Tribulation of Myriad Races
Chapter 1425: Heavenly Hunt Index (2)

Chapter 1425: Heavenly Hunt Index (2)

The Allheaven Treasure House had been a long-time opponent of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

It was a relatively young organization. Thus, the pavilion master had been wondering about the identity of its master. He was quite surprised to see that it was this chubby man. He said, "Bountiful Treasure General, it has been a while."

The chubby man smiled and said, "Indeed. Greetings, Marquis."

After a slight pause, he laughed it off and said, "No, forget that. I should be calling you the pavilion master instead. I heard you, Pavilion Master. I'll be frank. I did pick up a piece of treasure many years ago. Thanks to that treasure, I was able to found the Allheaven Treasure House and start the Dao Affirmation Ranking. Now that you're asking for it...you might as well ask for my life, Pavilion Master. My Allheaven Treasure House won't survive without it."

The scholar sank into silence. After a long while, he said, "Which piece do you have?"

"I only have one..." The chubby man grinned and said, "It has a...character on it."

The scholar instantly sat up straight and asked, "Which character?"

"Record."

The scholar's expression changed slightly as he asked, "Is the...visual character not with you?"

"Nope. I'm telling the truth!" The chubby man said, "I wouldn't dare to lie. I only have the record character. The Dao Affirmation Ranking would have been a lot more reliable otherwise. Every now and then, it would stop working. It will also fail to observe its targets the moment they go into hiding."

"Where's the visual character?"

The scholar muttered to himself. Together, record and visual meant catalog. Yes. The Heavenly Hunt Index was originally a catalog. However, two important pieces were missing.

Or to be precise, the record and visual characters were missing.

The chubby man said, "Pavilion Master, I have the record character. As for the visual character...why don't you keep asking around? Perhaps someone else has it? In any case, it's not with me."

The scholar asked, "Can you return it? You understand that it does not belong to me. I am merely someone appointed to supervise the world for the heavens..."

The chubby man laughed, "You jest, Pavilion Master. That was a matter of the ancient past. However, I do believe we should look for the owner of the visual character. The three of us can join hands to establish contact with those inside. As for returning them to you...I suggest you forget about this idea."

"Sigh."

The scholar sighed and said, "So be it. Who has the visual character? If we have both characters, we will only be missing some small fragments. That won't affect the index too much. That should be enough to establish contact with those inside."

The various experts started looking at each other. Some were confused, and some had odd expressions. The Heavenly Hunt Index was actually a catalog? And it was incomplete? Even so, it was still as powerful as a divine weapon. Just how powerful would it be when it was complete?

Most of them had guessed long ago that the pavilion master was an ancient past expert. However, nobody had expected the master of the Allheaven Treasure House to be one as well. After all, everyone had believed that the Allheaven Treasure House was merely a subordinate organization of the major races.

Bountiful Treasure General.

Some of them knew that in the ancient past, the generals were ranked one rank below the marquises. Or to be precise, these were the titled generals. And a rank below them were the untitled generals.

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Great Xia King was surprised as well. He sent Great Zhou King a voice transmission, "What's his strength? Can you see through him?"

Great Zhou King focused on the chubby man for a bit before replying, "No. But he's definitely not weak. He might even be stronger than us. The geezers are coming out one after another. This isn't a good sign."

It had been hundreds of years since these people had last appeared in such frequency. Some had remained in slumber, and some had focused on resting. But now, they were appearing one after another.

Bountiful Treasure General, Heavenly Overseer Marquis, Tiangu, Fate Emperor...

Suddenly, someone asked, "Bountiful Treasure! Kid, did you really build the Allheaven Treasure House?"

When the chubby man looked in the direction of the voice, he saw a projection above an ancient city. When he saw that man, he smiled and said, "Greetings, Brother Heavendoom."

Heavendoom had been too free. He might not be able to leave his city, but he could still converse with someone outside. He had only been so silent in the past because too few people were qualified to speak to him.

Thus, his interest in speaking was piqued right after seeing General Bountiful Treasure. He said, "You sure are brave for showing yourself after picking up something of the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. That geezer is terrifyingly strong. Be careful lest he kills you for his treasure."

Bountiful Treasure General smiled and said, "Things are not that serious, Brother Heavendoom."

Heavendoom said, "So you don't believe me?"

Just then, someone interupted with a snort and said, "Idiot. He's here because he fears nothing. Don't you know that the Allheaven Treasure House is backed by the major races. This guy must have reached a sort of agreement with Tiangu and the other geezers. With their backing, what is there for him to fear? He's what they're using as a counterbalance to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."

Heavendoom blanked out slightly before looking at the Empyrean Cloud City and asked, "How do you know this, Empyrean Cloud?"

Empyrean Cloud did not bother to reply. What a stupid question. That was easy enough to deduce. No matter what, they had lived for so long. They should possess the ability to see through some ruses.

Bountiful Treasure laughed and said, "No, not at all. There's no such thing..."

Heavendoom looked at Bountiful Treasure and sneered, "I see. Pretend we didn't meet today. No matter what, you're from the senior generation. Why are you playing around with kids like Tiangu and the others? How embarrassing. You must have failed to reach Daofuse. What a piece of trash. It has been so many years. You should have reached Daofuse by now. I guess I was wrong."

At that, the chubby man laughed awkwardly. Heavendoom stopped talking to the chubby man. His interest had waned. He might have his freedom restricted, but deep inside, he still viewed Tiangu with contempt. For him, Tiangu was merely a kid. Why was a kid acting all cocky before him? Sure, Tiangu was stronger. But that was because Heavendoom had been locked in the city for too many years. Tiangu would never have surpassed him otherwise.

Sure, he had grown slightly over the years, but the growth was minor. If he had remained free like Tiangu for a hundred thousand years, he would have achieved Daofuse long ago. Bountiful Treasure General did not mind Heavendoom's contempt. Things had changed. The ancient past was no more.

He looked at the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and asked, "Pavilion Master, do you not know the location of the final piece?"

The scholar sank into silence. After a long while, he said, "If my guess is right, the celestial chasm race probably has it. Am I right? Steercurse, you lead the celestial chasm race. Care to show yourself for a conversation?"

"Celestial chasm race?" Bountiful Treasure General blanked out slightly. Soon, a look of understanding appeared on his face as he said, "I see. No wonder. No wonder their curses have been growing steadily over the years. So they have the visual character? Looks like they have used that as the intermediary to kill quite a lot of people through curses."

At that moment, the sky trembled as a boundless canvas of darkness appeared in one section of the sky. An expert clad in black robes appeared. He softly said, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you, Seniors. Yes, I have it. But the ancient past has ended. Even the master of the Heavenly Hunt Index had perished. Thus, those fated to own these items will be their new owners. What do you think, Heavenly Overseer Marquis?"

The scholar said, "Since the two of you have these pieces, it's pointless for us to say more. If I'm strong enough, I'll naturally attempt to retrieve them. If I'm not, you will naturally get to keep them. Let's work together to establish contact with the mansion. I do wish to see if the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is still as powerful after so many years."

The man in black laughed and said, "That, I can agree with. But don't forget that even bringing the pieces together won't truly rejoin them. Unless you can find a divine weaponsmith to reforge them into one, the index will not be able to reach its peak power. This might not be enough to establish contact with those inside."

"Let's try."

The scholar sighed. Sure enough, the pieces were not lost. They had merely been split between the Allheaven Treasure House and the celestial chasm race. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be easy for him to take from them. Bountiful Treasure might not be a Daofuse, but he was only a step away.

As for this youngster from the celestial chasm race, he was the first Pseudo Emperor the celestial chasm race has produced since the great collapse. One should never underestimate the celestial chasm race. After all, it was still a race that had persisted from the ancient past until now.

Sure, it wasn't like he was too weak to handle the two. He was confident he was still stronger, but many people didn't want to see the Heavenly Hunt Index regaining its peak power. Thus, many would interfere in his attempt to regain the pieces.

A short while later, a golden booklet floated in the sky. After a short silence, both Bountiful Treasure and Steercurse took their pieces out. Both of them had refined their respective piece, binding the pieces to them. With a wave of their hands, the two pieces flew toward the golden book.

Instantly, the three came together. The resulting Heavenly Hunt Index was still far from its peak power as its ownership was now split into three. Even so, the return of the two pieces had still caused the index to shine brightly. A brilliant golden light enveloped the world.

Rumble!

Powerful undulations started rippling out of the booklet.

One golden stripe after another appeared.

145, 148, 155...

In the blink of an eye, 170 golden stripes appeared.

Only then did the golden booklet calm down. Everywhere, people were panting in greed. Nobody could hide their desire to own this book. This was a divine weapon. An incomparably powerful divine weapon. It was still incomplete ye,t it could already manifest 170 golden stripes. How strong would it be at its peak?

No wonder. No wonder it had the ability to encompass the entire Myriad Realms.

Several characters appeared on the booklet.

The four indexes could be seen on it. The Dao Affirmation Ranking was also visible.

Additionally, an Eternal Index was faintly visible as well...

Mo Duona occupied the first place on the Heavenly Hunt Index. But with the improvement to the booklet, a faint name was flickering over Mo Duona's name. However, it was unable to manifest fully.

Something seemed to be masking its target. The scholar frowned and looked in the ancient city's direction.

Liu Hong, who had been alarmed by the sudden change, looked outside. The moment he met the scholar's gaze, a chill spread through his body. However, he maintained his calm expression and grinned, "Is the index trying to manifest my name? What a pity. It must be conflicted because I'm half dead. The index is wrong here. I can easily defeat Mo Duona. The index isn't accurate enough."

Nobody could deny that.

It was likely that the index was trying to manifest Su Yu's name. Alas, he was already half a death spirit. Since the index had yet to make full recovery, it did not have the ability to fully manifest Su Yu's name.

Nevertheless, the scholar was still doubtful. 170 golden stripes. It was no longer that far away from its peak. Thus, it should be able to manifest the names of even death spirits, much less Su Yu ,who was still not a death spirit.

How odd.

Did Su Yu have a treasure capable of preventing the prying of the Heavenly Hunt Index? His thought did not linger on the matter for long. A different ranking had manifested as well.

"Dao Affirmation Ranking!"

"First on the ranking, Wan Tiansheng."

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