Chapter 27: Naming the Monster Beasts

Qu Yi possessed the Star Luo Ding within him, which stored vast amounts of primordial energy of the five elements. He freely expended his immortal essence, continuously activating the Vast Heaven Sword, completely suppressing the supreme leaders of the ninety-nine monster beast races and even draining all of their immortal essences.

Lei Ling, Lei Kong, Shui Kong, and Cang Yang emerged from the Dimensional Sphere and immediately went before each of the supreme leaders.
“Watch my electric shock technique!”
Lei Ling and Lei Kong, two powerful electric eel warriors, shouted jokingly. Soon, lightning symbols on their foreheads began discharging electricity nonstop.
With each flash of lightning, a supreme leader whose immortal essence had been drained collapsed to the ground, dazed.
“Leave some for me!”
Shui Kong, the water lobster, cried out anxiously. He swung his arms wildly; each strike targeted one of the supreme leaders. Around that leader, space would distort, contracting and expanding violently, completely distorting their monster bodies. Undoubtedly, the supreme leaders couldn’t bear the pain of their bodies twisting, screaming in agony before passing out.
“How can I be left out?”
Cang Yang, the sea rat, smiled confidently. In a flash, he entered the crowd of monster beasts. Every time his illusion stabilized, he would bite a beast’s neck, sucking in its vital blood before vanishing to bite another beast’s neck.

Seeing the four’s ruthless and ferocious behavior, Qu Yi shook his head repeatedly, saying sympathetically, “Too heartless, too cruel.”
In just a few breaths, all ninety-nine monster beasts fell unconscious beneath the Chi Ye tree. Qu Yi then descended to the ground and stored each of them in the Dimensional Sphere.

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Inside the Dimensional Sphere,
The ninety-nine monster beasts had regained their consciousness and returned to human form. Qu Yi suddenly appeared before them.
“You…”
The ninety-nine people stared at Qu Yi in terror. They were shocked by the fact that he had drained all of their immortal essences alone and feared he might do it again.
Qu Yi smiled and said, “Don’t worry. I’ve beaten you up once; I have no interest in beating you up again.”
The ninety-nine people looked displeased but none dared to protest. After all, they were all under Qu Yi’s control—who would dare provoke him?
“What tricks are you up to?” The ninety-nine watched Qu Yi quietly.

Qu Yi smiled as he glanced at everyone, then said with a faint smile, “Everyone, please form into five teams. According to the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—those with the same element should gather together as one team.”
The tone of this command immediately angered the supreme leaders of the ninety-nine beast races.
“You have no right to give us orders.”
“What do you want? State your conditions directly. Don’t think that just because you succeeded in attacking us, you can order us around.”
“We are all the supreme leaders of our respective races. It’s always us who give orders; no one ever gives orders to us.”
……
The crowd was filled with anger.
Qu Yi sighed, shaking his head repeatedly, looking utterly disheartened.
“You bunch of bastards! You’re already under my control—don’t you realize that? An order? It’s not just an order. I could kill you with just a thought. Don’t you even have that much awareness?”
Suddenly, Qu Yi became serious and began to scold them.
The ninety-nine people were stunned, then tried to rise, only to find their bodies completely immobilized.
What’s more, they were even more terrified to discover that Qu Yi hadn’t moved at all nor used any demonic energy—some invisible force was holding them immobile.
“You…” Everyone widened their eyes, filled with worry.
Qu Yi relaxed, started walking around, and looked at them confidently with a smile. “What ‘you’? Hurry up and form into five teams.”
Only after hearing this did the ninety-nine people realize they could move again, though they still couldn’t fly. Filled with fear, they had no choice but to follow Qu Yi’s orders and divide themselves into five teams.
Qu Yi stood upright, narrowed his eyes at the five teams, and said with a smile, “Starting with the metal team, state which five forces of the world you have mastered.”
These ninety-nine people were all at the level of Five-Star Heavenly Soul Beasts, so naturally, they had mastered all five forces of the world.
Undoubtedly, this command once again filled them with confusion, but none of them could guess Qu Yi’s intentions.
The metal team consisted of twenty-three people.
“Rui, Su, Su, Po, Shou,” said the supreme leader of the Golden Claw Crab tribe first.
There were six forces of the metal element: Jian, Rui, Su, Po, Shou, and Lian.
Since someone had started, it was simple thereafter.
“Jian, Su, Po, Shou, Lian.”
“Jian, Rui, Su, Po, Lian.”
……
All twenty-three people listed the five forces of the world they had mastered.

Qu Yi nodded in satisfaction, then pointed at Jin Xing’s group and said with a smile, “Jin Chaoxie, come out and stand behind me.”
The supreme leader of the Jin Chaoxie clan was called upon by Qu Yi.
“I… why me?” Jin Chaoxie was shocked and puzzled, asking anxiously with a panicked expression. Not knowing Qu Yi’s intentions, how could he not worry?
The other twenty-two people visibly relaxed, though still somewhat nervous.
Hearing this, Qu Yi’s eyes gleamed with murderous intent. In an instant, the supreme leader of the Jin Chaoxie clan turned pale with fear, dared not say another word, and obediently stood behind Qu Yi, uneasy.
Ignoring Jin Chaoxie, Qu Yi turned his attention to Mu Xing’s group.
“You guys as well, state the five types of World Forces you have mastered,” Qu Yi said softly.
With the previous example, this group quickly obeyed Qu Yi’s command.
Then, Qu Yi called out another supreme leader—a member of the Bi Yan clan. Subsequently, he also called out one person from each of the Water, Fire, and Earth groups: You Tan Jiao, Lie Que, and Cang Lang.
After selecting five people, Qu Yi looked at those who hadn’t been chosen. Seeing the worried expressions on their faces, he laughed loudly.
“Alright, you all can practice here. I’ll come back to you if there’s anything else,” Qu Yi called out, calming the ninety-four people.
Then, he turned to the five chosen ones and said with a smile, “Follow me to a place. I have important matters that require your help.”
Without waiting for their reply, Qu Yi sent them to different places with a thought.
Inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi was the ruler.
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Qu Yi and Shui Zun arrived at a certain place.
You Tan Jiao sat alone by a clear pond, looking around in confusion.
“You… you’ve finally come.” You Tan Jiao glanced at Qu Yi anxiously, especially at Shui Zun, who looked exactly like him.
Qu Yi smiled but stayed silent. Instead, he said directly, “Shui Zun, take this You Tan Jiao and extract his Soul Flower.”
It turned out that Qu Yi had asked each supreme leader to state the five World Forces they had mastered in order to select one person so that the five Elders could use the “Soul Refining Technique” to extract Soul Flowers, thereby enabling them to quickly master their own final five World Forces.

Jin Zun was still refining the Soul Flower of a leader from the Golden Claw Crabs, while Mu Zun was refining that of the Iron-Clawed Blue Crow. Neither of them was in a hurry to obtain new Soul Flowers for now. So, Qu Yi came over with Shui Zun.

“Ah, you want to take my Soul Flower? Do you want to kill me? Why would you do this? I’ve already submitted to you—why do you still want to kill me…?” The supreme leader of the Golden Claw Crab tribe roared frantically, his eyes filled with anger and resentment.

Shui Zun walked over coldly, saying nothing. He placed his right hand on the head of the supreme leader and immediately activated the “Soul Refining Art,” quickly extracting his Soul Flower.

Shatter, filter, absorb. Shui Zun skillfully executed the Soul Refining Art.

Throughout this process, the supreme leader of the Golden Claw Crab tribe could only allow Shui Zun to cast spells at will, unable to move a muscle, as he had been completely restrained by Qu Yi.

Seeing that Shui Zun had absorbed the Soul Flower, Qu Yi smiled slightly before vanishing in a flash.

After that, Qu Yi, along with Huo Zun and Tu Zun, went to separate places and also used the “Soul Refining Art” to refine the Soul Flowers of the Fiery Sparrow and the Gray Wolf.

Once all this was done, Qu Yi returned to his soft chair and glanced at the Artifact God.

“Artifact God, after absorbing these demon beasts’ Soul Flowers, it should be quick for the five lords to reach the rank of Six-Star Heavenly Soul Immortals, right?” Qu Yi asked with a smile.

After a while, the Artifact God lazily turned over and met Qu Yi’s gaze.

“It’s not that easy. It still takes some time. Take Jin Zun for example. After he absorbed the Soul Flower of that three-star Heavenly Soul Demon leader from the Golden Claw Crabs, he still has to understand the newly acquired World Power on his own. Of course, Jin Zun will be much faster than others, as he’s simply scanning the nature of the World Power right before him, unlike others who have to explore, comprehend, analyze, and understand it. Naturally, Jin Zun only needs a short amount of time,” the Artifact God explained in detail.

Hearing this, Qu Yi was surprised but then nodded.

“In the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Monster Realm, those powerful Immortals, Demons, and Monsters take hundreds of thousands, even millions of years to comprehend a new World Power. How long will it take for these five lords to comprehend a new World Power by obtaining others’ Soul Flowers?” Qu Yi asked earnestly.

The Ruin Domain Divine Realm had only been opened for less than ten thousand years. Qu Yi certainly didn’t want it to take over ten thousand years for the five lords to reach the rank of Six-Star Heavenly Soul Immortals.

After a moment of silence, the God of Tools smiled and said, “A thousand years is enough.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi jumped up from his soft chair in ecstasy and laughed heartily.
“Great, great! That means I won’t need much time to reach the cultivation level of a Six-Star Heavenly Soul Immortal,” Qu Yi exclaimed happily.
The God of Tools glanced at him once, then lay down again to continue sleeping.
Seeing this, Qu Yi lost his smile. With a slight curl of his lips, he said calmly, “Those two Flowing Shadow Leopards—one at the cultivation level of a Six-Star Heavenly Soul Monster and the other at the level of a Five-Star Heavenly Soul Monster—I’ll go subdue them now.”
With that, Qu Yi vanished in a flash.