Chapter 9: Soul Golden Beads

Qu Yi went to the Fiend Realm and, within a primordial energy vein, captured six each of the spiritual essences of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Then he returned to the Soul Body Man’s cave and entered the Tiny World Sphere once again.
In a spacious valley within the Tiny World Sphere, the Five Lords of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth sat together in meditation.
Qu Yi’s figure appeared.
The five lords opened their eyes simultaneously and smiled at Qu Yi. Since their souls were united with his, they naturally knew the reason for his visit.
“Lord, please hand over the spiritual essences quickly,” they called out joyfully.
What more could Qu Yi say? He immediately handed over the thirty spiritual essences, which flew in front of the five lords.
Without hesitation, the lords opened their mouths wide and absorbed six spiritual essences each into the space in their dantian—where there were now six planetary worlds.
Each planetary world used these spiritual essences to cultivate a spiritual body.
Qu Yi smiled as he looked at the five lords and said happily, “Five Lords, you stay here and continue your meditation. I’ll handle things outside alone.”
With that, Qu Yi vanished and returned to the soft chair.
“The Artifact God, the Dragon Emperor, and the others—are they still waiting outside? Their patience is quite remarkable,” Qu Yi said leisurely as he lay in the soft chair.
“They won’t wait long. The leaders allied with the Dragon Emperor know your cultivation level is only that of a Six-Star Heavenly Soul Immortal. They understand that if you’ve already been killed by the Soul Body Men, you wouldn’t last even a breath. Right now, they’re deciding who should enter this cave first,” the Artifact God replied lazily.
Qu Yi nodded and fell into a quiet sleep, waiting for the fourteen leaders to enter the cave and fight against the two Soul Body Men.
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Outside the Soul Body Man’s cave:
The four leaders from the Immortal Realm, the five from the Demon Realm, and the five from the Fiend Realm stood apart, staring at the cave entrance in silence.
The fourteen leaders were well aware that Qu Yi’s cultivation level was only that of a Six-Star Heavenly Soul Immortal. If he entered the cave and was attacked by the Soul Body Men, he wouldn’t last even a breath. Naturally, they now suspected either that Qu Yi had already been killed or that he had used the Boundless Star Compass to escape.
Yet, they firmly believed that within the domain of the Soul Body Men, Qu Yi wouldn’t have time to activate that escape artifact.
Thus, the fourteen leaders now considered Qu Yi dead, with his artifact left behind in the cave.

However, the fourteen alliance leaders were now acting on their own, with none willing to be the first to enter the stone cave. They wouldn’t risk fighting those soul-bodied creatures themselves just so that other leaders could easily enter and obtain the divine artifacts—no one wanted to do such a selfless thing. The fourteen leaders glanced at each other, and the scene fell silent. “What if we all enter the stone cave together?” The Dragon Emperor couldn’t hold back any longer and spoke up. Initially, the Dragon Emperor and the Fire Phoenix had planned to venture into the Ruin Realm Divine World with Qu Yi, looking for an opportunity to kill him and split the divine artifacts among themselves. But these alliance leaders were all extremely shrewd; they followed them all, and it was impossible to drive them away. Now, even the Dragon Emperor and the Fire Phoenix were at a loss. The leaders’ eyes sparkled as they turned to look at their subordinates—celestial immortals, celestial demons, and celestial beasts—standing behind them. These people had always followed their leaders and never left on their own. “How about this? Each of us chooses one of our subordinates to enter the stone cave, and they can compete for the divine artifacts based on their strength,” said Chang Xin, the leader of the Golden Mysterious Alliance in the Immortal Realm, smiling suddenly. The other leaders’ eyes lit up; it was better to let their subordinates take the risk in such a dangerous place—there was no need for them to put themselves in danger. “Agreed,” the leaders decided immediately. Then, the fourteen leaders each selected a subordinate with the strength of a high-ranking celestial soul immortal and sent them into the stone cave to search for the divine artifacts left by Qu Yi. These fourteen subordinates were the strongest among their leaders’ followers, and now they were entrusted with great hopes as they flew into the stone cave. Among them, the Water Flood Alliance from the Demon Realm sent Ze Di, who had once fought against Qu Yi. Soon, the fourteen powerful beings of high-ranking celestial soul immortal status flew into the stone cave together. As soon as all fourteen entered, the two soul-bodied creatures inside immediately sensed the movement and rushed over to them. “Bad news—there are soul-bodied creatures!” “Two gold-element soul-bodied creatures!” In an instant, the fourteen of them scanned the information on their communication cards and quickly passed it on to their respective leaders. Of course, the fourteen leaders already knew there were two soul-bodied creatures in the cave, so they didn’t pay much attention to this information. They were only concerned whether their subordinates had found Qu Yi’s body or the divine artifacts he left behind. Inside the cave, the fourteen powerful beings of high-ranking celestial soul immortal status each took out a magical weapon of that rank—swords or knives—and urgently attacked the two approaching soul-bodied creatures. “Tsk tsk, these kids are really bold—daring to enter our cave.”

“We’re not attacking you outsiders—already that’s lucky for you. If you still dare to barge in, death is the only outcome,” the two soul-bodied figures shouted excitedly.

The fourteen powerful Upper Heaven Soul Immortals each unleashed their strongest spell. Some sent out several spirit entities, while others sent out dozens. All of them charged at the two soul-bodied figures, attacking fiercely.

Suddenly, the two soul-bodied figures were enveloped in golden light. The surrounding space became a sea of golden light, as if filled with golden spirit entities, easily meeting the spirit entities sent by the fourteen strongmen. Indeed, the number of golden spirit entities summoned by the two soul-bodied figures was several times greater than those conjured by the fourteen strongmen together.

After earth-shattering explosions, the sea of golden light emitted by the two soul-bodied figures remained blindingly bright, continuing to move toward the fourteen strongmen, aiming to eliminate them all at once.

Fear appeared on the faces of the fourteen strongmen. Of course, they knew they couldn’t fight against the two soul-bodied figures and wanted to leave the cave immediately. But they were shocked to find that the entire cave was filled with golden energy, as if brimming with countless invisible spirit entities, exerting invisible pressure that prevented them from flying away freely.

“Everyone, we have no choice but to fight together. If we don’t, death is inevitable,” Emperor Ze shouted anxiously.

The fourteen strongmen, who had been fighting separately moments ago, suddenly realized that without uniting, they would be killed by the two soul-bodied figures.

“Alright, let’s unite,” they all cried in unison.

Suddenly, the fourteen strongmen who practiced golden energy cultivation gathered together, those who practiced wood energy cultivation did the same, those who practiced water energy cultivation grouped together, those who practiced fire energy cultivation joined forces, and those who practiced earth energy cultivation formed their own group—creating five factions.

In an instant, the strongmen of the same cultivation type summoned their own planetary worlds, which then connected, merging their immortal essence, demonic essence, and fiendly essence. This led to the creation of countless spirit entities.

In a flash, hundreds of golden, wooden, water, fire, and earth spirit entities surged forth, filling the entire cave and charging straight at the two seas of golden light.

Upon seeing this scene, the two soul-bodied beings staggered slightly. Clearly, they hadn’t expected these fourteen powerful figures to come up with such a plan—to trust one another and unite their immortal essence, demonic essence, and fiendly essence to confront them head-on.
Boom! Krack!
Countless explosions lit up the air as the spiritual bodies of both sides collided in an instant, shattering the entire stone cave and shaking the entire planet. In that moment, the fourteen powerful figures were blown out of the cave by the intense energy waves and returned to their respective leaders.
The two soul-bodied beings, too, wisely chose to retreat during the energy collision, avoiding the center of the explosion. Their bodies were made of pure primordial energy, and they didn’t want to be harmed by the blast.
When the fourteen leaders saw their subordinates fly out weakly, their immortal essence, demonic essence, and fiendly essence seemingly exhausted after the cave exploded, they realized that although those two soul-bodied beings were strong, they weren’t invincible.
“Have you found Qu Yi’s body?” Almost at the same time, with almost the same question, each leader urgently asked their subordinates.
“No!” replied the fourteen powerful beings at the Upper Heavenly Soul Immortal level bluntly.
The fourteen leaders exchanged glances, already reaching a consensus.
“Since the two soul-bodied beings on this planet are only of average strength, let’s temporarily unite to eliminate them. As for the treasures they possess, we can fight for them based on our own abilities,” said Chang Xin, the leader of the Immortal Realm’s Golden Mysterious Alliance, calmly.
Since their fourteen subordinates had managed to escape from those two soul-bodied beings, the leaders were confident in their own strength and knew that together they could kill them. After all, each of these fourteen leaders possessed a divine artifact, making them far stronger than their subordinates.
“Agreed!”
“Good, let’s unite.”
In moments, the fourteen leaders agreed to join forces, full of confidence.
Immediately, they took to the air, using their immortal senses to lock onto the auras of the two soul-bodied beings and rushed over.
At that moment, the two soul-bodied beings stood on a vast stone mountain. Seeing the fierce appearance of the fourteen leaders approaching, their expressions turned extremely serious.
In the sky, the dust formed from the Dimensional Ball also flew closer to the two soul-bodied beings.

“Qu Yi, after these two soul-bodied people die, two soul gold beads will be left behind. You must seize the chance to get them—they’re extremely useful for the Golden Lord,” said the Artifact God, lying on the soft chair.