Chapter 23: Fatherly Love

The Tiny Realm Ball, along with a disciple of the Baolong Sect who possessed the cultivation level of a six-star Earth Soul Demon, ventured deep into the Origin Spirit Vein Cave, facing gale-force winds and swords that seemed tangible.
They reached ten thousand meters deep.
The disciple sat down on the ground, and immediately a transparent energy shield appeared on the cave wall, protecting him. The shield was filled with the intense laws of the Earth element space, allowing the disciple to clearly perceive and gradually understand these laws.
There were three types of Earth element space laws: space-bearing, space-nurturing, and space-receiving. Once understood, one could possess such a space, filled with the mysteries of the origin, where the two forces of the origin could instantly transform into various forms, creating diverse spatial attributes.
However, at this moment, Qu Yi was not interested in the space laws within the shield. Instead, he ordered Yuwen Tianlan to come out.
Bang!
As soon as Yuwen Tianlan emerged, he struck with a palm, knocking the Baolong Sect disciple sitting on the ground unconscious. Qu Yi then came out of the Tiny Realm Ball, already holding the Star Luo Ding in his hand.
Everything went smoothly.
Qu Yi enlarged the Star Luo Ding and entered it himself, controlling it to desperately absorb origin energy. A massive vortex of the five-element origin energy formed, disrupting all the gales and storms in the cave.
Just like in the Youhan Sect’s Origin Spirit Vein, the five-element spirits residing at its core naturally detected the anomaly caused by the Star Luo Ding.
The spirits in the Origin Spirit Vein immediately rushed over, bringing with them torrential flows of origin energy and waves of fierce energy swords, all attacking the Star Luo Ding at once.
The Star Luo Ding easily withstood them.
With the arrival of the spirits, the energy storms in the entire Origin Spirit Vein Cave instantly blew all the Baolong Sect disciples who had entered inside out.
Only the Star Luo Ding remained standing!
Seeing that the energy swords had not damaged the Star Luo Ding, all ten spirits appeared.
Ten!
There were actually ten spirits in this Origin Spirit Vein, with two of each of the five elements.
“Qu Yi, this Origin Spirit Vein has ten spirits—quite impressive,” Qu Yi, who was inside the Star Luo Ding, heard the transmission from the Artifact God.
Compared to the Youhan Sect’s Origin Spirit Vein, which had only five spirits, this Baolong Sect’s Origin Spirit Vein was indeed much stronger.

“There are actually ten spirit essences—this is beyond my expectations,” Qu Yi said joyfully. After thinking for a moment, he immediately asked, “Instrument God, since these spirit essences were all born from the primordial energy, could the Five Lords of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth each refine one of them to enhance their cultivation?”
Qu Yi had already realized that these ten spirit essences possessed the strength of higher-tier Earth Soul Demons. Naturally, being familiar with the principles of speed and spatial laws, if the five lords refined them, they should be able to grasp these principles more quickly, thus rapidly advancing their cultivation.
The Instrument God replied with a tone of surprise, “Qu Yi, you actually thought of this! I was planning to show you off my knowledge. You’re right—each of the five lords can refine one spirit essence to boost their cultivation. If possible… they could even reach the level of Six-Star Earth Soul Immortals.”
Qu Yi was astonished.
The Five Lords of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were currently at the level of Four-Star Earth Soul Immortals and had each mastered four types of speed principles. Refining one spirit essence could potentially lift them straight to the level of Six-Star Earth Soul Immortals—this filled Qu Yi with great joy and shock.
Hearing the Instrument God’s words, Qu Yi became even more excited. He controlled the Star Luo Ding to absorb massive amounts of primordial energy, with an air of arrogance!
The ten spirit essences, sensing the loss of the primordial energy under Qu Yi’s control and also feeling his arrogance, immediately became furious.
Whoosh…
Ten loud noises—each spirit essence rushed into the Star Luo Residence, carrying massive amounts of primordial energy!
Indeed, these ten spirit essences made the same mistake as the five spirit essences in the Youhan Sect’s primordial energy veins. They tried to bring in huge amounts of primordial energy, hoping to use its overwhelming force to break through the Star Luo Ding.
The Star Luo Ding contained countless parallel spaces. By now, Qu Yi could control five thousand such spaces. As soon as the ten spirit essences entered the Star Luo Ding, they were shocked to find that the primordial energy they brought in vanished instantly, as if absorbed by the void.
Without primordial energy, the ten spirit essences were extremely vulnerable, with no combat power at all.
Qu Yi approached the ten spirit essences and laughed heartily.
Then, he took the Star Luo Ding and entered the Inch Realm Sphere, finally confident enough to subdue them. Qu Yi already had a method for subduing spirit essences: the Soul Implanting Technique, which involved embedding a fragment of his own soul imprint into these ten pure energy entities, thereby endowing them with souls.

After the Spirit God helped Qu Yi implant souls into the ten spiritual beings, Qu Yi released five of them into the Dimensional Ball, restoring activity once again in the Origin Energy Cave of the Tyrant Dragon Sect. When the sect’s guards and elders entered the cave, they found it still filled with strong winds, with no abnormalities detected, nor any damage to the array on the cave walls. Naturally, they could not figure out why the storm had blown the disciples out of the cave, leaving them confused and with no solution.

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Long Huwei found Elder Long Zhiyuan. As one of the elders who supported Long Zhan Tian and someone trusted by Long Batai Tian, Long Zhiyuan agreed to Long Huwei’s request after considering it upon seeing him return. By then, near Fulong Mountain, Long Zhiyuan had already brought Long Huwei there. “Huwei, I’ll send you this far. As for whether the sect master will see you, I can’t guarantee it. Wait here patiently,” Long Zhiyuan said calmly before suddenly disappearing.

The higher-ranked Soul Demons had already mastered all three spatial laws and were highly skilled in using the Origin Space. After Long Zhiyuan left, Long Huwei called out after a while, “Dad, I’m back. I want to see you.” His cries continued without pause for three full days. On the slopes of Fulong Mountain, there was a natural stone cave with a spring that produced highly concentrated Origin Energy, almost like nectar. This cave was occupied by Long Batai Tian, who had arranged various powerful arrays inside to use it as his cultivation site.

Inside the sealed cave, a middle-aged man with a broad face, robust build, and an imposing presence, dressed in a purple robe, was concentrating and chanting spells. This man was the current sect master of the Tyrant Dragon Sect—Long Batai Tian. Suddenly, Long Batai Tian spat out a mouthful of blood, snapping out of his daze. He struggled to activate the demonic energy within him to stabilize his injuries. “Dad, I’m back. I want to see you.” Long Huwei’s voice echoed continuously around Fulong Mountain, and Long Batai Tian heard it. At that moment, instead of immediately activating the arrays, he suddenly recalled the scene of his deceased wife’s deathbed. “Brother Tian, you must take good care of Huzi… In the future, you must train him to become the sect master of the Tyrant Dragon Sect.” “Brother Tian, Huzi is intelligent. He will surely become a powerful emperor in the Demon Realm. You must nurture him.” Recalling these words spoken by his wife through tears and blood, Long Batai Tian, who had devoted most of his life to cultivation and sect affairs, was filled with regret and guilt. “Huzi, come in!”

Suddenly, Long Batian waved his hand, activating the formation in the entire stone cave and creating a passage through the formation that allowed Long Huwai to enter. Hearing his father’s call, Long Huwai immediately flew into the stone cave. “Dad, what’s wrong with your body?” As soon as he entered the cave, he saw blood on the ground. Long Batian forced a smile, gazing at Long Huwai tenderly and saying, “Huzi, you’ve grown well. You’ve already reached the level of a one-star Earth Soul Demon. I’m very pleased.” Initially, Long Batian had used his space magic to force Long Huwai out of the Flooded Star Region. At that time, Long Huwai was only at the level of a lower-tier Human Soul Demon. In just under a hundred years, he had already advanced to the level of a one-star Earth Soul Demon, which was considered an extremely fast progression in the entire Demon Realm. Without any trace of joy, Long Huwai looked at Long Batian worriedly and asked again, “Dad, how were you injured? Were you betrayed by someone?” Hearing this, a glint appeared in Long Batian’s eyes, as if he had already figured something out. “Huzi, I now understand. Someone has tampered with my cultivation cave. I’ve been afflicted by the Asura Demon Subduing Aura. Although my soul realm has advanced to the level of a one-star Heaven Soul Demon, this aura prevents me from absorbing the energy of Earth Element. My Earth Element origin space cannot transform into a planet world, so I can’t advance to the level of a one-star Heaven Soul Demon.” A cold light flashed in Long Batian’s eyes. The soul realm was like a reservoir, while cultivation level was equivalent to the water stored in it. Even though the reservoir had been dug, the water flowing into it was blocked, preventing it from filling up. Hearing this, Long Huwai immediately remembered Qu Yi’s words and asked directly, “Dad, who could be framing you? Who is the most suspicious?” “After I die, whoever gains the most benefit is the one… Zhuang Guangming. After enduring for so long, he finally can’t stand it any longer.” Long Batian’s face twisted in anger. With a fierce look in his eyes, Long Huwai wanted to get up and avenge Zhuang Guangming. Long Batian immediately grabbed him, his eyes filled with tenderness. After examining Long Huwai carefully, he suddenly struck, knocking him unconscious. “Rouer, I’m fulfilling your last wish now—transferring my Soul Flower directly to Huzi.” Knowing his death was near, Long Batian decided to pass on his Soul Flower to Long Huwai, transferring all his understanding of Earth Element energy to his son, thus keeping his promise to his wife. A father’s love is like a mountain.

Suddenly, Long Batian brought his yellow Soul Flower out of his body and placed it above Long Huwei’s head. Meanwhile, the Earthly Magic Essence from his body rushed into Long Huwei’s body, while the Soul Flower entered Long Huwei’s head at the same time.