Chapter 1351: 533 Tell them to understand the hierarchy
"That statement is one part truth and nine parts falsehood."
The Kunwu Grotto Heaven indeed held Ye Family in awe, but if there was a chance to become a Realm Master laid before them, Kunwu Grotto Heaven would still compete for it.
As for the Ye Family, they would neither prohibit this nor be angered at Kunwu Grotto Heaven, but rather value the principle of fate.
Because compared to the Lower Realm, the Immortal World pays even closer attention to the way of cause and effect, pursuing merit while avoiding Karmic Force.
Those with substantial merit would find their cultivation journey smooth-sailing.
But if one were tainted by Karmic Force, even setting aside the cycle of cause and effect, the mere fact that Karmic Force could strengthen Immortal Tribulations was not something ordinary beings could withstand.
Hence, the Ye Family would not prevent ordinary forces and cultivators from contesting for the chance.
But now, with Su Yu in the Lower Realm, a monstrous figure who could extinguish the life in his physical body with a single palm strike, even Gong Jinhong had no chance to resist.
With such strength, no matter how many people they sent from Kunwu Grotto Heaven to the Lower Realm, they could not possibly snatch the chance to become a Realm Master.
Given this, whether Kunwu Grotto Heaven descended to the Lower Realm or not made no difference.
Gong Jinhong's smile was uglier than crying, yet he still clung to a sliver of hope. What if the person before him had no interest in the chance to become a Realm Master? Thus, he considered whether he should leave.
At that moment, Su Yu gazed intently at his Divine Soul and inquired, "What is the method to become a Realm Master?"
Gong Jinhong desperately wanted to refuse to answer, but remembering the fate of Daoist Xuan Huang, he obediently recounted everything—the majority of beings in the Cultivation World would have to acknowledge one, thereby stimulating the Heavenly Dao and allowing one to sense the primal source of heaven and earth. Finally, by refining the primal source and merging one's God with heaven and earth to "become one," one would become a Realm Master.
As a Realm Master, even if he were to go to the Immortal World, he could return to the Cultivation World at any time.
However, the Immortals of the Immortal World could not descend at will.
Otherwise, apart from suffering the backlash of the Lower Realm's Heavenly Dao, it would also trigger the descent of the Immortal World's Immortal Tribulations.
Of course, this applies to most Immortals.
This does not mean that all Immortals are the same.
Yet, the ability to constrain most Immortals of the Immortal World and to protect oneself from them attested to the weight of being a Realm Master.
If one were cautious enough, ascending to the upper echelons as a Great Power of the Immortal World was not out of reach.
Moreover, Realm Masters within their own worlds would also receive the blessing of the world's primal force, which might not necessarily weaken their combat abilities, deterring ordinary Immortals from provoking them.
Powers like Kunwu Grotto Heaven, Huang Ling Grotto Heaven, and Purple Crane Immortal Sect could not afford to offend them.
After all, it was the Kunwu Realm Master who founded Kunwu Grotto Heaven in the Immortal World.
How could they dare to offend a Realm Master?
"I see," Su Yu gained enlightenment upon understanding the method to becoming a Realm Master. It became clear why forces like Huang Ling Immortal Gate, Purple Crane Immortal Sect, and others in the Immortal World had not managed to obtain the chance to become a Realm Master for many years. It turned out one needed to conquer the entire Cultivation World and gain recognition from the Heavenly Dao.
Even after Great Emperor Zhenwu and others had all left the Cultivation World, forces like Huang Ling Grotto Heaven had occupied it.
Yet Huang Ling Grotto Heaven, Purple Crane Immortal Sect, Jie River Sect, and other Immortal World powers were still ruling over the Cultivation World in separate factions, and none of them could conquer the Cultivation World to receive the Heavenly Dao's acknowledgment.
Naturally, they could not become Realm Masters.
It seemed that he too would have to eliminate forces such as Huang Ling Immortal Gate, Purple Crane Immortal Sect, and White Jade Immortal Realm to unify the entire Cultivation World.
"Taoist Friend Su, I..." Gong Jinhong's heart was filled with bitterness, and he cautiously attempted to request permission to leave.
At this time, the grounds of the Immeasurable Cicada Palace ruins trembled once more.
Gong Jinhong's expression suddenly changed slightly as he looked toward Su Yu.
Su Yu glanced at him and said indifferently, "The group of people that came with you are now outside."
Upon hearing this, Gong Jinhong panicked and quickly said, "Taoist Friend Su, they may think something has happened to me. Let me go out and talk to them, I assure you I won't let them offend you."
Su Yu, however, simply smiled and waved his hand, "No need, invite them in."
"Buzz!"
Accompanied by ripples spreading through the fabric of time and space.
Outside.
Guo Dingxian and twelve others, along with members from their nine major forces, descended upon the Immeasurable Ocean, which had reverted to the appearance of a sea domain.
But as Guo Dingxian probed the area, the Immeasurable Great Array was once again activated.
Their field of vision changed abruptly, and they found themselves hovering in the midst of a vast expanse of stars.
Before they could attempt to break the array, their view shifted again: "Buzz."
This time, over a hundred Demi Immortals who had descended from the Immortal World appeared within the realm of the ruins of the Immeasurable Cicada Palace.
Guo Dingxian and several seemingly young half-Immortal youths, along with a few pinnacle Crossing Tribulation Realm fairies, all changed their expressions. The rapid succession of changes left them unable to respond, causing a sense of unease.
When they focused their gaze, Gong Jinhong as well as Su Yu's figures both came into view.
"Gong Daoyou!" Guo Dingxian and the others cried out in astonishment at the sight of Gong Jinhong's Divine Soul, hardly believing it.
"Elder Gong!"
"Clan Brother Jinhong!"
Some from the Kunwu Grotto Heaven and the Gong Family, upon seeing Gong Jinhong in such a state, had their eyes redden with fury. Immortal Might exploded from them as they glared at Su Yu with murderous intent.
"You—"
"Shut up!"
Gong Jinhong frantically scolded his fellow disciples and clan members who were attempting to strike at Su Yu, stopping them from rushing to their deaths. With eyes wide in anger, he glared at those from Kunwu Grotto Heaven and ordered, "Dare not be disrespectful, all of you stand down!"
But behind him, Su Yu laughed lightly and pressed his palm forward again: "Boom!"
Under the watchful eyes of Gong Jinhong, Guo Dingxian, and the others, the remaining ten-plus Demi Immortal disciples from Kunwu Grotto Heaven were sent flying.
Space shattered, forming a black hole, into which the dozen or so disciples were flung by the force of the palm.
At the other end of the realm where the Immeasurable Cicada Palace ruins stood, another spatial black hole appeared. The dozen individuals, like shooting stars, plummeted into the earth, each lying at the bottom of humanoid craters, their faces blank, their minds void and questioning their existence.
What the fuck?
What just happened?
On the other side.
Gong Jinhong's Divine Soul had a somewhat ugly expression, dominated by panic and shock. Su Yu's strength made him feel utterly hopeless.
Was he intending to kill all of them?
On the opposite side, Guo Dingxian and others from the powers of the Eight Directions Immortal Realms also felt their scalps tingle, their body hair standing on end like a cat facing a fierce beast.
What the fuck???
What the hell is this thing!
With one palm!
A dozen half-Immortals from Kunwu Grotto Heaven were gone!!!
Fortunately, at that moment, Su Yu's calm voice arrived, "Don't worry, they're not dead. They were just taught a lesson, to make them understand the respect due to their superiors."
"If it happens again, then they may enter the cycle of reincarnation."
Gong Jinhong's nervous heart finally calmed, though his face still looked terrible. He forced a smile, ingratiating and fearful as he looked at Su Yu, bowing his head respectfully and said, "Taoist Friend Su is magnanimous, we are eternally grateful."