Chapter 42: Identity Revealed

The entire Baolong Tree collapsed rapidly due to the loss of the Wood Spirit Stone. At that moment, the Dimension Sphere turned into a speck of dust in the air. Only after the entire Baolong Tree had fallen did it fly to a special place.

On the ground, a writhing mass resembling black oil was coalescing. As it gathered, it gradually took the shape of a black tree—a Poison Devouring Fruit Tree. The Poison Devouring Fruit Tree, which had lived on the Baolong Tree, fell to the ground with its death but surprisingly managed to survive tenaciously.

Qu Yi suddenly emerged from the Dimension Sphere and floated in the air, sensing this miraculous Poison Devouring Fruit Tree. After surviving on the ground, the tree was only five meters tall, with pitch-black branches and leaves. It quickly emitted waves of black gas, enveloping itself entirely in a cloud of poison.

Qu Yi sensed it for a while but was impressed by the tree’s tenacious vitality.

“Qu Yi, what are you still looking at? Hurry up and use your magic to bring this entire area into the Dimension Sphere,” came the voice of the Artifact God.

The sudden collapse of the Baolong Tree must have alarmed the cultivators of the entire Misty Forest Planet, so the Artifact God reminded him.

Understanding the Artifact God’s concern, Qu Yi immediately conjured a sphere of golden essence from his palm. A glowing essence sphere flew out, expanding to cover an area of a hundred meters and enveloping the ground where the Poison Devouring Fruit Tree stood. Suddenly, everything sank into the ground, lifting the entire area, including the tree, into the air.

“Come in!” Qu Yi ordered sharply.

Suddenly, the huge golden sphere in the air disappeared, taking with it the land and the Poison Devouring Fruit Tree inside. Undoubtedly, the tree had been transplanted into the Dimension Sphere.

Qu Yi then entered the Dimension Sphere as well. Full of joy, he wanted to check on the Poison Devouring Fruit Tree, but when he used his spiritual sense to scan all areas within the sphere, he found no trace of it.

“Hehe, Qu Yi, I’ve transplanted the Poison Devouring Fruit Tree to a special place inside the Dimension Sphere. Don’t worry; with my care, it won’t die,” said the Artifact God, lying on a soft chair.

Qu Yi could only shrug. The Artifact God had already taken what he had seized and hidden it many times. It seemed that unless his cultivation improved, he wouldn’t be able to turn the entire Dimension Sphere into his own domain.

“Artifact God, this Poison Devouring Fruit Tree must grow fastest when absorbing poison, right?” Qu Yi suddenly realized something and asked right away.

Because while in the Magic Poison Star Region, Qu Yi had already discovered that those four demonic cultivators from Hundred Beasts Peak had brought Wan Du Fruit in order to capture Poison Soul Beasts. They surely intended to use those beasts to devour cultivators and produce powerful poison gases, which could then be fed to the Poison Devouring Fruit Tree to make more Wan Du Fruit grow.

The God of Tools moved slightly and smiled, saying, “You’re absolutely right. So, it’s best for you to head to the Magic Poison Star Region right away, so that the Poison Devouring Fruit Tree can absorb as much poison gas as possible. I estimate that after absorbing the poison gas there, it should be able to produce many Wan Du Fruit.”

Upon hearing this, Qu Yi’s face lit up with joy—more Wan Du Fruit was always better.

Soon, Qu Yi flew into space and used the Planet Transmigration Technique to quickly leave Misty Forest Planet.

Just as Qu Yi left, the ten cultivation sects on Misty Forest Planet also noticed changes in the Dragon Embracing Tree. Skilled cultivators flew over to investigate the situation.

Naturally, news of the anomalies on Misty Forest Planet spread quickly throughout the cultivation world.

Undoubtedly, Qing Long, the leader of Hundred Beasts Peak, was furious upon hearing about the sudden changes on Misty Forest Planet. His sect’s most mysterious treasure was lost, and this reduced the reliance of the elders who would enter the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion in the future. This was a very serious matter.

Furious, Qing Long immediately sent elders at the Tribulation stage to Misty Forest Planet to investigate.

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Qu Yi traveled from one planet to another in space and then used a spatial teleportation array to head toward the Magic Poison Star Region.

When he arrived at a medium-sized planet, his communication token suddenly reacted, with a message sent over.

Qu Yi scanned it with his spiritual sense—it was from his son, Qu Hanxin. He immediately became anxious and quickly read the entire message.

“Father, come to Hanfeng Planet quickly. There are powerful enemies chasing us.”

That was the content of the message sent by Qu Hanxin.

Qu Yi’s eyes turned icy. Someone in the cultivation world was hunting his son—this was unforgivable. Due to his focus on cultivation, he had failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a father for decades, feeling guilty all along. Now that he learned someone was hunting his son, even his usually calm demeanor could no longer remain steady, and his anger flared up.

Hanfeng Planet was on Qu Yi’s route to the Magic Poison Star Region, so he didn’t need to take an extra detour.

Throughout the rest of the teleportation journey, Qu Yi didn’t stop for a moment, continuing swiftly without pause.

A month later, Qu Yi finally arrived at Hanfeng Planet.

Hanfeng Star also has a geography that is truly astonishing. With the equator as the central line, spanning 100,000 miles north and south, it encircles the entire planet. There is only this one continental landmass, with two vast oceans on either side. The continental landmass is divided into four parts: one each for cultivators of immortality, cultivators of magic, and cultivators of demons, while the remaining part is a chaotic region where cultivators of immortality, cultivators of magic, and cultivators of demons coexist. Thus, these four regions are called the Realm of Immortals, the Realm of Demons, the Realm of Demons, and the Chaotic Realm.

The Chaotic Realm is filled with high mountains and treacherous gorges, with extremely complex terrain, which provides conditions for various factions to establish control over certain areas. At that moment, in Xianfeng Gorge of the Chaotic Realm, a hundred people were trapped there, all injured. Among them was Qu Hanxin, and some were even skilled members of the Li family from Xuemuxing.

Above the gorge, two people had landed—one was Li family’s ancestral ancestor, Liang Huan, while the other had a square face and fiery eyes, exuding a fierce aura, and seemed to be at the early stage of the Tribulation phase.

“Liang Huan, your Li family has actually allied with Qu Yi. Although you weren’t involved in this matter, since you are a descendant of the Li family, you can’t stay indifferent. Liang Huan, I give you a choice: eliminate your own descendants to prove you have no secret ties with Qu Yi. Otherwise, you and your descendants will all die in Xianfeng Gorge today,” said the man with fiery eyes menacingly.

Liang Huan was furious, but he couldn’t show it in front of this powerful warrior from the Taiyuan Gate who was at the early stage of the Tribulation phase. It turned out that when the people from the Taiyuan Gate went to Xuemuxing to investigate the situation of “Li Mu,” they found that the Li family had already left Xuemuxing. Moreover, the original Wang family, Zhang family, cultivator sects of magic, and demon cultivators had also all left, as if someone had taken control of everything on Xuemuxing and relocated all its cultivators at once.

Therefore, the people from the Taiyuan Gate conducted more thorough investigations and discovered that the real Li Mu was dead. When this news reached the Taiyuan Gate, it shocked its leader, Tai Ming, who immediately sent more people to Xuemuxing. They then discovered that Xuemuxing was controlled by a young man who had relocated all its cultivators to various planets in the cultivation world.

After further investigation, the people from the Taiyuan Gate finally tracked down Qu Hanxin and the Li family and pursued them to Hanfeng Star.

During this time, news spread in the cultivation world that Qu Yi had obtained the seventh Eight Directions Sword. The Taiyuan Gate immediately went inside the Immortal Path Alliance to investigate, visiting various Immortal Welcoming Islands on planets where Qu Yi might have been, and examining the “Glimmering Light Array” in the teleportation hall. Eventually, they uncovered a shocking secret about Qu Yi—Qu Yi was actually Li Mu! Naturally, after confirming Li Mu’s true identity, the Taiyuan Gate further deduced that Qu Yi already possessed three Eight Directions Swords and one Six Directions Knife. Thus, they sent many people to chase after the cultivators who had left Xue Mu Star, hoping to find Qu Yi’s whereabouts through them. Meanwhile, Qu Hanxin and the Li family members were now found by Yan Bo, an elder of the Taiyuan Gate, and trapped in the Immortal Wind Gorge. Upon hearing Yan Bo’s words, Li Ting, the head of the Li family in the gorge, angrily shouted, “You wretch! Our ancestor knows nothing about us—he’s innocent. If you have the guts, come and kill us yourself instead of using such despicable tactics!” “Exactly! What kind of Tribulation Stage powerhouse are you? Come and deal with us yourself!” “Cunning and despicable! If you want to kill us, just do it—don’t trouble our ancestor!” … The Li family members in the gorge shouted angrily, cursing Yan Bo. Yan Bo smiled coldly, suddenly widening his fiery eyes as he unleashed a sea of fire from his hands, shooting it at the five people who had cursed the most, burning them to death—among them was Li Ting of the Li family. “Yan Bo!” Liang Huan’s entire body turned red, his eyes blazing with fury, his hair standing on end as if ready to fight to the death. “What’s the matter, Liang Huan? You can’t bear to see your descendants suffer? Good, then go and deal with them yourself. I believe they’ll die more easily that way,” Yan Bo said with a faint smile. Liang Huan let out a scream, frantically grabbing his own hair in mid-air, flames erupting from his hands, turning the sky into a sea of fire. Yet he couldn’t bring himself to attack Yan Bo or kill the Li family members in the gorge. Seeing Liang Huan go mad in the sky, Qu Hanxin felt pity and glared angrily at Yan Bo, shouting, “You lackey of the Taiyuan Gate! If you want to find Li Mu’s whereabouts through me, just capture me alone. I’ll go with you to the Taiyuan Gate and tell you everything.”

As for the relationship between Qu Hanxin and Qu Yi, Taiyuan Gate still hasn’t figured it out. After all, Qu Hanxin stayed on Xuemu Star alone and never revealed his true identity to anyone. The only thing Taiyuan Gate knows is that Qu Hanxin took control of Xuemu Star. After receiving news about Li Yu, they immediately moved the people of the Li family and other forces to various parts of the cultivation world.

Yan Bo smiled at Qu Hanxin and sneered, “You, a mid-stage Out-of-Body cultivator, actually managed to control the entire Xuemu Star? I’m really curious. Don’t worry, after torturing these people from the Li family, all of you will be brought back to Taiyuan Gate.”

“Anyone can talk big. If you can’t even escape yourself, who do you think you can take away?”

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the air. Qu Yi floated in, smiling and speaking loudly.