Chapter 15: Xu Ming Under Attack

Qu Yi leaped into the air, stepping through a starry expanse to land on another planet. On this planet, there was a soul-being. With his current cultivation at the Divine Weapon stage, in this lower-tier energy world of the Ruins Realm Divine World, his speed was comparable to teleportation—as he could directly cross planets. The soul-being on this planet was a Gold-type soul-being, only at the Divine Being stage. Sensing Qu Yi’s pressure, it dared not stay in its cave any longer and tried to emerge to escape.
“Want to run? You can’t.”
Qu Yi suddenly appeared in front of the cave. Reaching out with one hand, he grabbed the soul-being’s neck. With a surge of chaotic energy, the soul-being’s body turned to nothingness. A soul gold bead floated in Qu Yi’s palm.
Qu Yi smiled faintly, took another step, and teleported once more through the stars, returning to the planet where the people of Tianfeng Fort were.
“Fort King!”
The 19,000 people of Tianfeng Fort, all at the Divine Being stage or above, had sensed Qu Yi’s movements earlier and knew he had killed a soul-being and obtained a soul bead. They were extremely excited. Seeing Qu Yi return, they immediately called out in enthusiasm.
Qu Yi nodded with a smile and shouted passionately, “Brothers, as you’ve seen, when these soul-beings die here, they leave behind a soul bead. What you need to do from now on is hunt down these soul-beings in this Ruins Realm Divine World and seize their soul beads. But be careful—don’t let them self-destruct, or you’ll lose the soul beads.”
“Yes, Fort King!” The 19,000 people of Tianfeng Fort responded loudly.
The Ruins Realm Divine World was formed after the War of Divine Kings, when the entire Liquan City was destroyed and absorbed along with two star domains each from the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Monster Realm. Given Liquan City’s scale back then, it housed at least hundreds of millions of cultivators, most of whom were at the Divine Weapon stage or above. Thus, the number of soul beads left in the Ruins Realm Divine World was at least 200 million.
In other words, there were at least 200 million soul-beings in this realm.
The people of Tianfeng Fort quickly figured out the number of soul-beings and realized that each of their 19,000 people could obtain a soul bead of their own.

The ten chiefs at the Divine Weapon stage only need to obtain three more Soul Beads, while the remaining 19,000 members at the Divine Human stage need four each. In total, it’s less than 80,000 Soul Beads. Compared to the overall amount of 200 million Soul Beads, the number required by everyone in Tianfeng Fort is a mere fraction.

Qu Yi observed the expressions of everyone in Tianfeng Fort and realized they were already eager. Smiling, he said, “Brothers, as you travel through this Ruin Realm Divine World, be sure to record the routes along the way. Once you’ve gathered the required number of Soul Beads, return to this planet. I’ll come and take you back to the Divine World then.”

“Yes, Fort King!” Everyone in Tianfeng Fort replied eagerly.

Qu Yi nodded, took out the Boundless Star Map, and immediately traveled back to the Divine World.

As soon as Qu Yi left, everyone in Tianfeng Fort scattered, each going their own way to search for Soul Body People.

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Qu Yi returned to the Savage Beast Mountains. He sat on a rock in the Green Patterned Savage Python Gorge, communicating with the Instrument God through his divine consciousness.

“Instrument God, the people from Tianfeng Fort and Bai Shou Village are all arranged now. Once the holographic simulation array is set up, the affairs of the Fangqi Pavilion will also be stabilized. Now, the three of us—me, Wu Yuan, and Wu Qing—need to focus on improving our strength. Instrument God, you once said that the Yuan Tai Yun Ling Array can rapidly increase the number of spiritual entities in our bodies. Can you explain it in detail now?” Qu Yi asked happily.

Inside Qu Yi’s body, at the center was the Chaos Planet, surrounded by the Wood Planet, Water Planet, Fire Planet, and Earth Planet. The fused spiritual entities above were the Metal-Wood Entity, Metal-Water Entity, Metal-Fire Entity, and Metal-Earth Entity. To increase the number of spiritual entities in his body, Qu Yi needed to absorb either Metal-Wood energy or Metal-Water, Metal-Fire, or Metal-Earth energy simultaneously.

In fact, even if Qu Yi didn’t increase the number of spiritual entities now, his current count was already at the top level among cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage. The maximum number of spiritual entities for a cultivator at this stage was one million, and Qu Yi already had one million of each of the four fused spiritual entities.

But Qu Yi certainly didn’t want to stop there; he wanted to push the number of fused spiritual entities in his body to its limit.

The Artifact God quickly sent a message: “The Yuan Tai Pregnancy Spirit Array can indeed help you and Wu Yuan increase the number of spiritual entities in your bodies. However, to set up this array, Yuan Tai Stones are necessary. I also obtained this Yuan Tai Stone by chance back then, which allowed me to develop this array. Unfortunately, such rare stones are hard to find.”

Upon hearing this, Qu Yi was completely stunned—it was as if nothing had been said at all.

“Well, it seems that if Wu Yuan and I want to increase the number of spiritual entities in our bodies, there’s only one way: earn Divine Crystals to buy Divine Pills,” Qu Yi said gloomily.

There was actually another method: the essence blood of cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage. But one would need to find a suitable cultivator of that level. Take Wu Yuan for example—he has spiritual entities of the Metal and Wood elements in his body. Therefore, the useful essence blood would be that of cultivators with Metal and Wood elements. The essence blood of other Divine Weapon stage cultivators would be useless to Wu Yuan, as he needs to absorb both Metal and Wood energies simultaneously to increase the number of these elements in his body.

One drop of the essence blood from a Divine Weapon stage cultivator contains ten thousand fused spiritual entities.

Thus, if Qu Yi wanted to increase the number of his spiritual entities by absorbing such essence blood, he would need to find cultivators who had mastered the Metal-Wood, Metal-Water, Metal-Fire, or Metal-Earth principles. By killing these cultivators and obtaining their essence blood, he could increase the number of fused spiritual entities in his body.

Fighting is strictly prohibited in the cities of the Divine Realm. If Qu Yi wanted to obtain essence blood, he could only go to the wilderness. And in the wilderness, there are surely powerful cultivators roaming around. While there is a chance to find a suitable cultivator to kill, the chances are slim. It might take a long time to find enough such cultivators.

Qu Yi didn’t want to spend too much time increasing the number of spiritual entities in his body, so there was only one option left: buying Divine Pills.

There are many types of Divine Pills at the Divine Weapon stage, but they all share the same essence—containing two complete elemental principles.

So, the Divine Pills Qu Yi bought contained the Metal-Wood, Metal-Water, Metal-Fire, and Metal-Earth principles.

Hearing Qu Yi’s sighs, the Artifact God replied with a smile, “Don’t lose heart. As long as Xu Ming goes to Beiyang Island, there might be a chance. It’s a gathering place for various forces in the Divine Realm, where many rare treasures might appear.”

Qu Yi nodded. There was nothing else he could do.

Just as he thought this, his identity card suddenly vibrated.

Qu Yi immediately took out his identity card and scanned it with his divine sense to read the message that had just been sent.

“What? When Xu Ming’s airship was about to reach Nan Yin Island, it was attacked in the skies over the Inner Sea?” Qu Yi exclaimed in surprise.
In the Divine Realm, the western hemisphere is covered by oceans, known as the Outer Seas. The eastern hemisphere is land, divided into eight divine domains, with a circular ocean in the center, called the Inner Sea. To the north of the Inner Sea lies Bei Yang Island, and to the south, Nan Yin Island.
The Fire Departure Divine Domain, where Qu Yi currently was, was located in the south.
Following Qu Yi’s orders, Xu Ming traveled alone from the Fire Departure Divine Domain to Bei Yang, requiring a flight on a airship belonging to the Fire Departure Merchant Alliance. However, the airship’s route sometimes passed by Nan Yin Island.
Just as Xu Ming’s airship was about to reach Nan Yin Island, it was attacked by some people.
“Qu Yi, don’t be surprised. In the Inner Sea, there are also some adventure groups disguised as bandits who often attack airships. Nan Yin Island is a great place too—most elite ascendants go there. But those without the cultivation level of Divine General cannot enter the core area of Nan Yin Island. However, you, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui can go there to hone your skills. There are many Divine Weapon cultivators there who often fight to break through to the level of Divine General,” said the God of Weapons happily.
After hearing this, Qu Yi immediately smiled. It seemed Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui now had a place to go.
“Good, then I’ll go rescue Xu Ming right away,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
He then took out the Boundless Star Compass and instantly traveled through space, arriving at the Inner Sea of the Divine Realm and appearing on the shore of an island.
As soon as the airship was attacked, it descended onto the island, and all passengers fled on their own. Knowing that Qu Yi had the Boundless Star Compass and that he didn’t want to reveal its existence too early, Xu Ming fled desperately, reaching the seaside and avoiding the other passengers.
Yet, there was still a masked bandit chasing after Xu Ming.
As soon as Qu Yi appeared, he landed beside Xu Ming and confronted the masked bandit.
“A Divine Weapon cultivator acting as a bandit—how fearless,” Qu Yi said coldly. He took out the Divine Artifact Star Luo Ding, its chaotic energy already activated.
Pointing the Star Luo Ding at the bandit, it suddenly emitted a massive stream of Ink Wave Divine Fire, which transformed into a black dragon and wrapped around the bandit flying toward them.

That robber wasn’t able to react at all. His strength was slightly greater than Xu Ming’s, and he had been able to chase after Xu Ming just a moment ago. But Qu Yi’s appearance was too sudden, leaving him no time to transform and dodge.
The Mo Lan Divine Fire instantly devoured the robber.
Where the robber had been, only a sword remained—a sword with a golden front and a blue back, actually a divine weapon at the divine weapon level.
Qu Yi took the divine sword into his hand and infused it with chaotic energy. The sword immediately emitted a golden and blue glow, creating a crack in the ground where it landed.
“Not bad. This sword shall be called the Green Light and Blue Glow Sword,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Xu Ming had already arrived beside Qu Yi and stood there calmly.
Qu Yi looked at Xu Ming and said with a smile, “You’ve worked hard.”