Chapter 47: Building Friendship

Qu Yi used a top-grade spiritual weapon to block Shan Si’s attacks while simultaneously wielding the Eight Directions Sword to counterattack.
Shan Si sensed the energy within the flowing light—it was extremely pure, nearly reaching the essence energy of the metal element. His own physical body surely couldn’t withstand it.
“Explosive Gold Sphere!”
Suddenly, sensing danger, Shan Si shouted. The Explosive Gold Sword drew circles, and the golden needles emitted from it formed a vortex that quickly turned into a golden sphere, flying into the air to block the Eight Directions Sword’s attack.
Boom!
The golden sphere exploded, sending countless streams of metal element energy into the sky—each one capable of injuring a cultivator in the early stages of tribulation. Although the flowing light shattered the golden sphere, its energy was also exhausted, causing it to dissipate instantly.
Qu Yi shook his Sky-Piercing Umbrella and fired numerous golden swords again, shattering all the golden needles before looking at Shan Si with ease.
“Not bad. You managed to block the Eight Directions Sword’s attack—your strength is quite impressive. But you still can’t stop my determination to kill you,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
After saying that, he swallowed the Yuan Ying from the early stages of tribulation he had obtained earlier, restoring all the true energy he had used.
Wow!
The elders of the ten sects were astonished to see Qu Yi able to swallow a Yuan Ying and instantly restore his true energy. They all looked at him with fear. Especially Shan Si, who had witnessed Qu Yi’s extraordinary ability to use Yuan Ying like a medicinal pill to restore true energy—this clearly meant that even if his own true energy was depleted, it might not necessarily deplete Qu Yi’s.
“Everyone, capturing Qu Yi is a task for all ten major cultivation sects. It’s time for you to act,” Shan Si said suddenly, sensing danger and turning to the elders of the other nine sects.
Qu Yi simply smiled at Shan Si, not rushing to attack him.
At that moment, the elders of the other nine sects had mixed expressions. They wanted to act but hesitated upon seeing the others, each hoping the other sects would test Qu Yi’s strength first.
Suddenly, Meng Dan, an elder from the Hundred Beasts Peak who was in the middle stages of tribulation and whose true form was a Blood-Transforming Star Wolf, stepped forward after observing the reactions of the other sects’ elders.

“Shanssi, what you said is wrong. Indeed, all ten sects are pursuing Qu Yi, but we have never formed an alliance. So, when you and Qu Yi decided to fight each other just now, that was your own matter. Since you two haven’t finished fighting yet, we can’t break the rules of the cultivation world by siding with either of you,” Meng Dan said with a smile.

The elders of the other nine sects immediately nodded in agreement, smiling at Shanssi with an expression that seemed to say, “It’s up to you.”

Shanssi glared angrily at Meng Dan, accusing this elder from the Beast Peak of trying to frame her.

Qu Yi, on the other hand, stared at Meng Dan thoughtfully. He had picked up on some implications from their earlier conversation. It seemed that the elders of the Beast Peak wouldn’t go all out to confront him; they were merely forced to send a few people to show off the existence of their sect out of respect for their own sect’s prestige.

“Could it be that the Beast Peak knows I possess the Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit, so they dare not attack me fully and instead want to use me to kill these elders from other sects?” a thought flashed through Qu Yi’s mind.

Without overthinking it, Qu Yi realized that since the Beast Peak wouldn’t attack him for now, this was an opportunity. If they wanted to use him, he could use them instead.

“Shanssi, it’s better if you focus on fighting me properly. Stop thinking about other things,” Qu Yi said with a smile, after a few thoughts passing through his mind.

Shanssi also understood now—the elders of the other nine sects wanted her to fight Qu Yi to the death so that they could reap the benefits.

“Hmph! Don’t get too arrogant. Just because you have the Eight Directions Sword, doesn’t mean you can act lawlessly,” Shanssi snapped angrily.

By now, Shanssi had made up her mind: even if it meant suffering serious injuries, she would kill Qu Yi first, seize the Eight Directions Sword, and then massacre the elders of those nine sects.

Qu Yi began attacking again, using his golden-element attack technique, “Final Strike,” and suddenly appeared behind Shanssi.

Shanssi had no choice but to use “Golden Ball Explosion” once more to block the powerful beam of light he swung at her.

This time, Qu Yi didn’t spare her. He swung the Eight Directions Sword, and after blocking the beam of light, he immediately swung it again, sending out another beam of light.

Shanssi was instantly overwhelmed. The energy level of these beams of light reached the late stage of tribulation. Apart from using her ultimate move, “Golden Ball Explosion,” she had no other spells to defend against them.

And after one “Golden Ball Explosion” blocked a beam of light, another one followed. Shanssi had to draw on all her inner energy to quickly launch another “Golden Ball Explosion.”

Shanssi blocked two attacks of flowing light in a row, but his internal vital energy immediately became chaotic. It was no longer possible for him to block one more attack.
“Run!”
Without caring about his dignity, Shanssi immediately decided to flee from the starry sky, ignoring the mission assigned to him by the Taiyuan Sect. After all, his life belonged to him, while the Eight Directions Sword belonged to the sect—survival came first.
Qu Yi sneered coldly, suddenly retracting the Eight Directions Sword and drawing the Liuhe Knife instead.
The Liuhe Knife slashed through the air once more, its brilliant sword light striking Shanssi’s back as he tried to fly away, splitting him in two.
With another move called “Ten Thousand Miles in an Inch,” Qu Yi appeared behind Shanssi, seized his Yuan Ying, and immediately unleashed the Blazing True Fire to burn out Shanssi’s soul.
At this point, Qu Yi obtained a Yuan Ying at the mid-stage of the Golden Tribulation.
The elders of the other nine sects were once again surprised when they saw Qu Yi suddenly pull out the Liuhe Knife, forgetting to stop him from seizing Shanssi’s Yuan Ying.
As a result, all three elders of the Taiyuan Sect died.
“Qu Yi, keep the Eight Directions Sword and the Liuhe Knife,” suddenly shouted Wei Tao, an elder of the Golden Central Sect at the mid-stage of the tribulation.
At this cry, the elders of the nine sects glared at Qu Yi, ready to attack him together. However, the three elders of the Hundred Beasts Peak appeared slack and lazy, seemingly intending to flee at the first sign of trouble.
Qu Yi swallowed another Yuan Ying at the early stage of the tribulation, restoring his internal vital energy. Then he looked at Wei Tao and smiled, saying, “Golden Central Sect, since the elders of the Taiyuan Sect, the top sect in cultivation, are dead, do you elders of your sect, the top sect in magic, plan to step in?”
Wei Tao’s expression froze. He glanced around and saw that the elders of the other eight sects also seemed ready to attack first, leaving him panicked.
Seeing that the elders of the Golden Central Sect were no longer pressing him, Qu Yi scanned all the elders present and noticed the attitude of the three elders from the Hundred Beasts Peak, forming a plan in his mind.
“It seems none of you elders from these major sects are useful. I’ll eliminate them for your sects, so you won’t waste the spiritual energy of the cultivation world or take up the resources of other elders in your sects,” Qu Yi said with a strange smile.
Suddenly, he pulled out a black sphere from his hand.
This black sphere was the Starry Sky Fire Thunder, which he had obtained from the space ring of an elder from the LanYang Palace while he was in the TianHuo Star Region. Even those at a cultivation level below mid-stage of the tribulation could be killed by it.

“Oh, it’s the Starry Sky Fire Thunder! Everyone, run away quickly!” An elder from the LanYang Palace recognized it and immediately shouted. The elders of the other eight sects, upon hearing this, were shocked to the core; their souls nearly left their bodies as they tried to fly away at once. Qu Yi immediately threw the Starry Sky Fire Thunder in the direction of the JinYang Sect, where it exploded instantly. Once it exploded, the entire starry sky was enveloped in celestial fire. In this area, apart from the three elders of the JinYang Sect, the elders from the QingYun Sect, YingTian Sect, and CangYang Valley were also completely surrounded by the celestial fire. “Qu Yi, I’ll kill you!” “Bastard! How did this kid get the Starry Sky Fire Thunder? I hate you, LanYang Palace!” “Starry Sky Fire Thunder, never think of killing me!” In this area of celestial fire, the elders of the four sects shouted out in various voices—some filled with anger, some with resentment, and some with arrogance. Qu Yi, following the source of the voices, suddenly drew out his Eight Directions Sword and swung it several times. Streams of light pierced through the celestial fire, killing the elders struggling there. The celestial fire came quickly and disappeared just as fast. The entire starry sky returned to a void-like state, but twelve Yuan Ying appeared in the sky. Qu Yi instantly teleported over and gathered all twelve Yuan Ying. Among them were four Yuan Ying in the middle stage of the tribulation phase, one for the metal element, one for the wood element, and two for the earth element. There were also eight Yuan Ying in the early stage of the tribulation phase. Qu Yi was only interested in those in the middle stage, as he needed five such Yuan Ying to reach the early stage. As for those in the early stage, he planned to consume them to replenish his own vital energy. Now, Qu Yi already had Yuan Ying for metal, wood, and earth elements. He only needed two more for water and fire elements to have enough for his breakthrough to the early stage. The elders of the other five sects were quick enough to react and, since they were outside the range of the Starry Sky Fire Thunder, they managed to escape. At this moment, they floated in the distant starry sky, watching Qu Yi but not daring to approach further. Qu Yi dared to show himself to these elders in the tribulation phase because of his Eight Directions Sword and Six Directions Knife, as well as the Starry Sky Fire Thunder. Of course, if those two treasures failed, he might even resort to using the Poisonous Fruit to kill all the elders of these ten major sects. Qu Yi was reluctant to use the Poisonous Fruit, reserving it only for dealing with powerful enemies in the later stages of the tribulation phase.

Qu Yi glanced at the elders of the five factions in the starry sky, smiled, and suddenly took out another Starfire Thunderbolt. His body then flew toward the three elders from the Hundred Beasts Peak, raising his hand as if ready to throw it.

Meng Dan, an elder in the middle stage of the Tribulation Phase from the Hundred Beasts Peak, was terrified upon seeing this and immediately fled along with two elders in the early stage of the Tribulation Phase.

“Qu Yi, we at the Hundred Beasts Peak don’t want to chase after you. We just came to show up and prove our presence. Don’t waste those Starfire Thunderbolts on us,” Meng Dan cried out anxiously, realizing his own speed was even slower than Qu Yi’s and that he was about to be caught up.

Hearing this, Qu Yi finally understood the Hundred Beasts Peak’s intentions. They feared his Poison Fruit and thus adopted a passive approach—sending elders to chase him without going all out, afraid that Qu Yi might use the Poison Fruit to kill all their elders.

“I don’t believe you. You sent three elders in the Tribulation Phase to chase me. How can I trust that you’re not here to fight me? Anyway, I have plenty of Starfire Thunderbolts. I’ll definitely blow you three to pieces,” Qu Yi said, pressing them further after guessing their plan.

Sure enough, hearing Qu Yi’s determined tone, Meng Dan became even more panicked.

“Qu Yi, if you put down those Starfire Thunderbolts, we’re willing to give you all our magical treasures. That should show our sincerity. Otherwise, even if you blow us up with Starfire Thunderbolts, we won’t let you get our Yuan Ying. We’ll rather self-destruct,” Meng Dan shouted.

Qu Yi was quite satisfied with this response. He had only obtained five Starfire Thunderbolts from the Blue Sun Palace, and he had already used one, leaving him with four. If he used one to kill those three cultivators from the Hundred Beasts Peak but got no Yuan Ying in return, it would be a huge loss for him. So, using the Starfire Thunderbolts to intimidate them would allow him to obtain the treasures they carried—a worthwhile deal.

“Very well. Hand over all your magical treasures, spirit stones, pills, and space rings right now, and I’ll spare your lives,” Qu Yi replied immediately.

Hearing this, Meng Dan and the two elders immediately handed over everything they had and threw it at Qu Yi.

Qu Yi reached out with his right hand in the starry sky and grabbed everything, including three top-grade spiritual artifacts and three space rings. The items inside were indeed abundant, so he nodded in satisfaction.
“Alright, I’m now convinced of the stance of your Beast Peak. Next time, if you send more people, I’ll be lenient and won’t kill all your elders,” Qu Yi said, putting away the magical artifacts and space rings before laughing heartily.
Meng Dan was relieved to see that Qu Yi kept his word and didn’t continue chasing them after taking back his magical artifacts. He laughed and said, “Don’t worry, Qu Yi. Our Beast Peak already has an Eight Directions Sword and a Six Directions Knife. There’s no need to offend such a mysterious and powerful figure. If possible in the future, I hope you’ll visit Beast Peak. Our sect leader really wants to meet you.”
Qu Yi’s eyes lit up as he smiled and said, “Alright. If there’s a chance, I’m willing to cooperate with your Beast Peak.”
Meng Dan laughed. Actually, when he arrived on this Poison-Dispelling Star, their sect leader Qing Long had already suggested to him that if possible, he should build a good relationship with Qu Yi so they could collaborate in the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion. This time, Meng Dan, representing several top-grade spiritual artifacts, finally managed to establish a relationship with Qu Yi.
After speaking, Qu Yi suddenly used the Planet Great Teleportation technique and vanished through the starry sky, covering the distance between two planets in just one breath.
Only then did Meng Dan realize that Qu Yi hadn’t fully unleashed his speed. He admired his sect leader Qing Long’s decision even more, believing that winning Qu Yi’s favor was far more beneficial for Beast Peak than offending him.