The sea of clouds was stirred up into rolling waves. The golden light was too dazzling, and only the sharp scales could be seen cutting the clouds into strands of white fluff.
Su Cha had never seen the full form of Sanses’s spirit form, but when he had his own body checked back then, he vaguely saw the outline of a golden dragon in the other’s eyes.
Ji Tianjin released his spirit form, and Su Cha rode on the white tiger, looking very imposing as they headed out of the valley. With a strong backing, Su Cha was never stingy with verbal pressure. Looking at the Beast Master Sect leader, he said, “There’s a dragon in the sky right now. Aren’t you going to hurry and bring it back?”
The Beast Master Sect leader instinctively frowned. The pressure brought by the giant dragon was overwhelming, so strong that he didn’t dare to make any moves for the moment.
Su Cha seriously considered for him: “With the Azure Dragon on the left and the White Tiger on the right, Sect Leader, you’d be the next big shot commanding the world.”
That sentence even made Ji Tianjin nearby chuckle softly.
No one else present could laugh.
The sudden appearance of this dragon was too abrupt. Some suspected a seal had been broken somewhere; others thought it might just be some kind of primordial spirit form. The only one completely indifferent was Su Yeling, whose silver hair had withered and lost its color, now pale like that of an old man. To him, nothing mattered more than killing Su Cha.
“Hurry and strike,” a hoarse voice full of hatred ordered, “then it won’t be too late to make a move on the dragon.”
Everyone’s focus returned to Su Cha. Together they might succeed in capturing the dragon, but that was later — the priority now was to kill Su Cha first.
He now stepped forward actively, standing on the valley’s edge, which saved them a lot of trouble.
Xia Hunxiong: “Exterminate—”
“Exterminate, exterminate, all you ever know is exterminate,” Su Cha interrupted expressionlessly. “Go listen to ‘Borrow Five Hundred Years More from Heaven’ sometime, maybe it’ll lengthen your survival instinct.”
After speaking, he let the white tiger leap onto a huge rock and waved his arm at the sky.
In Su Yeling and the Beast Master Sect leader’s eyes, this scene was very familiar. Around the same time yesterday, Su Cha had also waved his hand toward the sky like this.
Could this dragon be here to help him?
The absurd thought surfaced briefly before they suppressed it immediately. No matter how strong Su Cha was, it was impossible for him to contract two divine beasts simultaneously.
“I’m here—”
Su Cha was still enthusiastically greeting when several Xia family experts and the Li Snake tribe struck simultaneously. The Li Snake tribe leader had died yesterday at the hands of Cyril and, hearing there was something to gain, was the first to join the army hunting Su Cha.
The Li Snake tribe specialized in poisonous fog and ambushes, while the Xia family helped them withstand the power of the ancient formation. Their coordination was flawless. Nearby, Su Cha calmly watched their deadly approach with no reaction.
The Li Snake tribe thought he was afraid and froze in place, happy for only three seconds before the dragon’s eagle-like claw in the air lightly swept them aside, blasting their disguise away.
Compared to mental power, spiritual power was more straightforward and brutal — pure force domination.
Accompanied by a miserable scream, Su Cha’s nose twitched, sensing the smell of roasted snake meat.
A huge black-skinned snake fell not far away. Already badly wounded and torn apart, it was hit by the activated ancient formation, and the Li Snake tribe members who came were instantly smashed into bloody mud and sank into the ground.
Ji Tianjin quickly covered Su Cha’s eyes: “Don’t look, it’s too bloody.”
His voice was low but loud enough for those nearby to hear. The Xia family members all wore increasingly ugly expressions. When Su Yeling was dissected alive for a demon bead, these two had watched the whole process without blinking. What was this pretending to be weak now?
The moment the golden dragon struck, Xia Hunxiong’s heart nearly jumped to his throat. He didn’t believe in such coincidences — a dragon just happened to pass by, and its power just happened to strike the Li Snake tribe.
“First, slay the dragon!” Xia Hunxiong immediately changed his target.
Su Cha was somewhat impressed by him — the ignorant are fearless and dare say anything. The golden dragon’s eyes flickered with faint confusion. It was the first time in its life it had heard someone speak so recklessly.
The giant dragon circled in the sky. More and more people realized the danger and began to respond to Xia Hunxiong’s call. Nearby fighters forced their aircraft to ascend and unleashed a barrage of gunfire at the dragon’s body.
The fire and smoke mixed in the air, but the bullets were like a drizzle — not a single one harmed the dragon’s body. Some even fell back to the ground like marbles at high speed.
The golden dragon suddenly shrank in size and was about to appear before Xia Hunxiong in an instant. The barrier formed by talisman paper and spells hanging mid-air only delayed it by a few seconds.
Its speed was too fast. Although it was heading straight for Xia Hunxiong, those around weren’t sure who the dragon’s real target was and instinctively fought back together.
Only top experts had been summoned today, no one holding back — the moment they acted, they struck killing moves. All kinds of magic exploded simultaneously, shaking the entire sky and earth.
Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the battlefield.
Will he die?
They were sure if it had been themselves, they would have turned to ashes under such an assault. Seeing the terrifying golden light fade, they finally relaxed one by one.
But at the next moment, from thick smoke, a figure emerged. His face was indistinct, but his entire being radiated an arrogant majesty.
“Shap—shaped?” The Beast Master Sect leader almost lost his voice.
Su Cha twitched his mouth — they really could talk.
In the dense crowd, Sanses’s inscrutable gaze locked onto Xia Hunxiong. People nearby instinctively stepped back; even the Xia family experts took a step back.
Xia Hunxiong somewhat regretted being the first to shout the slay-dragon slogan. He no longer had time to recover, gritting his teeth: “Do you want to just stand there and let him kill you one by one?” Of course not.
But they had just all unleashed a big move together and feared showing too much might make them Xia Hunxiong’s sacrificial lamb.
Sanses’s palm formed a golden orb, its scorching heat like a small sun.
The “sun” rolled from his palm in midair toward Xia Hunxiong. At the same time, the spirit form pressed down like an invisible mountain, pinning Xia Hunxiong motionless.
There was only one teleport talisman, already used yesterday. Xia Hunxiong exhausted all means but barely moved an inch, and finally couldn’t avoid colliding head-on with the fireball.
Heart-wrenching screams echoed. More noticed he was not melted by the flames directly, showing the attacker’s power had weakened compared to the start.
…Not from this world.
This conclusion eased them a little. At least under the dimensional suppression, no one could single-handedly corner them all.
Sanses shared some views with Su Cha, such as how living was often much harder than dying.
Xia Hunxiong was not dead; Sanses actively extinguished the flames for him.
The super-strong healing just began repairing his body when the golden dragon’s afterimage flashed by. Its sharp claw directly destroyed Xia Hunxiong’s dantian.
“Ah!”
The agonizing scream was no less than when Su Yeling was dissected alive for a demon bead. Disfigured and crippled, Xia Hunxiong followed Su Yeling’s fate, even worse.
Seeing this, Su Yeling felt a subtle pleasure — what goes around comes around. When Xia Hunxiong handed him over yesterday, he probably never expected it would be his turn so soon.
With a casual wave, Xia Hunxiong was swept aside like garbage blocking the way. Sanses entered the valley with the ancient formation, moving freely despite the deadly traps.
He waved twice, the second time without attack — simply dismissing Su Cha and Ji Tianjin’s greetings.
A Xia family expert hurried to pick up their leader. The imposing army began a temporary retreat, not going far, still discussing the next plan.
The main discussion was whether to continue attacking.
“Two divine beasts are already the limit. Surely there won’t be a Vermilion Bird or a Black Tortoise.”
“The dragon’s power in this world seems to have reached its peak.”
For now, there were too many uncertainties about killing Su Cha, but no one wanted to let go. For no other reason than it was too strange: Xia Hunxiong and Su Yeling were crippled, and the other side still showed no sign of leaving — maybe they had other ambitions.
Also, they wanted to know where Su Cha got so many helpers. If there really was a planet where divine beasts lived and he brought back their young to raise, the value behind it was incalculable.
…
If Su Cha knew what they were scheming, he’d surely call them true warriors.
But for now, he was more curious how Sanses arrived without a spaceship.
Obviously, Sanses didn’t intend to explain. His gaze first landed on Ji Tianjin: “Your father worries about you.”
Ji Tianjin: “I miss him too.”
Su Cha could vouch for that — he had thought about it only once, when injured and taking photos for evidence.
Then Sanses looked at himself. Su Cha spoke up first: “Never thought you’d come in person.”
He casually threw out an old internet meme from hundreds of years ago: “Your Majesty, you are my god.”
Sanses’s spiritual form wasn’t fully withdrawn; it remained hidden in his left eye. The golden dragon was surprised that someone could flatter so openly without sounding insincere.
Children who know how to act cute get candy — Su Cha never forgot that investing in goodwill pays off. Whether on Jibei Star or now, Sanses originally had no particular need to act personally.
He still had state affairs to attend to, and lingering in this world held little meaning. Just as the others outside judged, Sanses wouldn’t be able to exert much power if he intervened again.
“If there’s nothing else…”
“Please wait a moment.” Su Cha smiled obediently, “Since you’re here, I’d like to ask His Majesty to bestow some names.”
Sanses stared at him for a few seconds and asked, “Names for the grasses and trees in this mountain?”
Su Cha was momentarily stunned.
For Sanses, this was easy to guess: one, these faint lives carried Su Cha’s aura; two…
“No wonder Cyril had some strength left but left early.”
That casual remark inadvertently revealed a truth. Sanses casually gave a few names:
“Su Dai, Su Diya, Su Luohe Si…”
Su Cha: “…”
So fancy.
He felt a bit sorry for the earlier batch of grasses named things like Su Wangcha.
Sanses had initially only planned to come up with a few dozen names. Every time he paused, Su Cha would reveal his signature starry eyes and call him a god.
Faced with excessive praise, Sanses started naming more.
After coaxing out a few hundred names, Sanses was inevitably a bit headachey and turned to leave.
“My god,” Su Cha called after him, “eternal god, yyds!”
Sanses: “There are still gods behind me.”
“…”
A flash of golden light appeared; the voices outside the valley automatically lowered. The giant dragon vanished so quickly that all they caught was a lingering afterimage.
The valley returned to being just those two people relying on each other. Everyone looked at each other helplessly — it really was a sudden and swift arrival and departure.
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, thrice is enemy— now going to knock on the door shouldn’t summon another helper.
“You go.” A high-ranking person looked toward the beast-master sect leader.
Another agreed: “Anyway, anyone you should or shouldn’t offend, you’ve offended them all.”
They promised that if they could get rid of Su Cha afterward, the rights to the divine beasts would belong to him.
The beast-master sect leader’s face darkened. His words were harsh but justified. With Su Cha’s vengeful nature, there was no way he’d be spared.
“The two leading figures from the Xia family and the Flower Demon Clan are both out of commission,” he said, glancing up at the sky with an air of superiority, finishing quickly, “There are no irreconcilable conflicts between us. If you’re willing to discuss some matters, we can let bygones be bygones.”
The so-called discussion was to find out the condition of the planet where the divine beasts resided. Although they might not win, they could try a secret infiltration to steal the cubs, using dimensional suppression to ensure safety.
After all, those who’ve visited the native planet once wouldn’t come a second time. The number of top-tier strong beings on a planet is always limited.
Suddenly realizing what was implied, Su Cha nearly laughed — so this was the legendary “weak but love to play”?
Ji Tianjin was calm: “When technology is mediocre, that’s when dangerous ideas are most likely to arise.”
Having unlimited yearning but no respect leads to foolish greed.
Su Cha had food and drink in the valley, elegantly wiping his mouth before continuing to broadcast his voice with spiritual power:
“Sorry, I have people above me.”
Calling others playful, he wasn’t much better himself. Su Cha walked back to the valley’s edge: “Wanna gamble?”
The beast-master sect leader instinctively asked, “Gamble what?”
“Your life.”
Su Cha’s appearance was too beautiful, causing many to overlook the same cold, indifferent look in his eyes as Cyril’s when not smiling.
“Just bet on whether the next person coming down is male or female, and whether they step down first with the left or right foot. If you guess correctly, I’ll spare you.”
Even a clay figure has some temper — let alone a sect leader.
The beast-master sect leader coldly said “Arrogant.” They had already sent people to the Flower Demon Clan. When the elders forced Su Cha out, they would just wait outside to ambush.
Just as the plan was being set, the airflow in the sky suddenly changed. The sect leader froze — no way, not again?
A huge object appeared in their sight — obviously more dangerous than yesterday’s unidentified flying objects.
The warship descended to a certain height, and two figures jumped out one after the other.
Everyone almost roared internally — what kind of beast is this shape-shifter now?
The beast-master sect leader said solemnly: “Zhuque and Xuanwu, you really have come.”
“…”
Ahead walked the long-unseen Yise, followed by Xie Rongjue.
Pushing up his glasses, Xie Rongjue squinted and asked Su Cha, “I heard you’ve made quite a few enemies here?”
They didn’t know the details, but since the two countries were establishing relations, solving Su Cha’s matters quickly would free them to deal with the Federation.
“Your enemies’ quality keeps getting worse.”
What Zhuque and Xuanwu? They seem crazy.
Xie Rongjue walked forward with his hands in his pockets, a stark contrast to the upright posture of Yise. Facing the cautious gazes from all sides, he gave Yise a thumbs-up: “If you want to fight, find this person. I have other things to do.”
It’s hard to reason with some fools — some just can’t understand human words. They felt no strong threat from Xie Rongjue, but a beast tried to sneak attack him from behind.
Xie Rongjue didn’t even turn his head before Yise pinned the beast to the ground barehanded.
The beast-master sect leader’s heart nearly jumped to his throat — that strong?
“They’re not divine beasts,” Su Cha seriously explained, “They are my guardians.”
He waved his hand skillfully: “Hi, angels.”
“…” The cracks on Xie Rongjue’s smiling mask showed a little.
Years passed, and Su Cha’s ability to break defenses only grew stronger.
While Yise fought outside, Su Cha was preparing to name more plants when Xie Rongjue interrupted, using spiritual power to shield his voice: “His Majesty said you’ve raised a bunch of wildflowers and weeds here.”
Su Cha smiled shyly: “Just a few.”
Xie Rongjue asked, “Have you thought about what to do with them afterward?”
Su Cha’s smile faded; he paused briefly.
Honestly, he was worried about this too. Not every planet had spiritual energy suitable for cultivation, so he couldn’t take the little flower demons with him. But if left here, they were too weak and prone to perish.
“Control one suitable candidate with medicine,” Xie Rongjue suggested, “Make them the guardian angel of your wildflowers outside, and regularly send people to deliver antidotes and check the situation.”
After a pause, he continued, “The downside is it’s troublesome later. His Majesty said this world has spirits and monsters, and likely many trick methods exist. There should be other ways to control one person.”
Suddenly, a profession popped into Su Cha’s mind: “Gu Master.”
He recalled how Lotus Magnolia once found many gu insects hidden in Xia Yu’s secret compartment, indicating a connection between the Xia family and Gu Masters. It was probably Xia Yu’s idea to put gu insects into the demon beads back then.
Flower demons naturally dislike insects; Su Yeling was unlikely to have ties with Gu Masters.
Su Cha briefly explained the Gu Masters’ abilities; Xie Rongjue nodded: “Then find a candidate to be controlled by the Gu Master. We’ll bring the Gu Master back to indirectly control your wildflower guardians.”
“…” Whenever the word ‘wildflower’ was emphasized, Su Cha felt a little strange.
Xie Rongjue was an expert at problem-solving and here specifically to tidy things up efficiently.
“First, catch a Gu Master.”
Su Cha didn’t want to delay any longer. It was time to settle old grudges with Xia Yu.
Xie Rongjue removed the spiritual power barrier and led him out. Su Cha suddenly pointed at Su Yeling and the half-unconscious Xia Hunxiong: “I want to take those two along.”
Once intuition passes, it would certainly lead to another humiliating ordeal. Su Yeling surprisingly chose to approach and spoke clearly: “Su Cha, if I die, the Flower Demon clan will inevitably decline, unless you stay here forever.”
At this moment, he still didn’t forget to dig a pit for Su Cha, implying to others that Su Cha was very likely to remain here — a situation no one wanted to see.
As Su Yeling tried to distract Su Cha, a strange smile curved at the corner of his mouth. Unfortunately, before the smile could bloom, invisible pressure blocked his advance.
“Rushing to reincarnate isn’t done like this.” Su Cha sensed him mobilizing his remaining demon power: “Want to self-destruct? You’ll have to see if I allow it.”
Those nearby moved away from Su Yeling at this.
A skinny hunting dog suddenly appeared in the crowd, biting and dragging away the spirit-suppressed Su Yeling.
Xie Rongjue opened the flying craft and let Su Cha lead the way.
Ji Tianjin didn’t follow: “I’ll stay here.”
To prevent anyone from harming the flowers and plants after Su Cha left — this thoughtful attitude made even Xie Rongjue, wearing glasses, unable to meet his eyes. He sighed deeply.
So indeed, he was mistaken — this was actually a Fog Star native.
Before boarding the craft, Su Cha glanced at the beast-master sect leader and made a throat-cutting gesture.
Lotus Magnolia had made the same gesture when seeking cooperation, and only then did the sect leader realize the warning had been given from the start.
Yet he had already missed every chance to survive. Ji Tianjin’s sneak attack came suddenly and unexpectedly.
The sect leader dodged and angrily shouted, “What are you all standing there for? There are only a few of them!”
Are these fighter jets, experts, and secluded clans just for show?
Everyone avoided his gaze.
The attack was simple, but the fear was that if this one was driven off, an even stronger one might come.
Just as the craft door was about to close, Su Cha suddenly smiled: “Forgot to say, I have plenty of backing. Have fun, everyone.”
The craft was far less intimidating than the warship, but after rounds of fighting, many were somewhat frightened, so no one dared to stop it.
Among the crowd, finally a big man couldn’t stand it and roared at the departing craft: “If you have backing, why didn’t you say so earlier?”
At this moment, everyone silently praised him madly — exactly right, holding so many cards in hand, any one of which could be a trump, yet they waited till now.
At the auction, Su Cha should have simply taken out Su Yeling. But he chose to get injured and attract a manhunt, then call reinforcements one by one near the brink.
What kind of drama queen, what kind of maniac?!
