Chapter 148 What Lies Beyond the Void Realm?

Su Yizhao stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his right hand gripping the identity jade token tightly. Though it might not guarantee success, even if he were to die, he intended to strike a fatal blow.

The robed cultivator, evidently aware of this, spoke up: “Young friend Su, you belong to the sect, and so do we. Why hesitate?”

Su Yizhao replied, “I haven’t figured out what the Jin family’s true intentions are.”

The robed cultivator nodded, “Then why not just go and find out?”

Su Yizhao shook his head. “If I go, won’t the outside world think I’m one of the Jin family?”

The robed cultivator fell silent.

With a sigh, Su Yizhao said, “Since we’re all from the sect, why must we differentiate by family and faction?”

The robed cultivator shook his head, “You don’t understand.”

Su Yizhao was speechless. If I don’t understand, can’t you just tell me? Why all the secrecy? Is it really necessary?

The robed cultivator suddenly said, “Ten years ago, that young man also entered the Jin family.”

Su Yizhao was stunned. Who?

Suddenly, realization struck him, and his whole body trembled. Ten years ago?

He asked in surprise, “You mean that arrogant young man?”

The robed cultivator was taken aback. Arrogant? You’re the arrogant one! Your entire family is arrogant!

He nodded, “You could say he’s arrogant, yes.”

Su Yizhao asked, “What does it matter to me that he joined the Jin family?”

“That young man has been missing for ten years. If he reappears, he will surely try to kill you,” the robed cultivator said with conviction.

Su Yizhao felt a headache coming on. So it’s just because I broke his record? All this killing and fighting — is that really the way of the sect?

But then again, given that man’s personality, it made sense. Always striving to be number one, even fantasizing about discovering a way to gain cultivator powers without cultivation.

Well, if he’s so keen on researching, why not just keep it to himself? It’s truly annoying.

When faced with tangled problems, Su Yizhao’s usual approach was to cut through them decisively.

So, he said calmly, “Though I am afraid, I will not run away. I will go to the Jin family, but not now.”

“Good!” The robed cultivator was straightforward.

No sooner had he spoken than his figure gradually faded until he disappeared.

After a while, everyone came back to their senses.

Su Yizhao felt his back drenched in sweat.

A cold wind blew, chill creeping through him, making him shiver.

Feeling drained, he slumped down on the ship and said, “Keep going forward.”

Qin Hongyi piloted the ship swiftly eastward.

Feng Manyin came closer and asked, “Friend Su, are you alright?”

Su Yizhao was speechless. Does this look like ‘alright’? That sword strike nearly emptied the profound energy in his dantian. Coupled with the mental exhaustion from outwitting the robed cultivator, he was truly drained.

He stretched out his hand, “Give me some profound stones, the best ones you have.”

His top priority was to restore his profound energy.

Surprise flashed across Feng Manyin’s fair face. So broke? Men can be poor, but this level of poverty was truly questionable.

With a swipe of her left hand, over ten premium profound stones flew out.

Su Yizhao quickly caught them and, ignoring Feng Manyin’s expression, hastened to absorb the energy.

“Lord Deer, what realm was that man just now?” he asked the divine deer in his mind.

The divine deer, awakened and annoyed, snapped, “Kid, does it really matter? You couldn’t beat him anyway!”

Su Yizhao was furious. Damn it! When I’m being bullied, you’re just sleeping? That’s irresponsible!

But he held back. “I’m just asking. There has to be a goal.”

Seeing Su Yizhao back down, the deer brightened and said, “Do you know what lies above the Ten Void Realm?”

Su Yizhao shuddered. Above the Ten Void Realm? He’d only heard of the lower, middle, and upper three realms. Beyond the upper three? That was unheard of.

He shook his head, “I was just about to ask.”

The divine deer laughed, “You’re teachable! If you’d been polite earlier, I might have helped you figure out how to deal with that man.”

“Really?” Su Yizhao was overjoyed. “What plan?”

The deer said mysteriously, “Run!”

Su Yizhao instantly felt despair. This silly deer was utterly unreliable.

Run? If I could run, would I need to ask?

“Heh, just kidding!” The deer laughed proudly. “You have no strength against him, unless...”

Su Yizhao, weary, asked, “Unless what? Rely on you?”

The deer said, “Unless you have the Bagua God-Slaying Sword in hand and have perfected the Xuantian Sword Art! Then you can block one strike.”

Su Yizhao trembled. “Is the Bagua God-Slaying Sword really that powerful?”

The deer laughed, “What do you think?”

Su Yizhao complained, “Then why didn’t you forge it properly and just give it to me?”

The deer was speechless.

Su Yizhao continued, “You probably can’t gather the resources. Hmph! This burden falls on me again.”

The deer was dumbfounded. Thick-skinned! Weak in cultivation but thick-skinned beyond compare.

The deer finally explained, “The Bagua God-Slaying Sword must be forged with one’s own essence blood. Do you think it’s that easy?”

Su Yizhao was secretly pleased. First, it confirmed the sword’s existence. Since it was so powerful, he might as well seriously gather the materials.

Second, he realized the deer responded well to provocation.

He said, “Let’s assume you’re telling the truth. Also, I guess you don’t know what’s beyond the Ten Void Realm either?”

The deer snapped, “I don’t know? Beyond the Void Realm is the Real Realm. Kid, you’re far from it.”

Su Yizhao mentally replied, “Noted.”

Though informed, he still felt a chill. Beyond the Void Realm lies the Real Realm? From void to reality, does that mean even more power?

“That cultivator only just touched Real Realm Star One and still has a long way to go before advancing further,” the deer interjected, sensing he’d been tricked and trying to smooth things over.

Su Yizhao muttered softly, “Real Realm Star One? Is there a Real Realm Star Two?”

Not very impressive. The profound, divine, and void realms all sounded grand, but beyond Ten Void Realm seemed mundane.

The deer ignored him.

Void is emptiness, thought, and soul.

Real is substance, foundation, and root.

Beyond the Ten Void Realm, one approaches the fundamentals of the universe’s laws.

That kid still has a long way to go.

Seeing the deer silent, Su Yizhao stopped asking.

Everyone was shaken by the earlier events and now fell silent, closing their eyes to meditate and cultivate diligently.

The ship carried the five eastward, passing city after city, town after town.

Along the way, countless cultivators came and went.

Of course, some unscrupulous cultivators revealed greed, but so long as the Xuantian Sect’s identity jade token was displayed, all kinds of fiends and demons would retreat.

A joke! Who dares provoke the mighty Xuantian Sect on this continent?

The closer they drew to the east, the fewer cultivators appeared, and their ranks grew weaker.

Seventeen days later, at last, they saw the forest before them...