Chapter 28: Thirty Types of Primordial Forces

The ten beings from the Upper Realm had just flown up to the Star Luo Ding when they tried to use their domain to lock it in place and then fly away. However, to their horror, they found that they couldn’t activate their domains—their primordial forces had been scattered by an invisible breeze in the surrounding space.
The breeze scattered their primordial forces.
The ten beings never expected such a terrifying form of energy to exist in this Five Elements Extreme Realm. As they panicked and tried to retreat, they discovered that their bodies were trapped against their will, pulled into an invisible energy field by an unseen force.
Soon, the ten beings from the Upper Realm, filled with panic, followed the Star Luo Ding and were swept up into that invisible breeze.
This breeze was the Jiazi Inner Whirlwind.
Since Qu Yi’s true self was inside the Star Luo Ding and their souls were united, he naturally knew everything the Earth Lord sensed outside.
“Vessel God, what kind of energy is this Jiazi Inner Whirlwind?” Qu Yi asked immediately upon hearing the Vessel God’s words and sensing its strangeness.
“This Jiazi Inner Whirlwind is formed from various primordial energies, containing numerous mysteries and spatial laws. Even if I explained it to you, you wouldn’t understand. Let me put it this way: you and those ten beings have been dragged into this whirlwind, and you can only escape after sixty years, once it dissipates,” the Vessel God explained slowly.
Qu Yi was astonished. The energy fluctuations in this Five Elements Extreme Realm had given rise to such a peculiar energy—one that could trap people without harming them.
“Vessel God, it seems I’ll have to cultivate inside this Jiazi Inner Whirlwind for sixty years. That’s fine. Sixty years is enough for me to scan most of the Five Elements Dao and fully digest the four Soul Fragments from the Mahayana stage. By then, my soul realm should be able to break through to the Mahayana stage. When I go out to search for Chaos Energy later, I’ll be able to absorb and refine it quickly, transforming my true body entirely into a Chaos Body,” Qu Yi said calmly before entering the Dimensional Sphere.
The Earth Lord also entered the Dimensional Sphere, leaving only the Star Luo Ding outside, drifting with the Jiazi Inner Whirlwind.
The Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, Fire Lord, and Earth Lord—Qu Yi’s five avatars—all entered the Dimensional Sphere. They sat in an empty valley like statues, scanning the Five Elements Dao together.
Meanwhile, Qu Yi’s true self sat by the lake, smiling as he watched the Vessel God.

“The Artifact God, my five avatars are fighting against Feng Qu in the starry sky, and I’ve also gained some insights. I’ve realized that Feng Qu’s domain must be a type of force that drives the primal energy of wood, thereby forming a wood-based domain,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.

The Artifact God, lying on the soft chair, was delighted upon hearing Qu Yi’s words. He turned to look at Qu Yi and nodded his head.

“You’re right. A domain is indeed formed by using a primal force to manipulate primal energy,” the Artifact God affirmed.

A smile appeared on Qu Yi’s face.

The Artifact God remained silent for a while before calmly saying, “Qu Yi, it seems it’s time for you to learn some knowledge. You already know about the five types of primal energy and also understand the existence of primal forces. So, do you know how many primal forces there are in total for these five types of primal energy?”

Qu Yi looked at the Artifact God in surprise and replied in a low voice, “I don’t know.”

“The five types of primal energy—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—each has six primal forces, so in total, there are thirty primal forces,” the Artifact God said calmly.

Qu Yi was once again astonished and blurted out, “Artifact God, thirty primal forces mean there are thirty domains.”

The Artifact God nodded, his face showing delight.

“Which thirty?” Qu Yi couldn’t help but ask immediately.

Now that Qu Yi knew his future path of cultivation, he became even more focused, eager to understand everything thoroughly. He stared intently at the Artifact God.

The Artifact God smiled faintly, then pointed at his own bottom. With each tap, he named one of the primal forces:

For metal primal energy: strength of firmness, sharpness, solemnity, pressure, restraint, and concentration;

For wood primal energy: the force of growth, withering, extension, bending, relaxation, and tension;

For water primal energy: the force of coldness, coolness, nourishment, moisture, sinking, and descent;

For fire primal energy: the force of warmth, heat, rising, expansion, explosion, and splitting;

For earth primal energy: the force of bearing, carrying, nurturing, transformation, acceptance, and absorption;

In one go, the Artifact God revealed all thirty primal forces to Qu Yi.

Qu Yi listened quietly, memorized them all at once, and reflected on them in his mind. Then, he recalled various events from the Haotian Immortal Mansion and the domains used by those ten people from the upper realm when they attacked him. It seemed he now had some vague impressions of these thirty primal forces as well.

It was precisely because Qu Yi had experienced these fields, driven by the forces of the primal origins, that he had an impression and could understand them more quickly.
“Instrument God, it seems my five avatars will have to master the six primal forces separately from now on,” Qu Yi suddenly laughed.
Others could only cultivate one type of energy, meaning they could only comprehend six primal forces. But with five avatars, Qu Yi could simultaneously study the five primal energies and master all of them.
The Instrument God nodded and then said with a smile, “There’s no need to rush to master the primal forces. Wait until your soul reaches the Mahayana stage before letting your five avatars master them.”
Qu Yi nodded and then sat quietly by the lake, working together with his five avatars to thoroughly explore the Five Elements Dao.
……
The ten people from the Upper Realm—Zong Xi, Feng Qu, Yan Xuan, Qiu Rui, Yi Xi, Chen Yan, Rong Han, Jun Wei, Zhuo Hong, and Qi Jia—were all caught by the Jiazi Inner Whirlwind.
Together, they couldn’t even struggle; they couldn’t use their primal forces either, as the primal energies dispersed immediately upon encountering the Jiazi Inner Whirlwind.
Thus, the ten people were filled with resentment and fear, unsure how long they would be trapped in the Jiazi Inner Whirlwind.
Fortunately, the whirlwind didn’t attack them, which relieved them. They also knew that Qu Yi, in this area of the Jiazi Inner Whirlwind, couldn’t escape either, so they felt at ease.
“This Five Elements Extreme Realm is said to be one of the two most perilous places in the cultivation world. I used to doubt it, but now I’ve truly experienced it,” sighed Zong Xi among the ten.
In the Five Souls Perilous Realm, if these ten people acted alone, they would likely be devoured by the life cores of the Soul-Grabbing Flowers. In this Five Elements Extreme Realm, any disturbance in one area would affect the entire realm, generating various strange energies.
Zong Xi had experienced this firsthand and couldn’t help but sigh in awe.
“Yes, whether it’s the Heaven-Destroying Cold Wind, the Wu Essence Gold Fire, or even the gentle breeze here, if none of them can do anything, it seems this cultivation world isn’t a place where us immortals can act as we please,” Feng Qu also sighed deeply, clearly displeased.
At the thought of Qu Yi’s five “puppet bodies” escaping from his grasp, Feng Qu was filled with regret and frustration.

“What’s even more infuriating is that Qu Yi only possesses the cultivation level of the later stage of crossing calamities, yet thanks to treasures like the Star Luo Ding, he can evade these dangerous energies. It’s truly infuriating,” Yan Xuan added in agreement.
All ten of them had seen with their own eyes how Qu Yi used the Star Luo Ding to pass through the Annihilating Cold Wind and the Wu Jing Gold Fire without suffering any damage at all.
“It seems that dealing with this Qu Yi is indeed a headache. Especially now that all ten of us have been lured into the Five Elements Extreme Realm. The strange energies here appear constantly and are utterly unpredictable. As long as Qu Yi uses the Star Luo Ding, not only will it be difficult to capture him, we might even be attacked by him,” Qiu Rui said, narrowing her eyes with concern.
In the cultivation world, Qu Yi had only been cultivating for over three hundred years, yet he had risen rapidly, to the point where he could rival the ten major sects alone. Qiu Rui naturally recognized Qu Yi’s potential and also thought of the imperial treasures he obtained in the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion, which could further accelerate his cultivation. The ten of them were indeed in great danger.
The four from the Immortal Realm exchanged thoughts through their immortal senses, their faces showing signs of worry.
The three from the Demon Realm and the three from the Fiend Realm also communicated using their demonic and fiendish senses. Like the four from the Immortal Realm, these six were also worried about their own safety.
However, at least for the next sixty years, these ten from the upper realms would not be in danger.
But at that moment, the ten major sects of the cultivation world in the Six Plateau Stars were engaged in a brutal massacre.