Chapter Twelve: Soul-Grabbing Flower

Rebirth Star—just by its name, it seemed like an extremely dangerous place.
But as Qu Yi flew over Rebirth Star, he saw that the entire planet was a world of flowers. There were no trees, no grasslands, no bare soil—only flowers of various colors covering the ground.
There were countless types of flowers, forming various color bands.
Flying in the air, Qu Yi saw nothing but blooming flowers. He was shocked and also confused.
“Instrument God, this Rebirth Star is full of flowers only. I don’t sense any spiritual essence here, just that eerie wind that seems to lure souls. What’s going on?” Qu Yi asked, puzzled.
“Hehe, interesting, indeed. It turns out there’s a Soul-Grabbing Flower on this Rebirth Star,” the Instrument God said to himself, not caring whether Qu Yi could understand.
After hearing this, Qu Yi stopped mid-air, confused, waiting for the Instrument God’s explanation.
“Qu Yi, this Rebirth Star is about the size of a large planet. And it’s entirely occupied by one Soul-Grabbing Flower. To put it simply, all the flowers you see are actually its stamens. On a larger scale, every flower on the surface of this planet is its stamen, while its life core, like a spiritual essence, moves freely underground,” the Instrument God explained with a calm smile.
Hearing this, Qu Yi’s body trembled in the air—he was truly shocked by the Instrument God’s words.
Planets in the cultivation world were divided into large, medium, and small sizes. Large planets could usually accommodate trillions of people, and many cultivators reached the Fusion stage. Now, this Rebirth Star, equivalent to a large planet, was entirely covered in flowers, and what was even more unbelievable was that all these flowers were merely stamens of the Soul-Grabbing Flower.
How big was the Soul-Grabbing Flower?
Qu Yi couldn’t even imagine it. He had spent a long time in the cultivation world, experienced many things, and seen many rare phenomena. But the scale of the Soul-Grabbing Flower far exceeded his imagination.
“Instrument God, could the soul-related treasure on this Rebirth Star refer to the Soul-Grabbing Flower? What’s its purpose?” Qu Yi asked loudly, filled with curiosity.

After a moment of silence, the Artifact God softly said, “The Soul-Collecting Flower—I’ve only heard of such a treasure once before. I never expected to encounter it in your cultivation world as well. Qu Yi, have you ever thought about why, in the Five Souls Desolation, there are only five Soul Essences, while many wandering souls from other planets never evolve into Soul Essences in the later stages? The reason lies with this Soul-Collecting Flower. As the name suggests, its ability is to capture souls floating in nature and gather them together. The five Soul Essences likely evolved because they were originally at the later stage of the Tribulation phase and accidentally obtained souls gathered by this flower, thus evolving into Soul Essences.”

After hearing this, Qu Yi was once again shocked—this Soul-Collecting Flower could even collect souls.

In the cultivation world, there were also some powerful cultivators who practiced special soul spells, allowing their souls to survive even if their physical bodies were destroyed or their primordial spirits shattered. In the vast cultivation world, these souls might drift into the Five Souls Desolation and possibly be captured by the Soul-Collecting Flower.

“Artifact God, it seems this Soul-Collecting Flower hasn’t yet produced new souls. Otherwise, the Five Souls Desolation would have an extra Soul Essence,” Qu Yi remarked with emotion.

“Qu Yi, do you think it’s easy for this flower to capture new souls? When cultivators die, their souls either disappear or undergo a long journey through space before possibly being captured by the flower—the chances are very low,” the Artifact God replied indifferently.

After hearing the Artifact God’s words, Qu Yi suddenly asked, “Artifact God, what benefits does this Soul-Collecting Flower bring to me?”

The Artifact God chuckled before saying, “The benefits are significant. If you can find the core of the Soul-Collecting Flower and incorporate it into your body, not only will your soul realm improve rapidly, but you’ll also be able to influence the soul fluctuations of cultivators with lower realms than yours—things like imprinting soul shackles will become easy. Additionally, passing through the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation will surely be much easier for you.”

The Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation was essentially a tribulation of the soul.

Qu Yi burst into laughter. It seemed that entering the Five Souls Desolation had initially been to delay the pursuit of the ten people from the upper realm, but now he had an unexpected gain—finding such a rare treasure as the Soul-Collecting Flower.

“Artifact God, can you locate the core of the Soul-Collecting Flower?” Qu Yi asked urgently, his eyes filled with intense desire.

After a while, the Spirit Tool deity spoke up, “The life core of the Reincarnation Flower can be underground or within a single flower. It doesn’t reveal itself on its own, making it difficult to sense. However, I have an idea. Just throw a cultivator into the flower, and I believe the life core of the Reincarnation Flower will come over quickly, allowing you to sense it.”

A living cultivator, with a complete soul, would naturally attract the attention of the life core of the Soul-Attracting Flower.

After a brief silence, Qu Yi smiled faintly. “It seems I’ll have to rely on the Boundless Stars to return to the outer region once more and capture a strong cultivator in the Tribulation stage first.”

Qu Yi’s gaze had already shifted to those late-stage wandering soul cultivators from the ten sects who had entered the Five Souls Desolation.

Soon, Qu Yi took out the Boundless Stars and teleported away.

……

In the form of the Earth Soul Spirit, Qiu Rui left a Trace-Sensing Soul Mark and, relying on the fluctuations of his own soul, determined the direction. He then flew straight toward the central area of the Five Souls Desolation, constantly chasing after the Earth Soul Spirit.

The other nine powerful beings from the upper realm also learned of Qiu Rui’s movements and immediately flew toward the central area as well.

Just three days later, the Earth Soul Spirit and the other four soul spirits had all returned to the central area. In this Five Souls Desolation, all five soul spirits could use instant teleportation without any hindrance, and they didn’t expend energy when doing so, as they originated from primordial energy and possessed innate skills in energy manipulation.

Unfortunately, just as the Earth Soul Spirit returned to its own planet, Qiu Rui’s body also arrived on the planet, flying straight toward the mountain peak where the Earth Soul Spirit had landed.

The Earth Soul Spirit immediately detected Qiu Rui and, terrified by his sudden appearance, quickly burrowed underground and disappeared.

Qiu Rui landed on the mountain peak and smiled faintly. “Earth Soul Spirit, you can’t escape. Let’s see how I catch you.”

Immediately afterward, Qiu Rui took out a mid-grade immortal weapon and casually stabbed at the mountain peak, turning its summit into a crater-like opening.

Using the mid-grade immortal weapon to clear the way, Qiu Rui entered the underground world alone to chase after the Earth Soul Spirit, which was moving swiftly underground.

The Earth Soul Spirit quickly sensed Qiu Rui’s presence and grew even more fearful. Qiu Rui could track it with pinpoint accuracy, and the Earth Soul Spirit had no idea why this was happening.

Anxiety stems from the unknown.

The Earth Soul Spirit felt unsafe even underground, so it immediately rushed out and then used consecutive teleportations to head to other planets in the central area, flying toward the planet where the Gold Soul Spirit lived alone.
Qiu Rui snorted and also emerged from underground, continuing to teleport in pursuit of the Earth Soul Spirit.
Before the Earth Soul Spirit reached the planet inhabited by the Gold Soul Spirit, the latter sensed its arrival and also noticed Qiu Rui chasing behind. Knowing how powerful Qiu Rui was—after all, it had been trapped in Qiu Rui’s domain just a few days ago—the Gold Soul Spirit was terrified and immediately teleported through the stars to the planet where the Wood Soul Spirit lived.
Upon realizing the Gold Soul Spirit’s movement, the Earth Soul Spirit also avoided landing on a planet and followed the Gold Soul Spirit, teleporting together to the planet where the Wood Soul Spirit resided.
Only by combining the powers of all five soul spirits could they possibly escape Qiu Rui’s domain. The Gold Soul Spirit and Earth Soul Spirit were well aware of this and would never rely on their own strength to confront Qiu Rui; instead, they both wanted to gather the other soul spirits so that together they could find a way to fight back against Qiu Rui.
Chasing behind, Qiu Rui quickly spotted the Gold Soul Spirit and grew even more pleased. He realized that the central area of the Five Souls Desolation was the dwelling place of the five soul spirits. It seemed all five had returned, and by learning from his previous mistakes, he could capture them all.
Chase!
Excited, Qiu Rui teleported over.
Another day passed. In the skies of the Five Souls Desolation, the Gold Soul Spirit, Wood Soul Spirit, Water Soul Spirit, Fire Soul Spirit, and Earth Soul Spirit linked up end to end, mobilizing the primal energy in space to form a multicolored circle that kept moving across the stars as they fled.
Behind them, the human immortal Qiu Rui pursued them with fury.
Originally, Qiu Rui thought he could easily capture the five soul spirits, but as soon as they gathered, they united again, increasing their teleportation distances by several times, making it impossible for him to keep up. He could only follow by tracking the Earth Soul Spirit’s movements.
While Qiu Rui angrily chased after the five soul spirits, nine powerful human immortal-level warriors—Zong Xi, Feng Qu, Yan Xuan, Yi Xi, Chen Yan, Rong Han, Jun Wei, Zhuo Hong, and Qi Jia—also arrived in the central area of the Five Souls Desolation.
As soon as the nine appeared, they spotted Qiu Rui.
“Qiu Rui, so you’re indeed chasing those five soul spirits. Good. Since you can’t catch them, let us capture them instead,” Zong Xi shouted with a smile.

Before the words faded, the other eight powerful warriors had already teleported over and joined the pursuit.
“Despicable!” Zong Xi cursed, then immediately teleported to chase after the Soul Spirits.
The five Soul Spirits in the starry sky, upon realizing nine more powerful warriors had arrived, each with a presence no less formidable than Qiu Rui’s, were immediately intimidated.
Suddenly, the five Soul Spirits seemed to make a firm decision and teleported straight to the Reincarnation Star.