Chapter 27: The Inner Cyclone of Jiazi

Qu Yi’s avatar, Earth Venerable, controlled the Subterranean Shuttle and noticed Feng Qu approaching rapidly from behind. He suddenly halted the shuttle.
Feng Qu was delighted and immediately arrived in front of Qu Yi.
“Haha, Qu Yi, you really knew you couldn’t escape. Just wait for me to catch you,” Feng Qu said with a smile, picking up his Qingyun Staff.
Earth Venerable glanced at Feng Qu and sneered, “You’re Feng Qu from the Immortal Realm. I stopped to see just how strong your human-immortal powers really are.”
Hearing this, Feng Qu laughed heartily, taking Qu Yi’s words as a joke.
“Qu Yi, although your magical artifacts are powerful, a person’s strength still depends on their own cultivation. You, who are only in the later stage of tribulation, dare to challenge an expert human-immortal? How arrogant! Oh, your body has transformed into a Body of Earth Origin—how could that happen so quickly… Hmph, even if you use the Stone of Earth Origin to force this transformation, how much Origin energy do you have to power your artifacts to fight me?” Feng Qu said coldly, his eyes gleaming with hostility.
Earth Venerable simply smiled indifferently and replied, “It’s difficult for me alone to resist you, but I have companions.”
Suddenly, the other four of Qu Yi’s avatars—Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, Water Venerable, and Fire Venerable—also appeared.
As for Qu Yi’s true self, he remained inside the Xingluo Cauldron.
Qu Yi’s five avatars floated in the sky simultaneously, smiling at Feng Qu. Moreover, all five avatars looked exactly like Qu Yi, with no difference in temperament or aura.
This was the uniqueness of Qu Yi’s five avatars—they were all bodies of different Origin types, yet their auras were identical, making it impossible to tell which element of the Five Elements each one cultivated.
“What? Five Qu Yis… Oh, I get it. You five are Qu Yi’s puppet bodies. He controlled five soul essences, used soul magic to alter your souls, and then shaped your bodies with the Stone of Origin,” Feng Qu exclaimed in shock.
Unfortunately, though Feng Qu had guessed something, he wasn’t bold enough. These five bodies were not puppet bodies but Qu Yi’s true avatars, each representing one of his lives.
Hearing this, Earth Venerable merely smiled and said, “Feng Qu, don’t waste time. Attack. Let us five see the strength of your human-immortal powers.”
At the same time, Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, Water Venerable, and Fire Venerable already drew mid-tier immortal weapons, staring coldly at Feng Qu, ready to attack him all at once if he didn’t strike first.
“Five ants, don’t be arrogant. I can kill you all and capture Qu Yi later,” Feng Qu snapped coldly.

Immediately, Feng Qu picked up the Qingyun Stick and struck at the Earth Lord first. The Qingyun Stick was a mid-grade immortal weapon of the wood element; in addition to enabling domain attacks and magic attacks, it could also carry out spatial attacks—this was what distinguished mid-grade immortal weapons from lower-grade ones. As Feng Qu swung the Qingyun Stick, a green corridor formed in the direction it pointed, creating a space of the wood element that could devour all energy within the Starry Sky Space. Upon seeing Feng Qu unleash the strongest attack possible with the Qingyun Stick, the Earth Lord was shocked and immediately poured all his own elemental energy of earth into the Subterranean Shuttle. The speed of the Subterranean Shuttle soared to its maximum, allowing it to quickly escape the attack range of the green corridor and avoid being trapped by its spatial constraints. If the Subterranean Shuttle were hit by the green corridor, it would be drawn directly into that spatial realm and seized by Feng Qu, ending the Earth Lord’s life instantly. “Feng Qu, a human-immortal powerhouse—his strength is truly terrifying,” said the Earth Lord, standing firm in the starry sky with a smile. As soon as he spoke, the Star Luo Ding appeared, and the Earth Lord immediately entered it. “Shameless! Trying to use the Star Luo Ding to save your life again? Hmph, this time it won’t be that easy. I’ll take down the other four puppet bodies first, then seize this Star Luo Ding and fly straight to the Immortal Realm,” Feng Qu said coldly. Indeed, Feng Qu’s gaze had already locked onto the Gold Lord. The Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, and Fire Lord would certainly not let Feng Qu attack first again. Wielding their mid-grade immortal weapons, they launched a joint attack on him. The Gold Lord held the Shangjin Sword and made three rapid slashes in succession, sending three parallel beams of golden light through the starry sky straight toward Feng Qu. These three beams of golden light enclosed two separate spaces of the gold element, filled with fierce sword energy capable of leaving a person severely wounded. In front of the Wood Lord was the Wind Control Drum; with four consecutive strikes, he activated its most powerful technique, the “Grid Space.” This grid space was formed by countless horizontal and vertical energies of the wood element, creating numerous small grid-like spaces. These spaces could not only trap people but also contained soul-trapping forces that constantly disrupted them. The Water Lord held the Water Dividing Pot and channeled all his elemental energy of water into it, causing ten streams of icy water to erupt—like ten sea dragons rushing toward Feng Qu at once. These ten sea dragons were actually formed from elemental energy of water, carrying a chilling aura that could freeze Feng Qu solid if it hit him.

The Fire Lord held the Floating Flame Ribbon and began dancing swiftly through the starry sky as if waving a streamer. Rings of flame surrounded Feng Qu, and the entire space around those flames turned into a sea of fire, as if all the energies in the starry sky had been ignited. Undoubtedly, these rings of flame possessed immense offensive power, and they also drained Feng Qu’s elemental energy of wood to a great extent. “You four bastards, though you wield mid-tier immortal artifacts, you’re all at the Mahayana stage—how much power can you really unleash with them?” Feng Qu said calmly with a cold laugh. In an instant, as the four attack spells approached, the Azure Cloud Staff in Feng Qu’s hand moved again. With its movement, a brilliant light filled the air, and a glowing blue sphere protected Feng Qu’s body. Three sword beams, a grid-like space, ten water dragons, and endless rings of fire all struck this glowing sphere, but it simply absorbed them all without any explosion occurring. At this moment, Qu Yi’s true form, inside the Star Luo Cauldron, finally understood that the true power of human-immortal cultivation couldn’t be matched by sheer numbers. The four of Qu Yi’s avatars—Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, and Fire Lord—used their mid-tier immortal artifacts to launch attacks, exhausting all their elemental energy. Naturally, as they attacked, they immediately returned to the Star Luo Cauldron. However, the Earth Lord, who had first entered the cauldron, reappeared and quickly fled into the starry sky aboard his Subterranean Shuttle. Inside the cauldron, the Earth Lord absorbed the stored elemental energy of earth, restoring his true energy. After easily blocking the four attack spells and waiting for their energy to dissipate, Feng Qu saw that Qu Yi had used his Subterranean Shuttle to escape to a distant part of the starry sky. “Bastard! How dare you deceive me!” Feng Qu shouted angrily. By now, Feng Qu finally realized that Qu Yi had tricked him by sending five of his avatars under the guise of battle to escape. After shouting in anger, Feng Qu didn’t even have time to restore his own energy and immediately flew swiftly to chase after Qu Yi. At that moment, nine more figures appeared in the starry sky: Zong Xi, Yan Xuan, Qiu Rui, Yi Xi, Chen Yan, Rong Han, Jun Wei, Zhuo Hong, and Qi Jia.

It turned out that the nine of them were patrolling in the region of Wu Jing Jin Huo in the starry sky, constantly watching to see if Qu Yi would emerge from there. Qu Yi hadn’t noticed anything, but the nine did see Feng Qu disappear and immediately realized that Feng Qu had most likely already found Qu Yi and was chasing after him. The nine quickly deduced Feng Qu’s flight direction and rushed over together. Having just witnessed the battle in the starry sky, they finally located Feng Qu.

“Feng Qu, you found Qu Yi yet didn’t even inform us,” Zong Xi, Yan Xuan, and Qiu Rui shouted angrily.

The four from the Immortal Realm, having received instructions from the various Star Lords, had already agreed to work together. Naturally, Zong Xi, Yan Xuan, and Qiu Rui were furious to find that Feng Qu wanted to take all the credit for himself.

Hearing their anger, Feng Qu had no way to defend himself. When he discovered Qu Yi, there was no time to inform the others, and they surely knew how fast the Qian Tu Suo was.

The other six, seeing the internal conflict among the four from the Immortal Realm, couldn’t be happy either, as Qu Yi was about to disappear right before their eyes.

“Chen Yan, Rong Han, Qu Yi is very far away from us. To catch him this time, it seems we’ll have to invest more effort. Let’s burn some of our primordial energy,” Yi Xi transmitted mentally to the other two from the Demon Realm.

Burning primordial energy meant gathering it and releasing it in an explosion to greatly increase speed. This spell was similar to the Blood Dash technique used by cultivators in the cultivation world and also consumed a great deal of innate energy, taking a long time to recover.

However, facing the potential for massive rewards, Chen Yan and Rong Han agreed.

“Zhuo Hong, Qi Jia, the three of us will use the Combined Escape Technique to get ahead of both the Immortal and Demon factions and capture Qu Yi,” Jun Wei transmitted mentally to the other two from the Fiend Realm.

The Combined Escape Technique was a unique speed secret technique possessed only by those fiends who had cultivated from beasts, and it was also a method of increasing speed by consuming innate energy.

Zhuo Hong and Qi Jia understood Jun Wei’s intention and agreed.

Failure to complete the task meant death, while success brought bright prospects and huge rewards. Thus, despite the slight loss of innate energy, these beings from the Immortal, Demon, and Fiend realms agreed without hesitation.

So, the Immortal, Demon, and Fiend factions all silently transmitted messages mentally, aiming to suddenly increase their speed, reach Qu Yi first, and capture him at once.

However, none of the ten noticed that as Tu Zun controlled the Qian Tu Sou to fly forward, a faint substance, like wisps of smoke, began to drift in the sky ahead, covering an area of millions of miles.
“Qu Yi, be careful! There’s a Jia Zi Inner Cyclone ahead,” the Artifact God suddenly transmitted a message through his spiritual sense.
But the Artifact God’s warning came a bit too late. Even though Tu Zun stopped the Qian Tu Sou, it was still pulled forward by the Jia Zi Inner Cyclone.
At that moment, the ten from the upper realm each used their secret techniques, increasing their speed and arriving beside the Xing Luo Ding.
Just as they tried to grab the Xing Luo Ding and fly away, they suddenly realized they couldn’t use their domain attacks. Whenever they emitted their primal energy, a gentle breeze scattered it instantly.