Chapter 255 - 253: Su Hongshang Exits the Secret Realm, Su Qing Recovers

Chapter 255: Chapter 253: Su Hongshang Exits the Secret Realm, Su Qing Recovers

In a mortal kingdom within the Moon God Palace.

It had grown incredibly bustling.

Yet Su Qing was fast asleep in its midst.

Unconsciously, the God Demon Devouring Universe Map was even helping him slowly absorb the external Energy.

At the same time, it was repairing the injuries to his soul.

His injuries were simply too severe.

Even the Life and Death Dao Foundation within his body had been destroyed by Su Qing himself.

All just to escape from the grasp of an Eighth Realm Cultivator.

Now, the Moon God Palace no longer had any Immortal Qi.

It had all been absorbed by the Eighth Realm Cultivator.

....

This time, while repairing his soul, Su Qing did not revive.

His soul simply continued to exist, that was all.

One month after Su Qing fell into his deep sleep, at the border between the Celestial Sea Realm and the Nether Sea Realm, the passage that Su Hongshang had called a Small Secret Realm opened.

Having absorbed too much external Spiritual Qi, the Secret Realm Sect opened ahead of schedule, breathing in and out Spiritual Qi.

At this moment, Su Hongshang also appeared at the entrance to the Secret Realm.

Now, she had entered the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Breaking through to Divinity Transformation in less than two hundred years was a rare feat in the world.

It was just that her head of impossibly vibrant, lustrous red hair, combined with the flame-like mark between her brows, made her look exceptionally unfamiliar.

"I’ve finally broken through to Divinity Transformation! I never thought the Secret Realm would be so dangerous!"

"The Divinity Transformation Realm, the Divinity Transformation Realm!" Su Hongshang excitedly felt the power her Divinity Transformation brought. With a single thought, she could roam for dozens of miles around.

She was now even more like her name.

Her waist-length red hair truly looked as if she were draped in a red garment.

"Su Qing, Su Qing, I have to tell Su Qing about this!"

Su Hongshang was ecstatic, completely oblivious to the fact that the sea all around her was filled with floating Spiritual Mist.

Her mind was filled with nothing but flying to find Su Qing and share her joy.

She flew swiftly toward the Profound Bright Islands.

However, according to her senses, Su Qing no longer lived in that courtyard within the Profound Bright Islands.

She froze for a moment, then took out a Sound Transmission Talisman, but there was no response.

She was stunned.

She then found someone and asked about the time.

Only a few months had passed.

’How could Su Qing just be gone?’

"What Spirit Medicine are you buying?"

"We’ll see when the time comes. Let’s go to Qingsu Island first."

"If it were possible, I’d want to live there myself."

"Tell me about it. Even though the master of the Immortal Array is dead, the Immortal Array still exists. It’s so safe over there."

Su Hongshang froze when she heard the two people’s conversation.

’What Immortal Array? What do they mean the master of the Immortal Array is dead?!’

Su Hongshang’s heart was filled with anxiety. She found an inn and ordered a few small dishes.

After giving the waiter a small tip...

"Guest, you wish to inquire about Qingsu Island?"

"I know all about that."

"Well, a few months ago, the master of that Immortal Realm suddenly appeared... he built an island somewhere and used an Immortal Array to slaughter Cultivators until no one dared to speak a word against him."

"..."

"Unfortunately, I hear he was killed. But all his Spiritual Qi and Immortal Qi were released, nourishing the entire world."

"Look! It’s been over a month, and all this Spiritual Mist is still here!"

Su Hongshang remained frozen on the spot.

’Su Qing... is dead?’

She didn’t believe it.

’Why would Su Qing self-destruct and establish Qingsu Island?’

’He was always such a cautious person.’

’Why would he even leave the island with the Immortal Array?’

...

After inquiring about Qingsu Island, she flew over swiftly.

....

On Qingsu Island.

It was now even more bustling, still serving as the primary marketplace for Spirit Medicine.

The island remained safe, and all the Cultivators were exceptionally well-behaved.

Because the Immortal Array was still active.

The island had been greatly expanded and had become much more prosperous.

Spiritual Mist enveloped the entire island.

It looked like a fairyland.

Su Hongshang arrived at the shop she ran on Qingsu Island.

"Shopkeeper, I’m looking for Su Qing." Upon entering the island, Su Hongshang had reverted to her true appearance.

"My lady, our Young Master Su is not on the island right now," Tang Dan said.

He firmly believed Su Qing wasn’t dead, so he would only say he wasn’t on the island.

_Phew~_ Hearing this, Su Hongshang felt that it truly matched the story she’d heard.

"Where is Luo Xingya? I want to see her," Su Hongshang said, her expression still resolute.

"Luo Xingya?" Only then did Tang Dan take a closer look at this Cultivator whose Realm he couldn’t discern.

"Why are you looking for the Young Master’s Maid?"

"I am Su Qing’s Dao Companion!"

"Luo Xingya can prove it!"

Tang Dan was speechless. This was the first time he’d heard such a claim.

But since she knew Luo Xingya, perhaps there was a kernel of truth to it.

"Alright. Since you know Xingya, we’ll have her confirm whether you are the Young Master’s Dao Companion or not!"

Because heavenly secrets were obscured, Tang Dan’s ability in Inference was practically zero.

Her fortune appeared to be green.

He couldn’t tell if she was genuine or not.

After all, Luo Xingya had also learned the method he had given her to conceal one’s fortune.

’A Maid has learned it. If the Young Master truly has a Dao Companion, then the fortune above her head... is probably also green.’

...

After leading her through the mist, Tang Dan confirmed Su Hongshang’s identity once more.

Because the Immortal Array had recognition capabilities; without the Young Master’s instructions, it generally wouldn’t allow outsiders to enter.

"Xingya, come out."

"What is it, Uncle Tang!" Luo Xingya’s voice was a bit cold, but she flew out nonetheless.

The first thing she saw was a head of fiery red hair that was exceptionally eye-catching.

"Xingya, long time no see!" Su Hongshang’s unchanging face broke into a smile.

She opened her arms and hugged Luo Xingya.

The moment Luo Xingya saw Su Hongshang, tears streamed down her face. "My Lady!"

"The Young Master... Young Master... he might be dead." Luo Xingya started to sob, crying like a child who had finally found her family.

Su Hongshang’s smile gradually faded, her heart growing heavy.

"He’s... really dead?"

"The Young Master is not dead!" Tang Dan said suddenly.

He spoke with a determined expression.

"The Young Master is absolutely not dead. You two talk. I’ll be heading back."

Only Tang Dan knew, or was willing to believe, that Su Qing was not dead.

Because he had seen things that ordinary people could not see.

But he couldn’t explain it, which was why he spoke with such conviction.

Because belief is a strange thing. The conviction you hold for an hour versus the conviction you hold for a month, or even a decade... especially when your belief differs so greatly from those around you. He cherished his belief all the more, and trusted his own judgment even more fiercely.

This is how people are. Even if the truth were laid out before their very eyes, they would only believe that it was false.

...

In the end, Su Hongshang stayed in the courtyard where Su Qing had lived and also joined in the division of spoils from Su Qing’s Spirit Vein Small World.

Under Tang Dan’s control, no one could carve up the materials from Su Qing’s Spirit Vein Small World.

Not even Su Hongshang.

However, Su Hongshang did indeed enter the Spirit Vein Small World to plant Spirit Medicine, and also took Spirit Medicine to refine Elixirs.

...

「One year passed.」

....

Middle Tier of Universal Thought [God Demon Devouring Universe Map: Mastery (501.35/1000)]

On a dark and stormy night.

Su Qing’s soul awoke.

It was residing inside a Locust Tree.

His soul had successfully recovered.

"..."

’Where... am I?’ Su Qing wondered as he ’opened his eyes’.

Then, all the memories of his life suddenly began to surface.

Right up until the moment he recalled his self-destruction, the moment he used the Immortal-Suppressing Spell.

His soul suddenly stirred.

He began to use his soul to sense his current location.

The result was that he was inside the trunk of a Locust Tree.

...

’I self-destructed.’

’My Dao Foundation is gone.’

Only a few wisps of Life and Death Qi within his soul continued to circulate endlessly.

Knowing that his Synthesizer was still there, Su Qing knew that he could still achieve Reincarnation.

...