Chapter 22: Not That Difficult

“The Battle of Divine Weapon Practitioners—what is this?” Qu Yi wondered and asked directly.
In his mind, Qu Yi already figured that this battle must be a very important event in the Divine Realm; otherwise, how could a Divine King get involved in such matters?
The Divine Tool God calmly said, “Qu Yi, I’ve mentioned before the three levels of the universe. Tell me about them.”
Qu Yi frowned, not understanding why the Divine Tool God brought up this topic, but knowing it must have deeper meaning, he replied without further thought.
“The three levels of the universe are the spiritual energy realm like the Cultivation Realm, the origin realms such as the Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Monster Realm, and the third level is the Divine Realm,” Qu Yi replied quickly.
After saying this, a flash of insight struck Qu Yi—he seemed to have guessed the answer the Divine Tool God would give.
The Divine Tool God smiled faintly before calmly replying, “Now that you can guess it, Qu Yi, the entire universe has countless cultivation realms like the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Monster Realm. Think about it—how many practitioners will ascend from the origin realms to the Divine Realm within 100 million years? The number is enormous, impossible to count. Although the Divine Realm is vast, it still can’t accommodate continuous arrivals of practitioners.”
After hearing this, Qu Yi understood. The Divine Realm couldn’t take in all practitioners, so they had to find a way to reduce their numbers—hence the Battle of Divine Weapon Practitioners.
Yet he still couldn’t figure out why they started reducing the number of practitioners from the Divine Weapon stage instead of those at the Divine Being stage, which were the largest group in the Divine Realm.
“Divine Tool God, I understand what you mean, but I’m still confused. Why start reducing the number of practitioners from the Divine Weapon stage in the eight divine domains?” Qu Yi asked calmly.
“This Battle of Divine Weapon Practitioners wasn’t decided by the Divine Kings of the eight divine domains. It has existed since the birth of the Divine Realm. Once every 100 million years, all Divine Weapon practitioners from the eight domains enter the Void Galaxy Battlefield. They fight fiercely until the number of survivors drops to one-eighth of the original count, at which point the battle ends,” the Divine Tool God explained calmly.
Upon hearing this, Qu Yi trembled. Such a cruel elimination rule was terrifying even to hear about.
In the eight divine domains, seven-eighths of the Divine Weapon practitioners would be eliminated at once.

“Divine Tool God, in the current eight divine realms, how many cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage are there approximately?” Qu Yi calmed down and asked again with doubt.
“Each divine realm has roughly ten billion cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage,” the Divine Tool God replied quickly.
The Divine Tool God had been attacked by the divine kings of Ze Dui Divine Realm and Tian Qian Divine Realm just about fifty million years ago, so it still had a clear understanding of the situation in the divine realm.
Qu Yi nodded, forming an estimate in his mind. In the great chaos, only about ten billion cultivators would survive. And these ten billion cultivators couldn’t be evenly distributed among the eight divine realms—some realms would have more cultivators, while others fewer.
Now, Qu Yi began to understand. The two divine kings of Huo Li Divine Realm were afraid that all their cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage might die during the chaos, which would bring great shame to them. They would likely struggle to speak in front of the divine kings of other realms afterward.
Since the disappearance of the Divine Tool God, only two divine kings remained in Huo Li Divine Realm, putting it far behind the other eight divine realms in terms of strength. Therefore, during the great chaos, the cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage from the other seven realms would probably unite first to slaughter those from Huo Li Divine Realm before fighting among themselves.
“Divine Tool God, I understand now. Yan Yi and Yan Que want to create a batch of divine tools to equip some of the cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage in Huo Li Divine Realm, ensuring their survival. These two divine kings don’t expect many of Huo Li Divine Realm’s cultivators to survive, but they insist that at least some must survive—it’s a matter of face,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
“You’re right,” the Divine Tool God replied with a smile.
With this understanding, Qu Yi immediately stood up and said, “Now is the time for me to gather materials and set up the Yuan Tai Yun Ling Array.”
Then, Qu Yi flew away from the peak.
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Qu Yi received a task to forge five hundred thousand divine tools and also got a guarantee from the Forging Guild that they would provide all the materials needed.
Thus, Qu Yi had a secret plan: he requested additional forging materials, specifically those required to set up the Yuan Tai Yun Ling Array and the Space-Time Array. These materials had already been delivered to Store No. 1 of Fang Qi Pavilion.
Qu Yi returned to Store No. 1 of Fang Qi Pavilion, where only Fang Mo was there.
“Master Qu Yi, you’re back!” Fang Mo exclaimed happily as soon as he saw Qu Yi.
Qu Yi nodded and asked directly, “Fang Mo, give me the materials delivered by the Forging Guild.”
Fang Mo immediately took out ten space rings.

Qu Yi took the space ring and scanned it with his mental sense, quickly figuring out the types and quantities of the crafting materials inside. A joyful smile appeared on his face. The efficiency of the Crafting Guild was indeed remarkable—basically, as long as a message was given, they could gather the materials Qu Yi needed within ten days.
“Great. Fang Mo, you stay here and take care of the shop. I’ll go find a place to craft now,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Fang Mo perked up, stood straight, and shouted, “Master Qu Yi, you can definitely do it. I believe in you!”
Qu Yi chuckled and left the shop immediately.
At the headquarters cave of Fang Qi Ge, Qu Yi arrived and quickly took out various materials, setting up a formation in the cave to conceal it from mental sensing— the Virtual Illusion Extreme Formation. This formation was similar in effect to the illusion training formation in the Stone Castle of the ‘Three Tripod Gate,’ preventing cultivators below the Divine General level from sensing any activity within the formation. Moreover, the illusions created by the formation confused those who tried to sense the space.
The Virtual Illusion Extreme Formation was quickly set up, and Qu Yi entered it with a smile, standing next to the Tan Fire Tripod, a divine weapon at the Divine Weapon level.
The Tan Fire Tripod, the only divine weapon of the Divine Weapon level owned by Fang Qi Ge, was now being used by Qu Yi to craft more divine weapons of the same level.
For now, Qu Yi didn’t want to bring out the Star Luo Tripod. After all, he had caused quite a stir in the Crafting Guild. Who knew if there were any cultivators above the Divine General level there? If those strong ones noticed the Star Luo Tripod, Qu Yi would be in trouble.
The Star Luo Tripod was originally a crafting tool exclusive to the God of Weapons.
“I’ll first get familiar with crafting divine weapons of the Divine Weapon level. Once I find my rhythm, I can speed up the crafting process,” Qu Yi said, looking at the Tan Fire Tripod and then at the Ink Wave Divine Fire vein connected beneath it.
Previously, when Qu Yi mass-produced divine weapons at the Divine Human level, he also gradually increased his crafting speed—starting at one per year, then one per hundred days, and eventually reaching one per ten days. With the Star Luo Tripod, he could craft a hundred divine weapons in ten days.
Now, Qu Yi wanted to use the same method to craft five million divine weapons of the Divine Weapon level.
“Light the fire!”
Qu Yi shouted. A thread of chaotic energy was injected into the Tan Fire Tripod, causing a surge of Ink Wave Divine Fire to erupt inside. As the Ink Wave Divine Fire appeared in the tripod, it also flowed out from the Ink Wave Divine Fire vein on the ground, immediately assisting Qu Yi in crafting the divine weapon.

Qu Yi’s spiritual consciousness entered the Pond Fire Cauldron and immediately took control of the operation of the Mo Lan Divine Fire. Compared to the Black Tide Divine Fire, the fluctuations of the Mo Lan Divine Fire were even more dramatic, like massive waves suddenly rising in a lake, full of power and depth. “Fortunately, I’ve long mastered the control of flames. Although this Mo Lan Divine Fire is stronger, I believe I can master it quickly,” Qu Yi said with a smile. Indeed, as soon as he spoke, the Mo Lan Divine Fire inside the cauldron became stable, with fluctuations as calm as those of still water. Guided by his spiritual consciousness, the Mo Lan Divine Fire would sometimes surge like waves and sometimes remain as still as an ancient well. Qu Yi quickly became familiar with its properties and knew he could control it effortlessly. “Materials added to the cauldron; the artifact core is formed.” Qu Yi shouted again, and soon several ores were placed into the Pond Fire Cauldron. Under the burning of the Mo Lan Divine Fire, they melted, decomposed, and dispersed rapidly. The Mo Lan Divine Fire, guided by Qu Yi’s spiritual consciousness, continued to burn the ores while dispersing each decomposed molecule evenly throughout the cauldron. After a year, Qu Yi had become well-versed in the various characteristics of the Mo Lan Divine Fire when burning ores, knowing exactly how intense the fire needed to be for different ores to melt and decompose more quickly and effectively. At that moment, a smile appeared on Qu Yi’s lips, and he shouted, “Wind Seizing Sword, artifact core formed!” As soon as he stopped speaking, the Mo Lan Divine Fire inside the cauldron gradually weakened until it completely extinguished. Soon after, a sword-shaped artifact core flew out of the cauldron. The holding platform was already ready, and the Wind Seizing Sword’s core was placed on it. Then, Qu Yi used both hands to channel chaotic energy, beginning to form a formation for the core. “First, use both hands to simulate the aura of the formation. After getting familiar with using these two laws, I’ll use one hand to simulate it later,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile. An artifact at the Divine Weapon level required a formation combining two laws. Now, Qu Yi wanted to get familiar with the application of the “Dual Elements Dao” formation, so he first used one hand to embody one law, aiming to understand how the two laws would interact during the formation process. Once he became proficient in using the “Dual Elements Dao” formation, he would naturally use just one hand to form it. The power of chaotic energy was once again perfectly demonstrated—as the chaotic energy in both hands simulated one law each and was simultaneously applied to the sword core.

The process was smooth; the formation simulated by chaotic energy merged with the sword embryo quite gently and successfully. For other blacksmiths, forming a divine weapon at the divine weapon stage took at least tens of thousands of years. Yet, Qu Yi managed to complete the formation rapidly—using “in an instant” to describe it wouldn’t be an exaggeration. “Heh, it seems creating a divine weapon at this stage isn’t that difficult after all,” Qu Yi said with a smile, holding the Wind-Seizing Sword.