Chapter 6: The Convergence of the Three Realms
Chang Xin, Ji Qiong, and An Yu, the leaders of their respective alliances, returned to their own camps.
Within the Jin Xuan Alliance:
“Leader, that Qu Yi has never appeared before. How come he’s so powerful as soon as he shows up? Even Leader Huang Xu was killed by him.” Immediately, a powerful Tian Hun Xian asked.
This mystery was enormous. If Qu Yi had the strength to kill a high-ranking Tian Hun Xian, it meant he could kill any powerful being in the Immortal Realm. Moreover, his obscure background surely worried all the Tian Xian warriors.
Chang Xin glanced around and said with a calm smile, “There’s no need for concern. This Qu Yi is merely the heir of Emperor Hao. He only holds grudges against me and won’t target you. In the future, you don’t need to get involved in Qu Yi’s affairs. I’ll deal with him personally.”
These words immediately relieved the Tian Xian warriors of the Jin Xuan Alliance.
Of course, they became even more curious about Qu Yi’s mystery, but they couldn’t voice their thoughts in front of Chang Xin.
In Chang Xin’s mind, however, a sense of coldness flashed by: “Qu Yi’s current cultivation level is only that of a Six-Star Tian Po Xian. He poses no threat to me. After this trip to the Ruin Domain Divine Realm, I believe I’ll be able to gather the Luo Hun Stone and the Chuan Tian Stone. Then I can set up the He Tian Du Jie Great Array. At that time, the entire Ruin Domain Divine Realm will be my backyard. I’ll be able to enter it freely, collect all the divine artifacts inside, and ascend to the Divine Realm. Once I ascend, I’ll have ample strength to deal with Qu Yi whenever I want.”
It turned out that the hidden Tian Mu Organization established by Chang Xin had sent people to the Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm to search for the Luo Hun Stone and the Chuan Tian Stone—all in order to create an extremely powerful array that would allow Chang Xin to enter the Ruin Domain Divine Realm freely, without having to wait another million years.
It was clear that Chang Xin’s secret plans were far more meticulous and profound than those of the other alliance leaders in the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Fiend Realm.
In the Mu Feng Alliance and the Tu Gui Alliance, leaders Ji Qiong and An Yu gave the same answer to the inquiries from the Tian Xian warriors.
The Shui Hu Alliance, which had been watching from the sidelines, remained calm. Its leader, Sha Xi, had never entered the Ruin Domain Divine Realm, nor had she pursued Emperor Hao or sent anyone to the Cultivation Realm to deal with Qu Yi. Naturally, she knew nothing about him.
Still, Sha Xi kept one thought in mind: if she ever encountered Qu Yi in the future, she could secretly become his ally.
The most lively place at the moment was the Huo Xia Alliance.
The leader of the Fire Glow Alliance, Huang Xu, was dead, and with him gone was the one who led them. The entire force of the Fire Glow Alliance suddenly became the weakest among the five major alliances in the Immortal Realm. The celestial immortals of the Fire Glow Alliance immediately began to argue. Although everyone had submitted to Huang Xu, none of the powerful Soul Immortals had absolute strength to suppress the others. Thus, many of these powerful Soul Immortals saw an opportunity to rise to power. In an instant, their interest in the Ruin Realm Divine Realm diminished, as the greater temptation now was the position of leader of the Fire Glow Alliance. The conflicts among these powerful Soul Immortals quickly divided the alliance into several smaller factions that did not trust each other. The four major factions—Golden Mysterious Alliance, Wood Maple Bright Alliance, Water Lake Alliance, and Earth Gui Alliance—noticed the situation in the Fire Glow Alliance, and smiles appeared on the faces of their leaders. It was clear that the Fire Glow Alliance had no chance in their next attempt to enter the Ruin Realm Divine Realm.
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After Qu Yi caused a stir, trillions of cultivators from the Immortal Realm entered through the entrance to the Ruin Realm Divine Realm. All of them were sent to a planet on the edge of a certain star system in the Ruin Realm Divine Realm, or into the surrounding space. Then, the entrance to the Ruin Realm Divine Realm drifted to the Earth Destruction Star Region in the Demon Realm. If the cultivators from the Immortal Realm wanted to enter again, they would have to wait ten years until the entrance returned to the Immortal Realm. After observing the arrangement of the planets in the starry sky, the trillions of cultivators gradually figured out some methods. Each cultivator realized that although the sizes of the planets were similar, their colors and shapes varied. Thus, they understood that by mapping a route through the stars each time they landed on a planet, and as long as they didn’t go too deep, they could return to the edge planets before the Ruin Realm Divine Realm closed, allowing them to return to the Immortal Realm. As a result, many cultivators began to form groups and fly deeper into the Ruin Realm Divine Realm. Soon, they discovered many treasures on the nearby planets—medicinal materials that were millions of years old, unexploited spirit stone deposits, and rare ores that seemed to be everywhere. On almost every planet, the cultivators would burst into ecstatic cheers, and of course, countless battles over these treasures ensued.
Suddenly, it turned out that there were still some powerful cultivators on the border planets who had peaceful hearts. After witnessing countless cultivators obtaining treasures, they could no longer remain calm and joined the scramble for the treasures as well.
Tens of trillions of cultivators from the Immortal Realm entered deeper and deeper into the Meteor Domain Divine Realm.
However, the four major forces remained as steady as ever. The Golden Mysterious Alliance led by Chang Xin, the Wood Maple Alliance led by Ji Qiong, the Water Lake Alliance led by Sha Xi, and the Earth Gui Alliance led by An Yu—all these forces continued to hold their ground on the border planets, allowing those Immortal Realm cultivators at the Human Immortal and Earth Immortal levels to frantically search for treasures in the Meteor Domain Divine Realm.
The four alliance leaders already understood the whole situation. No matter what treasures these Human Immortal and Earth Immortal cultivators obtained, they couldn’t take them out of the Meteor Domain Divine Realm. So, they just needed to wait until the realm was about to close and those cultivators returned to the border planets, then seize the treasures.
But the real reason the four leaders stayed put was something else—they wanted to wait for the arrival of the alliance leaders from the Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm.
After all, the struggle in the Meteor Domain Divine Realm was ultimately a fight among powerful beings at the Heavenly Soul Immortal level.
“Hmph, these Human Immortal and Earth Immortal cultivators are weak and still dare to try to seize treasures from the Meteor Domain Divine Realm. They’re not worth dying for. I’ll wait another five years until people from the Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm arrive. Then I’ll talk to the other alliance leaders. If I can exchange for Soul Stone and Heaven Transmitting Stone, I won’t need to go deeper into the Meteor Domain Divine Realm to face those annoying Soul Body people,” thought Chang Xin, the leader of the Golden Mysterious Alliance.
In fact, Chang Xin’s Sky Curtain Organization had already infiltrated the Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm, so he already knew that Qu Yi had stolen the Soul Stone and Heaven Transmitting Stone. Yet, he still hoped that other alliance leaders might possess them.
Ji Qiong, Sha Xi, and An Yu had different thoughts from Chang Xin’s.
“Once the alliance leaders from the Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm arrive, we can hold them back together and also join forces to fight against the Soul Body people. That’s the best way to survive and obtain treasures. Going deeper into the Meteor Domain Divine Realm alone to fight those Soul Body people is a recipe for disaster.”
The Soul Body people were a major headache for all the alliance leaders.
Thus, the four leaders, each with their own plans, stayed together on the border planets.
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The entrance to the Meteor Domain Divine Realm had shifted from the Immortal Realm to the Demon Realm.
First, they arrived at the Earth-Destruction Star Region, then at the Fire-Slaughter Star Region, Water-Flood Star Region, Wood-Cutting Star Region, and Gold-Slash Star Region, before finally drifting to the Fiend Realm.
Monks from the Demon Realm have always sought enlightenment through battle, so naturally, their enthusiasm for the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm is even more fervent than that of monks from the Immortal Realm. The mere thought of entering the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm, where they might engage in battles with monks from both the Immortal Realm and the Fiend Realm, fills them with excitement, and they all rush to get there.
Moreover, the entrance to the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm constantly drifts through the five star regions of the Demon Realm, making it even easier for its monks to enter. Monks from each star region almost all flock to the entrance of the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm. Of course, those below the Great Vehicle stage know their limits and would never rush in impulsively.
Si Ren, the leader of the Gold-Slash Alliance; Kong Jiu, the leader of the Wood-Cutting Alliance; Hua Xiu, the leader of the Water-Flood Alliance; Zhong Mo, the leader of the Fire-Slaughter Alliance; and Yang Gui, the leader of the Earth-Destruction Alliance, also brought their demon subordinates to the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm. Their landing site was not far from the planet where the powerful members of the four alliances from the Immortal Realm were located.
Similarly, the forces of the five alliances in the Demon Realm also stayed on the border planets, not rushing to delve deep into the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm.
However, those demons who only wanted to fight monks from the Immortal Realm immediately entered various planets upon arriving at the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm to compete with them for treasures.
Finally, the entrance to the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm drifted to the Fiend Realm. The first stop was the Earth-Stride Star Region.
Strangely enough, members of the five alliances of the Fiend Realm—the Golden Dragon Alliance, Wood Forest Alliance, Water Ocean Alliance, Fire Phoenix Alliance, and Earth-Stride Alliance—appeared simultaneously on a border planet of the Earth-Stride Alliance, as if they had been waiting there for a long time.
It turned out that the people of the Fiend Realm already knew that after the entrance to the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm took shape in the Immortal Realm and drifted through the Demon Realm for five years, it would arrive in the Earth-Stride Star Region of their realm. To save time, they didn’t want to wait in their own star regions and instead rushed to the Earth-Stride Star Region to enter the Ruin Realm and Divine Realm as soon as possible.
Thus, a miraculous scene unfolded. The Dragon Emperor and the Fire Phoenix stood together, and members of the Golden Dragon Alliance and Fire Phoenix Alliance also united, indicating that the two sides had formed an alliance.
Suddenly, Qu Yi appeared beside the Dragon Emperor. Upon seeing him, the Dragon Emperor’s face lit up with joy.
“Haha, Qu Yi! I knew you would keep your promise and arrive on time,” the Dragon Emperor exclaimed happily.
Qu Yi had stayed in the Divine Realm of the Falling Lands for five years, arranging various matters. Now, as agreed, he came through from the Divine Realm of the Falling Lands to the Fiery Realm.
“Dragon Emperor, let’s enter the Divine Realm of the Falling Lands,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile, looking at the entrance that had already appeared, and spoke softly.
After saying that, Qu Yi took the lead and flew toward the entrance.
The Dragon Emperor and the Phoenix exchanged a glance and immediately followed Qu Yi, also flying toward the entrance of the Divine Realm of the Falling Lands.
Naturally, the three alliance leaders—Void, Annihilation Water, and Flowing Shadow—weren’t to be outdone either and quickly took off as well.