Chapter 145: He Really Knows Nothing

Chapter 145: Chapter 145: He Really Knows Nothing

Preparations?

’What preparations?’

’You might not believe this, but until you mentioned it, I had no idea that a Celestial Human’s breakthrough to the Creation Realm was accompanied by some kind of strange and ominous crisis.’

’No one had ever told him before!’

’Well, his own father and mother were still a long way from the Celestial Human Realm, so it was normal for them not to know.’

’As for his ancestor... Heh, let’s not even talk about his ancestor.’

’And as for Su Yi...’

’She probably knew, but she never specifically mentioned it to him.’

’I guess... she just didn’t care much, didn’t think it was a big deal, right?’

A flurry of thoughts flashed through Su Han’s mind. He looked at the Qiye Demon Monarch, smiled faintly, and shook his head. "None."

The Qiye Demon Monarch was taken aback. "None?"

Su Han nodded. "No preparations whatsoever."

Qiye Demon Monarch: "..."

’This is too much!’

’I’ve already followed my heart and shown you so much more respect, and you still refuse to meet me halfway?’

’Not even giving me a way to back down gracefully? Do you really have to push me into a... Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! Do you really have to fight me to the death?’

Staring at Su Han, the Qiye Demon Monarch ground his teeth, constantly trying to guess what this guy was plotting.

’Did he come to the Celestial Demon Sect... just to stir up trouble?’

’But there’s no reason for it!’

Just as the Qiye Demon Monarch was muttering to himself, unsure of what to do, the aura of Sect Leader Ji Mie before him changed once again.

An ethereal, formless aura flared out before instantly retracting. The Power of Creation that enveloped the entire Celestial Demon Sect converged on the main peak as if drawn into a black hole, devoured by a mysterious force.

SWOOSH—

On the main peak, Sect Leader Ji Mie opened his eyes. Two beams of divine light pierced the air. A powerful aura, accompanied by a subtle, profound power from the heavens and earth, surrounded him, making him seem transcendent, like a Divine Spirit standing in the mortal world.

He lifted a finger and pointed. The Power of Creation surged forth. Next to the great tree that Su Han had burned to ashes, a lone, withered branch that had survived the blaze began to pulse with life once more.

A tender bud sprouted, its roots digging into the ground. In no time at all, under the infusion of the Power of Creation, a new sapling was reborn from the ashes.

Watching Sect Leader Ji Mie’s technique, Su Han’s gaze narrowed slightly.

’This technique is somewhat similar to the time-related one Su Yi gave me.’

’It’s just that the power he’s using can, to a certain extent, bring a dead tree back to life and regenerate it. This must be the wondrous aspect of the Power of Creation.’

’What Su Yi taught me, however, is a power that involves the Time Law itself.’

As these thoughts crossed his mind, Su Han lifted his hand and pointed. The small sapling that had just been revitalized by Sect Leader Ji Mie’s Power of Creation seemed to instantly live through several seasons.

In the blink of an eye, it grew back into a towering, magnificent tree.

"There. You have your tree back."

HISS—

Seeing Su Han casually make a small sapling grow into a towering tree in an instant, the Qiye Demon Monarch couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.

Yu Su, who was still in the Celestial Human Realm, and even Sect Leader Ji Mie, who had just broken through to the Creation Realm, might not have fully understood. They probably just thought it was an extremely high-level application of the Power of Creation.

However... as a peak Creation Realm expert, the Qiye Demon Monarch knew for a fact that this was absolutely not something the Power of Creation could achieve.

’At least... not the Power of Creation available to someone in the Creation Realm.’

’So... has this old monster really broken through the Creation Realm’s bottleneck and reached a higher realm?’

’Is it the Yin Yang Realm, or... that legendary realm beyond it?’

’No!’

’Impossible! We’re of the same generation. I can’t even break through the bottleneck of the Creation Realm, so how could he have already broken past the Yin Yang Realm to an even higher level?’

’So... this old monster must be in the Yin Yang Realm right now, and he’s probably only in the early stage, mid-stage at most.’

’He should be... right?’

When he thought about Su Han’s miraculous ability to make a sapling grow into a towering tree in an instant, as if he controlled time itself, the Qiye Demon Monarch’s confidence wavered.

’And... why would he use such a heaven-defying technique for no good reason?’

’Is he showing off?’

’No!’

’That’s not it!’

’It’s a warning!’

’He’s using this technique to tell me that his cultivation is higher than mine. If he really wanted to deal with me, there would be no other outcome than me getting pinned to the ground and utterly crushed.’

’Dammit... that blasted old bastard! Isn’t he just relying on being a little stronger than me?’

As he thought and thought, the Qiye Demon Monarch’s imposing aura began to weaken.

’Just because he’s a little stronger, I can’t do anything about it... Bastard!’

"Thank you for your guidance, Elder. I will never forget this immense kindness and Great Virtue for the rest of my life."

While the Qiye Demon Monarch was grumbling under his breath and Su Han was comparing the pros and cons of his own time-manipulation skill versus the Power of Creation, the newly successful Sect Leader Ji Mie bowed deeply to Su Han, expressing his heartfelt gratitude.

Su Han waved his hand. "This old man merely spoke casually. That you could use it to break through is your own good fortune."

He was speaking the truth, but that wasn’t how the others heard it.

’Elder Guo truly is a virtuous and highly respected elder. He clearly gave the guidance intentionally, yet he takes no credit for it.’

In fact, both Sect Leader Ji Mie and Yu Su felt that Su Han’s desire to burn the tree in the first place was just an excuse to reasonably guide Sect Leader Ji Mie.

’If we think about it that way, then the Elder’s request to pass through the Celestial Demon Sect was just a minor detail. Could it be that his true purpose... was to secretly help the Celestial Demon Sect?’

’For example... to see if there were any Celestial Being ancestors in the Celestial Demon Sect on the verge of a breakthrough, who could succeed with just a little guidance?’

This wasn’t impossible. Previously, when she heard Zhao Yang recount the guidance Elder Guo had given him for his cultivation, Yu Su felt that the advice was beneficial even to her.

In fact, thanks to it, she had already touched the bottleneck of her own breakthrough.

Now, with her own junior brother breaking through after just a few words of guidance from Elder Guo, they wouldn’t believe it if someone told them Elder Guo had no confidence in his ability to guide others.

’Thinking about it this way... it seems all of Elder Guo’s hard-to-understand actions on this trip can be explained quite reasonably.’

’The reason he wanted to tour the Celestial Demon Sect was to see if there were any talented disciples he would be willing to guide.’

’Burning the tree was just an excuse; the real purpose was to use the opportunity to guide Ji Mie’s breakthrough.’

’The Elder has considered so much for the Celestial Demon Sect, yet he still pretends it was all unintentional. He must not want us to feel overly indebted to him.’

’Indeed... Elder Guo... is a virtuous and highly respected elder who cherishes old ties!’

With this thought, Yu Su and Sect Leader Ji Mie exchanged a glance and bowed deeply to Su Han in unison once more.

"Such Great Virtue, Elder."

Su Han was completely bewildered. ’Me...? How am I a man of Great Virtue?’

’What have they imagined now?’

’Are all the big shots from Major Sects these days so good at jumping to conclusions?’

"Hmph!"

Seeing Su Han’s clueless expression, the Qiye Demon Monarch snorted.

"Hypocrite!"

Su Han: "..."

’I... I really don’t know anything!’