Chapter 26: Cultivating Six Bodies Simultaneously

The Wu Jing Gold Fire can completely burn away the barrier of primordial energy.
The ten beings from the Upper Realm saw Qu Yi escape into it and were so terrified that they dared not move forward further, fearing even a trace of contact with it.
Although these ten beings possessed the cultivation level of Immortals and had immense primordial energy, they still couldn’t withstand such extensive consumption by the Wu Jing Gold Fire. Moreover, within this fire, neither immortal consciousness nor demonic or fiendish consciousness could function, and their eyes could see nothing ahead—entering it was like becoming completely blind.
“This Five Elements Extreme Realm is indeed strange. One small change can affect the whole. Just breaking one planet already caused the energy throughout this realm to become chaotic.”
“Yes, now that we’ve encountered the Wu Jing Gold Fire, I wonder if there are any even more formidable flames.”
“It’s very likely. We should have seen Qu Yi moving within some strange energy at the core of that shattered planet. This suggests that there might be other dangerous energies in this Five Elements Extreme Realm.”
“Hmph, whether there are dangers or not, since Qu Yi has entered the Wu Jing Gold Fire region, if his primordial energy is insufficient, even the Star Luo Ding won’t be able to protect him for long.”
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The ten beings from the Upper Realm formed three factions, each expressing their own opinions.
Of course, they cared nothing about Qu Yi’s life. What worried them was that if Qu Yi died in the Wu Jing Gold Fire, the treasures left by the Great Emperor might also be damaged, which would cause them trouble.
Their task was to seize those treasures. Success meant rapid advancement; failure meant only death.
Naturally, the ten beings from the Upper Realm were very interested in what was happening inside the Wu Jing Gold Fire. As soon as they detected Qu Yi escaping successfully, they would immediately move to kill him.
At that moment, Qu Yi was hidden inside the Star Luo Ding, using it as a vessel to fly freely through the Wu Jing Gold Fire.
Although the Wu Jing Gold Fire could burn away primordial energy, it couldn’t cause the slightest harm to a treasure of the Star Luo Ding’s caliber—it was like a match trying to affect a cold iron block.
Safe inside the Star Luo Ding, Qu Yi began refining the four Yuan Ying of Great Vehicle-stage beings he had captured recently.
The four Yuan Ying floated in the space inside the Star Luo Ding, struggling desperately but unable to move an inch.
“You four are really unlucky. Since fate has decreed your death, it’s just as well for me to take advantage of it,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile, his hand already reaching out toward one of the Yuan Ying.
“Qu Yi, I am willing to submit to you. Please spare me.”

The Yuan Ying, upon seeing Qu Yi, tried to attack and refine itself, screaming in terror—no trace of the might of the strongest being in the cultivation world remained.
“Yes, Qu Yi, as long as you spare us, we’ll agree to anything you want,” the other three Yuan Ying immediately added.
Qu Yi shook his head and smiled faintly, “There’s no need. Your fate is to die at my hands.”
Immediately, the Blazing True Fire in Qu Yi’s hand ignited, roasting the Yuan Ying.
The original spirit trapped within that Yuan Ying could no longer bear the intense heat and abandoned it, trying to escape from the interior space of the Star Luo Ding using its own spirit form. Unfortunately, there were countless parallel spaces inside the Star Luo Ding, all under Qu Yi’s control, so the spirit couldn’t go far.
“Soul Receptor, come out,” Qu Yi suddenly said with a laugh.
It turned out that Qu Yi had attacked those at the Great Perfection stage and captured their Yuan Ying in order to obtain their souls.
The core of the Soul Receptor Flower was a soul killer that specialized in capturing and devouring souls. Now, it had become Qu Yi’s soul guardian, obeying his commands.
Qu Yi called it the Soul Receptor, meaning “to receive souls.”
As soon as he spoke, the core of the Soul Receptor Flower appeared. It emitted a burst of golden light toward the soul that was about to escape, then devoured it alive before returning to Qu Yi’s original spirit.
Qu Yi’s soul absorbed the soul fragments sent by the core.
Now, Qu Yi had three ways to elevate his soul realm: one was by comprehending the primal energy, the second was through the Five Elements Dao taught by the Scanner God, and the third was by using the core to devour souls.
Qu Yi intended to use all three methods simultaneously.
The Yuan Ying of the other three beings at the Great Perfection stage witnessed what had just happened. Their Yuan Ying trembled violently, emitting pitiful cries—clearly terrified to the point of losing their will to live.
Qu Yi wouldn’t show mercy to those three Yuan Ying. The law of survival in the cultivation world was survival of the fittest; if one was captured, everything would be taken away. Naturally, since these three Yuan Ying were in his grasp, Qu Yi would take everything from them as well.
“Qu Yi, may you be cursed forever!”
“Qu Yi, you’ll surely be killed by the supreme immortals!”
“Qu Yi, you bastard! In my next life, I’ll roast your flesh and burn your soul every day!”
After uttering these curses, the souls of the three beings at the Great Perfection stage were completely devoured by the core and then seized by Qu Yi.
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At this moment, Qu Yi’s true self floated inside the Star Luo Ding, eyes lowered in meditation, digesting the soul fragments of the four people. Around him, five avatars also floated, practicing just like Qu Yi. However, each of the five avatars was cultivating different aspects. The Fire Lord was comprehending the Wu Jing Jin Huo absorbed by the Star Luo Ding, trying to grasp the essence of fire energy. As for the other four avatars—Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, and Earth Lord—they were constantly scanning the Five Elements Dao taught by the Artifact God. Indeed, after Qu Yi had mastered the Four Elements Dao, his soul realm had advanced to the late stage of tribulation, attracting the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulations. It was only after he created the five avatars that the Artifact God finally taught him the Five Elements Dao formation, as Qu Yi had no time to scan it before. Seeing that the Star Luo Ding kept flying within the Wu Jing Jin Huo, and aside from the Fire Lord who could cultivate, the other four lords were idle, the Artifact God then imparted the Five Elements Dao formation. Qu Yi’s true self immediately divided the Five Elements Dao into four parts and had his four avatars start scanning them right away. Although Qu Yi had six bodies, his soul remained the same. The advancement of the avatars’ souls was equivalent to that of his other bodies’ souls. However, at this point, Qu Yi’s soul could no longer split into six aspects, as the ultimate form of splitting the spiritual awareness was having six souls, each entering one of Qu Yi’s six bodies. Though he couldn’t split his spiritual awareness, his four avatars scanned the Five Elements Dao much faster than the Four Elements Dao, as his soul was now at the late stage of tribulation, allowing for much quicker scanning—plus, all four were scanning simultaneously. The Artifact God estimated that it would take only about a hundred years for Qu Yi to fully scan the Five Elements Dao. The Artifact God’s knowledge of formation theory was collectively known as “The Heart of Formations,” consisting of three chapters: the Basics of the Five Elements and, finally, the Five Elements Dao, which Qu Yi was on the verge of mastering entirely. The Five Elements Dao involved combining different elements of energy within a single formation. ※※※ Time passed, and a year had gone by. While hidden inside the Star Luo Ding, Qu Yi had unknowingly spent a whole year. His six incarnations, sharing one soul, were all simultaneously elevating their soul realms. Silence reigned inside the Star Luo Ding when suddenly the Artifact God’s voice rang out, “Qu Yi, the Star Luo Ding has left the Wu Jing Jin Huo region.” Qu Yi opened his eyes in response. Through the Star Luo Ding, his spiritual awareness sensed the outside world and confirmed that the Star Luo Ding had indeed left the Wu Jing Jin Huo and returned to the starry sky of the Five Elements Realm.

“Earth Venerable, go and fly in the starry sky,” Qu Yi’s true self said with a faint smile.
Earth Venerable, who was scanning the Five Elements Path, immediately stood up and flew out of the Star Luo Ding. He also took out the Earth Diving Shuttle and began flying swiftly through the stars.
Meanwhile, the Star Luo Ding carried Qu Yi’s true self, Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, Water Venerable, and Fire Venerable inside Earth Venerable’s body, continuing their flight in the Five Elements Extreme Realm.
The ten people from the upper realm kept flying around the Wu Jing Gold and Fire area, ready to capture Qu Yi the moment he emerged.
At this moment, Feng Qu from the Immortal Realm spotted Qu Yi, who was sitting on the Earth Diving Shuttle.
Whoosh!
Feng Qu immediately took out his mid-grade immortal weapon, the Qing Yun Stick, and used it to chase after Qu Yi.
Although both the Earth Diving Shuttle and the Qing Yun Stick were mid-grade immortal weapons, Feng Qu only possessed the cultivation level of a human immortal, which was nowhere near Earth Venerable’s Mahayana cultivation level.
The distance between them kept shrinking.