Boom! Boom!
The nineteen beings from beyond gave not even the slightest pause, erupting with full force one after another. Their terrifying pressure swept across the heavens, obliterating everything in its path, unstoppable.
They knew that this unremarkable-looking middle-aged man before them was a formidable enemy who could not be underestimated.
"You regard the beings of this world as mere ants. But in the eyes of others, you yourselves are no different."
At this moment, the middle-aged man beside Ye Yunfei suddenly moved, striding forward step by step.
"Arrogant!
Sir, although your strength is extraordinary, you do not yet have the right to regard us as ants!"
The words of the middle-aged man enraged the nineteen beings. One with a hideous face and twin horns on his forehead, a demon, spoke coldly.
These nineteen beings had entered this realm feeling superior, viewing its inhabitants as insects they could play with, determining life or death on a whim, finding great pleasure in it.
They never expected to encounter an expert who would now view *them* as insects.
The middle-aged man merely smiled faintly and said nothing more.
In his eyes, these nineteen beings truly were ants.
He felt there was nothing more to say to such insects.
Suddenly.
Thump... Thump...
A series of rhythmic sounds rang out.
The crowd immediately followed the sound. They discovered that with every step the middle-aged man took, a kind of pulsating rhythm echoed between heaven and earth.
This sound struck against their hearts, each thump causing a sharp constriction within them.
Thump... Thump...
These indescribable, terrifying sounds continued with the middle-aged man's footsteps, as if the very laws of heaven and earth seemed to reverberate.
The nineteen beings from beyond realized, to their horror, that the rhythm of their own heartbeats had unconsciously synced with the man's footsteps.
"Nothing but smoke and mirrors! There's nothing to fear!"
Suddenly, a creature whose skin was entirely gray made a move, dashing forward like a gray lightning bolt.
"Die!"
In the blink of an eye, this gray creature closed in on the middle-aged man, swinging a huge gray hammer down like a falling gray mountain.
The middle-aged man neither dodged nor evaded. He simply extended his palm and slapped forward.
Boom!
The gray hammer seemed to be struck by a divine mountain, sent flying backwards.
*Pfft!*
The gray creature was annihilated by the man's palm.
An instant kill!
"You're next."
The middle-aged man's figure blurred, traversing space, and appeared directly in front of another creature. He extended a finger and tapped.
*Pfft!*
The creature's head exploded into pieces, transforming into a headless corpse in an instant.
"In my eyes, you truly are ants."
The middle-aged man spoke lightly, continuing forward, his pace never varying, that rhythmic footstep becoming increasingly terrifying.
"Everyone, be careful!
This man's strength is immense. Attack him together!"
The white-robed youth shouted.
Boom! Boom!
The remaining seventeen creatures unleashed attacks together. Waves of savage attacks tore through space, barreling towards the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man simply waved a hand forward. All the attacks shattered and vanished without a trace.
"Too strong!"
Everyone exclaimed in shock.
*Thump!*
The middle-aged man took a step and arrived before a creature.
"Not good!"
The creature screamed in terror. His heart throbbed with searing pain from the man's footsteps, almost on the verge of exploding. How could he even think of fighting? He retreated rapidly.
But the middle-aged man extended a finger, which grew to enormous size, spanning across the sky, easily catching up to the fleeing creature. *Pfft!* The creature was utterly obliterated, body and spirit extinguished.
From then on, with every step the middle-aged man took, he killed one person, sometimes with a fist, sometimes a palm, sometimes a finger.
His might was unstoppable!
It was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep!
"We are no match!
Run!"
In the end, four or five beings from beyond remained. They all turned to flee.
However, the middle-aged man's speed far surpassed theirs. With a single step, he caught up to one and killed it outright.
A moment later, all the creatures from beyond were dead, not a single one remained!
*Whoosh!*
The Blood Clan Clone immediately rushed out and began absorbing the flesh and blood remnants left by the twenty beings.
"Hu Miao, Elder Huang, go and collect the spoils."
Ye Yunfei instructed Hu Miao and Huang Shang.
*Swish! Swish!*
Hu Miao and Huang Shang appeared simultaneously, rushing out to collect the assets left by the twenty outsiders.
"I will return first. Staying within the Canghuang Realm causes me to endure constant rejection by the world's laws. It's not a pleasant feeling."
The middle-aged man came before Ye Yunfei and spoke.
"Those individuals possessed quite a few artifacts capable of shielding their perception from the world's laws. You can take them. That way, the time you can stay in this world will be greatly extended."
Ye Yunfei said.
The reason those twenty outsiders could move within the Canghuang Realm was not only due to them severing their own cultivation levels, but also because they all possessed various artifacts that shielded them from the world's law's detection.
"No need.
Returning is much more comfortable for me."
The middle-aged man replied.
"Very well."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
With the enemies from beyond all eliminated, the middle-aged man truly had no reason to remain in this world.
The middle-aged man's figure then flashed and vanished without a trace.
"This senior is unbelievably strong!
Ye Yunfei, what on earth is his origin?
How could someone this powerful exist within our Canghuang Realm?"
After the middle-aged man disappeared, Shangguan Han couldn't help but ask.
"All you need to know is that he does not belong to the Canghuang Realm."
Ye Yunfei said with a laugh.
"Master, here are the spoils."
Hu Miao and Huang Shang walked over, each carrying dozens of spatial rings to hand over to Ye Yunfei.
"Quite a good haul."
Ye Yunfei probed the spatial rings with his senses. He found them all filled with various cultivation resources and some rare treasures, which satisfied him.
*Whoosh...*
The Blood Clan Clone also returned to Ye Yunfei's side.
"Your strength has advanced significantly again."
Ye Yunfei sensed the aura of his Blood Clan Clone, feeling pleasantly surprised.
It had to be said, the flesh and blood of those twenty outsiders were exceptionally beneficial to the Blood Clan Clone.
The Blood Clan Clone could now easily slaughter Late-stage Dao Molding Realm experts.
In other words, Ye Yunfei, relying on this Blood Clan Clone alone, could subdue the entire Canghuang Realm!
"Once the Canghuang Realm is truly stabilized, it will be time for me to leave."
Ye Yunfei lifted his head and gazed into the sky, thinking to himself.
Ye Yunfei understood clearly in his heart: If he wanted to ascend to the position of Heavenly Emperor once more and take revenge on those other three Heavenly Emperors, he had to leave the Canghuang Realm!
In his past life, free of attachments, he had been directly taken by his master and left the Tianxuan Continent, arriving at a highly advanced core world, rising to prominence along the way and cultivating into an emperor.
But in this life, Ye Yunfei had many attachments.
His parents. His clan. His master and sect. Friends. And the woman he loved!
Therefore, in this life, Ye Yunfei could not simply make a clean and easy departure.
"Actually, protecting the people and places you care about is a form of spiritual tempering, one that can make your soul's journey more complete.
In my past life, during my Deity Transcendence Tribulation, I suddenly recalled everything about the Tianxuan Continent — my parents, my clan, Qing Luo, and more — feeling a profound regret. A trace of inner demon arose within my soul.
Through the vast, unending night, when I finally stood at the world's highest peak and suddenly looked back, I discovered that all the people I once cared for were gone. Soul-searing loneliness. The summit is unbearably cold!
In this life, I have chosen to protect everyone I care about, to have them accompany me every step of the way on this path of cultivation.
Only then, when I face the Deity Transcendence Tribulation once more, will I not again give rise to an inner demon."
Ye Yunfei drew a deep breath and spoke.