Chapter 16: The Appearance of the Primordial Stone

“Qu Yi, there are ten robbers in total. One of them is a leader at the Divine General stage, and the other nine are at the Divine Weapon stage,” Xu Ming said calmly.
In the inner sea, especially in the waters near Nan Yin Island, those who dare to be pirates must have at least one member at the Divine General stage. Otherwise, if Nan Yin Island sent an elite fighter, such a band of pirates would be instantly destroyed upon encountering them.
Upon hearing Xu Ming’s words, Qu Yi simply smiled faintly. He expanded his spiritual sense but found that the energy of the five elements in this area was extremely chaotic, allowing him to sense only objects within a thousand meters.
“Ten people, with one already dead, so that leaves nine. That leader at the Divine General stage is indeed beyond my current strength. Let’s take cover for now,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
A being at the Divine General stage had already grasped three laws. Once they cast spells, those spells would embody all three laws, with three spiritual bodies converging to unleash immense power across all directions.
Moreover, such beings typically had over a million spiritual bodies in their bodies. Even though Qu Yi’s Chaotic Body allowed him to expand the number of spiritual bodies to the extreme, he still only had one million at the moment, making him inferior to these Divine General stage beings.
With that, Qu Yi took Xu Ming and entered the Miniature World Sphere.
Under Qu Yi’s control, the sphere flew above the island, beginning to search the entire island.
The island was small in size, but compared to other places in the Divine Realm, it covered tens of millions of square kilometers, featuring various terrains.
While controlling the sphere, Qu Yi also received guidance from the God of Instruments, so he continued flying toward the direction of the pirate leader. He was eager to witness the strength of a Divine General stage being with his own eyes.
After flying for ten days, the sphere arrived above a mountainous region.
Below, the pirate leader was fighting against ten men. These ten belonged to the same faction and had fled together from their flying ship, but they had now been caught up by the pirate leader.
The pirate leader was lean, like a tall pine tree, with eyes sharp as lightning, giving people a sense of being struck by thunder at just a glance. Calmly, he surveyed the ten men ahead, a cold expression appearing on his lips.
All ten were at the Divine Weapon stage. Now gathered together, they trembled under the pressure of a Divine General stage warrior.

“I’ve long been aware of your actions at Duoji Cave. Among you ten, whoever holds the space ring that stores the divine artifacts, hand it over immediately, and I won’t kill you. If you resist, you’ll all be killed,” the bandit leader shouted calmly, yet with an air that made defiance impossible.

It turned out that Duoji Cave was a sect specializing in artifact crafting. After creating several divine artifact-level weapons, they sent ten disciples to Beiyang Island to trade. Unexpectedly, the bandit leader learned of their activities and laid an ambush on the island, attacking the flying ship carrying the ten of them. In other words, Xu Ming’s attack on the flying ship was also connected to Duoji Cave.

Upon hearing the bandit leader’s words, the ten members of Duoji Cave looked at him in shock, finally understanding why they had been attacked. “Impossible! The divine artifacts we carry are the hope for Duoji Cave’s rise!” “Right! Even if you’re a Divine General-level cultivator, we ten aren’t afraid of you!” Two of them immediately shouted angrily, expressing extreme outrage.

The bandit leader slightly opened his mouth, revealing a cruel smile. Suddenly, he took out a divine artifact in the shape of a sword, with gold, cyan, and blue colors intertwined. The sword emitted a sharp energy that seemed capable of tearing through space. It was a Divine General-level artifact—the Sky-Ripping Sword.

As soon as the bandit leader drew the Sky-Ripping Sword and made a slight swipe, a bright light flashed forth, containing hints of gold, cyan, and blue hues. The light vanished quickly, and the two who had been shouting angrily were torn apart, their entire bodies destroyed by the destructive energy, leaving only their soul orbs.

At the same time, after those two died, a space ring flew out and rose into the air amid a surge of energy. “If you insist I draw my sword, you’re just seeking your own death,” the bandit leader said coldly as he sheathed his sword.

Then, he flew into the air and grabbed the space ring with one hand. He sent his consciousness into the ring, a satisfied smile appearing on his face. “Good. All ten Divine General-level divine artifacts are inside. Now, you eight left, hand over your lives,” he said abruptly, his smile disappearing and his voice turning icy.

As bandits, there was no way they would let their victims go—they had to kill them all. Earlier, the bandit leader had suggested sparing the ten out of concern that they might destroy the space ring in a last-ditch effort, thereby preventing him from obtaining the desired divine artifacts.

The remaining eight in Duoqi Cave, upon hearing the robber leader’s words, immediately panicked and flew apart, choosing to flee. The stunning sword strike from the robber leader had made them all realize that the gap between the cultivation level of a Divine General and that of a Divine Weapon master could not be bridged by sheer numbers. Now, they could only rely on luck, hoping to escape by chance.
“Fleeing… how interesting,” the robber leader said with a faint smile.
Suddenly, the robber leader vanished and reappeared behind one of them. With a slight push of his Tear-the-Sky Sword, before it even pierced the man’s body, the man’s entire body collapsed.
“Not even able to resist my sword intent—such weak physical strength. Those who craft weapons should also take good care of their bodies,” the robber leader murmured before disappearing again.
At the Divine General stage, one’s speed was already fast enough for instant movement, far surpassing the flight of those at the Divine Weapon master stage. With continuous teleportations, the robber leader killed all eight in succession before landing on a mountain peak.
“Hmph, Wu Tao is dead. What a waste,” the robber leader said as he landed on the peak. He immediately took out his identity card to contact the other nine robbers, then cursed in anger.
Wu Tao was the robber killed by Qu Yi. Though angry at Wu Tao’s death, the robber leader wasn’t overly saddened—after all, others’ deaths didn’t matter as long as he himself remained alive. He then waited on the mountain peak for the arrival of the other eight members.
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Inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi had witnessed everything the robber leader had done and gained a new understanding of the strength of a Divine General cultivator. The spells of such cultivators incorporated three laws, with their divine essence simultaneously summoning three spiritual entities to launch attacks. Such spells could be called convergence spells, as they were formed by combining three spiritual entities.
The Tear-the-Sky Sword had destroyed the bodies of two Divine Weapon master cultivators. Qu Yi knew well that even with the uniqueness of his Chaos Body, he would be unable to resist such power. Of course, if he had a Divine Formula Card for protection, he might be able to withstand it.
A Divine Formula Card was a divine artifact at the level of a Divine Marshal.
“Instrument God, if I go to fight this robber leader now, do I have a chance of winning?” Qu Yi asked the Instrument God sitting beside him on the soft chair.
“You can save your own life, but your attacks won’t hurt him at all,” the Instrument God replied instantly.

Inside Qu Yi’s body, there were now the Golden Wood Spirit Body, Golden Water Spirit Body, Golden Fire Spirit Body, and Golden Earth Spirit Body. Compared to other cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, not only did he have three more spirit bodies, but their numbers were also much larger. However, even if Qu Yi used all four of these combined spirit bodies at once, he wouldn’t be able to harm that bandit leader.

Hearing the Wordsmith God’s words, Qu Yi could only sigh.

“But if that bandit leader loses half of his divine essence, then you might be able to fight him and possibly defeat him,” the Wordsmith God encouraged.

Qu Yi smiled bitterly. The Wordsmith God had said something useless just to comfort him. He didn’t even have the strength to match that bandit leader’s attacks, let alone drain half of his divine essence.

“Wordsmith God, you really know how to joke.” Qu Yi simply closed his eyes and lay back on the soft chair, ready to sleep.

At that moment, the Wordsmith God suddenly jumped up from his chair, filled with excitement.

“Qu Yi, you’re so lucky! A Primordial Seed Stone has actually emerged on this island!” the Wordsmith God shouted loudly, overjoyed.

A Primordial Seed Stone!

Upon hearing this, Qu Yi also jumped up from his chair. This Primordial Seed Stone came at just the right time—he had been thinking about setting up a Primordial Seed Nurturing Array, and now it appeared on its own.

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The bandit leader had been waiting on the mountain peak for a day, awaiting the arrival of his other eight members.

“Leader,” the eight of them said in unison as they arrived together.

The bandit leader nodded in satisfaction and then said softly, “I’ve already obtained the divine artifact. Wu Tao is dead—his own weakness caused his death. We don’t need to deal with him. Now, let’s leave this island and return to our base.”

“As you command, leader,” the eight replied quickly.

Immediately, the bandit group prepared to fly away.

Suddenly, the mountain peak where the nine bandits stood split in two, and a black flame shot upward from the separated peaks.

“Ah…”

Except for the bandit leader, those eight bandits, who were only at the Divine Weapon stage, were all burned to ashes by this sudden flame.

“Damn it! I’ve spent years in the Divine Realm, always turning misfortune into fortune. Yet this time, all my subordinates died!”

The bandit leader flew away in an instant and then returned, staring at the black flame erupting from the split peaks, and shouted in anger.

That black flame was none other than the Dark Abyss Divine Flame, which only existed within the bodies of cultivators at the Divine General stage.

Along with the Dark Abyss Divine Flame, a large black human-shaped stone suddenly appeared above the flames, like a stone floating atop a fountain of fire.

To be precise, this large black stone resembles a female figure. And this black stone is precisely the Primordial Stone.