Chapter 34: Weapon Refining Challenge

In the Baizhai Mountain Area, there were only about twenty cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage.
Therefore, Yu Deming and Yu Chongxiu, the two chiefs of Langri Village, couldn’t be killed outright, so Qu Yi chose to control their souls instead.
Upon hearing Qu Yi’s call, Qing Yiyi immediately wore a smiling face, threw him a flirtatious glance, then stepped in front of Yu Deming. A purple glow appeared in her eyes as she fixed her gaze on him.
Yu Deming’s body was already severely injured by Qu Yi and he lacked the strength to resist Qing Yiyi. His soul struggled violently in his soul space before Qing Yiyi stamped her own soul mark on both of his soul orbs.
Cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage had two soul orbs in their soul space.
Yu Deming, having mastered the laws of water and earth, had a blue soul orb and a yellow soul orb in his soul space.
After controlling Yu Deming, Qing Yiyi felt no fatigue. She then smiled and went over to Yu Chongxiu, intending to control his soul as well.
Yu Chongxiu had only been temporarily stunned by Qing Yiyi’s soul attack, which delayed his reaction, allowing her to defeat him easily. He wasn’t directly controlled by her soul.
Soon, Qing Yiyi skillfully took control of Yu Chongxiu’s soul as well.
Seeing that both chiefs of Langri Village were under control, Qu Yi considered their first operation in the Baizhai Mountain Area a success. Now, the four chiefs of Tianfeng Village could launch their attack.
“Qing Yiyi, send a signal to the four chiefs to start attacking,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.
Langri Village had around eight hundred cultivators at the Divine Being stage. If they could gain these eight hundred members, Tianfeng Village’s count would rise to two thousand eight hundred, matching the number of Divine Being stage cultivators in Tianyu Village, which held the top strength.
Tianyu Village had only three thousand Divine Being stage cultivators.
Thus, after the battle against Tianyu Village, Tianfeng Village would have seven Divine Weapon stage cultivators and two thousand eight hundred Divine Being stage cultivators, making it equal in strength to Tianyu Village.
Qing Yiyi replied with an affirmative nod and immediately took out her identity card to send messages to Zhu Chen, Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, and Zhuo Rui.
Soon, four groups appeared around Langri Village. Each group consisted of about two hundred people who rushed in from all directions, surrounding the entire base of Langri Village.
“Who are these people?”
“How dare they attack our Langri Village!”
“It’s bad! There are two hundred people on all sides, and they’re all at the Divine Weapon stage!”

“Oh, it’s the four chieftains of Tianfeng Fort coming. Hurry and report to the two chieftains.”
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Amidst the chaos, Zhu Chen, Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, and Zhuo Rui, the four chieftains, led four teams from Tianfeng Fort into Langri Fort with unstoppable momentum. They injured all the members of Langri Fort at the Divine Being stage and captured them alive.
During this process, neither of Langri Fort’s two chieftains, Yu Deming and Yu Chongxiu, showed up.
“Haha…”
Zhu Chen, Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, and Zhuo Rui gathered together and burst into laughter at each other. Now that Tianfeng Fort had successfully completed its first step by taking control of Langri Fort, the next target was Tianchen Fort and Tianyu Fort.
After laughing for a while, they ordered the people of Tianfeng Fort to guard the captives from Langri Fort before entering Langri Castle together, where they met Qu Yi and Qing Yiyi.
“Qu Yi, I really didn’t expect that with your skills at the Divine Being stage, you could actually deal with someone at the Divine Weapon stage.”
At that moment, Zhu Chen, Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, and Zhuo Rui were quite surprised to see Yu Deming and Yu Chongxiu lying on the ground as they stared at Qu Yi in astonishment.
Since Qu Yi could handle Yu Deming, it meant he could handle them too. This made the four chieftains realize that Qu Yi now possessed the strength of a Divine Weapon stage warrior, and that they would need to respect his decisions if they wanted to cooperate with him in the future.
In the Divine Realm, strength spoke volumes—especially in this bandit-infested mountainous area.
Qu Yi simply smiled, then pointed at the two chieftains of Langri Fort and said, “Qing Yiyi has already taken control of these two. They will be your hidden forces in dealing with Tianchen Fort and Tianyu Fort in the future. The matter of Langri Fort is settled. As for what to do next, it’s up to you five chieftains to decide. I’m going back to Baishou Village.”
Conquering Tianchen Fort and Tianyu Fort all at once wasn’t easy, and Tianfeng Fort still needed to unite various smaller fortresses, which would take some time. Qu Yi didn’t want to waste time here.
Zhu Chen was momentarily shocked but quickly understood Qu Yi’s intentions and stopped trying to persuade him to stay.
“Qu Yi, I’ve always remembered our agreement. Go back to Baishou Village. If anything happens at Tianfeng Fort, my fifth sister will keep you informed,” Zhu Chen said with a smile.
Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, and Zhuo Rui, the three other chieftains, glanced back and forth between Qu Yi and Qing Yiyi, their faces showing a hint of smiles.
Qing Yiyi glared at Zhu Chen, then immediately blushed, lowered her head, and bit her thin pink lips tightly.

Qu Yi shook his head. These four guys really liked to make jokes at his expense. But he was too lazy to explain and immediately left Langri Fort, flying straight down from the mountain top.
“What…?”
The five fort leaders—Zhu Chen, Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, Zhuo Rui, and Qing Yiyi—stared in shock as they saw Qu Yi fly away right away, their faces filled with disbelief.
Someone at the Divine Being stage could actually fly.
At this moment, Zhu Chen realized that Qu Yi’s strength surpassed his own, and it wouldn’t be long before that happened. Qu Yi’s talent for cultivation was astonishingly remarkable.
However, Zhu Chen wasn’t someone obsessed with power. He already understood that strength was what truly mattered. Knowing that following Qu Yi would only benefit his own strength, he paid little attention to the position of chief fort leader.
“Alright, Langri Fort has been conquered. Everyone, hurry back to Tianfeng Fort,” Zhu Chen said calmly, then called out with enthusiasm.
Tianfeng Fort, along with the people from Langri Fort, immediately headed back to Tianfeng Fort’s base.
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As soon as Qu Yi left Langri Fort, he took out the Boundless Stars and returned to the Stone Castle of the ‘Three Tripods Gate’.
“Although the numbers of spiritual entities for metal, wood, water, and earth have all reached one million, when facing cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, we still have to rely on ambush tactics. When will I be able to break through to the Divine Weapon stage?” Qu Yi stood there, speaking anxiously.
This time, Qu Yi managed to injure Yu Deming mainly by using the power of the Dimensional Ball to launch a surprise attack. If he had to fight Yu Deming head-on, it would be very difficult for him to hurt Yu Deming, as the powerful combined spells could easily break through the attacks of the spiritual entity realm.
Combined spells meant attacking using the fusion of two laws, like stones formed from mud and sand. Meanwhile, the spells from the spiritual entity realms of Divine Being stage cultivators, no matter how many spiritual entities were gathered, relied on just one law, like sand piles. No matter how big the sand pile, a stone could easily break it.
“Qu Yi, don’t rush. Right now, only the number of fire-type spiritual entities in your body hasn’t reached one million. I think once that number increases, you’ll have a clearer idea of how to combine spells,” the voice of the Artifact God came through at just the right time.
Qu Yi nodded.
“Those two, Wuyuan and Wuqing, don’t even give me any news. As long as there’s any information about fire-type beasts, I’ll definitely go there,” Qu Yi smiled.
As long as Wuyuan and Wuqing were in the Beast Mountain Range, Qu Yi wasn’t in a hurry. News about fire-type beast groups would surely arrive soon.

“Alright, go ahead and continue crafting your divine artifacts. In the Divine Realm, there is absolutely no one else who can create divine artifacts with five attributes from the very beginning like you. Once you succeed in crafting them, your status in the Divine Realm will rise rapidly,” the God of Artifacts encouraged.

Qu Yi nodded and then took out the Star Luo Ding. He had already completed half of the crafting for the divine artifacts of the 10,000 villagers in the Hundred Beasts Village, and he could finish the rest within the next four to five years. This speed was due to his use of the Star Luo Ding, his complete mastery over the Black Tide Divine Fire, and his ability to quickly combine arrays.

After a while, the Black Tide Divine Fire appeared inside the Star Luo Ding, remarkably stable, as if it were very “docile.” Qu Yi’s control over the Black Tide Divine Fire had reached an extremely precise level.

“Now, I’ll try to craft a hundred divine artifacts at once,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile as he looked at the Star Luo Ding.

At first, Qu Yi helped the villagers of the Hundred Beasts Village craft divine artifacts with special performance requirements, producing just one or two at a time due to their scarcity. Later, he crafted those with slightly higher requirements, able to make ten or eight at a time. With this foundation, he had essentially mastered the Black Tide Divine Fire completely. Now, facing those with ordinary requirements but in larger quantities, he naturally wanted to push his limits and start mass production.

Massive-scale crafting of divine artifacts was Qu Yi’s goal. After all, if he wanted to build his own power in the future, he would need a large number of cultivators and many divine artifacts. If he could craft many artifacts at once, it would be easy to meet the needs of his forces.

As soon as he finished speaking, a large amount of crafting materials from his space ring flew into the Star Luo Ding. Guided by his divine consciousness, these materials dispersed evenly across a hundred parallel spaces.

The Star Luo Ding had the ability to store the five primordial energies, allowing Qu Yi to ensure that the Black Tide Divine Fire inside wouldn’t run out without using his own divine essence.

Under Qu Yi’s skilled control, the Black Tide Divine Fire rapidly melted, decomposed, and dispersed the crafting materials across the hundred parallel spaces. After the materials were broken down into basic substances, they were evenly distributed and gradually combined under Qu Yi’s control.

Time passed quickly.

One day passed.

“Artifact cores, completed!” Qu Yi suddenly shouted.

The Black Tide Divine Fire within the Star Luo Cauldron gradually weakened, and the hundred parallel spaces inside it were slowly forming one hundred weapon embryos. When the Black Tide Divine Fire disappeared, the hundred sword-shaped weapon embryos flew out of the Star Luo Cauldron at the same time. On the Weapon Cultivation Platform, Qu Yi immediately moved his hands to simulate various arrays using chaotic energy, injecting them all into the weapon embryos. Thus, a hundred divine weapons were forged.