Chapter 2: Obtaining the Jade Sword

In the realm of cultivation, it is common knowledge that when one reaches the early stage of the Golden Core phase, there is only one Golden Core in the body. However, Qu Yi was quite special—he actually had six Golden Cores. Although such a possibility had been speculated before, seeing it happen in reality was still astonishing.
“Qu Yi, it would be strange if you didn’t have six Golden Cores in your body,” the Voice of the Artifact God rang out.
Qu Yi was stunned.
At that moment, Bai Man was also shocked and suddenly shouted, “Qu Yi, is there anyone else here?”
It turned out that Bai Man had thought about what had happened between the two of them earlier. The idea of someone else watching them made her feel overwhelmed.
Qu Yi also realized this and said awkwardly, “Sister, don’t worry. That guy is just a baby. Let me bring him out to meet you.”
The Voice of the Artifact God immediately took shape!
“Wow, this child—no, this baby is really cute! Qu Yi, where did you find him? Was he the one who spoke to us just now?” Bai Man’s eyes lit up as she rushed forward to hug the Artifact God.
But the Artifact God vanished in an instant.
Seeing this, Qu Yi laughed and said, “Sister, didn’t I tell you? I have a mysterious treasure with me—this is it. I don’t know exactly where this baby came from, but it was he who taught me my cultivation techniques. Just think of him as the primordial spirit of some powerful being.”
Only then did Bai Man recall that the baby form of the Artifact God indeed showed no signs of vital energy fluctuations. It seemed it really was the primordial spirit of someone who had retired and been trapped in some space by a treasure.
“Oh, right, Artifact God, you said it would be strange if Qu Yi didn’t have six Golden Cores. What’s the reason?” Bai Man immediately became concerned about Qu Yi and asked.
The Artifact God once again took on the baby form and smiled at the two of them, saying, “Qu Yi, since you know what shape your own primordial spirit is, you should understand now.”
Qu Yi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Bai Man sheepishly and replied, “A six-headed human!”
This explained everything—each head corresponded to a separate primordial spirit, each governing one Golden Core.
Bai Man tried hard to imagine what Qu Yi’s primordial spirit looked like and soon started giggling. She kept staring at Qu Yi, making him too embarrassed to lift his head.
Suddenly, Qu Yi remembered something and raised his head abruptly, asking, “Artifact God, why does Sister also have Golden Cores in her body? She doesn’t seem to have cultivated at all?”
Bai Man froze upon hearing this.

The Artifact God glanced at the two of them and smiled, saying, “Qu Yi, you really don’t understand the uniqueness of the Five Elements Spirit Evil. In fact, the Five Elements Spirit Evil has been helping Bai Man cultivate—absorbing spiritual energy, tempering her body, and strengthening her primordial spirit. According to the classification in your cultivation world, Bai Man’s strength is equivalent to that of someone in the middle stage of the Golden Dan phase. By cultivating together, you absorbed the energy of the Five Elements Spirit Evil and then passed it back to Bai Man. The two of you shared this energy equally, which allowed you to break through to the early stage of the Golden Dan phase, while Bai Man’s strength dropped to the same level, resulting in the formation of a Golden Dan within her body.”

Qu Yi and Bai Man blushed again. So, the Five Elements Spirit Evil had such benefits? If they hadn’t been cultivating together, they wouldn’t have known.

Seeing the two fall into an awkward silence once more, the Artifact God took the initiative to speak, “Qu Yi, I’m happy to tell you that from now on, you can change your cultivation method. From now on, just go kill people, take their Golden Dans, and swallow them directly to advance in level.”

Qu Yi was astonished and asked in confusion, “Artifact God, the energy of the five elements is far too complex. The energy in others’ Golden Dans must be different from mine. How can I swallow it?”

Take the energy of the metal element alone—some manifests as sharpness, some as hardness, and some as a fierce, oppressive aura. Their characteristics vary greatly. If two Golden Dans with different characteristics are forced to merge, they might fight against each other until they explode.

The Artifact God sighed and shouted, “Qu Yi, I originally didn’t want to scold you because of Bai Man’s presence. But now it seems I have no choice but to say you’re an idiot. Haven’t you thought about it? Inside your dantian lies a mixed Golden Dan that can neutralize various energies. How can you possibly swallow it?”

It turned out that among Qu Yi’s six Golden Dans, one was a mixed Golden Dan located in his dantian, where all kinds of energies converged. Inside his internal organs, there was a metal-element Golden Dan in his lungs, a wood-element Golden Dan in his liver, a water-element Golden Dan in his kidneys, a fire-element Golden Dan in his heart, and an earth-element Golden Dan in his spleen.

Qu Yi nodded and obediently lowered his head again.

Bai Man stared at Qu Yi in amazement. It was the first time she knew that he had cultivated five different elemental techniques simultaneously. She had previously thought he only knew the metal-element techniques.

It wasn’t Bai Man’s fault—Qu Yi had only used metal-element spells before. Not even she, nor anyone else, knew he possessed five elemental techniques.

Qu Yi seemed to remember something again and immediately raised his head, asking, “Instrument God, I can accept devouring golden pills, but what about my cultivation level? If I can’t raise my level, and I devour too much energy from those pills, won’t I explode?”
Cultivation level is like a barrel, and energy is like water. If there’s too much water in a too-small barrel, the water will spill out.
Therefore, in the world of cultivation, ordinary people first cultivate their primordial spirit and raise their cultivation level before daring to absorb energy to further improve their skills.
The Instrument God sighed again and then suddenly shouted, “Qu Yi, you stupid fool! With me here, what are you afraid of not having enough cultivation level? Let me tell you plainly—even if you were to devour a Yuan Ying at the Mahayana stage today, I guarantee you won’t explode.”
The Mahayana stage is the highest cultivation level in the world of cultivation, with extremely vast and immense energy.
Qu Yi subconsciously lowered his head, feeling that he had lost all face in front of Bai Man as the Instrument God scolded him loudly.
Bai Man, on the other hand, laughed carefree, finding it extremely amusing to see the infant-like Instrument God getting angry and scolding.
Seeing that Qu Yi no longer asked questions, the Instrument God grew bored. Noticing Bai Man giggling at it, it immediately turned into a well-behaved little baby.
“Oh, right, Bai Man. Over the years, your body has been tempered by the Five Elements Spirit Evil, so your body’s attributes should be considered mutated Five Elements Roots. Let me put it this way: for the five types of cultivation techniques, you can choose any one to practice, and your body will then take on the corresponding spirit root attribute. For example, if you choose a wood-related technique, your body will become a wood spirit root, and the other four spirit root attributes will disappear. But if you later practice a metal-related technique, your body will also possess a metal spirit root attribute. In short, your body is quite unique.” The Instrument God remembered and spoke up again.
Bai Man was stunned for a moment before understanding. She never expected that the Five Elements Spirit Evil, which had troubled her for so many years, could also bring such benefits to her.
“Senior sister, then which type of cultivation technique do you want to practice?” At this point, Qu Yi thought it was time to show his concern.
“Qu Yi, I want to practice a metal-related technique. It has strong attack power and fast speed, which will be very useful when I seek revenge in the future,” Bai Man replied without hesitation.
Bai Man would never forget her father, Huai Qing’s death. Her goal in cultivation was solely revenge.

Qu Yi immediately said, “Okay, senior sister. Let’s work together to kill that traitor Huai Jin, destroy the Fire Moon Sect, and get rid of that guy who sets fires everywhere.”
Bai Man nodded firmly.
Seeing both of them filled with anger, the atmosphere became oppressive again, so the Artifact God reminded them, “Qu Yi, Huai Qing’s storage bracelet is already in your hands. You can open it and take a look now.”
It turned out that over the past month, Qu Yi had been staying with Bai Man and hadn’t even checked Huai Qing’s storage bracelet.
Bai Man immediately stared at Qu Yi with envy, forcing herself to hold back her tears.
Qu Yi quickly took out Huai Qing’s storage bracelet, dropped blood on it to claim ownership, and used his spiritual awareness to scan through the items stored inside. Then he took all those items out right away.
“Wow, this is starfall iron—there’s so much of it. This is windlight stone; there’s even a piece as big as a fist. Huai Qing was quite lucky. This is heart-warming cold fungus, this is nine-scented heavenly fruit. All that’s missing is the cold bright grass to refine the Spirit Infant Pill. Ah, this is the shell of a ten-thousand-year-old hidden turtle, which can be used to craft defensive armor. Oh, there are so many spirit stones here too—there are a hundred top-grade spirit stones alone. This must be the entire treasure of the Immortal Cloud Sect…”
Once all the items were out, the Artifact God began to inspect and identify them nonstop.
Qu Yi’s eyes, however, were fixed on the jade sword. For its sake, Huai Qing had even used the Soul Star-Picking Technique on himself, used it to kill Master Han Yue, eliminated the adult hidden turtle, and was able to resist Master Ling Huo in the early stages of his spirit emergence—all of which demonstrated the mystery of the jade sword.
Without hesitation, Qu Yi picked up the jade sword and dropped a drop of blood on it.
“Eight-direction Jade Sword, you have claimed one of them. The Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion awaits your arrival!”
Qu Yi immediately heard this voice from afar, realizing it was information stored within the jade sword. He also understood that this sword was related to an immortal mansion.
An immortal mansion? Qu Yi was stunned. This cultivation world could actually be called the realm of immortals, where cultivators longed to ascend to the immortal realm. Only those from the immortal realm could build immortal mansions, right? Could it be that someone from the immortal realm came to this cultivation world and left behind an immortal mansion?
The more Qu Yi thought about it, the more shocked he became. He finally understood why Huai Qing had placed such great importance on the jade sword. Huai Qing had used the Soul Star-Picking Technique on him to erase his memories related to the jade sword. And when facing pressure from Master Han Yue, Huai Qing only resorted to using the jade sword at the last moment—all to keep it secret, so as not to reveal its existence when his strength wasn’t yet sufficient to protect himself.

And now, Qu Yi has obtained this jade sword.