Chapter 18: Profiting from Chaos

One hundred thousand miles away from Yingxian Island on the Six Spirits Star, atop a mountain on the Six Spirits Continent, Wei Yan stood alone, gazing out at the wind.
Suddenly, Qu Yi’s figure appeared.
“Ah, Master!” Wei Yan cried excitedly.
It had been nearly three hundred years since they last met after parting on Tianfeng Star. Wei Yan had traveled across various planets in the cultivation world, expanding the power of the Three Tripod Sect, but he still thought of Qu Yi constantly.
Qu Yi examined Wei Yan. He still looked exactly as before—ugly, with small eyes that gave off an aura of scheming whenever they fixed on someone.
“Wei Yan, it’s been a long time,” Qu Yi said with a smile as he landed on the mountain.
Wei Yan’s eyes were filled with tears as he spoke in a trembling voice, “Master, it’s been nearly three hundred years since we last met. Yet as I traveled throughout the cultivation world, I kept hearing about your deeds. I’ve been excited every day, longing to see you at all times.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi felt a hint of shame. He had devoted himself entirely to cultivation and hadn’t paid much attention to the development of the Three Tripod Sect, leaving it entirely in Wei Yan’s hands.
“Hehe, Wei Yan, you’ve done well. The power of the Three Tripod Sect must have firmly established itself on various small planets by now,” Qu Yi asked casually with a smile.
Wei Yan’s face lit up with excitement as he replied eagerly, “Master, since leaving Tianfeng Star, those cultivators who followed the path of evil and the monks subdued by different sects have gone to various small planets to secretly build up our influence. Now, we have forces of the Three Tripod Sect on every small planet. On the surface, our forces don’t hold much advantage on any planet, but secretly, our influence is enormous. With just your command, the forces we’ve developed on these small planets can immediately strike, overthrowing all existing forces there. Then, the Three Tripod Sect can step forward and declare its presence throughout the entire cultivation world.”
According to Qu Yi’s plan, first, they would take control of every small planet in the cultivation world. At the same time, they would use some cultivators at the Divination Stage to assassinate powerful figures on medium-sized planets, creating chaos. As for those at the Fusion Stage, they would be sent to large planets to assassinate powerful figures from time to time, stirring up chaos there. After controlling all the small planets, they would gradually absorb the medium-sized ones. As for the large planets, once Qu Yi’s strength increased, he could personally go and conquer those sects.

The plan succeeded, and San Ding Men unified the entire cultivation world!
After hearing Wei Yan’s words, Qu Yi looked very pleased and said, “Wei Yan, you’ve done excellently. Now that the cultivation world’s demon-cultivating sects are uniting to attack the demon cultivators, San Ding Men’s plan can be accelerated. We must not miss such a good opportunity. Let them fight to the death first, and then San Ding Men can reap the benefits.”
Wei Yan also laughed heartily and said, “Master, I thought the same way. It seems heaven favors San Ding Men; it would be hard for us not to thrive.”
Qu Yi chuckled, then noticed that Wei Yan was only at the early stage of the Divination stage. He immediately said, “Wei Yan, although your cultivation has reached the early stage of the Divination stage, it’s still not enough. I have over a dozen soul cores here, all of which I give to you. I hope you can raise your strength to the late stage of the Convergence stage and lead San Ding Men to develop properly.”
With that, Qu Yi took out ten soul cores from his space ring. After thinking for a moment, he even took out all the soul cores below the Divination stage and handed them all to Wei Yan.
“After refining these soul cores, you won’t have to worry about your soul realm anymore. You can focus solely on advancing your cultivation,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Wei Yan took the thousands of soul cores, and tears welled up in his eyes. He could feel Qu Yi’s immense trust in him.
“Master, rest assured. San Ding Men will surely unify the entire cultivation world,” Wei Yan declared firmly.
Qu Yi raised his hand and asked with a smile, “Wei Yan, how did you end up on this Six Spirits Star?”
Upon hearing this, Wei Yan’s face showed embarrassment, and he felt somewhat annoyed.
“Master, I just came here using a space teleportation array. As soon as I arrived, I heard the announcement from Yingxian Island that from now on, demon cultivators on Six Spirits Star could no longer use space teleportation arrays. At that time, the demon-cultivating sects had just decided to deal with the demon cultivator forces, but they hadn’t started attacking them immediately. That’s how I managed to leave Yingxian Island safely and have been hiding here ever since. I was also worried that after the demon-cultivating sects killed the strong demon cultivators on Six Spirits Star, they would search everywhere for more demon cultivators, and I might get caught. It seems my luck is good—now that you’ve come to Six Spirits Star, you’ve eliminated my danger,” Wei Yan explained.
Qu Yi burst into laughter after hearing this. Wei Yan’s experiences were indeed interesting.

“Wei Yan, there’s no harm in this. Since you’ve ended up on Six Spirits Star, take it for yourself. Come with me—first, capture all the powerful demon cultivators here and implant soul shackles on them so they’re under your control. Then you can lead them to various planets and conquer this entire star region,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

On Yingxian Island, Qu Yi assumed the great battle was already over. After all, he, Wu Yuan, the Golden Qilin, and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly had already killed all the strong members of the Immortal Demonic Sects. It would be easy for the demon cultivators to finish off those remaining disciples.

Soon, Qu Yi led Wei Yan to above Yingxian Island.

At that moment, the entire island was covered in blood. 150,000 disciples of the Immortal Demonic Sects had been wiped out by the brutal demon cultivators. Their flesh and blood had been turned into blood mist by magic spells, drifting across the island.

Among the demon cultivators of Six Spirits Star, there were still thirty strong cultivators at the Convergence Stage. When they saw Qu Yi returning, they immediately gathered around him.

Qu Yi suddenly stretched out his right hand and pressed downward. His golden essence surged forth, and a crushing pressure descended from the sky, knocking out all thirty Convergence Stage cultivators.

Wu Yuan, the Golden Qilin, and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly—these three beastly creatures, who had been helping the demon cultivators eliminate the disciples of the Immortal Demonic Sects—suddenly came to Qu Yi’s side and carried the thirty Convergence Stage demon cultivators on their backs.

“All my fellow demon cultivators, don’t worry. I just need to discuss an important matter with these thirty of you. It won’t take a day before they return to Yingxian Island. Wait here for them,” Qu Yi shouted to the hundred thousand astonished demon cultivators.

Immediately afterward, Qu Yi took Wei Yan with him, while Wu Yuan and the Golden Qilin carried the thirty Convergence Stage demon cultivators. The Illusory Dancing Butterfly followed behind to provide support, and they all flew away.

In a valley, Wu Yuan and the Golden Qilin set the thirty Convergence Stage cultivators down.

“Wei Yan, now implant soul shackles on these thirty cultivators. From now on, Six Spirits Star will be under your control,” Qu Yi said directly.

Only then did Wu Yuan, the Golden Qilin, and the Illusory Dancing Butterfly understand the purpose of Qu Yi’s actions earlier.

Wei Yan was overjoyed and immediately implanted soul shackles in the souls of the thirty unconscious demon cultivators.

After a while, the thirty Convergence Stage cultivators woke up and realized they had soul shackles implanted in them. They glared angrily at Qu Yi and the others.

Wei Yan stood up with a smile, glanced at the thirty demon cultivators, and said, “Now, your identities have changed. From this moment on, you must obey my commands; otherwise, you will die immediately.”
“Who do you think you are? How dare you force the demon cultivators of Six Spirits Star to submit to you? You’re seeking your own destruction, do you understand?” An early-stage merged demon cultivator immediately shouted in anger.
After speaking, this cultivator collapsed to the ground!
Wei Yan sneered, “If you don’t take my words seriously, it’s no pity if you die.”
The remaining merged-stage demon cultivators stared blankly at the dead cultivator, feeling powerless and filled with fear.
Wei Yan’s authority was immediately established.
Seeing that Wei Yan had taken control of the situation, Qu Yi smiled and said, “Alright, everyone. Now, across all the planets in the cultivation world, it’s a united effort by you demon cultivators against the immortal and demon sects. Now, I give you a chance: after taking control of Yingxian Island on Six Spirits Star, immediately teleport to various medium-sized planets and eradicate all the forces of those immortal and demon sects there.”
This was Qu Yi’s plan. On his way to Liupan Star, he would anyway visit each Yingxian Island or Jiemo Island. There, he would take control of the powerful cultivators on each planet, then send them to other planets to eliminate the various immortal and demon sects. On the surface, this would strengthen the demon cultivators’ power, but in reality, it would gradually expand the power of the Sanding Sect.
Upon hearing Qu Yi’s words, the demon cultivators immediately understood that Wei Yan was on Qu Yi’s side, and that Qu Yi wanted to establish a foothold in the cultivation world.
Without hesitation, they all shouted in unison, “Yes, master!”
Qu Yi smiled immediately. From now on, any planet that could be reached via the spatial teleportation arrays on Yingxian Island and Jiemo Island on Six Spirits Star would face the attacks of these merged-stage demon cultivators. There was no doubt they would wipe out those immortal and demon sects completely.
“Very good. Since you’ve understood, I won’t make things difficult for you. Here are some mid-grade and high-grade spiritual artifacts; each of you may choose one.” Knowing that these demon cultivators didn’t yet have good magical treasures, Qu Yi took out some of his own.
With so many magical treasures that he couldn’t use himself, he naturally gave them to those who could make use of them—and those who were useful to him.
Seeing the various magical treasures appear on the ground, the demon cultivators, who had previously looked worried, now showed joy. They could see the power of these treasures and understood the vast resources Qu Yi possessed.
Soon, the demon cultivators each chose a spiritual artifact and looked at Qu Yi with joy.