the rest. They might be dead since there are traces of heavenly rewards there. The killer was probably a genius. Fuhu might be on pursuit..."

That was the only conclusion they could reach. A genius had killed several Mountainseas before receiving heavenly rewards for the kills. As for Fuhu, he had left to pursue the killer.

"Which genius is missing?"

Someone else answered, "Many. But a lot of them are probably dead."

What a stupid question. So many geniuses had died. Who would know the answer to that question? Over a thousand people had gathered near the entrance. However, this was not all the people on the sixth level.

Apart from the few hundred people on the seventh level, almost all the survivors were already on the sixth level. The sixth level was also a level filled with geniuses.

Mo Duona, Zhan Wushuang, Xuan Wuji, Ming Yue, Dao Cheng...

All these people were on the sixth level.

Not far away, the human race had taken over a small stretch of land. A large number of human experts were gathered there.

Administrator Hu was among them. Director Hou of Great Ming was there. Liu Wenyan and Hong Tan were there as well. Their auras looked much stronger than before. Clearly, they had all benefited from exploring the mansion.

There were about three hundred humans present. That was almost the same as the number of immortals present. As for the divines and devils, they had a smaller number of survivors after their disastrous losses on the fifth level. Combined, they only had about five hundred people. In total, about 1,100 survivors from the four major races had gathered here.

As for those from the dragon race, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, and the ancient races, they numbered around three hundred. In short, there were about 1,400 people here. The rest were either dead or on the seventh level.

The small number of survivors who were still spread all over the sixth level would arrive soon.