Chapter 1: The Division of Treasures

The Tidal Mist stretched for thousands of miles, resembling a veil of white clouds drifting through the vast starry sky. Wherever it passed, all life fell silent.
Baiyin Star became the focus of the cultivation world overnight due to the birth of the Eight-Directions Sword. Everyone was speculating and paying close attention—whose hands would this sword ultimately fall into?
Yet, everything returned to calm.
The Tidal Mist suddenly appeared and passed right over Baiyin Star, turning it into a dead planet. Naturally, the Eight-Directions Sword, which everyone had been watching, also disappeared.
Now, the entire cultivation world’s attention was focused on the Tidal Mist, as people watched its movement closely. Everyone knew the sword must have been carried away by it.
The Tidal Mist drifted through the starry sky at the speed of crossing a small planet in a single breath. After devouring Baiyin Star, it consumed five more planets in its path. Seemingly having absorbed enough energy, it slowed down.
The white mist gradually dissolved, thinned, and faded until it vanished entirely, as if the Tidal Mist had mysteriously disappeared once more.
Among the four great perilous regions of the cultivation world— the Poisonous Star Zone, the Tidal Mist, the Soul Star Zone, and the Heavenly Fire Star Zone—the Tidal Mist was the most mysterious. No one knew where it would suddenly appear, nor where it went after disappearing.
Now, under the watchful eyes of countless people in the cultivation world, this mighty Tidal Mist vanished abruptly.
The planet closest to the area where the Tidal Mist disappeared was called Tianke Star. All those interested in the whereabouts of the Eight-Directions Sword gathered here, constantly monitoring the Tidal Mist’s movements. Even after it completely disappeared, no one found any trace of the sword, nor was its fate known.
The Eight-Directions Sword had vanished mysteriously!
Soon, everyone in the cultivation world learned that the sword was gone—no one had obtained it, and its whereabouts remained unknown.
Liupan Star and the ten major cultivation sects also learned of the sword’s disappearance at the fastest pace.
Almost simultaneously, the ten sects issued announcements throughout the cultivation world: whoever had information about the sword could earn a position as a sect elder, access all the sect’s resources freely, and choose any of its top cultivation techniques.

The top ten cultivation sects hope that generous rewards will inspire those in the cultivation world.
The Eight-Direction Swords are extremely important—they determine a sect’s eligibility to enter the Vast Heavenly Immortal Palace and are crucial to a sect’s rise or fall. Naturally, all ten top cultivation sects pay them the utmost attention.
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In the vast starry sky, right where the tidal mist disappeared, there was a fist-sized black meteorite.
In this boundless cosmos, this meteorite went completely unnoticed by cultivators—it was too small, and even the nearest cultivation planet, Tianke Star, was thousands of miles away. Not even cultivators at the Great Vehicle stage could sense it, let alone see it with the naked eye.
Yet within this meteorite lay a blue liquid the size of an egg, pulsing like a heart. A rushing sound emanated from within the meteorite, but it could not be heard from outside.
It turned out that this meteorite was the core that created the tidal mist. Now that the blue liquid had absorbed enough energy, it had gone dormant in satisfaction, causing the earth-shattering white mist to disperse.
At that moment, a speck of dust was attached to the meteorite—it was formed from the Dimensional Sphere.
Inside the Dimensional Sphere,
Qu Yi, the Divine Tool God, Li Heng, Liang Qu, Shuo Bai, the Silver-Faced Howling Dog, and the Blue Dragon lay together on soft chairs by the lake.
Qu Yi held two Eight-Direction Swords in his hands—one marked with the character “West” and the other with “Northwest”.
“This trip to the South Pole of Baiyin Star was very fruitful,” Qu Yi said. After fiddling with them for a while, he stored the swords inside his body.
He had obtained top-grade spiritual weapons—the Eight-Direction Swords—as well as five elite spiritual weapons brought by the five leaders: the Heaven-Stabilizing Seal, the Golden Rainbow Sword, the Blue-Green Crocodile Spirit Scissors, the Star-Ripping Whip, and the Golden Emperor Blade. He also got the trump cards brought by the five leaders: two humanoid puppets, Frozen Soul Ice Crystals, Meteorite Rings, and Star-Moving Golden Balls. Additionally, Qu Yi took possession of the space rings brought by the five leaders and various elders.
The gains were extremely abundant.
“What’s there to be happy about? It’s just ten top-grade spiritual weapons,” the Divine Tool God said, his infantile body curled up on the soft chair. The scene was amusing, but the Divine Tool God wasn’t embarrassed at all. With an air of maturity, he spoke up.
Qu Yi chuckled, too lazy to argue with the Divine Tool God—he was too happy right now.

Top-grade spiritual artifacts can only be crafted by the strongest beings in the cultivation world—those at the Mahayana stage. There are only ten major cultivation sects in the entire world that possess such artifacts. Even for these ten sects, it’s extremely difficult to obtain a top-grade spiritual artifact on a regular basis. If not for the Eight Directions Sword, these five leaders probably wouldn’t have even come across one. Now, all these top-grade spiritual artifacts have become cheap for Qu Yi.

“Oh, right. It’s pointless for me to keep all these by myself. This time, Li Heng, Liang Qu, Shuo Bai, the Silver-Faced Howling Dog, and Lan Long—you five have also made great contributions. Each of you should get a top-grade spiritual artifact too.” After laughing carefreely for a while, Qu Yi suddenly said.

Immediately, the five top-grade spiritual artifacts—Seal of Heaven, Golden Rainbow Sword, Cyan-Blue Crocodile Spirit Scissors, Star-Rending Whip, and Golden Emperor Blade—flew out from Qu Yi’s side.

Li Heng received the Seal of Heaven, Liang Qu got the Golden Rainbow Sword, Shuo Bai obtained the Golden Emperor Blade, the Silver-Faced Howling Dog got the Star-Rending Whip, and Lan Long acquired the Cyan-Blue Crocodile Spirit Scissors. These artifacts were originally owned by the leaders of their respective sects, and their attributes perfectly matched the true energy attributes of the five of them.

“Thank you, master!” Li Heng, Liang Qu, Shuo Bai, the Silver-Faced Howling Dog, and Lan Long exclaimed in unison in delight after receiving the artifacts.

The next moment, Qu Yi flew to another part of the Tiny World Sphere.

After reaching the later stage of the Outward Emergence phase, Qu Yi’s living space within the Tiny World Sphere expanded ten times again. Now, aside from the boundless lake, the land area had also increased significantly. Besides the lawn, a mountain had appeared as well.

Currently, Bai Man, Wu Yuan, Golden Qilin, and Illusory Dancing Butterfly had built a residence on the mountain, marked with the words “Tingfeng Residence.”

Qu Yi appeared in front of Tingfeng Residence and called out with a smile, “It’s out! Time to distribute the treasures.”

Bai Man, Wu Yuan, Golden Qilin, and Illusory Dancing Butterfly suddenly appeared, surrounding Qu Yi with smiling faces.

“Senior sister, this Star-Moving Golden Ball has the metal attribute and is very suitable for you. It’s yours.”

“Wu Yuan, this Meteor Ring has powerful attacking capabilities. Since you also possess earth true energy, which can unleash its full strength, it’s given to you.”

“Golden Qilin and Illusory Dancing Butterfly, these two humanoid puppets are yours. With enough top-grade spiritual stones, these puppets can reach the strength of the early stage of tribulation crossing.”

Qu Yi distributed all the treasures he had obtained, keeping only the Frozen Soul Ice Crystal. Only he could use this artifact, as only he possessed water true energy to fully unleash its power.

“Qu Yi, you’re really wonderful.”
“Ugh, Qu Yi, I’m so touched.”
“Thank you, master.”
Bai Man, Wu Yuan, Jin Qilin, and Huan Wu Die were all overjoyed, holding their top-grade spiritual artifacts, their eyes shining with awe. Of course, they didn’t forget to thank Qu Yi as well.
Qu Yi watched them happily, then focused on Jin Qilin and said with a smile, “Jin Qilin, you’re lucky. Besides giving you a magical weapon, I’ll also give you a piece of gold-element ore. I think you’ll be able to advance again.”
Immediately, Qu Yi took out a stone that glowed with golden light, shaped like a miniature horse—a Gold Horse Stone.
“Master, what kind of ore is this? I feel its energy is very useful to me,” Jin Qilin asked excitedly, almost drooling.
“It’s a Gold Horse Stone, an ore of the lower-grade spiritual weapon category. By absorbing it, you should be able to understand some characteristics of gold-element energy,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Jin Qilin quickly snatched the Gold Horse Stone and swallowed it in one gulp.
Qu Yi laughed and then said to everyone, “Alright, get familiar with these magical weapons. I need to go talk to the Artifact God.”
With that, Qu Yi disappeared.
On the soft chair by the lake, only the Artifact God remained lying there; Li Heng and the other five had already gone to refine their magical weapons.
Qu Yi suddenly appeared and hid on the soft chair, saying with a smile, “Artifact God, you called me over just now. What’s the matter?”
The Artifact God turned over its small body, looked at Qu Yi sideways, and said with a smile, “Qu Yi, it will take us a long time to return to the cultivation planet. From now on, you’ll have to cultivate only inside the Dimension Sphere.”
Qu Yi was shocked. He quickly spread his spiritual awareness to sense the outside situation through the Dimension Sphere.
The starry sky was vast, dotted with stars.
“The Dimension Sphere is in space, flying along with an asteroid,” Qu Yi said in a low voice, a hint of pain on his face, sharing his discovery.
In the starry sky, even the closest distances were hundreds of millions of miles. If the Dimension Sphere relied solely on its own power to fly to a planet, it would take tens of thousands of years to reach one. A cultivator at the Mahayana stage usually had a lifespan of about 20,000 years, while someone at Qu Yi’s late stage of leaving the body had a lifespan of at most 4,000 years.
Qu Yi understood what the Artifact God meant—the Dimension Sphere couldn’t fly on its own; it could only rely on asteroids to travel, hoping that when it got close to a planet, it could detach from the asteroid and fly toward it.

“Hehe, Qu Yi, this is actually a good thing too. You can use this time to complete the scanning of the First Principle. Then you can proceed to scan the Second Principle while getting familiar with these basic materials. That should be enough by then,” said the Artifact God happily.
Qu Yi glared at the Artifact God and then sighed, “There’s nothing else we can do.”
The Artifact God looked at Qu Yi with interest and then smiled, “Qu Yi, I forgot to tell you. The meteorite attached to the Inch Realm Ball is called the Tidal Stone, and it’s the one that creates the Tidal Mist. Once we can fly to planets, I’ll collect this Tidal Stone—it’s also a top-tier spiritual artifact.”
After hearing this, a faint smile finally appeared on Qu Yi’s gloomy face.