Chapter 31: This Is Not Real

The Eight Realms Divine King, leading the Ascended Divine Kings, arrived beneath the Ye Yang Tree and met Dao Tong Divine Emperor Yu Dongqing. Naturally, Yu Dongqing agreed to the Eight Realms Divine King’s request to kill Qu Yi. At the same time, he also granted the Eight Realms Divine King an infinite amount of the primordial water from the Ye Yang Tree, allowing him to take action first against Qu Yi and the other Ascended Divine Kings.

Seeing the Ascended Divine Kings arrive beneath the Ye Yang Tree, the Eight Realms Divine King immediately appeared from the tree and unleashed a barrage of spells. His immense spatial power caused sections of space to collapse, aiming to devour the spaces where Qu Yi, Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, Qi Shen, and the other Ascended Divine Kings were located.

In the Mountain of Reincarnation, there were no spatial turbulence zones for the divine kings to escape into; they had to rely on their own strength to face all challenges. Naturally, Qu Yi, Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, and the others would not sit idly by. Without hesitation, they took out a pile of Divine King artifacts and threw them upward, detonating them. The explosions of these artifacts also caused more space to collapse.

The collapsing spaces from both sides collided, annihilating each other—neither side could gain an advantage. The Eight Realms Divine King, still on the Ye Yang Tree, was prepared for such an outcome. Calmly, he drank another gulp of primordial water, picked up his innate spiritual treasure, and once again unleashed spells frantically. Another wave of powerful spatial force was released, causing further space collapses that swept toward the Ascended Divine Kings.

“Qu Yi, you won’t be able to leave this place today. Just wait as we drain all your spatial power alive!” Qiu Yan shouted arrogantly from the Ye Yang Tree, his expression filled with madness. The other Eight Realms Divine Kings also showed signs of excitement.

Clearly, with the endless source of primordial water from the Ye Yang Tree, these divine kings didn’t have to worry about running out of spatial power. They were determined to completely exhaust Qu Yi and the others’ spatial power.

Qu Yi simply smiled faintly and said lightly, “You Eight Realms Divine Kings, still so proud even at the brink of death—how amusing.” As he spoke, the Ascended Divine Kings threw another wave of Divine King artifacts, detonating them again to create more space collapses that blocked the incoming attacks.

At that moment, Qu Yi and Qing Wu Gui soared upward, not giving the Eight Realms Divine Kings time to cast more spells, and reached the Ye Yang Tree as well. Qu Yi surrounded himself with the cosmic power of the Dimensional Sphere, ignoring spatial constraints and able to go anywhere he wanted.

Qing Wu Gui was beyond the five elements, unbound by spatial rules, able to move freely through space. At that moment, he also flew up with Qu Yi, easily reaching the top of the Ye Yang Tree.
“You…”
The Eight Realms Divine Kings were all filled with surprise. They had heard from the Dao Tong Shen Emperor that inside this Ye Yang Tree lay a Cosmic Origin Stele—a primordial spiritual treasure containing the laws of time. Under the influence of this stele, the higher one went on the tree, the slower time became; at the very top, time essentially stopped.
Therefore, when they saw Qu Yi and Qing Wu Gui ignoring spatial rules as if unaffected by the Cosmic Origin Stele, they were all astonished.
Despite their surprise, since Qu Yi had already reached the Ye Yang Tree, the Eight Realms Divine Kings could no longer focus on dealing with the Ascendant Divine King.
Qiu Yan, Tian Chen, Bai Rong, Sang Yu, Jin Chengbo, Wu Lian, and Yan Yi immediately gathered together, each wielding a top-grade primordial spiritual treasure and swinging them fiercely. Pockets of space collapsed, completely blocking Qu Yi and Qing Wu Gui’s paths of attack.
Meanwhile, the other Eight Realms Divine Kings continued to cast spells at the Ascendant Divine King, causing more spaces to collapse.
“You seven are truly stubborn. Space collapses won’t work against us two—it’s clearly useless, yet you persist in your ignorance. It’s no wonder you’re doomed,” Qu Yi said calmly.
Suddenly, Qu Yi and Qing Wu Gui crossed through the collapsing spaces and appeared right in front of the seven divine kings.
The Star Sword was thrust forward, its silver light flashing as star-like spatial power filled the surroundings, turning the entire area into a spatial black hole that sucked in the seven divine kings.
With an invisible sword movement, countless spatial threads appeared around them, all aiming to pierce through the seven divine kings’ bodies.
“Hmph, Qu Yi, don’t be arrogant. We have Origin Beads—your attacks can’t break our bodies,” Qiu Yan snapped again.
Indeed, Origin Beads immediately appeared above Qiu Yan, Tian Chen, Bai Rong, Sang Yu, Jin Chengbo, Wu Lian, and Yan Yi. The complete spatial power from these beads protected their bodies, blocking both the absorption by the spatial black holes and the attacks from the spatial threads.
The seven divine kings sneered at Qu Yi, clearly looking down on his deadly strike earlier. They believed that having Origin Beads meant they possessed immortality.

Of course, the seven Divine Kings also understood in their hearts that if they didn’t want to die, they couldn’t let Qu Yi get close. After all, the scene of Gongye Ming being strangled to death by Qu Yi last time still left the seven Divine Kings deeply puzzled by the strange energy Qu Yi possessed, and they dared not experience it firsthand. The result of such an attempt would be death.

Qu Yi looked at the seven Divine Kings, a strange smile suddenly appearing on his face. His indifferent gaze regarded them as if they were dead bodies. “You seven think that with the support of a Divine Emperor, you can subdue me. You’re truly too naive and childish. In this vast universe, how could you, as Divine Kings, possibly understand? Now, I’ll make you realize that my power is beyond your ability to resist.” Qu Yi’s expression suddenly hardened, his murderous intent evident as he let out a thunderous shout.

The seven Divine Kings immediately sensed something strange and felt uneasy. At that moment, Qu Yi sheathed his Star Sword and began moving his hands, creating a rhythm that was both soothing and mysterious, calm yet filled with immense power. Waves of chaotic energy gathered around his body, making his presence seem overwhelming, as if stars were pressing down and galaxies were converging—powerful enough to shock anyone.

“What should we do?” The seven Divine Kings exchanged mental communications upon seeing Qu Yi’s changing expression, discussing strategies. But Qu Yi wouldn’t give them another chance.

“Time stand still!” Suddenly, Qu Yi shouted and pushed hard with both hands.

What!

Qiu Yan, Tian Chen, Bai Rong, Sang Yu, Jin Chengbo, Wu Lian, and Yan Yi were shocked beyond measure. They couldn’t believe Qu Yi had actually mastered time suspension. They let out loud screams. But as soon as the screams ended, the seven of them became completely motionless. The space around them froze, and their expressions remained frozen in shock.

“This can’t be real!”

Daotong Divine Emperor, who had been atop the Ye Yang Tree the whole time, watched this scene in astonishment, not knowing what to say. It turned out that Daotong Divine Emperor had planned for the Eight Realms’ Divine Kings to hold Qu Yi back, exhausting all the spatial energy within him, so that he could then strike suddenly and kill Qu Yi in one blow. But now, Qu Yi had unexpectedly mastered time suspension, which completely baffled Daotong Divine Emperor. Qu Yi had only recently reached the rank of Divine King, yet he had already grasped the laws of time, completely defying convention. The laws of time had nothing to do with faith power—they required the individual understanding of a Divine King.

Thus, Emperor Daotongshen thought that with Qu Yi’s current strength, it was impossible for him to have already grasped the laws of time, making it a sure thing for him to kill Qu Yi. But now that Qu Yi had mastered time suspension and his strength was on par with Emperor Daotongshen’s, killing him was no longer so easy.

Not only Emperor Daotongshen but also the other dozen or so Divine Kings of the Eight Realms were shocked when they saw Qu Yi suddenly use time suspension. They no longer wanted to attack the Ascended Divine Kings; all they could think of was… to flee.

Qing Wugui would not give the Divine Kings of the Eight Realms any chance. As soon as Qu Yi activated time suspension, he had already flown over and arrived in front of the other Divine Kings. With his invisible sword, he mercilessly struck, creating spatial rifts that acted like three-dimensional nets, trapping these Divine Kings inside.

The Ascended Divine Kings such as Wuyuan, Qishi, and Zongjing also arrived at the Ye Yang Tree and immediately took out millions of Divine King weapons, ready to throw them at the Divine Kings of the Eight Realms to kill them all at once.

Qu Yi continued to maintain time suspension, firmly trapping the seven Divine Kings who held the Origin Beads, keeping them in a state of shock and unaware of what was happening around them.

“There’s no need to hesitate—kill them all,” Qu Yi said immediately, seeing that the Ascended Divine Kings were looking at him, clearly waiting for him to decide whether to kill the Divine Kings of the Eight Realms.

Upon hearing this, Zongjing, Xumiao, and Qianmao all breathed a sigh of relief. Without hesitation, they took out another million Divine King weapons and threw them. When they reached the trapped Divine Kings of the Eight Realms, all the weapons exploded.

“We surrender!”

“Qu Yi, don’t kill me! I’m willing to be your slave!”

“I refuse to give up! I’d rather be a slave than die!”

As Qu Yi ordered them to be killed, the trapped Divine Kings of the Eight Realms screamed desperately. Unable to bear the threat of death any longer, they cried out, trying to save their lives in their final moments.

But Qu Yi had no such mercy.

Boom…

With the violent explosions of the Divine King weapons, the trapped Divine Kings of the Eight Realms were reduced to powder. Before dying, these Divine Kings also detonated all the treasures they possessed, hoping to take a few of the Ascended Divine Kings down with them.

The explosions of the Divine King weapons created spatial black holes, sucking away all spatial energy.

Naturally, the innate spiritual treasures detonated by the Eight Realms Divine Kings, though powerful, were in too small numbers. The spatial black hole immediately absorbed all the spatial energy, leaving no chance to cause any harm to the ascending Divine Kings. At that moment, Qu Yi glanced at the seven Divine Kings in the frozen space.