During his three years of secluded cultivation within the Phantom Tower, Ye Yunfei consecutively broke through several minor levels, directly vaulting into the True Immortal realm. This speed of advancement was terrifying!
"Brother Ye, when I first met you, you were only at the Emperor realm. How could you have become a True Immortal in such a short time? It feels like a dream!" Wu Wang said.
"Brother Ye, your current realm has already surpassed mine! Being with you, I feel immense pressure!" Zhou Ye also chimed in.
"What pressure are you talking about? Even back when Ye Yunfei was at the Emperor realm, his true combat power was already greater than yours. He has always been stronger. Or do you actually want to compete with him?" Yan Xiaoquan retorted upon hearing Zhou Ye's words.
"That's true. I'm simply not qualified to be compared with Brother Ye," Zhou Ye said with a bitter laugh.
"By breaking through to the True Immortal realm, it seems all aspects of my strength have improved." Ye Yunfei sensed the vast and surging immortal power energy within his body, an expression of pleasant surprise on his face.
Ye Yunfei possessed Chaos God Meridians; the energy he cultivated far exceeded that of ordinary warriors at the same level. Although he was only a Initial True Immortal now, the intensity of his immortal power was at least equivalent to that of an Advanced True Immortal, and even approached the level of a Perfected True Immortal!
"Let's give it a try." Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei executed the Space-Time Blur technique and vanished in an instant, reappearing the next moment in the starry space outside this planet.
"Much faster! The speed I can now achieve with Space-Time Blur is almost equivalent to the short-distance teleportation I used to perform with the Space Teleportation Token!" Ye Yunfei felt a surge of excitement.
"Now, test the Soul Sword!"
With a thought, a sharp ‘*shing*’! echoed as the Soul Sword shot forth. It sliced through the space ahead as if cutting tofu, cleaving it cleanly into two halves with a perfectly smooth divide.
"The power of the Soul Sword has also increased considerably." Ye Yunfei felt quite satisfied.
Indeed, the advancement in realm brought an improvement in all aspects of strength!
"Based purely on my immortal power level now, I can face a Perfected True Immortal in combat. Of course, when factoring in my other strengths, killing a Perfected True Immortal should be even easier—almost an instant kill!" Ye Yunfei assessed his current power and spoke aloud.
"The only unknown is whether I could stand a chance against a Initial Earth Immortal now?" Ye Yunfei suddenly pondered this question, even feeling a slight itch to try.
This was because Ye Yunfei had confidence. With his current power, even if he couldn't defeat a Initial Earth Immortal, he could at the very least withdraw calmly and unharmed.
"You are now at the True Immortal realm. Gain more experience and deepen your foundation, and perhaps before long you will have the opportunity to break through to the Earth Immortal realm," Hun Lao sent a voice transmission to Ye Yunfei.
"No rush. My breakthrough to True Immortal this time was already somewhat hasty. If I continue advancing at this rate, it will eventually lead to an unstable foundation. For martial artists, faster is not always better when it comes to breaking through levels," Ye Yunfei considered Hun Lao's words and replied after some thought.
"That is sound reasoning," Hun Lao nodded.
"I'll spend some more time consolidating." After another moment of thought, Ye Yunfei returned inside the Phantom Tower and resumed his secluded cultivation.
"Time to upgrade the Nine Palace Totem Wheel!"
Ye Yunfei took out a massive amount of cultivation resources and released the nine divine beasts of the Nine Palace Totem Wheel, letting them start devouring the treasures.
The period of time before, when Ye Yunfei led the members of the Reincarnation Palace to wipe out several dozen branch outposts of those five major factions, had resulted in plundered cultivation resources so numerous they were beyond calculation!
Of course, Ye Yunfei hadn't monopolized all the seized resources; he had distributed them amongst everyone. However, during the distribution process, everyone had deferred to him, so ultimately Ye Yunfei ended up with the largest share.
Now, Ye Yunfei took out all these cultivation resources, added to his previous stockpiles, resulting in a terrifying quantity piled into mountain-like heaps that stretched beyond sight.
For the following half year, Ye Yunfei continued his closed-door cultivation.
"Zhou Ye is about to break through!"
One day within the Phantom Tower, Ye Yunfei suddenly sensed something.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei arrived before Zhou Ye and sensed that Zhou Ye was indeed on the verge of breaking through.
"I'll take you to the starry space outside for your breakthrough." With that, Ye Yunfei took Zhou Ye out of the Phantom Tower, left the planet, and arrived at a location in the starry void.
BOOM! RUMBLE…
Zhou Ye's lightning tribulation began.
Most of a day later, Zhou Ye successfully weathered the tribulation.
"Excellent! I'm a True Immortal now!" After his successful breakthrough, Zhou Ye was thrilled.
He had been a Perfected Mystic Immortal before; this time he broke through to become a Initial True Immortal.
"Haha, congratulations," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Brother Ye, the time spent roaming with you recently has benefited me tremendously. If it weren't for following you, my gains would definitely not be this great," Zhou Ye said to Ye Yunfei.
"Brother Zhou, no need for formalities. This is all your own fortune and effort," Ye Yunfei replied with a smile.
"Wu Tianyu is also about to break through very soon!"
At that moment, Ye Yunfei's expression shifted slightly; he sensed that Wu Tianyu was also nearing a breakthrough.
Indeed, not long after, Wu Tianyu also welcomed his lightning tribulation.
Ye Yunfei took Wu Tianyu out of the Phantom Tower to a nearby patch of starry space.
Half a day later, Wu Tianyu successfully broke through as well.
"With this, every member of our little squad is now a True Immortal!" Yan Xiaoquan exclaimed excitedly.
Yan Xiaoquan and Wu Wang had already broken through to True Immortal earlier. Now Ye Yunfei, Zhou Ye, and Wu Tianyu had also successively achieved True Immortal status. This squad was indeed comprised entirely of True Immortals!
"Hahaha… Our little squad's overall power has taken a huge leap forward! This is cause for celebration!" Hearing Yan Xiaoquan's words, everyone nodded in agreement. Under the influence of excitement, Zhou Ye even burst out laughing heartily.
"Honorable Elders, what is the current situation in the Main World like?" Ye Yunfei approached the elders of the Reincarnation Palace and asked.
Ye Yunfei knew that although these elders had been in seclusion within the Phantom Tower all this time, they would definitely have been using communication jade slips or secret arts of the Reincarnation Palace to communicate with other members of the faction to stay abreast of external developments.
"Young Master Ye, I just received news. In the Main World, during this period, your Light Faction and the Dark Faction have engaged in at least two large-scale battles, with casualties on both sides. Overall, the conflict between your Light Faction and the Dark Faction appears to be growing increasingly severe," Elder Zhuge said.
"Is that so!" Hearing this, Ye Yunfei's expression darkened.
Recently, Ye Yunfei had been busy aiding the Reincarnation Palace, paying less attention to the Dark Faction.
"If that's the case, then we must go assist our Light Faction," Yan Xiaoquan said, looking at Ye Yunfei.
"Contact Elder Yan immediately. Ask Elder Yan to clarify the specific situation before we decide on our next move," Ye Yunfei thought it over and replied.