Chapter 578: The Time of Separation

Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and Su Che and Tian Yin were about to part. During this time, Su Che did not take Tian Yin’s virginity—not only because of their impending separation and the current atmosphere, which was far from as perfect as he had imagined, but also because he felt he didn’t yet have the strength to protect and take care of her properly, feeling deeply guilty.
“With separation approaching, does he want to possess her body now out of fear that she might change her heart or be lost to him?”
Su Che knew that once Tian Yin returned to the Immortal Realm, her soul would leave her body and return to her original sorcerer form, while her current human body would be temporarily sealed away for the future…
Who could predict what the future would hold?
In any case, Su Che’s intention was to marry his woman properly, without allowing any messy matters to interfere with their relationship. No matter what others thought or how they viewed it, this was Su Che’s stubbornness toward love and his respect for a life partner…
Huh…
When the time came, the spatial barrier created by the Witch God dissipated naturally, returning to the unique landscape of Thunder Star. The Witch God reappeared before Su Che and Tian Yin.
The Witch God glanced at Su Che indifferently, his gaze carrying deep meaning. Yet, as a great Witch God, he wasn’t the kind to pry into others’ private affairs. His gaze quickly shifted to Tian Yin, and he said softly, “Tian Yin, I must send you back.”
Tian Yin nodded silently. After five days, all intense emotions had returned to calm. After all, they were both beings who had transcended the mundane world, not ordinary people obsessed with love.
Next, the Witch God intended to teleport Tian Yin directly from the Spirit Realm to the Immortal Realm. Such a forced cross-realm transfer was undoubtedly difficult, even for a peak-level powerhouse in the Immortal Realm.
The Witch God took out a very small trapezoidal altar. By the time he threw it to the ground, it had grown into a giant structure several zhang tall. The altar was covered with various totems characteristic of the Witch clan. Su Che guessed that it must be connected to some altar in the Witch clan’s stronghold in the Immortal Realm, allowing for long-distance cross-realm teleportation beyond spatial barriers.
Over the five days, too many farewells had been exchanged, and now there was nothing left to say. Su Che and Tian Yin simply exchanged a silent glance. She then floated up onto the altar, turned around, and continued to gaze at Su Che silently.
A silent farewell.

Su Che also remained silent, but through his gaze, he continued to convey endless reminders to her: Be careful at all times, protect yourself well, and wait for me to go to the Immortal Realm to find you. Wait for the day when I rise above all the powerful beings in the Immortal Realm, and no one will be able to control us anymore. That day is not far away…

Tian Yin seemed to understand Su Che’s gaze. She nodded gently, both in response to Su Che and as a sign to the Witch God that she was ready.

Tap, tap, tap, tap…

The Witch God appeared to remain still, but in a fraction of a second, he spun hundreds of times around the altar. It was as if he had countless clones, each striking different parts of the altar simultaneously. With his incredibly powerful Witch Clan essence, he provided enough transmission energy for the altar.

Breaking through the barriers of the spatial crystal walls and ignoring the constraints of the laws of the universe, he forcibly sent Tian Yin, a mortal, to the Immortal Realm, rather than through the normal path of ascension.

Although both were acts of smuggling, it was relatively easy for those powerful beings in the Immortal Realm to secretly descend to the mortal world. But for a mortal to go to the Immortal Realm truly embodied the meaning of “as difficult as climbing to heaven.”

You see, even those at the Mahayana stage who have been recognized by the Heavenly Dao cannot bring any mortal items to the Immortal Realm when ascending. Even their clothing is created from their own vital energy or magical illusions.

This shows that a peak-level figure like the Witch God already possesses a power second only to the Heavenly Dao. It can even be understood that the Heavenly Dao tacitly permits certain actions that aren’t too excessive, treating them as privileges granted by heaven.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

The altar activated, and the transmission took effect. There were no earth-shattering phenomena; only a faint glow appeared, and Tian Yin’s figure disappeared from the altar.

“Tian Yin…” Su Che uttered a low call in his heart. No matter how strong he had imagined himself to be before, at this moment, the pain was incredibly clear, as if a part of his heart had been torn away and gone with Tian Yin to an unknown world.

As the Witch God slowly retracted the altar, he made eye contact with Su Che and asked in a low voice, “Are you cursing me in your heart?”

“Not exactly cursing,” Su Che replied with a smile while shaking his head. Though the smile seemed forced given the pain he felt, he still spoke honestly, “I’m just thinking about what level of strength I need to reach to truly bring happiness to Tian Yin…”

“Happiness? Do those who cultivate need that?”

The Witch God smiled silently, then vanished in an instant. Only his words echoed in Su Che’s ears: “Even if necessary, Tianyin can find it on her own—there’s no need for you to give it to her. Because you have no idea what kind of power the true Great Witch Tianyin possesses.”
Boom… Boom…
With the disappearance of the Witch God, the thunderstorms lurking nearby seemed to be released, surging forth in large numbers and sweeping through the entire area.
Fortunately, Su Che possessed the Great Thunderfall Technique, one of the Three Thousand Great Paths, which granted him a certain degree of control over thunder, so he wasn’t at risk of being struck by these bolts.
Su Che shook his head forcefully, dispelling all negative emotions and instantly regaining his confidence. The Witch God was right—if Tianyin regained her status as a Great Witch, few even in the Immortal Realm would be able to harm her. There was no need for him, a mortal cultivator in the Refining Void stage, to worry unnecessarily.
“That guy, the Witch God, said there’s an opportunity for the master on Thunder Star. I wonder what kind of opportunity it is?”
Lao He guessed, “It can’t be that old fellow making things up to scare us, right? How could he know about an opportunity belonging to you?”
Su Che shook his head inwardly. “Though I don’t know what the Witch God is thinking, as he said himself, as the leader of the Witch Clan, he wouldn’t resort to such despicable tactics against me. I think there might really be something to gain on Thunder Star.”
Su Che slowly turned, his gaze fixed on the direction the Witch God had once looked. Perhaps his opportunity was right there…
Amidst the roaring thunderstorms, Su Che hovered a hundred feet in the air, flying toward that direction at a steady pace. On this completely unfamiliar planet, it was impossible to tell east from west.
In fact, there was no sun visible on Thunder Star—all light came from the constantly flashing thunderstorms and the countless glowing plants on the ground.
These plants absorbed so much electrical current that they seemed to need to emit light and heat to release their excessive vitality.
Many types of thunderstorms could harm a cultivator’s spiritual consciousness, leaving the search above and below ground to rely on Lao He’s detection abilities.
On normal planets, Lao He’s detection range could reach nearly twenty thousand feet underground, but on Thunder Star, due to the dense and violent electrical currents, his range was only ten thousand feet.
This meant that if that “opportunity” was buried deep underground, it would take great effort to find it—certainly not something that could be discovered in a short time.

Flying on like this for about two hours, Su Che and Lao He still found nothing.
“That’s not right!” Su Che thought to himself. “The Witch God is by no means a boring person. Every word and action of his must hold deep meaning. The meeting place he chose couldn’t be arbitrary; the opportunity he mentioned must be quite close…”
“Don’t overestimate him,” Lao He sneered. “These so-called powerful beings at the peak sometimes act like irrational fools, doing things that make no sense. Not everything has to make sense or hide some mystery.”
Just as Su Che wanted to argue with him, Lao He suddenly shouted, “There’s someone over there!”
Through the mental image sent by Lao He, Su Che saw it too—a towering tree stood on a mound about twenty thousand feet away. The tree was entirely silver-white, like a giant artifact made of pure silver. There wasn’t a single leaf on its crown; instead, there were countless oddly shaped branches, resembling eternal lightning bolts, emitting dazzling brilliance.
As the saying goes, a big tree attracts lightning. Within several miles, no other plant was taller than it. This tree must endure constant strikes from lightning, which is why every branch took on the shape of a lightning bolt…
Beneath the hundred-foot-tall tree, parts of its roots were exposed, entangled over an area of dozens of feet, forming a small maze. If not for Lao He’s precise detection skills, Su Che’s naked eye would never have detected a human cultivator hidden there.
This person was at the mid-stage of the Huashen realm. Undoubtedly, he specialized in lightning magic and must have spent countless years cultivating in Thunder Star, a sacred place for lightning cultivation.
“He’s just what we need as a guide!”
Su Che sped up slightly and flew toward them. When he got close enough, at about a thousand feet away, he released the aura befitting a strong cultivator at the Lianxu realm, waking the Huashen cultivator from his meditation.
On the surface, he appeared to be a young man with delicate features, but his actual age was over 1,600 years. His Lightning Spirit Root could be called either a divine spirit root or a mutated spirit root—it was extremely rare in the cultivation world and could even be considered a rare species in the spiritual realm.
Generally, such a lucky person with outstanding innate talent, as long as he wasn’t lazy or had terrible luck, should have no trouble reaching the Daguan realm.

This person had already noticed Su Che’s arrival and realized that this senior at the Refining Void stage was coming for him. Although he thought to himself, “This Refining Void cultivator is really bold; he’s not afraid of running into the Witch Clan by chance,” he still voluntarily emerged from the root maze and stepped onto the flat ground to welcome Su Che’s arrival.