Chapter 1144 - Old Acquaintances

Liu Chuan was terrified out of his wits, and his soul quivered.

Was this really the place they called the Celestial Ruin?

If so, how could it give rise to someone so pervertedly strong?

He was only in the Profound Serenity Realm, but he could take down a peak Profound Unity Emperor in a single slash!?

Even in the stars beyond, an accomplishment like that would absolutely have dazzled any era. It was an incredibly rare feat!

Now, when he saw Su Yi turn around and walk toward him, his knees thudded to the ground as he knelt of his own volition and said in a quavering voice, “I admit defeat! I admit defeat!”

His voice was even choked with sobs, as if he were on the verge of a breakdown.

His cowardly behavior filled the old glutton with disdain.

“You can keep calling for help if you want,” said Su Yi.

“I wouldn’t dare. I wouldn’t dare!” Liu Chuan said in a quavering voice. “Sir, if you don’t kill me, you can use me as a hostage and take me to the Primordial Unity Daoist Sect and exchange me for treasures. Right, my father is one of our grand elders. He’ll surely empty out his coffers to satisfy your requests!”

The old glutton spat. “Shameless! No courage at all! If I were your father, I would have long since beaten you to death.”

But Su Yi was long accustomed to this sort of thing.

In his past life, he’d seen countless “firm and unyielding” old-timers grovel for their lives in the face of death, offering everything they had for a chance at life.

And he’d witnessed humble mortals risk their lives without fear of death!

The crux of the matter was that typically, the longer someone lived, the more they feared death.

The ancient ceased to concern themselves with honor and humiliation. Their greatest obsession was seeking out the Dao. And who could be truly fearless in the face of death, with no worries about what they’d leave behind?

“Apart from you, is there still anyone else here?” said Su Yi.

Liu Chuan froze, his expression shifting violently.

Without even waiting for a response, Su Yi picked him up. “Take me to see them.”

Liu Chuan reacted as if struck by lightning, but when he met Su Yi’s gaze, he shuddered from head to toe and gave in.

𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

“Old MOnster Su, isn’t this a bit reckless?” the old glutton couldn’t help but ask.

“If we don’t deal with them, they’ll come looking for us sooner or later.” Su Yi turned and shot into the distance. “Look after Jing Xing for me. He’ll successfully overcome his tribulation within ten minutes.”

Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, he disappeared from view.

“If that bookworm Jing Xing had even a third of his master’s breadth of spirit, he’d likely have proven his Dao and achieved Profound Unity a long time ago...” the old glutton said wistfully.

Meeting Su Xuanjun’s reincarnation and witnessing his terrifying power came as an enormous shock to the old glutton, and he struggled to calm himself.

...

Deep within a meteorite belt.

“Put a little more power into it. We’ll be able to finish refining the altar within ten minutes," Yun Xiaosheng ordered.

There were sixteen cultivators of the Primordial Unity Daoist Sect in the surrounding area. None of them dare be negligent. All of them refined the altar with all their might.

Suddenly, they heard someone shooting over through the void.

“It’s been less than ten minutes. Are Elder Huo and Elder Li back so soon?” Yun Xiaosheng was stunned.

A moment later, he realized something wasn't right, and he abruptly looked up.

An arc of radiant light was shooting right toward them. Upon closer inspection, it was a young man in blue, and he was carrying Liu Chuan’s soul!

Yun Xiaosheng’s heart sank as he realized that this didn’t bode well.

“This...” The sixteen Emperors refining the Daoist altar were startled too. All of them stopped what they were doing and looked at Su Yi.

The atmosphere was instantly stifled.

But Su Yi seemed perfectly composed. He swept his gaze across the group, then looked up at the spatial vortex hovering above them.

He couldn’t help but be surprised.

Don’t tell me the experts of the Primordial Unity Daoist Sect arrived here by cutting a tunnel through spacetime that led directly to the Dark and Gold Star Realm?

“Elder Yun, I... I had no choice...” stammered Liu Chuan, terrified and uneasy.

Yun Xiaosheng’s brow furrowed. “Are all of them... dead?”

Liu Chuan nodded hurriedly, like a chicken pecking at grains of rice.

Gasps rang out on all sides, and everyone’s expressions shifted.

“Sir, have you perhaps come here to kill the rest of us?” Yun Xiaosheng’s eyes flashed, his expression unprecedentedly solemn.

Whoever this person was, he’d killed Huo Shan and Li Miaoyun in practically no time at all. Furthermore, he didn’t have so much as a hair out of place. This was far too unsettling.

Yun Xiaosheng realized that although this new arrival looked like he was just a Profound Serenity Realm young man, he was most likely an utterly terrifying existence!

“That’s right.” Su Yi subtly inclined his head.

Yun Xiaosheng’s expression was incomparably unsightly. The others were visibly engaged as well.

But then, something entirely unexpected happened. Liu Chuan couldn’t help but interject, “Elder Yun, whatever you do, don’t try to threaten him!”

“????”

“.....”

Liu Chuan said frantically, “Earlier, Elder Huo and the others were disrespectful, so this esteemed personage cut them down on the spot. I... I can’t bear to watch everyone throw their lives away in vain!”

Here, he took a deep breath. “I hope that, if possible.... Everyone can lower their heads and admit defeat.... That way, perhaps, you might be able to leave with your lives....”

Complete uproar followed.

Everyone’s eyes widened with disbelief, as if they couldn’t believe their ears.

Even Su Yi couldn’t help but be surprised.

This kid... isn’t he changing his tune a bit too quickly?

But Yun Xiaosheng was so angry that he bellowed, “Liu Chuan! Don’t forget that we’re members of the Primordial Unity Daoist Sect. How could we simply let him trample us? If the grand elder saw how cowardly you were, he’d surely cut down his own relatives in the name of righteousness!”

He was obviously overcome with fury.

Liu Chuan, you spineless bastard! Bad enough that you’re embarrassing yourself, but you seriously had to go and urge us to surrender? You’re nothing but scum!

Even in the face of this barrage of insults, Liu Chuan didn’t back down. He even got a bit angry. “I cast aside my reputation and dignity, and for what? Wasn’t it to keep you people alive? If you don’t believe me, go right ahead and throw your lives away!”

That Liu Chuan still dared argue practically made Yun Xiaosheng’s eyes pop with fury. His hair and beard bristled, and he longed for nothing more than to slap this spineless coward to death.

If word gets out, the entire Primordial Unity Daoist Sect will become a laughingstock!

Su Yi said plainly, “His warning was correct, but not entirely. Since I’ve come for you, there’s absolutely no way I’ll give you the chance to surrender or admit defeat.”

It was just two sentences, yet the atmosphere was immediately silent and stifled.

“That so? Then I’d really like to see if you’re capable of that!” Yun Xiaosheng said with fury.

“Sure,” said Su Yi. He stretched out his hand and tapped the air.

The entire stretch of space lit up as countless dazzling arcs of sword qi descended with a bang.

Like a downpour of sword rain pouring onto his enemies!

Every streak of sword qi was as radiant as the morning sun and bursting with inscrutable, wondrous power. They ripped through the void of outer space, tearing open long, straight rifts.

Splurt! Splurt! Splurt!

Bloody mist appeared in burst after burst after burst.

Agonized shrieks rose and fell, overlapped by the sound of treasures shattering in rapid succession.

The sixteen Emperors of the Primordial Unity Daoist Sect were all enveloped in the endless sword rain, and every last one of them died brutally on the spot.

“Dammit!” Yun Xiaosheng’s eyes bulged. He waved his fly whisk and blocked this strike, but the dense rain of sword qi injured him badly. He looked utterly wretched.

“Why was this necessary? Why....” Liu Chuan murmured, his entire body trembling with terror and unease.

“Did you think the others would be as spineless as you?” Su Yi said softly.

Liu Chuan shook his head despondently. “My father often says that a wise man adapts to his circumstances and looks past honor and disgrace. He’s willing to cast everything aside to survive...”

Su Yi’s eyebrows rose slightly.

Meanwhile, Yun Xiaosheng took out a talisman, and his voice boomed like spring thunder. “Spirit Venerate, please, help me destroy this enemy!”

Every word went off like a thunderclap.

The talisman caught ablaze, busting with an endless rain of light.

The vortex of spacetime hovering overhead suddenly turned violently.

A moment later, a radiant, illusory figure emerged from the vortex!

Boom!

The entire stretch of void shook violently, and the nearby meteorites shattered with a bang.

A terrifying pressure spread outward.

“This...” Liu Chuan’s eyes widened.

They then watched as that radiant, illusory figure gradually materialized into a moving beauty in rainbow raiment. Her long hair shone with faint golden light. Her waist was thin and supple, and her features were picture perfect, with curved eyebrows. Her figure was slender and graceful, and she emanated a pure, holy aura.

Most striking of all was the perfectly round golden imprint at the center of her smooth forehead. It was a strange totem of a golden silkworm devouring its tail.

“Spirit Venerate!” Liu Chuan’s eyes widened and his jaw dropped. He couldn’t help but blurt, “Didn’t they say that only those beneath the World King level could pass through the spacetime tunnel?”

“It was the Spirit Venerate who made the tunnel in the first place,” Yun Xiaosheng snorted coldly. “How could it possibly impede her arrival?”

As he spoke, he straightened his clothes, then bowed. “Outer sect elder Yun Xiaosheng welcomes you, honored Spirit Venerate!”

His expression was solemn, with undisguised awe and reverence, as well as the excitement and joy of someone who’d found their pillar of support.

“Who... did you want me to help you defeat?” The moving beauty in rainbow raiment said, but she was obviously distracted.

As soon as she appeared, Su Yi’s tall, upright figure drew her attention, and her picturesque, beautiful face looked a bit dazed.

“Him!” Yun Xiaosheng pointed at Su Yi, his expression full of grief and hatred. “That ruthless bastard killed a whole group of our experts. He’s contemptible! Spirit Venerate, please, help me execute him!”

He spoke every word with deep conviction and hatred.

“I’m afraid I can’t help you.” The young woman in rainbow raiment shook her head slightly.

Yun Xiaosheng froze. For a moment, he thought he’d misheard her. He instinctively blurted, “Wh-Why?”

Liu Chuan was stunned too.

Yeah, why?

They then watched as the young woman’s soft red lips curved into a faint smile. She said gently, “Because... he and I are old acquaintances.”

Then, she smiled and waved. “What a coincidence, Fellow Daoist! To think I’d bump into you here.”

She made no attempt to hide the delight in her eyes! It was the unique joy of someone reunited with an old friend.

Yun Xiaosheng reacted as if five thunderbolts had struck him in the head at once. He felt a chill in his hands and feet, and his soul practically left his body.

How could... the Undying Spirit Venerate... do this?

As for Liu Chuan? His eyes were vacant. He was long since completely dumbstruck.