Chapter 5: Forcing Qu Yi Out

Over the years, the Instrument God had been alone within the Tiny Realm Sphere. His physical body had recovered, becoming a Chaos Body—identical to Qu Yi’s. This was all thanks to Qu Yi’s help; by taking advantage of the early stages of evolution in the Tiny Realm Sphere universe, he absorbed the chaos energy from the universe, allowing the Instrument God to forge such a Chaos Body.

Inside the Tiny Realm Sphere, the Instrument God constantly observed the evolution of the universe and thus grasped various spatial rules. During the universe’s evolution, these spatial rules were as if laid bare before his eyes, enabling him to reach an extremely high level of understanding. He was now very close to achieving ultimate perfection.

At this moment, Qu Yi’s body arrived at the core of the Tiny Realm Sphere universe—the Starry Realm. The universe core, formed from the Star Creation Stone, had been named the Starry Realm by Qu Yi to distinguish it from the core of the Five Elements Universe, the Divine Realm.

Beside Qu Yi, the Instrument God sat on the ground, quietly mastering the final few spatial rules. When he sensed Qu Yi approaching, he immediately opened his eyes, stood up with a smile, and looked at Qu Yi happily, his pride evident.

“Qu Yi, you’ve come,” said the Instrument God with a smile.

Qu Yi nodded and said cheerfully, “Instrument God, it seems you’ve gained a lot over these years. How many spatial rules remain unmastered?”

The Instrument God raised three fingers.

“I’ve recorded all the trajectories, fluctuations, and patterns of the spatial rules in the Tiny Realm Sphere universe. There are only three rules left unmastered. With my current strength, if I return to the Divine Realm, I can kill those god kings in the Ze Dui Divine Realm and the Tian Qian Divine Realm to avenge my destruction back then,” he said calmly, his eyes gleaming with cruelty.

The experience of being hunted by those two god kings together had haunted the Instrument God, who dreamed of revenge. Now, he believed he had the strength and it was time to take revenge.

Qu Yi smiled faintly and said, “Instrument God, you must also know that behind the Ze Dui Divine Realm and the Tian Qian Divine Realm lies Dao Tong Divine Emperor. I think you can guess that the one who wants to kill you is actually Dao Tong Divine Emperor Yu Dongqing.”

The Instrument God immediately nodded and sneered coldly, “I guessed that long ago. I also suspect it’s related to the Boundless Stars I created. Yu Dongqing fears that I might go to the lower realms and discover the secrets of faith power, so he’s framing me.”

Qu Yi nodded. It seemed his guess was correct— the fall of the Instrument God to the mortal world was indeed part of the Planetary Emperor’s scheme.
“The Supreme Emperor won’t act lightly. He only gets one chance to intervene during the cycle wars between Divine Kings. So, let’s first deal with the Ze Dui Divine Realm and the Tian Qian Divine Realm, killing all the Divine Kings there. Then we can deal with Yu Dongqing,” said the Instrument God calmly, showing disdain for the might of the Imperial Heroes.
Having witnessed the transformation of the universe within the Dimensional Sphere, the Instrument God’s mindset had far surpassed that of all Divine Kings, leaving him unafraid of any cultivator. After all, the power of cosmic transformation was beyond even the reach of any Divine King, and having witnessed it firsthand, he naturally dismissed their strength as insignificant.
“Good. I’ve come to this Dimensional Sphere universe to comprehend all spatial rules. Let’s cultivate together here and master all of them at once. Then we’ll return to the Divine Realm and sweep away the Divine Kings of the eight realms,” Qu Yi said indifferently.
The Instrument God’s eyes lit up as he immediately nodded.
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Gen Yuan City, Gen Divine Realm, Divine Realm Mountains.
All twenty-five Divine Kings of the eight realms had gathered in the Gen Shang Hall.
Qiu Yan, Tian Chen, Bai Rong, Sang Yu, Gong Ye Ming, Jin Cheng Bo, Wu Lian, and Yan Yi sat across from each other on eight chairs, while the other Divine Kings sat on chairs behind them.
“Everyone, since Qu Yi appeared, nearly all our cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage and Divine General stage from the eight royal clans have died. Even those at the Divine General stage have been severely weakened by Qu Yi and Tian Feng Zhai, with no hope of reaching the Divine King level in their lifetimes. It’s likely Qu Yi has already reached that level. We must find a way to kill him; otherwise, all eight royal clans will be attacked by him, facing extinction,” Qiu Yan said calmly.
On the combat platform in the void battlefield, when all the Divine Kings attacked simultaneously, they failed to harm Qu Yi, who was only at the Divine Marshal stage at the time. This had long made the Divine Kings of the eight realms wary. This was also why none of them attacked Qu Yi after he returned to the Divine Realm—they were unsure if any of them could kill him and didn’t want to lose face in front of the cultivators of the Divine Realm.
Dignity must not be lost.

Gongye Ming’s eyes flashed with a cold light as he said sternly, “On the Void Battlefield, our strength was suppressed, and we couldn’t rely on the primal powers of the Eight Divine Realms. Now that we’ve returned to the Divine Realm, as long as our eight clans bring out their Primal Beads and act together, it’s impossible not to seal Qu Yi.”

It turned out that the Eight Royal Clans had existed since the birth of the Divine Realm, and they had survived to this day because each clan possessed a Primal Bead. In battle, they could use these beads to harness the primal powers of the Divine Realms.

This statement immediately made the eyes of the various Divine Kings shine as they understood Gongye Ming’s meaning. The Void Battlefield was a special space that had long prevented the Divine Kings from using the primal powers of the Divine Realms. That’s why the eight Divine Kings—Qiu Yan, Tian Chen, Bai Rong, Sang Yu, Gongye Ming, Jin Chengbo, Wu Lian, and Yan Yi—could not use their Primal Beads, which weakened their strength significantly.

All the Divine Kings grew even more determined to surround and kill Qu Yi.

“That’s right. Let’s unite and bring out all our Primal Beads. As soon as Qu Yi appears, we’ll act immediately and seal him,” Yan Yi agreed right away.

“I second that,” said each of the Divine Kings in turn.

After the excitement subsided, Yan Que spoke up in a cool tone, “Qu Yi has just reached the rank of Divine King. He has few creatures within him, and he hasn’t grasped any spatial rules yet. He must be hiding. It will be difficult for us to find him. We need to find a way to force him to come out.”

The Divine Kings also knew that Qu Yi possessed the Boundless Stars forged by the God of Tools. Therefore, they were worried that Qu Yi might have crossed directly to the Lower World, in which case they would truly be unable to see him, let alone surround and kill him.

All the Divine Kings looked troubled again.

“Hmph, if Qu Yi won’t come out, let’s first surround and kill Zong Jing, Xu Miao, and Qian Mao. Without their help, it’s delusional for Qu Yi to think he can fight against our eight Royal Clans alone,” Gongye Yu said coldly.

At present, the Divine Kings in the Divine Realm had actually split into two camps: one consisting of the Divine Kings of the Eight Royal Clans, and the other consisting of the three Divine Kings from Nan Yin Island and Qu Yi. Naturally, if they could kill the three Divine Kings from Nan Yin Island first and then deal with Qu Yi, they would face fewer obstacles.

“That’s not advisable. Although we can kill the three from Nan Yin Island by surrounding them, once they die, Qu Yi will know the true strength of our eight Royal Clans. Then he won’t show up, making it even harder for us to find him,” Bai Rong said softly.

All the Divine Kings nodded in agreement. At that moment, Gongye Ming spoke up, “It might not be reasonable for us, the Divine Kings, to force Qu Yi to come out by using force. Instead, it could only make him more alert. How about this: from now on, the disciples at the Divine General level from our eight great royal families shall go and harass the cultivators of Tianfeng Fortress, especially the city lords. If we manage to kill a few of them, I believe Qu Yi will no longer be able to stay seated. By then, he still won’t know that our eight great royal families possess the Origin Beads. Once he comes out in anger, we can act to seal him away.” Many disciples at the Divine General level from the eight great royal families still survived, especially the top ten figures from the previous rankings—Qiu Guanyi, Tian Chaoyi, Bai Feiyi, Jin Ziyi, and Gongye Qing. Their strength was even greater than that of the Divine General-level cultivators of Tianfeng Fortress. As long as these disciples were sent to deal with them and heavy casualties occurred, Qu Yi would be forced to appear. Once Qu Yi showed up, the Divine Kings of the eight great royal families would have the chance to attack him. “Good, let’s do it this way. Send our Divine General-level disciples out to act—we must force Qu Yi to reveal himself.” “Indeed. Those of us who participated in the individual battles and saw Qu Yi’s strength in the Void Battlefield already have doubts in our minds. Since we can’t reach the level of Divine King anyway, why not give up? There’s no need to feel regretful.” “All of us Divine Kings must stay together. As soon as Qu Yi appears, we’ll go immediately and seal him away right away.” Soon, all the Divine Kings expressed their agreement and added some suggestions. The Divine Kings of the Eight Realms had always been at odds with each other, but this time, to deal with Qu Yi, they forgot their past differences and united completely to fight him. Quickly, they reached an agreement to combine the forces of their eight clans and tackle Qu Yi with all their might. The atmosphere in the Divine Realm became desolate, eerie, and heartless. In Genzhuang City of the Shanggen Divine Realm, Qiu Guanyi, the strongest among the Qiu clan’s Divine General-level disciples, stepped forward. Wielding an invisible sword, he headed straight to the city lord’s mansion. A beam of invisible sword energy struck, reducing the entire mansion to ruins. The city lord, Zhang Wuji, didn’t even try to resist and simply disappeared.

After receiving the orders from the Qiu clan, Qiu Guanyi didn’t say a word and immediately set off to various cities in the Shan Gen Divine Realm, determined solely to kill the city lords. On the battlefield in the void, Qiu Guanyi humbly surrendered to survive. Now, filled with remorse every day, he vents all his anger on the cultivators from Tian Feng Zhai who held positions as city lords. Not only in the Shan Gen Divine Realm, but also in the Di Kun Divine Realm, Lei Zhen Divine Realm… All eight major divine realms of the divine world, along with their eight imperial clan disciples at the Divine General stage, mobilized to fiercely attack the cultivators from Tian Feng Zhai.