Chapter 32: Is the Divine Emperor That Great?

“Qu Yi, the Eight Realms Divine Kings—only these seven are left. Why haven’t you killed them yet?”
Wu Yuan shouted immediately after seeing the other Eight Realms Divine Kings die.
Qing Yiyi, Yu Zhuting, Fei Changxia, and Meng Yan all lit up with excitement upon hearing Wu Yuan’s call and shouted, “There’s still Sang Xue who hasn’t died. We must kill her too!”
Wu Yuan immediately became discouraged.
Sang Xue was still inside the Xingluo Ding. Wu Yuan had planned to persuade her and marry her in the future. At this moment, he didn’t dare defy his four wives. He would endure their mockery as long as they agreed to let him marry Sang Xue.
The Ascended Divine Kings all started laughing.
Qu Yi shook his head and then looked at the seven Divine Kings trapped in the frozen space, smiling and saying, “Killing them is easy. The problem is the Origin Beads in their hands—those aren’t easy to distribute. Which seven of you will share these seven Origin Beads?”
Qu Yi already had Gongye Ming’s Origin Bead. Now, obtaining seven more Origin Beads posed a challenge for him—he didn’t know how to distribute these eight.
Origin Beads could draw upon the primal forces of an entire realm in the Divine Realm.
“Qu Yi, don’t worry about distributing the Origin Beads for now. Kill these seven first and take possession of all the Origin Beads,” Zong Jing urged anxiously.
Zong Jing was well aware that there was still a Dao Tong Divine Emperor atop the Ye Yang Tree. If Qu Yi didn’t kill these seven Divine Kings now, unexpected things could happen—those seven might be rescued by the Dao Tong Divine Emperor.
As long as those seven Divine Kings remained alive, the native forces of the Divine Realm might make a comeback. They had to die so that the Divine Realm could remain under the rule of the Ascended ones.
The Ascended Divine Kings also nodded, their gazes at Qu Yi filled with urgency.
Qu Yi smiled faintly and said softly, “Alright. Since the Dao Tong Divine Emperor isn’t even coming down to save them, I needn’t show mercy. I’ll just kill these seven now.”
With that, Qu Yi prepared to shatter the frozen space, turning the bodies of the seven Divine Kings inside it to fragments as well.
“You brat Qu Yi, daring to be arrogant in front of me? Hand over your life!” The voice of the Dao Tong Divine Emperor suddenly rang out.
At the same time, the figure of the Dao Tong Divine Emperor appeared on a branch of the Ye Yang Tree. With a single palm strike, violent spatial forces were unleashed, along with powerful time-stopping effects.

As soon as Dao Tong Shen Di appeared, he intended to freeze all the ascended deities and kings, including Qu Yi.
“Is being a Shen Di that great?” Qu Yi said indifferently, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly upon hearing Dao Tong Shen Di’s words.
Just as Dao Tong Shen Di took action, Qu Yi swung his left hand violently, tearing the space where Qiu Yan, Tian Chen, Bai Rong, Sang Yu, Jin Chengbo, Wu Lian, and Yan Yi were located into fragments of space. Naturally, the bodies of these seven deities also turned into fragments of space. However, their soul embryos were not dead and were gathered together, eagerly watching Dao Tong Shen Di.
As Qu Yi slashed with his left hand, he quickly sent out chaotic energy with his right hand, enveloping the bodies of the ascended deities such as Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, and Qi Shen.
When Dao Tong Shen Di’s time-stopping power was used to cover these ascended deities, it had no effect at all. The space around their bodies indeed froze, and time stopped. But the space where these deities themselves were located remained active, completely unsealed and unfrozen by Dao Tong Shen Di.
“This… is impossible!”
“Absolutely impossible!”
Seeing this scene, Dao Tong Shen Di’s face turned pale in shock. He could hardly believe that his time-stopping power couldn’t even seal these ascended deities.
If time-stopping couldn’t control Qu Yi, Dao Tong Shen Di could still understand—it was after all due to the many secrets surrounding Qu Yi that he didn’t know. But the fact that ordinary deities like Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, Qi Shen, and Zong Jing weren’t sealed by his time-stopping power was utterly incomprehensible.
The reason must lie in the strange energy emitted by Qu Yi!
Dao Tong Shen Di quickly realized it. He had already seen Qu Yi use chaotic energy—a type of energy never seen before—in the void battlefield. Now, seeing him use chaotic energy to protect the ascended deities, he still couldn’t fathom the reason.
Indeed, the rules of time are an application of the rules of space.
Time stopping essentially means controlling the energy state in space so that any changes in energy immediately revert to their original state—that is time stopping.
In the entire Five Elements universe, there is only Five Elements energy, so when the rules of time are applied, they only affect Five Elements energy.

Chaos energy is the primordial energy from the evolution of the universe, unbound by the laws of space. Naturally, the laws of time cannot deal with chaos energy, as it is impossible to transform chaos energy into the energy of the five elements and then turn that energy back into chaos energy again.

Ascended deities such as Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, Qi Shen, and Zong Jing were surrounded by chaos energy. Even if Dao Tong Shen Di’s time-stopping ability tried to take effect, it was impossible.

“Yu Dongqing, nothing is impossible. Is being a Shen Di that great? You also don’t know many things. Naturally, your time-stopping ability can’t last forever,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

As he spoke, Qu Yi raised his right hand, and another mass of chaos energy flew out, instantly enveloping the soul cores of Qiu Yan and the other seven Shen Kings, destroying them completely. Naturally, the seven Origin Beads and the innate spiritual treasures of the seven Shen Kings fell into Qu Yi’s hands.

When Dao Tong Shen Di Yu Dongqing heard Qu Yi mocking him like this, his eyes filled with fury, his aura extremely cold. Yet, he refused to strike again with his raised right hand.

Anger, anxiety, and dilemma.

Back at Si Guo Ya, Yu Dongqing had already received instructions from his master: each of the three Shen Di could only use their power once. Naturally, Yu Dongqing had already used it once earlier. If he used it again now, it would be the second time.

Disobeying his master’s orders?

Dao Tong Shen Di couldn’t even imagine it. He knew very well just how powerful his master was—just one thought from his master could erase all his cultivation. He might still survive if he offended Qu Yi, but offending his master meant certain death. Yu Dongqing was well aware of this. Although countless thoughts rushed through his mind urging him to kill Qu Yi again, he still dared not act.

Qu Yi noticed Yu Dongqing’s unusual behavior and immediately understood that Yu Dongqing must be hesitating due to some concerns, afraid to attack him again. He couldn’t help but laugh.

“Yu Dongqing, what’s the matter? As a Shen Di, you’re hesitating when facing me, a Shen King? You’re nothing but a complete coward.”

“Why such a fierce look? If you’ve got the guts, attack me now! If not, get lost.”

“What, not convinced? If you’re not convinced, let’s fight again. From your fierce expression, I know you’re no good. Wait, I’ll end your life.”

Qu Yi shouted these words in rapid succession, mocking Dao Tong Shen Di to his heart’s content.

At this moment, Yu Dongqing stared at Qu Yi with eyes that seemed eager to devour him, but he still dared not act—doing so would mean certain death. This stopped Yu Dongqing’s final madness.
“Qu Yi, go ahead and be arrogant now. If you think you can survive this cycle of battles, think again,” said Dao Tong Shen Di Yu Dongqing, who had calmed down and spoke coldly, appearing confident.
Undoubtedly, Yu Dongqing now placed his hopes on Dao Yuan Shen Di and Dao Qing Shen Di, hoping that these two divine emperors would strike and kill Qu Yi in one blow.
Qu Yi laughed heartily, then turned to the ascended divine kings such as Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, and Qi Shen.
“Brothers, this Dao Tong Shen Di acts so shamelessly. If you’re not convinced, go ahead and insult him freely. I guarantee he won’t dare hit you,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Yu Dongqing’s earlier attack had already angered all the ascended divine kings, filling them with rage. Hearing Qu Yi’s words, they wasted no time and began insulting him.
“Yu Dongqing, with your so-called noble appearance, how dare you come near me? I’ll bite you to death right now. Do you believe it?” Qi Shen was the first to shout like a volcano erupting.
Qi Shen had almost died at the hands of this very Dao Tong Shen Di, so he naturally hated Yu Dongqing the most.
“What kind of divine emperor is this? He can’t even kill us divine kings with just one attack. How can he call himself a divine emperor? Yu Dongqing, wait until I master the rules of time, and then come and see what true divine emperor power looks like.”
“Kid, so you’re a divine emperor? I really didn’t see it coming. Kid, give me a drop of your precious blood to taste. I really want to know what divine emperor blood tastes like.”
“What, angry? Why stare so wide? Do you think you can scare us to death? Pah.”
……
Being originally bandits, the divine kings of Tianfeng Fort had nothing to lose and started cursing loudly, mercilessly insulting and mocking them.
As a divine emperor, Yu Dongqing had never endured such blatant insults. His whole body trembled as he clenched his fists, hesitating many times before striking back.
“You bastards, enjoy your moment of triumph for now. Soon, you’ll all die,” Dao Tong Shen Di Yu Dongqing shouted through gritted teeth before flying away.
Undoubtedly, he couldn’t kill Qu Yi now, and staying would only mean enduring endless insults. Yu Dongqing didn’t dare linger and immediately chose to leave.
Haha……

Qu Yi, Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, Qi Shen, Zong Jing, and other ascended divine kings saw Yu Dongqing leave and immediately burst into wild laughter.
After a while, Qu Yi raised his hand and said with a smile, “Brothers, we’ve already driven away the first Divine Emperor with our insults. Next, we’ll have to deal with the interference of the other two Divine Emperors. But right now, our top priority is to find and obtain the Zhou Yuan Stele inside this tree.”
“Qu Yi, what plans do you have for dividing the eight Origin Beads?” Wu Yuan suddenly called out at that moment.