Chapter 409: The Messenger Descends to the Mortal World

Upon learning who the top-level insider of the Tianxuan Sect was, Su Che was slightly surprised. He had indeed noticed this person before, but it was just a guess without any evidence.
Now that the entire Illusion Demon Sect was under his control, such an insider couldn’t cause any trouble. Su Che wasn’t in a hurry to return to the sect to arrest her; he could wait a while before dealing with it…
Over the next five days, Su Che led his team to infiltrate the Spirit Medicine Mountain, Tianxin Pavilion, and Blood God Sect, successfully capturing their leaders with great ease.
Having learned from his near-death experience with the Illusion Demon Sect, Su Che no longer dared to underestimate any of these powerful sects. He avoided direct attacks instead, disguising himself and sneaking in, using the same tactics he had employed to capture Tai Xu—progressing step by step, infiltrating layer by layer, to capture them safely.
With Fei Yun’s strong assistance, capturing a Yuan Ying cultivator alone had become extremely easy. Once her Immortal Essence power was unleashed, it could trap a late-stage Yuan Ying like Tai Xu in place, leaving Su Che only to send Xiao Hei to knock him out.
However, Su Che never sent Fei Yun into the Immortal Prison; he kept her in a vast internal space. After all, she wasn’t his loyal subordinate, and it was better not to let her know the secrets of the Immortal Prison.
The Patriarch Haotian of the Spirit Medicine Mountain, the Leader Tianxin of Tianxin Pavilion, and the Holy Patriarch of the Blood God Sect—all three had received warnings from the Illusion Demon Sect’s leader, which allowed them to escape Taiyi Sect in time.
But they lacked a way to communicate with the Spirit Realm and couldn’t inform the spiritual realm’s messengers about Taiyi Sect’s betrayal. They could only return to their own sects and struggle to come up with a plan.
Of course, they had no idea that Tai Xu and the others had turned traitor because of Su Che, nor did they realize his abilities were so strong that he could infiltrate other sects and take action against them one by one.
Haotian, Tianxin, and the Holy Patriarch all thought that hiding in their own strongholds was the safest option.
This idea was utterly wrong. In fact, their own strongholds were the most dangerous places. If they went outside and hid in some secluded spot, Su Che might not be able to find them in the short term.
With all seven major sects of the chaotic faction now under control, it could be said that Su Che had brought stability to the cultivation world of Qiyuan Star. No one could stir up chaos on this planet anymore.

As for whether there were other ways to open a passage to the lower world in the Spirit Realm, Su Che didn’t know either. But it was certain that opening such a passage legally and properly was by no means an easy task.
That night, the eight late-stage Yuan Ying cultivators—Tai Xu, Wan Gui, Huan Mo, Jun Sha, Hao Tian, Tian Xin, Xue Shen, and Yan Gu—along with Lao Hei and Bai Lao Mo, gathered together to hold the first high-level meeting inside the Immortal Prison.
“I’ve always had a question. The so-called Spirit Realm was created when the immortals of the Immortal Realm jointly divided the original Cultivation Realm in two. So, are the current rules of the Spirit Realm and the Cultivation Realm the will of heaven, or were they established by the immortals of the Immortal Realm?”
Su Che’s voice echoed in the ears of his subordinates.
“Sir, from what I understand, it’s probably a combination of both,” replied Huan Mo, the leader of the Huan Mo Sect, who had experience communicating with the ancestors of the Immortal Realm. “Heavenly laws form the basic framework, governing the major principles of the world. On this basis, some peak-level immortals with divine mandates can establish more detailed rules in accordance with heavenly will. For example, cultivators in the Cultivation Realm must reach the Huashen stage before they can ascend to the Spirit Realm. Meanwhile, those whose cultivation surpasses the Huashen stage are not allowed to stay in the Cultivation Realm for long.”
“So, with the consent of the Immortal Realm, the people in the Spirit Realm can also legally open a passage to the lower world and send large groups to the Cultivation Realm?” Su Che asked further.
“That’s likely,” Tai Xu interjected. “However, based on my intuition from multiple interactions with that envoy from the Spirit Realm, I believe this treasure-seeking mission is an unauthorized act by certain individuals—some kind of covert operation that shouldn’t be exposed. It seems they’re afraid the Immortal Realm will find out, as they’ve repeatedly told me not to reveal anything to anyone else in the Spirit Realm.”
“Oh?”
Delighted by this, Su Che quickly pressed further, “Are you saying that the treasure-seeking mission of those in the Spirit Realm is a deceitful act carried out in secret, and the true immortals of the Immortal Realm are unaware of it?”
“That’s likely,” Tai Xu replied. “Sir, the Spirit Realm is vast—possibly even larger than our Cultivation Realm. Within it, various factions are intricately intertwined, engaged in even more severe scheming and power struggles. I even suspect that because of this treasure-seeking mission, smaller sects like the Tai Yi Gate, Huan Mo Sect, and Wan Gui Sect have already been completely controlled by those powerful figures. I can’t even get in touch with the ancestors from the Tai Yi Gate who once ascended to the Spirit Realm.”

“Good!” Su Che’s tone was filled with obvious joy. “If the Immortal Realm isn’t manipulating things behind the scenes, my pressure could be a bit less.”
Earlier, Su Che had also guessed that cultivators in the Spirit Realm had to reach the Mahayana stage before they could ascend to the Immortal Realm—this rule must be a major law set by the Heavenly Dao. As for cultivators in the Cultivation Realm, they had to reach the Transcending Gods stage to ascend to the Spirit Realm; this rule was likely a minor rule established by the immortals in the Immortal Realm.
Therefore, Su Che had been worried that if the people of the Spirit Realm obtained the approval of the Immortal Realm, they might be able to open channels to the lower realms without any reason. In that case, all his efforts would be in vain, and he still wouldn’t be able to stop those powerful cultivators from descending to seek treasures.
Now, after hearing whatIllusion Demon andTai Xu had said, he felt a bit more confident. Since treasure hunting was an act of deception by certain people in the Spirit Realm, they surely wouldn’t go too far—they would only exploit loopholes and act secretly.
“Well then, you need to discuss carefully how to respond when the envoy from the Spirit Realm arrives in a few days.”
Su Che assigned another task to his powerful subordinates.
Undoubtedly, after arriving, the envoy from the Spirit Realm would first gather the leaders of the seven factions in the chaotic camp and reward them individually—this was the first task he needed to complete.
The second task was to eliminate him. After experiencing how Lan Ling’s clone nearly killed him, Su Che no longer dared underestimate the envoy from the Spirit Realm, whose cultivation level must be at least at the Refining Void stage. Without thorough planning, any unexpected incident could cost him his life.
Tai Xu and the others were leaders of powerful sects, all of them cunning and strategic. Leaving such matters to them would be far more effective than him wasting his own brainpower.
After the incident with Lan Ling, Su Che reflected deeply on himself—he was still too inexperienced and often failed to consider things thoroughly. His next opponents would be the powerful figures in the Spirit Realm, and even the slightest carelessness could cost him his life. He couldn’t rely on luck alone to save himself.
Thus, this high-level meeting lasted two days and two nights. The seven human leaders, along with a even more cunning extraterrestrial demon god, pooled their wisdom to devise a series of meticulous plans to deal with that envoy from the Spirit Realm.

With only two days left before the half-month deadline, Su Che released the seven leaders—Tai Xu, Huan Mo, and the others—and sent them back to their respective sects to prepare to welcome that aloof envoy to the cultivation world. As for Su Che himself, he disguised himself as a low-ranking cultivator from the Tai Yi Sect and hid in a cave thousands of feet away from the sect’s main hall. As the saying goes, the safest place is often the most dangerous. Surely, the envoy from the Spirit Realm would never expect that Tian Yu, the Tai Yi Sect’s greatest enemy, was hiding right within its walls. Tai Xu, Wan Gui, and the others agreed that once the envoy descended, he would likely head straight to the Tai Yi Sect, possibly choosing it as his only destination, given his frequent interactions with them in recent years. In this case, by hiding inside the Tai Yi Sect and staying within 100,000 feet of Tai Xu, Su Che could use the soul connection between the four levels of the Immortal Prison and his servants to observe the envoy’s every move through Tai Xu’s senses—almost as if they were face to face. Su Che was also filled with curiosity about this envoy, eager to see and hear with his own eyes and ears what tactics he would use against him… Everything was ready; they waited patiently for his arrival. Two more days passed, and that morning, the communication jade pendant around Tai Xu’s waist suddenly began to glow green: the envoy was summoning him. “Another summons? Could it be he hasn’t planned to descend yet and is delaying things?” Both Su Che and Tai Xu guessed this. In the secret chamber beneath the main hall, Tai Xu activated the communication artifact, the Coiling Dragon Jade Pillar, to see the envoy’s face once again. “How did things go?” The envoy’s handsome face showed clear seriousness. “I fulfilled my mission successfully,” Tai Xu replied with a bow. “The seven major sects worked together tirelessly and finally uncovered Tian Yu’s exact location. His whereabouts are still under control.” “Good,” the envoy nodded lightly and said, “I’ll descend now, but I need to stay in contact with you for spatial positioning.” “Oh, I see,” Tai Xu and Su Che realized then the true purpose of his renewed communication. After waiting patiently for about fifteen minutes, suddenly, a powerful spatial force surged through the secret chamber. Whoosh… Tai Xu was knocked back more than ten steps and hurriedly hid in a corner.

It was not only because the force of this spatial energy was extremely powerful, but also because it gave off an utterly terrifying sensation. In that instant, Tai Xu suddenly had an intuition that if he failed to dodge in time and remained at the center of the energy’s explosion, he might be torn to pieces and completely consumed, with even his soul and essence unknown to where they would be drawn off to…
Hiss… hiss… hiss…
A metallic storm seemed to arise in the secret chamber. Invisible whirlwinds gradually eroded the stone walls layer by layer, and the protective barrier surrounding the chamber shattered like a soap bubble that couldn’t withstand touch.
Hiding in a corner, Tai Xu had to activate his strongest defensive abilities just to avoid injury. At the same time, he deeply realized that: “Reaching the later stages of the Yuan Ying cultivation is truly not something to boast about—even the residual effects of such spatial teleportation are unbearable. I guess if I were to go through such a teleportation, I would be shattered halfway…”
Whoosh!
A black hole over ten feet tall suddenly appeared in the center of the chamber, and soon after, a person stepped out.
Tall and strikingly handsome, with flawless features, he was an extremely standard beauty. The cold and arrogant aura emanating from his expression further confirmed that this person was the messenger from the Spirit Realm that Tai Xu had seen many times before.
What had just been an illusion sent from the Spirit Realm was now his real presence…