Chapter 23: The Death of the Dragon Emperor

“Qu Yi!”
The Dragon Emperor, along with eleven members of the Qingfeng Camp, hurried forward. Suddenly, he spotted Qu Yi’s figure and cried out loudly.
In this mountainous area, the primordial energy of the Five Elements was chaotic, so the range of spiritual perception was not very far—less than what the naked eye could cover. That’s why the Dragon Emperor had to get closer before he noticed Qu Yi.
Upon hearing the Dragon Emperor’s call, the eleven members of the Qingfeng Camp were first moved, then looked at him in surprise.
How did the Third Camp Leader recognize Qu Yi at a glance? Could it be that he knew Qu Yi before?
“Haha, Dragon Emperor, we meet again in the divine realm,” Qu Yi said cheerfully as he walked up quickly.
Dragon Emperor? The Third Camp Leader’s name was Jin Ao. Why did Qu Yi call him the Dragon Emperor?
Now that his true name had been revealed, the Dragon Emperor’s face twisted with anger, and he glared at Qu Yi coldly.
“Brothers, this Qu Yi has held a grudge against me since the mortal world. Back then, I was the emperor of the dragon race, but he forced me to ascend to the divine realm. Now that I see him, I’m sure he’s the one we’ve been searching for,” the Dragon Emperor explained calmly.
Only then did the eleven members of the Qingfeng Camp understand the Dragon Emperor’s past.
“Hmph, since Qu Yi came looking for death, it’s not my fault. Third Camp Leader, let’s kill him together to avenge our five brothers and relieve your past grievances,” Zhong Liuxin shouted.
This was exactly what the Dragon Emperor had been waiting for. He immediately replied, “Good, brothers. Let’s go kill Qu Yi together.”
Qu Yi could only shake his head. Seeing that these eleven people hadn’t seen through the Dragon Emperor’s intentions and were willing to die for him, he sighed but felt no sympathy for them.
The eleven members of the Qingfeng Camp took out their magical weapons and charged at Qu Yi, their eyes filled with the thrill of killing.
“If they came looking for death, it’s not my fault,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile. Suddenly, he took out the divine weapon, Ruisi Wood.
As soon as he spoke, he stepped forward, pointed with Ruisi Wood, and thousands of strands of green hair shot out, attacking the eleven members of the Qingfeng Camp.
Each of these eleven members’ magical weapons was only at the upper level of Tianhun Immortal, not a divine weapon. Seeing Qu Yi wielding a divine weapon, they were shocked and became alert.
“Qu Yi has a divine weapon! Be careful!” Zhong Liuxin shouted again.
When the thousands of strands of hair attacked the eleven people in eleven groups, each group consisted of only seven thousand Mu Xing Ling bodies, which now flew toward the eleven members of the Qingfeng Camp.

“Hmph, an 80,000 Wood Spirit Entity, but fighting against all of us eleven at once—no matter how strong you are, you can’t defeat us.” One of the Qingfeng Fort members sneered after seeing Qu Yi’s attack.
Indeed, if Qu Yi used that 80,000 Wood Spirit Entity to fight one person, not even all eleven of them could handle it alone. But when fighting eleven people at once, its power would be greatly reduced, leaving it unable to attack any of them.
In an instant, the eleven members of Qingfeng Fort wielded their magical artifacts and cast their spells, each spell involving tens of thousands of spirit entities, ready to confront those eleven streams of green hair.
Believing their spells could not only break through those streams of hair but also kill Qu Yi, they all smiled, filled with joy.
“A bunch of idiots,” the Dragon Emperor said coldly from behind.
Qu Yi quickly proved the Dragon Emperor’s thoughts correct. As those eleven streams of hair absorbed the spells, the number of Wood Spirit Entities in each stream surged rapidly, reaching 20,000 each. They quickly shattered the eleven spells and struck the eleven members of Qingfeng Fort.
Yes, Qu Yi had deliberately let them underestimate him before suddenly increasing the number of spirit entities, so they wouldn’t have time to react, allowing him to kill them all in one go.
Each of those eleven streams of hair was extremely sharp, let alone when they pierced the bodies.
The eleven members of Qingfeng Fort widened their eyes in disbelief at what had just happened. Seeing a hint of fear on Qu Yi’s face, they all collapsed.
Qu Yi actually possessed 220,000 Wood Spirit Entities!
Although he had killed those eleven in one strike, the Dragon Emperor had now glimpsed Qu Yi’s true strength and had a better idea of his capabilities.
“Qu Yi, I must say, your potential is truly immense. Ordinary cultivators at the Divine Being stage usually have only tens of thousands of spirit entities in their bodies, yet you have over 200,000. With such a physique, it’s impossible not to feel awe,” the Dragon Emperor said softly, showing no sign of fear.
The number of spirit entities in a body is closely related to its strength. In the universe, there are many special beings with extremely high physical strength, so it’s not unusual for them to have hundreds of thousands of spirit entities even at the Divine Being stage.
As the emperor of the dragon race, the Dragon Emperor also had a special physique. Even though he saw that Qu Yi had 200,000 Wood Spirit Entities, he was still confident he could match him.
“Dragon Emperor, you escaped from the Ruin Realm Divine World. This time, you won’t be able to get away from me,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

Even if it weren’t for the incident at Qingfeng Fort this time, Qu Yi still had to kill the Dragon Emperor—because the Dragon Emperor knew the secret that he possessed divine artifacts like the Xingluo Ding and Wuji Xingdou. Qu Yi didn’t want the Dragon Emperor to spread this news in the divine realm. Now that he had this opportunity, he must take it to kill the Dragon Emperor.

“Hahaha, Qu Yi, in the Ruin Realm Divine Realm, you had the Transmigration Artifact, so I couldn’t surround you. But in this divine realm, especially in these mountainous areas now, can you still use that Transmigration Artifact to escape? Today, I’ll kill you and seize all the artifacts from you.” The Dragon Emperor smiled triumphantly, as if his long-cherished wish was about to come true.

By obtaining the artifacts from Qu Yi, the Dragon Queen could be confident that, with her own potential, she would become a prominent figure in the divine realm and might even become its supreme ruler.

Seeing the Dragon Emperor smiling so smugly, Qu Yi shook his head and sighed, “Dragon Emperor, your plans are excellent, but your fate is doomed to end in my hands. Now, let me show you my true power.”

With that, Qu Yi’s body soared into the air, rushing straight at the Dragon Emperor.

His body was filled with Chaos Energy, and thanks to its ability to surpass the energy of the Five Elements, Qu Yi, though not at the level of a Divine Weapon cultivator, had no difficulty flying.

The Dragon Emperor was surprised to see Qu Yi flying and felt a hint of unease. The mystery surrounding Qu Yi was too strong. Seeing Qu Yi, at the level of a Divine Being, able to fly in this area where the energy of the Five Elements was chaotic, the Dragon Emperor truly sensed a threat.

The ability to fly meant Qu Yi was already invincible.

“Bastard! You’re taking all the advantages. Today, I must kill you—I can’t let you grow any stronger,” the Dragon Emperor shouted angrily, pulling out a divine artifact.

This artifact was pure gold in color, shaped like a crown, with nine golden beads slowly rotating on it. It was the last divine artifact the Dragon Emperor possessed—left behind for the dragon race after he ascended to the divine realm from the Upper Realm. Since he ascended in the Ruin Realm Divine Realm, he brought this crown with him to the divine realm.

This crown was called the Nine-Bead Dragon Crown.

Qu Yi flew into the air, took out the divine artifact Ruisi Wood, and once again sent out a strand of green hair—yet this strand contained 200,000 Wood Element spirits, making it extremely powerful.

Undoubtedly, Qu Yi intended to kill the Dragon Emperor right away with this attack.

“Haha, Qu Yi, do you think having 200,000 spiritual entities means you can kill me? Today, I’ll show you just how noble is the bloodline of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon like me,” the Dragon Emperor sneered.
Suddenly, the Dragon Emperor put on the Nine-Bead Dragon Crown, and nine golden beams shot out from it. Each beam contained 30,000 Golden Element spiritual entities, and together they rushed toward that strand of black hair.
Hiss, hiss, hiss.
When the golden beams met the black hair, it instantly collapsed, while the beams continued to chase after Qu Yi.
Qu Yi chuckled. His body in mid-air vanished suddenly, reappearing at the spot where he had just killed the ten people from the Qingfeng Camp.
Teleportation!
“What? Your interdimensional artifact can also teleport in this area?” The Dragon Emperor was shocked, unable to believe it, feeling utterly helpless.
Since Qu Yi could fly and teleport, it meant only he could attack the Dragon Emperor and easily evade his attacks. In such a fight, the Dragon Emperor had no chance of winning—he would only end up getting beaten.
“Dragon Emperor, I’ve said it—your fate will be ended by me. Though you have 270,000 Golden Element spiritual entities inside you, you can’t harm me. But I can drain you to death,” Qu Yi said triumphantly.
Hearing Qu Yi’s words, the Dragon Emperor bit his lip, filled with rage.
“Is that so? Even if you have that interdimensional artifact, I’ll still kill you.” The Dragon Emperor became furious, completely insane.
Suddenly, the Nine-Bead Dragon Crown above his head emitted nine more beams, each with 30,000 Golden Element spiritual entities. But this time, the beams curved together, forming a lantern-like structure that enveloped Qu Yi.
This was a unique spell of the Nine-Bead Dragon Crown: the Dragon Binding Spell.
It was a spatial spell that used Golden Element spiritual entities to create a kingdom of those entities, trapping the enemy, isolating them from the outside world, and slowly draining them to death.
Clearly, after seeing that Qu Yi could teleport through space, the Dragon Emperor realized that ordinary spells would not suffice to trap him. So he resorted to the most direct method—trapping Qu Yi first and then competing with him in terms of divine essence.
As for competing in divine essence, the Dragon Emperor was confident.
270,000 Golden Element spiritual entities against 200,000 Wood Element spiritual entities—if he still couldn’t win, he would surely find a rock to hit himself with.

Qu Yi was caught off guard and was actually trapped in the Kingdom of the Golden Element Spirit Body by the Dragon Binding Technique, unable to use any transcendent artifact to leave. Seeing this, the Dragon Emperor once again showed extreme joy on his face, continuously feeding the Golden Element Divine Essence into the Nine-Pearl Dragon Crown to keep pressing down on Qu Yi in that kingdom.

“Finally, I’ve waited for this chance, Qu Yi. Today is the day of your death,” the Dragon Emperor shouted arrogantly.

Inside the Kingdom of the Golden Element Spirit Body, Qu Yi held the divine artifact, Rui Si Wood, and kept summoning strands of green silk around his body to defend against the increasing number of Golden Element Spirit Bodies emerging from all sides. With his already unstable body, it seemed he couldn’t hold on much longer—his internal divine essence wouldn’t be enough to keep generating Wood Element Spirit Bodies.

Seeing this, the Dragon Emperor smiled even wider, as if he could already see several powerful artifacts falling into his hands soon.

Just then, Liu Xingui, the leader of Qingfeng Fort, stepped forward.

“Third brother, I’ve always known you were hiding your strength. I never expected it to be this well concealed,” Liu Xingui exclaimed as soon as he appeared.

The Dragon Emperor couldn’t believe that Liu Xingui had returned just as he was about to kill Qu Yi.

“Elder brother, now isn’t the time to blame me. I’ll explain everything later. For now, let’s work together to kill this Qu Yi,” the Dragon Emperor said calmly and immediately called out.

Liu Xingui shook his head and said lightly, “Third brother, back at the base, when you insisted that I deal with Qu Yi personally, I suspected you. It seems you originally planned for me to take on Qu Yi while you attacked me from behind to steal the artifacts from both of us, right?”

The Dragon Emperor’s expression turned cold.

Now that all the truth had come to light, he could no longer gain Liu Xingui’s trust.

“Elder brother, let’s not discuss our matters now, okay? I’ll explain everything after I kill Qu Yi,” the Dragon Emperor pleaded anxiously.

Liu Xingui shook his head again and took out a divine artifact—Qingshui Sword. This Qingfeng Sword was a divine weapon at the divine weapon level, combining the principles of Wood and Water, making it perfect for Liu Xingui to use.

“Third brother, don’t blame me. In the Divine Realm, it’s always a life-or-death struggle. Since you deceived me, you must bear my punishment,” Liu Xingui said calmly.

“No!” the Dragon Emperor cried anxiously once more.

At this point, the Dragon Emperor could only hope to delay Liu Xingui’s attack and hurry up and kill Qu Yi. Once he obtained Qu Yi’s artifacts, he wouldn’t fear Liu Xingui’s attack anymore. But Liu Xingui clearly wasn’t going to give him that chance.

“Water and wood are heartless!”
Liu Xingui cried out softly, and her Clear Water Sword was already swung. A sword beam infused with the laws of water and wood was sent forth, piercing through the Dragon Emperor’s head.