Chapter 44: Gathering Yuan Ying

The three demonic cultivation sects—Bai Shou Peak, Xian Yue Cliff, and Jiu Gong Island—united to continuously attack the enforcement teams of other sects in the sky of the Tian Huo Star Region.
The enforcement teams of the five sects—Lan Yang Palace, Qing Yun Sect, Ying Tian School, Bi Yan Peak, and Cang Yang Valley—were ambushed by these three demonic enforcement teams as they flew toward planets, suffering heavy losses.
All of Lan Yang Palace’s enforcement members were wiped out.
Qing Yun Sect’s 150 enforcement members, after a fierce resistance, finally received rescue from elders at the Convergence Stage, but less than 20 of them remained.
Ying Tian School’s 180 enforcement members, under siege by the enforcement teams of the three demonic sects, fought desperately and used their sect’s joint attack spell, “Earth Yuan Space,” to break through, yet still suffered losses, with only 100 members left.
Bi Yan Peak’s 150 enforcement members, all highly trained cultivators skilled in fire-based techniques, had expected a smooth journey in the Tian Huo Star Region. Instead, they encountered the enforcement teams of the three demonic sects, as well as Dragon Scale Fire Eels—innate fire-type demons that overwhelmed them. Under waves of collective fire spells, the 150 members fled in panic, with less than 20 surviving.
Cang Yang Valley’s 170 enforcement members were trapped on a planet by the enforcement teams of the three demonic sects. After a fierce battle, only 20 managed to escape.
However, despite fighting in inferior numbers, the enforcement teams of the three demonic sects forced the other sects’ members to fight desperately; some even self-destructed using their Yuan Ying, resulting in losses on all sides.
There were now less than 100 Qing Feng Tian Langs, less than 80 Storm Eagle Emperors, and 90 Dragon Scale Fire Eels left.
This sniper battle in the sky lasted for a year.
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Over the course of a year, Shuo Shang, Shuo Rui, and Shuo Xu, along with the Dimension Ball, finally arrived at a planet near Tian Er Star, numbered as Inner Star 100.
Based on the predictions of the ten major sects and past experiences with the emergence of the Six Harmonies Sword, it was estimated that it would take five years for it to appear, starting from the signs of its emergence. Thus, the ten sects only sent enforcement teams at the Divided Spirit Stage to scout and set up space teleportation arrays—a process expected to take about five years, coinciding precisely with the time when the Six Harmonies Sword would appear.

And now, the three powerful cultivators in the later stages of fusion—Shuoshang, Shuorui, and Shuoxu—were much faster than the law enforcers in the Divine Splitting stage. It only took them a year to reach the core area of the Tianhuo Star Region. As soon as Shuoshang landed on Inner Hundred Stars, Qu Yi emerged from the Dimensional Sphere and began observing the entire planet. On Inner Hundred Stars, the entire planet was engulfed in flames that roared in the wind; some flames were even hundreds of meters long, with a power comparable to that of the True Fire of Xuanji—truly terrifying. Qu Yi and Shuoshang stood on the only landing spot on Inner Hundred Stars, a red stone mountain over a hundred meters high. This stone was also a rare cultivation material, True Fire Stone, capable of resisting the burning effect of the True Fire of Xuanji. After scanning the surroundings with his spiritual sense, Qu Yi simply smiled faintly before taking out the Eight Directions Sword and cutting off a piece of True Fire Stone from the mountain, placing it in his space ring. “Tianer Star is ahead. We’re almost at our destination. But it’s still over three years before the Six Harmonies Blade appears, so there’s no need to rush to Tianer Star,” Qu Yi said calmly. On Tianer Star, cultivators couldn’t absorb spiritual energy and had to take pills to replenish their vital energy. Qu Yi certainly didn’t want to go there now and waste his vital energy for nothing. Shuoshang nodded and said, “Li Mu, we’ve reached our destination now. I can send a message back to the JinYang Sect.” It turned out that Shuoshang hadn’t yet reported the defeat of the JinYang Sect’s elders. Qu Yi smiled and said directly, “Why rush? If you send a message now, your sect leader Jin Xiong will surely send other elders in the fusion stage immediately, which would hinder my plans. Wait three years. By then, the Six Harmonies Blade will appear. Just make up some excuse, saying that those eight elders were consumed by the heavenly fire. By that time, even if Jin Xiong wants to send more elders, it will be too late.” Those three elders from the JinYang Sect were already under Qu Yi’s control, but people from other sects didn’t know this. Qu Yi wanted to use these three to infiltrate Tianyi Star and participate in the treasure hunt. After hearing this, Shuoshang sighed and had no choice but to accept it. Then, Qu Yi took out a space teleportation array and quickly set it up on the True Fire Stone Mountain. After Shuoshang entered the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi stepped into the space teleportation array and was teleported back to another planet, Inner Seventy-Three Stars. Inner Seventy-Three Stars was the planet Qu Yi had discovered last time. There, there was a space teleportation array, guarded by the chief captain, Liang Kui. Qu Yi’s figure reappeared from the space teleportation array on Inner Seventy-Three Stars.

“Oh, Li Mu, have you found another planet?” Liang Kui immediately opened his eyes and asked with a faint smile.
Qu Yi nodded, then exclaimed happily, “Captain, I’ve reached the inner hundred planets. Flying any further will take us to Tian Er Planet.”
Liang Kui became excited and quickly stood up from his seated position, looking at Qu Yi with enthusiasm and laughing loudly, “Great! Now it’s certain that our Taiyuan Gate has secured the entire Tianhuo Star Region—from the outer first planet to the inner hundred planets. We’ve successfully set up all the space teleportation arrays.”
The hundred law enforcers of Taiyuan Gate were also here. Hearing Qu Yi’s words, they all laughed joyfully.
After everyone had stopped laughing, Qu Yi suddenly said to Liang Kui, “Captain, since we’ve set up all the space teleportation arrays, I want to take the law enforcers to other planets to ambush the law enforcement teams of other sects. I’d like to ask for the help of the other elders.”
Since he planned to go to Tian Yi Planet to steal treasures, Qu Yi thought of the lack of spiritual energy there and naturally wanted to obtain some items to replenish his true energy.
For Qu Yi, the fastest way to replenish his true energy was by devouring Yuan Ying.
Qu Yi had set his sights on the law enforcement members of other sects.
Hearing Qu Yi’s words, those law enforcers became excited again and started jumping. They had been trapped in the space teleportation arrays for over a year and had long wanted to follow Qu Yi to cause trouble to the law enforcement teams of other sects and seize treasures by chance.
The ‘generosity’ shown by the law enforcers of Jin Yang Sect last time had left these hundred law enforcers of Taiyuan Gate longing for more.
Liang Kui looked at Qu Yi, nodded, and smiled, “It’s fine. Anyway, your law enforcement team’s mission is already complete. Staying in the space teleportation arrays all the time would be boring too. Li Mu, take the law enforcers to attack the people of other sects. As for us elders helping you, it depends on your ability. If you can persuade them, I’ll allow those elders to assist you.”
As the captain of Taiyuan Gate’s Law Enforcement Hall, Liang Kui himself wasn’t suitable to go on robberies—it would be too beneath his status. The other ten elders, on the other hand, had no such concerns.
Qu Yi and the law enforcers laughed heartily. Everyone understood Liang Kui’s intention.
Soon, Qu Yi led the hundred law enforcers back to other planets in the inner region through the space teleportation arrays.
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The enforcement members of the Qingyun Sect, Biyan Peak, and Cangyang Valley were attacked by the three demon cultivator sects, leaving them with fewer than 20 enforcement members each. As a result, the elder councils of these three sects decided to have the remaining enforcement members abandon their plans to enter the Tianhuo Star Region and instead station themselves within the already prepared space teleportation arrays.

The task of entering the Tianhuo Star Region was taken on by the elder councils of the three sects themselves. Eleven elders flew directly to the core area of the Tianhuo Star Region to participate in the treasure-hunting mission.

The Yingtian Sect still had 100 enforcement members, who continued to be sent forward by their elder council into the interior of the Tianhuo Star Region. However, learning from previous experiences, these enforcement members dared not be reckless and flew slowly through space.

Thus, the enforcement teams currently flying in space were those from the three demon cultivator sects: BaiShou Peak, XianYue Cliff, and Jiugong Island.

At this time, the three enforcement teams—Qingfeng Tianlang, Fengbao Yinghuang, and Longlin Huoeman—comprising 270 demon beasts—arrived at the Inner Thirteen Stars. They split into three groups and searched for suitable locations to set up space teleportation arrays.

Unluckily, Qu Yi had already set up a space teleportation array on one of these Inner Thirteen Stars.

The 100 Qingfeng Tianlangs were flying high in the sky, full of enthusiasm. Looking down at the ground covered in magma and molten iron, they dared not land and continued to fly around, searching for a place to settle. Suddenly, ahead lay a small mountain range ten miles long, entirely made of red rocks. The molten iron and magma surrounding it crashed against the rocks like waves, yet failed to melt them. Instead, the molten iron that landed on the rocks solidified and became part of the mountains.

Awoo!

The Green-Eyed Wolf King was the first to spot the mountain range. He immediately raised his head and shouted, leading the others toward it.

Inside this mountain range was the space teleportation array set up by Qu Yi. In the cave where the array was located, Qu Yi was hiding with 100 enforcement members.

Of course, a “Wind Follows Nature” formation had already been placed at the cave entrance, completely hiding the cave and masking everyone’s presence.

The Green-Eyed Wolf King led the 100 Qingfeng Tianlangs to land on the mountain range. After letting out a loud howl to relieve the fatigue from over a month of flight, they began to carefully examine the entire mountain range.

Suddenly, Qu Yi flew out of the cave and stood tall in front of the Green-Eyed Wolf King. Behind him were the hundred law enforcers, and above them were two mid-stage merged elders, blocking the Green Wind Sky Wolves’ escape routes.

Yes, Qu Yi had convinced two elders from the Taiyuan Gate’s elder council—Liang An and Liang Xiang—to help him eliminate these Green Wind Sky Wolves.

“You must be the law enforcement team from Hundred Beasts Peak. Good. I’m from the Taiyuan Gate’s law enforcement team. This mountain range is already our territory. To dare invade us is to offend the dignity of our Taiyuan Gate. You all will die.” Qu Yi immediately condemned these monsters.

The Green-Eyed Wolf King didn’t even glance at Qu Yi, but sensing the two mid-stage merged powerhouses in the air, it finally felt fear.

Ahowl!

Without saying another word, the Green-Eyed Wolf King ordered all the Green Wind Sky Wolves to charge in one direction to break through. If they could reunite with the Dragon Scale Fire Eel and the Storm Eagle Emperor, the combined strength of the three demon cultivation sects’ law enforcement teams could still resist the two mid-stage merged elders.

As soon as the Green-Eyed Wolf King gave the order, Qu Yi moved. In his hands, he had wrapped over a hundred Poison Soul Fruits with his true energy. He then shot all of them at the fleeing Green Wind Sky Wolves, aiming to eliminate them all at once.

Qu Yi himself disappeared suddenly, ready to use his ultimate technique to attack the Green-Eyed Wolf King.

Sure enough, the Poison Soul Fruits, propelled by his true energy, exploded upon hitting the Green Wind Sky Wolves. The black poison immediately coated their bodies and quickly penetrated their spiritual cores. The spiritual cores of the Green Wind Sky Wolves floated above their heads—they had all been attacked by the poison. Their only option was to release their spiritual cores and use their internal true energy to kill the poison.

How could the hundred law enforcers from the Taiyuan Gate miss such an opportunity? These Green Wind Sky Wolves were practically standing there, waiting to be slaughtered.

Needless to say, in their panic, all of them were killed.

Qu Yi, having used his secret technique “Final Kill,” suddenly appeared behind the Green-Eyed Wolf King. His Golden Spear pierced the wolf king’s neck with pinpoint accuracy, and with a single motion, he severed its head entirely.

The two elders in the air, Liang An and Liang Xiang, watched calmly the whole time. They didn’t need to intervene to kill these Green Wind Sky Wolves. Their main role was to act as a barrier for Qu Yi against any mid-stage merged elders from other sects.

Qu Yi took out the Yuan Ying of the Green-Eyed Wolf King, then flew to each of the law enforcers and took away the Yuan Ying of the Green Wind Sky Wolves from their hands as well.
“Law enforcers, these corpses of the Green Wind Sky Wolves, along with the treasures they carry, are now yours,” Qu Yi said. Having obtained a hundred Yuan Ying, he happily announced the rewards that had been agreed upon earlier.
“Thank you, Captain!” The hundred law enforcers shouted in unison, excitedly.
Meanwhile, the two elders in the air remained quiet. They didn’t need to pick up the treasures brought by the Green Wind Sky Wolves either. According to the agreed terms, if the law enforcers obtained important treasures from their storage bracelets, they would belong to the two elders—even if it was an elite spiritual weapon.
Watching all the law enforcers so happy, Qu Yi’s eyes sparkled with excitement; he thought this ambush was extremely profitable.