Chapter 34: Taking Action Personally

“The Golden Mysterious Alliance, Wood Maple Alliance, Earth Gui Alliance, Golden Slash Alliance, Fire Slaughter Alliance, Earth Annihilation Alliance, Wood Forest Alliance, Water Ocean Alliance, Earth Trekking Alliance—from this moment on, they are my enemies, Qu Yi’s enemies.”
“All cultivators trapped in the Divine Realm of the Fallen Domain, from now on, I, Qu Yi, give you a choice. If you wish to leave the Divine Realm of the Fallen Domain, then go and collect the identity cards of ten cultivators from the nine alliances. I will absolutely not help any cultivator without ten such cards leave this realm.”
“Whoever can provide information about the whereabouts of the Dragon Emperor and the Fire Phoenix will be rewarded by me, Qu Yi, with a divine artifact.”
At the edge of the Divine Realm of the Fallen Domain, Qu Yi stood alone in the starry sky. With his status as a lower-tier Heavenly Soul Immortal, he raised his voice loudly, spreading his decision to the surrounding planets.
On these planets in the edge region, cultivators from various factions across the three realms heard Qu Yi’s words and immediately passed them on to their peers and friends, causing the news to spread rapidly.
Although cultivators at the levels of Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, and Heavenly Soul Immortal were still unsure whether only those with the power of a Heavenly Soul Immortal could leave when an exit appeared in the Divine Realm of the Fallen Domain, while others would have to stay and wait for death, Qu Yi’s announcement that he had killed Huang Xu in front of all the cultivators from the three realms had already made them aware of his existence.
Thus, the cultivators from the three realms were skeptical about Qu Yi’s words. But as long as there was even a hint of belief, Qu Yi could exploit it—after all, they were all worried about whether they truly had to stay and die in the Divine Realm of the Fallen Domain.
After announcing these three messages in the starry sky, Qu Yi secretly ordered his forces to spread them widely, quickly informing the cultivators from the three realms who had returned to the planets at the edge of the realm.
An atmosphere of tension quickly arose across all the planets in the edge region. Especially those under the rule of the nine alliances were extremely anxious, as their identity cards were the key to survival—precious items that everyone wanted to seize to ensure their own safety.
Within the edge region, trillions of cultivators gradually formed two opposing camps. Those under the nine alliances lived in constant fear, watching their surroundings warily, fearing sudden attacks. Meanwhile, cultivators from the Water Lake Alliance, Fire Rainbow Alliance, Wood Cutting Alliance, Water Flood Alliance, Golden Dragon Alliance, and Fire Phoenix Alliance were also sensing their surroundings, planning when to launch an attack.
The tense situation between the two sides soon escalated like wildfire.

The first wave of battles took place among cultivators at levels such as Human Immortals, Human Demons, and Primordial Monsters. After all, Qu Yi had only one requirement: ten identity cards would allow them to leave the Ruins Divine Realm safely. Naturally, dealing with the lowest-level cultivators from the Nine Alliances became the top priority for the cultivators from the other nine alliances.

Regardless of whether Qu Yi’s promise was useful or not, since they were killing people from the Nine Alliances—low-level cultivators at that—there was no threat to their lives, so the cultivators from the other six alliances felt no pressure.

Once a battle started, it immediately triggered battles across the entire planet and spread to other planets as well. On countless planets, trillions of cultivators began fighting each other, quickly plunging the situation into chaos. Whether they were from the Nine Alliances or the other six alliances, no one could tell who was from where, so they would attack immediately if they believed the other party was not a threat based on their cultivation level. If they killed a cultivator below that of the Nine Alliances, they would take their identity card. If they killed a cultivator from one of the six alliances, they would only take their treasures—the identity cards were of little use.

The planets on the edge of the Ruins Divine Realm were completely shrouded in blood mist. From space, each planet appeared as a sea of blood, having long lost its former brilliance.

The battles didn’t last long, as cultivators at levels like Human Immortals and Earthly Immortals, whether from the Nine Alliances or the six alliances, simply couldn’t hold out in such large-scale fights. They were also easily affected by the energy waves released during battles between other cultivators and unable to resist.

Cultivators at levels like Human Immortals and Earthly Soul Immortals were quickly wiped out entirely. As for those at the level of Earthly Spirit Immortals—those from the Nine Alliances were all dead, while only a tiny fraction remained from the six alliances.

This large-scale struggle for identity cards lasted only two years. Soon, the once dense numbers of cultivators on each planet became sparse, with only a handful left on each planet—around a thousand or so—mostly at the level of Heavenly Soul Immortals. Out of mutual caution, they stopped fighting each other.

Now, the number of cultivators surviving across the three realms is less than ten million.

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While Qu Yi was engaged in fierce battles on the edge planets, he went elsewhere. Ji Qiong, An Yu, Si Ren, Zhong Lei, Yang Gui, Void, Yan Shui, and Liu Ying—these eight alliance leaders, after realizing they had been deceived by Chang Xin—each took their Heavenly Spirit Immortal-level subordinates to one of the edge planets to claim it for themselves.

Qu Yi announced that gathering ten identity cards would allow one to leave the Ruin Domain Divine Realm, with the aim of weakening the cultivators of the three realms to facilitate his future unification of them. As for the powerful members of the Nine Alliances, Qu Yi planned to deal with them personally, which was why he had come to a planet alone now.
This planet was precisely where the powerful members of the Immortal Realm’s Mu Feng Alliance gathered.
Ji Qiong, along with the remaining twenty Heavenly Soul Immortals, arrived on this planet, drove away all other cultivators, seized control of the planet, and then waited patiently for an exit from the Ruin Domain Divine Realm.
These twenty-plus people gathered in a forest where each tree was at least a thousand meters tall, appearing to be millions of years old, with some even possessing a degree of spirituality.
Ji Qiong sat on one of the tree crowns, while the other twenty sat on those around it. All of them closed their eyes in meditation, oblivious to anything outside.
Suddenly, Qu Yi descended from the sky like a meteor ship, appearing directly above Ji Qiong and the others, his expression cold.
“Ji Qiong, you can’t escape,” Qu Yi shouted coldly as soon as he appeared, his tone domineering.
Without delay, he took out the divine artifact, the Green Rainbow Feather Duster, and charged at Ji Qiong. This Green Feather Duster had originally belonged to Ji Qiong and was exchanged for a Transmission Stone by Qu Yi; now it was used against him.
Ji Qiong immediately woke up and sensed Qu Yi approaching. A green ribbon descended from the sky like a rainbow, a majestic spell emitted by his own Green Rainbow Feather Duster.
“Bastard!”
Furious, Ji Qiong dodged the attack by teleporting away in his seated position.
Qu Yi seemed to know Ji Qiong’s evasion tactics. Instead of chasing after him, he went straight to the other twenty powerful members of the Mu Feng Alliance.
Seventeen of these twenty were at the level of Mid-Level Heavenly Soul Immortals.
Qu Yi’s purpose in coming here was to capture these Mid-Level Heavenly Soul Immortals as “food” for Wu Yuan in the future.
The Green Rainbow Feather Duster was swung again, sending another green ribbon descending from the sky to envelop one of the Mid-Level Heavenly Soul Immortals.
That warrior, upon sensing Qu Yi attacking the alliance leader Ji Qiong, was briefly distracted, thinking Qu Yi would continue fighting Ji Qiong. Unbeknownst to him, Qu Yi had turned his attack toward him. That brief lapse in concentration led to his predicament.

The green rainbow descended, enveloping the space where the powerful warrior was. Hundreds of Wood Element spirit entities emerged directly from the rainbow, launching relentless attacks on the mid-tier Heavenly Soul Immortal warrior—stabbing and crashing, each strike carrying the force to shatter his body. The mid-tier Heavenly Soul Immortal warrior could only desperately hold up a blue defensive barrier, using his own Wood Element spirit entities to resist the fierce attacks from those within the rainbow. Qu Yi would not give this warrior any chance; as he swung his Green Rainbow Dust Brush, he moved like lightning and arrived beside the warrior. Seeing that the rainbow had not yet broken through the warrior’s defenses, Qu Yi immediately took out a divine formula card. With the power of chaotic energy, the card emitted a misty purple light. As the card was drawn, the warrior’s defensive barrier was easily pierced like still water. Qu Yi followed up with a punch, knocking the warrior unconscious. Without pause, he put the unconscious warrior into his Dimensional Sphere and sneered at the anxious members of the Mu Feng Alliance in the air. From the moment Qu Yi appeared, he launched continuous attacks and quickly captured another mid-tier Heavenly Soul Immortal warrior. This naturally shocked the other members of the Mu Feng Alliance, who realized that although Qu Yi’s cultivation level was only that of a lower-tier Heavenly Soul Immortal, his combat strength was already on par with that of a higher-tier one. None of them dared attack Qu Yi, focusing instead on defending against any further attacks. “Qu Yi, what more do you want? You’ve already stolen my divine artifact. Do you intend to exterminate me completely?” Ji Qiong shouted angrily. As the leader of the alliance, Ji Qiong had never suffered such humiliation before, but now he lacked the strength to confront Qu Yi and could only vent his frustration through curses. Qu Yi observed the crowd, seeing that they lacked the courage to attack him and instead guarded against his attacks, which made him smile. “Ji Qiong, you don’t need to know the reason. I only need to tell you that your life is destined to end at my hands,” Qu Yi said coldly. The reason Qu Yi wanted to kill the nine alliance leaders was that they had killed Wu Yuan’s parents. Qu Yi had always regarded Wu Yuan as a brother, companion, and friend, so he naturally wanted to help Wu Yuan deal with these enemies. However, he didn’t want to reveal this reason. Hearing this, Ji Qiong was filled with rage.

“Qu Yi, you’ve gone too far. Though you possess a peerless divine artifact, don’t push me too hard. Your current strength isn’t enough to kill me. At worst, I’ll summon a divine calamity and ascend—let’s see how you deal with that then,” Ji Qiong shouted angrily.

It turned out that Ji Qiong had been suppressing his soul’s realm, refusing to unleash its full potential, so as not to trigger a divine calamity prematurely. He wanted to stay in the immortal realm to further understand the laws of water movement.

Hearing Ji Qiong’s words, Qu Yi laughed heartily. Waving his Green Rainbow Dust lightly, he pointed at Ji Qiong and shouted, “Summon a divine calamity? If you really do it, I’d like to see how.”

Ji Qiong’s expression froze, leaving him speechless once again.

No way—if he summoned a divine calamity now, he would have to endure it immediately. Even if he succeeded, he wouldn’t ascend to the divine realm right away. He would be extremely weak then, and if attacked by Qu Yi, he would surely perish.

“Hmph, Qu Yi, you’re ruthless. We’ll meet again someday,” Ji Qiong said coldly suddenly before his body shot into the starry sky.

Ji Qiong abandoned his subordinates and left alone.