Chapter 22: Everyone at Guangyuan Gate Is Good People

“Qu Yi, how do you feel?” The Voice of the Artifact God sounded again.
Strangely, Qu Yi had thought he would suffer greatly, but nothing happened at all. Once the poisonous gas entered his body, it was immediately broken down and dissolved by the Mixed True Energy in his dantian, turning into part of it.
“Artifact God, this is amazing! Does that mean my body is immune to all poisons?” Qu Yi exclaimed in delight.
If his body wasn’t affected by the poisonous gases in the Demon Poison Star Region, he no longer needed to worry about them at all—this was no different from other planets in the cultivation world.
“Qu Yi, I’ve always believed that the Mixed True Energy in your dantian is a truly miraculous form of energy. It might even surpass the Original Energy—one I’ve never seen before. I can’t give a specific explanation, but one thing is certain: inside the Demon Poison Region, you don’t need to worry about poisons or your energy source,” the Artifact God said with a smile.
Since the poisonous gas could merge into the Mixed True Energy, and the latter could be transformed into the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—Qu Yi indeed didn’t need to worry about his energy source.
After confirming that the poisonous gas wouldn’t harm him but would actually benefit him, Qu Yi left the restaurant immediately. With a whoosh, he pierced through the sky and entered space, flying straight to a border planet on the outskirts of the Demon Poison Star Region.
Humans cultivators often visited this border planet. There were few poisonous beasts, but the planet was still filled with abundant poisonous gases. The ground was black and filthy, and the air was filled with highly toxic gases.
In less than half an hour, Qu Yi teleported to this planet and landed in a human cultivator settlement.
There were over a thousand cultivators here—some decomposing the corpses of poisonous beasts, some collecting poisonous gases, and even some sorting through ores containing deadly toxins.
Qu Yi scanned with his spiritual sense and realized that most of these people were using their own True Energy to resist the poisonous gases, with only a few taking antidote pills. Feeling proud, he immediately flew deeper into the planet.
Soon, Qu Yi’s figure disappeared from the spiritual senses of those cultivators, having gone far away.
In a canyon area, Qu Yi landed, his lips twitching.
“Artifact God, you just said that tens of thousands of miles away, there’s a hidden formation where five people are preparing to ambush me?” Qu Yi asked with a laugh.

Yes, just now when Qu Yi Fei was in the air, he spotted some Poison Fiend Beasts at the Golden Core stage. He had no intention of fighting them, but then the Artifact God sent a message saying that five people were coming to assassinate him.
“I’d better tell you—it’s a ‘Ten Thousand Breaths Condensed into One Array’. It can conceal the aura of those below the Tribulation stage. Inside the array, there are five people: one at the Mid-Combination stage and four at the Late-Splitment stage,” the Artifact God said calmly.
After hearing this, Qu Yi Fei curled his lips. Did these five really think they could defeat someone like him who was only at the Early-Splitment stage?
“Alright, since five ‘heroes’ are waiting for me, I’ll go meet them. Hey, the Golden Qilin just got a new club, and already someone dares to show up—I’d feel bad not using it,” Qu Yi Fei sneered.
In the air, Qu Yi Fei slowed down and leisurely flew above a flat area. In that plain, shrouded in poisonous gas, lay a hidden array, with five people inside. All of them were from the Guangyuan Gate. After receiving information from Meng Zhan of the Taiyuan Gate’s enforcement team, they immediately decided to ambush Qu Yi Fei.
“Uncle Ji Lu, Li Mu has already flown over. Can we attack now?” asked one of the four men at the Late-Splitment stage, a middle-aged man with pointed ears and a monkey-like face.
The expert at the Mid-Combination stage was Ji Lu from the Guangyuan Gate.
“Good, go!” Ji Lu ordered sharply.
Suddenly, five experts flew out of the plain, drawing their swords simultaneously and attacking Qu Yi Fei, who was floating leisurely in the air.
Among the five spells, the four experts at the Late-Splitment stage cast spells of metal, wood, fire, and earth—taking the forms of the four Sacred Beasts: the Azure Dragon, the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger, and the Black Tortoise. When these four Sacred Beasts’ essences merged, they gained the power of the Early-Combination stage. Ji Lu’s metal spell resembled golden clouds forming golden lightning, with golden bolts covering the sky.
Clearly, these five people intended to kill Qu Yi Fei with a single strike.
“Hehe!”
Qu Yi Fei sneered and suddenly disappeared, leaving only the echo of his cold laugh in the air.
The five spells struck the sky with immense force, but they missed completely. Soon, the spells formed from their essences dispersed, and their essences were stuck to the poisonous gas around them, quickly being consumed.
“How is that possible?”
“Where is he?”
“Was there any spatial fluctuation? It doesn’t seem like he teleported away.”
“Our eyes are fine. We were sure Li Mu was flying in the air just now!”

The five members of Guangyuan Gate were completely stunned. They couldn’t believe that the two spells of combined power they had cast together had failed to land. What was even more bizarre was that they had no idea how Li Mu had disappeared.

Just as the five were filled with confusion, Qu Yi suddenly appeared, accompanied by Wu Yuan, Golden Qilin, and Illusory Dancing Butterfly.

“Scum of Guangyuan Gate, you dare to lay an ambush on me? Very good. Then stay here,” Qu Yi sneered coldly, looking at the five with contempt.

Without giving them a chance to respond, as soon as Qu Yi spoke, Wu Yuan, Golden Qilin, and Illusory Dancing Butterfly attacked immediately.

Wu Yuan galloped forward, spreading his wings, and landed right in front of the expert who practiced fire-based martial arts. His dragon head shook, and nine golden swords shot out, aiming straight at the expert’s face.

The expert, facing this monstrous beast that was twenty meters tall and whose wingbeats made it difficult even for himself to fly, felt despair set in. In his panic, he managed to block three of the nine swords with his own sword, but the other six shattered his head completely.

Wu Yuan let out a growl, opened his mouth, and swallowed the expert’s corpse.

Illusory Dancing Butterfly floated in the air, dancing gracefully as she descended to the ground. Her mesmerizing dance captivated the other three experts at the late Divination stage. They froze momentarily, watching her approach before eagerly admiring her stunning movements.

Ji Lu saw that the three experts had been bewitched and wanted to intervene to wake them up, but Golden Qilin already swung his mountain-crushing staff with terrifying force. With no choice, Ji Lu drew his own golden sword, channeled his vital energy, and unleashed a massive golden sword spell to break through the crushing pressure.

Qu Yi watched from above. There was no need to act yet. He would let Illusory Dancing Butterfly dance first, steal the experts’ understanding of energy, and then kill them. As for Ji Lu, who was at the mid-Combined stage, Qu Yi intended to let Golden Qilin challenge him to practice.

Seeing that she was fighting three opponents while Golden Qilin was holding off Ji Lu, Illusory Dancing Butterfly was overjoyed and twisted her waist even more seductively. The poisonous gases in the surrounding space gathered rapidly, forming various patterns in rhythm with her dance.

Three masters at the late stage of the Divided Mind realm were confused by the spiritual attack of the Illusory Dancing Butterfly and failed to regain their clarity. Under its influence, they cast spells after spells, revealing without reservation their understanding of energy. The Illusory Dancing Butterfly was overjoyed.

On the other side, although the Golden Qilin was only at the early stage of fusion, its formidable defensive power as a beast allowed it to fight evenly with Ji Lu. Naturally, seeing his three disciples gradually fall into trouble without being able to stop them, Ji Lu grew furious.

“A mere being at the early fusion stage, thinking you can hold me back with a low-grade spiritual weapon? My Morning Gold Sword is also a low-grade spiritual weapon—watch how I kill you!” Ji Lu roared angrily, accelerating his movements.

The Morning Gold Sword pulsed with vital energy, unleashing powerful spells one after another: a Splitting Blade, followed by a Ten-Sword Spin Cut, and then a Golden Sword Prison, forcing the Golden Qilin to struggle desperately, almost losing control of its limbs. If not for its strong physical defense, it would have been pierced by countless sword energies.

Qu Yi watched from above. Seeing the Golden Qilin unable to resist, he sighed and shouted, “Golden Qilin, you’re too weak! I’ve given you the best gold gems and precious artifacts, yet you still can’t defeat a mid-stage fusion being. Enough! Use the sword I gave you to knock him out!”

The Golden Qilin’s face turned nearly purple in anger. With Qu Yi’s permission, it immediately retracted its Mountain Smashing Staff and grasped the Eight-Direction Sword.

“You’re having fun, aren’t you?” The Golden Qilin channeled its vital energy into the Eight-Direction Sword and shouted angrily as it swung it.

A streak of light flashed out, piercing Ji Lu’s body just as he tried to escape. Without a doubt, Ji Lu let out a groan before being thrown to the ground and losing consciousness.

Still unsatisfied after knocking Ji Lu out, the Golden Qilin wanted to use the Eight-Direction Sword to turn him into flesh paste. Qu Yi immediately flew down, swept the Golden Qilin to the ground with his right foot, and retrieved the sword.

“You need to reflect carefully from now on. Stop playing around with Wu Yuan and practice constantly. Understand?” Qu Yi took the opportunity to scold it, then flew over to Ji Lu and brought him into the Inch Realm Sphere.

Meanwhile, the Illusory Dancing Butterfly continued dancing until it exhausted all its vital energy, having also stolen the understanding of energy from the three masters at the late stage of the Divided Mind realm.

Qu Yi smiled, suddenly flew over, and stabbed three times with his Golden Spear, killing the three experts and seizing their Yuan Ying in the process.
“Haha, everyone from Guangyuan Gate is such a good person! I need five Yuan Ying from the later stage of Shen Shen to break through to the middle stage, and Guangyuan Gate has provided them all.” Qu Yi laughed wildly.
Yan Zhong, Hu Han, and Yang Yin brought the Yuan Ying of metal, water, and fire, respectively. Now Qu Yi had four Yuan Ying in total, including those of wood and earth. Finally, all five Yuan Ying were gathered.
The Golden Qilin, who had been scolded earlier, saw Qu Yi happy and immediately called out with a sheepish smile, “Master, your luck is truly unmatched in the world.”
Qu Yi glanced at the Golden Qilin and sighed, “Golden Qilin, you’re too weak. It seems I need to find you an opponent so you can fight every day. Wuyuan, that expert in the middle stage of He Ti, is now yours to devour. You must advance to the early stage of He Ti and go ahead and torment the Golden Qilin every day.”
Upon hearing this, Wuyuan immediately cried out, “Ugh, great! Qu Yi, you’re really a good person.”