Chapter 5: The Path of Cultivation

In Beast Village, the primordial energies of the Five Elements were in utter chaos—a tragedy for other cultivators. But for Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui, it made no difference from inside Li Fei City.

Qu Yi’s body was filled with chaotic energy, and the primordial energies of the Five Elements served as his “food.” No matter how much of these primordial energies entered his body, they were immediately transformed into chaotic energy.

Wu Yuan also had a body composed of the Five Elements. Since the beginning of his cultivation journey, he had been absorbing the energies of the Five Elements simultaneously. Thus, the chaotic primordial energies in this area were also food for him.

Qing Wu Gui, of course, didn’t need to worry about the chaotic primordial energies either. He possessed the Heart of the Five Elements, which allowed him to directly influence them. As a result, when those chaotic energies entered his body, they quickly separated and were then expelled.

Most importantly, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui had all comprehended the complete laws of the Five Elements. Most cultivators in the Divine Realm had only grasped one set of these laws. Therefore, when they inhaled mixed primordial energies, they had to find ways to eliminate the four types, keeping only the one they needed. In essence, most cultivators in the Divine Realm spent most of their time clearing out foreign primordial energies.

However, although Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui had comprehended the complete laws of the Five Elements, the strength of their Soul Orbs, formed through the Spirit Condensation Tree, was still equivalent to that of cultivators at the Divine Human stage.

After seeing off Bai Hu Tian Duo, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui immediately began building their own homes. Since they didn’t need to worry about the impact of the chaotic primordial energies on their bodies, they could focus on construction. Moreover, Beast Village was filled with tall trees, providing ample materials.

Just as Qu Yi was about to draw out the divine weapon, the Sword of Golden Patterns, to cut down the trees, the voice of the Weapon God came through.

“Qu Yi, you still can’t casually draw out the Sword of Golden Patterns right now. The three of you should use higher-tier treasures of the Heavenly Soul Immortal level to cut down the trees slowly,” the Weapon God said calmly.

Hearing this, Qu Yi immediately understood that he indeed couldn’t use divine weapons at will.

Divine weapons could only be forged by cultivators in the Divine Realm. If Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui, who had just ascended, could use divine weapons, it would undoubtedly signal to the cultivators in the Divine Realm that there existed a Divine Realm in the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Monster Realm, where divine weapons also existed.

“I see. Then the three of us will cut down the trees slowly,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Immediately afterward, Qu Yi used his mental communication to tell Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui about the words of the Weapon Gods, asking them to stay vigilant at all times.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui nodded. They were well aware that they had now arrived in the Divine Realm, where every cultivator was no ordinary person. Revealing their strength now would surely invite many people’s schemes against them.
So, Qu Yi took out two swords and two Wind Dual Blades—magic artifacts of the Upper Heavenly Soul Immortal level that he had obtained from Emperor Hao’s treasure. These had originally been used by Jin Zun and Mu Zun. After ascending to the Divine Realm, the Five Zuns had merged into Qu Yi’s true body and no longer existed, but Qu Yi still retained these artifacts.
“Wu Yuan, Qing Wu, take the blades. We’ll go cut down the trees,” Qu Yi said, throwing the two Wind Dual Blades over as he laughed.
Soon, the three of them began cutting down trees in the area.
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In Xu Qiang, the village chief of Bai Shou Village, Bai Hu Tian Duo was standing before him at that moment.
Xu Qiang sat on a wooden chair. He had been solemn just a moment ago, using his spiritual sense to sense the movements of Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui. Now, his expression relaxed.
“Strange. These three don’t seem to be affected by the interference of the Five Elements’ primal energy at all. Xu Ming told me there were secrets about these three. It seems their secrets are indeed suspicious. At least the fact that they’re not afraid of the Five Elements’ primal energy entering their bodies is enough to arouse curiosity. Hmph, they must possess some extraordinary treasures, which is why they’re not disturbed by it.” Such thoughts flashed through Xu Qiang’s mind.
At this point, Xu Qiang only thought that Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui had extraordinary treasures, which allowed the chaotic Five Elements’ primal energy to separate automatically—keeping the useful parts and expelling the useless ones. If Xu Qiang had known that the three of them had already comprehended the complete laws of the Five Elements, he probably wouldn’t have tried to deal with them anymore.
With his plan settled, Xu Qiang immediately looked at Tian Duo and said with a smile, “Tian Duo, from now on, watch over Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui for me. If anything unusual happens to them, you must report it to me immediately.”
Tian Duo immediately wore a smile and replied firmly, “Yes, Village Chief.”
Although both were at the Divine Being stage, Xu Qiang was the village chief in charge of distributing resources in Bai Shou Village. If Tian Duo wanted more favor, he had no choice but to flatter him.
“Go now. I need to meditate,” Xu Qiang said indifferently.

Tian Duo didn’t say much and immediately left the room to return to his own dwelling. As for monitoring Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui, Tian Duo didn’t need to keep an eye on them every day; he only needed to scan them with his spiritual sense from time to time.

For cultivators in the Divine Realm, each period of meditation started at a hundred thousand years, with even hundreds of millions of years being quite common. Moreover, all cultivators in the Divine Realm understood one thing: to survive there, they had to continuously improve their cultivation skills, otherwise they would eventually be eliminated.

Therefore, cultivators in the Divine Realm devoted most of their energy to cultivation.

Tian Duo scanned Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui with his spiritual sense and found that they were cutting trees with no other abnormalities, so he paid less attention and immediately closed his eyes to meditate.

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“The trees in this Divine Realm are truly tough. These Two-Blade Swords were once Emperor Hao’s pride, but even with them, each strike only penetrates less than an inch into the tree,” Qu Yi said frustratedly as he swung the swords.

The Two-Blade Swords were magical artifacts at the level of Upper Heavenly Soul Immortals, already among the finest in the Immortal Realm. Yet, even cutting these most ordinary trees in the Divine Realm proved so difficult.

Wu Yuan had already sat down on the ground.

“Ugh, this is too much! I’ve been cutting for so long, yet I’ve only managed to make shallow cuts. It’s really frustrating,” Wu Yuan said, looking at the tree in front of him with tears welling up.

Qing Wu Gui glanced at Wu Yuan and continued to diligently cut the tree with his Twin Wind Blades. He had long gotten used to such monotonous tasks. Back in the Inch Realm Sphere, he had been fighting against powerful beings at the level of Heavenly Soul Immortals nonstop for decades, so tasks like these were a breeze for him.

Wu Yuan’s true form was a beast, and by nature, he disliked restraint, which made it hard for him to endure such meticulous work.

After ten days, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui finally built three extremely simple wooden houses and moved in.

At that moment, the three sat on the wooden beds in Qu Yi’s room.

“Next, our task is to find saplings of Divine Crystal Trees,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

Qu Yi wanted to complete the task of obtaining ten thousand Divine Crystal Trees as soon as possible. Although his strength in the Divine Realm wasn’t very great yet, he was confident enough to find all the necessary saplings in the Beast Mountain Range.

Three people meant thirty thousand saplings.

In the Village of Beasts, even the fastest villagers took a million years to gather the saplings, and it took tens of millions of years for them to fully grow. For Qu Yi, spending tens of millions of years in this Village of Beasts was unbearable. Therefore, he had to complete the task as quickly as possible and could afford no delays.
“Woof, great! So we’re going into the Beast Mountains to fight those fierce beasts?” Wu Yuan shouted happily, without the slightest concern.
Qing Wu Gui remained calm, smiling faintly and saying, “It’s good too. Our three souls’ orbs are different from those of the cultivators in the Divine Realm. It’s hard to make progress just by meditating in this room. It’s better to go out and clear our minds first.”
Qu Yi nodded.
At that moment, the Artifact God inside the Inch Realm Sphere sent a message again.
“Qu Yi, I’ve thought about it these days. Since your soul orb has mutated, your path of cultivation from now on should be one of fusion. You just need to fuse the five soul orbs inside that transparent soul orb one by one.”
In Qu Yi’s soul space, there was a transparent soul orb, which contained a Soul Gold Orb, a Soul Green Orb, a Soul Blue Orb, a Soul Red Orb, and a Soul Yellow Orb.
“Wu Yuan, the five soul orbs within your soul only show the Soul Gold Orb for now; the other four haven’t appeared. So your next path of cultivation should be to awaken them.”
In Wu Yuan’s soul space, he could sense the existence of the five soul orbs, but only the Soul Gold Orb was visible.
“Qing Wu Gui, your soul orb is the most unique—five types of soul orbs are combined into one. Still, there’s a way for you to cultivate. Your path from now on should be one of destruction—eradicating each of the five colored soul orbs completely.”
In Qing Wu Gui’s soul space, there was only one soul orb, but it wasn’t a single color; instead, it had layers of gold, green, blue, red, and yellow evenly distributed.
The Artifact God quickly explained the differences in the three souls and pointed out their respective paths of cultivation, giving them hope for future practice. After all, cultivators in the Divine Realm mastered each law step by step and then condensed soul orbs in their soul spaces. But Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui had already grasped the complete Five Elements laws, which was very different from the cultivators’ approach. Without any existing precedent, they now had guidance from the Artifact God, giving them a direction for cultivation.

“Great, Divine Vessel, you’ve finally solved the difficulties we’ve faced over the years,” Qu Yi said happily, jumping up from the bed and shouting excitedly.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui also smiled joyfully.
With a clear path for cultivation, there was hope of growing stronger, so the three of them were naturally pleased.
“Also, you three must not mention my name in the future. I have no business to deal with you, and try not to contact me either. In this divine realm, my old friends still recognize my presence,” Divine Vessel added quickly.
Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui all nodded firmly.
“Alright, let’s head to the Savage Beast Mountains now to search for seedlings of the Divine Crystal Tree,” Qu Yi said calmly, settling his thoughts.
After that, the three of them left the wooden house and headed toward the Savage Beast Mountains.