Chapter 599: Don’t Think About Me Too Much

Through Xue Yu’s frantic outburst earlier, Su Che’s hatred toward her had indeed diminished significantly. However, this did not mean his desire to kill her had weakened. On the contrary, someone who was so scheming and constantly intent on stealing the Immortal Prison Pagoda from him was an enemy he could never reconcile with.
Anyone who sought the Immortal Prison, whether good or evil, was someone Su Che considered worthy of death. Especially Xue Yu—she was about to ascend to the immortal realm and would likely continue to trouble him there, even possibly revealing secrets that would bring him more problems. Therefore, he must eliminate her in the mortal world before she could ascend.
Everyone has selfish motives, and Su Che was no exception! To protect the Immortal Prison Pagoda, he was willing to disregard right and wrong, turn against the whole world, become a demon, or even exterminate all living beings.
“If the Immortal Prison remains, my heart will stay good; if it’s lost, I will become a demon!”
This was not a cruel oath—it was Su Che’s clear realization that losing the Immortal Prison would drive him mad with inner demons, plunging him entirely into darkness, with no possibility of overcoming such torment. Because to him, the Immortal Prison was of utmost importance, surpassing everything else!
Xue Yu left temporarily, and after more than ten days without seeing her return, Su Che had no idea where she had gone. But having such a threat out of sight was certainly a good thing. He could focus more on his cultivation without constant worry.
Lao He speculated, “Does this woman think your cultivation speed is too absurd, causing her to despair about the future? That’s why she had that hysterical outburst and then wisely ran away, never to appear again?”
“No!” Su Che replied firmly. “She will appear again, and it won’t be long!”
“One thing you guessed right—her sudden departure was most likely due to the appearance of the Five-Color Spirit Fruit, which completely threw her plans off. So she needs time to calm down and devise new strategies. She will never give up on the Immortal Prison Pagoda. Even if she dies, she’ll come back to haunt me again.”

Facing such an enemy, Su Che was as heartless as iron, showing not the slightest sympathy: “If we can’t capture them and bring them to the Immortal Prison, we must exterminate them completely—no trace of their physical body, soul, spirit, or anything else must remain. Only by erasing them utterly can we eliminate future threats.”
“The master is truly ruthless! I admire you!” Lao He bowed deeply in the Immortal Prison, his face full of flattery.
Su Che smiled coldly, his gaze filled not only with ruthlessness but also determination. As always: Those who covet the Immortal Prison must be killed! There is no right or wrong, no account of grudges or kindness…
Within the six layers of the Immortal Prison, on the Creation Divine Tree that resembled a round-bristled brush, hundreds of colorful spiritual fruits were already scattered, emitting dazzling multicolored glows.
Hundreds might sound like a lot, but when spread across a tree towering dozens of feet high, it wasn’t much. Fortunately, the Creation Divine Tree’s ability to produce spiritual fruits was more than enough to meet Su Che’s demands. As long as those four types of energy didn’t run out, more and more colorful spiritual fruits would appear on the tree.
This also meant that the round-bristled brush-like tree became increasingly beautiful thanks to the embellishments of the colorful fruits.
In Su Che’s words: “Not bad. It’s become a brush set with diamonds.”
Day after day, swallowing one colorful spiritual fruit each day, Su Che’s cultivation progress advanced at lightning speed.
The effect of consuming one fruit was equivalent to over 180 days of seclusion cultivation—a staggering ratio. As a result, every time Su Che swallowed a spiritual fruit, he felt a sense of surprise, excitement, and even immense happiness.
This feeling gradually faded after more than a hundred days, eventually becoming commonplace and turning into numbness.
No matter how good something is, if you eat it every day, you won’t notice it anymore. This truth holds true everywhere.
Time passed slowly—fast by some standards, slow by others. In any case, over three years went by, and Xue Yu never reappeared until today…
Today, her figure appeared before Su Che once again, returning to this strange space.
Su Che remained in his meditative posture, only lifting his head to look at her meaningfully.
“I came back to see if you’ve advanced,” Xue Yu said in a indifferent, calm tone.
“You’re really good at keeping track of time. It’s precisely these days that I plan to enter seclusion to reach the Tribulation Phase.”
Su Che asked with a smile, “So, are you planning to cause me some trouble while I’m at it?”
“No.”

Xueyu slowly shook her head and said calmly, “I’ll protect you so that no one can harm you.”
Su Che laughed heartily and shook his head. “These days, in this mortal cultivation world, aside from you, who else could harm me? You protecting me? This joke isn’t funny at all.”
“It’s not funny, yet you’re laughing…” Xueyu muttered angrily, “You’re sick!”
“I won’t argue with you,” Su Che said with a smile, waving his hand. “Tell me, what exactly are your plans? How do you intend to stop me from advancing?”
“Is it meaningful to stop you from advancing?”
Xueyu countered, “Can you stop me for a while? Or for life? Besides, someone like you is very likely to unleash their potential during a fight with me and advance in another way… That’s not strange. Back then, I advanced from the later stage of Huashen to the Lianxu stage through battle. Such a way of advancing is extremely beneficial in the future. That’s why I won’t help you like this!”
Su Che was speechless. He just stared at her, silently asking, So, what exactly do you want to do?
“Be honest!”
Xueyu sighed softly. “Over these three years, I’ve realized that I’ve reached the end of the path in this mortal cultivation world. There are no more opportunities for me. Without opportunities, I can’t defeat you, nor can I take everything back from you. So…”
Su Che’s expression changed slightly, and he blurted out, “You want to leave?”
“Yes.”
Her bright and captivating eyes shone with a faint glow, seemingly reflecting her extraordinary wisdom. “I can guess that once you reach the Daguan stage, your combat strength will increase exponentially. I definitely won’t be your opponent anymore!”
“That’s why I need to go to the Immortal Realm first, before you, to find my own opportunities there… I’ll do everything in my power, using any means necessary, to gain enough strength before you ascend to the Immortal Realm!”
“Su Che, unless you stay in this cultivation world forever and never dare to go to the Immortal Realm, the day you ascend, I’ll appear before you and crush you, this little immortal who has just ascended…”
She made a crushing gesture with her delicate hands, accompanied by a “bang” sound effect.
“You really are…”
Su Che was stunned by her words and didn’t know what to say for a while. After struggling to speak, he finally said, “Xueyu, even though we’re enemies, I still have to say that I really admire you!”
Really!

Su Che was speaking the truth—this woman before him was truly formidable! His advancement to the Tribulation Phase was a certainty, something no one could stop, not only due to the miraculous effects of the Five-Color Spirit Fruit but also because the strength of his Yuan Shen, nourished by the power of countless Shadow Souls, had already reached the mid-stage of the Tribulation Phase. There was no doubt about his advancement; there should be no obstacles at all. Under such circumstances, fighting her fiercely could indeed lead to a breakthrough in his potential and an explosive advancement—such a thing was not unusual. At the moment of his advancement, Old Black, who had already prepared everything, would use the skills of the Fifth Layer of the Immortal Prison, including extraction and fusion functions, to rapidly infuse himself with the mythic-level Extreme Fire. By then… once such a mythic-level skill beyond the mortal realm was unleashed, she would surely be easily slain by him, just as a true immortal descending from the immortal realm could effortlessly kill any being at the Mahayana stage—even the lowest-ranked immortals could do so. Unexpectedly, while he had been cultivating rapidly over these three years, she had not been idle either; she had figured it all out and planned everything meticulously. Her strategy was: among the Thirty-Six Stratagems, retreat is the best choice! She was right. As one of the best at the Mahayana stage, her path in the mortal realm had reached its end. Unless she could obtain a treasure as extraordinary as the Immortal Prison Pagoda, she would not be able to get any other useful opportunities. The only way was to go to the immortal realm, become an immortal, and then strive to find various opportunities suitable for an immortal there. Only when he ascended to the immortal realm in the future would she have a real advantage. He still needed to advance from the Tribulation Phase to the Mahayana Stage, and then undergo a mental transformation to comprehend the way of immortals. In total, it would definitely take hundreds of years before he could ascend. Hundreds of years! Who knew what level she had already reached in the immortal realm? Such a terrifying woman—if she resolved to do something, hundreds of years would be enough for her to achieve it. At this moment, Su Che admired her decision, as it not only recognized her own strengths but also cleverly allowed her to escape a deadly peril. He had thought he could kill her after advancing to the Tribulation Phase, but instead, she simply went to the immortal realm. What was even more infuriating was that she had calculated the timing so precisely, coming to say goodbye in person just a few days before his advancement—a truly brilliant counterattack…

“So, you’ve come to say goodbye?” Su Che asked slowly after thinking it through.
“Yes.” Xue Yu smiled self-mockingly, a hint of sorrow on her face. “Although I’m extremely reluctant to leave you, for the sake of my life and my future, I must make this painful decision. Su Che, don’t think about me too much in the hundreds of years after I leave!”