Chapter 773: Does It Exist?

Lan Ling really climbed into bed to sleep, saying Su Che’s bed was particularly comfortable—whether that was true or not was unknown.
Su Che, on the other hand, sat quietly in a chair, observing yet another set of changes within the Immortal Prison.
Thirty-five thousand living worlds were merging with desolate stars, each containing at least 30 billion intelligent beings, with some even reaching 50 billion.
Although it was said to be thirty-five thousand, calculated at 30 billion per world, the total actually amounted to over forty thousand.
This was the magnanimity of an Immortal Lord—unconcerned with gains or losses, always ensuring benefits for others and never causing them harm.
As a result, there were nearly 70,000 worlds inhabited by living beings in the Immortal Prison universe. Such a vast number of beings living in their own worlds was a testament to great achievement and satisfaction.
With nothing else to do, he would simply observe quietly the development and changes of each world, as well as the interesting stories within each small world, never feeling bored.
Among countless beings, many very similar things would surely happen, and many faces would be eerily alike—one could find two people on planets far apart in the starry sky who looked almost identical, like twin brothers.
In just a few hours, Su Che even encountered over a dozen young people who resembled him greatly.
The others merely passed by, at most eliciting a silent smile from Su Che, but one person truly caught his attention.
In the cultivation realm of a certain planet, there was a young man whose appearance and features were astonishingly similar to his own. At just 18 years old, he had just begun his cultivation journey, only at the first level of Qi cultivation.
Yet his spiritual root attributes were pitiful—among the five types of mixed spiritual roots, they were the worst. It was unclear how he managed to succeed in cultivating Qi at all.
At that moment, he was frantically fleeing through the mountains to gather spiritual herbs, having provoked a beast at the third level of Qi cultivation. If he slowed down, he would be devoured by the beast.
However, the disparity in strength was huge—the pursuer was a four-legged leopard, much faster than him, and was closing in quickly.
According to the rule Su Che had set for himself—except on Qi Yuan Star, he should avoid interfering with the natural development of normal worlds and treat all beings in the universe fairly—saving this human would be unfair to the leopard. That was the logic behind it.

Yet, the scene before him reminded Su Che of those days after he revived on Qi Yuan Star’s Blood Curtain Mountains—when he was unable to move freely and at risk of being devoured by beasts. Later, he was fortunate enough to meet Senior Yu Qing, who led him into the gates of Tian Xuan Sect… Help him out. After all, all the rules were set by him; breaking them or playing tricks was also up to him. Whoosh! Su Che controlled his clone, crossing an immeasurable distance across countless star systems, teleporting directly from Qi Yuan Star to the deep mountains of this planet. In the Immortal Prison Universe, spatial distance meant nothing to him. When he appeared before the young man, his clone slightly altered its appearance to prevent the other from noticing their similarity. The young man stumbled out from behind a huge rock. Seeing Su Che, who appeared to be about fifteen years old, he froze for a moment before shouting, “Run! There are monsters behind!” While shouting, he ran in another direction, clearly not wanting others to be dragged into the danger he had caused. “He has good character, but such character makes it hard to survive long in the cultivation world; he’s likely to suffer losses,” Su Che thought with a smirk. Swish! A leopard rushed out from behind the rock, casting a cold glance at Su Che before continuing to chase the young man. As a beast at the third level of artifact refinement, it already had considerable intelligence and was good at holding grudges. “Let him go.” Su Che used an invisible, gentle force to pull the leopard away and casually tossed it a spiritual pill suitable for its advancement. The leopard caught it in its mouth instantly, its keen senses allowing it to recognize the benefits of the pill, so it swallowed it without hesitation. “Let him go,” Su Che repeated, not in words but in direct mental language that any living being could understand. Mew… The leopard’s cry sounded like that of a domestic cat, with a somewhat childish, coquettish tone. “It’s a female leopard. No wonder it’s so persistent,” Su Che said with a smile. The female leopard walked over gracefully, rubbing her head against Su Che, as she could keenly sense that Su Che exuded a very amiable, natural aura—like the world itself, capable of embracing and nurturing her. This was an instinctive trait of lower-level beasts. Unfortunately, as their cultivation improved, some of these innate abilities would gradually degenerate and disappear. Gaining something meant losing something—that was the unbreakable law of nature.

The leopard left and returned to its den; everything seemed so natural. A miracle pill was given to it as compensation—only then was it fair.
Whether they were beasts or humans, in Su Che’s eyes, they were all his people, with no distinction of rank. He wouldn’t treat all humans specially just because he was human himself.
As the Heavenly Dao, he only needed to oversee the normal development of the world on a macro level.
“Thank you, Brother Dao, for saving my life.”
The young man approached. Although Su Che appeared younger on the surface, he still addressed him as Brother Dao. Of course, that was right.
Su Che turned to look at him and asked directly, “What’s your name, and what’s your status?”
“My name is Fang Ling, and I’m a solitary cultivator,” the young man replied with a bow, knowing in his heart that he had met a great master today. Though young, he might well be a senior with profound cultivation.
“I have an opportunity to offer you,” Su Che said slowly. “Inside a cave thousands of miles away, there is a pill. If you take it, it will allow you to transform your spirit root into a dualattribute earth spirit root. What do you say? Are you interested?”
“Huh?”
Fang Ling was stunned. After a few moments, he stammered, “Thank you, Brother Dao, for telling me this. But why don’t you go get it yourself?”
“I have a heavenly spirit root. What use would it be for me?” Su Che replied proudly.
“Oh, I see.”
Fang Ling bowed deeply once more, expressing his sincere gratitude.
After thanking him, his expression revealed uncontrollable excitement and complexity.
A stranger—a stranger who had saved his life—had given him such a tremendous opportunity right away. It felt like a dream. He was filled with anticipation, but also disbelief, his mind in a daze.
A mixed five-attribute spirit root could be upgraded to a dual-attribute earth spirit root with just one pill? Could such a miraculous pill really exist?
Could it be an illusion before death, caused by being torn apart by the leopard?
Su Che took out a map that appeared instantly—of course, it was also a treasure map. Handing it to him, he reminded, “The journey ahead is long, and you may encounter many dangers. Be careful.”
“Thank you, Brother Dao… no, thank you, senior, for your great kindness.”
Fang Ling didn’t bother thinking about whether it was real or not. After all, the person before him had just saved him. Even if it were fake, he still owed him endless gratitude.
Su Che smiled silently, about to leave, when another panicked roar came from a valley not far away.
Ahh…

Just now, that leopard was calling for help—it had encountered a more powerful predator, simply because it had just swallowed an extremely precious elixir and was now in a stage of overflowing spiritual energy, which inevitably aroused the predatory desires of other beasts. Eating it would mean swallowing that elixir as well!
“Lao Hei, just do it for me!” Su Che cursed inwardly.
Lao Hei, hidden somewhere, was covering his mouth and laughing wickedly. The predator bullying Leopard Girl was someone he had deliberately created. The message was clear: Master, since you want to play, I’ll play with you too—I’ll play the hidden mastermind, the big villain!
Knowing this, Su Che couldn’t stand by and do nothing, after all, it was he who had started it all.
Well, he had just saved Leopard Girl and taken care of her; meanwhile, Fang Ling, who was still waiting for him in the valley, was in danger again.
Two cultivators, both casual practitioners, had discovered Fang Ling under Lao Hei’s covert guidance and intended to search him and rob him.
Fang Ling, who had great fortune, would rather die than lose the treasure map given to him by his benefactor, so he started fleeing desperately in the direction Su Che had just left…
From that day on, a story centered around Fang Ling began in the cultivation world of this planet. The one behind the scenes creating layer after layer of hardships for him was none other than that bored fool, Lao Hei.
Whenever Lao Hei went too far, Su Che would secretly step in to help the boy.
It seemed like Su Che and Lao Hei were playing a game on this planet, but Su Che had more than once thought: Am I in the same situation as Fang Ling?
Is there someone watching me from above, keeping an eye on me? Although there’s a suspicion that they’re using me as a pawn, overall, are they secretly protecting and taking care of me?
Is such a possibility really there?
If there truly is such a powerful being at a higher level, why did he create that great disaster that destroyed my home? Why did he kill my wife, children, and parents?
Couldn’t he have used a gentler, kinder method to guide me on this path of growth?
Should I be grateful to him, or hate him?
Or maybe that great disaster was just an illusion to deceive everyone—my relatives didn’t really die, and countless beings in the entire Stone-Gathering Town and the entire Yan’an Kingdom didn’t die in that disaster. Were they just transferred to another place?
Is such a possibility really there?

If my loved ones hadn’t died in that great catastrophe, even today they would have completed their lives long ago, having been reborn countless times. As long as they could live out that life safely, the last trace of regret and the final shadow in my heart would vanish as well.
If you truly exist, then please help take care of them for me—I would be infinitely grateful!
On a land somewhere in the celestial realm, Su Che knelt in prayer, hoping that the “him” he imagined could hear him…