Chapter 24: I’ll Scare You Again

“You all deserve to die!”
That was the last words Yan Que uttered amid the explosion of five million Divine King artifacts, after which he completely disappeared.
At the same time, as he died, Yan Que also detonated the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Seven-Tone Golden Banner, in his hands.
Do! Re! Mi! Fa! Sol! La! Si!
Seven clear and loud sounds pierced through the overwhelming force of space. Seven intense spatial forces formed sound spikes that shot out instantly in seven directions. Five of these directions led straight toward Bai Man, Qing Yiyi, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia.
Chirp…
The five women never expected that after the explosion of this top-grade innate spiritual treasure, it could still penetrate the spatial forces surrounding the five million Divine King artifacts. Caught off guard, their bodies were pierced simultaneously, blood holes appearing on their bodies. Their soul embryos were also shaken violently, causing all five to faint and fall to the ground.
For Divine Kings, physical injuries were easily recoverable. But the shock to their soul embryos struck at their weakest point, leaving the five women unable to resist and fainting instead.
However, none of them died—they were only unconscious. With enough rest, they could recover.
The massive spatial forces in this area didn’t cause much damage, as if they had been absorbed out of thin air.
Thus, the fierce battle between the five women and Yan Que went unnoticed, with no one else aware of it.
On other sections of the cobblestone path, the Divine Kings continued to walk along it, but they dared not venture into the woods on either side or climb any mountains that caught their interest.
The Mountain of Reincarnation held endless mysteries, and no Divine King wanted to get trapped in an unknown place.
Although Divine Kings were powerful, they could still be easily suppressed by the forces of this Mountain of Reincarnation. Hence, none of them wanted to get stuck somewhere and miss out on the four treasures hidden there.
Each cycle of battle was a competition among Divine Kings, brutal yet full of opportunities. No Divine King would miss such a chance that came only once in trillions of years.
At that moment, Yu Enheng, the Divine King of the Shui Kan Divine Realm, was walking on the cobblestone path.
“That’s… Qu Yi!” Yu Enheng cried in panic and immediately turned to run. He certainly didn’t want to face Qu Yi alone.
Undoubtedly, Qu Yi had also spotted Yu Enheng by now.

“I still want to run?” Qu Yi’s expression lit up with joy as he smiled to himself, his eyes filled with mockery, before immediately chasing after him.
On this bluestone path, Qu Yi didn’t know how much time had passed, but now he had finally found a Divine King—one from the Eight Realms of the Divine World. Of course, he wouldn’t let him go so easily.
“Yu Enheng, stop running! Save your strength and fight me instead!” Qu Yi shouted loudly as he ran behind him.
Among the Divine Kings of the Eight Realms, those from the Fire Departure Realm and Water Dike Realm felt the least secure, as neither realm had the support of a Divine Emperor behind them. In contrast, the MountainGan Realm and Earth Kun Realm had Dao Yuan Divine Emperor backing them, the Thunder Shock Realm and Wind Xun Realm had Dao Qing Divine Emperor, and the Marsh Dui Realm and Sky Qian Realm had Dao Tong Divine Emperor.
Yu Enheng was well aware that his strength was inferior to Qu Yi’s. If caught, his life would truly be lost on this Reincarnation Mountain.
“I’ll talk when you catch up,” Yu Enheng replied with a trembling voice, not even turning around, clearly terrified of Qu Yi.
Seeing that Yu Enheng dared not stop, Qu Yi knew he was afraid of him and imagined finding a special place to escape. A teasing smile appeared on his lips.
“Do you really think you can run away?” A laugh flashed through Qu Yi’s mind, and his legs moved like wind and fire wheels as his entire body rushed toward Yu Enheng.
Indeed, Qu Yi was using Chaos Energy between his legs. Although this Reincarnation Mountain contained various strange spatial rules that greatly restricted the movement of the Divine Kings, Chaos Energy was not bound by such rules. His body moved as if flying, quickly closing in on Yu Enheng.
“Ah…”
“That’s impossible! How can Qu Yi fly on this bluestone path? What kind of person are you?”
Yu Enheng panicked, was shocked, and terrified.
Qu Yi quickly reached Yu Enheng from behind and struck with a palm. A perfect sphere of spatial power formed, breaking through space as a collapse of space rushed toward Yu Enheng’s entire body.
Yu Enheng no longer dared to run. He could only stop and fight back, immediately drawing out a top-tier innate spiritual treasure—the Golden Lotus Throne.
The Golden Lotus Throne resembled a brilliantly blooming golden lotus, with sixteen golden petals evenly spread out. At its center was a lotus platform, resembling an imperial throne, exuding an aura of majesty.

Yu Enheng entered the Golden Lotus Throne, and spatial energy was immediately infused into it. Soon, the Golden Lotus Throne began to expand rapidly, its sixteen petals emitting golden light that seemed to draw people’s souls in. At this point, however, the main function of the Golden Lotus Throne was to withstand Qu Yi’s palm strike.

Qu Yi struck the base of the Golden Lotus Throne, causing it to shake slightly but without causing any damage to it—let alone to Yu Enheng.

Seeing that his Golden Lotus Throne had blocked Qu Yi’s attack, Yu Enheng felt relieved and smiled. “Qu Yi, although you have mastered the complete spatial rules and possess perfect spatial energy, I have a top-tier innate spiritual treasure that you can never destroy.”

A top-tier innate spiritual treasure was the finest among the divine realm’s magical artifacts—how could it be easily broken?

Seeing Yu Enheng’s smug expression, Qu Yi smiled faintly and said casually, “Yu Enheng, just now you still seemed scared and panicked, but now you’re full of pride again. Well, I’ll scare you once more. Your fearful expression is truly memorable to me.”

Yu Enheng’s expression froze, and fear rose once again in his heart. Yet, he still chose to trust his Golden Lotus Throne and its power as a top-tier innate spiritual treasure.

“Qu Yi, stop scaring me! I have the Golden Lotus Throne—you can’t hurt me at all!” Yu Enheng shouted angrily.

Undoubtedly, he shouted this both to vent his anger at Qu Yi and to boost his own courage.

Qu Yi merely smiled faintly, then joined his hands together. Waves of chaotic energy surged out from his hands like torrents. Though the chaotic energy was colorless and soundless, it greatly affected the space around the Reincarnation Mountain. Winds naturally arose, rustling the leaves.

Yu Enheng’s expression grew increasingly panicked and uneasy; he was clearly starting to fear.

Qu Yi exerted immense pressure on Yu Enheng. Although the two had only met a few times, Qu Yi’s extraordinary performances had repeatedly challenged the conventional beliefs of the divine realm’s cultivators. As a result, Yu Enheng already had the impression that Qu Yi was almost omnipotent.

Now, not knowing what strange spells Qu Yi might unleash next, Yu Enheng was naturally very anxious.

“Time stop!” Qu Yi waved his hands and suddenly uttered these words softly.

Yu Enheng’s face turned deathly pale—this pale expression remained unchanged.

Qu Yi used the time-stop technique he had mastered, instantly freezing the space where Yu Enheng was, along with the Golden Lotus Throne inside it.

“Time suspension is indeed very useful. The Divine Emperor can kill any of the Divine Kings one by one—this is the power of the time rule. The Eight Realms Divine Kings used the Spatial-Time Great Transformation Formation to trap me, aiming to halt my cultivation so that I would end up at the Mountain of Reincarnation and be killed in a single strike by the Divine Emperor. Unfortunately, I discovered time suspension through this, which will greatly disappoint the Eight Realms Divine Kings.” Qu Yi looked at the immobile Yu Enheng and smiled faintly.

At that moment, Qu Yi took out the mid-tier innate spiritual treasure, the Star Sword.

“Since you’re already frozen in place, it’s too easy for me to kill you. What a shame for a Divine King to die without even knowing what killed him,” Qu Yi said indifferently as he stared at Yu Enheng.

The Star Sword swung down; its silver light, like a meteor, swiftly shattered the fixed space, splitting Yu Enheng’s body in two. Even his soul was reduced to nothingness. The Golden Lotus Throne, no longer controlled by a soul, fell to the ground. As Qu Yi put away the Star Sword, he also took the Golden Lotus Throne into his palm and examined it.

“It looks quite nice. Another top-tier innate spiritual treasure. If I give it to Bai Man, she’ll be happy, right?” Qu Yi said with a smile, his face showing happiness.

Bai Man didn’t have any innate spiritual treasures at the moment. Giving her a top-tier one would surely bring her joy.

Soon after, Qu Yi put away the Golden Lotus Throne and continued walking on the bluestone path.

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The three Divine Kings of the Water Dike Divine Realm—Wu Lian, Wu Quan, and Yu Enheng—had left soul imprint tablets among themselves before entering the Mountain of Reincarnation. These were special soul-based artifacts for Divine Kings. If any one of them died, their soul imprint tablet would shatter.

Naturally, when Yu Enheng died, Wu Lian and Wu Quan learned of it immediately.

Coincidentally, Wu Lian and Wu Quan were both walking on the bluestone path at that time and learned of Yu Enheng’s death at the same time.

“Damn it!”

“Who killed him?”

Wu Lian and Wu Quan shouted in anger simultaneously, their eyes turning blood-red with fierce glints, as if ready to unleash immense power at any moment.

Soon, they calmed down.

The one who killed Yu Enheng must be one of the Ascended Divine Kings from Qu Yi’s side. They guessed this, so anger was useless now. They had to wait until the Divine Emperor killed Qu Yi before they could eliminate each of those Ascended Divine Kings and avenge Yu Enheng.

Wu Lian and Wu Quan continued walking in anger and soon arrived at a certain place.

“Brother, look, there’s a bluestone path branching off here, leading all the way up the mountain,” Wu Quan pointed to a spot ahead and said in surprise.