Chapter 3: The Divine General Phase

After the great chaos ended, all the surviving cultivators returned to the Divine Realm, sparking a massive wave of news. From the joint attack by cultivators from six realms against those from two realms, to the purging of remaining cultivators from those two realms, to the emergence of the Void Mountain at the heart of the Galaxy Battlefield and the mysteries within it, countless stories spread throughout the Divine Realm, sparking widespread discussion.

Of course, the most attention-grabbing news was regarding the owner of the green sphere and Xu Ming’s movements. Xu Ming never appeared on the Galaxy Battlefield at all; he only showed up when the green sphere appeared and miraculously seized it from those competing for it. It could be said that now the entire Divine Realm was watching Xu Ming and searching for him everywhere. Behind this were the divine kings of various divine realms.

The great battles among cultivators at the Divine Weapon phase usually occur once every trillion years, and each time, a divine artifact that even the divine kings would be interested in appears. As per the accounts of the surviving cultivators, the green sphere that appeared this time piqued the interest of all the divine kings, who immediately mobilized the entire power of their divine realms to search for information about Xu Ming.

Undoubtedly, the two divine kings of the Fire Departure Divine Realm, Yan Yi and Yan Que, quickly found information about Xu Ming. Xu Ming used to be the leader of a distribution team in Li Fei City of the Fire Departure Divine Realm. Li Yuan City was the imperial city of the Fire Departure Divine Realm, and at that moment, the two divine kings, Yan Yi and Yan Que, were on the highest floor of the Fire Source Tower, the tallest building in the imperial city.

Opposite the two divine kings was another person—Yan Tan.

“Yan Tan, there’s no need for you to recount the events of the Galaxy Battlefield. I’ll use soul-searching magic to copy all the memories from that period,” Yan Que said calmly from his seat beside the throne.

As supreme divine kings, they didn’t want to waste time listening to Yan Tan’s account, so they domineerly resorted to soul-searching magic. Yan Tan dared not disobey and immediately replied respectfully, “Yes, Divine King Que.”

Within the Fire Departure Divine Realm, everyone addressed Yan Que as Divine King Que, while Yan Yi was called the King of Fire Departure.

Yan Que nodded in satisfaction and immediately sent his consciousness into Yan Tan’s soul space, copying all of Yan Tan’s memories from the Galaxy Battlefield. As for Yan Tan’s other memories, Yan Que did not copy them—this was the proper attitude for a supreme divine king.

Everything was completed almost instantly. At the same time, Yan Que also sent a copy of Yan Tan’s memories to Yan Yi.

“Yan Tan, you may leave now,” Yan Que said again in a calm voice.

There was no reply, so Yan Tan immediately turned and left the room. In just a few breaths, the two Divine Kings, Yan Yi and Yan Que, went through all of Yan Tan’s memories from the Galaxy Battlefield. At that moment, the two Divine Kings exchanged glances, their expressions showing anger, disappointment, dissatisfaction, surprise, and hidden delight.

“The Six Realms are quite cunning—they conspired secretly to drive our Fire Departure Divine Realm to the brink. Fortunately, this is a great chaos that occurs once every trillion years, destined to be a massive purge for all cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, so the Six Realms’ schemes won’t work,” Yan Yi said, his voice calm yet carrying an aura of supreme authority.

Yan Que smiled faintly but spoke irritably, “After the Six Realms, they all have the support of Divine Emperors, which allows them to act without restraint. It’s a pity that last time in Li Quan City, the two of us could only watch as the Divine Kings of Ze Dui and Tian Qian joined forces to kill the Divine Weapon God.”

After speaking, both Yan Yi and Yan Que fell silent for a while, clearly feeling disheartened about the current situation of the Fire Departure Divine Realm. The Divine Kings of Ze Dui and Tian Qian had even come to the Fire Departure Divine Realm to kill its own Divine Kings, and Yan Yi as the Divine Emperor and Yan Que as a Divine King dared not intervene. This incident had already caused the Fire Departure Divine Realm’s status in the divine world to plummet.

However, Yan Yi and Yan Que were powerless because behind the Mountain Gen, Earth Kun, Thunder Zhen, Wind Xun, Ze Dui, and Tian Qian Realms were all Divine Emperors. Divine Emperors were even more powerful than Divine Kings but rarely appeared, and few cultivators in the divine world knew of their existence—only those at the Divine King level were aware of them.

After feeling disheartened for a while, Yan Que spoke calmly again, “That Qu Yi is quite remarkable. As an armorer, his strength has already ranked first among humans—this is quite interesting. Before the great chaos, it was rumored in our Fire Departure Divine Realm that Qu Yi had crafted five hundred thousand divine weapons in fifty thousand years. Now, his performance in the Galaxy Battlefield shows that his strength surpasses even Guo Huo’s—truly astonishing.”

Yan Yi nodded and smiled faintly, “This Qu Yi has some secrets. We need to keep an eye on him. Send someone to investigate him. If he can be useful to us, protect him; if not, eliminate him sooner or later.”

Yan Que nodded slowly and then said, “That Xu Ming also comes from our Fire and Separation Divine Realm, which is indeed reason for joy. Xu Ming must have landed in our Fire and Separation Divine Realm after returning from the Galaxy Battlefield. I decide that the Temporal Palace in every town should keep watch; as soon as Xu Ming appears, they must capture him immediately. That spherical divine artifact must be obtained by us at all costs.”
Yan Yi’s eyes lit up. From Yan Tan’s memories, he had also learned that that green sphere was an innate spiritual treasure—a useful asset even for a Divine King, so of course it needed to be seized.
“Good. One Qu Yi, one Xu Ming—both of them need to be kept under surveillance. From now on, we must not waste any more time. The spatial rules contained within the Light of Guidance that appeared in this Galaxy Battlefield have given me insights. I need to enter seclusion for a while,” Yan Yi said calmly.
Yan Que nodded and sighed softly, “The cycle of battles among us Divine Kings is approaching soon. I also need to enter seclusion. The situation in this Galaxy Battlefield clearly shows that these six realms have secretly colluded. It’s likely that the Divine Kings of these six realms will join forces as well. We must strengthen our powers so as not to be defeated by their alliance.”
Hearing this, Yan Yi’s expression turned angry for a moment, but he quickly calmed down.
Without the support of a Divine Emperor, the situation naturally became much more dangerous.
“Alright, let’s put aside worldly matters and focus solely on seclusion,” Yan Yi said indifferently.
Yan Que nodded and then used his divine consciousness to send a message to Yan Qing, the leader of the Yan clan, ordering him to send people to monitor Qu Yi and pursue Xu Ming.
After that, the two Divine Kings instantly teleported back to their respective cultivation chambers and began their seclusion.
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For five hundred thousand years, Qu Yi had been cultivating in the Tiny Realm Sphere.
Inside his internal world, the Wooden Planet slowly shrank, while the Golden-Wood Spiritual Body, through chaotic energy, evenly entered the Water Planet, Fire Planet, and Earth Planet. There, it merged with the Golden-Water Spiritual Body, Golden-Fire Spiritual Body, and Golden-Earth Spiritual Body, thus forming the Golden-Wood-Water Spiritual Body, Golden-Wood-Fire Spiritual Body, and Golden-Wood-Earth Spiritual Body.
As a result, Qu Yi now possessed three such merged spiritual bodies within him.
At a certain moment, Qu Yi, who had been with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, and a sharp glow flashed throughout the Tiny Realm Sphere.
Suddenly, Qu Yi’s aura changed drastically—a small mountain turned into a mountain range, a lake turned into an ocean, and lightning and thunder erupted as the energy in the surrounding space converged, creating a magnificent scene.
Soon, Qu Yi reined in his aura.

In Qu Yi’s internal world, the Jupiter-like planet had disappeared by now; only the Jupiter-like planet, the Mars-like planet, the Earth-like planet, and the invisible chaotic planet in the middle remained. Similarly, the Golden, Wood, and Spirit entities had also vanished, leaving only the Golden, Wood, Water, Golden, Wood, Fire, and Golden, Wood, Earth spirits on the three planets. The total number of these three types of spirits reached 13 million each. Qu Yi’s cultivation level had already surpassed that of a Divine General. “I’ve broken through to the Divine General stage,” Qu Yi said with a smile as he stood up. Suddenly, he threw out a punch, and a fist composed of golden, cyan, and yellow spirits struck the large lake in front of him. The entire lake instantly dried up, with all its water splashing everywhere. The power of the Divine General stage was indeed much greater than that of the Divine Weapon stage. Qu Yi was quite satisfied with his strength and smiled again. “Since I’ve broken through, I can now practice the ‘Three-Dimensional Dao’ formation. Haha, Artifact God, why don’t you show up?” The ‘Three-Dimensional Dao’ formation was one that incorporated three laws; the divine artifacts created using it contained these three laws, making them divine artifacts at the Divine General level. As soon as he finished speaking, the figure of the Artifact God appeared beside Qu Yi. “At the Divine General stage, one can at least have a foothold in the Divine Realm. Alright, go and practice the ‘Three-Dimensional Dao’ formation first,” the Artifact God said with a smile. Immediately afterward, Qu Yi noticed an additional piece of information in his soul—it was the ‘Three-Dimensional Dao’ formation that the Artifact God had just taught him. “I’ll be able to fully comprehend the ‘Three-Dimensional Dao’ formation within a thousand years,” Qu Yi said calmly as his divine consciousness scanned its contents. Having already understood the five elements laws and having the ability to simulate the aura of formations using chaotic energy, Qu Yi could essentially master any formation almost instantly. Seeing Qu Yi’s proud expression, the Artifact God could only pout in envy and jealousy before saying, “Alright, once you’ve mastered the formation, you can bring those 20,000 blacksmiths into the Inch Realm Ball.” Qu Yi nodded. Those 20,000 captured blacksmiths had remained hidden in the Divine Realm, following Qu Yi’s instructions and waiting for him to come and take them away suddenly. “I’m not in a hurry to bring those 20,000 blacksmiths here. Artifact God, since I’ve now reached the Divine General stage, I want to increase the number of spirits in my body. Is there any way?” Qu Yi asked, staring at the Artifact God with anticipation and a smile.

For cultivators at the Divine General stage, the maximum number of spiritual entities in their bodies is around ten million. However, Qu Yi currently has more than ten million of these three types of aggregated spiritual entities in his body, though he has not yet reached the limit for such a large number.
“The old method: kill Divine General stage cultivators and seize their life essence. One drop of life essence is equivalent to ten thousand aggregated spiritual entities,” replied the God of Tools before disappearing immediately.
Hearing this, Qu Yi’s eyes shifted, and soon an idea formed in his mind.