Chapter 8: Beast Core

“A Beast Core? What’s the use of it?”
Upon hearing the Instrument God’s words, Qu Yi stopped immediately and asked out of curiosity.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui also stopped, looking puzzled at the corpse of the Long-Armed Savage Ape lying on the ground.
“Don’t talk yet. Quickly untie this Long-Armed Savage Ape’s corpse and take out its Beast Core,” the Instrument God said bluntly.
Qu Yi bit his lip and had no choice but to take out the divine formula card, swiftly drawing it over the corpse of the Long-Armed Savage Ape. Soon, he found a yellow, fist-sized sphere in its head—the Beast Core.
As soon as the Beast Core appeared, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui all sensed a change in the Earthly Origin energy in the surrounding space. Centered around the Beast Core, the Earthly Origin energy in the vicinity gathered together, coalescing without dispersing.
“This… Instrument God, what exactly is the use of this Beast Core?” Qu Yi asked curiously upon sensing this change.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui also looked curious, waiting quietly for the Instrument God’s answer.
After a while, when Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui grew impatient, the Instrument God finally transmitted his voice through divine consciousness.
“Have you ever thought about how cultivation should proceed in the Divine Realm?” Instead of answering directly, the Instrument God asked casually.
This question immediately made Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui quiet down.
“I only know that currently, cultivators in the Divine Realm first comprehend one complete set of elemental laws before moving on to another,” Qu Yi replied truthfully.
In the boundless universe, elemental energies are everywhere, so cultivators’ path to cultivation involves continuously understanding these elemental energies. Starting from the outermost layer of spiritual energy in the universe, cultivators progress through various elemental energies until they reach the Origin Body, where they come into contact with the elemental Origin energies. In the central Origin Layer of the universe, cultivators begin to understand the various properties of these Origin energies—Origin power, Origin speed, Origin space—until they give birth to an Origin Spirit Body. In the core Divine Realm of the universe, cultivators must fully comprehend all five elemental laws.
Qu Yi already had some knowledge of these things to some extent.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui listened silently, eyes fixed ahead.
The Instrument God’s laughter echoed, followed by his words: “In fact, cultivators in the Divine Realm must engage in two types of cultivation at the same time. Take Xu Qiang, the village chief of the Hundred Beasts Village, for example. He has already comprehended the complete Wood Element law. Now, he is continuing to understand the Earth Element law while expanding his Wood Element Spirit Body on his internal planet.”

Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui were surprised upon hearing this. After thinking carefully, they began to understand. In the realms of immortals, demons, and monsters, those powerful celestial souls generally had around ten thousand spiritual entities gathered within their internal planets, far from reaching the limit of one hundred thousand. After these powerful beings passed through the divine tribulation and ascended to the divine realm, their bodies transformed into divine bodies, allowing their internal planets to accommodate more spiritual entities. Thus, while continuing to comprehend other laws, they also expanded the number of spiritual entities they already had, pushing it to its extreme.

“Divine Tool God, from what you say, does this beast core have something to do with increasing the number of spiritual entities in one’s body?” Qu Yi guessed and asked immediately.

Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui’s eyes lit up upon hearing Qu Yi’s words, and they eagerly awaited the Divine Tool God’s reply.

“You’re right. Beast cores can indeed rapidly increase the number of spiritual entities in a cultivator’s body. This beast core from the long-armed violent ape can add about a hundred Earth attribute spiritual entities,” the Divine Tool God replied with a smile.

Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui jumped up in excitement and cheered loudly.

“Then in the days to come, besides searching for the Divine Crystal Tree, we should also hunt down violent beasts to obtain their beast cores,” Qu Yi said, clenching his fist with determination.

“Ugh, that’s a great idea! Although each of us already has one hundred thousand spiritual entities in our bodies, now that our bodies have transformed into divine bodies, the number should still be able to increase. Let’s go hunt violent beasts and seize their beast cores!” Wu Yuan agreed excitedly.

“Good, let’s do that,” Qing Wu Gui said decisively.

Just as the three of them were excitedly about to head into the Mountain Range of Violent Beasts, the voice of the Divine Tool God sounded again.

“Everyone, there’s no need to rush. Beast cores are also divided into the five elements. If you want to refine beast cores to increase the number of spiritual entities, you need to follow a sequence. If you want to increase the number of Metal attribute spiritual entities, you must continuously refine Metal attribute beast cores. Only when the number of Metal attribute spiritual entities in your internal planet reaches its extreme and transforms into a Metal attribute kingdom can you then refine beast cores of other elements,” the Divine Tool God said with a smile.

Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui stopped again.

Each cultivator’s internal planet has a limit on the number of spiritual entities. Once that limit is reached, no more spiritual entities can be added. And this planetary world is like a kingdom, with those spiritual entities being equivalent to the humans in that kingdom.

The number of people in a nation is related to each cultivator’s physique. The stronger the divine body, the more spiritual entities it can accommodate within its internal planet.
“Vessel God, if that’s the case, then if I want to use this beast core, do I first need to choose which attribute it possesses?” Qu Yi said anxiously.
After ascending to the divine realm, the planet within Qu Yi’s body had completely transformed into an invisible chaotic planet. It couldn’t be seen through divine perception, but it was possible to clearly sense the existence of five-element spiritual entities within it.
Yes, Qu Yi had comprehended the complete laws of the five elements, allowing these spiritual entities to coexist on his internal planet.
“Qu Yi, your body is special, so you don’t need to worry about the attribute of the beast core. Since the five-element spiritual entities already exist within you, you can use any type of beast core directly,” the Vessel God said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Qu Yi burst into a silly smile.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui stared at Qu Yi in shock, their eyes filled with envy.
“Ugh, Vessel God, since I’ve only awakened the Soul Gold Pearl, does that mean I can only use a gold-element beast core?” Wu Yuan asked eagerly.
The soul corresponds to the internal planet. Since Wu Yuan had only awakened the Soul Gold Pearl, there were indeed only gold-element spiritual entities on his internal planet.
“Wu Yuan, you already know the answer. Why ask me?” the Vessel God replied with a smile.
Wu Yuan immediately squatted down, holding the divine artifact Xuanguang Yin and pounding the ground fiercely.
Qing Wu Gui quickly sensed his own internal planet world. The spiritual entities there, just like the Soul Pearl, were all formed from the primordial energy of the five elements. In other words, each spiritual entity contained the primordial energy of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
“Vessel God, the spiritual entities on my internal planet are composed of the five-element spiritual entities. Do I also, like Qu Yi, can directly refine any type of beast core?” Qing Wu Gui asked anxiously.
After a while, the Vessel God replied, “No. The conditions for you to use a beast core are more stringent. You need to refine beast cores of all five attributes simultaneously to increase the number of spiritual entities within you.”
Qing Wu Gui’s expression darkened immediately. He bit his lip and fell silent.
Hearing the Vessel God’s words, Wu Yuan’s mood improved greatly. He stood up happily and smiled at Qing Wu Gui.
“Alright, there’s only one beast core for now, and it’s uncertain whether we’ll be able to use it in the future. So, stop being upset. Let’s go look for the Divine Crystal Tree first. That’s the most urgent task for us right now,” Qu Yi said, reminding them after seeing their expressions earlier.

Wuyuan and Qingwugui nodded.
At least from the words of the Artifact God, Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qingwugui all understood their future paths of cultivation.
Qu Yi’s soul cultivation was about integration, with the planet within his body used to increase the number of Five Elements spiritual beings and evolve into a Five Elements spiritual realm.
Wuyuan’s soul cultivation was about awakening; first, he would increase the number of Metal Element spiritual beings to evolve into a Metal Element realm, then determine which attribute the second awakened soul bead belonged to before deciding which kind of spiritual being to expand further.
Qingwugui’s soul cultivation was about destruction, involving eliminating one by one the five colored layers of the soul bead. His body’s planet needed to absorb the essence energies of the Five Elements simultaneously to refine Five Elements spiritual beings and maximize their number, thereby evolving into a Five Elements spiritual realm.
After understanding their cultivation paths, Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qingwugui felt much more relaxed as they wandered through the Beast Mountain Range, with a sense that everything was under control.
A month later, the three quickly discovered another area with Divine Crystal Trees—thousands of them there.
“Wow, there are thousands of Divine Crystal Trees here! This is amazing!” Qu Yi exclaimed happily, his eyes wide open.
“Ugh, what great luck! This truly fits the description of the Beast Mountain Range—so many Divine Crystal Trees!” Wuyuan shouted excitedly, waving his hands frantically.
“Then there’s no need to wait. Let’s harvest them,” Qingwugui said decisively.
Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qingwugui immediately headed toward that area of Divine Crystal Trees.
However, just as they reached the edge of the area, five people rushed out from among the trees, staring at Qu Yi and his companions with fierce expressions.
“Who are you? This area of Divine Crystal Trees belongs to our Qingfeng Camp. Don’t even think about taking them,” shouted a chest-naked man.
The other four watched Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qingwugui warily.
Qu Yi sensed their cultivation levels with his spiritual awareness and realized they were all at the Divine Being stage. Feeling somewhat reassured, he smiled as he observed the five men from Qingfeng Camp.
On his way to Bai Shou Village, Qu Yi had heard about the Bai Zhai Mountain Area, a haven for bandits with numerous robbers stationed there. It seemed that Qingfeng Camp, where these five men were, also belonged to that region.
“Five friends, we three also want these Divine Crystal Trees. According to the rules of the divine realm, the stronger one takes them. If Qingfeng Camp wants to claim these trees, then show us your strength,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

Upon hearing Qu Yi’s words, the five men from Qingfeng Fort immediately grew suspicious. They were only at the Divine Being stage, and they couldn’t gauge the strength of Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui. Therefore, they didn’t dare to press Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui too much, fearing their attacks as well.

“Friends, our Qingfeng Fort is ranked fifth among all the forts in the Hundred Forts Mountain Region. I assume you are villagers from nearby villages. You must be here to complete the task of planting Divine Crystal Trees. There are many such trees in this Beast Mountain Range, so you can go elsewhere. I hope you won’t offend our Qingfeng Fort, otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to survive in the Divine Realm,” the bare-chested man shouted again.

In fact, Qingfeng Fort also wanted to plant Divine Crystal Trees and had sent several teams to the Beast Mountain Range. This team originally consisted of six people, but after discovering this grove of Divine Crystal Trees, one of them had already returned to Qingfeng Fort to fetch others to remove those trees.

Hearing this, Qu Yi had a clear idea of what to do.

“Fifth, since you want to seize these Divine Crystal Trees by force, I have no choice but to fight to take them,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

The Divine Realm was the ultimate battleground for cultivators, where strength determined everything. Qu Yi acted without any hesitation, knowing he had the power to overwhelm the five men. How could he give up these Divine Crystal Trees and let them get them for free?

With that, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui rushed forward, heading straight for the five men from Qingfeng Fort.