Chapter 52 - 52

Chapter 1099: Leaving The City (3)

Great Han King shook his head. It was too regretful. Too many people were keeping a close watch on Great Xia's multiple character faction, making it impossible for them to develop and grow.

An Invincible asked, "Great Xia King, is the multiple character faction's character stele with Su Yu or Chen Yong? Without it, we lack decent character techniques..."

Great Xia King gave an indifferent reply, "Go ask yourself. I don't know. I stopped caring after Ye Batian's death."

Some frowned upon hearing that, but it was inappropriate for them to say more.

But nobody could deny the importance of that character technique stele. The steles of the other prefectures were too lacking in comparison. If the future cultivators failed to engrave character techniques back into those steles, they would eventually run out of character techniques.

Since Great Xia King himself was not concerned about Great Xia's character technique stele, there wasn't anything they could say about it.

Great Qin King did not seem concerned about the topic as well. He said, "Then w're agreed. I won't say more. Everyone, you may cultivate near Eastrift Valley for now. We don't want to give the divines and devils any opening to attack."

"How about the immortals?"

"Ignore them for now."

"Great Ming King is still in Human Realm. Do we summon him here?"

"No. It is not a bad thing to have one of our own Invincibles watching over things inside the Human Realm. That way, we can prevent the chaos from getting out of hand."

"Xia Longwu is still in the Allheaven Battlefield. Great Xia King, is he preparing for dao affirmation?"

"..."

Great Xia King didn't even deign to entertain the question. He stood up and said, "That is up to fate. You can decide for yourself if you want to act as his dao protector during his attempt. If he ends up failing...so be it."

Leaving those words behind, he vanished into thin air.

Someone laughed, "Old Xia's temper is still the same. Did anyone say that we're not helping?"

Great Qin King said nothing and vanished as well.

With Great Qin King's departure, someone looked at Great Zhou King and said, "Old Zhou, what are Polong and Potian planning?"

Great Zhou King looked up, revealing an incomparably deep gaze. He smiled gently and said, "It is up to them. Dao affirmation is not something anyone can force. Polong has captured his tri-life bodies, but Potian has not. He might not make it in time."

They moved on from the topic. Someone else laughed, "Great Ming King's son is unreliable, but Great Ming has somehow produced someone like Niu Baidao. Perhaps he can join the others and make his attempt at the same time."

"That's not something for us to worry about."

"..."

One Invincible after another left. With a smile, Great Zhou King vanished as well.

***

Time continued passing.

Peace had returned to the Allheaven Battlefield.

Everything seemed calm in the Myriad Realms.

But everyone knew that violent undercurrents were stirring.

Silkwyrm King's death had encouraged some minor race Invincibles to join up in secret. As for the weaker races, such as those in the Thousand Region Alliance, were without any Invincible. Their Sunmoons started discussing the possibility of dao affirmation.

How should they attempt it? Their best option was to make their attempts when the major races were busy fighting each other.

For example, during Xia Longwu's dao affirmation.

At that time, the human, divine, devil, immortal, and other major races would be too busy fighting each other. That would give the minor races the opportunity to make their attempts.

It wasn't that these minor races did not have anyone capable of dao affirmation. They simply didn't have the courage to do so.

All the major races had an unspoken agreement to keep the minor races suppressed. These minor races would not be given the chance to attempt dao affirmation easily. In the past, many minor race Sunmoons had attempted dao affirmation, but a majority of them had failed. More importantly, nobody seemed to know why they had failed.

Even when they made their attempts in their own realms, they would somehow fail. The more ambitious ones would attempt dao affirmation in the Allheaven Battlefield, but very few of them could even survive the attempt.

Over the years, very few people had succeeded. It wasn't that they were biting more than they could chew. Rather, they had all been stabbed in the back.

The entire Myriad Realms was under the influence of the major races. Nobody wanted to see a new overlord emerge from an area under their influence. And everyone knew that the coming chaos would be their best opportunity.

***

Inside the ancient city.

On the fifth day, Su Yu completed his fifty-fourth forging.

On the twelfth day, he completed his fifty-fifth forging.

On the twentieth day, he completed his fifty-sixth forging.

At that point, rumors of his survival started spreading. How was everyone sure of his survival? It was easy. The nether and ape Sunmoons were still trapped in the sealed city. The two were so miserable that they felt like crying.

Finally, they were forced to start their conversion as well. They should give up on all hope. After so many Invincibles lost their tri-life bodies here, nobody would be willing to help them anymore.

One of them was an eighth-stage Sunmoon while the other was a seventh-stage Sunmoon. On the seventh day, they had opted to convert into residents.

On the tenth day, when they finally completed their conversion, Su Yu unsealed the city.

All in all, he had kept the city sealed for almost one month. But this time, nobody dared to enter the city anymore.

Even with the many treasures that were starting to appear around the Luminous Domain Mansion, everyone only stayed near Red Clouds Island. Nobody had the courage to even approach the terrifying ancient city.

With that, the city gained twelve new Sunmoons. There were already some Sunmoon residents in the city previously, but the number was quite low. With the addition of twelve Sunmoons, including two late-stage Sunmoons, the number of Sunmoons in the city had reached as high as fifteen.

This was probably the ancient city with the highest number of Sunmoon residents. When the other mayors heard of this, they were greatly tempted to imitate Su Yu. They all knew that with more Sunmoon residents, the burden of death qi on them would be lighter. But Sunmoons would never convert into residents unless they had absolutely no choice.

And now, Su Yu had given them a very good method of actually gaining Sunmoon residents. But this was a deadly method to use.

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Secondly, they would need to face the risk of attacks by Invincibles after sealing their cities.

Sure, the Invincibles had been properly taught a lesson in Grandstar City, but that did not mean that the lesson extended to all other ancient cities.

***

Eventually, the end of September arrived.

Su Yu finally left seclusion.

He was stuck at the fifty-seventh forging, a tiny bit away from reaching his goal of fifty-eight forgings. He had to exit seclusion to meet up with the other Heavenly Hunt Pavilion candidates.

As for his strength...it had reached a level that scared even himself. His physical strength had surpassed 400,000 acupoints.

That might still be weaker than the Sunmoons of major races, but that was definitely stronger than some first-stage Sunmoons of minor races. Su Yu even started considering if his body was strong enough to withstand the consumption of fourth-stage Sunmoon blood essence.

Perhaps he really had the ability to unleash the prowess of middle-stage Sunmoons. To put his insane growth into perspective, one ought to remember that it had only been about four months since he left Great Ming.

He intended to stay low profile for a period of time after returning to the Human Realm. He needed to further strengthen his foundation. Perhaps that would make him even stronger. What next? Naturally, it was time for him to settle the score with his enemies.

On the 28th of September, Su Yu floated out of the city under the dark like with his white mask like a ghost.

The moment Su Yu left, the stone statue opened his eyes and sighed.

Wasn't it good to stay in the city as the mayor? Why must that brat leave? Could the brat even return alive? If the brat ended up dying, it would be too hard to find another mayor this good.

That brat was already a living dead. Why in the world was he still so active? Could he not calm down?

***

Naturally, that was not something Su Yu could consider.

It was time for him to go back.

When he left the Human Realm, he could hardly contend against a Mountainsea. And now, he was returning as someone who could kill even Sunmoons. This time, if those assholes dared to continue provoking him, he would beat them all to death.

Speaking of...he was probably strong enough to kill his grandteacher now, right?

Wow. How weak.

Su Yu's heart was filled with sympathy. He finally understood why Hong Tan's life was so hard. His grandteacher was simply too weak. That was why. How pitiful.

***

At the same time.

Human Realm.

Great Xia City.

Hong Tan rubbed his nose. Why did he feel like someone was talking badly about him? Whatever. As of late, way too many people had been talking badly about him. He was already used to this.

Chapter 1100: Transit (1)

Heavendoom City.

Main city gate.

Su Yu's feelings were quite complicated to return here.

This was the place that had pushed his achievements to a new high, with Sunmoons and death spirits dying due to him. Here, he contended against the myriad races. It had been around two months since then.

Time sure moved quickly. It had actually been so long.

Su Yu felt both smug and melancholic as he thought of his glorious achievements. He couldn't help but admit that Heavendoom City played a big part in allowing him to do all he did in Grandstar City. The breathing technique he had learned here had helped a lot during the scam.

Without the breathing technique, it would have been much harder to convince those people. Here, he had also learned the reversal art of the death spirits. That was the key to his survival until now.

Here, he did not manage to gather as many treasures as he did in Grandstar City, but this was the place he started his rapid rise. Here, he learned that Sunmoons could die as well. Thus, it was inevitable that he would have complicated feelings upon his return.

Instead of entering through the main gate, he went through one of the side gates. On the city wall, Tian Men glanced at him but did not give much thought. Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members had been coming nonstop for the past two days. He couldn't be bothered to pay too much attention to their affairs.

***

Inner hall, mayor's residence.

The stone statue suddenly opened his eyes.

His gaze instantly landed on Su Yu.

Even Invincibles might not necessarily detect Su Yu instantly. After all, Invincibles wouldn't be scanning their surroundings all the time without stopping. But when someone with so much death qi in them walked in, that person was basically shouting that he was a mayor. And when the stone statue opened his eyes, sure enough, it was that brat.

He had heard that Grandstar was actually able to leave the city. Leaving the city! Was that related to this kid?

The stone statue had an unfriendly expression as he looked at Su Yu. This person had taken his stuff and created big troubles for him before leaving to convert into a resident in Grandstar City.

Was that proper? This brat had basically left him with all the troubles while letting Grandstar enjoy all the benefits. He had so generously taught the damn brat the breathing technique, the vibration technique, and three talismans!

Heavendoom was completely neglecting the fact that the two techniques had been learned by Su Yu without any guidance from him. As far as Heavendoom was concerned, Su Yu had still learned those from him.

Heavendoom was feeling greatly jealous of Grandstar. But soon, he consoled himself. It was not a bad thing for this walking disaster to not stay in his city. This brat was simply too good at stirring up trouble. If this damn brat dared to cause trouble in his city again, Heavendoom swore he would...he would send all the death qi into the brat's body!

Hah! That would teach the brat a lesson!

Speaking of, if he did that, would he be able to leave the city and enjoy a stroll outside as well?

After looking at Su Yu, Tian He looked like an inferior product in his eyes.

He had always been quite happy with this mayor. But now...wow. This was such a useless mayor. Just look at Su Yu. Even when he was outside his city, he was still withstanding a large amount of death qi for the city. What about you, Tian He?

What a useless mayor.

Heavendoom felt so terrible that he shut his eyes and decided to stop looking and thinking anymore.

That damn brat better not cause trouble in the city. Heavendoom swore to punish the brat by locking the brat in the city for three years if the brat dared to cause trouble again. The brat would have to share some of his burden during the imprisonment. And yes, this was also in accordance with the laws. He had simply never bothered to do so in the past.

***

Su Yu, who had just entered the city, was naturally unaware of what the stone statue was thinking. Nor was he aware that his presence in the city was akin to a gleaming star in the sky, instantly catching the attention of the stone statue.

With his mask on, he moved like a ghost, flickering about in the air. As a member of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, he had to maintain his enigmatic persona. How could a Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member walk on the ground like a normal person? It was on brand for them to be all mysterious.

As he flickered about, he noticed some other people flickering about as well. Oh, those were his fellow Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members! When Su Yu turned to look at one of them, the other person looked at him as well.

Since both of them were masked, this guy better not pick trouble with him. After all, the pavilion frowned upon internal conflict.

"Hmm? What mask is that?"

Su Yu was slightly stunned. Regardless of whether it was a white or black mask, the mask came with the regular features of a face. Meanwhile, he was looking at a faceless mask, as though the mask was an empty sheet of paper.

Suddenly, he recalled something.

"Elder!"

This was an elder! A big shot!

Someone who was at least a seventh-stage Sunmoon. He had barely killed people at that cultivation level. He had killed less than twenty of them so far. This was an expert!

So which elder was this? Su Yu was unsure. He merely cupped his hands in greeting before vanishing with another flicker. But the elder reappeared beside him with a flicker as well.

The two looked at each other again. Understanding dawned on Su Yu. Right, they were going to the same place. So they would naturally move in the same direction.

"Which department are you from?"

The elder asked, speaking in a gruff voice.

"Profound Department."

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The elder blanked out slightly and asked, "Is this Profound Nine?"

"..."

Silence descended.

After a short stun, Su Yu asked, "A-are you First Profound Elder?"

Su Yu's speed instantly skyrocketed. He had actually encountered his boss! No, that wasn't the point here. More importantly, this elder knew his true identity.

Apart from the stone statue, this elder was probably the only person aware of his real identity. This was a late-stage Sunmoon. He had to be careful and keep a distance between them.

This was dangerous!

First Profound knew his identity. First Profound was also aware that he was rich, very rich! He had to be careful. If he died of a sudden attack, not even the stone statue could save him.

A jade talisman appeared in his hand. That was one of the three talismans he had received from Grandstar. Even when he was about a kilometer away from the elder, he maintained his wariness.

Meanwhile, First Profound was rendered completely speechless. What the fuck was that? Also, why was this fellow the first person he encountered? More importantly, was this how a subordinate should behave in front of their direct superior?

"Profound Nine!" First Profound ordered, "Get over here! Look at how you're behaving!"

Why was he running from his direct superior?

Su Yu was still wary. He asked through his mask, "Elder, is the person in front of me you?"

"Yes. Why are you running? Won't this cause misunderstandings if others see this?"

"Elder, is this really you?"

"Stop wasting time!"

"Uhm...will you attack me?"

"No."

"Elder, I'm very tight with Big Brother Stone Statue of Heavendoom City. I'm telling the truth. My breathing technique, vibration technique, and the teleportation talismans I used previously were all given by him as gifts! If you dare to make a move against me here, you're dead, Elder!"

"Shut up!"

First Profound berated in an annoyed voice. Why must this little shit treat everyone with suspicion? When did he say that he wanted to kill the little shit?

Reminded of something, First Profound asked, "Did you hide all those resources well? Be careful lest the divines and devils sense them. After all, you received those resources from them."

"..."

Su Yu stared at the elder silently. As for First Profound, he was relatively unbothered. It was only natural for him to show some concern to his subordinate, right?

A short while later, the two resumed their journey. In Su Yu's hands were three talismans he was aiming straight at the elder's back regardless of his deferential posture. He asked, "Elder, when did you reach the city?"

"I've been here for a few days. Also, can you stop aiming those things at me?"

First Profound was left completely speechless. He could feel the sense of crisis brought upon by those talismans. Just what were those things? Talismans? Did the brat receive them from the stone statue as well? They felt incredibly strong.

The two flickered through the city as they moved. After a while, First Profound spoke, "Are you really entering the Human Realm?"

"Yes."

"Will you be fine if you stay away from the ancient city for long?"

"I'll be fine. My Big Brother Stone Statue told me that if I encounter any trouble, he will rip space apart and take me away instantly."

First Profound said, "Not even a Pseudo Emperor can enter a realm directly from the Allheaven Battlefield like that. That stone statue might be strong, but it is still below the Pseudo Emperor Realm."

"Elder, Pseudo Emperor is a title, not an actual cultivation realm."

Su Yu clicked his tongue disapprovingly. His elder sure was ignorant. Pseudo Emperor was merely a title. The big brothers of all ancient races were called Pseudo Emperors. That was not a cultivation realm.

First Profound sneered, "That's an outdated concept. These days, that title represented strength as well. The leaders of some ancient races are no longer calling themself Pseudo Emperors before reaching a certain level of strength. Nowadays, any publicly acknowledged Pseudo Emperor is an Invincible almost as strong as an Emperor."

Many, many years ago, Pseudo Emperor was indeed a title. The leader of each race could be called that. Only the leader of the human race could be called an Emperor. This system was put in place to remind everyone that they would always be below the human race.

But that had changed with time. Without sufficient strength, one would not be considered a Pseudo Emperor.

Su Yu was quite surprised. Was that so? He still didn't understand it that well. For him, Pseudo Emperors and Invincibles were the same since they could all kill him with one slap. He was still feeling quite nervous since someone aware of his real identity was right before him. In fact, he was so wary that he even wondered if it would be better for him to kill First Profound.

Chapter 1101: Transit (2)

After spending some time flickering through the city, they finally reached the pavilion's Heavendoom branch.

There, First Profound sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "Don't talk rashly. The more you say, the more likely it is for you to say something wrong. Do you understand? But don't worry too much. You're now Profound Nine. The pavilion members don't really know each other that well."

"I understand." Su Yu said, "Elder, is any of the ten black masks under me joining?"

"No."

Su Yu asked nothing else. Clearly, his subordinates were quite incapable.

"Elder, can I recruit my own black masks?"

"Yes. Wait until the existing black masks under you die and apply for new black masks from the headquarters. You can then recruit your own black masks."

"I understand."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. So it was time to get his black masks killed to make way for some new black masks. With one final flicker, the two appeared in front of the branch.

A white mask stood there waiting. When the white mask saw a faceless elder, they bowed, "Greetings, Elder. The other elders are already waiting on the third floor. This way, please."

He looked at Su Yu and said, "Brother, we're gathering on the second floor."

The elders were gathering on the third floor while the white masks were gathering on the second floor. Su Yu did not know about the arrangements for the black and rainbow masks. In any case, he didn't see any of them. Perhaps they were gathering somewhere else.

White masks could still be considered part of the upper echelons in the pavilion while the black masks were lower in rank.

That was understandable as most white masks were Mountainseas. For example, the previous Profound Nine was a seventh-stage Mountainsea. That was a respectable level of strength. Someone like that would be an important person in most places.

Meanwhile, most black masks were Cloudbreaches.

The rainbow masks were a mix of Cloudbreaches and Skysoars. As for the half masks or the gray masks, a majority of them were Skysoars. They were mostly meant to carry out the miscellaneous errands of the pavilion.

Su Yu did not say much and followed First Profound into the building. First Profound went straight to the third floor while Su Yu stopped on the second floor. Inside a small room, about thirty to forty white masks had gathered. For this mission, a total of eighty white masks had been deployed. Only roughly half of them had arrived.

When Su Yu arrived, the sea of white masks made him feel like he was looking at an illusion.

Fuck!

Everyone looked the same. With the masks, it was almost impossible to skim any detail from these individuals. Everyone gave off a similar sensation.

Most of them were clad in white masks and white outfits. Naturally, a small number of them were wearing clothes of different colors, but everyone still looked the same. To speak the truth, it was almost impossible to set them apart when they were gathered. The aura of every one of them felt extremely hazy.

Su Yu's arrival attracted a decent number of gazes.

Most of the white masks were standing with a few of them sitting. When Su Yu arrived, one of them spoke coldly, "Report your identity. Which department are you from? What's your number?"

Boom!

His reply came in the form of a fist. He was sent flying by Su Yu's punch while the surrounding white masks hurriedly moved away. Naturally, nobody looked surprised.

Su Yu was not surprised either. Prior to this, First Profound had reminded him that white masks were regular living beings. And where living beings gathered, politics would exist and hierarchy would form.

Only twelve elders were deployed for this mission. However, the Human Realm was too big. Some white masks would naturally be given the chance to lead the operations within some of the prefectures. And this gathering was his chance to distinguish himself from the others.

With a cold sneer, Su Yu announced, "Profound Department. Profound Nine."

That caused a small disturbance in the crowd.

"Profound Nine from Grandstar City?"

Su Yu coldly asked the person who had spoken, "Yellow or Earth Department?"

The Yellow Department was in charge of intelligence so it wasn't surprising for them to know something about him. The Earth Department was in charge of logistics so it was also logical for them to know something about him.

"Yellow Three of the Yellow Department."

With the high number ranking, this person might be quite important in the Yellow Department. Then again, the number did not represent anything so that might not be the case.

Su Yu showed little interest. When everyone was mixed together again, he might not be able to recognize which of them was Yellow Three anymore. Thus, there was no point in paying too much attention to any of them in particular for no good reason. When he scanned the room, he noted twenty-four chairs in total.

Su Yu laughed in amusement. What was the meaning of this? Everyone knew that there were thirty-six prefectures in the Human Realm, no, thirty-eight if the Dual Holy Prefecture and Allheaven Prefecture were included. But most people did not consider those proper prefectures. With twelve elders participating and twenty-four chairs set in the room, anyone with a brain would know what the chairs signified.

Su Yu was suprised to see that not all seats were taken. Including him, forty-two people had arrived so far. Meanwhile, only sixteen seats were taken. Eight were still empty. Was there a trap somewhere? He did not waste his time thinking too much. This was an ancient city. These little tricks did not concern him.

He couldn't be bothered to say more and sat down on a random seat. Nobody said anything. Everyone here was smart, and everyone knew themselves well. They would not bother taking the seats if they weren't strong enough to protect their positions.

In short, anyone below the seventh-stage Mountainsea Realm shouldn't bother. They would only end up vacating the seat later, either voluntarily or forcefully. The white mask who was sent flying by Su Yu hurriedly mixed himself with the crowd and kept a low profile. It was as though nothing had happened.

This was a world where the strong devoured the weak. They were fellow white masks. If the answer he received from a question was a fist, it simply signified that he was unqualified to question that person. What else was there to say?

As Su Yu sat down, the room sank back into silence. Seven chairs were still empty. Some people were studying Su Yu in secret. An expert stationed in an ancient city!

Furthermore, this was someone stationed in Grandstar City. Someone like that would not be weak by any means or he wouldn't have been able to survive until now. The white mask sent flying earlier was a sixth-stage Mountainsea. Thus, Profound Nine was at least a seventh-stage Mountainsea in terms of strength.

More and more white masks arrived. Some sat down without saying a word. Some scanned the room and communicated with the white masks they were familiar with before deciding if they wanted to stand or sit.

The number of white masks continued increasing. Fifty, sixty...

By the time there were eighty of them, not a single empty seat was left.

Su Yu had been waiting for the fifty-six standing white masks to challenge the seated white masks. Alas, he was thinking too much. These people were actually content with their positions. Wow. Were they really so self-aware?

Suddenly, a group of people entered the room. These people were slightly different.

They were split between people of different masks. White, black, rainbow, and gray. But these masks were also different from the regular masks of the same colors. On each mask was a golden symbol.

When Su Yu thought about it, his heart thumped.

Holy shit!

White One who he had met previously was wearing one such mask as well. These were the direct subordinates of the four department heads. He had not been informed that these people would come as well.

The white mask leading the group spoke, instantly alarming Su Yu, "I'm White One, an enforcer from the Heaven Department."

White One!

Su Yu was shouting inwardly that he knew this guy! This damn bastard still owed him a lot of money!

Su Yu was quite surprised to see a familiar person. This guy had earned a lot of money peddling information in Grandstar City previously. Wait...this guy knew the previous Profound Nine as well. Would this guy notice that he was a new Profound Nine?

Su Yu hurriedly sent a message through his mask, "Elder, White One is here. Has he met my predecessor in Grandstar City before? What should I do about him?"

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"..."

That answer left Su Yu dumbstruck.

He couldn't think of anything to say.

White One went straight to the point, "Five enforcers have arrived for each department. In terms of rank, we are all considered first-class white masks. There are twenty of us. Including the eighty of you, there are a hundred of us.

"Of the thirty-eight human prefectures, the Dual Holy Prefecture and Allheaven Prefecture can be ignored. As for the remaining thirty-six prefectures, each will be assigned a team. The twelve elders will be assigned twelve of the prefectures. The remaining prefectures will be led by the people in this room.

"To lead a team, one will be in charge of information transmission, transactions, rescue, protection, and assassination efforts. Sufficient strength is required.

"We will be doing what we have been doing in the Human Realm. During this mission, the elders and white masks acting as team leaders will be considered equal in rank. You will not be required to answer to each other. Instead, you will report to the enforcers."

White One's gaze landed on the twenty-four seated white masks and said, "You know what these seats signify. But taking a seat without sufficient strength is the same as suicide. The Human Realm is not a minor realm. It is a massive and powerful realm with dozens of Invincibles and perhaps over a thousand Sunmoons. If you're not strong enough to contend against Sunmoons, I advise you to stand up now."

He scanned the crowd. There were even Sunmoons among these white masks. After all, one could only be promoted upon reaching the seventh-stage Sunmoon Realm. Of course, there were also some who had not reached the Sunmoon Realm.

Due to the masks, it wasn't easy to see through the cultivation levels of these people. But one could still judge one's strength by the intensity of one's aura. Soon, White One's gaze settled on Su Yu and a few other white masks. Without saying anything, he reached out and grabbed at them.

Eight white masks were faced with his palm. All of them were below the Sunmoon Realm. In other words, there were actually sixteen Sunmoons among them. Including the elders, there were twenty-eight Sunmoons. There were probably some Sunmoons among the enforcers as well. The four departments had indeed invested a lot into this mission.

Only their elites had been picked to participate. Facing the palm, some vanished into thin air, some released their characters, and some roared like a mad beast.

As for Su Yu, he threw a punch nonchalantly.

Boom!

A barrier had been placed around the area by the other Sunmoons. When White One's palm landed, two were sent flying, two vanished, and four reacted differently. Some were bleeding from their masks while some remained unmoving.

Su Yu was one of the ones who had remained unmoving. After the single exchange, he knew that White One wasn't attacking with full strength. This was merely a test. That palm was probably weaker than even the attack power of a regular first-stage Sunmoon. One ought to remember that White One was a sixth-stage Sunmoon.

"The two who were sent flying may join the other standing white masks."

White One withdrew his palm nonchalantly. But his palm was actually throbbing slightly with pain. Su Yu had not used all his strength, but that casual punch he threw had the strength of 200,000 acupoints. Thus, it was able to cause White One some pain. Nevertheless, White One was unbothered.

The two white masks who were sent flying said nothing and joined the other standing white masks.

The two who had vanished reappeared on their seats. White One nodded. These were all individuals with their own tricks up their sleeves. The ability to evade attacks was still a testament to their capability.

White One asked, "Anyone interested in taking a seat? We have two seats available."

"Is this offer valid for enforcers as well?"

White One replied, "Yes."

With that reply, a black mask and a rainbow mask sat down. They were the enforcers of the Earth and Profound Departments. White One did not bother to test them since they were both Sunmoons.

"With this, all twenty-four seats have been taken. Including us, seventy-six of us are still standing. Excluding me, Black One, Rainbow One, and Gray One, there are seventy-two of you. Each of the seated white masks will pick three white masks. Each prefecture will be assigned four white masks. It is advised that you pick members from different departments since each department specializes in different tasks. That will make your operations smoother.

"As for the rest of the enforcers, we will be in charge of overseeing the entire mission in the Human Realm."

White One looked at the standing white masks and said, "When you arrive, you need to work with each other. Remember this. Don't think of competing against each other. You can do it now if you want. Doing so in the Human Realm is the same as courting death. Any carelessness can be disastrous in a place as dangerous as the Human Realm."

This was an extremely dangerous mission. It didn't feel any less dangerous even with so many Sunmoons in their ranks.

On one hand, Su Yu was surprised at the sheer amount of investment the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was placing. On the other hand, he was wondering just how many Sunmoons from the myriad races would enter the Human Realm this time if just the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion alone was already sending so many.

Were they not afraid of losing all these Sunmoons to the human Invincibles?

Chapter 1102: Transit (3)

White One continued his instructions, "When you reach the Human Realm, you may start recruiting some humans into the pavilion. However, the members you recruit will only be limited to gray and rainbow masks.

"You can continue using your Heavenly Hunt Directories in the Human Realm as usual. The white masks selected as team leaders will have some functions of their masks upgraded. You will be able to directly contact the enforcers of your respective departments. For example, those from the Heaven Department can contact me while those from the Profound Department can contact Rainbow One. This is because the elders you report directly to might not be involved in this mission."

White One spent a long time giving them numerous instructions and explanations.

Finally, he said, "When we first entered, we might end up scattered everywhere. Some of us will end up pursued by the humans. Do not underestimate the human race. They still have a large number of Sunmoons in their realm. The moment you're discovered, things might turn bad, especially if it involves prefectures with martial traditions like Great Xia and Great Qin. The people there love killing invaders for merit points.

"If you find yourself separated from your companions, stay calm. Do your best to stay alive and obtain the locations of our gathering points from the enforcers. If your enforcer is dead, contact an elder. If your elder is uncontactable as well, wait for the replacements to get in contact with you."

"..."

A white mask couldn't help asking, "Is the Human Realm really so dangerous?"

Could that place be more dangerous than the Allheaven Battlefield? If they could survive even the Allheaven Battlefield, was there a need to worry about surviving in a single realm?

White One replied coldly, "A major war has not broken in the Allheaven Battlefield for a very long time. It is also not the home ground of the various races. The Human Realm might lack the suppressive force, but its experts are numerous. Furthermore, that is their home ground. What do you think? Remember my words. This is especially true if you end up in Great Xia or Great Qin. That might end up as the most dangerous place you've ever been to. You will be notified of the prefecture you're assigned to upon entering the Human Realm. And if you're assigned to either of the two aforementioned prefectures, pray for good luck."

This was very dangerous. Those two prefectures were filled with murderous lunatics.

"What about Great Zhou?"

White One thought about it and answered, "That place is dangerous as well. But the people there love cultivating in seclusion. Outside of their capital, the number of experts you might encounter is far lower."

"Lord White One, won't these masks make us too conspicuous in the Human Realm?"

"Yes."

"Can we take these masks off, then?"

"You can if you're a human. If not...you will probably die faster without a mask."

White One gave an indifferent reply. They could try blending in by taking the masks off if they were humans. If they weren't, they should remember that the humans loved killing demonic beasts, divines, and devils in particular. Why? Because humans were too poor. Whenever they saw some demonic beasts, divines, and devils, they would think of blood essence and money.

"You can also adjust the appearance of your masks, like changing it into breathing masks, visors, cloaks, and so on. It's not like humans don't wear masks at all."

Understanding dawned on some of them. Not all of them were familiar with the human culture.

White One said, "The black, rainbow, and gray masks will arrive in batches before reporting to you. You will all be given unique communication frequencies to contact your team members when you arrive. You can choose to meet them or simply give your orders remotely. I recommend you don't meet to prevent having all of you eliminated in one fell swoop."

Su Yu asked, "Lord, since we will be in charge of information gathering, logistics, and transactions, will we be given control over the storage or do we need the enforcers to deliver us the products for each transaction?"

"The storage will be under the control of team leaders. You will receive detailed information upon arrival. If you die right after entering, it's pointless for you to know too much now."

With repeated warnings, some of them finally started taking his words about the danger of this mission seriously.

White One moved on, "Now, start picking your members. Tonight, leave the city and gather up. After that, we will set off to the Human Realm."

"Yes!"

Everyone answered.

***

Su Yu started picking his members as well. But when he scanned the room, everyone looked the same. Of course, their auras differed in strength. But most of them were Mountainseas. He was unsure if there were Cloudbreaches among them. Perhaps there were, but with so many of them in one room and their auras all mixed together, it was hard to make an accurate judgment. Were there actually Cloudbreaches among white masks?

Su Yu firmly believed that the answer was yes. After all, he was a Cloudbreach as well.

He couldn't be bothered to carefully pick his members. Thus, he spoke up, "I need a white mask from the Yellow Department and two white masks with great combat strength."

He added, "It is preferable for Yellow Nine, Earth Nine, and Heaven Nine to join me. That will make it easier for us to remember each other."

At that, one of the people in the room laughed, "I'm Yellow Nine. Profound Nine, let's work together."

With Yellow Nine in the bag, Su Yu looked around for Earth Nine and Heaven Nine. Eventually, he found that they were both Sunmoons who were also seated in the room. Both were looking at him with bizarre expressions in their eyes.

They were basically saying with their eyes that they were Earth Nine and Heaven Nine. What next?

Su Yu laughed and said nothing. He had not demonstrated too impressive of a combat strength earlier. Thus, Yellow Nine was the only person who had volunteered to join him. Eventually, two of the leftovers hurriedly joined Su Yu for fear of being assigned to the even weaker team leaders.

One of them came from the Profound Department as well, codenamed Profound Seventeen. The other came from the Earth Department, Earth Eighteen.

And thus, the higher-ups of the team were decided. Profound Nine, Profound Seventeen, Earth Eighteen, and Yellow Nine. They were all Mountainseas. Yes, Su Yu was considered a Mountainsea since he had demonstrated the strength of a Mountainsea.

This was not a weak team by any means, but compared with some of the other teams, they did look quite weak. In fact, some of the teams had more than one Sunmoons as they had recruited the enforcers as well.

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to do so. Yes, there were a lot of Sunmoons among the enforcers. But would he still be in charge after recruiting a Sunmoon? He would rather stay in charge with weaker team members. It wasn't all that bad having a few Mountainseas as his subordinates.

White One and the three remaining enforcers looked at the teams. With a nod, White One said, "We'll go with this. Remember, you will be assigned missions as usual in the Human Realm. Naturally, you will also be rewarded for these missions. Since the Human Realm is considered a new market for us, you are entitled to one percent commission for all your deals in the Human Realm, ten times the usual value.

"Additionally, there are barely any index copies circulating in the Human Realm. Most of the index holders are located in the Allheaven Battlefield. Thus, you will have to open up a new market through your own efforts. There is no mature market ready for you."

Su Yu felt exhausted listening to all that. Why was this guy talking like they were in a business meeting? Wait...in a way, this was a business meeting. Of course, the human race would naturally not buy the excuse that the pavilion was there only to do business.

"Also, you can carry some additional index copies with you. When you arrive, you can pass them to those you believe you can do business with. The team leaders will be in charge of this. These special index copies can only be used to contact the directory of the team leader they received the index copies from. Thus, each customer will belong to only you. Nobody can steal your customers."

Su Yu praised inwardly. That was a good system.

The market in the Allheaven Battlefield was already mature. They could only rely on the existing platform to conduct their business deals. There was very little they could do to gain new customers. As a result, they were all basically glorified errant runners instead of salespersons in charge of developing new markets.

Su Yu started growing excited. Developing a new market? He was great at this! They only needed to assign him to Great Xia. He would then make Xia Huyou his customer. That guy was very rich! As the master of an entire prefecture, the Xia Family was actually quite wealthy.

He could also make Marquis Xia his customer. That was also a rich guy. There were still a few late-stage Sunmoon divine corpses in Great Xia. Of course, he wouldn't mind being assigned to Great Ming either. Old Zhu was quite rich as well.

Great Ming was actually filled with rich people. Wait...he was not returning to do business. Why was he thinking about all that?

Su Yu warned himself to not get too immersed in this role. He was returning to mess his enemies up, not do business. He was already so rich. He did not need to waste his time doing business.

"Alright. That is all. Leave the city tonight."

"Yes!"

***

Late at night, the group left the city.

Then, they set off under the lead of the twelve elders. They moved through a complicated route. Su Yu was surprised to find that their route involved passing through several doors as well. These were teleportation formations.

He once heard that teleportation formations were available in the Divine and Devil Realms. Unexpectedly, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had its own teleportation formations as well.

But these teleportation formations looked quite abnormal. They looked more like ancient formations that had been discovered and controlled by the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion instead of something they made themselves. Through the numerous teleportations, not even Su Yu could accurately determine the actual route they were using.

After a long while, they passed through yet another teleportation formation to reach atop a large formation. A tunnel could be seen in front of them. They had finally reached the entrance to the Human Realm.

Su Yu was very surprised. So the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion really knew a secret entrance to the Human Realm. Several faceless elders were standing guard there.

The moment the group arrived, one of the faceless elders spoke, "Ten in a group. This tunnel is not big. Be quick. After entering, you will be teleported to random locations. Pray for good luck. If you're unlucky enough to be teleported to the middle of a major prefecture's capital, you will simply die. Pay attention to your messages after entering. You will be informed of the prefectures you're assigned to through these messages."

Then, the faceless elders got to work. Su Yu felt an unknown force pushing him toward one of the groups. The first group of ten instantly vanished inside the tunnel.

After about thirty seconds, a faceless elder spoke, "One dead." Updates are released by novel·fıre·net

"..."

Speechless.

To be precise, Su Yu was speechless. Such an unlucky guy. Where was that guy teleported to? As a Mountainsea, that guy was not weak at all. How did he die instantly? Even in the Human Realm, Mountainseas were quite rare.

For that guy to die in thirty seconds, did he get teleported right into the prefect's residence of Great Xia?

***

At the same time.

Human Realm.

Zhu Tiandao was looking up solemnly. At the same time, he also looked quite surprised. Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? He was holding a corpse in his hand. He did not pay too much attention to the person he had killed so easily.

He was only curious about how this person had arrived. The realm entrance? Was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion sneaking into their realm? That did not seem like a stable entrance. A stable entrance wouldn't transport people using it to random locations.

"Fifth-stage Mountainsea...white mask..."

After muttering to himself, Zhu Tiandao sent a voice transmission, "Pay close attention to our territory. Keep the Super Sensory Jade active. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion seems to be sending people into the Human Realm. Try to catch a few of them alive. I don't think they will send only one."

That unstable entrance might be located near Great Ming. Otherwise, how would one of them appear right above him? That was way too coincidental. Whatever. It wasn't that big of a deal.

He would only start taking this seriously if it was a faceless elder instead. In fact, not even faceless elders could pose much threat. The pavilion needed to send their gold masks to really pose a challenge.

Speaking of, would any gold masks be coming? At that thought, Prefect Zhu trembled slightly in fear.

Wait, there was nothing to fear. His father was around. Yeap. His father was in the Human Realm at the moment!

He did not hesitate and contacted his old man, "Father, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is sending people inside the Human Realm. The entrance might be near Great Ming. Come back! You need to catch them!"

"Got it. We're getting rich! The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is very rich!"

Great Ming King, who was observing his farmer grandson in the Knowledge Seeking Realm, vanished with a flicker. His voice rang out in the entire Knowledge Seeking Realm, "My grandson is a good farmer. If anyone dares to damage the farm again, I'll beat you all to death."

Absolute silence instantly enveloped the entire Knowledge Seeking Realm.

Great Ming King had returned. He returned alone. And the first thing he did after returning was encourage his grandson to extend their farm. Their farm now spread across almost the entire Knowledge Seeking Realm. At this rate, their farm would soon fully surround the Heavenly Source Domain. Was the Heavenly Source Domain going to turn into their private property?

Some cried tearlessly, some were indignant, and some prayed for their ancestors to return sooner. This couldn't continue! They were going to lose contact with the holy land soon!

Great Ming King did not allow them to damage the farm. But the farm was in the process of surrounding the holy land. It was only a matter of time before their access to the holy land was completely cut off.

Why was everyone in this damn family so shameless?

Chapter 1103: Return To Human Realm (1)

Realm entrance, Allheaven Battlefield.

Someone was dead in the very first group. Even so, apart from expressing some regret for that unlucky fellow, most people moved on quickly. Before long, the second group formed. This time, there were elders in the group.

Su Yu thought he saw First Profound too...well, he wasn't sure. He couldn't recognize First Profound anymore with a bunch of faceless elders mixed together. It was also inappropriate for him to go for a deeper scan to determine if that was his elder.

Well, he could only wish First Profound luck.

Su Yu prayed with near zero sincerity for First Profound's safety. If First Profound died and he became the new elder, it wouldn't be that bad. But if a new elder was assigned above him instead, that would be quite troublesome.

Soon, the second group stepped through the realm entrance. Group after group moved through the entrance.

And before long, it was Su Yu's turn.

When the ten reached the realm entrance, a faceless elder said, "Jump."

Su Yu clicked his tongue with disapproval. A proper realm entrance could be entered by simply walking through it. Meanwhile, they had to jump through this entrance. Sure enough, lawful entry and illegal entry were different.

With that thought, Su Yu jumped into the realm entrance.

***

The world spun.

Su Yu could feel the realm barrier squeezing his entire body. If it wasn't for this unstable tunnel, the realm barrier would have probably crushed him. Even with his incredibly powerful physical body, he was feeling slightly uncomfortable.

How were those Skysoars supposed to survive this? After all, a large number of gray masks would be sent into the Human Realm as well. With how weak they were, wouldn't they end up crushed by the realm barrier?

With that question in his mind, he was brought into the Human Realm. His vision blurred before his surroundings lit up again. He had arrived.

The moment Su Yu opened his eyes, he was stunned. All around him, numerous auras erupted and shot toward him.

After a momentary stun, he looked down.

And he blanked out again. This...was so familiar. Wasn't this...Nanyuan? Holy shit! Was he lucky or unlucky?

Nanyuan!

He had actually been sent to Nanyuan!

Several Sunmoon auras approached him. A voice rang out, "Who are you? Martial Dragon Guard, capture or kill the trespasser!"

"A white mask of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion!"

Looking at the experts charging his way, Su Yu shouted, "Profound Nine of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's Profound Department, here to do business. I bear you no ill will. If you need anything, feel free to contact me. I'm Profound Nine!"

Right after saying that, he vanished into thin air.

Since his presence was already known, there was no harm in doing some advertising. There seemed to be quite a lot of experts in Nanyuan. From his senses, there were also a lot of weaklings there, such as Skysoars, Cloudbreaches, and Mountainseas. Since when did Nanyuan become so popular?

There were even more people here than during his previous visit. It was clear that people from numerous powers were here. This was a good opportunity for him to advertise himself.

Whoosh!

A blade headed toward him. That was a familiar saber technique. It was the Sky Sundering Saber.

With a punch, Su Yu blasted the saber light apart and roared with laughter, "The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion has entered the Human Realm. There is nothing we can't do or provide. We provide all manner of services. We are open to doing business with everyone. Information, assassination, security, and trade services. We provide them all."

After blasting another attack apart, he vanished again. Whatever. This was enough. Just look at how terrified the people were. He should stop messing with them.

While moving through space, he was feeling quite pleased. He was actually transported to Nanyuan. This was not bad at all. As a region bordering both Great Xia and Great Ming, there wasn't much danger for him here.

The person in charge of the place was a Sunmoon. The one who had attacked him with a saber was an early Sunmoon, and the attack had been launched from afar. Thus, it wasn't able to do much to him.

It was time for him to run. He had to find a good hiding place and settle down before deciding on what to do. He also needed to wait for his assignment. With his speed, he was gone before anyone knew it.

Numerous people inside Nanyuan looked up at the sky. Some had odd expressions while some looked confused. One of them asked, "Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? I think I heard that name before. Profound Nine...is that a code name or a proper name?"

"That person feels very strong. Even the Martial Dragon Guard's commander failed to take them down."

"The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion has actually entered the Human Realm? And they're doing it with such great fanfare? Is that Profound Nine...courting death? Why are they acting so brazenly within Great Xia?"

"These people are even more detestable than the Myriad Race Cult."

"Of course. But they're also very dangerous."

"..."

Those who had been to the Allheaven Battlefield proceeded to expel the doubts of the others.

Before long, the ones whose questions were answered sighed in admiration. Profound Nine...numerous people committed that name to memory. A white mask from Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's Profound Department.

In the sky, the Sunmoon did not give chase. He had a solemn expression. He actually knew what Su Yu looked like, but he did not even suspect that the masked individual was Su Yu. He would never connect Su Yu with this masked individual.

After all, that masked individual had blasted his saber light apart easily. That was a powerful expert with the combat strength of a Sunmoon. How could someone like that be related to Su Yu? The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the ⓝovelFire.net

He hurriedly sent a voice transmission, "A Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member has suddenly appeared above Nanyuan. White mask. Codenamed Profound Nine. Combat strength around first-stage Sunmoon. They have fled, but they might remain hidden within Great Xia."

An update was promptly given to his superior. At the same moment, Su Yu was not the only Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member to appear within Great Xia and Great Ming.

Some were able to flee, some were captured, and some were killed.

***

Su Yu, who was in the middle of fleeing, suddenly noticed his tribulation character pulsing.

He was slightly stunned.

Danger?

He wasn't stunned because he was shocked. Rather, his tribulation character was pulsing so intensely that his entire sea of willpower was trembling as well.

Sounds of laughter rang out right beside his ears, "Another big fish caught. My efforts of traveling so far by ripping space apart have been worth it..."

Su Yu was alarmed.

He could feel a massive hand appearing suddenly behind him. He hurriedly shouted, "Grandpa Zhu! Grandpa Xia!"

He didn't know which Invincible this was, but he knew it was an Invincible.

And an Invincible in this area was probably Great Xia King or Great Ming King. The voice sounded somewhat familiar. He recalled hearing this voice in the ancient city. And these two Invincibles were there.

***

Behind Su Yu.

Great Ming King had appeared noiselessly before reaching out to grab Su Yu. As an Invincible, he could naturally see through Su Yu's disguise. But which Invincible would waste their time scanning any random person they saw? And without a proper inspection, it wasn't easy for even an Invincible to see through Su Yu's disguise.

But just as he was about to capture Su Yu, he blanked out.

Calling him? Did he know this guy? His eyes lit up as he looked at Su Yu again. He only saw the back profile of this person, but it was clear this was a human.

He easily grabbed Su Yu like he was grabbing a little chick and turned Su Yu around. There was a mask on the face, but it didn't matter. The mask couldn't stop him.

As he focused...he saw a familiar face.

Then, he sensed the dense death qi in this person's body. Once again, he blanked out.

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's Profound Nine? An equation took form in his mind.

Profound Nine = Su Yu?

He had heard the arrogant declaration of this person from afar. This was someone who had easily escaped a Sunmoon. A single punch of this person carried the might of a Sunmoon. That was why he had thought that this was a big fish.

A Sunmoon was qualified to be called a big fish.

But now...Su Yu?

Sunmoon Su Yu?

Great Ming King's expression turned odd.

As for Su Yu, he was so terrified his entire face turned stiff. Holy shit! Holy shit! How did he encounter an Invincible right away? This was way too scary.

His mask instantly withdrew, revealing his face. The two gazed at each other silently.

After a long while, Su Yu swallowed and said, "Hi, Grandpa Zhu."

"..."

Great Ming King was quite speechless. He once heard a rumor that a certain someone had claimed to be his adopted great-grandson. He finally had the chance to see this adopted great-grandson with his own eyes. With his hand still around Su Yu's head, he sank into thought. Was this real or fake?

Su Yu, who was in an ancient city, had entered the Human Realm.

Su Yu, who he believed was dying, was actually energetic enough to enter the Human Realm. And join the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. No, more importantly, Su Yu had left the ancient city. No, no, even more importantly, Su Yu had just arrogantly toyed with a Sunmoon before leaving in a carefree manner.

Was this really Su Yu?

Was he really so incredible?

Great Ming King tried to pinch Su Yu's skin, but the look in his eyes changed again. At the first attempt, he was actually unable to properly pinch the solid skin.

When he used more force, Su Yu started feeling the pain from the pinch.

His heart trembled with fear. Meanwhile, Great Ming King's heart was also thumping furiously. Holy shit!

This body...was way too strong.

This body was completely comparable to that of a Sunmoon!

How was this possible? As an invincible, he could see that Su Yu was not using any blood essence at the moment. He had heard of the rumored ability blood essence and he could judge whether it was being used.

In short, this was Su Yu's actual physical strength. Great Ming King was not blind. He could also see that Su Yu was not using any of Ye Batian's characters.

He patted Su Yu's head with a complicated gaze and said, "Put your mask back on."

He only said that because he didn't want to look at such a young face. That young face was a great reminder of the youthfulness he had lost.

Su Yu obediently put his mask back on. Great Ming King exhaled in relief. He felt a lot more comfortable not looking at that young face anymore.

"You entered through a realm entrance?"

"Yes."

"How many of you?"

"Twelve elders and a hundred white masks."

"Where's the entrance?"

"I don't know. They brought us through a complicated route using multiple teleportation formations."

"Are there gold masks in the group?"

"I didn't see any."

"Why are you betraying Heavenly Hunt Pavilion so easily?"

Great Ming King didn't know what to feel. He had been looking forward to capturing someone alive to interrogate. Why was this guy telling him everything?

Su Yu was left speechless. What a dumb question. How normal was it for him to betray the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? He did not bother to answer.

"When did you join them?"

"A short time ago. After the first time the city was sealed, Profound Nine died and I succeeded him."

"Your body..."

"Oh, that's easy. Just open the grand cycle acupoints and forge your body about fifty or sixty times and you will reach this level."

"..."

He was completely speechless.

Right. Just open the grand cycle acupoints and forge the body fifty or sixty times and one would naturally reach this level. Wasn't it obvious?

Chapter 1104: Return To Human Realm (2)

Su Yu sneaked a glimpse at Great Ming King's face. This was his first time actually seeing Great Ming King. The Invincible looked like a middle-aged man. This middle-aged man looked quite refined, fitting with his identity as a cultural researcher. But...there was some coarseness mixed with the refined bearing, making him look less easy-going than he was supposed to.

Yes. For Su Yu, a typical cultural researcher needed to be refined and easy-going. Meanwhile, this person before him felt like someone pretending to be refined.

Great Ming King was staring at Su Yu as well. After a long while, he helplessly said, "You're quite lucky to encounter me instead. I heard...you're very rich..."

Su Yu started trembling with fear.

"Forget it. I won't be robbing you. Uhm...when you die, remember to tell us the location of your remains and treasure trove."

It was improper to rob someone who was still alive. But this brat was so rich he would not be able to finish using his wealth even until his death. Thus, it was very important for the brat to tell them the location of his remains and treasure trove so that they could inherit his leftover wealth.

Great Ming King told himself that he was definitely not lusting after the kid's wealth. This was merely a kind offer to give the kid a proper burial.

Su Yu was left speechless. Was this Invincible really so desperate?

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"When did you rise in seniority?"

"..."

Once again, Su Yu was left speechless. He tried to remember what he said previously. Right, he called this guy his adopted great-grandpa.

Oops. He had indeed accidentally increased his seniority.

"Uhm...can you let go of my head?"

It was way too terrifying to have an Invincible holding his head all the time. What if this fellow got overly excited thinking about his money and accidentally killed him? Invincibles were too strong. Su Yu did not even think of resisting. It was pointless.

"Grandpa Zhu, the others have entered the Human Realm as well. You need to hurry up and kill them. The more you kill, the more you can rob. If you can kill even the elders, I might be able to gain control over the businesses of several prefectures!"

That made so much sense. There was no need for Great Ming King to waste his time here.

As for this kid...whatever. Great Ming King didn't even know what to say anymore. Everyone thought that he was suffering in the ancient city. Meanwhile, he was back at Human Realm already.

Great Ming King tossed Su Yu away before vanishing, leaving his voice behind, "Since you're back, you may look for Zhu Tiandao for help. Don't run around doing stupid things."

With that, he was gone.

This was someone he couldn't rob or kill. Thus, he decided to not waste his time here. In fact, he was quite surprised when he noted the relatively low amount of death qi in Su Yu's body. Wasn't this kid supposed to be a mayor?

But he did not seem to be suffering much from the backlash of leaving the city. And it hadn't even been that long since the kid last sealed the city for half a month. How was the kid still perfectly fine?

If anyone told Great Ming King that the brat was going to die...he would not believe it anymore.

In fact, he suspected that the brat was healthy enough to live for a hundred or even a thousand more years. Everyone had been thinking too much.

Great Ming King was gone.

As for Su Yu, he wiped the nonexistent sweat on his forehead. That was terrifying. He was nearly pinched to death. He offered an insincere prayer to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members. An Invincible was personally hunting them down. How many of them would die?

Was First Profound Elder even alive? He offered another prayer to his elder.

Then, Su Yu rushed off. Shortly after, he landed somewhere in the wilderness and hid himself. After activating his patience character, he finally had the chance to check his messages.

"Profound Nine, you're assigned to Great Xia. If any accidents happen, Yellow Nine and the other white masks will take over in order of seniority. Wait for the Heavenly Hunt Index to establish its connection in the Human Realm."

They had yet to activate their communication network in the Human Realm. Thus, only a select number of people could be contacted at the moment.

Great Xia?

Great Xia was a dangerous place. Was Heavenly Hunt Pavilion not aware of that?

Why did he feel like the pavilion was simply sending him to his death?

Forget about Mountainseas, even Sunmoons would hardly survive in Great Xia. This place was only safe to him because he was Su Yu. What was this coincidence? After grumbling inwardly, Su Yu tried to contact his direct superior.

"Elder, are you dead?"

Even with the limited communication capacity, he could still contact his direct superior. After all, both of them were currently in the Human Realm. No reply came for a very long time.

Finally, when Su Yu thought that his elder was dead, a reply came, "You sure are good at preserving your life. I have a question. When a ninth-stage Sunmoon is chasing after you, how do you escape?"

"..."

Su Yu was rendered speechless. Why was the elder asking him that? Was someone chasing after the elder? And it was a ninth-stage Sunmoon?

How...unlucky.

"Elder, who's chasing after you?"

"I think it's Great Ming's prefect..."

He was unsure. First Profound was busy running for his life. It was already impressive of him to be able to reply while running from a ninth-stage Sunmoon.

"Great Ming's prefect?"

"I think so. Should I expose your identity and get him to let me off?"

"Uhm...cough, cough. Elder, I'm not very tight with Prefect Zhu."

No further reply came from First Profound. Clearly, he was still busy fleeing. As for Su Yu's claim, he was not buying that. He had investigated Su Yu before.

***

At the same time.

Above a mountain range, a faceless man appeared before vanishing with a flicker. Behind him, someone was nonchalantly flying over while laughing, "You won't be able to escape me. Wow. I actually found a faceless elder. An eighth-stage Sunmoon. This is such a big fish."

"Heavenseal!"

With a roar, the world spun and a moon appeared in the sky.

First Profound felt his vision swam before finding himself in a space of boundless white. With a roar, his life force surged as he blasted an opening in the air before fleeing.

Behind him, Zhu Tiandao looked surprised. This was quite a strong one. Yes, eighth-stage Sunmoons were strong. But very few of them could escape that move of his.

"Well, well. Looks like this is really a big fish. This must be a faceless mask with a rather high rank."

Zhu Tiandao laughed with joy.

Suddenly, First Profound looked behind and shouted, "Prefect Zhu, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is only here to do business! Why must you treat me with hostility?"

"Yeap. I'm hostile. What are you going to do about it?"

"I'm willing to pay for my safety."

"If I kill you, everything on your body will be mine."

"..."

First Profound cursed inwardly. Zhu Tiandao was such a troublesome person to deal with. He hurriedly said, "Do you want to learn more about Su Yu's current status?"

"Hmm?"

"I know him. We're very close. We're on the same side..."

"Heh."

Zhu Tiandao sneered. With a casual swing of his hand, countless characters were thrown out. Space instantly solidified, making escape even harder for First Profound. Desperate, First Profound sent a voice transmission, "I'm telling the truth. Su Yu is with me. If you doubt me, feel free to send him a voice transmission. He's back in the Human Realm. You can reach him through your voice transmission talisman. Ask him if First Profound is with him."

"..."

Zhu Tiandao was greatly surprised. Stop messing around. That guy was busy being a mayor in the Allheaven Battlefield.

He was suspicious, but he still made the attempt. If Su Yu was really in the Human Realm, it would work. Of course, it might still fail if Su Yu already destroyed his own voice transmission talisman. In that case, there was nothing he could do about it.

As he was thinking about all that, the message...got through!

Zhu Tiandao's heart thumped.

Next, Su Yu's reply came, "Prefect, it has been a while! That First Profound guy...cough, consider him my direct superior. If you kill him...I suggest capturing him alive instead. If he dies, they will assign a new elder above me. That will be very troublesome for me."

Su Yu replied!

Zhu Tiandao was very surprised. Like his old man, he had never expected that Su Yu would return.

First Profound was aware of Su Yu's identity?

Right, this was Su Yu's direct superior. Suddenly, Zhu Tiandao roared as his character soared into the sky. That kid was too careless.

How could he leak his identity? How could he let someone know that he was back? That wasn't a good thing. Numerous thoughts flashed past Zhu Tiandao's mind as he fully froze the space in his vicinity.

With a groan, First Profound blasted the frozen space apart and continued fleeing.

Zhu Tiandao might not be a Pseudo Invincible, but he was still a ninth-stage Sunmoon. This was an extremely difficult opponent to handle.

"Trying to leave?"

Zhu Tiandao snorted.

"The world shall fall under my control. Suppress!"

Boom!

Countless mountains rained down on the sky.

"The myriad dao are heartless. The myriad arts shall shift. Scatter!"

Rumble!

All the ambient source qi in the area instantly faded away. First Profound was alarmed to find that he had lost his connection to the ambient source qi in the area.

"Fire, rise!"

"Water, come!"

"Ice, freeze!"

"..."

As Zhu Tiandao chanted, the sky turned into a curtain of fire, the ground turned into an ocean, and snowflakes rained down from above.

One character after another was activated. Eventually, blood started seeping out of First Profound's mask.

Chapter 1105: Return To Human Realm (3)

"Open!"

With a furious bellow, First Profound blasted the sky apart as his life force surged even higher before vanishing into the distance. Zhu Tiandao was about to give chase when he stopped with a blank expression.

"Heaven Suppressing Fist?"

Zhu Tiandao blinked. Heaven Suppressing Fist!

What...was going on?

He stopped giving chase. WIth an odd look on his face, he sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "Su Yu, what's the background of First Profound?"

"No idea. Did you beat him to death?"

"No. He fled."

"..."

Su Yu was left speechless. As a ninth-stage Sunmoon, the prefect had actually failed to capture the elder? Su Yu had no choice but to admit that this was indeed a useless ninth-stage Sunmoon without the ability to enter the Dao Affirmation Ranking. How weak.

He couldn't even win against a mere First Profound.

Zhu Tiandao couldn't be bothered to explain himself. Instead, he asked with the same odd expression, "Where are you?"

"Hiding."

"Where are you hiding?"

"I don't know."

"Why are you on alert even against me? Does anyone know you're back?"

"Yeah. I met Great Ming King earlier. He told me to look for you if I need help. You will be on-call twenty-four hours per day, ready to help at a moment's notice."

"..."

What? This brat encountered his old man?

How...lucky.

Zhu Tiandao had the urge to ask if Su Yu was robbed by his old man.

After all, this kid was so rich. He had a net worth of thousands of strands of heavenearth profound light. If the kid wasn't robbed, then his old man must have been struck by a sudden attack of conscience.

"Destroy your voice transmission talisman. Now! Contact me with a different frequency!"

It was fine for now since Su Yu had just returned. But as time passed, if people started trying to send him messages and found that the messages could go through, they would know that he had returned.

Su Yu had nearly forgotten about this as well. After a short silence, a message arrived from a different frequency. When Zhu Tiandao answered it, sure enough, it was Su Yu.

"Lord Prefect, how many white masks and elders did Great Ming kill so far?"

"Why do you ask that?"

"I need to know how many of them are left and look for a chance to maybe kill more and expand my territory."

"..."

Zhu Tiandao was rendered speechless. After a moment, he replied, "It's not over. They are still hunting. I'll contact you again when we're done. Stay still..."

He was saying the same thing as his old man. Su Yu was feeling quite gloomy. Why were they saying the same thing? Why were they all telling him to stay still? He was not a child! He was already strong enough to fight Sunmoons!

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to explain anything and moved on to a different topic, "Prefect, lock Bai Junsheng up. I need to borrow his identity for a bit. Don't let him out or that might expose my disguise."

There were some familiar faces in Great Ming.

And Bai Feng's cousin, Bai Junsheng, was one of them. It was inappropriate for him to disguise himself as a Zhu, but he also needed a proper identity to make things smoother in the Human Realm.

Bai Junsheng was someone he knew quite well, so that was naturally a good choice. Zhu Tiandao started cursing inwardly. This brat had just caused Cui Lang to enter permanent seclusion not long ago after borrowing Cui Lang's identity. And now, he had his eyes on Bai Junsheng. At this rate, all the young geniuses of Great Ming would no longer dare to go out anymore.

"Alright."

But he still agreed. So be it.

Su Yu was pleased. Bai Junsheng's identity was perfect for him. As Bai Feng's cousin, he could openly visit Bai Feng and the others. He only needed to use the excuse that he was there to see Bai Feng on behalf of Bai Feng's father, claiming that Bai Feng's father was missing him.

And there was no risk of exposure since Bai Junsheng would be locked up by the prefect. That was the greatest risk when using a borrowed identity. And that was now solved.

Great Xia...Su Yu inhaled deeply.

He had returned.

This time, he was returning as an expert. Returning as Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's Profound Nine.

Returning as the leader of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's Great Xia operations.

Right at that moment, his mask shook slightly.

"The communication network has been established. Normal communication is now possible."

When Su Yu checked, he noted that several new contactable names had appeared in his mask. Earth Eighteen, Yellow Nine...all of them were available.

He wasted no time and asked, "Are you alive?"

"Yes."

"I'm here!"

"I'm fine."

All three white masks had survived. How lucky of them.

"We have been assigned to Great Xia. You will operate in the prefecture but stay out of the capital. Maintain contact at all times. Try to avoid meeting physically to avoid exposure and attracting Great Xia's attention."

"We're assigned to Great Xia?"

Yellow Nine had the urge to curse someone.

"Profound Nine, did you offend any of the higher-ups?"

Why were they assigned Great Xia? That was too dangerous. He still remembered White One's repeated warnings about how dangerous Great Xia and Great Qin were. And now, they were assigned Great Xia.

"You guys must be the ones who had offended someone to be assigned to this hell. Alright, let's end the conversation here. This is too dangerous. Contact me promptly if anything happens. For now, focus on settling down in Great Xia."

"Alright."

The white masks replied politely. Since Su Yu was now their direct superior, they had to show some respect to him. That was even more important now that they were assigned to somewhere as dangerous as Great Xia.

***

That day, the human race was alerted of what was happening.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had entered the Human Realm.

A large number of faceless and white masks had entered. A lot of them were Sunmoons with the rest being mostly Mountainseas. They had mainly been spotted near Great Shang, Great Ming, and Great Song. This signified that there might be an unstable realm entrance in this area.

But since the suspected area extended across three massive prefectures, it wouldn't be easy to pinpoint the exact location of the entrance. Great Ming King was personally searching for it, but nothing had been found so far.

All they knew was that this realm entrance was extremely unstable, transporting the people using it to random locations.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had paid a large price for this mission. On the first day itself, one elder and eight white masks had died. Three moons were spotted falling, signifying that apart from the elder, two of the white masks were also Sunmoons.

And that was only the first day. Then again, that was also the most dangerous moment for them. The surviving eleven elders and ninty-two white masks had hurriedly hidden themselves everywhere.

After the successful entry, the white masks and elders would need to spend some time rushing toward their assigned prefectures and learn more about the current state of the Human Realm. Thus, the pavilion wouldn't be sending them any new missions in the short term.

They were all given a period of time to settle into their new environment.

***

One day, Bai Junsheng appeared near Nanyuan.

It was not Su Yu's style to hide in the dark. Bai Junsheng had been locked up. According to Zhu Tiandao, Bai Junsheng was currently enjoying prison food in the dungeon under the prefect's residence. Su Yu was now free to use this identity.

Su Yu was very impressed. The prefect was still so reliable. He had moved so efficiently. Amazing. Looking at the city ahead of him, Su Yu inhaled deeply. Once again, he had returned. This place held too much meaning to him.

Previously, he wasn't given the chance to get a good look at the city. But now, he could see numerous crimson pillars shooting into the sky from inside the city. This was not something a regular person could see. This signified that a large number of experts had gathered in Nanyuan.

***

While Su Yu was stepping into Nanyuan as Bai Junsheng.

At the same time.

Great Xia City.

Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

Wan Tiansheng frowned slightly as he looked southward. Confusion and doubt filled his mind.

What was going on? He once planted something in Su Yu's heart, allowing him to get a general grasp of Su Yu's whereabouts when Su Yu was in the Human Realm. He seemed to have sensed a certain someone's existence.

Impossible!

Wan Tiansheng denied it. He must have sensed wrongly.

Su Yu was still in Grandstar City.

He was the mayor there.

It was impossible for him to return. Even if he did return, Wan Tiansheng would know. But no news had arrived from Allheaven Prefecture.

"Su Yu is still in the Allheaven Battlefield. Is age finally catching up to me?"

Wan Tiansheng shook his head. The person he sensed even felt quite near. Around Nanyuan. How was this possible?

Wan Tiansheng laughed. That was impossible.

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Su Yu...was really near Nanyuan!

H-holy shit!

That kid was back?

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion...Su Yu...

He recalled the news he received earlier. Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had entered the Human Realm. They entered illegally. Thus, was it possible that Su Yu had somehow sneaked into the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and entered with them?

Wan Tiansheng had a bizarre expression.

"He's a Cloudbreach, right?"

That seemed to be the case.

Is he strong enough to fight Mountainseas?

Likely.

In that case...wait, this wouldn't be the very event he saw in his vision, right?

Was everything he saw...happening this time?

He looked upward blankly. He looked like he was both laughing and crying at the same time. In that case, he had sacrificed a hundred years of lifespan to view an event that was so near in the future?

A hundred years...this was not worth it!

Wait...

Wan Tiansheng suddenly recalled something. A hundred years of his lifespan wouldn't be so worthless that it only showed him something so near in the future. In that case, the factor that had drained his lifespan was not the event he saw, but rather a person in the vision. Was that person...Su Yu?

The drain on his lifespan was only so big due to the significance of what he saw.

And one of the more memorable people he saw was Su Yu. At the time, Su Yu was only at the Source Opening Realm. In short, that kid was the reason he had wasted so much of his lifespan!

A bizarre look covered Wan Tiansheng's face. That actually made a lot of sense. That vision was also the reason why he had started paying attention to Su Yu so early.

"So...I was already shown what was really important?"

He had failed to get a clear look at the appearance of the traitor. Instead, he had gotten a good look at Su Yu in the vision. Was it possible that...the core character of that event was not the traitor, but rather Su Yu?

A realization hit Wan Tiansheng. He had been paying attention to the wrong thing all along. The look in Wan Tiansheng's eyes changed. Was Su Yu...going to be a very important person in the future?

He only got a tiny glimpse of Su Yu out of the massive scene he saw yet somehow, that left a deep impression on him. He had believed that the battle Su Yu was involved in was merely a tiny part of the overall event. But could it be that the majority of what he saw was the actual tiny part of the overall event while the battle Su Yu was in was the real main event?

Numerous thoughts emerged in Wan Tiansheng's mind. Understanding dawned on him.

When he looked southward once again, he was rendered speechless. Mayor of an ancient city, Su Yu, had returned.

Who in all existence would believe that this fellow could still return to the Human Realm?

"The major battle...is starting."

Wan Tiansheng inhaled deeply. The future he saw...was upon them.