Chapter Eleven: Completion of the Yuan Ying

The Qianhuo Palace mobilized a large force—six cultivators at the Convergence Stage and fourteen at the Divided Spirit Stage—coming to Hidden Cloud Peak. What they thought would be an easy victory over Hidden Cloud Sect suddenly turned out disastrous; now, only three of their own were at the Convergence Stage, while all the elders at the Divided Spirit Stage were dead. It was utterly tragic!

Qu Yi smiled as he looked at Guo Huo Zhenren and Bu Quan Zhenren, casually waving his Golden Spear before saying, “Guo Huo, wait for me a moment. I’ll fight you again later.”

Guo Huo Zhenren was puzzled—what did Qu Yi intend? Soon, he saw Qu Yi flying toward Bu He Zhenren and understood.

“Bu He, come here quickly!” Guo Huo Zhenren shouted urgently.

Bu He had intended to compete with Fu Yun Zhenren in terms of true energy but hadn’t realized he had fallen for a trap. As Fu Yun Zhenren kept casting True Energy Golden Needles, whenever his true energy ran low, he would immediately take out pills to replenish it.

When Qu Yi was in the Tianhuo Star Region, he had found many pills to restore true energy from the space rings of various sect elders. He gave a few to Fu Yun Zhenren so that he would have enough true energy to buy time. Now, Bu He Zhenren was completely held back by Fu Yun Zhenren, and Qu Yi suddenly appeared, thrusting his Golden Spear. Bu He Zhenren didn’t even have time to react before being killed. Undoubtedly, Bu He Zhenren’s Yuan Ying was taken by Qu Yi, who immediately swallowed it.

A Yuan Ying at the early Convergence Stage could almost replenish the six Yuan Ying true energies within Qu Yi’s body. Now, Qu Yi had regained all his true energy.

Guo Huo Zhenren was furious. Of all the strong fighters he had brought from the Qianhuo Palace, only two remained. Even if the Qianhuo Palace managed to destroy Hidden Cloud Sect, it would surely be destroyed by Biyun Tower or Qianyao Forest. The Qianhuo Palace could now be declared extinct.

However, when Guo Huo Zhenren saw Qu Yi restore his true energy by devouring Yuan Yings, Fu Yun Zhenren and Hanjin Zhenren also restore theirs by taking pills, he realized that the remaining two from the Qianhuo Palace could no longer defeat Hidden Cloud Sect.

“Hidden Cloud Sect, you’re truly cunning! Hiding so many powerful treasures. We may not be able to defeat you today, but you won’t enjoy a peaceful life either. Just wait for my revenge!” Guo Huo Zhenren shouted angrily.

Immediately afterward, Guo Huo Zhenren and Bu Quan Zhenren tried to fly away.

“Who gave you permission to leave?” Qu Yi suddenly shouted, already flying behind Guo Huo Zhenren and thrusting his spear at him.

Qu Yi certainly wouldn’t let these two leave. He had already killed all the strong warriors of the Qianhuo Palace and settled a deadly feud with them—how could he allow this late-stage merged Guohuo Zhenren to go? If Guohuo Zhenren left, he might ally with the Biyun Tower or the Qianyao Forest. Then, if Qu Yi wanted to confront him, he would have to summon the Golden Qilin, Wuyuan, and the Illusion Dance Butterfly in front of the early-stagecrossing the tribulation warriors of the Taiyuan Gate, revealing his secrets. Or, if Guohuo Zhenren didn’t join the Biyun Tower or Qianyao Forest, his late-stage merged cultivation would allow him to slaughter the disciples from the Yinyun Gate, creating even more trouble. Therefore, no matter what he thought, Qu Yi had to eliminate both Guohuo Zhenren and Bu Quan Zhenren.

“Hmph, you wretched late-stage Split Soul guy. Even though I can’t kill you, do you still think you can kill me?” Guohuo Zhenren turned and swung his sword to meet the Golden Spear head-on.

Qu Yi’s true energy wasn’t as strong as Guohuo Zhenren’s, so he immediately flew back, pulling out another Heavenly Fire Rock Heart Thunder. This was already the last one Qu Yi had left. Earlier, the elders of the Biyan Peak had used several Heavenly Fire Rock Heart Thunders to seize the Poison Soul Beast. When Qu Yi obtained their space ring, there were only three left inside. The moment he took out the Heavenly Fire Rock Heart Thunder, he immediately channeled his true energy and shot it at Guohuo Zhenren.

“You…!” Guohuo Zhenren screamed in terror, his eyes almost popping out. There was another Heavenly Fire Rock Heart Thunder!

Boom!

With a loud explosion, the Heavenly Fire Rock Heart Thunder detonated. The inferno it unleashed, like that of a star exploding, enveloped Guohuo Zhenren, leaving him with no escape. Undoubtedly, he could only defend himself with his own true energy barrier.

At this moment, Qu Yi ignored Guohuo Zhenren and immediately flew toward Bu Quan Zhenren. Bu Quan Zhenren was also injured by the suddenly exploding Heavenly Fire Rock Heart Thunder. A wave of fire not only harmed him but also pushed him far into the air. Qu Yi flew over immediately. Before Bu Quan Zhenren could stabilize himself, the Golden Spear was thrust out, killing him with a single strike.

Another early-stage merged Yuan Ying. Qu Yi laughed as he retrieved the Yuan Ying, knowing this would allow him to quickly restore his true energy.

The explosion of the Heavenly Fire Rock Heart Thunder lasted for a while. When Qu Yi saw the flames beginning to dissipate, he realized the peak power of the explosion had passed. Without caring about the danger, he immediately flew into the fire.

Inside the fireball, True Man Fire Hook sensed Qu Yi and realized he was about to launch a surprise attack. Immediately, he gathered his vital energy to scatter the surrounding fireballs, then took off in an attempt to escape.
“You won’t get away!” Qu Yi shouted from behind, quickly using his speed technique to closely follow True Man Fire Hook.
Determined to kill True Man Fire Hook, Qu Yi wouldn’t let him escape!
Thus, two figures flew swiftly through the skies of Feiyun Continent—one red, one golden.
…
Near Hidden Cloud Peak, there was a valley of breathtaking beauty. In a patch of flowers within the valley, a young man with a delicate face sat quietly on the ground, blending seamlessly with the flowers.
This man emitted no trace of aura, appearing like an ordinary person, yet his deep black eyes held immense pressure with every ray of light.
If Qu Yi were here, the Divine Weapon God would tell him that this man was the powerful warrior from the Taiyuan Sect who had just reached the early stage of tribulation.
Suddenly, the man opened his eyes and murmured to himself, “This Li Mu is truly interesting. With a cultivation level at the late stage of Divination, he managed to kill all the cultivators at the Consolidation stage from another sect, and now he’s chasing after those at the late Consolidation stage. If my disciple told me such a story, I’d slap him without hesitation. Yet here I am, witnessing with my own eyes a person at the late Divination stage chasing one at the late Consolidation stage. The world is truly amazing.”
After saying that, the man disappeared.
His mission was to track Qu Yi until Shuoshang, Shuorui, and Shuoxu appeared. Only after capturing all three would he leave Qu Yi behind.
As Qu Yi pursued True Man Fire Hook, the man at the early tribulation stage flew leisurely in the distance, keeping a close eye on him.
…
True Man Fire Hook kept fleeing toward the northeast of Feiyun Continent. However, due to the attacks from the Heavenly Fire Rock Thunder, he had exhausted much of his vital energy and was on the verge of being caught by Qu Yi.
Therefore, he was extremely anxious.
Suddenly, in his panic, True Man Fire Hook felt relieved and sped up. It turned out that his spiritual sense detected two auras ahead, both at the mid-stage of Consolidation—likely the two demon cultivators from the Thousand Demons Forest operating in the area.
True Man Fire Hook intended to divert attention away from himself.

Qu Yi actually already knew that the Spirit Sense of the Artifact God had reached the early Mahayana stage. It had not only detected the auras of the two demon cultivators ahead but also locked onto the powerful cultivator in the early Tribulation stage following behind. The Artifact God kept informing Qu Yi of all this at all times.

Seeing that Gou Huo Zhenren was heading toward those two demon cultivators, Qu Yi was not afraid at all. At worst, he could fight another battle against these three cultivators in the Convergence stage, so he accelerated and chased after them.

In a peculiar mountainous area that seemed to be the central region of the entire Feiyun Continent, stood the highest peak in the continent. The peaks here were all strange, with their summits resembling volcanic craters—circular, square, or lip-shaped. These crater-like openings kept spewing out white clouds, as if all the white clouds in the Feiyun starry sky were erupting from these mountains.

There were no fewer than ten thousand such peaks!

Atop one of these peaks, two demon cultivators in the mid-Convergence stage were sitting by a circular crater. One of them had golden hair and a fair complexion, with a strong build, while the other had yellow hair and a fair complexion, with a slender build.

The two demon cultivators sat by the crater, constantly talking, seemingly about something related to it, but they dared not fly down.

At that moment, two auras flew rapidly through the air. The two demon cultivators naturally sensed them and immediately stood up, calmly waiting for the two auras to arrive.

Soon, Gou Huo Zhenren flew ahead, with Qu Yi chasing behind, both rushing toward the two demon cultivators.

“Gou Huo, what’s going on? How did you end up being chased by a guy in the late Diversion stage?” The golden-haired, fair-complexioned demon cultivator recognized Gou Huo Zhenren and immediately began to mock him.

Qianyao Lin and Qianhuo Palace were also rivals. Seeing that the leader of Qianhuo Palace was being hunted, how could these two demon cultivators not laugh at him?

Gou Huo Zhenren smiled but didn’t reply. He continued flying toward the two of them. These two “spear shields” had arrived just in time to save his life. What did it matter if they mocked him?

Seeing Gou Huo Zhenren approaching, the two demon cultivators frowned tightly and each took out their magical weapons—a iron rod and an iron spear—ready to defend themselves.

“Golden Fur Tiger, Yellow-Crowned Eagle, there’s no need to be nervous. I’ve come to ask you to join forces with us to kill this guy and seize the precious treasures he carries,” Gou Huo Zhenren suddenly shouted as he flew closer.

It turned out that Gou Huo Zhenren knew the true forms of these two demon cultivators. The golden-haired, fair-complexioned one was the Golden Fur Tiger, while the yellow-haired, fair-complexioned one was the Yellow-Crowned Eagle. One practiced the Metal element, while the other practiced the Earth element.

“What? You were being chased by him because he has powerful magical artifacts?” Golden Tiger asked urgently.
With just those words, True Man Guo Huo already arrived beside the two demon cultivators.
“Yes, this guy has extremely powerful magical artifacts. I can’t handle him alone, but the three of us can definitely kill him,” said True Man Guo Huo.
Golden Tiger and Yellow-Crowned Eagle looked at True Man Guo Huo and saw that he had little vital energy left, so they were immediately delighted. In that case, by combining their forces to kill Qu Yi, they could not only obtain the magical artifacts but also take the chance to kill True Man Guo Huo as well.
“Good, let’s kill this man together,” Yellow-Crowned Eagle said right away.
Hearing Yellow-Crowned Eagle’s words and sensing the fluctuations in their vital energy, Qu Yi was overjoyed. He already had the elemental embryos of wood, water, and fire, and he was just missing those of metal and earth—these two demon cultivators had come right to him.
“Kid, hand over your life!” Golden Tiger shouted, grabbing his iron rod and charging into the air to attack Qu Yi.
At that moment, Qu Yi immediately swallowed Bu He’s elemental embryo to restore his vital energy, then smiled coldly.
Final strike!
Qu Yi used his metal-element attack technique again, suddenly appearing behind Golden Tiger and stabbing him to death. He then quickly took Golden Tiger’s elemental embryo.
Ah…
Yellow-Crowned Eagle blinked, staring at Qu Yi in disbelief, frozen in shock and forgetting to flee.
Qu Yi then flew in front of Yellow-Crowned Eagle. As the demon cultivator tried to resist in panic, his Golden Spear had already pierced his body. By mixing it with his vital energy, Qu Yi eradicated all life force within Yellow-Crowned Eagle and swiftly took his elemental embryo as well.
As for True Man Guo Huo, when Qu Yi killed Golden Tiger, he immediately took a pill and teleported away.
Qu Yi didn’t have time to chase after True Man Guo Huo, but he wasn’t regretful, because the Artifact God had told him that jumping off the peak’s cave entrance would bring him benefits.
Qu Yi, who had always trusted the Artifact God, immediately jumped straight down from the cave entrance where the two demon cultivators had been sitting. Then everything went dark before his eyes, and his spiritual sense could no longer sense anything around him.
“Qu Yi, you can enter the Inch Realm Sphere now,” the Artifact God said as soon as he saw Qu Yi jump into the cave.
Soon, Qu Yi entered the Inch Realm Sphere.
The powerful cultivators from the Taiyuan Sect who were in the early stages of tribulation quickly arrived at the peak’s cave entrance. They searched with their spiritual senses but found nothing—no trace of Qu Yi’s presence at all.

After much hesitation, this powerful warrior in the early stages of tribulation still did not jump into the cave. Instead, he went to a distance and sat quietly, waiting for Qu Yi to come out of the cave.
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The Inch Realm Ball descended into this mysterious cave. The entrance at the peak seemed to extend straight down, as if reaching all the way to the core of Feiyun Star.
Seeing that his spiritual sense could detect no objects outside the Inch Realm Ball, Qu Yi stopped paying attention to it. He immediately took out the five Yuan Ying he had just gathered, flew happily to the lake, placed them on the jade platform, and then sat down to adjust his body.
Once his physical condition was properly adjusted, Qu Yi would advance to the early stages of merging.