One day later.
Ye Yunfei emerged from the ground and stood atop a mountain peak, gazing at a city in the distance.
"Is Tianli City ahead?" he summoned the middle-aged man in black from the Phantom Tower and asked.
The middle-aged man identified it and replied, "Yes, ahead is Tianli City. The branch stronghold of the Heavenly God Palace is in the western part of the city, called Heavenly God Hall. It's very easy to find."
"Good, let's enter the city," Ye Yunfei nodded.
Thus, Ye Yunfei activated Qianji Transformation to alter his appearance and Soul Power aura before walking into Tianli City.
The city was completely open, free for anyone to enter and leave without any inspections.
Sure enough, upon reaching the western side of the city, Ye Yunfei discovered a compound within the city, its gate engraved with three golden characters: Heavenly God Hall.
Looking inside, he saw rows upon rows of pavilions and towers covering a vast area. Moreover, numerous formations enveloped the place, their energy surging and the atmosphere striking. Large groups of individuals with sharp, fierce auras guarded the perimeter, maintaining tight security.
"There are indeed traces of Qingyun Palace members inside!" Ye Yunfei extended his Soul Power to sense within and couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
Currently, rescuing the Qingyun Palace members was of utmost importance to Ye Yunfei.
"Heavenly God Palace restricted area! Unauthorized personnel, stay away—get lost!" While Ye Yunfei was observing, several gate guards approached, shouting ferociously.
The Heavenly God Palace was a superpower of the Primordial Continent. Even ordinary disciples, or even a lowly gatekeeper, exhibited a superior, condescending attitude when dealing with others. After all, no one dared to provoke the Heavenly God Palace.
"I've already locked onto the location where the Qingyun Palace members are detained. I might as well charge straight in, rescuing them with the swiftness of lightning," Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
Ye Yunfei knew that this branch stronghold of the Heavenly God Palace must have experts stationed within. However, with his own strength and various hidden cards, as long as he didn't encounter the top-tier experts of the Primordial Continent, escaping unscathed wouldn't be difficult.
Having made up his mind, Ye Yunfei hesitated no longer and directly unleashed his Heavenly Soul Sword.
"Ahh..." Almost simultaneously, dozens of gate guards let out miserable screams, their bodies flung backward one after another, collapsing dead.
Most of these guards were at the Body Aperture or Stellar Gathering Realms, utterly incapable of withstanding the attack of the Heavenly Soul Sword.
At the same time, Ye Yunfei's figure surged toward the main gate.
Rumble…
Just as Ye Yunfei arrived at the entrance, five defensive formations materialized simultaneously, erupting with torrents of formation energy.
However, Ye Yunfei had long noticed these five formations and studied them briefly.
Whoosh…
Ye Yunfei activated his Spatial Teleportation technique, moving incredibly fast. In an instant, he traversed the five formations and rushed into the branch stronghold of the Heavenly God Palace.
"Someone killed the gate guards and barged in!" By now, someone realized something was amiss and shouted loudly.
"What? Someone actually dares to kill members of our Heavenly God Palace and force their way into a branch stronghold?"
"Who's so bold!"
"No matter who it is, capture them first! We cannot let this go easily—how dare they provoke our Heavenly God Palace!"
…
The entire branch stronghold stirred into commotion, sharp figures continuously rushing out from various locations, shouting in agitation.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei had already arrived at the entrance to an underground palace.
The members of Qingyun Palace who had been captured were imprisoned within this underground palace!
As a major power, typically no one would dare force their way into a branch stronghold of the Heavenly God Palace. Moreover, in the Heavenly God Palace's view, these Qingyun Palace members were captured from a low-level world—weak as ants, insignificant and unworthy of attention. Hence, they were casually imprisoned in an underground palace.
Thus, only a few individuals at the Truth Dao Realm guarded this underground palace.
"Who are you!" a dozen men rushed out from the underground palace, having heard the commotion outside and come to investigate. Seeing Ye Yunfei standing at the palace entrance, they were startled.
Swish!
A flash of red light, as Ye Yunfei's Blood Clan clone charged forward, directly activating the boundless sea of blood secret technique, releasing a vast cloud of blood mist that engulfed the dozen men.
"Ahh…" The men panicked as the blood within their bodies began boiling furiously, then ruptured their blood vessels, bursting out through their skin.
Within mere breaths, these men transformed into over a dozen skeleton-like desiccated corpses, nothing but skin and bones.
Meanwhile, Ye Yunfei had long since rushed into the underground palace.
At the entrance were several formations of considerable power, but to Ye Yunfei, they might as well have been nonexistent.
The underground palace spanned a vast area, filled with thousands of iron cages.
Each iron cage held one or several prisoners.
Besides these cages, numerous iron stakes lined the area, many prisoners bound with chains, their bodies covered in horrifying whip marks, flesh torn and wounds gaping.
Ye Yunfei swept his gaze across as he rushed in, searching for Qingyun Palace members.
Simultaneously, the prisoners held in this underground palace, noticing a stranger forcing entry, all focused their attention on Ye Yunfei.
"Palace Master Ye!" The next instant, cries of disbelief echoed throughout the underground palace.
At least over two hundred Qingyun Palace members were imprisoned here. They stared at Ye Yunfei, wondering if they were dreaming.
These Qingyun Palace members knew they had been captured to another world, no longer in the Canghuang Realm. Long consumed by despair, they never dared imagine that someone would come to rescue them in this strange world.
Yet now, they suddenly saw Ye Yunfei descend like a divine soldier right before their eyes.
"Dugu Huan, Du Fan, the three bandits, seven stewards—everyone captured is here. Wonderful," Ye Yunfei scanned the area, finding all the abducted Qingyun Palace members present.
"Fortunately, I arrived promptly and found everyone," Ye Yunfei sighed deeply in relief, a smile spreading across his face.
"Hello everyone, you've endured hardships," Ye Yunfei said warmly.
"It really is Palace Master Ye!"
"Palace Master Ye actually came to this world—he's here to save us!"
Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, those from Qingyun Palace finally confirmed that Palace Master Ye had indeed come to rescue them, tears of joy streaming down their faces.
Pointing a finger, Ye Yunfei summoned the Profound Magnetic Mountain, which shot out swift as lightning, smashing toward the iron cages.
Bang bang…
Cage after cage shattered.
These cages were all forged from thousand-year Cold Iron, incredibly durable. Yet before the Profound Magnetic Mountain, they proved fragile.
Qingyun Palace members poured out of the cages, rushing to Ye Yunfei's side.
In under two breaths, over three hundred Qingyun Palace members were freed from their cages.
These members bore injuries, and their cultivation had been sealed. Ye Yunfei produced a batch of elixirs for them to consume and personally helped remove their seals.