Chapter Ten: The Primordial Heavenly Veins

The Five Star Regions of the Fiend Realm: the Golden Dragon Region, the Wood Forest Region, the Water Ocean Region, the Fire Phoenix Region, and the Earthworm Region.

In the Wood Forest Region, within the Tianjiu Star District, lay the Tianjiu Star.
As the ruling race of Tianjiu Star, the snake race, the thirty-six highest leaders of the snake clans, led by Xu Lan—the most powerful warrior on the Tianjiu Continent—flew over to meet Qu Yi directly.

While engaged with the Golden Horn Snake Clan, Qu Yi had already learned that these thirty-seven highest leaders were gathering nearby, ready to deliver a fatal blow to him.
Now, seeing these thirty-seven people approaching coldly, Qu Yi felt not a hint of worry.

Xu Lan was the only six-star Heavenly Soul Fiend warrior on the Tianjiu Continent.
The other thirty-six highest leaders of the snake race were all at the five-star Heavenly Soul Fiend level.

Upon landing, the thirty-seven of them did not rush to attack Qu Yi but instead released a powerful pressure of fiendly energy, attempting to overwhelm him with sheer force.
Although Qu Yi was only at the upper level of Earth Soul Immortal, since his body had become a Chaos Body, he could view everything in the world from a superior perspective. Thus, even the pressure exerted by these thirty-seven Heavenly Soul Fiend warriors, who were far stronger than him, did not put any strain on him.

“I say, you thirty-seven bastards—if you want to fight, go ahead. If not, I’m leaving,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

The thirty-seven strongest members of the snake race were shocked inwardly. They never expected Qu Yi to remain completely unshaken despite facing the pressure of thirty-seven foes—it was simply unbelievable.

Hearing Qu Yi’s words, the thirty-seven’s expressions turned icy.

“What kind of fiend race are you?” Xu Lan asked, his eyes gleaming.

Clearly, as the strongest warrior on the Tianjiu Continent, Xu Lan was puzzled after seeing that Qu Yi could resist the combined pressure of thirty-seven fiendly energies. He dared not attack immediately.

In the Fiend Realm, there were also some fiend races that even the Xu Tian Snake race could not match.

Qu Yi shook his head and smiled, “Don’t try to probe my background. Let me ask again—will you fight or not? If not, I really am leaving.”

Another urging for battle.

Xu Lan could no longer remain calm. He stared at Qu Yi with a murderous gaze and shouted coldly, “No matter what kind of fiend race you are, since you’ve dared to insult the dignity of our snake race, you must die.”

The ruler of the Wood Forest Region was Void, whose true form was a Xu Tian Snake. As a descendant of Void, Xu Lan naturally could not undermine the reputation of the Xu Tian Snake.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Xu Lan, along with the 36 highest leaders of the snake clans, flashed forward and appeared above Qu Yi. Each of them swiftly waved their palms, unleashing spells of World Power to attack Qu Yi.
“Spirit Snake Planet!”
“Golden Snake Turmoil!”
“Mars Devours the Sky!”
……
Over thirty spells instantly filled the surrounding space, launching relentless attacks on Qu Yi.
The Spirit Snake Planet was a Wood-type spell; a powerful Wood-type demon essence formed a green planetary projection to suppress and restrict Qu Yi’s movements. Naturally, this planetary projection was filled with intense World Power.
Golden Snake Turmoil: The formidable Pressure-type World Power formed giant golden snakes, which merged into a massive golden planet, as if countless golden snakes were coiling on its surface, roaring together.
Mars Devours the Sky: A huge flaming planet with countless fiery snakes rising arrogantly, seemingly intent on burning everything in the surrounding void. Undoubtedly, this flaming planet was permeated with endless Fire-type World Power.
……
Each spell filled with destructive power headed straight for Qu Yi.
“You, an alien demon beast, dare to challenge the might of us snake demons? You’re seeking death,” thought the 37 powerful beings with confidence.
Qu Yi watched as dozens of powerful spells attacked at once, a hint of helplessness appearing on his face before quickly giving way to a smile.
The helplessness stemmed from Qu Yi knowing that theHao Tian Sword couldn’t block so many spells. After all, using theHao Tian Sword now equaled a strength level of four-star Tianpo Demon, far too weak to withstand these five-star Tianpo Demon spells.
His smile came because Qu Yi had already rolled up his sleeves and drawn out the Boundless Star Patterns.
“Farewell, everyone!”
With a laugh, Qu Yi vanished instantly.
He just left like that!
The 37 strongest members of the snake clans stared at the dazzling lights from the colliding spells and the vast chasms formed by the collapsing earth, yet they saw no sign of Qu Yi’s body being shattered.
“How did that alien demon beast escape?”
“What’s going on? What’s happening?”
“What demon beast has such teleportation abilities? I don’t think there is any…”
“There wasn’t even the slightest spatial fluctuation. How did he get away?”
……
The 37 strongest snake clan members were filled with shock, staring blankly at the chaotic energy storms in the sky.

Just as the various powerful snakes were surprised, a speck of dust was ejected from the energy storm, fell to the ground, and was then blown by the strong wind into the hair of Jin Bao, the supreme leader of the Golden Horned Snake clan.
“All Golden Horned Snakes, come out and search the area within a hundred thousand miles.”
Suddenly, Xu Lan shouted loudly. He simply couldn’t bear the thought of Qu Yi escaping like that.
With a thunderous sound, the Golden Horned Snakes underground were summoned forth—only less than one million remained; the rest had been killed by the energy storms in the ground.
Without hesitation or fear, the one million Golden Horned Snakes transformed into human form and flew into the air to search the surrounding area.
Soon,
“Report: No trace of that abnormal beast found.”
“Report: Nothing found.”
“Report: Still nothing…”
Each group of Golden Horned Snakes returned without any news of Qu Yi.
The thirty-seven strongest members of the snake race, filled with anger, had no choice but to accept this frustrating outcome.
“Everyone, follow me back to the Void Sky Snake Cave,” Xu Lan said grimly.
In a moment, the thirty-seven of them flew away. Naturally, the dust in Jin Bao’s hair followed him to the Void Sky Snake Cave.
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Void Sky Snake Cave.
Xu Lan, Wu Ting, Yu Zhen, Jin Bao, and the other thirty-seven strongest members of the snake race took their seats one by one.
“Everyone, this time our snake race has been provoked, and we failed to punish the culprit—this is a shame for us,” Xu Lan said calmly.
Defeat was defeat, and Xu Lan saw no need to hide it.
The thirty-six supreme leaders of the snake clans remained silent, their disappointment evident.
It could be said that the thirty-seven strongest snake beasts in Tianjiu Star hadn’t even managed to kill a single ‘beast’ at the Upper Earth Soul Beast level—this was undoubtedly a disgrace for these leaders.
Xu Lan sighed, then, with a melancholic expression, said angrily, “Everyone, I’ve heard that the Hunting Guild in Mulin Star Region has issued a mission: by killing a snake beast at the Tianpo Beast level of Tianjiu Star, one can obtain ten million demon stones worth of the Dragon Clan’s Wind Crown.”
Before he could finish, the thirty-six supreme snake lords immediately erupted in chaos.
“What? The Dragon Clan has issued such a mission?”
“That’s impossible. Although the Dragon Clan dominates Jinlong Star Region, they don’t have the right to interfere in our affairs in Mulin Star Region.”
“Don’t they know that the current leader of Mulin Star Region comes from our Tianjiu Star? Do they want war?”

“The Dragon Clan is being too oppressive.”
……
Xu Lan closed his eyes. After a while, he opened them again and said with distress, “It’s clear now that most of the beast races in the Mulin Star Region dare not take on this task. But there are already signs—finally, some abnormal beasts have come to target our snake race.”
By ‘signs,’ he undoubtedly meant Qu Yi.
The supreme leader of the Thirty-Six Snake Clans immediately thought of Qu Yi, his powerful Haotian Sword, and his mysterious teleportation ability. All of them frowned deeply.
Undoubtedly, these thirty-seven powerful beings understood that as long as Qu Yi wasn’t killed, their snake race would face great danger.
“Commander, what should we do now? We can’t capture or kill that abnormal beast. We can’t just let it keep harassing our snake race, can we?” U Ting, the supreme leader of the Wu Huan Snake Clan, asked urgently.
All the supreme leaders turned to Xu Lan.
“Issue an order: all the Tianpo Demon Snakes must gather at the Xu Tian Snake Den,” Xu Lan shouted, his eyes gleaming with fury.
Since they couldn’t kill Qu Yi, the powerful snake beasts could only avoid him. As for those earth demons and primordial demons among the snake beasts, even if they were left to Qu Yi to kill, it would keep him busy for hundreds of years.
Of course, Qu Yi wouldn’t bother with those lower-level snake beasts.
The supreme leader of the Thirty-Six Snake Clans gritted his teeth and accepted his fate, knowing it was the best option for now.
“Yes, Commander.” All the supreme leaders accepted the order.
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While the strongest members of the snake race on the Tianjiu Continent were talking, a speck of dust naturally fell from Jin Bao’s hair and flew deep into the snake den.
That dust was, of course, the Cunjie Ball.
Meanwhile, Qu Yi himself had arrived at the eastern coast of the Tianjiu Continent—exactly the place where he first arrived in the Wu Huan Snake Clan’s territory and was attacked.
Sitting quietly on a mountain top, Qu Yi’s soul was scanning the “Origin Speed Dao” formation.
Suddenly, Qu Yi opened his eyes and smiled.
“Haha, the Cunjie Ball has already reached that Origin Heavenly Vein on the Tianjiu Continent,” Qu Yi said joyfully.
It turned out that when Qu Yi escaped using the Boundless Starry Sky, he had already released the Cunjie Ball, which landed on Jin Bao, the supreme leader of the Jinjiao Snake Clan, before heading to the Xu Tian Snake Den.
Deep within the Xu Tian Snake Den lay an Origin Heavenly Vein.
The Cunjie Ball was Qu Yi’s magical artifact. In other words, a trace of Qu Yi’s soul imprint was connected to it, allowing the Cunjie Ball to function as a soul coordinate as well.
Qu Yi stood up gently and took out the Boundless Starry Sky.

“Wu Zun will also soon break through to the One-Star Tianpo Immortal Soul realm. At that time, he will need an immense amount of energy from the Primordial Heavenly Vein to form a planetary world within his body. Now is the time for me to take control of this Primordial Heavenly Vein.” Qu Yi smiled.