Chapter 24: Completion
Nanluo City is located in the southern part of Nanyin Island, not far from the reception center where Qu Yi and the others were.
The Instrument God recommended Nanluo City because the cultivators in that area were not among the strongest in entire Nanyin Island, making it an ideal place for Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui to seek challenges.
Once Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui had improved their strength in Nanluo City, they could still choose to go to other cities on Nanyin Island to confront even stronger cultivators.
After hearing the Instrument God’s recommendation, Qu Yi didn’t ask for reasons and immediately took Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui to the corresponding hall in Nanluo City to register.
At that moment, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, Qing Wugui, and Xu Ming stood together in a corridor.
“Xu Ming, continue taking the flying ship from Nanyin Island to Beiyang Island. Once you arrive there, I’ll give you a huge reward that will make you overjoyed,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
It took about nine thousand years to travel from Nanyin Island to Beiyang Island by fast flying ship. Qu Yi certainly wouldn’t let Xu Ming endure such hardship in vain; he had already planned to take Xu Ming to the Ruins Divine Realm so that he could also collect Soul Beads and rapidly improve his cultivation.
Xu Ming now understood Qu Yi quite well and knew he held many secrets. Since Qu Yi had personally promised a great benefit, it must indeed be something significant, and he was already excited.
“Yes, Qu Yi. I will definitely make it to Beiyang Island,” Xu Ming replied firmly.
Immediately afterward, under the watchful eyes of Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wugui, Xu Ming left.
Qu Yi looked at Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui and smiled lightly, “Go to Nanluo City. I’ll keep adding points to your identity cards so you have enough wealth to buy divine pills and expand your spiritual bodies to their limit.”
While fighting against other cultivators in Nanluo City and improving their strength, Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui also needed a large amount of divine crystals to purchase divine pills and expand their spiritual bodies. Naturally, these divine crystals could only come from Qu Yi.
“Woooh, Qu Yi, you’re really a good person,” Wu Yuan said, his mouth wide open in a grin.
“Thank you,” Qing Wugui replied calmly.
Qu Yi patted both of their shoulders and smiled lightly, “Alright. I hope by the time the great battle arrives, you’ll both have expanded your spiritual bodies to their limit.”
Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui nodded vigorously.
After that, Qu Yi left the reception center and flew to a nearby island on his own.
On Nanyin Island, Qu Yi did not dare to take out the Boundless Star Array, as the three Divine Kings on the island were likely to detect his movements immediately and try to seize it. Only by leaving Nanyin Island could Qu Yi use the Boundless Star Array to return to Huobao Town.
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Qu Yi returned to the stone cave headquarters of the Fangqi Pavilion.
After entering the ‘Illusory Spirit Array,’ Qu Yi took out the Tanhuo Cauldron and prepared to start crafting divine artifacts again.
“I can now craft one artifact at the Divine Weapon level in ten days. Once I become more proficient, I’ll use the Xingluo Cauldron to mass-produce divine artifacts,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile as he looked at the Tanhuo Cauldron.
Although the Tanhuo Cauldron could ensure Qu Yi completed the task of crafting 500,000 artifacts, he didn’t want to waste time. Instead, he intended to use the parallel space of the Xingluo Cauldron to craft artifacts on a large scale and finish the task as quickly as possible.
Qu Yi planned to complete all 500,000 artifacts in just two hundred years.
While Qu Yi was crafting in the stone cave, in the Crafting Guild of Huobao Town, President Huangfu Ting and Vice President Huang Yunle were discussing matters in the Xiayun Hall.
“President Huang, did that Qu Yi really craft a hundred divine artifacts in just ten years?” Huangfu Ting sat on his chair, still looking astonished.
Fang Mo brought the space ring handed over by Qu Yi to the Crafting Guild. After Huang Yunle inspected it personally, he confirmed that there were indeed a hundred artifacts at the Divine Weapon level. Realizing Qu Yi’s exceptional crafting skills, Huang Yunle immediately reported this to Huangfu Ting.
Initially, Huangfu Ting doubted whether Qu Yi was exaggerating, but after inspecting the artifacts in the space ring himself, he had to admit Qu Yi’s extraordinary craftsmanship. He also believed that Qu Yi could complete the task of crafting 500,000 artifacts in fifty thousand years.
“Yes, President. This was indeed delivered by the Fangqi Pavilion,” Huang Yunle replied calmly.
Huangfu Ting calmed down, thought for a while, then shook his head and sighed, “We’ve investigated the craftsmen of the Fangqi Pavilion—there’s only Qu Yi. Now that this Qu Yi has single-handedly crafted so many Divine Weapon-level artifacts so quickly is truly astonishing. Who else, besides the vanished Artifact Gods, could possess such skills?”
Everyone in the Divine Realm knew that the Artifact Gods had disappeared just fifty million years ago.
“With Qu Yi’s current cultivation at the Divine Weapon stage, he can already craft divine artifacts so quickly. I guess once he reaches the Divine General stage, crafting divine artifacts at that level won’t pose much difficulty either,” Huang Yunle said slowly, admiration evident on his face.
Huangfu Ting nodded calmly, thinking of something, then smiled and asked, “What’s the situation with the Sky Cauldron Hall now?”
The Sky Cauldron Hall had taken on another task of crafting five hundred thousand divine artifacts and, through the Artificer Guild, brought over all the Divine Weapon stage artificers from Huobao Town. Currently, in Huobao Town, it was just Qu Yi alone facing all the Divine Weapon stage artificers there.
“The Mo Lan Divine Fire vein of the Sky Cauldron Hall is actually located within Huobao Town, in a remote and desolate area. After all the Divine Weapon stage artificers arrived, they’ve only just started adapting to collective artifact crafting. I guess it won’t be long before the divine artifacts from the Sky Cauldron Hall arrive,” Huang Yunle said with a smile.
Hearing this, Huangfu Ting nodded in satisfaction, smiling as he remarked, “From now on, Huobao Town will belong to the Fangqi Pavilion and the Sky Cauldron Hall. That’s good—it maintains balance between the two factions and brings together the previously scattered artificers, which will greatly improve Huobao Town’s artifact crafting skills. Also, Qu Yi asked us to gather all the crafting materials he needed without delay, and we got them all for him at once.”
Huang Yunle also nodded in agreement.
“Alright, now that we see the situations of Qu Yi and the Sky Cauldron Hall, we’re confident we can complete the artifact crafting task assigned to us this time,” Huangfu Ting said satisfactorily with a smile.
After that, Huangfu Ting and Huang Yunle left the Xiayun Hall.
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In the stone cave of the Fangqi Pavilion’s headquarters, Qu Yi had been crafting artifacts the whole time.
However, by now, he had replaced the Tanhuo Cauldron with the Xingluo Cauldron and was mass-producing divine artifacts.
“After five years of effort, I can now craft a hundred divine artifacts in ten days,” Qu Yi said happily, stopping the Mo Lan Divine Fire inside the Xingluo Cauldron.
Over these five years, Qu Yi had been using the Xingluo Cauldron to craft divine artifacts in bulk, and it was only now that he finally mastered the technique to craft a hundred at once, which made him quite pleased.
“Then don’t slack off—hurry up and craft more artifacts. Once you complete this task, you’ll be able to use the Yuan Tai Yun Ling Array to expand the spiritual entities within your body,” the voice of the Artificer God suddenly rang out.
To complete this artifact-forging task, Qu Yi set aside 200 years before starting to enhance his own strength. With the Yuan Tai Yun Ling Array, he believed he could soon expand the number of the four types of fused spiritual entities within his body to their limit.
“Don’t worry, the 500,000 artifact-forging tasks will be completed quickly. The Artifact Forging Guild is already preparing all the materials. As long as I bring them over, I can forge them all at once,” Qu Yi declared proudly.
Immediately afterward, he activated the Xing Luo Ding. The Mo Lan Divine Fire rose steadily inside, as if every wisp of flame was under Qu Yi’s control.
Materials into the ding!
Burning, melting, decomposing, dispersing, mixing.
In the 100 parallel spaces within the Xing Luo Ding, various artifact materials were changing simultaneously, all following Qu Yi’s intentions.
Ten days later, 100 divine weapon cores were formed in those 100 parallel spaces.
The Mo Lan Divine Fire gradually weakened until it finally went out.
The 100 core artifacts flew out simultaneously and landed neatly on the receiving platform.
Qu Yi moved his hands swiftly, each hand simulating an array aura, and each array aura contained two sets of laws. Now that he had mastered the art of forming arrays, he could simultaneously cast arrays on two divine artifacts.
Huh…
One after another, the core artifacts were successfully arrayed in an instant—without even needing the tempering process—they immediately turned into divine weapons at the divine weapon level.
In just over a dozen breaths, Qu Yi had successfully arrayed all 100 core artifacts, completing the forging of 100 divine weapons.
Qu Yi stored these 100 divine weapons and continued without pause, starting to forge the next 100.
Ignite the fire!
Materials into the ding!
Core artifacts!
Form the array!
Qu Yi was fully immersed in this wonderful artifact-forging process. His entire being exuded ease and grace—it was truly an art form that was captivating.
In this manner, 200 years passed in the blink of an eye.
During these 200 years, Qu Yi also returned to Huo Bao Town to retrieve all the materials prepared by the Artifact Forging Guild, then continued forging divine weapons.
Now, he had successfully completed all 500,000 divine weapons.
When it came to forging divine weapons at the divine weapon level, not a single artisan in the entire divine realm could rival Qu Yi. Even a Divine King would not be able to surpass him.
All of this was thanks to Qu Yi’s Chaos Body. Relying on chaotic energy, he could directly simulate any array aura and form arrays instantly.
Qu Yi held 50 space rings in his hands, each containing nearly 10,000 divine weapons.
“Five million divine artifacts in just two hundred years? If I were to say that out loud, other artifact forgers would go crazy. But better not—it’s too obvious. If Emperor Yan Yi and Emperor Yan Que, those two divine kings, noticed it, it could cause trouble.” Qu Yi smiled faintly.
Immediately afterward, Qu Yi retracted the Star Luo Ding and dissolved the ‘Virtual Spirit Illusion Array’, then flew out of the cave and headed to Fire Treasure Town.