Chapter 23: Spiritual Body Crystal

Yan Tiankuo sensed the danger posed by Qu Yi. While talking with the leaders of the seven royal families, he told them everything about the battle without holding back.
The Tianyu Soul Platform, a top-tier innate spiritual treasure, was already the most powerful artifact for cultivators in the divine realm. Yet Yan Tiankuo claimed that even it couldn’t defeat Qu Yi, which seemed utterly unbelievable to the seven leaders. After all, each of them also possessed a top-tier innate spiritual treasure, which was their confidence in pursuing Qu Yi. Now that they realized even the Tianyu Soul Platform couldn’t handle him, they began to doubt whether their own treasures could as well.
“Yan Tiankuo, is this true?” the seven leaders asked skeptically, still unable to believe it.
Yan Tiankuo simply took out the Tianyu Soul Platform and let them see it with their own eyes before calmly saying, “Gentlemen, this matter has already damaged the reputation of our Yan clan. How could I joke about it? In Qu Yi’s soul space, the Tianyu Soul Platform failed to find a single Soul Pearl, so it couldn’t control his soul. Moreover, Qu Yi wields a mid-tier innate spiritual treasure, the Star Sword, which can break through solidified voids. Thus, neither the Soul Capture function nor the Void Solidification ability of the Tianyu Soul Platform can deal with him.”
Qiu Guanling, Wu Zhuangchen, Bai Feiyun, Sang Yunpeng, Tian Chaolin, Gongye Zhi, and Jin Ziping fell silent, sitting back down and remaining quiet for a long time.
“Then, Yan Tiankuo, since you know the Tianyu Soul Platform can’t defeat Qu Yi, why did you come to consult us seven?” asked Qiu Guanling, the leader of the Qiu clan from the Shan Gen Divine Realm.
The other six also looked at Yan Tiankuo in confusion. They thought he could have simply observed the battle from afar without informing them, letting them suffer the consequences.
Yan Tiankuo sighed and said calmly, “If Qu Yi were just an ordinary cultivator, I certainly wouldn’t have come to inform you or join forces with you. But as everyone knows, Qu Yi has only ascended to the divine realm for a short time yet has already reached the level of a Divine General. Now that even top-tier innate spiritual treasures can’t suppress him, his potential is terrifying. Don’t you realize that? I’ve thought about it—if one innate spiritual treasure can’t subdue Qu Yi, surely eight of us working together can?”
Eight innate spiritual treasures attacking at once!
Hearing this, Qiu Guanling, Wu Zhuangchen, Bai Feiyun, Sang Yunpeng, Tian Chaolin, Gongye Zhi, and Jin Ziping were shocked, their eyes soon glowing with madness.

“That’s right. One innate spiritual treasure isn’t enough to deal with Qu Yi—how could eight innate spiritual treasures not be enough?” This thought flashed quickly through the minds of the seven leaders.
“Agreed. The eight clans will join forces, along with other disciples, to take on Qing Wu Gui and Wu Yuan, while the eight of us will seize the opportunity to attack Qu Yi together. I don’t believe Qu Yi can defy fate,” shouted Wu Zhuang Chen, the leader of the imperial family of the Shui Kan Divine Realm, angrily.
“Agreed,” the other leaders also agreed.
The prestige of the eight imperial families must not be lost. It was unacceptable for eight groups to chase after Qu Yi in the outer seas and retreat without a fight. Therefore, the eight leaders had no choice but to go all out against Qu Yi, determined to fight to the death.
Next, the eight leaders unified their plan. Using the spider web discs in their hands, they notified all the divine generals in the various divine realms to gather and jointly pursue and block Qu Yi.
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The cruiser, pulled by the four beasts, flew across the sea at lightning speed, as if unimpeded by the water at all. After ten thousand years, it finally entered the central area of the outer seas.
During those ten thousand years, Qu Yi had been cultivating divine artifacts in his own residence. By now, he had mastered a method to craft a hundred divine general-level artifacts in ten days, and naturally, he already possessed a large number of such artifacts. These artifacts would later be given to the 19,000 divine general-level cultivators of Tian Feng Zhai.
Of course, these 19,000 divine general-level cultivators of Tian Feng Zhai were all hiding, practicing in the inner seas while secretly controlling various pirate groups. Aside from the three divine kings of Nan Yin Island who knew about Tian Feng Zhai and its people, the other cultivators in the divine realm were unaware of their existence. They never imagined that, aside from the city lords and the divine general-level cultivators of the eight imperial families, there were still 19,000 such cultivators in the divine realm.
After all, it was widely known in the divine realm that there were less than 2,000 divine general-level cultivators. Now, Tian Feng Zhai alone had 19,000 of them—a fact that would be absolutely astonishing if revealed.
If this news were to leak, the divine kings of the eight divine realms would likely be unable to stay calm and would surely try to capture Qu Yi to force him to reveal the secrets of his cultivation.
But since the 19,000 divine general-level cultivators of Tian Feng Zhai were hidden, Qu Yi could still move freely in the outer seas.
Qu Yi arrived at the front of the cruiser.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui suddenly emerged from the sea and floated joyfully to the bow of the ship, smiling as they looked at Qu Yi.

“Qu Yi, we’ve reached the central area, right? The sea beasts here are indeed much stronger. It now takes me and Wu Qing two moves to kill one,” Wu Yuan exclaimed excitedly.

Indeed, over these ten thousand years, Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui had stayed underwater, killing sea beasts along the path as the cruiser moved. At first, it took ten moves to kill one sea beast, but eventually, it became as easy as drinking water—just one move was enough. However, that was in the outer sea areas, where those sea beasts weren’t strong. But now, as they approached the central area near the outer seas, the sea beasts were much stronger, requiring them to use an extra move to kill them.

Qu Yi nodded and smiled. “Alright, we’ve entered the central area. Your combat intensity will need to increase again. Here, I hope you can raise your strength to its peak—unbeatable even beneath the Divine Kings.”

Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui were surprised for a moment before their eyes sparkled with excitement. They resolved to undergo intense training to boost their strength. To achieve unbeatability beneath the Divine Kings, they needed numerous battles, and only the outer seas could provide that.

“Qu Yi, don’t worry. We won’t hold you back.”
“Qu Yi, I want to surpass you,” Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui said firmly, with determined expressions.

Qu Yi smiled lightly, then suddenly looked surprised before quickly showing delight. He laughed loudly, “Wu Yuan, Wu Qing, Four Beasts, we’re really lucky! Not far away, there’s a huge treasure waiting for us underwater. This time, the people of Tianfeng Fort can greatly enhance their strength.”

“What treasure?” Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui asked quickly.

Qu Yi shook his head, flew into the air with a smile, and stored the cruiser in the Xingluo Ding before saying, “Wu Yuan, Wu Qing, Four Beasts, we’re about to face a tough battle. There’s an bottomless sea eye underwater, and within it naturally arise Unified Spirit Crystals. By collecting these crystals, the cultivators of Tianfeng Fort can significantly increase the number of Unified Spirits in their bodies.”

“Wow…”
“Is that true?”
“Great! Let’s go quickly!”

Wu Yuan, Qing Wugui, Thundereye Ice Crocodile, Four-armed Water Ape, Nine-headed Imperial Snake, and Earthshaking Crab immediately cheered excitedly upon hearing Qu Yi’s words. There were Unified Spirit Crystals! Since they could meet the needs of Tianfeng Fort’s 19,000 people, they could surely use them too. How could these six not be excited?

Qu Yi chuckled, then said again, “There are already a large number of sea beasts stationed at that sea eye—no less than a thousand. At the same time, cultivators at the Divine General level from the eight realms of the divine world are patrolling the area as well. We’ll face considerable resistance; get ready for battle.”
“No problem,” the six of them replied immediately.
Seeing this, Qu Yi didn’t say anything more and took the lead in flying off. Behind him, Wu Yuan, Qing Wu Gui, Thunder Eye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab quickly followed, arriving with a mighty roar at a certain sea area.
On the sea surface, the waves were still high and the wind was fierce, but bubbles the size of a kilometer kept emerging from the water, as if bubbles were constantly rising from the seabed.
These bubbles burst on the surface, producing continuous popping sounds, and at the same time, a powerful unified spiritual entity emerged—spiritual entities of metal, wood, water, and fire; spiritual entities of metal, wood, water, and earth; spiritual entities of wood, water, fire, and earth; spiritual entities of metal, wood, fire, and earth; spiritual entities of metal, water, fire, and earth—continuously erupting on the sea surface.
The sea eye that gave birth to the unified spiritual entity crystals was located at the bottom of this sea area.
“We’ve arrived. Let’s dive underwater now and have a big fight with those sea beasts,” Qu Yi exclaimed happily as he stopped.
Wu Yuan, Qing Wu Gui, Thunder Eye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab immediately nodded in agreement.
The loud noise caused by Qu Yi and his companions also attracted the attention of various cultivators from the divine world in the surrounding seas. Naturally, these cultivators quickly spotted Qu Yi’s figure.
“Qu Yi has arrived at the Sea Eye of Spiritual Entity Crystals.” In an instant, the three cultivators at the Divine General level in this sea area immediately took out their identity cards and reported to their respective divine realms.
The eight royal families and their leaders used spatial artifacts like spider web discs to inform the Divine General level cultivators practicing in the open seas, telling them to report immediately if they spotted Qu Yi. Now that these three had found him, they reported without hesitation.
Qu Yi actually noticed these three as well, but he didn’t want to stop them. Since the eight royal families hadn’t given up chasing him for ten thousand years, let them come. Fighting against the Divine General level cultivators of the eight royal families now wasn’t a bad idea either.
Thud, thud, thud.
Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, Qing Wu Gui, Thunder Eye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab all dived underwater, descending twenty thousand meters to reach a seabed filled with bright light.

Beneath the sea floor, there is a giant sea eye ten thousand meters in size, constantly spewing bubbles of the same size, which contain a vast amount of unified spiritual entities. Qu Yi and the others came over, intending to head toward the sea eye, when nearly a thousand sea beasts that had been stationed around it noticed them.