Chapter 8: Early Stage of Separation from the Parents

Qu Yi was surprised to hear his son say that he wanted to leave his parents as soon as he returned to the planet.
“Hanxin, can you give a reason?” Qu Yi quickly calmed down and asked with a smile.

Bai Man also watched Qu Hanxin nervously, unable to understand how her son could have such thoughts.
“Father, Mother, one of you is at the late stage of leaving the body, and the other is at the late stage of the Yuan Ying stage. Moreover, Wuyuan, Jin Qilin, and Huan Wu Die are all strong warriors at the separation and fusion stages. If I stay with you, I’ll never get a chance to fight. Although my life is safe, my cultivation will stop progressing. I don’t want to hide behind you; I want to face all difficulties on my own,” Qu Hanxin said calmly, clearly having thought it through carefully.

After hearing this, Qu Yi fell silent for a moment before laughing. “Alright, I agree. From now on, Xue Mu Star will be your place for cultivation. But there’s one condition: these three experts at the late separation stage must follow you.”

Xue Mu Star was just a medium-sized planet, with its strongest beings at the late separation stage. With these three experts, Qu Yi could rest assured letting his son stay there.

Upon hearing this, Qu Hanxin understood Qu Yi’s concern for his safety. If he refused, Qu Yi probably wouldn’t allow him to stay on Xue Mu Star alone. After thinking for a while, he nodded.

Seeing that the father and son had made up their minds, Bai Man’s eyes reddened. She glared at Qu Yi resentfully before walking up to Qu Hanxin, stroking his head gently and looking at him tenderly.

“Mother, don’t worry. Once I grow stronger, I’ll come back for you,” Qu Hanxin said with a smile.

Bai Man nodded through her tears.

Soon, the three brothers—Li Ting, Li Qing, and Li Chong—woke up. They stared fearfully at Qu Yi, Wuyuan, Jin Qilin, and Huan Wu Die, finally realizing they had encountered true experts.

“What do you want to do to us?”
“Our ancestor is an elder of the Tai Yuan Gate!”
“Ah, you planted a soul shackle on me! Aren’t you afraid of being hunted down by the entire cultivation world?”

The three brothers of the Li family shouted anxiously.

“Quiet! Stop making so much noise!” Jin Qilin roared, striking his staff three times, knocking the three brothers around.

The three brothers immediately fell silent, realizing they were now slaves to these people.

Seeing the three calm down, Qu Yi smiled and said, “You three, tell me about Xue Muxing’s situation.”
The three Li brothers exchanged glances before reluctantly telling Qu Yi about Xue Muxing’s situation.
On the Juxian Continent, three cultivation families led the way: the Li family, the Wang family, and the Zhang family. All three were connected to the Ten Great Sects.
On the Hui Mo Continent, there were also three cultivation families: the Mo family, the Di family, and the Duan family. These three were related to three of the Ten Great Sects that specialized in magic.
On the Ji Yao Continent gathered the most powerful demon cultivators. There were currently four demon cultivators in the late Divination stage and as many as ten in the middle Divination stage. It could be said that among the three continents, the Ji Yao Continent had the strongest power.
At present, the Hui Mo Continent and the Ji Yao Continent were in fierce battle, seemingly backed by the three major demon cultivation sects. These sects incited the demon cultivators on the Ji Yao Continent to conquer the Hui Mo Continent, and they would surely attack the Juxian Continent next.
After listening to the three brothers’ account, Qu Yi pondered for a while and already had a plan in mind. If not for his son’s insistence on staying on Xue Muxing, Qu Yi wouldn’t have bothered staying here. Now, to arrange things properly for Qu Hanxin, he had to put in some effort.
“Alright, from now on, your Li family must obey my son’s orders. From then on, you will assist Hanxin in unifying the entire Xue Muxing,” Qu Yi declared firmly, leaving no room for refusal.
At this point, Qu Yi had decided to let his son use Xue Muxing as a training ground to learn how to lead his subordinates in battles and manage them. If the Sanding Sect ever unified the cultivation world, it would ultimately be under his son’s leadership.
Li Ting, Li Qing, and Li Pang glanced at Qu Hanxin, then knelt on one knee together and declared, “We are willing to obey!”
Qu Hanxin nodded, understanding her father’s intentions and feeling deeply moved.
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On the Juxian Continent, Wang family from the three major cultivation families sent Jin Qilin alone. In no time, he tied up the three Wang family cultivators in the late Divination stage with a rope.
In a valley, Jin Qilin handed the three Wang family cultivators over to Qu Yi, who then had the Artifact God implant soul shackles on them.
Doing this again, Jin Qilin went to the Zhang family and brought back the three Zhang family cultivators in the late Divination stage, after which the Artifact God implanted soul shackles on them as well.
All three major families on the Juxian Continent were now under Qu Yi’s control.
Soon after, Qu Yi headed to the Hui Mo Continent.

There, the Magic Cultivators were resisting the fierce attacks of the Demon Cultivators. The demonic beasts on land and in the seas, like a tide, were endless in number, devouring the territories of the Magic Cultivators one after another. Half of the entire Huima Continent had already fallen.

The core combat force of the Demon Cultivators consisted of four demonic beasts at the late Divination stage: the Purple Feather Thunder Roc, the Golden-Eyed Soul Eagle, the Abyssal Poison Frog, and the Mountain-Shattering Bear King. At that moment, these four beasts, along with all the top experts of the Demon Cultivators, had moved to a valley to discuss their next moves.

Suddenly, the Golden Qilin descended from the sky and struck with its mountain-breaking staff four times, knocking out the leaders of the four demonic beasts instantly. The Golden Qilin, still in the early stage of fusion, found it far too easy to deal with these beasts at the late Divination stage.

Naturally, Qu Yi immediately emerged from the Dimensional Sphere, and his Artifact God stepped forward to implant soul shackles on the leaders of the four demonic beasts.

By now, Qu Yi had taken control of the Juxian Continent and Jiyao Continent on Xuemu Star, so he decided to stop there. As for the Huima Continent, he planned to leave it to his son, Qu Hanxin, to lead the Immortal Cultivators and Demon Cultivators in wiping out the Magic Cultivators and gaining valuable experience.

As for the blame, it would surely fall on the three major Demon Cultivation sects in the cultivation world. All the bad reputation could be shifted onto them—everyone just needed to claim it was the plan of those three sects.

After that, Qu Yi returned to the Dimensional Sphere, while Bai Man traveled alone through the spatial teleportation arrays, moving from one planet to another on her way to Liupan Star.

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Inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi sat alone by a lake, with the Jade Platform in front of him. On the platform were five Yuanjins at the mid-Divination stage, one for each of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

On Xuemu Star, Qu Yi also found a few mid-Divination stage experts with poor reputations, killed them, and seized their Yuanjins in the process.

Now, Qu Yi was preparing to reach the early Divination stage during his journey to Liupan Star. His soul realm had already reached the mid-Divination stage. In a few more years, if he could scan the entire Dual Path, he would be able to reach the late Divination stage. For now, it was still quite easy for him to reach the early Divination stage.

After adjusting his physical condition to its best, Qu Yi immediately accelerated the speed of the five cultivation techniques within his body, continuously improving them to their current limits.

Glorious and splendid, with all plants reviving, the sky merging with the water, sparks spreading like wildfire, and the imperial lands stretching vast—when these five cultivation techniques were operated at their maximum speed, the energies of the five elements emerged from the five internal organs, forming a mysterious cycle with the external spiritual energy. Streams of spiritual energy in the colors of gold, green, blue, red, and yellow enveloped the entire body of Qu Yi.

“Five primordial embryos, enter my body! Refine my original spirit and explore the void!”

Qu Yi suddenly shouted, then opened his mouth wide and sucked in the five primordial embryos on the jade platform into his body, which soon reached his dantian.

The combined primordial embryos in his dantian quickly broke them down and guided them into five powerful energy streams.

The speed of the five cultivation techniques increased even further, with the five colored energy streams outside his body moving in and out intensely, as if about to create cracks in space.

In fact, this process was Qu Yi rapidly purifying the energy inside and outside his body, removing impurities to make his own energy purer and closer to the original energies of the five elements.

Suddenly, the five colored energy streams outside Qu Yi’s body vanished and were instantly absorbed into his body.

The next moment, a translucent figure appeared above Qu Yi’s head—a six-headed human form, with one head at the center and five heads surrounding it, clearly the outline of his original spirit.

During the stage of separating the spirit, one travels through the void with their original spirit to understand the characteristics of the five elements’ energies.

At this point, Qu Yi’s original spirit figure finally emerged from his body and appeared outside, having reached the stage where the original spirit left the body.

Inside Qu Yi’s body, as the original spirit figure appeared above his head, loud cracking sounds were heard—seemingly as the energy inside struggled to transform and concentrate to support the emergence of the original spirit.

The original spirit figure gradually changed, evolving from a vague outline to something more tangible. The six heads became more detailed, each part becoming clearer, and eventually the human body part also solidified.

Time passed slowly.

At some point, the six-headed human original spirit above Qu Yi’s head fully took human form, appearing quite sentient and able to move freely with Qu Yi’s will.

By then, Qu Yi had completed the separation of his original spirit and reached the early stage of this stage. In future cultivation, he would be able to send his original spirit into the void to directly interact with the energies of the five elements and understand their characteristics.

It took Qu Yi a full month to reach the early stage of separating the spirit.

During this time, Bai Man, carrying the Dimensional Ball, had traveled across a thousand planets and finally arrived at a large planet—Tai Qian Star.

Just by using the space teleportation array from Yingxian Island on Taiqian Star, one can reach the core planet of the cultivation realm, Liupan Star.