Chapter 31: The Three-Eyed Whale King

The space teleportation array in Haiyun City was located on a mountain made of pale blue jade, which gave the entire mountain a shimmering pale blue glow—truly a magnificent place.
At that moment, Qu Yi was meditating on a nearby peak. Suddenly, the spirit consciousness of the Artifact God transmitted a message: “Qu Yi, that Wang Dong has already flown to the space teleportation array. His destination is Xingguang Island.”
It turned out the young man who had competed with Qu Yi for minerals was named Wang Dong. The Artifact God had been tracking him for three days and had already learned his identity and name.
Qu Yi immediately opened his eyes and murmured, “Then let’s end his life.”
In a flash, he appeared at the top of the mountain covered in pale blue jade. He paid ten mid-grade spirit stones to teleport to Xingguang Island.
The space teleportation array on Xingguang Island was near Guangming Pond, the headquarters of the Jin Guang Sect. There was also a cultivation market there called Guangming Town.
As soon as Qu Yi emerged from the space teleportation array, his spirit consciousness locked onto Wang Dong’s location. Wang Dong was flying toward Guangming Pond.
“Heh, I’m right at the headquarters of the Jin Guang Sect—let me kill this son of the vice sect leader,” Qu Yi said coldly. His body turned into a streak of light as he rushed forward.
Wang Dong had forcefully acquired materials such as Fire Yang Stone, which was of mid-grade spirit artifact level, at fifty high-grade spirit stones each, along with two other materials at least at low-grade spirit artifact level. What made him even happier was that he had humiliated a cultivator and made him leave obediently—everything made him extremely pleased.
At that moment, Wang Dong, flying in the air, was leisurely gliding, smiling constantly as he recalled how he had scolded Qu Yi that day.
“Hey, are you done laughing?” Suddenly, Qu Yi appeared in front of Wang Dong and asked with a smile.
“You…” Wang Dong’s eyes widened in shock as he stared at Qu Yi.
But by then, Qu Yi already held the Earth Dragon Sword. In an instant, his body turned into a blur, and the Earth Dragon Sword pierced through Wang Dong’s body. Wang Dong’s Yuan Ying was also instantly extracted by Qu Yi.
Qu Yi obtained a Yuan Ying in the early stage of the Golden Element realm.
At that moment, by the Guangming Pond, which shimmered with golden light, stood a nine-story tower entirely built of Guangming Jade. On the top floor were three people: Shen Xing, the sect leader of the Jin Guang Sect; Shen Li, the vice sect leader; and another person—Liang Jue, the leader sent by the Tai Yuan Sect to Bai Yin Star, who was in the late stage of merging his Yuan Ying.
The three of them were discussing the Eight Directions Sword and other factions.

But at that moment, Shen Li, the opulent and plump deputy sect leader, suddenly let out a mournful cry as he flew out of the attic and headed toward Guangming Town.
Shen Xing and Liang Jue were stunned for a moment before realizing what had happened—the son of Shen Li had been killed right at his doorstep.
Liang Jue remained in the attic; he wouldn’t get involved in such matters. But Shen Xing had no choice but to act immediately and also flew toward where Wang Dong had died.
As for Qu Yi, the moment he killed Wang Dong, he immediately took out a space transit talisman and, by channeling his vital energy, created a spatial portal.
Qu Yi flew toward the portal, and upon entering it, his body entered the Tiny Realm Sphere.
Shen Li arrived at the site of Wang Dong’s death and saw the fading spatial portal. A mouthful of blood gushed out from him.
“Those who killed my son—I will never forgive them,” Shen Li cried in grief.
Since joining the Xingguang Sect as a child, Shen Li had fallen in love with a senior sister. Through diligent cultivation, he finally won her heart by the Yuan Ying stage. To have an heir, he resolutely sealed his cultivation level and had children with her—Wang Dong. Due to the hundred years of sealing, his cultivation progress was slower; he was now only at the early stage of merging, far behind his senior brother Shen Xing, who was in the middle stage.
“Junior brother Shen Li, calm down. We know the killer’s aura—he’s at the middle stage of leaving the body, using Earthly Vital Energy. He surely hasn’t left Xingguang Island yet. Let’s deploy all the sect’s forces to search for him immediately,” Shen Xing said as he flew over.
Shen Li put Wang Dong’s body into his storage bracelet, then shouted with murderous intent in his eyes, “Senior brother, you must help me avenge Dong’er.”
Shen Xing nodded.
Beside them, a speck of dust clung to a blade of grass, drifting with the wind—that was the Tiny Realm Sphere.
Inside the sphere, Qu Yi and the Artifact God sat by a lake.
“Qu Yi, you’re still very clever. You changed your appearance and used Earthly Vital Energy, Earthly spells, and Earthly artifacts to kill Wang Dong. If you only reveal the aura of Golden Vital Energy from now on, who will be able to detect you?” Qu Yi said joyfully, smiling so widely that his eyes closed.
Qu Yi merely smiled. He still wanted to do some things on Xingguang Island. How could he put himself in a desperate situation as soon as he appeared? Naturally, he changed his appearance and used only Earthly Vital Energy. In this way, as long as he didn’t reveal the aura of Earthly Vital Energy, no one would suspect him.

Mixing the True Essence of Earth, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, Qu Yi could switch between these six types of True Essence at will. As long as he didn’t reveal the essence of Earth, he could move freely on Xingguang Island without having to hide or flee.
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The Xingguang Sect had twenty branches across the island, each corresponding to a cultivation peak.
Muchen Peak, located in the eastern part of Xingguang Island, was one such cultivation peak of the sect.
The branch leader, Shen Nan, who was in the later stage of the Divided Mind realm, was currently chatting with an elder in the early stage of the Combined Body realm. This elder, named Liang Qu, came from the Taiyuan Gate and had followed Liang Jue to Baiyin Star when the Eight Directions Sword appeared.
Suddenly, Shen Nan’s expression froze, and he took out a communication tablet.
“The son of the vice sect leader, Shen Li, has been killed. All twenty disciples of the Xingguang Sect must work together to find him.”
Along with this message, the essence of Earth left by Qu Yi was also simulated and sent via the communication tablet.
After scanning it with his spiritual sense, Shen Nan tossed the tablet to Liang Qu and said with a smile, “Elder, this is a message from the sect leader. If you happen to encounter him, I hope you can lend a hand.”
After scanning it, Liang Qu smiled faintly. “In the middle stage of the Out-of-Body realm, he managed to kill someone in the early stage of the Divided Mind realm. This world is truly interesting. Well, if I meet him, I’ll definitely catch the murderer and find out what secrets he has that allow him to kill beyond his rank.”
Shen Nan also smiled calmly and continued their conversation, “Elder, now that the cultivators from other planets have left Baiyin Star, we don’t need to kill anyone anymore. I have a good suggestion—let’s go to the ocean. I know where the Three-Eyed Whale King’s lair is. It’s only in the later stage of the Divided Mind realm. I believe you can defeat it if you go.”
At this point, Shen Nan had already started to ingratiate himself with Liang Qu. Since he planned to join the Taiyuan Gate after reaching the Calamity Crossing realm, he wanted Liang Qu to remember his kindness now.
Hearing this, Liang Qu’s eyes lit up, and he said gladly, “Really? The third eye of the Three-Eyed Whale King would be extremely useful to me. Since you know where it is, I’ll go with you.”
Seeing that Liang Qu agreed, Shen Nan was delighted and immediately said, “Great, Elder. Let me give some instructions to my disciples first, then I’ll take you there.”
Liang Qu nodded with a smile.
Unbeknownst to them, a speck of dust in the air happened to land on Shen Nan’s body with the wind and remained motionless. Naturally, this dust was actually a transformed Centimeter Realm Ball.
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Ten thousand miles east of Muchen Peak lay the coast of the Ten Islands Ocean.

At this moment, Shennan and Liangqu flew above the coast. Without stopping, they continued onward. After another ten thousand miles, they finally came to a halt.
“Elder, descending from here leads to the Three-Eyed Whale King’s lair. I was here before with the deputy sect leader, and we found that its lair is actually an underwater maze with countless paths. Moreover, spiritual senses are strongly suppressed there, so we didn’t go deeper,” Shennan said while hovering in the air.
Liangqu smiled and said casually, “It’s okay. I have a magical artifact with me—the Heart Mark Stone Flower. We won’t get lost in the maze.”
The Heart Mark Stone Flower is a special creature in the cultivation world. For ten years, it remains a stone; after another ten years, it turns into a chrysanthemum. The moment it changes its form after those twenty years, if one can control it, it can be refined into a soul-based magical artifact. The artifact consists of two parts: the stone and the chrysanthemum. As long as the stone is placed in one place and the chrysanthemum is held in hand, one can sense their locations no matter how far apart they are.
Hearing this, Shennan laughed heartily. Now everything was foolproof. As long as they didn’t lose their way, even the Three-Eyed Whale King, at the late stage of spiritual cultivation, couldn’t hide in the deepest parts of the maze.
After speaking, the two immediately dived into the sea and soon reached the seabed.
Indeed, there was a winding underwater mountain range on the seabed, with a huge cave entrance right in front of them.
“Elder, this is the Three-Eyed Whale King’s lair. Entering through this cave leads to a vast maze that seems to span the entire underwater mountain range,” Shennan said, still showing some wariness as he recalled past experiences.
Liangqu smiled and took out the Heart Mark Stone Flower. He placed the stone part of the artifact on the seabed, disguising it with a large rock.
“It’s ready. Let’s go in,” Liangqu said confidently.
Seeing Liangqu’s determined expression, Shennan knew he was fully confident and felt reassured. He immediately followed Liangqu into the cave.
The Inch Realm Ball, attached to Shennan, also entered the cave along with him.
Just a mile inside the cave, Liangqu was shocked to find that his spiritual senses were suppressed, with his sensing range reduced to only ten miles—and it was getting shorter. However, at that moment, Liangqu happily sensed that the Three-Eyed Whale King was swimming toward the cave entrance, seemingly intending to leave.

The Three-Eyed Whale King was covered in golden scales, and its body wasn’t very large—only ten meters long. On each side of its head were large dark green eyes, and in the center of its head was another vertical eye that was closed, exuding a strange and terrifying aura. At that moment, sensing Shen Nan and Liang Qu at the entrance of the cave, the Three-Eyed Whale King quickly turned around and fled back into the cave.