Chapter 382 - 380: Revenge and Deliverance

Chapter 382: Chapter 380: Revenge and Deliverance

It was because of Su Qing’s sword, and his World-Purifying Immortal Technique. None of the wounds inflicted on the Greed Realm could heal, especially not in the middle of a battle. It was becoming increasingly difficult to recover.

The Greed Realm knew this was a formidable opponent.

Its entire body suddenly became incomparably massive, as if using Dharma Image Heaven and Earth.

A large swarm of insects that had split off also grew in size, all of them charging at Su Qing.

Enveloped by the World-Purifying Immortal Technique, Su Qing was completely shielded from the assault of the countless insects, including the grating, vexatious noise that struck deep into the soul.

Two enormous Greed Realm avatars tried to break through the perimeter that Su Qing had sealed with Space Dao Essence.

But Su Qing gave them no such chance.

"Great Dao Swordsmanship."

Another strike, a display of Swordsmanship that could reverse the Cosmos, was accompanied by the power of myriad Dao Principles.

It surged violently toward the Greed Realm.

The Greed Realm was utterly unable to block the standardized power within the sword light.

That power, which resembled the deployment of a Dharma Aspect, vanished without a trace.

The remnants of the Greed Realm continuously assaulted Su Qing’s Heaven and Earth.

Unfortunately for them, it was utterly useless.

It could no longer break through Su Qing’s Heaven and Earth—not with its Devouring power, not with the seductive allure of greed, and not even with its endlessly multiplying insects.

All were cleansed by Su Qing.

Su Qing remained expressionless.

At this very moment, only the sword in his hand expressed his emotions.

This was an execution.

This was a judgment.

This was the justice upheld by Su Qing alone.

This was the sentence Su Qing passed upon the Greed Realm.

"It’s time to end this, you insects."

"Plundering will only bring you hatred."

The Space surrounding the enormous Greed Realm contracted in an instant.

Limitless spatial power shattered this empty stretch of the Cosmos.

The Greed Realm shrieked helplessly. Its opponent’s mastery of Space was superior to its own.

For the first time, it let out a screech of terror.

Then, it was buried along with this region of the Cosmos.

Space shattered.

The kaleidoscope of colors filling the sky dissipated completely.

The surrounding Space began to collapse, sucking in all light.

Su Qing knew the Greed Realm was not yet dead.

Because its soul had not yet perished.

Amidst the vast collapse of Space, Su Qing once again unleashed his most powerful World-Purifying Immortal Technique.

An endless radiance enveloped the Greed Realm’s soul.

It turned it into a soul devoid of thought and ideas.

But he wasn’t finished. Su Qing used his sword again, slicing the massive soul into individual pieces.

"Purifying Soul and Vibration."

An Immortal Technique of deliverance.

He cast it once more upon these innumerable souls.

Afterward, silence fell upon the area.

Su Qing collected all the soul fragments here and stored them within his Immortal Domain Dao Foundation.

With a casual wave, he stabilized the collapsing Space, restoring the Star Sea Cosmos to its original appearance.

"Revenge is served," Su Qing said in a low voice as the sword in his hand returned to his Dantian.

His Heaven and Earth technique also disappeared.

Su Qing felt no joy in his heart.

He had only gotten his revenge.

But there was no sign of his deceased friends and family.

The Greed Realm was truly too detestable.

The colossal Greed Realm was gone, but Su Qing knew that its tiny eggs had not all been destroyed.

Su Qing had become aware of many threads of cause and effect while using the Immortal Technique, Purifying Soul and Vibration.

He sensed an immense number of causal links related to the Greed Realm’s eggs.

"You, the one who came from afar to stand and watch from the sidelines."

"Do you want to test my sword?" Su Qing coldly aimed his God Demon-breaking Immortal Pupil in a certain direction.

There were no living creatures in the Cosmos.

But there was a powerful soul.

Su Qing also saw its destiny.

It was muddled and indistinct, with no real destiny to speak of.

"The time to share the Greed Realm has not yet come."

"Your actions, sir, are far too tyrannical." This being had actually emerged from the fate-lines of the Star Sea.

Su Qing immediately became vigilant.

’Fate again.’

’Another being from that complex ocean of fate in the Star Sea.’

’This is no simple matter.’

’Could this be the one who was toying with me from the shadows?’

"Someone from the Jianmu Omniscience Institute?"

"Or the little one who fought the Greed Realm back then?"

This being was pitch-black and utterly formless, but it eventually took on the unremarkable appearance of a human.

"So what?"

"Are you the one who toys with fate?"

Su Qing’s Golden Qi Sword appeared once more.

He once again summoned his Heaven and Earth.

"Great Dao Swordsmanship."

A single strike, as if a Rule had descended upon it. Even the Greed Realm could not withstand such a blow.

But the other being disdainfully raised a hand, conjuring a small, round shield to block Su Qing’s sword.

The sword light passed right through.

The person froze.

Its soul had actually been severed.

’Didn’t fate interfere with the sword’s trajectory?’

"Foolish creature. So it’s someone on the Destiny Dao Path," Su Qing discerned his opponent’s true strength with a single strike.

’In terms of raw power, it’s even weaker than the Greed Realm.’

’Trying to use luck to deflect my sword light?’

’It would first have to affect my own destiny, wouldn’t it?’

"World-Purifying Immortal Technique."

"Purifying Soul and Vibration."

Su Qing had no intention of learning anything about the Greed Realm from its soul.

Because this was not the one who had been toying with fate.

[Unknown Creature: (Devouring Dao Path) (Destiny Dao Path)...]

Under the effects of the two powerful Immortal Techniques, the opponent’s soul also shattered, splitting into countless individual souls.

"Hmph," Su Qing scoffed.

’I didn’t expect it to have the same nature as the Greed Realm.’

Perhaps it had been waiting for the Greed Realm to die so it could devour a piece of its soul and augment its own power.

All Dao Path Power, in the end, requires Soul Power as its foundation.

For those on the Devouring Dao Path, consuming other living beings as sustenance was indeed a very fast way to advance.

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Su Qing retracted all his power.

He concealed himself once again.

The Greed Realm had been eliminated.

But the remaining insects were impossible to eradicate completely.

For now, Su Qing was satisfied.

He had eliminated the main body of the Greed Realm.

As for the other little insects...

’Could they possibly grow to such a state again?’

If they could, then Su Qing would eliminate them all the same.

He just hoped these insects would develop quickly, before he fully comprehended the Cause and Effect Dao Essence.

Otherwise, Su Qing would be sure to obliterate the destinies of every last one of them.

Su Qing took out the Star Sea Map.

His current position was still within the Star Sea Eastern Realm.

The greatest power here seemed to be the Cangyu Immortal Palace.

’Names like this... really remind me of the names from the Spirit Realm.’

He departed using the Daoist Immortal Step.

At the same time, he carefully studied the Star Sea Map, heading back in the direction of the Jianmu Omniscience Institute.

Su Qing needed to take care of the aftermath.

’The names in the Eastern Domain all seem to be things like dynasties, Daoist Palaces, Buddhist temples, and Sacred Lands.’

’It’s the other regions that have the strange names.’

Su Qing looked at the center of the Star Sea Map.

Here, the Star Sea Tree was marked, but the area surrounding it was filled with the names of Forbidden Lands.

For example, the Lost Forbidden Land, the Land of Reincarnation of Life Illusion, the Broken Ancient Forbidden Land, the Lifeless Convergence Forbidden Land, and so on...

There were many Forbidden Lands.

Large ones and small ones.

All of them existed around the Star Sea Tree.

The size of each Forbidden Land was, at the very least, not something a small Jianmu could compare to.

’I should head back first.’

Su Qing put away the Star Sea Map and continued on his journey.

A precision instrument like the Star Sea Map wouldn’t be able to withstand the spatial distortions within a dimensional rift.

If even one component was warped, the entire device would be ruined.

「Four months later.」

Su Qing returned to the giant Jianmu.

He slipped in silently, blending into the Jianmu’s overall environment.

However, Su Qing didn’t rest.

Instead, he went to the library.

That fellow, Qing Yang, seemed to be engrossed in books.

He had probably been reading for a very long time.

Su Qing was looking for him again.

"Qing Yang."

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