"Commander Liu, have the Qingyun Grand Army continue to garrison the headquarters in the coming days. Intensify their training, especially in battle formations, and do not slacken in their practice," Ye Yunfei said to Liu Deming.
"Understood, Palace Lord Ye," Liu Deming promptly replied, then turned to relay Ye Yunfei's orders.
"Uncle, when are you free? I'll take you to the other half of the universe to find some really useful treasures for you," the little girl appeared before Ye Yunfei and said.
"Alright, we'll go in a couple of days," Ye Yunfei nodded. Finding more cultivation resources was always a good thing.
"However, another great calamity for the Canghuang Realm is approaching. This one is likely to be even more terrifying!" Ye Yunfei looked up towards the depths of the starry sky and sighed softly in his heart.
At this moment, all living beings across the Canghuang Realm heaved a collective sigh of relief. Everywhere, scenes of jubilation spread. Especially in the star seas that had once been occupied, countless displaced beings returned to their homes to begin reconstruction. The entire universe felt vibrant and teeming with life.
Meanwhile, beyond the Realm Barrier of the Canghuang Realm.
*Boom!...*
At a certain location, a tremendous rumbling suddenly rang out, and the space trembled violently.
"Excellent! We've finally breached the Realm Barrier!" over a dozen beings cheered in unison.
"Although this Canghuang Realm's level is low, its Realm Barrier is incredibly tough. We've been working on it for so long, and only now have we managed to carve out a Space-Time Channel," one of them sighed.
"The composition of a World Protecting City is extremely complex. It is said that all worlds within our Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds have existed since the primordial era, before Pangu split the heavens and the earth, when the laws of time and space first came into being. Every world, regardless of its level, has undergone unimaginably long epochs, and thus its World Protecting City is naturally extremely solid. Unless one is a true pinnacle expert from the Primordial Continent, one lacks the means to shatter a World Protecting City. Minor figures like us can only rely on external forces to barely open a breach," another being said.
"Indeed. Moreover, the breach we've opened has many restrictions. Within a certain timeframe, only three individuals can pass through at most, otherwise the breach's stability will be affected. It will also slowly repair itself and has a time limit. Therefore, once inside the Canghuang Realm, you must find the Heavenly Dao Tower quickly and then exit promptly. If you miss the closing of the breach, you'll be in trouble. Now, let's decide who goes in," yet another being spoke.
A moment later, after some discussion among these dozen or so beings, three were finally chosen to enter the Canghuang Realm.
"Let's hurry," one of them said.
"Remember, your target for this operation is the Heavenly Dao Tower! Find it swiftly and bring it back. Also, before departing, perform Self-Severing Realm on yourselves. With your current cultivation, entering the Canghuang Realm would cause immediate expulsion," a short, elderly man with thinning hair who seemed to be the leader instructed.
"Understood," the three selected beings immediately sat down cross-legged and began the Self-Severing Realm process.
Each swallowed a pitch-black pill. This pill was extraordinarily potent, capable of forcibly suppressing their cultivation realms!
*Puff... Puff...*
Soon after ingesting the black pills, streams of energy continuously leaked from their bodies, as if they were deflating.
Moments later, their cultivation realms had plummeted drastically!
"Good, now begin your mission," the elderly man with thinning hair ordered.
The three beings stood up and stepped into the breach that had been opened in the Realm Barrier.
*Boom!...*
As soon as they entered the breach, terrifying quantities of Space-Time forces surged towards them like stormy waves.
"Quickly, deploy your artifacts!" those standing outside the Realm Barrier urgently reminded them.
*Boom! Boom! Boom!*
The three beings within the breach each activated artifacts, unleashing torrents of energy to resist the Space-Time forces.
These artifacts had been specially prepared for this journey beforehand! Finally, protected by their artifacts, the three beings began to advance step by step into the depths of the breach.
At the same time, at several other locations beyond the Realm Barrier.
*Boom!...*
At a number of points, other sections of the Realm Barrier were breached, and beings entered the Canghuang Realm through these newly-opened gaps.
Within the Xuanhuang Star Domain, Sacred Domain, inside Ancient Beast Realm.
On a mountain peak, a middle-aged man sat cross-legged in quiet meditation.
"The Canghuang Realm's Realm Barrier has been breached! Beings from the outside world are entering!" At a certain moment, the man suddenly opened his eyes. His sharp gaze fixed on the distant sky as he spoke gravely.
"I hope Ye Yunfei remains unharmed," the middle-aged man murmured softly.
Canghuang Realm, Changle Star Sea, inside the Tianzang Ancient Tomb.
Inside a massive burial mound lay a giant corpse.
"So, beings from beyond this world have dared to intrude. Could they be seeking me? Heh heh... No matter who it is, anyone who comes looking for me is guaranteed a one-way trip with no return," suddenly, an eerie voice issued from within the skull of the corpse.
Trial Ancient Land, within a yet-undiscovered Small World.
"Beings from outside have entered the Canghuang Realm. What is their purpose?" Within a certain valley inside this Small World stood several thatched huts, a few plots of vegetable gardens, and in the distance, a lake. An ordinary-looking elderly man was fishing by the lake's edge when he suddenly frowned slightly. Looking far beyond space and time, he spoke aloud.
As beings from the outside world entered the Canghuang Realm, several reclusive powerhouses took notice. These powerhouses normally paid absolutely no attention to any affairs within the Canghuang Realm, but the sudden intrusion of external entities was a significant event, shocking them into awareness.
Deep in the starry sky of the Canghuang Realm, at a certain location.
*Boom!...*
Suddenly, this region of space began to shake violently.
*Crack! Crack!...*
For unknown reasons, numerous dark space cracks appeared within the starry void, as if massive fissures had formed across a smooth mirror.
*Boom!...*
Blazing beams of Space-Time lightning continuously manifested. Torrents of chaotic energy churned wildly, and endless fragments of space-time howled and roared.
The scene was utterly terrifying, akin to the end of the world.
This spectacle lasted for a full hour.
Then, at a certain moment.
*Boom!...*
That region of space suddenly exploded and split open, forming a Space-Time Channel that was pitch-black, like a giant monster's gaping maw.
Following that, three beings shrouded in terrifying auras stepped out from within that Space-Time Channel.
"We've finally made it across. This breach in the Realm Barrier is truly dreadful. Good thing we brought artifacts to resist Space-Time forces, otherwise, we would never have made it," one of the beings sighed.