Chapter 903: The Hall of Deification

Although the Five Divine Emperors could not see the Completely Hidden Heart of the Venerable, they could clearly sense it hanging on Su Che’s body. The treasure they had long dreamed of was right before their eyes, yet they dared not approach to seize it. They could only watch helplessly as Su Che entered the rapidly spinning magnetic storm.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…
Within the storm realm, various hard substances, the sharpest blades in the divine realm, converged and rushed at Su Che like a furious tide, frantically cutting through his defensive shields. The intensity was astonishing and terrifying.

However, even these substances could not harm the Five Divine Emperors, let alone pose any threat to Su Che. Instead, he effortlessly absorbed a large amount of them and sent them into the Immortal Prison.

These were all excellent materials for crafting magical artifacts. The artifacts made from them were not only sturdy and durable but often possessed special attributes, which were extremely rare even in the divine realms of the Immortal Universe.

Of course, Su Che certainly didn’t need them himself, so he gave them all to the cultivation communities across the planets of the Immortal Prison Universe—considering it a gift from heaven.

The Five Divine Emperors following behind were very curious to see that Su Che wasn’t in a hurry to find the spatial passage. Instead, he was collecting these stellar core fragments in the storm realm. Were they also of interest to him?

One of them then discussed with his companions, “The Heart of the Venerable is useless to him. How about we pool our resources and use precious resources from the heavenly realm to buy it from him?”
“We can give it a try.”
Someone immediately agreed, “First, buy the Heart of the Venerable, and then, as agreed before, we’ll decide through fair competition who gets it.”
The other three agreed, and the middle-aged Divine Emperor holding a lightning spear sent a message to Su Che: “May we purchase the Heart of the Venerable?”

Su Che’s reply was simply three words: “No interest!”

The Five Divine Emperors truly couldn’t figure out Su Che’s thoughts and could only continue to follow behind, watching from afar as he gathered various fragments in the storm realm.

After over ten days, the amount of material Su Che had collected was enough to form a planet if gathered together in the Immortal Prison—showing just how enormous the quantity was.
“That’s enough. Let’s stop here.”
Su Che had already found the relatively calm eye of the storm at the core of the magnetic storm. There, indeed, floated a spatial entrance emitting a cyan-blue glow.

Undoubtedly, entering through this entrance was the spatial passage.

This spatial passage is extremely dangerous for the supreme gods and divine kings in the divine realm; it’s almost impossible to use it to sneak into the Heavenly Realm. First, the magnetic storm surrounding it acts as an insurmountable barrier—should they attempt to enter, their powers would be instantly crushed to dust. Second, the twisted forces and terrifying pressures within the passage are beyond their capacity to withstand. Thus, this passage is purely a smuggling route for the Heavenly Realm’s divine emperors to handle affairs on earth. It’s unknown whether it formed naturally or was created by the joint efforts of the Heavenly Realm’s divine emperors…

“He’s entering!”

One of the divine emperors grew anxious and whispered to the other four, “Once he reaches the Heavenly Realm and other divine emperors hear about it, we’ll be completely doomed.”

“There’s no other way,” another replied gravely. “This guy is too powerful. If we can’t break through his time domain, confronting him head-on is certain death.”

“Then this is our only option…”

The middle-aged divine emperor, wielding a lightning spear, spoke coldly in the ears of the other four.

By then, Su Che had already entered the spatial passage. A few breaths later, the five divine emperors hurried after him, firing various spells at the entrance of the passage one after another.

Buzz…

The originally blue entrance immediately turned red. It was unclear what tricks the five divine emperors had used on this spatial passage…

Heavenly Realm.

The Heavenly Realm of the Holy Radiance Universe resembled the Immortal Realm of the Immortal Spirit Universe—it was no longer a vast starry sky but a boundless expanse of land.

This end of the spatial passage was located inside a temple, with a hexagram pattern resembling a teleportation array on the ground at the center of the hall.

Suddenly, the once silent hall was filled with light. Amidst the glow, Su Che’s figure appeared at the center of the array. In an instant, that light seemed to activate the sixteen stone statues surrounding the hall. Before Su Che could use his divine senses to observe his surroundings clearly, a thunderous voice rang out, “Who dares to intrude in the Sacred Deification Temple?”

Crack…

The stone surfaces of the sixteen statues peeled off completely, revealing eight silver-armored warriors and eight gold-armored warriors, who immediately attacked Su Che without hesitation.

Boom…

The eight silver-armored warriors, likely experts in close combat, rushed toward Su Che at the center of the hall, while the eight gold-armored warriors unleashed various powerful spells—wind, thunder, lightning, ice, frost, and fire—all aimed at Su Che.

“What the hell? They just attack without warning?”

Of course, Su Che couldn’t be hurt by them, yet he was still struck in a somewhat inexplicable manner.
Boom!
A semi-transparent energy shockwave spread out, sending the eight silver-armored warriors flying. They collided extremely precisely with the other eight gold-armored warriors, and with another loud crash, two pairs of them slammed into the wall.
Crack, crack, crack…
Cracks like a spider web appeared instantly on the wall where they hit it, and the entire hall trembled violently, seemingly on the verge of collapsing completely.
The sixteen warriors—eight gold and eight silver—showed no obvious damage. Roaring in unison, they launched a joint attack on Su Che again.
“Pretty tough.”
Su Che sneered coldly. With a thought, he summoned Lao Hei’s puppet form. In such a situation, it was more appropriate to have Lao Hei take action, using sheer physical strength to overwhelm them, rather than using his own powerful spells.
As soon as Lao Hei appeared, he charged like a wild bull at one of the silver-armored warriors heading toward him.
Boom!
After the collision, Lao Hei remained unharmed, while that silver-armored warrior shattered into piles of metal fragments scattered on the ground.
“Exactly, they are indeed mechanical puppets.”
Su Che had long realized that these guys weren’t gods with flesh and blood but lifeless mechanical puppets. That’s why he sent Lao Hei to deal with them using a puppet form as well.
“The Hall of Deification, mechanical puppets… What place is this exactly?”
Su Che could guess that this must be the heavenly realm, but it definitely wasn’t the normal exit of that spatial passage. It was most likely some trick created by those five divine emperors.
“It doesn’t matter. As long as it’s the heavenly realm, I never intended to live in peace with them anyway. Let them make a fuss; just let them do as they please.”
Boom!
Amidst Lao Hei’s wild laughter, he shattered another silver-armored warrior with a punch and transmitted a message to Su Che mentally: “Master, speaking of which, these mechanical puppets are quite tough. To shatter them, one really has to use full strength.”
Su Che nodded silently, calculating in his mind: “In that case, these sixteen mechanical puppets should be able to defeat an ordinary divine emperor without problem.”
The Hall of Deification? Could it be a place in the heavenly realm specifically used to punish divine emperors?
Crack, crack, crack…
There was a door on each of the four walls. At that moment, two of the doors slowly opened, and two silver-armored warriors stepped out, charging at Su Che and Lao Hei. Now, there were again sixteen mechanical puppets.
“Shatter one, replace one—do we always have to keep the number at sixteen?”

Su Che’s speculation was quickly confirmed. After Lao He shattered two more war generals, two more portals appeared, and two more war generals emerged. It was obvious that their goal was to exhaust him using these mechanical puppets! Boom, boom, boom… Su Che stood motionless in the center of the hall, allowing the eight golden-armored war generals to continuously fire long-range attack spells at his defensive shield, while his consciousness explored every corner of the hall for weak points. At the same time, he guessed in his mind, “Probably those five Divine Emperors felt their strength was insufficient, so they used spatial passages to send me here, hoping to trap me in this Hall of Deification for a while while they searched for more allies.” Inside the Immortal Prison, aside from Bat Wings and Vajra, the two top-tier enforcer slaves, there were also the five Chaos Travelers who had been captured and enslaved on Devil Island, plus Tian Yin and Xiao He. Naturally, Su Che’s group was extremely powerful; even if they faced the laws of the Holy Radiance Universe head-on, they might not be completely defenseless. So, no matter how many Divine Emperors came, Su Che wasn’t worried. It was just not the best time to take action yet. The best time to capture the Divine Emperors should be… “Haha, so satisfying!” Lao He circled Su Che, easily crushing a silver-armored war general that rushed up close with just a few punches and kicks. Although two new mechanical war generals would appear every time two were shattered, Lao He didn’t believe that the number of mechanical war generals in this so-called Hall of Deification could exceed the amount of Immortal Crystals in the Immortal Prison. Lao He’s puppet body constantly consumed high-quality Immortal Crystals, but the Immortal Prison held the vast wealth that Su Che had plundered from thousands of Immortal Emperors in the past. With such an abundance, the Immortal Crystals would surely never run out. Even if Su Che used a thousand-fold strength enhancement, he could crush these mechanical war generals with a single punch. But he wasn’t in a hurry to act yet; he let Lao He have his fun. In fact, Su Che wasn’t even in a hurry to leave the Hall of Deification, seemingly deliberately delaying things to wait for those Divine Emperors to find them. In this way, after a little over two periods of time, Su Che waved his hand and gathered the metal debris of those mechanical war generals scattered throughout the hall into the Immortal Prison. It wasn’t that he had developed a habit of picking up trash, but the piles of puppet debris grew larger and larger, not only being unsightly but also hindering movement and slowing down Lao He’s speed. “Hundreds of mechanical puppets have been shattered, yet those Divine Emperors still haven’t arrived. Isn’t this efficiency a bit low?”

As Sutch was thinking these thoughts, the entire hall suddenly trembled with a loud rumbling sound; many decorations seemed to shrink back into the walls as if deforming, and the whole temple began to sink downward, as if it were going deep into the earth.