Chapter 35: The Death of the Divine Emperor

Surprise!
When Emperor Daoqing and Emperor Daotong heard Qu Yi’s shout, both showed expressions of shock, even losing their composure.
Qu Yi smiled faintly, suddenly leaping off the giant rock and escaping the space where time was accelerated. He appeared in midair and struck Emperor Daotong with a palm strike.
Emperor Daotong immediately waved his hand, activating time suspension to freeze the space.
Qu Yi completely ignored this and passed through the frozen space, reappearing in front of Emperor Daotong before delivering another palm strike.
“You can’t hit me, Qu Yi,” Emperor Daotong shouted angrily.
Qu Yi persisted, flashing forward once more and appearing in front of Emperor Daotong. This time, as he struck, he activated time acceleration.
On the giant rock, though it was unclear how much time had passed, Qu Yi finally understood the essence of time acceleration.
The essence of time acceleration was to speed up the changes in spatial energy states. As the ruler of the Cunjie Ball Universe, Qu Yi had witnessed the entire evolution of the universe, so he understood every type of energy change clearly.
Undoubtedly, after grasping the essence of time acceleration, Qu Yi used chaotic energy to simulate any type of energy change—from emergence to annihilation—he had complete control over the entire process.
At this moment, in the space around Emperor Daotong’s body, every type of energy was changing rapidly, all at a consistent frequency.
Time acceleration at 1,000 times!
Qu Yi had activated 1,000 times time acceleration—what took one year in the divine realm now equaled 1,000 years in this space.
Emperor Daotong Yu Dongqing’s face showed panic. He had only understood time suspension as a time rule, and now finding that Qu Yi had escaped and immediately applied time acceleration was completely beyond his expectations.
With each instance of time acceleration, Emperor Daotong tried to use time suspension to halt the changes in the space’s energy states. But he was horrified to discover that his time suspension had no effect.
It turned out that Qu Yi was using chaotic energy to maintain time acceleration in this space. The origin of the spatial energy changes was, in fact, chaotic energy. From chaotic energy, the primal energies of the five elements emerged, followed by a myriad of variations of those elements, before they eventually disappeared.

Naturally, when Dao Tong Shen Di wanted to halt time, it had no effect on the chaotic energy at all. Thus, he realized that his body could no longer absorb the primordial energy of the five elements, and impurities from those elements began to appear in his body. Transitioning from a body of primordial energy to one of the five elements clearly meant his body was starting to decay. “No, this can’t be true; my life can’t end like this,” Dao Tong Shen Di thought in panic. Yu Dongqing kept attempting to halt time but failed to stop the changes in the energy around his body. Impurities from the five elements continued to appear, causing partial changes throughout his body. If this continued, Yu Dongqing knew his life would truly fall into Qu Yi’s hands. “Second senior brother, hurry and attack Qu Yi!” Dao Tong Shen Di urged Yu Dongqing urgently, his eyes filled with desperation, clearly placing his hopes on Dao Qing Shen Di. Meanwhile, Dao Qing Shen Di, who was by the pond, was deeply confused. He still couldn’t believe that Qu Yi had mastered time acceleration in his own time-accelerated space—it was terrifying. “Who exactly is Qu Yi? How could he master time acceleration so quickly? It took me several reincarnations to achieve that,” Dao Qing Shen Di thought, his mind filled with confusion. Upon hearing Dao Tong Shen Di’s cries, Dao Qing Shen Di remained calm, his resolve firm. Qu Yi was far too terrifying; he was not someone he could afford to provoke. Especially since Qu Yi was now focusing all his efforts on Dao Tong Shen Di and Yu Dongqing, Dao Qing Shen Di was even more pleased. With only three positions available for a god emperor, if Qu Yi killed Dao Tong Shen Di, it wouldn’t affect his own position. Those who reached the level of god emperor were extremely cold-hearted. Although Dao Qing Shen Di used to joke around with Dao Tong Shen Di before, when it came to his own interests, he remained very calm. “Third junior brother, Qu Yi is just a god king. You can definitely handle him,” Dao Qing Shen Di said before suddenly disappearing. Dao Qing Shen Di had only one chance to attack Qu Yi, which he had already used by the pond. Now that he saw Qu Yi about to kill Dao Tong Shen Di and Yu Dongqing, it served his interests better, so he chose to leave immediately.

After all, Emperor Daqing was extremely afraid that after killing Emperor Daotong, Qu Yi would come to attack him as well. Therefore, after shouting once, Emperor Daqing immediately vanished, forever avoiding Qu Yi.
“You despicable wretch, Daqing!” Emperor Daotong, Yu Dongqing, cried in anger upon seeing Emperor Daqing disappear so abruptly.
Of course, Yu Dongqing also understood the reason behind Emperor Daqing’s departure. If the two were in opposite situations, Yu Dongqing would have made the same decision. Yet, now that he was trapped himself and Emperor Daqing was so heartless, he couldn’t help but feel angry.
“Stop cursing. Now die,” Qu Yi said calmly, reminding him.
Qu Yi naturally had to avenge the hatred of the God of Instruments. This was also why, after emerging from the time-accelerated space, he chose to attack Yu Dongqing instead of Emperor Daqing. Qu Yi knew well that if he attacked one of them, the other would flee immediately, making it extremely difficult to find them again and kill them.
Since he had to strike to kill and there was only one chance, Qu Yi could only choose Emperor Daotong, Yu Dongqing.
As he spoke, Qu Yi further accelerated time to 2,000 times its normal rate. In the divine realm, one year equaled 2,000 years in this space.
At this moment, Yu Dongqing felt more and more impurities of the five elements accumulating in his body. If this continued, his body would degenerate into a physical form similar to that of cultivators in the cultivation world.
“Qu Yi, don’t force me! If you don’t stop accelerating time, I’ll blow up my own body!” Emperor Daotong, Yu Dongqing, screamed frantically, his face twisted in rage, eyes blazing as if he wanted to devour Qu Yi alive.
He couldn’t escape, and stopping time couldn’t reverse the time acceleration in this space. Desperate, Emperor Daotong was no longer afraid of death and made a firm decision.
If Qu Yi stopped time acceleration, Yu Dongqing would immediately try to flee. If Qu Yi didn’t stop it, Yu Dongqing would without hesitation blow up his own body to kill Qu Yi outright.
“Haha…” Qu Yi laughed maniacally.
Suddenly, he took out one million Divine King Instruments and threw them into the space where he was accelerating time.
Yu Dongqing was terrified.
“Forget about your body exploding. I’ll even help you out—another one million Divine King Instruments will explode right here in this space.”

After saying that, Qu Yi didn’t give Yu Dongqing a chance to speak. He increased the frequency of time acceleration once again, reaching 3,000 times speedup. At the same time, all one million Divine King artifacts exploded in Qu Yi’s mind. Yu Dongqing, determined to die, detonated her own body at the exact moment the Divine King artifacts exploded. Two enormous bursts of energy surged forth. Qu Yi’s newly mastered time acceleration couldn’t contain the energy changes in the entire space, so he could no longer maintain the time acceleration effect. The space, struck by the violent energy, developed a spatial black hole, with an extremely strong gravitational pull sweeping around. Qu Yi simply smiled faintly, then summoned the cosmic power of the Five Elements Universe. His entire body was enveloped by this cosmic power, allowing him to leave his original location instantly and escape the fierce gravitational pull, thus avoiding danger. The spatial black hole appeared quickly but disappeared just as fast. By then, Qu Yi had returned to the edge of the pond. Looking up at the Celestial Monument, which appeared as large as a star, a smile appeared on his face. “Yu Dongqing is dead. Only two remain of the Divine Emperors. This Celestial Monument contains the complete rules of time acceleration. I’ll give it to the Artifact God from now on,” Qu Yi said with a smile before flying in front of the monument. He placed one hand on the monument, and chaotic energy was immediately released, allowing him to enter its interior quickly. In just a short time, Qu Yi refined the monument and absorbed it into his internal world. Once the monument disappeared, the time changes in this space reverted to those of the other areas in Mount Samsara. Standing on a boulder by the pond, Qu Yi gazed at the churning water with a faint smile. “Yu Dongqing is dead, and I’ve obtained the Celestial Monument. It seems I’ve completed the tasks of the third layer of Mount Samsara. Now, only the tasks of the fourth layer remain, which are also the last ones I need to finish. Judging from these two experiences, the top-grade innate spiritual treasure of the fourth layer should also be a treasure containing time-related rules, guarded by the Dao Origin Divine Emperor,” Qu Yi said calmly, his mind as clear as a mirror. After speaking, he immediately took off, with more chaotic energy clearing a path as he continued flying upward toward Mount Samsara. The higher he flew, the more he felt that the energy in this space was shifting toward lower levels, allowing him to use spatial jumps to travel. The spatial energy here was actually Five Elements energy derived from the primal energy of the Five Elements, with a very low energy level, similar to the energy state Qu Yi had experienced in the cultivation world.

Qu Yi felt as though time had reversed, as if he had returned to the realm of cultivation.
“Hmph, no matter what the rules of time are, I will still persevere in moving upward. I must find the last supreme innate spiritual treasure,” Qu Yi shouted resolutely as he flew.
Soon, Qu Yi noticed another anomaly appearing above Mount Samsara.