Chapter Seventeen: Two Spiritual Beasts

Wuyuan and Qingwugui launched a merciless massacre against the sea beasts whose divine energies had been exhausted.
Blows with sticks shattered their heads; sword strikes destroyed their souls.
These two fought with terrifying ferocity. The sea beasts, already devoid of divine energy, were so frightened that their latent potential surged as they tried to flee in panic. Yet no matter how hard they struggled, they could not escape death.
The Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, the Four-Armed Water Ape, the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and the Earth-Shaking Crab, upon seeing Wuyuan and Qingwugui’s actions, became wildly excited again after a month of dullness and immediately joined in the massacre of the sea beasts.
“Die! Die! Die!”
Their brutality was fully displayed as they used lightning, fists, water balls, and earth-shaking forces to kill the sea beasts beneath the sea.
Soon, the four beasts competed to devour the carcasses of the sea beasts.
Each of them— the Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, the Four-Armed Water Ape, the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and the Earth-Shaking Crab—got more than twenty carcasses, boosting their strength to at least match that of cultivators with sixty million internal spiritual entities.
After killing all the sea beasts, Wuyuan and Qingwugui landed beside Qu Yi, smiling broadly.
“Did it satisfy you?” Qu Yi asked with a faint smile.
“It was great!”
“There aren’t enough sea beasts.”
Wuyuan and Qingwugui responded with their own thoughts.
Qu Yi smiled faintly and then said, “Alright, the battle here is over. Next, we’ll face the attack from the Yan clan. Get ready.”
Yang Fang had already followed Qu Yi’s instructions, constantly keeping Yan Tiankuo informed of Qu Yi’s location. Naturally, Qu Yi knew well that the people of the Yan clan would arrive soon, and a battle was inevitable.
Qu Yi had no interest in hiding. Since the Yan clan members wanted to chase him to the outer seas, he would just confront them head-on. Only by killing a group of them could he stop the arrogance of the eight imperial clans and prevent them from interfering with his travels in the outer seas.
Cultivate, cultivate—Qu Yi never dared to relax.
“Great! There’s another fight to be had.”
“Someone, just kill them!”
Wuyuan and Qingwugui also showed no fear; instead, their faces lit up with excitement as they eagerly awaited the battle.
By then, the Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, the Four-Armed Water Ape, the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and the Earth-Shaking Crab had already devoured all the sea beast carcasses. Given their size, it seemed they could swallow another thousand sea beasts each without ever feeling full.
“Master, thank you for bringing us to the outer seas,” the four beasts cried excitedly as they returned.

The magnificent sea beasts in the inner sea—these four beasts had also devoured quite a few, but their strength hadn’t increased much. Yet after just two battles during this trip to the outer sea, their strength improved rapidly. How could they not be grateful to Qu Yi?

Qu Yi nodded and said with a faint smile, “Alright, continue dragging the cruiser. Just wait for the people from the Yan clan to arrive.”

Immediately afterward, Qu Yi flew away from the seabed to the surface of the sea, quickly retrieved the cruiser, and placed it on the water. Then he went over to Yang Fang to discuss something.

Yang Fang had always kept his distance from Qu Yi, about ten thousand miles away, following Qu Yi’s orders. This way, he could avoid revealing that he was under Qu Yi’s control, blend in among the Yan clan members, and fulfill his role as an insider.

Seeing Qu Yi approaching, Yang Fang immediately asked, “Qu Yi, what brings you here?”

At this point, Yang Fang still couldn’t call Qu Yi “master”—the dignity of a cultivator at the Divine Marshal stage wouldn’t allow such submission so easily. Of course, Qu Yi didn’t insist either; verbal titles were merely formalities, and he didn’t care.

Qu Yi smiled faintly and said calmly, “Yang Fang, the magic you used underwater seems to harness the power of the ocean, allowing you to possess ten million more spiritual entities as if by magic. What’s the reason for that?”

Yang Fang actually only had sixty million unified spiritual entities within him, yet the magic he wielded had the power of seventy million. This piqued Qu Yi’s curiosity for a while.

Hearing Qu Yi’s question, Yang Fang’s expression brightened, filled with confidence and pride, as if it were something he was proud of.

“Qu Yi, after I first reached the Divine Marshal stage, I accidentally obtained a Heart of the Ocean in the outer sea. Since then, my body has perfectly merged with the ocean, and I can also use its power to strengthen myself,” Yang Fang said happily.

So that’s how it is. Qu Yi understood now—this outer sea truly was the place with the most treasures from the divine realm, even possessing a gem like the Heart of the Ocean. If not for Qu Yi’s own overwhelming strength, with this Heart of the Ocean, Yang Fang could compete with most Divine Marshal cultivators in the ocean.

“Yang Fang, since you’ve obtained the Heart of the Ocean and merged with the ocean, I’m sure you know best about any treasures in this outer sea. Well, there’s no need for further words. Tell me quickly what discoveries you’ve made in these waters over the years,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

After giving the sea eye stone flesh to the thunder-eyed ice crocodile, there were still the four-armed water ape and the nine-headed imperial serpent that hadn’t consumed any divine materials and remained in their beast form. Qu Yi didn’t neglect these two beasts, so he also wanted to find divine materials for them so that they could evolve into divine beasts as well.

Sure enough, after hearing Qu Yi’s words, Yang Fang’s expression changed several times before he finally bit his lip and realized that he couldn’t keep the secret without telling Qu Yi, since his soul was already under Qu Yi’s control. Rather than ending up with his soul controlled by Qu Yi and his memories extracted, Yang Fang thought it better to confess himself.

“There are. Besides this sea eye stone flesh, I found two more divine materials in the nearby seas: the Blood Essence of All Beasts and the Nine-Heart Flower. But neither of these two is mature yet. Even if you find them, Qu Yi, you won’t be able to use them,” Yang Fang said immediately.

Qu Yi smiled faintly and calmly said, “Alright, tell me where these two materials are, and I’ll go get them. Don’t ask about anything else.”

Not mature?

Qu Yi wasn’t worried. He possessed chaos energy, which naturally had the ability to accelerate maturation. Back then, when he planted the divine crystal fruit trees in the Village of a Hundred Beasts, he used chaos energy to accelerate their maturation. Naturally, he could use it to accelerate the maturation of divine materials as well.

Yang Fang tugged at his lips, speechless for a while, before reluctantly telling Qu Yi.

Immediately afterward, Qu Yi vanished in a flash and went to the seabed alone.

In a certain part of the seabed, there was a valley-like area, entirely red in color. Bloodlight illuminated the entire seabed, and a strong energy that stimulated human blood spread throughout the area.

At the center of the valley was a blood sphere the size of a human body, expanding and contracting periodically. The ocean currents around it also moved in response to the fluctuations of the blood sphere.

This blood sphere was the Blood Essence of All Beasts, named so because it contained the essence of the blood of countless divine beasts. However, it wasn’t yet mature, as it was still just a blood embryo. It would only be fully mature when it broke free from its sphere form and transformed into a blood human body.

Qu Yi’s figure appeared in the valley.

The Blood Essence of All Beasts sensed danger and immediately expanded violently before contracting fiercely, causing the ocean currents to swirl wildly in an attempt to tear Qu Yi’s body to pieces.

“Stop struggling in vain. My body isn’t something your strength can tear apart,” Qu Yi said, not resisting the force of the ocean currents at all. He placed one hand on the surface of the Blood Essence of All Beasts and injected chaos energy directly into it.

The Blood Essence of All Beasts initially struggled but, after receiving the chaos energy, became completely calm, seemingly enjoying it greatly.

In just ten days, the Myriad Beasts Blood Essence Sphere suddenly expanded to ten meters in size before bursting open. A humanoid blood essence entirely composed of blood emerged—this was the fully matured Myriad Beasts Blood Essence.
Qu Yi immediately stretched out his hand, his fingers turning into claws. One hundred million spirit entities of metal, wood, water, fire rushed forth, enveloping the Myriad Beasts Blood Essence before storing it in the Star Luo Ding.
Soon after, Qu Yi disappeared once again.
Somewhere on the seabed, there was a trench only ten miles long. What should have been a pitch-black trench was instead filled with dazzling colors and bright light, as if nine light sources were constantly shining upon it.
Qu Yi arrived at the edge of the trench, smiled, and immediately descended to its bottom.
There grew a flower rooted to the ground, its petals actually nine hearts. Each heart was covered by a transparent membrane, with each membrane emitting its own light, illuminating the entire trench.
This was the Nine-Heart Flower.
Perhaps sensing Qu Yi’s arrival, the nine hearts of the Nine-Heart Flower simultaneously turned toward him, emitting light from all nine colors, all aimed at Qu Yi’s heart.
“It’s useless,” Qu Yi said with a smile, allowing the light to strike him.
The power of the light was immense, seemingly capable of piercing through all matter in the realms. Yet, Qu Yi’s heart was protected by the Star Luo Ding. The nine beams of light pierced through his skin but were completely absorbed by the Star Luo Ding.
Qu Yi himself went over to the Nine-Heart Flower, reached out with one hand, and grabbed its root, then infused it with chaotic energy.
The Nine-Heart Flower immediately calmed down and stopped emitting light at Qu Yi, enjoying itself peacefully.
Within ten days, the nine hearts of the Nine-Heart Flower merged into one, leaving only one heart. This heart glowed like a star, emitting a brilliant light endlessly. Naturally, the Nine-Heart Flower had also matured.
Qu Yi exerted force and pulled the Nine-Heart Flower out by its root, storing it in the Star Luo Ding.
The cruiser was dragged forward by the Earth-Shaking Crab, moving as if flying on the sea surface.
At this moment, Qu Yi returned to the bow of the ship.
The Four-Armed Water Ape and the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, along with the Earth-Shaking Crab, were flying ahead. Sensing something unusual in Qu Yi’s gaze, they immediately turned to look at him, their eyes filled with suspicion.
“Four-Armed, Nine-Headed, come here. I have something good for you,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Something good!

The Four-Armed Water Ape and the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake hesitated no longer. Since Qu Yi had called it a good thing, it must be incredibly precious—a tremendous advantage. In an instant, the two beasts arrived at the front of the cruiser, looking at Qu Yi excitedly.

The Blood Essence of Ten Thousand Beasts and the Nine-Heart Flower immediately flew out. The Four-Armed Water Ape caught the Blood Essence of Ten Thousand Beasts, while the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake caught the Nine-Heart Flower. The two beasts immediately understood Qu Yi’s smile and, without hesitation, swallowed the spiritual artifacts into their bodies to refine them right away.

“Congratulations!” The Thunder-Eye Ice Crocodile and the Earth-Shaking Crab immediately exclaimed. Now that all four beasts were divine beasts, everyone had hope of reaching the realm of Divine King, so they were naturally excited and joyful.

Qu Yi took out the Star Luo Cauldron and put the Four-Armed Water Ape and the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake inside, allowing them to quietly refine and absorb the essence within the cauldron.

“Crab, don’t stop—keep dragging forward. The people of the Yan Clan are almost here. The exciting part is about to begin. Stay alert!” Qu Yi shouted loudly.

Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui’s eyes gleamed.