Chapter 29: Individual Battles

Qian Mao’s actions prevented Qu Yi from revealing his secret possession of cosmic power, and for this, Qu Yi owed Qian Mao his gratitude. Naturally, Qu Yi had no issue with Qian Mao implanting spatial coordinates in the Earth-Shaking Crab. After all, Qian Mao’s intention was not to spy on him but to step in and resolve any dangers Qu Yi might face.

Zong Jing, Xu Miao, and Qian Mao laughed even harder upon hearing Qu Yi’s words. The three Divine Kings were highly optimistic about Qu Yi’s potential and hoped that once he reached the level of a Divine King, he could help Nan Yin Island and protect the forces of those who ascended. Now that they saw Qu Yi already grateful for their efforts, how could they not be pleased?

“Qu Yi, inin a short while, it will be the individual battles for the cultivators at the Divine General level. These battles will determine the rulers of the cities in the eight great divine realms of the Divine Realm. Do you have any plans?” Zong Jing asked calmly.

The rulers of the eight great divine realms were all at the Divine General level, and since ancient times, it had been through these individual battles that the rulers were chosen. Moreover, if a ruler died unexpectedly during their tenure, the successor would be chosen from among the cultivators who competed for that position in the previous individual battles. In other words, these battles were not only tests of strength but also moments of honor, opportunities for status advancement, and, most importantly, significant wealth gains.

Qu Yi smiled faintly and said directly, “I intend to claim the position of ruler of Li Fei City in the Fire Departure Divine Realm. Also, I want to seize all the ruling positions in the Ze Dui Divine Realm and the Tian Qian Divine Realm for the people of Tian Feng Zhai. As for the other ruling positions, it will depend on how much strength the cultivators of Tian Feng Zhai gain. We’ll do our best to take as many positions as we can.”

Li Fei City was the place where cultivators from the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, Monster Realm, and Spirit Realm ascended. The cultivators from these four realms were all Qu Yi’s followers, and he must ensure their safety. Naturally, he himself wanted to compete for the position of ruler of Li Fei City.

Zong Jing smiled. He already understood Qu Yi’s intentions and said, “Qu Yi, you have now become a thorn in the side of the eight great royal families. In these individual battles, you’re bound to face challenges from their cultivators. Do you have the confidence?”

Qu Yi tapped the stone table in front of him and smiled faintly, “Among the eight great royal families, only those in the top ten of the Heavenly Ranking can fight me now. But in a while, even those on the Heavenly Ranking will no longer pose a threat to me.”

Hearing this, Zong Jing, Xu Miao, and Qian Mao laughed again.

“Qu Yi, Qiu Guanyi, who ranks first on the Heavenly List, has a spirit entity count of 400 million in his body. You’d better be careful,” Zong Jing reminded him with a smile.
Hearing this, Qu Yi was also surprised. He hadn’t expected Qiu Guanyi to hide such strength—after all, the Heavenly List recorded only 300 million spirit entities in Qiu Guanyi’s body, yet he had concealed 100 million.
Still, Qu Yi remained confident. After all, once he refined the divine spirit essence, his spirit entity count could reach 500 million. As the top cultivator in the Divine Marshal stage, who else but him?
“The most important issue is that the eight royal families possess a large number of innate divine treasures. The strongest cultivator in the Divine Marshal stage among them all has at least one top-grade innate divine treasure, which is a bit troublesome,” Xu Miao said calmly.
Qu Yi nodded, still smiling as he looked at the three Divine Kings, seemingly no longer taking the top ten on the Heavenly List seriously.
Top-grade innate divine treasures mainly relied on soul attacks, which had no effect on Qu Yi, so he had no reason to worry. Thus, it came down purely to the strength of their divine cores and the number of spirit entities—Qu Yi was undoubtedly unbeatable.
“I’ll make the eight royal families remember this lesson dearly,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Zong Jing, Xu Miao, and Qian Mao laughed together again. From Qu Yi’s expression, they could tell that he wouldn’t speak rashly about things he wasn’t sure about. Since he had said it, it meant he was fully confident.
“Then we’ll just sit back and watch your prowess, Qu Yi. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen the Divine Kings of the eight divine realms suffer a loss. It’ll be interesting,” Zong Jing said with a faint smile.
Xu Miao and Qian Mao laughed loudly.
Qu Yi looked at the three Divine Kings before taking out the Star Luo Ding and releasing Qing Wu Gui and Wu Yuan.
“Three Divine Kings, I still need your help. Qing Wu Gui and Wu Yuan have unique cultivation methods that require plenty of combat. So I ask you to take them to the outer seas and let them continue training there,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Due to the appearance of Yan Que, Qu Yi could only temporarily halt his journey to the outer seas. But since Qing Wu Gui and Wu Yuan needed to improve their strength through combat, they had to be sent to the outer seas, where there were countless Divine Marshal-stage sea beasts, so they could fight and grow stronger.

Although Qu Yi could also use the Boundless Stars to return to the Outer Sea, he was worried that the divine kings of the Eight Great Divine Realms had already taken an interest in him. Once he returned to the Outer Sea, these divine kings would realize that if they struck secretly at Qing Wugui and Wu Yuan, Qu Yi wouldn’t have time to come to their rescue. Therefore, he hoped that the three divine kings before him would act directly, traveling through the spatial turbulence to reach the Outer Sea, so that the divine kings of the Eight Great Divine Realms wouldn’t notice.

“There’s no problem with that. We can also help Qing Wugui and Wu Yuan cultivate, allowing them to reach the level of divine kings sooner. With two more divine kings joining our ranks of ascendants, the Eight Great Royal Families will be even more afraid to touch us,” Xu Miao said immediately.

Since their first meeting, Xu Miao had been very interested in Qing Wugui, and Qian Mao also liked Wu Yuan greatly. Thus, as soon as Qu Yi put forward his idea, he received the agreement of all three divine kings.

“If that’s the case, I’ll trouble the three divine kings. I need to return to the Inner Sea now to deliver some gifts to the cultivators at Tianfeng Fort who are at the Divine Marshal level,” Qu Yi said with a smile as he stood up.

Spirit Body Crystals were exactly what the cultivators at Tianfeng Fort at the Divine Marshal level needed most at the moment.

Zong Jing, Xu Miao, and Qian Mao all nodded.

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On North Imperial Island of Inner Reflection.

Qu Yi had already gathered all 19,000 cultivators at the Divine Marshal level from Tianfeng Fort. They stood in neat rows, looking at Qu Yi ahead with high morale.

“Fort King!” they shouted in unison.

Qu Yi smiled faintly, flew into the air, and called out, “Brothers of Tianfeng Fort, during this trip to the Outer Sea, I obtained some particularly important treasures. I’ve brought everyone here to distribute these treasures among you.”

As soon as he said this, all 19,000 cultivators at the Divine Marshal level became energized, their eyes wide open, frozen in place as they stared at Qu Yi.

The Star Luo Ding appeared in the air and quickly grew larger, reaching 100 meters in size. Spirit Body Crystals flew out of it like hail, landing accurately in each person’s hands. Each person had at least seventy Spirit Body Crystals.

By refining and absorbing one Spirit Body Crystal, one could increase the number of Unified Spirits by at least one million. Naturally, given that the cultivators at Tianfeng Fort already had over 20 million Unified Spirits each, the number of Spirit Body Crystals Qu Yi was giving them was sufficient to push their count to its limit—100 million.

“These are Spirit Body Crystals!”

“The Fort King actually found Spirit Body Crystals!”

“That’s great! We don’t have to go through the trouble of refining a unified spiritual entity ourselves; we can directly use these spiritual entity crystals to increase the number of spiritual entities in our bodies.” The 19,000 Divine Marshal-level cultivators of Tianfeng Fort were extremely excited as they looked at the spiritual entity crystals in their hands, shouting in joy. Qu Yi simply smiled from above. Only after everyone calmed down did he speak up, “Brothers, the individual battles among Divine Marshal-level cultivators are approaching soon. I hope you’ll quickly refine and absorb these spiritual entity crystals to push your strength to its limit. In these battles, it’s your chance to earn honor—make sure you seize this great opportunity.” “Rest assured, Fort King. We will definitely bring glory to you.” “As long as the Fort King is by our side, we will never disappoint you.” “From now on, Tianfeng Fort’s reputation will shake the entire Divine Realm.” The 19,000 Divine Marshal-level cultivators of Tianfeng Fort roared with excitement, each vowing to fulfill their promises, creating a lively scene. Qu Yi nodded in satisfaction and then called out again, “Brothers, these individual battles determine the rulers of various cities across the eight regions of the Divine Realm. How many city lord positions Tianfeng Fort can secure depends on your performance.” Everyone was astonished and immediately started jumping and cheering. A city lord was one of the most powerful figures in the Divine Realm, second only to the royal family. These former bandits realized they now had a chance to become city lords, filling their hearts with countless thoughts. Most of them were extremely excited and vowed to secure at least one city lord position. Qu Yi raised his hand to silence everyone, then smiled and said, “Besides the spiritual entity crystals, I naturally have gifts as well—ten Divine Marshal-level divine artifacts for each of you.” While abroad, Qu Yi spent most of his time in the cruiser’s chamber, constantly crafting divine artifacts. However, due to the limited materials available at the Divine Marshal level, he couldn’t produce many, so he could only distribute ten to each cultivator of Tianfeng Fort. As he spoke, a rumbling sound came from the Star Luo Cauldron, and one by one, divine artifacts flew out, landing precisely in front of each cultivator. The 19,000 Divine Marshal-level cultivators of Tianfeng Fort stared at the ten divine artifacts before them, tears welling in their eyes. One such artifact was equivalent to a life—during these individual battles, if they couldn’t win, detonating the artifact could still cause great trouble to their opponents. “Thank you, Fort King!” everyone shouted excitedly.

Qu Yi smiled and shouted, “Alright, the gifts have been given. From now on, everyone should speed up their training.” As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Yi’s figure disappeared. While Qu Yi worked hard to enhance the strength of the cultivators in Tianfeng Fort, the eight great royal families of the Divine Realm were also making preparations to boost the strength of their disciples, while simultaneously urging the city lords to train harder. A tense atmosphere filled the skies of the Divine Realm as individual battles between cultivators at the Divine Marshal level ensued.