From the middle-aged man guarding the Ziwei Sect headquarters, Ye Yunfei had already learned that the Longevity Palace Master and the sect's senior members had insisted on staying at the Longevity Palace's base instead of seeking refuge at the Ziwei Sect headquarters in the Eastern Barrens. When Ye Yunfei arrived here, as expected, trouble had already occurred.
A large contingent of unfamiliar forces was stationed within the Longevity Palace headquarters. Moreover, the bloody smell of battle and the telltale signs of destruction from a recent conflict lingered everywhere inside. Clearly, a fight had taken place here.
Releasing his Soul Power energy, Ye Yunfei quickly sensed that the Longevity Palace Master and a group of his senior members were imprisoned in the sect's underground dungeon.
"These should be people from the Heavenly God Palace," Ye Yunfei concluded after sensing the auras. The energy qi emanating from these unfamiliar forces matched the cultivation techniques unique to the Heavenly God Palace.
Back in the day, the Heavenly God Palace had a branch in the Central Divine Land of the Primordial Continent, even with an avatar of the Heavenly God Palace Lord personally overseeing it. Ye Yunfei had ended up destroying it. At that time, Ye Yunfei had rallied the Longevity Palace's forces to confront the Heavenly God Palace together.
Now that the Heavenly God Palace had returned to the Primordial Continent, they had specifically come to deal with the Longevity Palace.
Ye Yunfei's figure flashed, and he landed within the Longevity Palace headquarters. He had once arranged a large number of formations here, but all of them had already been breached.
"Who's there!" As soon as Ye Yunfei landed, a patrol squad from the Heavenly God Palace charged towards him.
Rumble...
Ye Yunfei's gaze swept over them, and a ring of Soul Power radiated outwards from his head.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!...* The Soul Bodies of this Heavenly God Palace patrol squad instantly shattered and exploded one after another.
Ye Yunfei's current level of Soul Power energy surpassed that of an ordinary Perfected Heavenly Emperor. Using such power against beings of ordinary strength was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut—effortlessly simple.
"Enemy invasion!" More Heavenly God Palace members surged out from various locations.
With his hands clasped behind his back, Ye Yunfei walked forward. Wherever he went, rings of Soul Power energy continuously expanded outward, blasting apart the Soul Bodies of all the Heavenly God Palace members who charged at him. One by one, the Heavenly God Palace members were sent flying with agonized screams, bleeding from their mouths and noses, dying on the spot. Even those at the Heavenly God realm perished in an instant.
Moments later...
*Boom! Boom! Boom!...*
More than a dozen figures radiating sharp, aggressive auras soared into the air. They were over a dozen Half-Emperors, each blazing with fury.
"Ye Yunfei! It's Ye Yunfei!" These Half-Emperors from the Heavenly God Palace recognized him at a glance. One after another, their expressions shifted dramatically to alarm and panic.
Previously, four Heavenly Emperors had jointly pursued Ye Yunfei, only for him to escape unscathed in the end. That was proof enough of his terrifying strength. Therefore, upon recognizing Ye Yunfei, chill after chill ran down the spines of these Heavenly God Palace Half-Emperors.
"Let's go!" A few of the Half-Emperors were so terrified they immediately turned to flee.
"Too late," Ye Yunfei said indifferently.
*Bang! Bang!...* The heads of those few Half-Emperors exploded simultaneously.
"Too terrifying! Run for your lives!" Seeing this, the other Half-Emperors were nearly scared their souls out of their bodies. They all turned and fled.
*Bang! Bang!...* But the next moment, the heads of these fleeing Half-Emperors kept exploding, and they fell to the ground, dead.
Ye Yunfei walked towards the location of the Longevity Palace's dungeon with his hands behind his back. Simultaneously, he utilized Mental Force energy, continuously killing the scattering and fleeing Heavenly God Palace members. In the end, not a single member of the Heavenly God Palace managed to escape; all were killed by Ye Yunfei using either Soul Power energy or Mental Force energy.
Ye Yunfei arrived at a deep, secluded corner within the Longevity Palace headquarters, at the entrance to an underground palace. With one punch, he shattered the formations there and walked into an underground dungeon.
A short while later, several dozen senior members of the Longevity Palace and a group of disciples followed Ye Yunfei back out. Most of these Longevity Palace members were injured, some quite severely. The Longevity Palace Master himself had been tortured to the brink of death. Ye Yunfei personally refined a batch of medicinal pills, quickly restoring him.
"Young Master Ye, the Heavenly God Palace tried to force our Longevity Palace to submit to them and serve them in the future. I never agreed," the Longevity Palace Master reported to Ye Yunfei.
"The Heavenly God Palace will not exist for much longer," Ye Yunfei replied calmly.
"Young Master Ye, what is your current level of cultivation?" the Longevity Palace Master asked after sensing Ye Yunfei's energy aura. He found that he could no longer discern Ye Yunfei's true strength at all.
As his realm and power increased, Ye Yunfei's Hidden Shadow Secret Art had grown increasingly refined. Without needing to actively use it, it automatically concealed his aura, making it extremely difficult for outsiders to pry into his cultivation.
Although news of Ye Yunfei attaining the Heavenly Emperor realm had already spread across the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, these senior Longevity Palace members had been imprisoned for a long time and hadn't heard the news at all.
"The Heavenly Emperor realm," Ye Yunfei stated directly without hiding anything.
*Hiss!*
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the Longevity Palace Master and the surrounding senior members were utterly shocked and awed.
"Young Master Ye, you are already a Heavenly Emperor? That's wonderful!" the Longevity Palace Master asked in a trembling voice, overcome with emotion.
Since Ye Yunfei was actually the backing of the Longevity Palace, his becoming a Heavenly Emperor was, of course, a tremendously good thing for the sect.
"Yes. These resources are for your Longevity Palace. Rebuild it properly."
With a flick of his finger, Ye Yunfei sent over a dozen spatial rings to float in front of the Longevity Palace Master. After giving these instructions, he left the Longevity Palace.
Moments later, Ye Yunfei returned to the Ziwei Sect headquarters in the Eastern Barrens and walked inside.
Xuan Gui, Sect Leader Liu, and other senior Ziwei Sect members, along with that middle-aged man, were already waiting in the council hall.
"Kid, you're finally back!" Xuan Gui laughed heartily as soon as he saw Ye Yunfei.
News of Ye Yunfei's ascension to Heavenly Emperor had long since reached the Ziwei Sect headquarters.
"Our Ziwei Sect has another Heavenly Emperor! This foretells that our Ziwei Sect will surely restore the glorious splendor of its bygone days!" Feeling the terrifying, abyss-like depth of Ye Yunfei's energy aura, Sect Leader Liu was so moved that tears streamed down his face.
"Haha, not bad." An elder suddenly appeared within the council hall.
"Master!" Ye Yunfei immediately stood up.
This elder was precisely Zisheng Zhenjun. Of course, it was only one of Zisheng Zhenjun's avatars, the one Ye Yunfei had rescued from the headquarters of the Tianliang Sacred Land in the Feixian Continent.
After returning to the Primordial Continent, this avatar of Zisheng Zhenjun had remained in the Ziwei Sect headquarters.
"Master, let's go. We should go meet the Ziwei Great Emperor," Ye Yunfei said to Zisheng Zhenjun.
"The Ziwei Great Emperor?"
Hearing Ye Yunfei's words, all the Ziwei Sect senior members were greatly shocked.
"Ye Yunfei, what is this about? Could it be that the revered Ziwei Great Emperor is still alive? Do you know where he is?" Sect Leader Liu asked in a trembling voice.
"You'll know once you follow me," Ye Yunfei said with a smile. Having spoken, he turned and walked out of the council hall.