Chapter Thirteen: Spider Web Disk

Fire Departure Divine Realm, Liyang City.
After Qu Yi caused a stir, the disciples at the Divine Marshal stage of the Yan Clan quickly arrived.
In a magnificent manor in the city, within a grand hall, ten cultivators at the Divine Marshal stage sat together in solemn silence.
At the head of the table was a man with a noble appearance and bright eyes, dressed in a splendid brocade robe, his presence dominating the room.
This man was Yan Tiankuo, the leader of the Yan Clan tasked with hunting down Qu Yi.
Yan Tiankuo ranked twentieth on the Heavenly Ranking List, with an astonishing 90 million integrated spiritual entities within his body. Thus, he was a highly powerful figure within the Yan Clan. Though not the strongest among the Divine Marshal stage disciples, his authority ranked first among them.
The Heavenly Ranking List was a ranking of the strongest figures at the Divine Marshal stage in the Divine Realm, with only a hundred spots available.
Qu Yi’s actions in Liyang City had severely embarrassed the Yan Clan. Enraged, the Divine King sent the clan’s top disciples to hunt him down, and unsurprisingly, this task fell to Yan Tiankuo.
Now, Yan Tiankuo had brought nine more disciples at the Divine Marshal stage of the Yan Clan to Liyang City.
The man facing the ten Yan Clan members was Yang Bang, the deputy city lord of Liyang City, responsible for governing the city on behalf of the actual city lord, Yang Fang, who had gone overseas.
“Yang Bang, issue an order: if any more cultivators in Liyang City discuss the Fire Departure Merchant Alliance, execute them without hesitation,” Yan Tiankuo said coldly, as if devoid of any emotion.
The Fire Departure Merchant Alliance had been seized by Qu Yi, causing humiliation to the Yan Clan. Upon arriving in Liyang City, Yan Tiankuo found that many cultivators were still discussing the matter, which filled him with resentment.
For Yan Tiankuo, issuing an execution order required no consideration of consequences. With his strength and the Yan Clan’s prestige, anyone who dared speak against them would be killed, and anyone who resisted would face disaster.
For the cultivators of Liyang City, if anyone still dared discuss the matter, they would die silently.
“Yes, I’ll handle it immediately,” Yang Bang replied loudly and firmly.
Hearing this, Yan Tiankuo waved his hand and said indifferently, “That’s enough. There’s nothing more to do here. Order that no one disturb our peace. You too—do not come unless summoned.”
Without hesitation, Yang Bang replied “Yes” and left immediately.
At this moment, the other nine members of the Yan Clan looked at Yan Tiankuo, waiting for orders. Though their strength was slightly inferior to Yan Tiankuo’s, it wasn’t by much. Each of them exuded a grave aura, their power intimidating.

“Leader, it’s been a year since we arrived in Liyang City. Do we have to keep waiting here?” One of the men, who was more impatient, spoke up immediately.
Yan Tiankuo smiled faintly and casually took out a black disc about the size of a palm. There was a blue circle on it, and within that circle were numerous concentric circles resembling fingerprints. These concentric circles were connected by countless straight lines extending evenly from the center, forming a spiderweb-like structure.
“Spiderweb Disc!” the nine of them exclaimed in unison.
It was a divine artifact at the level of a God King!
Yan Tiankuo nodded and said with a smile, “Yes. The clan leader has handed over the Spiderweb Disc to me. As long as one of us encounters Qu Yi in the outer seas, we’ll be able to know his current location. Then we can send people to surround him, leaving him with no escape.”
It turned out that the Spiderweb Disc was a divine artifact used for spatial positioning.
The outer seas, which covered the eastern hemisphere of the Divine Realm, formed a circular area. The Divine Realm had already marked each sea area in the outer seas with spatial nodes, and these nodes were utilized by alchemists to create various divine artifacts.
The Spiderweb Disc was one of the most famous spatial artifacts, encompassing all the spatial nodes in the outer seas. Cultivators at the God General stage who entered the outer seas would usually report to the rulers of each divine domain and link their identity cards to the Spiderweb Disc. Thus, those cultivators would appear as red dots on the disc.
At present, there were nearly two hundred red dots on the Spiderweb Disc Yan Tiankuo had taken out. Some of the dots were moving, while others remained still. Clearly, the cultivators at the God General stage from the Huoli Divine Domain were in the outer seas at that moment—some swimming, some meditating.
Yan Tiankuo enlarged the Spiderweb Disc, covering the entire floor of the hall. The fingerprint-like concentric circles separated slightly, allowing everyone to clearly see the trajectories of the red dots.
“There are nearly two hundred cultivators at the God General stage in our Huoli Divine Domain, and similar numbers in other divine domains. Most of the two thousand cultivators at the God General stage in the Divine Realm are wandering in the outer seas, hoping to find an opportunity to advance to the God King level. These people are under strict surveillance. Since our Huoli Divine Domain has this Spiderweb Disc, other divine domains also possess similar spatial artifacts to closely monitor their own cultivators at the God General stage,” Yan Tiankuo explained calmly while looking at the disc.
The other nine were constantly expressing their astonishment and admiration.

Although these nine people were aware of the Spider Web Disk, they had never seen it in use up close before. This time, it was only to deal with Qu Yi that Yan Tiankuo was brought out from their clan to witness it up close.
“Leader, most of these red dots are in the outer sea areas. Don’t they dare to enter the deeper parts of the outer sea?” At this moment, a calm-minded man spoke up.
Yan Tiankuo smiled faintly, clearly appreciating this man, and patiently explained, “As we all know, the outer sea is divided into three zones: the outer zone, the central zone, and the core zone. The sea beasts at the Divine Marshal stage in the outer zone can still be dealt with by our cultivators at the same stage in our divine realm. If we enter the central zone, those sea beasts’ strength will likely overwhelm even our Divine Marshal-level cultivators. As for the sea beasts in the core zone, they are creatures that can withstand a strike from a Divine King and still survive—only cultivators with full confidence would dare to enter.”
The nine people nodded, frowning slightly, clearly thinking about the horrors of the outer sea, while also considering whether entering it would mean not only pursuing the dangerous Qu Yi but also facing threats from sea beasts.
Before long, a cautious man among them suddenly spoke up, “Leader, in group combat, Qu Yi has already taken Gongye Chen’s mid-tier innate spiritual treasure, the Star Sword. With this treasure, it will be very difficult for us ten to compete with him.”
The other eight people looked at Yan Tiankuo in shock, clearly realizing this problem as well, waiting for his answer.
Since the Yan clan had decided to send Yan Tiankuo to kill Qu Yi, they must have taken Qu Yi’s strength into account. Yan Tiankuo’s own strength might not be enough to subdue him, so the clan surely gave him some kind of treasure, allowing him to lead the pursuit of Qu Yi with confidence.
The nine people wanted to know the reason so they could ease their concerns.
Yan Tiankuo’s expression turned cold, clearly unwilling to reveal his trump card at the moment. Then his expression softened again as he smiled faintly, “Qu Yi has only reached the Divine Marshal stage, with seventy million integrated spiritual entities. Although his cultivation potential is astonishing, the number of spiritual entities in his body cannot reach ninety million yet. I can still subdue him. Besides, that bastard Gongye Chen didn’t kill Qu Yi because Qu Yi has the Star Luo Ding, a divine artifact, which blocked the killing aura of the Star Sword. Don’t worry; the clan has given me an innate spiritual treasure. I’m confident I can kill Qu Yi.”
Hearing this, the nine people nodded slightly, knowing they couldn’t ask further, though they felt much more relieved.
After that, the ten of them sat down to cultivate, simultaneously sending out a trace of their divine consciousness to sense the Spider Web Disk.
One month later.

“Ah! Yin Boqing has sent a message.” Suddenly, Yan Tiankuo opened his eyes and exclaimed in surprise.
The other nine also woke up immediately.
The ten of them looked at the Spider Web Disk and saw a red dot moving vigorously in the sea area near Liyang City—that red dot was Yin Boqing’s location. Undoubtedly, Yin Boqing was fighting against Qu Yi at that moment, the ten were certain of it.
“Qu Yi’s location has been determined. I’ll send his location to the other seven clans right now. I think the people from those clans will arrive soon too. By then, Qu Yi won’t be able to escape,” Yan Tiankuo said coldly.
The nine also showed joy, thinking that Qu Yi dared to confront the eight great royal clans alone—clearly seeking death.
Soon, Yan Tiankuo took out his identity card and sent a message to the leaders of the disciples at the Divine General stage of the other seven great royal clans, revealing Qu Yi’s spatial location.
“Alright, let’s head out to the open sea now,” Yan Tiankuo said, putting away the Spider Web Disk and restoring it to its original size before holding it in his palm.
Now that Qu Yi’s location had been found, Yan Tiankuo wouldn’t wait any longer. He had already decided to use his own strength to eliminate Qu Yi and show off his power in front of the other seven clans.
The nine set off immediately.
At that moment, Yan Tiankuo’s body suddenly went still.
“Leader, what’s wrong?” The nine noticed Yan Tiankuo’s change and asked anxiously.
Yan Tiankuo’s expression turned cold, his eyes filled with rage. After calming down slowly, he said harshly, “Yin Boqing is dead.”
With Yin Boqing dead, Qu Yi’s exact location could no longer be determined; only a general area could be known. But in this vast sea without any guidance, who could guarantee they could find Qu Yi?
The nine were also furious.
Yan Tiankuo bit his lip. After a while, he said coldly again, “It doesn’t matter. We already know Qu Yi’s general location in the open sea. There are many cultivators at the Divine General stage from our Huoli Divine Realm in this area. I’ll tell them the spatial location where Qu Yi was just, and they’ll go to surround and search for him.”
Hearing this, the nine’s eyes lit up as they understood Yan Tiankuo’s plan. As long as a cultivator at the Divine General stage found Qu Yi again, they could rush over quickly. By then, Qu Yi would be surrounded by the ten of them and unable to escape.
Yan Tiankuo quickly informed the other seven clans of Yin Boqing’s death and also shared his plan with them, then took off into the air.
“Let’s go. I want to see how Qu Yi can escape our net,” Yan Tiankuo said coldly from the air.
The nine laughed loudly and flew away.