Tribulation of Myriad Races

The appearance of the Culture Tomb had indeed shocked various parties.

Divine Realm.

Several divine kings were gathered before a massive palace. With its bronze walls, the palace looked incomparably ancient.

"Emperor, the Culture Tomb has appeared."

One of the divine kings present announced.

A short while later, an ancient voice rang out, "Culture Tomb...was the stele obtained by Xia Chen back then not the Culture Tomb?"

Clearly, the Divine Emperor was feeling doubtful about this. He had always believed that the Culture Tomb was in Xia Chen's hands.

"We're unsure. But according to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, the Culture Tomb has appeared in the Nanyuan ruin."

"Nanyuan? Human Realm's Nanyuan?" The Divine Emperor muttered, "The four origins(yuan), east, south, west, and north. Nanyuan(South Origin)...who ruled Nanyuan during the ancient past?"

After a while, the Divine Emperor spoke again, "A long time has passed and many things have changed. Perhaps...only the truly ancient existences know about these ancient secrets."

"Emperor, do you know these ancient secrets?" asked a divine king doubtfully.

The Divine Emperor replied, "I was born in an era after the ancient past. The Divine Emperor of the time was very reluctant to speak about the ancient secrets. During the few times he did talk about the ancient past, he was unwilling to divulge too much."

These divine kings were even younger than the current Divine Emperor. They were naturally unaware of the ancient secrets as well.

A different divine king asked, "Emperor, that Culture Tomb..."

They knew very little about the Culture Tomb as well. They only knew that the Divine Emperor once mentioned that the Culture Tomb might be in the hands of Xia Chen's line. In truth, the shadow of the myriad races could be seen behind the deaths of both Xia Chen and Ye Batian.

Or to be precise, their shadow could be seen behind the deaths of all the previous Great Xia Cultural Research Academy's principals. Because of the Culture Tomb, every sitting principal of the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy would become the target of the myriad races.

Of course, the myriad races were also unsure if the Character Technique Stele was actually the Culture Tomb of legends. After all, they could only rely on rumors to make their judgment.

According to the rumors, the multiple character faction had only appeared in the Human Realm after the discovery of the Culture Tomb. It was widely proclaimed that the Culture Tomb was the origin of the multiple character faction.

The divine kings did not know too much about the Culture Tomb, but they knew that this was what their emperor needed. After a slight hesitation, the Divine Emperor said, "I don't know the exact use of the Culture Tomb either. But it might be related to advancement. My advancement, to be precise."

Instantly, the expressions of the divine kings changed.

"Emperor...are you...still stuck?"

"If advancement is so easy, those old fellows from the devil, immortal, and nether races would have advanced long ago."

The Divine Emperor said, "Advancement into a true Emperor...is not that simple. The Culture Tomb might be the key to taking that crucial step forward. But I'm unsure about that as well."

"Then..."

"Everyone will fight for this Culture Tomb. Everyone wants to know the purpose of this mysterious Culture Tomb. Someone once mentioned that the Culture Tomb is the essence of a once-glorious civilization."

The Divine Emperor continued, "What a pity that nobody has ever discovered its exact whereabouts. Xia Chen and Ye Batian might have been very talented in the past, to the point where they were not far from dao affirmation, they never felt like someone capable of eventually becoming an Emperor."

Was the Culture Tomb really in their hands? The Divine Emperor was unsure. Nobody was sure. That was why none of them had taken the drastic action of attacking Great Xia directly for the Character Technique Stele. But now, someone was claiming that the real Culture Tomb had appeared.

The Divine Emperor said, "Fight for it. Even if it can't help in my advancement, it is still better to have it in our hands than the hands of others."

Yes, perhaps the Culture Tomb wouldn't help with the advancement into a proper Emperor. But who knew? What if it could really help? What then?

What if it fell into the hands of that devil?

What if it fell into the hands of that immortal?

Better a useless item in their hands than a useful item in the hands of others.

The biggest contributor to the relative peace in the Myriad Realms currently was the inability of any party to actually dominate it. People like the Divine Emperor, Devil Emperor, Immortal Emperor, Nether Emperor, and others were called emperors, but they weren't actually emperors. They were all still in the Eternal Realm.

The first among them to take that crucial step forward would also be the first to start a war that would engulf the entire Myriad Realms. All the Pseudo Emperors understood this. Additionally, there were also a lot of secrets waiting to be unveiled.

The Death Realm, the destruction of the ancient past, the Luminous Domain Mansion, and the unique position of humanity. These were all mysterious waiting to be uncovered.

Numerous thoughts appeared in Divine Emperor's mind. Soon, he spoke again, "Go. Tell our children to obtain the Culture Tomb at any cost."

"Yes."

The Divine Emperor was not worried that the young divines would try to keep the Culture Tomb for themselves. This did not matter. In fact, apart from the other Pseudo Emperors, the Divine Emperor didn't really care if the Culture Tomb fell into the hands of others.

That day, a similar order was passed down among the various races.

They had to obtain the Culture Tomb.

Most people did not know the actual purpose of the Culture Tomb. But it didn't matter. According to the ancient records, the Culture Tomb might be related to the secret of ascending into an Emperor.

That alone was enough for everyone to fight for it.

At the same time.

Eastrift Valley.

The Invincibles there also heard of what happened. One of them asked doubtfully, "Great Xia King, I've heard of the Culture Tomb before. Back then, the myriad races had demanded that Xia Chan hand it over to them before killing him. Are they talking about the same Culture Tomb this time?"

Great Xia King snorted coldly and said, "Yes. My younger brother told them clearly he did not have it. He didn't even know what they were talking about. But those bastards still encircled and killed him. One day, I will kill every single one of them."

"Culture Tomb...so it really exists? And it's actually in Great Xia? In Nanyuan?"

Great Xia King frowned and said, "Do you really believe the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? They are full of shit. There is no ruin in Nanyuan. I searched that place myself back then. In fact, I stayed there for many years. If there was really a ruin there, I would have snatched the treasures inside long ago. If there was really a ruin there, Longwu wouldn't have left to search for his own carrier treasures. He could have affirmed his dao in the ruin. Also, even if there was really a ruin there, it would have been inherited by Su Yu already. How can there be anything left?"

"Great Xia King, you're not being consistent." Someone laughed, "First, you denied that there was a ruin there. Then, you said that it had been inherited by Su Yu. But we all know his situation. Even if he did inherit that ruin, it is likely that he hadn't obtained much from it. At most, he had only obtained some cultivation methods. We all know the history of his growth very well. If he had fully inherited that ruin, why would he need to carry out so many scams just to support his own cultivation?"

They concluded that even if Su Yu had inherited something from the ruin, it wouldn't be the full inheritance. And Great Xia King was being inconsistent. Was he afraid that everyone would try to steal that ruin from Great Xia?

With a frown, Great Xia King coldly said, "I searched Nanyuan before. And I did it more than once. If I wasn't able to find something, how could a mere Profound Nine discover something? Is a mere nobody like him better than me? What a joke!"

"You never know. Maybe the ruin was perfectly concealed before, but with the passage of time, its seal is slowly fading away. Have you been there recently, Great Xia King?"

Still frowning, Great Xia King answered, "Nope."

"There you have it."

The other person laughed, "Great Xia King, Great Xia isn't in a good position right now. In my opinion, you should relax and focus on Longwu's coming dao affirmation. You don't need to worry about any other matter."

After a short silence, Great Xia King said, "I don't care. But I won't allow anyone to throw Great Xia into chaos. At the very least, I won't allow any Eternal to step into Great Xia."

Finally, Great Qin King spoke, "Enough. This is an internal matter in the Human Realm. Let the people back home deal with it. If they fail to handle it properly, they can only blame their incompetence. In fact, this isn't even a bad thing for us. If any hostile Invincibles were to send their tri-life bodies or clones into the Human Realm, it would make our job much easier. Tell Longwu to get ready. The moment the ruin appears, our people should start their dao affirmation. The myriad races will have to deal with this distraction. One extra Eternal in the Human Realm is one less Eternal in the Allheaven Battlefield."

A lot of people nodded in agreement. One of them joked, "Great Xia King, that's not a fake ruin, right? A fake ruin to distract everyone while Longwu attempts his dao affirmation."

It was inevitable that some of them would think of this possibility. Thanks to the appearance of this so-called Culture Tomb, a decent number of Invincibles might send their tri-life bodies into the Human Realm. And Invincibles without their tri-life bodies had a tendency to hide themselves since they would be more vulnerable in that state.

The arrival of each tri-life body would essentially remove one Invincible from the equation when the humans began their dao affirmation. And if seven or eight tri-life bodies were sent into the Human Realm, that was less seven or eight Invincibles for them to worry about in the Allheaven Battlefield.

This was actually a good thing for them. At the very least, this was a good thing for Xia Longwu.

But Great Xia King merely scowled and said, "Perhaps. Just be careful. This might be a trap by the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Great Xia might be able to set up a trap of much smaller proportions, but this involved several carrier treasures, a heavenly source tree, a sunmoon profound yellow pond, and the Culture Tomb."

He solemnly said, "And this isn't even something leaked by my Xia Family. Rather, it's the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Tell your descendants to control their greed. I'm warning all of you here. This is probably a trap. Why is the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion attracting so many people to Great Xia for no reason? They must be planning something sinister.

"Initially, only some young geniuses will gather in Great Xia. But now, even Invincibles might get involved. Things are not looking too good."

Great Xia King warned, "Keep an eye out. Zhu Dizhu should stay in the Human Realm as a precaution. If he's not around when the tri-life bodies of Invincibles start appearing, even the Human Realm itself might end up destroyed. And that won't benefit any of us."

Finally, the other Invincibles nodded, their expressions turning slightly solemn. True. Who could even afford to set up a trap like that? It was more likely that the ruin was the real deal.

However, it was also obvious that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had most certainly not released that information out of kindness. Rather, they were trying to sow chaos and fish in troubled water.

"We'll need to observe more." Great Qin King said, "Old Xia, as long as you're certain your Xia Family is not behind all that, it will be fine. The matter has been escalated too much. It's getting too big for the Xia Family to control. Too many variables have been introduced."

Great Xia King rolled his eyes, "It's like you said nothing."

He couldn't even be bothered to entertain those words further. How could his Xia Family be behind this? They didn't have any extra carrier treasures. Then again, were there really carrier treasures in that ruin?

At this point, even Great Xia King himself was starting to get confused. Was there really a ruin in Nanyuan? This was so confusing.