Chapter 23: News of the Eight-Direction Sword

With five consecutive attacks of his Peng Wing, Wu Yuan knocked out Dong Qing, Dong De, Yan Ren, Qing Chuan, Shi Jue, and Leng Yu. Then, with Qu Yi’s help, the six were sent into the Inch Realm Ball, and Wu Yuan followed suit. From then on, Wu Yuan could slowly savor them. Inside the Inch Realm Ball, Qu Yi held absolute control—even if those six regained their mid-Divination Stage strength, they would still be unable to use it.

Seeing Qu Yi bring in the six, the Artifact God laughed and asked, “Qu Yi, these are six strong warriors at the mid-Divination Stage. Are you really willing to let Wu Yuan devour them? Don’t you plan to make them submit to you?”

Qu Yi smiled at the infant-like Artifact God and replied calmly, “Artifact God, do you really think I’d let Wu Yuan devour them? Of course not. Wu Yuan can drink their blood, but he can’t swallow them. Also, Artifact God, are you worried that after obtaining these Divination Stage warriors, I won’t strive to cultivate anymore? Don’t worry—nothing is more important than one’s own cultivation level. I understand that.”

Wu Yuan stood aside, flapping his Peng Wings restlessly, clearly unhappy, as if drinking only blood and not meat was boring.

At that moment, Qing Wu Gui also came to Qu Yi’s side. After a brief silence, he said, “Qu Yi, you’ve now taken control of the most powerful figures in the Tianhua Continent. I want to go to Tianhua Continent alone and fight against those Extranormal Stage warriors who are scattered around.”

Earlier, Qu Yi had already killed or captured the Divination Stage warriors from three cultivation sects. For Qing Wu Gui, it would indeed be suitable to fight against them and gain energy from the battles.

“Alright, Qing Wu Gui. Your cultivation method is unique, so I won’t stop you,” Qu Yi said.

Qing Wu Gui took Mu Han’s delicate hand and nodded.

Qu Yi then left the Inch Realm Ball and appeared before all the beasts. After scanning them, he said, “Guys, now that the strong warriors from the three cultivation sects are gone, you can send people to plunder their wealth. Well, this task will be assigned to you eight—Fei Ying Black Panther, Tian Yi White Tiger, Bao Xue Ice Silkworm, An Xiang Cold Fox, Si Yi Flying Dragon, Lei Yan Dragon Eagle, Huan Ying Dragonfly, and Jin Ban Bee Queen. Each of you lead some beasts and thoroughly plunder the three cultivation sects.”

“Yes, master,” the eight beasts at the early Divination Stage replied immediately.

Qu Yi thought for a moment before adding, “By the way, you only need to deal with these three cultivation sects. There’s no need to bother those smaller sects.”

It turned out that Qu Yi thought that since Qing Wu Gui intended to venture to Tianhua Continent, he naturally needed some experts at the Out-of-Body stage as sparring partners. Therefore, Qu Yi wanted to give some instructions; otherwise, once these monsters descended the mountain and went to any small sect, they would slaughter everyone there, making it impossible for Qing Wu Gui to find anyone to fight against.

The eight monsters at the early Stage of Divided Mind immediately replied affirmatively.

After arranging these matters, Qu Yi felt greatly relieved. With no other distractions, he could now focus entirely on scanning the formation.

Within a day, Qing Wu Gui left the Heavenly Punishment Mountains with Mu Han, while the eight monsters at the early Stage of Divided Mind led the rest of the monsters to attack three cultivation sects. The other monsters returned to their own territories.

Qu Yi, Bai Man, and Wu Yuan stayed inside the Inch Realm Sphere, preparing for meditation.

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Liupan Star, Cangyang Valley.

Yang Di, the Elder in charge of internal affairs, was sitting in a quiet room. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and took out a communication token. He then channeled his vital energy to activate the token and immediately sent a message to Leng Yu to inquire about the progress of hunting down the murderer.

Although Yang Di was in a state of meditation, his mind could not remain calm. Whenever he thought of his son, Yang Tianqi, he would wake up immediately and use the communication token to ask about the progress. But this time, he was disappointed—Leng Yu did not respond.

Yang Di’s brows furrowed, and a sense of foreboding arose in his heart. Suddenly, he flew out of his palace and arrived at the Soul Hall in Cangyang Valley, where he found Leng Yu’s Soul Seal Lamp. “No, brother Leng Yu, how could you also leave me?” Yang Di cried out in grief as soon as he saw the Soul Seal Lamp extinguished.

Yang Di and Leng Yu had joined Cangyang Valley together to cultivate and had a very close relationship. During one mission, Leng Yu was injured while trying to save Yang Di, which affected his cultivation progress. This made Yang Di even more grateful to Leng Yu, who he already regarded as his closest person. Naturally, upon learning that Leng Yu had died as well, his grief was immediately evident.

After crying bitterly, Yang Di’s eyes suddenly lit up. He went to the Soul Seal Lamps of Xia Han and his law enforcement team members and found that these ten people had also died. “Good, good, so good! Two at the middle Stage of Divided Mind and nine at the early Stage—all dead. What kind of people are there on this Tianhua Star that are so ruthless?” A cold glint appeared in Yang Di’s eyes.

By now, Yang Di had reached the middle Stage of Consolidation. He had made up his mind to go to Tianhua Star in person to find the real murderer and avenge his son and brother.

As expected, after a month of coordination, Yang Di stepped down from his role as the Internal Affairs Elder. He took two disciples in the later stages of the Divination Phase and ten disciples from the Enforcement Team in the early stages of the Divination Phase, and headed to Tianhua Star.
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In the realm of cultivation, the various cultivation planets vary in size. Planets like Tianfeng Star and Tianhua Star are only medium-sized, and above these medium-sized planets, there are even larger ones. Baiyin Star is a large planet, home to various super sects, with many experts at the Divination Phase and Fusion Phase, as well as some remnants from the Calamity Crossing Phase. Around Baiyin Star, there are numerous medium-sized planets such as Tianfeng Star, Tianhua Star, Tian Gui Star… All these medium-sized planets are influenced by the super sects on Baiyin Star. The Three Immortal and Three Demon sects on Tianhua Star are all connected to the super sects on Baiyin Star and are branches of them. After the beasts in the Heavenly Punishment Mountains destroyed the Three Immortal and Three Demon sects, the super sects on Baiyin Star showed no reaction and sent no one to intervene. It turned out that Baiyin Star was also greatly disrupted by cultivators of the beast path at that time.
Baiyin Star is a magical planet. In the northern hemisphere, there is an ocean called the Ten Islands Ocean. There are ten islands in this ocean, each as large as the Tianhua Continent, and each island is controlled by a super sect. In the southern hemisphere, the entire hemisphere is an ice continent covered only by ice and snow. On this ice continent, fierce cold winds blow constantly. The further south one goes, the stronger the winds become, even giving rise to icy wind blades. As one approaches the pole, spatial gaps begin to appear at any time. However, there are also numerous water and ice-type beasts living on this ice continent. In such a harsh environment, the strength of these beasts is extremely abnormal.
And now, Baiyin Star has fallen into chaos due to these beasts from the ice continent. The beasts are fighting against the ten major super sects, with both sides suffering losses, but the beasts still hold the upper hand, leaving the ten sects in temporary chaos as they constantly worry about the beasts attacking suddenly.
One day, a radiant glow appeared over the Ten Islands Ocean, visible to everyone on the planet. Then the ten major sects and the expert beasts went to investigate and discovered that within that radiant glow, five characters appeared: “Eight Directions Swords, South Pole.” At this moment, as a fact known to everyone in the realm of cultivation, opening the only grand immortal mansion in this realm requires gathering eight Eight Directions Swords. All these experts realized that one of these swords was located on Baiyin Star.

At lightning speed, these eleven people immediately transmitted the news to Liupan Star and informed the ten most powerful cultivation factions in the cultivation world. Naturally, the news quickly spread throughout the entire cultivation world—Bafang Sword was about to be born on Baiyin Star. Soon, Jiemo Island and Yingxian Island in the cultivation world became bustling. Some powerful cultivators set off immediately for Baiyin Star, hoping to try their luck there. As people flocked over, the local factions on Baiyin Star also stopped fighting and waited for the representatives of the ten factions from Liupan Star to arrive. At this time, Yang Di was already transported to Baiyin Star; just another teleportation would take him to Tianhua Star. But as soon as Yang Di stepped out of the teleportation array, a message arrived via the communication token. “Yang Di, Bafang Sword is about to be born on Baiyin Star. Stay there and wait for us to send people over.” This message was sent by Li Zhen, the elder in charge of protecting Cangyang Valley. He was also the leader of the valley’s enforcement team, and usually, he handled matters related to Cangyang Valley. Given the significance of Bafang Sword, Cangyang Valley entrusted this task to Li Zhen. After receiving the message, Yang Di was depressed for a day before deciding to put his plans on hold for now. Instead of going to Tianhua Star, he stayed on Baiyin Star to gather information about various factions and wait for Cangyang Valley’s forces to arrive. “As soon as Bafang Sword’s matter is resolved, I’ll head to Tianhua Star right away to find the murderer. Qi Er, Leng Yu, don’t worry—I will definitely avenge you,” Yang Di vowed firmly after calming himself down. Then, he took twelve people to the edge of the Ice Continent, waiting for Cangyang Valley’s people to arrive. Meanwhile, on Tianhua Star, Qu Yi remained inside the Dimensional Sphere, using five spiritual senses to scan the formation, with one spiritual sense dedicated to familiarizing himself with the materials needed for refining. Having already refined the Soul Gathering Stone, Qu Yi’s spiritual sense speed had doubled compared to before, making the scanning process much faster. Naturally, his soul realm was also advancing rapidly. Suddenly, the Golden Qilin, which was searching for Metal Silkworms in the Heavenly Punishment Mountains, sent a message: “Master, Bafang Sword is about to be born on Baiyin Star.” Upon receiving this message, Qu Yi immediately left the Dimensional Sphere and looked at the Golden Qilin with joy. There were eight Bafang Swords in total, each inscribed with a character representing a direction. The jade sword in Qu Yi’s hand, also one of the Bafang Swords, had the character “West” engraved on it, indicating the western direction.

Qu Yi also knew the use of the Eight Directions Sword. Since he already had one, he had no objection to acquiring another, as that would give him more advantages when entering the Immortal Palace in the future.
“Hehe, it seems I need to make a trip to White Yin Star,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.