Chapter 16: The Fire Soul Body Human

Qu Yi quickly tucked away the Soul Blue Pearl and placed it in his palm. The entire Soul Blue Pearl was about the size of a fist, glowing with crystal blue light. Strong energies of the Water element’s laws surged toward him, putting immense pressure on Qu Yi’s Soul Flower. Truly, it was a Soul Blue Pearl that represented the complete laws of the Water element.

Qu Yi laughed wildly. Finally, he had obtained a Soul Blue Pearl, which would ensure his Soul Realm would no longer be a concern. In the future, advancing to the level of Heavenly Soul Immortal would become much easier. “What good luck! Now that I have the Soul Blue Pearl, the strength of the Water Lord is secured. Next, I should probably obtain the Soul Gold Pearl, Soul Green Pearl, Soul Red Pearl, and Soul Yellow Pearl, so that the Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Fire Lord, and Earth Lord won’t have to worry about their Soul Realms either,” Qu Yi said with great pride, looking up and smiling.

The Artifact God, who was lying on a soft chair in the distance, got annoyed and sat up, shouting loudly, “Enough! You’re laughing like a beast. What’s there to be proud of? Stop disturbing my sleep!”

Qu Yi stopped laughing, curled his lips, and glared at the Artifact God as he lay back down. However, Qu Yi didn’t dare challenge the Artifact God’s authority and voluntarily ceased his laughter. Instead, he decided to continue exploring the Divine Realm of Meteoric Lands. If he encountered any Soul Body Humans on any planet, he wouldn’t hesitate to use tactics to trap them again.

Suddenly, Qu Yi disappeared inside the Dimension Sphere and reappeared in the starry sky of the Divine Realm of Meteoric Lands. Since he didn’t have to worry about getting lost in this realm—thanks to the Super Travel Artifact, the Boundless Stars, which allowed him to travel back and forth between the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, Beast Realm, and the Divine Realm of Meteoric Lands—he no longer followed the star chart drawn by Emperor Hao. Instead, he planned to explore each unfamiliar planet on his own.

At that moment, Qu Yi moved like lightning, weaving through the vast and mysterious starry sky, heading alone to explore these mysterious planets.

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In this region of the starry sky opened up by the Divine Realm of Meteoric Lands, cultivators from the three realms swarmed like locusts across various planets. Like tidal waves, they rushed toward different planetary areas, frantically searching for precious treasures. There were so many treasures that any cultivator could lose their mind. As a result, while obsessed with searching for treasures, most of these cultivators failed to record the planets they visited along the way, never considering whether they would be able to return to the exit of the Divine Realm of Meteoric Lands within a hundred years.

However, these cultivators also had no chance to leave. Within a hundred years, it was impossible for them to reach the cultivation levels of Heavenly Soul Immortals, Heavenly Soul Demons, or Heavenly Soul Monsters. Even if the exit to the Godly Realm of the Meteoric Region were right in front of them, they wouldn’t have the ability to leave.

As these cultivators flocked to various planets in search of treasures, the treasures on those planets were extensively mined and seized, allowing each cultivator to acquire a large amount of wealth. Yet, the leaders of the Three Realms and Fourteen Alliances, knowing the outcome in advance, naturally did not follow these cultivators to the planets. They simply waited until a hundred years later, when those cultivators returned to the exit of the Godly Realm of the Meteoric Region, to seize the treasures then.

Thus, the fourteen alliance leaders freely traveled among the planets according to their own interests. Their main goal was to find divine artifacts. Only with divine artifacts could they safely endure the divine tribulation and ascend to the Godly Realm.

The fourteen alliance leaders divided into three groups, searching for divine artifacts on planets in three different regions. The Dragon Emperor and Fire Phoenix of the Monster Realm formed one group with their powerful Heavenly Soul Monster subordinates, while the Water Lake Alliance of the Immortal Realm, the Wood Cutting Alliance of the Demon Realm, and the Water Submersion Alliance of the Demon Realm joined forces as another group. The Golden Mysterious Alliance, Wood Maple Alliance, and Earth Gui Alliance of the Immortal Realm, along with the Golden Slash Alliance, Fire Slaughter Alliance, Earth Annihilation Alliance of the Demon Realm, and the Wood Forest Alliance, Water Ocean Alliance, and Earth Traversal Alliance of the Monster Realm—these nine alliances formed a third group. This was because the nine alliance leaders—Chang Xin, Ji Qiong, An Yu, Si Ren, Zhong Lei, Yang Gui, Void, Yan Shui, and Liu Ying—had once pursued Emperor Hao together, knew each other well, and had also visited the Godly Realm of the Meteoric Region before, understanding its dangers well, which made them even more aware of the necessity of cooperation.

Among these three groups, the nine-alliance group was naturally the strongest.

At that time, Sha Xi, the leader of the Water Lake Alliance, Kong Jiu, the leader of the Wood Cutting Alliance, and Hua Xiu, the leader of the Water Submersion Alliance, brought with them hundreds of Heavenly Soul Immortals and Heavenly Soul Demons each and arrived at a planet. The three leaders struggled to attack the Soul-Body People but failed to obtain any divine artifacts, instead allowing Qu Yi to gain an advantage—a fact that left them deeply frustrated. Later, realizing that their strength alone was insufficient to deal with the Soul-Body People in this Godly Realm of the Meteoric Region, they contacted one another and agreed to unite, leading to the gathering of cultivators from the three alliances.

The cultivators from the three alliances landed on a flat-topped peak on the planet. Even in space, the three leaders had sensed a special energy fluctuation on this planet, similar to the energy fluctuations of divine artifacts they had sensed before, which was why they decided to land here.

“Kong Jiu, Hua Xiu, I’ve already sensed that energy fluctuation. It comes from beneath the earth and has been ongoing, with very strong fluctuations,” said Sha Xi, the leader of the Water Lake Alliance, calmly.

The source of the energy fluctuations was located thousands of miles away from this mountain, where there was a huge black stone peak with a natural cave beneath it.

“Let’s not rush in yet. Wait a bit more. If we don’t detect any signs of Soul Body people, then we’ll make a decision,” said Kong Jiu, the leader of the Wood Cutting Alliance, calmly.

Having encountered Soul Body people twice before, Kong Jiu was deeply impressed by their strength and felt a sense of dread.

“Yes, let’s wait a few more days. Keep our divine and demonic senses alert. As long as there are no Soul Body people on this planet, we’ll go in together to search for treasures,” said Hua Xiu, the leader of the Water Lake Alliance, nodding gently.

With these words from the three alliance leaders, their next plan was settled. The cultivators from the three alliances sat on the mountain ground, activating their divine and demonic senses to constantly monitor their surroundings.

Five days later.

While the cultivators from the three alliances were still sensing their surroundings, suddenly a black gas resembling a mushroom cloud erupted from the cave. Then, torrential flames burst out of the cave, causing it to expand rapidly until it became an opening thousands of miles wide. The surrounding mountains vanished in an instant.

Naturally, this apocalyptic flame immediately affected the mountain where the three alliance cultivators were. They fled in panic, fortunately fast as lightning, and managed to avoid being burned by the flames.

Floating in the air, still shaken, the cultivators looked at the flames that nearly burned the entire ground, feeling the intense heat. All they could think was that they were completely no match.

Thus, they decided that it was unsafe to stay on this planet any longer—the danger was too great.

Just as they prepared to leave in a flash, the terrifying flames suddenly disappeared, leaving only a fiery red landscape with molten rock flowing everywhere.

As the flames vanished, a flame giant appeared, wielding a large sword wreathed in flames. Its ferocious and menacing appearance terrified anyone who saw it, filling them with uncontrollable fear.

A Fire-type Soul Body person!

There was actually a Soul Body person on this planet, one who had been hiding in the cave, not fully revealing his strength. Now that he had appeared, he had unleashed his full power, displaying terrifying might. Even more disheartening was that the flame sword in his hand was a divine artifact.

The Soul Body Man actually possessed a divine artifact, a fact that utterly shocked the cultivators of the Three Alliances. In terror, they instinctively gathered together, trembling as they stared at the imposing Flame-type Soul Body Man in the sky.
“We’re done for this time.”
“Our luck is really terrible. Why do we keep running into Soul Body Men every time we go to a new planet?”
“Heaven wants us to perish! This is heaven’s punishment!”
The cultivators of the Three Alliances, who had always been fearless, now felt utterly disheartened and filled with panic.
“Everyone, we can’t outspeed the Soul Body Men. The only option now is to fight together. Stay strong!” Sha Xi, on the contrary, calmed down and shouted loudly, trying to boost their morale.
Her voice rang out like thunder, resonating deep in their hearts and awakening all the cultivators of the Three Alliances.
Soul Body Men had mastered all the laws related to one of the Five Elements, so their speed was far beyond that of these Heavenly Soul Immortals or Heavenly Soul Demons. If they tried to flee alone, they would surely be easily defeated by the Soul Body Men. Therefore, the only way to survive was to fight together to the death.
The flame giant floated in the air, not rushing to attack. Now, after hearing Sha Xi’s words, his body seemed to flare with anger as flames erupted from it.
“You bastards! You’ve invaded my territory. Do you still think you can leave? Great! I haven’t killed anyone in years. Now that you’ve come to me willingly, let my Falling Fire Blade drain your blood!” the flame giant roared arrogantly.
It turned out that the divine artifact in the flame giant’s hand was called the Falling Fire Blade.
The cultivators of the Three Alliances focused intently, not daring to distract themselves. Each took out their strongest magical weapons and positioned themselves in the air, ready to face the attack from the flame giant.
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In the starry sky, Qu Yi was flying swiftly alone. Suddenly, the Artifact God transmitted a message.
“Qu Yi, I’ve sensed a surge of Fire-type energy. It’s likely that there’s another Soul Body Man on a nearby planet—probably a Flame-type one,” the Artifact God said calmly.
At this point, Qu Yi’s main goal was to find divine artifacts and Soul Body Men. The Artifact God kept watch over the surrounding stars secretly.
Upon hearing this, Qu Yi immediately detected a message on his Soul Flower. The Artifact God had already told him the location of the planet where the Fire-type energy surge had occurred.
So, Qu Yi thanked him and quickly flew in the direction indicated by the Artifact God.
Sure enough, when Qu Yi arrived near that planet, the Artifact God transmitted another message.

“Haha, Qu Yi, you’re really lucky. There’s a Fire Element Soul Being on that planet ahead, along with a Fire Element divine weapon. Moreover, those three allied cultivators—Sha Xi, Kong Jiu, and Hua Xiu—are currently fighting against that Soul Being again,” said the Divine Weapon with joy.
After hearing this, Qu Yi’s face showed extreme delight, and he sighed in relief at his good fortune.
These three allied cultivators were once again fighting against the Soul Being for him!