Chapter 425: Honest Conversations

“A while ago, the Spirit Realm sent an envoy at the Refining Void stage, aiming to get rid of me as an obstacle. Fortunately, I was prepared and set a trap for him, injuring him severely, which saved my life…”
Su Che recounted his story in general terms. Of course, he didn’t reveal any information related to the Immortal Prison. As for why the Spirit Realm regarded him so highly, he left it to Yu Qing to guess.
After finishing his story, Su Che said, “So, I don’t have any specific goals—just want to survive.”
“I see.”
After hearing this, Yu Qing nodded slowly and said, “It can be said that our positions aren’t contradictory. But for now, I hope the connection between the cultivation world of Qi Yuan Star and the Spirit Realm will be opened as soon as possible.”
“Oh?”
Su Che was taken aback and asked, “I’m doing everything I can to stop them from opening a passage to the lower world, yet you hope it opens soon. Isn’t that contradictory?”
“As my cultivation level improves, some of my memories from my past life are gradually returning…”
Yu Qing’s words confirmed Su Che’s earlier suspicions—he was indeed the reincarnation of some powerful being, but seemingly not like Tian Yin, who reincarnated with complete memories.
Yu Qing continued, “Unluckily, my current form of life is just a fragmented reincarnation of my past life’s primordial spirit. Most of my primordial spirit remains attached to my life treasure, drifting in the Spirit Realm. So, I need to open a passage to the Spirit Realm to communicate with that part of my primordial spirit and retrieve my life treasure.”
Su Che’s heart skipped a beat. He thought, “Most of his primordial spirit is attached to his life treasure, drifting in the Spirit Realm? His life treasure…”
At that moment, Su Che was very curious about what his life treasure looked like—could it be a black pagoda? Thankfully, he realized in time and kept that foolish question to himself.
In the Immortal Prison, Lao He said, “Master, don’t worry. The Immortal Prison Pagoda definitely has nothing to do with him. If he were the original owner of the Immortal Prison, with his primordial spirit inside the pagoda, how could the Immortal Prison show no reaction to him all these years?”
“That’s right! Exactly!”
Su Che’s mood relaxed immediately. He thought to himself, “I’m not a thief—why should I feel guilty? Whether the Immortal Prison Pagoda once had an owner or not, it now belongs to me, and no one can take it away.”

So, he said to Yu Qing, “In that case, you’re hoping that the passage to the Spirit Realm will be opened as soon as possible, which is why you’re secretly controlling the five major forces, including the East Sea, as well as many other powerful sects, in order to launch a war against the Chaos Faction and create utter chaos, thereby satisfying those in the Spirit Realm’s desire to open the passage, right?”
“Of course not.”
Yu Qing waved his hand with a smile. “I’m not that selfish as to cause such massive destruction on Qi Yuan Star just for my own gain. Do you really think I’ve gone mad?”
“Then what’s your plan…?” Su Che asked.
“There is a method that can briefly open a connecting passage, but those youngsters in the Spirit Realm simply don’t deserve to know about it.”
Yu Qing’s tone carried an air of arrogance, giving off a sense of extreme pride. “In fact, even most of the true immortals in the Immortal Realm don’t know this method.”
Su Che certainly didn’t think he was being arrogant; instead, he was secretly surprised by the identity of his past life, which must have been even more extraordinary than he had initially imagined. After all, the Spirit Realm was created by the combined efforts of all the immortals in the Immortal Realm. If most of them didn’t know about this method, yet he did, what did that imply?
“I need to secretly control ten powerful sects in the cultivation realm of Qi Yuan Star and use their mountain protection arrays to form a super-large array, which will allow me to create a very special connecting passage,” Yu Qing continued. “The downside is that each time this passage is opened, it can only last for three days, and it can only be opened every three months. Moreover, I can’t say for sure how many times it needs to be opened before I can establish a mental connection with my life treasure in the Spirit Realm.”
“Why go through such trouble?” Su Che couldn’t help asking. “Since you have this method, why not go directly to the Spirit Realm the first time the passage is opened and search there slowly? Wouldn’t that be easier?”
“That’s not possible,” Yu Qing shook his head slowly. “This kind of passage is extremely dangerous. With my current level of cultivation, I would be torn to pieces by spatial storms the moment I entered—sure death, no chance of survival.”
After thinking for a moment, Su Che said, “Then try another method—cultivate to the Divine Transformation stage and ascend to the Spirit Realm. That’s easier than this, right? It shouldn’t be hard for you to reach the Divine Transformation stage, should it?”
“That’s not possible either!”
Yu Qing shook his head again and tapped his own head. “My original spirit is still incomplete. I’ll never be able to reach the Divine Transformation stage. I can only say that it would be quite easy for me to reach the later stages of the Nascent Soul stage. But without a complete original spirit, how can I reach the Divine Transformation stage?”

The Transformation of the Divine Spirit is a crucial process for an immortal cultivator’s original spirit. Any issue with the state of the original spirit means there’s no chance of advancing at all. In other words, if Yu Qing cannot restore his original spirit, he will forever remain at the later stage of the Nascent Soul phase. His incomplete original spirit will only be trapped in endless reincarnation within the realm of cultivation.

“I understand.”

Su Che nodded slowly and mused, “What you really need are just the protective mountain arrays of ten super sects… So, the locations of these ten sects must also be carefully chosen, right?”

“Of course. Since we’re forming a massive array, the location of each sect cannot deviate too much. I’ve already chosen my targets—namely…”

Yu Qing listed the names of ten super sects: the Dongming Sea, Xuansha Sect, Blood God Cult, Qingming Heavenly Palace, and others. So far, he had secretly taken control of half of them, while the other five had already become Su Che’s property. This meant that if Yu Qing wanted to achieve his goals, he had to seize those five super sects from Su Che.

Thinking of this, Su Che chuckled and said, “I can give you the protective mountain arrays of those five super sects, but only as empty shells. I’ll take away all the people and things associated with them within half a year.”

“You want to take them all away?”

This time, it was Yu Qing who was utterly astonished. The plans of these two brothers grew more extreme with each turn, becoming increasingly unrealistic.

“That’s right. I want to take away the entire cultivation realm of Qiyuan Star,” Su Che said seriously. “Recently, I received news that during the great calamity to strike within a hundred years, Qiyuan Star will be the first to suffer and is likely to be completely destroyed. So, I want to take as many beings as possible from this planet and then roam freely among the vast stars.”

“You really are…”

Yu Qing didn’t know how to describe him. A young man still in the early stage of the Nascent Soul phase wanted to take away all the beings on a planet—such power was beyond what ordinary people could possess; even a Great Golden Immortal in the immortal realm might have something like this.

Thinking he was already crazy enough, Yu Qing never imagined that Su Che’s plans were dozens, even hundreds of times more insane than his own.