A short while later, Ye Yunfei had already gone far away.
"What are your plans next?" Hun Lao asked.
"First, I'll elevate my cultivation realm, making the best use of my time to train. Especially in swordsmanship—I still have a lot of room for improvement there!" Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before replying.
Within the Sword Grave, Ye Yunfei had cultivated the Myriad Swords Return to One Great Art to the stage of fifty swords combined. Yet, this level couldn't even be considered entry-level! At that time, Ye Yunfei had only trained for five hours, so he felt he still had immense potential within this sword scripture!
"Indeed, for you now, the most important thing is to improve your strength," Hun Lao nodded.
"I'll first work on elevating my cultivation realm," Ye Yunfei thought again before speaking up. He then entered the Phantom Tower to begin seclusion cultivation in an attempt to break through his current realm.
Roughly a year passed inside the Phantom Tower.
"It's finally starting to break," Ye Yunfei, who had been cultivating in seclusion, suddenly opened his eyes and said softly. He then emerged from the Phantom Tower to undergo his Lightning Tribulation.
Approximately an hour later, Ye Yunfei successfully broke through to the Intermediate Half-Emperor level.
"Next, I should improve my swordsmanship!" Ye Yunfei thought and returned to the Phantom Tower to begin cultivating the Sword Dao. He brought out a large batch of treasures containing Sword Dao energies to train with the Myriad Swords Return to One Great Art.
These treasures rich in Sword Dao energies were obtained by Ye Yunfei within the Sword Grave. The most abundant among them were Sword Crystals. In the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, Sword Crystals were rare treasures extremely difficult to acquire. For sword cultivators, they were sacred objects for cultivation.
"Ah, right. Before leaving the Sword Grave, that senior gave me a space ring." Ye Yunfei suddenly remembered that space ring and took it out, using his Soul Power to perceive inside.
"So many Sword Crystals!" In the space ring, what Ye Yunfei first saw was what seemed like an endless supply of Sword Crystals, causing him to exclaim in excitement.
"Deity-grade magical artifacts!" Next, Ye Yunfei discovered a batch of Deity-grade magical artifacts within the ring, and quite a few of them—at least over a hundred pieces. Among them were also some complete sword Formation sets. Deity-grade sword Formations!
"That's wonderful! I never expected you to get Deity-grade magical artifacts! These artifacts are even of a higher rank than the Heavenly Dao Tower!" After Ye Yunfei informed Hun Lao about obtaining Deity-grade magical artifacts, Hun Lao kept expressing admiration.
"Kid, you're really making it better and better. Before, the Heavenly Dao Tower was the highest-level artifact in our hands, and we had relied on it many times to resist powerful enemies. But now, Emperor-grade magical artifacts are nothing special to you anymore." Hun Lao spoke with deep feeling.
"Previously, I used to think that the most powerful beings in the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds were Heavenly Emperors, but soon we may have to face Deity-level experts. We are growing, and the enemies we come into contact with are also becoming stronger." Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Indeed," Hun Lao nodded.
"Yellow Path True Gold!" Suddenly, Ye Yunfei discovered a large batch of Yellow Path True Gold within the ring, and the quality of this gold was far superior to any Yellow Path True Gold he had acquired before. One could say that if this batch of Yellow Path True Gold hadn't been sealed by a powerful energy, it would have already evolved into sentient metal lifeforms with vitality and intelligence!
"I see. That senior must have noticed my achievements in body tempering and deliberately gifted me this Yellow Path True Gold." After some thought, Ye Yunfei roughly guessed the reason. After all, the green-robed man in the Sword Grave was undoubtedly a Deity-level expert. His perception was unimaginably keen—he had probably seen through all of Ye Yunfei's circumstances at a single glance.
"Huh? A small mill?" Suddenly, Ye Yunfei discovered a small black mill within the space ring, feeling somewhat puzzled. This small mill was only about the size of an adult fist, jet-black, looking like a miniature black hole at first glance, seeming capable of devouring everything.
Just as Ye Yunfei used his Soul Power to study the small mill, trying to figure out what kind of artifact it was, a terrifying devouring energy suddenly erupted from within it, forcibly dragging Ye Yunfei's Soul Power into the mill's interior.
Rumble…
The small mill began to rotate, grinding away at the portion of Soul Power energy Ye Yunfei had sent inside.
"Ahh!" Ye Yunfei felt immense pain and cried out involuntarily. He tried to pull his Soul Power energy out from the small mill, but the mill's suction force was too terrifying—Ye Yunfei found he couldn't manage it at all. Even more shocking was that the devouring energy released by the small mill attempted to pull Ye Yunfei's Soul Body into it as well.
In shock, Ye Yunfei immediately severed the connection between his Soul Body and that portion of Soul Power energy. Only then did he let out a sigh of relief.
This small mill had unknown origins and seemed to cause significant harm to Soul Bodies and Soul Power energy. Ye Yunfei dared not probe it with Soul Power again. Just as Ye Yunfei intended to set aside the small mill and ignore it, he suddenly discovered that his earlier portion of Soul Power energy had been spit back out by the mill. Moreover, Ye Yunfei also noticed that this part of his Soul Power energy seemed to have become much stronger.
Ye Yunfei cautiously reestablished a connection with this portion of his Soul Power energy and merged it back into his soul sea.
Sure enough, to Ye Yunfei's pleasant surprise, this portion of Soul Power energy, after being ground by that small mill, had become at least several times stronger!
"I understand now! So this is an artifact specifically designed for cultivating Soul Power energy and the Soul Body!" Ye Yunfei had a sudden realization.
Next, Ye Yunfei proactively sent another small portion of his Soul Power energy into the small mill.
Rumble…
The small mill began to rotate again.
"Ahh!" Ye Yunfei felt immense pain and cried out. This time, he did not sever the connection between his Soul Body and this portion of Soul Power energy, but maintained a certain distance to prevent his Soul Body from being pulled into the mill.
Ahh…
Ye Yunfei felt continuous, immense pain. Soon after, this portion of Ye Yunfei's Soul Power energy was spit out by the small mill, having become at least several times stronger!
"Good, this artifact is truly excellent. Though the process is a bit painful, the effect is too good! It seems I've obtained a heaven-defying artifact for cultivating Soul Power energy and the Soul Body!" Ye Yunfei looked at the small black mill, extremely excited. "With this artifact, cultivating my Soul Body and Soul Power energy will become much simpler in the future! That senior from the Sword Grave has truly treated me too well!" Ye Yunfei muttered to himself.
"Hmm? A jade token? What kind of artifact is this?" Ye Yunfei continued tallying the treasures within the space ring when he suddenly saw a palm-sized jade token. It seemed entirely carved from profound crystal, emanating a soft light.
Ye Yunfei cautiously probed it with his Soul Power. Soon, he discovered a line of characters carved on the token.
Space Teleportation Token!
"An artifact for teleportation?" Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
"Space Teleportation Token: Based on spatial coordinates, it can perform teleportation within a certain distance, allowing for rapid arrival." When Ye Yunfei's Soul Power perceived inside the token, he suddenly received this piece of information.
Sure enough, it was a teleportation artifact!
"I wonder if I can refine this artifact. I'll try immediately!" Ye Yunfei felt somewhat expectant. He immediately began attempting to refine the token. Approximately two hours later…
"I've successfully refined this token!" Ye Yunfei showed a pleasantly surprised expression.
It turned out the token's name was precisely Space Teleportation Token. Within a certain distance, as long as one knew the spatial coordinates of the place they wanted to go, carved them into the token, and activated it directly, they could instantly teleport there. If one wished for the token to teleport over even greater distances, they needed to infuse enough Space Crystals into it to serve as energy. The more and higher the quality of Space Crystals infused, the farther the token could teleport!
"What exactly does 'certain distance' mean? A gift from a Deity-level senior—the teleportation range should be quite good." Ye Yunfei held the token with expectation.
"Test it right away." Ye Yunfei emerged from the Phantom Tower.
"Return to the space where the Sword Grave is located." After thinking, Ye Yunfei directly carved the spatial coordinates of the Sword Grave entrance's location into the teleportation token and activated it.
Boom…
The Teleportation Jade Token erupted with powerful teleportation energy, enveloping Ye Yunfei, directly tearing through space to teleport him away. In barely a single breath…
Ye Yunfei found himself back at the location of the Sword Grave entrance!
"Too fast!" Ye Yunfei was utterly thrilled.
It must be known that Ye Yunfei had previously traveled a very far distance away from this part of the Chaotic Void. And now, in roughly a single breath, he had returned here. Such teleportation ability amazed Ye Yunfei!
And this was just a casual teleportation—he hadn't even infused any Space Crystals yet! If he supplied this Teleportation Jade Token with enough Space Crystals, the distance and speed it could achieve would surely be even more astonishing!
"Based on this teleportation range, I suspect this Teleportation Jade Token could perform teleportations between different worlds within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds," Hun Lao appeared beside Ye Yunfei, looking at the token in his hand as he spoke.
"That's possible! I'll try it immediately!" Ye Yunfei immediately brought out a large batch of Space Crystals and infused them into the token.
Rumble…
Faint rumbles of energy came from within the jade token.
"Return to the Feixian Continent!" Ye Yunfei carved the spatial coordinates of Feixian Continent into the Teleportation Jade Token and directly activated it.
Boom…
The Teleportation Jade Token erupted with powerful teleportation energy, enveloping Ye Yunfei and teleporting him away.