Tribulation of Myriad Races-Chapter 1278: Center Of Attention (2)

Xing Yue nearly let loose a string of curses. She forced herself to calm down. She really wanted Su Yu to go away. But Su Yu might really stay. After entering, he might need to support his yang acupoint alone for an entire month. In the same position, Xing Yue would opt to stay as well. After all, the Luminous Domain Mansion wasn't exactly a safe place.

Xing Yue said, "That's not why you're not going. You're scared of that place. It's much more dangerous than you know. You humans don't even know much about that place. Meanwhile, the other major races like the divines, devils, and immortals know very well how much benefits the Luminous Domain Mansion offers. Each time it opens, they will send the best people inside. The humans are the only ones who have failed to gain much. There are nine levels to the Luminous Domain Mansion, but humans have only lingered in the first three levels, treating a tiny bit of riversand as the most precious treasure. How ridiculous."

Suddenly, Grandstar remarked, "The Luminous Domain Mansion...is an amazing place."

That caught Su Yu by surprise.

He hurriedly said, "Lord, do you know Luminous Domain Mansion well?"

After giving it some thought, Grandstar sighed and said, "A little. There are rumors among the human race that the Luminous Domain Mansion is related to the ancient Human Emperor, right? That is true. The Luminous Domain Mansion is far more complicated than that. I won't be able to reveal too much to you.

"You only need to know that the existence of the Allheaven Battlefield is related to the Luminous Domain Mansion. In fact, the Allheaven Battlefield exists because of the Luminous Domain Mansion, not the other way around."

Su Yu's heart skipped a beat as a certain understanding dawned on him. Everyone believed that the Luminous Domain Mansion was merely an ancient ruin in the Allheaven Battlefield. But in truth, the Allheaven Battlefield might have existed because of the Luminous Domain Mansion. Was that really possible?

Su Yu asked, "Lord, why haven’t the various Invincibles entered the Luminous Domain Mansion themselves?"

"And how do you know that?" Grandstar asked, "There are nine levels to the Luminous Domain Mansion. However, there are strict requirements for entry, such as age and talent. Some Eternals are too old. Entering beyond the optimal age will greatly increase the level of danger they might encounter. The possibility of dying is much higher for them. Thus, only the young have been sent to explore that place. The younger you are, the more you can gain at a much-reduced cost. You will understand this after entering yourself."

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he asked, "Lord, are there a lot of treasures in there?"

"Treasures?"

Grandstar answered, "Naturally. A lot of them."

"Do you have any examples of what I can get in there?"

"Carrier treasures. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is known for its rich supply of carrier treasures. Where do you think they get these treasures from? The Allheaven Battlefield was once sealed from the various realms for a long period of time. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was the only faction in the Allheaven Battlefield during that time. Thus, they had been able to profit massively from the mansion."

Further understanding dawned on Su Yu. Only then did he understand why the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was so rich. They had exploited the Luminous Domain Mansion uncontested for many years.

"Lord...uhm...is the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion an organization from the ancient past?"

"It has existed since the ancient past."

Grandstar answered readily.

Su Yu asked again, "It is said that the ancient city medallions are related to the Luminous Domain Mansion. Are you...related to the Luminous Domain Mansion, Lord?"

Grandstar sank into silence.

Suddenly, Xing Yue spoke, "I still remember something about this. These guardians...came from that mansion."

Su Yu blanked out. They came from the Luminous Domain Mansion?

Grandstar said, "Both the ancient cities and the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion were related to the Luminous Domain Mansion back then. Or to be precise, the Luminous Domain Mansion used to be a center of power. We all answered to that place."

Su Yu's heart thumped. Was the mansion actually such a big deal?

He wanted to keep asking, but Grandstar got impatient and said, "These matters are unrelated to you. There is no need for you to know more. The past is no more."

Su Yu said, "One last question, Lord. You keep saying that the guardians have to follow the laws. What if...you break them? Will anyone come to punish you?" freēnovelkiss.com

"..."

That was one thing Su Yu had been curious about. Were all the guardians really happy with their task? What would happen if they broke the laws or simply left?

"The laws are the laws."

Grandstar declared. He did not say if they would be punished or not. He also didn't say anything about how the punishment would be carried out. At this point, it would be inappropriate for Su Yu to ask more.

He smiled, put the matter aside for now, and waved at the tunnel as he said, "Goodbye, Lord Sovereign. By the way, feel free to visit me if you're bored of staying down there..."

He received a snort as a reply.

When Su Yu was gone, Xing Yue's furious voice rang out, "He is too impudent! No living being has ever dared to provoke me like that!"

Grandstar didn't deign to give a reply. That was Xing Yue's issue. She only had herself to blame for failing to turn Su Yu into a death spirit.

***

While Su Yu was planning his domination of the ancient cities.

The Allheaven Battlefield grew lively yet again.

Numerous experts and young geniuses started heading toward the Sea of Stars.

The Luminous Domain Mansion was going to open soon. Additionally, there was something else worth paying attention to. The Sea of Stars was massive. With the destruction of Ninestar Island, the nearest stop to the Luminous Domain Mansion was Grandstar City.

In comparison, Red Clouds Island was further away from the Luminous Domain Mansion. One could avoid the ancient city while heading to the Luminous Domain Mansion, but with the ancient city nearby, one still had to stay wary. That was especially true now that the city was under the control of Su Yu.

Su Yu had even demanded an allocation of slots for the ancient cities or they would make sure nobody could enter the Luminous Domain Mansion. In a few days, the assembly of the alliance would be held by Su Yu.

The coming assembly had caught a lot of attention as everyone wanted to use this chance to find out more about Su Yu's plans. If the ancient cities decided to assist the humans, they might be able to profit more than normal from the Luminous Domain Mansion.

For example, the ancient city medallions could be used to enter the Luminous Domain Mansion through the special entrances.

***

Eastern sector.

Vanguard Regiment.

The various human armies had been stationed far nearer to the front line than before. Countless military camps could be seen around the Vanguard Regiment. As of late, no major battles had erupted, but minor battles and skirmishes continued breaking out every now and then.

Not long ago, six minor race experts had affirmed their dao. Two of them originated from the eastern sector. The two had since joined hands with several minor races and some relatively powerful races to gain more of the benefits and resources available in the eastern sector.

Predictably, that gave rise to conflicts. The human race's control over the eastern sector was incomparable to the other major race's control over the other sectors. That was mainly because humanity had not been in power for too long.

Prior to this, humanity was well capable of suppressing such demands and ambitions. But after gaining so many new Invincibles, humanity had been placed under the tight watch of the myriad races. Whenever a human Invincible moved alone, an ambush would follow. That gave the minor races in the eastern sector the chance to challenge humanity's domination.

Great Xia's withdrawal from five minor realms did nothing to help either. Great Qin and Great Ming had also been forced to withdraw from some minor realms. Chaos was spreading all over the eastern sector, but humanity could barely spare the manpower to deal with the chaos.

Inside a hall.

Numerous Invincibles were gathered.

With a troubled look, Great Qin King said, "For the coming Luminous Domain Mansion opening, the human race has obtained eight hundred slots. But are we capable of keeping all those slots? Can we gather enough geniuses to use all those slots? If we can, do we even want to take the risk of sending so many of them to such a dangerous place?"

This was the largest number of slots humanity had received in recent history. That was mainly due to the price the myriad races had paid to gain entry to the Human Realm during the previous conflict.

As the bargain had been made by the Invincibles, the myriad races were not inclined to go back on their words. However...could humanity actually produce eight hundred geniuses to make use of all the slots they had gained? Or to be precise, would humanity be willing to risk such a large number of geniuses?

Great Qin King said, "In order to make up for their previous losses, the myriad races will most likely do their best to target the humans in the Luminous Domain Mansion. This opening will be a lot more dangerous than ever to the people we send."

He continued, "That is not all. Even with the slots we're supposed to have, there is no guarantee that our people will be able to enter the mansion so easily. Countless young geniuses will be there. Eternals can't be the ones doing all the fighting for them. As usual, this will be an occasion for the young geniuses to contend against each other. This is a stage for the young. But humanity does not enjoy much advantage in the quality of our current generation of young geniuses."

A different Invincible said, "With a higher number of slots available to us, we should try to get more treasures from the Luminous Domain Mansion, including carrier treasures. In the recent dao affirmation attempts, some succeeded and some failed. But humanity is almost out of carrier treasures." "I'm afraid we won't be able to provide more carrier treasures to any of our new ninth-stage Sunmoons. We are also in need of some other important cultivation resources, such as source qi transformation and body forging treasures. Wan Tiansheng...sigh. He destroyed all our accumulation and destroyed the two holy lands, dissipating the heavenly source qi there. Even the heavenly source fruit trees were cut down by him. If we don't take this chance to restock on some of these treasures, we will lose the ability to produce more experts."

The recently concluded conflict had emptied humanity of its accumulated wealth and resources. All their carrier treasures, sunmoon profound yellow liquid, heavenearth profound light, heavenly source qi, blood essence, and other treasures were gone.

In the past, humanity had never been too serious about collecting the treasures in the Luminous Domain Mansion. Sure, they would take what they get, but they wouldn't put much effort into it. But this attitude had to change. Without the ability to continuously produce new experts, decline would be inevitable.

Great Qin King nodded, "Thus, we have to send the best of the best to the mansion this time. We might...even need to consider deploying some Eternals in there."

That alarmed a lot of people. They knew how the Luminous Domain Mansion worked. The higher one's cultivation level and the older one was, the more dangerous it would be. In fact, a majority of the people who had perished in the mansion were actually those of greater cultivation levels and age. Meanwhile, the survival rate of those with lower cultivation levels was much higher.

This wasn't even that surprising. When experts encountered each other, the battle between them would be much more intense. They would also encounter more dangers and more treasures, leading to more intense battles. Most of the time, about seventy percent of those in the first three levels of the mansion would survive while only thirty percent or less of those in the upper six levels would survive.

In short, this was simply an act of trading lives for treasures. It was possible to send Eternals into the mansion. In fact, the divines, devils, and other major races had done the same. But they had also suffered disastrous losses each time. After a while, all of them stopped doing that as not even the gains could make up for such losses.