Chapter 33: Lower-Level Earth Soul Immortals

After killing the ten elders of the Xingchen Iron Mine, Qu Yi did not proceed to assassinate any other elders.
Inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi lay on his soft chair.
“Instrument God, those at the level of Earth Soul Immortals all possess their own alternate dimensions. How much primordial energy is needed for five of them to reach this level?” Qu Yi turned to look at the Instrument God sitting on the soft chair beside him.
The Instrument God, in its infant form, never changed—still plump and white.
After a moment of silence, the Instrument God also turned to look at Qu Yi.
“Qu Yi, for the Five Lords—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—to reach the level of lower-level Earth Soul Immortals, it’s sufficient to use their primordial energy veins. Moreover, I’ve come up with a method to insert the Enlightenment Steins from the Divine Formula Cards into their bodies,” the Instrument God said with a smile.
Inside the space of the “Five Elements and Three Flowers” Divine Formula Card, there were thirty Enlightenment Steins. Fifteen of them had already been combined, each representing a spatial law.
Three spatial laws for the element of Metal: Law of Sharpness, Law of Severity, Law of Contraction;
Three spatial laws for the element of Wood: Law of Growth and Decay, Law of Flexibility, Law of Tightness and Looseness;
Three spatial laws for the element of Water: Law of Sinking, Law of Coldness, Law of Nourishment;
Three spatial laws for the element of Fire: Law of Warmth, Law of Ascension, Law of Explosion;
Three spatial laws for the element of Earth: Law of Bearing, Law of Nurturing, Law of Acceptance.
Mastering one spatial law equaled the level of lower-level Earth Soul Immortals; mastering two meant the level of middle-level Earth Soul Immortals; mastering all three granted the level of upper-level Earth Soul Immortals.
Hearing the Instrument God’s words, Qu Yi was shocked and sat up on his chair, staring at it in astonishment. He asked directly, “Instrument God, can you take out the Enlightenment Steins from inside the Divine Formula Cards?”
The Instrument God chuckled and replied, “Qu Yi, those Enlightenment Steins are actually illusions created by Xiahou Si’s soul magic. Since they’re soul-based, I can naturally replicate them and implant them in the Soul Flowers of the Five Lords. That way, they can quickly sense the content within the Enlightenment Steins without having to take turns using the Divine Formula Cards.”
The Divine Formula Cards were indeed crafted by Xiahou Si.
After hearing this, Qu Yi showed no sign of joy and instead shouted angrily, “Instrument God, if you have such energy, why didn’t you implant the Enlightenment Steins in the Soul Flowers of the Five Lords earlier?”
Hearing Qu Yi’s outburst, the Instrument God also grew angry, leaping to his feet on the soft chair, eyes wide as it stared at Qu Yi.

“You idiot! At that time, the five lords were only at the level of Human Soul Immortals, with their Soul Flowers not yet stable. Placing the Enlightenment Stele inside their Soul Flowers would cause them to collapse,” the Artifact God roared.

Qu Yi pursed his lips and lay down on the soft chair, frustrated.

He might not be convinced, but he had no choice but to accept it.

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A few days later, Qu Yi, who had been depressed for days, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up on the soft chair.

“Haha, Artifact God! The Soul Realm of the Earth Lord has also advanced to the lower level of Earth Soul Immortal. Now, all five lords have advanced in their Soul Realms. Great! Now they can all use the Origin Spirit Veins to advance their cultivation,” Qu Yi exclaimed happily.

Of course, Qu Yi’s purpose in telling the Artifact God this news was to ask it to help the five lords insert the Enlightenment Stele into their Soul Flowers.

“Okay, I understand. Don’t disturb my sleep,” the Artifact God said, closing its eyes and waving its hand.

Qu Yi glared at it angrily and snapped, “Go ahead and sleep! If you keep sleeping, you’ll never grow taller or stronger.”

The Artifact God didn’t respond.

Inside the Origin Spirit Veins of the Yinhan Sect, Qu Yi had already arrived.

Beside him were the Fire Lord and the Water Lord.

Normally, the Origin Spirit Veins Cave was filled with fierce winds, as if the space itself were about to tear apart. But now, around where Qu Yi stood, the area was eerily calm.

“Fire Lord, Water Lord, you two should advance together,” Qu Yi said softly.

Qu Yi had already received guidance from the Artifact God. By controlling the five spirit essences in the Origin Spirit Veins and having them supply fire-based and water-based Origin Energies respectively, there would be enough energy for the Fire Lord and Water Lord to create their own alternate dimensions.

“Understood,” the Fire Lord and Water Lord replied with smiles.

Immediately, the Fire Lord and Water Lord went to two different places, sat down, and began to circulate their Immortal Essences, forming vortices that drew in the surrounding fire-based and water-based Origin Energies.

Qu Yi entered the Tiny Realm Sphere and controlled it to move toward the Fire Lord.

The five spirit essences arrived.

Soon, the once-calm Origin Spirit Veins began to flow slowly. Only two types of Origin Energies remained—the fire-based ones all flowed toward the Fire Lord, while the water-based ones flowed toward the Water Lord.

Around the Fire Lord, the fire-based Origin Energies were drawn by his Immortal Essence, forming a large vortex that rotated rapidly.

The same happened with the Water Lord, who also formed a vortex of water-based Origin Energies.

At that moment, the Tiny Realm Sphere attached to the Fire Lord emitted a beam of golden light that entered his head.

The Artifact God held the “Five Qi and Three Flowers” divine formula card and was inserting the three Fire Element Enlightenment Seals into the Soul Flower of Fire Venerable. It wasn’t long before he successfully inserted the Enlightenment Seals into it.
Immediately afterward, the Tiny Realm Ball stopped emitting golden light. It quickly moved toward Water Venerable, and another beam of golden light entered his head. Naturally, the Artifact God swiftly inserted the three Water Element Enlightenment Seals into Water Venerable’s Soul Flower as well.
With the Enlightenment Seals in their Soul Flowers, both Fire Venerable and Water Venerable’s absorption rate of primordial energy increased tenfold—so intense that even space seemed to tear apart, accompanied by deafening roars.
The five spirit beings continuously diverted primordial energy from the Primordial Energy Caves to meet the needs of Fire Venerable and Water Venerable.
One year later, the energy vortices around Fire Venerable and Water Venerable suddenly contracted sharply, as if all the energy had entered their bodies. Soon after, their bodies disappeared, seemingly entering some other dimension.
Indeed, reaching the rank of Lower Earth Soul Immortal meant concentrating the absorbed primordial energy into a spatial seed. In the future, by increasing the number of such spatial seeds, they could summon spatial spells.
Qu Yi, who had been observing Fire Venerable and Water Venerable the whole time, finally smiled upon seeing them successfully reach the rank of Lower Earth Soul Immortal.
“Fire Venerable, Water Venerable, stabilize your cultivation at this moment. I’ll go assist Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, and Earth Venerable,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
With that, he took out the Boundless Star Map and immediately traveled back to the Demon Realm.
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Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, and Earth Venerable were currently in the Primordial Energy Caves of the Tyrant Dragon Sect.
Qu Yi arrived.
“Our Venerable!” The three of them cried joyfully upon seeing him.
Qu Yi nodded and smiled, saying, “Fire Venerable and Water Venerable have already reached the rank of Lower Earth Soul Immortal. Now, you three can begin.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the five spirit beings arrived. Without wasting time, Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, and Earth Venerable each chose a spot to sit, activating their inner immortal essence to form vortices that drew in the surrounding Gold Element primordial energy, Wood Element primordial energy, and Earth Element primordial energy.
Three massive vortices of primordial energy formed, frantically absorbing energy.
Qu Yi smiled slightly before entering the Tiny Realm Ball. Then, the Tiny Realm Ball hovered above Gold Venerable’s head and suddenly emitted a beam of golden light.

In just a short while, the Artifact God drove the three Gold Element Enlightenment Steles into the Soul Flowers of the Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, and Earth Venerable. Immediately afterward, the Dimension Spheres arrived above the heads of the Wood Venerable and Earth Venerable, and the Artifact God then drove the three Wood Element Enlightenment Steles and Earth Element Enlightenment Steles into their respective Soul Flowers. After obtaining the Enlightenment Steles, the Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, and Earth Venerable’s absorption rate of primordial energy increased by ten times, causing thunderous roars to fill the entire Primordial Energy Vein Cave in an instant. The five spiritual essences continuously channeled primordial energy to assist the three of them. A year passed. The primordial energy vortices surrounding the Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, and Earth Venerable suddenly contracted, with all the primordial energy converging within their bodies to form spatial seeds. Qu Yi watched from the side and smiled. Soon after, he sensed that the five clusters of chaotic energy in his Dantian space also underwent corresponding changes. At the Six-Star Earth Soul Immortal stage, each energy cluster originally formed a “three” shape, with each layer rotating. Now, those rotating “three”-shaped layers merged violently into a single rotating cluster, which then rapidly contracted until it turned into a point. Five points—golden, green, blue, red, and yellow. As these five points rotated at high speed while forming a circle together, an invisible center in the Dantian space attracted them. “Haha, five spatial seeds have formed within me. However, I sense that there should be a chaotic spatial seed at the center; I can sense it but can’t see it,” Qu Yi said thoughtfully. At this moment, the Artifact God also remarked, “The five-element spatial seeds surrounding the chaotic spatial seed perfectly prove that the five-element primordial energy originated from chaotic energy.” Qu Yi nodded gently. Before long, the Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, and Earth Venerable opened their eyes and looked at Qu Yi. “Our Venerable, I have reached the cultivation level of a lower-tier Earth Soul Demon,” they said in unison. Qu Yi smiled and said happily, “Very good. You three should stabilize your cultivation here first. In the future, we can venture further in the Demon Realm.” The Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, and Earth Venerable smiled and closed their eyes again. Then, Qu Yi entered the Dimension Spheres, while the three of them continued to strengthen their cultivation in the Primordial Energy Vein Cave, increasing the number of spatial seeds in their bodies. A year later, Qu Yi, the Gold Venerable, Wood Venerable, Water Venerable, Fire Venerable, Earth Venerable, and the others finally stabilized their cultivation. While Qu Yi and the others were cultivating, Zhuang Guangming’s place was visited by a group of people.

Ten of these people actually possessed the cultivation level of higher-ranked Soul Demons.
The personnel sent by Emperor Ze have finally arrived.