Chapter Thirteen: Methods to Expand the Spiritual Body

The second leader of Qingfeng Fort had been monitoring the battle between the two packs of fierce beasts from a distance. When the King of Violent Wolves died and the King of Golden-Horned Sheep was also on his last legs, the second leader finally appeared. With his own strength, he eliminated all the surviving Golden-Horned Sheep, but he didn’t expect to be injured by the King of Golden-Horned Sheep’s final self-destruct attack.

At this moment, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui, who had been hidden inside the Dimensional Sphere, decided it was time to reveal themselves.
“You…” The second leader supported himself on the ground, staring at Qu Yi and the others in terror.
Undoubtedly, he never expected there to be anyone else in this space. What shocked him even more was that these three possessed spatial artifacts and had come to seize all the treasures.
The Divine Crystal Tree, the Golden-Horned Sheep, and the cores of the Furious Storm Wolves—all of these were immense sources of wealth.

“Well? You didn’t expect that the ‘mantis catching cicadas’ tactic has a ‘sparrow in the back,’ did you? When you sensed the battle nearby, we already knew you were here, waiting for you, a being at the Divine Weapon stage, to attack the wounded King of Golden-Horned Sheep,” Qu Yi explained calmly, not in a hurry to attack.

Hearing this, the second leader’s face turned red with anger, but he lacked the spiritual energy to attack Qu Yi.
“You… I realize now—our five members of Qingfeng Fort were killed by you!” he shouted fiercely, seemingly eager to bite Qu Yi to death.

Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui showed surprise at first, then their expressions turned cold.
“Then you certainly can’t survive. Although we’re not afraid of Qingfeng Fort, we don’t want to be disturbed by you right now. So, you must die,” Qu Yi said coldly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui attacked.
Wu Yuan took out his divine artifact, the Glorious Light Seal, which quickly expanded before being thrown at the second leader’s head.
Qing Wu Gui moved swiftly, thrusting his divine artifact, the Golden Pattern Sword, forward, which soon reached the second leader’s chest.

Undoubtedly, either of these attacks could kill the second leader.

“Hmph! You three won’t get away unscathed either,” the second leader said, a cold glint in his eyes as he made up his mind.

Qu Yi sensed the change in the second leader’s expression and immediately understood his plan—to use self-destruct to kill him, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui. He quickly took out his divine artifact, the Star Luo Ding.

The Star Luo Ding expanded instantly, flipping upside down to cover the entire space, enclosing Wu Yuan, Qing Wu Gui, and the second leader inside.

The second stronghold master’s body exploded, with the laws of metal and wood detonating simultaneously, unleashing vast amounts of primal energy from those elements. In an instant, a torrent of energy surged in all directions, incredibly fierce. However, this self-generated energy stream only circulated within the various equal spaces inside the Star Luo Ding, flooding into hundreds of parallel spaces. That astonishing energy surge was quickly diluted, and soon the Star Luo Ding absorbed this chaotic energy stream, restoring calm to its interior.

Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui had already been sent by Qu Yi to deep parallel spaces within the Star Luo Ding while it covered them. Naturally, neither of them suffered any harm.

Throughout the entire valley, not a single trace of energy fluctuation remained—the second stronghold master at the Divine Weapon stage was dead.

Qu Yi released Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui and smiled, saying, “Haha, I didn’t scare you two, did I? Now that the second stronghold master is dead, everything here belongs to us. Let’s get to work—seize the Divine Crystal Trees and the beast cores!”

“Ugh, I never expected the second stronghold master to be so decisive. But he still underestimated your strength, Qu Yi,” Wu Yuan exclaimed happily.

“At the Divine Weapon stage, strength is indeed formidable. I’m not yet a match for someone at that level,” Qing Wu Gui said calmly.

Qu Yi merely smiled and immediately started running around, searching for beast cores among the corpses of the fierce beasts everywhere.

The power of the divine artifact, Rui Si Wood, became even more evident—thousands of fine threads appeared at once, heading to the corpses of a thousand fierce beasts. In an instant, they sliced through a thousand heads, extracting the beast cores.

Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui also didn’t want to fall behind. They rushed off in different directions—one using the divine artifact, Xuan Guang Yin, to smash beast heads, while the other used the divine artifact, Jin Wen Jian, to cut through them, quickly collecting the beast cores as well.

Ten thousandTen thousandWild Wind Wolf and fifty thousand Golden-Horned Fierce Sheep—a total of si and fifty thousand Golden-Horned Fierce Sheep—a total of sixty thousand beast cores—all ended up inside the Cun Jie Ball.

Soon after, Qu Yi turned his gaze toward the entire Divine Crystal Forest.

“I’m so angry! I’m furious! You three idiots—do you only know how to steal beast cores? Can’t you see those golden horns on the heads of the Golden-Horned Fierce Sheep? Those are excellent materials for crafting. Even if you can’t use them yourself, selling them later could bring you a huge fortune!” The Artifact God couldn’t help but shout angrily.

Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui all paled and stood there in silence for a long time. “You, Artifact God, couldn’t have given them a heads-up first? They’ve just entered the Divine Realm—how would they know what those organs from these beasts are used for?”

“Well, let’s put away the golden horns first,” Qu Yi said in a low voice, unwilling to argue with the Artifact God. Immediately, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui took action again and quickly removed the golden horns from 50,000 Golden-Horned Wild Sheep, storing them back inside the Inch-World Ball. “Artifact God, with this, there’s nothing valuable left on those beasts, right?” Qu Yi asked anxiously, fearing the Artifact God might shout again, so he proactively asked. “Nothing left. It’s a pity. If the Wolf King, the Sheep King, and that clan leader hadn’t self-destructed, extracting their essence blood would have been beneficial for you,” the Artifact God replied indifferently. It would have been fine if it hadn’t been mentioned, but now that the Artifact God had spoken, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui became excited. “Artifact God, essence blood? What exactly is it and what’s its use?” Qu Yi pressed further. All three felt it would be useful for them, as in this Wilderness of Beast Monsters, they might encounter more beasts at the Divine Weapon stage or even cultivators at that level. After a while, the Artifact God kept them in suspense before saying, “At the Divine Weapon stage, the blood in one’s body changes, and essence blood is formed. For you three, this essence blood can be used to increase the number of spiritual entities in your bodies.” After hearing this, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui were stunned. It seemed there were many ways in the Divine Realm to increase the number of spiritual entities beyond just beast cores. Of course, trying to steal essence blood from someone at the Divine Weapon stage with their current cultivation level would be extremely difficult. “Artifact God, let me ask again. If the limit for the number of spiritual entities in a body at the Divine Human stage is around 100,000, what’s the limit for cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage?” Qu Yi asked urgently. Due to their special conditions and having fully grasped the Five Elements laws, the number of spiritual entities in Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui’s bodies was much higher than that of ordinary cultivators. Naturally, Qu Yi wanted to know how much of a gap there was between the number of spiritual entities in his body and that of a Divine Weapon stage cultivator. Especially after seeing the performance of the second clan leader of Qingfeng Clan, Qu Yi felt he might even be able to kill ordinary Divine Weapon stage cultivators. After all, the number of spiritual entities of each of the five elements in his body already reached 100,000, surpassing the limit of ordinary Divine Human stage cultivators and matching the number in some ordinary Divine Weapon stage cultivators’ bodies.

Wuyuan and Qingwugui also had gleaming eyes, eager to know the answer.
“A cultivator at the Divine Weapon stage can have up to one million spirit entities of each attribute,” the Artifact God replied quickly.
At the Divine Weapon stage, one has mastered two complete sets of laws, allowing two types of attribute spirit entities to exist simultaneously in the body.
Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qingwugui all nodded upon hearing this, already forming a certain idea of the strength of cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, and knowing how to strategize when facing them in the future.
“Artifact God, then how many spirit entities can a drop of the blood of a Divine Weapon stage cultivator expand in our bodies?” Qu Yi thought of a crucial question and asked eagerly.
Wuyuan and Qingwugui listened and waited eagerly for the Artifact God’s answer.
“Fine, I’ll tell you. One beast core can expand 100 spirit entities, while one drop of blood from a Divine Weapon stage cultivator is equivalent to 10,000 spirit entities. Oh, Wuyuan and Qingwugui can’t use the blood from Divine Weapon stage cultivators yet—you only possess the Golden attribute law, so you can only use Golden attribute beast cores to expand spirit entities. But Qu Yi can use that blood,” the Artifact God replied with a hint of complaint.
Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qingwugui were thrilled again.
Wuyuan had only awakened his Soul Golden Pearl, so he only had Golden attribute spirit entities and could only expand them. Naturally, he couldn’t use the Divine Weapon stage blood, which could expand both types of attributes.
Similarly, Qingwugui’s Five-Color Soul Pearl also followed the Golden attribute law, so he only had Golden attribute spirit entities and could only use Golden attribute beast cores, not the blood from Divine Weapon stage cultivators.
Qu Yi was different—he had all five types of spirit entities in his body, so he could use both beast cores and the blood from Divine Weapon stage cultivators.
With this answer, Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qingwugui became even more interested in their adventure in the Savage Beast Mountains, with the desire to slay all the Divine Being stage beasts there.
“Alright, let’s dig up all these Divine Crystal Trees first,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Over 10,000 Divine Crystal Trees ahead filled the three of them with excitement.
In a short time, Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qingwugui efficiently dug up all the Divine Crystal Trees in the valley—more than 11,000 in total.
Now, the number of Divine Crystal Trees they had collected had reached over 18,000.

After digging up all the Divine Crystal Trees, Qu Yi also picked all the Divine Crystal Fruits from them, obtaining 10,000 Divine Crystals—this marked the first wealth he had accumulated in the Divine Realm. With all the Divine Crystal Trees removed, the energy in the entire valley became chaotic once again, forming energy currents that blew Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui around wildly. Qu Yi was experienced enough to understand that these Divine Crystal Trees stabilized the energy flow in the surrounding area; now that over 10,000 of them had been removed, the energy flow in the valley could no longer be stabilized. “Let’s go,” Qu Yi called out urgently. Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui, hearing this, set off to leave the valley and venture deeper into the Savage Beast Mountains. Just then, the Voice of the Divine Tool sounded again. “You three are really careless. Haven’t you noticed some strange aura beneath this valley? Never mind, you don’t need to ask. Just dig straight down into the ground,” the Voice of the Divine Tool shouted loudly. Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui stopped again. They had grown numb to the Voice of the Divine Tool’s constant reproaches. The Voice of the Divine Tool was powerful and experienced, knowing many things. But it never took into account that Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui had just arrived in the Divine Realm and knew nothing about it. “Alright, we’ll dig,” Qu Yi said helplessly. Immediately, the three took out their divine tools and began digging underground. In a short time, they reached a depth of ten miles and fell into a cavity. “This is…” Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui exclaimed in surprise as they saw a pool of milky-white liquid in the center of the cavity. “Body-Washing Jade Osmium Liquid!” the Voice of the Divine Tool replied calmly.