Chapter 34 - 34

Chapter 977: Growth (3)

After cleansing the stench of blood on him, Su Yu used fire to burn any other traces of his presence. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief. One could never be too cautious.

There were far too many experts in the Allheaven Battlefield. All sorts of races and abilities existed out here. For example, Ming He was capable of muddling his mind just by speaking to him. Thus, he had to remain cautious constantly.

"My strength has grown once again. Every race out there is probably trying to kill me. Where should I go next?"

Su Yu sank into thought. He was tempted to enter the demonic beast territory. The Sea of Stars was there. But he knew too little about that place. It was too dangerous to go before gathering more information. Yes. He was in need of information yet again.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was an excellent source of information. Unfortunately, that organization was too dangerous. Su Yu did not dare to get too involved with them. It was better to look for a different information peddler instead.

"Are there no other information peddlers in the Allheaven Battlefield? Does the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion enjoy a monopoly unchallenged?"

Su Yu was certain that there were other information peddlers of comparable size in existence. Otherwise, wouldn't it be too easy for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to fool everyone with fake information?

He was very curious about the recent happenings in Heavendoom City. What happened there? Did any Invincible show up? If the answer was yes, who? The night had yet to end.

Su Yu did not leave the building. It was too eye-catching to go outdoors during the night. This time, he had to maintain a low profile.

"Twenty-seven body forgings. This is not enough."

He opened the door slightly and gazed at the empty street before shutting the door again. He sighed. With twenty-seven body forgings, he was only a fourth-stage Skysoar. He lamented his weakness. With a physical cultivation of fourth-stage Skysoar, he could only match early Mountainseas in combat.

It would seem like he still had a long way to go! Sooner or later, chaos would erupt in Great Xia. His current strength was not enough to participate in the coming chaos. Even if he couldn't grow strong enough to play a dominant role during the chaos, he needed enough strength to at least protect Bai Feng, Hong Tan, and the others.

"The moment morning arrives, I'll start asking around for reliable sources of information. The Sea of Stars will be my next location."

While waiting for morning to arrive, he did not waste his time idling around. He sat down cross-legged and returned to cultivation. With his heavenly source qi, he forged his body while using the breathing technique.

After his previous experience with the heavenearth profound light, heavenly source qi felt incredibly slow to cultivate with. Alas, this was the best thing he could use at the moment. Su Yu decided to tolerate using heavenly source qi for now. The more he forged his body, the higher the difficulty would be. With heavenly source qi, he could probably still complete a forging about once every two weeks or once per month. That would suffice for now. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⸺fire.net

He felt terrible. This was the same as telling someone who was used to flying to start crawling instead. But what could he do but accept it? Heavenly source qi was no longer that much of a big deal to him. No, even the little furball in his head was thinking the same.

***

While Su Yu was cultivating.

Outside Heavendoom City.

The Invincibles finally met their respective young geniuses.

Dao King looked at Dao Cheng. He said nothing when he saw the silent Dao Cheng. His gaze landed on Devil King Mo Ge, the ancestor of Mo Duona, and said, "Mo Ge, what do we do about Su Yu?"

Mo Ge coldly said, "Eternals do not involve ourselves in these matters."

Dao King nodded, "I'm aware. If this is a regular person, no, even if this is a different genius, a super genius, including people like Xia Longwu, we will not interfere. Just like how we never interfered with Xia Longwu back then. If Eternals start killing juniors, ultimate chaos will descend. The immortals and humans are still allied. But the crucial issue with Su Yu is not his ability to kill, his ability to kill Jiu Xuan, or his ability to get so many Sunmoons killed. Rather..."

Dao King spoke in a relatively fair manner. They did not interfere in matters below the Invincible Realm. That would only change when one reached the point where one was attempting dao affirmation.

But Su Yu was different. Back then, Xia Longwu had also caused the deaths of many Sunmoons. But no Invincible had ever moved against him. They had all waited until he was at the point of dao affirmation.

But Su Yu was also a genius of the multiple character faction. He was the successor of the fifth principal.

Mo Ge thought about it and said, "I know what you're saying. You met Qin Guang on your way here, right? What did he say?"

"He wanted to protect Su Yu. That is not surprising. But Su Yu is still not worth the protection of all the human Invincibles. Thus, he will only interfere in the dark if we make a move now. A war will not break out as the other human Invincibles won't agree."

After a short silence, Mo Ge said, "I agree that Su Yu must die. I'm not even worried about the involvement of the human Eternals. I'm only worried about their suppressive force. If they manage to activate it, they will start taking their revenge for the slaughter we unleashed in the Human Realm back then."

The human race was quite petty. Everyone knew that. They had only been swallowing their anger because they weren't a match for all their enemies. This was especially true for people like Great Qin King. They were not ones to swalllow their anger silently. Back when they first discovered their immunity to the suppressive force of the other realms, they had invaded numerous realms and taken countless lives.

Those murderous Invincibles were partly why the human race was in its current difficult situation. Some of the minor races were terrified of their madness. Most of the human prefectural founders were crazy.

When Dao King saw that Mo Ge agreed with him, he nodded, "In that case, let us force the human race to hand Su Yu out."

Suddenly, Mo Duona said, "If I were Su Yu, I wouldn't return to the human race. There is no need to hand my fate to the hands of others."

Even when facing Invincibles, he spoke calmly, "Senior Dao King, if I'm Su Yu, I will continue roaming the Allheaven Battlefield. If not, I'll hide inside a minor realm. The Human Realm is the last place I'll be at. I don't know Su Yu well. To be precise, I only sensed his presence several times instead of properly meeting him before. But I believe he won't return to the human race."

After a short silence, Dao King smiled, "True. He is a genius. He has other options. Mo Duona, where do you think he'll go?"

Mo Duona gave it some thought and said, "Sea of Stars, the devil territory, or a minor realm. The devil territory is more chaotic relatively. There, the principle of the strong devour the weak is especially obvious. There are too many wars in the demonic beast territory. A minor realm will be the safest choice."

In short, it was unlikely for Su Yu to return to the human territory. It was also quite unlikely for him to enter the immortal territory or the divine territory.

Dao Cheng suddenly spoke, "Grandfather, you are extremely skilled in divination. Is it possible for you to divine his current location?"

Dao King shook his head, "Divination without any strong intermediary is too difficult. It will be much easier if we have his blood, hair, or other belongings."

Regardless, he still gave it a try. A character appeared above his palm and started spinning. After a while, the character shook. Dao King shook his head and said, "It's not possible. Time and space have been disrupted badly here and we can't enter the city. All these factors are making the divination even harder."

There was no way for them to rewind time.

Beside him, a different devil king said, "That's easy to solve. Su Yu's family is still around. Capture his father and track him with his father's blood. At worst, we can rewind time and try to kill Su Yu nineteen years ago. He's still very young. We might be able to kill him that way..."

Dao King shook his head, "It is a bad idea to interfere with the past when rewinding time. That might cause a temporal disruption. The person rewinding time might die. This is only an option when we are left with no other choices. For now, we can consider capturing Su Yu's father and tracking him through the blood of his family. But the human race won't agree."

Their best option was Su Long. After a short discussion, the Invincibles dispersed. Secret orders were passed down in the various races.

The Sea of Stars, devil territory, and demonic beast territory would be watched for Su Yu's whereabouts. Everyone was ordered to report any encounter with unusual geniuses or out-of-ordinary experts. People like Su Yu would not stay low profile forever.

As Invincibles who were once young geniuses, they knew these young geniuses too well. In fact, if Su Yu really decided to keep hiding, they didn't even need to worry about him anymore. That would only stunt his growth. A genius like Su Yu could only grow amid chaos and upheaval.

Chapter 978: Storm In Ninestar (1)

Morning arrived.

Life returned to Empyrean Cloud City. The residents started leaving their homes, and the stores started opening for business.

Su Yu walked out of his temporary residence as well. He had not found any of the so-called ancient building opportunities so far. But he no longer cared. After entering so many ancient buildings, he had never found anything. For him, these opportunities might as well not exist.

Leaving his residence, he was greeted with a bustling street. Countless people were talking about Heavendoom City.

"What a tragedy."

"Yeah. Truly a big tragedy."

"There are over twenty Sunmoons, with a few of them being high-stage Sunmoons, dead. Not one of them survived."

"That's not all. A large number of experts operating in this region have perished as well." Read complete versıon only at novelꜰire.net

"I heard thirty percent of the residents there perished as well. Corpses filled the city."

"Only a few young geniuses survived. Everyone else died. I heard more than ten Invincibles went there yesterday. They declared war against the death spirits and fought a fierce battle..."

"Bullshit. Heavendoom isn't even that far from this city. If there were really so many Invincibles fighting, we would have been able to sense the shockwaves even here."

"In any case, a lot of people perished. And a large number of Invincibles went there."

"..."

This was the hottest topic in the city. In fact, it was quite a bizarre sight. Lambs were conversing with leopards. Panthers were conversing with birds. Birds were conversing with bugs.

This was the Allheaven Battlefield. Such harmony might not be present anywhere else, but this was an ancient city. This was a safe zone. Thus, the bizarre sight of members from opposing races conversing peacefully was present here.

"I heard Su Yu managed to flee. Not even Invincibles could catch him."

"I wonder if a war will break out from this. Will the myriad races start hunting the humans in the Allheaven Battlefield?"

"It's hard to say. According to my brother, more than ten human Invincibles appeared near the human border. Their powerful auras spread thousands of kilometers to announce their arrival. The human race is still quite powerful. Many races will still be afraid of fully offending them."

Yes. The human race was still very strong. With more than ten of their Invincibles arriving at the border, a war might break out at any moment. However, were the divines and devils ready to start an all-out war at this moment?

The human Invincibles at the border weren't even all the Invincibles humanity had to offer. According to a conservative estimate, humanity had at least forty Invincibles. Only a few of their prefectural founders had perished, but over the years, they had produced some new Invincibles as well, including the ones who had carried out their dao affirmations in minor realms.

The divines and devils had to ensure they eliminated all these Invincibles at once. The moment some were allowed to break free and enter one of their realms, it would be disastrous.

Thus, the enemies of humanity were still not confident enough to start a war against humanity. No, it wasn't that they weren't confident in defeating humanity. Rather, they were not confident they could stop all human Invincibles from escaping after the destruction of the Human Realm. There were simply too many of them.

If they attacked humanity without a way to gain absolute victory, the human race would be able to unleash disastrous damage upon them. The residents were busy talking about the topic. The visitors taking a break in the city were also busy talking about the topic.

After all, more than twenty Sunmoons, dozens of Mountainseas, and numerous Cloudbreaches had perished at once. An incident this major had not happened for many years. And there was only one culprit for that. Or to be precise, there were two culprits.

Su Yu and Liu Wenyan.

Those two humans were too crazy. In fact, some people were already wondering if they should imitate those two and reenact the same scene. This was too inspiring. This was the perfect example of the weak defeating the strong, and the few defeating the many. They were also extremely interested in the method used to escape the ancient city after committing such an act.

A lot of experts started studying the incident, hoping to learn something useful from it. After all, there were a decent number of ancient cities in existence. And everyone in the Allheaven Battlefield had their own enemies. If they could do the same and get their enemies killed, it would be great.

Su Yu listened to all the conversations around him. He even heard some people peddling the secret art Su Yu used to hide from death spirits. Wow. So there were swindlers out here as well.

Su Yu couldn't help but feel impressed. Sure enough, the Allheaven Battlefield was simply a place filled with crooks. Some people looked weak, and some people looked kind. But after leaving the confines of the ancient city, these would immediately transform into ruthless bandits willing to rob and kill without any hesitation.

Su Yu ignored them and continued walking along the street. He was trying to find a way to get accurate information. The rumors spreading in these streets were too disorganized to be taken seriously. For example, some people claimed that more than ten Invincibles had declared war against the ancient city. That was absolute nonsense. If a battle of such scale did erupt, the shockwaves would be felt even here.

Not far away, an old human noticed Su Yu. His eyes lit up as he walked over and said, "Brother, you look unfamiliar. Are you new here? Which prefecture are you from? From how valiant you seem, you must be a warrior from Great Qin or Great Xia. It is obvious you are a powerful expert."

Su Yu glanced at the old man. Back when he was in the academy, a teacher once said that at the Allheaven Battlefield, not even humans could be trusted unless the humans were from the military.

That was especially true outside the human territory. Out there, race no longer mattered. It was perfectly normal for devils and humans to join hands and kill divines. It was also perfectly normal for divines and humans to join hands and kill divines.

By that logic, it would also be perfectly normal for humans to join hands with other races to kill their fellow humans. In the Human Realm, such humans were called traitors or cultists. Out here, that was merely survival of the fittest in action.

Of course, one must absolutely not do this within the human territory or one would be punished with death. After all, a powerful organization known as the Evilrid Army existed in the human territory. This organization specialized in hunting down such humans and the experts who had entered the territory without permission.

This was an army under direct command of Great Qin King. Thus, killing other humans as a human within the human territory was the same as courting death.

Noticing how eager the old man was to butter him up, Su Yu concluded that this person was either a swindler or a peddler. Su Yu was not exactly someone experienced with the ways of the world, but he knew very well how low one could stoop to achieve one's goal.

He indifferently said, "You have sharp eyes, Brother. I'm from Great Xia. As for my strength, you flatter me. I only have enough strength to barely survive out here."

The old man laughed, "You're too modest."

Su Yu went straight to the point, "Are you trying to sell me something?"

"..."

The old man laughed without any awkwardness and hurriedly said, "Brother, I killed a dragon with a few of my brothers not long ago. The inner core of that dragon is very beneficial for warriors. Unfortunately, one of my brothers is in serious need of money due to his injuries. We have no choice but to sell the inner core. But we are worried that we will strengthen our enemies by selling the inner core to them. Thus, we decided to sell it to a fellow human instead...

"With one look, I can see that you're a great expert among warriors. The inner core is very beneficial for body forging. It can even help with source qi transformation. It's very useful. Are you interested, Brother?"

Su Yu indifferently said, "No thanks. There are side effects to using the inner cores of dragons."

"Think about it, Brother. The price is definitely negotiable..."

Su Yu said, "This is my first time in Empyrean Cloud City. I'm not too familiar with this city. Point me to a good fence for goods disposal and I'll consider buying your inner core."

A good fence.

That was very straightforward, but the old man wasn't surprised. This was very normal.

He said, "You're asking the right person, Brother. In this city, three options stand out from the rest if you want to get rid of items, no questions asked. The most reliable of them is definitely the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. I believe you already know about them."

Su Yu kept the same expression, but inwardly, he was shocked. Was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion really so brazen? They were openly setting shop in the city?

Then again, this was an ancient city. They would be fine. It was unlikely that anyone would try anything against them here.

"Secondly, you have the Thousand Region Alliance. And thirdly, you have the Allheaven Treasure House."

Su Yu did not know these organizations that well. But the reading materials Ye Hongyan gave him did touch on these organizations slightly. He knew a little about the Thousand Region Alliance. This was an alliance of several minor races. It was worth noting that a race would be classified as a minor race as long as it did not have an Invincible.

The Thousand Region Alliance was an organization founded by ninth-stage Sunmoons. These Sunmoons were the leaders of minor realms who would rarely leave their realms. Even in the event of conflict, they would be able to fend off the attacks of Invincibles as long as the number of attacking Invincibles was kept relatively low.

Of course, the human race was the exception to that. The biggest wish of these minor realm leaders was to become an Invincible and promote their respective races into the top 100 races. With an Invincible, a race would be able to better protect itself against other Invincibles.

Thanks to the realm suppression, a single Invincible could resist the attack of even ten foreign Invincibles. As for the Allheaven Treasure House, Su Yu knew very little about it. Its name sounded impressive, but it was not necessarily a large organization.

Su Yu nodded and said, "I'll visit the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion first. Please lead the way, Brother. I need to sell some stuff there. When I'm cash-rich again, I can consider buying your inner core."

The old man laughed, "Brother, everyone knows the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is greedy. Yes, the prices there are decent. But they don't usually entertain sellers with items they deem worthless. Yet when you try to sell something good to them, they will only offer you the standard price. If the things you're selling aren't that valuable, I suggest you look for the Thousand Region Alliance or the Allheaven Treasure House. At the very least, you can try to bargain for a better price with them. That will never happen when dealing with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."

Chapter 979: Storm In Ninestar (2)

Su Yu laughed, "Yeah, I'm aware of that. But at the very least, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is transparent with its price. As for the other two, there are rumors that they will try to lowball you if you're not aware of the true value of what you're selling. I've never heard about the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion doing the same."

"True. You're a wise man, Brother."

The old man raised his thumb and grinned. It was clear that this man was not completely clueless. Perhaps he used to operate in the Heavendoom City.

Su Yu smiled and said nothing else. He didn't exactly know how the three organizations operated. He was merely speaking based on his guesses. It wouldn't matter even if he was wrong. From his previous interactions with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, he was sure that was how they operated. Yes, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was quite greedy. But it was also rather reliable to trade with.

Furthermore, it specialized in information. Thus, he could probably obtain some new information there. Su Yu started walking with the old man while asking nonchalantly about the recent rumors. The old man did not mind the topic of conversation. After all, everyone in the city was talking about the same thing.

When they were near the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's place, the old man said with envy, "Life is hard for nobodies like us. We need to actually go to their physical stores to trade. I've heard that the big shots and young geniuses are offered personalized services by the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

"The people of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion will actually go to them for their transactions. With a single index copy, one can contact them at any time. Their services will be always available to you if you're an index copy holder. Sigh. This is not the kind of service I'll ever get to enjoy. Maybe I can get an index copy if I manage to become a Sunmoon..."

Su Yu was speechless. So for most people, index copies were considered a privilege only enjoyed by important individuals? Then again, that was understandable.

With an index copy, one could contact the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion at all times. Someone would arrive to complete the transaction regardless of how dangerous the place was. That was actually quite impressive.

Su Yu was only looking down on the index copies because he had obtained so many of them. After all, almost every genius he killed was an index copy holder. In fact, he had collected about seven or eight index copies so far. All of them had been disposed of.

Evidently, his victims were all big shots in the eyes of this old man.

Su Yu smiled and said, "Yeah, I've heard of that thing before as well. I wonder if people like us can ever get one..."

"There's no hope for me. But that's not the case for you. I can see that you're still quite young. Perhaps after a few years of hard work, you'll be able to catch their attention."

Su Yu smiled, "I hope so."

Finally, they arrived at a large store. It was a two-story building right beside the street. It was spacious, and its door was wide open

A signboard with Heavenly Hunt Pavilion written on it hung above the entrance. Those characters were written through willpower in the form of an ancient language similar to the language used by the ancient cities. Anyone could understand these characters despite not knowing the language.

This was the Empyrean Cloud branch of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Su Yu stepped through the entrance. The first floor was filled with counters, couches, and some other furniture of human design.

Su Yu was surprised to see that, but the old man wasn't. The human race was a major producer of ordinary products like this, and the prices were relatively affordable. Thus, it was normal for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to actually use the human-produced furniture. After all, the people of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion were known for being stingy. The divines and immortals loved forging their furniture out of natural treasures.

As for the dragons, they loved forging their furniture out of gold, silver, pearls, jewels, and other ores. These products were impractical for many people. Thus, the products produced by the human race became the optimal choice. The price was affordable and it also wasn't embarrassing to use since the human race was also considered a major race.

Right after entering, a woman with cat ears walked over and offered a sweet greeting, "Dear customer, how may I assist you? Please have a seat. We can talk business after sitting down. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is the most reliable business in the Myriad Realms. We can provide anything you can think of."

Su Yu wanted to say that their claim was absolute nonsense. When he asked for the elimination of the divines and devils previously, they had failed to offer that service. Inside his head, the little furball was in agreement.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was anything but reliable. He had asked them repeatedly for yummy characters, but they had failed to satisfy his request. And thus, the human and ball started insulting the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion in their minds.

The old man smiled and said, "Brother, I'll be waiting outside. Don't forget the inner core I'm selling. The price is negotiable."

Su Yu also smiled, "Thanks, Brother. Don't worry. If I manage to close a good deal here, buying your inner core won't be an issue."

The cat girl waited until the old man was gone before smiling and saying, "Dear customer, dragon inner cores are also available for sale in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. You may also consider making your purchase from us!"

"It's fine. Your products are too expensive."

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to waste his time with idle chatter. He sat down directly. A few other customers were in the store as well, and each was served by a personnel of the opposite gender.

Su Yu was quite surprised to see that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was not using masked individuals here. He grumbled inwardly that this was shameless. Instead of doing business honestly, they were wasting their energy on these pointless tricks.

He took out a weaponsmithing material and said, "This is an incredible item. I only managed to obtain it from the depths of the Sea of Stars after great difficulty. I had to face eight demonic beasts during the process and nearly died. Take a look. How much is this thing worth?"

"..."

The cat girl shot the item a glance and took something out. It seemed to be an appraisal tool. After a short moment, she replied with the same friendly smile, "Dear customer, this is a regular piece of rainbow earth ore. An ore of this size is worth around thirty drops of source qi liquid."

Yes. It was a cheap item.

"What?"

Su Yu cursed. That was a bullshit price. Even in the Human Realm, an ore of this size was worth two hundred merit points. But here, they were offering thirty drops of source qi liquid for it. Sure enough, the people here were incredibly greedy. But this wasn't the real reason he was here. He naturally couldn't show anything that was too valuable.

With a displeased expression, he asked, "Is it possible to increase the price?"

The cat girl merely smiled without saying anything. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was known to never budge from the price they set.

It was up to the customer whether they wanted to proceed with the transaction or not. Su Yu started swearing in human language. Previously, they were conversing in the common language. He didn't know if the cat girl knew the human language or not, but she had remained silent while he was cursing.

"Fine. I'll sell it, but I don't want source qi liquid for it..."

Finally, Su Yu said, "I'm planning to get more of these ores from the Sea of Stars. Do you sell any information of that place here? I wish to purchase a map of the known regions where earthsea gold ores can be found, including the dangers one might encounter in the area. If possible, I need the latest update on the current political situation there as well."

He did not ask for the information on Sea of Stars directly. But the earthsea gold he mentioned was a rather valuable weaponsmithing material that could only be found in the Sea of Stars. That was a material Su Yu had learned about when he was studying weaponsmithing. It was a material unique to the Sea of Stars.

The cat girl said, "Yes. Please wait a moment."

She worked on the tool she took out earlier for a bit and said, "Respected customer, we have a lot of information related to the material you spoke of. If you only want to know about the known locations it can be found and the dangers nearby, the price will be cheap. But if you wish to know about the current political situation there as well, the amount of information you need will increase significantly. The total price won't be cheap."

"What's the price for everything?"

"Ten thousand drops of source qi liquid or thirty thousand human merit points."

Su Yu merely stared at the cat girl without saying anything. He wanted to tell her to go screw herself. Was this daylight robbery? Definitely! He was only buying some information and they were charging him thirty thousand merit points?

The cat girl maintained her smile, but some awkwardness could be seen on her face. This was the price. She did not have any control over it. If this human rejected the order, so be it. From his expression, that was probably out of his price range.

Despite her thoughts, she said, "Customer, if you're an index copy holder or a genius on the index, you may enjoy a twenty percent discount."

Su Yu rolled his eyes, "If I'm one of them, why would I be here in this shitty store? I would have called for the personalized service instead."

The cat girl said nothing. Yes, she was aware of that.

After complaining for a bit, Su Yu said, "Forget it. I'm not buying here anymore. The price here is too stupid. This is my first time here. Sell me a set of generic information about the city. I don't need any secrets. I only need to know the common knowledge here. Make it cheap."

"Sure. You may have the standard package for a hundred drops of source qi liquid."

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Even when he left the building, he was still swearing. However, he was deep in thought inwardly. Should he come here again with a different identity to buy more information? Naturally, he couldn't buy all the information he needed from a single seller. That would be too conspicuous as the volume of transactions would be too big. He could instead buy a little bit of information from each seller before combining them together to get a clear picture.

That way, not even the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would suspect anything. This damn organization was definitely not to be trusted.

At the very least, he needed to know the power distribution in the Sea of Stars. He also needed to know the strength of those powers and the areas where he could look for some benefits. Furthermore, he also needed to learn about the areas protected by Invincibles.

Su Yu reunited with the old man and bought the inner core for a price of forty drops of source qi liquid after some bargaining. A Skysoar could produce that much source qi liquid in a few months. Thus, it was a reasonable price. In the black market, that much source qi liquid was worth about 120 merit points. For a Skysoar, that was actually a considerable sum of money.

After all, they would need to stop cultivating and focus solely on source qi liquid production if they wanted to produce that much within a few months. But that would be pointless. After all, improving the speed of their cultivation was the reason they worked so hard in the first place.

After buying the inner core and sending the old man away, Su Yu continued roaming the streets while going through the information he bought from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. It was quite thorough.

All the publicly known information was compiled in the list. The mayor of the city was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. And the mayor was a woman. This mayor came from the green fox race. It was worth noting that there were a lot of fox races out there. For example, the fox who had offended Su Yu back in Great Xia came from a race known as the seven-colored bright fox.

That was not a strong race. It was nearly fully exterminated by Great Xia during the war. As for the green fox race, it was one of the stronger fox races. It did not have an Invincible, but it had a decent number of Sunmoons. For some reason, one of their ninth-stage Sunmoons had decided to become the mayor of this city.

Her real name was unknown, but most people addressed her as Mayor Qing Yu. This was a relatively low-profile mayor as she rarely showed herself to the public. Su Yu did not care too much about the mayor. He was more interested in the stone statue. Could he visit the stone statue of this city as well?

Fortunately, that question was answered by the information he bought. The inner hall of the mayor's residence was available to the public. But not everyone could enter. One had to either be an index genius or a Sunmoon to enter. Only these people would be granted the opportunity to visit the stone statue.

"Forget it."

Su Yu was very regretful. He wouldn't be able to enter.

Also included in the information were fair introductions on the Allheaven Treasure House and Thousand Region Alliance despite the fact that these were the competitors of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Rather, it would be more accurate to say that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion did not even view them as competitors.

According to the introductions, the two organizations were information peddlers as well, but a lot of the information they sold was speculation. One could take their information as sources of reference, but not as facts. It was also through this set of information that Su Yu finally learned more about the Allheaven Treasure House.

This was a relatively large organization that had existed for a very long time. Of course, it was not as old as the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. It was founded only after connections were formed between the various realms and the Allheaven Battlefield. It was said that the initial connections were formed about a thousand years ago.

In the beginning, only the realms of the major races such as the divines, devils, immortals, and some ancient races were connected to the Allheaven Battlefield. Slowly, connections to more and more realms opened up, and finally, a connection was established with the Human Realm about four hundred years ago.

Thus, the Allheaven Treasure House had existed for nearly a thousand years. It was likely that this was an organization controlled by the major races they they first gained access to the Allheaven Battlefield. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion did not specify which of the major races was the founder of the Allheaven Treasure House.

In any case, it definitely wasn't the human race. The Allheaven Treasure House also offered similar services to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. After all, it was an organization founded to compete against the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. But from how well the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was doing even after a thousand years, the people of the Allheaven Treasure House were evidently not very good at their job.

However, a certain product of the Allheaven Treasure House was rather well-known. It was a ranking known as the Sunmoon Dao Affirmation Ranking. Nobody had the courage to set a ranking for the Invincibles. Instead, the Allheaven Treasure House produced a ranking listing all the powerful Sunmoons near dao affirmation.

Only ninth-stage Sunmoons were qualified to enter this ranking. Even something like this required a lot of courage to do. Thus, it was very possible that this action received the backing of at least one Invincible.

This ranking was more well-known among the top experts. This was also a service the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion did not provide with their Heavenly Hunt Index. After all, there was no way to guarantee the accuracy of such a ranking.

These super experts were too cunning, resulting in a considerably low level of accuracy when ranking them in a single list. The Heavenly Hunt Index only worked so well because the index itself was a divine weapon that would work automatically.

Su Yu was fully engrossed in his reading material. Naturally, the said ranking was not provided in the set of information he purchased. That was something one needed to buy. And it wasn't cheap either.

Chapter 980: Storm In Ninestar (3)

After spending some time walking on the streets and looking around, Su Yu finally found the other stores mentioned by the old man earlier. He also took the chance to listen to the rumors on the streets.

The event in Heavendoom City had caused a sensation. Some rather reliable sources were claiming that all the Sunmoons there had died. Ultimately, only a few young geniuses were left to walk out of the city. The Invincibles had not entered the city. No battle had broken out.

The names of the survivors were not kept secret. After all, that was something everyone would know just by looking at the index. Sure, not everyone had an index copy. But it wasn't so rare that people would barely have one. And such index copy holders could be found in the Empyrean Cloud City as well.

They only needed to look at the surviving names on the index. People like Mo Duona and Dao Cheng were still alive.

Su Yu wasn't surprised. It was only natural for geniuses to be hard to kill. Furthermore, they were also backed by Invincibles. Jiu Xuan was merely too unlucky or she would have survived as well.

An Mintian could have survived as well. He was only steps away from leaving the city, but he was simply unlucky enough to encounter Su Yu there.

"They survived..."

Su Yu laughed. It didn't matter. He could always kill them in the future. He no longer feared these geniuses. Apart from Mo Duona, who still felt stronger than him, he only needed to worry about Dao Cheng who was already a third-stage Mountainsea. That was probably an advancement gained through heavenly rewards. Su Yu wasn't too worried about that.

Such a rapid advancement was most likely achieved through the growth of willpower and fusion of apertures. He was certain that Dao Cheng already had at least one fourth-tier character prior to the advancement.

With such a rapid growth in willpower, it had probably grown without any tempering. Thus, it was unstable. Dao Cheng was able to kill fifth-stage Mountainseas prior to his advancement, but this advancement would probably push him only a little bit forward to kill sixth-stage Mountainseas. He had wasted his potential.

It was very unlikely that he would be able to kill seventh-stage Mountainseas. If Su Yu stopped suppressing himself, he could have reached the fifth or sixth-stage Cloudbreach Realm easily. But there was no need for that.

At that point, he would probably stop receiving rewards from killing seventh or eighth-stage Cloudbreaches. His current level was sufficient. He could continue receiving rewards for killing opponents at those levels.

The Allheaven Battlefield was not a place where things would be better the higher one's cultivation was. Most geniuses would only break through when they could no longer suppress their advancement. The more their advancement was suppressed and tempered, the higher above their level they could punch, and the more they would get from the heavenly rewards.

"Dao Cheng is not dead. He even killed a seventh-stage Sunmoon...interesting. Did he kill Ming He? Long Zhan and Long Wuyou also killed a Sunmoon...at the second stage. But their ranks did not change. Looks like they contributed very little to the kill." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novelFɪre.net

Su Yu took in all the information silently. He also heard some rumors related to the Sea of Stars.

The Sea of Stars was not too far away. One would reach it after traveling around two thousand kilometers away from the city. Meanwhile, the human headquarters was about ten thousand kilometers away. It sounded far, but it was really not far. The Plain of Desires was the culprit for that. Most people were forced to take a detour around it.

"Two thousand kilometers. It's not too far."

Through Su Yu's calculation, he deduced that he would take about a day or two to reach if he proceeded at a normal pace. The Sea of Stars was massive. That was a place with numerous minor realm entrances.

The entrance to the Dragon Realm was also there. Thus, dragons were quite common there. That was one of the overlords of the Sea of Stars. Thus, he needed to be careful there. The greater dragon race was split into many sub-races, and they also had a lot of vassals under them.

There were also numerous islands in the Sea of Stars. Some were ownerless and some were not. There were also ancient cities there.

Su Yu took in all the information he heard. He even purchased more information regarding Sea of Stars from several information peddlers in the city. He even took the chance to purchase some information about the immortals, devils, and divines. That way, he could make it less obvious that he was planning a trip to the Sea of Stars.

***

Su Yu did not leave the city when night arrived again.

Rather, he started going through all the information he had received to finalize his subsequent route.

"I need a place with more geniuses, resources, and opportunities. I also need a place rarely visited by Invincibles..."

He listed one requirement after another. It would be even better if he could find a place unfriendly toward senior experts like the Plain of Desires. At this point, he would only refer to Sunmoons and Invincibles as experts. As for Mountainseas, he didn't mind meeting some of them.

A place not even Mountainseas could enter was basically a place for weaklings. What could he even gain from going to a place like that? As far as Su Yu was concerned, he was not only looking for a place to hide from his enemies. He also needed a place he could benefit from visiting.

After a long time, he finally decided on a spot. Looking at the massive map sprawled in front of him, his gaze settled on a certain island.

"Ninestar Island." Su Yu muttered, "There are nine realm entrances on a single island. This is extremely rare. Nine races ruled the island, but they have not been able to decide the dominant party among them. None of them are willing to give up the influence around their realm entrance, so the situation there is rather chaotic.

"The powers there are part of the Thousand Region Alliance. They don't have any Invincible, but they have a decent number of Sunmoons. And since there are nine realm entrances, Invincibles rarely go there to avoid any misunderstandings from happening.

"The Ninestar Island is not too far away from the Luminous Domain Mansion. Its location is rather strategic. The major races all have their own operating bases there, but they have been careful in maintaining the strength of their bases below a certain level to avoid drawing the hostility of the local powers.

"But that's not important. More important, that place is near the Luminous Domain Mansion. Each time the opening of the mansion draws near, unique treasures will start appearing in the area. A lot of geniuses are already there waiting for the appearance of these treasures."

Su Yu rubbed his chin. That would be a good place to go. But would anyone guess that he would be there? After all, all geniuses loved joining such events. Thus, it was actually quite common for numerous geniuses to be gathered at the same place.

Out here, that was common knowledge. It was perfectly logical for him to go there after the ancient city incident.

"Maybe I should find a different place and commit some murders there first before going?"

But Su Yu also felt like this would be pointless. So be it. He would just go. There were nine realm entrances there. At worst, he could run into one of the realms and hide himself for a bit.

There were no Invincibles in these minor realms. Even ninth-stage Sunmoons wouldn't be able to track him easily if he took care to avoid meeting one of them directly. After deciding on a path of retreat, Su Yu started gathering more information about the island.

He wanted to make proper preparations before going. It would be pointless to go without knowing anything.

***

While Su Yu was busy making his preparations.

Outside Heavendoom City.

Dao Cheng had been seated cross-legged there for a long while. Finally, he stood up and started moving toward the Sea of Stars.

Not far away, Tianduo, who was also busy dispelling the death qi in his body, stood up and moved in the same direction as well. Behind them, Mo Duona was busy reading something. When he noticed Tianduo, he asked, "Are you going to the Sea of Stars?"

"Yes." Tianduo replied without even looking back, "That is the most likely place for Su Yu to go. He will either be in one of the ancient cities there or the Ninestar Island. Or he will stay on an island near the Luminous Domain Mansion. I'll go take a look."

"You'll die if you encounter him." Mo Duona said, "Are you really looking for him?"

"No. I'm only going there to temper myself." Tianduo said, "If he's there, chaos will erupt before long. He is much more murderous than anyone else. That will be the best place for me to temper and strengthen myself. Mo Duona, I won't remain behind you forever."

Mo Duona seemed unconcerned. He resumed reading. After a while, he muttered, "Ninestar Island...nine realm entrances. It is quite likely that he will be there. No Invincibles will visit that place to avoid provoking the nine realms. That's a good place."

He nodded, agreeing with Tianduo's judgment. There was a very high possibility that Su Yu would go there.

Mo Duona laughed, "This time, not many people came. Only some geezers came. How boring. It would only be interesting if people like Zhan Wushuang, Xuan Wuji, and Ming Yue were here as well."

The chaos Su Yu caused had only killed some geezers. That was boring. All the Heaven Index geniuses were still alive and well. How boring.

With a smile, Mo Duona took out a voice transmission talisman. "I wonder if they'll even receive this message. Whatever."

He sent a message out. Then, he took out his index copy and sent another message, "Notify everyone on Heaven Index that I'm going to the Ninestar Island. Su Yu might be there. Tell them to join the fun."

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion replied, "Is this information accurate?"

"It's a guess. You guys can verify it yourself." Mo Duona added, "Oh, I almost forgot this. Notify Soulcurse and Qin Fang of the Earth Index as well. Things will only get interesting with more people. After all, the celestial chasm race Soulcurse came from is the nemesis of Ye Batian's line. It would be boring without Soulcurse there."

"Alright."

That was Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's reply. Shortly after, one genius after another received the message.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was completely unaware that some people were already waiting where he planned to go. All geniuses would think similarly. Any place with a sufficient level of chaos, a great number of geniuses, and an acceptable path of retreat would be a good place for them.

Regardless of Su Yu's plan, he would still end up there the moment chaos started erupting there. That wasn't even an option. All geniuses would be there. If one was a genius, one would not be able to resist going.

Right after rumors of his next destination were spread, numerous experts started heading toward Ninestar Island.

Su Yu still had no idea this was happening. He was still in the planning stage, but the playground had been prepared for him. Even the Heaven Index geniuses were starting to head over.

Others might fear Su Yu, but that was not the case for them. For these geniuses, killing a fellow Heaven Index genius was a great accomplishment they longed to achieve.

Chapter 981: Entering The Sea Of Stars (1)

After spending two days in Empyrean Cloud City, Su Yu took his leave. It was pointless to throw this city into chaos as well.

Furthermore, there was at least a ninth-stage Sunmoon in the city. Who knew if this mayor was the same as Heavendoom's mayor? Tian He had a policy of noninterference, but who knew if Mayor Qin Yu had the same policy?

Additionally, there weren't even that many experts in this city. Killing them wouldn't even provide him any heavenly rewards. It was pointless to kill just for the sake of killing.

He would only take action if there were elites or unique races whose blood essence might be beneficial to him. Only the death spirits would benefit if he started killing here. Before night arrived, Su Yu stepped out of the city.

Standing in front of the gate, he turned to look at the city with regret. He was not able to visit the stone statue this time. He was well aware that he could gain a lot of benefits from forging the stone statue.

Truly a pity.

"I will be back!"

Su Yu vowed to himself. He was here, but he had to leave empty-handed. He had even wasted quite a lot of resources to buy all the information he needed. This trip had been a loss for him.

A day would come when he returned and corrected the balance.

Inside the city, the stone statue opened her eyes after seemingly sensing something. She stared at the departing bringer of calamity in silence. The humans were still the same. Back in ancient times, they were incredibly domineering. Even now that they had fallen so low, they were still as domineering as ever.

That damn kid did not seem satisfied with only creating chaos in Heavendoom City. Just look at how indignant he was at the fact that he had to leave this city peacefully. But when she focused, she noted that the kid had actually grown decently.

Or to be precise, the kid had actually grown significantly. Evidently, even if the humans had declined, they were still not lacking in talent.

***

Su Yu was unaware of what the stone statue was thinking.

Following his decided route, he started moving toward Ninestar Island.

There was a distance of about two thousand kilometers between the Empyrean Cloud City and the Sea of Stars. And there was also a large distance between the border of the Sea of Stars and Ninestar Island. In fact, the distance between any two islands in the Sea of Stars was incredibly massive.

According to his map, there was a distance of over ten thousand kilometers between the Ninestar Island and the border he was going to be entering from. This was a long distance to travel. He might encounter numerous troubles during the journey. He needed about one week to reach it.

After leaving the Empyrean Cloud City, Su Yu started moving west. He moved further and further away from the human territory, but he felt no reluctance. There were only a small number of people he truly cared about among the entire humanity.

He wondered if Teacher Liu was fine. Teacher Liu must have returned to the human territory. Was he in trouble?

Su Yu also thought of his father. He knew that after the recent incident, more people would be targeting his father. But his father was still a soldier of Great Xia's Devil Subduing Army. If the human Invincibles dared to hand over even a soldier in active service to the myriad races...he would lose all hope toward humanity. After all, his father wasn't even a member of the multiple character faction.

For Su Yu, life would be the same everywhere. It wasn't like he had to return to the Human Realm. In any case, the human Invincibles weren't really that stupid. Handing Su Long out would completely destroy the military morale. At that point, they might as well submit to the myriad races. This was not a choice people like Great Qin King would make.

"It is unlikely they will hand my old man over...but he needs to watch out for potential assassination attempts or tricks to obtain his blood."

Su Yu was quite familiar with what these experts could do with blood. Back then, he was there to personally witness how Silk Destroying King had used a single drop of blood to rewind time and search for the real murderer. Basically, Invincibles were terrifying.

Thus, he had been very diligent in removing all traces of his presence recently to prevent any Invincible from tracking him. The starry sky of the Allheaven Battlefield was as beautiful as ever.

Countless stars illuminated the earth below from the boundless sky above. The death of every Sunmoon would cause the fall of a moon, but the spectacle would not spread too far. Things would be entirely different when an Invincible perished. The phenomenon produced would be massive enough to be visible throughout the Allheaven Battlefield.

Su Yu had never witnessed something like that, but he had a dream. A dream to generate such spectacular views with his own hands in the future. He was still maintaining his disguise as a burly human.

He moved cautiously, constantly searching his surroundings with every step. He was traveling to a place as dangerous as the Allheaven Battlefield alone. Any carelessness might cause his end.

After leaving the immediate vicinity of Empyrean Cloud City, he would officially step out of the Plain of Desires. This was a completely uninhabited region with no cities or supply centers. The region between the Plain of Desires and the Sea of Stars was known as the Allsea Shore.

As the name suggested, this name came about from its proximity to the Sea of Stars. Of course, the Allsea Shore was also a region full of dangers. Some of the dangers came from actual living beings, while some came from the environment itself.

Night descended.

Su Yu was not the only person traveling through the wilderness.

Some were flying in the sky, and some were riding their mounts on the ground. Every traveler maintained a large distance from the other travelers. Nobody took the initiative to approach anyone.

A certain group of people was among these travelers. Traveling atop a flying ship, they were moving rapidly in the sky.

Standing proudly at the helm of the ship was a young man and a a young woman. From high in the sky, they overlooked the world below.

Immortals.

Even from afar, Su Yu could see that this was a group of immortals.

They all looked exceptionally young. Every immortal had an ethereal presence about them with the mystical qi constantly swirling around them. But as far as Su Yu was concerned, the so-called mystical qi was probably a result of their tendency to fart during cultivation. Everyone had misunderstood their fart for some sort of magical and mystical qi. Ethereal presence? Su Yu believed that this term was mere propaganda.

Several dots could be seen on his Perception Jade, highlighting the number of individuals in the flying ship. There were sixteen of them. This was a rather strong group. There were three Mountainseas, six Cloudbreaches, and seven Skysoars in the group.

Deep in the Allheaven Battlefield, the Skysoar Realm was truly the basic realm one needed to reach to survive. The people loftily overlooking the world from the flying ship noticed Su Yu as well.

"A human Skysoar."

"He's decently strong. He feels like a peak Skysoar."

The youths talked about Su Yu with contempt. In the Allheaven Battlefield, a Skysoar was nothing special.

One of them laughed, "I guess this is pretty respectable. Look at him traveling alone in the Allsea Shore. He must be pretty strong if he has the courage to do something like this. He also looks like a warrior. He's probably someone from Great Qin or Great Xia of the Human Realm."

This wasn't even a hard guess. For the most part, a human warrior with the courage to go this far alone as a Skysoar would be someone from either Great Xia or Great Qin. Of course, it was also possible that this was one of those fearless vultures making a living in the Allheaven Battlefield.

"Do you think he knows Su Yu?"

The moment Su Yu was mentioned, someone sighed, "Jiu Xuan is dead. Su Yu...is truly brazen. I heard Immortal King Xuan He--"

"Speak cautiously!"

An old Mountainsea berated the youths and stopped them from gossiping about the immortal king.

A different dao protector said, "When traveling outside, you must remain cautious at all times. Do not do anything rash lest you end up provoking a powerful enemy. This includes the human down there. You might think that he's a Skysoar, but that might not be the case. Even if he's a Skysoar, that does not mean that he's weak. Su Yu is only a Cloudbreach. And Liu Wenyan is also a fresh Cloudbreach. So what?"

The old man started lecturing the youths, "Some of you are new here. Some of you have been in the Allheaven Battlefield for a few years. But most of you have never left the northern sector before."

The immortals controlled the northern sector, the divines controlled the western sector, and the devils controlled the southern sector. This was common knowledge in the Allheaven Battlefield.

Empyrean Cloud City was near the northern side of the Allheaven Battlefield so this was the usual route the immortals would take when heading toward the Sea of Stars. The youths nodded obediently. True. Some of them had been in the Allheaven Battlefield for several years, but this was the first time they were leaving the immortal territory.

The Sea of Stars was located at the center of the Allheaven Battlefield. It was massive. And strictly speaking, the four sectors could be considered the shores of the Sea of Stars. Nevertheless, the Sea of Stars did not pose any trouble for the various warring races in the Allheaven Battlefield.

That was because the sea actually floated in the sky. Yes. The entire sea floated in the sky. That was how it became known as the Sea of Stars. And right below the Sea of Stars was a massive piece of land known as the Seabed Continent. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ Nove1Fire.net

That piece of land was the main battlefield of the various races. Meanwhile, places such as the Eastrift Valley were merely the defensive lines of the various races. Only minor skirmishes would break out there. Most large-scale battles would happen at the Seabed Continent. That was a place the armies and experts of the various races had a direct connection to.

***

While the immortals were conversing in their flying ship, Su Yu slightly changed his route to move out of their range. But right at that moment, someone on the ship spoke, "Human below, which prefecture are you from?"

Su Yu looked up doubtfully. Were they picking a fight?

Were they trying to gift him their lives? Then again, there were three Mountainseas on the ship. One of them was most likely a peak Mountainsea. This was indeed quite a powerful group. Nevertheless, they weren't strong enough to pose a threat to him.

He replied with a slightly wary tone, "Great Xia."

"Indeed."

The immortal nodded with a smile, seemingly satisfied with the accuracy of his judgment Just moments ago, they were guessing the origin of this human. This immortal had insisted that the human came from Great Xia while a different immortal argued that this human was from Great Qin. Clearly, he was the victor of this argument.

"Are you going to the Sea of Stars?"

Su Yu had no choice but to answer, "Yes. I'm going there to make some purchases."

"Are you interested in coming with us?"

The young immortal smiled, "You're alone. The Allsea Shore is not a safe place. Don't worry. As for the price, you only need to answer a few questions about the human race. The immortals and humans are still allies. You don't have to be wary of us."

Su Yu replied cautiously, "I dare not trouble you, respected immortals."

The youth smiled, "It's fine. Human, it is rude to reject a polite invitation. What do you think?"

Behind the youth, the dao protector sent him a voice transmission, "Don't make any trouble. We're heading to Ninestar Island to bear witness to the grace of the various geniuses. Don't waste your time on this human."

"Don't worry. I only want to learn more about the human race. We still know too little about them. A lot of the people from the previous generations went to the Human Realm before, but those from our generation have never been there."

The three Mountainseas said nothing else and started scanning Su Yu with their willpower. It was never a bad idea to be cautious. These days, traveling while hiding one's strength was rather popular. A freak like Su Yu had just emerged among the human race. It would be wise for them to stay away from the humans for now.

Furthermore, Dao King had also issued an order to properly inspect any lone human they encountered to verify if that human was Su Yu in disguise.

They weren't sure if Su Yu was capable of disguising himself as a non-human, but they were sure he had a character capable of altering his appearance into that of a different human. Thus, they had to be cautious whenever they met a lone human.

Chapter 982: Entering The Sea Of Stars (2)

Su Yu was left quite speechless. He was happily minding his own business. Why did they insist on inviting him?

These damn immortals were all the same. Previously, Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan had behaved similarly as well. They had invited him to become a guest at the Immortal Realm. And what was the result? Jiu Xuan was dead. And Dao Cheng would die sooner or later. Read full story at novel⟡fire.net

The immortals sure were hospitable. After their recent losses from trying to invite him, they were trying to invite him yet again.

"Three Mountainseas. One peak Mountainsea, one seventh-stage Mountainsea, and one sixth-stage Mountainsea..."

That was not weak at all. Or to be precise, that was a very strong lineup. With three Mountainsea dao protectors, the youths were probably individuals with strong backgrounds. But their backgrounds wouldn't be too excessive. It was likely they came from Sunmoon families. And this was probably their first time traveling out of their territory.

Those who were experienced with the Allheaven Battlefield would not be traveling around with dao protectors. Everyone knew that flowers raised in a greenhouse would not be strong.

Thus, even people like Dao Cheng and Mo Duona did not travel around with dao protectors. Then again, they all had formidable trump cards. At the very least, they were capable of calling out to Invincibles when they were in crisis. But there was no promise that the Invincibles would be able to arrive in time.

Thus, those traveling with dao protectors would either be inexperienced travelers or true silkpants. Su Yu did not think that this was a group of silkpants as there were too many of them. After all, they were decently strong. Thus, this was probably their first time out of their territory.

After reaching a conclusion, he briefly scanned his surroundings before replying, "In that case, I'll be troubling you, immortal friends."

He displayed great unwillingness on his face as he spoke.

The youth smirked and waved his hand, sending a sword flying toward Su Yu. Noticing the sword, Su Yu instantly stepped backward, only to see a wide sword floating in front of him.

The youth said, "Come on up."

An amazed look appeared on Su Yu's face as he stepped on the sword. But inwardly, he was cursing. What an idiot. This was a mere profound sword. Why was the immortal pretending like it was a heaven weapon? Did the immortal really think that he was a fool? The sword brought him straight to the flying ship.

The three Mountainseas inspected him again, but they did not perform a deep scan on him. They also focused on their senses, but they did not feel any danger from him. This left them with two possibilities. Either this human was not hiding his cultivation or was far stronger than them.

If he was really far stronger than them, what even was the point of scanning him? Ultimately, they concluded that this human was harmless.

Soon, Su Yu found himself standing on the ship. The ship was quite spacious, with a deck at the front and back of the ship. A large room occupied the middle part of the ship, looking like a place for one to rest.

All the youths were relaxing on the deck. Chairs and tables filled the deck, and tea and liquor adorned the tables. They seemed rather leisurely, as though they were out on vacation. They were probably in the middle of drinking and socializing before they saw him.

They sure knew how to enjoy life. Of the thirteen youths, six were Cloudbreaches and seven were Skysoars. Most of the Cloudbreaches were at the early stage. One of them was at the middle stage while another was at the late stage.

Su Yu felt like if none of them was a super freak like Mo Duona, he could probably kill them all with a single swing of his hammer.

"Greetings, immortal friends."

The same youth smiled and said, "Aren't you introducing yourself?"

"Human, Great Xia, Zheng Yunji."

"Zheng Yunji?" With a pensive look, the youth said, "The most well-known human of Great Xia with the same surname is probably Principal Zheng of the Great Xia War Academy. Do you know him?"

Su Yu hurriedly answered, "Yes, um, no. I met him once. I'm from a branch of the Zheng Family, so I can be considered someone from the same generation as his grandchildren in terms of seniority. To be precise, I am in the same generation as his grandson, Zheng Yunhui."

Su Yu continued, "Immortal friends, feel free to ask your questions. I will not hide anything I know. The humans and immortals are allies. I definitely won't let you down."

"You're a smart one."

The youth smirked and waved, "Sit down. Don't be nervous. We hold no malice toward you. If we really mean you harm, what can you do as a mere Skysoar? It's pointless to be nervous, so just relax."

After a slight pause, the youth smiled and said, "I'm Yun Sheng."

"Immortal Lord Yun!" Su Yu hurriedly greeted.

Yun Sheng said, "Sit down."

"I wouldn't dare..."

"Sit."

Yun Sheng repeated sternly.

Su Yu sat down with an uncomfortable expression. Only then did Yun Sheng and the others sit down. All of them were looking at him like they were looking at a clown.

A young woman said, "Human, what is your destination in the Sea of Stars?"

Su Yu answered, "Red Clouds Island. I'll gather some earthsea gold there. These ores are quite valuable and that island is not too deep into the sea. It's also less dangerous there..."

"Red Clouds Island?"

Yun Sheng said, "True. That place is known for its earthsea gold. But that might not necessarily be a safe place anymore. It's only roughly five thousand kilometers away from Ninestar Island..."

Su Yu said, "It's fine. Ninestar Island should remain relatively safe as well. I checked. The Thousand Region Alliance has always maintained order in that island and its vicinity. As long as one does not cause trouble there, one will be mostly fine."

Hearing that reply, Yun Sheng laughed. The others laughed as well. How ignorant. That information was outdated. Since this human was traveling alone, he was probably a nobody. It was normal for him to not know about the latest happenings.

Ninestar Island was no longer a safe place. Numerous geniuses were gathering there. It had been proven again and again that the number of geniuses in one place corresponded directly to how dangerous that place was.

Yun Sheng couldn't be bothered to explain anything. He asked, "Do you know Su Yu? He's a human from Great Xia."

"Su Yu..."

Su Yu's face instantly turned alert. When Yun Sheng noticed that, he said, "Don't worry. Just speak freely. It doesn't matter if you know them. I know Dao Cheng as well. So what? Are we supposed to take our anger out on you just because you know him? Furthermore, we're not even close to Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan."

Su Yu exhaled and cautiously spoke, "I can't say I know him. But I did see him once. Back when he was a student in Great Xia, I visited the academy and saw him once. At the time, he was only a Great Strength cultivator. But now...sigh."

That was a complicated sigh. It contained various emotions, including pride and sorrow. He continued, "But eventually, he left for Great Ming and grew apart with Great Xia. Now, he's fighting alone in the Allheaven Battlefield. I wonder if the Invincibles of my race will take him back home..."

"Definitely not." Yun Sheng said, "I know the answer to that. He has yet to return to the Human Realm. Everyone claims that Su Yu has an Invincible ruin. Do you know anything about that?"

Su Yu replied awkwardly, "There are such rumors...but I'm a nobody. I don't know if that's true. Not even those big shots can know this for sure. Immortal Lord Yun, I don't know much about these topics. Even if you ask, I won't be able to provide any answers. I'm only here because the humans and immortals are allies..."

A different youth asked, "I heard there is no suppressive force in the Human Realm. Is that true?"

Su Yu nodded, "Yes. All visitors can freely utilize their full strength in the Human Realm. Everyone knows this."

"Have you met the Xia prefect before?"

Su Yu nodded, "I saw him on TV before. Uhm...TV is basically an item with moving images. Lord Prefect could be frequently seen during live executions. Each time we caught a large number of cultists, the prefect would take charge of the executions."

That was an interesting topic for these youths. Truly a butcher. He was indeed worthy of the title Carnage King.

A young woman asked, "Is the Carnage King cruel? Does he look ferocious and barbaric?"

Su Yu replied unhappily, "Of course not! Lord Prefect is wise, brilliant, handsome, and valiant. How is he barbaric and cruel?"

His unhappiness could be clearly seen on his face.

The youths weren't even surprised. They had all heard that Xia Longwu was the hero of Great Xia. He was basically their spiritual leader. It was normal for this human to react badly to any criticism of Xia Longwu.

Sure enough, the people of Great Xia were all fearless. A mere Skysoar actually had the courage to show his displeasure in the presence of so many experts. The rumors were true. Great Xia was filled with mad murderers.

The youths grew more and more excited. They had always been very curious about the mysterious Human Realm.

"I heard that a descendant of Immortal King Tian Yu went to the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy as an exchange student. They are even preparing to hold a marriage between the Xia Family and the immortal king's family. Have you met the crown prince of Xia before?"

"Yes." Su Yu nodded, "Crown Prince Xia Huyou is...wise, brilliant, strong, and valiant as well."

He did not mean any of that. Inwardly, he was grumbling about Xia Huyou. Was that fellow really going to take that immortal fairy as his wife?

If that was the case, he had to be careful of her farting habits. As the descendant of an immortal king, she had a prestigious status.

Su Yu saw her once, but he didn't pay too much thought to her. At the time, he was still in Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. He had taken a quick look at all the visiting students, and that immortal fairy was among them. Her strength was nothing special. That was his impression of her.

Immortal King Tian Yu...

Su Yu decided to keep this matter in mind. He wondered if they were really planning to befriend humanity or was this entire thing a scheme. If this was a scheme, it would probably be a rather big one. After all, the immortal king had sent even his own descendant to the Human Realm.

He continued answering their questions. Most of the questions were related to the human race, and none of the questions were too difficult to answer. Clearly, these people had learned about the human race before, but it was also obvious that they were still quite clueless about humanity as a whole. Perhaps he was the first human they had ever seen.

Chapter 983: Entering The Sea Of Stars (3)

During the session, the youths did not stop conversing among themselves. They did not touch on any deep topics and they conversed in the immortal language. But that was a language Su Yu knew so he was able to listen to their topics of conversation.

From what he heard, he learned that they all came from the same immortal king power. Some were Sunmoon descendants and some were Mountainsea descendants.

They did not come from a single family. But they all originated from a single clique known as the Heavenly Jade Monastery. Basically, a monastery was the immortal race's equivalent of an academy in the Human Realm.

Heavenly Jade Monastery...This was an unfamiliar term to Su Yu. Read full story at NoveIＦire.net

He did not know too much about the immortal race, just like how these youths knew very little about the human race. For most people, learning about their own realm was enough.

The youths had mentioned Immortal King Tian Xuan several times when conversing among themselves. That was how Su Yu had concluded that they probably came from Immortal King Tian Xuan's power. In fact, the immortal race's internal organization was quite similar to the human race's, with each immortal king ruling a different region.

But different from the human race, the immortal race also had a Pseudo Emperor. Of course, that was a term used by the humans. The immortals themselves would address their Pseudo Emperor as the Immortal Emperor. The Immortal Emperor was in charge of the Immortal Court and had the entire Immortal Realm under his rule. Most of the time, the immortal kings would be allowed to rule as they pleased. But when required, they all had to obey the Immortal Court.

However, the Immortal Emperor had not been seen in public for many years. Of course, the youths were not stupid enough to talk about secrets in front of Su Yu. They only talked about the publicly available knowledge. Ninestar Island was also mentioned several times by them. Su Yu was surprised to hear that.

Were they heading to the Ninestar Island as well? Was that island so popular? He was doubtful, but he didn't say too much. It also wasn't too surprising that they were heading there. Perhaps these people were going to fish for some of the treasures that might start appearing now that they were near the next opening of the Luminous Domain Mansion.

The flying ship continued moving at a rapid pace. Before long, it covered a distance of over two thousand kilometers. The Sea of Stars was near.

From afar...

Su Yu saw the most shocking view he had ever seen in his life. Countless glittering stars could be seen in the distance. Brilliant stars decorated the sky, with the sky distorting every now and then. On closer look, the distortions were actually the waves of the floating sea. Sounds of crashing waves could be heard even from far away.

That was a sea.

A floating sea.

A boundless sea in the sky. The mystical Sea of Stars was near.

Su Yu forced himself to remain calm. As for the immortal youths, this was also the first time many of them were seeing the Sea of Stars. Sounds of exclamation rang out repeatedly.

"Sea of Stars...it really is a floating sea."

"Big Brother Yun Sheng, will we be able to see the bottom of the sea from below?"

Yun Sheng laughed, "No. The Seabed Continent is down there. When you raise your head, you will only see a starry sky instead of a floating sea, as though there is no floating sea above you at all. This is a very mystical place. You won't be able to reach the sea from the seabed. Instead, you have to enter the sea from the sides."

"Is that really the case? That's so magical."

"Did anyone try sinking to the bottom of the sea and reach the Seabed Continent from the floating sea?"

"Nobody has ever succeeded. When you dive into the sea, you will only end up in random minor realms instead of reaching the Seabed Continent."

"How magical."

"This is so beautiful."

Yes. The sight before them was incomparably beautiful. A boundless sea in the sky decorated by stars with gentle waves. This was indeed a mesmerizing sight.

But at that moment, a dao protector spoke, "It is commonplace for danger to mask itself with beauty. Be very careful in the sea of stars. There are many demonic beasts hidden in the sea. There are many dragons there. The dragon race is domineering. Even if we're immortals, they won't hesitate to attack if there is a chance of victory."

"The Sea of Stars is filled with dangers. Stay on alert. Do not be careless."

The dao protector warned the youths repeatedly.

At this time, Yun Sheng laughed and said, "We're here. Since the Red Clouds Island and the Ninestar Island are located in different directions, we won't be able to take you further, Brother Zheng."

"Thank you."

Su Yu said nothing else. He understood that they were telling him to piss off. This wasn't a bad thing for him. It wasn't like he really wanted to travel with them. How was he supposed to hide his arrival when traveling with them?

If it wasn't for the presence of the three Mountainseas that might be annoying to deal with, he would have hammered these youths to death for bothering him. The peak Mountainsea, in particular, would be the most annoying opponent to deal with.

***

Before long, Su Yu found himself out of the flying ship.

Finally, he had reached the Sea of Stars. The sight of a floating sea was truly spectacular. Even now, Su Yu was still shaken by what he was seeing. Just how did such a large body of water end up in the sky? He couldn't see anything propping it up.

His excitement was slowly rising.

Sea of Stars!

The most famous location in the Sea of Stars was the Luminous Domain Mansion.

The Luminous Domain Mansion would open soon. According to his previous calculation, it should open next year. Soon, the myriad races would start picking their respective candidates to enter the Sea of Stars and adapt to the environment here. Then, they could start preparing for the mansion.

"I wonder when Great Ming and Great Xia will start picking their candidates. Previously, they said that the selection would end at the end of this year. At that time, they will start entering the Sea of Stars as well..."

He did not know what he could find in the Luminous Domain Mansion. He only knew about the famous riversand. That was a valuable natural resource that could be transformed into willpower. Without riversand, Great Xia's Willpower Grotto would not be able to remain operational. With enough riversand, the grotto would transform into a paradise for cultural researchers.

He followed the departing flying ship with his eyes. He was in no rush to enter. He was still in the process of enjoying the view.

What a spectacular view.

Su Yu had never visited the three major seas of the Human Realm. But he had a feeling that no matter how spectacular the three seas were, they wouldn't surpass the floating sea before him.

"Allheaven Battlefield. What a magical place."

After a while, Su Yu started soaring into the sky. Flying up to the sky to reach a sea was quite a unique experience. As he rose into the sky, he gazed at the gentle waves knocking against empty air without actually falling to the ground below.

After rising over ten thousand meters into the air, Su Yu finally reached the same height as the sea surface. There, he was able to get a better look at the Sea of Stars Glittering dots of light could be seen in the sea, as though the sea had swallowed the stars from the sky above.

His surroundings were quiet and peaceful. Apart from the flying ship far ahead of him, he was the only person in the area. Once again, he gasped at the beautiful sight before him. Suddenly, a massive demonic beast emerged from the surface of the sea and shot toward the flying ship.

A sword was swung.

With one strike, the immortal expert beheaded the beast. But at the next moment, a shriek rang out as a massive bird dove down from the sky and shot toward the flying ship. With a rumble, the beak of the bird struck the ship and left a large hole in it.

Rumbling sounds rang out unceasingly.

In the blink of an eye, the flying ship was destroyed. The three Mountainseas hurriedly grabbed the youths under their care and flew out of the ship before shooting away into the horizon.

Su Yu was completely dumbstruck.

Holy shit! That was so dangerous!

The immortals had encountered two Mountainsea beasts right after arriving. How unlucky of them. Seeing that everyone was ignoring him, he hurriedly flew away while rubbing his chest. His heart was thumping madly in excitement.

There were so many demonic beasts here. Nobody would mind if a few of them died in his hands, right?

Su Yu licked his lips and grinned.

What a great place! He dove into the sea and turned into water, completely blending with the sea. He started telling himself that he was a water elemental! The sea was his territory! There were probably more water elementals here as well. After all, this place was too perfect for the water elementals.

Not long after Su Yu dove into the sea, a certain earth elemental arrived. After looking around sneakily, the earth elemental started transforming. His earthen skin started turning into mud and eventually, the earth elemental transformed into a water elemental. With the transformation done, he dove into the sea as well. People loved saying that earth elementals couldn't survive here. What bullshit.

Topsoil Spirit had arrived as well. His destination? Ninestar Island.

***

That was not all. People were arriving in succession. Some dove into the water while some remained in the sky. All of them were heading toward the Ninestar Island. As more and more people arrived, battles started breaking out everywhere.

Only when two dragons arrived did the chaos settled. Not one of the demonic beasts dared to attack the two dragons. After all, the dragon race was the strongest force in the Sea of Stars.

Various geniuses started congregating at the Sea of Stars.

Numerous masked individuals from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion started entering the Sea of Stars as well. Additionally, numerous groups of different affiliations were also arriving one after another. Some were here to hunt the other geniuses, and some were here to search for Su Yu.