Chapter 37: The Southern Envoy

With Bai Yan, the soul-controlled Blood Raven, under control, Qu Yi felt relieved. He then turned to look at Wei Yan.
“Wei Yan, send three thousand demon cultivators to the Hundred Blood Mountains right now and collect all the supplies from the Hundred Blood Valley,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
The Hundred Blood Valley focused on cultivating blood-related techniques, so there must be plenty of blood—materials Qu Yi needed. He could store them for later use when refining elixirs if necessary.
“Yes, master,” Wei Yan replied immediately before flying off to give orders to the three thousand demon cultivators.
From then on, the entire Hundred Blood Mountains became the domain of those cultivators, especially the twenty cultivation areas in the Hundred Blood Valley, which were their primary targets.
These cultivators were all at the late Yuan Ying stage, with wide-ranging spiritual senses. Most important supplies in the Hundred Blood Mountains couldn’t escape their detection.
It took a full month for the three thousand cultivators to return to Blood Green Peak, where they handed over all the supplies from their storage bracelets to Qu Yi.
Of course, Qu Yi had the Cun Jie Ball collect all these materials.
Now, he could be at ease—there would be enough materials to practice refining spirit talismans and weapons in the future.
The three thousand cultivators went to other peaks to rest, while Qu Yi, Xuan Gu Shang Ren, Wei Yan, and Bai Yan rested on Blood Green Peak.
“Wei Yan, Bai Yan, why hasn’t that Southern Envoy from your sect arrived yet?” Qu Yi asked suddenly as he sat in meditation.
Since the Southern Envoy gave an order to Wei Yan, he hadn’t been seen for a month. Qu Yi had even thought of tracking him, but his absence was starting to worry him.
“The Southern Envoy doesn’t come at a fixed time. He only appears when he needs to give orders,” Wei Yan replied seriously.
“That’s right. After giving an order, he returns to report to his leader before coming to see us again,” Bai Yan added earnestly.
Over the past month, the powerful Blood Raven Bai Yan, once unruly, had gradually been subdued by Qu Yi’s torment.
Just as they finished speaking, Qu Yi’s expression darkened, making Wei Yan and Bai Yan uneasy, wondering if their words had displeased him.
“The Southern Envoy is coming!” Qu Yi said before entering the Cun Jie Ball.
Only Wei Yan and Bai Yan remained on Blood Green Peak.
Soon, the young Southern Envoy appeared via teleportation, smiling as he looked at Wei Yan and Bai Yan.

“You all have worked hard. The leader asks me to tell you to take your people and go to Wanghai Peak in the north of the South Demon Continent. The leader will send a Wind-Resisting Fleet to take you all to the North Immortal Continent,” said the Southern Envoy calmly.

After hearing this, Wei Yan and Bai Yan both replied firmly, “Yes, Southern Envoy!”

After delivering the order, the Southern Envoy was about to fly away immediately. Wei Yan quickly said, “Southern Envoy, we have destroyed the Hundred Blood Valley and searched here for a while, obtaining some precious items. We would like to show them to you.”

With that, Wei Yan took out a storage bracelet and respectfully handed it to the Southern Envoy.

Meanwhile, Bai Yan was slowly practicing his cultivation techniques to gather his vital energy.

The Southern Envoy took the storage bracelet and smiled. Of course, he knew that Wei Yan and Bai Yan wanted to bribe him, with the treasures inside the bracelet meant for himself. Delighted, his spiritual consciousness immediately entered the storage bracelet.

At that moment, Bai Yan took action. Blood energy burst from his palms and was directed at five locations on Blood Green Peak, activating a pre-set formation.

Indeed, when Qu Yi searched the Hundred Blood Valley, he also obtained the valley’s main formation—the Five Fiends Blood River Formation. Bai Yan used his own vital energy to activate the prepared “Five Fiends Blood River Formation.” In an instant, the entire Blood Green Peak was enveloped in blood. Within these rivers of blood lay five types of malevolent energies—disaster, calamity, misfortune, hardship, and plague—entwined with each other, forming countless deadly forces.

Since the Southern Envoy’s spiritual consciousness was inside the storage bracelet, he didn’t have time to teleport away from Blood Green Peak in that instant. He was completely surrounded by the endless blood, and the five malevolent energies kept seeping into his body, preventing him from flying away.

“Wei Yan, Bai Yan, you traitors! How dare you try to harm me? Aren’t you afraid of the leader’s punishment?” the Southern Envoy shouted angrily.

But at that moment, Wei Yan, Bai Yan, Xuan Gu Shang Ren, and Qu Yi stood together, watching the Southern Envoy shouting angrily not far ahead. However, surrounded by blood, the Southern Envoy couldn’t see Wei Yan and Bai Yan at all.

“Southern Envoy, you might as well enjoy yourself in this Blood River Formation for now. I’ll come see you again later,” Wei Yan replied.

Then, Bai Yan began to control the formation and launch an attack.

In an instant, the blood in the Five Fiends Blood River Formation surged, creating countless blood-based monsters within the formation—especially the five major blood demon legions: blood pythons, blood eagles, blood dragons, blood bears, and blood apes—all charging at the Southern Envoy.

The hiss of pythons, the cry of eagles, the roar of dragons, the growl of bears, and the howl of apes—each sound could shatter the heart. The envoy from the south faced immense mental disturbance in an instant and had to focus his energy, safeguarding his vital spirit to protect his soul. At the same time, he cast powerful wind-based spells to block the rapidly approaching blood-related spells.

It turned out that this was the wind-based cultivation technique he had mastered. A wind blade sliced through, splitting the blood python in two; a wind edge separated the blood eagle into two pieces; a whirlwind sent the blood dragon spinning wildly before it disintegrated; a wind sword pierced a large hole in the blood bear’s body; and a wind fist knocked off the blood wolf’s head.

The envoy was truly fierce, preventing the five blood demon legions from advancing an inch. Yet he was well aware that continuing like this would surely deplete his vital energy.

Bai Yan continued to control the “Five Fiendly Blood River Formation,” trapping the envoy. Meanwhile, Qu Yi, Xuan Gu Shangren, and Wei Yan had already flown close to the envoy, ready to launch their spells.

Since the Blood River Formation was under Bai Yan’s control, the envoy could not see his surroundings, but Qu Yi, Xuan Gu Shangren, and Wei Yan could see him clearly.

As the envoy continued to cast spells to defend against the five blood demon legions, Qu Yi and the others seized the opportunity to attack. Qu Yi drew out the Fulong Sword, channeling all his golden essence from his lungs into it, summoning a golden dragon. As soon as the golden dragon appeared, it dispersed the blood dragon legion and lunged at the envoy.

Xuan Gu Shangren then brought out the Jade Turtle Relic, summoning a giant turtle that pressed down on the envoy’s head.

Wei Yan took out a magical artifact—a wind-based treasure found in the Hundred Blood Valley, called the Wild Blade Chain, a mid-tier precious weapon. Once his vital energy was activated, the entire chain released a hundred fierce wind blades at once, targeting the envoy.

At that moment, the envoy suddenly smiled. He immediately located Qu Yi, Xuan Gu Shangren, and Wei Yan’s positions.

“Wind Dragon Protection!” he shouted. His vital energy formed a massive tornado-like spell around him, blocking all of their attacks.

The next moment, Wei Yan suddenly flew toward Qu Yi. Though he couldn’t see his surroundings, his spiritual sense had locked onto Qu Yi’s location. He rushed over swiftly and grabbed Qu Yi.

Suddenly, the entire “Five Fiends Blood River Formation” stopped attacking, but it still maintained its “trapping” effect, preventing the Southern Envoy from escaping.
“You kid, you didn’t expect me to catch you so quickly, did you? I order you now to remove the soul shackles from Wei Yan and Bai Yan, or I’ll kill you on the spot,” the Southern Envoy said triumphantly.
It turned out that while Qu Yi and the other two were attacking, the Southern Envoy had quickly assessed their strengths and realized that Qu Yi was controlling Wei Yan and Bai Yan.
“Southern Envoy, you’re quite clever—guessing that I’m their master,” Qu Yi said casually, allowing the Southern Envoy to hold his shoulders.
“Hmph, it’s simple. That guy who used the Jade Turtle technique, though only at the mid-stage of leaving the body, was still able to suppress Bai Yan and Wei Yan. You, at the mid-stage of the Yuan Ying realm, dared to attack me. I knew you must have some mysterious magical artifact behind you, which is why you could control Wei Yan and Bai Yan,” the Southern Envoy said happily.
Qu Yi nodded in agreement with his guess but said, “Southern Envoy, I won’t give up on Wei Yan and Bai Yan. And you won’t be able to escape this Blood River Formation either.”
Upon hearing this, the Southern Envoy’s expression turned astonished; he hadn’t expected Qu Yi to be so fearless.
“Hmph, you don’t want to remove the soul shackles, do you? No problem. I’ll plant one on you instead, and then I can order you around,” the Southern Envoy laughed.
Immediately, he sent out his spiritual consciousness and entered Qu Yi’s soul, intending to plant a soul shackle on him. But the Southern Envoy met the same fate as Wei Yan—as soon as his soul touched Qu Yi’s soul, the Dimensional Sphere appeared. A green light flashed, followed by a golden beam that entered the Southern Envoy’s soul, planting a soul shackle there.
Qu Yi laughed as he broke free from the Southern Envoy’s grasp. Turning to look at the stunned Southern Envoy, he said, “Southern Envoy, I expected you to attack me. I was waiting for you to plant a soul shackle on me. Haha, now, you too have become my slave.”
Bai Yan removed the “Five Fiends Blood River Formation,” and Blood Green Peak returned to its original state.
It took some time before the Southern Envoy regained his senses. Looking at Qu Yi, his eyes were filled with disbelief and deep fear.
“Master!” The Southern Envoy wisely recognized Qu Yi’s identity right away.
“Haha!” Qu Yi smiled.