Chapter 42: Battle Results

The Flame Red Sword formed by the nine members of Blue Yang Palace suddenly gained immense power, forcing the six Ice Swords to explode. Since the Ice Swords also possessed the strength of those in the early stage of tribulation, their explosions became even more powerful. At the same time, the explosion of the six Ice Swords drained most of the true energy from the Red Sword.

The Yellow Sword formed by the twelve members of Cang Yang Valley saw this perfect opportunity immediately and flew over to strike at the center of the Red Sword.

Boom!

Flames erupted across the entire canyon, turning it into a vast sea of fire. All the cold air in the canyon was dispelled, and the thick ice layer above melted completely.

The Red Sword was broken, and the nine members of Blue Yang Palace flew through the air, spewing blood.

The Yellow Sword, formed by the twelve members of Cang Yang Valley, remained stable despite the tremors. Without giving the nine members of Blue Yang Palace time to recover, it moved through the sea of fire and attacked them directly.

“Ahh!”

One of the elders from Blue Yang Palace, still in the early stage of fusion, hadn’t even wiped the blood from his mouth when he realized the Yellow Sword had pierced through his body, causing his entire body to explode.

The Yellow Sword possessed the strength of those in the early stage of tribulation. With the nine members of Blue Yang Palace separated, their combined strength was nowhere near enough to resist.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Yellow Sword leaped through the sea of fire, approaching each of the nine members one by one. With a single strike, it claimed all their lives.

Undoubtedly, as the Yellow Sword attacked, a human figure rapidly emerged on its surface. At the moment the nine members exploded, it seized their space rings.

With the death of the nine members of Blue Yang Palace, Cang Yang Valley obtained all their pills and treasures.

Soon, cold air surged back to the bottom of the canyon, extinguishing the sea of fire in the air. The Yellow Sword disappeared, and the twelve members of Cang Yang Valley floated in the air.

“Haha, Junior Li Heng, your suggestion was great! Now that everyone from Blue Yang Palace is dead, we not only lose a competitor but also get their pills—quite a number of them. Now I’m sure that all of us in Cang Yang Valley will have enough true energy to reach the South Pole,” Li Zhen exclaimed joyfully as he spread out the nine space rings in his hands.

“Haha…”

The other eleven members of Cang Yang Valley were also overjoyed.

A day later, after resting and recovering their true energy, the eleven members of Cang Yang Valley were in excellent physical condition.

“Everyone, next, we’ll take our Flying Ice Bee pet companions and re-enter the Gale Region to continue our journey to the South Pole,” Li Zhen said loudly.

The wings of the flying ice bees could possibly withstand the attacks of the gale winds. Li Zhen really wanted these flying ice bees to protect the twelve of them, so that they wouldn’t have to worry about the gale winds nor expend their vital energy.
“Haha, this is a great idea,” said the eleven of them joyfully.
Immediately, the twelve people from Cangyang Valley went back into the canyon and caught two thousand flying ice bees. Then they left the ice-cave valley with all twelve thousand flying ice bees and emerged onto the surface.
One thousand flying ice bees formed a conical array, creating twelve ice bee cones of equal size, with one person hidden in each cone.
The flying ice bees flew close to the ground, and the twelve arrays lined up in sequence and headed toward the South Pole.
There were even more gale winds blowing everywhere, but they posed no threat at all to the array of flying ice bees. When the winds hit, a few ice bees would scatter them with their wings.
Thus, the twelve people from Cangyang Valley could hide comfortably inside the cones, without expending any vital energy, as they rushed toward the South Pole.
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Inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi stopped the flow of his vital energy. The Samadhi Flame in the Furnace of Flame went out, and he got to know another type of material for refining weapons.
The Weapon God suddenly appeared, laughing and gesturing excitedly. “Qu Yi, guess what happened in the battle between Cangyang Valley and LanYang Palace?”
Qu Yi’s eyes sparkled. He snapped his fingers and said, “Could it be that Cangyang Valley managed to kill everyone from LanYang Palace without losing a single person?”
From the Weapon God’s expression, Qu Yi could roughly guess the outcome.
The Weapon God bit his lip in frustration, realizing he had gotten carried away and essentially given Qu Yi the answer.
“Yes, the twelve people from Cangyang Valley didn’t lose a single one and even seized all the medicinal pills from LanYang Palace. Now, they’ve suddenly come up with the idea of using flying ice bees to cross the gale wind zones,” the Weapon God said with a laugh.
Qu Yi responded with a “Oh,” seemingly uninterested in how Cangyang Valley planned to cross the gale wind zones.
“By the way, Weapon God, what about the other eight sects? How are they doing?” Qu Yi suddenly asked.
According to the plan, the other eight sects should also have encountered each other and fought fiercely. Qu Yi just wanted to know in advance which four sects would emerge victorious in this struggle, as well as the strength of the key figures in those four sects.
The Weapon God snapped his fingers and laughed mischievously. “Can’t tell you!”
Hearing this, Qu Yi immediately picked up the Furnace of Flame and threw it at the Weapon God.
The Weapon God chuckled and vanished instantly. Only the Furnace of Flame was left, rolling hundreds of meters across the lawn before stopping.

After a while, the Artifact God suddenly reappeared, smiling as he waved his fair little hand at Qu Yi. Qu Yi was too lazy to pay him any attention; he flew over to the Furnace of Flames, set it upright again, and prepared to take out another material for refining, intending to melt it with true fire. “Wait, did I not say no?” The Artifact God saw that Qu Yi wasn’t even willing to beg humbly, so he decided it was no longer fun to tease him and spoke up instead. Soon, the Artifact God told him everything about the other eight factions truthfully. As the leading faction among the four major cultivation sects, the Taiyuan Sect was extremely powerful and sent Liang Jue, its strongest cultivator at the Convergence stage. The Hundred Beasts Hive, being the strongest among the three major demon cultivation forces, sent the late Convergence-stage demon beast Storm Blue Dragon. Under the Artifact God’s covert guidance, these two major sects finally met in the ice-cave gorge. As two top-tier forces, they agreed to fight one-on-one as soon as they met. Thus, Liang Jue fought against Storm Blue Dragon, while the other cultivators at the early Convergence stage also fought in pairs. After a fierce battle, Liang Jue used his trump card—the “Thousand Swords Subdue Dragon Formation”—to kill Storm Blue Dragon. The other demons from the Hundred Beasts Hive were also killed one by one, but the Taiyuan Sect lost five elders at the early Convergence stage as well. Of course, the two insiders controlled by the Artifact God—Liang Qu from the Taiyuan Sect and the Red-Eyed White Snake from the Hundred Beasts Hive—met right away, pretending to fight fiercely and flying far away, beyond everyone’s spiritual perception range, before stopping. It wasn’t until a result was determined between the two factions that Liang Qu used a communication token to send news, after which he flew back, while the Red-Eyed White Snake flew alone toward the north of the Ice Continent, without having to go to Antarctica… One of the three major demon cultivation forces, the Moon-Biting Cliff, encountered the cultivation sect Qingyun Sect. On the surface, the Moon-Biting Cliff consisted of one late Convergence-stage demon beast, the Howling Moon Wolf, along with ten early Convergence-stage demon beasts. Among these ten, five were actually Pan-Heaven Snakes born from the same mother; they had hidden their true energy auras and were actually at the mid-Convergence stage. Even more terrifyingly, because they were born from the same mother, these five Pan-Heaven Snakes could connect end to end, thus achieving the power of late Convergence stage. Naturally, the members of Qingyun Sect were caught off guard during the one-on-one fights. The five Pan-Heaven Snakes suddenly merged and, together with the Howling Moon Wolf, killed Cui Tong, the leader of the eleven members of Qingyun Sect, before eliminating the rest one by one.

Of course, the Green Bamboo of the Qingyun Sect controlled by the Instrument God and the Silver-Faced Howling Dogs of the Moon-Bearing Cliff clashed from the start, and as the battle progressed, they moved farther away, out of range of everyone’s spiritual perception. In the end, Green Bamboo flew back alone toward the northern part of the Ice Continent.
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The JinYang Sect, the foremost of the three demon cultivation sects, sent eleven members this time—one in the late Consolidation stage named Shuo Jin, and ten in the early Consolidation stage. The YingTian Sect, one of the four cultivation sects, also sent eleven members—one in the late Consolidation stage named Tan Shang, and ten in the early Consolidation stage. These two sects met in the Under-Ice Gorge. Miraculously, the members of both sects reached an agreement through negotiation, swearing by their souls to fight one-on-one. When a pair failed to decide the outcome, the others were not allowed to interfere and could only watch. In the end, the JinYang Sect, as a demon cultivation force with rich combat experience due to its tradition of gaining wisdom through killing, emerged victorious. However, four members of the JinYang Sect were killed in the early Consolidation stage, leaving only seven members left. It was a pity that Tan Sha from the YingTian Sect, controlled by the Instrument God, died. But since Shuo Bai, an insider from the JinYang Sect, survived, the Instrument God still had control over the movements of the JinYang Sect’s members.
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Jiugong Island, one of the three demon cultivation forces, sent a beast in the late Consolidation stage called the Ancient Ice Crocodile, along with ten beasts in the early Consolidation stage. Among these ten beasts, five were actually Sea-Devouring Blood Pythons born from the same litter. BiYan Peak, another of the three demon cultivation sects, sent Yan Jin in the late Consolidation stage along with ten elders in the early Consolidation stage. The battle between these two sides was similar to that between the Moon-Bearing Cliff and the Qingyun Sect—during the one-on-one fights, the five Sea-Devouring Blood Pythons suddenly merged and, together with the Ancient Ice Crocodile, killed Yan Jin. Then they killed all the members of BiYan Peak one by one. Of course, the two insiders controlled by the Instrument God—Blue Dragon from Jiugong Island and Yan Shi from BiYan Peak—joined forces and also moved away from the battlefield. In the end, Yan Shi flew back alone to wait for Qu Yi’s return at the northern end of the Ice Continent.
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The Instrument God spoke at length, eloquently. After listening, Qu Yi showed no reaction at all. Instead, he channeled his vital energy to create Triple-Truth Flame inside the Panfire Cauldron, then threw in a piece of crafting material to study its properties further. The Instrument God crossed its arms, glared angrily at Qu Yi, hoping he would at least express some thoughts. Had it really been enough for it to describe the battles between the eight sects without any comment?

Seeing Qu Yi’s serious expression, the God of Tools stamped his foot, snorted, and disappeared. Outside the Dimensional Ball, the twelve members of Cangyang Valley, after three months of flight, finally arrived at a special place where spatial cracks were already appearing.