Chapter 3: Five People

Robbery?
Who dares to be so foolish as to act recklessly in the teleportation hall of Yingxian Island? Do they think they have an endless life? Don’t they know that Yingxian Island is the facade of the Immortal Path Alliance, backed by support from the four major cultivation sects?
Undoubtedly, all the cultivators in the teleportation hall at that moment were looking at Qu Yi as if he were an idiot, waiting for the cultivator in charge to step in and deal with him.
Qu Yi’s body was filled with fluctuations of true energy, indicating he was only in the early stage of the Convergence Phase.
Sure enough, his claim of robbery attracted powerful members of the Immortal Path Alliance from Yingxian Island on Juehun Star—three individuals in the Convergence Phase. They had been hiding in the courtyard behind the teleportation hall and now appeared all at once.
Three individuals in the Convergence Phase: one in the middle stage and two in the early stage.
“Where did you come from, fool? How dare you act wildly in the teleportation hall? Do you know you’re provoking the authority of the Immortal Path Alliance? Since you’ve spoken, there’s only one path left for you—hand over your life,” shouted the one in the middle stage of Convergence Phase, his face filled with anger.
Without giving Qu Yi a chance to respond, the three powerful cultivators flew straight at him, each drawing their inferior spiritual weapons—a sword, a blade, and a flying knife—and rushed at him in an instant.
They went straight for a killing strike.
Qu Yi stood there with a calm smile, seemingly unfazed. Only when the three were close did he pull out the Liuhe Blade.
He swung it!
The Liuhe Blade emitted a blade glow that severed the inferior spiritual weapons in the three’s hands. The glow trembled three times, cutting off their right arms as well.
With a single swing, he destroyed three inferior spiritual weapons and severed one arm each of the three Immortal Path Alliance cultivators in the Convergence Phase.
The cultivators in the teleportation hall could only describe their expressions as utterly stunned. Their eyes were wide in disbelief. If inferior spiritual weapons could be cut apart by such a blade glow, then surely the weapon in Qu Yi’s hand must be at the level of an elite spiritual weapon!
The three Immortal Path Alliance cultivators in the Convergence Phase stared at Qu Yi with expressions of grief and anger, too shocked even to stop the bleeding from their severed arms.
“You’re all too weak. The Immortal Path Alliance is nothing but this,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile. Then he scanned the cultivators in the hall and smiled again. “Haven’t you heard me? There’s a robbery going on here. Those who don’t want to die should leave now.”
At that moment, the hundreds of cultivators in the teleportation hall clearly understood the dangerous situation. Qu Yi was clearly targeting the Immortal Path Alliance. Neither the alliance nor Qu Yi was someone they could afford to provoke.
Whoa!

Hundreds of cultivators immediately took off and left the teleportation hall. However, after leaving, they stopped nearby, their spiritual senses covering the entire hall as they watched what was happening inside.

Fang Shuo, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng were all powerful cultivators in the early stage of the Tribulation Phase. Naturally, they were not afraid of Qu Yi, who was only in the early stage of the Fusion Phase. Moreover, they were extremely envious of the Six-Directions Blade in Qu Yi’s possession.

An elite spiritual weapon, and it was in the hands of someone still in the early stage of Fusion? These five could never have imagined such an opportunity right before their eyes.

If any one of them obtained that elite spiritual weapon, they could easily slay the other four with a single strike.

Therefore, Fang Shuo, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng stood calmly in the teleportation hall, their eyes gleaming as they stared at Qu Yi.

“You brat, carrying such a precious treasure makes you a target. Do you realize how such an elite spiritual weapon should not be in the hands of someone like you in the early stage of Fusion? Hand it over obediently, and we might let you leave unharmed,” Fang Shuo cried greedily, his true energy still not restored.

Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng said not a word either. They simply charged at Qu Yi with fierce expressions, clearly intending to seize it by force.

“You five are too greedy. Staying in the cultivation world is a waste of spiritual energy. Today, I’ll capture you all,” Qu Yi said calmly, standing there with a smile.

Fang Shuo, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng looked at Qu Yi, their faces showing indescribable expressions. They wondered if Qu Yi was insane—how could he not notice the fluctuations in the true energy of five cultivators in the early stage of the Tribulation Phase?

It was already impossible to capture someone in the early stage of Fusion, let alone claim to capture five at once. That must be the talk of a madman.

Just as mockery appeared on their faces, their expressions suddenly turned icy. Qu Yi’s true energy fluctuations were now fully revealed—mid-stage of the Tribulation Phase!

This… this must be a joke.

Fang Shuo, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Shou felt extreme cold all over as they realized they had provoked a true powerhouse. Their lives were truly in danger now.

The only option was to flee!

As soon as they sensed the change in Qu Yi’s true energy fluctuations and were filled with fear, they immediately chose to escape, giving up any futile resistance.

Before they could even lift off the ground, Qu Yi appeared beside each of them. With a single palm strike, he threw them all to the ground. Five pits instantly formed in the teleportation hall, and Fang Shuo, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng lay unconscious at the bottom of those pits.

The three powerful warriors at the Consolidation stage of the Immortal Path Alliance didn’t even have time to blink before they saw five warriors at the Early Tribulation stage being knocked to the ground at the same time. Each of them now thought about severing their other hand, hoping only that Qu Yi would spare them.
Qu Yi smiled at the three warriors of the Immortal Path Alliance and said softly, “Forget it. I won’t take your lives.”
With that, Qu Yi vanished in a flash.
Of course, the five warriors at the Early Tribulation stage in the five pits also disappeared.
“Who is this person? He’s too strong!” said one of the three from the Immortal Path Alliance, his body trembling.
“He’s indeed too strong. When his spiritual awareness locked onto me, I felt like my original spirit was about to collapse,” said another warrior at the Consolidation stage, his legs shaking.
The warrior at the Mid-Consolidation stage fared slightly better and had calmed down.
“I know now! He’s Qu Yi, and the sword in his hand is the Six Harmonies Sword!” suddenly shouted the warrior at the Mid-Consolidation stage.
This shout was heard not only by the three in the transmission hall but also by the cultivators watching outside. Everyone realized that this top-tier spiritual weapon was indeed the Six Harmonies Sword, and only Qu Yi would have the audacity to cause trouble in the Immortal Path Alliance.
In an instant, all the cultivators on Yingxian Island knew that Qu Yi had been there. Each of them took out their communication tokens to spread the news about Qu Yi.
……
On the West Continent, in the valley where Bai Man and the others lived, Qu Yi returned.
As soon as he landed, he released Fang Shuo, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng, who had been kept inside the Dimension Ball. They were still unconscious.
At that moment, Wu Yuan also landed on the ground, looking happily at the five people lying there.
“Uuuu, Qu Yi, you’re really kind! Whatever I want, you prepare it for me,” Wu Yuan said, shaking its head and roaring.
Of course, this naive Wu Yuan had forgotten that over the past forty years, Qu Yi had never brought it any Early Tribulation stage warriors to devour. Now that there were five such warriors to eat, Wu Yuan remembered Qu Yi’s kindness and forgot all its past frustrations.
Qu Yi was pleased to hear Wu Yuan’s words and said with a smile, “Wu Yuan, wait a few more days. When the souls of the Golden Qilin and the Illusory Dance Butterfly reach the Early Tribulation stage and trigger the heavenly tribulation, then devour these five people. After that, the three of you can go through the tribulation together.”
It’s truly insane!

Upon hearing Qu Yi’s words, Wu Yuan could clearly tell that Qu Yi intended to rely on his own strength to ensure the success of his own, as well as Jin Qilin and Huan Wu Die’s, tribulation crossings—a crazy idea that alone was exhilarating to hear.
“Ugh, so awesome! Alright, I’ll follow your plan this time.” Wu Yuan retracted the dragon head he had stretched toward Fang Shuo and began swaying again.
Jin Qilin and Huan Wu Die were currently inside the house, fully concentrating on refining their soul cores, striving to reach the early-stage soul realm.
Qu Yi sent Wu Yuan away, then placed the five of them inside the Dimensional Sphere before entering Bai Man’s house and sitting down to thoroughly scan the Four Elements Dao.
Qu Yi was almost done scanning the Four Elements Dao, which the Artifact God had taught him. In the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion, he had spent a full ten years using one of his spiritual senses to observe the surroundings while the other five continued scanning the Four Elements Dao.
As a result, it wouldn’t be long before Qu Yi’s soul realm reached the late-stage tribulation level, after which he would face the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.
Just as Qu Yi sat down, the Artifact God suddenly transmitted a message through his spiritual sense: “Qu Yi, are you really planning to let Wu Yuan, Jin Qilin, and Huan Wu Die go through tribulation together?”
“Of course. Would I lie?” Qu Yi replied immediately.
The Artifact God replied indifferently, “How could your plan hide from me? It’s just to create a big impact by having those three go through tribulation, thereby attracting those ten people from the upper realms.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi chuckled and stopped arguing.
Indeed, that was exactly his plan. He had gone to the Immortal Greeting Island to capture five strong warriors in the early-stage tribulation realm—first for Wu Yuan’s sake, and second to let those ten people from the immortal, demonic, and fiend realms know where he was, thus luring them over. By having Wu Yuan, Jin Qilin, and Huan Wu Die go through tribulation together, he wanted to ensure those ten were convinced that Qu Yi was indeed on Soul-Extinguishing Star.
As Qu Yi had anticipated, his actions on the Immortal Greeting Island had already been spread by many cultivators and known to the ten major sects, and naturally, to those ten people from the upper realms as well.
Since they hadn’t captured Qu Yi during the Heavenly Fire Incident, those ten had returned to their respective sects, waiting for news from various places.
Now that Qu Yi’s whereabouts had finally been revealed, those ten immediately brought along the Great Vehicle-stage cultivators from the ten major sects and rushed to Soul-Extinguishing Star using spatial teleportation arrays to chase after Qu Yi and seize the treasures left by Emperor Hao.

Qu Yi could also predict that these ten people were on their way to Soul-Extinguishing Star, but he wasn’t worried at all. They relied on spatial teleportation arrays, unlike him who had the Boundless Star Map to teleport instantly; it would take them several months to arrive. Therefore, Qu Yi now only needed to focus on scanning the Four Elements Dao, waiting for Wu Yuan, Golden Qilin, and Illusory Dance Butterfly to together endure the Thirty-Nine Heavens Tribulation.