Chapter 23: Six-Star Human Soul Immortal

Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
In his cultivation space, Fire Venerable continued to comprehend the primal forces of fire. It took him a year to finally grasp the power of explosion within the Primal Pool of Explosion. Another two years were spent mastering the power of splitting within the Primal Pool of Splitting. All six primal forces of fire—heat, warmth, surge, ascent, explosion, and splitting—had now been understood by Fire Venerable.
Fire Venerable was now a Six-Star Human Soul Immortal.
At this moment, he emerged from the Primal Pool of Splitting, his eyes shining like stars, filled with excitement and confidence.
“A Six-Star Human Soul Immortal—finally achieved. It’s time to go out and act,” Fire Venerable said with a faint smile.
Having reached the level of a Six-Star Human Soul Immortal, the next step was to break through to a lower rank of Human Soul Immortal, which required mastering a secret technique related to fire. This could no longer be achieved solely through the pure primal forces in the pools. Thus, Fire Venerable did not wish to stay in the cultivation space any longer.
The next instant, he left the cultivation space.
“Senior Fire Venerable, you’re out!” called the young man guarding the cave, smiling.
With his current cultivation level, Fire Venerable had already surpassed this young man. According to the rules of Tongzhou Hall, lower-ranked disciples were required to address those of higher rank as seniors.
Tongzhou Hall’s hierarchy was based solely on strength, regardless of when one joined the sect.
“Oh, thank you for your hard work, Tan Shou,” Fire Venerable replied with a smile.
The young man’s face lit up upon hearing this. He hadn’t expected Fire Venerable to remember his name. Given Fire Venerable’s fame in Tongzhou Hall, he thought Fire Venerable wouldn’t bother to remember someone like himself, a Three-Star Human Soul Immortal. But Fire Venerable mentioning his name right away made him very happy.
“Senior Fire Venerable, the Master of Juehuo Peak has visited here over a dozen times in these three years, always trying to enter the cultivation space to find you,” Tan Shou said quickly.
After taking on the task of refining immortal artifacts at the Human Soul Immortal level, Zhen Nantian received many more such tasks. However, some of these required skills that the array masters of Juehuo Peak couldn’t handle. In such cases, Zhen Nantian would think of Fire Venerable and come to the cave, attempting to enter the cultivation space and bring Fire Venerable out.
Yet, Zhen Nantian held back. He didn’t want to offend Fire Venerable, as failing to do so might make it difficult to complete future artifact-refining tasks, even if he managed to finish the current ones.
Upon hearing this, Fire Venerable nodded and then flew out of the cave.

“That fat idiot still refuses to share the array preset method with the other Forging Peaks. How greedy! If he doesn’t tell them, those peak leaders surely won’t help the Juehuo Peak in researching arrays. If all the Forging Peaks in Tongzhou Hall cooperate, there’s no need for me to study each array individually. I really need to teach this fat guy a lesson.” Fire Venerable thought to himself as he flew through the air.

Soon, Fire Venerable arrived at the Juehuo Peak. Undoubtedly, Zhen Nantian, who was on the Juehuo Peak, immediately sensed Fire Venerable’s presence. His body soared into the air like a crane, arriving right in front of Fire Venerable.

“Haha, Fire Venerable, you’ve finally come out! I missed you so much!” Zhen Nantian exclaimed with great joy.

Fire Venerable looked at him calmly and said softly, “Fat guy, why are you so happy to see me? Was another array troubling you again?”

Zhen Nantian’s eyes lit up immediately as he laughed loudly, “Fire Venerable, you really understand me!”

After saying that, he tried to fly over and hug Fire Venerable. Fire Venerable darted away and quickly entered the Peak Leader’s Pavilion, sitting down in a chair.

Zhen Nantian was stunned for a moment before following him back to the Pavilion. Looking at Fire Venerable, his dumbfounded expression turned into a smile as he said, “Fire Venerable, you’re right. During your three years in the cultivation space, our Juehuo Peak received another 20,000 forging tasks, including thousands with very special requirements. Our array masters couldn’t come up with arrays that met the clients’ needs. Now that you’re back, Fire Venerable, you must help me.”

Fire Venerable raised his hand gently and smiled, “Fat guy, you don’t need to say more. I know what you’re thinking. Bring over all the unresolved arrays, and I’ll help you figure them out.”

Zhen Nantian jumped around like a madman.

Then Fire Venerable lowered his hand and said seriously, “Fat guy, I’ve already said it—the array preset method can be shared with all the peak leaders of Tongzhou Hall. Right now, the Zhu family’s power is growing steadily. If Tongzhou Hall doesn’t develop further, it will eventually be swallowed up by the Zhu family.”

Zhen Nantian was stunned for a moment before saying awkwardly, “Fire Venerable, can’t we delay sharing the array preset method for another year or two? Let our Juehuo Peak earn enough points first before telling them?”

After taking on the immortal artifact forging task at the Human Soul Immortal level, Zhen Nantian had already helped the Juehuo Peak’s disciples earn a lot of points. For the disciples of Juehuo Peak, who had once been extremely poor, they naturally wanted to keep the secret of the array preset method.

However, the other seventeen peak masters of Tongzhou Hall naturally also noticed something strange about Juehuo Peak and deduced that it possessed a special method of refining artifacts. Thus, the peak masters of the seventeen peaks must have been exerting pressure from time to time. Zhen Nantian kept delaying things. At this moment, Zhen Nantian saw that Huozun had spoken as well and realized he could no longer stall. Huozun smiled faintly and then said, “Fat guy, all you need to do now is tell the other seventeen peaks about the array preset method at the Human Soul Immortal level. After all, only you know it right now.” The array preset method at the Human Soul Immortal level required Yuan Tong ore as a carrier, while that at the Human Soul Immortal level required Mo Yun crystals as a carrier. Upon hearing this, Zhen Nantian’s eyes lit up immediately as he understood Huozun’s intention. “I get it! I’ll tell them the array preset method at the Human Soul Immortal level, and they should also share their respective peak’s arrays with us. In this way, Juehuo Peak will have arrays at the Human Soul Immortal level, allowing us to produce a large number of such immortal artifacts in the future!” Zhen Nantian exclaimed. Huozun nodded with a smile. Then, Zhen Nantian brought over all the array-related problems he had accumulated over the past three years and handed them to Huozun. After that, he secretly went to each artifact-refining peak to have secret talks with the peak masters and revealed the array preset methods. The peak masters of the seventeen peaks, in order to obtain the specific methods for these array preset methods, after much deliberation, agreed to copy all their peaks’ arrays for Juehuo Peak in exchange for the preset methods. As a result, Juehuo Peak now gathered the arrays from all Tongzhou Hall’s peaks. Given time, it would surely become the strongest peak in Tongzhou Hall. ※※※ It was also three years later. Jinzun, Muzun, Shuizun, and Tuzun—these four individuals had also practiced in the Zhu family’s cultivation space for three years and finally grasped their respective six primal forces. Jinzun’s forces were: strength of firmness, strength of sharpness, strength of solemnity, strength of pressure, strength of restraint, and strength of concentration. Muzun’s forces were: strength of growth, strength of withering, strength of extension, strength of bending, strength of relaxation, and strength of tension. Shuizun’s forces were: strength of coldness, strength of coolness, strength of nourishment, strength of moisture, strength of sinking, and strength of lowering. Tuzun’s forces were: strength of bearing, strength of carrying, strength of nurturing, strength of transformation, strength of acceptance, and strength of inclusion. Thus, Jinzun, Muzun, Shuizun, and Tuzun all became Six-Star Human Soul Immortals. Qu Yi’s five avatars were also all Six-Star Human Soul Immortals. At this time, within Qu Yi’s original body, since all five avatars had grasped all the primal forces, the chaotic energy in his dantian also changed.

In the five regions formed by the chaotic energy, there are regions representing the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Within each region, six forces are at work, representing six primal energies. Together, these six primal energies in each region transform the chaotic energy into a mass-like state. Thus, within Qu Yi’s true body’s dantian, the chaotic energy has formed into five such mass-like entities.

Inside the Tiny Realm Sphere, Qu Yi lies on a soft chair alongside the Artifact God. Qu Yi himself only needs to scan the formation—the “Primal Energy Dao” formation taught by the Artifact God. Since all five avatars need to comprehend the primal energies, Qu Yi must take action himself. However, Qu Yi is among the most comfortable cultivators, as he can simply lie on the soft chair while his immortal consciousness scans the formation. The rest of the cultivation related to the primal energies is carried out by the five avatars.

The Artifact God noticed the activity within Qu Yi’s body. Its infantile form turned over endearingly and said with a smile, “Qu Yi, I can already sense the appearance of those five mass-like entities in your dantian. It’s very likely that something will evolve from them. I’m looking forward to it.”

Qu Yi could only force a wry smile and say indifferently, “Let it evolve however it will. I can’t control this chaotic energy myself; I can only let its changes happen.”

Qu Yi’s cultivation level relies on the cultivation of his five avatars, and it indeed isn’t under his direct control. Especially the chaotic energy—even a mysterious expert like the Artifact God doesn’t know how to control it.

The Artifact God sensed Qu Yi’s helplessness and said with a gentle smile, “Let nature take its course, Qu Yi. Just let it change on its own. It will likely be quite fascinating in the future.”

Qu Yi pursed his lips and could only smile in response, unable to reply.

At that moment, in the Zhu family’s cultivation space, the Four Lords—Lord Metal, Lord Wood, Lord Water, and Lord Earth—had emerged from their respective primal pools, all full of energy.

“Haha, you’ve also become Six-Star Human Soul Immortals.”

At the same time, four voices rang out as they looked at each other with joy.

Meanwhile, Zhu Bao also emerged from his primal pool. In just three years, he had mastered another principle of the water element’s primal energy. There are three such principles in total: the Cold Principle, the Nourishing Principle, and the Sinking Principle. Previously, Zhu Bao had only mastered the Sinking Principle, which made him a lower-tier Human Soul Immortal. Now that he had mastered the Cold Principle as well, he had become a mid-tier Human Soul Immortal.

“Zhu Bao, impressive! You’ve made another breakthrough,” Lord Metal said simply upon seeing him.

Upon hearing this voice and seeing the four figures smiling at him at the same time, Bao was deeply shaken.