Chapter 89: Soul Planting Technique
Without the Five Elements primordial energy behind them, the five spirit beings lost all their destructive power.
Following the Artifact God’s speculation, Qu Yi covered his fingers with chaotic energy and continuously stroked the five spirit beings, successfully calming them down.
Originally, these five spirit beings harbored deep hatred toward Qu Yi, but upon touching the chaotic energy, their entire bodies felt as if they were back in the womb—peaceful and comfortable, with no trace of fear.
The five spirit beings even affectionately clung to Qu Yi’s fingers, trying to absorb the chaotic energy emanating from his body.
“Haha, Qu Yi, my guess was right! This chaotic energy can transform into the Five Elements primordial energy. These five spirit beings were born from that primordial energy, and their affinity for chaotic energy proves that the energy level above it is indeed chaotic energy,” the Artifact God exclaimed joyfully.
Hearing this, Qu Yi smiled and nodded.
“Artifact God, then tell me, how should I subdue these five spirit beings now?” Qu Yi asked with a smile.
After a brief silence,
“Qu Yi, people from the Youhan Sect have entered. Take the Xingluo Ding and head into the Dimness Realm Sphere now,” the Artifact God suddenly called out.
Without hesitation, Qu Yi jumped out of the Xingluo Ding, stored it inside his body, and immediately entered the Dimness Realm Sphere.
The Dimness Realm Sphere turned into dust and fell to the ground.
Soon, thousands of Earth Immortals from the Punishment Institute flew into the Primordial Vein Cave. They were alarmed by the changes in the cave and rushed in to investigate.
“How come there’s no more primordial energy storm in the cave?”
“It seems there’s no primordial energy flow anywhere in the cave. Could the spirit beings have disappeared?”
“According to our latest counts, all those disciples at the Earth Soul Immortal level have been killed. Only those who stayed within three thousand meters of the cave survived.”
“The energy chaos in the cave must have been caused by those five spirit beings. Could a Heavenly Immortal have entered?”
“It can’t be a Heavenly Immortal. The five major forces in the Immortal Realm have an agreement not to let Heavenly Immortals destroy the Primordial Veins of Earth Fiend Star.”
“Stop talking and hurry deep into the cave to find out the whereabouts of those five spirit beings.”
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Thousands of Earth Immortals from the Punishment Institute spoke anxiously, flying quickly deeper into the cave.
Meanwhile, inside the Dimness Realm Sphere, Qu Yi took out the Xingluo Ding again, entered it, and returned to the side of the five spirit beings.
He continued to release chaotic energy to soothe the five spirit beings. Suddenly, the Artifact God cheerfully exclaimed, “Qu Yi, I’ve got it! You can cultivate these five spirit beings into five spiritual entities, giving them your soul imprint.” Upon hearing this, Qu Yi immediately smiled and asked eagerly, “Artifact God, how? Please explain it to me in detail.” Of course, Qu Yi wanted to know how to turn these five pure-energy spirit beings into beings with souls. The Artifact God then said, “I have a soul-implanting technique that I can teach you. With it, you can transfer a portion of your soul imprint into the bodies of these five spirit beings.” After listening, Qu Yi thought for a moment before asking with a smile, “Artifact God, soul-implanting must take a long time, right?” “Yes,” the Artifact God replied bluntly. Qu Yi’s body trembled slightly, and he shouted angrily, “Artifact God, the Earth Soul Immortals of the Youhan Sect are searching outside right now. If we wait any longer, they’ll come here. I don’t want to take these five spirit beings away yet—I need to put them back. Time waits for no one!” The Artifact God remained silent for a while before lazily saying, “Never mind. I’ll sacrifice some of my sleep time to help you.” Qu Yi was speechless. It seemed the Artifact God was always sleeping inside the Dimensional Sphere—was it possible he still hadn’t had enough sleep? Soon, the Artifact God entered the Star Luo Ding and appeared beside Qu Yi. “Qu Yi, direct your immortal awareness at one of the spirit beings, and I’ll help you perform the soul-implanting technique,” the Artifact God said lazily. Hearing this, Qu Yi smiled. It seemed he had to force the Artifact God to help, as he always tried to slack off. “Okay!” Qu Yi replied happily. He then sent out his immortal awareness and directed it at the Golden Element Spirit Being. At that moment, the Artifact God pointed two fingers of his right hand at the Golden Element Spirit Being. A beam of golden light shot out from those fingers, enveloping Qu Yi’s immortal awareness and the Golden Element Spirit Being. Qu Yi soon noticed his immortal awareness being gradually extracted and forced into the body of the Golden Element Spirit Being. After a while, the Artifact God raised his fingers, retracting the golden light. “Qu Yi, the Golden Element Spirit Being has been successfully implanted with a soul. You can try controlling it now,” the Artifact God said with a smile. Hearing this, Qu Yi couldn’t wait to test the effect of the soul-implanting technique. With a thought, he made the Golden Element Spirit Being do a somersault. Sure enough, the thumb-sized Golden Element Spirit Being actually did a somersault in midair, obeying his command perfectly. “Haha, Artifact God, I truly admire you now! Your research on souls is incredibly profound,” Qu Yi exclaimed excitedly.
The Artifact God waved his hand and smiled, “Stop flattery. There are still four spirit beings left—let’s continue.”
Qu Yi chuckled, then used his immortal awareness to scan the Wood Spirit Being. The Artifact God pointed out the golden light again, helping Qu Yi cast the Soul Planting Technique. Four times in a row, the Artifact God assisted Qu Yi in successfully using the technique.
All five spirit beings were now under Qu Yi’s control.
“Alright, Qu Yi. These five spirit beings now belong to you. In the future, when the Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, Fire Lord, and Earth Lord wish to advance from Earth Soul Immortals to Earth Spirit Immortals, they can use these five spirit beings,” the Artifact God said calmly.
Qu Yi was momentarily stunned before laughing. “I understand. These five spirit beings can help those five lords comprehend the Origin Space.”
The Artifact God nodded.
After a while, Qu Yi controlled the Tiny Realm Ball to fly inside the Origin Spirit Vein Cave, reaching its depths.
In a narrow cave passage, the Tiny Realm Ball landed, and Qu Yi released the five spirit beings.
As soon as they emerged, they began devouring the five elements’ energies in the cave like fierce dragons, transforming them all into elemental Origin Energies.
Inside the Origin Spirit Vein Cave, the energies gathered again, forming storms that eventually turned into gale winds.
The Tiny Realm Ball flew out of the cave along the gale winds.
Nearly a thousand Earth Soul Immortals from the Punishment Institute were also blown out by the gales. When they returned to check, they confirmed that the five spirit beings hadn’t disappeared, nor had the Origin Spirit Vein been damaged.
Thus, although the Punishment Institute didn’t understand why the Origin Spirit Vein Cave had suddenly vanished and reappeared, as long as it hadn’t truly disappeared, it wouldn’t harm the Youhan Sect. After much discussion, the incident didn’t draw any attention from the Youhan Sect.
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Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun realized that due to the upheaval in the Origin Spirit Veins, they couldn’t set up the Five Elements Backlash Formation, and they knew their mission had failed once again.
Soon, the five of them flew to a desolate planet near EarthStar Star.
A tall man with a black metal mask covering his face, revealing only two sharp eyes, suddenly appeared before them.
“Was the mission successful?” the man asked softly.
Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun were embarrassed and all lowered their heads in disappointment.
“Leader, the mission failed,” Xiang Qing said dejectedly.
Upon hearing this, the man showed no change in expression and said calmly, “Since that’s the case, you five have failed two consecutive missions, so your rankings among the organization’s members have dropped. Stay on this planet and wait for the organization’s arrangements.” With that, he took out a starship and flew away immediately. Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun watched him leave with gloomy expressions. All five knew that once this leader left, he would report their mission performance, after which the Sky Curtain Organization would decide their fates. From then on, they would no longer be together and would be separated forever. “Guys, we’ve lived together since training began. From now on, we have to part. I can only wish you all the best,” Xiang Qing said suddenly, his voice choked with emotion. “Take care!” Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun replied painfully as well. Soon, the five sat quietly on the ground, waiting for the organization’s orders. Ten days later, the communication cards of Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun all vibrated, with a message already arriving. They immediately took out their cards and scanned them with their spiritual awareness. “Brothers, I’m going to the Demon Realm,” Xiang Qing said, his face tense and his voice filled with sorrow. “I’m going to the Demon Realm too!” Xiang Xing and Xiang Zhong exclaimed happily at the sight of him. Xiang Zheng pursed his lips and slowly said, “I’m going to the Fiend Realm.” Finally, Xiang Chun shouted, “Xiang Zheng, let’s go together! I’m also going to the Fiend Realm!” The organization had already assigned their destinations: three to the Demon Realm and two to the Fiend Realm. Naturally, the group was split into two teams, each heading to their respective realms to complete the organization’s tasks. Soon, Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, and Xiang Zhong gathered together, while Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun did the same. “Xiang Zheng, Xiang Chun, let’s part here. I hope we can meet again in the future,” Xiang Qing said, his voice desolate from heartache. Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun couldn’t respond; they only raised their fists in farewell before suddenly flying away. The five were finally separated. Just as Xiang Qing, Xiang Xing, Xiang Zhong, Xiang Zheng, and Xiang Chun left the desert planet, Qu Yi, through the spiritual imprint stored in the Soul Flowers of each of them, already knew their whereabouts and that they were heading to the Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm.
Inside the inch-sized realm, Qu Yi lay on a soft chair, smiling faintly: “The Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm—it’s time to explore them. Wu Qing and Wu Yuan should have ascended to the Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm by now.”
The God of Tools turned slightly and said lazily, “Stop talking. I want to sleep.”