Chapter 20: You’re Disgraceful

“That Sky-Piercing Fire Wheel of yours has actually unleashed the Void Heaven Flames!”
Qu Yi exclaimed in surprise.
Immediately, the Sky-Piercing Fire Wheel in Yan Tiankuo’s hands rushed toward Qu Yi. The wheel itself was quiet, but ahead of it lay an immense, invisible flame aura—capable of determining life and death, erasing karmic bonds, and blocking reincarnation forever.
The Void Heaven Flames were divine flames only possessed by Divine Kings!
Without hesitation, Qu Yi took out the Star Luo Ding and activated its chaotic energy. A vast expanse of dark, swirling divine flames emerged, turning the entire void into a world of fire—as if gathered from various dimensions—intense and violent.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One after another, those spaces of dark flames exploded, utterly unable to withstand the attack of the Void Heaven Flames. Countless flame dragons soared into the air, as if fleeing in panic.
Yan Tiankuo merely sneered, his gaze cruel. The Sky-Piercing Fire Wheel moved swiftly forward and struck the Star Luo Ding, causing an ocean-like surge of Void Heaven Flames to flood into the parallel space within it.
“Hmph! Even with your Star Luo Ding, you can’t stop my Void Heaven Flames. Watch as I blow up your Star Luo Ding!” Yan Tiankuo sneered, pouring even more divine energy into it, filling the world with the aura of the Void Heaven Flames.
Qu Yi smiled calmly, still holding the Star Luo Ding, effortlessly blocking the Sky-Piercing Fire Wheel.
“Yan Tiankuo, try harder. These Void Heaven Flames aren’t strong enough yet. There are still many parallel spaces in the Star Luo Ding that haven’t been destroyed by them,” Qu Yi said amiably, continuing to smile.
Seeing Qu Yi’s infuriating smile, Yan Tiankuo’s expression turned even colder. He intensified his efforts to channel divine energy.
At his current Divine General stage, generating the Void Heaven Flames required a huge consumption of divine energy. As he tried to blow up the Star Luo Ding with these flames, his own divine energy was also depleting rapidly.
Qu Yi, however, continued to hold the Star Luo Ding and resist effortlessly, still looking cheerful.
“Not good…”
Yan Tiankuo suddenly sensed something and shouted in anger. He immediately retracted the Sky-Piercing Fire Wheel, staring at Qu Yi with a fierce expression.
“Ah, you figured it out after all. What a pity,” Qu Yi said, also withdrawing the Star Luo Ding into his body. He shook his head regretfully.
Yan Tiankuo struggled to regain his composure, staring at Qu Yi coldly and spat, “Qu Yi, you’re truly cunning. You wanted me to use the Void Heaven Flames to help you refine those two divine artifacts you acquired just now. How despicable and sneaky.”

Indeed, after putting the two divine king-level artifacts he had obtained earlier into the Xingluo Ding, Qu Yi originally planned to wait until he reached the divine king realm before expelling the divine king wills from those artifacts and refining them. However, when he saw Yan Tiankuo unleashing the Void Heaven Flaming Fire, Qu Yi immediately came up with the idea of using it to burn away the divine king wills in the artifacts, allowing him to refine them right away.

Qu Yi pursed his lips and said regretfully, “It’s a shame. If you had unleashed the Void Heaven Flaming Fire once more, I could have finished refining these two artifacts. But it doesn’t matter; I will refine them sooner or later.”

Yan Tiankuo’s body trembled with anger.

“Should I reveal my trump card? This Qu Yi has already used the Xingluo Ding, and he still hasn’t used his Star Sword. It seems he has other means to save himself. If I use my trump card and can’t defeat him in one move, I’ll be in danger.” Yan Tiankuo stared at Qu Yi, his eyes shifting as he thought carefully.

As the leader of the Yan clan on this mission, Yan Tiankuo possessed other artifacts besides those of the divine king level. But the more powerful the artifact, the more divine essence it required. Yan Tiankuo didn’t want to use his trump card only to fail in defeating Qu Yi and instead give him an opportunity to strike back.

“Yan Tiankuo, why aren’t you fighting? Do you still expect the other eight members of the Yan clan to come and assist you?” Qu Yi also didn’t attack actively and called out with a smile.

Hearing this, Yan Tiankuo’s eyes lit up as he realized something: he should wait for the other eight members of the Yan clan to defeat Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui first, then join forces to surround Qu Yi. That way, even if he used his trump card, he wouldn’t have to worry about Qu Yi finding a loophole to attack him.

“Good. Let’s wait until they finish fighting before engaging in a final battle,” Yan Tiankuo said with a faint smile.

Qu Yi shrugged.

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“You three bastards, don’t run!”

Wu Yuan had been launching fierce attacks against the three cultivators at the Divine General level of the Yan clan, but the three of them kept avoiding him, clearly trying to drain Wu Yuan’s divine essence over time.

With the Nine-Nine Unity Staff Technique, a single strike contained eighty million spiritual entities. These three Yan clan disciples simply couldn’t withstand it. Even if they had divine king-level defensive armor, they wouldn’t dare to confront such a strike head-on and could only keep dodging.

Failing to make any progress in his attacks, Wu Yuan’s anger surged, and he roared in fury.

“Wu Yuan, your attack power is strong, but it still can’t do anything to us.”

“Wu Yuan, you can use whatever tricks you want—bring out whatever powerful moves you have.”

“Five yuan. Rumor has it you can fight non-stop. Today, the three of us will fight alongside you—ten thousand years isn’t long at all.”
The three disciples of the Yan clan exerted all their mocking skills at this moment.
Flames ignited in Wu Yuan’s eyes, and his demeanor changed once again, as if some mysterious force from the universe was empowering him, leaving him in a state of clarity untouched by external distractions.
An epiphany—Wu Yuan experienced another moment of enlightenment.
It was all because of the three disciples of the Yan clan, who forced him into this state of enlightenment, filling him with fierce combat intent and a surge in killing intent.
“You three, stop Wu Yuan now!” Yan Tiankuo, noticing the change in Wu Yuan’s aura, shouted angrily. If not for Qu Yi watching over him, he would have gone to kill Wu Yuan himself.
By then, Wu Yuan already held the Nine Heavens Staff and suddenly appeared beside one of the Yan clan disciples, swinging the staff.
That single swing contained a hundred swings layered within it.
Yes, as Wu Yuan entered this state of enlightenment, his staff technique improved further—hundred swings were combined into one. Each of those hundred swings contained eight million golden, wooden, water, fire, and spiritual entities, resulting in eighty million entities perfectly executed.
A massive spiritual staff smashed into the head of the Yan clan disciple.
“Hmph! I have defensive armor!” the disciple shouted.
But just as he tried to turn his back to withstand the strike, he found his body becoming sluggish. Soon, the spiritual staff struck his head with force.
Bang!
His head shattered, his divine essence dispersed, and even as his soul tried to escape, it was destroyed by Wu Yuan’s strike.
“Yan Tiankuang, you can’t die like this!” The other two Yan clan disciples cried in shock but dared not attack Wu Yuan. They immediately flew away, trembling with fear.
Wu Yuan’s sudden surge in power was too unexpected, his strength absurdly great, and it even affected the surrounding space, as if freezing it in place. This slowed Yan Tiankuang down, preventing him from resisting and leading to his death.
Wu Yuan took the two divine king-level artifacts left behind by Yan Tiankuang. His eyes still burned with combat intent as he flew toward the other two disciples, seemingly determined to kill them as well.
With no choice, the two disciples fled in panic, constantly dodging in the air.
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Qing Wugui fought alone against five disciples of the Yan Clan’s divine generals, constantly dodging their attacks with swift movements. No matter how the five disciples attacked, Qing Wugui never fought back; he merely used his agile tactics to evade them, his spiritual senses constantly detecting their spells in search of the Earthly Law. “Guys, this Qing Wugui is indeed just as described in the rumors—a complete masochist. Well, since our own divine artifacts can’t harm him, let’s use the Divine King artifacts together and definitely kill him,” suggested one of the Yan Clan disciples anxiously. The five of them had been reluctant to use Divine King-level artifacts because they feared excessive consumption of their divine essence, which could lead to Qu Yi launching a surprise attack. That would result in their deaths, just like Yan Tiande’s, which was not an option. But now, seeing that none of their attacks could affect Qing Wugui, they had no choice but to take the risk. They could only hope that Yan Tiankuo had a powerful enough trump card to suppress Qu Yi and prevent him from attacking. “Alright!” the other four immediately agreed. In an instant, five Divine King-level artifacts were drawn forth, filling the space with immense power that seemed to freeze everything around. Seeing this, Qing Wugui smirked coldly and said softly, “Since you’ve brought out Divine King-level artifacts, I’ll have no choice but to bring out my own, the Heaven-Asking Sword.” With that, he drew out the Heaven-Asking Sword, also a Divine King-level artifact, which immediately matched the pressure from the five others. “Attack!” the five Yan Clan disciples shouted in unison, wielding their artifacts. Five spatial rifts appeared, unleashing endless chaotic energy that rushed toward Qing Wugui. Qing Wugui smiled faintly, stepped on the Heaven-Asking Sword, and dashed through the air, escaping the attacks of the five Divine King-level artifacts. The speed of the Heaven-Asking Sword far surpassed that of Divine King-level artifacts, allowing him to easily evade all five attacks. “You…” The five Yan Clan disciples were shocked; they never expected Qing Wugui to devise such a method of evasion. When the five disciples attacked together, they had already consumed a great deal of their divine essence. Now, using Divine King-level artifacts simultaneously, their divine essence was reduced to half. At that moment, Qu Yi, who had been observing from afar alongside Yan Tiankuo, twitched his lips and rushed through the air, arriving beside one of the Yan Clan disciples and delivering a punch.

“Qu Yi, you are shameless!” Yan Tiankuo saw this and tried to stop him, but it was too late. He flew into a rage. By then, Qu Yi had already knocked out this Yan clan disciple with a punch. Persisting, he delivered another punch that killed the disciple, seizing two more divine king-level artifacts. He looked at Yan Tiankuo with a triumphant smile in his eyes.