Chapter 576: Goodbye, Witch God

“The Witch God wants us to go to Thunder Star for a meeting?”
Su Che and Tian Yin were both quite surprised. Still, they took the guiding star map from Elder Daro.
What puzzled Su Che even more was that, though not explicitly stated back then, during his conversation with the Witch God, he had hinted that he didn’t want any further involvement with the Witch Clan before ascending to the immortal realm. Logically, the Witch God shouldn’t have come looking for him and Tian Yin anymore.
Besides, given the Witch God’s abilities, if there was anything he couldn’t solve, why would he need Su Che and Tian Yin to get involved?
By intuition, Su Che realized it must not be good news—likely something that would put him in great trouble…
“I’m not strong enough to confront the Witch God now. I can’t ignore his summons,” Su Che thought to himself. “If he wants me to go, I have to go!”
“Within ten days, Lord Tian Yu and Great Witch Tian Yin must arrive at Thunder Star. Daro takes his leave!”
Elder Daro repeated his warning solemnly, bowed, soared into the sky, and vanished instantly.
As soon as he left, a series of sighs filled the tavern. The onlookers, who had been terrified, felt relieved as if they had escaped disaster.
Yet their hearts still weren’t completely at ease, and they dared not look at Su Che and Tian Yin. From the earlier conversation, they knew well that one of these two was undoubtedly the infamous evil master Tian Yu, while the other seemed to be some Great Witch Tian Yin.
Many cultivators were aware of the significance behind the title “Great Witch,” but they weren’t very afraid of Tian Yin. Firstly, she had a gentle appearance and soft demeanor; just one glance at her gave people a warm, comforting feeling, making it hard to associate her with “fearful.”
Secondly, she had been there for a long time without harming anyone. Anyone with a bit of sense knew that as long as they didn’t provoke her, nothing bad would happen.
Thus, the only one who could still inspire fear among them at this moment was Su Che.
The once lively tavern became deathly quiet, so silent that a pin falling could be heard. Everyone thought that whoever spoke first and caught the evil master’s attention would surely suffer great misfortune.
“Let’s go.”
The sunset outside the window was still beautiful, but Su Che had lost his interest. He and Tian Yin got up, paid the bill, and left immediately.
With their departure, most of the guests also hurried to scatter, staying away from trouble to ensure their safety.

“Tianyin, can you guess why the Witch God is looking for us?” Su Che asked through telepathy after leaving the restaurant.
“I can’t guess,” Tianyin replied, shaking her head gently. “No one can truly understand the Witch God’s intentions.”
Her expression remained calm as usual, but Su Che could see a hint of worry in her eyes. Clearly, like him, she too had some ominous premonition.
“The Witch God surely won’t kill me or Tianyin. That much is certain,” Su Che thought, discussing it with Lao He. “He’s at the pinnacle of the immortal realm. To eliminate an ordinary person like me, he wouldn’t even need to lift a finger. So, our lives should be safe on Thunder Star. I’m just afraid…”
“Afraid that guy will scheme against you!” Lao He interjected. “That old fellow is highly strategic. What he does now might not reveal his true intentions until millions of years later. Even if he seems to do you a favor now, who knows—once you grow strong enough, you might suddenly realize you’ve been tricked by him all along!”
“Yes,” Su Che thought, shaking his head. “To be honest, the person I fear the most is the Witch God. I really don’t want to deal with him.”
“So, at the moment, what does the master fear most that the Witch God might do?” Lao He asked meaningfully.
“What I fear most is…” Su Che replied softly. “That the Witch God will use Tianyin against me or hold me at gunpoint. For example, he might separate me from Tianyin for some reason, and then…”
And then what? Su Che didn’t know what to say, because the Witch God’s intentions were unfathomable. Who could predict what he might do?
“If that’s what you fear the most, then it’s very likely to happen!” Lao He said gravely, almost as if observing from afar. “Though you can’t figure him out, he certainly has the ability to see through your thoughts.”
“Sigh!” Su Che sighed inwardly. “In short, strength is the most important thing. If I had strength surpassing that of the Witch God, who would dare scheme against me? I wouldn’t fear anyone’s schemes then.”
It seemed as though Tianyin, who was right beside him, could hear his sigh. A soft, gentle hand reached out and took Su Che’s hand. This showed that Tianyin had also realized what Su Che was worried about.

Judging from the guiding star chart, that unvisited “Thunder Star” wasn’t too far away. With the interstellar teleportation array and a little over a day of starflight, it would take five or six days to reach there. The ten days given by the Witch God was quite ample.

Su Che and Tian Yin were preoccupied and had no mood for sightseeing along the way. They arrived at Thunder Star in just over five days.

Thunder Star was an extremely special cultivation planet, resembling a playground of heavenly thunder—thunder everywhere and continuous rumbling. There was even a joke: if you dared to stand still in a certain spot on Thunder Star, you’d be struck by lightning at least three times within fifteen minutes. Was standing still that dangerous?

Seems not!

If you moved around, being struck thirty times in fifteen minutes would already be considered lucky.

Of course, this was just an exaggerated joke to illustrate the intense frequency of thunder on Thunder Star. Such a planet would surely become a sacred place for those practicing thunder magic in the spiritual realm.

Amidst the roaring thunder, Su Che narrowed his eyes and thought, “Actually, this could be advantageous as a battlefield. Here, my Great Thunder Strike technique can really come in handy.”

Back in the Wind and Thunder Desolate Land, Su Che, still at the Golden Core stage, had been able to use the power of heavenly thunder to overwhelm powerful cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage like Tai Xu.

Now, if anyone dared to cause trouble for Su Che in such an environment, he might even use the power of thunder to capture a few cultivators at the Tribulation stage, adding to Su Che’s ranks of servants.

On a planet with such intense thunder, one would expect it to be barren, with no possibility of plants or animals surviving. Yet, the wonders of creation are beyond ordinary people’s imagination.

At first glance, various plants were actually very lush, though their colors were quite strange—light blue, dark blue, light purple, dark purple… Even when green could be seen, it was strikingly vivid and abnormal.

Before coming here, Su Che had inquired on the nearest cultivation planet. The plants on Thunder Star had a natural ability to absorb lightning. In fact, the power of lightning was even more crucial to them than sunlight.

Thunder, which most living beings feared, actually became the best nourishment for them. Anyone who arrived for the first time would surely be amazed by this.

However, with certain concerns in mind, Su Che didn’t have time to admire any wonders. All he wanted now was to meet the Witch God as soon as possible to clarify things.

Whether it’s good or bad, facing it sooner and solving the mystery earlier is always better than lingering and tormenting one’s mind.
“Over there!”
As soon as they landed on the ground, Tianyin pointed in a certain direction and said, “The Witch God is waiting for us over there.”
As the reincarnation of a great witch, she shared a certain racial connection with the Witch God, which was quite normal.
Su Che nodded silently and walked alongside her.
Below their feet was a deep blue grassland, with grass blades that were not very tall, barely reaching the tops of their feet.
With a whooshing sound…
With each step, sparks of electricity flashed around their calves.
Clearly, this was the grass resisting being trampled. Even though it couldn’t speak, it could express itself this way: “Dare step on me? I’ll electrocute you!”
In fact, the electricity emitted by each blade of grass could instantly kill an elephant. But for someone like Su Che and Tianyin at the Refining Void stage, it only produced a tingling sensation, as if they were enjoying a foot massage.
Since many types of heavenly lightning could cause severe damage to a cultivator’s spiritual consciousness, on this planet, spiritual consciousnesses were almost always suppressed, and few dared to project them outward—Su Che included.
However, Lao He’s detection ability was different; it could ignore the interference of heavenly lightning.
Thus, through Lao He’s mental transmission, Su Che was able to “see” in advance that beyond the hill ahead stood the Witch God alone.
There was no aura of a peak-level being from the immortal realm, nor any sense of domineering power. His back only made Su Che feel loneliness, desolation, and emptiness.
Could it be that the lofty Witch God, who wielded the most powerful forces in the universe, also had his own share of sorrow and isolation?
At that moment, his back appeared that of a mere human, not a god.
When Su Che and Tianyin were about ten miles away from him, they were surprised to find that the area around the Witch God was extremely quiet—no thunder could be heard, nor was any lightning falling. It seemed even the heavenly lightning knew it should stay far away from this man and avoid provoking him.
Dressed in plain green robes, he still looked like the young man they had seen last time, with an air of refinement mixed with indifference. On the surface, he seemed utterly unrelated to the Witch tribe.
By the time Su Che and Tianyin were about twenty feet behind him, before they could even pay their respects, the Witch God spoke, “I can tell from your expressions that you really don’t want to see me, right?”

Suce’s reply was quite gentle, with evident sincerity: “If all I hear from you this time are good news, then I would feel extremely honored to be summoned by you again next time.”
“Is that so?”
The Witch God chuckled and slowly turned around to look at Suce, his tone equally gentle: “It’s a pity that in life, not everything goes as one wishes. The news you’ll hear next will surely include both good and bad. Unless you first tell me a good news that can make me happy…”