Chapter 45: It’s Simply Beautiful

Qu Yi, along with the enforcement members of Taiyuan Gate, launched their first ambush and slaughtered a large number of enemies, killing all 100 Qingfeng Tianlang members from Bai Shou Peak.
One hundred Yuan Ying at the Spirit Diversion stage—these were equivalent to 100 “pills.” Qu Yi was quite satisfied.
After the 100 enforcement members cleared the battlefield, Qu Yi ordered, “Everyone, return to the cave immediately and head to various planets again, waiting for the enforcement teams from other sects to arrive.”
At that time, Qu Yi didn’t know that there were also enforcement teams from Xianyue Cliff and Jiugong Island on this planet. What he didn’t know even more was that the enforcement teams from LanYang Palace, QingYun Sect, BiYan Peak, and CangYang Valley had already been severely weakened by the enforcement teams of the three demon cultivators and no longer flew toward the inner region of Tianhua Star Zone.
“Yes, Captain!” The 100 enforcement members replied cheerfully.
Soon, Qu Yi, the 100 enforcement members, along with the two elders Liang An and Liang Xiang, entered the cave once more. They set up the “Wind Follows Nature” formation to conceal their presence.
Once inside the cave, after distributing the loot, Qu Yi assigned them to the space teleportation arrays on various planets to monitor for any passing enforcement teams from other sects. Whenever such teams appeared, they would immediately use the space teleportation arrays to gather all of Taiyuan Gate’s enforcement members for another ambush.
Qu Yi himself pretended to go out into space for some exercise, left the cave, and went to a place on the planet. Free from everyone’s spiritual sensing, he entered the Inch Realm Ball and sat by the lake to meditate.
With over three years left before the emergence of the LiuHe Sword, Qu Yi wasn’t going to waste this time. He would practice diligently whenever he had the chance.
The Three Elements Path required a hundred years of scanning to familiarize oneself with crafting materials—a truly lengthy process. Qu Yi was in a hurry.
……
On the Inner Thirteen Planets, the Qingfeng Tianlang, Storm Eagle Emperors, and Dragon Scale Fire Eels flew in different directions.
At that moment, the enforcement team from Xianyue Cliff, along with the Storm Eagle Emperors, flew over hundreds of thousands of miles but found no place to land. Annoyed, they flew back to reunite with the Qingfeng Tianlang.
Thus, the 80 Storm Eagle Emperors in the sky flew in the direction the Qingfeng Tianlang had previously taken.
In the sky, a red speck of dust drifted with the hot winds from the planet—it was the Inch Realm Ball in transformation.
Qu Yi had been meditating inside the Inch Realm Ball for less than a day when he was suddenly awakened by the Artifact God.

“Qu Yi, you’re really lucky. Another eighty demons in the Diversion Stage are coming over, so you’ll get eighty Yuan Ying again.” The Artifact God lay quietly on the soft chair and spoke up.

Immediately, Qu Yi, who had been somewhat annoyed earlier, released his spiritual awareness and also sensed the presence of the Storm Eagle Emperor in the distance.

Qu Yi smirked triumphantly before leaving the Dimensional Ball and teleporting to the cave where he had set up the spatial teleportation array.

“Everyone, go to the other spatial teleportation arrays right away and bring back all our team members. More guests have arrived,” Qu Yi shouted as soon as he entered the cave at the law enforcement members sitting there in silence.

Upon hearing this, the members understood what Qu Yi meant. It seemed that law enforcement members from other sects were coming, and in large numbers. So, they immediately used the spatial teleportation arrays to reach the twenty-odd planets with such arrays and brought back the law enforcement members there to the Inner Thirteen Stars, gathering them again in the cave.

“Captain, I heard there’s another target? Which sect is it?”

“Captain, this Inner Thirteen Stars is really a great place. We just killed the law enforcement team from the Hundred Beasts Peak, and now more law enforcement teams from other sects are coming.”

“Captain, I think this Tianhua Star Region isn’t some dangerous place at all—it’s actually a blessed land.” …

One after another, the law enforcement members expressed their excitement.

Qu Yi could only listen quietly, while his spiritual awareness remained in constant contact with the Artifact God, keeping an eye on the movements of the Storm Eagle Emperor squad.

By now, Qu Yi’s soul realm had reached the later stage of Diversion, so the range of the Artifact God’s spiritual awareness had reached the later stage of Tribulation Crossing, covering up to 300,000 miles. Naturally, the Artifact God could keep a tight grip on the movements of the Storm Eagle Emperor.

“The Storm Eagle Emperor is still 200,000 miles away!”

“The Storm Eagle Emperor has spotted this mountain range and is heading here!” …

The Artifact God kept informing Qu Yi of whatever it detected with its spiritual awareness, allowing Qu Yi to stay aware of the Storm Eagle Emperor’s movements.

When the Storm Eagle Emperor was 30,000 miles away, Qu Yi’s own spiritual awareness could already sense them. He then continued to keep track of them, waiting for them to arrive at the mountain range. Then, just like when attacking the Qingfeng Tianlang, he could also launch a sudden attack on the Storm Eagle Emperor.

Soon, eighty Storm Eagle Emperors, led by the Storm Dragon Eagle, flew above the mountain range. After scanning with their spiritual awareness and finding no suspicious signs, they all landed on the mountains, finally able to rest easily.

When all the Storm Eagle Emperors landed, the situation around them changed instantly. Qu Yi led a hundred law enforcers and suddenly flew out of the cave, while the two elders, Liang An and Liang Xiang, also rose into the air to block the Storm Eagle Emperors’ escape routes. “You’re… surrounded!” Qu Yi said with a light smile, his eyes constantly scanning the Storm Eagle Emperors. The Storm Dragon Eagle wasn’t nervous at all when it saw Qu Yi and the law enforcers from the Taiyuan Sect, but when it noticed two mid-stage merged powerhouses in the air, it realized its group of monsters had been ambushed. “You’re the law enforcement team from the Taiyuan Sect, right? How dare you attack our law enforcement team from Clinging Moon Cliff?” Seeing the unfavorable situation, the Storm Dragon Eagle had no choice but to demand an explanation, hoping to drive back Qu Yi and his men. Qu Yi laughed loudly, pointing at the Storm Dragon Eagle and shouting, “All ten sects have entered the Tianhuo Star Region to compete for treasures. We’ve been enemies from the start. Do you still think this is the cultivation world? Now, all I can tell you is to get ready—our Taiyuan Sect’s law enforcement team is about to attack.” As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Yi wrapped a hundred Poison Soul Fruits in his true energy with both hands and immediately shot them toward the Storm Dragon Eagle’s area. The Poison Soul Fruits exploded instantly, releasing black “Poison Souls” that flew toward the Storm Eagle Emperors. These Storm Eagle Emperors were naturally sensitive to wind, and as the “Poison Souls” approached, they automatically emitted gusts of true energy wind to surround them. Unfortunately, these Poison Souls seemed to have an innate resistance to true energy, piercing through those wind gusts and quickly landing on the bodies of the Storm Eagle Emperors, attacking their vital spirits and devouring their souls. All the Storm Eagle Emperors were shocked; they all withdrew their vital spirits and used their internal Earthly True Energy to try to kill these Poison Souls. As long as the true energy exceeded the Poison Souls’ devouring capacity, it was still possible to “suffocate” them to death. Seeing this familiar scene repeat itself, Qu Yi immediately waved his hand, ordering the hundred law enforcers to attack right away. There was no time to wait! The hundred law enforcers, filled with joy, took out their magical weapons and quickly flew toward the heads of the Storm Eagle Emperors. With swords, knives, spears, and spells filling the air, they severed the heads of the Storm Eagle Emperors one by one. Realizing he couldn’t stop them, especially with those two mid-stage merged powerhouses above, the Storm Dragon Eagle thought only of escaping. Whoosh! Its body transformed into a phantom, attempting to dart into the starry sky to find a chance to flee.

But Qu Yi was even faster!
A decisive strike!
Qu Yi had long prepared this attack technique. His body moved as if passing through space, suddenly appearing in front of the flying Storm Dragon Eagle. Before the eagle could stop, he thrust his Golden Spear, piercing its neck and swiftly slicing off its head.
All of their attacks were highly skilled. Qu Yi immediately seized the Yuan Ying of the Storm Dragon Eagle, then took those of the Storm Eagle Emperors held by the law enforcers, before flying into the cave right away.
On the mountain range, the law enforcers skillfully collected the corpses of the Storm Eagle Emperors and their storage bracelets, ready to divide the loot.
After finishing their tasks, they all flew back to the cave.
“Captain, I’m really happy. If there are more such opportunities, I’ll be able to buy pills to advance to the early stage of fusion.”
“Captain, thank you. You can handle such things alone. You truly think of everyone, always caring for us members.”
“Captain, I still say the same thing—my sister is now at the late stage of leaving her body. May I introduce her to you as a partner?”…
Qu Yi waved his hand and smiled, “Enough. Everyone has gained something. Return to your respective space teleportation arrays and continue monitoring your planets. If any other sect’s law enforcement teams arrive, report immediately. If there’s profit, we’ll act together.”
“Yes, Captain!” The hundred law enforcers shouted excitedly.
On the side, the two elders, Liang An and Liang Xiang, watched Qu Yi with satisfaction. It seemed they had made the right decision by agreeing to his plan this time. From the two ambushes on the monsters, these two elders also obtained several precious treasures, even though they had only stayed in the air to intimidate the situation.
All the law enforcers returned to their space teleportation arrays. Qu Yi found an excuse to go to the Inner Thirteen Stars again. Once he was out of range of others’ spiritual senses, he immediately entered the Inch Realm Ball to cultivate.
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At that time, on the Inner Thirteen Stars, the law enforcement team from Jiugong Island was still busy. Ninety Dragon Scale Fire Eels were searching for the locations where space teleportation arrays were to be set up.
Coincidentally, they didn’t find them.
So, the Dragon Head Fire Eel led its monsters back to the places where the three original demon cultivator law enforcement teams had separated, as agreed.
This time, the Inch Realm Ball, now reduced to dust, happened to be not far from the agreed location of the three demon cultivator law enforcement teams. Not to mention the spiritual senses of the Instrument God, even Qu Yi’s spiritual senses at the late stage of dividing his mind could sense it.

Naturally, when the Dragon-Head Fire Eel arrived with ninety Dragon-Scale Fire Eels, the Artifact God was the first to notice and immediately informed Qu Yi, who was in meditation. Qu Yi hadn’t been in meditation for a day and was awakened once again. Just as he was about to scold the Artifact God, a brilliant smile appeared on his face. “Life is truly wonderful like this!” Qu Yi said sincerely, then took control of the Dimensional Ball and flew back to the mountain range where the spatial teleportation array was set up. Soon, Qu Yi returned to the cave. “Everyone, more guests have arrived! Hurry and call the other team members,” he exclaimed happily as soon as he landed. The dozen or so law enforcers meditating in the cave immediately understood what he meant and joyfully entered the spatial teleportation array to summon the remaining law enforcers from other planets. Within three days, they launched ambushes on three sects in a row! Indeed, the law enforcers from other planets arrived quickly, all laughing and looking at Qu Yi excitedly. “Captain, I really don’t know what to say. Such a gift right in front of us—there’s no way to refuse it!” “Captain, this is so exciting! In my three thousand years of cultivation, these three days are the happiest ever.” “Captain, if you’ll allow it, I’ll follow you from now on. If you go into the sea of fire, I’ll carry ice for you; if you enter the mountain of knives, I’ll level it…” …… Overwhelmed with excitement, these law enforcers voiced their thoughts aloud. Qu Yi chuckled, waved his hand to calm the situation, and said, “Enough. The guests will be here soon. Get ready.” The hundred law enforcers immediately took out their magical artifacts, ready for orders, and rushed out of the cave. The Dragon-Head Fire Eel flew ahead, followed by ninety Dragon-Scale Fire Eels, heading straight for the mountain range where Qu Yi and the others were. “Strange, there’s a mountain range here—perfect for setting up a spatial teleportation array. How come the Green-Eyed Wolf King didn’t notice it?” the Dragon-Head Fire Eel muttered in confusion after spotting the mountain range. But it didn’t pay much attention and continued flying toward it, leading the Dragon-Scale Fire Eels to land there as well. Whoosh! Qu Yi, along with the hundred law enforcers and the two elders, Liang An and Liang Xiang, suddenly flew out of the cave and surrounded the Dragon-Scale Fire Eels. “Welcome, everyone!” Qu Yi called out cheerfully. “You…” Before the Dragon-Head Fire Eel could speak, Qu Yi immediately wrapped the Poison Soul Fruits in his spiritual energy with both hands and fired a hundred of them at the Dragon-Scale Fire Eels.

The Poison Soul Fruit exploded, and the Poison Souls immediately shot toward the Dragon-Scaled Fire Eels, aiming to invade their souls. The Dragon-Scaled Fire Eels naturally possessed the ability to control fire energy; upon seeing the Poison Souls approaching, flames erupted from their bodies in an attempt to burn them to ashes. Yet, these Poison Souls possessed the power of the late stage of distraction, ignoring the flames entirely and diving into the bodies of the Dragon-Scaled Fire Eels to target their core souls and launch attacks. Frightened, the Dragon-Scaled Fire Eels quickly expelled their core souls to the sky above, while gathering all their fire energy inside to burn these Poison Souls. Qu Yi laughed, swiftly waved his hand, and soon saw the hundred law enforcers flying over to the Dragon-Scaled Fire Eels, wielding swords and spears to kill those that couldn’t defend themselves in time. Seeing the two mid-stage combined warriors in the sky, the Dragon-Head Fire Eel had no intention of resisting and immediately took off, trying to escape into space. Unfortunately, Qu Yi had anticipated this! A fatal strike! Qu Yi once again used his secret technique, approaching the fleeing Dragon-Head Fire Eel and cleanly cutting off its head with his Golden Spear, while already extracting its core soul. Soon after, he took the ninety core souls from the law enforcers, placed them in his space ring, and flew away. The battlefield was then handled skillfully by the law enforcers.