After breaking through to the pinnacle of the Tribulation Birth Realm, Ye Yunfei returned to the Longevity Palace headquarters.
"We still haven't found any clues related to the Demon Ancestor," the Longevity Palace Master said, shaking his head as soon as he saw Ye Yunfei.
"For the past half month or so, I've deployed all of the Longevity Palace and Eastern Wasteland Army scouts, and even dispatched a group of Mind Star Realm experts personally leading troops to search throughout the entire Primordial Continent for any sign of the Demon Ancestor's whereabouts. So far, there's been no harvest," the Longevity Palace Master added.
The other high-ranking members of the Eastern Wasteland Army and Longevity Palace remained silent.
"What about the Heavenly God Palace Master? Any news?" Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before asking.
"From what I know, the Heavenly God Palace Master also has no news for the time being," the Longevity Palace Master said, shaking his head again. "During this period, the Heavenly God Palace has dispatched many troops looking everywhere for him, but they haven't found him either."
"So it seems both of them have disappeared," Ye Yunfei murmured to himself, a frown creasing his brow. "What on earth happened? Could it be that both of them have departed from the Primordial Continent, entering the external chaotic void?"
Ye Yunfei secretly pondered this, considering several possible outcomes.
First, perhaps both powerful experts had departed the Primordial Continent, traveling to the outer chaotic void to fight, given their ability as Star-glancing Realm experts.
Second, perhaps both supreme experts were severely wounded, each finding a safe place to quietly recover from their injuries.
Third, perhaps both supreme experts had perished! This third possibility was the worst outcome.
"Let me go look again," Ye Yunfei said.
He left the Longevity Palace headquarters, soared into the air, and headed deep into the heavens.
Before long, Ye Yunfei returned to the depths of the heavens, searching everywhere.
Within the cold, desolate expanse of the starry sky, dead stars hung suspended one after another, appearing desolate and frigid, cold and barren.
The tempo-spatial structure of the Primordial Continent differed from that of the Canghuang Realm. The main body of the Canghuang Realm consisted of a vast stretch of starry space, dotted with numerous life-sustaining planets, each inhabited by countless living beings. However, the main body of the Primordial Continent was itself a vast continent. Although there was a starry sky above, most of the stars within it were dead, with hardly any living beings residing on them. In summary, the Canghuang Realm was a starry-type world, while the Primordial Continent was a continent-type world.
In the Three Thousand Greater Worlds, both starry-type and continent-type worlds widely existed. For instance, the Tianxuan Continent was a continent-type world, but of course its grade was far, far inferior to the Primordial Continent's; one was a Small World, the other a high-level world.
Ye Yunfei traversed the cold, barren skies, arriving at a location where chaotic energies wildly tore at time and space.
In this location, two different terrifying energies were locked in a fierce clash, battling with intense ferocity. These two distinct energies were those left behind by the Demon Ancestor and the Heavenly God Palace Master; the two supreme experts had once fought here.
"Time Retrospective Art!"
Standing amidst the starry expanse, Ye Yunfei activated a Temporal Secret Art that delved into the past.
Half a month ago, with his body injured and life force severely depleted, Ye Yunfei had been unable to use this art. Now, having fully recovered, he could utilize it normally. This Temporal Secret Art could trace events that had occurred in a specific place in the past, using the laws of time to allow these past events to reappear. Of course, this reappearance was merely a simulation, not a true art of reversing the flow of time. To truly reverse time and make it flow backwards would be far too difficult!
Moments later, a series of scenes began to appear before Ye Yunfei.
Within these scenes, two terrifying, sky-shaking figures were engaged in fierce combat — they were precisely the Demon Ancestor and the Heavenly God Palace Master.
It had to be admitted, Star-glancing Realm experts were indeed formidable. The energies released casually by the movements of these two supreme experts were extremely terrifying, capable of shattering time and space with ease, destroying everything.
As the two supreme experts fought, several nearby dead stars were instantly annihilated, akin to massive fireworks blooming.
After observing for a while, Ye Yunfei saw that the battle had shifted once more to another location.
Next, Ye Yunfei continued tracing every location where the two supreme experts had fought, repeatedly deploying the Time Retrospective Art in an attempt to discern their whereabouts.
Finally, Ye Yunfei tracked them to the depths of the heavens, arriving in a barren, desolate expanse of the starry sky. This location was extremely remote and isolated, dotted with stars of massive size.
The two supreme experts had once fought here, destroying a portion of the stars in the vicinity. Debris of shattered planets and chaotic remnants of combat energy were scattered everywhere. This was the site of their final battle — their final battlefield.
Ye Yunfei activated the Time Retrospective Art again, watching the combat between the two supreme experts once more.
After fighting here for roughly two hours, both experts suddenly vanished, disappearing without a trace.
Afterwards, Ye Yunfei exhausted every means of tracking at his disposal but failed to determine where the two supreme experts had gone.
Having searched the heavens for nearly a week, Ye Yunfei returned to Central Divine Land.
"There are some scores to settle," Ye Yunfei said upon returning to the Longevity Palace headquarters, gathering all the high-ranking members of the Eastern Wasteland Army and Longevity Palace in the conference hall. "First, the Corpse World!"
"Good!" Hearing this, the morale of the Eastern Wasteland Army and Longevity Palace high-ranking members lifted.
In fact, everyone understood that Ye Yunfei would undoubtedly seek retribution against those major factions! Thus, over the past month or so, they had rested and recuperated while awaiting Ye Yunfei's orders. Now, action was finally beginning.
"Chief Proprietor Lü, we shall destroy the Corpse World now and avenge Miss Lü," Ye Yunfei said to Lü Yugang.
Lü Yugang had led his Four Directions Trading Company troops, staying with the Eastern Wasteland Army ever since and had not yet returned to Eastern Barrens.
"Alright! Dandan, your father will avenge you!" Lü Yugang said, gazing into the distant void.
He remained immersed in grief until now. Lü Dandan had always been the apple of his eye, cherished and doted upon. He could hardly accept that something had happened to her.
"Move out!" Ye Yunfei waved his hand and led a grand army composed of the Eastern Wasteland Army and Longevity Palace forces towards the direction of the Corpse World headquarters.
"Maintain as low a profile as possible before reaching the Corpse World headquarters, to prevent their members from catching wind and escaping," Ye Yunfei ordered. "This time, I aim to completely annihilate the Corpse World!"
Thus, the order was relayed layer by layer, and everyone maintained utmost discretion.
Finally, they arrived before the Corpse World headquarters.
"Surround it! Let none escape!" Ye Yunfei looked coldly at the entrance/exit ahead of the Corpse World.
With a clamor, the army following behind Ye Yunfei surged forward, tightly encircling the entrance/exit of the Corpse World, leaving no gaps.
"Major trouble! World Master, Ye Yunfei has returned! He's brought an army!"
Within the Corpse World, an attendant scrambled and stumbled, rushing anxiously to the door of the secluded chamber where the World Master was in closed-door cultivation, his cry filled with panic.