Chapter 6: Xiaoding Hall

“Qu Yi, let us out quickly.”
When Qu Yi returned to his stone cave, Qing Wugui started shouting impatiently inside the Tiny World Sphere.
Since starting from Huoxin Town, Qu Yi had kept Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui inside the Tiny World Sphere, never allowing them to leave. Now, upon learning that Qu Yi had spent a hundred years cultivating a formation, Qing Wugui could no longer tolerate it.
Qing Wugui’s path of cultivation was one of destruction—he needed to sever the laws of the universe, which required him to constantly endure attacks from spells based on those laws.
Qu Yi naturally heard Qing Wugui’s cries and replied with a smile, “Qing Wu, are you about to destroy the law of Wood now?”
Qing Wugui immediately answered, “Yes.”
Thanks to the uniqueness of Qing Wugui’s Soul Sphere, after destroying the law of Metal, only four color bands remained—green, blue, red, and yellow—representing the laws of Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Thus, to continue his path of destruction, the easiest target was the law of Wood.
“I see. Then during these hundred years, you can expand the number of spiritual entities within your body,” Qu Yi replied with a laugh.
Qing Wugui was left speechless.
To cultivate the path of destruction, one also needed to increase the number of spiritual entities in the body. This allowed those entities to clearly sense attacks from spells, enabling Qing Wugui to master such spells, extract the laws contained within them, and then destroy those laws.
After saying this, Qu Yi took out a thousand Wood-type beast cores and placed them inside the Tiny World Sphere.
As for Wu Yuan’s cultivation, all he needed was to awaken his Soul Gold Sphere. As for increasing the number of spiritual entities in his body, Qu Yi currently had no way to do so, as he couldn’t kill many cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage to obtain their life essence.
“Wu Yuan, have fun inside the Tiny World Sphere for a hundred years. I’ll find a way to get you life essence later,” Qu Yi added.
“Ugh, Qu Yi, you really want to suffocate me!” Wu Yuan replied gloomily.
“Why suffocate? Just sleep—those hundred years will pass in no time,” Qu Yi replied directly.
Wu Yuan also had nothing left to say.
At that moment, the God of Tools sent a message again: “Qu Yi, actually, I have a method to increase the number of spiritual entities in Wu Yuan’s body— it’s the Yuan Tai Yun Ling Formation. Now that Wu Yuan has awakened his Soul Gold Sphere and Soul Green Sphere, he needs to absorb both Metal and Wood energies to increase the number of spiritual entities in his body. This formation can help him do that, but it requires a lot of materials to set up.”

Upon hearing this, Qu Yi’s eyes widened. Although the formation allowed him to increase the number of spiritual entities in his body, he currently had no way to gather that many materials.
“Everyone, stop talking for the next hundred years. After I complete the ‘Two-Dimensional Dao’ formation, I’ll then finish the ‘Primordial Embryo Spirit Nurturing Formation,’” Qu Yi declared, unwilling to waste any more time.
Immediately afterward, he closed his eyes and immersed himself in practicing the ‘Two-Dimensional Dao’ formation.
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A hundred years was an extremely short period for cultivators in the Divine Realm.
Qu Yi felt as though he had only closed his eyes for a moment when a hundred years had passed.
At that moment, he opened his eyes, a joyful smile appearing on his face. He said happily, “The Two-Dimensional Dao is quite simple. Next, I’ll start crafting divine artifacts at the level of divine weapons.”
After mastering the formations, the next step was to craft numerous artifacts to become proficient in various formations. Of course, the most important thing was to develop the ability to devise formations on one’s own—a challenge that troubled divine realm artifact craftsmen the most.
Qu Yi left his cave and went to the headquarters cave of the Fangqi Pavilion. There, he saw Fang Xinfei deeply engrossed in studying formations, not even sparing a moment to sense what was happening outside.
“He’s really determined. Well then, I won’t disturb him. I’ll go look for Fang Mo myself,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Immediately after, he left the cave and headed to Huobao Town.
Three days later, at the Fangqi Pavilion store…
As soon as Qu Yi arrived at the store entrance, he heard intense arguments coming from inside, with someone threatening Fang Mo.
“Fang Mo, your Fangqi Pavilion hasn’t sold a single decent divine artifact in forty million years, yet recently you’ve sold hundreds of them. Isn’t that suspicious?” a mocking voice loudly questioned Fang Mo.
It turned out that over the past hundred years, Fang Mo had had to sell his divine artifacts to help Qu Yi gather materials for the ‘Holographic Simulation Formation,’ which had drawn the attention of certain people.
“Tan Wu, it’s not your Xiaoding Hall’s place to interfere in the affairs of our Fangqi Pavilion. Whether I have divine artifacts or not, what does it matter to you?” Fang Mo retorted angrily.
By then, Qu Yi had already entered the store.
As soon as Fang Mo saw Qu Yi, his angry expression softened, and he smiled. “Master Qu Yi, you’ve arrived.”
Tan Wu, who exuded a rogue-like aura, heard Fang Mo’s words and immediately retracted his threatening words, staring at Qu Yi suspiciously.

“Master? Fang Mo, it’s funny you just called this guy a master. Can anyone just be called a master?” Tan Wu sneered, looking at Qu Yi with contempt.
Fang Mo became panicked and wanted to retort.
Qu Yi raised his hand to calm Fang Mo down, smiled at Tan Wu, and said, “You’re from the Xiao Ding Hall, right? Your strength ranks around tenth in Huo Bao Town. But how could someone like you, so arrogant, exist?”
“You…” Tan Wu’s eyes widened in anger.
Immediately, Tan Wu rushed forward and attacked with a punch.
Qu Yi chuckled, didn’t move an inch, reached out with his right hand, and caught Tan Wu’s punch right away.
“Ah… no!” Tan Wu felt intense pain as if his hand was about to be crushed by Qu Yi. Only then did he realize that Qu Yi’s cultivation had already reached the Divine Weapon stage, while he himself was still at the Divine Human stage—yet he had dared to attack first.
“If you say no, then it’s no. Is our Fang Qi Pavilion a place you can just bully? Today, I’ll break one of your arms to teach you a lesson,” Qu Yi said with a smile, applying force while injecting a thread of chaotic energy into Tan Wu’s right hand.
This thread of chaotic energy rendered Tan Wu’s right hand useless, as he could no longer channel his divine energy there.
Feeling the terror of the chaotic energy, Tan Wu tried every means to expel it from his body but failed. He looked at Qu Yi in fear.
“Master, please let me go! Take back the energy from my hand!” Tan Wu cried anxiously, his eyes filled with pleading—no longer showing the arrogance he had before.
Qu Yi waved his hand and said, “This is just a lesson for you. Come back to me in a hundred years.”
Hearing this, Tan Wu’s face turned pale. The pain would last for a hundred years.
Although a hundred years might seem short, the psychological torment would accompany him for the rest of his life—this was what scared Tan Wu the most. With such a shadow in his heart, advancing his cultivation would be extremely difficult, and breaking through would be nearly impossible.
Without strength, he would also be looked down upon in the Xiao Ding Hall.
“Hmph, you Fang Qi Pavilion is really something—daring to treat me like this. I must report this to the elders of our Xiao Ding Hall!” Seeing that Qu Yi was determined to punish him, Tan Wu stopped begging. His expression turned fierce as he shouted angrily before leaving the Fang Qi Pavilion.

Seeing Tan Wu leave in a fierce manner, Fang Mo couldn’t help but worry and looked anxiously at Qu Yi.
“Master Qu Yi, Xiao Ding Hall ranks tenth among the alchemy sects in our Huo Bao Town. Now that you’ve taught Tan Wu a lesson, he will surely go to the elders of Xiao Ding Hall. I reckon their elders will come to take revenge soon,” Fang Mo said nervously.
“Fang Mo, you were so confident in arguing with him just now—how come you’re worried now?” Qu Yi replied calmly with a smile.
Seeing Qu Yi’s relaxed attitude, Fang Mo was speechless. How could my situation be the same as yours? You destroyed someone’s hand, while I just had a argument with him. Yet, seeing Qu Yi’s ease, Fang Mo felt inexplicably at ease, as if he knew Qu Yi could handle the upcoming challenges effortlessly.
Noticing Fang Mo was silent, Qu Yi asked, “Fang Mo, how much material have you collected over these hundred years?”
The holographic simulation array was a formation Qu Yi must complete. After all, the revival of Fang Qi Ge couldn’t rely solely on him alone—many alchemists were needed.
Hearing Qu Yi’s question, Fang Mo’s attention shifted. He immediately smiled proudly and said, “Master Qu Yi, I haven’t slacked off in the slightest over these hundred years. I’ve already collected about 90% of the required materials. Now, I’ll hand them over to you.”
With that, Fang Mo took out a space ring.
Qu Yi took the space ring and scanned it with his mental senses to confirm the quantity of materials.
“Not bad, Fang Mo. You’ve done well. Hurry up and collect the remaining materials. Oh, by the way, do you need divine crystals?” Qu Yi asked cheerfully.
Fang Mo replied immediately, “Master Qu Yi, I’ve never lacked divine crystals. The divine artifacts you gave me are top-quality. I’ve secretly sold tens of thousands of them to gather these materials.”
Qu Yi nodded with a smile, knowing Fang Mo was quite efficient.
“Very good. You’ve done well. I have another hundred thousand Water Beast Cores here. Take them. For now, stop selling divine artifacts. Sell these beast cores instead—they should be enough to cover the divine crystals needed for the remaining materials,” Qu Yi said with a smile, taking out another space ring.
Out of five hundred thousand White-Scaled Rampage Fish Beast Cores, Qu Yi only used ten thousand. There were still many left. To avoid startling Fang Mo, he only took out one hundred thousand.
Fang Mo was stunned again.
One hundred thousand beast cores? How did Master Qu Yi get so many? It was unbelievable.

Fang Mo took the space ring in confusion, scanned it with his mind, and upon confirmation, his face lit up with ecstasy. Just then, Tan Wu entered the shop again and shouted arrogantly, “Fang Mo, Qu Yi, you two wait here. My master is on his way.”