Chapter 34: Going Up the Mountain Alone

“Qing Yiyi, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, Fei Changxia—stop killing Wu Yuan for now. Come here for a moment.”
After giving the Cangyu Stele and the Zhouyuan Stele to Bai Man, Qu Yi returned to the group. Seeing the four women still chasing Wu Yuan with their swords, he called out loudly.
Qing Yiyi, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia had been furious all along due to Wu Yuan’s lustfulness and his excessive attachment to Sang Xue, and they had never stopped pursuing him. Hearing Qu Yi’s call, they grumbled but still came over to him.
“Qu Yi, thank you,” Wu Yuan said from atop a Ye Yang tree, stopping his pursuit and sitting there with a smirk.
The others were speechless—Wu Yuan was indeed someone who had been cultivated by a demon beast; his lustful nature could not be changed by anyone.
Qu Yi pursed his lips and decided not to blame Wu Yuan anymore. He let Wu Yuan handle his own problems and refused to get involved in such troublesome matters.
Then, Qu Yi looked at all the Divine Kings ahead.
“Brothers, all the Divine Kings of the Eight Realms are now dead…” Qu Yi said with a smile before suddenly stopping.
Qing Yiyi immediately exclaimed, “There’s still one—Sang Xue isn’t dead. She’s inside the Xingluo Ding of the God of Tools.”
Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia nodded repeatedly.
Qu Yi closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again, ignoring the four women, and continued, “With the death of the Divine Kings of the Eight Realms, we no longer have opponents in this round of the Divine King Reincarnation Battle. So, for the task of going up two more levels in the reincarnation cycle, I’ll go alone. You guys can search for Primordial Water on this Ye Yang tree.”
In fact, Primordial Water could not only nourish the beings within a Divine King’s body but also help cultivators in the divine realm strengthen their physical bodies. Now that these ascended Divine Kings had returned to the divine realm, they would surely develop their own forces, and they would need to train many loyal disciples.
The amount of Primordial Water one possessed would, to some extent, determine the size of their future forces.
Everyone looked at Qu Yi in shock before understanding his intention.
With the Divine Kings of the Eight Realms dead, further fighting was meaningless—after all, they couldn’t just fight each other to the death.
“Qu Yi, it now depends on you alone,” the God of Tools said directly.
Although the God of Tools really wanted to kill Emperor Daotong, he knew his own strength wasn’t enough to do so. So, he stopped being stubborn—whomever killed Emperor Daotong didn’t matter.

“Qu Yi, be careful,” Zong Jing and the other Divine Kings spoke one after another.
Bai Man, on the other hand, seemed quite relaxed, seemingly confident in Qu Yi’s strength, so she didn’t show the slightest sign of worry and kept smiling at him.
Qu Yi smiled. Since everything here was already arranged, there was no need to say more.
“Wu Yuan, be careful yourself. If you can survive without being killed by my four wives by the time I return, I’ll agree to your marriage with Sang Xue,” Qu Yi suddenly raised his head, called out with a smile, and then vanished in an instant.
Ah…
Surprised voices filled the air.
Immediately afterward, Wu Yuan stood up abruptly and shouted, “Qu Yi, you jerk! Are you trying to harm me?”
On the surface, Qu Yi seemed to be supporting Wu Yuan, but Wu Yuan knew very well that it was uncertain how long Qu Yi’s trip would last. If he continued to be chased and attacked by Qing Yiyi, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia, it would be extremely tormenting.
As soon as Qu Yi left, Qing Yiyi, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia immediately took off, staring at Wu Yuan with fierce expressions and raising their swords to strike.
Wu Yuan could only dodge by moving quickly.
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Qu Yi flew alone, not taking the stone-paved path, but straight toward Mount Samsara.
With chaotic energy clearing the way, the mountain was filled with spatial rule restrictions, yet none of them could hinder Qu Yi in the slightest—none of them affected his body at all.
Thus, Qu Yi continued flying, seeing rows of stone paths circling Mount Samsara pass by.
At a certain altitude, he finally saw the true size of the Ye Yang Tree—it was just one of the larger trees among the countless ones on Mount Samsara; many others were even bigger than it.
Though surprised, Qu Yi didn’t stop to ponder. He simply kept flying upward.
Time passed unbeknownst to him, and suddenly he saw a red glow somewhere above Mount Samsara, creating a red haze over the mountain.
“Something’s going on,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile, immediately flying toward the red light.
Another stele.
Upon arriving at the source of the red light, Qu Yi found another stele that resembled the Cang Yu Stele and the Zhou Yuan Stele—same size, similar shape, except for the three characters “Zhou Xing Stele” inscribed on it.
Floating in midair, Qu Yi examined the Zhou Xing Stele, smiling faintly as he spread his consciousness and immediately sensed someone’s presence.
“Dao Qing, stop sitting there. Come out,” Qu Yi called softly, smiling as he looked toward a pond on Mount Samsara.

Although it was a pond, its size was terrifyingly large—at least as big as a planet. By the edge of this pond, indeed, there was a person sitting on a smooth white stone—it was Emperor Daoqing. “Qu Yi, since you’ve come, come down and let’s fish together,” Emperor Daoqing said softly without lifting his head, inviting Qu Yi. Seeing this, Qu Yi didn’t overthink it and immediately flew down, sitting on a huge rock not far from Emperor Daoqing, also gazing at the clear pond ahead. The two sat there in silence. By the pond, the waves continued to ripple; the clear, slightly cold water splashed onto the shore from time to time, with the sound of water and a gentle breeze—everything was so beautiful. The two remained motionless, but if someone were to observe the area from above, they would notice a huge difference. In Emperor Daoqing’s space, time flowed just like in Mount Sui Lun, but in Qu Yi’s space, time was moving at an astonishing speed. This contrast was most evident in the changes of the waves in front of them. Of course, the waves in front of Emperor Daoqing still beat against the shore as usual. The waves in front of Qu Yi were completely indistinct, like illusions—those waves hitting the shore were unrecognizable, as if countless waves were striking the shore at once. Time was accelerating! Qu Yi’s space was already governed by time rules, and it was a terrifyingly rapid acceleration. Yet Qu Yi himself, being inside that space, couldn’t perceive that time was accelerating there. This was because he was part of that space; relative to it, his own time was also accelerating simultaneously, so he couldn’t sense the drastic changes. At this moment, as Emperor Daoqing gazed at the pond ahead, a sinister smile appeared on his lips. “Qu Yi, by chance, you’ve grasped time stagnation, but you can’t imagine that I’ve already imposed time acceleration on you. A Divine King’s body is also made of the primordial energy of the five elements. Any primordial energy will eventually degrade and dissipate. In the Divine Realm, your body could absorb fresh primordial energy at any time, allowing it to remain immortal. But here, in this space of accelerated time, you can’t obtain enough primordial energy. Then your body will rot and decay, leaving only your soul. By then, won’t you still be at my mercy?” Emperor Daoqing smiled triumphantly in his heart.

At this moment, Dao Tong Shen Di Yu Dongqing suddenly appeared in the air. Looking at Qu Yi by the pond ahead, his eyes shone with triumph.
“With a Shen Di stepping in, there’s no way you can survive. Although Qu Yi has astonishing cultivation potential, your opponents are three Shen Dis—how could they let you live?” Dao Tong Shen Di said indifferently.
There are only three positions of Shen Di. If Qu Yi were to ascend to Shen Di as well, one of the existing three Shen Dis would have to be eliminated. Naturally, Dao Yuan Shen Di, Dao Qing Shen Di, and Dao Tong Shen Di didn’t want to take any risks; it was better to kill Qu Yi, the challenger, outright.
Yet Qu Yi, sitting on the giant rock, was filled with joy.
“Dao Qing, Dao Qing, do you really think that by using time acceleration, you can take my life? My body is a Chaos Body, and Chaos energy isn’t bound by the laws of time. No matter how much time you use to accelerate time, you won’t be able to make my body decay or break.”
“Go ahead and use time acceleration. I’m even willing to pretend to be under your control. Since I was able to comprehend time stagnation in a space where time stood still, I now have the chance to understand time acceleration as well.”
Qu Yi was overjoyed. While pretending to be unaware and confusing Dao Qing Shen Di, he simultaneously drew upon the cosmic forces of the Five Elements Universe, beginning to explore the space around his body.
The laws of time are merely another application of the laws of space—meaning that when applying the laws of time, one is affecting the changes in energy states within space.
Cosmic forces are intangible and imperceptible, yet they exist everywhere in the universe.
At this moment, Qu Yi calmly released these cosmic forces, searching for changes in energy states in space in hopes of uncovering the essence of time acceleration.
Dao Qing Shen Di, Dao Tong Shen Di, and Qu Yi all maintained their respective states silently, yet all three were filled with joy. Of course, the two Shen Dis were happy because they thought Qu Yi had fallen for their trick, while Qu Yi was happy because he had gained the opportunity to understand time acceleration.
Time passed, and the situation remained unchanged. It could have been ten million years, or even a hundred million years, or perhaps already a hundred billion years.
None of the three knew how much time had passed. The time in thisreincarnation Mountain was completely different from that in the divine realm, making it impossible to estimate the exact duration.
Meanwhile, Dao Tong Shen Di Yu Dongqing, who was in the air, showed a worried expression.
“What kind of energy is in this Qu Yi’s physical body? Why isn’t there any change at all?” Dao Tong Shen Di said frustratedly.

At that moment, Qu Yi suddenly shouted, “Daqing, thank you.”