Chapter 53: News of the Transmission Stone
Nine thousand years had passed.
During this time, Qu Yi had remained inside the Tiny Realm Sphere, scanning the “Path of the Origin World” formation while getting to know various crafting materials.
Now, Qu Yi had completed scanning the “Path of the Origin World” formation entirely, and every crafting material he had collected was fully understood by him.
Qu Yi was able to fully comprehend the “Path of the Origin World” formation because he had already reached the rank of Six-Star Heavenly Soul Immortal and fully grasped the power of the Five Elements World. He also mastered all thirty types of world powers.
Thus, he faced no major difficulties in scanning the formation, and with enough time, he mastered it.
As for getting to know crafting materials, it was even easier for Qu Yi. Inside the Parallel Spaces within the Star Luo Cauldron, he now controlled nearly 150,000 parallel spaces, allowing him to become familiar with 150,000 different crafting materials at once.
Whether it was the crafting materials obtained from Emperor Hao or those gathered from various planets, once Qu Yi acquired them, he would quickly store them in the Star Luo Cauldron and swiftly master them.
It could be said that now, with mastery of the “Path of the Origin World” formation and knowledge of various crafting materials, Qu Yi had become the most powerful crafting master among the three realms—the Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Monster Realm.
However, others were unaware that Qu Yi also possessed the skill of crafting.
The Five Lords—Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, Fire Lord, and Earth Lord—had also, over these nine thousand years, comprehended the soul fragments they had obtained and successively reached the rank of Six-Star Heavenly Soul Immortal.
Thus, Qu Yi’s original plan to have all six reach that rank before the opening of the Meteor Domain Divine Realm had been achieved.
Yet, even though they had reached that rank, Qu Yi and the other five still did not venture outside. As a result, nothing outside could currently pique their interest.
So, the Fire Lord continued to stay on Fire Glow Star in the Immortal Realm, while Qu Yi, the Gold Lord, Wood Lord, Water Lord, and Earth Lord remained in the Tiny Realm Sphere, practicing in silence.
At that moment, Qu Yi lay on his soft chair and suddenly turned to look at the Artifact God sitting on the chair beside him.
“Artifact God, how should the Five Lords cultivate to advance from the rank of Six-Star Heavenly Soul Immortal to the lower rank of Heavenly Soul Immortal?” Qu Yi asked with a smile.
Although the Artifact God was sleeping with his eyes closed, Qu Yi knew full well that the Artifact God was always aware of everything inside the Tiny Realm Sphere. Therefore, Qu Yi felt free to speak to him without worrying about disturbing his sleep.
The Artifact God knew that Qu Yi was eager to advance his cultivation to the level of Five Venerables, so he didn’t pretend to sleep anymore and immediately turned over to look at Qu Yi.
“Qu Yi, to reach the cultivation level of Heavenly Soul Immortal, all that’s needed now is for the Five Venerables to gather a spiritual entity in the six planetary worlds within their dantian spaces—then they will have achieved the level of lower-tier Heavenly Soul Immortals,” the Artifact God replied with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Qu Yi was puzzled. Although he had seen the three alliance leaders—Void, Drowning Water, and Flowing Shadow—create spiritual entities, the idea of forming one within one’s own internal world seemed utterly incomprehensible.
The Artifact God smiled happily, as if seeing Qu Yi’s frustrated expression was exactly what he had expected.
“Qu Yi, you can think of the planetary worlds in your dantian space as a desert planet, and the spiritual entity is like bringing life into that desert planet. Take Golden Venerable as an example—each of the six planetary worlds in his dantian space embodies a different form of the Golden Element energy. Thus, the spiritual entities born in these six worlds naturally possess all six types of elemental powers,” the Artifact God said with a smile.
“A spiritual entity is, then, a being born from one’s internal world?” Qu Yi blurted out.
That meant that Heavenly Soul Immortal warriors were like creators, constantly bringing forth beings in their internal planetary worlds.
The Artifact God nodded smilingly and said, “Yes. The strength of a Heavenly Soul Immortal warrior is determined by the number of spiritual entities they create within themselves. Just imagine—if an opponent has ten thousand spiritual entities at their disposal, it’s like having ten thousand allies at once. If you only have a thousand, how can you possibly win?”
Qu Yi nodded, still not fully understanding, but he now had a vague idea of what Heavenly Soul Immortals were like. Yet there was still one crucial question.
“Artifact God, I want to ask—how exactly can one gather a spiritual entity within one’s body?” Qu Yi asked anxiously.
Creating a spiritual entity must be extremely difficult; otherwise, so many warriors at the level of Six-Star Heavenly Soul Immortals, Heavenly Soul Demons, and Heavenly Soul Monsters wouldn’t remain stuck, unable to advance to the lower-tier levels.
Golden Venerable, Wood Venerable, Water Venerable, Fire Venerable, and Earth Venerable had been trying recently but hadn’t found a solution. Now, Qu Yi hoped to find a breakthrough from the all-knowing Artifact God.
The Artifact God’s eyes moved as it burst into laughter. It wasn’t until Qu Yi was on the verge of blazing with anger that the Artifact God slowly said, “Qu Yi, condensing a spiritual body is akin to creating life. What you need most now is to observe the growth of all things and understand the laws of life and death among living beings. Once your soul can grasp the true essence of life, you’ll be able to put it into practice within your body and condense your own spiritual body.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi’s expression changed in surprise, then his eyes lit up, as if he had suddenly understood something.
“A spiritual body… the key lies in the word ‘spirit.’ Without consciousness, how can it be called a spiritual body? Artifact God, you asked me to observe all things and understand life and death so that I could endow the energy bodies I condense within my body with consciousness,” Qu Yi said happily.
The Artifact God suddenly sat down on the soft chair, clearly surprised by Qu Yi’s understanding. It exclaimed joyfully, “Exactly! Your comprehension is quite good, Qu Yi. Now, I have even better news for you. Since you possess the faith of the entire cultivation world, those people will help you with the growth of all things, the cycle of life and death, and the reproduction of living beings. You don’t need to travel throughout the immortal realm like other cultivators to observe and understand these things.”
As the people of the cultivation world believed in Qu Yi, they would naturally pass on their understanding of the growth of all things, emotions, the cycle of life and death, and so on, to him. Qu Yi’s Soul Flower only needed to sort, categorize, analyze, and comprehend these to uncover certain characteristics of living beings in the universe.
Hearing the Artifact God’s words, Qu Yi became even happier. He now understood even better why the Artifact God had asked him to unify the cultivation world in the first place. Naturally, he also understood the purpose behind the Artifact God asking him to unify the immortal realm, the demon realm, and the fiend realm as well. Since it was beneficial to him, he would carry it out.
“Then, all I need to do now is wait,” Qu Yi smiled.
The Artifact God lay back on the soft chair lazily and said, “In this universe, you, Qu Yi, have the easiest path to cultivation. Ah, different people, different fates.”
Qu Yi grinned.
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Back then, after Qu Yi arrived in the Fiend Realm, he captured three Dragon-Tailed Snow Cats. After Cat One and Cat Two completed their mission, Qu Yi allowed them to enter the Primordial Vital Pulse to cultivate freely. As for Cat Three, Qu Yi let it roam freely in the Wood Forest Star Region. Later, Qu Yi instructed Cat Three to follow Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun from the Sky Curtain Organization.
Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun were sent to the Fiend Realm by the Sky Curtain Organization with only one task: to gather information about the Soul Stone and the Heaven-Transmitting Stone.
These two had lived in the Fiend Realm for nearly ten thousand years, and their cultivation had reached that of a Six-Star Earth Soul Immortal. However, as they kept searching for news about the Heaven-Transmitting Stone, they continued to wander around the Fiend Realm.
At this moment, Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun arrived at Di Qiao Star, part of the Di Qiao Star Cluster in the Tian Wei Star Region of the Tu Ba Star Domain.
As the core planet of the Di Qiao Star Cluster, Di Qiao Star had always been occupied by the Qiao Ling Bird demon race. There was only one continent on the entire planet, and the vegetation on land, seen from space, resembled a beautiful embroidered painting—exquisitely crafted. This was the origin of Di Qiao Star’s name, and this continent was also known as the Beautiful Painting Continent.
In the sea to the east of the Beautiful Painting Continent, there was a large island called Ying Ke Island, which served as a gathering place for demons from other planets. The Beautiful Painting Continent, on the other hand, was the domain of the Qiao Ling Bird race, along with some other demon races that were affiliated with them.
Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun went to Ying Ke Island on Di Qiao Star and then headed straight to the Hunting Guild on the island. Soon after, Mao San also teleported over. Without even releasing his demon sense, he headed straight for the Hunting Guild, as if he already knew that Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun would go there.
There was a Hunting Guild on every planet, and they became the de facto most powerful force in the Fiend Realm. Yet, since this force remained neutral, it did not arouse the resentment of the Five Alliances of the Fiend Realm.
At that moment, Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun entered the hall of the Hunting Guild and went straight to the task assignment area.
The task assignment area was crowded, with everyone seemingly discussing something enthusiastically.
“The Heaven-Transmitting Stone! Traces of it have been found on our Di Qiao Star!” many people shouted loudly.
Undoubtedly, these voices reached Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun’s ears, striking them like lightning. They stood there frozen, completely forgetting their surroundings.
Mao San also arrived at the task assignment area, heard the news about the Heaven-Transmitting Stone, and noticed the expressions on Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun’s faces.
“My master ordered me to follow these two. It seems they have been searching for the Heaven-Transmitting Stone all along. As long as I get any news about it, I must report back to my master immediately. It seems I can complete a task just like my elder brother and second brother.” Mao San’s face remained calm, but inside, he was overjoyed.
After a moment, Mao San took out a communication card and sent a message to Qu Yi.
Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun regained their senses and immediately tried to take out their communication cards to send a message to the leader of the Sky Curtain Organization in the Fiend Realm. But suddenly, they fell into a dazed state again, as if they had been controlled by someone else.
Yes, Qu Yi had long ago used the “Soul Deposit Technique” on the two of them’s Soul Flowers, allowing him to directly control their souls when necessary. Now, Qu Yi is remotely controlling the souls of Xiang Zheng and Xiang Chun. As for the news about the Transmission Stone, Qu Yi doesn’t want it to spread immediately; the longer he can delay the Sky Curtain Organization from getting this news, the better. Qu Yi had meditated inside the Inch Realm Sphere for over nine thousand years before finally emerging and arriving on Earthly Ingenuity Star.