"That's correct. Since you'll inevitably clash with the Dark Faction sooner or later, consider this a preliminary drill."
Yandi's voice stated.
"I will inevitably clash with the Dark Faction?"
Ye Yunfei simply couldn't comprehend Yandi's words.
Was he destined to have a grievance with the Dark Faction in the future?
"Not just you. Every formidable power within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds will eventually have to confront the Dark Faction. It's fate, an inescapable destiny. I know you are full of questions, but when you reach that stage, you will understand everything. Knowing too much too early holds no benefit for you."
Yandi explained.
"Very well. But my strength is so feeble right now. How could I possibly be of any help to you?"
Ye Yunfei asked.
"I possess a secret art that can restore your Heavenly Emperor Remnant Soul to its peak state for a short time. Furthermore, I can constrain star power and infuse it into your body, allowing your physical form to temporarily possess emperor-level energy. The quality of your physique is robust; it should withstand the strain."
Yandi said.
"You wish to understand the World-Destroying War, do you not? You can view this battle as a continuation of that war."
Yandi added.
"What? Could it be the World-Destroying War is related to the Dark Faction?"
Hearing this, Ye Yunfei was greatly shocked, his mind instantly making many connections.
In his previous life, Ye Yunfei had specifically investigated the World-Destroying War. Although he had failed to uncover the full truth in the end, he had captured certain fragmented clues. Hearing Yandi's words now, he immediately began formulating several hypotheses.
"In that case, Senior, I will fight alongside you!"
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Hahaha... Young man, you are truly straightforward!"
Yandi laughed heartily.
The next moment, a mighty energy spanned the void and pulled Ye Yunfei's body into a spatial tunnel.
"Kid, what's happened to you!"
Xuanlong Daozhang was alarmed.
"Senior, do not worry. I am fine."
Ye Yunfei replied, vanishing from sight in the next instant.
"Let's go!"
In the distance, the World Fusion Realm experts of Tianxiong Domain each secretly led their people away.
Now that Cai Feng was in Xuanlong Daozhang's hands, they no longer held any cards to use against him. Moreover, having just used Cai Feng to threaten him, they understood Xuanlong Daozhang would not let them off easily.
"Just wait. I will come knocking on each of your doors to settle the score sooner or later."
Xuanlong Daozhang snorted coldly, watching those departing experts.
"Xuanlong Daozhang, you may be formidable, but do you intend to become enemies with the entire Tianxiong Domain?"
A voice drifted back to him.
"So what if I become enemies with the entire Tianxiong Domain? Moreover, do you lot represent the entire Tianxiong Domain?"
Xuanlong Daozhang retorted coldly.
Then, Xuanlong Daozhang picked up Cai Feng, who remained unconscious, took a single step, and directly disappeared.
The Purple Subtlety Sect ruins returned to their usual tranquility.
By this time, Ye Yunfei had already arrived before Guyin Valley.
It was a world shrouded in thick black mist. Looking inside revealed nothing at all.
"Yandi, if it were your true form that came, I might have some respect for you. But a mere clone of yours? I fear it not. I advise you not to stir trouble here!"
A sinister voice issued from within the valley, a voice that seemed to emanate from the ninth nether, sending chills down one's spine.
"Oh? Even if it is just a clone of mine, it is sufficient to level this place."
Yandi, standing tall and firm with divine radiance shimmering from his entire being, his hair cascading over his shoulders, his majestic demeanor intimidating and his divine martial aura unsurpassed, stated clearly.
Ye Yunfei saw that the area for several thousand miles around Guyin Valley had been completely reduced to ruins. It was evident that the two mighty powers had already engaged in fierce battle, causing immense destruction to the land.
Fortunately, the area several thousand miles around Guyin Valley was desolate mountains and wilderness, with almost no life residing there. No one dared to dwell too close to the ill-reputed Guyin Valley.
"Overestimating your own strength. Who cannot boast?"
The sinister voice remarked.
"Let's go."
Yandi grabbed Ye Yunfei's shoulder and soared into the sky with him.
"Leaving? Heh heh... Yandi, I actually thought you dared to charge in. Turns out you leave like a turtle retracting into its shell."
The sinister voice rose again, dripping with sarcasm.
"Rest assured. Before I brought you here, I have thoroughly sealed and concealed your appearance and Soul Body aura. From this moment on, no one will recognize your true identity."
By now, Yandi had taken Ye Yunfei far from the continent and whispered this to him.
"Thank you, Senior, for considering matters so thoroughly for me."
Ye Yunfei said gratefully. He understood Yandi was trying to prevent this incident from bringing him future troubles.
The next moment, Yandi took Ye Yunfei into a cosmos glittering with starlight.
"Chaos energies, be bestowed upon this body!"
Yandi began to wield a great magic, his hands tracing an arcane trajectory in continuous motions, as if drawing one circle after another.
The entire sky began to tremble along with Yandi's hands.
Boom...
Suddenly, a vast rift tore open above Ye Yunfei's head. Inside, it was pitch black. There was no telling where the other end of this rift led.
Whoooosh...
Then, boundless, profound energies of chaos came pouring forth from the rift, cascading into Ye Yunfei's soul sea.
"Use your Heavenly Emperor Remnant Soul to absorb these energies!"
Yandi commanded softly.
Ye Yunfei willed it. His Heavenly Emperor Remnant Soul manifested and began voraciously devouring the chaos energies flooding his soul sea.
As it absorbed these energies, the remnant soul began continuously growing stronger.
"Cosmic star energy, be bestowed upon this body!"
Yandi again performed great magic, gesturing with his hands. Immediately, rolling cosmic star energy was drawn continuously from the surrounding starry void. It transformed into raging, monstrous waves, converging upon Ye Yunfei's body in an endless stream.
In the blink of an eye, the entire galaxy dimmed.
"Plundering the energy of an entire galaxy, making it his own! Formidable means!"
Witnessing this, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
Indeed, Ye Yunfei also possessed such grand magic of seizing the great creation of heaven and earth for oneself. Alas, his current cultivation realm was too low, his strength too weak, to perform it.
Rumble rumble...
As more and more star energy poured into Ye Yunfei's body, his physique began to gradually expand. His strength was increasing at a startling rate.
"We cannot drain the energy of this galaxy. Let's change location."
Moments later, Yandi frowned and spoke.
Then he took Ye Yunfei away, appearing in another part of the starry void. He performed the same means, summoning chaos energies to replenish the Heavenly Emperor Remnant Soul, and drawing star energy to boost Ye Yunfei's spiritual power.
Boom... Boom...
Suddenly, Ye Yunfei's eight divine meridians simultaneously manifested within him, like eight long, mighty rivers coursing grandly.
"Chaos Divine Meridians! Excellent!"
Yandi examined them and nodded in praise.
Thus, Yandi took Ye Yunfei to several dozen different starry voids in succession, each belonging to a different world.
For a Heavenly Emperor, traveling between different worlds was exceptionally simple.
"Though this is merely a clone of Yandi, its power and the sophistication of his techniques are truly astounding. The Heavenly Emperors of antiquity were likely all this mighty."
Ye Yunfei also marvelled inwardly.
Ye Yunfei acknowledged that back in his previous life when he was a Heavenly Emperor, any clone he separated from his main body would surely be inferior to Yandi's current clone!
Finally, Ye Yunfei's strength had reached a terrifying height. He could independently wield magic to seize the great creation of heaven and earth, attracting the refined essence of chaos and the power of stars to channel into himself.
"This young man is truly unusual. Our faction may potentially gain another expert capable of holding his own independently in the future. Only... the things that have happened to him are exceedingly marvelous. Even with my insight, I cannot explain it clearly."
Yandi, standing to the side, secretly nodded.
"Boundless cosmic star energy, bestow upon my body!"
Suddenly, Yandi began to perform magic, drawing immense star power into his own form. He intended to strengthen the combat power of this clone!
"This is the power of a Heavenly Emperor! So mighty... Such a familiar sensation!"
At last, Ye Yunfei discovered he already possessed Heavenly Emperor-level energy. Not just his physical body, but even the Heavenly Emperor Remnant Soul within his soul sea had grown as powerful as a Heavenly Emperor's true Soul Body! This sensation of immense power filled Ye Yunfei with unparalleled exhilaration!
Now, with every movement of his hands and feet, Ye Yunfei could shatter heaven and earth!
"Your current state cannot last. Two hours at most! But two hours are sufficient for us to accomplish many things!"
Sensing the energy within Ye Yunfei, Yandi nodded.
"Let's go. First, we return to level Guyin Valley!"
Yandi said to Ye Yunfei.
"Excellent!"
After attaining Heavenly Emperor-level energy, Ye Yunfei's fighting spirit was also boiling.
The two figures simultaneously took a step and vanished.
The next moment, they reappeared before Guyin Valley.
"Yandi, why have you returned? Is your spirit not yet broken?!"
The sinister voice within Guyin Valley roared furiously.
"I said I would flatten this place. Did you think I was joking?"
Yandi said coldly.
"Come, let's charge in!"
Yandi told Ye Yunfei.
Whooosh...
Rolling scarlet flames suddenly erupted from Yandi's body, setting the sky ablaze in red. Terrific burning energy caused the surrounding space to warp incessantly.
Yandi then stepped toward Guyin Valley. Wherever he tread, the thick black mist recoiled continuously, like snow and ice before the sun.
"Yandi, you truly think I fear you? Fine! Today, we'll fight properly!"
The sinister voice within Guyin Valley roared.
"Then fight we shall."
Yandi answered clearly, pressing a palm toward the interior of the valley. His enormous hand blotted the sky. His palm erupted with endless light and fire, blazing fiercely as it broke through the valley's black mist, as if igniting the entire gorge.
Boom...
A jet-black fist shot out from within Guyin Valley. Twisting around the fist were strands of black Daoist Rule chains, dancing wildly like venomous serpents.
"Look! Yandi truly charges into Guyin Valley! Indeed, an existence on par with a Heavenly Emperor hides within Guyin Valley! This is too terrifying! Thank goodness I never ventured into Guyin Valley before, otherwise I would have been long dead!"
By this time, numerous powerful experts from the Feixian Continent had already arrived nearby. Witnessing Yandi, bathed in a sea of red fire, charge into Guyin Valley, they were shocked to their very core.
"Leave this to me!"
Standing outside the valley, Ye Yunfei roared. His body rapidly enlarged, and in a single step, he charged into the valley, throwing a fist toward that jet-black fist. Though Ye Yunfei moved later, his attack arrived first, colliding with the black fist.
Nine gigantic golden suns simultaneously materialized, swirling around Ye Yunfei's fist with unrivaled martial ferocity. Their vibration caused the myriad stars up in the firmament to tremble and shiver.
"Excellent!"
Yandi couldn't help but praise.
Ye Yunfei's punch, though seemingly simple, contained an extremely profound combat technique, vast experience, fearsome fighting will, and the essence of countless fist arts under heaven. There was the hallmark of 'great skill appearing clumsy'!
"How can this be! Yandi, where have you found another Heavenly Emperor!"
From the depths of Guyin Valley, the sinister voice was both shocked and furious. The moment Ye Yunfei made his move, he realized Ye Yunfei was also a Heavenly Emperor!
"What? Another Heavenly Emperor?!"
"Two Heavenly Emperors have come here?"
Living beings in the vicinity, hearing this, were thoroughly shocked.