Chapter 513: Saving the Heaven Origin Realm

"Young’er, don’t be afraid. Compared with everyone else living in this realm, we’re already very fortunate."

Xiao Shou comforted him by gently patting Fu Young’s hand.

At the side, Tushan Shanhe finally found an opportunity to speak. He hurriedly asked, "You wrapped all the living beings of the Heaven Origin Realm inside your tree roots. What are you planning to do with this severely damaged realm? Let me tell you first, the realm membrane of the Heaven Origin Realm has already been destroyed and cannot be repaired. Without a realm membrane, it cannot withstand the erosion of the void."

"Master, we’ve found the Void-Time Calyx! It’s all broken and battered. It really looks beyond repair!"

Just then, Yao Heng and Yao Ming flew over, carrying a pile of broken and battered objects, which they presented to Xiao Shou.

Seeing how hard the two spirit pets had worked, Xiao Shou couldn’t help smiling. He hurriedly accepted the items from them. But just as he was about to put them away, he suddenly froze.

"Huh? What’s this? The fragments of the Void-Time Calyx shouldn’t include this, should they?"

"Oh! That’s the realm membrane I just mentioned! It’s already been damaged beyond recognition. There’s no way it can be repaired."

After hearing Xiao Shou’s question, Tushan Shanhe glanced at the object casually and commented dismissively.

Xiao Shou picked up the small, battered piece. It looked like a damaged modern-day balloon, except that its material seemed far more advanced than ordinary rubber. After examining it carefully, he put it into his storage ring and remarked, "So this is the realm membrane! It looks so inconspicuous. If you hadn’t told me what it was, I would have mistaken it for useless junk and thrown it away if I’d come across it normally."

"Hahaha! Damaged realm membranes are extremely rare. They’re usually only found when a realm is on the verge of destruction or has grown too old. Under normal circumstances, it’s very difficult to encounter one."

After saying this, Tushan Shanhe looked at Xiao Shou, whose injuries had almost completely healed. He couldn’t help wondering why his Ah Shou and his disciple were both so strange. They could convert immortal power to heal injuries without first expelling the immortal power already within their bodies.

The pressure exerted by immortals also seemed to have little effect on them. Moreover, that immortal appeared to have been frightened away by Ah Shou’s disciple. It was unclear whether he had returned to the Immortal Realm or was hiding somewhere, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

In short, both Ah Shou and that brat seemed rather peculiar.

Despite these thoughts, Tushan Shanhe showed no courtesy whatsoever and said bluntly, "Hey, brat! Are you done clinging to him and acting spoiled? Let go already and start thinking about what to do next!"

"No! From now on, I’m going to stay by Master’s side every moment of every day."

Fu Young wrapped his arms tightly around Xiao Shou’s waist. Only by feeling his Master’s body warmth could he ease the fear in his heart.

Every time Master left his side, Master inevitably encountered a life threatening crisis. Once might be a coincidence, twice might be a chance occurrence, but what about three times? Four times?

Fu Young could already clearly sense the Heavenly Dao’s killing intent toward his Master.

Was it dissatisfied because Master had saved him, preventing him from falling into the same state of darkness as those two so-called the Chosen One? Was the Heavenly Dao harboring such intense killing intent toward Master because it wanted to eliminate Master’s influence over him?

Hmph! Since you want me to descend into darkness and walk toward destruction so badly, then I’ll do the exact opposite. Let’s see what you can do about it!

However, this time, he would stay by his Master’s side without leaving even a single step, giving the Heavenly Dao no opportunity to strike.

Fu Young thought this to himself and even said it aloud. But when he saw Tushan Shanhe’s face immediately darken and noticed his Master’s astonished expression, he hurriedly tried to divert their attention.

"There’s no need to worry about everyone in the Heaven Origin Realm."

"Not worry? Then what exactly do you intend to do?"

Tushan Shanhe glared at Fu Young with a dark expression. His gaze was as sharp as a blade, fixed on the hand Fu Young had wrapped around Xiao Shou’s waist and refused to remove.

This time, Fu Young ignored Tushan Shanhe’s knife-like stare. He raised his head and looked toward the enormous cyan vortex in the void, as well as the eight palaces that had mostly disappeared, leaving behind only faint afterimages.

"We should actually thank those people for abandoning the inhabitants of the Heaven Origin Realm. Their actions opened a passage leading to the Spirit Realm, which gives me a way to save everyone!"

"Are you thinking of taking the entire Heaven Origin Realm into the Spirit Realm? That’s impossible. Even if I weren’t severely depleted, I couldn’t protect a realm of this size and help it ascend to the Spirit Realm. Besides, those eight palaces don’t belong to the same Spirit Realm. They opened passages to different Spirit Realms simultaneously in their attempt to escape."

Upon hearing this, Tushan Shanhe shook his head.

His silver-white eyebrows furrowed tightly as he continued, "That means eight passages leading to different Spirit Realms have been opened at the same time and in the same place. The energies of these passages will interfere with one another, making all of them unstable. There’s no telling which Spirit Realm you’ll end up in. It’s also possible that the entire realm will be destroyed by the spatial storms inside the passages before reaching its destination. In short, it won’t work. Give up! Once I’ve recovered a little, I can still take the two of you back to the Spirit Fox Realm."

"That won’t do. My Master has never taught me to give up!"

Seeing Xiao Shou stunned by his conversation with Tushan Shanhe, Fu Young’s eyes flashed with cunning.