Chapter 51: The Great Battle Ends

Qu Yi soared into the air, aiming straight at Guo Huo.
“Guo Huo, you plotted against me on the Square Continent—now you’ll suffer my strike!” Qu Yi shouted as he approached.
Suddenly, the black staff in Qu Yi’s hand swung swiftly, summoning four million Golden Earth Spirit Entities that condensed into a dark golden long sword, which slashed fiercely toward Guo Huo’s body.
“Hmph, you want to kill me? Not yet,” Guo Huo sneered, quickly swinging his own magnificent sword. The spirit entities it summoned formed a large sword that blocked Qu Yi’s attack.
With a loud boom, the two swords collided violently, creating a red glow in the air.
Qu Yi and Guo Huo quickly retreated to avoid the intense energy waves.
By then, Qiu Tong, Tian Wen, Bai Fang, Sang Guang, Jin Muqing, Yan Tan, and Wu Qin had already flown into the air, approaching the floating green sphere.
“The divine artifact is mine!” Before even reaching the sphere, the seven of them began fighting among themselves.
Suddenly, each of them pulled out a divine artifact.
Yes, these seven had killed many people and possessed numerous divine artifacts in their space rings. They wanted to use them to explode and prevent the other six from advancing, so they could seize the floating sphere for themselves.
Boom…
Seven loud explosions sent all seven of them flying downward in shock.
Each of them had detonated seven or eight divine artifacts, throwing them at the other six, forcing them to avoid the explosion centers. Thus, none of them could reach the sphere alone.
“You bastards!” The seven landed on the ground, glaring angrily at one another, shouting viciously.
All seven came from noble royal families in the Divine Realm, used to maintaining their dignity. They rarely used vulgar language, but in the face of this extraordinary divine artifact, none of them could stay calm.
At that moment, Qu Yi and Guo Huo flew into the air again, both heading toward the floating sphere.
“Heavenly Fire Meteor!” As soon as Guo Huo saw Qu Yi rising again, he swung his red sword.
Four million Golden Fire Spirit Entities condensed into a terrifying flame lion, which roared and descended from the sky, aiming straight at Qu Yi.
“Guo Huo, your spells won’t work on me,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.

Immediately, Qu Yi swiftly swung the divine artifact, the Black Staff, summoning four million Golden Earth Spirit Entities to form a giant sword that tore through space with tremendous force, striking the Flame Giant Lion. In an instant, the giant sword and the giant lion collided violently once again, annihilating each other. “I don’t need to kill you; delaying you for just a moment is enough. Haha, now this divine artifact belongs to me,” Guo Huo laughed triumphantly from above, as if he already had the artifact in his hands. But then, something unexpected happened. “Guo Huo, if you still want to obtain the divine artifact, you need to ask us first,” suddenly, Qing Wu Gui and Wu Yuan appeared in the air, with Qing Wu Gui shouting in a mocking tone. It turned out that Qing Wu Gui and Wu Yuan had killed Pang Shu and Mu Rong after just a few exchanges. After all, Qing Wu Gui’s killing technique directly disrupted Pang Shu’s Wood element laws, rendering all of Pang Shu’s spells powerless. Wu Yuan, equipped with the Golden Radiant Armor, didn’t have to worry about his physical body, so after engaging Mu Rong, he used his relentless combat skills without hesitation, suppressing Mu Rong and quickly killing him with a single strike. At that moment, Qing Wu Gui lightly swung his long sword—no spirit entities were summoned, but an aura sufficed to suppress Guo Huo, preventing him from activating the spirit entities within his body. Guo Huo’s understood Gold and Fire element laws were now affected by Qing Wu Gui’s influence. Thus, despite having a powerful divine essence, he was unable to cast any extraordinary spells. Meanwhile, Wu Yuan, wielding the Nine Heavens Staff, attacked alongside Qing Wu Gui. The staff’s strikes created waves of Golden and Wood Spirit Entities that formed wind blades, all aimed at Guo Huo. “What kind of power is this?” Guo Huo exclaimed in surprise, forced to dodge immediately to avoid Qing Wu Gui’s attacks. The fact that Qing Wu Gui could affect his divine essence terrified Guo Huo greatly—it was as if his entire strength had been rendered useless. Now, this number one figure was no different from a worthless person. His heart turned icy cold. He never expected there to be someone as monstrous as Qing Wu Gui hidden around Qu Yi, and he regretted secretly plotting against Qu Yi, realizing it had been a foolish mistake. But now, regret was useless. Guo Huo glared at Qu Yi angrily but dared not fly into the air again, nor could he approach Qing Wu Gui.

After driving Guo Huo away, Wu Yuan laughed heartily and wanted to fly into the air to snatch the spherical object from above.
“You wretched insignificant ones also dare to lay your hands on this peerless divine artifact? Give me your lives!” Suddenly, Qiu Tong and the other six, who had just landed, flew back up and shouted angrily.
As soon as they spoke, Qiu Tong, Tian Wen, Bai Fang, Sang Guang, Jin Muqing, Yan Tan, and Wu Qin each took out a divine artifact and threw it at Wu Yuan, simultaneously activating them.
“Despicable!” Wu Yuan was terrified and immediately fell back—he certainly didn’t want to lose his life now.
Boom…
The seven divine artifacts exploded at the same time, filling the air with flying flames, silver sparks, red clouds, and endless energy turbulence.
At that moment, the spherical object in the air was struck by this energy turbulence. It swayed for a moment before suddenly falling and flying off at an angle.
“The divine artifact has fallen!” everyone exclaimed in surprise.
At the same time, Qu Yi, Guo Huo, Qiu Tong, and the others immediately flew after it.
Although Qiu Tong, Tian Wen, Bai Fang, Sang Guang, Jin Muqing, Yan Tan, and Wu Qin were the closest to the object earlier, their speed was much slower compared to Qu Yi and Guo Huo.
Now, Qu Yi and Guo Huo had even overtaken the seven and were on their way to reach the object.
“You think you can get the divine artifact too?” Qiu Tong and the others shouted angrily upon seeing this.
Suddenly, the seven each took out several more divine artifacts, threw them forward, and arrived in front of Qu Yi and Guo Huo, activating them again.
With so many divine artifacts, the seven were unhesitating to abandon these weapons of the Divine Weapon level just to get that spherical object.
Boom…
Another sound that shook space rang out. The powerful energy turbulence filled the air once more, forcing Qu Yi and Guo Huo to retreat immediately, as well as Qiu Tong and the others.
After the energy turbulence subsided, Qu Yi, Guo Huo, Qiu Tong, Tian Wen, Bai Fang, Sang Guang, Jin Muqing, Yan Tan, and Wu Qin quickly regained their senses and sent out their spiritual senses to scan the surroundings.
“What? That spherical object no longer has any energy signature. I can no longer sense it.”
“Trouble. Since its energy signature has disappeared, it seems to have merged with this square continent. We’ll have to take our chances and search for it.”
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Soon, everyone was filled with shock, and their faces were filled with anger as they looked at one another.
The competition was fierce, and in the end, the last spherical object had disappeared.

“Haha, that legendary artifact has disappeared. Now isn’t the time to compete for it based on one’s own strength; everyone has a chance now. Let’s all try our luck in searching for it.”
Undoubtedly, those cultivators who had also arrived on this square continent initially hesitated to compete, considering their own strength. But now that the sphere had vanished, they immediately realized they too had a chance to obtain this artifact.
Gaining the artifact meant having the opportunity to achieve supreme power—how could these cultivators remain unmoved?
Soon, all the cultivators took to the air and headed to various parts of the square continent to start searching.
“Wuyuan, Wuqing, let’s go look for the artifact together,” Qu Yi called out as he saw Wuyuan and Qingwugui flying over.
Immediately, the three of them also took off to try their luck in finding the artifact.
Guo Huo, Qiu Tong, Tian Wen, Bai Fang, Sang Guang, Jin Muqing, Yan Tan, Wu Qin, and others, seeing the situation, stopped fighting as well and flew into the air, circling around to search visually for the sphere.
Suddenly, in one place, the presence of the sphere reappeared.
At the same time, a voice that evoked both envy and anger came through: “Haha, I’ve got the artifact.”
This voice belonged to Xu Ming.
It turned out that while Qu Yi and the others were fighting, Xu Ming had also arrived in the vicinity. Unexpectedly, as soon as the sphere disappeared and he took to the air, he spotted it on the ground.
On the ground, the sphere lost its devastating aura. But once Xu Ming picked it up and left the ground, it emitted that terrifying aura once again.
Naturally, all those searching for the sphere rushed over and, upon seeing Xu Ming on the ground, focused their attention on the sphere.
Just as everyone was about to snatch it, a voice suddenly rang out throughout the space, resonating directly within everyone’s soul realm.
“The artifact has fallen into the hands of a cultivator. The great chaos is over—everyone, go back.”
When this voice sounded, all the cultivators froze in place, as if the entire space had been locked.
Once the voice faded, they regained their mobility and soon noticed beams of light shooting from all directions, enveloping them like cocoons before sending them back to the divine realm.
“How frustrating!” Many cultivators cried out in dissatisfaction amidst the light of the cocoons.

This massive battle among cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage completely took everyone by surprise, including the Divine Kings. Almost all the cultivators were killed, with less than 50,000 surviving.
Meanwhile, Qu Yi, in the light of the cocoon, kept reflecting on the voice he had just heard.
“This voice… it feels so familiar. I seem to have heard it somewhere before.”
As soon as that voice sounded, Qu Yi noticed that the light of the cocoon surrounding him disappeared, and he found himself back at the base of Tianfeng Fort, in front of Tianfeng Fortress. At the same time, all the members of Tianfeng Fort also landed on the ground, exactly where they had ascended to the Star River battlefield.
Xu Ming landed beside Qu Yi at that moment.
“Haha, I’m the one who gets this divine artifact after all,” Qu Yi said, smiling triumphantly as he looked at Xu Ming.
Xu Ming immediately handed the sphere to Qu Yi.
Episode 16: Displaying Great Power