Chapter 56: I’ve Tolerated You for Too Long

“God of Tools, I see that this Sea Eye Dark Crystal is extremely cold. How can we get it?” Qu Yi, excited, raised the difficulty he thought existed.
As soon as he spoke, a rat jumped out on the square lawn where Qu Yi stood—it was a Gold-Eating Rat. The moment it appeared, it bit Qu Yi on the shoulder.
“Ah, are you seeking death? Do you think I really can’t eat rats?” Qu Yi cried out in pain as he immediately cursed.
Only then did the God of Tools reveal its infant form, approaching Qu Yi with a cheerful smile and clapping its hands in delight.
“Idiot, others might not be able to obtain this Sea Eye Dark Crystal, but you definitely can. Can’t you think a bit more?” The God of Tools laughed, yet its tone carried reproach.
Qu Yi immediately slumped. He could never escape the God of Tools’ torment—either his soul would be torn out or his primordial spirit pierced. Now, even worse, rats were sent to bite him. How could he live like this from now on?
“I can’t think of it!” Qu Yi replied bluntly.
The Gold-Eating Rat immediately started chirping, its legs bent as if ready to pounce, waiting for the God of Tools’ command to bite Qu Yi again.
“You answer so quickly. Fine, since you’ve already been bitten once, I won’t waste your primordial spirit on thinking. I’ll just tell you directly. Use a Divine Formula Card to obtain the Sea Eye Dark Crystal,” the God of Tools said with a smile, eyes narrowed.
Qu Yi nodded, not showing much excitement. In fact, he had already thought of it but refused to admit it out of anger.
Immediately, a Divine Formula Card appeared before Qu Yi before vanishing from the Dimensional Sphere and heading to the seabed.
As the master of the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi could still stay aware of what was happening outside through it.
The Divine Formula Card flew near the Sea Eye Dark Crystal and struck the ice pillars surrounding it. With just a light touch, those extremely hard ice blocks shattered, unlike the万年伏龟, which couldn’t even chip away at them despite using all its strength. This showed how sharp and powerful the Divine Formula Card was.
After just a few strikes, all the ice pillars surrounding the Sea Eye Dark Crystal broke, revealing the crystal itself.
The Sea Eye Dark Crystal emitted intense cold, enough to freeze a person at the Yuan Ying stage to death upon contact. Yet the Divine Formula Card remained unaffected, picking up the crystal and bringing it to the side of the Dimensional Sphere, where both were stored inside.
“Haha, this Sea Eye Dark Crystal is now yours,” the God of Tools called out cheerfully.

Qu Yi trembled all over. He hadn’t expected that the Sea Eye Dark Crystal, even inside the Dimensional Sphere, would still emit such intense cold. He couldn’t help but marvel at how this crystal truly was an elite material.
“Enough, Artifact God! Quickly put away this Sea Eye Dark Crystal—you really want to freeze me to death!” Qu Yi felt that his nascent spirit, which had only been formed not long ago, was almost frozen solid, and he snapped in anger.
The Artifact God chuckled and immediately retrieved the Sea Eye Dark Crystal.
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On the sea surface, the fierce battle between the Immortal Cloud Sect and the Fire Moon Sect continued.
Master Han Yue still pressed down on Huai Qing, striking him relentlessly. There was blood at the corners of Huai Qing’s mouth, yet he still held back from drawing his Jade Sword.
Huai Qing wanted to keep the secret of the Jade Sword—after all, his strength was only at the early Yuan Ying stage. If word of the Jade Sword got out, countless experts from the cultivation world would come to fight over it, and he would surely die, while the Immortal Cloud Sect would perish as well.
“Han Yue, do you really have to force me to take the final step?” Huai Qing pleaded earnestly.
Huai Qing could already feel the excessive consumption of his vital energy. If this continued, he would either explode his Yuan Ying or have to draw the Jade Sword and commit mass slaughter.
“Huai Qing, you’re really boring. We’ve been fighting for so long, and you’ve said that at least ten times already. Will it ever end? I’ll answer you clearly now—today, you must die!” Master Han Yue replied coldly, swinging his Locust Snake Sword even more frequently.
Huai Qing’s expression turned grim.
Meanwhile, the remaining four Golden Core cultivators of the Fire Moon Sect surrounded the eight members of the Immortal Cloud Sect, constantly launching attacks with their vital energy.
It turned out that after Qu Yi killed one of the mid-stage Golden Core cultivators, he was knocked into the sea by Master Han Yue’s vital energy strike. Immediately afterward, three late-stage Golden Core cultivators and one mid-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Fire Moon Sect launched full-force attacks on Huai Jin and Huai You, ignoring Li Ji and the other six Foundation Establishment cultivators for now.
Under the siege of four opponents, Huai Jin and Huai You were under immense pressure and could only defend themselves; the idea of counterattacking was unthinkable. Fortunately, Li Ji had the Wild Fire Formation, and Wang Mo had the Violent Sand Formation. These two also helped Huai Jin and Huai You defend, allowing the battle to continue.
Qu Yi retrieved the Sea Eye Dark Crystal and immediately returned to the sea surface, though he stayed hidden beneath the waves, constantly observing the battle above.
Thanks to the “Silent Breath Technique,” Qu Yi had completely concealed his presence, so no one noticed that he was lurking below, waiting for an opportunity.
Suddenly, the last remaining mid-stage Golden Core cultivator of the Fire Moon Sect saw Li Ji launch a Fire Snake attack and, seemingly out of spiritual stones, looked panicked. He immediately dashed forward to attack Li Ji.

A sword radiating cold energy shot straight at Li Ji!
Qu Yi noticed this, his lips twitching with joy as he immediately rushed out of the sea and soared upward.
What a precious opportunity for a sneak attack! How could Qu Yi miss it? He naturally unleashed his speed-based secret technique, charging straight at that mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.
Just as the mid-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Fire Moon Sect was about to pierce Li Ji with his cold sword, he suddenly felt severe pain in his lower abdomen, as if his Golden Core had shattered. He looked down in shock.
Qu Yi was smiling broadly!
“You…” The mid-stage Golden Core cultivator exclaimed in astonishment. Weren’t Qu Yi supposed to be dead? How did he reappear and even attack him?
“Die!” At that moment, Li Ji, who had been sweating profusely, drew his magical sword and swung it fiercely, severing the head of the mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.
With his Golden Core shattered and his cultivation ruined, he naturally had no strength to resist.
“Qu Yi, thank you!” Li Ji looked at him with deep gratitude, tears welling in his eyes.
If it weren’t for Qu Yi, it would have been Li Ji who lost his head. Naturally, his gratitude to Qu Yi was utterly sincere.
“No need. Here are 100 low-grade spirit stones. Take them and use them to help the two elders fight against the Fire Moon Sect,” Qu Yi said casually.
Li Ji was stunned, but he quickly took the spirit stones. With the energy from the Inspiring Wildfire Formation restored, he immediately joined the defense forces to resist the attacks of the three late-stage Golden Core cultivators from the Fire Moon Sect.
Far away, Han Shangren noticed Qu Yi’s appearance at the moment he showed up, but it was too late—the mid-stage Golden Core cultivator was already dead.
“It’s you again! How did you survive? You dared to attack my Fire Moon Sect’s disciple once more. I’ve tolerated you for too long. Today, I’ll tear you to pieces!” Han Shangren shouted with fierce determination.
After saying that, instead of attacking Huai Qing, he teleported over immediately and swung his Locust Snake Sword at Qu Yi.
Bang!
Huai Qing knew that Han Shangren’s sword carried deadly viciousness. No matter how many secrets Qu Yi possessed, he surely couldn’t escape. So he quickly teleported over and used his Red Nan Sword to block the Locust Snake Sword. The Wood Element True Energy and the Metal Element True Energy collided, producing a thunderous explosion.
Huai Qing spat out more blood—he was seriously injured and seemed unable to block Han Shangren’s next attack anymore.
“Huai Qing, good. I couldn’t kill this kid in one strike, but I accidentally caused you more internal injuries. Fine. I’ll kill you first, then massacre your Xianyun Sect,” Han Shangren said, overjoyed despite his shock.

At this moment, Han Yue Shangren seemed to already see himself killing Huai Qing with a single sword, then slaughtering the disciples of the Xianyun Sect, and later leading the people of the Huoyue Sect to eradicate the Xianyun Sect entirely.
“Is that so? Han Yue, I’ve tolerated you for too long!” At this point, seeing Huai Qing, who was seriously injured, suddenly spoke with a smile.
Han Yue Shangren felt a strange shock in his heart as he looked at Huai Qing’s calm gaze, sensing an ominous premonition.
Huai Qing put away his Hongnan Sword and took out a jade sword instead!
For a long time, the Huoyue Sect, thanks to Han Yue Shangren who was in the later stage of the Yuan Ying phase, had held the top position among the four sects. Naturally, its disciples became extremely arrogant, often humiliating those from the Xianyun Sect. During the Time of the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons, Han Yue Shangren even tried to monopolize it, preventing the other three sects from entering, and even killed Huai You and Qu Yi right in front of Huai Qing. This time, Han Yue Shangren was even more ruthless—he wanted his disciples at the Jin Dan phase to slaughter the disciples of the Xianyun Sect and was determined to kill Huai Qing as well.
Huai Qing remembered all of this!
He could have tolerated it before, but not now—since Han Yue Shangren actually wanted his life and sought to destroy the Xianyun Sect, how could Huai Qing allow him to continue his evil deeds?
Since he could no longer endure it, Huai Qing resolutely drew out his jade sword, determined to punish Han Yue Shangren!
“What, Huai Qing? I didn’t expect you to have another magic weapon. Are you trying to scare me?” Han Yue Shangren laughed happily, thinking once again that Huai Qing was pretending to scare him away.
“Scare you? You really think too highly of yourself. Today is the day of your death!” Huai Qing said coldly.
Immediately, the jade sword was swung!
A stunning beam of light seemed to pierce through the air, heading straight for Han Yue Shangren.
Han Yue Shangren panicked instantly. He could sense the terrifying energy contained in that beam—not because of its magnitude, but because its level far exceeded that of the true energy at the Yuan Ying phase; he had no way of resisting it.
“True energy transforms into a dragon to defend the body!”
Han Yue Shangren immediately shouted. His entire body’s true energy wrapped around him like a golden dragon, trying to block that beam of light.
Ding!
The beam of light pierced through the golden dragon and entered Han Yue Shangren’s head!
All his true energy instantly dispersed, revealing his face—his eyes wide open in utter disbelief. Blood gushed from his head, confirming that Han Yue Shangren was dead.
Huai Qing then flew away and struck repeatedly with his jade sword, killing the three disciples of the Huoyue Sect who were also at the later stage of the Jin Dan phase.

The jade sword appears—the ultimate power of the Fire Moon Sect, eliminated in one go!