Chapter 672: Receiving the Spoils (Part 2)

Lin Jiu’s Qiankun Ring was equipped with three layers of restrictions: defense, counterattack, and self-destruction. Although he had already learned the correct method to unlock them through his soul, taking the ring out of the Immortal Prison and giving it to Su Che wouldn’t be enough—Su Che’s human-immortal cultivation level was not sufficient to break those restrictions.
There were three major cultivation levels between a human-immortal and a Xuanxian, and even opening a ring was beyond their capabilities—a fact that was both frustrating and undeniable.
Lao Hei was still only at the mid-stage of the Tribulation Phase, but with the power of the Immortal Prison’s Heavenly Dao, he was able to unlock this ring.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Three almost imperceptible sounds later, all three layers of restrictions on the Qiankun Ring were completely removed, never to reappear again.
Su Che, who already possessed the Immortal Prison, didn’t care much for such storage tools. This ring was utterly useless to him, and its fate was to be sold in the Immortal Realm in the future.
Whoosh!
A vast amount of supplies poured out of the ring—mostly precious treasures from the Immortal Realm, with only a few being Lin Jiu’s personal belongings.
“This guy really has strange tastes… He even has things like these…”
Lao Hei pushed aside some odd personal items, some of which were even disgusting. It was clear that Lin Jiu, having lived for millions of years, had developed extremely peculiar interests—things that would be hard for ordinary people to accept.
All these miscellaneous items had to be destroyed; they held no value.
The real treasures included:
Two top-tier immortal weapons—one for offense and one for defense—Lin Jiu’s main weapons in battle.
The silver-gray crescent-shaped offensive weapon was called “Moon Goddess’s Wrath Slash.” Its devastating attacks could be amplified by two times. The deep blue shield was known as “Deep Blue Immortal Shield,” which could double the defensive power of major defense techniques. Combined with the double enhancement from the “Great Golden Body Technique,” Lin Jiu’s defense capabilities could be increased by four times—a truly astonishing multiplier.
In battles in the Immortal Realm, victories were usually achieved through supreme divine powers or even ultimate Dao techniques. The primary role of immortal weapons was to enhance the power of these techniques, with few people using them directly to kill enemies.
Immortal weapons were often hidden within the body, making them invisible to enemies—very different from battles in the mortal cultivation world, where weapons flew around wildly.

Of course, this is not absolute; it is more of a general trend. A few sword cultivators still need to use their immortal weapons—flying swords—to be able to sever enemies’ heads from miles away. Then there are some extremely rare special-type magical treasures, whose power lies in their own offensive capabilities and has nothing to do with the cultivation techniques mastered by their users. For example, the legendary and widely famous Sky-Flipping Seal and Golden Dragon Scissors—such ancient treasures possess incredible strength. Once an immortal claims them as their own, they can be controlled at will. If one had such an ancient treasure, a recently ascended immortal could chase a high-ranking Golden Immortal around the world and effortlessly defeat them by crossing three or four cultivation realms. Of course, such ancient treasures are extremely rare. If not innate, they were forged by some top-tier ancient demons before the establishment of the Heavenly Dao. Later, as the Heavenly Dao took control of everything in the world, these treasures that disrupted balance disappeared without a trace. Some say they were sealed by the Heavenly Dao and will never reappear; others claim these ancient treasures have already achieved their own enlightenment and transformed into other forms of life, no longer being magical treasures but true sentient beings… Besides the two top-grade immortal weapons, the Moon Goddess’s Wrath Slash and the Azure Immortal Shield, Su Che also obtained six mid-grade immortal weapons and fifteen lower-grade immortal weapons with different attributes. Newly ascended immortals and Earth Immortals can only control lower-grade immortal weapons; they must reach the level of Heavenly Immortals to control mid-grade ones, while top-grade weapons require at least the level of Mysterious Immortals to wield. Thus, the fifteen lower-grade immortal weapons are just right for Su Che’s current stage. In addition, he has over two million lower-grade immortal crystals, more than five hundred mid-grade ones, and only sixteen top-grade ones. Speaking of immortal crystals, their function is similar to spirit stones in the mortal cultivation world—they can be used to assist in cultivation, construct arrays, forge magical treasures, and more importantly, they are the primary currency in the immortal realm. In short, they are money. Without money, one cannot move forward!

Xian crystals are divided into four grades: lower grade, middle grade, upper grade, and top grade. Generally, immortals below the level of Golden Immortal trade with each other using lower-grade Xian crystals; only immortals at the Golden Immortal level can use middle-grade Xian crystals as their main currency; transactions among Great Luo Golden Immortals mainly involve upper-grade Xian crystals; those at the level of Immortal Emperor use extremely rare top-grade Xian crystals for exchange; as for the peak warriors at the Immortal Venerable level—there are only a dozen or so of them—no one below them can ever figure out their methods of trading…

Besides Xian crystals, Lin Jiu’s Qiankun Ring also contains hundreds of kinds of immortal pills, totaling around thirty thousand pills, mainly used for healing and aiding cultivation.

These immortal pills are relatively common in the immortal realm, far inferior to the over a hundred precious immortal pills that Su Che obtained from the Immortal Pill Treasury.

“After becoming an immortal, I wonder if the old method of taking large amounts of pills to aid cultivation will still work.”

Looking at these immortal pills in the Immortal Prison, Su Che speculated, “I guess it probably won’t work, nine times out of ten.”

“Yes, I think it’s unlikely too,” agreed Lao Hei. “Immortal pills aren’t ordinary pills from the mortal world—they’re on a completely different level. The side effects caused by taking too many immortal pills can likely not be overcome by just the cleansing effect of life energy.”

Life energy can indeed cleanse the serious ailments caused by the side effects of pills in the body, but at the level of immortal pills, its effectiveness will surely be greatly reduced. This means that after becoming an immortal, Su Che will need to completely adjust his cultivation methods—the old ways won’t work anymore!

“But it doesn’t matter!” Su Che smiled and said, “We have the Creation Divine Tree on the sixth floor of the Immortal Prison. From now on, we’ll just eat its fruits instead of taking pills.”

“Haha, exactly!” Lao Hei nodded. “The energy transformation effect on the sixth floor of the Immortal Prison can turn the medicinal power of immortal pills into pure energy you need, without causing any harm to your body… In short, as long as we have the Immortal Prison, nothing can stop us!”

After counting the immortal pills, there were still various precious treasures left. Su Che didn’t need them for now, and in fact, he didn’t even fully understand the specific effects of many of them. He would need to gradually acquire relevant knowledge from Lin Jiu’s soul.

“I guess these things will all be sold to exchange for a large amount of Xian crystals, which will then be used to buy other small worlds ‘kept in captivity’ by immortals…”

Su Che mused in his heart, “I always feel that once I go to the Immortal Realm in the future, the most powerful weapon to defeat enemies will still be the strength of all beings in the Immortal Prison World. Since I am the Creator God of this world, this ability to temporarily borrow the strength of all beings is what sets me apart from other immortals.”

Lao He shook his head slowly and said helplessly, “Master, you’re really being too persistent on this matter.”

“Too persistent?”

Su Che also shook his head slowly. “Even if it is, I’m determined by this principle! Moreover, I’ve already decided that the functions of the seven unfilled layers of the Immortal Prison must fulfill my wish.”

“Huh?”

Lao He was stunned and quickly tried to dissuade him, “Master, we’ve discussed this before. The difficulty is extremely high. If you make such a decision, when will you be able to open the seventh layer?”

Now that Su Che already possessed the strength of an immortal and Lao He had reached the middle stage of the Tribulation, opening the seventh layer became an immediate goal. As long as Su Che determined its functions, the Immortal Prison Pagoda would list the specific conditions for opening it. Once those conditions were met, the seventh layer could be opened at any time.

Lao He meant that the function of “borrowing the strength of all beings” was too difficult to achieve and seemed rather abstract and impractical. It would be better to set a more realistic function and open the seventh layer first.

The function of “borrowing the strength of all beings” could be set as the function of the eighth or even ninth layer. It was possible to work towards it gradually with persistent effort.

“No!”

Su Che firmly rejected it. “Lao He, look—there are only seven layers left in the Immortal Prison Pagoda: the eighth, ninth, and the last three layers yet to be opened. Just three layers left, do you understand what I mean?”

“I don’t!”

Lao He replied, shaking his head. “Well, it’s just three layers. Open them one by one, that’s all!”

“Idiot!”

Su Che snapped. “There are only three layers left, understand? The functions of each layer must be cherished and valued immensely. If it weren’t for my greatest wish, I wouldn’t set them casually. This matter absolutely cannot be rushed.”

“At this stage, since my greatest wish is ‘borrowing the strength of all beings,’ it must be set as the function of the seventh layer. No matter how difficult it is, I must find a way to make it happen!”

“In the future, if I develop other wishes, then it can be set as the function of the eighth layer.”

“I’d rather have none than a subpar one! If it’s not the best, I’d rather keep it closed!”

Su Che’s tone was resolute: “If you dare to oppose again, I’ll set the function of the seventh floor as a punishment space inside the Immortal Prison—a small cell specifically designed to punish you. Coincidentally, I have another unfulfilled wish, which is to make your life unbearable, worse than death!”
“Okay, okay, okay.”
Hearing this, Lao He immediately backed down, raising his hands in surrender: “You’re the boss; you decide. Really, do you need to go to such lengths for me? You even designed a small cell for me…”
Despite the argument, at that moment, Lao He also felt that what his master had said made some sense.
Indeed, only three floors of the Immortal Prison Pagoda remained unopened. For now, the functions of the first six floors were sufficient, and there was no urgent need to open the last three. Demanding more wasn’t a mistake.
“Alright, since that’s the case, let’s go with it!”
Lao He shouted inside the Immortal Prison, officially conveying this decision to the Immortal Prison Pagoda.