Chapter 66: The Wind-Controlling Drum

Ten thousand miles was far too short. Qu Yi used his planet-scale teleportation technique to arrive there instantly.
The surroundings were flat wastelands, with only a solitary 3,000-meter-high snow mountain standing alone. Atop the mountain stood a patterned drum made of unknown material.
The drum was three meters in diameter, its skin a crystal white. It rested on an iron altar. Perhaps sensing Qu Yi’s arrival, the white drum immediately began to vibrate.
Boom!
The sound of the drum was deep and resonant, spreading for miles. The entire area echoed with its sound. The energy in the universe seemed to be oscillated by the drum’s vibrations, forming an invisible energy wave that expanded and contracted with immense force.
Upon hearing the drum’s sound, Qu Yi felt his vital energy swirling chaotically and his spirit wavering. Realizing the drum’s formidable power, he quickly activated his five-element cultivation technique to stabilize his vital energy. At the same time, he closely united his spirit and his nascent soul, anchoring them in his dantian to avoid being disturbed by the drum’s sound.
“Qu Yi, this mid-tier wood-type immortal artifact has the effect of confusing and bewitching people. Be careful,” the artifact spirit suddenly chuckled lightly.
At this moment, despite the danger Qu Yi faced, the artifact spirit could still laugh.
Qu Yi stopped cursing the artifact spirit and focused entirely on resisting the drum’s attacks.
After the first round of drumbeats ceased, Qu Yi hadn’t changed his expression yet when the drum started beating again.
Boom, boom!
This time, the drum skin vibrated twice, producing two intense, forceful beats that seemed to suddenly amplify in volume.
Qu Yi immediately felt his spirit and nascent soul trembling violently, while the energy in the surrounding space was pulled up and down violently, creating countless spatial fragments—seemingly intent on grinding everything in that space to dust.
In an instant, Qu Yi sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and concentrated, transforming his body into a towering mountain to resist these energy fluctuations. His spirit remained stable, unaffected by the drum’s sound.
The various spatial fragments still sliced through Qu Yi’s body endlessly, but the drum’s confusing sounds failed to disrupt his spirit.
Qu Yi blocked the drum’s sound once again.
When the lingering drumbeats stopped and Qu Yi still hadn’t stood up, the white drum on the snow mountain vibrated once more, emitting the third round of beats.
Boom, boom, boom!
The drumbeat rang out three times, each time more intense, soaring to one peak before dropping sharply to another, becoming increasingly sharp and violent.
Qu Yi immediately sensed that the entire space seemed to have formed three invisible tornadoes, with endless energy converging into these three streams, leaving the rest of the space in utter emptiness.

The three tornadoes moved swiftly to Qu Yi’s location, spinning rapidly as their centers converged on him, showing signs of creating three large holes in his body. Moreover, within these invisible tornadoes was a mesmerizing melody that made one feel euphoric and reluctant to pay attention to the dangers around them. The drumbeats, while attacking, also tried to tempt Qu Yi not to resist.

“Qu Yi, now is the time to test the power of the mixed true energy within you,” the Instrument God suddenly transmitted.

Due to practicing the “Five Qi and Three Flowers,” the true energy in Qu Yi’s dantian was a mixed true energy that did not belong to the category of the Five Elements true energies, and its level was even higher. Especially after being constantly bathed in chaotic energy, it had turned transparent, approaching the nature of chaotic energy. After the Three-Nine Heavens Calamity, this mixed energy merged with the Five Elements energies in his internal organs within the dantian. The six types of energy, the six primordial spirits, and Qu Yi’s six-headed human spirit coexisted together in the dantian.

Upon hearing the Instrument God’s words, Qu Yi immediately sent out the mixed true energy from his body, forming a transparent energy shield that enveloped him. When the three tornado-like energy streams formed by the drumbeats struck the shield, they collapsed instantly, dispersing back into the space as energy that could no longer attack Qu Yi’s body. The misleading melody hidden within the tornadoes also vanished.

Qu Yi could hardly believe what he saw. Just moments ago, he had struggled greatly to resist the second wave of drumbeats. This third wave was even more powerful and deceptive, yet by simply sending out the mixed true energy, he was able to block it immediately.

“Instrument God, isn’t this mixed true energy a bit too powerful?” Qu Yi asked, still in disbelief.

“Qu Yi, when you were able to absorb chaotic energy in the Tianhuo Star Region, I knew that this mixed energy within you might surpass the original Five Elements energy, forming a higher-level form of energy that I had never seen before. Anyway, this energy is only beneficial to you. Your future achievements are likely tied to it, and even my ability to restore my former strength depends on this energy,” the Instrument God said with a hint of excitement, delighted by the power of this mixed energy.

Since even the Instrument God did not know the characteristics of this mixed energy, Qu Yi stopped pondering further and focused on defending against the attacks from the white drum.

Sure enough, as the energy of the tornado dissipated completely, the white drum on the snow-capped peak resonated again, this time with four consecutive beats.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
These four beats sounded at lightning speed, and seemingly countless spatial membranes—vertical and horizontal—sprang up throughout the space, suddenly dividing it into numerous square compartments, each forming an independent space.
Within these spaces, energy was isolated, and the soul-binding sounds were rapidly infused into the primal spirit.
Qu Yi didn’t even have time to resist and was instantly trapped inside one of these spaces. The soul-binding sounds spiraled into his primal spirit, attempting to entangle with his soul and even replace it.
They wanted to replace Qu Yi’s soul and take control of his body.
“Qu Yi, this is an attack from a master at the Earth Immortal level. As someone still in the Tribulation phase, you can’t resist. It’s better to enter the Tiny Realm Sphere,” sighed the Artifact God.
In an instant, Qu Yi’s body disappeared within one of the square compartments and reappeared by the lake in the Tiny Realm Sphere.
As soon as he entered, he sat down on the ground, focusing all his mental energy on his primal spirit to resist the soul-binding sounds that had already entered it.
At that moment, the Artifact God intervened. A golden light appeared in Qu Yi’s soul, precisely cutting through the soul-binding sounds and swiftly eliminating the threat to his soul.
“What a close call! This mid-grade immortal artifact is truly extraordinary. My strength is still not enough,” Qu Yi said, standing up with a sigh.
“There’s no need to be discouraged. You’re only at the middle stage of the Tribulation phase, three levels below a mid-grade immortal artifact. It’s normal that you can’t resist,” replied the Artifact God, sitting on the soft chair.
Qu Yi glanced at the Artifact God and suddenly asked, “Artifact God, how do I obtain this white drum?”
Now that he had witnessed its power, Qu Yi certainly wouldn’t give up so easily. He wanted to claim it for himself.
“If you go out now, you can take the drum right away. It only has four attacks. The first three beats are just attacks related to the Wood element, while only the last beat reveals its true strength as a mid-grade immortal artifact, allowing it to use spatial attacks,” said the Artifact God, turning slightly on the soft chair with a faint smile.
Upon hearing this, Qu Yi immediately understood. The white drum had only four attack spells, and since none of those attacks had worked, it would naturally stop attacking.
Clearly, Emperor Hao had placed this white drum on the snow-capped peak as a test of the strength of those who came there.

Soon, Qu Yi’s figure reappeared at the foot of the snow-capped peak. The surrounding area was once again quiet, with only the white drum standing alone on the peak, looking extremely proud.
Whoosh!
Qu Yi flew up to the peak, and then a drop of blood fell onto the white drum.
“A mid-grade immortal artifact, the Wind-Controlling Drum. Congratulations!”
Just as Qu Yi had obtained the mid-grade immortal sword, the Shangjin Sword, the Emperor Haoh’s voice rang out again as Qu Yi claimed ownership of this white drum, revealing its name.
In an instant, Qu Yi brought the Wind-Controlling Drum into his body.
As the drum disappeared, a spatial teleportation array suddenly appeared on the peak, indicating that one could use it to leave the Drum Wind Ten Bridges Realm.
Qu Yi smiled and stepped into the spatial teleportation array.
……
Meanwhile, the eleven powerful warriors from the eight sects had overcome numerous obstacles, passed through nine wind bridges, and finally reached the edge of the tenth wind bridge.
But the tenth wind bridge had vanished.
Because Qu Yi had successfully crossed it, the Wind Crown had been sent back to the Fiend Realm from the Haotian Immortal Mansion, causing the bridge to disappear immediately.
“What’s going on? How could the tenth wind bridge disappear?”
“Could it be that Qu Yi destroyed it after crossing?”
“That’s impossible. How could the Emperor Haoh allow Qu Yi to destroy this bridge on his own? There’s only one possibility: Qu Yi has already crossed the bridge, and the array in this Drum Wind Ten Bridges Realm destroyed it.”
“That bastard Qu Yi! He really drives me crazy. After chasing him for two months, he manages to escape again.”
“What should we do now? Do we have to retake those nine bridges and return to the Six Harmony Hall?”
“It’s infuriating! We’ve worked so hard to cross those nine bridges, only to find our path blocked. We have to turn back and cross them again. Is there anything more frustrating than this?”
……
Even though these eleven powerful warriors usually maintained composure, they couldn’t help but vent their anger at this moment, their resentment toward Qu Yi growing even stronger.
With no other choice, they turned away reluctantly, determined to cross those nine bridges once more, leave the Drum Wind Valley, and return to the Six Harmony Hall through the light wall.
More than two months passed. With combined efforts, the eleven warriors finally crossed the nine bridges again and returned to the Six Harmony Hall.
As soon as they stepped out of the light wall, the eleven enraged warriors saw Qu Yi sitting inside the hall, waving at them with a smile.

“Guys, you’re really slow. I’ve been waiting here for over two months. Well, since you’ve returned to the Liuhé Hall, I’ll enter the light wall again. If you want to chase after me, come in with me,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Yi leaped up and entered the light wall.