Chapter 43: Attempting to Escape Through Tribulation

Chang Xin, the leader of the Golden Mysterious Alliance, obtained the Luo Soul Stone and the Heaven Transferring Stone, after which he immediately fell out with the other alliance leaders and abandoned all his subordinates. Flying across countless planets, Chang Xin arrived deep within the Divine Realm of Meteoric Lands. On a planet entirely composed of golden stones, he landed and chose a location to set up the Heaven Transferring Array. It was a natural circular valley containing a huge natural stone—deeply golden in color and imposing in appearance. It was this stone that made Chang Xin decide to place the array there.

He had planned the Heaven Transferring Array for a million years. Back when Emperor Hao crossed into the cultivation realm, Chang Xin had seen an array left by Emperor Hao on a planet in the Divine Realm of Meteoric Lands and recorded it. Later, by deciphering that array and conducting further research, he developed the Heaven Transferring Array. Thus, Chang Xin was extremely familiar with it.

On this huge stone, he quickly cleared away debris to expose a smooth surface. Then, he took out many materials from his space ring and began carving the array patterns onto the surface right away. It took a full month before he finally finished carving all the patterns of the array. At that moment, he took out five divine stones: the Star Stabilizing Stone, the Object Bearing Stone, the Heaven Transferring Stone, the Realm Penetrating Stone, and the Luo Soul Stone. The Star Stabilizing Stone had great bearing capacity and was used to withstand the forces during transmission, protecting the array patterns; the Object Bearing Stone was used to carry the objects being transmitted; the Heaven Transferring Stone possessed strong transmission power; the Realm Penetrating Stone could break through the boundary membranes, consuming most of their energy; and the Luo Soul Stone was used for soul positioning to determine the destination of transmission.

Chang Xin placed the five divine stones at the five key positions of the array. The entire array pattern flashed with a dazzling camouflage-like light before disappearing instantly.

“Haha! I’ve successfully set up the Heaven Transferring Array!”
“I spent a million years in the Immortal Realm just for this array, just for the divine artifacts in the Divine Realm of Meteoric Lands.”
“Finally, it’s done! I can now enter the Divine Realm of Meteoric Lands freely. From now on, it will be my domain alone.”
“The Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Fiend Realm—these three realms will soon belong to me alone. I will unify them all.”

With his long-held desires fulfilled, Chang Xin became so excited that he lost control of himself and started laughing wildly. After a while, he calmed down and looked at the Heaven Transferring Array calmly, a sense of pride filling his entire being.

At that moment, a figure flew through the starry sky and quickly landed beside Chang Xin—it was Ze Di.
Ze Di was actually a clone of Chang Xin.
“I’m back, the original self,” Ze Di said calmly as he landed.
Indeed, back in the Days of Meteoric Realms, Chang Xin was extremely lucky. Not only did he obtain a divine artifact, but he also got a secret technique that allowed him to create clones. After being created by Chang Xin, Ze Di was sent to the Demon Realm to grow step by step, eventually becoming a powerful figure in the Demon Realm’s Water Flood Alliance.
Chang Xin nodded and said indifferently, “Stay here and guard. I’ll return to Jin Xuan Star now.”
Ze Di stood calmly.
Chang Xin immediately stepped onto the Heaven-Bridging Array and activated his golden immortal energy to start the array.
But…
No matter how much immortal energy Chang Xin poured in, the already set-up Heaven-Bridging Array wouldn’t activate—meaning he couldn’t return to Jin Xuan Star.
“That’s impossible!” Chang Xin panicked and poured more immortal energy in frantically.
The Heaven-Bridging Array remained completely still.
Ze Di, watching Chang Xin’s expression, was also puzzled, unable to figure out what was wrong.
After a while…
Chang Xin stood silently with closed eyes above the Heaven-Bridging Array, thinking carefully. Suddenly, his face turned pale, and he began to tremble.
“Qu Yi… It must be Qu Yi. He used the interdimensional artifact to return to the Immortal Realm. He must have attacked Jin Xuan Star and destroyed my Heaven-Bridging Array there,” Chang Xin shouted angrily, his eyes turning bloodshot.
A million years—just as success seemed within reach, it all failed. Such disappointment was beyond even someone as composed as Chang Xin.
Chang Xin weakly sat down on the Heaven-Bridging Array, looking at Ze Di pitifully as his teeth clattered together.
“The original self, we can only wait for an exit to the Days of Meteoric Realms to appear. Then, if we kill Qu Yi, we can return to the Immortal Realm, gather the five divine stones again, and set up the Heaven-Bridging Array once more,” Ze Di reminded him.
Chang Xin’s painful expression eased somewhat.
“Good. We’ll go kill Qu Yi. Anyone who stands in our way must die,” Chang Xin said coldly as he stood up in an instant.
Thus, Chang Xin and Ze Di flew into the starry sky, heading straight for the edge of the Days of Meteoric Realms.
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After conquering Jin Xuan Star and destroying the Heaven-Bridging Array, Qu Yi immediately went to the Demon Realm.

Long Huwei followed Qu Yi’s instructions, taking the life core of the Soul-Collecting Flower. Over these fifty years, he had been assassinating various Heavenly Soul Demons and Heavenly Spirit Demons, causing great chaos in the Demon Realm. Without these demons, no one could interfere with the cultivators in the Demon Realm. As it was already a land of constant warfare, with no one to stop it, killings continued endlessly, and countless grudges flared up, turning the entire Demon Realm into a world of slaughter where cultivators killed without cease.

At this moment, Qu Yi arrived on a planet belonging to the Fire Slaughter Alliance in the Demon Realm. Long Huwei was on this planet as well. Upon receiving Qu Yi’s message, he rushed to his side immediately. The two stood facing each other atop a high peak.

“Brother Qu Yi, you’ve come,” Long Huwei exclaimed excitedly upon seeing him.

After fifty years of battles, Long Huwei had actually reached the cultivation level of a lower-tier Heavenly Spirit Demon, and he could even conceal his aura, with not a trace of murderous intent showing. Qu Yi smiled and nodded. “Brother Huwei, you’ve really worked hard over the years. You must have killed tens of thousands of demon beasts.”

Long Huwei smiled faintly, as if killing those demon beasts had had no impact on his heart; his resolve was unwavering. “I’ve already killed all the demon beasts in the Demon Realm that didn’t go to the Ruin Realm or the Divine Realm. These days have been rather dull,” he said with a smile.

As for Human Demons and Earth Demons, Long Huwei certainly wouldn’t attack them. Heavenly Soul Demons were no longer of his concern, and if powerful Heavenly Spirit Demons hid their presence, Long Huwei couldn’t find them either. Thus, there had been no battles lately, leaving him somewhat bored.

Qu Yi nodded and said with a faint smile, “Since the Demon Realm is already in chaos, let it remain chaotic for another forty years. Once most of its cultivators are dead, I’ll bring the people from the Immortal Realm and the Nine Realms here. By then, the Demon Realm will also fall into my hands.”

Of the Immortal Realm, five star domains were already in Qu Yi’s control. As for the Fiend Realm, he originally held three star domains. Now that the Dragon Emperor had passed through the divine tribulation, he would surely ascend to the Divine Realm. The Fire Phoenix people were already under Qu Yi’s control, so he would soon take control of the remaining Golden Dragon Star Domain and Fire Phoenix Star Domain in the Fiend Realm as well.

Qu Yi still didn’t plan to bring the people from the Immortal Realm and Fiend Realm to the Demon Realm. After all, if he did, those cultivators in the Demon Realm might stop fighting among themselves and turn their attention against external enemies. Only once most of them were dead would Qu Yi bring his own forces over, allowing him to easily conquer the Demon Realm.

Upon hearing Qu Yi’s words, Long Huwei showed surprise on his face before calming down. He had already known Qu Yi’s plans, and though surprised now, he was still able to accept them. “Brother Qu Yi, don’t worry. I’ll continue to create chaos in the Demon Realm, and you can come over later to take over easily,” Long Huwei said immediately, showing his loyalty. Hearing this, Qu Yi nodded briefly before suddenly looking alarmed. “Haha, Zhong Lei is about to undergo the Divine Calamity. I need to rush over to see it,” Qu Yi exclaimed happily. Zhong Lei was the leader of the Fire Slaughter Alliance in the Demon Realm. After speaking, Qu Yi immediately took out the Boundless Star Sword and headed to the Divine Realm of the Meteor Domain. ※※※ Zhong Lei, along with twenty powerful demons from the Fire Slaughter Alliance, hid deep in the Divine Realm of the Meteor Domain to avoid Qu Yi’s attacks. But for a leader to have to hide like a fugitive was unbearable for Zhong Lei. With his anger building up over time, he decided he couldn’t go on like this any longer and resolved to undergo the Divine Calamity to ascend directly to the Divine Realm. Once in the Divine Realm, he wouldn’t have to worry about Qu Yi’s attacks. In the starry sky, a hundred-mile-wide column of flames had formed, beneath which was Zhong Lei, whose soul energy had been released. The twenty powerful demons from the Fire Slaughter Alliance stood on a nearby planet, looking gloomily at the column of flames in the distance. They all understood that after their leader Zhong Lei ascended to the Divine Realm, their fate would become even more unpredictable, as Qu Yi wouldn’t spare them. The first thunderbolt, the Human Punishment Thunder, was a hundred-meter-wide column of flames falling from the sky incessantly. Without his divine weapon, Zhong Lei still had a magical artifact of the upper-tier Heavenly Soul Demon class—the Fire Demon Sword. He swung the sword swiftly, managing to remove the fierce energy from the thunderbolts, while the rest struck his head, nourishing the Human Soul layer of his Soul Flower. The second thunderbolt, the Earth Punishment Thunder, was another hundred-meter-wide column of flames, even more powerful, with flames that seemed solid. Zhong Lei swung the Fire Demon Sword even faster, successfully cutting away the fierce energy from the thunderbolts, while the beneficial ones struck his head, nourishing the Earth Soul layer of his Soul Flower. The third thunderbolt, the Heavenly Punishment Thunder, saw the remaining half of the cloud of flames in the sky converge into a thousand-meter-wide world of flames that suddenly descended as one. Zhong Lei threw away the Fire Demon Sword and several other magical artifacts of the upper-tier Heavenly Soul Demon class, all of which exploded in midair. These explosions greatly dispersed the power of the thunderbolts, splitting them into several parts.

About one-third of the calamitous lightning still remained to strike Zhong Lai. Zhong Lai could only desperately harness the demonic energy within him to form a fiery barrier above his head, striving to withstand the attacks of the lightning. In a short while, the calamitous lightning disappeared, and Zhong Lai managed to fend off the heavenly punishment lightning, though his demonic energy was exhausted, leaving him swaying unsteadily in the starry sky. Suddenly, Qu Yi appeared, making several spatial jumps to reach Zhong Lai’s side. With a smile, Qu Yi stretched out his right hand and said, “Zhong Lai, hello. Congratulations on surviving the divine calamity.”