Chapter 357: The Fourth Layer of the Immortal Prison

“Who said this is a waste?”
Su Che smiled and said, “Back then, I was just like you—having a triple attribute spiritual root. After being transformed by the lotus petal, I felt great. I believe your performance in the future will surely live up to it.”
As he spoke, Su Che placed the petal in Su Nianer’s palm.
“But…”
Su Nianer felt somewhat dazed, her heart pounding rapidly. She didn’t know what to say; her feelings couldn’t be described by words like gratitude or thanks.
To be honest, as a cultivator, who wouldn’t be tempted by such an immortal-grade treasure that could enhance one’s abilities? Once holding such a precious item, not everyone could simply refuse it.
To ease her complicated emotions, Su Che deliberately assigned her an extremely difficult task, saying in a serious tone, “To prove I didn’t misjudge you, can you reach the Golden Dan stage before the age of fifty?”
“I can!”
Su Nianer nodded without hesitation, not even considering how difficult it would be to reach the Golden Dan stage before fifty.
After all, even the top cultivators of Tianxuan Sect, who possessed the highest level of spiritual roots, usually reached the Golden Dan stage around fifty. And Su Nianer, despite having transformed her root to a lower level through the lotus petal, was unlikely to achieve such a feat.
Su Che smiled silently, confident that as long as she was willing to work hard, with his support, reaching the Golden Dan stage wouldn’t be difficult.
The Immortal Prison contained countless cultivation resources, and more would come in the future. It wouldn’t be a problem to cultivate thousands of cultivators, not to mention just one.
Of course, Su Che wouldn’t recklessly squander these resources. He would only offer such favors to a few close friends and relatives. Others who wanted those cultivation resources could exchange them for treasures of equal value—any fair deal was acceptable.
Five days after the family banquet, significant activity arose in the Immortal Prison—the very news Su Che had been quietly awaiting.
The conditions required to unlock the fourth layer of the Immortal Prison, after reaching the Yuan Ying stage, had appeared.
“This time it’s strange—there are only three conditions, and…”
Lao He reported mysteriously, “It seems not too difficult.”
Su Che remained silent, using his silence to urge him to stop talking nonsense and get to the point.
“The first condition is the purple jade statue we already have—that soul shackle.”

“The second condition is the need for 30,000 Guhuo Flowers that are a thousand years old.”
“The third condition is that my strength must reach the Yuan Ying stage, which means I must undergo the fourth fusion.”
Lao He listed the three conditions one by one.
“Oh? It seems so…”
Through these three conditions, Su Che suddenly understood: “The fourth layer of the Immortal Prison is clearly designed for soul enslavement. In other words, the function of each layer of the Immortal Prison isn’t fixed; instead, based on my most urgent needs at the moment and certain conditions I already possess, the Immortal Prison Pagoda can evolve a special space to meet my requirements…”
Back then, Su Che obtained the top-grade spiritual treasure pill furnace, the ‘Jin Wu Tian Huo Lu’, on Jin Wu Mountain. Not long after, he advanced to the Jin Dan stage and received the conditions to unlock the third layer of the Immortal Prison: the first condition was to have a spiritual treasure pill furnace.
At that time, Su Che thought it was pure coincidence, but now he realized it wasn’t at all coincidental. Instead, the Immortal Prison would set the pill-making function of the third layer based on the conditions it had and the most pressing need for pills at the time.
This time, to unlock the fourth layer, using the existing soul shackles and his need for loyal subordinates, the Immortal Prison Pagoda set the fourth layer as a soul enslavement space, allowing him to control more subordinates and have them do his work…
“The growth pattern of the Immortal Prison is truly so intelligent!” Su Che was greatly surprised and also deeply moved. He said to the Immortal Prison Pagoda in his heart, “Thank you for always thinking of me.”
Lao He was also extremely excited and suggested, “In that case, before unlocking the fifth layer next time, master should think of even higher and better requirements. That way, the Immortal Prison will set the function of the fifth layer to be even more amazing!”
Su Che nodded silently. Although Lao He’s words seemed a bit greedy, they indeed highlighted that the Immortal Prison’s growth pattern was extremely flexible—it would never stick to conventions, but could be as imaginative as possible and capable of anything…
In common terms: There’s nothing it can’t do if one can only think of it!
“I’ve already thought it through!”
Su Che said loudly in his heart, “For the function of the fifth layer of the Immortal Prison, I hope it can extract the skills or specialties of prisoners and transform them into my own abilities. When I go to the Immortal Realm in the future and capture tens of thousands of immortals, I must master all three thousand great paths!”
“Haha, great!” Lao He laughed, slapping his thigh. “Mastering all three thousand great paths—that’s an excellent idea! Absolutely impressive!”

Then, Lao He raised his head and shouted again, “Can you hear that, Immortal Prison? The master’s requirement is that the fifth layer in the future must have the function of skill extraction. You should start preparing now—don’t disappoint the master!”
The reason Su Che dared to make such a request was that since the first layer of the Immortal Prison already had the ability to extract magical treasures and powers, why not allow the fifth layer to extract the powers and skills of cultivators in the future!
Buzz…
In his mind, the Immortal Prison Pagoda slowly rotated, seemingly indicating agreement.
“That’s right!” Lao He exclaimed excitedly. “It agrees.”
“Great! Excellent!”
Su Che was also greatly surprised.
The fourth layer hadn’t even been opened yet, yet the functions of the fifth layer had already been determined. It wasn’t that Su Che was greedy for more; rather, his understanding and exploration of this miraculous treasure, the Immortal Prison, had deepened further. It was clear that its growth pattern was extremely flexible—whatever Su Che dared to imagine, it could achieve!
In fact, the interior of the Immortal Prison could be seen as a prototype of a complete world, and Su Che, as the master of this future world, was its creator—the God of Creation.
As the God of Creation, when creating his own world, he should follow his own will: if he wanted light, there would be light; if he wanted a sky, there would be a sky; if he wanted water to flow upward, then all the water would obey his will and rush upward endlessly…
“I understand!”
Su Che murmured, “This is my world. I should create it according to my will, without adhering to any rules!”
Of course, although he understood the principle, realizing it still required relentless effort from Su Che in the outside world. For example, the fifth layer of the Immortal Prison had been designated to have the function of skill extraction, but such a function couldn’t appear out of nowhere—it had to meet certain conditions.
The slavery space of the fourth layer existed because of the soul-binding effect of a purple jade statue. The Immortal Prison only needed to integrate it to create its own slavery space.
Similarly, the skill-extraction space of the fifth layer also required an entity with a similar function, which the Immortal Prison would have to devour and integrate.
This ‘entity’ needed to be sought slowly.
“Well, the goals that require effort from now on are clear,” Su Che thought. “Besides opening the fourth layer, I also need to lay the foundation for the future fifth layer. There’s a lot to do!”
After discussing the major matters, it was time to talk about the smaller ones.

The three conditions for activating the fourth layer—condition one has already been met, and condition three is as expected. Lao He needs to fuse again three beings at the Yuan Ying stage: a human, a rat, and a heavenly demon.
“The human is easy to find; within the Immortal Prison, there are Tai Wu and Yan Lin, both at the early Yuan Ying stage. Though they’re not too bad, their crimes aren’t severe enough to warrant death. Forcing them to undergo fusion is a bit too harsh,” Su Che thought. “Anyway, the next step is to capture many Yuan Ying cultivators from the Chaos Faction. I’ll definitely encounter some extremely evil ones who deserve to die a hundred times over. Hmm, that old bastard Ji E is a good choice…”
“The rat with Yuan Ying-level strength is also easy to find. There are a few such ones among the demon race. I can even use a teleportation array to go to the cultivation realm of Mu Lan Star to catch one, then return to Wu Huang Star to gather some resources. It’s been over two years—Wu Clan warriors must have unearthed more treasures waiting for me to claim.”
“As for the heavenly demon…” Su Che smirked darkly. “The Black Old Demon in the sect’s Demon Sealing Realm is currently sealed. It’s like a ready-made feast of demon gods on the table—just pick it up and eat.”
The second condition: 30,000 Guhuo Flowers that are a thousand years old.
As for this condition, Su Che understood it was also meant to create the enslavement space of the fourth layer.
In the secular world, there’s a medicinal plant called the “poppy flower,” which can be used to make medicines that relieve illnesses. But it can also harm people by inducing various mental hallucinations, causing addiction, and ultimately leading to death from toxicity.
Some secular organizations or forces use poppy poison to make huge profits or to control those with weak self-control, forcing them to serve them. When addiction sets in, those poisoned people might even kill their own parents.
The Guhuo Flower is an enhanced version of the poppy flower—essentially, it’s a cultivator among poppy flowers. It’s no longer an ordinary herb but a top-grade spiritual herb.
In the cultivation realm, mental control drugs made from the Guhuo Flower can temporarily control someone to serve them. Once the person regains consciousness, they’ll forget everything and have no idea what they did during the poisoning period—similar to the possession and manipulation abilities of extraterrestrial demons.
Of course, it’s not 100% effective. It’s basically useless against those with strong wills or high cultivation levels.

It’s just high-quality spiritual herbs; the Flower of Deception with a thousand years of age is not rare. However, the number of 30,000 plants is quite astonishing. The Tianxuan Sect follows the true path of immortality and does not advocate controlling others with dark arts, so there surely can’t be that many such flowers.
“There’s one place where we can gather them all,” Su Che said with a smile.
“The Mountain of Spiritual Herbs!” Lao He laughed heartily.