Chapter 363: 12 Episodes 53 Chapters, Subtle Cultivation Transformation
Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya had immediately concluded that Qin Yu was hiding inside the Qingyu Immortal Mansion, as under the circumstances that had just occurred, it was impossible for him to escape by means of instantaneous movement or great teleportation.
Deep beneath the surface of Blue Snow Star.
Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya stood in the middle of the magma, the roaring magma coming no closer than an inch to them, whether it was their clothes or flying hair, not even a bit of magma could approach them.
The two men stood motionless.
Devil’s Consciousness and Immortal Consciousness meticulously searched every spot, every mountain, every grain of sand, every speck of dust, even the particles in the mist were carefully scrutinized.
...
Initially, Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya were calm, not believing that someone who was not even at the Emperor Level could truly escape. They searched meticulously, confident in their hearts that they would capture Qin Yu.
However, after half a day, both Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya’s faces gradually showed a trace of anxiety.
A day later!
"Gone," Emperor Yu’s face was filled with disbelief, and he turned to Xue Tianya beside him, "Xue Tianya, did you notice anything?"
Xue Tianya turned to face Emperor Yu, "I found nothing, Feng Yu. If it weren’t for your interference, I would have killed Qin Yu by now." There was a hint of anger in Xue Tianya’s words.
The Mysterious God Scroll and the Ten Thousand Beasts List, which were about to be within reach, eluded him because of the other party.
Emperor Yu let out a cold snort.
He had been monitoring Qin Yu since the moment he appeared on Fengyue Star, and among all the major figures in the realms of immortals, demons, and monsters, he was definitely the first to discover him. If anyone felt frustrated, it was Emperor Yu above all.
"Xue Tianya, the Mysterious God Scroll and the Ten Thousand Beasts List are not so easily obtained. We must work together to capture Qin Yu if we are to have any hope of obtaining them," said Emperor Yu.
Hearing what Emperor Yu said, Xue Tianya slightly furrowed his brows and then nodded indifferently, "But how can we find him?"
Emperor Yu smiled lightly, "Don’t worry. Under those circumstances just now, Qin Yu couldn’t have escaped by methods like great teleportation, his only way was into the Qingyu Immortal Mansion."
Xue Tianya nodded in agreement.
"And the Illusion Technique Restriction of the Qingyu Immortal Mansion, even when Immortal Emperor Ni Yang was around, I had experienced it. Although it is mysterious, it shouldn’t have evaded my investigation..."
"But we haven’t found it now," Xue Tianya interrupted.
Emperor Yu nodded gravely, "Yes, we both searched meticulously and found nothing, then... there’s only one possibility, Immortal Emperor Ni Yang must have further improved the Illusion Technique Restriction afterward."
"That’s the only reason," agreed Xue Tianya.
Little could Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya have imagined that Qin Yu was in possession of a spatial Divine Artifact, one into which a person could even enter. After all, such an artifact, even Emperor Yu had neither seen nor heard of before.
They simply did not believe that Qin Yu would possess such an extraordinary Divine Artifact.
"Even if the Illusion Technique Restriction has been improved, and we’re having difficulty detecting it right now, there is absolutely one thing that’s certain – Qin Yu must still be somewhere not far from us," Emperor Yu deduced.
Xue Tianya’s eyes brightened.
Almost simultaneously, Xue Tianya and Emperor Yu both released their own ’domains’, and within a radius of hundreds of miles, the magma and ores all trembled, now thoroughly within the grasp of the two masters’ ’domains’.
"Buzz!"
The tiniest particles of magma were all destroyed and turned into void; even the hardest ore had to be shattered into nothingness.
If there had been an object transformed by the Qingyu Immortal Mansion among them, it definitely would not have shattered, not by detection, but by exclusion. With a flick of a Cultivation Technique, almost everything within hundreds of miles had vaporized, leaving only a very small ore.
"There is one." Emperor Yu flipped his hand, and an ore that had not been shattered hundreds of miles away shot over like lightning.
"Mine."
Xue Tianya almost simultaneously noticed this hard ore. He also released a claw-shaped Qi Force to grab the ore, and both energies seized the ore at the same time.
Both sides struggled for power.
"Boom!" Unable to withstand the tug-of-war of energy from both sides, the small ore particles exploded.
"So it really was a piece of sulfur stone," Emperor Yu sighed and laughed.
Xue Tianya also laughed self-deprecatingly.
A piece of sulfur stone—they had just thought it was transformed by the Qingyu Immortal Mansion. Everything that had just happened told them it couldn’t possibly be the Qingyu Immortal Mansion. How could the Qingyu Immortal Mansion of the great Immortal Emperor Ni Yang be so fragile?
"Xue Tianya, I take my leave," Emperor Yu said, bowing slightly.
Xue Tianya indifferently said, "Farewell."
Both turned into streaks of light and shot out from the ground. Although these two left the underground, neither left the Blue Snow Star. Both were convinced that Qin Yu was definitely hidden somewhere on the Blue Snow Star. These two supreme experts lingered on the Blue Snow Star, their Devil’s Consciousness and Immortal Consciousness continuously enveloping the Blue Snow Star without a moment’s rest.
The moment Qin Yu came out of the Qingyu Immortal Mansion, both of them would definitely detect it.
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Lava burst forth from the cracked surface and even shot directly into the rivers, eventually cooling into rocks, while a drop of magma transformed from Qin Yu’s Jiang Lan Realm also surged into a river.
With the flowing river water, the Jiang Lan Realm that Qin Yu had transformed into a common grain of sand settled at the riverbed.
The last time the Seventh Level Demon Emperor, ’White-haired Blood Demon’ Xue Yileng, discovered the Qingyu Immortal Mansion was because the air particles transformed by Qin Yu’s mansion had not burst or moved under the explosion of energy from Xue Yileng, leading to the discovery of the anomaly.
This time, Qin Yu allowed the Jiang Lan Realm to become like the magma, rushing out of the earth’s surface into the river. It wasn’t until a day later that Xue Tianya and Emperor Yu attacked and searched within hundreds of miles. By then, Qin Yu’s Jiang Lan Realm had long submerged into the river.
Within the first layer of the Jiang Lan Realm.
The endless land of the Jiang Lan Realm, due to the abundance of Primordial Spirit Qi, had many plants and flowers growing, filled with endless vitality.
And now, Qin Yu was standing on the grassland of the Jiang Lan Realm, looking out over the vast expanse of space.
Qin Yu knew that with the personalities of Xue Tianya and Emperor Yu, they definitely wouldn’t just leave simply like that; they would meticulously monitor from the outside. Moreover... Qin Yu could also sense strands of Immortal Consciousness and Devil’s Consciousness constantly flowing over the sand grain transformed by the Jiang Lan Realm.
The transformation ability of the Jiang Lan Realm truly was remarkable.
Even with Xue Tianya and Emperor Yu joining forces, they could not detect where the Jiang Lan Realm was exactly. Their Immortal Consciousness and Devil’s Consciousness had searched over the Jiang Lan Realm’s sand grain more than once, yet they still treated it as an ordinary grain of sand.
"I really wasn’t cautious enough," Qin Yu carefully recalled his actions over this period and couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile.
Eighth Level Immortal Emperor, Eighth Level Demon Emperor.
Two great powers watched from the outside, but Qin Yu wasn’t too concerned about that.
If he completely merged his Soul Power within the Meteor Tear and ceased using his internal energy, even Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya would absolutely fail to detect him.
"If I don’t utilize my internal energy, Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya won’t discover me, but if I leave the Jiang Lan Realm and leave Blue Snow Star, can I keep from using energy?" Qin Yu felt somewhat worried.
If he must leave the Jiang Lan Realm immediately.
Qin Yu must not use any energy at all; once he does, Emperor Yu and others would discover him.
"Even if I don’t use any energy, but when entering the Interstellar Transmission Array..." Emperor Yu and the others would be surprised to find the Transmission Array in operation, yet they wouldn’t be able to detect anyone’s presence inside. They would certainly be suspicious."
Qin Yu could imagine that scenario.
The Interstellar Transmission Array operates a transfer, yet no one inside?
This situation fundamentally defied logic. Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya, realizing this, would probably instantly move there. Even if he could transport himself out, Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya would likely directly order their men to ambush Qin Yu at the other end of the Array and then follow closely.
Thus, that too wouldn’t work.
"There’s another method, slightly more troublesome." Qin Yu thought through all the situations.
The method is: after Qin Yu leaves, he uses no energy, yet at some moment he suddenly performs a Great Teleportation to another planet! Even if Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya discovered it, how would they know where Qin Yu had gone?
While this method wasn’t bad, Qin Yu wanted to go to the Demon World—it required traveling through the Immortal Realm at the closest point. If he went through the Demon World instead, it would necessitate a lengthy detour.
From the Blue Bay Star Domain to the Immortal Realm, and then to the Demon World.
This Blue Snow Star is one of two major transit planets from the Blue Bay Star Domain to the Immortal Realm. After leaving, he could head to the other transit planet. But wouldn’t Emperor Yu and others think of this?
Probably Emperor Yu or Xue Tianya would be directly waiting for him at the other transit planet.
"What should I do? If I want to leave now, going through the transit planet to the Immortal Realm is just not feasible. Should I make a detour through the Demon World?" Qin Yu pondered in his heart, never even considering directly using Great Teleportation from the Blue Bay Star Domain to the Immortal Realm.
Between the two Star Domains was a vast distance with no celestial bodies, a stretch so vast it exceeded the length of a star system; although this cosmic space had no large planets, it contained some terrifyingly dangerous energies.
To continuously perform Great Teleportation forward—even Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya wouldn’t dare to do such a mad thing. Qin Yu subconsciously dismissed this option.
Now, only two safe paths lay before Qin Yu.
The first: after leaving, directly perform a Great Teleportation to another planet, then change his appearance and suppress his aura to head towards the Demon World, taking a lengthy detour to reach the Demon World afterward.
The second: wait—wait until Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya lose their patience, thinking Qin Yu had long ago left Blue Snow Star. Then Qin Yu could depart!
Which to choose?
"First, let’s solve the issue with the attack methods, and then consider which path to take," Qin Yu shook his head, temporarily setting aside the decision on which escape method to use.
First, to resolve the issue of attack methods during combat.
Attack methods!
Qin Yu’s weak point.
During battles with Yu Qingzi, Immortal Emperor Qian Qi, even when clashing with experts like Xue Yileng, Zhi Bai, and the Demon Emperor ’Xue Yi,’ Qin Yu always felt something was amiss with his Cultivation Technique.
Especially after watching Ao Wuming fight with Xue Yileng and Zhi Bai, and seeing Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya duel, Qin Yu was even more convinced that there was a problem with his attack methods.
Others’ attacks were powerful and contained extreme attack power.
What about himself?
It seemed he could only rely on speed, an almost indestructible body, risking his life to clash with the opponent head-on.
Yes, he possessed Divine Artifact Battle Clothes, had Life Essence Power; others found it hard to kill him. His Divine Sword Heaven Breaking could kill some First and Second Level Immortal Emperors.
But this method of attack, it merely utilized his own advantages in a simple manner. His attack method was still stuck in the mortal expert battles of the Hidden Dragon Continent, still entrenched in the clashes between Cultivators.
His method of attack was not a technique of a Golden Immortal, nor of an Immortal Emperor!
He was fundamentally solid, his soul was fortified by Meteor Tear, his body was almost indestructible, and he had the Divine Artifact Battle Clothes for defense, and Divine Sword Heaven Breaking for attack.
He had the strength, he had the weapons. It was just that his own attack power had not fully erupted.
Qin Yu felt an urge.
He wanted to create a set of cultivation techniques that belonged to him, suited to his conditions, a technique that could maximize his attack power, maximize his destructive force!
If his current attack power was 100, Qin Yu wanted, through creating the most suitable method of attack, to raise his attack power to a thousand, or even higher.
...
Within the Jiang Lan Realm, Qin Yu devoted himself to creating his own cultivation techniques.
Time passed...
Qin Yu reminisced about various scenes, especially the scenes where major experts dueled. The two most important battles were ’Xue Tianya and Emperor Yu combat’, and ’Ao Wuming, Xue Yileng, and Zhi Bai combat’.
Qin Yu kept recalling these great experts’ combat scenes; because of his sensitive Immortal Consciousness, although he didn’t completely see every technique of their battles, he still caught glimpses of some parts.
As he continued his research, sometimes Qin Yu was as excited as a child receiving a toy, sometimes he displayed the most simple smile as he understood a profound attack realm...
Qin Yu’s understanding of combat was improving at a stunning rate.
Qin Yu finally understood why so many experts wanted to watch Immortal Emperors attacking each other; the main reason was to perceive new realms from the Immortal Emperors’ attacks.
Qin Yu’s soul realm was high, but his soul realm was not perceived, nor was it gradually understood and improved over time, like other experts.
His soul realm was developed through continuous cultivation of the "Three Souls Nine Refinements" technique with the aid of ’Meteor Tear’, and his mastery of those Divine Power-inclusive Seal Techniques was a case of knowing the operations but not the principles. Such cultivation, although solid at the base, didn’t mean he had truly comprehended that level.
So even though Qin Yu’s soul realm had reached the Third Layer of the Earth Soul, the level of his attack techniques was very low, at best only at the level of a Heavenly Immortal.
Low level of attack techniques naturally meant low efficiency.
As he sparred with more and more people, Qin Yu naturally realized there was a problem with his method of attacking.
Qin Yu had a high soul realm, recalling scenes of experts battling, which in turn helped him understand various realms much faster... Hands-on understanding shaped his own method of attack as it gradually took form.
True experts always had attack methods that were most suitable for their own conditions.
As time passed, in the Jiang Lan Realm outside on the Blue Snow Star, Emperor Yu and Xue Tianya were closely monitoring, yet Qin Yu was immersed in the joy of truly understanding each realm.
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