Chapter 36: So Many Treasures

The Golden-Winged Roc saw Qu Yi storming into the forest and killing all the demon cultivators there. If Qu Yi continued killing in this manner, there would be no more cultivators at the Convergence stage in its ruled territory.
What was even more terrifying was that with each demon cultivator Qu Yi killed, he would also devour their demon infants, his vital energy never showing signs of depletion.
Therefore, the Golden-Winged Roc could not allow Qu Yi to keep killing. It transformed into human form and rushed at him.
“Human, you’ve truly angered me,” said the Golden-Winged Roc, holding a round stick in its hand and glaring fiercely at Qu Yi, its muscular body radiating violence.
Qu Yi kicked a rock-climbing snake in front of him to pieces and laughed, “Golden-Winged Roc, your ability to transform into human form matches mine in speed. If you pose no threat to me, stop intimidating me. Since you’ve come down, let’s fight head-on.”
After saying that, Qu Yi picked up the Green Bodhi and flew toward the Golden-Winged Roc. With a gentle swish, a fragrant breeze carrying a soothing scent swept toward it.
The Green Bodhi was a top-grade wood-type spiritual artifact. Besides casting spells like wind blades, its fragrance also had the effect of bewitching and disorienting.
The round stick in the Golden-Winged Roc’s hand was actually the heart of a 100,000-year-old Iron Sandalwood tree—crystalline like jade and extremely hard. With just a few swings in the air, it generated powerful storms that scattered the oncoming breeze.
However, the fragrance managed to entwine around it and even penetrate the Golden-Winged Roc’s body.
“Hmph, this fragrance is indeed vicious, but it can’t harm me,” said the Golden-Winged Roc. Sensing the effect of the fragrance, it shook its spiritual essence to expel it from its body, speaking scornfully.
Qu Yi’s eyes lit up. This Golden-Winged Roc was truly an extraordinary beast among demons, unaffected by such a fragrance.
“I’m curious how long you can hold out in this bewitching scent. No matter how unique your spiritual essence is, you can’t resist it forever,” Qu Yi said with a smile before launching an attack.
The Green Bodhi swept through the air, creating layers of green mist that pressed down, with the fragrance subtly affecting the spiritual essence.
The Golden-Winged Roc kept swinging its round stick, sometimes slashing through the air, sometimes shaking it, generating waves of green wind to block the various spells cast by the Green Bodhi. Even as the fragrance entered its body, it remained unafraid.

Qu Yi moved at the same speed as the Golden-Winged Roc, engaging in continuous attacks and defenses. The two were now fighting up close, with Qing Bodhi and the round stick colliding hundreds of times in quick succession. The massive Wood Element energy surged forth, creating huge craters in the forest.

Soon, the fight shifted from the ground to the air. Two green shadows entangled with each other, changing unpredictably, leaving only the sound of energy collisions.

Qu Yi was now using only his own Wood Element energy, and the Golden-Winged Roc also practiced Wood-based techniques. The two were constantly competing with their Wood Element energy, engaging in a head-on battle of pure endurance.

Suddenly, the two entangled green shadows separated, and Qu Yi and the Golden-Winged Roc halted in mid-air, glaring at each other.

“Golden-Winged Roc, what is that treasure in your mouth?” Qu Yi asked, touching his chest in pain.

It turned out that during their close combat earlier, a green, cone-shaped magical weapon suddenly emerged from the Golden-Winged Roc’s mouth at lightning speed. Qu Yi couldn’t dodge it in time. In desperation, he used the divine formula card stored in his body to block the sudden attack at his chest. Although it stopped the attack, the Wood Element energy contained within still dealt a severe blow to his body.

If not for Qu Yi’s body having been immersed in the Chaos Energy Layer, making its strength comparable to that of someone in the early stages of tribulation, it might have even created a fatal wound.

The Golden-Winged Roc sneered at Qu Yi, “That’s my beak. When I take human form, this sharp beak enters my mouth. But I never expected that you humans would have a defensive armor that blocked my surprise attack.”

The divine formula card was mistakenly thought by the Golden-Winged Roc to be defensive armor.

As Qu Yi’s internal energy circulated, the pain quickly disappeared. Now, he smiled at the Golden-Winged Roc, his eyes filled with mockery.

“Golden-Winged Roc, just because you have treasures hidden within you, does that mean I don’t have any other magical weapons? I’ll show you now what it means to have many treasures,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

With that, Qu Yi swiftly flew back to the Golden-Winged Roc and used Qing Bodhi to attack again.

Seeing Qu Yi using Qing Bodhi as an attack method once more, the Golden-Winged Roc relaxed slightly and began swinging its round stick, generating gusts of green wind to counter the successive wind blades. As for the fragrance, it could be easily dispelled with a slight movement of its spiritual essence.

Just as the two green shadows overlapped again, Qu Yi, who was inside the green shadows, suddenly put away the Green Bodhi and took out a wooden ruler—none other than the top-grade spiritual weapon, the Jade Wood Ruler, which he had obtained in the Tianhuo Star Region. This Jade Wood Ruler had been taken to the Tianhuo Star Region by an elder from the Hundred Beasts Peak. After that region was destroyed by a joint attack by cultivation and demon cultivation sects, the ruler fell into the hands of an elder from the Taiyuan Sect, and later into Qu Yi’s possession.

“This is… the Jade Wood Ruler,” exclaimed the Golden-Winged Roc, also inside the green shadows, in shock. It clearly recognized it as the spiritual weapon taken away by the elder from the Hundred Beasts Peak.

But Qu Yi didn’t explain anything. Amidst the roc’s astonishment, the Jade Wood Ruler bounced, creating thousands of illusory versions of itself throughout the space, all attacking the Golden-Winged Roc at once. The roc quickly swung its staff, but how could it disperse all those illusory rulers? Another thousand illusory rulers struck its body. The roc spat out a mouthful of blood, suffering severe internal injuries.

Qu Yi then put away the Jade Wood Ruler and took out the Sky-Supporting Umbrella. All the true energy in his body transformed into metal-type true energy, which immediately activated the umbrella, causing thousands of golden swords to appear.

“What… am I having hallucinations?” The Golden-Winged Roc, whose internal energy hadn’t yet stabilized, was once again stunned to find that Qu Yi not only possessed metal-type true energy but also a top-grade metal spiritual weapon. Top-grade spiritual weapons could only be crafted by powerful beings at the Great Vehicle stage—having just one was already remarkable, yet Qu Yi already had three.

Not daring to be distracted, the Golden-Winged Roc quickly grabbed its staff and spun around itself, encasing itself in a green cylindrical space to defend against the golden swords flying in from all directions.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A thousand loud noises distorted and warped the green cylindrical space, but it still couldn’t break through. However, the roc’s true energy was greatly depleted.

Qu Yi suddenly swallowed two demon infants to replenish his true energy, then picked up a sphere—none other than the Sky-Reaching Water Sphere.

“No way… how can you have so many magical treasures?” The Golden-Winged Roc’s eyes almost popped out in disbelief.

Indeed, from the many treasures he had obtained in the Tianhuo Star Region, Qu Yi had personally chosen five: the Sky-Supporting Umbrella, the Jade Wood Ruler, the Sky-Reaching Water Sphere, the Flaming Cauldron, and the Four Boundary-Breaking Swords—one for each of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

As soon as the Sky-Reaching Water Sphere appeared, all of Qu Yi’s true energy transformed into water-type true energy, which immediately activated the sphere.

If there were waterfalls in the source of the nine heavens, the torrential waters would directly cover the Golden-Winged Roc. The endless flow of water not only exerted immense pressure but was also icy cold enough to pierce the soul—something the Golden-Winged Roc could not endure.
“Enough! Stop this waterfall now!” Suddenly, the Golden-Winged Roc cried out as if wanting to weep, giving up completely.
Qu Yi smiled and continued to summon the Sky-Reaching Water Sphere, making the waterfall even more powerful. Since the Golden-Winged Roc still had the strength to shout, how could Qu Yi stop casting his spell? Only when the roc was knocked unconscious could he plant a soul shackle on it.
The Golden-Winged Roc had hoped that after begging for mercy, Qu Yi would show mercy and stop the spell, allowing it to launch a surprise attack the moment the waterfall ceased. But it never expected Qu Yi to be so meticulous; it could only fight to the death against the torrential waters.
As if determined to scare the Golden-Winged Roc into surrender, Qu Yi not only continued to summon the Sky-Reaching Water Sphere but also produced four more swords in his hand—the Four Swords that Break Boundaries.
“Go!” With his right hand, he controlled the Sky-Reaching Water Sphere, while with his left, he used Earthly Vital Energy to activate the Four Swords that Break Boundaries.
The four swords flew together, breaking through all barriers and piercing the Golden-Winged Roc trapped in the waterfall before swiftly retreating.
Pierced by four swords, the Golden-Winged Roc bled profusely, its Vital Energy draining even faster.
“This isn’t fair! I refuse to accept this!” the roc cried in despair.
Qu Yi’s response was to activate the Four Swords that Break Boundaries again, creating four more blood holes in the roc’s body. With a bright smile, he retracted the swords.
Pressured by the waterfall and suffering from eight blood holes bleeding at once, the Golden-Winged Roc’s Vital Energy quickly ran out. With a cry, it suddenly fainted.
Qu Yi sensed through his spiritual awareness that the roc had indeed fainted from exhaustion. He then retracted the Sky-Reaching Water Sphere and the Four Swords that Break Boundaries, catching the falling roc mid-air and setting it down on the ground.
Of course, as soon as Qu Yi landed, he summoned his divine tool to plant a soul shackle in the roc’s soul.
In this forest now, those powerful demon cultivators had long been killed by Qu Yi, while the weaker ones had fled in terror. Thus, Qu Yi brought out various top-grade spiritual artifacts—one after another. Apart from the Golden-Winged Roc, the other demon cultivators were unaware of this.
If these top-grade spiritual artifacts were exposed, it would undoubtedly mean Qu Yi had taken away the magical treasures of all the elders of the ten major sects, proving that he had seized both the Six-Directions Blade and the Eight-Directions Sword.

Although Qu Yi’s appearance had changed and his vital energy now carried the essence of wood, he still didn’t want to reveal any clues. After a while, the Golden-Winged Roc awoke. “Ah, you planted a soul shackle in my spiritual artifact! How dare you use the most forbidden spell in the cultivation world?” The Golden-Winged Roc flew into a rage. The power structure in the cultivation world consisted of ten major sects, each controlling its own territory and establishing subordinate sects to govern those areas. As such, those who tried to control cultivators using soul magic to secretly expand their influence were absolutely doomed to be killed. Yet this kind of soul shackle was particularly vicious—once planted, there was no way to speak out, as the slave would be counteracted by the shackle the moment they tried to speak, causing their soul to shatter and leading to death. Therefore, when this powerful demon cultivator like the Golden-Winged Roc discovered what had happened to him, his anger boiled over. Qu Yi sat aside, smiling, and said, “Enough, Golden-Winged Roc. I didn’t kill you—consider it good luck. Still, talking nonsense about the forbidden spells of the cultivation world… Now that you’re under my control, you’ll need to cooperate on some matters. If you do well, I’ll grant you freedom later.” Hearing Qu Yi’s words, the Golden-Winged Roc’s heart trembled. Remembering how Qu Yi had continuously produced top-quality spiritual artifacts before, he felt a sense of fear. “What do you want me to do?” the Golden-Winged Roc asked in a low voice. Qu Yi chuckled, pointed to the distance, and said, “Take me to Beast Peak. I want to know where the Poison-Devouring Fruit Tree is that you found.” At these words, the Golden-Winged Roc panicked.