Chapter 644: The Battlefield of Fire

“His intentions are obvious!”
In response to Lin Jiu’s question, Guang Qi was the first to answer, “He doesn’t want to accept too much help from us because he’s worried that we might take away his opportunities or divide his benefits… Isn’t that it?”
You Lin, Lian Yi, and the others remained silent. In fact, they could all guess the answer—after all, a million-year lifespan wasn’t lived in vain.
Moreover, everyone knew that Lin Jiu and Guang Qi’s back-and-forth dialogue was meant to stir dissatisfaction toward Su Che, aiming to unite everyone’s strength to restrain him.
After a while, Lian Yi said softly, “I think Tian Yu’s approach isn’t wrong. It’s fine to protect one’s own interests. If it were me, I’d do the same. Besides, he’s already shown great kindness by bringing us to this battlefield of immortals and demons. I have no opinion on his methods.”
Young Master Yun Shan, Hei Ya, and Lao Niu all nodded silently. Xue Sha was even more direct, saying coldly, “I support his approach. That’s how it should be!”
Meng Luo, however, showed no reaction, as if observing everything from a distance, indifferent to so-called opportunities or benefits.
“You guys are really…”
Lin Jiu’s expression changed. He wanted to say, “You guys are really despicable,” but out of concern for Meng Luo, he didn’t say it outright, instead conveying his meaning through his expression and tone.
“Go down!”
You Lin sighed softly and descended vertically first, with her assistants following closely behind…
The wide passage created by Lin Jiu’s slash hadn’t yet closed, which saved Lian Yi and the others a lot of effort.
While they were talking, Su Che had already descended nearly ten thousand feet, using the mythic-level Wind Stabilization Technique dozens of times without a single mistake so far.
Having reached the Tribulation-Transcending realm, his control over divine spells had long surpassed the “mastery” level. Under normal circumstances, even in a fully focused state, he shouldn’t make mistakes.
Lao He remained silent in the Immortal Prison, not wanting to distract Su Che due to his own presence. Yet at that moment, he was also wondering, “Is the mythic level the highest possible skill tier?”
“Is it possible to go even further, creating a ‘Heavenly Dao level’ or even a ‘Creation level’ as the ultimate realm?”

“However, this requires extracting the same divine ability from thousands or even tens of thousands of cultivators in order to possibly combine them into a creation-level ability—this is far too difficult! Moreover, it’s not even certain that it will work…”
“Then, if we change our way of thinking, is it possible to use the laws of the Immortal Prison world to create our own divine abilities or spells that are already creation-level from the start? After all, as the creator god of the Immortal Prison world, the abilities he creates should naturally be creation-level.”
“It’s just uncertain whether the divine abilities and spells created in the Immortal Prison world will be effective in the outer universe worlds. Could there be severe conflicts between the laws of the two worlds, even leading to unpredictable consequences?”
Lao He pondered for a long time. His general idea was to use the power of the rules in the Immortal Prison world to enhance Su Che’s personal strength. After all, Su Che always encountered opponents whose cultivation levels far exceeded his own. Using conventional methods, it was impossible to defeat them, so he needed to find another approach and fully leverage his own advantages.
The Immortal Prison was Su Che’s greatest advantage!
Stabilize! Stabilize! Stabilize! Stabilize…
Outside the Immortal Prison, Su Che kept using the Wind-Stabilizing Technique. In just a short moment, he moved through the extremely sharp and dangerous gaps in the blade array, truly embodying the saying: “Dancing on the edge of a blade!”
In this way, he descended tens of thousands of feet at high speed. Suddenly, Su Che felt nothing in front of him, but still shouted “Stabilize” following his ingrained rhythm—yet nothing was stabilized.
Below was nothing but emptiness; there were no wind blades or gusts of wind, so the Wind-Stabilizing Technique naturally had no effect.
“Did they break through?”
Su Che was stunned. He really didn’t expect the blade array to be much shorter than he had imagined—less than 50,000 feet deep. After using the Wind-Stabilizing Technique over a hundred times, he had already made it through safely.
He had originally thought it would be like the gust-of-wind area at the beginning, at least 300,000 feet deep!
After exiting the blade array, there was a blank area below, seemingly empty, just a bottomless vertical passage.
Su Che didn’t dare slack off or stay put waiting for You Lin and the others. Instead, he continued descending carefully…
As always, everyone does their own thing; fate decides everything!
After descending safely by more than 10,000 feet, Su Che suddenly frowned, his face showing pain as he cried out, “Fire!”
There was fire below!
Pure black, strange flames filled the passage below, whose depth was also unknown.

The pain these black flames caused Su Che was such that the moment his consciousness touched them, an indescribably intense stinging sensation rushed into his mind. It was as if thousands of steel needles as thin as cow hairs pierced through his skull and struck his brain at the same time—such agony… Pain alone wasn’t what Su Che feared the most; the real issue was that these black flames could clearly harm his vital spirit through his consciousness. Just that one strike had already taken a bite out of his vital spirit, causing severe damage. Su Che was inwardly shocked: “Fortunately, the Immortal Prison Pagoda is guarding my soul; otherwise, I would have died instantly!” This thought was by no means an exaggeration. These black flames could clearly harm the vital spirits of immortals, and even mortal cultivators would die instantly upon contact—without any mercy! Whoosh whoosh whoosh… A large amount of life energy and pure soul power emanated from the Immortal Prison, immediately repairing Su Che’s vital spirit. If it were someone else at the Tribulation stage, it would take at least decades to recover fully—vital spirits are extremely important for cultivators, just as true immortals in the immortal realm depend on them. Thankfully, the Immortal Prison contained vast amounts of life energy and pure soul power, and the hundreds of billions of its inhabitants who practiced the Path of Shadows served as Su Che’s strong backing. What would be a severe injury to others turned out to be insignificant for Su Che. “Just now it was wind; now it’s fire! Clearly, each level gets harder.” Su Che thought to himself, “I guess these black flames will also pose a challenge to Lin Jiu and the others. Despite being Xuanxian Seal Demons, their vital spirits are just as fragile.” “But, master…” Old Black said, “Just now, although it took a bite out of you, why do I feel an indescribable sense of familiarity toward it? Could it be an illusion?” “A sense of familiarity?” Su Che smiled faintly and replied in his mind, “I seem to feel something similar too—vaguely, not quite sure. But since you mention it, it probably isn’t an illusion.” “It seems so…” Old Black explored carefully, sensing thoroughly. After a few breaths, he exclaimed, “A sense of chaos! That’s right—this flame has some chaotic properties.” “Chaotic properties? No wonder!” Su Che also suddenly understood. Now that Old Black mainly focused on chaotic energy, Su Che’s fire-based mutated vital essence also contained a large proportion of chaotic attributes—hence the faint sense of familiarity he felt toward this flame.

“In that case, if it weren’t for our shared chaos nature, that bite from just now would have surely caused even more damage to my primordial spirit…” With these thoughts in mind, Su Che immediately released Xiao Hei from his dantian. “Xiao Hei is entirely composed of chaos energy; this kind of flame should have an effect on him…” As he was guessing, he saw that as soon as Xiao Hei appeared, without hesitation, he dived straight down. Su Che immediately lost control over him. There was no need to guess further—this flame was clearly something that greatly benefited Xiao Hei. The creature’s instinct to eat surged again, leaving it unrestrained and completely out of control. Whoosh! Xiao Hei vanished into the black flames below in an instant. Yet, through that unbreakable spiritual connection, Su Che was sure those black flames wouldn’t harm Xiao Hei, just like a fish returning to the sea. Firstly, due to its chaotic nature; secondly, since Xiao Hei had no independent soul nor needed to cultivate a primordial spirit, to this flame, he was completely immune—unable to be burned at all. “This challenge seems to be very easy for me!” Su Che, resting his chin and floating effortlessly in midair, felt a premonition: as long as he found the right method, this flame would also pose no threat to him. Just then, a light rustling sound came from above. You Lin, Lin Jiu, and the others broke through the Wind Blade Sword Formation and descended one after another. Lian Yi, Yun Shan, and the rest followed them, managing to pass this challenge unharmed with minimal effort. “Ah!” “Yah!” “Ouch!” Su Che immediately heard a series of muffled groans and cries. Clearly, some of them, upon landing and their consciousnesses coming into contact with those black flames, were caught off guard, and their primordial spirits were bitten—slightly or severely, but all suffered some damage. “Chaos Demon Annihilation Flame!” Several Demon Sealers exclaimed in shock, recognizing both the name and origin of this flame. “Chaos Demon Annihilation Flame…” Su Che nodded silently, thinking, “Sure enough, it’s of chaotic nature.” “Do you know this flame?” Su Che asked Lian Yi right away. “Yes,” she replied, nodding slightly before beginning to explain with a complex expression. Just earlier, when they broke through the Wind Blade Sword Formation, they received Su Che’s urgent message to “immediately retract their consciousnesses,” so their primordial spirits weren’t damaged at all.

However, despite this, the expressions on Ripple and the others’ faces still looked rather grim, because they all knew that with their own strength alone, it was absolutely impossible to overcome the Chaos Demon-Annihilating Flame. Such a flame was too terrifying, too powerful; without the help of others, even a True Immortal at the Heavenly Immortal level had no chance of surviving it. In the Immortal Realm, anything related to the word “Chaos” was beyond the reach of Heavenly Immortals, and even Mystic Immortals found it extremely difficult…