Chapter 1: Changes in the Dimensional Sphere

“Qu Yi, this sphere is also a Dimensional Sphere.”
Suddenly, the Artifact God, who had remained silent for a long time, sent a message through his divine consciousness as Xu Ming handed the sphere to Qu Yi.
Qu Yi was shocked. As he had guessed, this sphere was also a divine artifact of the same type as the Dimensional Sphere. But to his surprise, it was another Dimensional Sphere.
Hearing the Artifact God’s words, Qu Yi was startled, yet his expression remained calm. At that moment, looking at the people of Tianfeng Fort before him, his eyes shone with joy.
“Brothers, we have returned alive from the Galaxy Battlefield. This time, Tianfeng Fort has obtained a great deal of spiritual essence. From now on, we can expand the number of spiritual entities in each of our bodies to one million—there will be enough spiritual essence,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
For cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, the maximum number of spiritual entities in their bodies was one million.
Qu Yi had already obtained a cultivation method from the Artifact God, which allowed him to use spiritual essence to strengthen the physical strength of Divine Weapon stage cultivators, thereby enabling them to accommodate more spiritual entities in their bodies. Previously, Qu Yi did not have much spiritual essence. But during this massive battle, he acquired an enormous amount, enough to raise the number of spiritual entities in everyone in Tianfeng Fort to one million.
“Long live the Fort King!” Everyone in Tianfeng Fort exclaimed excitedly upon hearing Qu Yi’s words.
They had been with Qu Yi for a long time and knew that whatever he said would come true. Naturally, the members of Tianfeng Fort understood that they could lay a solid foundation for their cultivation during their Divine Weapon stage.
Qu Yi nodded and then smiled, saying, “Alright, brothers. Among those who returned from the Galaxy Battlefield this time, there are first, the people from Tianfeng Fort, and second, the 20,000 blacksmiths I captured. These two groups are the largest. The cultivators from the other divine realms combined number less than a thousand. Therefore, to avoid drawing attention, I want all of you to retreat inside Tianfeng Fort and meditate in seclusion. Do not go out anymore. A million years should be sufficient.”
Tianfeng Fort was Qu Yi’s secret force, and he did not want to expose it, especially since almost all the cultivators from the eight divine realms of the Divine World had perished, while the members of Tianfeng Fort had survived—this would be too noticeable. Thus, Qu Yi did not want his people to go out, lest they attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.
“Understood, Fort King,” replied everyone in Tianfeng Fort immediately.

Over a million years, the members of Tianfeng Fort could not only increase the number of spiritual entities in their bodies to the limit but also very likely advance their cultivation to the Divine General stage. Qu Yi nodded and then threw a space ring to the chief, Zhu Chen, saying with a smile, “Chief, this space ring contains a large amount of refined blood, along with five jade slips. The content of these jade slips is the ‘Refining Essence into Body Technique,’ which corresponds to five different types of physical bodies. You take care of arranging this. During these million years, all our brothers can cultivate in peace.” The Refining Essence into Body Technique was a cultivation method passed down to Qu Yi by the God of Tools; it allowed cultivators to refine their refined blood, strengthening their physical bodies and enabling them to increase the number of spiritual entities in their bodies to the limit. Zhu Chen immediately nodded and waved his hand, taking all the members of Tianfeng Fort to another place. At that moment, Qu Yi turned to Xu Ming and said with a faint smile, “Xu Ming, you did very well this time. You helped me obtain the Dimensional Sphere. I think now the entire Divine Realm is hunting you. Your target is too big; it’s better to hide inside the Dimensional Sphere for now. I’ll release you after a hundred years.” Xu Ming nodded. He certainly knew that stealing the Dimensional Sphere under the attention of cultivators from the eight divine realms in the Divine Realm meant his appearance would be remembered. If he went to the Divine Realm now, he was sure he would be captured and forced to reveal the location of the Dimensional Sphere. Immediately afterward, Qu Yi put Xu Ming inside the Dimensional Sphere. Fang Xinfei looked at Qu Yi, feeling waves of excitement. Qu Yi’s power was so great, and he was so selfless in helping the Fang Qi Pavilion—its future would surely be glorious in the Divine Realm. “Master Qu Yi, I want to return to the Fang Qi Pavilion,” Fang Xinfei said softly, trying to stay calm. Qu Yi nodded directly and said with a smile, “Pavilion Master, you must keep my matter a secret. This isn’t only related to my life but also to the survival of you and the Fang Qi Pavilion.” How could Fang Xinfei not understand the stakes? She nodded firmly and said, “Master Qu Yi, I understand the importance. I will keep it completely secret.” Qu Yi nodded and then let Fang Xinfei go. Since there was a spatial array between the Fang Qi Pavilion and Beast Village, Fang Xinfei didn’t need Qu Yi to send her back. She could fly from the Hundred Forts Mountain Range to Beast Village by herself and then use the spatial array to return to the Fang Qi Pavilion. In front of Tianfeng Fort, only Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wugui remained.

“Five yuan, Qingwugui—right now, almost all cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage in the divine realm have perished. Even if you want to practice now, there’s no one to fight against. What plans do you have?” Qu Yi asked with a smile.

Without cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, Wu Yuan and Qingwugui wouldn’t have any opponents to fight against even if they returned to Nanluo City, so they naturally couldn’t practice. Both Wu Yuan’s path of awakening and Qingwugui’s path of killing required numerous battles.

“Ugh, I don’t care! Qu Yi, you have to find me a place—I must fight! I don’t want to sit idle for a million years!” Wu Yuan immediately expressed his stance.

“I’m the same as Wu Yuan,” Qingwugui said with a smile, supporting Wu Yuan.

Qu Yi’s expression darkened instantly. He couldn’t possibly let the people of Tianfeng Fort accompany Wu Yuan and Qingwugui in battles all day long—after all, they needed time to practice and advance to the Divine General stage.

“Alright, there’s only one place that can satisfy you both. Go back to the Beast Mountain Range,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

Previously, Wu Yuan and Qingwugui had only fought in the outer areas of the Beast Mountain Range and hadn’t ventured deep into it, so they hadn’t encountered many Divine Weapon-grade beasts.

“Okay,” Qingwugui replied promptly.

Qu Yi nodded immediately, then put Wu Yuan and Qingwugui inside the Dimension Ball, took out the Boundless Star Map, and headed straight for the Beast Mountain Range.

At the bottom of the Green-Striped Python Gorge, Qu Yi released Wu Yuan and Qingwugui.

“Alright, this area is already deep within the Beast Mountain Range. You can go look for those Divine Weapon-grade beasts now,” Qu Yi urged them.

Wu Yuan and Qingwugui chuckled and immediately flew out of the gorge.

After watching them leave, Qu Yi took out the round ball given to him by Xu Ming and examined it closely.

“Divine Artifact God, what grade is the Dimension Ball? Can you tell me now?” Qu Yi suddenly asked.

Qu Yi only knew about the five grades of divine artifacts from the Divine Human stage to the Divine King stage. But he felt that the grade of the Dimension Ball was higher than that of a Divine King-grade artifact, so he asked.

After a while, the Divine Artifact God calmly transmitted his voice: “Qu Yi, actually, above the Divine King-grade artifacts, there are two more grades: Innate Spiritual Treasures and Creative Jade Disks. The Innate Spiritual Treasures contain spatial rules, while the Creative Jade Disks contain temporal rules.”

Hearing this, Qu Yi was surprised and immediately asked, “Is the Dimension Ball an Innate Spiritual Treasure?”

“Innate spiritual treasures are divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower. Lower-grade innate spiritual treasures are auxiliary artifacts such as boats, palaces, and cultivation spaces; middle-grade innate spiritual treasures are artifacts for physical attack and defense; upper-grade innate spiritual treasures are artifacts for soul attack and defense. The Inch Realm Ball belongs to the lower-grade innate spiritual treasures, yet its benefits to cultivators are no less than those of upper-grade ones,” the Artifact God explained calmly once again.

Qu Yi nodded, his expression relieved as he finally understood the grade of the Inch Realm Ball.

“Then I’ll bind this newly acquired Inch Realm Ball to me with my blood right now,” Qu Yi said with a smile as he looked at the green sphere.

After a while, the Artifact God suddenly said, “Qu Yi, when binding it, place your original Inch Realm Ball in front of you and see if there’s any connection between the two.”

Qu Yi immediately brought the Inch Realm Ball hidden within his body to the front and let a drop of his vital blood fall onto the newly acquired one.

The newly acquired Inch Realm Ball immediately connected with Qu Yi’s consciousness and began to vibrate violently. To be precise, both spheres started vibrating at the same time—they were both under Qu Yi’s control, yet they now had a connection with each other.

“As expected, these two spheres are going to merge,” the Artifact God said excitedly.

Qu Yi didn’t understand and could only watch in astonishment as the two spheres changed.

Suddenly, the newly acquired Inch Realm Ball disappeared, and Qu Yi immediately sensed that it had entered the original sphere, reaching the center of the entire starry space.

Inside the newly acquired sphere, planets were actually forming.

“This…” Qu Yi exclaimed in confusion, not understanding what was happening.

At that moment, the Artifact God’s voice came through: “Qu Yi, do you still remember the universe model I mentioned?”

Hearing this, Qu Yi immediately realized something and replied excitedly, “The universe has three layers: the Spirit Energy Layer, the Origin Layer, and the Divine Realm.”

The Artifact God laughed for a long time before saying, “That’s right. That’s exactly the situation now. The planet formed from the original Inch Realm Ball belongs to the Spirit Energy Layer, while the planet formed from this one belongs to the Origin Layer. Now, both spheres will continue to generate planets until a complete universe is formed. I’m really eager to see what the actual process of universe formation will be like.”

Qu Yi was stunned.

“Artifact God, then what object is needed to form the core Divine Realm of the universe?” Qu Yi asked immediately.

Upon hearing this, the Artifact God remained silent for a long time.
“Since you’ve already obtained two Dimensional Balls, I believe that an object capable of evolving into a Divine Realm will surely appear in the future,” the Artifact God said calmly after thinking for a long time.
Qu Yi could only nod, sharing the same hope.