Chapter 62: The Shangjin Sword

With a single swing of the sword, an independent space was created, allowing attacks to be delivered through space itself.
Qu Yi, inside the Xingluo Cauldron, let out an exclamation of surprise. He finally began to grasp the power of a mid-tier immortal artifact and realized the strength of the powerful beings in the Immortal Realm.
If a mid-tier immortal artifact could create space, and a Earth Immortal could forge such an artifact, it meant that Earth Immortals had already understood the concept of the Five Elements Space.
A thought flashed through Qu Yi’s mind; it seemed he could already sense the distinctions among the powerful beings in the Immortal Realm.
Yet, at that moment, Qu Yi still couldn’t fully comprehend it. After all, he was only at the middle stage of the Tribulation Phase—how could he understand a realm three levels above his own?
So, he remained inside the Xingluo Cauldron, enduring the continuous attacks from this mid-tier immortal artifact.
Blades of light flashed repeatedly, with golden spaces descending upon the Xingluo Cauldron, yet none managed to break through it. Qu Yi didn’t need to worry about his safety. Instead, he kept staring at the sword, pondering how to obtain it.
After some time, Qu Yi came up with a few ideas but wasn’t sure enough, so he asked, “Artifact God, I want to explode a few low-tier immortal artifacts to use their explosive force to resist this sword’s attacks, then use the Xingluo Cauldron to capture it. Is that possible?”
The Artifact God remained silent for a while before smiling faintly and saying, “Why go through such trouble? Haven’t you thought of a better method?”
Hearing this, Qu Yi bit his lip, his face showing anger as he shouted, “Artifact God, stop teasing me! Just tell me your method directly.”
A being like the Artifact God, who had surpassed the level of Heavenly Immortals, could easily break through a mid-tier immortal artifact. But expecting someone like Qu Yi, still in the middle stage of the Tribulation Phase, to do the same would be unreasonable.
Thus, Qu Yi was resentful of the Artifact God’s constant attempts to show off his strength.
“Sigh, you fool, Qu Yi. Let me tell you. Make the hundred low-tier immortal artifacts you obtained acknowledge you through blood sacrifice, then have all of them explode. This will isolate the space created by the mid-tier immortal artifact, preventing it from absorbing the essence energy of the Metal Element. Then it will become useless, and you’ll be able to easily take possession of it,” said the Artifact God in a tone of exasperation.
Qu Yi ignored the Artifact God’s criticism of his intelligence and analyzed the method suggested. Although losing a hundred low-tier immortal artifacts at once seemed regrettable, gaining a mid-tier immortal artifact in return was definitely worth it.

The method used by the Weapon God was the same as that used to attack the lower-grade immortal weapons on the Spirit Tree—it severed the energy supply of this middle-grade immortal weapon, rendering it unable to launch attacks. Without the primordial energy of the metal element, this middle-grade immortal weapon was merely an artifact that couldn’t cast any spells, allowing Qu Yi to easily seize it. After figuring this out, Qu Yi immediately marked the hundred lower-grade immortal weapons he had taken not long ago with his blood, then sent all of them out of the Star Luo Ding and arranged them in a square formation. The middle-grade immortal weapon suddenly launched another attack, still aimed at the Star Luo Ding. “Boom!” When Qu Yi saw the attack, he ignored it and instead sent a thought through his spiritual consciousness, causing the hundred lower-grade immortal weapons to explode. As expected, the attack from the middle-grade immortal weapon had no effect on the Star Luo Ding, while the hundred lower-grade immortal weapons suddenly flew up, forming a spherical array that surrounded it. Once the enclosure was formed, the hundred lower-grade immortal weapons exploded violently. Their sword forms disappeared, and the primordial energy contained within them shot out in all directions, colliding and tearing apart to form a chaotic energy sphere. The primordial energy of the metal element couldn’t enter the sphere, and the middle-grade immortal weapon inside it was cut off from absorbing that energy, causing its glow to dim. At that moment, Qu Yi activated the Star Luo Ding and flew into the energy sphere, using it to retrieve the middle-grade immortal weapon. The energy sphere exploded again, with streams of colorful energy swirling everywhere, creating turbulent currents of primordial metal energy, but they were still swallowed by the surging energy. The entire space returned to being a realm filled with primordial metal energy. Qu Yi then used the Star Luo Ding to fly through this space and soon emerged from it. Inside the Star Luo Ding, he dropped a drop of blood from his finger, marking the middle-grade immortal weapon as his own. “Middle-grade immortal weapon, Shangjin Sword—congratulations!” As soon as Qu Yi took the weapon inside his body, he heard the voice of Emperor Hao and immediately learned its name. “Hehe, Weapon God, thank you for telling me this method. Now I also have a middle-grade immortal weapon. I don’t need the Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit to eliminate those eleven bastards who want to kill me,” Qu Yi exclaimed happily. “Qu Yi, set your sights higher. Are these people at the Tribulation stage really worth your effort?” the Weapon God said with a sigh.

Obviously, in the eyes of the mysterious and powerful Instrument God, those in the Tribulation stage were nothing but ants—easy to eliminate with a flick of the fingers, so naturally, he didn’t take them seriously. But it seemed the Instrument God had forgotten that Qu Yi was only at the middle stage of the Tribulation phase.
“Instrument God, there are some things I must accomplish myself. I have to end the lives of these leaders of the eight sects with my own hands. It’s something I, as the leader of the Three Tripod Sect, must do,” Qu Yi said with a calm smile.
The death of all ten leaders of the cultivation world in the Haotian Immortal Mansion marked the end of an era dominated by these ten sects and signaled the beginning of a unified cultivation world under the Three Tripod Sect. Naturally, Qu Yi wanted to handle it personally.
Upon hearing this, the Instrument God fell silent. Clearly, this mysterious expert had likely never experienced such a thing before and couldn’t grasp its significance.
Seeing that the Instrument God remained silent, Qu Yi immediately jumped out of the Star Luo Tripod and said with a smile, “But before killing those eleven people, I still need to do one more thing.”
As soon as he spoke, Qu Yi flew toward a puppet immortal in the nearby inner area, drew out the Shangjin Sword, and swung it forcefully. The sword light sliced through the puppet immortal, who hadn’t yet reacted, completely destroying its body and sending the inferior immortal weapon in its hands flying into the air.
Qu Yi gracefully flew into the air, caught the inferior immortal weapon casually, glanced at it with a faint smile, then turned his gaze toward another puppet immortal thousands of miles away, clearly intending to destroy it as well.
Yes, because of obtaining the Shangjin Sword, Qu Yi had used up a hundred inferior immortal weapons, and now he wanted to plunder more from the inner area. The Instrument God didn’t speak up to stop him.
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Inside the Six Directions Hall, the eleven powerful figures from the eight sects sat on the ground, meditating while their spiritual senses monitored every movement in the hall.
The eleven strongmen agreed to wait for Qu Yi in the Six Directions Hall, then follow him into the world beyond the light wall to surround and attack him. At that moment, they were waiting for Qu Yi to emerge from the Puppet Immortal Realm.
However, the light wall leading to the Puppet Immortal Realm remained completely still.
“Everyone, it’s already been a month since Qu Yi entered this Puppet Immortal Realm and still hasn’t come out. Should we go in and take a look?” Tai Ming suddenly opened his eyes and spoke softly.
While meditating, Tai Ming suddenly had a flash of inspiration, sensing that Qu Yi might encounter something extraordinary in this realm, so he opened his eyes and spoke.
Upon hearing this, everyone opened their eyes.

“Qu Yi’s greatest reliance is the Xingluo Ding. He probably doesn’t carry many pills with him—how could they sustain him for so long?” Jin Xiong asked intently.
Activating a magical artifact like the Xingluo Ding for defense requires a massive amount of energy.
However, neither Jin Xiong nor any of the other powerful figures knew that the original owner of the Xingluo Ding, the Artifact God, had already revealed the incantation to activate it to Qu Yi. As a result, Qu Yi not only didn’t need to waste his vital energy to activate the Xingluo Ding but could also refine the energy it absorbed into vital energy.
Now, the Xingluo Ding no longer required primordial energy to craft weapons, as it did when it was in the possession of the Taiyuan Sect.
Thus, everyone in the cultivation world still hadn’t realized that it was only in Qu Yi’s hands that the Xingluo Ding truly displayed its immense power.
“Jin Xiong, don’t underestimate Qu Yi. I’ve always suspected he might possess treasures even more powerful than the Xingluo Ding. He’s too mysterious, rising so rapidly in the cultivation world. It’s impossible for him to progress this fast just through the ‘Five Qi and Three Flowers’ technique. I suspect he has other treasures as well. I also have a feeling that he might have gained something else in this Puppet Immortal Realm,” Qinglong said worriedly.
Qinglong was one of the sect leaders who first recognized Qu Yi’s potential and thus took the initiative to befriend him. But given the backgrounds of the ten sects in the cultivation world, Qinglong ultimately had to become Qu Yi’s enemy. After all, Qinglong aimed to ascend to the Fiend Realm, and getting too close to Qu Yi could lead to him being imprisoned by the Fiend Realm’s powerful beings.
The eleven powerful figures fell silent. They all recalled Qu Yi’s past deeds in the cultivation world, finding them increasingly astonishing.
When the seventh Eight Directions Sword appeared, it didn’t cause any earth-shattering phenomena, so none of the ten sects sent anyone to fight for it, allowing Qu Yi to take it easily.
Qu Yi, still in the Outward Journey stage, dared to enter Baiyin Star to claim the eighth Eight Directions Sword and even escaped safely from the Tidal Mist, one of the four great perils in the cultivation world.
At the Divided Mind stage, Qu Yi fought against powerful beings in the Tianhuo Star region and seized the Six Directions Blade.
At the Combined stage, Qu Yi even killed nearly ten thousand beings in the Soul Star region who were at the Tribulation stage.
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All these deeds undoubtedly highlighted Qu Yi’s mystery—how did he advance his cultivation so quickly? How did he escape various dangers? It was all hard to understand.
Just as the eleven powerful figures were lost in thought, a light sphere emerged from the light wall leading into the Puppet Immortal Realm, and soon Qu Yi’s figure appeared.

“Hi, everyone, you’re all resting here.” Qu Yi exclaimed happily as he landed.