Chapter 27: Brothers Reunite

“Everyone, calm down. I just came to take a look. You haven’t finished fighting yet, right? Alright, I’ll go watch from the side for a while. Once you’re done, I’ll catch up with you.”
Qu Yi said calmly, looking at the nine alliance leaders with a smile.

The nine alliance leaders weren’t fools. How could they believe Qu Yi’s words? It was obvious he wanted the members of the nine alliances to defeat those three Soul Body Humans first, so that he could take advantage of the situation and seize both the Soul Body Humans and the divine artifacts.

“Despicable!”
“Utterly shameless!”
“We will never believe you again, no matter what.”
“Qu Yi, hand over your life! The nine of us have been waiting for this chance for a long time.”

The nine alliance leaders shouted angrily, already drawing out their divine artifacts at the level of Upper Heavenly Soul Immortals. They flew toward Qu Yi with murderous intent.

Qu Yi’s body trembled, and his Chaos Energy surged. His figure vanished as if it were an illusion, reappearing at the other end of the canyon the next moment, smiling as he watched the furious nine alliance leaders.

Chaos Energy was extremely mysterious. After reaching the level of Lower Heavenly Soul Immortal, Qu Yi’s Chaos Energy had broken through the limits of space and time, allowing him to teleport at will. Just now, he had used this ability to dodge the attacks of the nine alliance leaders.

“What!”
“Impossible!”
“Damn it! Qu Yi didn’t use any teleportation artifact to escape—he actually escaped on his own strength.”

The nine alliance leaders stared at Qu Yi in disbelief. Shocked, they realized they couldn’t stop attacking now.

“Guys, don’t get angry. In this Ruin Realm Divine World, with your strength, it’s easy to find more Soul Body Humans. There are plenty of divine artifacts around. Let’s stop fighting and instead focus on defeating these three Soul Body Humans first,” Qu Yi called out with a smile.

The nine alliance leaders glared at him unhappily but put away their artifacts, giving up the idea of surrounding and killing him.

Qu Yi had escaped using an unprecedentedly strange form of energy. The nine alliance leaders understood that even without that teleportation artifact, they would no longer be able to defeat him—they might even suffer harassment from him constantly.

They resolved to collect divine artifacts in this Ruin Realm Divine World and then trigger a divine calamity to ascend to the divine realm. Only then could they use their advantage of entering the divine realm first to build their power, and once Qu Yi ascended, they could kill him.

“Everyone, intensify the attack and kill all three Soul Body People,” the nine alliance leaders ordered loudly.
The cultivators of the nine alliances, along with hundreds of mixed Five Elements Spirit Bodies, all transformed into dragon forms and launched the most fierce frontal assault on the three Soul Body People.
The three Soul Body People, realizing that even after pleading for mercy, the cultivators of the nine alliances remained relentless and determined to fight to the death, were filled with rage, yet their expressions showed extreme anxiety.
Did they really have to self-destruct?
They also couldn’t bear to do it. They had encountered unexpected disasters in the Divine Realm and ended up in this Ruin Realm Divine Realm. After a long time, they had finally regained their Soul Body forms, with the goal of restoring their full strength and returning to the Divine Realm. If they self-destructed now, they would truly be destroyed—how could they bring themselves to do such a thing?
“Hmph, it’s you who forced us. Let’s all die together.”
“Dying together? Very good, very good.”
“How can one be so ruthless?”
Under the siege of the cultivators of the nine alliances, the Gold Element, Wood Element, and Water Element Soul Body People glared fiercely and suddenly roared.
The nine alliance leaders were shocked and immediately grew anxious.
“Everyone, retreat now!” they shouted urgently, not wanting any more of their subordinates to die.
Of course, the nine alliance leaders firmly believed at that moment that the three Soul Body People truly intended to self-destruct, so they had no choice but to order a retreat.
Suddenly, a deafening explosion echoed from the bottom of the canyon. Three bursts of immense energy erupted and quickly spread throughout the entire Global Grand Canyon.
The energy of the Gold Element, Wood Element, and Water Element was extremely violent, creating countless spatial turbulence that ravaged everything in the canyon.
No matter how fast the cultivators of the nine alliances were, they couldn’t match the speed of the spreading explosion energy. They were hit wave after wave, like small boats in a storm, tossing and sinking before being thrown far away.
The three Soul Body People did not self-destruct but instead detonated their divine artifacts.
The Moon-Shattering Golden Sword, the Leafless Green Branch, and the Cold Sea Spirit Jade—all three artifacts contained extremely powerful energy. When they exploded, their force was even greater than the self-destruction of the three Soul Body People.
Since they didn’t want to die, this was the only way to save their lives. Adhering to the principle that divine artifacts can be replaced but one’s life cannot, the three Soul Body People resolutely sacrificed their artifacts to preserve their own lives.

The nine alliance leaders swiftly appeared above the Global Grand Canyon, easily blocking the energy waves surging out of it while nervously sensing the situation at the bottom of the canyon. At this moment, the entire canyon, damaged by the energy waves, was free from those eerie winds that disrupted one’s spiritual perception, allowing the nine alliance leaders to clearly sense what was happening at the bottom.

“Damn it, it’s terrible!”
“With this attack, all of our subordinates at the Lower Heavenly Soul Immortal level have died.”
“Not only that—half of those at the Middle Heavenly Soul Immortal level have also died.”
“It’s even worse—there were only one or two at the Upper Heavenly Soul Immortal level. Though they weren’t killed, they were severely injured.”

The nine alliance leaders spoke with pain, filled with deep sorrow. Since entering the Meteor Domain Divine Realm, they hadn’t obtained a single divine artifact, while their subordinates were nearly wiped out—what a frustrating situation!

Just then, Qu Yi, who had disappeared from the spiritual perception of the nine alliance leaders, suddenly reappeared at the bottom of the canyon.

“No, stop Qu Yi quickly!”
“Qu Yi, if you dare kill my subordinates, I’ll make sure we both die together!”
“Everyone, rally up! Qu Yi is coming to attack you!”

The nine alliance leaders could no longer maintain composure and shouted frantically as they rushed downward to stop Qu Yi’s onslaught.

Indeed, while the three soul-bodied beings were detonating the divine artifact, Qu Yi had already activated the Boundless Starry Sky. Upon returning, he immediately saw the severely injured cultivators of the nine alliances and started attacking without hesitation.

Qu Yi’s target was only those powerful cultivators at the Middle Heavenly Soul Immortal level who were badly injured. In the blink of an eye, he arrived beside one such cultivator. Ignoring his severe injuries, he delivered a punch that knocked the struggling cultivator unconscious. Qu Yi then trapped this cultivator inside his Dimensional Sphere.

Yes, Qu Yi’s attacks weren’t meant to kill these cultivators but to capture them alive for future use.

Moving swiftly, he captured five more cultivators at the Middle Heavenly Soul Immortal level. Seeing the nine alliance leaders descending, he stopped capturing more injured ones and flew up into the air, laughing as he watched the furious leaders.

“Qu Yi, you despicable wretch! Release our people now!”
“How could I? Do you have some kind of spatial divine artifact?”
“Qu Yi, I swear eternal enmity against you!”

The nine alliance leaders stood aside, filled with anger, their suspicions growing even more—how had Qu Yi taken away their subordinates?
“You’ve long held grudges against me; this isn’t the first time. Well, I won’t disturb you any longer. If you still want to kill those three soul-bodied beings, I won’t stop you. Good luck,” Qu Yi said with a smile as he waved his hand before disappearing.
Qu Yi entered the Inch Realm Sphere.
The nine alliance leaders carefully sensed their surroundings and found nothing unusual—Qu Yi had indeed left, so they finally relaxed. Immediately afterward, they personally gathered all their surviving subordinates together.
In total, there were less than two hundred cultivators from the Nine Alliances left.
The casualties were severe!
Although the nine alliance leaders were deeply saddened, they only grieved for a short time before losing their composure. The deaths of others meant nothing to them—as long as they could obtain the divine artifact, even if all their subordinates died and the alliance collapsed, it didn’t matter.
“Everyone, those three soul-bodied beings have exhausted their divine essence and are now inside this planet. Let’s continue our pursuit. We must kill them to avenge our fallen brothers.”
The nine alliance leaders immediately encouraged their followers with determined expressions.
At that time, among the remaining two hundred Tianhen Immortal-level warriors, there were less than ten who could form the Five-Element Heavenly Formation. To activate this formation, one warrior from each of the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth elements was needed to gather energy and create a mixed five-element spiritual entity.
With the nine alliance leaders plus those ten capable of forming the Five-Element Heavenly Formation, they could still deal with the now-weakened three soul-bodied beings.
“Yes, alliance leaders,” replied the remaining two hundred warriors, their faces filled with anger.
Under the leadership of the nine alliance leaders, the two hundred warriors adjusted their bodies and immediately headed toward the planet’s core.
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Wuyuan and Qingwugui roamed together in the Meteor Domain Divine Realm. Together, they had slaughtered millions of cultivators.
After prolonged battles, they still only reached the rank of Six-Star Tianpo Demon or Tianpo Monster. This was because, despite killing so many, neither of them had ever encountered a Tianhen Demon or Tianhen Monster, preventing them from finding an opportunity to advance.
One day, while exploring a planet, they heard news that another planet had gathered a billion cultivators, and it was likely to have soul-bodied beings as well. Tianhen Immortal, Tianhen Demon, and Tianhen Monster-level figures might also go there to explore.

So, Wuyuan and Qingwugui came over—this was the planet with two Global Grand Canyons. At that moment, the two of them arrived at the southern Global Grand Canyon, flying above it. “Uuu, Qingwu, it seems there was a fierce battle in this canyon just now; the energy fluctuations are very chaotic,” said the somewhat frail Wuyuan. Over these tens of thousands of years, Wuyuan’s appearance had remained unchanged. Qingwugui looked solemn; after sensing with his demonic awareness, he said calmly, “There’s no one inside the canyon. It seems that after that battle, those people flew away right away.” Naturally, after the warriors of the Nine Alliances entered underground, their auras could no longer be sensed by Qingwugui. “Uuu, shall we not go in? We came here to challenge warriors at the Tianhun Immortal level. Since there’s no one here, maybe we should leave,” said Wuyuan, somewhat disappointed. Qingwugui shared the same thought, and both of them seemed ready to fly away. “Ha…” A loud voice suddenly appeared in Wuyuan and Qingwugui’s ears—familiar as ever. “Qu Yi!” Without turning around, both of them blurted out his name, then immediately turned around, filled with joy—it was indeed Qu Yi. Qu Yi had also noticed them flying above the canyon and came out of the Dimension Ball to meet his brothers right away. The three of them hugged tightly before separating after a while. Qu Yi looked at Wuyuan and Qingwugui and said with a smile, “Wuyuan, Qingwu, you two have really failed over the years—still not able to advance in your cultivation.” Wuyuan and Qingwugui’s smiling faces immediately turned sad, and their heads drooped involuntarily. “Uuu, Qu Yi, you only know how to tease me. It’s not fun at all,” said Wuyuan, displeased, his face turning red. Qingwugui shook his head and sighed, giving up on arguing. Seeing this, Qu Yi laughed heartily before saying, “Don’t worry. I already knew you two had come to this planet, so I prepared gifts especially for you. Inside the Dimension Ball, I’ve captured five warriors at the Mid-Level Tianhun Immortal level. With them by your side in battles, you won’t have to worry about not advancing in cultivation.” Hearing this, Wuyuan and Qingwugui were overjoyed and started jumping in the air, looking at Qu Yi excitedly. Qu Yi raised his hand and said mysteriously, “Alright, now you two enter the Dimension Ball. I still need to fight against the warriors of the Nine Alliances later.”

Wuyuan and Qingwugui didn’t ask for details. They knew that since Qu Yi had decided to confront the powerful warriors of the Nine Alliances, he must have the confidence to win, so they didn’t even bother asking any concerned questions. Qu Yi put Wuyuan and Qingwugui inside the Dimension Ball, then went to the bottom of the canyon and entered the Dimension Ball as well, waiting quietly for the powerful warriors of the Nine Alliances to emerge from the ground.