Chapter 43: The Islands of the Fire Element

Zhen in the east, Dui in the west, Li in the south, Kan in the north, Qian in the northwest, Kun in the southwest, Gen in the northeast, and Xun in the southeast—these are the directions of the Later Eight Trigrams.
Currently, the various groups of cultivators at the Divine General stage in the divine realm are located on eight islands, arranged according to these directions, with a central island in the midst of them.
All the groups on the outer eight islands heard the warning just now, and everyone understood that the five groups on Zhen Island had already begun flying toward the central island.
“We can’t delay any longer. We must eliminate the other groups on the island immediately and head to the central island right away. We can’t let those five groups on Zhen Island get the upper hand.”
Such thoughts arose in the minds of the groups on the other seven islands, and they promptly launched a fierce purge.
Qu Yi, however, remained calm. When he heard the warning, he felt a sense of familiarity—this voice seemed to have been heard when his body formed into a Chaos Body in the cultivation world, again at the end of the great battle among cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, and now once more, leaving him in a state of confusion.
Intuitively, he sensed that the source of this voice must be an extremely powerful being.
Shaking his head to clear his mind, Qu Yi saw that nearly a million cultivators from Nan Yin Island were looking at him, clearly waiting for his orders.
“Everyone, Nan Yin Island will be divided into ten teams, with one hundred thousand people in each team. Form a line and immediately start sweeping across the island, killing all the other groups,” Qu Yi ordered loudly.
This command inspired everyone, and an immediate reply came: “Yes, team leader.”
Soon, the nearly a million cultivators from Nan Yin Island split into ten teams, spaced apart, and took off together to search for the other groups in the air.
Since all the groups had been lifted into the air by an unknown force on the island, the cultivators in each group could no longer hide. The cultivators from Nan Yin Island, lined up in a row, quickly located the surviving groups.
“You guys from Xun Qiao City, you can’t escape now.”
At that moment, the team led by Wu Yuan saw nearly a thousand cultivators in the distance—those who had escaped from Xun Qiao City last time—and cheered in joy.
Immediately, the team of one hundred thousand people charged at them and easily wiped them out completely.

In just a short month, the nearly million cultivators on Nan Yin Island, like gods of death, cleared out other groups on Li Island. Of course, during this process, Nan Yin Island deliberately spared those groups with only a few survivors, focusing instead on attacking those with thousands of members. As long as one person remained, the group symbol on their forehead would not disappear, meaning the group still qualified. Qu Yi’s plan was to ensure that among the five groups on Li Island eligible to leave, the other four, aside from Nan Yin Island, each had only a few members, so as to avoid having to deal with larger groups once they reached the Central Island.

Above Li Island, besides Nan Yin Island, there were three larger groups: Gen Zhuang City, Li E City, and Kan Su City. The number of cultivators in these three groups was 700,000, 600,000, and 500,000 respectively. Undoubtedly, these three groups had also noticed Nan Yin Island’s actions and realized that a single group could not resist them. So they united to fight back together.

Qing Wu Gui had been active on Li Island all these years and was well aware of the various large groups. Now that he had detected movements from Gen Zhuang City, Li E City, and Kan Su City, he immediately informed Qu Yi.

Qu Yi summoned Xin Wu Hen, Tian Bu Ao, Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, and the ten leaders of Tian Feng Zhai. “Everyone, only three larger groups remain uneliminated. After this battle, we can leave Li Island and head to the Central Island. I’ve called you here to tell you that we’ll split up to attack the leaders of these three groups. Once we kill those three leaders, we can eliminate all the cultivators in those groups,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

Hearing this, Qing Wu Gui immediately explained, “The leader of Gen Zhuang City is Qiu Jun Tai, ranked 20th on the Earth Ranking List. The leader of Li E City is Yan Jin Tong, ranked 22nd. The leader of Kan Su City is Wu Jiang Yan, ranked 25th.”

Xin Wu Hen and Tian Bu Ao laughed upon hearing this. One was ranked 15th and the other 16th on the Earth Ranking List—both of them could easily handle these three leaders. With powerful figures like Qu Yi and an assassin as skilled as Qing Wu Gui among Nan Yin Island’s cultivators, defeating any of these leaders would be a breeze.

“We shall follow the leader’s orders,” the dozen or so people replied with smiles.

Qu Yi nodded and immediately said, “Alright, now let’s take the cultivators from Nan Yin Island and surround those three groups together. Then we’ll strike together and kill all three group leaders.”

Subsequently, Qu Yi led nearly a million cultivators from Nan Yin Island in a grand and imposing procession to the front of the three groups—Gen Zhuang City, Li E City, and Kan Su City.

“Qu Yi, Nan Yin Island, don’t go too far.”

Before Qu Yi could speak, Qiu Jun Tai, Yan Jin Tong, and Wu Jiang Yan angrily shouted, staring at him nervously.

“Go too far? Not at all. How else can we establish ourselves in the Divine Realm?” Qu Yi smiled faintly before disappearing.

Xin Wu Hen, Tian Bu Ao, Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, along with the ten chiefs of Tian Feng Zhai, each went to a different place to attack one of the group leaders.

In the next moment, Qu Yi appeared in front of Qiu Jun Tai and immediately threw a spiritual fist, containing 30 million spiritual entities of metal, wood, and fire, which struck Qiu Jun Tai’s head with overwhelming force.

“Damn you!” Qiu Jun Tai shouted angrily. A yellow defensive armor appeared on his body, and he darted forward, taking Qu Yi’s spiritual fist head-on with his chest.

The fist hit Qiu Jun Tai’s chest but failed to break the defensive armor, yet it still knocked him to the ground. Then, a force from the ground sent him flying back into the air. After this exchange, his internal divine elements became chaotic, and their circulation was disrupted.

30 million spiritual entities were not something a single defensive armor could easily weaken. Although it blocked most of the force, the remaining impact was still enough to injure Qiu Jun Tai.

“I have defensive armor! Qu Yi, you can’t kill me!” Qiu Jun Tai shouted angrily as he was sent flying back into the air.

At that moment, Qu Yi appeared beside him again and said with a smile, “Does having defensive armor mean you’re safe? I’ve already killed several guys wearing defensive armor at the Divine Marshal level. You’re the next.”

With that, Qu Yi threw another fist, with another 30 million spiritual entities of metal, wood, and water converging and hitting Qiu Jun Tai’s chest once more.

Qiu Jun Tai’s face turned urgent. He quickly activated all his internal divine elements and poured them into the defensive armor, which emitted a burst of yellow light, indicating that its strongest defense mode had been activated.

The fist hitting the defensive armor caused it to collapse instantly, as if torn apart by thousands of swords, dispersing the force immediately.

However, before Qiu Jun Tai could rejoice, Qu Yi’s right hand struck again. This time, it wasn’t a spiritual fist but one wrapped in chaotic energy, striking straight at the defensive armor.

The defensive armor was as fragile as paper and shattered instantly, allowing chaotic energy to enter Qiu Juntai’s body and seal up his internal world in an instant. Qu Yi immediately drew out the Spring Rain Sword; as he swung it, a radiant glow appeared. When the sword struck Qiu Juntai, his entire body turned into flesh and blood fragments. On the other side, Xin Wuhen and Tian Buao attacked Yan Jintong simultaneously from the left and right. Over 30 million spiritual entities transformed into giant swords and struck Yan Jintong at once. After just a few exchanges, Yan Jintong’s divine essence was completely exhausted, and he was swiftly killed. Meanwhile, Qing Wugui, Wu Yuan, and the ten chiefs of Tianfeng Fort also entered the group of cultivators in Kansu City with great momentum and surrounded Wu Jiangyan. Qing Wugui’s killing skills prevented Wu Jiangyan from fully utilizing his strength, while Wu Yuan and the ten chiefs kept attacking relentlessly, forcing Wu Jiangyan to rely solely on his defensive armor for protection. Soon, Wu Jiangyan’s divine essence was exhausted, and he was killed by Qing Wugui and the others. The cultivators from Genzhuang City, Li’e City, and Kansu City, upon seeing their leaders under attack, wanted to help but found no way to do so. Qu Yi, Xin Wuhen, Tian Buao, Qing Wugui, Wu Yuan, and the others were incredibly fast, rushing straight at the three leaders and launching fierce attacks. Before the three groups of cultivators could react, their leaders were killed. After killing the three leaders, Qu Yi and the others returned to the cultivators on Nanyin Island, laughing as they watched the three groups of cultivators. “Cultivators of Nanyin Island, if not now, then when?” Qu Yi shouted loudly, filled with murderous intent. Immediately, nearly a million cultivators from Nanyin Island flew toward the three groups of cultivators. Even before they arrived, they began throwing their divine artifacts, detonating them and severely injuring the cultivators in those three groups. In little time, many cultivators from Genzhuang City, Li’e City, and Kansu City died, with only a small number escaping. After the battle ended, Qu Yi immediately declared, “Cultivators of Nanyin Island, next, we’ll clean up all the groups on this island, leaving only the four weakest groups. Then we’ll head to the Central Island.” “Yes, leader,” replied nearly a million cultivators from Nanyin Island excitedly. In just one month, Nanyin Island cleared out all the Divine General-level groups in the sky above the island, leaving only four groups, each with just one member.

Thus, the only group eligible to fly to the Central Island during the Divine General phase across all the isolated islands was actually the nearly million cultivators from Nan Yin Island. On this day, Qu Yi led the way, followed by the nearly million cultivators from Nan Yin Island, as they flew together toward the Central Island.