Chapter 80: Unrest within the Sect

The Five Lords—Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, Fire Lord, and Earth Lord—all had reached the rank of Upper Human Soul Immortals.
Their transformations would cause corresponding changes within Qu Yi’s dantian’s chaotic energy clusters.
At the rank of Middle Human Soul Immortal, there were five chaotic energy clusters in Qu Yi’s dantian, each consisting of a “two”-shaped chaotic energy and a spherical chaotic mist. Now, the last spherical mist in each cluster had transformed into a “one”-shaped chaotic energy.
Thus, the shape of each chaotic energy cluster was formed by the combination of “three”-shaped chaotic energies.
“Three” represented the three fundamental principles of the Five Elements.
Qu Yi sat on a soft chair by the lake inside theCubic Realm ball, observing the changes in his dantian, and laughed wildly.
“Ha… ha…”
His laughter continued endlessly.
The Artifact God, lying on a soft chair nearby, grew annoyed and shouted, “You madman, Qu Yi! Shut up already! It’s just being an Upper Human Soul Immortal—what’s there to laugh about? Go and scan the arrays of the fundamental principles properly!”
Qu Yi immediately stopped laughing.
Then, he turned to the Artifact God and asked, “What tasks are Xiang Qing and those four others doing now?”
The Artifact God lifted its eyelids slightly and replied indifferently, “Those five guys have each taken on two more tasks. With that, they’ll have enough points to enter the Fundamental Spirit Veins for cultivation. You’ll have to wait another ten years.”
As the foundation of the Youhan Sect, the Fundamental Spirit Veins attracted many disciples who wished to cultivate there. To select suitable candidates, the sect naturally required a certain number of points.
Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun had received Qu Yi’s secret assistance while completing tasks. By the time they arrived at the task planets, their tasks were already done, so their task points increased rapidly. Yet, they still didn’t have enough points to enter the Fundamental Spirit Veins.
But it wouldn’t be much longer.
After hearing this, Qu Yi nodded slightly and said with a smile, “Let’s wait a few more years. Next, it’s Fire Lord’s turn to perform.”
The Artifact God immediately closed its eyes and said nothing.
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Fire Lord emerged from his cultivation cave and flew straight to the headquarters of Tongzhou Hall.
Ten years had passed since he took on all the blacksmithing tasks at the two-star Human Soul Immortal level. Now, Fire Lord planned to go to the headquarters of the Blacksmithing Academy to hand over his tasks.
Hua Hai, as the executive of the Blacksmithing Academy, had been waiting for Fire Lord’s arrival all along.

“Yeah, Fire Lord is coming… No way, Fire Lord has already reached the rank of Upper Human Soul Immortal so quickly.” Hua Hai said in surprise as he sensed Fire Lord in the corridor of his resting area.
Fire Lord landed in the Formation Hall, and Hua Hai immediately followed beside him.
“Fire Lord, how did you advance to the rank of Upper Human Soul Immortal so fast? Don’t you face any bottlenecks during cultivation?” Hua Hai asked with confusion.
With just a slight smile, Fire Lord didn’t want to reveal the truth to Hua Hai and replied indifferently, “I’m naturally intelligent, so of course I progress quickly. Enough about cultivation—have you prepared the space ring yet?”
The space ring contained the already crafted immortal artifact at the two-star Human Soul Immortal level.
Hua Hai nodded and smiled, “Fire Lord, it’s ready. I’ve been waiting for you to come.”
Qu Yi smiled and then flew ahead to the transmission hall at the headquarters of Tongzhou Hall.
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At the headquarters of the Artifact Forging Academy, in the Bearing Hall…
Fire Lord and Hua Hai had arrived and went straight to the second floor. Naturally, their presence drew a lot of attention. After taking on the one-star Human Soul Immortal level artifact forging tasks, Tongzhou Hall had now taken on those at the two-star level as well, causing quite a stir and attracting widespread attention.
As soon as the people in the Bearing Hall saw Fire Lord and Hua Hai emerge, they immediately picked up their communication cards and sent messages one after another. At the same time, many others followed Fire Lord to the second floor.
Ignoring the stares of others, Fire Lord went straight to the registration desk on the second floor and asked Hua Hai to bring out all the space rings.
Yue Zi’en had already risen to become the supervisor of the second floor, and now it was he who would receive Tongzhou Hall’s tasks.
Whoa!
The ten elders of the Bearing Hall also noticed Fire Lord’s arrival and collectively came down to the registration desk.
“Fire Lord, has Tongzhou Hall really completed all the two-star Human Soul Immortal level artifact forging tasks?” Hua Cheng’an asked seriously.
Although these ten elders had agreed to assign all such tasks to Tongzhou Hall, they weren’t entirely confident that they could complete them. After all, given Tongzhou Hall’s origins from the small planet Zhu Yan, they likely had limited access to formations and couldn’t solve all the related challenges.
However, seeing Fire Lord’s calmness and Hua Hai’s proud demeanor, the elders felt that Tongzhou Hall might have indeed completed all the tasks.
Fire Lord looked at Hua Cheng’an and smiled, “Yes, we’ve completed all the tasks successfully.”
Huh!

The ten elders, along with Yue Zien, each took a long, almost unbelievable breath. Yue Zien, even more eagerly, took out a space ring and immediately began scanning it with his immortal sense, then recorded each one in his jade slip, keeping track of the number of immortal artifacts. It took a whole day for Yue Zien and his subordinates to finish the counting. The ten elders, Huo Zun, Hua Hai, and the others sat quietly on the luxurious seats in the registration room, watching Yue Zien and his team at work. Finally, Yue Zien scanned the last space ring. Suddenly, he had calculated the total number of immortal artifacts in his mind and stared intently at Huo Zun and Hua Hai. “The Two-Star Human Soul Immortal Artifact Refinement task for Tongzhou Hall is completely finished,” Yue Zien exclaimed excitedly. The ten elders quickly stood up, all looking at Huo Zun and Hua Hai in surprise. Huo Zun remained calm and seated, while Hua Hai, feeling the attention of all the elders on him, became uneasy. Not daring to look back at them, he could only tremble nonstop. Eight hundred million immortal artifacts—Tongzhou Hall had managed to complete this task all by itself within just ten years. Such news was indeed enough to cause a sensation in the Youhan Sect; it was even more challenging than the One-Star Human Soul Immortal task involving one billion artifacts. “How is it possible for your Tongzhou Hall to solve all those array problems?” “And how could your refinement efficiency be so fast? These are Two-Star Human Soul Immortal level artifacts—eight hundred million of them!” “It’s hard to believe. It seems like only the two hall masters of Tongzhou Hall are Earth Soul Immortals. The other disciples don’t have much refinement experience either. How could they complete the task so quickly?” “Your Tongzhou Hall must have its own unique refinement techniques. Back then, Yu Wei recommended you to Elder Han Lingqiu, and we heard about it, but we didn’t believe it. It seems Han Lingqiu is really impressive.” … The ten elders all expressed their astonishment. Huo Zun listened quietly before standing up and saying with a smile, “Clerk Yue Zien, since our task for Tongzhou Hall is complete, shouldn’t it be time to distribute the task points?” This statement immediately drew the elders’ attention. Huo Zun had promised to share those task points with them. So, the ten of them immediately looked at Yue Zien in silence. Seeing that all the elders’ attention was on him, Yue Zien didn’t dare delay any longer and said right away, “Of course. I’ll distribute the task points to Tongzhou Hall right now.”

Hua Hai immediately took out his deacon’s token and the name column of Tongzhou Hall. The task points were recorded on the name column—a total of 1.6 billion Origin Stones. The deacon’s token had changed from red to purple, indicating that Hua Hai’s status as a deacon had risen again. At this moment, Hua Cheng’an smiled and said, “Fire Venerable, Hua Hai, your Tongzhou Hall has completed the two-star Human Soul Immortal crafting tasks. I’m very pleased. Your strength will surely draw the attention of our Crafting Academy. How about this? The two of you come with our ten members to the top floor to talk.” The other nine elders also nodded with smiles. Upon hearing this, Fire Venerable understood what Hua Cheng’an meant—he wanted to give them a share of the task points right away. “If the elders invite us, how could we refuse? Alright, let’s go to the top floor to talk,” Fire Venerable said with a smile. Soon, the ten elders and Fire Venerable, along with Hua Hai, all arrived at the top floor of the Bearing Hall. Hua Hai was smart too; as soon as he entered the noble chamber, he took out the name column and looked at the ten elders with a smile. The elders didn’t feel awkward at all and immediately took out their identity cards, allowing Hua Hai to transfer a portion of the task points to each of them. After the ten elders took their seats, Fire Venerable sat down across from them with a smile. “Fire Venerable, your Tongzhou Hall has taken on both crafting tasks. I believe this news must have spread to all the crafting branches, and the higher-ups in the sect must have heard about it as well. If our assumptions are correct, some high-ranking members will surely go to your Tongzhou Hall to investigate,” Hua Cheng’an said with a smile. Of course, Fire Venerable was aware of this situation. After all, in just twenty years, this little-known crafting branch called Tongzhou Hall had taken on crafting tasks at the one-star and two-star Human Soul Immortal levels, which naturally attracted the attention of various interested parties. “Elders, it’s great if the higher-ups in the sect come. In the future, our Tongzhou Hall’s strength will surely be valued by them,” Fire Venerable replied casually. Yet at that moment, the faces of the ten elders turned somewhat gloomy. After a while, Hua Cheng’an said in a worried tone, “Fire Venerable, your Tongzhou Hall is too arrogant. These two major achievements have surely aroused the envy of other crafting branches. How about this? Your Tongzhou Hall should remain quiet for a while until the anger of those other branches subsides, then you can book crafting tasks again.” Upon hearing this, Fire Venerable immediately sensed that there was more to Hua Cheng’an’s words, as if he was warning him of something. “Elders, if you have any concerns, could you please make them clear?” Fire Venerable asked with a smile.

Hua Cheng’an and the other nine elders exchanged glances before speaking in detail: “Fire Venerable, although Tongzhou Hall is powerful, within the entire Youhan Sect, it still counts for nothing. Without Tongzhou Hall, Youhan Sect won’t suffer any loss. Tongzhou Hall’s repeated attempts to monopolize the artifact refinement tasks have already caused widespread dissatisfaction among other artifact refinement factions. All the high-ranking officials in our Artifact Refinement Institute are under pressure.” Hearing this, Fire Venerable felt relieved—this was indeed the truth. However, how could he possibly be persuaded to give up his scheduled artifact refinement tasks?