Chapter 79: The Superior Soul Immortal

Warned by the Artifact God, Qu Yi learned that Xiang Qing had led a group to Qingchi Star, so he immediately activated the Boundless Star Map and arrived there.
In the outer space of Qingchi Star, Qu Yi saw the vast swarm of ice bees, whose reflected white light illuminated the entire realm.
While Xiang Qing and the others were investigating on Qingshi Island, Qu Yi had already figured out the key strategy: capture the leader first!
So, he promptly sent Yuwen Tianlan with the Miniature Realm Ball to the Arctic ice plains of Qingchi Star, then to the lair of the ice bees.
The Miniature Realm Ball, resembling dust, drifted into the lair with the wind. Soon, it landed in the living palace of the queen and the female bee ruler—only two giant ice bees were there; the others, without orders, dared not enter.
The queen and the female ruler were so massive that they couldn’t even move. Their sole purpose was to reproduce more ice bees.
Yet, both possessed innate soul techniques, reaching the level of a Six-Star Earth Soul Immortal, allowing them to control the entire swarm.
If Yuwen Tianlan had faced them directly, he would likely have been enslaved by them. But he remained hidden inside the Miniature Realm Ball.
When the ball hovered above the female ruler’s head, Yuwen Tianlan suddenly appeared and struck her with a palm, knocking her unconscious.
As the queen tried to use her soul technique, Yuwen Tianlan returned to the Miniature Realm Ball, causing her soul attack to miss its target.
While the queen was in turmoil, Yuwen Tianlan reappeared on her head and struck again, knocking her completely unconscious.
Naturally, Qu Yi then took action. He stepped out of the Miniature Realm Ball and injected his immortal consciousness into the soul flowers of the queen and the female ruler. The Artifact God then used its own soul to help Qu Yi imprint his soul mark within those flowers.
The queen and the female ruler became Qu Yi’s slaves.
When they woke up, Qu Yi ordered the two beasts to command all the ice bee swarms to return to the lair. As waves of ice bees returned, he controlled them to enter the Miniature Realm Ball.
He also captured one billion ice bees.
Thus, the ice bee swarms that once covered the entire planet of Qingchi Star suddenly vanished, leaving everyone puzzled.
By the time Xiang Qing, Zhu Bao, and the other twenty-one arrived at the lair, Qu Yi had already taken control of the Miniature Realm Ball and flown out of it.

In the sky of Qingchi Star, Qu Yi launched a Dimensional Ball, activated the Boundless Stars, and returned to Diyou Star, back to Tongzhou Hall.
Xiang Qing led his team to search the entire monster lair. Aside from finding the corpses of ice bees, not a single living one was discovered, and the two queen bees were nowhere to be found.
In the end, the twenty-one of them gathered together in confusion and remained silent for a long time.
“How could this happen? We didn’t even fight a single ice bee before entering their lair.”
“Could it be that some supreme warrior came and dealt with these ice bees?”
“That’s impossible. There are no signs of battle in this lair at all. It’s hard to believe.”
“There’s only one possibility: these ice bees have a limited time to be active. They hide for a while and then come out to hunt.”
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Everyone shared their guesses.
At that moment, Xiang Qing calmly said, “Everyone, no matter who eliminated the ice bees, one thing is certain—our mission is complete. We can go back and claim our mission rewards.”
For Xiang Qing, there was only one goal: mission rewards. As for the disappearance of the ice bee colony and the fate of the queen bees, he didn’t bother to think about it.
The twenty team members lit up upon hearing this and reminded everyone, “That’s right! Since the ice bee colony is gone, we’ve completed our mission!” they exclaimed excitedly.
Xiang Qing nodded and then slowly said, “We just need to get the rewards. As for what happened here, let’s keep it a secret. Otherwise, we’d be getting something for free and laughed at by the other team members.”
“Understood. If we got the rewards for nothing, who would go spreading such news? It would be a huge embarrassment for us!” several team members added.
Soon after, Xiang Qing led his team back to Qingshi Island in Dongbaya, informing the surviving cultivators that the ice bee colony had been eliminated and that they could return to the mainland.
Then, Xiang Qing and the twenty-one others set off back to Diyou Star.
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Coincidentally, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun also went to four different places to carry out missions.
Xiang Xing went to an ancient giant star, where an aberrant human cultivator had appeared. Though he originally possessed the cultivation level of a Higher Soul Immortal, he had become aberrant and now had the strength of a Two-Star Earth Soul Immortal. This aberrant cultivator had slaughtered countless others, so that ancient giant star asked the Youhan Sect to send someone to deal with him.

Xiang Zhong went to Neijing Star, where an ancient well that had existed for a million years gave rise to a powerful demon beast, the Shadow-Eyed Celestial Monkey, whose strength equaled that of a three-star Earth Soul Immortal. Wherever this Shadow-Eyed Celestial Monkey went, it would kill everyone, causing panic across the entire planet. Thus, Neijing Star requested that Youhan Sect send someone to deal with it.

Xiang Zheng went to Hongzhou Star, where a mad armorer emerged, taking control of all armorsmiths and crafting countless immortal weapons. Now, that armorer aimed to use this power to rule the entire Hongzhou Star. Xiang Zheng’s mission was to assassinate that mad armorer.

Xiang Chun went to Fuxi Star, where a massive ocean demon appeared. Whenever cultivators flew over the ocean, they were attacked by the demon, causing the cultivators of Fuxi Star to lose access to the ocean’s resources. Xiang Chun’s task was to kill this ocean demon.

After spending several years reaching their respective mission planets, these four people encountered situations similar to those faced by Xiang Qing.

In their Soul Flowers, due to the Soul Storage Technique used by the Artifact God, Qu Yi’s soul imprint was present. Relying on the Boundless Stars, Qu Yi could accurately locate the four of them. As a result, Qu Yi could directly go to these four planets, take action in advance, and kill the mutated cultivators, Shadow-Eyed Celestial Monkey, mad armorer, and ocean demon.

Upon arriving at their destinations, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun completed their missions without a single battle.

Qu Yi was very interested in the Sky Curtain Organization. He felt that Chang Xin, the ruler of Jinxuan Star, must have a huge conspiracy behind establishing this private organization, so he wanted to investigate it. Undoubtedly, for now, Qu Yi could only rely on Xiang Qing and the other five to help them complete their missions, then let them enter Youhan Sect’s primal spiritual veins, taking the opportunity to disrupt their plans and subject them to the Sky Curtain Organization’s punishment. Through repeated interactions, Qu Yi believed he could come into contact with other members of the Sky Curtain Organization, thereby learning more about it and figuring out Chang Xin’s plans.

Qu Yi handled directly the next tasks assigned to Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun, completing them swiftly.

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While Qu Yi personally helped the five of them with their missions, his five avatars—Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, Water Venerable, Fire Venerable, and Earth Venerable—remained in their cultivation caves, mastering the mystical principles. At that time, each of the five venerables had several spiritual pills, which were the pills related to the principles they needed to comprehend.

Originally, their respective cultivation caves were already filled with the spiritual energy of Faoh. By taking the spiritual pills at this point, the five cultivators’ progress accelerated by leaps and bounds, getting ever closer to fully mastering the last type of Faoh.

The Golden Lord had been in seclusion in his cave for three years. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, a sharp glint appearing in them. He then raised his hands together and released the golden-colored immortal essence. The two streams of immortal essence collided between his hands—one emitting a force of contraction and the other a force of restraint. Instantly, the energy fluctuations on both sides changed.

The Golden Lord had already mastered the art of contraction and restraint, able to control these forces freely.

The Wood Lord had been in seclusion in his cultivation cave for five years, taking one spiritual pill per year. Now, he opened his eyes after a long period of closure, a joyful smile appearing on his face. Quickly, he extended his right index finger, gathering the green-colored wood-based immortal essence to form a sphere that floated above his finger. The sphere emitted a force of relaxation. In an instant, its aura changed, emitting a force of tension instead.

The Wood Lord had mastered the art of relaxation and tension, able to switch between these forces at will.

The Water Lord spent four years accelerating his cultivation with the help of spiritual pills and his spiritual absorption bloodline. Now, he opened his eyes, and his entire aura changed. A mass of water appeared in front of him, emitting a force of heaviness. After a while, the mass didn’t disappear but instead began to emit a force of descent.

The Water Lord had mastered the art of sinking and descending, able to control these forces as he pleased.

The Fire Lord put aside matters related to the Tongzhou Hall and focused on seclusion for five years. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, a look of quiet enlightenment on his face. He formed a palm with his right hand and sent out a fan of fire-based immortal essence, creating a flaming palm that emitted a force of explosion. Instantly, the aura of the flaming palm changed, emitting a force of splitting instead.

The Fire Lord had mastered the art of explosion and splitting, able to switch between these forces freely.

The Earth Lord had remained in his cultivation cave, taking a spiritual pill every six months. Five years passed, and finally, he opened his eyes, a gentle smile on his face. He clenched his right fist, activating his immortal essence, and a fist made of earth-based immortal essence appeared, emitting a force of reception. In an instant, the aura of the fist changed to one of absorption.

The Earth Lord had mastered the art of reception and absorption, able to switch between these forces at any time.

All five cultivators had now mastered the last type of Faoh, thus achieving the rank of Higher Soul Immortals.

Qu Yi himself, along with the chaotic energy masses within his body, also underwent changes and reached the cultivation level of a higher-tier Soul Immortal.