Chapter 48: Spiritual Body

Qu Yi directly entered the abyss of Tianyao Juejing, where poisonous gases kept erupting, completely blocking the sense of the three alliance leaders.
Void, Yan Shui, and Liu Ying each developed a strange luminous barrier around their bodies—a defensive shield created by those with high-level Tianhun Yao cultivation, appearing as green, blue, and yellow light waves, as if filled with a vital energy.
Even six-star Tianpo Yao warriors would be terrified by the poisonous gases near the abyss and couldn’t endure long. Yet, when these gases hit the barriers of the three alliance leaders, they caused no harm at all.
The thirty Tianhun Yao warriors brought by the three alliance leaders also arrived near the abyss, each creating their own defensive barriers to resist the poisonous gases, though they still faced some difficulty compared to the three leaders.
“Retreat from Tianyao Juejing and just observe from the outside,” the three alliance leaders ordered in unison.
In moments, the thirty Tianhun Yao warriors vanished from Tianyao Juejing.
“Yan Shui, Liu Ying, that King of Colorful Toads has already taken Qu Yi into the abyss. Should we go in?” Void asked calmly.
The three alliance leaders were aware of the dangers in the abyss. With their current strength, it was impossible for them to reach the bottom. Of course, when they entered the Ruiny Realm Divine World back then, each had obtained a divine artifact, and by using them, they might be able to reach the deepest parts of the abyss. But they didn’t want to reveal their most powerful treasures.
“Let’s enter the abyss with our own strength. If we can’t find Qu Yi in the shallower areas, we’ll leave. We’ll wait for him to exit on his own, then strike together to deliver a fatal blow,” Yan Shui said indifferently.
In the shallower areas of the abyss, their strength wasn’t enough to protect themselves.
“Good. Qu Yi possesses too many mysterious artifacts. The fact that he can control the Xingluo Ding, which even Chang Xin couldn’t control back then, shows his potential and the threat he poses to us alliance leaders. If he’s still in the shallower areas, we must eliminate him no matter the cost,” Liu Ying said coldly.
Chang Xin was now the leader of the Golden Mysterious Alliance in the Immortal Realm and had been one of the fifteen who pursued Emperor Hao in the lower world back then.
“Then it’s settled. Let’s go down,” Void said calmly.
Immediately, the three alliance leaders entered the abyss.
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The King of Colorful Toads led Qu Yi into the abyss, descending straight into its depths. However, after a thousand meters, the King of Colorful Toads was in extreme pain. “Master, I can’t go on! If we descend any further, I won’t be able to withstand the poisonous gas, and my body will be completely corroded by it,” he cried in agony. Qu Yi also felt that the poisonous gas emanating from the abyss grew more harmful the deeper they went—no wonder the bottom of the abyss was consumed by the most deadly poison. “King of Colorful Toads, since you’ve entered the abyss, there’s no need for you to take risks. Let me put you inside the Dimensional Sphere,” Qu Yi said with a smile. Suddenly, Qu Yi took out the Star Luo Ding. With a thought, it expanded to twenty meters in size, enclosing him and the King of Colorful Toads. Then he placed the King of Colorful Toads inside the Dimensional Sphere, leaving himself alone in the Star Luo Ding. The Star Luo Ding was also a highly advanced divine artifact, remaining unharmed even in this toxic storm. “Qu Yi, those three alliance leaders have decided to enter the abyss. Control the Star Luo Ding and descend immediately,” the Artifact God transmitted through thought, warning Qu Yi. Without hesitation, Qu Yi controlled the Star Luo Ding and descended deeper into the abyss. Suddenly, amidst the dark toxic winds, three bright light shields appeared—green, blue, and yellow—falling toward the abyss’s depths. After entering the abyss, the three alliance leaders found that their demonic senses were restricted. If they tried to release them, the poisonous gas could harm those senses. Naturally, they decided to rely on luck, planning to attack if they found Qu Yi still in the shallower areas of the abyss. “Hey, that’s the Star Luo Ding,” someone suddenly called out from the void. Among the ten survivors of the group that once pursued Emperor Hao, all had seen the Star Luo Ding before. Yan Shui and Liu Ying also noticed it, their faces showing evil smiles. The three light shields accelerated their descent. Inside the Star Luo Ding, Qu Yi saw the three shields approaching rapidly and realized that Void, Yan Shui, and Liu Ying intended to kill him and were chasing after him. Soon, the three alliance leaders surrounded the Star Luo Ding. With a wave of his right hand, Void created a green humanoid energy entity, as if he had personally created a being. This humanoid pressed its hands against the Star Luo Ding, its body remaining intact despite the toxic winds.

Similarly, Yan Shui summoned a blue humanoid energy figure, which also placed its hands on the Xing Luo Ding. Liu Ying summoned a yellow humanoid energy figure, which likewise placed its hands on the Xing Luo Ding. Three figures from three directions stabilized the Xing Luo Ding. The three alliance leaders—Void, Yan Shui, and Liu Ying—looked at Qu Yi inside the Xing Luo Ding with a sense of triumph, their eyes gleaming with murderous intent. Inside the Xing Luo Ding, Qu Yi found that his attempts to control its movement were futile; the three humanoid figures were together lifting the Xing Luo Ding upward toward the chasm. Faced with such a peculiar spell for the first time, Qu Yi was stunned. “Qu Yi, those three figures are spiritual entities that can only be created by those at the Tian Hun Yao cultivation level. When you advance to the Tian Hun Xian level, you’ll be able to gather the power of the worlds on those planets to cultivate such spiritual entities,” the Artifact God transmitted his message just in time. Hearing this, Qu Yi finally understood the origin of those three humanoid figures. At the same time, he realized that there were only five core planets in each of the realms—immortal, demonic, and fiendish—and that these planets contained a type of primordial spiritual entity ore, which was the key for the alliance leaders to control the powerful Tian Hun Xian, demonic, and fiendish beings. With this primordial spiritual entity ore, those powerful beings could rapidly generate spiritual entities within their own planets. “Artifact God, now isn’t the time to talk about spiritual entities. Tell me how to disperse those three humanoid spiritual entities. I can’t let those three bastard leaders carry the Xing Luo Ding away and seal it together,” Qu Yi replied bitterly. Although Qu Yi was at the level of a Two-Star Tian Po Xian and could control the Xing Luo Ding, he couldn’t overcome the combined strength of those three humanoid spiritual entities. “You idiot! There’s poison gas all over this chasm. Can’t you use this Xing Luo Ding to absorb it wildly?” the Artifact God shouted in his message. Hearing this, Qu Yi immediately understood. The Xing Luo Ding could absorb and store energy, and it seemed capable of storing the energy of an entire world. Naturally, the poison gas in the chasm was also a form of energy that could be absorbed by the Xing Luo Ding. If waves of poison gas were absorbed, it would undoubtedly increase the concentration of poison gas in the surrounding area, allowing him to use it to harm those three humanoid spiritual entities. With a thought from Qu Yi, a vortex-like energy field formed around the Xing Luo Ding. Countless waves of poison gas rushed into it, one after another, building up in layers—so dense that it almost turned into a liquid.

“It’s bad—Qu Yi is using the Star Luo Ding to absorb the poisonous gas, and our three spiritual bodies can no longer hold on.” Void noticed the change in the poisonous gas around them, panickedly stepped back, and shouted angrily.

Undoubtedly, with the strength of the three alliance leaders, they could protect themselves in such dense poisonous gas, but the spiritual bodies they summoned were energy entities that were quickly corroded by the poison.

When Qu Yi realized the three human-shaped spiritual bodies had disappeared, he immediately controlled the Star Luo Ding, using it to absorb the poisonous gas while descending toward the bottom of the pit.

Void, Yan Shui, and Liu Ying stood together helplessly, watching as the Star Luo Ding fell downward, unable to stop Qu Yi anymore.

“That Star Luo Ding is a truly powerful divine artifact. Back then, when Chang Xin obtained it, he didn’t use it instead leaving it to the Tai Yuan Gate in the cultivation world. I really don’t know what his plans were,” Void said with concern.

“Chang Xin is no ordinary guy. Among the ten of us who survived, he’s the most mysterious. I think he must have obtained a very powerful divine artifact and some treasures back in the Ruin Realm Divine World,” Yan Shui said with a glint in his eyes.

“It seems now that we three can’t stop Qu Yi from reaching the bottom of the pit, nor can we stop him from obtaining the Soul Devouring Qi. All we can do now is hope he can’t tame that energy and thus can’t use it to attack us,” Liu Ying said worriedly.

The first poison, the Soul Devouring Qi, worried the three alliance leaders greatly.

“We’ll stay here at the Heavenly Monster Desolation. As soon as Qu Yi emerges, we’ll act together. This is our last chance to seal him up,” Void said, radiating coldness yet showing concern on his face.

“That’s the only option. Even if Qu Yi gets the Soul Devouring Qi, it won’t be easy for him to tame it quickly. So he won’t be able to use it against us. We still have a chance to suppress him,” Yan Shui said with evident hatred.

Immediately afterward, the three alliance leaders flew out of the pit and went to the perimeter of the Heavenly Monster Desolation, waiting for Qu Yi to emerge again.

Inside the pit, Qu Yi continued to control the Star Luo Ding as it descended further. Although the poisonous gas grew more intense deeper in the pit, it caused no harm to the Star Luo Ding at all. Thus, it continued to descend smoothly toward the bottom.

Finally, the Star Luo Ding reached the bottom of the pit. That was where the poisonous gas originated, but the entire bottom area was extremely quiet, with only a wisp of seemingly sentient gas present.

This wisp of gas, pure black in color, takes on the shape of a human at times, a rat at other times, and various other forms as well. The aura it emits makes the flower of the soul feel extremely uneasy. Soul-devouring aura.