Chapter 335: The Five Elements Star Locking Formation

With a thunderous crash, the Giant Rich Man’s ship collided with the silver spaceship.
The result of the collision was that the Giant Rich Man’s palace glowed with golden light and remained unharmed, while the silver ship exploded in a loud burst, shattering into dozens of pieces. Its internal treasure space also collapsed instantly, spilling out countless items—as if an entire world had been shattered and spilled out…
The silver ship’s interior covered hundreds of square miles and contained vast amounts of supplies. They might not have been precious or valuable, but when dumped all at once, they were indeed enormous in quantity.
Among them, hundreds of lower-level cultivators could be seen, mostly women, who were likely the dual-cultivation partners of Golden Core cultivators. The Netherworld Sect was a demonic sect that held no regard for romantic relationships. It was common for a Golden Core cultivator to take several dual-cultivation partners when going on missions.
Of course, the so-called “partners” were just a euphemism; in reality, they were merely tools for those Golden Core cultivators to satisfy their desires.
Furious, “Flame Bone” flew out from the wreckage, wielding an elite flying sword. Without saying a word, he shot Su Che a fierce glance before fleeing deep into the starry sky.
At the mid-Yuan Ying stage, even if Su Che used an elite flying sword, it would be unlikely for her to catch up to him. Even if she did, it would be impossible to kill or capture him.
“Let it be…”
Su Che turned her gaze to the Foundation Establishment cultivators floating in space. Given their level, they were doomed in this vast starry expanse and had no chance of returning to the cultivation world of Mu Lan Star.
So, Su Che captured all those Foundation Establishment cultivators who were waiting for death with closed eyes and imprisoned them in the Immortal Prison. As for the debris of the silver ship, although it had some value and could be used to extract certain materials, Su Che considered it worthless and not worth wasting time on. She then, along with Tian Yin, took flight again using the Star Emperor Compass, heading toward the location of Wu Huang Star.
During the flight, Tian Yin warned, “After that man escapes, he’ll surely gather more experts to take revenge on us.”
“I know,” Su Che nodded. “We’ll have to meet them head-on. It’s inevitable. We’ve done our best; we can only proceed step by step.”
There were still 30 million miles left to Wu Huang Star, a journey that would take about ten days.

In the Immortal Prison, Lao He was studying the top-grade spiritual treasure “White Jade Bone Claw” seized from Yan Gu. After a while, he concluded, “Master, this treasure can indeed be fused, but the power of the divine abilities it unleashes after fusion will surely be weaker than its original form.”

“It doesn’t matter,” Su Che replied in his mind. “I don’t care about such a treasure; I only want the divine abilities it contains.”

Last time, by fusing it with the Tai Wu Divine Blade, Su Che acquired a total of seven divine abilities, meaning the success rate for reaching the Infant Stage was 70%. If he could fuse this White Jade Bone Claw again today, he might gain another ability, raising the success rate to 80%.

“Fusion!”

Lao He threw the White Jade Bone Claw into the air. The top-grade spiritual treasure instantly shattered into pieces, dissolving into specks that merged into the first layer of the Immortal Prison.

Soon after, Su Che saw the two Bi An statues carved on the gates of the Immortal Prison. The one on the right had its left front paw resting on the Tai Wu Divine Blade and its right front paw on the newly fused White Jade Bone Claw, while the Bi An on the left had nothing under its paws.

Su Che couldn’t help but wonder, “Could it be that the Bi An on the right gate is responsible for offense, and the one on the left for defense? They each have their own roles. Next time, I should try fusing another defensive-type spiritual treasure.”

With the White Jade Bone Claw fused into the Immortal Prison, Su Che naturally mastered another divine ability, “Tearing Demon Claw,” which was also an offensive ability.

In fact, Su Che didn’t like the “Heaven-Splitting Slash” of the Tai Wu Divine Blade, nor did he like the newly acquired “Tearing Demon Claw.” He found these two abilities too ordinary—less unique than abilities like Soul Seizing, Demon Trapping, and Plundering, and less aggressive than Destruction and Thunder Strike.

In Su Che’s eyes, the Heaven-Splitting Slash and Tearing Demon Claw only represented a 10% success rate for reaching the Infant Stage. Other than that, they were of little use.

It made sense. The Destruction ability was inherited from ancient demon gods, and the Great Thunder Technique was a supreme art of the immortal realm—surely far stronger than mortal abilities. No wonder Su Che dismissed them.

His standards were too high. What others regarded as treasures held no significance to him…

As for the new prisoner, Yan Lin, he was still in a coma. Normal methods couldn’t awaken him, so Lao He had to infuse him with some life force to heal him.

The Heavenly Sound Bell had severely damaged Yan Lin’s primordial spirit. Such injuries were extremely difficult to recover from. Without infusing him with life force, it was normal for him to remain unconscious for a month or two.

Three days later, Yan Lin finally woke up. His primordial infant had already been sealed. Upon waking, he suffered from severe headaches and felt weak, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

After half an hour of interrogation, Lao He reported to Su Che, “Master, it seems that warning from the celestial tremors truly triggered major actions in the Spirit Realm and the Immortal Realm. They have indeed started to deal with the Witch Clan.” Su Che nodded in agreement and listened carefully. Lao He continued, “The entire Witch Yellow Star has been completely sealed off by the ‘Five Elements Star Locking Array’—no one can enter or exit, and all the interstellar teleportation arrays have also stopped working. That’s why when you and Tian Yin passed through that portal, there was a deviation of over 100 million miles.” “Five Elements Star Locking Array?” Su Che was surprised. “What kind of array is powerful enough to seal off an entire planet?” “The Five Elements Star Locking Array involves bringing in a Golden Spirit Planet, a Wood Spirit Planet, a Water Spirit Planet, a Fire Spirit Planet, and an Earth Spirit Planet from the starry sky, using these five planets with different attributes to form a sealing array…” Lao He explained in detail. “Bringing in five planets from the starry sky—what kind of power is that?” Su Che was shocked and deeply puzzled. “If they have such power, why go through such trouble? Why not simply kill all the members of the Witch Clan on Witch Yellow Star to solve the problem once and for all?” “I’ve asked Yan Lin about this too…” Lao He replied, “But he couldn’t give any answer either. He isn’t advanced enough to understand matters related to the Spirit Realm and the Immortal Realm. Since Tian Yin is the reincarnation of a great being, she should know the answer, right?” So, Su Che relayed the matter of the Five Elements Star Locking Array to Tian Yin and raised all his previous questions. Tian Yin looked serious and thought for a while before saying, “Firstly, it’s certain that the power to move planets must come from the Immortal Realm. The Spirit Realm doesn’t have the ability to do such things.” She then added, “If the immortals in the Immortal Realm unite, they can divide the original cultivation realm into two— one Spirit Realm and the current cultivation realm. So, moving just a few planets is a trivial matter for them. I guess not only Witch Yellow Star but also other planets where the Witch Clan lives in the cultivation realm will be sealed off.” Su Che nodded. “Then why seal off the planets instead of directly killing those Witch Clan members? If the immortals in the Immortal Realm have the ability to move planets, why not crash Witch Yellow Star directly into the sun? Wouldn’t that solve everything?”

“You underestimate the Witch Clan too much,” Tianyin said with a faint smile. “Even if Witch Yellow Star is destroyed, not a single member of the Witch Clan will die. Let me put it this way: an adult Witch Clan warrior can punch a hole in the sun without even his hair getting singed. Although the cultivation realm can trap the Witch Clan, there’s no force capable of killing them.”
“The Witch Clan is that powerful?” Su Che found it hard to believe.
“Moreover, restricted by the laws of heaven and earth, the immortals in the Immortal Realm cannot descend to the mortal world at will. Even some high-ranking immortals with divine powers, who can control the sun, moon, and stars across the three realms and manipulate planets in the cultivation realm to some extent, cannot simply destroy countless lives on a planet.”
Tianyin continued, “You must know that Witch Yellow Star isn’t just home to the Witch Clan—it also has countless innocent beings. Destroying so many lives on a planet is such a grave sin that no one can bear it, not even the highest rulers of the Immortal Realm dare take on such a heavy crime.”
“So, it can only be sealed off, not destroyed.”
“Sin and karma?” Su Che was half-understanding.
“The laws of cause and effect in the world are governed by the Heavenly Dao… Matters related to the Heavenly Dao are extremely profound and complex; I don’t fully understand them either.”
Tianyin sighed softly, “I only know that under the Heavenly Dao, everyone is but an ant. Whether it’s the Witch Clan or immortals, in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, they’re all ants. It’s just that these ants insist on distinguishing between high and low, strong and weak.”
“What karma, what Heavenly Dao? We can’t understand these things—they’re too far from us. Let’s not worry about them for now…” Su Che shook his head, trying to clear his mind. “So, Witch Yellow Star has been completely sealed off by the Five Elements Star Locking Array. If we go there, won’t we be walking straight into a trap?”
“We have to go,” Tianyin said with a wry smile. “If you still want to return to Tianxuan Sect on Qi Yuan Star, you must go to Witch Yellow Star, take out the portal from there, and find a safe planet to set up a new transmission channel so we can return. Otherwise, it would take thousands of years to travel trillions of miles through space.”
Flying through the vast starry sky for thousands of years? What an unrealistic idea.
It made Su Che laugh out of worry, his gaze toward Tianyin looking rather strange.
Feeling a bit guilty under his gaze, Tianyin lowered her head and explained softly, “It’s not my fault. I’m doing this to help you… Without the protection of the Witch Clan, how will you deal with the pursuit from the Spirit Realm and the Immortal Realm in the future? Secrets can’t be hidden forever—your situation will eventually be exposed…”

Su Che nodded and said in a deep voice, “If that’s the case, I must venture into even the most dangerous places. Indeed, in this vast universe, just one month is truly enough time to travel!”
Though he said this, in his heart, Su Che had no thoughts of blaming or accusing Tian Yin.
“She did it out of pure kindness, helping me like this. If she were selfish, she could easily ignore the dangers I’ll face in the future. After all, my dangers have nothing to do with her…”
Su Che understood these truths clearly.
In the Immortal Prison, Lao He said slyly, “Why go back to Qi Yuan Star? Just do as you said before we set off—let her accompany you for life as compensation. Actually, that’s not bad at all.”
Lao He believed that as long as he had the Immortal Prison with him, living on any planet was the same for Su Che.
The inner world of the Immortal Prison was Su Che’s true home.