Chapter 648 - 372: Remnant Soul of the Eastern King, the Celestial Eye People’s Mad Scheme
Chapter 648: Chapter 372: Remnant Soul of the Eastern King, the Celestial Eye People’s Mad Scheme
"Captain, there’s a Grotto Heaven fragment ahead."
Su Yu, who was resting with his eyes closed on the Flying Ship, was startled awake by a Celestial Soldier’s call.
He immediately opened his eyes and looked in the direction the soldier pointed. In the void ahead, a blue light sphere hovered like a balloon floating on the Vast Sea, rising and falling continuously.
"This is Grotto Heaven Fragment 5-89541. Let’s take a look."
Su Yu checked the map and ordered the Flying Ship to adjust its course towards it. Five days later, they approached the edge of this fragment lost in the void.
The Celestial Court had long ago explored the Grotto Heaven fragments in the void beyond the Earth Immortal Realm; many fragments had already been searched.
However, the previous investigations held little significance, as most Grotto Heaven fragments drifted in the void, pushed by void storms, thus constantly changing their positions.
These map details become invalid after a century and need to be reexamined.
This time, as he ventured into the void, he could re-investigate. If this expedition took longer than expected, he could use this as an excuse.
The Flying Ship approached the Grotto Heaven crystalline wall. Su Yu leaned close to its edge to examine the interior—an empty world, lush with vegetation, overrun by Spirit Monsters, but devoid of humans.
"This one has no value. Next."
The Flying Ship parted from the Grotto Heaven fragment and continued its plunge into the void.
More than half a month later, they discovered a second Grotto Heaven fragment nearby.
It, too, was dominated by Spirit Monsters and again showed no signs of human presence.
Next, they entered the cluster of Grotto Heaven fragments that had collapsed from the Wuding Immortal Dynasty years ago, scattering into the void. As they looked around, the void was dotted with countless spheres of varying sizes, forming a galaxy-like stream across the void.
There were at least tens of thousands of fragments, each one requiring hundreds of years to examine.
Su Yu pondered slightly and ordered the Flying Ship to bypass the surrounding fragments and head straight for the center of the cluster, focusing on the largest fragments.
A month later, the Flying Ship passed hundreds of fragments to reach the central area and headed directly for the nearest of the largest fragments.
He opened the official Celestial Court map and studied it briefly, nodding:
"There’s not much change here. These two large Grotto Heaven fragments are still present."
As soon as he spoke, he suddenly noticed three streaks of light darting between the large fragments. He focused intently and was surprised to discover they were three giant void battleships, each over ten kilometers long.
"Why are there...?"
Just as the thought arose, he saw the three void battleships slowing down and coming to a stop in a section of the void.
Then, numerous figures flew out of the ships, busily working nearby, seemingly engaged in some activity.
Su Yu contemplated briefly and ordered the Flying Ship to approach.
As they closed the distance, a void storm blew past. Su Yu suddenly noticed not only the two large fragments but also a dark fragment lurking in the void behind them. The three battleships were docked outside its crystalline wall, and numerous Celestial Eye People emerged from the ships, entering the dark fragment.
However, the Flying Ship’s proximity alerted the Celestial Eye People aboard the void battleships.
"Not good, a Celestial Court patrol Flying Ship is approaching."
On the central deck of the foremost battleship, a dozen Celestial Immortals surrounded two True Immortals of the Celestial Eye People, with a light curtain before them displaying the approaching Flying Ship. The True Immortal on the left sternly said:
"We can’t let anyone discover this secret. Order the Feiling to intercept."
"Eliminate them?"
"Eliminate them!"
"This might alert the Celestial Court, which could send Celestial Soldiers to investigate."
"No matter; we’re at the critical last stage. The Marshal is about to succeed—within a year or two, it’ll be done. By then, the Celestial Court finding out won’t matter."
"Indeed, that’s true."
Decisive in their resolve, one of the battleships detached from the fleet to intercept the approaching Flying Ship.
On the Flying Ship, Su Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Though the Flying Ship hadn’t yet arrived, he sensed a faint malicious intent heading his way.
"Interesting."
He looked up at the distant fragment again and directly ordered the Flying Ship to retreat.
The new, unmarked fragment on the map was slightly smaller than the other two, with a dark surface, barely visible without the three Flying Ships as reference.
The three Celestial Eye People battleships, bringing so many of their kin to enter this fragment, undoubtedly indicated a secret worth exploring.
Although the Celestial Court patrol Flying Ship was merely a routine Celestial Soldier vessel, it was by no means low-grade—in fact, its grade was quite high. Despite being only ten meters in size, it could traverse the void with exceptional speed and agility, quickly turning into a void storm and disappearing from sight.
"Gone?"
Frowning, the two True Immortals of the Celestial Eye People hesitated briefly before the man on the left waved his hand:
"Let them go; they’re just patrol Celestial Soldiers. The captain is merely a Celestial Immortal; even if he sneaks in, he can’t do much. The major task is paramount."
Quickly dismissing Su Yu from their minds, the three large battleships drew close to the crystalline wall, adeptly creating a passage through it, allowing numerous Celestial Eye People to enter the realm within.
Meanwhile, Su Yu, having maneuvered the Flying Ship in a wide arc, approached the newly discovered Grotto Heaven crystalline wall from another direction and stopped.
After a slight pause, he mentally communicated with the Vast Sea, carving out an independent space within the Chaos Pearl. Then, he opened the Chaos World portal and said to the Celestial Soldiers aboard the Flying Ship:
"Things might get dangerous soon; come hide inside my Grotto Heaven treasure for a while."
Obediently, the Celestial Soldiers immediately guided the Flying Ship into it.