Chapter 828: Debt Relationship

Su Che tried to project his spiritual essence outward, carefully making contact with the chaotic energy outside.
“Hiss…”
A cold gasp escaped his lips. It felt as though his entire body had been stripped of its skin, with his bloody flesh soaked in chili sauce—a sensation utterly exhilarating!
The spiritual essence is the foundation of an immortal. Such intense stimulation directly affected his soul. Even though Su Che’s pain tolerance had reached an extraordinary level, he still couldn’t help but shudder violently.
Endure!
Bearing the pain and using the method taught by Xiao Luotian to temper his spiritual essence, after just a dozen breaths, Su Che reached his limit and had to retract his spiritual energy.
If he persisted any longer, his spiritual essence would be damaged, resulting in greater losses.
It was a form of extreme training—longer endurance meant stronger spiritual power. Su Che estimated that an immortal master like Xiao Luotian could project his spiritual essence for dozens of days without issue.
Projecting the spiritual essence was a highly risky act. If surrounded by malicious enemies, it could easily cause severe damage. Fortunately, the chaotic realm was vast, and only a dozen people in the entire immortal realm dared to enter it. Wandering alone for tens of thousands of years might not even result in encountering anyone else.
Once his spiritual essence was retracted, Su Che used pure soul energy, along with immortal pills like the “Purple Qi Nourishing Pill,” to quickly restore it.
After adjusting and resting for half an hour, he projected his spiritual essence again.
“Hiss…”
Another shudder. It was impossible to hold back.
Xiao Luotian laughed from the side, “Even at the level of an immortal master, I wasn’t much stronger than you at first. With your current level of early Great Luo Golden Immortal, achieving this is truly unique—you’re truly a favored child of heaven.”
Su Che asked curiously, “Immortal Master Luotian, how far can your spiritual essence be projected, and how long can you sustain it?”
“My range is only about ten thousand miles, and I can sustain it for around fifty days,” Xiao Luotian replied promptly, seemingly without any reservation.
Su Che was impressed in silence: An immortal master’s spiritual power was indeed terrifying. It could spread ten thousand miles within this chaotic realm, and in the immortal realm, it could cover at least 100 million miles.
After all, this was spiritual energy, not the true divine consciousness. It wasn’t remarkable for divine consciousness to cover 100 million miles—most immortal emperors could do that.

The original spirit is equivalent to the soul of an immortal. If an ordinary person’s soul enters the immortal realm, it will be compressed into a tiny speck of light the size of a needle tip, whereas an immortal lord’s soul can expand into a huge sphere with a radius of 100 million li. This is the difference!
Su Che and Xiao Luotian’s flight speed wasn’t fast. In fact, within the Chaos Realm, it was impossible to go fast due to the immense resistance from chaotic energy. Even with all their strength, Su Che could only reach one ten-thousandth of his normal flight speed.
They flew slowly like this for nearly four years, yet they still hadn’t reached the destination Xiao Luotian had mentioned. However, Su Che’s original spirit had reached the level expected for a mid-stage Da Luo Jin Xian. In recent days, he had begun to merge his clones.
Merging all 100 clones at the early stage of Da Luo Jin Xian would take at least a hundred years. But after just a few years, Xiao Luotian stopped.
Where was this? In the vast chaos, Su Che couldn’t sense any difference at all. Everything was shrouded in mist. When he emitted the power of his original spirit, it could only cover a range of dozens of li and last for about half a minute.
Swish!
Xiao Luotian raised his hand, and a lighthouse-shaped magic artifact slowly floated out of the chaos. He then explained, “This is a coordinate I crafted using some materials found in the chaos. It’s through this that I can determine our location. Otherwise, even after traveling millions of li, I would get lost and never be able to find my way back.”
Su Che nodded gently and asked, “So, what brought us here?”
“Let me explain slowly…”
Xiao Luotian spoke unhurriedly, “The reason why I’m not well-known in the immortal realm, and why there’s the least information about me among the immortal lords, isn’t because I’m low-key or unwilling to stand out. It’s because I enjoy exploring and spend most of my time in the Chaos Realm. I’d say that among the dozen or so immortal lords, I consider myself second in understanding the Chaos Realm—no one dares to claim first place.”
“Over the years, I’ve indeed gathered quite a few treasures in the chaos, but they’re all ordinary and not considered ultimate treasures of the chaos.”
“Millions of years ago, I discovered a withered Chaos Spirit Root at this location. Do you know what that means?”
Su Che shook his head, indicating he had no idea.

Xiao Luotian raised his voice, slightly agitated: “Generally speaking, the spiritual creatures born from chaos possess immense vitality and are extremely strong, making it hard for them to die. Especially for them to wither and perish is particularly unusual and rare. This proves that somewhere nearby, another even more powerful Chaos Spirit Root has taken away its vitality, causing it to wither!”
Su Che seemed to understand somewhat and said, “Then just keep searching and get that more powerful Chaos Spirit Root, right?”
“I wish I could!”
Xiao Luotian showed a sorrowful expression, almost a wry smile. He shrugged and said, “But this is already the edge of the domain governed by the Heavenly Dao. This is as far as I can go. Going any further is something the Heavenly Dao will never allow.”
“Without the protection of the Heavenly Dao, all my cultivation techniques will become ineffective, and I’ll lose all my abilities. Before long, I’ll merge into a wisp of Chaos energy. Do you understand this?”
“I see…” Su Che nodded slowly.
The place they were in was precisely the edge of the domain ruled by the Heavenly Dao in their universe. For a supreme immortal like Xiao Luotian, it was like the walls of a prison—there was no way out.
Trying to escape by force would only result in losing all his cultivation techniques and becoming useless!
Because a supreme immortal’s cultivation skills all come from the Heavenly Dao. Running away means betraying the Heavenly Dao and becoming a fugitive. The Heavenly Dao’s way of dealing with fugitives is to mercilessly strip them of all their abilities.
“Everything you have was given by me. If you want to betray me, that’s fine. But whatever should remain must stay!”
Cultivation! In simple terms, the power that every cultivator possesses is borrowed from the Heavenly Dao. The deeper their cultivation, the more power they can borrow.
Those who want to betray the Heavenly Dao must return everything they’ve gained, becoming completely useless—no exception for supreme immortals.
If one doesn’t want to return what’s borrowed, there’s only one possibility: the debtor hasn’t died while the creditor has already passed away.
If the Heavenly Dao perishes, the power possessed by cultivators not only won’t disappear but may even increase several times. Without the constraints of the laws of heaven and earth, they’ll be like the primordial demon gods of ancient times—free to do as they please, able to act recklessly with their strength.
That’s why some supreme immortals hope for external invaders to break the laws of this universe and tear down the walls of this prison. Then everyone would be free—some could disperse, others could flee…
That’s basically the idea.

In the entire universe, there is only one person who can be an exception—Su Che!
The mission entrusted to Su Che is to leave this universe and venture into the vast chaos in search of powerful weapons or miraculous medicines, anything that can be used to defend against external threats and save this world.
Su Che can leave openly without it being considered escape, and the Heavenly Dao will not take away any of his powers. What Xiao Luotian wants to borrow today is precisely this privilege of Su Che’s.
Xiao Luotian pointed in a certain direction in the chaotic void and said softly, “Su Che, based on my experience, if you go out from here within a range of no more than ten billion li, I’m sure you’ll reap great rewards. After returning, just give me forty percent—sixty for you, forty for me. How does that sound?”
“Forty-six or fifty-fifty? It doesn’t matter.”
Su Che had never been someone who cared much about details. It wouldn’t hurt to agree, but he still had doubts and asked gravely, “You’re a supreme immortal. Could a mere range of ten billion li really stump you?”
To an immortal, ten billion li was like a tiny patch of land—could it really trouble him?
Xiao Luotian gave a wry smile, shrugged, and spread his hands, showing not the slightest trace of an immortal’s arrogance. “Su Che, let alone ten billion li—if I even slightly step outside the scope of the Heavenly Dao’s oversight, my fate will be utterly miserable. A small mistake can lead to huge consequences; one wrong step, and there’s no time to regret it!”
Su Che nodded with a smile, amused by his comical expression.
But though he laughed, his vigilance didn’t lessen at all.
Even Lao He said, “Master, be careful! This guy might find some excuse to lure you out. There are outsiders waiting in ambush outside, ready to kill you, the future savior. That would eliminate all threats once and for all.”
Was that impossible? Who could guarantee it?
As if able to read Su Che’s thoughts, Xiao Luotian immediately said, “Actually, you really don’t need to worry. You’re the favored one of heaven, under the protection of the Heavenly Dao. Unless I wanted to die, I wouldn’t risk appearing in person to harm you under its surveillance… If I had ill intentions toward you, I’d scheme behind the scenes and never show up myself—using others to kill you would be the best strategy. Don’t you think?”
It wasn’t pleasant to hear, but it made sense.

He added, “The world is about to fall into chaos. I merely wish to acquire a supreme treasure from the chaos to strengthen my ability to protect myself. In fact, this is a mutually beneficial arrangement—a rare opportunity that doesn’t come often. I’ve explored the realm of chaos for countless years before finding such a place. Su Che, even if you do leave in the future and travel through the vast chaos for tens of thousands of years, you might not encounter another one like this.”

After thinking for a moment, Su Che replied, “I can agree, but I need to cultivate here for a hundred or two hundred years. At the very least, I must raise my cultivation level to the middle stage of Da Luo Jin Xian before I dare to leave.”

“That’s no problem!”

Xiao Luo Tian nodded in agreement. “Of all places in the universe, this is the safest. As long as I don’t harm you, no one can find this place to harm you in the slightest. You can cultivate here with complete confidence.”

Having waited for millions of years, Xiao Luo Tian certainly wouldn’t mind waiting another hundred or two hundred years for Su Che.

Without further ado, Su Che settled down at that spot. While using the chaos energy to refine his primordial spirit, he began to merge more of his clones…