The black creature then began to form hand seals with both hands, chanting incantations under its breath.
Buzz...
Black lines began to materialize around its body. By the end, a full three thousand black threads encircled its form. One end of each thread was connected to the black creature, while the other stretched away into distant, unknown spaces.
A moment later, the creature formed a strange magic seal and thrust it forward.
Boom...!
Every black thread trembled violently, and faint rumbling sounds could be heard transmitted from their distant ends.
At this moment, within each of the three thousand major and minor worlds, the laws of heaven and earth began to change. Energy and the power of laws began to elevate continuously!
Within a vast, high-level world, its energy and laws superior, inside a cultivation space veiled in immortal mist...
"How odd. The energy and laws of our world seem to have suddenly upgraded! The energy and laws within the Samsara Cave have even advanced by a significant degree in a short period! I have already cultivated the Samsara Scripture to the ninth level. Once I perfect the ninth level's merits, I can attain the position of a Terrestrial Deity!"
A woman of breathtaking beauty and ethereal aura, Su Qingluo, sat cross-legged in mid-air, speaking to herself.
Dazzling immortal radiance emanated from her entire being, and the energy aura she released interfered with the surrounding space-time, distorting time and space beside her and forming a spatial anomaly akin to a spatial black hole.
"Once I become a Terrestrial Deity, I will stand at the very pinnacle of this great world, a figure capable of summoning wind and rain, of dominating the world. Our Reincarnation Palace will also become a top-tier force in this world."
Su Qingluo said with confidence.
Just then, a vivid silhouette suddenly surfaced from the depths of her heart—a man's silhouette. It was none other than Ye Yunfei!
If Ye Yunfei were here, he would immediately recognize this woman as Su Qingluo!
"Despicable! Do not disturb my spirit! Sever!"
With a fierce cry, Su Qingluo swung her palm, slashing towards a faint, flickering white thread in front of her.
Clang...!
That white thread was astonishingly resilient. Su Qingluo's slash failed to sever it, only causing the thread to tremble and vibrate incessantly with a low hum.
"Why can I never sever the thread of causality linking me to him?"
Staring at the violently vibrating white thread, Su Qingluo couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment.
At the same time.
"Hmm? It feels like someone is trying to sever something attached to me again."
Ye Yunfei also sensed it, thinking to himself.
"Kid, someone is trying to sever your threads of causality. It seems they want to cut off your connection to someone," Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei, having also sensed the disturbance.
"This happened once before. Who is it? If I ever find out, I will not spare them!" Ye Yunfei raged.
"I will help you block it," Hun Lao said. He directly activated the Heavenly Dao Tower, releasing a powerful defensive aura that enveloped Ye Yunfei's entire body, protecting all his threads of causality.
"For now, I can only bury him deep in my heart and deal with it slowly later."
Inside that mysterious cultivation space, Su Qingluo sighed softly.
A sense of foreboding rose within her. She realized that her earlier palm strike had not been delivered with full force. It seemed a certain power within the depths of her heart was preventing her from severing that white thread of causality.
"A bitter bond, a wicked fate!"
Su Qingluo couldn't help but sigh once more. Then, forcibly suppressing Ye Yunfei's silhouette, she began to cultivate with a serene heart.
Back at the Sword Emperor Pavilion headquarters.
"Master, we've searched this entire headquarters. There shouldn't be anything valuable left," Hu Miao reported to Ye Yunfei.
"Good, let's depart then," Ye Yunfei said.
He then led everyone away from the Sword Emperor Pavilion headquarters.
"Five Seniors, our next task is to rescue people. I expect another fierce battle awaits us," Ye Yunfei said to the five Celestial Gold Race elders after exiting the headquarters.
"No problem, Young Master Ye. Just tell us who you want to fight," the Great Elder replied.
"Very well. Let's head out immediately." Ye Yunfei nodded. He sent everyone into the Phantom Tower, then flew up towards the sky above the Feixian Continent.
The notices posted by the Heavenly God Palace clearly stated their location: within a palace suspended high in the heavens above the Feixian Continent!
At that moment, inside that very palace, the Heavenly God Palace Master was seated on his throne.
"Palace Master, there is news of Ye Yunfei!"
Suddenly, a middle-aged man hurried into the palace to report. He was a Heavenly God Palace steward specially tasked recently with gathering news about Ye Yunfei across the Feixian Continent.
"Where is Ye Yunfei?" the Heavenly God Palace Master asked eagerly.
"Ye Yunfei suddenly appeared in the region around the Sword Emperor Pavilion headquarters over the past two days and wiped out three or four cities in one go. Those cities were all Sword Emperor Pavilion properties. It seems Ye Yunfei intends to make a move against the Sword Emperor Pavilion," the steward answered.
The news of Ye Yunfei destroying several cities around the Sword Emperor Pavilion had already spread across the Feixian Continent. However, the events of him storming the headquarters and forcing its members into hiding inside the Small World accessed through the Sword Shrine were not yet known to outsiders.
Ye Yunfei had only just left the headquarters, and the Sword Emperor Pavilion members were all hidden within the Small World. No one outside knew what had transpired inside the headquarters. Generally, no one dared to casually enter the Sword Emperor Pavilion headquarters.
Although a portion of the lower-ranked, weaker Sword Emperor Pavilion members had left the headquarters before the battle concluded, they had been ordered not to spread the details of what had happened there. After all, having their prestigious headquarters assaulted by a junior youngster was a disgrace; the Pavilion's higher-ups did not want it to get out and damage their reputation.
"Ye Yunfei has targeted the Sword Emperor Pavilion first? The Sword Emperor Pavilion's overall strength is not weak. There's a high chance Ye Yunfei might fall into their hands. If so, wouldn't the Heavenly Dao Tower also fall to the Sword Emperor Pavilion? Wouldn't all my hard work traveling here from the Ancient Immortal Tomb World and bustling about on the Feixian Continent be for nothing? No! We must find Ye Yunfei immediately. We absolutely cannot let him fall into the Sword Emperor Pavilion's hands!"
The Heavenly God Palace Master stood up angrily after hearing the steward's report.
"All troops, move out! Head to the area around the Sword Emperor Pavilion headquarters and find Ye Yunfei!" he commanded loudly.
Just as the Heavenly God Palace Master was about to lead his forces to search for Ye Yunfei, Ye Yunfei had already arrived. He spotted the Heavenly God Palace's palace suspended deep in the firmament from a distance.
"It seems this is the place," Ye Yunfei said coldly, looking at the palace ahead.
The Heavenly God Palace had actually dared to barge into the Primordial Continent and capture a group of beings connected to him, using them as leverage. This had seriously crossed Ye Yunfei's bottom line!
"Five Seniors, when the fight begins later, leave no survivors. Kill anyone you can!" Ye Yunfei instructed the five Celestial Gold Race elders.
"Understood," the five elders nodded in unison.