"I said I would give you gifts,"
Mr. Liu added.
"Thank you, Senior!"
Ye Yunfei and Su Qingluo hurriedly replied.
In truth, their gains from this visit to Mr. Liu's home had already been immense.
Ye Yunfei and Su Qingluo collected the spatial rings floating before them.
"By the way, the two of you should find a place to undergo the Lightning Tribulation now, as you are about to break through,"
Mr. Liu's voice sounded once more within their Soul Seas.
After that, there was no further sound.
"I really am about to break through,"
Ye Yunfei said to Su Qingluo.
After digesting so much energy earlier, Ye Yunfei felt his cultivation level had reached a point where a breakthrough was unavoidable.
"I'm about to break through as well,"
Su Qingluo nodded and replied.
"We should quickly find a remote Small World to undergo our breakthroughs,"
Su Qingluo thought for a moment and said.
Then she took out the Space Teleportation Token, activated it directly, and instantly teleported away with Ye Yunfei.
Not long after, the pair arrived inside a Small World.
This Small World had long since been searched by people from the outside world, and its treasures and opportunities were long gone.
Thus, no outsiders remained within this Small World.
Boom...!
Half a day later, roaring waves of thunder echoed through the Small World as mighty torrents of lightning descended from the sky.
Ye Yunfei's Lightning Tribulation had begun.
Ye Yunfei's current realm was that of an Advanced Heavenly Emperor; if he succeeded in breaking through this time, he would become a Perfect Heavenly Emperor.
Rolling thunder descended from the heavens, instantly engulfing Ye Yunfei.
However, Ye Yunfei offered no resistance whatsoever, allowing the thunderbolts to strike his body directly.
Ye Yunfei cultivated the Thunder God’s Tyrannical Body and was utterly unafraid of the lightning's energy. On the contrary, the energy of the thunder tempered his physical body.
For Ye Yunfei, undergoing the Lightning Tribulation had always been a relatively easy affair.
Roughly half a day later, Ye Yunfei successfully passed his tribulation and broke through to Perfect Heavenly Emperor.
"The next step is to charge towards the realm of a Mystic Immortal,"
Ye Yunfei remarked after his successful breakthrough, sensing the vast and mighty spiritual energy within his body.
In fact, by now, well over half the energy within Ye Yunfei's body was already Immortal Power!
"Although I am only a Perfect Heavenly Emperor now, I can already contend with Mystic Immortals at my current realm.
Even though I'm not a Mystic Immortal yet, my power in terms of cultivation level is already equivalent to one,"
Ye Yunfei assessed, gauging his current energy intensity and estimating his present strength.
"Above Mystic Immortal lies True Immortal, and above True Immortal lies Earth Immortal.
That means I'm not too far from the Earth Immortal realm."
A confident expression appeared on Ye Yunfei's face.
Once he attained the strength of an Earth Immortal, he would no longer need to fear anyone!
Another half-day passed.
Su Qingluo also faced her Lightning Tribulation.
The tribulation of an Earth Immortal was truly terrifying. Mighty torrents of lightning poured down from the sky like a waterfall, instantly submerging her.
At this moment, Su Qingluo displayed her formidable side. With a long cry, she soared upwards into the heavens, fiercely engaging the lightning bolts.
"Qingluo will definitely succeed in passing her tribulation!"
Ye Yunfei needed only a single glance to be certain, and a smile spread across his face.
"Qingluo’s attitude towards me is getting better and better. It seems she'll accept me again sooner or later,"
Ye Yunfei said with a smile, watching the graceful silhouette standing within the rolling thunder.
"You can tell that Mr. Liu and Rong’er share a deep bond. Living together in that tranquil mountain hamlet, watching over each other... That kind of peaceful, happy life is actually somewhat enviable.
It would be wonderful if Qingluo and I could live a life like that.
But right now, we have far too much to do; there simply isn’t an opportunity for that.
I hope that someday in the future, Qingluo and I can finally have that kind of peaceful, happy life."
Suddenly thinking of Mr. Liu and Rong’er, Ye Yunfei spoke softly.
"Still... why do I always feel that something isn't quite right about Rong’er’s condition? It seems... not quite normal."
Ye Yunfei thought of Rong’er again—her slow, somewhat mechanical movements and vacant, lifeless gaze—and couldn’t help but frown.
Approximately half a day later, Su Qingluo successfully broke through.
Ye Yunfei sensed her aura and found that the energy radiating from her body was significantly stronger than before.
"I have already obtained the Heavenly Immortal Soul Fruit. I now plan to find the members of our Reincarnation Palace and then leave this secret realm.
What about you?"
Su Qingluo came to stand before Ye Yunfei and spoke.
"I intend to leave as well. My gains have been quite good; there's no need to stay any longer.
Besides, the people from several of those major forces have already set their sights on me."
After a moment's thought, Ye Yunfei replied with a wry smile.
In truth, if possible, Ye Yunfei would continue exploring this place for treasure.
But he understood full well that being targeted by so many Earth Immortal experts made staying here extremely dangerous.
"I’m the one who implicated you.
Otherwise, you wouldn't have been targeted by so many Earth Immortal experts,"
Su Qingluo said in an apologetic voice.
"We shouldn't keep score like that between us,"
Ye Yunfei replied with a smile.
"Besides, I had already offended quite a few major forces from the Main World even before this."
He added.
"Alright then. Now, let’s go together to find the members of the Reincarnation Palace and then leave this secret realm together.
With your current strength, it’s not advisable to travel alone. If you were to encounter those Earth Immortals, it would be disastrous."
Su Qingluo thought it over and said.
"Agreed."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Su Qingluo took out the Space Teleportation Token, activated it directly, and teleported away from this Small World.
She then retrieved a special communication jade slip exclusive to the Reincarnation Palace, continuously sending messages while using the Space Teleportation Token to perform successive teleportations.
Previously, the Great Strength Demon God had gifted Ye Yunfei an astonishingly large batch of spatial energy crystals, enough to sustain continuous teleportation via the token.
Moreover, as an Earth Immortal expert herself, Su Qingluo had also amassed a considerable personal collection of spatial energy crystals.
Thus, using the Space Teleportation Token, Su Qingluo continuously teleported into one Small World after another, searching everywhere for members of the Reincarnation Palace while relentlessly sending out messages.
During this process, whenever she encountered people from major forces like the Qingxuan Sect, Su Qingluo showed no mercy, exterminating them all.
At the same time.
Back in the previous Small World, near the village entrance of the little mountain hamlet, intense battle continued.
The twenty-odd Earth Immortal experts were unwilling to just leave. Using voice transmissions to discuss, they unanimously decided to join forces, fight their way into the hamlet, and only depart after finding the Heavenly Immortal Soul Fruit.
But the Village Guard Team members were immensely powerful and held their ground without yielding, defending the village.
In a short time, it was difficult for the Earth Immortal experts to break into the village.
"It’s about time for those fellows to leave."
In the center of the village, Mr. Liu stood by the window, watching the people fighting at the distant village entrance. He frowned slightly and slowly spoke.
"Rong’er, these fellows are being very rude and are disturbing you. I will now drive them all out."
Mr. Liu said to Rong’er.
After speaking, Mr. Liu took a single step and directly appeared at the village entrance, standing beside the village chief.
"Mr. Liu, you've come!"
The village chief immediately bowed respectfully.
"It’s time for these fellows to go."
Mr. Liu said indifferently.
After speaking, Mr. Liu flicked his sleeve, which continuously expanded, sweeping towards the outsiders.
Boom...!
Mr. Liu’s sleeve expanded unceasingly until finally, like a giant bag capable of swallowing the heavens, it stretched across the sky and earth, rumbling forward and sweeping away every outsider it encountered.
The beings who were swept away lost control of their bodies, turning into projectiles that shot at extreme speed towards the Small World’s entrance, then tumbled directly out of the Small World.
Even those Earth Immortal experts were the same; before Mr. Liu’s sleeve, they seemed utterly helpless.
In barely a second, every single outsider within this Small World had been swept out by Mr. Liu’s sleeve, leaving not a single one behind.
Then Mr. Liu pointed a finger.
Boom...
The entrance to the Small World slowly began to close and eventually disappeared from sight.
Mr. Liu had used a profound illusion formation to conceal the Small World’s entrance.
Then Mr. Liu returned to the stone house at the village center.
"Who was that person just now?
His strength is too terrifying. With just a flick of his sleeve, he drove us all out!"
Outside the Small World, the twenty-some Earth Immortal experts who had earlier joined forces to attack the small village were completely bewildered, standing there as if unable to believe it.
They, Earth Immortal experts, had been driven out like flies by a simple flick of someone's sleeve.
Such power was simply unimaginable!
"Could it be... that person was a Golden Immortal?
Or perhaps... a Heavenly Immortal?"
An Earth Immortal expert suddenly speculated.
A Golden Immortal, or a Heavenly Immortal?
The other Earth Immortal experts paled upon hearing this.
"The entrance to this Small World has disappeared.
We cannot find a way to re-enter it."
An Earth Immortal expert looked towards the spot where the Small World entrance should have been and spoke.
"The entrance to this Small World has not vanished. It has been concealed by an extremely advanced illusion formation,"
Ghost Formation Master walked over, sensing the area for a moment, and then spoke.
"An illusion formation?
Can you break it?"
Someone asked.
"I don't know.
Besides, what good would breaking the formation do? Do you have the confidence to deal with that person from earlier?"
Ghost Formation Master replied.
Hearing Ghost Formation Master’s words, all the Earth Immortal experts fell silent.
Indeed, what would be the point of breaking the illusion formation and re-entering this Small World?
Inside this Small World, there might exist a Golden Immortal, or even a Heavenly Immortal.
If they barged in again and angered that expert from before, they might very well lose their lives inside!