Chapter 41: A Great Deal of Vital Essence

The top four on the rankings appeared like meteors, resolving battles in an instant and eliminating one million cultivators from the Ze Dui Divine Realm. As the leader of the Ze Dui Divine Realm, Gong Ye Bo naturally had to closely monitor the actions of each team in order to keep track of the deaths of those cultivators fleeing from the Shui Kan Divine Realm and the Huo Li Divine Realm.

The remaining 7.5 billion people in Ze Dui were divided into teams of one million each, totaling 7,500 teams. They swept through every star they encountered as they advanced. Undoubtedly, the one million people killed by Guo Huo, Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu had already sent out messages before dying. Thus, Gong Ye Bo was now aware of their movements and also knew that among the areas being swept by his own cultivators were the top four on the rankings.

On a certain star, Gong Ye Bo sat alone atop a peak, his expression twisted with fury. “Guo Huo, Liu Shi, Mu Rong, Pang Shu—you four bastards! Why do you have to be in the area I’m sweeping?” he shouted angrily.

Gong Ye Bo had no way to deal with these four. Although he could send more cultivators to surround them, their speed was far beyond that of the cultivators from the Ze Dui Divine Realm, making it impossible to encircle them. As a result, their guerrilla tactics could inflict immeasurable losses on the Ze Dui Divine Realm. After some thought, Gong Ye Bo decided to bear the consequences alone and ordered several teams from his realm to deviate from the star system where the four were located, bypassing them to continue sweeping through the cultivators of the Shui Kan Divine Realm and the Huo Li Divine Realm.

“Hmph! Let you four get arrogant for now. Once I reach the rank of Divine General, I’ll make sure to torture you thoroughly,” Gong Ye Bo swore resentfully.

He then issued consecutive orders for the teams of the Ze Dui Divine Realm to bypass the star system where Guo Huo, Liu Shi, Mu Rong, and Pang Shu were. Undoubtedly, no more teams approached the star system where those four were.

At that moment, the four of them were on a mountain peak, shaking their heads and sighing. “We were too ruthless. We killed one million people at once. How could that guy, Gong Ye Bo, still send people over?” Guo Huo said with a smile.

Liu Shi smiled faintly, touched his space ring, and said calmly, “It doesn’t matter. We’ve already obtained enough vital essence. Once we refine it all, as long as we return to the Divine Realm, we can immediately advance in cultivation.”

The reason the four of them came to the Galaxy Battlefield was simply to obtain large amounts of essence blood, thereby enhancing their physical strength to a new level. This would give them a stronger foundation for breaking through to the Divine General stage compared to other cultivators at that level.
“That makes sense. We’re not mass murderers; it’s most important to improve our own strength,” Mu Rong said with a faint smile.
“But I heard that during the great battles among cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, which occur every trillion years, a special treasure emerges in the Galaxy Battlefield,” Pang Shu suddenly said, looking at the three of them with interest.
A special treasure?
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Guo Huo, Liu Shi, and Mu Rong immediately gave up the idea of focusing on cultivation and wanted to learn more.
“I don’t know exactly what kind of treasure it is, but it’s at least a divine artifact at the Divine King level. In the past, such artifacts have appeared in the Galaxy Battlefield, and once the great battles ended, they were seized by various Divine Kings,” Pang Shu said with a faint smile.
Divine artifacts that even Divine Kings fight over!
In an instant, Guo Huo, Liu Shi, and Mu Rong felt their interest surge.
“Pang Shu, when will this treasure appear?” Guo Huo couldn’t wait any longer and asked directly.
Liu Shi and Mu Rong also stared at Pang Shu anxiously.
Pang Shu simply shrugged and spread his hands, saying, “How would I know? Right now, we have only one option: just like the cultivators from the six divine realms, we need to head to the center of the Galaxy Battlefield. I think if the four of us follow those six forces, we’ll eventually encounter the moment when this treasure appears.”
Since the treasure appeared in the Galaxy Battlefield, it must be related to the outcome of the great battles. And the final stage of those battles was tied to the duels between the cultivators from the six realms.
“Alright, let’s do it,” Guo Huo, Liu Shi, and Mu Rong immediately agreed.
Soon after, the four of them took off into the sky and flew swiftly through the stars.
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After capturing 20,000 artisans, Qu Yi quickly subdued them all. However, these 20,000 people were under Fang Xinfei’s control, and Qu Yi had no intention of managing them later. The artisans at the Divine Human stage would be governed by Fang Mo, while those at the Divine Weapon stage would be under Fang Xinfei’s direct control.
The artisans from the Fire Departure Divine Realm, after entering the Galaxy Battlefield, were aware of their own strength, so they didn’t join the main forces there and instead hid among various stars.

The alchemists in the Fire Departure Divine Realm usually kept in touch with each other. Therefore, after taking control of these 20,000 alchemists, Qu Yi ordered them to contact those who were still hiding, and then he went ahead and subdued them one by one. Qu Yi found all one million surviving alchemists in the Fire Departure Divine Realm. With the help of the Boundless Stars, he simply sent the already subdued alchemists to various stars and traveled there instantly. Thus, like a snowball effect, he managed to locate all the alchemists at the Divine Weapon level in the Fire Departure Divine Realm. As a result, once the great battle ended, the Fangqi Pavilion immediately became the most powerful alchemy sect in the Fire Departure Divine Realm. After subduing all the alchemists in the Fire God Divine Realm, Qu Yi continued flying toward the center of the Star River Battlefield, aiming to observe the final battle between the cultivators from the six realms and take advantage of it. In the starry sky, as Qu Yi flew alone, he suddenly discovered a group consisting of one million cultivators. It was a group from the Tianqian Divine Realm. Just like the Ze Dui Divine Realm, Tianqian Divine Realm’s leader, Jin Muqing, had divided the remaining over seven billion cultivators into many groups, each with one million cultivators. These groups moved forward in line, sweeping through the cultivators from the Shuikan Divine Realm and Fire Departure Divine Realm who were hiding along the way. At that moment, these one million cultivators spotted Qu Yi. “Haha, we haven’t killed anyone in two years. Finally, we’ve found someone.” “Yeah, this part of the starry sky isn’t where the Fire Departure Divine Realm and Shuikan Divine Realm came from. How could they be here? Now that someone has arrived, it’s time for us to have some fun.” “Even mosquito legs are meat. Let’s tease him thoroughly to relieve our boredom.” … In an instant, this group from the Tianqian Divine Realm flew over, laughing, and surrounded Qu Yi. Undoubtedly, seeing that Qu Yi was alone, they mistook him for a wandering cultivator and wanted to torture him before killing him. Since the last great battle between the cultivators from the eight divine realms, these one million people hadn’t killed anyone for a long time, and they were itching to do so. “What do you want?” Qu Yi shouted loudly from within the circular enclosure, showing no sign of fear. Hearing his words, the one million cultivators thought he was scared and burst into laughter. “You’re asking something obvious. We’re surrounding you because we want to play with you,” some cultivators shouted in a reckless manner, their faces filled with contempt. Laughter rang out everywhere at the same time.

Qu Yi sighed, shook his head, then smiled and said, “I have no intention of killing you, but since you insist on provoking me, don’t blame me if I do. You rely on your numbers—well, I’ll summon some people as well.”
Suddenly, all 19,000 warriors from Tianfeng Fort emerged from the dimension sphere.
“Kill!”
As soon as they appeared, they immediately formed the Tianfeng Goose Net Formation. Like flying geese, they rushed into the surrounding encirclement like bayonets, unleashing fierce magical attacks that created a huge gap in the encirclement.
At the same time, Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui also came out of the dimension sphere. Together with Qu Yi, the three launched a fierce attack in another direction.
Qu Yi’s figure was ever-changing, as if teleporting through space. Whenever he arrived at a spot, he would thrust his palms forward with great force. Flames formed from his Golden Fire Spirit Body swept across a wide area, severely injuring all the cultivators there.
Wu Yuan, wielding his Nine Heavens Staff, flew like an arrow to a certain location. The staff, carrying a wind that could tear through the sky, swept away a group of cultivators.
Qing Wugui’s movements were so fast they were impossible to track. Whenever he stopped, the surrounding cultivators immediately cast their spells in an attempt to block his attacks.
But to their shock, they found that their spells dissipated on their own.
Indeed, Qing Wugui targeted those cultivators who had mastered the laws of metal or wood. The spells cast by these cultivators naturally contained the laws of metal and wood. For Qing Wugui, who had already severed those laws, these spells were greatly disrupted, causing them to collapse instantly.
Qing Wugui held a sword-shaped divine weapon—of course, it was a gift from Qu Yi. As the sword moved, divine energy radiated from it, carrying a suffocating killing aura that destroyed the bodies of countless cultivators.
“No, these people are demons.”
“It’s impossible. How did they appear so suddenly? Do they have space divine weapons?”
“They’re too fast—way too fast.”
“Oh heavens! They’re attacking in formation. They must have been prepared all along. We’ve brought death upon ourselves!”
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In the blink of an eye, their attacks shattered the confidence of one million cultivators in the Tianqian Divine Realm, leaving them screaming in terror and only thinking of escaping.

But how could Qu Yi give these one million cultivators a chance to survive? With continuous space jumps and lightning-fast strikes from his palms, none of them managed to escape far before being wiped out completely. Undoubtedly, the task of collecting the essence blood floating in the starry sky was carried out by the 19,000 people of Tianfeng Fort. With the essence blood of these one million cultivators, Qu Yi could not only maximize the number of fused spiritual entities in his own body but also help everyone in Tianfeng Fort do the same. “Fort King, all the essence blood has been collected,” Zhu Chen said, holding a space ring as he approached Qu Yi. Qu Yi laughed heartily, took the space ring, and shouted, “Brothers, with so much essence blood, we can elevate our strength to its peak. We can take a short rest first, raise our strength to the highest level, and then go head-to-head with the cultivators from the Six Realms.” “Yes, Fort King!” The 19,000 people of Tianfeng Fort cried out excitedly.