Chapter 33: Senior Sister, Here’s an Eye for You

Wuyuan shot out the Dimensional Ball, immediately shaking his dragon head. Five golden swords were fired in a circle, targeting five different parts of Liangqu.
Liangqu had been injured by the Three-Eyed Whale King’s vertical eye and had been using his vital energy to recover. Seeing the five golden swords at the late Diversion stage approaching, he had no choice but to release his vital energy, creating five golden shields that scattered all the swords.
However, releasing his vital energy caused his internal injuries to flare up, and a mouthful of blood flowed from his lips.
Wuyuan, the monstrous beast, saw this as an opportunity to press further. He shook his dragon head again, firing the five golden swords once more.
This combined attack was Wuyuan’s signature move, mastered after reaching the late Diversion stage. It required a great deal of vital energy and could only be used three times at most.
Liangqu’s gaze was cold, but due to his internal injuries, he could only use his vital energy to defend against Wuyuan’s magical attacks.
Unbeknownst to him, Wuyuan persisted, shaking his dragon head violently and launching another “combined attack” with five golden swords.
“Damn you!” Liangqu spat blood, his voice slurred as he cursed in anger.
But his curses couldn’t stop the golden swords’ attacks. He had to summon more vital energy to block them once again. A mouthful of blood sprayed out, worsening his injuries further.
On the other side, Huanwu Die wielded the Eight-Directions Sword, slashing out a one-meter-wide beam of light that pierced into the Three-Eyed Whale King’s body, causing him to collapse unconscious, his vital energy completely drained.
Qu Yi had seen the Three-Eyed Whale King attempting to self-destruct and decided to step in to resolve the situation. He ordered Huanwu Die to use the Eight-Directions Sword to knock the whale king out, preventing the self-destruction.
Meanwhile, the Golden Qilin swung its Mountain-Smashing Staff, seemingly drawing in the gold energy throughout the formation space, which transformed into a giant golden axe aimed at Shennan.
Shennan was shocked—this Golden Qilin had the talent to control gold energy. With a single swing, it could absorb all the gold energy in the “Dreamy Golden Flow Formation,” turning it into a massive axe capable of splitting the sky.
In desperation, Shennan drew the Golden Hao Sword, unleashing a beam of bright sword energy that also turned into a pale golden axe to counter the golden axe.
Boom!
The two axes collided, creating a violent surge of energy that shook the entire formation space, scaring the nearby people into flying away quickly.
It was at this moment that Huanwu Die, who had just knocked out the Three-Eyed Whale King, took action. She swung her Eight-Directions Sword again, firing a beam of light that knocked Shennan unconscious as well.

Of course, Fantasy Butterfly deliberately controlled the energy she infused into the Eight Directions Sword; otherwise, if she used her full strength, Shen Nan would die immediately. At that moment, Qu Yi, Fantasy Butterfly, Wu Yuan, and Golden Qilin all turned to look at Liang Qu. “Who are you? How do you possess the Eight Directions Sword?” Liang Qu, ignoring his own injuries, stared in astonishment at Fantasy Butterfly, his eyes fixed on the sword. Liang Qu had seen the Eight Directions Sword before at the Taiyuan Sect, and only this sword possessed the unique Flowing Light spell. Throughout the cultivation world, whenever an Eight Directions Sword appeared, it was always contested by the ten major cultivation factions, so all the previously appeared swords were now in the hands of these ten factions. But since Fantasy Butterfly now had one, Liang Qu naturally assumed she must belong to one of the other nine factions. It wasn’t surprising that he reached such a conclusion—after all, the Eight Directions Sword that Qu Yi obtained came from Cui Mu Star. At that time, Qu Yi accidentally acquired the Dimensional Ball, causing celestial anomalies that masked the sword’s anomaly, so its appearance went unnoticed and didn’t draw the ten factions to compete for it. “Heh, can’t we have the Eight Directions Sword?” Qu Yi replied with a smile. Hearing this, Liang Qu felt dizzy—could it be that these people weren’t from the ten major cultivation factions? Just as Liang Qu was shocked, Fantasy Butterfly took action. She swung the Eight Directions Sword, and a palm-width beam of flowing light appeared, directly entering Liang Qu’s body. This beam was carefully controlled by Fantasy Butterfly; otherwise, even a little more would have killed the already injured Liang Qu. Qu Yi stepped forward casually, then sent his spiritual consciousness into Liang Qu’s primordial spirit to locate his soul. The Artifact God then took action, planting a soul shackle within Liang Qu’s soul. Thus, Qu Yi gained another insider among those sent by the Taiyuan Sect. Having controlled Liang Qu, Qu Yi didn’t bother waiting for him to wake up. He immediately flew to Shen Nan’s side and used the same method to have the Artifact God plant a soul shackle on him. Finally, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, Golden Qilin, and Fantasy Butterfly arrived at the Three-Eyed Whale King’s side. Qu Yi followed Shen Nan and Liang Qu. The reason he didn’t attack them right at the coast was because he had heard from the Artifact God that the Three-Eyed Whale King’s vertical eyes also had the same effect as the Sea Soul Eel’s soul crystal, though only effective on cultivators two ranks lower than the Three-Eyed Whale King. Since the Three-Eyed Whale King was currently in the later stage of Divided Attention, cultivators two ranks lower—those below the later stage of Yuan Ying—could use it.

Qu Yi realized that Bai Man was only at the early stage of Yuan Ying, and it would take too long to raise her soul realm. With the magical Vertical Eye of the Three-Eyed Whale King available, Qu Yi wasn’t in a hurry to kill them; instead, he asked them to take him to the seabed so he could strike at the last moment and seize the Vertical Eye.
“Wu Yuan, you’ve devoured the essence of this Three-Eyed Whale King. The Vertical Eye belongs to me,” Qu Yi said calmly.
Although the Three-Eyed Whale King was also a powerful fighter at the late stage of Fen Shen, Qu Yi no longer needed such subordinates. After all, he already had two subordinates at the early stage of He Ti, and he truly looked down on those at the Fen Shen stage. Naturally, the life of this Three-Eyed Whale King was not worth lamenting.
“Woooh, Qu Yi, you’re really a good person,” Wu Yuan praised joyfully upon hearing this.
Soon, the massive Three-Eyed Whale King disappeared, its essence completely consumed by Wu Yuan. Only the Vertical Eye remained, glowing with a mysterious light.
In no time, Qu Yi returned to the Inch Realm Sphere, holding the Vertical Eye and approaching Bai Man with a smile.
“Senior sister, I have something wonderful for you,” Qu Yi said happily, his eyes filled with pride.
Bai Man looked at him joyfully, her beautiful eyes brimming with affection, her face radiating happiness. After staring at Qu Yi for a while, she finally smiled and asked, “Qu Yi, what is it you want to give me?”
Qu Yi raised his left hand to cover Bai Man’s eyes before extending his right hand in front of her. Suddenly, he lowered his left hand and said with a smile, “Senior sister, here’s an eye for you.”
Wow!
When Qu Yi covered her eyes, Bai Man felt a sense of mystery, filled with longing and anticipation, attaching great importance to this gift. But when she opened her eyes, she saw a seemingly active eyeball right in front of her, even flashing as if greeting her. Bai Man was shocked—her usually silky hair suddenly became messy as if blown by a strong wind. Tears streamed down her face as she stared at Qu Yi in fear.
Qu Yi stood alone on the lawn, watching Bai Man fly away in terror. He blinked innocently, then called out weakly, “Senior sister, this is the Vertical Eye of the Three-Eyed Whale King. If you refine it, you can raise your soul realm to the late stage of Yuan Ying.”

He had intended for a romantic gift-giving moment, to see Bai Man’s happy expression once again, to hear her praise him joyfully—but now everything had deviated from plan, and Qu Yi felt utterly exhausted.
Upon hearing this, Bai Man slowly flew back, keeping her eyes fixed on that vertical eye to confirm it was indeed inanimate before calming down.
“Senior sister, I’ve been defeated by you,” Qu Yi said weakly, casually tossing the vertical eye to Bai Man.
Bai Man giggled, observing Qu Yi’s state to realize that her earlier actions had indeed struck a blow to him.
Pop!
Suddenly, Bai Man leaped up and pressed her cherry-red lips against Qu Yi’s, then looked at him with a smile.
“Senior sister!” Qu Yi’s spirits soared; he felt as though he could shatter a planet with a single punch.
Bai Man’s face turned red as she said shyly, “Qu Yi, thank you. I’m so happy.”
……
In the nest of the Three-Eyed Whale King, Liang Qu finally woke up and immediately noticed something was wrong with himself, his heart sinking.
Qu Yi sat alone at the entrance of the cave. Seeing that Liang Qu had woken up, he smiled and said, “Liang Qu, you’ve finally awakened. Your injuries were quite serious—you slept for ten days. Good, now that you’re awake, come and sit. Introduce to me everyone from the Taiyuan Sect who came this time.”
Liang Qu’s eyes darkened, but he lacked the strength to refuse. He immediately went over to Qu Yi and introduced everyone from the Taiyuan Sect.
This time, the Taiyuan Sect sent eleven people. The leader was named Liang Jue, at the late stage of the Convergence cultivation level. There were also Liang Qu and nine others, all at the early stage of Convergence cultivation.
After hearing this, Qu Yi was surprised because the composition of the people sent by the Taiyuan Sect and Cangyang Valley was exactly the same: one at the late stage of Convergence and ten at the early stage.
“Liang Qu, do your ten sects have some agreement? Why is the composition of the people sent always the same?” Qu Yi asked right away.
“Yes. Every time the Eight Directions Sword appears, our ten sects only send cultivators at the Convergence stage to compete for it. And only one can be at the late stage of Convergence; there are no restrictions on the others,” Liang Qu replied calmly.
After thinking about it, Qu Yi roughly understood. In the competition for the Eight Directions Sword, the ten major forces were all relying on that one at the late stage of Convergence, while the ten at the early stage were just there to assist, with no real expectations.
With this information, Qu Yi naturally understood the approximate strength of the ten forces, and his confidence in seizing the Eight Directions Sword grew even stronger.