Published at 17th of August 2025 7:23 am

Chapter 1479: Schemes Upon Schemes (2)

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Before long, He Tu and Dummy were forced out of the seventh level again. Just before leaving, He Tu roared with laughter and declared arrogantly, "I'll be back! Wait for me!"

"Dumbass."

That was Su Yu's review of He Tu. What was there to be smug about? When the nine-leaf skylotus was about to bloom, He Tu would be dragged into the seventh level by the Invincibles even if he didn't want to enter. How could they sow chaos without He Tu around?

Without chaos, how were the Invincibles supposed to fight for the skylotus?

Su Yu finally understood what the Invincibles were scheming.

"Where are my teacher and the others?"

Su Yu wondered if his teacher and the others were fine. He also wondered about the little furball. Was the little furball fine with Yellow Nine? Where were the other super experts like Hollow? Were they targeting the nine-leaf skylotus as well?

"Hollow...has a chance. He is very strong. More importantly, he's good at spatial manipulation. But the Invincibles will also be wary of him. Mo Duona can't use his talisman before Hollow shows up or it might fail."

Su Yu thought over the matter and concluded that he didn't have too many trump cards. His sole trump card was...Xing Yue.

"Yes. Xing Yue!"

Su Yu's eyes flickered. Everyone was focused on him and the other experts. But very few were paying much attention to the death spirits. After all, the nine-leaf skylotus was useless for death spirits. Perhaps even the heavenly laws would stop the death spirits from obtaining it. Thus, the Invincibles would not be on guard against death spirits when it was time to fight for the nine-leaf skylotus.

However, Xing Yue was no regular death spirit. She was his!

"Thus, I do stand a chance as well. But I have to place my hope on Xing Yue. Apart from Mo Duona, nobody knows that I have a backer from the Death Realm. A backer is a backer, even if it's rather unreliable."

Su Yu made up his mind. He would rely on Xing Yue. She would decide whether he would succeed or not. Of course, it would still be extremely dangerous. The Invincibles would not give up on the nine-leaf skylotus so easily. Xing Yue was at risk of being beaten to death after snatching the skylotus.

Su Yu sank into thought.

"The moment I show myself, the various Invincibles will focus on me instead of Xing Yue. But that will put me in danger."

Su Yu frowned. Should he risk himself? That was one of the methods, but he could only use it if he had the confidence to survive the Invincibles.

"Eighth level..."

Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind. He would show himself to steal the treasure. He would fail and escape to the eighth level in desperation. The Invincibles would focus on him, giving Xing Yue the chance to steal the treasure and flee.

Unfortunately, Xing Yue was rather uncooperative. Should he coax her into doing it? Or should he fool her into doing it?

Furthermore, she would return to the Death Realm with the treasure. Meanwhile, he would be stuck on the eighth level. What, then?

How troublesome.

Should he flee to the Death Realm instead?

Just then, Old Hao walked up to him and asked softly, "Yun Hao, how does it feel to converse with Prince Wushuang?"

"He is truly worthy of being the number one genius of our divine race." Su Yu sighed with admiration and said, "He is neither proud or hot-tempered. He is always calm and gentle. He is amazing."

As he spoke, he looked at the distant Zhan Wushuang with an expression of worship. He was essentially confessing his love for Zhan Wushuang. In truth, he was busy using his source qi and willpower to study and explore the heaven weapon. Naturally, he was avoiding detection with his deceit character.

Only Invincibles could damage heaven weapons. Su Yu was no Invincible. But he could still blast a way out if he knew the backdoor. The heaven weapon was essentially a cage. And he did not intend to stay in this cage. He continued exploring his surroundings. He was taking it slow as this was a weapon bound to the Frost King.

Outside, calm had returned.

All the Invincibles were staying silent. It wouldn't be long before the nine-leaf skylotus was done blooming. Everyone could see the projection of the skylotus in the sky. Slowly, the eighth petal opened. And finally, the skylotus bloomed fully. Its beauty was mesmerizing.

"One last petal."

Someone gasped and said, "The nine-leaf skylotus will bloom fully in about two days."

And that would be the start of the true battle.

***

At the same time.

Devote King's residence.

The Pseudo Invincibles in charge of guarding the pond were all focused on the courtyard. At the moment, the courtyard was filled with death qi while the floating saber had been moved slightly aside.

In the middle of the pond was a blooming nine-leaf skylotus. Nearby, the power of time rippled about in the air. All the Pseudo Invincibles were staring at the skylotus longingly.

One of them spoke softly, "What a treasure. A single petal is probably worth as much as a carrier treasure."

And there were nine petals in total.

"More importantly, this isn't something you can buy with carrier treasures."

"Yeah. This is something one can use to become a Pseudo Emperor."

At present, all Daofuses were considered Pseudo Emperors. Nobody could avoid longing for such a treasure. However, they all knew that this wasn't something they could covet when so many Invincibles were waiting for it.

Suddenly, the air rippled as one expert after another appeared. These were not Invincibles. Rather, they were Pseudo Invincibles. The ones who had been missing after entering the mansion.

September of the iron devourer race. Skyeater of the ancient hou race. Endless Passage of the fate race. Heavencurse of the celestial chasm race. There were four of them. They were among the top ten experts on the newly refreshed Dao Affirmation Ranking. All of them had arrived.

While snacking on a humanoid life form, the hou grinned and said, "Is everyone here? Well, this isn't surprising. Dao affirmation is too hard for the likes of us. The difference in the strength of our three bodies are too big. It's too hard to merge them. This treasure is the only thing that can help us. Even a petal or two will be enough for us to achieve balance and complete the merger."

Yes. They were here for the nine-leaf skylotus as well. The biggest function of the nine-leaf skylotus was to strengthen one's tri-life bodies.

The fusion of tri-life bodies was extremely difficult for top Pseudo Invincibles like them as some of their tri-life bodies were too strong. With the nine-leaf skylotus, they might be able to achieve balance and complete the fusion. That would allow them to complete their dao affirmations. These were individuals who would be as strong or even stronger than Xia Longwu upon completing their dao affirmations.

Why? Because they were already strong enough to fight Invincibles as Pseudo Invincibles. Any of them could fight an Invincible with just a future body.

After taking another bite of his snack, the hou opened his bloody mouth and said, "Where's Hollow? That fellow must be here as well."

Not far away, September was busy eating while rubbing his belly. With a silly expression, he said, "He's probably here. His tri-life bodies are even more out of balance than ours. The coffin lid he stole must have been fused into his past body. His future body is too weak to keep up. Am I right, Hollow?"

"I'm not here." Hollow's voice rang out from thin air. He sighed and continued, "Why must you focus on me? You should be focusing on Endless Passage and Heavencurse instead. Our combat styles are very straightforward. But those two are too mysterious. Their races are not allied to each other, but they are very dangerous. You should be keeping an eye on them instead, not me."

While immersing himself in the River of Time, Endless Passage smiled and said, "Hollow, our mysteriousness is nothing before you. You have the coffin lid of Tiangu and the Culture Tomb of humanity."

They continued chatting among themselves, completely ignoring the other Pseudo Invincibles below them. They were arrogant. However, the Pseudo Invincibles below them could only stare at them solemnly.

Finally, an Invincible arrived. He glanced at the newly arrived Pseudo Invincibles with his glowing eyes and said coldly, "Are you targeting the skylotus as well?"

September flashed an honest smile and said, "I'm only here to enjoy the show. Please calm your anger, Lord Devil King..."

He laughed and continued, "I don't have the courage to provoke the devils. Right, where's Immortal King Yueshi?"

At that, Immortal King Yueshi walked out of thin air.

He glared at September coldly and said, "September, are you looking for me?"

The moment September saw Immortal King Yueshi, he started salivating. He hurriedly sucked his saliva back and said, "Wow, you're very strong. Don't misunderstand me. My race is known for our peaceful nature. We don't fight. We don't kill."

After a slight pause, he added, "We don't collect treasures. We don't eat."

Even as he said that, he was still salivating. He sent a voice transmission, "Skyeater, Hollow, can you lure him away? Let's lure him somewhere alone and knock him out. We can roast him and eat him together."

Immortal King Yueshi. He might not be too old, but he was still an old fossil who had survived the previous epoch. He must taste good. He was a fifth-degree Eternal. That was very strong. But top Pseudo Invincibles like September and the others did not fear the likes of him.

They would not hesitate to join hands and kill him if there was an opportunity. His flesh was too tempting. As for the devil king...they had no interest. For them, the devils smelled too bad to be eaten.

Both Skyeater and September continued salivating while staring at Immortal King Yueshi. Meanwhile, Immortal King Yueshi was staring at them coldly. He could sense a thick malice toward him from them.

Had they forgotten that they were mere Pseudo Invincibles? How impudent. Were they really thinking of eating him? Were they mad? Yes. He could feel their desire. No, he could see it. He could see the saliva dripping from their mouths.

What madness.

Having noticed the same, the devil king vanished with a thoughtful expression. Even as a devil king, he could feel just how powerful these Pseudo Invincibles were.

One could say that these Pseudo Invincibles were all greatly loved by fortune. Some had powerful future bodies and some had powerful past bodies. They were more than capable of facing Invincibles in battle. Unlike some Pseudo Invincibles who could only survive against Invincibles, they could face Invincibles equally and even kill the Invincibles they were fighting.

This was the level of the strongest Pseudo Invincibles in existence. For most people, they could be treated as Invincibles. Any other Pseudo Invincible would have died for daring to look at Immortal King Yueshi with such a gaze.

A momentary silence descended as they all sank into thought.

Suddenly, everyone's expressions changed. Numerous individuals appeared out of nowhere. They varied in appearances, but they were all wailing in a uniform manner, "I have been wronged! Apologize! Apologize to me!"

"I have been wronged!"

"I feel bad!"

At that, the seventh level started trembling lightly. It wasn't as intense, but that still caused the Pseudo Invincibles to pale.

Boom!

Abruptly, two bursts of auras rippled out of thin air. With a groan, someone dropped down from a black hole. Then, an individual clad in black robe walked out of the black hole and coldly said, "Lan Tian, are you challenging me?"

The individual in black robe was none other than Heavencurse, fourth on the Dao Affirmation Ranking.

Meanwhile, Lan Tian was sixth on the Dao Affirmation Ranking.

Numerous figures appeared in the sky. One after another, they rotted away. The various Lan Tians continued wailing, "You're too cruel! You're heartless!"

A snort rang out.

It was Heavencurse.

A wave of deadly qi started rippling out of his body. Seeing that, the Pseudo Invincibles below them hurriedly moved away. The deadly qi was not death qi, but it had the ability to erase everything.

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