Chapter 36: Leaving Emerald Planet

Qu Yi had reached the later stage of the Golden Core phase. Overjoyed, he began to consider his next move.
Qing Wugui, Bai Man, and Wu Yuan all watched Qu Yi, waiting for his decision.
“I’m now in the later stage of the Golden Core phase. With the Jade Sword, I can defeat those in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul phase, and I can even compete with those in the later stage. I plan to ambush the ocean monsters in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul phase. Once I gather five Nascent Souls, I’ll advance to the early stage of the Nascent Soul phase,” Qu Yi said with a slight smile.
Qing Wugui glanced at him with a faint smile and said softly, “You’re seeking death.”
Qu Yi was stunned, while Bai Man furrowed her brows in anger at Qing Wugui.
“Qu Yi, you fool! Your plan sounds great, but it’s really seeking death,” the Artifact God suddenly spoke, his infant form appearing.
Qu Yi was confused. His plan was so good and flawless—how could it be seeking death?
“Qing Wugui, explain,” the Artifact God said, sitting on the lawn with his legs crossed.
Now that Qu Yi had reached the later stage of the Golden Core phase, his movement range within the Dimensional Sphere was about 500 meters.
Qing Wugui smiled faintly and said, “Qu Yi, your internal vital energy has reached the later stage of the Golden Core phase, but your entire body is still at the middle stage. If your body isn’t fully tempered by the vital energy of the later stage, forcing yourself to advance to the early stage of the Nascent Soul phase will be too much for it to bear.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi broke into cold sweat, terrified.
It was simple logic—trying to hold back water two hundred meters deep behind a dam only a hundred meters high would result in flooding.
“Don’t worry, Qu Yi. Ambushing monsters in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul phase is fine. Just don’t rush to advance to the early stage right away,” the Artifact God chuckled. Seeing Qu Yi’s expression calm down slightly, he added, “Once you have gathered enough Nascent Souls, go to Tianfeng Planet. Emerald Planet is no longer suitable for you.”
The Artifact God’s meaning was clear: there were only about twenty people and monsters in the Nascent Soul phase on Emerald Planet. Qu Yi had already killed so many, and it would be impossible to advance further by devouring Nascent Souls. He needed to go to a larger cultivation planet to find more Nascent Souls.
“Okay, then let’s prepare to leave Emerald Planet,” Qu Yi understood and agreed immediately.
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Over the Lu Dong Ocean, a blond giant was flying just above the sea surface.

The giant man was a mid-stage Yuan Ying ocean demon beast, whose true form was a golden-shell lobster. Having cultivated from a weak lobster to mid-stage Yuan Ying, his life had been one of extraordinary adventures—he led a fleet of lobsters to conquer vast sea areas. To obtain the deep-sea dragon fungus, he took great risks and even defeated a devouring jellyfish, gaining the ability to devour. Since then, his cultivation progress had been extremely rapid, and he had now reached mid-stage Yuan Ying.

“Where did Qu Yi go? Making me, a master at mid-stage Yuan Ying, go look for him,” the giant man muttered unhappily.

Suddenly, there was a human presence ahead, with a qi fluctuation indicating mid-stage Golden Dan.

“It seems I’ve found Qu Yi,” the giant man exclaimed in joy and immediately teleported over.

As soon as he arrived in front of Qu Yi, the giant man reverted to his golden-shell lobster form—a twenty-meter-long lobster standing atop the sea surface, looking terrifying.

“Are you Qu Yi?” the golden-shell lobster asked coldly, twitching its golden-thread-like whiskers.

“That’s right!” Qu Yi replied with a smile.

For a moment, both remained silent.

Suddenly, the golden-shell lobster moved. Its eight limbs moved simultaneously, creating eight rings on the sea surface, as its massive body lunged at Qu Yi.

Qu Yi sneered. His right hand already held a jade sword, which he swung with all his strength. Combining qi from the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth elements, he channeled all his qi into the jade sword. Instantly, a two-finger-wide beam of light pierced into the golden-shell lobster’s body.

Before the lobster could open its wide mouth to release its vital energy, the beam disrupted all its internal functions, preventing its vital energy from functioning.

Then, Wu Yuan produced a Dimensional Sphere, which flew toward the golden-shell lobster. With a strong suction, it drained all the lobster’s essence.

Qu Yi took out the lobster’s Yuan Ying and entered the Dimensional Sphere with Wu Yuan, while the lobster’s massive body sank back into the sea.

“Hehe, what a great jade sword! Now even killing mid-stage Yuan Ying demon beasts is so effortless,” Qu Yi said, laughing as he entered the Dimensional Sphere and held the lobster’s Yuan Ying.

Bai Man was overjoyed, while Qing Wu Gui and Wu Yuan remained calm, accustomed to Qu Yi’s self-praise.

……

In the Lu Nan Ocean, a thick column of smoke rose straight from the sea surface, expanding rapidly forward.

This smoke was created by a bright red fire python. Its entire body seemed to emit flames constantly. As it swam swiftly across the sea, it vaporized the surrounding water, creating a smoke corridor.

This bright red fire python was also a mid-stage Yuan Ying ocean demon beast, the other Yuan Ying-stage beast aside from the Sea-Burning Fire Ape.

The lair of the Scarlet Flame Python was on a slightly larger volcanic island, where there were twelve connected volcanoes that erupted in a regular pattern, one after another each month. This time, because the King of the Ocean, the Thunder Ice Crocodile, wanted to unify the Emerald Planet, he summoned the Scarlet Flame Python as well. When destroying several major mountain ranges, it was this Scarlet Flame Python that caused the most damage, burning many peaks to ashes. Now, the Scarlet Flame Python was earnestly searching for Qu Yi. “Roar! There’s a human in the middle stage of the Golden Core phase over there—surely it’s Qu Yi,” the Scarlet Flame Python’s spiritual sense detected Qu Yi and cried out in ecstasy. Immediately afterward, the Scarlet Flame Python soared into the air and vanished in an instant, teleporting right beside Qu Yi. It landed about a hundred meters in front of Qu Yi; its massive body hit the sea surface, creating a huge circular wave and also generating a massive cloud of smoke. “You’re the Scarlet Flame Python?” Qu Yi said lightly with a smile, as if none of the grand scenes that had just happened had taken place. The Scarlet Flame Python coiled up, its huge head looming over Qu Yi, and sneered, “So you’re Qu Yi, a guy in the middle stage of the Golden Core phase. You actually made me, the Scarlet Flame Python, search for you—this has annoyed me for quite some time. Now, I declare you captured.” Qu Yi chuckled and shot it a disdainful look. The Scarlet Flame Python roared and became furious. To be looked down upon by a human in the middle stage of the Golden Core phase was something its beast form in the middle stage of the Yuan Ying could not tolerate. Immediately, it shot toward Qu Yi at lightning speed, its mouth wide open with raging flames inside. Just as the Scarlet Flame Python reached Qu Yi, Qu Yi, still smiling, suddenly disappeared. Roar! The Scarlet Flame Python was enraged and immediately spat out its “Earthfire Flames” into the sea, burning the water within a hundred meters to ashes. Then Qu Yi reappeared. Soon after, Qu Yi swung his jade sword. As the Scarlet Flame Python prepared to unleash more flames with its true energy, a two-finger-width beam of light pierced through its body, knocking it unconscious. Quickly, Wu Yuan emerged from the Dimensional Ball and happily approached the Scarlet Flame Python. With a powerful bite from its dragon head, it tore through the Scarlet Flame Python and then sucked hard, draining its life force. “Ugh, so satisfying,” Wu Yuan exclaimed joyfully, licking its red tongue. Qu Yi took out the Scarlet Flame Python’s Yuan Ying and then returned to the Dimensional Ball with Wu Yuan. …

Now, Qu Yi had obtained four mid-stage Yuan Ying entities: one from Master Qing Yang, one from Master Bing Yu, one from Yuan Shan of the Golden-Shelled Lobster, and one from the Red Flaming Python. In other words, he had gathered Yuan Ying entities representing earth, water, metal, and fire. With just one more from wood, he could reach the early stage of Yuan Ying. Inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi, Qing Wu Gui, Bai Man, and Wu Yuan discussed together with the infant-like Artifact God. “Qu Yi, it’s time to leave Green Wood Planet. Among the marine monsters, there are no wood-type ones at the mid-stage Yuan Ying level,” the Artifact God said seriously. In the oceans, water-type monsters were the most numerous, while those of the other four elements were rarer. “I understand. Then let’s head to Fang Lao Mountain and leave Green Wood Planet,” Qu Yi said without hesitation. Since Green Wood Planet was no longer useful for his cultivation, it was time to leave and venture to a new planet in search of new Yuan Ying entities. “Very good. Then let’s go to Tian Feng Planet,” the Artifact God replied indifferently. Tian Feng Planet had many connections with the four major sects of Green Wood Planet. Moreover, the Spirit Talisman Cave that Qing Wu Gui wanted to find was there, and Ling Huo, who had destroyed the Immortal Cloud Sect, also came from Tian Feng Planet. It was indeed necessary for Qu Yi to go there. … On Fang Lao Mountain, Wu Yuan flapped his roc wings and flew rapidly toward the summit. Soon, Wu Yuan arrived at the spatial transmission array at the top of the mountain, and then Qu Yi, Bai Man, and Qing Wu Gui emerged as well. “Fang Lao Mountain—leaving from here, we’re about to enter a new world,” Qu Yi said with some emotion. From being an orphan in a mountain village to accidentally entering the path of cultivation, and now heading to a new planet—this journey was truly remarkable. “Alright, let’s leave now,” Qing Wu Gui said with a faint smile. For him, he had been to so many planets that it no longer held any special meaning. Qu Yi remembered his master Huai Qing’s words and said, “Qing Wu, you take the spatial transmission array. My sister and I, along with Wu Yuan, will enter the Dimensional Sphere and attach ourselves to you.” It turned out that using the spatial transmission array required at least the Yuan Ying stage of cultivation; otherwise, one would be crushed to death by the spatial pressure. “Okay. By the way, after Wu Yuan arrives at Tian Feng Planet, he might need to stay in the Dimensional Sphere for a while. It’s not a place where uncontrolled monsters can show up casually,” Qing Wu Gui said, seemingly recalling something, and immediately gave a reminder. “Ugh, I want to turn into a human,” Wu Yuan cried dejectedly. Haha! Qu Yi, Qing Wu Gui, and Bai Man all laughed together.

Then, Qu Yi, Bai Man, and Wu Yuan entered the inch-bound sphere together, which turned into a speck of dust and hid in Qing Wu Gui’s ear. Qing Wu Gui entered the space transmission array; a wisp of black vital energy was inserted into a rhombus-shaped crystal. Soon, the space transmission array lit up brightly, forming a dazzling sphere that enveloped Qing Wu Gui. With a flash of light, Qing Wu Gui disappeared. Episode 3: Three Tripod Gates