Chapter 480 - 478: Chaos in the Taichu Daoist Palace

Chapter 480: Chapter 478: Chaos in the Taichu Daoist Palace

"Damn it, can’t you just play the game properly?"

"It’s like you become a completely different person when you play games!"

Zhu Yuan said irritably.

The two of them had already left the game pods.

Zhu Yuan stared at Su Qing with a look of utter astonishment and disbelief. Was the Su Qing in front of her the same as the one in the game?

Not at all.

In the game, he was as mischievous as could be.

But in reality, he was incredibly serious, as if he had no worldly desires.

Su Qing chuckled. "It’s a game. Our being in it is part of the game. We don’t have to follow the rules so strictly. As long as we’re having fun, that’s all that matters."

Zhu Yuan was speechless.

"..."

"So you just decided to torment the in-game me, is that it?"

"I was mainly trying to develop new gameplay mechanics," Su Qing said, amused.

Games have little respect for life, since you can be resurrected after dying.

But in the real world, resurrection is easier said than done, unless you’re not completely dead.

For someone who’s truly dead to be revived...

...is as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

That’s why Su Qing courted death so much in the game.

The game was a world without death.

"Developing gameplay mechanics? You mean annoying me!"

"You’re so irritating," Zhu Yuan pouted.

"It’s fine. You can get me back next time."

"We’ve been playing for a few days. I should head back."

"Go back then." Zhu Yuan also knew Su Qing wouldn’t stay focused on a game for long.

Su Qing wouldn’t.

Neither would Zhu Yuan.

They both had to cultivate.

After all, watching others improve is more painful than falling behind yourself.

...

Back in his own familiar world.

Su Qing couldn’t help but let out an emotional sigh.

After glancing at the progress of his Great Dao Cultivation Method, he dove into his cultivation without hesitation.

He began consuming the leaves.

Then, he began comprehending the power of other Dao Paths.

’Comprehending the Space Dao Essence is a near-endless task. I might as well work on my shortcomings to make faster progress.’

The Life Dao Essence.

The Death Dao Essence.

’I’ll comprehend both at once, since they are complementary.’

’Comprehending them together will yield twice the results with half the effort.’

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「Three years later.」

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Host: Su Qing

Realm: Dao Flower Realm [Great Dao Cultivation Method: Dao Flower (99,115/120,000)]

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Su Qing opened his eyes.

He gazed at the world around him.

It seemed to be distorting.

This was the most abnormal thing.

Then, Su Qing discovered that a small creature had penetrated his world’s barrier.

It wanted to devour Su Qing’s world.

It was a living being.

A being that commanded the Devouring Dao Path.

It was minuscule in size.

Like a beast.

A Clumsy Head!

The Clumsy Head is a type of beast.

They are born headless, and a large mouth on their abdomen takes up half their body.

It was a very unsettling sight.

Its skin was blackish in color.

It noticed Su Qing as well, but it showed no fear, unleashing a wave of Devouring Power that swept through the entire space.

However, this world remained completely unaffected.

’What? My Devouring Power has no effect?’

As this thought flashed through its mind, it found that Su Qing had already appeared beside it.

"An ant. Merely at the Dao Path 12 Steps, and you dare attack the Taichu Daoist Palace."

"Who gave you the audacity?"

Su Qing said coldly, then placed a hand on it.

He ripped its soul right out.

He devoured its flesh and soul.

And performed a Soul Search while he was at it.

’The Taichu Daoist Palace is in crisis.’

’Crap!’

Su Qing thought of the Source Stars on the periphery.

But then he had another thought. ’Something isn’t right.’

’The Immortal Enlightenment Tree King could stop an ant like this.’

’So there’s no need to be nervous.’

’Even the strongest of the cultivators attacking the Taichu Daoist Palace are only at the Eleventh Realm.’

Taichu and Xian Wei, the titles of Thirteenth Realm cultivators, were locked in battle.

That’s why their forces had this opportunity.

’There are only twenty-one Eleventh Realm experts. With so many cultivators in our Taichu Daoist Palace, how hard could it be to kill them?’

With a thought, Su Qing appeared outside his world. He sent down a wave of Spatial Power to reinforce his world’s barrier.

’After all, for a mere Dao Path 12 Steps cultivator to be able to break in... my world’s barrier is pretty pathetic.’

Su Qing looked around at the surrounding debris of unknown rock and shattered boundaries.

Some of the entrances to other worlds had also vanished.

Many Eleventh Realm experts were locked in combat.

He just didn’t know why.

’Taichu and Xian Wei are fighting, sure.’

’But didn’t a Life God appear in the Taichu Daoist Palace before?’

’Why hasn’t she shown herself to quell the current chaos?’

The moment he appeared in the main square of the Taichu Daoist Palace, Su Qing took in the entire situation.

It was Eleventh Realm against Eleventh Realm, Tenth Realm against Tenth Realm.

The battle was surprisingly balanced.

"Su Qing, you’re finally out!"

Zhu Yuan was splattered with foul-smelling blood.

But her eyes were burning with intense battle lust.

It seemed someone had provoked Zhu Yuan’s will to fight.

"Yeah. I’ll make a move, too."

"Where are Bai Di and Yu Hu?"

"Bai Di’s over there." Zhu Yuan pointed toward a distant battle. Su Qing’s gaze followed across the chaotic battlefield and finally spotted Bai Di.

But soon after, a Devouring Power surged up around the two of them.

It aimed to devour both Su Qing and Zhu Yuan.

"A Tenth Realm."

"I’ll take care of it," Zhu Yuan said without another word.

Wielding the Power of Time, she vanished on the spot.

The moment Zhu Yuan left, another figure appeared behind Su Qing—a Tenth Realm expert.

He held a Tier Twelve Dao Artifact in his hand, one that looked like a Broken Blade.

He exuded the aura of the Devouring Dao Path and the Infinite Dao Path.

Without a word, he lunged at Su Qing, stabbing forward.

But the space around the attacker instantly froze, locking him in place.

With Su Qing’s current, powerful Eleventh Realm strength, would he fear an attack from a mere Tenth Realm cultivator?

So what if he had a Tier Twelve Dao Artifact?

An aura of death washed over him.

He died instantly, and his body was completely absorbed by Su Qing’s Devouring Power.

’Tenth Realm... so they’re here to cause destruction. And they have ways of cheating death!’

After the Soul Searching, Su Qing’s expression turned grim. The Clumsy Head Palace was actually willing to sacrifice so much, sending out all their forces equipped with life-saving measures just to wreak havoc on the Taichu Daoist Palace.

Meanwhile, their master, Xian Wei, was busy fighting Taichu.

And they had all come to destroy the Taichu Daoist Palace.

Most importantly, their goal was to destroy a certain Taichu Hub within the Daoist Palace.

If it were destroyed, it would take Taichu at least a full Star Sea Era to repair it.

It could be considered the very core of the Taichu Daoist Palace.

Its destruction would lead to even greater subsequent losses for the palace.

’So that’s their plan?’

’Then I can’t let you succeed.’

Su Qing muttered to himself.

’If the Taichu Daoist Palace suffers a loss, I, being a part of it, will also be affected. The knock-on effects would be significant.’

’First of all, if Taichu has to spend a Star Sea Era repairing the palace, my peaceful days of cultivation will be numbered.’

’And that is something I cannot accept.’

’Therefore, I must go there.’

"Zhu Yuan, Bai Di, be careful."

’Yu Hu wasn’t in the middle of the chaotic battle.’

Su Qing sent a warning to the two of them.

He then vanished, heading for the core of the Taichu Daoist Palace.

’Nothing can be allowed to go wrong over there.’

When Su Qing arrived, his eyes widened in shock.

Twelfth Realm.

The Life Dao Path.

That aura, and that woman’s face...

Su Qing knew instantly—this was the Life God.

’But how could she only be at the Twelfth Realm?!’

At this moment, she was fighting against three cultivators of the Source Path.

And she was clearly at a disadvantage.

They were all on the Devouring Dao Path, which completely suppressed her Life Dao Path.

Most crucially, one of them was a being at the Sixth Step of the Source Path.

The Taichu Hub.

Su Qing saw the hub area of the Taichu Daoist Palace.

The energy it contained was very similar to the Power of Creation.

The Profound Immortal Sword was already in Su Qing’s hand.

"Another one from the Taichu Daoist Palace."

"Asc, stop him."

"Alright."

The three-on-one assault became a two-on-one. The one who broke off was a cultivator at the Fourth Step of the Source Path.

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