Chapter 19: Breaking Free

Qu Yi never expected that, by obtaining his five clones, he had inadvertently altered his original spirit as well. Not only had his spirit changed significantly, but the five-element energies and mixed energy within his original body had also changed greatly—all the five-element energies disappeared, leaving only the mixed energy in his dantian.

Hearing the Artifact God’s words, Qu Yi understood as well: the five spirit clones entered the five clones through his spiritual awareness, where they formed their own spirits, and these five spirit clones then merged one by one with the five soul clones.

“Artifact God, since you’ve already come to such a conclusion, why didn’t you tell me?” Qu Yi called out, somewhat annoyed.

“Hehe, no need to explain,” the Artifact God replied indifferently.

Qu Yi was stunned, his breath catching. Since the Artifact God wanted to remain mysterious again, and the situation was already as it was, Qu Yi could do nothing about it. More importantly, he felt that this situation was actually very beneficial to him—going forward, he could cultivate with all six bodies at once, increasing his speed by five times.

Inside the Star Luo Ding, peace returned once more, and the pentagonal light column disappeared.

“Hmm, how should I call these five clones… Oh, right! My original body is called the True Self. The body rooted in the metal element is called Metal Lord, the one rooted in wood is called Wood Lord, the one rooted in water is called Water Lord, the one rooted in fire is called Fire Lord, and the one rooted in earth is called Earth Lord,” Qu Yi said proudly.

At this moment, Qu Yi gave names to all six of his bodies.

“True Self, Metal Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, Fire Lord, Earth Lord—these six names are quite good,” the Artifact God suddenly interjected.

Qu Yi smiled proudly.

Suddenly, the True Self’s face showed confusion, and he asked, “Artifact God, the energy in my True Self’s body now is mixed energy—not any of the five-element primal energies. So how can my True Self cultivate?”

Finally, Qu Yi realized the seriousness of the situation.

After hearing this, the Artifact God also remained silent for a while. It had never studied the mixed energy in Qu Yi’s True Self’s body, so naturally, it didn’t have any cultivation methods either. However, the Artifact God still had some intuitive insights.

“Qu Yi, try merging the five clones into your True Self’s body,” the Artifact God suddenly said.

Merge the bodies?

Hearing the Artifact God’s words, Qu Yi was first shocked. Then, as his True Self’s consciousness acted, he suddenly noticed that the Metal Lord clone disappeared, having truly merged into his True Self’s body.

“WoodLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge!, WaterLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge!, FireLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge!, EarthLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge!, merge!”
After discovering that the GoldLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge! could indeed merge into his own body, Qu Yi immediately ordered the other fourLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge! avatars to see if they could also merge into his own body.
Indeed, all five avatars were able to merge into his body.
Moreover, after the five avatars merged into his body, Qu Yi found that he still had only one soul. In his dantian, as before, five Yuan Ying surrounded the combined Yuan Ying, and five sub-souls surrounded the main soul.
“GoldLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge!, WoodLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge!, WaterLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge!, FireLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge!, EarthLord, Lord, Lord, Lord, merge!, separate!”
Qu Yi suddenly shouted again, testing whether the five avatars could separate.
Indeed, the five avatars immediately left his body and reverted to their original forms.
Seeing this, Qu Yi’s face was filled with smiles; he was no longer worried about the uniqueness of the mixed energy within his body.
The Artifact God also witnessed the entire process and suddenly said, “Qu Yi, I think the next evolution of the mixed energy in your body will be to turn into Chaos Energy. Qing Wu Gui and Mu Han are currently on a planet near the Five Elements Extreme Realm. Good. Next, you need to break free from the constraints of those ten outside and head to the Five Elements Extreme Realm. I believe there is Chaos Energy there. Only after your mixed energy fully evolves into Chaos Energy can your soul reach the Mahayana realm, and only then can you ascend to the Immortal Realm.”
At present, although Qu Yi’s five avatars were all in their original forms, their soul realms were still in the late stage of Tribulation Crossing, so none of them could ascend.
After hearing this, Qu Yi nodded.
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Zong Xi, Feng Qu, Yan Xuan, Qiu Rui, Yi Xi, Chen Yan, Rong Han, Jun Wei, Zhuo Hong, and Qi Jia—these ten people brought the Xing Luo Ding back to Liu Pan Star together from the Five Souls Desolation.
Together, they set up a formation, the Ten Yuan Illusory Gods Demon Suppression Formation, which locked the Xing Luo Ding in place.
The Ten Yuan Illusory Gods Demon Suppression Formation was created using the energy of ten powerful beings at the Immortal level. All ten formation centers were marked with the soul imprints of those ten beings from the upper realm, allowing them to lock down the space covered by the formation. To dismantle this formation, all ten beings from the upper realm must enter the formation simultaneously and remove their own soul imprints.
Therefore, after setting up the formation, these ten people returned to their respective sects with confidence.

Zong Xi went to Taiyuan Gate, Feng Qu went to Qingyun Sect, Yan Xuan went to Lanyang Palace, Qiu Rui went to Yingtian Faction, Yi Xi went to Jinyang Sect, Chen Yan went to Biyan Peak, Rong Han went to Cangyang Valley, Jun Wei went to Baishou Peak, Zhuo Hong went to Xianyue Cliff, and Qi Jia went to Jiugong Island. At the headquarters of these ten factions, there was a six-star formation that could communicate with the Upper Realm. The ten people from the Upper Realm would go to each faction’s headquarters and use those six-star formations to report the situation to their respective Immortal Emperors, Demon Emperors, or Monster Emperors and seek help. To activate the six-star formation, many Origin Stones of the five elements were required, along with five beings at the Mahayana stage—each representing one of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. At that moment, the ten six-star formations at the headquarters of the ten factions were activated almost simultaneously. Ten dark passages connected these locations in the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Monster Realm. Meanwhile, Qu Yi arrived outside the Xingluo Ding and observed the surrounding space. The ten strands of origin energy intertwined, flowing rapidly like fierce dragons through space, causing the entire space to seem frozen. “Instrument God, it seems those ten guys have set up a formation to lock down the Xingluo Ding,” Qu Yi said with a smile. As long as the ten people from the Upper Realm were not there, Qu Yi didn’t care what kind of formation it was—after all, he had Instrument God, a master of formations, within his soul. After a while, Instrument God said with a laugh, “The Ten Yuan Illusory God Demon Suppression Formation? It’s nothing serious. Those ten guys did show some intelligence by thinking of using soul imprints to dismantle the formation. But in front of me, Instrument God, such a formation is utterly trivial.” Immediately, something appeared in Qu Yi’s soul. “So this is how to break it. Although the loss is significant, it’s still better than being trapped inside the Xingluo Ding by those ten people forever.” After scanning the method taught by Instrument God, Qu Yi laughed. Soon, he took out ten lower-grade immortal artifacts, made them recognize him through blood sacrifice, and infused them with sufficient origin energy. “Go! Blast!” Qu Yi ordered urgently. The ten lower-grade immortal artifacts flew out of the Xingluo Ding. When they gathered together, they suddenly exploded. There were two artifacts each of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The explosion turned the area into nothingness, while two giant dragons of elemental energy emerged from either side, swirling around and disrupting the formation energy set up by the ten people from the Upper Realm.

Since the ten elites in the upper realm were all at the Human Immortal level, to break through their energy, a corresponding amount of energy had to be used in confrontation. Qu Yi intended to utilize the explosive power of these ten inferior immortal artifacts to temporarily disrupt the energy in the formation space. Then, he could take advantage of this brief chaos to escape from the formation.

As expected, as soon as the explosion occurred, Qu Yi activated the Star Luo Ding, exited the “Ten Elements Illusory God Demon Suppression Formation,” and rose into the air.

When the Ten Elements Illusory God Demon Suppression Formation was attacked, the ten elites in the upper realm, whose soul imprints were still in the formation, immediately became aware of it.

Huh! Huh!

The ten Human Immortals, Human Demons, and Non-Yao beings instantly teleported over.

Qu Yi floated in the air with a faint smile, looking at the approaching ten people. Waving his hand, he said with a laugh, “Gentlemen, your formation is too weak. I broke it using just ten inferior immortal artifacts.”

The ten elites in the upper realm grew furious and tried to fly over to capture Qu Yi.

But how could Qu Yi give them such a chance? He had already taken out the Boundless Star Dots and activated them immediately.

In an instant, a strong spatial disturbance occurred, and Qu Yi’s figure disappeared.

The ten people stood frozen in the air, frustrated that they had finally managed to trap Qu Yi only for him to escape.

“Damn it! How could Qu Yi think of using this method to break the formation?” Zong Xi was the first to lose his temper, shouting angrily.

“I’m so pissed! A mere person in the Tribulation stage has made me go through so much trouble,” Feng Qu said, punching the air loudly.

“What should we do next? Who knows where Qu Yi will run off to? Do we have to stay in this cultivation world forever?” Yi Xi’s eyes glowed fiercely, determined to destroy the cultivation world so that Qu Yi would have nowhere to hide.

……

All ten of them let out angry shouts.

Soon after, they calmed down, each thinking of their own ways to search for Qu Yi again.

In an instant, the ten people in the air also disappeared, returning to the headquarters of the ten sects to contact the elites in the upper realm for help.

Meanwhile, Qu Yi had used the Boundless Star Dots to arrive on a planet.

This planet was located near one of the two extreme regions in the cultivation world—the Five Elements Extreme Realm—and was called Five Elements Star.

Qing Wu Gui and Mu Han emerged from the Dimensional Sphere and came to this Five Elements Star, where they had been cultivating secretly. They carried the soul compass crafted by Qu Yi, which was placed on a stone bed in a room.

Qu Yi’s figure appeared on that stone bed.

“Haha, Qing Wu Gui, Mu Han, I’m here!” Qu Yi stood up and shouted happily.

Qing Wugui and Mu Han, who were talking in a shaded area outside, immediately sensed Qu Yi and stood up from the stone benches. Qu Yi appeared before them in an instant.