During Ye Yunfei's tribulation, the Thunder Beast also emerged, standing by his side and letting out roars as it continuously devoured the thick, descending bolts of lightning from the high sky.
Although the Lightning Tribulation was violent, Ye Yunfei's physical body was of extremely high quality. Combined with the assistance of the Thunder Beast, the entire process seemed quite effortless.
"The cultivation technique Young Master Ye is practicing is truly remarkable, actually capable of simulating such a vivid and lifelike divine beast!" Mr. Liu had been observing Ye Yunfei's tribulation and couldn't help but praise upon seeing the Thunder Beast.
The fact that Mr. Liu praised it showed that the Nine Palaces Totem Wheel technique was indeed extraordinary.
"There are no problems with Young Master Ye's tribulation," Mr. Liu concluded after watching for a while, certain that Ye Yunfei would successfully breakthrough.
As this was a minor realm breakthrough within the Earth Immortal level, Ye Yunfei's tribulation this time didn't trigger any particularly noteworthy phenomena. Generally speaking, only breakthroughs across a major realm were likely to welcome various heavenly phenomena.
Not long after, Ye Yunfei succeeded in breaking through.
"I am now a Perfected Earth Immortal!" After the dark clouds in the high sky dissipated, Ye Yunfei stood mid-air, sensing the surging Immortal Force energy rolling within his body, and spoke to himself.
"Young Master Ye, congratulations. For someone of your age to achieve such a realm shows that your talent is already very good," Mr. Liu said, stepping through the air to land in front of Ye Yunfei.
"You flatter me, Mr. Liu. My current realm is still too low; I'm not even a Golden Immortal. Next, I need to increase my cultivation speed to strive for an earlier breakthrough to Golden Immortal," Ye Yunfei replied.
In his heart, Ye Yunfei understood that only by breaking through to become a Golden Immortal expert early would he have any chance of facing opponents like the Dark Ancestor.
"No, Young Master Ye, you actually don't need to pursue a breakthrough to Golden Immortal so quickly. Doing so would be very detrimental to your future development," Mr. Liu shook his head upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words.
"Mr. Liu, why is that? I actually feel my Immortal Force foundation is relatively solid; I can appropriately accelerate the breakthrough speed," Ye Yunfei asked, taken aback for a moment before replying.
"Young Master Ye, have you ever heard of the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal?" Mr. Liu asked with a smile.
"Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal? I have never heard of such a thing," Ye Yunfei was slightly stunned and shook his head.
"The vast majority of living beings believe that Perfected Earth Immortal is the highest realm for an Earth Immortal. But that is not actually the case. Above Perfected Earth Immortal, there is another realm: the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal. This is the true highest realm for an Earth Immortal," Mr. Liu explained.
"So that's how it is!" Ye Yunfei was greatly surprised upon hearing Mr. Liu's words. He knew that with Mr. Liu's status, he definitely wouldn't deceive him.
"Young Master Ye, I think you should try cultivating the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal. If you can achieve it, it will have immense benefits for your future development. Let me put it this way: only if you manage to cultivate to the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal level in every major realm within the Immortal Realm will you then have the possibility of breaking through to become a Deity later. If you do not cultivate to Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal in any major realm within the Immortal Realm, your chances of ever breaking through to become a Deity will be very, very small, even non-existent," Mr. Liu continued.
"There is actually such a thing!" Ye Yunfei was deeply shaken by Mr. Liu's words.
"Let me explain the reason. Why does cultivating to the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal grant a greater chance to break through to Deity later? It involves the factors of space-time. Because you cultivated to become an immortal within this space-time, the energy and laws within your body originate from this space-time. Even if you become an immortal, you are an immortal belonging to this space-time. Only within this space-time can you exhibit your true combat power. If you leave this space-time and go to other space-times outside, the Immortal Force energy and laws within your body will more or less be suppressed by those other space-times, preventing you from unleashing your true combat power. Since you cultivated to become an immortal within this space-time, you are essentially a product of this space-time. If you go to other space-times outside in the future, you will experience a sense of maladaptation. Only by cultivating to the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal can you truly break free from the constraints of different space-times and be recognized by the true primordial chaos void, rather than belonging solely to a single space-time," Mr. Liu explained further to Ye Yunfei.
"So that's it! Thank you, Mr. Liu, for showing me the way!" Ye Yunfei suddenly understood.
"What Mr. Liu says makes sense. Different space-times certainly possess different energies and laws. Beings from one space-time will inevitably experience a degree of maladjustment when traveling to other space-times," the Chaos World Tree, with its innate, profound understanding of space-time, couldn't help but nod repeatedly upon hearing Mr. Liu's words.
"Young Master Ye, I will now impart to you the method of cultivating the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal. Try and see if you can succeed in cultivating it," Mr. Liu said to Ye Yunfei.
"Many thanks, Mr. Liu!" Ye Yunfei was overjoyed. Having learned of the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal, he naturally wished he could cultivate to this realm.
Because only by cultivating to become a Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal would he have a chance to cultivate to Deity later!
"Actually, the method of cultivating the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal is simple. After reaching the Perfected realm, you need to evade a total of nine Lightning Tribulations. After evading nine tribulations, you can become a Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal. Remember, the method of cultivating the Nine-Nine Return to Truth Immortal is not to undergo the tribulations, but to evade them. From now on, whenever you feel you are about to breakthrough, you must immediately suppress it, sever your connection with this space-time, making this space-time unable to sense your existence. Then the tribulation will naturally vanish. Of course, it sounds easy but is difficult in practice. When your tribulation is imminent, truly severing this space-time's perception of you is incredibly challenging. Now, I will impart to you the methods of how to suppress the tribulation and how to sever your connection with this space-time," Mr. Liu continued.
Overjoyed, Ye Yunfei expressed his gratitude repeatedly.
After speaking, Mr. Liu pointed a finger, sending a massive amount of Soul Power information into Ye Yunfei's Soul Sea. It contained precisely the methods of suppressing the tribulation and isolating oneself from the perception of the surrounding space-time.
"Alright, now you should continue refining that Yin Seed," Mr. Liu said to Ye Yunfei.
Subsequently, Ye Yunfei returned to the ancestral hall, sat down cross-legged, and continued refining the Yin Seed within his body.
The Yin Seed was still attempting to resist, but the golden runes Mr. Liu had arranged within Ye Yunfei's body, along with the hall itself, suppressed it, leaving it utterly incapable of rebellion.
Finding resistance futile, the Yin Seed then began to plead pitifully with Ye Yunfei. However, Ye Yunfei paid it no mind.
Because Ye Yunfei knew the true nature of this Yin Seed was brutal and evil, he felt no compassion towards it. Refining and absorbing it was the best choice.