"I will go into seclusion for a while to see if I can break through to the Heavenly Emperor realm."
After some thought, Ye Yunfei asked the chief of the Giant Clan for a secluded chamber, then entered the Phantom Tower and began his closed-door cultivation.
During this cultivation session, Ye Yunfei practiced the Nine-Yang Scripture while simultaneously attacking the spiritual power realm barrier.
He took out almost all the resources he had for cultivating spiritual power, piled them around his body, and circulated the Nine-Yang Scripture. The eight Chaotic Divine Meridians within his body manifested, erupting with astonishing suction force as they devoured the energy of the surrounding resources.
With a roar, a golden light sphere burst forth from his dantian and hovered above his head, akin to a blazing sun, radiating dazzling golden light.
This was the golden sphere representing the ninth sun of the Nine-Yang Scripture!
As time passed, this golden sphere grew larger and larger.
For this cultivation session, Ye Yunfei spent over ten years inside the Phantom Tower.
However, to Ye Yunfei’s disappointment, something seemed to be lacking in his spiritual power realm—it simply wouldn’t break through.
"My realm accumulation, insights, mindset, and perhaps even my Soul Body—these aspects may not have truly reached completion yet," Ye Yunfei concluded in the end, pausing his attempt to advance his spiritual power realm.
Ye Yunfei understood that breaking through from Half-Emperor to Heavenly Emperor was a relatively crucial threshold; it was absolutely not something that could be easily achieved.
Even though he had been a Heavenly Emperor in his past life, this life wasn’t something he could break through on a whim either.
He had to wait for an opportune moment, for the spiritual power realm, insights, mindset, Soul Body, and all other aspects to reach a state of perfect completion before the breakthrough could occur.
"It seems your accumulation isn’t quite enough yet. Then again, you’re too young; the total duration of your cultivation is still very short," Hun Lao spoke up.
"Age has nothing to do with it. I sense something is still lacking," Ye Yunfei replied after a moment of thought.
"Something is lacking? What's lacking?" Hun Lao was taken aback.
"I can’t really explain it. Anyway, my current state is near the breakthrough, yet something is missing, preventing me from truly advancing," Ye Yunfei said.
Although Ye Yunfei’s age in this life was young, his previous life held over a thousand years of cultivation experience, so his actual accumulation wasn’t trivial at all.
"I’ll go out and wander about, gain more experience and challenge myself. Maybe the right moment will suddenly arrive, and I can break through then," Ye Yunfei proposed after pondering.
"That's the only way," Hun Lao nodded.
"Young Master Ye, you've emerged from seclusion!"
Not long after Ye Yunfei exited the chamber, the chief of the Giant Clan, Elder Qi, and other high-ranking members of the clan hurried over.
After witnessing Ye Yunfei’s terrifying power in the previous great battle, these Giant Clan elders had begun to regard Ye Yunfei as a peer-level expert.
"Everyone, I plan to leave this planet," Ye Yunfei announced.
Remaining on this planet wouldn’t be useful anymore.
Besides, given Ye Yunfei’s current strength, he wasn’t overly fearful of the Soul Emperor or the dozen or so Heavenly Emperor experts waiting outside anymore.
After all, not too long ago, Ye Yunfei had personally slain several Heavenly Emperor-level experts of the Great Strength Beast Clan!
"Young Master Ye, where do you intend to go? The Tianpo Realm is fraught with dangers everywhere; some places even harbor terrifying beings at the immortal level. We generally remain on the Giant Star and don’t dare venture out recklessly to other areas.
Young Master Ye, why don’t you settle down here on our Giant Star? You can rest assured—as long as our Giant Clan is here, no one on this planet can harm you," the Giant Clan chief said to Ye Yunfei.
"That’s right! Young Master Ye, just stay with our Giant Clan. From now on, you will be one of the high-ranking members of our clan!" Elder Qi declared.
Elder Qi held a highly respected seniority within the Giant Clan; if he wanted Ye Yunfei to become a high-ranking member, no one would oppose.
Moreover, these elders of the Giant Clan had truly recognized Ye Yunfei’s strength.
"I appreciate your kindness. However, I still intend to go out and explore; staying here won’t benefit my cultivation," Ye Yunfei stated directly.
Ultimately, disregarding the passionate attempts of the Giant Clan’s elders to persuade him to stay, Ye Yunfei still decided to leave.
At this moment, the Soul Emperor was still monitoring Ye Yunfei’s movements from afar.
This Soul Emperor did not enter the Giant Clan’s headquarters.
Because the headquarters were protected by many ancient Formations, and the Giant Clan also had an old sorcerer adept at divination.
Although the Soul Emperor was in a Soul Body state and could move with great concealment, his Formation skills were mediocre at best.
Moreover, once he entered the Giant Clan headquarters, that old sorcerer would most likely detect his presence.
More importantly, the Giant Clan had several Complete Heavenly Emperors!
A Perfect Giant Clan Heavenly Emperor could extinguish an entire expanse of space with a single punch—even a Soul Body would be directly annihilated!
Therefore, this Soul Emperor lingered outside, not daring to enter the Giant Clan headquarters.
"Young Master Ye, farewell, until we meet again! Take care of yourself!"
"Young Master Ye, this is a Message Jade Slip passed down from our ancestors. Please take it."
"Young Master Ye, if you encounter any danger, just send a message using this. We will hurry over as soon as possible to assist you!"
The elders of the Giant Clan collectively came out to see Ye Yunfei off, earnestly admonishing him to be careful about his safety. The chief even handed Ye Yunfei a Message Jade Slip.
"Everyone, rest assured. I will take care of myself," Ye Yunfei said gratefully as he accepted the Message Jade Slip handed over by the chief.
The Giant Clan members had straightforward personalities and were broad-minded; once they acknowledged someone as a friend, they would treat them with utmost sincerity and wholeheartedly befriend them.
"By the way, Chief, I’d like to ask you a few questions," Ye Yunfei said after a moment of consideration.
"What questions? Just ask away, Young Master Ye," the chief answered.
"Do you know about the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds?" Ye Yunfei asked bluntly.
In fact, after entering the Tianpo Realm, Ye Yunfei had been pondering this question continuously.
Since the Tianpo Realm had so many frighteningly powerful experts, why didn’t they enter the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds?
Although there was a vast Mist Zone between the Tianpo Realm and the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, even Ye Yunfei himself had been able to traverse it, so surely many powerful beings in the Tianpo Realm could cross over.
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei’s question, both the chief and the elders’ expressions changed.
"Since it’s Young Master Ye asking, I will answer truthfully. Of course we know of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds. However, we have never set foot in them," the chief answered.
"Why is that? Is it because of the Mist Zone between the Tianpo Realm and the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds—you can’t cross it?" Ye Yunfei asked curiously.
"Not because of the Mist Zone, but because of a rule passed down from ancient times in the Tianpo Realm—all beings within the Tianpo Realm are prohibited from crossing that Mist Zone and stepping into the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds," the chief replied.
"A rule passed down from ancient times? Who set it? What happens if it’s violated?" Ye Yunfei grew even more curious.
"I don’t know who exactly set this rule either. However, anyone who violates it is certain to meet a tragic end.
Once, several immortal-level experts violated the rule and crossed the Mist Zone, entering the range of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds.
Soon after, the corpses of these immortal-level experts appeared in the starry sky of the Tianpo Realm.
Ever since, no one has dared to violate this rule again," the chief stated.