Chapter 77: The Primordial Dao of Elements

Fire Lord carried a space ring containing a thousand vials of pills. He had now arrived at the core of the Soul Devouring Bloodline—its heart. As soon as he arrived, Qu Yi, Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, and Earth Lord also emerged from the Dimensional Sphere.

“Fire Lord, put all the pills into the blood,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Ten thousand pills—no matter whether they were precious or worthless—could be processed by the core of the Soul Devouring Bloodline.

Fire Lord nodded and immediately used his mind to take out all a thousand vials from the space ring. Then, with the power of his immortal essence, he removed the jade stoppers from each vial. All ten thousand pills, precious or not, entered the blood.

The blood core began to shake violently, emitting a red glow akin to that of a star, which illuminated each pill. The blood in the heart enveloped every pill, infusing it with various spiritual energies. One by one, the pills transformed into precious pills—those at the Human Soul Immortal level, Human Spirit Immortal level, and Earth Soul Immortal level. Their medicinal auras were truly refreshing.

Qu Yi, Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, Fire Lord, and Earth Lord all showed expressions of delight. They quickly collected the precious pills floating in the blood. Of course, Gold Lord took the pills related to metal, Wood Lord those related to wood, Water Lord those related to water, Fire Lord those related to fire, and Earth Lord those related to earth. Qu Yi, on the other hand, collected the pills that replenished his immortal essence.

After a while, all the precious pills were collected. Qu Yi looked at the five lords and said, “That’s it. The pills sent by Jing Yihong this time seem to include many that you need. Take those for yourselves. The rest will stay with me.”

Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, Fire Lord, and Earth Lord were currently at the Mid-Level Human Soul Immortal stage. They only needed pills at that level, especially those containing the elemental dao principles they needed to master.

“Good. The Cangyan Pills, Xunli Pills, and Shuzhen Pills I collected all contain the principle of convergence. There are ten of them, enough for me to advance to the Higher-Level Human Soul Immortal stage,” Gold Lord said happily.

“The Ni Hu Pills, Ji Jiu Pills, and Nie Shan Pills I collected all contain the principle of tension and relaxation. There are thirteen of them—enough for me as well,” Wood Lord said with a smile.

“The Bing Ci Pills, Er Jia Pills, and Yan Suo Pills I collected contain the principle of sedimentation. There are twenty of them—more than enough for me,” Water Lord said calmly.

“The Jiong Ling Pills, Zhi Hu Pills, and Zhuo Tun Pills I collected all contain the principle of explosion. There are fourteen of them—absolutely sufficient,” Fire Lord said with a laugh.

“The Fenchen Dan, Kanchan Dan, and Ga’ao Dan I’ve received all contain the essence of Fa’ao. There are fifteen in total, which is more than enough for me,” said the Earth Venerable with a gentle smile.

With the talents of the Five Venerables, plus the help of their Spirit Devouring bloodlines, just four or five spirit pills should be sufficient to help them comprehend the final Fa’ao. However, to be safe, Qu Yi certainly wouldn’t waste any spirit pills, so he let all the helpful ones go to the five of them.

As long as it could enhance his strength, Qu Yi would never hesitate.

The Five Venerables took their respective spirit pills and returned to their own cultivation caves.

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Qu Yi returned to the Inch Realm Sphere. As soon as he lay down on his soft chair, the Artifact God turned over and lay on its side, looking at Qu Yi.

“Qu Yi, after the Five Venerables take in these spirit pills, they will surely break through to the higher rank of Human Soul Immortals. It’s time to teach you the Origin Fa’ao Dao Formation,” said the Artifact God with a smile.

Qu Yi had already mastered the Origin Energy Dao and had even started crafting artifacts himself, getting familiar with the properties of various materials. Now, it was time to move on to the formation—the Origin Fa’ao Dao—and the Artifact God finally decided to teach it to him.

Hearing this, Qu Yi was naturally delighted. “Artifact God, you’ve kept this hidden for so long. Now that the Five Venerables are almost at the higher rank of Human Soul Immortals, you’re only now teaching me the Origin Fa’ao Dao.”

The Artifact God immediately rolled its eyes and snapped, “You fool! I’m doing this for your own good. When the Five Venerables first reached the rank of Six-Star Human Soul Immortals and you mastered the Origin Energy Dao, wasn’t your comprehension speed extremely fast? The same principle applies here. Once the Five Venerables comprehend the final Fa’ao, you’ll have mastered all five elements’ Fa’ao. Then, when you try to comprehend this Origin Fa’ao Dao Formation, your speed will be even faster.”

The Origin Fa’ao Dao involved applying the various elements’ Fa’ao in formations.

Naturally, with Qu Yi being the only one in the Immortal Realm who had mastered all five elements’ Fa’ao, understanding the Origin Fa’ao Dao taught by the Artifact God would be effortless for him—just a glance would suffice.

In the Immortal Realm, those formation masters often took a very long time to master even a few formations. The reason was that they focused on practicing just one type of cultivation method while still having to understand the Fa’ao of the other four elements. The difficulty of studying formations like that was unimaginable, hence the long time required.

Thanks to his five avatars, Qu Yi could master all five elements’ Fa’ao simultaneously, making it effortless for him to understand formations.

“Hehe, Artifact God, you really can’t take insults. Alright, I’m ready. Please teach me the Origin Fa’ao Dao,” said Qu Yi, sitting on the ground with a smile.

The Artifact God nodded, then swiftly sat down on the soft chair. Reaching out with his right hand, he pointed with his index finger, and a beam of golden light shot into Qu Yi’s head. The Primordial Law Dao had now been imprinted into Qu Yi’s Soul Flower. Qu Yi opened his eyes and smiled at the Artifact God, saying happily, “Artifact God, thank you. Now I have something to do.” The Artifact God shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands in a “go ahead” gesture, then immediately collapsed back on the soft chair to continue sleeping. Just as Qu Yi stood up smiling and sat down on his own soft chair, the Artifact God suddenly turned onto his side and said with a smile, “Qu Yi, be ready at any time. Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun have already entered the Punishment Institute and are heading to the Earthly Desolation Star Cluster to carry out their mission.” In other words, Qu Yi was to wait for news at any time; once the five of them reached their destination, he would need to use the Boundless Star Map to go there and help Xiang Qing and the others complete their mission. Hearing this, Qu Yi nodded with a smile and then lay down. The Artifact God’s face turned angry, his eyes filled with resentment as he muttered unhappily, “I haven’t even laid down yet, and you already have. You really show no respect for me at all.”

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The Punishment Institute of the Yinhan Sect had ten thousand branches, each responsible for a portion of the Earthly Desolation Star Cluster. Each branch had ten enforcement teams, with each team consisting of a hundred members. Xiang Qing was assigned to the tenth branch’s tenth enforcement team. Of the entire hundred members of the tenth enforcement team, only twenty were currently stationed on their residential mountain, while the rest had already gone to various star systems to carry out tasks assigned by the Punishment Institute’s headquarters. At that moment, two figures flew toward all the residential mountains of the tenth enforcement team. One of them was actually Qiu Mo—he turned out to be the leader of the tenth enforcement team. The other person would surely surprise Qu Yi if he were there; it was Zhu Bao, the same person from the Zhu family whom Qu Yi had already taken control of back on Zhu Yan Star. It turned out that Qiu Mo hadn’t found Yuwen Tianlan on Zhu Yan Star and couldn’t stay there for long to protect the Zhu family, so he had to intimidate several major forces on nearby planets to safeguard the foundation of the Zhu family. Meanwhile, when Qiu Mo left, after discussions among the Zhu family members, Zhu Bao was chosen to follow Qiu Mo to the Yinhan Sect.

According to the Zhu family’s plan, as long as Zhu Bao remained in the Youhan Sect, those nearby who had feuds with the Zhu family would not dare to cause them trouble. After all, those enemies knew well that as long as Zhu Bao continued to train in the sect, he would likely reach the level of Earth Soul Immortal, or even Earth Spirit Immortal.

Qiu Mo and Zhu Bao landed on a mountain peak. The twenty members left to guard the peak immediately took off and landed across from Qiu Mo, standing in formation. Xiang Qing was among them, standing calmly in the middle.

“Captain!” the twenty members called out in unison.

Qiu Mo nodded in satisfaction, then pulled Zhu Bao beside him and said with a smile, “Team members, this is our new member of the Tenth Law Enforcement Team—his name is Zhu Bao.”

The twenty members immediately replied, “Welcome, Brother Zhu Bao!”

By this time, Zhu Bao had already reached the level of Upper Human Soul Immortal. Seeing that all twenty members were also at this high level, he wasn’t afraid at all.

“Brothers, please take care of me from now on,” Zhu Bao said with a smile before stepping to stand at the end of the line.

Qiu Mo smiled in satisfaction, but then his expression turned serious as he glanced at everyone and said calmly, “Everyone, I’ve received a mission. On Qingchi Star in the Bai Bing Galaxy, an ice peak lair has appeared recently, giving rise to many ice bees at the level of Human Soul Immortal and even Earth Soul Immortal, who have killed many cultivators. The twenty of you will go to Qingchi Star. Oh, and Xiang Qing will serve as the captain.”

Xiang Qing was indeed the strongest among the twenty. Many members had fought against him during this period and been defeated by him. Therefore, Qiu Mo understood that if these twenty-one people were to complete the mission, it was necessary for Xiang Qing to be the captain, as only he could keep everyone in check and coordinate their actions to succeed.

“Yes, Captain!” Xiang Qing replied with a slight smile.

Zhu Bao and the other twenty also immediately said, “Yes, Captain.”

Qiu Mo nodded and then flew away.

At that moment, Xiang Qing stepped forward, turned to face the twenty members, and said solemnly, “Team members, this is my first time leading a team on a mission. I hope everyone will cooperate with me and follow my commands so we can complete the mission as soon as possible.”

Upon hearing this, the twenty members showed varied expressions, remaining silent without responding.

Xiang Qing understood their thoughts—after all, they were all at the level of Upper Human Soul Immortal, yet they had to obey him, which surely made them reluctant.

However, Xiang Qing would not accommodate them. He was still on Earthly Tranquility Star and couldn’t easily take action against them. But once they reached Qingchi Star, if those twenty people remained indifferent, Xiang Qing certainly wouldn’t hesitate to kill them to establish his authority.
“Team members, go pack your things immediately and head to Qingchi Star,” Xiang Qing ordered calmly.
The twenty people flew back to their respective residences right away.