Chapter 39: Arrival at the Northern Immortal Continent

Wanghai Peak, located at the northern end of the Southern Demon Continent near the coast, rises over ten thousand meters high.
Qu Yi led two thousand cultivators and, after a month of travel, finally reached Wanghai Peak, where they settled down to rest.
A few days later, twenty wind ships arrived from afar. As they neared Wanghai Peak, they hovered in the air.
From the lead wind ship stepped a middle-aged man in a purple robe, his face filled with joy as he gazed at the people on Wanghai Peak.
“Friends, I’ve come to Wanghai Peak at the request of my employer. Now, please form your own groups. Each ship can carry two hundred people—please board the wind ships,” said the middle-aged man with a smile.
Then, the doors on the ten ships following the lead ship opened.
Qu Yi nodded at Wei Yan, who immediately ordered the cultivators to divide into ten groups and quickly board the wind ships.
Soon, the twenty wind ships flew northward, about to cross the Immortal-Demon Sea.
Qu Yi, Wei Yan, and Bai Yan entered the lead ship where the middle-aged man was, sitting with him.
“My name is Xin Gu. I was hired by a client to lead this fleet of wind ships to welcome you. Besides these two thousand of you, we’ve also welcomed around two thousand others earlier; they’re on the ships behind,” the middle-aged man introduced with a smile.
Qu Yi already knew about the situation on these twenty ships. The Artifact God had sensed that all aboard were cultivators in the late Yuan Ying stage, with a few being demon cultivators. It seemed these people, like Wei Yan, had gone to some place in the Southern Demon Continent and captured some powerful cultivators.
“Fellow cultivator Xin Gu,” Qu Yi asked.
Xin Gu glanced at Qu Yi, slightly puzzled. Qu Yi had the lowest cultivation level among the three, yet it seemed that Wei Yan and Bai Yan were willing to follow his orders.
“It will take two months, fellow cultivator,” Xin Gu replied with a smile.
Qu Yi frowned slightly before saying with a laugh, “That’s fine. We can just spend two months cultivating quietly on these wind ships. By the way, fellow cultivator Xin Gu, where will we dock once we reach the Northern Immortal Continent?”
“Oh, right. My employer asked us to dock the fleet at Hongyun Peak on the Northern Immortal Continent,” Xin Gu replied with a smile.
Qu Yi immediately recalled the terrain of the Northern Immortal Continent and located Hongyun Peak, feeling confident about their next steps.

On the North Immortal Continent, five major mountain ranges running north-south were occupied by the five major cultivation sects. From west to east, they were the Ziyang Mountains held by the Ziyang Palace, the Jiuhan Mountains held by the Jiuhan Sect, the Zhuhuo Volcanic Mountains held by the Zhuhuo Sect, the Qingyi Mountains held by the Qingyi Sect, and the Jinding Mountains held by the Jinding Sect.

Hongyun Peak was located in the central area between the Ziyang Mountains and the Jiuzhai Mountains, near the coast.

Qu Yi roughly guessed that after those cultivators from the South Demon Continent arrived, their first target would be either the Ziyang Palace or the Jiuhan Sect.

“Thank you, Daoist Xin Gu. Since I now know what I need to find out, I’ll go rest in my cabin,” Qu Yi said with a smile as he stood up.

Wei Yan and Bai Yan also immediately stood up and turned to leave.

“Alright, fellow Daoists. When we reach Hongyun Peak, I’ll come to inform you,” Xin Gu said with a smile as he stood up.

After that, Qu Yi, Wei Yan, and Bai Yan went to their respective cabins and began to meditate.

As for the Supreme Xuan Bone, he remained inside the Dimensional Sphere.

…

Two months later, the Wind-Facing Fleet finally arrived at the North Immortal Continent and found Hongyun Peak, where they anchored.

Qu Yi, Wei Yan, and Bai Yan flew out of the ship and landed on Hongyun Peak.

The 2,000 cultivators from the Three Cauldron Sect also quickly left the Wind-Facing Ship and flew behind Qu Yi and the others, standing quietly.

From the other ships, three demon cultivators emerged, each followed by over 600 cultivators.

These three demon cultivators all had the cultivation level of the late Yuan Ying stage. It seemed they were similar to Wei Yan’s status in the past, only sent to areas inhabited by smaller sects. As for the five major cultivation sects, only those with the Qiaochu stage cultivation were eligible to go there.

Wei Yan didn’t even recognize these three demon cultivators, nor did Bai Yan. Qu Yi couldn’t help but admire how strictly the leader of those demon cultivators controlled his subordinates.

“Hello, everyone. My name is Xiong Guan,” said the thickest and strongest man among the three demon cultivators as he flew over to introduce himself.

“Hello, everyone. My name is Lang Qiang,” said the tall and thin man with a sly look in his eyes as he also flew over to introduce himself.

“Hello, everyone. My name is Long Zhan,” said the well-proportioned man with an aura of explosive power as he flew over to introduce himself.

At the same time, Qu Yi learned from the God of Weapons that Xiong Guan’s true form was a Howling Bear, Lang Qiang’s true form was a Wind-Chasing Wolf, and Long Zhan’s true form was a Winged Black Dragon.

“My name is Buju. From now on, we’re comrades. I hope that in the battles to come, we’ll work together to kill all the cultivators,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Soon after, Bai Yan and Wei Yan also introduced themselves.
Xin Gula bid farewell to Qu Yi and the other five, then activated his wind-sailing boat and left Red Cloud Peak.
As agreed, after Qu Yi and the others brought the demon cultivators to the North Immortal Continent, they would wait for orders from the leader of the demon cultivators before taking further action.
So, Qu Yi and the others had no choice but to scatter the more than four thousand demon cultivators around Red Cloud Peak and wait for orders.
After all the demon cultivators left Red Cloud Peak, Qu Yi gave Bai Yan a wink with a cold smile.
“Xiong Guan, Lang Qiang, Long Zhan, it’s our first meeting. How about we have a drink? This is fine wine I brought from the South Demon Continent—called Zhe Cao Xiang. It’s a rare and excellent brew,” Bai Yan said, holding up a pure white porcelain bottle and laughing loudly.
Seeing that Bai Yan, a mid-stage out-of-body cultivator, was offering them drinks, the three demon cultivators didn’t dare refuse and immediately approached him with smiles.
With a wave of his hand, Bai Yan turned a huge rock into a stone table and sat down first. Xiong Guan, Lang Qiang, and Long Zhan also sat down, and Qu Yi and Wei Yan joined them without hesitation. Then, Bai Yan waved his hand again, setting up a spirit-locking restriction around them to prevent others from sensing their spiritual auras.
Xiong Guan and Long Zhan, being carefree by nature, didn’t take Bai Yan’s actions seriously. But Lang Qiang, who was naturally cautious, grew suspicious upon seeing Bai Yan’s actions.
Once the restriction was in place, Bai Yan suddenly took back the wine and burst into wild laughter.
“You three are already captured,” Qu Yi declared outright.
In an instant, Bai Yan waved his hand again, filling the entire restricted space with the pressure of his spiritual aura, forcing the three demon cultivators to remain motionless. Meanwhile, Xuan Gu Bone Master also came out of the Dimensional Sphere and quickly knocked the three unconscious.
“Alright, Bai Yan, plant soul shackles on these three demon cultivators,” Qu Yi said with a smile as he looked at the unconscious trio.
By now, Qu Yi despised slaves at the Yuan Ying stage and didn’t want to personally plant the soul shackles on them.
Bai Yan was overjoyed, knowing that Qu Yi fully trusted him. He immediately planted soul shackles on all three demon cultivators.
Xiong Guan, Lang Qiang, and Long Zhan soon woke up only to find themselves enslaved by Bai Yan.

“Master.” The three demon cultivators readily admitted their identities.
“Good. From now on, any boring orders will be treated as my orders—you three must definitely carry them out,” Bai Yan said directly.
Qu Yi smiled in satisfaction, knowing that Bai Yan was indeed very clever.
……
After subduing the three demon cultivators, Qu Yi and the others continued to meditate at Red Cloud Peak, waiting for orders from the demon cultivators’ leader.
Three days later, two auras appeared in the distance, flying rapidly toward Red Cloud Peak.
Both auras belonged to cultivators at the mid-stage of exiting the body, and one of them was actually the aura of the Southern Envoy.
Qu Yi was the first to notice it. He immediately stood up and stared at the distant sky.
Wei Yan, Bai Yan, Xiong Guan, Lang Qiang, and Long Zhan also stood up as soon as they saw Qu Yi rise, ready to welcome the two newcomers.
“Hehe, quite a large group—not bad,” a voice reached Qu Yi’s ears even before the people arrived.
Then, two figures landed in front of Qu Yi and the others. Besides the Southern Envoy, there was also a burly middle-aged man with a murderous aura in his eyes.
“Hello everyone. Let me introduce this person—this is the Northern Envoy, in charge of the plans for the Northern Immortal Continent,” the Southern Envoy spoke first.
“We pay our respects to the Northern Envoy!” Qu Yi and the others promptly replied politely.
At that moment, the God of Tools secretly informed Qu Yi that the true form of this Northern Envoy was a sky-patrolling hawk.
Satisfied with Qu Yi and the others’ respectful attitude, the Northern Envoy nodded repeatedly with a smile and said, “Thank you all for coming from the Southern Demon Continent. This time, we need your help to eliminate the five major sects on the Northern Immortal Continent at once.”
“The Northern Envoy is too kind. For the prosperity of the demon cultivators, we will surely go all out,” Qu Yi and the others shouted in unison.
The Northern Envoy was pleased. He glanced at each of the six of them before calmly saying, “The leader has given orders for us to attack Zi Yang Palace first. One month later, we must arrive at Yang Yun Peak at the edge of the Zi Yang Mountains. Our people will contact us there.”
“Understood, Northern Envoy,” the six of them replied in unison again.
As soon as the echoes faded, Bai Yan mysteriously stepped up to the Northern Envoy and whispered, “Northern Envoy, let’s not rush to Yang Yun Peak. I discovered a mysterious cave in the nearby seas. It requires the magical attacks of three cultivators at the mid-stage of exiting the body to break through its defenses. I think the Northern Envoy, the Southern Envoy, and I can go first to take care of that cave and find what’s inside. We can still make it to Yang Yun Peak in time.”

After hearing this, the northern envoy’s eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded in agreement.
At that moment, a mysterious glint appeared in Qu Yi’s eyes as he was overjoyed.