Chapter 218: Chapter 120: Fifteenth Year of Daqian (2)

A long time passed.

A pair of brilliant golden eyes swept across this realm. Finding nothing, they departed.

’It wasn’t a hallucination?’

’That was the Heavenly Dao Sovereign, the one worshipped and served by the Void Demon Whale clan...’

Su Chen fell into a deep silence.

This was the first time he had ever encountered such a terrifying existence, one that could trace him through a mere memory.

’The Mountain Sea Great Realm is filled with countless Powerhouses, not like the Palm of the Human World.’

’I’d better keep a low profile...’

Su Chen sighed.

At this moment, he finally turned his gaze to the Void Demon Whale, which was still fanatically worshipping the departing Heavenly Dao Sovereign.

"What are you looking at?"

"So what if you’re an Extreme Realm Immortal?"

"I’m the only Void Demon Whale here. If you want to leave this world of Severed Communication, my Innate Divine Techniques are the only way. You still dare to kill me?! Kill me, and you can forget about ever leaving this place for the rest of your life."

The black whale sneered.

Its eyes were filled with condescension.

’The Human Race is a short-lived species.’

’So what if this person achieved Extreme Ascension to Immortality? If he doesn’t leave this world, there is no path forward for him. In a hundred years at most, his lifespan will surely be exhausted.’

It schemed in its heart.

’I’ll humiliate this Extreme Realm Immortal for a bit, pretend to agree, and wait until we’re roaming the Chaos. That’s my home turf. Then, even someone at the Foundation Establishment Post Realm will be mine to toy with. I’ll also be able to complete the task the Clan Leader gave me.’

At this thought,

the black whale revealed a savage grin.

"Extreme Realm Immortal, give me three loud kowtows, and I’ll take you away from here. How about it?"

To this,

Su Chen nodded.

"Good!"

The black whale was overjoyed and couldn’t help but reveal a savage grin.

However,

Su Chen’s hand was reaching for his sword.

"You dare to kill me!"

"Don’t you want to leave anymore?"

"There’s no path forward! If you don’t leave, you’ll just die when your lifespan ends! If you kill me, there’s no way the Young Master will send a second Void Demon Whale to wait for you here..."

The black whale roared in shock and fury.

Unfortunately,

the sword was already drawn, and there was no taking it back.

The black whale fell!

Above the Endless Sea, a black mist spread across the sky.

In its place,

all that remained was a palm-sized, pitch-black piece of whale skin imbued with a hint of Chaos Dao Charm, floating slowly before Su Chen.

’Chaos Whale Skin...’

Within Su Chen’s body, a line of text slowly materialized on the Wordless Book.

Anything that could make the Wordless Book appear

was undoubtedly a treasure.

Su Chen accepted it with a smile.

Then,

the Tree Whiskers surged,

quickly enveloping the pitch-black whale skin.

’It really works!’

A peculiar look appeared in Su Chen’s eyes.

The next instant,

Su Chen’s figure vanished.

In his place,

a colossal black whale appeared over the dark Endless Sea, roaming the sky. It was almost identical to the black whale, right down to the unique, tyrannical cruelty of the Void Demon Whale clan in its eyes.

’Let’s see if I can leave...’

Su Chen imitated the way the Void Demon Whale had descended and charged toward the world barrier at the edge of the Endless Sea.

BOOM!

The next instant,

Su Chen left the Palm of the Human World and broke into a wondrous world.

Here,

there was only a stretch of void and chaos.

Before his eyes

was a ball of light as brilliant as the sun—the Mountain Sea Realm.

And,

surrounding the Mountain Sea Realm, was a dense cluster of nearly one hundred thousand points of light. Some glowed like fireflies or candles, others burned like roaring flames, and still others shone like brilliant stars...

These were the hundred thousand worlds.

’What does the World in the Palm look like?’

Su Chen searched all around and finally looked down. He was shocked to see an extinguished silhouette of light. The Palm of the Human World was covered by hundreds of thousands, even millions, of densely packed chains, leaving no gaps.

This was Severed Communication!

The Severed Communication left behind by the joint effort of four titans!

However,

upon closer inspection,

Su Chen could still discern three paths.

One was at the edge of the Endless Sea.

One was in the Daqian Imperial Palace.

And the last one, at the end of the Demon Monster Mountain Range, had been forcibly smashed open by the raw power of the Mountain Sea Giant Turtle.

Even Severed Communication

could not restrain the power of the Mountain Sea Giant Turtle.

BOOM!

The next instant.

’Not good.’

Su Chen felt he was about to lose the mimicked form of the Void Demon Whale.

At the edge of the Endless Sea,

Su Chen fell ungracefully into the black seawater.

’Shifting Appearance...’

’It’s still too weak, after all.’

’It can mimic powerful life forms and borrow one or two of their innate talents, but the duration is far too short.’

Su Chen left the Endless Sea.

Although the duration was short,

it was enough for him to leave the Palm of the Human World.

Perhaps,

next time, when he reached the Fifth Realm of Longevity, Shifting Appearance would grow stronger, just as his Longevity Qi had evolved into Longevity Blood. Then he could borrow—or even permanently claim—the Innate Divine Techniques of mimicked lifeforms for a sustained period.

’Should I leave now?’

Looking at the Endless Sea, Su Chen fell silent.

At this moment,

it was not yet time.

Su Chen left.

Spring passed and autumn came. He traveled on foot, crossing mountains to reach Demon Mountain.

On Demon Mountain,

beneath the Sword Stele,

he saw Yu Le. Dressed in a cyan Daoist robe, he was teaching the Great Demon Fiends.

’So, you’re still here.’

Su Chen smiled.

He didn’t know why he was smiling.

Perhaps

he should have been happy.

But

even this feeling of joy had long been plundered by the Longevity Tree, turned into nutrients for its own growth.

’This is nice.’

’It’s good enough that you’re alive.’

Amidst the ice and snow, Su Chen wanted to make small talk, but he didn’t know what to say.

In the other’s eyes,

he was probably just a stranger.

And so,

as Yu Le taught the Great Demon Fiends, Su Chen stayed on Demon Mountain, watching him day after day.

After a long time,

he took the Heaven’s Will Fragment, which was now only dimly aware, and untied the Heaven-Slaying Gourd he always wore at his waist.

In a daze,

he recalled the Heaven-Slaying battle and the Yu Le who had died in his arms. At that time, he had desperately wished for him to come back to life and share the fine wine from this very gourd.

’The fine wine I couldn’t offer you back then...’

’Let me offer it to you now.’

Su Chen left.

Leaving only the Heaven-Slaying Sword Gourd, full of fine wine, beneath the Sword Stele.

After he left,

Yu Le, in silence, finally looked toward the base of the Sword Stele. He walked over, gazed in the direction Su Chen had departed, and drank all the fine wine from the Heaven-Slaying Gourd in one go.

"I have no memories of you."

"But, anyone for whom Le was willing to give his life, to face death willingly, must be a dear friend!"

"As you depart,"

"I wish you well."

"In the days to come, I, Le, shall meet you again and reclaim these lost memories..."

That night,

on Demon Mountain, the ring of the Heaven-Slaying Sword echoed, circling the nine heavens. It did not stop for eighty-one days.

Yu Le condensed a Spirit Mark and entered the Dao Platform!

...

...

「Spring passed and autumn came.」

In the blink of an eye, five years flew by.

「Daqian Imperial City.」

The moon was bright and the sky was full of stars.

At this time, a travel-worn young man carrying a Sword Box on his back returned before the Imperial City after five years. He gazed out at the great river, seeing the prosperous Cao Gang docks and the Cao Gang Leader, Wun Sandao, who had stepped into the Innate realm.

And then there was the fog, pervading the Daqian World just as it always had.

In the five years that had passed,

no one in the Human World remembered the existence of a figure like him, the Wind Snow Sword Immortal.

Even

the original Demon Monster Mountain Range had been gradually permeated by the mist in the five years since the Mountain Sea Giant Turtle’s departure. The Great Demon Fiends of Demon Mountain, too, were slowly forgetting any trace he had ever left.

’This fog... is truly interesting.’

Su Chen smiled.

After a long moment,

he turned his head, smiling as he addressed an aged figure that had appeared beside him at some unknown point.

"Isn’t it?"

"It’s as if this fog exists solely to deliberately erase all traces of me from this mortal world."

Behind Su Chen

was a figure, stooped with age and decrepit, but the Grand Zhou Prince Dragon Robe he wore was still as new as ever.

He was Long Xuanjun.

The years had passed, and he had grown old.

But

he had also grown stronger.

Years ago,

he was the first in the Human World to reach the Innate Realm! In fact, chronologically, he had reached it even before Su Chen. Now, he was likely no weaker than the three lords of Daqian who had vied with heaven for their lives. After all, he had devoured the very first strand of Mountain River Dragon Qi.

The first Grandmaster of Mortal Cultivation after the world was unified.

"Lord Su."

"I truly envy you."

"No matter how much time passes, you always look the same."

Long Xuanjun sighed with feeling.

Behind him,

there was another person, dressed in a Phoenix Emperor Robe. It was Princess Le of Qii, graceful and noble, with the face of a woman in her thirties. She was staring at Su Chen, but refrained from acting out due to Long Xuanjun’s presence.

Both Long Xuanjun and Su Chen knew clearly.

She was not Princess Le of Qii.

"So,"

"who are you?"

"In the past five years, I revisited the old site of the Great Yu Imperial Mausoleum. I searched every tombstone and consulted the ancient texts. Among the Immortals that Great Yu Yue trapped in the Imperial Mausoleum back then, there was no record of you!"

"And this mist, which targets me and erases my traces—is this your doing as well?"

"The second Emperor of Daqian was named Jue!"

"Why is it you?"

Su Chen looked at this Daqian Empress.

This Daqian Empress finally stepped out from behind Long Xuanjun. Seemingly aware that the Su Chen of today was not the same as before and could no longer be suppressed by force, she sighed, bowed deeply, and said,

"I have come here..."

"For the sake of the Human World!"

"To respectfully request that the Wind Snow Sword Immortal ascend to the Mountain Sea Realm!"

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