Chapter 90: Interdimensional Transmission Array

Qu Yi already knew the whereabouts of Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun, and immediate ideas arose in his mind. As long as any one of the Five Lords—Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, Fire Lord, and Earth Lord—reached the rank of One-Star Earth Soul Immortal, Qu Yi could activate the Boundless Star Array to directly travel to the distant and far-flung Demon Realm and Fiend Realm.

Now, Qu Yi had returned to the Fire Lord’s cultivation cave. The Fire Lord quickly regained consciousness and smiled upon seeing Qu Yi. “Have I subdued those five spirit beings?” he asked.

Qu Yi nodded and replied with a smile, “Fire Lord, the Artifact God already discovered that there’s a powerful Upper Earth Soul Immortal nearby your cave, watching over you. Every hour, he uses his immortal sense to sense your cave.”

Hearing this, the Fire Lord remained calm, not taking the observer seriously. “If he wants to watch, let him. I’ve made up my mind—I won’t leave until I reach the rank of One-Star Earth Soul Immortal,” he said with a smile.

Qu Yi laughed heartily and praised, “Then just continue cultivating. That Upper Earth Soul Immortal’s immortal sense can’t break through your cave’s array, so he still can’t detect what you’re doing inside. Thus, there’s no need to worry about him discovering the secret of the Soul Devouring Bloodline.”

The Fire Lord nodded and asked curiously, “My lord, who do you think sent that person to spy on me?”

Qu Yi fell silent for a moment before smiling and saying, “Only someone with the power and courage to send an Upper Earth Soul Immortal to spy on you—and someone connected to you—could be it. I think aside from Sect Master Luo You Tian, no one else has such authority.”

The Fire Lord laughed loudly and said happily, “It seems Luo You Tian is already suspicious. Unlikely that he hasn’t reported my actions to Huang Xu. Perhaps Huang Xu will also send someone to spy on me.”

Qu Yi walked around a bit, shrugged, and said casually, “Fire Lord, Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong from the Sky Curtain Organization have already headed to the Demon Realm. Since Huang Xu has noticed you now, it’s better not to draw too much attention. Conceal the advancement of your array skills. Also, spend more time at the Array Hall in the Equipment Refinement Institute. You can go there to observe the arrays and pretend to show them around.”

Hearing this, the Fire Lord immediately understood Qu Yi’s plan. He realized that as an Upper Earth Soul Immortal, his strength was still weak. If Huang Xu locked onto him now, it would be difficult for him to continue living in the Fire Cloud Star Region. Moreover, the people from the Tongzhou Hall would also be implicated because of him.

Endure, build strength, then explode.
Qu Yi’s intention was to prevent the Fire Lord from standing out too much in the Youhan Sect for now, urging him to go to the Demon Realm to enhance his strength. Once his cultivation reached the level of Heavenly Immortal, the Fire Lord would be free to act within the Youhan Sect without fearing Huang Xu’s schemes. Moreover, even if he later joined Huang Xu’s side, he would have the strength to launch a surprise attack and avenge Emperor Hao.
“I understand, my lord,” said the Fire Lord with a smile.
Qu Yi nodded and immediately entered the Dimensional Sphere to continue scanning his arrays.
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Twenty years passed.
The Fire Lord had been cultivating in his own meditation cave. Even when he left, he would head straight to the Array Hall at the headquarters of the Weapon Forging Institute, pretending to study various arrays. Of course, these were all arrays at the Human Immortal level, not particularly advanced. Meanwhile, the Fire Lord no longer interfered in the affairs of the Tongzhou Hall, but those affairs continued to proceed according to his previous arrangements.
After completing weapon-forging tasks at the four-star Human Soul Immortal level, the Tongzhou Hall took on tasks at the five-star and six-star Human Soul Immortal levels as well.
Fearing the power of the Tongzhou Hall, the other branches of the Weapon Forging Institute did not interfere either, reserving their resentment for themselves.
Zhen Nantian only came out for a month before returning to his meditation cave to cultivate. With the spiritual pills provided by the Fire Lord, he had now reached the three-star Earth Soul Immortal level.
Lin Po, Yan Yang, Feng Ming, Wen Chong, and Fei Hong, with the help of the Fire Lord and the assistance of the Soul Devouring Bloodline in their cultivated caves, had all reached the upper-tier Human Soul Immortal level, while Yan Yang, Feng Ming, Wen Chong, and Fei Hong had reached the lower-tier Human Soul Immortal level.
It could be said that Lin Po now had the strength to take over as the leader of the Juehuo Peak.
However, Zhen Nantian did not want Lin Po, Yan Yang, Feng Ming, Wen Chong, and Fei Hong to leave their meditation caves, insisting that they continue cultivating in peace. These five would become the secret strength of the Tongzhou Hall, and they should keep cultivating unless absolutely necessary.
The six executives of the Tongzhou Hall—Luo Ning, Lan Fei, Hua Hai, Chi Yu, Liu Qing, and Chang Chong—were also ordered by the Fire Lord to enter their meditation caves to cultivate. In their caves, the Soul Devouring Bloodline extended to create special spiritual energy to aid their cultivation.
Thus, all affairs of the Tongzhou Hall were now left in the hands of its leader, Yun Zhouzi.

Yun Zhouzi already understood in his heart that Fire Lord and the six attendants must have some secret deal. The reason they didn’t exclude him was so that he could handle the sect affairs while Fire Lord and the others could focus on cultivating. After much consideration, Yun Zhouzi accepted this arrangement. At least, from the task points earned by Tongzhou Hall, he received a large share of the benefits, allowing him to buy many spiritual pills and rapidly improve his cultivation level. Now, Yun Zhouzi had already reached the rank of Four-Star Earth Soul Immortal.

Due to Tongzhou Hall’s several successful artifact-forging tasks and two major bets, its reputation soared. Many disciples from cultivation academies now wanted to join Tongzhou Hall. Naturally, Yun Zhouzi was delighted and allowed anyone who wished to join. Now, Tongzhou Hall had over 200,000 disciples.

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Luo Yi, following Luo Youtian’s orders, had been monitoring Fire Lord near his cultivation cave. Over the past twenty years, Fire Lord had shown no strange behavior—either cultivating in his own cave or studying formations in the Formation Hall, with no signs of interacting with others. Thus, Luo Yi couldn’t figure out Fire Lord’s thoughts nor be certain that he was actually Qu Yi. The two remained in a stalemate, one in the open and the other in secret.

Luo Youtian reported Fire Lord’s situation to Huang Xu, who instructed him to keep a close watch. If Fire Lord exhibited anything related to Emperor Hao, he could be captured and taken to Fire Cloud Star. So far, through Luo Yi, Luo Youtian hadn’t detected any abnormalities in Fire Lord, so he had no choice but to leave him alone.

Meanwhile, on Earth Shadow Star, Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong from the Sky Curtain Organization continued to hurry on their journey from the Immortal Realm to the Demon Realm.

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Ten million years ago, the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Monster Realm were separate, each existing independently. One day, sudden changes occurred between the three realms, accompanied by an apocalyptic energy explosion that consumed two star domains from each realm. As a result, the three realms went from seven star domains to five. The newly formed realm was called the Meteor Realm Divine Realm, consisting of six star domains.

The Meteor Realm Divine Realm remained sealed, opening only once every million years. The shapes of all the star domains in the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Monster Realm resembled a “banana,” while the Meteor Realm Divine Realm formed a spherical shape. The three realms, like three “bananas,” surrounded this sphere.

To travel from the Immortal Realm to the Demon Realm, one must first go to Jinwang Star, a border planet in the Jinxuan Star Region. There, there is a cross-realm teleportation array, constructed jointly by the great emperors of both realms in the past. Between the Immortal Realm and the Demon Realm lies an invisible energy barrier that serves as a separation wall; only through the cross-realm teleportation array can one penetrate it. At this time, Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong started from the Huoxia Star Region, passed through the Shuihu Star Region, the Mufeng Star Region, and the Jinxuan Star Region, before arriving at Jinwang Star. It is only here that people from the Demon Realm come, while no demon cultivators are allowed to enter other planets in the Immortal Realm. Only Jinwang Star can serve as a place for free exchange between the two realms. Similarly, in the Demon Realm, there is a planet called Tutao Star, which also has a cross-realm teleportation array allowing Immortal Realm cultivators to operate there. Other planets in the Demon Realm do not permit Immortal Realm cultivators to enter, otherwise they will face severe pursuit. Chang Xin, the most powerful figure in the Immortal Realm and ruler of Jinxuan Star, has his own secret organization, the Sky Curtain Organization, which naturally has ways to help its members obtain identities in the Demon Realm. As soon as Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong arrived at Jinwang Star, they destroyed their Immortal Realm identity cards and switched to using their Demon Realm identity cards. Jinwang Star is filled with massive cities, which are places where cultivators from both realms trade, making it extremely busy. Without any intention of sightseeing, the three of them went straight to the central city of Jinwang Star, Jinwang City. Upon entering Jinwang City, they did not wander around but headed straight to their destination—the Teleportation Hall. The Teleportation Hall, where the cross-realm teleportation array is located, is grand in scale and covers a vast area. The array itself requires an area a mile long just for its light formations and involves the use of numerous top-tier materials. The cross-realm teleportation array can transport a thousand people at once. When Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong arrived at the Teleportation Hall, they first entered an Identity Pavilion, where special immortal artifacts are used to verify the identities of cultivators. There are actually two such pavilions—one to verify the identities of Immortal Realm cultivators and another for those from the Demon Realm. The three entered the pavilion for Demon Realm cultivators and passed the verification easily by simply showing their identity cards. They quickly completed the identity check and went to the Teleportation Hall, waiting for the thousand people to gather before being transported to the Demon Realm. Once the thousand demon cultivators arrived, the cross-realm teleportation array was activated immediately.

Within the one-li-long teleportation array area, a thousand people stood in formation. The light within flickered, creating a magnificent sight. After some time, the interdimensional teleportation array was successfully activated. With a flash of white light, those thousand people disappeared.
Qu Yi, inside the Dimensional Sphere, immediately knew the whereabouts of Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong. A smile appeared on his lips.
Episode 11: Penetrating the Demon Realm