Chapter 734: How Many People Are Thinking of Me?

“Master Tianyu has returned to the sect!”
This astonishing news quickly spread throughout Tianxuan Sect.
Over a thousand years had passed, and many sect disciples who had never reached the Yuan Ying cultivation level had already exhausted their lifespans and been reborn. The current generation of disciples had never seen Su Che in person; they could only learn about him through the sect’s records and various legends circulating across Qi Yuan Star.
Master Tianyu was the shortest-serving leader in Tianxuan Sect’s history, holding power for just a few years before handing over the position to the previous leader, Master Fengyi. Yet, he was the most accomplished and outstanding leader in the sect’s history. He was also the figure who created the most miracles and held the most mythic status in Qi Yuan Star’s cultivation history.
While the cultivation community referred to him as “Master Tianyu,” the billions of intelligent beings on Qi Yuan Star uniformly honored him as the “Ancestor of Sacred Shadows,” for it was he who spread the cultivation methods of the Shadow Path across the entire planet. As a result, people of all ages could be freed from suffering. Nowadays, even reaching 100 years old was considered middle age for ordinary people.
The average lifespan of intelligent beings on Qi Yuan Star exceeded 300 years, while humans averaged over 200 years…
In short, there were countless legends about Su Che, and his deeds were numerous. He was unanimously regarded as “the greatest person in history.”
More importantly, this greatest person was still alive, though not on Qi Yuan Star. Many rumors claimed he had gone to the Spirit Realm or even ascended to immortality.
Apart from a few top leaders of Tianxuan Sect and the rulers of other major sects, who were all soul slaves of Su Che, no one else knew anything about the World of Immortal Prison. They still believed Qi Yuan Star existed within the ordinary cultivation world of the past. They were even unaware of the disappearance of the Spirit Realm.
Inside Tianxuan Sect’s leadership hall,
the eight elders, including Master Fengyi, were still the same group as before. The change was that they were no longer Yuan Ying-level elders but were now at the Hua Shen stage. Among them, Fengyi, Qingxuan, and Zixiao, who had the greatest strength, had already reached the later stages of Hua Shen and could potentially break through to the Lianxu realm at any time.
In today’s Tianxuan Sect, only those at the later stages of Yuan Ying could serve as the ten supreme masters of the ten main peaks. There were over 200 sect elders at the middle and early stages of Yuan Ying. Those at the Jin Dan stage were considered first-generation disciples, those at the Zhu Ji stage were second-generation disciples, and those at the Lian Qi stage were third-generation disciples…

The changes are quite significant, and of course, all of this is thanks to Su Che. Not only Tianxuan Sect but also all the other powerful sects have seen an overall improvement in strength, forcing a reevaluation of their hierarchical structures. There’s no need to elaborate on the surprises brought about by Su Che’s return. A few hours later, everyone had calmed down, and now they were even more curious: What level of cultivation does our Tianyu actually possess? No one could discern Su Che’s true strength; it could only be described as unfathomable. In the Tribulation Phase? Or the Mahayana Phase? Whoosh! Su Che erected a mirror in the open space at the center of the hall, showing natural landscapes vastly different from those of Qiyuan Star. It was breathtakingly beautiful, like a fairyland… The eight ancestors reacted in this way. “Is this the scenery of the Spirit Realm?” Qiu Yue asked first. “The Immortal Realm!” Su Che didn’t want to be mysterious and replied directly, “This is what the Immortal Realm looks like. One day, you’ll all be able to see it with your own eyes.” “The Immortal Realm?” The ancestors were stunned. So… could it be that… “I ascended to the Immortal Realm thirty years ago, but since my true body couldn’t enter this space, I couldn’t tell you this news in person, which delayed it until today,” Su Che said with a smile. “It wasn’t until now, after mastering the art of creating clones, that I could…” “Become an immortal?” Master Fengyi stood up abruptly, excitedly asking, “Tianyu, have you become an immortal?” Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh… The other ancestors also stood up in various poses, all with expressions of shock. It’s no wonder they were so astonished—after all, this was the first and only person to achieve immortality in Tianxuan Sect’s history. If the founder of the sect were still alive, he might still be struggling on some planet in the Spirit Realm… An hour later, Su Che returned to his own Xuanju Peak and sat in front of his parents and grandfather, who also appeared young, enjoying their joyful tears and affection. The closest blood relatives, whose original bodies had long turned to dust, now lived on in brand-new bodies. As the creator of the Immortal Prison World, Su Che would have even more ways to grant them almost eternal lives. This was truly nothing much.

After dinner, his mother called Su Che aside and spoke to him in a tone that was almost pleading yet extremely cautious, saying softly, “Che, this time that you’ve come back, could you stay at home for a longer while?… Mom misses you so much…” At these words, she couldn’t help but burst into tears again. She hadn’t seen her son in over a thousand years; she had woken up crying many times in her dreams, thinking she would never see him again… Although her life had been good, having lived for over a thousand years, the time she had spent with her son added up to just a little over a decade. “Mom, this time that I come back, I won’t leave. I’ll never leave again.” Su Che was also deeply moved and made such a promise for the first time since returning home. “What? How is that possible?” His mother was shocked, with no trace of joy. Now that she too was a highly skilled cultivator, she naturally knew where her son’s future should lie. “Che, don’t talk nonsense!” Su Qinglin, who also wanted his precious son to stay at home for a few more days, walked over. He had been eavesdropping earlier and now said heartlessly, “If you have to go, then go. Don’t let anything hold you back. Dad and Mom are already very satisfied with our lives…” Su Che turned around with a smile and said, “I really won’t leave. It’s not nonsense. This body of mine is just an avatar, meant to stay at home and serve my parents and elders. Right now, my true body is still meditating and cultivating in the Immortal Realm.” Huh? The Great Avatar Technique! Only then did the Su couple recall this legendary great technique. They really never expected that their son was actually… Su Che smiled silently. Yes, starting from today, this avatar would remain permanently in the Immortal Prison World. While his true body was cultivating in the Immortal Realm, he could spend that time reunited with his family or enjoy life as an ordinary person on Qi Yuan Star. It felt truly wonderful. Since embarking on the path of cultivation, he had been constantly busy, engaged in hellish routine training and constantly seeking survival in difficult situations. Although he had achieved far more than others, he had also missed many things he should have experienced along the way. That was because his progress had been too fast, leaving him no chance to stop and enjoy it all. After staying at home for one night, the next morning, Su Che went to the Spirit Herb Garden on Xuanji Peak and saw…

It was still that small wooden building on the second floor of the herb garden. The delicate girl from back then had grown into an elder of the sect at the later stage of the Yuan Ying stage, yet she preferred to live a quiet and untroubled life in the herb garden.

Linglong still retained the appearance of a young girl. When Su Che entered, she didn’t turn around; instead, she continued to tend to that Flowing Cloud Golden Cup—the top-grade spiritual herb that Su Che had saved with his life energy back then. Even hearing his footsteps, Linglong still didn’t turn around. She simply said softly, “Though it’s an ordinary spiritual herb, a lifespan of over a thousand years is still only considered its juvenile stage, right, Great Immortal Tianyu?”

Only after saying that did she slowly turn around. Her gaze, almost unfamiliar, fell on Su Che’s face as she continued, “As for me, at over a thousand years old, I’m already an old woman.”

Su Che felt a bit guilty and chuckled, “Sister, you haven’t changed at all. You’re still that innocent girl, with not the slightest trace of being an ‘old woman’.”

“Innocent girl?” Linglong raised her head and sneered, “Can I take that as sarcasm?”

“How could it be sarcasm…”

Su Che felt like he wanted to turn around and run. For some reason, he always felt quite afraid of her. He would never forget the first time he saw her—she quickly tied him tightly with a binding rope. Nor would he forget those days when saying the wrong thing would result in her punishing him severely… Sister would always remain his sister!

Su Che had made such a promise. To be honest, that’s exactly how he felt. Even while in the Immortal Prison, Lao Hei’s mental voice could reach Su Che’s heart: “Master, it’s obvious that Sister Linglong holds deep resentment toward you. Think about it—that young girl from back then has been waiting here for you for over a thousand years. Over a thousand years! If she stayed in one place without moving, she’d have evolved into a waiting stone by now. It’s no wonder she’s resentful!”

Su Che didn’t respond, but as the saying goes, family knows their own affairs. He felt guilty precisely for this reason.

Linglong turned back again, gazing at the Flowing Cloud Golden Cup, and said softly, “They say I have good aptitude, but I just don’t like cultivating. If it weren’t for those inexplicable extensions of my life, I would have turned to dust long ago…”

“I know. This is all your arrangement, your gift. I should be grateful to you. But what’s the meaning of living like this?”

She gave a bitter smile. “Later, I came to accept it. I just live like these spirit herbs—whatever meaning there is or isn’t. Here, I’ve already considered myself one of them.”
These words were like an invisible blade, causing pain in Su Che’s heart. Before coming here, Su Che had learned from Zi Xiao that Linglong hadn’t stepped out of this spirit herb garden in six hundred years.
“I don’t blame you.”
Before Su Che could explain anything, Linglong suddenly turned around. Her utterly calm gaze and tone sent chills down his spine. “I don’t need you to explain anything. I know you must have your own difficulties and reasons.”
“I remember you once telling me to live well, saying that within five hundred years, you would take me to see what the immortal realm is like.”
“Although it’s been over five hundred years, you now have the ability to do so.”
“Take me there. That would be you keeping your promise from back then. Then, just leave me there.”
“Good junior brother, stop prolonging my life. I’ve truly lived long enough.”
……
Only death can make me forget him; in my next life, please don’t let me meet him again……