Chapter 20: Going Together

“Qu Yi, you’re here!” Qing Wu Gui looked at Qu Yi, his usually cold expression turning excited.
Mu Han also watched Qu Yi happily.
Qu Yi nodded, then immediately pulled Bai Man, Wu Yuan, Jin Qi Lin, and Huan Wu Die out of the Cun Jie Ball.
“Ugh, Wu Qing, I miss you,” Wu Yuan said, shaking its dragon head as it stepped toward Qing Wu Gui.
“Mu Han…” Bai Man and Huan Wu Die took Mu Han by the arm and quickly walked away together.
Jin Qi Lin could only smile foolishly at everyone.
Qing Wu Gui, who had been excited moments ago, suddenly stared blankly at Wu Yuan, looking at a loss. It wasn’t until Wu Yuan hugged him that he looked at Qu Yi doubtfully and said with a bitter smile, “Qu Yi, is this Wu Yuan?”
Qu Yi nodded with a smile.
Wu Yuan’s original form—dragon head, horse body, phoenix tail, roc wings, and turtle back—had changed after surviving the Three-Nine Heavenly Calamity. It was now in a half-human, half-demon appearance.
Qing Wu Gui pushed Wu Yuan away and examined him carefully, then said with a laugh, “Wu Yuan, how did you end up like this? Your original body, though that of a beast, was still mighty. Now this half-human, half-beast look is like that of a monster.”
At these words, Wu Yuan stepped onto the ground, and a hole appeared; he jumped in immediately.
To be honest, Wu Yuan was also annoyed by his awkward appearance, especially since Qing Wu Gui, his long-time brother, mocked him deliberately. It was hard to face.
Qu Yi watched all this with a smile. Seeing that Wu Yuan really wanted to stay in the hole and didn’t want to come out, he ignored him and pushed Qing Wu Gui to sit on the stone bench.
Jin Qi Lin wisely flew away.
“Wu Qing, your cultivation has also reached the early stage of passing the calamity. Have you discovered a new kind of killing intent?” Qu Yi asked happily as he sat down.
Qing Wu Gui nodded and said calmly, “I’ve mastered the Reincarnation Killing Intent. After my soul realm reached the early stage of passing the calamity, the Three-Nine Heavenly Calamity came, but I passed it easily.”
After practicing the “Asura Demon Canon,” Qing Wu Gui pursued the path of killing, striving for killing intent throughout his life, thus forming an Asura heart.
In the Yuan Ying stage, it was oppressive killing intent; in the Chu Qiao stage, it was irreversible killing intent; in the Fen Shen stage, it was destructive killing intent; in the He Ti stage, it was lifeless killing intent; in the Du Jie stage, it was reincarnation killing intent.
Qing Wu Gui had already mastered all kinds of killing intent, and naturally, his Asura heart had also been cultivated. With just two more Heavenly Calamities to overcome, he would refine his primal energy and transform his body into a primal body, allowing him to ascend to the upper realm.

Qu Yi thought for a moment before smiling faintly. “Wuqing, you’ve been cultivating here all these forty years. How has your killing intent improved?”
How can there be killing intent without killing?
Qing Wugui chuckled, then took out a pile of spirit talismans from his space ring. Each talisman possessed the power of the early stage of tribulation crossing, and the energy waves emitted from them carried a terrifying killing intent.
“You’ve embedded killing intent within your vital energy to craft these spirit talismans. So now you comprehend killing intent by infusing it into talismans—the more talismans you make, the stronger the killing intent, and the deeper your understanding.” Qu Yi exclaimed in surprise.
Qing Wugui nodded with a faint smile.
Qu Yi now felt somewhat impressed by Qing Wugui—he could even enhance his killing intent by crafting talismans. That meant the more talismans he made, the stronger his killing intent would become, and his spiritual realm would advance as well.
“Wuqing, ten Human Immortal-level powerhouses have arrived in the cultivation world. They’re hunting me. Next, I need to enter the Five Elements Extreme Realm. Would you like to come with me?” Qu Yi suddenly said.
Since leaving Qu Yi, Qing Wugui had been cultivating alone and was unaware of Qu Yi’s current situation.
“Human Immortals? Do you mean they’re from the Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, or the Monster Realm? It seems you obtained the treasures of Emperor Hao in the Hao Tian Immortal Mansion, which has drawn them to hunt you. But it’s impossible for them to deal with you—after all, you have the Dimensional Sphere. Who in the cultivation world can find you? I can sense that your cultivation has reached the late stage of tribulation crossing. Staying with you now won’t help you; instead, I might become a burden. I won’t go to the Five Elements Extreme Realm,” Qing Wugui said calmly, clearly unworried about Qu Yi’s safety.
Qu Yi could only smile and say, “Alright, since you want to continue cultivating, I can’t force you. In the future, when I enter the Immortal Realm and you enter the Demon Realm, we can find a way to meet again and explore the world together.”
Qing Wugui nodded.
Qu Yi glanced at the cave beside them and saw that Wu Yuan had already stretched out its dragon head, hesitantly looking at the two of them, unwilling to come out but also too shy to stay.
“Wu Yuan, come out. We’re brothers. We won’t discriminate against you just because you’ve changed,” Qu Yi waved his hand and smiled.
“Ugh, Qu Yi is still the best. Wuqing, you’re such a jerk! After all these years, the first time we meet, you mock me,” Wu Yuan suddenly jumped out and shouted.
Hehe.
Both Qu Yi and Qing Wugui laughed happily.

“Five Yuan, from now on, you should stay here and cultivate with Wu Qing. I’ll go alone into the Five Elements Extreme Realm,” Qu Yi suddenly said.
With his current cultivation at the late stage of the Tribulation Phase, along with five clones at the Mahayana stage, he was strong enough to deal with ten people from the upper realm. Therefore, Qu Yi didn’t want Bai Man, Five Yuan, and the others to continue cultivating in the Tiny Realm Sphere; instead, he wanted them to explore various places in the Cultivation World.
“Uuu, Qu Yi, are you going to abandon me? I don’t want to leave you,” Five Yuan cried anxiously.
Qu Yi stood up, patted Five Yuan’s dragon head, and after a tinkling sound, said with a smile, “Five Yuan, you’re overthinking it. I want you to explore the Cultivation World and help the Three Tripod Sect take control of various planets. Besides, you’re already at the early stage of the Tribulation Phase, so it’s time for you to gain experience. With the low-grade immortal weapon I gave you, you shouldn’t be in danger if you encounter those at the Tribulation Phase in the Cultivation World.”
It turned out that Qu Yi’s plan was to let Five Yuan, Golden Qilin, and Illusory Dance Butterfly—three demon cultivators already at the early stage of the Tribulation Phase—go to various planets in the Cultivation World to expand the Three Tripod Sect’s influence, then use that to bring the sect to the forefront.
“Uuu, so you want me to help you kill people? Fine! I haven’t drunk the essence of those cultivators in ages. This time, I’ll drink my fill,” Five Yuan exclaimed happily upon hearing this.
Qu Yi smiled bitterly.
Qing Wu Gui remained silent before suddenly saying softly, “Qu Yi, it seems I can’t keep cultivating here either. I’ll go explore various places in the Cultivation World too. I need to test the power of these spirit talismans I’ve crafted. Moreover, fighting against those at the late stage of the Tribulation Phase should help enhance my killing intent.”
Qu Yi laughed heartily. This was exactly what he had been waiting for. After all, although Qing Wu Gui could boost his killing intent by crafting spirit talismans, it wasn’t as fast as improving it through battle. What worried Qu Yi even more was that he was already at the late stage of the Tribulation Phase and would likely break through to the Mahayana stage soon. Meanwhile, if Qing Wu Gui continued cultivating like this, it was uncertain how much longer it would take him to reach that stage. By then, Qu Yi would have already entered the Immortal Realm alone, while Qing Wu Gui might still be cultivating in the Cultivation World.
Qu Yi wanted Qing Wu Gui and Five Yuan to break through to the Mahayana stage as soon as possible, so the three brothers could ascend together—entering the Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Demon Realm respectively—and then find a way to meet again to explore the three realms together.

“Ruthless, over the years you’ve delayed your cultivation to help me protect this soul compass. I know that. Now, you can freely explore various places in the cultivation world and quickly advance to the Mahayana stage,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

Qing Wu Gui nodded and took out his black sword, which was now a mid-grade spiritual weapon. With this appearance, it exuded an aura capable of defeating even the strongest cultivators in the cultivation world.

Seeing Qing Wu Gui’s weapon, which was still only a spiritual weapon, Qu Yi immediately took out a low-grade immortal weapon sword and said with a smile, “Ruthless, this is a low-grade immortal weapon I obtained from the Haotian Immortal Mansion. It’s what’s considered a top-grade spiritual weapon in the cultivation world.”

Qing Wu Gui glanced at it, shook his head, and said lightly, “No need. I’ll just use this mid-grade spiritual weapon to conquer the world.”

Qu Yi smiled and quickly put away the low-grade immortal weapon. He knew that Qing Wu Gui wanted to rely on his own strength rather than the power of magical weapons. Therefore, he wouldn’t force Qing Wu Gui to accept it.

However, Qu Yi immediately took out six starships of low-grade immortal weapon level and placed them all on the ground.

“Ruthless, Wuyuan, these starships are low-grade immortal weapons, auxiliary flying artifacts that will be very useful for your travels. At least, no matter what planet you enter, as long as you’re on these starships, one day is enough to reach any part of the planet,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

Since Qing Wu Gui refused to accept offensive magical weapons, Qu Yi wanted him to accept escape tools so that he could ease his concerns.

After hearing this, Wuyuan let out a howling sound, its dragon head spewing a drop of blood as it immediately took one of the starships.

Seeing Qu Yi’s actions, Qing Wu Gui understood his intentions and stopped resisting, immediately claiming one of the starships for himself.

At that moment, Bai Man, Mu Han, Jin Qilin, and Huan Wu Die also flew over.

“Senior sister, each of you four should take one of these starships. Claim them now,” Qu Yi called out with a smile.

Mu Han, Jin Qilin, and Huan Wu Die immediately joyfully took one of the starships.

But Bai Man looked at Qu Yi doubtfully and asked, “Qu Yi, where do you want to go? Don’t you want me to stay by your side?”

Undoubtedly, having spent so much time with Qu Yi, Bai Man could tell what he was thinking from his actions and now noticed his strangeness.

“Oh, senior sister, I want to go to the Five Elements Extreme Realm alone, lure those ten people there, and take the chance to eliminate them,” Qu Yi replied honestly.

Hai Man raised her eyebrows upon hearing this and said firmly, “I want to go with you. Though my strength can’t help you, I just hope to be by your side and not leave you.”
Qu Yi was touched upon hearing this and looked at Hai Man gently. After a while, he stepped closer, gently stroked her delicate face, and nodded.