Chapter 24: Obtaining the Soul Golden Pearl

Qu Yi had always been well aware of the movements of the cultivators from the Nine Alliances. When they stationed themselves on a planet and diligently practiced the Five-Element Heavenly Formation, Qu Yi already knew that their next target would be the planet guarded by these three Soul Bodies of the Metal Element. Thus, he had already placed a Soul Compass on that planet.

So, when the cultivators from the Nine Alliances were fighting fiercely against the three Soul Bodies of the Metal Element, Qu Yi arrived in a timely manner and finally revealed himself. With a loud shout, he suddenly appeared beside one of the Soul Bodies. A golden, transparent energy shield immediately formed around that Soul Body. The shield seemed to have a life of its own, constantly shifting like a bubble to protect it.

Qu Yi stepped in front of the Soul Body and suddenly pulled out a Divine Formula Card from his right hand. Channeling chaotic energy, the card emitted an enticing purple light as it was drawn across the Soul Body’s shield. The shield offered no resistance and was torn apart instantly. The Divine Formula Card continued forward, striking the Soul Body’s chest and aiming straight for its vital organs.

“No…” the Soul Body cried out in terror.

But it was already too late. The Divine Formula Card easily pierced into the Soul Body’s body, and Qu Yi injected a large amount of chaotic energy, which surged directly into its interior. Qu Yi then vanished into the air.

In the blink of an eye, he completed this entire sequence of actions, leaving everyone too stunned to react. The Soul Body quickly realized that no matter how it tried to manipulate its divine essence, it would be completely absorbed by the chaotic energy that had entered its body. Moreover, this chaotic energy seemed to have a life of its own—it could not only absorb the Metal Element divine essence but also use it to strengthen itself.

Indeed, after Qu Yi reached the rank of Lower Heavenly Soul Immortal, his chaotic energy could manifest as a chaotic spirit entity. Though colorless and formless, undetectable by anyone, it truly existed.

This Soul Body of the Metal Element unfortunately became Qu Yi’s first test subject. Its Metal Element divine essence immediately became useless, and it dared not move at all, as doing so would only waste its divine essence and further strengthen the chaotic energy within it.

As a result, the Soul Body stood motionless on the ground like a golden statue.

The other two Soul Bodies of the Metal Element watched in horror as this happened, then looked at Qu Yi, who stood in the air smiling triumphantly. Fear overwhelmed them, filling them with the desire to flee.

The sudden appearance of Qu Yi and the extraordinary abilities he displayed left the three Gold Element soul beings utterly puzzled—how could chaotic energy suppress the energy of the five elements? Since chaotic energy could absorb the Gold Element divine essence, Qu Yi was instantly in an invincible position, leaving the remaining two functional Gold Element soul beings without the courage to continue fighting. “Let’s go!” the two exchanged thoughts secretly. Clearly, they no longer cared about their fellow who was in danger and decided to leave to avoid being caught by Qu Yi as well. In the air, the cultivators of the Nine Alliances were also shocked by Qu Yi’s sudden appearance and his sudden attack. “What spell did this Qu Yi use? How did he manage to freeze those Gold Element soul beings?” The nine alliance leaders were filled with doubts, staring at Qu Yi in the sky in stupor. Seizing this rare opportunity, the two Gold Element soul beings rushed underground, not even bothering to retrieve their divine artifacts, the Sealing Spirit Gold Balls. They could give up their treasures but not their lives. Their actions awakened the cultivators of the Nine Alliances, who immediately formed ten Five-Element Heaven Formation arrays to attack the Gold Element soul beings remaining on the ground, while the other arrays continued to besiege the three still-moving Sealing Spirit Gold Balls. The nine alliance leaders, each wielding their own supreme Heavenly Soul Immortal-level artifacts, watched Qu Yi warily. Seeing their reaction, Qu Yi smiled and said, “Everyone, there’s no need to fear. I won’t kill you yet.” Without giving them time to react, he vanished again and reappeared beside one of the Gold Element soul beings, already holding the Star Luo Ding. With the chaotic energy surging, a tremendous force sucked the Gold Element soul being into the ding. The ten Five-Element Heaven Formation arrays, transformed into ten long spears, rushed forward but were all shattered upon hitting the Star Luo Ding, while the fifty powerful warriors of the Nine Alliances fell to the ground in panic. Qu Yi put away the Star Luo Ding and swiftly returned to the air, arriving next to one of the Sealing Spirit Gold Balls. “Ah, don’t let Qu Yi get the divine artifact! Stop him quickly!” “Bastard! Taking those soul beings means taking our Soul Gold Beads!” “We can’t let Qu Yi steal the divine artifacts anymore!” The nine alliance leaders realized what was happening and cried out loudly.

Nearly a hundred Five-Element Heavenly Arrays had almost suppressed the Spirit-Sealing Golden Balls. Just as they were about to retrieve them, Qu Yi suddenly appeared silently, and it was too late to stop him. Qu Yi took out the Star Luo Ding again and activated its chaotic energy, creating a powerful suction force that immediately drew away the nearby Spirit-Sealing Golden Balls. Not wanting too much, Qu Yi, having obtained one Spirit-Sealing Golden Ball, quickly vanished into the distance, laughing as he watched the cultivators of the Nine Alliances. The nine alliance leaders were furious, but none dared to confront Qu Yi. They still retained their sanity; not only could they not kill him, but they might also be harmed by him. Thus, the nine leaders wisely gathered together to deal with any possible ambush from Qu Yi. Meanwhile, the nearly a hundred Five-Element Heavenly Arrays quickly retrieved the other two Spirit-Sealing Golden Balls and stood behind the nine leaders, all staring resentfully at Qu Yi in the distance. “After being apart for several years, you’ve developed such powerful arrays—quite impressive. Good. In this Ruin Realm Divine World, it’s too time-consuming for me to search for divine artifacts alone. For the next eighty-odd years, I’ll join you all and compete fairly to seize them,” Qu Yi declared loudly from the sky. Hearing his voice, the nine alliance leaders and cultivators all showed painful expressions, as if Qu Yi would become a plague from now on. Kill him? Impossible—Qu Yi had the Transmigration Divine Artifact. Hide? Unavoidable—Qu Yi always appeared out of nowhere. The cultivators of the Nine Alliances knew well that since Qu Yi was determined to follow them, he would interfere in every move they made. Trying to easily kill the Soul-Body People and seize the divine artifacts would bring them great trouble. “Hateful!” “Detestable!” Countless curses surged in the hearts of the nine alliance leaders, but they were helpless. Seeing their distressed expressions, Qu Yi smiled and said, “Those two golden ball divine artifacts you obtained belong to someone else. As for the golden ball I have, its owner has already been captured by me and will be killed soon. Now, go figure out how to subdue those two golden balls. I’m leaving—we’ll see each other often from now on.” With that, Qu Yi disappeared. It turned out that Qu Yi had already known the owners of the three Spirit-Sealing Golden Balls, so after dealing with one Soul-Body Person of the Metal element, he immediately retrieved all of that person’s Spirit-Sealing Golden Balls.

The two Spirit-Sealing Golden Balls obtained by the Nine Alliances were the entire magical treasures of the two escaped Golden Element Soul Beings, bearing the soul imprints of those two beings. If the powerful members of the Nine Alliances wanted to possess these Spirit-Sealing Golden Balls, they had to find a way to refine those soul imprints.

However, the problem was that these soul imprints surpassed the level of Upper Heavenly Soul Immortals and were already at the divine being level. Even the nine alliance leaders couldn’t remove the soul imprints from the two Spirit-Sealing Golden Balls.

The nine alliance leaders stared blankly at the sky, their expressions dark and filled with sorrow. There was no solution at all!

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Qu Yi used the Boundless Stars to arrive on a nearby planet. Then, he immediately entered the Dimensional Sphere and sat down on his soft chair. In front of the Artifact God, he took out the Star Luo Ding.

“Artifact God, wake up quickly! I’ve caught a Soul Being!” Qu Yi called out cheerfully, extremely excited.

For cultivators from the three realms, avoiding Soul Beings was already a challenge, yet Qu Yi had captured one—something that would shock everyone if told.

The Artifact God lazily opened its eyes, glanced at the Star Luo Ding standing beside it, and said indifferently, “Alright, quickly kill this Soul Being. You’ll get a Soul Golden Pearl, which will be very useful for the Golden Lord.”

The Soul Golden Pearl represented the complete laws of the Golden Element.

Hearing the Artifact God’s words, Qu Yi’s enthusiasm faded. He calmly stood up, placed his hands on the Star Luo Ding, and immediately activated the Silent Ash Heavenly Fire within it to continuously burn the Golden Element Soul Being.

The Golden Element Soul Being suffered greatly—its body was disrupted by the Chaotic Spirit Entity, making it impossible for it to activate its Golden Element Divine Core. Now, the entire surrounding space was filled with Silent Ash Heavenly Fire, which burned away its Golden Element body layer by layer, leaving it without any resistance.

“I refuse to accept this! I curse you!” the Golden Element Soul Being cried bitterly.

Qu Yi naturally paid no attention to these curses. How could a cultivator be afraid of curses?

Before long, the Golden Element Soul Being was completely burned to ashes.

In a parallel space within the Star Luo Ding, a perfectly round golden pearl floated—none other than the Soul Golden Pearl.

With a thought from Qu Yi, the Soul Golden Pearl emerged from the Star Luo Ding and flew into his hand.

“Not bad. Giving the Soul Golden Pearl to the Golden Lord will also help him quickly reach the soul realm of an Upper Heavenly Soul Immortal,” Qu Yi said happily.

Immediately afterward, the Soul Golden Pearl flew out of his hand and headed toward the place where the Golden Lord was cultivating inside the Dimensional Sphere.

Once the Soul Body of Jin Xing died, that Spirit-Sealing Golden Ball naturally became ownerless, floating alone in a parallel space within the Xing Luo Ding.
Qu Yi took out the Spirit-Sealing Golden Ball and laughed heartily again.