Chapter 17: Brothers Reunite

When Qu Yi picked up the communication token, he scanned it with his spiritual sense and found that the message came from Qing Wu Gui. The only content was, “Enemies are chasing us; come to Desert Star immediately.”
Naturally, Qu Yi understood that Qing Wu Gui was now being pursued by enemies and had fled to Desert Star.
Qu Yi had heard of Desert Star before—its entire surface was covered in deserts, and it was a large planet where cultivators and ordinary people both lived in the deserts.
Qu Yi didn’t know how to explain the situation to True Master Fu Yun or True Master Han Jin, so he gave orders and flew away right away. He then rushed to Yingxian Island on Feiyun Star at the fastest speed and used a spatial teleportation array to head to Desert Star.
As Qu Yi flew away from the valley, on a mountain tens of thousands of miles away, a powerful cultivator in the early stage of the Tribulation Phase from Taiyuan Gate frowned deeply, lost in thought.
“This Li Mu has quite a lot of magical artifacts—sometimes earth-type spirit talismans, sometimes top-grade water-type spiritual weapons. Where did he get them all?”
“How does Li Mu possess multiple types of vital energy? Besides his own gold-type vital energy, how can he still unleash the full power of earth-type spirit talismans and activate the power of ice crystals?”
“Besides those strange assassination spells, the teleportation technique he showed just now is even more powerful than those in the cultivation world. This is quite strange…”
This powerful cultivator kept his spiritual sense fixed on Qu Yi, so he had fully sensed the battle in the valley earlier and learned some of Qu Yi’s secrets.
“Hmph, never mind. For now, only I, Shan Meng, know these secrets. Once I capture those three from the Jin Yang Sect, I’ll also catch Li Mu and force him to reveal these techniques,” the cultivator thought to himself.
Immediately afterward, this Shan Meng, also in the early stage of the Tribulation Phase, used teleportation to chase after Qu Yi.
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For a month straight, Qu Yi used spatial teleportation arrays until he finally arrived at Desert Star.
On Desert Star, there were no Yingxian Island or Jiemo Island, as there was no sea at all—the entire planet was a desert. Moreover, only earth-type cultivation techniques were suitable here. The Immortal Path Alliance and the Demon Path Alliance didn’t want to waste resources here, so they didn’t establish Yingxian Island or Jiemo Island.
However, a spatial teleportation array was still set up on Desert Star to facilitate access for people from the cultivation world.

The terrain of Desert Star is quite unique. In the eastern hemisphere’s desert, there are ten thousand huge pits, within which lie oases suitable for ordinary people to live in. In the western hemisphere, there are ten thousand raised desert hills, which serve as training grounds for cultivators.

The entire terrain can be vividly described as if ten thousand giant meteorites had fallen simultaneously into the desert of the eastern hemisphere, creating ten thousand pits there while also pushing up ten thousand hills in the desert of the western hemisphere.

At the meridian dividing the eastern and western hemispheres, there is a desert fissure. Sands from the deserts of both hemispheres continuously flow into this fissure like waterfalls. The depth of this fissure is unknown, but ordinary cultivators dare not enter it, as it is deadly.

This great fissure along the meridian has thus become a natural divide between ordinary people and cultivators.

Now, Qu Yi has landed somewhere in the eastern hemisphere. This place is one of the ten thousand desert hills in the eastern hemisphere and also the location where a spatial teleportation array is set up. This hill is called Ping’an Hill, named so because it is the entrance and exit point for cultivators on Desert Star, symbolizing safety in travel.

Ping’an Hill is also a common place where cultivators on Desert Star interact. Those who practice here often fly to other hills to trade for items they need.

As soon as Qu Yi landed on Ping’an Hill, he took out his communication token and used his spiritual sense to send a message to Qing Wugui. Soon, Qing Wugui replied, saying, “I’m at Tan Yi Hill and am about to fly to Tan Wu Hill. There are five cultivators in the early stage of fusion chasing me.”

After receiving Qing Wugui’s message, Qu Yi immediately asked someone on Ping’an Hill and learned about the distribution of the various hills in the eastern hemisphere of Desert Star.

On Desert Star, there are four major cultivation sects: the Pingsha Sect, the Tiantan Sect, the Feimo Sect, and the Zhatian Sect. Each sect controls its own territory. When naming the various training hills in their domains, they use the first character of their sect’s name, while choosing the second character based on their preferences.

Of course, not all ten thousand hills have unique names. Instead, when these four sects name a hill, that name is used for hundreds of surrounding hills as well. Essentially, each name represents an area.

Ping’an Hill belongs to the Pingsha Sect, while Tan Yi Hill and Tan Wu Hill belong to the Tiantan Sect.

Qu Yi found out the location of the Tan Tian Sect and immediately flew into the air, racing ahead until he reached a high altitude. After confirming that no one had sensed his presence, he promptly used the Planet Shift technique to fly even faster toward the Tan Tian Sect’s territory.
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Tan Wu Bao—this was the territory of the Tan Tian Sect on Desert Star.
At that moment, above Tan Wu Bao, a dark shadow was swiftly moving across the sky, while five figures were chasing after it.
The dark shadow was Qing Wu Gui.
Qing Wu Gui sensed the five people behind him and already held a communication token in his hand. He had traveled across several planets and finally arrived on Desert Star, yet he still hadn’t escaped his pursuers.
However, Qing Wu Gui no longer felt the urgency he had when first arriving on Desert Star; a smile slowly appeared on his lips.
“Qu Yi, you’ve come. This time, it’s up to you to save me,” Qing Wu Gui thought, feeling warmth in his heart, and the fatigue in his body vanished instantly.
The five figures behind him were all in the early stages of merging their powers. They came from different planets but shared common interests, which led them to join forces and chase Qing Wu Gui. These five had already sensed that Qing Wu Gui’s vital energy was running low. After chasing him across several planets, they had exhausted all the pills he carried.
“Kid, you can’t escape. All four major sects on Desert Star have ties with our Xiao family. By coming to Desert Star, you’ve walked straight into our trap. Since your vital energy is nearly depleted and you’ve swallowed up all your pills, it’s better to stop and fight me properly. At least die knowing why,” said a strikingly handsome young man among them.
It turned out that those chasing Qing Wu Gui were from a powerful cultivation family in the realm—the Xiao family.
As soon as he spoke, Qing Wu Gui indeed landed on a desert hill, smiling as he looked at the five figures in the sky behind him.
“Alright, I’ll stop. Let’s fight,” Qing Wu Gui said with a smile.
The five figures were stunned in the air for a moment. They never expected Qing Wu Gui to actually stop at their request. In the past, he would never even turn back even if beaten to death. His willingness to stop this time greatly surprised them, arousing their suspicion.
The five also landed on the hill and surrounded Qing Wu Gui.
“Kid, where’s that female cultivator who was with you?” asked the handsome young man from the Xiao family as soon as he landed.

Qing Wugui’s expression immediately turned gloomy. The conflict with the Xiao family arose because one of their young masters took a fancy to his wife, Mu Han. So Qing Wugui killed everyone in the young master’s guard, but the young master managed to escape. At that time, Qing Wugui didn’t know the young master’s background until the Xiao family sent experts at the Convergence stage to hunt him down, then he realized he had encountered a powerful enemy.

So Qing Wugui hid Mu Han, while he acted as a decoy, constantly fleeing from one planet to another.

“The people of the Xiao family, though you are powerful, don’t look down on everyone else in the world. I’ve stopped to tell you that today, the lives of all five of you will end,” Qing Wugui said angrily.

The two young men from the Xiao family and the three cultivators at the early Convergence stage from the Desert Planet burst into laughter upon hearing Qing Wugui’s words, as if they had heard the funniest joke ever.

“Kid, you’re at the late Divination stage—maybe you can handle someone at the early Convergence stage, but thinking you can take on five of us at that stage is pure delusion,” the handsome young man from the Xiao family said coldly.

Qing Wugui simply sat down in the desert. Feeling it wasn’t enough to show contempt, he lay down on the sand and said to the sky, “I might not be able to handle all five of you, but someone else can. Qu Yi, how much longer do you want to stay in the air?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Yi suddenly landed beside Qing Wugui. Upon touching the ground, he deliberately stamped his feet, raising sand that buried Qing Wugui.

“Qing Wugui, why don’t you fight first and let me step in later?” Qu Yi laughed.

Qing Wugui climbed out of the sand pile frustratedly, shook his head to get the sand off, and then said, “Qu Yi, you’re really twisted. Your cultivation level even surpassed mine at the early Convergence stage.”

Qu Yi shook his hair and said proudly, “Of course. You spend every day with Mu Han—how would you have time to cultivate? It’s completely normal for me to be ahead of you.”

Qing Wugui’s face turned red as he bit his lip and fell silent.

The five people nearby were initially surprised by Qu Yi’s sudden appearance, but after sensing his cultivation level, they realized he was only at the early Convergence stage, so they no longer worried. After all, they had five people at that stage—taking on one at the early Convergence stage and one at the late Divination stage with nearly exhausted energy was easy for them.

The handsome young man from the Xiao family shouted angrily, “Kid, don’t think just because you’ve got a helper that you won’t die…”

Before he could finish speaking, Qu Yi moved. Soon after, the young man from the Xiao family’s head was seen flying away from his body, still bleeding as it hovered in the air.
Ah!
The other four were filled with shock, quickly turning to utter fear.
How did that head fly away? None of them had sensed it.
Qu Yi, as if he hadn’t moved at all, said coldly, “This is a conversation between brothers. Who gives you the right to interrupt?”