Chapter 837: Parting for Three Days

Year after year, the deadline mentioned by Xiao Luotian—five hundred years—approached faster, with less than a hundred years left. As the time neared, Xiao Luotian, who had made a promise with his life and fortune, remained calm and composed, confident in himself. The other twelve Immortal Lords also waited quietly, but only they knew whether they truly hoped Su Che would return safely.

It had been over 1,400 years since Su Che’s second departure; it was unknown what he had gained in the chaos. One day, all thirteen Immortal Lords, including Xiao Luotian, suddenly turned their attention outward. Sure enough, a figure gradually became visible through the chaotic mist—Su Che had finally returned.

At the first stage of the Immortal Emperor realm! The thirteen Immortal Lords immediately realized that Su Che had ascended to the level of an Immortal Emperor. Though they all knew he was the heavens’ favorite, they couldn’t help but marvel at his astonishing cultivation speed—almost beyond imagination.

Upon returning, Su Che was also shocked: so many Immortal Lords waiting here—this was quite an impressive gathering!

“Greetings, all Immortal Lords,” Su Che said, bowing slightly in a respectful yet humble manner. Having reached the Immortal Emperor realm, he felt confident and no longer feared them much. Ignoring their gazes, he turned to Xiao Luotian alone and said, “Elder Luotian, I’m truly sorry. After all these years, I still haven’t found the ultimate chaos treasure you hoped for. I searched the area within ten billion li three times, but still found nothing…”

By integrating detection runes, Su Che’s consciousness could now scan areas over a million li in an instant, increasing his search speed by tens of thousands of times. Over the years, he had indeed searched that region countless times. Moreover, as his cultivation strength grew and the power of his Demon-Slaying Spear increased several times over, he conquered and acquired several fierce magical artifacts that once posed a threat to him and his spear. But they were merely powerful chaos spirit treasures, far from being ultimate treasures.

He had searched everywhere possible. In the last hundred years, he even expanded his search radius further, yet still found no such ultimate chaos treasure. Instead, he gathered a large amount of various chaos-level materials—over 500 in total.

Using these chaotic materials, it is certainly possible to craft powerful magical artifacts, but they would no longer be naturally formed chaotic treasures—instead, they would be artificially created artifacts. Seeing Su Che return safely, Xiao Luotian was very pleased. Smiling, he nodded and said, “It’s fine if we can’t find it; after all, it was just my assumption, my guess.” He still didn’t intend to tell Su Che the truth—that the so-called ultimate chaotic treasure didn’t exist at all; it was merely an excuse to keep him away from certain people’s schemes. No matter how ferocious the wild beasts outside, they were straightforward, far less dangerous than the intrigues within the realm of the Heavenly Dao. Of course, Su Che wasn’t a fool either. From what he saw, he could roughly guess Xiao Luotian’s true intentions. Over these more than a thousand years, he had lived quite comfortably, collecting treasures throughout the chaos, and his cultivation progress had accelerated rapidly. In just over a thousand years, he had risen to the rank of Immortal Emperor. In the Immortal Realm, it might have taken ten times longer, or even more. Su Che was pretty sure Xiao Luotian had no ulterior motives toward him. He just didn’t understand what these gathered Immortal Lords wanted here. “Could it be… they’re all waiting for me?” Su Che found it hard to believe—was his reputation that significant? “Su Che, have you gained anything from your travels outside?” asked the Holy Mother Immortal Lord with a smile. With Su Che’s safe return, her worried heart finally settled. The other Immortal Lords were also very curious about what lay beyond the Heavenly Dao, and all their eyes remained fixed on Su Che. Under the gazes of so many Immortal Lords, anyone else would surely be extremely nervous. Even a Ninth Heaven Immortal Emperor like Guangyi would find it hard to maintain composure. But Su Che had already encountered chaos-level powerhouses, so compared to them, these Immortal Lords were nothing. He believed that even if all these Immortal Lords joined forces, they wouldn’t be a match for that Mold God, the chaotic merchant—a formidable figure who had traveled through the chaos for countless years and was feared by the laws of even different universes. As for the various characteristics of the external chaos, Su Che had no intention of hiding anything. Sitting cross-legged, calm and composed, like a mentor sharing his experiences, he recounted in detail his adventures over the years. It wasn’t that Su Che was foolish and revealed everything without knowing how to keep things hidden; rather, there was no need to conceal anything. Since the Heavenly Dao still existed, telling them these things would prevent them from daring to go outside.

If the Heavenly Dao perished, this universe would also unfortunately cease to exist. In that case, Su Che was willing for these immortal lords to avoid detours in the chaos and continue to survive one by one.
Now, Su Che’s mindset had completely changed. His vision was no longer confined to a single universe but extended across the entire chaos, making his heart even broader.
When a person reaches a sufficient height, they need not deliberately show tolerance or kindness to let others feel their magnanimity and depth.
The wider one’s vision, the greater one’s heart…
“Are there already thousands of known universe worlds in the chaos?”
All the immortal lords were deeply shocked and simultaneously realized their own insignificance.
The chaos realm wasn’t as easy to navigate as imagined. Any traveler or wanderer they encountered possessed extraordinary strength, turning these so-called immortal lords into mere frogs in a well.
“Without this home, both you and I will become wanderers in the chaos, without support or roots.”
After telling the story, Su Che stood up and said finally, “Some people have such so-called ideals—trying to create their own universe in the chaos… Now, I can tell them outright that this is nothing but delusion!”
“If creating a universe world were that easy, wouldn’t there be far more than just a few thousand in this vast chaos?”
“Shouldn’t we cherish our current home? I ask all the elders to consider my experiences and think carefully.”
After saying this, Su Che transmitted a message to Xiao Luotian: “Elder Luotian, the gains from this trip…”
Su Che intended to discuss with him how to distribute the treasures he had found in the chaos. But Xiao Luotian shook his head and interrupted, “If you obtain a supreme treasure from the chaos and are willing to give it to me, of course I won’t refuse. As for the rest, I have no interest in them.”
“Alright.”
Su Che nodded, further confirming that Xiao Luotian had indeed good intentions in luring him out…
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving first.”
Su Che bowed to the immortal lords. Seeing no objections, he immediately set off, flying away in an instant without any hesitation.
It seemed as though they weren’t supreme, peak-level warriors but peers of equal strength to him.
“Even though the power I possess still can’t compare to theirs, no one in this universe can stop my growth anymore!”

Su Che flew swiftly through the chaos at a speed of millions of miles per breath—far faster than those Immortal Lords. Of course, this was due to the powerful effects of the detection runes; the greater the range of his spiritual perception, the faster his flight speed per breath. In less than a month, Su Che left the chaotic realm and returned to the Cloud Immortal Realm of the Immortal World. “It’s a pity that I still couldn’t sense Xiao Hei’s location this time. I have no idea where that little guy has gone.” This filled Su Che with slight regret, but he still intuited that Xiao Hei must be safe and unharmed, and that one day he would reunite with it in the chaos. He only didn’t know what Xiao Hei would be like by then—whether it would have grown into a formidable warrior at the level of a Chaos Demon God. Whoosh! Su Che casually activated a teleportation portal and arrived directly in the backyard of his store in Haoyuan Tian Market of the Earth Immortal Realm. By reaching the realm of an Immortal Emperor, one could wield mythic-level Great Path techniques. Originally, many Great Path techniques accumulated in the Immortal Prison could be merged into mythic levels, but limited by one’s own cultivation strength, one could only handle master-level techniques. Now, with the realm of an Immortal Emperor, it was finally possible! With mythic-level teleportation techniques, one could go directly to any place, whether they had been there before or not. It didn’t matter if they hadn’t been there—only the Heavenly Dao needed to know the location. With the power of the heavens, one could reach any place in an instant! Normally, only Immortal Lords could enjoy such privileges, but thanks to his ability to merge skills from the Immortal Prison, he could experience this convenience ahead of time. Among the 2,000 Great Path techniques he already mastered, one-third had been merged into mythic levels—this was also one of the sources of Su Che’s confidence. Less than 2,000 years had passed, and Haoyuan Tian Market hadn’t changed much. The head of the administration office was still that same “Shao Zhong,” the supervisor. Everything in the store was normal as well—Zhuo Feng and Yuan Yuan still had the cultivation level of Golden Immortals. However, all the immortal artifacts of various grades left there back then had long been sold out. Upon returning today, Su Che left two late-stage Golden Immortal soul slaves in the store, assigning them to manage all affairs of the Treasure Workshop alongside the two slaves who had been there before. As for Zhuo Feng and Yuan Yuan, Su Che planned to help them further by sending them to the Time Wheel in the Immortal Prison to train diligently, providing all the resources they needed.

Hearing about the Time Wheel described by Su Che, Yuan Yuan, who was highly motivated, would surely agree eagerly with great joy; while Uncle Zhuo Feng, who remained indifferent to everything, would just take it casually. After all, as Su Che’s follower, he would do as Su Che said.
Sending them into the Time Wheel meant that they would, to some extent, come to understand the secret of the Immortal Prison’s existence. In a few years, they would have to emerge from the Immortal Prison again. Didn’t Su Che worry that his greatest secret might be revealed?
Times had changed—Su Che was no longer afraid. Even if others learned he possessed the Immortal Prison, so what? Who could take it away?
The next stop was the Barbaric Immortal Realm, to meet Tian Yin!
If they encountered people like Ju Li and Hao Gang again and those fools tried to cause trouble, Su Che wouldn’t mind pulling out the Demon-Slaying Spear and punching a few holes in them…