"Ye Yunfei, your people have been taken to the Main World. If you want to save them, go and deal with the five factions in the Main World: the Azure Mystery Sect, the Western Sect, the Five Immortals Sect, the Tongtian Sect, and the Qian Tang Empire.
The ones who went to capture your people were also acting on the orders of these five factions."
That was the Dark Faction Earth Immortal's reply.
"Taken to the Main World!
How long ago were they taken?"
Ye Yunfei couldn't help but feel his heart sink upon hearing this.
"By now, they should have already arrived in the Main World. In short, if you want to find people, go to the Main World and look for those five factions.
Your people are no longer in the hands of our Dark Faction.
Ye Yunfei, after killing so many of our Dark Faction members, you better wait for our reprisal!"
The Earth Immortal answered.
"Even if your Dark Faction doesn't come seeking revenge, I won't let your Dark Faction off either.
Tell me, where is Steward Huo!"
Ye Yunfei's face darkened as he spoke coldly.
"That Steward Huo of the Light Faction has already been blasted to nothingness by my palm, vanished into thin air!"
The Earth Immortal revealed a sinister smile.
"Master, we have killed every single Dark Faction member in this world!"
At that moment, Hu Miao returned to Ye Yunfei's side and reported.
"Kid, I've searched this entire world and couldn't detect the aura of the people you're looking for.
But I did find the aura of that Steward Huo. It seems he's already dead, with only a few wispy remnant souls left.
I brought them back. Take a look."
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm transformed into a streak of golden light and flashed over from the distance, stopping before Ye Yunfei and speaking. Then, with a flick of its golden claws, it sent a few faint remnant souls floating before Ye Yunfei.
"Hmph!
Who would have thought that fellow's Soul Body was so tough! To withstand a direct hit from me and still leave behind these few wisps!"
Seeing this, that Dark Faction Earth Immortal couldn't help but snort disdainfully.
Ye Yunfei looked at the few remnant souls of Steward Huo. After thinking for a moment, a thought moved within him, and a Soul Nourishing Tree flew out of his Soul Sea with a rustling sound.
The tree then released a large amount of soul energy, condensing into symbols that directly wrapped around Steward Huo's few remnant souls, forcefully merging them together. At the same time, it poured vast amounts of soul energy into these remnant souls, allowing them to swell and strengthen.
This was an inherited secret technique of the soul race, capable of forcefully bonding a shattered Soul Body back together into a complete whole.
Moments later, the Soul Nourishing Tree returned to Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea, and a faint, illusory figure of a middle-aged man appeared there, looking somewhat dazed.
"Let me give him a hand too!"
Huang Shang appeared. With a wave of his hand, ghostly mist roared and surged forth, blanketing the middle-aged man. In the next instant, tiny fragments of memory within this world's space, like shimmering fireflies, flew towards the middle-aged man from all directions.
Huang Shang was performing a highly advanced soul-returning secret art, helping Steward Huo recover the memory fragments lost when his Soul Body was shattered.
Those memory fragments continuously integrated into the middle-aged man's form.
After a short while, the illusory body of this middle-aged man seemed to solidify considerably.
At the same time, the expression on the middle-aged man's face became much clearer.
"How is this possible!
This fellow's Soul Body was personally shattered by me! Kid, you actually have such a profound method to reform his Soul Body and even help him recover his memory!"
Seeing this scene, the Dark Faction Earth Immortal was greatly astonished, unable to believe what he was seeing.
"Steward Huo!"
Ning Laoqi walked over.
"It's you, Steward Ning!
Why are you here!
But this place is Dark Faction territory!
Wait... earlier it seemed I was struck by a Dark Faction Earth Immortal's palm, annihilated both in form and spirit. Why has my Soul Body reformed now?"
This middle-aged man was indeed Steward Huo. Having just regained consciousness and recovered a portion of his memories, he suddenly saw Ning Laoqi and couldn't help but feel immense joy as he spoke.
"Here's what happened..."
Ning Laoqi briefly explained the situation.
"So you are Ye Yunfei!
My apologies. Chief Cai entrusted me with protecting your people, but I failed."
After hearing Ning Laoqi's words, Steward Huo saw Ye Yunfei, walked over, and said with sincere regret.
"Steward Huo, there's no need for you to blame yourself. The enemies were just too powerful.
I won't fault you."
Ye Yunfei replied.
He knew that with the Dark Faction and the five major factions of the Main World dispatching numerous experts—even including Earth Immortal experts—to capture his people, it would have been impossible for just a few Light Faction base stewards to protect them.
"Steward Huo, were all the people you were carrying captured by the Dark Faction?"
Ye Yunfei asked.
"Yes.
During my escape, I was besieged by over a dozen Dark Faction True Immortal experts and severely injured. I managed to barely fight my way out, only for a Dark Faction Earth Immortal expert to suddenly appear and directly subdue me. I was then brought to this Dark Faction stronghold.
All the people I was carrying fell into the hands of the Dark Faction.
However, I saw the Dark Faction hand over all your people to several full-stage True Immortals from the Main World, saying they were to be taken back to the Main World to lure you there. Then they planned to use those people to threaten you, capture you, and in turn use you to threaten Su Qingluo, the master of the Reincarnation Palace."
Steward Huo answered.
"They captured my people to threaten me, and they want to capture me to use against Qingluo.
Excellent. Every single one involved in this matter will not escape. All will die!"
Ye Yunfei's face darkened as he thought inwardly.
"Ye Yunfei, your people should have already been taken back to the Main World. By now, they probably have entered the Main World."
Steward Huo said.
"They've probably just entered the Main World by now?
That means, if I can reach the Main World immediately right now, I might still catch up to them!
As long as they haven't returned to their respective faction headquarters, they definitely won't be a match for me!"
Hearing Steward Huo's words, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but have a sudden inspiration.
"By the way, Steward Huo, do you know what happened to Steward Huang?"
At that moment, Ning Laoqi asked.
Back then, Chief Cai had ordered three base stewards to escape the base separately with Ye Yunfei's people: Ning Laoqi, Steward Huo, and another steward named Huang.
"I don't know.
After parting ways with the two of you, I haven't seen Steward Huang again, nor have I had any contact with him."
Steward Huo replied.
"Steward Huo, the Dark Faction Earth Immortal who captured you—was it him?"
Ye Yunfei waved a hand, sending the remnant soul of that Dark Faction Earth Immortal floating before Steward Huo as he asked.
"Yes, it's him!"
Steward Huo's face paled in shock, and he backed away repeatedly.
"Huh?
How is it that this fellow's body has been shattered, leaving only a remnant soul?"
Steward Huo quickly noticed the Earth Immortal was in a remnant soul state, feeling both shocked and delighted.
"Indeed, all that remains of this fellow now is a remnant soul. Steward Huo, you can have your revenge now. Go ahead and shatter his remnant soul completely."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"But I'm also in a remnant soul state. I still can't defeat him."
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, Steward Huo hesitated briefly before speaking.
"Do not fear.
I have already sealed him. He cannot resist.
If he tries, I can reduce him to ashes in an instant."
Ye Yunfei said.
As soon as the words left his mouth, his Soul Sword and Formless Heart Sword simultaneously shot forward, one left and one right, aimed at the remnant soul of the Dark Faction Earth Immortal.
"Alright!
I want revenge. I'll shatter this fellow with my own hands!"
Steward Huo gritted his teeth, stepped forward, and threw a fist towards the Earth Immortal's remnant soul.
This Dark Faction Earth Immortal's remnant soul had already been sealed by Ye Yunfei using an advanced secret art and had no power to resist. Moreover, with the Soul Sword and Formless Heart Sword also suppressing him, he couldn't move at all.
After a few breaths, with a *poof* sound, the Dark Faction remnant soul was blasted apart by Steward Huo's strike, both form and spirit extinguished.
Huang Shang immediately unleashed his ghost cultivation technique, absorbing all the fragments of the destroyed Earth Immortal's remnant soul.
"Now, I'm going to pursue those full-stage True Immortals from the Main World!
Steward Huo, do you remember the appearances and Soul Body auras of those full-stage True Immortals?"
Ye Yunfei said.
"I remember."
Steward Huo waved a hand, using Soul Power to simulate the appearances and Soul Body auras of six full-stage True Immortals.
*Swoosh!*
Ye Yunfei immediately infused a large quantity of spatial energy crystals into the Space Teleportation Token, then directly activated it, teleporting away from this world.
Moments later, Ye Yunfei's figure appeared at the entrance to the Main World.
"Steward Huo, let's follow them inside!"
Ye Yunfei let Steward Huo out and said to him. Then, with a flick of his sleeve, he swept Steward Huo up and charged into the Main World.
"So fast!"
Steward Huo was utterly shocked.
Just moments ago they were in the Dark Faction's world, yet within such a short time, they had reached the entrance to the Main World!
They had crossed half the chaotic void of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds in almost an instant!
This was simply breakneck speed!
Just as Ye Yunfei charged into the Main World, within the chaotic void of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, batch after batch of the Dark Faction's armies suddenly appeared, their forces vast and mighty as they surged towards the various branch strongholds of the Light Faction.
Then, from those Light Faction branch strongholds, troops also marched out batch by batch, forming armies that stood facing the Dark Faction forces in the chaotic void.
"Awe-inspiring news! The war between the Dark Faction and the Light Faction has officially begun!
The new World-Destroying War has finally arrived!"
Innumerable beings across the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds exclaimed in alarm.
"The Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds have officially entered a state of war!
What follows will be an era of widespread devastation and suffering among the living!
Who knows how many factions and beings across the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds will survive after this World-Destroying War?"
Some elderly figures who had lived through the previous World-Destroying War watched the two factions' armies confronting each other in the chaotic void and sighed with deep concern.
At this time, Ye Yunfei had already entered the Main World.
"I sense the auras of those guys! They're in that direction! Hurry, give chase!"
Not long after entering the Main World, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm made a discovery and shouted while pointing in a specific direction.
*Swoosh!*
Ye Yunfei activated the Space Teleportation Token and immediately teleported in that direction, crossing a vast stretch of starry space in an instant.
"I swear, if any harm comes to my people, I will repay it a hundredfold, a thousandfold, even ten-thousandfold!"
Ye Yunfei's heart brimmed with thick killing intent as he vowed bitterly to himself.
He feared that his people, in the hands of the enemy for too long, might suffer harm.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei was burning with anxiety!