Chapter 47: The Rift on the Equator

Above Tianyi Star, which was already covered in red hues, a vast hole ten thousand miles wide suddenly appeared in the sky over the equator. A dazzling white light burst forth from it, illuminating the entire Tianyi Star region.

Naturally, the elders of the ten major sects immediately realized that the Six Harmonies Blade was about to appear on Tianyi Star. Thus, they rushed to Tianyi Star one after another, fearing that someone else might seize the blade first. Once someone possessed its power, it would be impossible for the elders of other sects to compete for it, and they would even risk their lives in the process.

In the starry sky, the elders of the four cultivation sects and the three demon cultivation sects flew separately. Meanwhile, the thirty-three members of the three fiend cultivation sects flew together, clearly indicating that they had united as one group.

To reach Tianyi Star from the Inner Hundred Stars, they originally had to pass by Tianer Star. Their plan was to land on Tianer Star first before flying to Tianyi Star. But the emergence of the Six Harmonies Blade seemed to have accelerated, disrupting the plans of the elders from the ten sects.

A total of 102 elders in the Consolidation stage flew through the starry sky for a month before arriving at Tianyi Star. They flew to the red-hued rift and then entered Tianyi Star one by one through the dazzling white light.

When they landed on Tianyi Star’s surface, they immediately sensed something unusual. The spiritual energy of this place seemed to be sinking into the ground. When they tried to absorb it to replenish their vital energy, they couldn’t compete with Tianyi Star at all and couldn’t draw in even a trace of spiritual energy.

Therefore, the elders, who had been flying in space for so long, had no choice but to take out their pills and swallow them to restore their vital energy.

Only after restoring their vital energy did these elders begin to carefully extend their spiritual senses to explore their surroundings.

They landed around Tianyi Star’s equator, where a massive rift ten thousand miles long already existed. Red flames kept bursting forth from the rift endlessly. Yet, when these red flames left the surface of the rift, they suddenly transformed into white light and shot into the starry sky—truly miraculous.

At that moment, Shuo Shang, the leader of the Jinyang Sect, shouted, “Shuo Rui, Shuo Xu, let’s enter the rift. The Six Harmonies Blade must be underground on this planet.”

With that, Shuo Shang, Shuo Rui, and Shuo Xu immediately plunged into the equatorial rift. As soon as they entered, no trace of their presence was detected, and the elders of the other nine sects still standing on the surface could no longer sense them.

Seeing the movements of the three from the Jin Yang Sect, the elders of the other nine sects immediately understood that they intended to sneak directly underground. Instead of waiting for the Six Harmonies Blade to appear, they planned to break the sealing formation of the blade and seize it right away.
“We can’t let those three from the Jin Yang Sect take it! We’ll go in too!”
“Shuo Shang, don’t even think about it! Our Qing Yun Sect will also enter!”
“Bastards! You want to get your hands on the Six Harmonies Blade as soon as you get in!”
……
The elders of the other nine sects, upon realizing this, cursed loudly before also diving into the fissure in the Earth of the Equator, flying toward the bottom of the unfathomable chasm.
Not every part of the fissure was on fire; only in the central area had a wall of flames formed, dividing the fissure into north and south sections. The flames seemed gentle, but anyone whose spiritual sense touched them vanished instantly, so everyone knew they must not approach them.
Thus, this wall of flames immediately separated the ten sects into two groups. In the north part of the fissure were the Jin Yang Sect, Cang Yang Valley, Tai Yuan Gate, Lan Yang Palace, and Qing Yun Sect. In the south part were five more sects: Ying Tian Sect, Bi Yan Peak, Bai Shou Peak, Xian Yue Cliff, and Jiu Gong Island.
As soon as Shuo Shang, Shuo Rui, and Shuo Xu entered the fissure, they actually entered the Inch Realm Sphere, which caused all traces of their presence to disappear.
So, at that moment, only the elders of Cang Yang Valley, Tai Yuan Gate, Lan Yang Palace, and Qing Yun Sect were in the north part of the fissure.
The eleven elders of Cang Yang Valley had entered after seeing the three from the Jin Yang Sect go into the fissure behind them. But once they flew in, they found that the three from the Jin Yang Sect had disappeared, replaced by three elders from other cultivation sects.
Instantly, Liang Kui from Tai Yuan Gate, Rong Zhu from Lan Yang Palace, and Cui Zhan from Qing Yun Sect exchanged spiritual signals and reached a consensus: the three sects would unite to first eliminate the eleven elders of Cang Yang Valley.
Whoosh!
The elders of Tai Yuan Gate, Lan Yang Palace, and Qing Yun Sect immediately surrounded the elders of Cang Yang Valley.
“Liang Kui, Rong Zhu, Cui Zhan—what do you mean by this?” Li Zhong shouted angrily, scanning the surroundings frantically.
Of course, the elders of Cang Yang Valley understood what the three sects intended. They tried to buy time by speaking, preparing to defend themselves and break through.

“Li Zhong, stop resisting. Since you belong to the demon-cultivating sect, it’s only your bad luck for you to end up in the same area as our three immortal-cultivating sects.” Liang Kui laughed heartily as he drew a golden sword from his hand.

Earlier, through the exchange of spiritual energies among the three sects, they reached an agreement: first eliminate the demon-cultivating and demon-tampering sects, and then let the immortal-cultivating sects fight over the Six Directions Blade.

By now, the Dimensional Sphere had turned into a speck of dust, falling onto the wall of a crack in the ground.

“Hehe, these sects really start fighting as soon as they arrive. I’m truly prescient,” Qu Yi said with a laugh, sensing the movements outside through his spiritual awareness.

The Artifact God, lying on the soft chair, replied indifferently, “Stop making noise. Lie down and rest. It will take a long time for these sects to fight each other. Besides, the Six Directions Blade won’t appear right away—it will take another half year.”

Qu Yi was shocked and immediately flew to the soft chair, asking urgently, “Artifact God, how do you know it will take half a year for the Six Directions Blade to appear?”

The Artifact God moved slightly and smiled, “You can’t ask. I won’t tell you. All I can reveal is that the one who sealed the Six Directions Blade seems to have predicted the current situation. He deliberately created these celestial anomalies to draw in the strongest sects in the cultivation world, causing them to fight among themselves. But the Six Directions Blade must be here already—the sealing formation is breaking down, so it won’t be sealed much longer.”

Qu Yi understood. It seemed that back then, Emperor Hao, Qing Mu, and Shui Lin, hunted by fifteen people from the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Monster Realm, were filled with rage. After building the Hao Tian Immortal Mansion, they sealed the Eight Directions Sword and the Six Directions Blade in various places in the cultivation world, deliberately provoking conflicts and chaos among the powerful sects.

Now that he knew when the Six Directions Blade would appear, Qu Yi paid less attention to the battle between the nine sects outside. He then lay quietly on the soft chair, continuing to scan the Three Elements Dao.

…

The eleven members of Cangyang Valley had each taken out their magical treasures. Surprisingly, they all held the same yellow seal.

This yellow seal was about the size of a palm, with intricate patterns engraved on it, containing a highly powerful formation. It was the Eight Directions Seal. It was one of the two defensive treasures the eleven members of Cangyang Valley brought with them before arriving in the Tianhuo Star Region. The offensive treasure hadn’t come time to be revealed yet.

Given the current situation, the eleven members of Cangyang Valley could only try to break through and escape. It was completely impossible for them to defeat the other three sects alone.

Liang Kui, Rong Zhu, and Cui Zhan saw the eleven people from Cangyang Valley. Eight of them held the Eight Directions Seals, and all three hesitated for a moment. By cooperating, these three factions planned to first eliminate the other sects and then fight among themselves. But if they revealed their trump cards now, although they could deal with the eleven people from Cangyang Valley, their own trump cards would be exposed, rendering them useless later on.

Trump cards must not be revealed casually.

“Attack together!” Liang Kui suddenly shouted.

Liang Kui understood the concerns of the other two factions, so he didn’t demand that they reveal their trump cards either. Instead, he ordered the elders of the three factions to use their spells to attack Cangyang Valley.

Whoosh!

The eleven people from Taiyuan Sect wielded their magical artifacts and cast their spells—all golden-colored spells of the metal element: golden blades, flying golden swords, golden knives with gusts of wind… Each spell was sent simultaneously at the eleven people from Cangyang Valley.

The eleven people from Qingyun Sect also used their magical artifacts and unleashed their ultimate techniques—all green-colored spells of the wood element: creating forests from wood, wind blades, withering, corrosion by gentle winds… Eleven spells were sent mercilessly at the eleven people from Cangyang Valley.

The eleven people from Lanyang Palace took out pipe-like magical artifacts and channeled their fire energy. A huge fire dragon emerged from the mouthpieces, and eleven fire dragons rushed at the eleven people from Cangyang Valley at the same time.

The eleven people from Cangyang Valley also took out their own magical artifacts and cast their spells. In particular, the eight Eight Directions Seals emitted a barrier resembling a sphere of true energy in all directions. Eight giant spheres nested inside each other, surrounding the eleven people from Cangyang Valley at their center.

The metal spells from Taiyuan Sect, the wood spells from Qingyun Sect, and the fire spells from Lanyang Palace all struck the circular barrier formed by the Eight Directions Seals.

The yellow spheres of true energy burst with a pop, then another… One after another, all eight spheres exploded. Yet the power of the three factions’ spells was completely diminished. The spells that reached the eleven people from Cangyang Valley were merely small flames, which were easily dispelled with a wave of the hand by the elders of Cangyang Valley.

At that moment, the entire fissure was filled with surging true energy and violent energy flows.

Seizing this opportunity, the eleven people from Cangyang Valley immediately flew toward the bottom of the fissure. The elders of Cangyang Valley already knew that although they had used the defensive artifact, the Eight Directions Seals, facing the combined forces of the three faction elders, they still couldn’t withstand their attacks. Thus, they took advantage of this energy explosion to flee immediately.

The elders of the Three Sects—Taiyuan Gate, Qingyun Sect, and Lanyang Palace—immediately followed as well, flying down into the fissure to chase after the elders of Cangyang Valley. Under the control of the Artifact God, the Inch Realm Ball also descended right away.