Chapter 20: Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma

A drop of the essence blood from a cultivator at the Divine General stage contains the essence of hundreds of thousands of aggregated spiritual entities.
To date, Qu Yi had killed over 360 group leaders at the Divine General stage from the Ten Thousand Islands Alliance, obtaining more than a thousand drops of such essence blood—equivalent to 100 million aggregated spiritual entities. Of course, these 360 group leaders had different attributes among their spiritual entities, and not all of them could be refined and absorbed by Qu Yi.
Inside Qu Yi’s body, there were currently three types of aggregated spiritual entities: metal-wood-water, metal-wood-fire, and metal-wood-earth. Thus, only those essence blood drops with these three attributes could be refined and absorbed by him. Nevertheless, there were already a large number of such drops—about 100 of each type.
If Qu Yi refined all three types of essence blood, the number of these aggregated spiritual entities in his body could reach 20 million.
Qu Yi collected all the essence blood he needed and handed the remaining to Zhu Chen.
“Elder Leader, please distribute all this essence blood among you and the other Divine General stage group leaders. I’ll take the materials from these space rings, and as for the other items, I’ll keep them as well—please distribute them to the other brothers,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Soon after, Qu Yi sorted through all the essence blood and space rings, taking what was useful for himself and leaving the rest to Zhu Chen.
All the members of the Tianfeng Pirate Gang were moved by Qu Yi’s generosity. In other pirate gangs, most of the items would have been distributed by the group leader, leaving very little for the members at the Divine Human stage. But Qu Yi kept most of the items for himself, which naturally moved these Divine Human stage members.
“King of the Gang, thank you!” the members at the Divine Human stage cheered immediately.
Qu Yi smiled and took out the Boundless Star Map, then traveled through space.
Afterward, he sent Qingwugui to a sea area under the jurisdiction of the Tianqing Pirate Gang led by the Second Elder Zhaojing. This area also had a gathering of pirate gangs from the Ten Thousand Islands Alliance, making it ideal for Qingwugui’s cultivation.
On the island, Qu Yi, Qingwugui, and Zhaojing stood together.
“Second Elder, I’ve brought you here. With your help, you can start dealing with the forces of the Ten Thousand Islands Alliance,” Qu Yi said with a relaxed smile.

Qu Yi also had some understanding of the strength of the Wan Dao Alliance. The most powerful First Elder, Yu Qiu, only had nine million spirit entities within his body. With Qu Yi’s current strength, he could easily kill Yu Qiu, so naturally, the Wan Dao Alliance no longer posed a threat in his eyes. Thus, he now regarded the Wan Dao Alliance as mere cultivation companions who had no place to return to; once Qing Wu Gui completed his cultivation, this alliance would be destroyed.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jing’s face lit up as he burst into laughter. He looked at Qing Wu Gui excitedly and tried to calm down before saying, “Chieftain, with the help of the Second Chieftain, our Tian Qing Pirate Gang will surely be able to wipe out the forces of the Wan Dao Alliance in this sea area.”

In fact, Zhao Jing had always been in contact with the chief chieftain Zhu Chen, so he naturally knew Qing Wu Gui’s strength. Now that he knew Qing Wu Gui was coming to help him, how could he not be excited? By eliminating the pirate gangs in the Wan Dao Alliance’s territory, they could gain vast wealth.

Qing Wu Gui merely smiled faintly.

Seeing that everything was arranged, Qu Yi immediately said with a smile, “From now on, follow the Second Chieftain’s orders. I won’t show up unless it’s a critical moment. I’ll be leaving now.”

Then, Qu Yi entered the Dimensional Sphere.

From this point on, besides refining weapons inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi also had to refine the 300 drops of essence blood he had obtained to increase the number of the three types of aggregated spirit entities in his body.

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A hundred thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.

In the Inner Sea, intense battles continued as the 4,000 pirate gangs formed by the Tian Feng Camp entered and clashed with each other.

During these hundred thousand years, the three original major forces in the Inner Sea—the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang, the Swallow Sea Pirate Gang, and the Wan Dao Pirate Gang—were all severely impacted. Especially the Wan Dao Pirate Gang, which now only retained control over the sea area of its headquarters, the Wan Dao Alliance. All other forces in the Inner Sea had been eliminated by the Tian Feng Camp.

The Wan Dao Pirate Gang no longer existed in name only.

Undoubtedly, over these hundred thousand years, the Tian Feng Camp had acquired massive wealth and a great deal of essence blood by conquering one pirate gang after another.

Of these resources, Qu Yi took only the essence blood he needed and various materials for crafting divine weapons at the Divine General level. He didn’t take any other supplies; they were all distributed among the various pirate gangs.

Inside the Dimensional Sphere, over those hundred thousand years, Qu Yi had refined 200 drops of essence blood of each of the three attributes. In other words, the number of the metal-wood-water spirit entities, metal-wood-fire spirit entities, and metal-wood-earth spirit entities in his body had increased by 20 million each.

Thus, the total number of these three types of spirit entities in Qu Yi’s body was now 30 million each.

Thirty million—this was already an astonishingly large number. Yet, this was not yet the limit that Qu Yi’s body could endure; his internal world could still accommodate three more types of spiritual entities.
The Chaos Body was truly beyond imagination.
Generally speaking, for cultivators at the Divine General stage, the maximum number of aggregated spiritual entities they could have was around ten million.
Qu Yi possessed three such aggregated spiritual entities, each numbering at thirty million. If this news spread in the Divine Realm, it would surely shock everyone; some less determined cultivators might even be terrified to death.
At the same time, Qu Yi’s current skill in crafting artifacts allowed him to produce a Divine General-level divine artifact in just ten days. As a result, half of the Divine General-level members in Tianfeng Fort already possessed such artifacts.
If more time passed, with the crafting materials at his disposal, Qu Yi could equip all twenty thousand people in Tianfeng Fort with Divine General-level divine artifacts.
That day, in a certain area of the sea near Nan Yin Island in the Inner Sea, a layer of blood-red clouds appeared above the ocean, emitting a soothing aura that persisted for a hundred days without dissipating.
Such celestial phenomena occasionally occurred in the Divine Realm, and those with experience knew it was a sign that some extraordinary treasures were about to emerge.
Undoubtedly, this phenomenon was also noticed by passing cultivators, and the news spread quickly.
Inside his Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi had just finished crafting a divine artifact. He froze for a moment before a faint smile appeared on his lips.
“Heh, that Black Ocean Snake has finally sent me a message,” Qu Yi said calmly.
Immediately afterward, he left the Dimensional Sphere, took out the Boundless Star Map, and traveled directly to the island where he had encountered the Black Ocean Snake before.
Qu Yi had made a deal with the Black Ocean Snake: if the Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma appeared, the snake would convey the message, and Qu Yi would go there and give it a Divine General-level divine artifact.
Now, upon arriving at the island, Qu Yi saw the Black Ocean Snake coiled on the ground at first glance.
“Powerful one, I’ve finally waited for you,” the Black Ocean Snake exclaimed happily upon seeing Qu Yi arrive, though it was initially startled.
The Black Ocean Snake was also at the Divine General stage, and it understood that Qu Yi had traveled through space directly, which meant he possessed a spatial-type divine artifact—a thing only those with great backing could have. Thus, it was very excited to have met someone like Qu Yi.

Qu Yi nodded and immediately took out a square syringe, tossing it to the Wu Lan Sea Snake.
“Wu Lan Sea Snake, I promised you before that I would give you a divine artifact at the Divine General level. Now I’m fulfilling that promise. After refining this Hundred-Needle Syringe, put it in your mouth. Whenever you fight other sea beasts and launch a sudden attack, the hundred divine needles inside will shoot out instantly, surely dealing a fatal blow to your opponent,” Qu Yi explained with a smile.
Indeed, upon hearing Qu Yi’s words, the Wu Lan Sea Snake became excited, its entire body relaxing. It immediately opened its mouth and swallowed the Hundred-Needle Syringe to refine it right away.
“Powerful one, I’ve learned that the Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma will mature underwater, thousands of miles away from this island, in less than a year. By then, I assume the lords of various sea regions will come, and even those sea tyrants won’t miss this opportunity,” the Wu Lan Sea Snake quickly told Qu Yi.
The Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma could transform sea beasts into divine beasts, allowing them to take on human form. Most importantly, only by becoming human could sea beasts cultivate to the Divine King realm; otherwise, they could only reach the Divine General level.
Qu Yi nodded and smiled, saying, “Alright, Wu Lan Sea Snake, if you also want to compete for the Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma, work with me then. You won’t be left out of the benefits.”
Upon hearing this, the Wu Lan Sea Snake immediately shook its huge head and replied, “Powerful one, I’m willing.”
If left to fight for the Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma on its own, it knew full well it would never go. But since Qu Yi wanted to form a team with it, that was different. Someone with such backing surely wouldn’t harm it and would bring great benefits.
Qu Yi nodded and said, “Alright, go wait in that sea region now. I’ll come find you when I arrive.”
The Wu Lan Sea Snake immediately nodded, its body stretching straight upward, standing tall in the air for a thousand meters before diving back into the sea.
Qu Yi smiled and then left.
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Not only did Qu Yi hear about the Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma, but many cultivators on Nan Yin Island also learned of it. Although they didn’t know it was the emergence of the Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma, they knew some extraordinary treasures were about to appear in that sea region.
Yan Feng, sent by the Yan clan of the Fire Departure Divine Realm’s royal family, heard about this on Nan Yin Island and immediately flew away alone toward that sea region.
Gongye Ping and Gongye Jing, two outstanding disciples sent by the Gongye family of the Ze Dui Divine Realm’s royal family, also heard the news and soon flew to that sea region, eager to compete for those extraordinary treasures as well.

All kinds of forces, as long as their members could make it over, flocked here one after another. It could be said that for a time, it was a gathering of prominent figures, extremely lively.