Chapter 50: The City Lord

Sang Yun was suddenly attacked by chaotic energy, leaving no time to cast any defensive spells. With a scream, he and the Wind and Thunder Soul Drum vanished entirely.
The Eight Realms’ Divine Kings all stood up in anger.
Qu Yi’s spiritual entities within his body had now reached 400 million—such terrifying strength made him arguably the strongest cultivator at the Divine General level in the divine realm. Naturally, among the ten disciples sent by the eight royal families, only Qiu Guanyi was still capable of fighting against Qu Yi.
“Qu Yi, you’re truly cunning!”
The Eight Realms’ Divine Kings shouted in unison, clearly also feeling wary of Qu Yi.
These divine kings were well aware that if Qu Yi used those 400 million spiritual entities to reach the rank of Divine King, his strength would become utterly terrifying—no ordinary Divine King would be able to stop him.
“Qu Yi must die. He cannot survive,” the Eight Realms’ Divine Kings thought viciously.
At that moment, the four Divine Kings of the Qiu clan—Qiu Yan, Qiu Meng, Qiu Qi, and Gou Fang—looked at Qiu Guanyi and nodded, their expressions making it clear they were determined to kill Qu Yi by any means necessary.
Among the Ascended Ones, there were already three Divine Kings from Nan Yin Island—Zong Jing, Xu Miao, and Qian Mao—protection. If another Qu Yi appeared, it would be revolutionary for the rule of the eight royal families, given their current strength and control over most city lords.
Qiu Guanyi nodded firmly.
Meanwhile, Tian Chaoyi, Bai Feiyi, and Jin Ziyi simply flew off the combat platform and returned to their seats.
Now, only Qu Yi and Qiu Guanyi remained on the platform.
“Qu Yi, you’ve hidden well,” Qiu Guanyi said calmly as he stared at Qu Yi.
As a cultivation fanatic, Qiu Guanyi had rarely appeared in the divine realm before. The main reason was that none of the cultivators at the Divine General level could rival him, so he hadn’t bothered to go out. Now, with the orders from the Divine Kings, he not only had to kill Qu Yi but also seek an opportunity to advance to the rank of Divine King through this battle.
Qu Yi smiled faintly and said, “Qiu Guanyi, you rarely show up in the divine realm, but all the Divine General-level cultivators fear you. Now, I’ll fight you to see your true strength.”
Qiu Guanyi stared at Qu Yi and replied calmly, “Between us, there’s only a duel. Only one of us will survive today.”
Qu Yi shrugged, already agreeing.

In an instant, the two arrived at the center of the fighting platform, and soon a huge transparent energy shield appeared, covering the entire platform. At that moment, all the cultivators at the level of Divine King and Divine Marshal stood up, staring at the two on the platform to witness the outcome of this final battle. Suddenly, Qiu Guanyi moved his right hand and drew out an invisible sword—the most powerful supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure in the Shan Gen Divine Realm. It had no form or substance, like a wisp of air, and only its owner could perceive its existence. Qu Yi still wielded his Star Sword. “The universe has no form!” Suddenly, Qiu Guanyi shouted coldly, waving his hand; the invisible sword in his hand unleashed an extraordinary spell, causing spatial rifts to appear one after another. Qiu Guanyi also possessed 400 million spiritual entities, which allowed him to fully unleash his strength. Waves of chaotic energy surged out from one space after another, all heading toward Qu Yi. Qu Yi smiled faintly. His Star Sword not only swung but also vibrated, generating layers of spatial rifts that met the incoming waves. The massive chaotic energies collided and quickly annihilated each other. Just as the spatial rifts began to close, they split open again. The strength of both Qu Yi and Qiu Guanyi was already among the top among Divine Marshal-level cultivators, and with the power of innate spiritual treasures, their abilities reached terrifying levels, making it impossible to seal the spatial rifts, which kept appearing violently. After a fierce struggle, neither side could be declared the winner. Seeing this, Qiu Guanyi showed a hint of satisfaction—finally, he had found a worthy opponent in Qu Yi. “The void has no form!” Qiu Guanyi shouted again, his right hand trembling as the invisible sword vibrated. Pop… The fighting platform area collapsed completely, with all energy and matter sucked into the spatial chaos. Qu Yi still smiled faintly. Although Qiu Guanyi had used the invisible sword to create a spatial collapse that even a Divine King could achieve, it was ineffective against him. His Star Sword also vibrated violently. In an instant, dense streams of silver light emerged, as if gathering all the stars in the universe, falling into the space of the fighting platform and continuing into the collapsing space. This allowed Qu Yi’s body to remain temporarily in the fighting platform space, preventing it from being sucked away by the collapse. The spatial collapse came suddenly and vanished just as quickly. “400 million spiritual entities!” “Qu Yi has 400 million spiritual entities in his body!” In an instant, all the Divine Kings exclaimed in shock, once again deeply stunned by Qu Yi’s hidden strength.

Just now, in order to resist the spatial collapse, Qu Yi naturally stopped hiding his true strength and exerted all his power, thereby resisting the pull of the collapse and saving his life. Since he had refined the essence of the gods, he possessed 500 million spiritual entities within his body, and now he finally used them at full capacity. Qiu Guanyi was shocked! Qu Yi smiled. The fighting platform fell silent once again as the two stared at each other, each lost in their own thoughts. “Qu Yi, you’ve hidden your strength too well—it’s terrifying. You’re now the strongest person after the God Kings of the divine realm. If I fight you normally, I won’t be able to kill you,” Qiu Guanyi said coldly, seemingly already resolved in his mind. Of course, Qiu Guanyi already knew Qu Yi’s strength, so he understood that if he continued to waste energy against him like this, his own divine essence would fail first, leaving him to be slaughtered by Qu Yi. Qu Yi said nothing, only smiling faintly as he waited for Qiu Guanyi’s final move. “The glory of the Qiu clan—none dare desecrate it. Invisible sword energy, formless across the universe!” Qiu Guanyi suddenly shouted, his face filled with determination. He raised his right hand and aimed it straight at Qu Yi. An invisible sword flew toward Qu Yi! “Trying to use a top-tier innate spiritual treasure to attack me? I already knew that. Can’t you come up with something new?” Qu Yi laughed as he saw this. Qiu Guanyi had originally planned to outmaneuver him and use the battle to advance to the level of a God King cultivator, but after realizing Qu Yi had 500 million spiritual entities, he knew he couldn’t continue fighting. So he resorted to his original plan: detonating the top-tier innate spiritual treasure, the Invisible Sword. Qu Yi was fully aware of this. “Then let me show you just how terrifying a craftsman can be,” Qu Yi said immediately afterward. Suddenly, Qu Yi took out the Star Luo Ding, from which 10,000 divine artifact-level weapons flew out. As he jumped into the Star Luo Ding, he detonated all 10,000 weapons at once, causing the entire fighting platform to collapse spatially, with all energy and matter being sucked away. The God Marshal-level cultivators of Tianfeng Fort could create spatial rifts by using just ten divine artifacts, so naturally, the simultaneous explosion of 10,000 artifacts could create a massive spatial rift. Even a God King would likely not dare to withstand such an attack head-on. Qiu Guanyi flew into rage and immediately retracted the Invisible Sword. He knew that the spatial collapse could easily suck away the Invisible Sword, and he himself couldn’t escape. Therefore, he had no choice but to retract the sword first, resist the spatial collapse, and then detonate it to kill Qu Yi.

“Hmph, I’ll see how many divine artifacts you have.” Qiu Guanyi said coldly, waving his invisible sword and creating another spatial collapse to counteract the one caused by the explosion of the divine artifacts.
Boom…
The loud sound echoed through the universe for a long time on the combat platform before fading away, as the two spatial collapses collided and annihilated each other.
“I should have quite a few divine artifacts…” Qu Yi said indifferently, smiling at Qiu Guanyi before vibrating the Star Luo Ding once more, causing ten thousand more divine artifacts at the Divine Marshal level to emerge.
To prepare for cultivators at the Divine Marshal level, Qu Yi had crafted a large number of divine artifacts. Aside from giving ten to each cultivator of the Tianfeng Fort, the rest were stored in the Star Luo Ding. Since the eight royal families wanted to use innate spiritual treasures to attack him, Qu Yi intended to crush their hopes in the same way.
Ten thousand more divine artifacts exploded, creating yet another spatial collapse.
Qiu Guanyi was shocked. Without hesitation, he waved his invisible sword again, creating another spatial collapse in front of him to counteract the one caused by the explosions.
The two spatial collapses collided and vanished once more.
This scenario repeated itself.
Qu Yi detonated the divine artifacts ten times in a row, each time with ten thousand artifacts, resulting in ten spatial collapses that forced Qiu Guanyi to continuously use his invisible sword to create more spatial collapses to resist.
The invisible sword was an elite innate spiritual treasure. With Qiu Guanyi’s current cultivation level at the Divine Marshal stage, it was impossible for him to keep using it indefinitely.
By now, Qiu Guanyi’s divine essence was exhausted.
“Qiu Guanyi, do you still have anything to say?” Qu Yi suddenly appeared in front of him, his Star Sword already pressed against his throat.
The eight Divine Kings of the Eight Realms became furious. Qiu Guanyi had been their last hope, yet Qu Yi had exhausted his divine essence like this. A sense of sorrow filled their bodies, along with uncontrollable anger.
“I surrender!” Qiu Guanyi cried in pain.
Hearing this, Qu Yi retracted his Star Sword. There was no need to kill Qiu Guanyi. Since he had surrendered, he would be plagued by eternal torment, making it impossible for him to reach the level of a Divine King, and thus he could no longer pose any threat to Qu Yi.
At this moment, the three Divine Kings of Nan Yin Island—Zong Jing, Xu Miao, and Qian Mao—watched Qu Yi with excitement, unable to hide their enthusiasm.
Zong Jing even shouted proudly, “Qu Yi shall be the ruler of Li Fei City.”
Oh…
The 19,000 people of the Tianfeng Fort heard this and immediately cheered loudly, their faces filled with joy.

And all the cultivators at the Divine Marshal stage of the Eight Realms looked depressed. Suddenly, Yan Que, the Divine King of the Fire Departure Realm, roared angrily, “Qu Yi, die!”