At this moment.
Inside a secluded chamber within Tianying Hall.
“Finally refined the Heavenly Shadow Robe.”
Ye Yunfei waved a hand, and the Heavenly Shadow Robe flew over, landing on his body before immediately merging into his form.
The Heavenly Shadow Robe had three functions. The first was acceleration—it could increase his speed by at least tenfold!
The second was concealment—it allowed him to vanish into space, making it impossible for others to trace his form.
The third was that when a cultivator of the Sky-Shadow Heart Technique activated the robe during battle, it could boost their combat power, unleashing even greater energy.
“Let’s give it a try.”
Ye Yunfei muttered to himself.
The next moment.
Ye Yunfei disappeared from the chamber, without a trace.
Then.
Ye Yunfei’s figure reappeared within the chamber.
“Indeed, it allows me to vanish into space.”
Ye Yunfei nodded in satisfaction.
“The Heavenly Shadow Bow.”
Ye Yunfei waved his hand, and the Heavenly Shadow Bow flew out, hovering before him.
Then.
Ye Yunfei began refining the Heavenly Shadow Bow.
Approximately half an hour later, the bow was successfully refined.
“The Heavenly Shadow Bow possesses laws of space and time. It uses spiritual energy as its arrows. Once fired, they are extremely difficult to dodge.
Moreover, the higher one’s cultivation realm, the greater the power this bow can unleash.
For my current stage, it counts as a rather practical treasure.”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Finally, Ye Yunfei retrieved the Phantom Tower and began refining it.
Half an hour later, refinement succeeded.
The Phantom Tower possessed a small spatial realm within it, an area spanning nearly a hundred kilometers.
The Phantom Tower had two special properties. First, it could transform, growing larger or smaller.
At its smallest, it could become a grain of sand and conceal its aura, making it very hard to find.
Second, it contained a highly profound time attribute—the flow of time inside the tower was a hundred times faster than the outside world.
In other words, one day outside equaled a hundred days inside the tower.
“In the future, I can cultivate inside the Phantom Tower.
No need to worry about insufficient time.”
Ye Yunfei chuckled.
“These three secret treasures actually aren’t the best artifacts of the Sky-Shadow Race.
Still, for my current stage, they are three rather helpful items.
As for the best treasures of the Sky-Shadow Race, Tianying Wang would definitely want to keep those for his clan's youths; he wouldn't be willing to give them to me.”
Ye Yunfei smiled faintly.
For this trip into the Sky-Shadow Small World, obtaining these three secret treasures was quite satisfactory for Ye Yunfei.
Finally.
Ye Yunfei retrieved the space ring that Tianying Wang had given him.
“This space ring was an extra gift from Tianying Wang. Let’s see what’s inside.”
Ye Yunfei gave a light smile and swept his hand.
A pile of items was retrieved from the space ring, hovering before Ye Yunfei.
“Soul Stones!”
Gazing at the over a thousand pitch-black stones, Ye Yunfei couldn’t help but feel overjoyed.
Soul Stones were a valuable treasure, containing rich Soul Power energy.
Martial artists could use secret methods to absorb the Soul Power energy within the stones to nourish their Soul Bodies.
During the process of reincarnation and rebirth, Ye Yunfei’s Soul Body had suffered immense damage, leaving only a strand of his heavenly emperor Soul Power behind. It urgently needed recovery.
Thus, Soul Stones were extremely precious to Ye Yunfei.
Besides Soul Stones, there were many other treasures of various types—likely a small portion of the Sky-Shadow Race’s accumulated wealth, gifted to Ye Yunfei.
The combined value of these treasures was not insignificant.
“It seems Tianying Wang wants to establish a good relationship with me.
Well then, if the opportunity arises in the future, I can lend a hand to help the Sky-Shadow Race.”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
“First, refine these Soul Stones.”
Ye Yunfei stored the other treasures back into the space ring and then entered the Phantom Tower with the over one thousand Soul Stones.
The interior of the Phantom Tower was like a small piece of land, containing various structures—pavilions, towers, halls…everything one could need.
“Quite a nice place for seclusion.”
Ye Yunfei smiled slightly, then sat cross-legged. Over a thousand Soul Stones hovered around his body.
*Whoosh…*
Ye Yunfei formed hand seals and performed a secret technique. Immediately, the Soul Power energy contained within the surrounding Soul Stones was drawn out, flowing continuously towards Ye Yunfei’s head, ultimately being absorbed into his soul sea.
The flow of time inside the tower was a hundred times faster than the outside world.
Thus, Ye Yunfei had plenty of time.
*****
At this moment.
All around the mountain where Tianying Hall was located.
The sky and ground were densely packed with people.
Of those who entered the Sky-Shadow Small World this time, nearly two-thirds had already gathered here!
“Everyone, today, let us accomplish a remarkable feat together.
Break into Tianying Hall!”
Shangguan Feng stepped forward from the crowd, sweeping his gaze slowly across the surrounding martial artists as he declared loudly.
His identity as a core disciple of the Tianhuang Sacred Land placed him at the forefront, making all the martial artists look to him as their leader.
“Break into Tianying Hall!”
“Break into Tianying Hall!”
…
All the martial artists around the mountain roared fervently.
Legends about Tianying Hall persisted—it was said that the hall housed a vast collection of treasures, each one priceless!
Thus, every person who entered the Sky-Shadow Small World yearned to enter Tianying Hall!
“Let’s move!”
Shangguan Feng shouted.
He drew out a pair of Judge’s Brushes, his body moving like a meteor chasing the moon as he took the lead, charging towards the mountain.
*Boom! Boom! …*
The Judge’s Brushes in his hands stabbed several times ahead, seemingly drawing a profound rune in the void. Immediately, dozens of Shadow Beasts in the distance exploded as if struck by thunder.
Witnessing this, everyone couldn’t help but feel their hearts leap.
A core disciple of the Tianhuang Sacred Land was truly formidable.
Even young talents like Chen Fan, Luo Qingwu, and Xiao Tianlong felt a trace of hidden wariness.
“Kill!”
The other martial artists also roared, drawing their weapons as they charged towards the mountain.
*Roar! Roar! …*
The Shadow Beasts on the mountain also grew violent, each one emitting ear-piercing roars as they met the incoming human martial artists.
*Rumble…*
A great battle officially began.
*****
On the mountain.
Within Tianying Hall.
“Clan Chief, those human martial artists have begun their assault on the mountain.”
Inside the great hall, Tianying Wang and the eight gray-robed elders were present. They had already finished setting up the Samsara Spirit Gathering Formation and had returned to the hall.
“Send another hundred Shadow Beast Kings to deal with them.
The Shadow Beasts can be endlessly reborn. No matter how many die, it’s inconsequential.
Let them tire themselves out. We need not interfere.
We cannot show ourselves.
If our enemies discover that we still have remnant souls lingering here, I fear they would attempt to completely exterminate us.”
Tianying Wang said softly.
“Understood.”
The eight gray-robed elders all nodded.
It was at this moment.
Ye Yunfei walked out from behind the hall.
“Young man, in such a short time… have you refined those three secret treasures?”
Tianying Wang asked, somewhat surprised.
“Haha, they’re merely three small treasures; refining them didn’t take much time.”
Ye Yunfei smiled.
“Tianying Wang, honorable Elders, I won’t disturb you any longer.”
Ye Yunfei glanced at Tianying Wang and the eight gray-robed elders.
“These spirit pills might be of some benefit to you.”
Ye Yunfei flicked his fingers, and several dozen jade bottles flew out, landing before Tianying Wang.
Truthfully, Ye Yunfei felt some sympathy for the Sky-Shadow Race’s plight. Within his capabilities, he didn’t mind helping them a little more.
“Seventh-Grade Green Bamboo Pills!”
Tianying Wang and the eight Sky-Shadow Elders immediately grew excited, their bodies trembling slightly uncontrollably.
One must understand that they were currently just Remnant Souls.
As time passed, the energy of these Remnant Souls would gradually weaken.
Green Bamboo Pills were spirit pills specifically used to replenish the energy of a Soul Body and could even repair Soul Bodies.
For them, Green Bamboo Pills were incredibly nourishing treasures!
“Hahaha!
Thank you, young man.
With these Green Bamboo Pills, us old fellows can extend our existence in this world by at least several more decades!”
Tianying Wang couldn’t help but laugh heartily, looking at Ye Yunfei with immense gratitude.
“Give me ten Shadow Beast Kings, and I can give you twenty more bottles of Green Bamboo Pills.”
Ye Yunfei suddenly smiled.
“Truly?
We’ll give you fifteen Shadow Beast Kings!”
Tianying Wang and the eight Elders perked up in spirit.
For them, Shadow Beasts could be endlessly reborn.
Green Bamboo Pills, however, were of immeasurable value.
“Of course it’s true.”
Ye Yunfei waved a hand, and twenty jade bottles appeared, flying to Tianying Wang’s front.
Utterly excited, and fearing Ye Yunfei might change his mind, Tianying Wang immediately stored away the twenty bottles of Green Bamboo Pills.
Then.
One of the Elders retrieved a whistle and gave a soft blow.
*Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!…*
Fifteen gray shadows rushed into the great hall like lightning—fifteen Shadow Beast Kings standing before Tianying Wang, letting out low growls.
“Young man, split off a strand of your Soul Power and imprint it into their heads. Then you can control them.”
Tianying Wang said.
“Alright.”
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Thus, Ye Yunfei immediately split off fifteen strands of Soul Power, imprinting them one by one into the heads of these fifteen Shadow Beast Kings.
Immediately, the fifteen Shadow Beast Kings moved docilely to stand behind Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei sent a thought, transferring the fifteen Shadow Beast Kings into the Phantom Tower.
“Well then, I’ll be leaving.
I hope your Sky-Shadow Race can rise again in the future.”
Ye Yunfei gave a faint smile, then raised his foot to walk out of Tianying Hall.
“Little friend, I shall accept your auspicious words!
Hahaha…”
Behind him, Tianying Wang let out a hearty laugh.
Overcome with excitement, his address for Ye Yunfei had also changed to 'little friend,' sounding more intimate.
“Clan Chief, with these Green Bamboo Pills, we can persist for at least another hundred years!
We will surely have the chance to witness our Sky-Shadow Race rise once more with our own eyes!”
The eight Elders were all excited to the extreme.