"Not good!
The Purple Devil Furnace seems to be changing!"
At this moment, the several Demon Race masters also discovered that the Purple Devil Furnace was undergoing some kind of change. The incineration power inside the devil furnace was beginning to weaken.
These Demon Race masters were greatly alarmed, because this Purple Devil Furnace was an extremely powerful treasure for them. If it were destroyed, the loss would be immense.
They became even more frantic, pouring their devil power energy into the Purple Devil Furnace, trying to increase its burning power. But by this time, the Transform Body into Artifact Secret Art that Ye Yunfei was employing had begun to gradually influence the Purple Devil Furnace. In fact, Ye Yunfei had already melted a part of the furnace.
"What kind of evil art is this kid using? He seems to be gradually taking control of the Purple Devil Furnace!"
The Demon Race masters felt something was increasingly wrong because they realized their control over the furnace was starting to slip.
Inside the Purple Devil Furnace, billowing flames still filled the air, surging toward Ye Yunfei from all directions. However, the threat these flames posed to him was weakening more and more.
The Golden Immortal-level treasures Ye Yunfei had taken out earlier were now fully integrated into his body. His physical strength had increased considerably, and his control over the Purple Devil Furnace was growing stronger as well, because he had already melted a portion of the furnace, making it part of his own body.
At the spot where Ye Yunfei sat cross-legged, a part of the furnace's interior had caved in and vanished—this vanished part had already been assimilated into Ye Yunfei's body.
And as time passed, the portion of the devil furnace melted by Ye Yunfei increased.
During this process, the threat posed by the flames inside the furnace to Ye Yunfei grew smaller and smaller.
Gradually, Ye Yunfei no longer felt anything from the devil flames surrounding his body!
Outside the Purple Devil Furnace, the Demon Race masters found their control over the furnace dwindling!
"What's happening?
This kid is too bizarre!
He seems about to refine the Purple Devil Furnace. What do we do? Let's quickly retract the furnace and leave this place first!
Losing the Purple Devil Furnace would be a massive blow to us—it's our most powerful trump card!"
One of the Demon Race masters panicked, shouting loudly.
"Alright then. Let's retract the Purple Devil Furnace now. It seems it can't handle this kid. If we stay here any longer, we'll just be wasting time!"
Seeing the situation turning against them, the other Demon Race masters all nodded in agreement.
Thus, the several Demon Race masters attempted to use their methods to force Ye Yunfei out of the Purple Devil Furnace. But by now, Ye Yunfei had already melted roughly half of the furnace—meaning half of the Purple Devil Furnace had become part of his body. Ye Yunfei's control over it was now stronger than that of the Demon Race masters!
Under such circumstances, the Demon Race masters' attempt to expel him was simply impossible!
"Not good! It seems we can't control the Purple Devil Furnace anymore!"
After another moment passed, the Demon Race masters all realized they had lost control of the furnace and cried out in panic.
"Dammit! It looks like the kid has taken control of the Purple Devil Furnace!"
"Let's escape quickly! Without the Purple Devil Furnace, we're no match for him!"
...
The Demon Race masters were thoroughly frightened. The Purple Devil Furnace was their most formidable trump card, and now Ye Yunfei had seized it.
They knew the furnace's power. If Ye Yunfei used it against them, they would be in big trouble.
"We're leaving now!"
The five Demon Race masters were very decisive. They immediately made their choice, directly abandoning the Purple Devil Furnace and turning to flee.
"Think you can just come and leave whenever you please? It's not that easy!"
Right at this moment, Ye Yunfei suddenly walked out from within the Purple Devil Furnace and spoke with a cold smile, looking at the five Demon Race experts.
By now, Ye Yunfei had completely fused the Purple Devil Furnace as a part of his body!
The Purple Devil Furnace truly lived up to its reputation as an artifact of great power. After fusing with it, Ye Yunfei felt his body quality had greatly improved, and his physical strength had also surged significantly.
"Now it's your turn to taste the might of the Purple Devil Furnace!"
Ye Yunfei activated the Grand Space Movement Technique. With a flash, he instantly caught up to one of the Demon Race masters and spoke with a cold laugh.
Boom...
The Purple Devil Furnace appeared above Ye Yunfei's head, tilting forward as if a vast ocean of rolling flames poured out from within, inundating this Demon Race master.
The terrifying incineration power instantly caused the surrounding space to warp and twist violently. Everything in the vicinity—including time, space, energy laws, and all other matter—was completely incinerated, leaving behind an absolute vacuum, pitch-black and empty.
"Ah..."
The Demon Race master couldn't dodge in time. Engulfed by the rolling flames, his body instantly ignited, blazing fiercely as he let out piercing screams.
After being melted by Ye Yunfei, the Purple Devil Furnace's power had not diminished; instead, it had become even more formidable. This was because it had now become part of Ye Yunfei's body, mutually reinforcing and enhancing each other with his powerful physique.
"Ye Yunfei, we are all from the Demon Capital!
You dare kill members of our Demon Capital? Aren't you afraid our Demon Capital will come to settle accounts with you later?"
The other Demon Race experts in the distance saw this scene, a mix of shock and fury. One of them roared angrily.
"Oh?
So you're allowed to kill me, but I can't kill you?
Since when is that the way of the world? Anything you say now is useless. By provoking me, you are all going to die!"
Ye Yunfei let out a cold laugh, unimpressed, and then activated the Grand Space Movement Technique to instantly appear behind another Demon Race master.
"Brat, I'll fight you with my life!"
This Demon Race master, finding Ye Yunfei suddenly behind him, showed a look of terror and shouted loudly.
Nine devil swords shot out from within his body. These nine swords formed a blade array, erupting with surging devil power energy as they slashed toward Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei neither dodged nor evaded. He threw out a single punch, directly sending all nine devil swords flying.
The immense Purple Devil Furnace shot out from above Ye Yunfei's head, continuously expanding as it suppressed toward the Demon Race master.
"Ye Yunfei! The Purple Devil Furnace belongs to us! You steal it and then dare to use it against us!"
Feeling the powerful energy radiating from the Purple Devil Furnace, this Demon Race master's face changed drastically. He didn't dare to resist at all. With an angry roar, he fled desperately.
Boom...
Ye Yunfei pointed a finger. Surging devil flames poured out from the Purple Devil Furnace, transforming into a rolling sea of fire that swept toward the Demon Race master.
At the same time, Ye Yunfei also activated the Space World Grand Array, suppressing the Demon Race master's body.
"Ah..."
The Demon Race master's body began to burn fiercely, releasing bursts of agonized screams.
The other three Demon Race masters had long since fled into the distance. Hearing their companion's intense screams, they stopped and looked back.
They very much wanted to return and rescue their companion, but they also knew that turning back would mean they were no match for Ye Yunfei.
So, the three Demon Race masters hesitated only briefly before fleeing further away.
Ye Yunfei's Grand Space Movement Technique made him extremely fast. In mere moments, he caught up with another of the Demon Race masters.
This Demon Race master, realizing Ye Yunfei was right behind him, was scared out of his wits. Knowing he was no match for Ye Yunfei, he didn't even plan to fight. Instead, he pushed his speed to the limit, fleeing desperately into the distance, trying to shake off Ye Yunfei.
But Ye Yunfei was not about to let him go.
Boom...
The Purple Devil Furnace crossed the sky, continuously expanding as it released terrifying suppression energy, bearing down on his body. Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei unleashed the Space World Grand Array, Soul Sword, and Invisible Heart Sword to attack him.
Simultaneously facing several types of attacks, the Demon Race master couldn't withstand them. His speed immediately began to slow, until he was finally smashed into pulp by the Purple Devil Furnace.
Next, Ye Yunfei went to chase the remaining two Demon Race masters.
Ye Yunfei discovered that these two had already fled deep into the Demon Realm, arriving before a temple emanating dense devilish energy.
"Ye Yunfei!
You killed members of our Demon Capital! This is a heinous crime!
We will report this to our Demon Capital's higher-ups now! Just you wait—our Demon Capital will definitely settle accounts with you!"
The two Demon Race masters turned to look at Ye Yunfei, gnashing their teeth as they spoke. Then they simultaneously rushed into the temple.
By the time Ye Yunfei arrived and walked into the temple, he found an ancient Teleportation Altar inside. The two Demon Race masters were already gone—clearly, they had escaped via this altar.
Ye Yunfei threw a punch, directly smashing the Teleportation Altar to pieces, completely destroying it.
"You've now offended two major powers: the Demon Capital and the Ghost Capital. You're bound to face trouble in the future," Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei.
"Actually, it's them who have come to provoke me. I can't avoid it even if I want to. There's no choice in this matter. Worrying is useless. As for the future, we'll just have to take things as they come," Ye Yunfei replied.
"Yes, even if you wanted to avoid them, you couldn't," Hun Lao nodded.
"Master, I'll go look around to see if there's anything valuable left in the Demon Realm!" Hu Miao said to Ye Yunfei, then turned and left, starting to search throughout the Demon Realm for anything of worth.
"I'm going too!"
Hearing Hu Miao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm didn't want to fall behind and also rushed out, beginning his own search throughout the Demon Realm.
"The Demon Race evacuated on their own initiative. Any valuable items would have long since been taken away; they wouldn't be left behind," Hun Lao said with a laugh.
Sure enough, after a short while, Hu Miao and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm returned disappointedly. They hadn't found anything valuable at all.
"Alright, let's go."
Ye Yunfei brought Hu Miao and the others and left the Demon Realm.
"Master, are we heading to the Netherworld now?" Hu Miao asked Ye Yunfei.
"Yes."
Ye Yunfei nodded, striding forward in the direction of the Netherworld.
Like the Ghost Realm and Demon Realm, the Netherworld had also sent experts to hunt Ye Yunfei. This was an account Ye Yunfei naturally had to settle.
"Look!
Ye Yunfei seems to be heading toward the Netherworld!
It looks like he's going to settle accounts with them!"
Throughout the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds, many beings were closely watching Ye Yunfei's every move.
A short while later, Ye Yunfei arrived at the entrance to the Netherworld. Looking out, this stretch of space-time was shrouded in a thick layer of death energy.
Ye Yunfei sized up the Netherworld entrance, then stepped forward.
Hu Miao, Dugu Huan, and others followed behind Ye Yunfei.
"Ye Yunfei, you have already offended the Dark Faction, the Demon Capital, and the Ghost Capital. And now you still want to provoke our Netherworld?
The Netherworld of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds is actually a branch of the Great Netherworld.
If you dare attack the Netherworld, that is equivalent to provoking the Great Netherworld!"
Even before Ye Yunfei approached the Netherworld entrance, a voice so cold it was bone-chilling came from within.
"Since I've already provoked so many major powers, I don't mind one more Great Netherworld," Ye Yunfei replied calmly.
Ye Yunfei understood in his heart that even if he retreated now and avoided provoking these major powers, they would surely come looking for trouble later. The enmity between both sides was already set; it wouldn't be resolved just because he compromised or backed down.
So Ye Yunfei would simply slaughter to his heart's content, taking back a little interest for himself after being hunted recently.
"Fine. In that case, there's nothing more to say," that icy voice from within the Netherworld replied.
Then Ye Yunfei stepped through the Netherworld entrance, entering a vast, dark, and terrifying world.
Looking around, thick death energy permeated everywhere. In the distance, many vengeful souls and ferocious ghosts drifted about, letting out piercing screams.
"Be careful. Many experts are hiding in this world, preparing to ambush you," Hun Lao suddenly sent a voice transmission to Ye Yunfei.
Hun Lao was extremely sensitive to spatial phenomena and could keenly detect subtle disturbances in the surrounding space.
"Let them come. I'm not afraid.
I came here precisely to have a satisfying fight with them."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Ye Yunfei had already sensed many powerful auras lurking in this world, seemingly having already locked onto him.
"Wait for me! I'm coming too!"
Just then, a woman's voice rang out. Ye Yunfei then saw a black phoenix rush into the Netherworld, arriving beside him.
It was Lü Dandan!
"Miss Lü, what are you doing here? This is a grudge between me and the Netherworld. You needn't be involved. I can handle it," Ye Yunfei said, somewhat surprised by Lü Dandan's arrival.
Ye Yunfei suspected that Lü Dandan was probably here to help him.
"No. You think only you have grievances with the Netherworld? My grudge with them runs deeper," Lü Dandan replied with an icy voice.
"Oh? What grievance do you have with the Netherworld, Miss Lü?" Ye Yunfei asked curiously.
"Back then, the Corpse World of the Primordial Continent was actually founded by a Netherworld Elder. Since the Corpse World of Primordial Continent has already been destroyed by you, I have no choice but to come and settle accounts with the Netherworld itself," Lü Dandan answered.
"So that's how it is!"
Hearing this, Ye Yunfei suddenly understood.
So the Corpse World of Primordial Continent actually belonged to the Netherworld's sphere of influence.
"I declare that the Dark World formally declares war on the Netherworld!"
Lü Dandan stood high in the Netherworld sky. A black phoenix hovered above her head, gently flapping its black wings, releasing vast amounts of Dark Path energy as she spoke in an icy tone.
"Hmph! Utterly overestimating yourselves. A mere Dark World dares to provoke our Netherworld!"
That same voice from earlier sounded from deep within the Netherworld, causing a series of black lightning bolts to explode continuously throughout the Netherworld space as endless death energy surged and churned.
"The Nether Realm should be a part of the Netherworld too. I wonder how those flying yin apes are doing."
Ye Yunfei remembered those flying yin apes he had subdued in the past.