Chapter 307: Racing for Thousands of Miles

Boom! Boom! Boom…
Grandmaster Taiwu pounded the Giant Wealth like blacksmithing iron, each strike extremely heavy, yet it couldn’t stop the Giant Wealth from continuing its flight.
Inside the Giant Wealth Palace, Su Che remained blind, unable to see anything, and could only ask, “Elder, where are we now?”
“Wait a moment; see for yourself,” said True Man Huaguang softly.
It was unclear how True Man Huaguang communicated with the spirit of the Giant Wealth, but Su Che’s vision cleared, revealing a clear image.
However, this image was not of the inside of the Giant Wealth Palace. Instead, there was a water mirror before him, through which Su Che could see some scenes outside. Everything else remained in darkness.
This showed that the spirit of the Giant Wealth was extremely cautious and still distrustful of Su Che: If you want to see the outside, fine, I’ll let you see a little bit…
“That spirit is really stingy!” Lao He muttered in annoyance.
“You shouldn’t scold it,” Su Che said calmly, reasoning in his heart, “This spirit is cautious, resourceful, and loyal to its former master—these are all its strengths. Only when it can serve me in the future can we truly trust it, right?”
“That’s true.”
Lao He calmed down and thought that he would do the same if he were in its place. Being loyal only to one’s master was what a spirit should do.
Through the water mirror, Su Che saw that the Giant Wealth was almost out of the Arctic seas, flying southeastward. It would likely exit the jurisdiction of Taiyi Gate and enter the territory of the Illusion Demon Sect in a short while.
Originally, Su Che and True Man Huaguang planned to guide the Giant Wealth eastward. Along the way, there were only oceans, so there was no need to worry about encounters with other sects’ Nascent Soul Grandmasters. They would only have to deal with Taiwu’s pursuit.
But Taiwu was also a cunning strategist who could see through the Giant Wealth’s intentions. He would never allow it to cross the oceans and reach enemy territory. Otherwise, he would end up with nothing, bearing the blame for the failure of the North Wasteland Plan and the murder of allied Nascent Soul cultivators.
Therefore, by continuously striking at it, Taiwu couldn’t completely stop the Giant Wealth, but he could force it to change direction gradually, steering it southeastward. Unless it stopped on its own, it would inevitably fly into the territory of the Illusion Demon Sect.

Tai Wu had already figured it out—he would rather compete for immense wealth with those ancient demons of the Illusion Demon Sect. Even if he failed, as allies, they would still have to offer him some benefits. If he flew into the enemy’s territory, not only would he get nothing, but he would also be forced to flee in disarray, only to face joint punishment from his three senior brothers upon returning to his sect. This was Tai Wu’s plan. Now, let’s consider Su Che and True Master Hua Guang’s thoughts. Su Che and Hua Guang could also guess Tai Wu’s intentions, but even knowing this, they dared not stop. Because to keep flying at such high speeds, the Giant Wealth relied on its enormous inertia and kinetic energy, allowing it to ignore Tai Wu’s fierce attempts to stop it. With Tai Wu’s strength alone, he certainly wouldn’t dare confront the Giant Wealth’s terrifying force head-on. Once it stopped, it would be impossible to start moving again; Tai Wu could trap it in place with his magical powers. By the time the other three elders of the Tianyi Sect arrived, the situation would only become more unfavorable. They could only fly—never stop! Whoosh! Whoosh! A palace and a human pursuer raced across the sky at lightning speed, breaking through the Arctic seas and entering the territory controlled by the Illusion Demon Sect. Boom! Boom! Boom… Tai Wu kept striking the Giant Wealth, like a shepherd driving sheep with a whip, forcing it to move along his predetermined path. Inside the palace, True Master Hua Guang guided the Giant Wealth, trying his best to resist Tai Wu’s control and adjust its direction to fly toward the outskirts of the Illusion Demon Sect’s territory, avoiding being driven into the core area where the sect’s headquarters lay. In fact, for Su Che and True Master Hua Guang, anywhere in the world except for the territory of the Tianxuan Sect, they would face the same situation—intercepted and contested by the ancient demons of various sects. It was all the same, with no difference! Even sects closely related to the Tianxuan Sect, like the Wuji Sect and the Hunyuan Sword Sect, would hesitate none in seizing the Giant Wealth once it appeared. No matter who you were, they would ignore everything and prioritize grabbing this top-tier Dao artifact. So, no matter where they flew, the most crucial thing was: never stop! The actual weight of the Giant Wealth could compare to that of a mountain thousands of feet high. With such weight and a speed of tens of thousands of miles per hour, its immense inertia and terrifying kinetic energy were like a giant meteor crashing into the ground—unstoppable. It was only by relying on this that there was a chance to break through obstacles and fly to a relatively safe place…

This “relatively safe place” in Su Che’s mind was not Tianxuan Sect, but the Wind and Thunder Desolate Land in the Wuji Gate. Within that Wind and Thunder Desolate Land, fierce winds and thunderstorms rained down incessantly; even an Yuan Ying ancestor entering there could easily be reduced to ashes if careless. But for Su Che, it was the best refuge, and he could even take the opportunity to ask that giant heart for a few drops of its mysterious blood. Since it had explicitly said he was its successor, losing a few drops of blood from such a large heart shouldn’t be a problem—it surely wouldn’t be stingy.

Boom! Boom! Boom…

Grandmaster Taiwu continued to bombard the giant treasure, seemingly with an inexhaustible supply of energy.

Inside the palace, Su Che and True Man Huaguang sat cross-legged on the ground, already numb to the tremors caused by that old fool Taiwu.

“Su Che, do you think a few Yuan Ying ancestors working together can stop that giant treasure?” True Man Huaguang asked in a deep voice.

As a solitary cultivator, True Man Huaguang had never come into close contact with Yuan Ying cultivators and knew very little about their abilities. He believed that since Su Che was Tianxuan Sect’s treasure, he must have some idea of the strength of those Yuan Ying ancestors in the sect.

“It’s hard to say,” Su Che replied with a shake of his head. “On the surface, the giant treasure’s flying momentum seems unstoppable, but Yuan Ying cultivators are full of unpredictable powers and have many ways to turn the impossible into possible. For example, even if they can’t stop it outright, they might use some method to confine it within a certain area, forcing it to circle in a loop without being able to escape. Then, by creating enough resistance, they can gradually drain its momentum and still bring it to a halt…”

Su Che continued in a low voice, “Of course, this is just a crude method I can think of. Those Yuan Ying ancestors might have even simpler ways.”

“Yes, with some buffering techniques, they can ultimately stop that giant treasure…” True Man Huaguang nodded solemnly.

“Taiwu is only at the early stage of Yuan Ying. If it were against a cultivator in the middle or even late stage of Yuan Ying, it would be even harder to say.”

Su Che also frowned. After saying that, he paused briefly before asking, “Elder, I want to know what kind of energy is required to maintain the giant treasure’s defensive capabilities? And how long can it last?”

“There’s no need to worry about that,” replied Huaguang Zhenren in a low voice. “Although Jufu has been buried on Beihuang Island for thousands of years without absorbing any celestial energy, back then, the Jufu Palace was filled with immense wealth. Other things may be scarce, but spiritual stones were never in short supply. With those spiritual stones, even if that old Taiwu outside keeps pounding on its hard shell for ten thousand years, he won’t be able to break it.”

At this point, he paused briefly before smiling and saying, “The spirit of Jufu is quite sensitive to the word ‘hard shell,’ as if it’s a derogatory term. It just gave me some feedback.”

‘Hard shell’ is usually used to describe turtle-like monsters. It seems the spirit of Jufu holds a prejudice against it…

Su Che also smiled, feeling a bit relieved amidst the tension.

By now, Jufu and Taiwu had flown thousands of miles into the territory of the Illusion Demon Sect. Along the way, many sect members noticed this extraordinary sight and sent communication jade talismans to report it to their sect.

However, Jufu and Taiwu’s flying speed was much faster than that of their communication talismans. By the time the sect’s Nascent Soul-level demons received the news, Jufu would likely have already left their territory.

Meanwhile, on Beihuang Island, cultivators in the later stages of the Golden Core phase had already rushed back to Taiyi Gate to report in person the birth of Jufu to the sect leader Taixu and the other two supreme elders.

“Jufu has been born?”

Such news shocked the three elders greatly. Without wasting time, they left Elder Taihua, who was in the early Nascent Soul stage, to guard the sect, while Taixu and Taihao set off immediately for the Arctic Sea, following the traces deliberately left by Taiwu.

Taixu, the sect leader, was in the later stages of the Nascent Soul phase and wielded Taiyi Gate’s mid-tier Dao artifact, the ‘Taiyi Dragon Sword,’ which allowed him to fly more than ten times faster than Taiwu and Jufu.

The chief supreme elder, Taihao, was only in the middle stages of the Nascent Soul phase, so his flying speed couldn’t compare to that of his senior. To avoid slowing them down, he had to enter Taixu’s personal magic treasure space and act as a free passenger.

“Has Jufu returned to the cultivation world?”

Before long, the four Nascent Soul-level demons of the Illusion Demon Sect also received this news. Similarly, one of them stayed behind to guard the sect, while the most powerful demon, the sect leader, placed the other two elders in his personal magic treasure space. He then took out two lower-tier Dao artifacts of the sect— the ‘Illusion Demon Sky Net Umbrella’ and the ‘Illusion Demon True Soul Token’—and flew out of the sect to pursue them.

Not long after, the Blood God Sect, the super sect closest to Taiyi Gate and the Illusion Demon Sect, also received this news from insiders within those two sects.

Thus, the Blood God Sect Leader, along with an Yuan Ying elder, also brought out the sect’s mid-tier Dao artifact, the “Blood Sea Red Lotus,” and set out in pursuit.
Where the wealthy man and Tai Wu had flown off to was unimportant; no matter how far they went, these Yuan Ying elders who wielded Dao artifacts were confident they could catch up. They knew that since Tai Wu, who was only in the early stages of Yuan Ying, could keep up with the wealthy man and follow him openly, it meant the wealthy man’s flying speed wasn’t that fast.
Moreover, as long as the wealthy man hadn’t officially chosen a master and remained on Qi Yuan Star, anyone had a chance to seize him.
For such a top-tier Dao artifact, any effort invested was worth it.
Therefore, these Yuan Ying elders were willing to shed rivers of blood to achieve their goal, even if it meant chaos and darkness spreading everywhere.