Chapter 2083 - Forgive Me For Not Joining You

The stalwart red-haired man laughed. “I told him to come along. We’ll work together to ensure your safety, Divine Son!”

“Oh,” said Feng Wuji. He seemed to have noticed something, as he was looking at Su Yi up and down. It seemed he had something to say.

But then, a voice boomed like thunder in the distance. “Since we’re all here, let’s begin.”

“Yes!”

“We can finally get started!”

The divine children’s spirits soared. All of them blurred into beams of light and shot toward the massive star.

The stalwart red-haired man hurriedly urged Feng Wuji into action. Naturally, Feng Wuji dared not delay. He immediately turned and left.

But before he’d gotten far, he couldn’t help but turn and take another look at Su Yi.

A moment later, he retracted his gaze, flashed through the air, and vanished into the flames enveloping the enormous star.

Well, it looked like a star, but it was actually a hidden realm. Only those beneath the god level could enter it.

Don’t tell me that guy realized who I am? Or at least, that I’m not really Niu Huang?

Su Yi’s eyebrows rose.

Yes, I'm sure of it. Feng Wuji definitely noticed something!

Him aside, Su Yi noticed numerous other familiar faces.

Like Bi Kongliu, who he’d once traveled with, and Jin Buyi, Mi Yeyun, and several others he’d encountered in the Kingdom of Lasting Light’s Falling Cloud Lake. All of them were headed to that distant hidden realm.

“Why don’t I see Buddhist Son Lian Sheng of the Western Paradise Spirit Mountains?” Su Yi asked suddenly.

He had a deep impression of the unboasting, honest natural Buddhist Son of the Western Paradise. He was a wondrous genius born of a chaos lotus. He had a Nine Apertures Chan Buddhist Heart, a Five-Colored Buddhist Bone, and a Green Lotus Soul!

More importantly, he had the Sutras of the Past, Present,

and

Future!

Su Yi wasn’t interested in whether or not Lian Sheng could achieve divinity. What interested him was Lian Sheng’s talent and the three Buddhist legacies of the Grand Dao he carried!

“Lian Sheng? He’s the Heaven’s Chosen of the Western Paradise, and the Dipankara Buddha’s closed-door disciple, an unparalleled elite of the God Domain!” sighed the red-haired man. “He’s yet to become a god, but his status is far beyond any ordinary deity.

“The day he arrived in the Deification Star Sea, Buddhist Venerate Ghama of the Kingdom of Lasting Light led him in search of supreme-grade chances at divinity.”

“Ah, so that’s it,” Su Yi said with a nod.

“You’re a member of the Nine Profundities Yao Court. Why ask about our Buddhist Son out of nowhere?” A dignified voice suddenly rang out.

Practically simultaneously, Su Yi noticed a cold, electric gaze locking onto him. It belonged to a barefooted monk in Buddhist robes. His skin was dark, his features were steely, and he stood atop a golden lotus platform.

Buddhist Master Yun Zhen!

A Limit Realm Mid-Rank God of the Western Paradise Spirit Mountains.

His eyes were like golden lanterns as he looked Su Yi up and down. He seemed to have sensed something suspicious.

When he spoke up, the other gods present all turned to look at Su Yi.

The red-haired man whom Feng Wuji called “Ol’ Gui” frowned. “Don’t you think your Western Paradise Spirit Mountains are being overly tyrannical? What, we aren’t even allowed to

talk

about Buddhist Son Lian Sheng?”

Buddhist Master Yun Zhen frowned and was about to say something when an aged voice suddenly rang out. “Watch out, everyone. There’s something strange about that guy!”

The speaker was a thin-faced old man in a tall hat and jade-colored robes. He gripped a fly whisk.

Bo Yun!

A Fortune Realm Greater God of the Divine Court of Providence.

𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

He was the first to discover the hidden realm in the distance, and the first to conclude that it hid a first-level opportunity to achieve divinity.

Now, when he looked at Su Yi, he instantly discovered something, and his gaze was incomparably fearsome.

Boom!

The crowd shifted, and numerous gods were instantly on guard.

Ol’ Gui was stunned. “Ol’ Niu is a member of the Nine Profundities Yao Court. How could there be anything ‘strange’ about him?”

“I’ll know once I’ve examined him more closely!” said Bo Yun. He took a step forward, mysterious markings appearing in his eyes. It was an incomparably unsettling sight.

The imposing aura of a Greater God spread outward, making the surrounding void quiver. The gods’ eyes flashed as they stared intently at Su Yi.

Ol’ Gui’s expression shifted erratically. He couldn’t help but look at Su Yi. “Ol’ Niu, you...”

Su Yi laughed. “He’s right. I’m not Niu Huang.”

Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, his features silently shifted, revealing his true appearance

“Su Yi? Fuck!” Ol’ Gui jumped in fright and fled further away.

It was a purely instinctual reaction, but that only made it even more obvious how afraid this Mid-Rank God of the Nine Profundities Yao Court was of Su Yi. He would never have lost control like this otherwise.

Su Yi!!

The whole crowd was in uproar. The gods’ eyes widened with disbelief. They would never have guessed that the Su Yi they saw as prey had hidden himself in their midst!

Ol’ Gui’s expression was as unsightly as could be. He felt a chill in his hands and feet, and his heart thudded uncontrollably in his chest.

Even he’d been tricked earlier. He’d had no idea who “Niu Huang” really was. Looking back on it now, he couldn’t help but feel a wave of delayed terror.

Off in the distance, Bo Yun’s eyes shone with imposing light, and he laughed coldly. “You’ve finally shown yourself, heretic!”

Then, to the others, he said, “Hurry up and tell our fellow Daoists that Su Yi is here!”

His voice boomed far and wide. The gods instantly took action, shattering their transmission talismans.

Su Yi didn’t stop them. He just stood there, hands behind his back, examining the gods without the slightest panic. In the end, he looked at Bo Yun and asked, “Have your wounds healed?”

Bo Yun was stunned, but he instantly understood what Su Yi was getting at. In the City of the Beginning, he and the other Greater Gods had been savagely beaten by the Staff of Divine Punishment.

“I remember that your butt was beaten flat, and that your flesh was reduced to a meaty pulp. Your shrieks were more grating on the ears than the braying of a wild donkey,” laughed Su Yi. “But you seem to be doing much better now.”

The crowd’s expression shifted. They were obviously recalling what had happened in the City of the Beginning.

Bo Yun’s heart filled with irrepressible shame and fury, and his expression darkened. His eyes glinted with murderous intent.

“This isn’t the City of the Beginning, heretic!” he bellowed, his hair and beard bristing with fury. “You can no longer afford to be impudent! Everyone, let’s attack and kill him together!”

Boom!

He waved his fly whisk through the air, stirring up dazzling silver Laws. They swept through the void and came crashing down like a waterfall.

The void exploded, and terrifying explosive power swept outward.

Throughout the surrounding area, the gods took action in unison, locking down the surrounding area in case Su Yi tried to flee.

But Su Yi didn’t retreat. On the contrary, he charged right in.

Clang!!

The Sword of Proximity shot forth. Su Yi poured his Hidden Summit Realm cultivation base into it and displayed his reincarnation sword intent.

It was as if the cycle of reincarnation had appeared, blanketing the sky and blotting out the sun. It locked down everything on all sides.

Its power made the surrounding gods gasp. They felt as if knives were pricking them in the back. All of them sensed a powerful impending threat.

But Bo Yun was a Greater God, and Su Yi’s attack couldn’t break his explosive strike. In a flash, that boundless silver waterfall of divine light crushed Su Yi’s reincarnation sword intent.

Su Yi staggered back on impact.

Just as I thought. My Hidden Summit Realm combat strength is still no good against a Greater God,

thought Su Yi.

He’d anticipated this, and he wasn’t at all surprised.

However, his attack made the onlooking gods’ scalps go numb with horror. This was a Great Realm cultivator yet to even achieve divinity, yet he’d blocked the attack of an enraged Greater God!

It was simply unreasonable!

“Die!!”

Bo Yun stepped forward, waved his fly whisk, and attacked with terrifying murderous intent. When his strike landed, suns and moons fell, and all of creation shattered. The surrounding three hundred thousand feet of void withered and collapsed.

This was the power of a Fortune Realm Greater God. He could crush even Mid-Rank Gods with ease.

In the face of such power, Great Realm cultivators were as paltry as individual grains of rice. Even a casual wave of the hand could crush them with ease.

But Su Yi was different.

Had he encountered such a Greater God prior to stepping into the Hidden Summit Realm, he’d have had no choice but to flee immediately. Clashing with a Greater God head-on would have been like an ant trying to shake a tree; he would've been doomed beyond a doubt.

But things were different now that he’d reached the Hidden Summit. He could at least fight back!

“One more time!” Su Yi’s eyes lit up, and he charged into the fray.

Boom!

He was sent flying, and the Sword of Proximity almost flew from his grip. The blade buzzed and wailed.

Fresh blood spurted from the corners of his lips.

He was injured, but it wasn’t overly serious, and this was enough to strike terror into the gods’ hearts!

No small number of them were Mid-Rank Gods, but even they had to admit that they couldn’t possibly have blocked such an explosive strike from a Greater God. Their defenses would have cracked immediately!

When they compared themselves to Su Yi, it was obvious how heaven-defying the Heretic Reincarnator was!

Had he wanted to kill me en route, I’d have been reduced to ash a long time ago...

Ol’ Gui’s heart quivered with fright.

Bo Yun had tried and failed to capture Su Yi twice. His brow furrowed, but he wasn’t overly surprised; he’d never taken Su Yi for just another Great Realm cultivator.

The way he saw it, this was the reincarnation of Li Fuyou, the Swordmaster of Spiritual Desolation, as well as the Heretic Reincarnator. More than that, he was the dangerous expert who’d destroyed the avatars of numerous Master Gods!

It would be unquestionably idiotic to judge Su Yi by his cultivation!

Thus, when Bo Yun attacked, he didn’t hold back. He drew on his full strength, and he struck to kill!

And the reality had proved that his perception was right on the mark. Even when he went all out, Su Yi had blocked and neutralized his attacks twice in a row.

And that was in a head-on confrontation!

“You won’t escape this time, heretic!” Bo Yun didn’t stop. Even as he spoke, he went after Su Yi, his aura firmly locked onto his target.

Meanwhile, more and more terrifying presences shot over from the distant void. They included Ren Beiyou of the Three Purities Daoist Court, Wen Xiao, the Greater God of the Nine Profundities Yao Court, and many others.

A good dozen Greater Gods were headed their way. When they saw Su Yi locked in fierce combat with Bo Yun, all of them glared murderously.

It’s Su Yi! The heretic has finally shown himself!!

Who could have forgotten the humiliation they’d suffered in the City of the Beginning, or the feeling of the Staff of Divine Punishment’s attacks?

Their chance to get revenge had finally arrived!

Boom—!

Su Yi was forced back once more. He staggered on his feet, looking utterly wretched.

But he didn’t care in the slightest. He swept his gaze across the Greater Gods and said, “One on one, I’d be interested in playing with you, but if you plan to attack together, forgive me for not joining you.”

He’d only just said this when he flashed through the air and vanished into the enormous star swathed in flame.

Or rather, the hidden realm therein!

Only those beneath the god level could enter. Thus, to Su Yi, it was the perfect safe place to seek refuge.

That and... the perfect place to kill a bunch of divine sons!!