Returning to the small pavilion,
Hu Miao and Huang Shang both appeared.
"Master, we shall guard you," Hu Miao said.
"Good," Ye Yunfei nodded, then entered the Phantom Tower.
Inside the Phantom Tower.
Ye Yunfei waved a hand, and ten demonic, imposing stone coffins appeared before him, lined up in a row.
Then, Ye Yunfei took out a large batch of spirit herbs.
He had harvested far, far too many spirit herbs during this period.
It was already more than sufficient to cultivate the fourth layer of the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art.
The Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art had a total of nine layers.
"The Bloodline Essence from ten corpses of the Ancient Demon Race should be enough for me to cultivate the fourth layer," Ye Yunfei muttered, looking at the ten stone coffins before him.
Then,
Ye Yunfei waved his hand.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The lids of the ten stone coffins opened simultaneously.
Rumble…
Within each of the ten coffins, dense demonic energy surged upward.
Ten terrifying auras of demonic power instantly enveloped the interior of the Phantom Tower.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A total of nine demonic lights shot out from nine of the stone coffins, streaking like lightning as they simultaneously entered Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea.
"Hahaha… This human brat has such audacity, daring to provoke all nine of us at once!"
Nine grotesque Ancient Demons appeared simultaneously within Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea, roaring with wild laughter towards the sky.
Vast and mighty demonic energy raged and surged wildly through Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea.
"This kid's Soul Body is of decent quality.
Which of us nine will seize his body shall depend on who acts the fastest!"
The nine Ancient Demons simultaneously lunged toward Ye Yunfei's Soul Body.
Each of their speeds was astonishing.
Yet, the next moment…
Rumble…!
A terrifyingly powerful Soul Power suddenly erupted, bearing down on those nine Ancient Demons.
"Ah!
How is this possible? How can this human brat's Soul Power be so terrifying!"
"This youngster is so young, yet his Soul Power feels so ancient, so vast, like the Soul Power of an antiquated being thousands of years old!"
…
The nine Ancient Demons shrieked miserably.
Faced with this sudden eruption of Soul Power, they had absolutely no power to resist. They could only panic and flee in all directions.
Finally,
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The nine Ancient Demons exploded one after another, vanishing into nothingness.
They were merely nine remnant souls of the Ancient Demon Race. Before a trace of Ye Yunfei's Heavenly Emperor Soul Power, how could they offer any resistance?
"Now, I can refine the Bloodline Essence from these Ancient Demons," Ye Yunfei muttered to himself.
Next, Ye Yunfei began employing secret arts to individually extract the Bloodline Essence from the ten Ancient Demons.
Even after perishing, as long as a Demon Race member's body remained intact, the Bloodline Essence contained within would not easily dissipate.
Thus, the Bloodline Essence within these ten Ancient Demons was quite well preserved.
The loss was minimal.
One day later,
Ye Yunfei finished extracting the Bloodline Essence from all ten demon corpses.
Then,
Ye Yunfei took out a massive iron cauldron.
He threw a large batch of spirit herbs into the iron cauldron.
He also poured all the Bloodline Essence from the ten Ancient Demons into it.
Next,
Ye Yunfei flicked his finger, and a fiery red flame flew into the iron cauldron.
It was the Earth Flame.
Whoosh!
Blazing flames erupted within the iron cauldron.
Ye Yunfei removed all his clothes and jumped into the cauldron.
"Ahhh…!"
Immediately, Ye Yunfei screamed in agony.
Unimaginable pain instantly consumed his entire body, every cell, every nerve, every organ.
This was the pain of being torn apart and reassembled. A will not sufficiently resolute would be utterly unable to endure it.
The Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art was an inheritance technique of the True Demon Race. For a human body to cultivate a Demon Race inheritance art was destined to incur horrifying pain.
The higher the cultivation level, the more terrifying the pain one had to endure.
Ye Yunfei had long been prepared for this.
"Ahhh! Ahhh!"
Wave after wave of agonized screams reverberated within the Phantom Tower.
Even as he endured extreme torment, Ye Yunfei's physical body also began undergoing a qualitative transformation and reorganization.
The Bloodline Essence of ten Ancient Demons and the potent essence of a massive quantity of spirit herbs transformed into boundless medicinal power, seeping into every strand of flesh and blood to initiate a frenzied overhaul.
This feeling, for Ye Yunfei, was one of pain, yet also joy!
In this moment, Ye Yunfei realized his understanding of his own body had become so profound, so thorough!
He truly understood his own physical form!
"So the process of body tempering yields such gains.
In my previous life, like most martial artists in the world, I focused solely on cultivating spiritual energy and looked down upon tempering the physical body.
Fortunately, in this life of rebirth, I have the chance to remedy that, to emphasize the tempering of my flesh," Ye Yunfei thought inwardly.
The cultivation for the fourth layer of the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art required much more time than the previous three layers.
After over twenty days,
the blazing flames within the iron cauldron gradually died down.
At a certain moment,
a terrifying wave of physical strength slowly expanded from within the iron cauldron.
Boom…!
Unable to bear it, the iron cauldron shattered on the spot, exploding into shards of iron that shot out in all directions.
Ye Yunfei slowly stood up.
At this moment, Ye Yunfei felt that every bone in his body had turned golden yellow, like divine bones.
Every inch of muscle throughout his body brimmed with inconceivable power, capable of being both hard and soft.
As hard as Primordial Chaos True Gold, as soft as flowing cotton, his control over the application of power had reached a realm of complete mastery, exquisite to the peak.
With even the slightest movement of his body, he released an undeniably terrifying force that shook the surrounding space with rumbling echoes.
For a moment, Ye Yunfei felt an illusion that his physical body could pluck stars and seize the moon!
"My current physical strength is at least around 1.8 million jin!"
Ye Yunfei gently clenched a fist, and crackling sounds of energy explosions immediately erupted throughout his body, like a string of firecrackers being set off.
"The fourth layer of the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art is complete," Ye Yunfei muttered.
"My spiritual energy realm can also be elevated now."
Following this, Ye Yunfei continued his seclusion, aiming to break through his spiritual energy realm.
One month later,
Boom!
A powerful spiritual energy pressure radiated from Ye Yunfei's body.
"Late-stage Profound Realm!" Ye Yunfei said to himself.
Another month passed.
Boom…
Another powerful surge of spiritual energy fluctuations transmitted from Ye Yunfei's body.
"Early-stage Sage Realm!" Ye Yunfei said to himself.
"Alright, this will do for now."
Ye Yunfei ceased his attempts to breakthrough the spiritual energy realm.
In this life of rebirth, Ye Yunfei was, on the contrary, in no hurry at all to break through his spiritual energy realm.
Then,
Ye Yunfei left the Phantom Tower and returned to the small pavilion.
"Master, Elder Ren is looking for you. It seems urgent," Hu Miao said as soon as Ye Yunfei appeared.
"Let him in," Ye Yunfei said.
"Elder Zhang is in trouble.
Half a day ago, he sent back a message asking for help.
Then, there was no further news from him," Elder Ren said anxiously as soon as he entered the small pavilion and saw Ye Yunfei.