Chapter 446: Spatial Collapse

What kind of power does Yu Qing’s array used to deal with the lower-world passage possess? Why is it said that it can cause great harm to those in the Spirit Realm?
The answer is simple: this array does not have an offensive effect. In fact, it is also a teleportation array that can connect the Cultivation Realm with the Spirit Realm.
If the Spirit Realm created a passage to the lower world, then Yu Qing created a passage from the Cultivation Realm to the Spirit Realm.
The lower-world passage in the Spirit Realm would become extremely stable and solid once the spatial turbulence subsided. With the weak forces of Su Che and the others, no form of attack could effectively damage this passage—it was almost impossible to destroy it.
However, once Yu Qing’s upper-world passage overlapped with the lower-world passage in the Spirit Realm, the two opposing spatial energies would collide violently, potentially leading to terrifying consequences.
Whoosh!
After the white light column pierced into the exit to the lower world, the two passages overlapped, and the newly stabilized spatial energy instantly turned chaotic. A series ofreaction chain reactions would bring catastrophic disasters upon those powerful cultivators who had just entered the lower-world passage.
“Crap!”
At that moment, in the Spirit Realm, those cultivators at the Tribulation Stage and Mahayana Stage who were monitoring the situation all cried out in alarm.
These people were too powerful; even if the lower-world passage was opened, they were not allowed to descend freely. Instead, they had to send large numbers of cultivators at the Transcendence Stage and Void Refinement Stage to Qi Yuan Star.
Just now, thirty Void Refinement Stage cultivators and seventy Transcendence Stage cultivators—a total of one hundred—entered the lower-world passage. Such a powerful force was more than enough for the tiny Qi Yuan Star.
It should be sufficient for whatever they planned to do!
Logically, there should be no force in the Cultivation Realm capable of damaging the lower-world passage. Therefore, they thought it would take at most a dozen breaths for those one hundred cultivators above the Transcendence Stage to reach Qi Yuan Star.
But unexpectedly, an upper-world passage was also opened on Qi Yuan Star. Such a sudden change had never happened, nor had it even been heard of, in their thousands of years of cultivation.
“There must be a formidable figure on Qi Yuan Star. Even if their cultivation level isn’t high, their wisdom is terrifying—likely the reincarnation of some immortal…”
At that moment, Lin Tianjun, Li Jiu, and the others facing the Sky-Viewing Mirror all reached such realizations.

This possibility is not hard to guess, as there can be no other reasonable explanation.
Huhuuh…
The once extremely stable exit to the lower realm suddenly began to tremble violently, with deep blue light flashing repeatedly—a terrifying sign that the passage to the lower realm was about to collapse.
Yet, a hundred powerful cultivators at the Huashen and Lianxu stages were still inside!
Of course, for those in the Spirit Realm, this was an extremely terrifying sudden change, but for Su Che and the others, it was a huge success worth celebrating.
“Amazing!”
Su Che waved his arm in excitement. “Senior Yu Qing, your tactic really worked!”
Yu Qing nodded slightly and said in a low voice, “I just wonder how many of them will lose their lives…”
Boom!
Just as they were speaking, a deafening roar came from above. The deep blue exit to the lower realm suddenly expanded, its diameter increasing by more than ten times, before contracting violently inward…
“The passages between the lower and upper realms are colliding; both passages are about to collapse at the same time,” Yu Qing said softly.
Huh…
A sky full of starlight burst forth at the entrance to the lower realm. The exit completely collapsed and exploded, on the verge of becoming nothingness.
In that instant, Su Che and the others saw over a dozen figures darting out of the exit like lightning, barely escaping.
One more step late, and they wouldn’t have been able to get out.
“Those people are lucky to not have died inside,” Yu Qing snorted coldly.
Su Che and Yu Qing didn’t know exactly how many people the Spirit Realm had sent, but it was certain that the dozen survivors were only a small fraction of them.
On the other side, great cultivators at the Daguan stage like Lord Lintian in the Spirit Realm exclaimed in unison, “Fourteen! Only fourteen survived!”
The dozen or so superpowers at the Mahayana stage also had gloomy expressions and remained silent. They all knew that only fourteen of their subordinates had incredibly luckily reached Qiyuan Star, while the other eighty-six were almost certainly dead.
Space collapse was countless times more terrifying than spatial turbulence, and the chances of survival in such a disaster were minimal.
“Who exactly are those people, to be so terrifying?”
The dozen superpowers at the Mahayana stage pondered in silence. “Even if it were me, I wouldn’t be able to forcefully open such a passage to the upper realm in the cultivation world. To open a passage connecting the two realms, approval from the Judgment Temple and permission from the laws of heaven and earth are required.”
“Could it be that tower has fallen into that person’s hands? If that’s the case, things will get troublesome…”

At this moment, the dozen or so supreme warriors who held the greatest power in the mortal world felt their spirits plummet…
On the side of Qiyuan Star, seeing those dozen figures narrowly escape the disaster of spatial collapse, Su Che and his two companions silently vanished underground without a trace.
Even if only fourteen of them remained, they must all be powerful cultivators above the Huashen stage—certainly not opponents the three of them could handle.
Fleeing was the best strategy!
Thousands of feet underground, Su Che and his companions dug out a spacious cave. Then, Su Che took out a temporary teleportation array from the Immortal Prison.
Buzz…
Without pause, the teleportation array activated immediately. Su Che and his companions stepped onto the platform, and their three figures vanished in an instant.
All these actions were carried out in one smooth motion, at an extremely fast pace, as if they had practiced countless times beforehand.
Crack…
The teleportation array soon turned into a pile of debris and collapsed.
A temporary teleportation array was, in essence, a one-time-use array that would self-destruct after completing its single mission of teleportation, preventing the enemy from following through it.
Boom!
Just as the teleportation array collapsed into dust, a Lianxu cultivator used his powerful magic to turn the cave upside down. Just one step earlier, and those fourteen powerful cultivators could have caught up to Su Che and his companions.
They had narrowly escaped through the exit to the lower world and also spotted Su Che and his companions on the surface. Without hesitation, they chased after them underground.
Yet, it was still too late.
This was the result of meticulous planning—every move and step taken by Su Che and his companions had been carefully calculated, leaving no openings for them.
“They got away! Two men and one woman, all in the early Yuan Ying stage…”
A bearded Lianxu cultivator shouted to his thirteen companions.
The other thirteen also had the Lianxu cultivation level, with the lowest being in the middle stage. This showed that their ability to survive the spatial collapse wasn’t just luck—their own strength was the key factor.
As for the other eighty-six companions at the early Lianxu or Huashen stage, they must have perished…
To this day, Yu Qing still didn’t realize that the upper world passage he created had effortlessly eliminated eighty-six powerful cultivators above the Huashen stage.
Even if Yu Qing had known this number, he would have merely smiled indifferently. After all, in his past life, he had killed countless true immortals in the immortal realm—so many that even he could no longer remember exactly…

So, where did Su Che and the other two go through that temporary teleportation array just now? They didn’t leave Qiyuan Star directly, did they?
No!
The exact answer is already known by the fourteen great cultivators at the Refinement Void stage present. That’s because they found a jade talisman among the remnants of the teleportation arrays, from which a message came through: “Tianxuan Sect awaits your arrival!”
“They’ve fled to Tianxuan Sect!”
The bearded man holding the jade talisman possessed the highest cultivation level of the late Refinement Void stage and was clearly the leader of this group. He demanded loudly, “Who knows the exact location of Tianxuan Sect?”
One of the beautiful female cultivators replied in a delicate voice, “I do. It’s 170,000 miles to the northwest.”
Before descending to the lower world, this group had to gain a general understanding of Qiyuan Star’s various situations. Each person was responsible for researching the inheritance history of a certain supreme sect, and this female cultivator was in charge of Tianxuan Sect.
“Let’s go!”
At the bearded cultivator’s command, the fourteen of them rushed forward like lightning, flying toward Tianxuan Sect.
The phrase “rushing like lightning” used before was merely a metaphor, but these great cultivators at the Refinement Void stage could actually fly at speeds barely slower than light. In fact, if they entered the cosmic universe and used their top-tier Dao artifacts, their speed would surely exceed that of light.
Flying within a planet’s atmosphere inevitably faced the effects of gravity and resistance, but even so, they covered 170,000 miles in just over a dozen breaths—an unimaginably fast speed!
Today, as they descended to the lower world, they had already received permission from the laws of heaven and earth, so they didn’t need to suppress even a fraction of their strength. They could unleash the terrifying power associated with the Refinement Void stage on Qiyuan Star as they wished.
Then, since Su Che and the others were aware of this situation, why didn’t they hurry to escape? Why did they leave a message saying they awaited their arrival…
Swish swish swish…
Fourteen bolts of lightning rushed forward swiftly and stopped in front of Tianxuan Sect’s gates, temporarily blocked.
That’s because Tianxuan Sect’s protective array had been fully activated. Even for these fourteen Refinement Void cultivators, breaking through it wasn’t an easy task.
“After all this trouble, you only sent fourteen people. Do you really underestimate the cultivation community of Qiyuan Star?”
A deep, resonant, yet extremely arrogant voice came through the protective array, echoing throughout the heavens and earth. It could be heard clearly within tens of thousands of miles, as if a towering giant were roaring in anger.
This voice didn’t sound like Su Che’s—it seemed to be Lao Hei’s signature tone.

That’s right; it was indeed Lao He who shouted it. It was only after being amplified by the Tianxuanzong Mountain Protection Array, whose coverage spanned over 20,000 miles, that such an earth-shattering impact was created.