Chapter 899: The Mysterious Stalker

Valon roared at the endless starry sky, but his gaze was not directed toward Su Che and the others.
Osen couldn’t help but laugh inwardly: “Where are you looking? It’s right here!”
He had thought it must be Su Che who had secretly attacked Valon, but in reality, Su Che knew it wasn’t him—someone else was behind it.
“Who is it?”
Lao He threw aside the beast leg in his hand and used his detection abilities to the fullest, yet he couldn’t detect anything in the starry sky.
Su Che did the same; despite spreading his consciousness, he failed to locate the hidden attacker.
This alone proved that this person was extremely powerful—certainly not weaker than himself.
“Is there such a strong figure in the Divine Realm?”
According to Osen’s earlier description, the strongest gods in the Divine Realm were at most at the level of the Ninth Heaven Immortal Emperor. No matter how strong their invisibility skills were, they couldn’t hide from Su Che’s detection.
“Could it be someone from the Heavenly Realm?” Lao He guessed.
“Possible,” Su Che nodded inwardly. “I can’t think of any other explanation.”
With himself in the open and the enemy hidden, this proved that his previous caution was justified—the peak warriors of the Holy Light Universe definitely couldn’t be underestimated.
However, Su Che was still unsure whether this hidden figure was targeting him, or if they had even noticed his presence as a special individual among the Main God of Mo Lin’s team.
“Who is it?”
“Come out!”
Valon continued to shout, but it was clear he was timid on the inside. Fearing an unknown and powerful enemy, he acted so recklessly.
Boom!
Another unknown force struck suddenly, sending Valon flying again. He tumbled through the starry sky, forced to drift thousands of miles away.
Though this attack didn’t injure him, it made him immediately become subdued. With a face full of terror, he darted his eyes around frantically, his mouth tightly shut—no longer daring to shout.
Valon knew the other party simply didn’t want to go too far. If provoked by his disrespect, they could easily destroy this divine king avatar of his.
Su Che had already realized that the second attack came from the starry sky in the front left, but he still couldn’t locate the attacker’s hiding place.
“This person’s invisibility technique is quite advanced—comparable even to the Chaos Travelers who excel in this art.”

In chaos, Su Che was confident he could instantly detect the opponent’s hidden location, but within the Holy Radiance Universe, the opponent was a native “local,” whose various spells were enhanced by the universe’s rules, while Su Che’s own abilities were suppressed and restricted. This was the opponent’s domain—favorable conditions on all fronts worked against him, a significant disadvantage that could only be overcome if he could overturn the universe’s rules and become its ruler.
“Retreat!”
“Hurry up!”
Seizing this opportunity, the three main gods of Mo Lin immediately ordered the more than 20,000 survivors to retreat. The situation had deviated far from the original plan, far beyond what they could handle. The plan to occupy the Vahron Star Region had completely failed; it was already a fortune if they could save their divine avatars.
Whoosh…
Taking advantage of the fact that King Valon wasn’t paying attention to them, the more than 20,000 divine avatars retreated immediately. Su Che and Osen followed the crowd, set to return to the Mo Lin Star Region.
That Valon was just an insignificant figure. What made Su Che wary was the mysterious person hiding in the shadows. Moreover, Su Che had a vague suspicion that this mysterious person might still be following him.
“What puzzles me is, if he really intended to hide and observe me or scheme against me, why would he punish Valon and expose himself so easily?”
On the way back, Su Che said to Lao He, “Don’t you think his behavior is a bit strange?”
“Catch him and roast him!”
Lao He, sitting by the fire, was still processing his game. His reply showed he too couldn’t figure out the opponent’s intentions.
Su Che didn’t reveal this to Osen, as it far exceeded his ability to handle. Knowing it would be useless and only cause unnecessary worry.
There were no further setbacks along the way. After arriving safely in the Mo Lin Star Region, the main god of Mo Lin said nothing and returned to his divine kingdom dejectedly. For him, this matter couldn’t end here. Although King Valon had suffered a setback, as long as he wasn’t dead, he would surely find other excuses to trouble them soon.
The only way to resolve this crisis was to pay a price and seek help from King Hos, who protected them.
It was a case of losing more than gaining—this expedition had resulted in a huge loss…

Within Osen’s divine kingdom, Osen bowed respectfully to Su Che with his true form, expressing gratitude. This time, only he, as a supreme god, truly reaped enormous benefits.
“What are your next plans?” Su Che asked with a smile.
“Of course, to expand my divine kingdom first, then convert some of the divine soul crystals into divine power crystals. I’ll go to King Hos’s trading hall to buy a batch of ordinary beings without faith and transform them into my followers. Repeating this process a few times, I believe my cultivation strength will be on par with that of the established supreme gods within a thousand years…” Osen shared his plans full of anticipation.
“Divine power crystals?” Su Che asked curiously. “Could you convert some here for me to see?”
“Sure, no problem.” Osen immediately took out a divine soul crystal, held it in his palm, and explained as he did so: “A divine soul crystal is formed from two types of energy—divine power and soul energy. By extracting the soul energy from it, one can strengthen their own soul power. The remaining pure divine power energy then transforms into a divine power crystal, which is the most fundamental currency in the divine realm.”
After half an hour, the black crystal in Osen’s hand turned deep blue—this was the purest form of divine power crystal. Even gods could use it to assist in their cultivation.
“In terms of nature, it’s somewhat similar to the top-grade immortal crystals in the Immortal Universe,” Su Che said. He took the divine power crystal, studied it silently for a while, then placed it back with the Creation Divine Tree on the sixth layer of the Immortal Prison.
Just one crystal was definitely not enough. Osen spent over a day converting nearly twenty divine power crystals, all of which he gave to Su Che. He could guess that Su Che, a powerful being from the Chaos Realm, wanted to study this fundamental currency of the divine realm.
By having the Creation Divine Tree study the divine power crystals, Su Che certainly wasn’t trying to create “fake money”; rather, he wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the power system in the Holy Radiance Universe.
The energy within the advanced cultivators of the Immortal Universe was called immortal essence, while in the Holy Radiance Universe, it was divine power.
After several attempts, the Creation Divine Tree quickly discovered that holy radiance divine power not only had a strong resistance effect against primordial magic but could even neutralize an equal amount of it. In contrast, primordial magic could completely corrupt the immortal essence of the Immortal Universe. Even with the special energy derived from anti-magic pills, only an immune effect could be achieved, not the ability to counteract primordial magic.

In this regard, the suppressive effect of the Holy Radiant Power on Origin Magic was far stronger than that of Chaos Energy, which surprised Su Che greatly and also helped him understand another key reason why the Holy Radiant Universe had thrived amidst chaos without being invaded by the Origin Magic race. However, this doesn’t mean the Holy Radiant Power is superior to the Spirit Essence Energy; when compared, the Spirit Essence Energy, at equal levels, actually possesses slightly greater power. Each type has its own strengths and characteristics, but it just so happens that the Holy Radiant Power can suppress Origin Magic. After making this discovery, Su Che pondered for a long time. More than ten days later, he formally bid farewell to Osen and planned to leave the Melin Star Region. For Osen, this was certainly not good news, but he also knew that Su Che couldn’t stay here for long. A powerful Chaos Traveler coming to the Holy Radiant Universe must have extremely important matters to attend to. At the time of farewell, Su Che smiled at him and said, “For the sake of a friend, there’s one thing I still need to do.” “What is it?” Osen asked in confusion. “Go and kill Valon, so he won’t trouble the Melin Star Region again,” Su Che replied. As long as Valon remained alive, he would find excuses to harass the three supreme gods, including Melin. With such a powerful force targeting them, even a minor higher god like Osen would suffer. But for Su Che, eliminating a Valon God King was a trivial task. So, Osen took out a star map, marked the location of Valon’s divine kingdom clearly, then watched Su Che’s back disappear into the vast starry sky, holding tightly in his hand a gift given by Su Che before leaving—a deep purple bead. Su Che had said that once he figured out the mystery hidden within this bead, he would reach the realm of a God King. “Reaching the realm of a God King!” Osen had no doubts about this. Meeting such a powerful being from chaos was the greatest fortune of his life… In the starry sky, Su Che flew at high speed, following the directions on the star map. He estimated he would find Valon’s divine kingdom in a few hours. Yet just half an hour later, Su Che frowned, stopped abruptly, and sent mental waves backward: “Friend, why have you been following me all along?” Although he still couldn’t detect the exact location of the invisible person, his intuition told him that the guy was indeed following behind. After waiting for a while with no response, Su Che said again, “Friend, if you have any thoughts, just speak up. Constantly lurking behind me is really confusing me.”

Still no response.
“Do you really not intend to show up?”
Even with his consciousness expanded to its limit, he still couldn’t detect him. Su Che grew frustrated and almost released his two servants to help find him. But fearing that Bat Wing and Vajra’s formidable strength might alert to and provoke rejection from the rules of the Holy Radiance Universe, he restrained himself out of reason.
“Never mind. If you want to follow, then it’s up to you.”
He had no choice but to turn around and continue flying. The strange feeling of being followed lingered in his mind, reminding him of those days in the mortal cultivation world when the Fairy Xueyu had persistently haunted him…