"I appreciate your kindness, Miss Peng.
However, I really intend to leave now. If the opportunity arises in the future, I’ll come back to your Peng Family’s world to visit."
Ye Yunfei's mind was made up; he responded via voice transmission.
The Demigod experts from both the Peng Family and the Shen Family knew his origins and that he had obtained the Yin Seed nurtured by the Dark Faction. If these Demigod experts wanted to seize that Yin Seed, he would be in great danger.
Therefore, Ye Yunfei knew the most sensible thing for him to do right now was to quickly leave this place of conflict.
"Until we meet again, Miss Peng!"
While transmitting his message to Peng Rou, Ye Yunfei was constantly retreating, already arriving in the distance as he spoke. Without waiting to hear what Peng Rou might say in response, he turned and left.
"Young Master Ye…"
Peng Rou saw Ye Yunfei leave and transmitted a call, but Ye Yunfei's speed was terrifyingly fast; by this point, he was already within the distant void.
**Boom rumble rumble…**
Just as Ye Yunfei prepared to leave the Tianyan World Cluster, several powerful strands of Soul Power perceived him across space, causing the void of the entire World Cluster to tremble faintly.
"There are several more Demigod experts hiding in the shadows! They’re targeting you too!" Hun Lao exclaimed in shock.
"Go!"
Without a moment's hesitation, Ye Yunfei immediately activated his Space Teleportation Token. In an instant, he traveled another great distance, this time completely bursting out of the Tianyan World Cluster and arriving at the Chaotic Void outside.
**Boom boom…**
Several powerful strands of Soul Energy pursued Ye Yunfei's fleeing figure with fierce momentum.
Ye Yunfei also vaguely sensed several incredibly swift, almost imperceptible figures heading in his direction.
"Not good, Demigod experts are chasing you!" Hun Lao turned pale with fright.
**Swish swish…**
Ye Yunfei had already sensed the danger. He kept stuffing large amounts of spatial energy crystals into his Space Teleportation Token while continuously using it to teleport, advancing through the Chaotic Void Sea at an astonishing speed.
"It's fortunate I was decisive earlier. If I had waited for those Demigod experts hiding in the shadows to make their move, I probably wouldn't have been able to leave."
Ye Yunfei felt secretly relieved at his decisiveness.
"This brat is too slippery!
He seems to have a high-grade treasure in his hand capable of traversing space!
Who would have thought a Golden Immortal would obtain such a treasure? It seems this brat's luck is quite good."
"This treasure somewhat resembles an ancient Space Gate artifact. Could it be that a Space Gate still exists in the world? Or perhaps, it's a legacy treasure left behind by an ancient Space Gate?"
The few figures in pursuit communicated with each other in astonishment as they chased Ye Yunfei.
Knowing the pursuers were likely all Demigod experts, Ye Yunfei didn't dare to slack off. He frantically fed spatial energy crystals into the Space Teleportation Token while using it to teleport at full speed, moving faster than ever before.
Thus, without stopping for a single moment, Ye Yunfei pushed the Space Teleportation Token to its limit. Finally, after fifteen or sixteen days, he felt that the pursuing figures behind him seemed to have disappeared.
"Finally shook them off!"
Ye Yunfei let out a long sigh and spoke aloud.
For more than ten days, Ye Yunfei hadn't rested for a single moment, and he had also expended a massive amount of spatial energy crystals.
It could be said that since obtaining the Space Teleportation Token, this was the first time he had utilized it to such an extreme degree.
Back in a certain location behind him.
Three figures stood still, each employing some high-level tracking secret technique, trying to capture traces of Ye Yunfei's aura.
But even after another day, these three figures still couldn't capture any shred of Ye Yunfei's aura.
"What a pity. We are just avatars here. If our true selves were present, that brat definitely wouldn't have escaped," one of the figures sighed.
"Did that brat really obtain the Yin Seed nurtured by the Dark Faction?" another figure asked.
"I heard it's true.
At the time, many major forces sent people into the Three Thousand Worlds to seize that Yin Seed. The scene was a bit chaotic, and that brat took advantage of the disorder to get his hands on it.
Even now, the experts of the Dark Faction are still searching everywhere for that brat, presumably hoping to get the Yin Seed back."
The third figure spoke in a low voice.
"Even if that brat obtained the Yin Seed nurtured by the Dark Faction, he should have refined it by now, right? Would capturing him still be useful then?" the first figure said.
"It's said that Yin Seed contains Divine attributes and Laws left behind by ancient deities from that ancient era of the Three Thousand Worlds. Divine attributes and Laws wouldn't easily vanish. Even if that brat refined that Yin Seed, those Divine attributes and Laws would certainly still remain within his body. His body is now equivalent to that Yin Seed.
Besides, that brat is only at the Golden Immortal realm. With such cultivation strength, it's probably quite difficult for him to fully refine that Yin Seed.
In any case, whether or not he refined the Yin Seed, capturing him should still prove useful.
What a shame we let him escape." The second figure spoke.
"If that's the case, then dispatch personnel to track down that brat's whereabouts!" the first figure declared.
At this moment, far off in the distant void, Ye Yunfei stopped using the Space Teleportation Token to teleport. However, he still continuously traveled forward using his Time Boots.
Ye Yunfei understood that Demigod experts were terrifying, not only possessing superior movement speed but also having fearsome perception and tracking abilities.
It was entirely possible that those Demigod experts behind were still hot on his heels.
"To think you were targeted by several Demigod experts just like that. These Demigod experts must have heard about the previous events in the Three Thousand Worlds and know you obtained that Yin Seed. That's why they all want to capture you.
It seems that Yin Seed truly is extremely precious, enticing even those Demigod experts to desire it." Hun Lao spoke.
"It may not be particularly special. I refined that Yin Seed long ago. During the refinement, my strength did increase quite a bit, but it only seems slightly more potent than an ordinary treasure. It's not precious enough to have Demigod experts scrambling for it, is it?"
Recalling his process of refining and absorbing the Yin Seed, Ye Yunfei voiced his thoughts.
"I suspect that the reason those Demigod experts want to seize the Yin Seed isn't because the energy and Laws contained within are particularly strong, but rather because of the attributes of that energy and those Laws, or perhaps because it contains some profound mysteries you currently lack the ability to perceive.
Think about it. What is the one thing Demigod experts yearn for and pursue most fervently? I suspect it’s breaking through to become a True God.
Perhaps that Yin Seed contains something related to attaining godhood." Hun Lao speculated.
"Hun Lao, do you know something, or have you awakened some race memory and learned something?"
Listening to Hun Lao's words, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but ask curiously.
Hun Lao belonged to the Chaos World Tree, its true form an ancient Divine Tree of the primordial era. Once his race memories awakened, he was likely to know many ancient secrets.
"I seem to have recalled some things.
But it's very chaotic.
However, I suspect that the reason those Demigods want to snatch that Yin Seed is mostly related to their pursuit of attaining godhood." Hun Lao thought for a moment before replying.
"So, from now on, you must be careful. Unless absolutely necessary, don't casually reveal your identity.
Once those Demigod experts learn of your whereabouts, they might well come looking for trouble." Hun Lao added.
"That makes sense, Hun Lao.
I'll try my best to conceal my tracks from now on.
Although, once my strength is sufficient, there will be no more need to hide.
Someday, I will personally go and settle accounts with those Demigods from earlier." Ye Yunfei nodded, then said in a low voice.
"Yes, I understand how you feel.
I believe that day will come." Hun Lao, hearing Ye Yunfei's words, responded.
He naturally understood Ye Yunfei's character well; unless forced by circumstances, he would never willingly endure in silence.
"Yes, that day will absolutely come." Ye Yunfei nodded emphatically.
Right at this moment.
"My Lightning Tribulation is here!"
A look crossed Ye Yunfei's face as he spoke.
**Boom rumble rumble…**
As soon as Ye Yunfei's words fell, dark clouds had already begun to gather above his head, accompanied by rumbles of thunder.
"I'll find a quiet place to evade the tribulation!"
Ye Yunfei's figure flashed as he charged toward a nearby World Cluster.
During this process, Ye Yunfei employed a secret technique previously taught by Teacher Liu to conceal his tracks and aura, using special methods to wrap his physical body in a layer of isolation.
A short while later, Ye Yunfei found a rather remote world within this World Cluster. He rushed into an expansive mountain forest region and quietly began evading the tribulation.
Ye Yunfei was now a Great Circle Golden Immortal, preparing to cultivate the Ninety-Nine Return to Perfection Immortal. Therefore, at this stage, the most important thing for Ye Yunfei wasn't facing the tribulation, but evading it.
Only by successfully avoiding nine Lightning Tribulations could he cultivate the Ninety-Nine Return to Perfection Immortal at the Golden Immortal level, after which he would suddenly become a Heavenly Immortal.
Seated cross-legged within this expansive mountain forest, Ye Yunfei used every means at his disposal to converge his own aura and sever his connection with the surrounding heaven and earth.
**Boom boom…**
Above Ye Yunfei’s head, masses of dark, roiling clouds grew thicker and thicker. Within the pitch-black clouds, thick bolts of lightning continuously appeared, like dazzling dragons coiling and soaring, radiating destructive auras.
"What’s happening?
Could a powerful fiendbeast be undergoing a tribulation within this Fiendbeast Forest?"
At this moment, at the edge of this vast mountain forest region, many human martial artists saw the oppressively thick tribulation clouds and the thick lightning serpents above the forest, finding the sight startling and intimidating as they spoke in shock.
"Judging by those tribulation clouds, it doesn’t seem like a fiendbeast undergoing a tribulation. It actually seems like a human powerhouse is facing a tribulation," an elderly man spoke up.
"A human powerhouse undergoing a tribulation here?
How is that possible?"
"This is the renowned Fiendbeast Forest! The strongest fiendbeasts in our world are all concentrated here. Why would a human powerhouse choose to undergo a tribulation here?
Wouldn’t he fear angering the fiendbeasts in this forest?"
...
Hearing the old man's words, the other martial artists nearby were somewhat surprised and disbelieving.
"Judging by those tribulation clouds and the aura, it really seems like a human powerhouse is undergoing a tribulation." The old man who had just spoken said in a low voice.
"Moreover, this powerhouse doesn’t fear angering the fiendbeasts of this forest at all. Haven’t you realized? Normally, this Fiendbeast Forest is filled with the roars of beasts and cries of birds everywhere, and one can sense intense fiendbeast auras everywhere. But from earlier until now, I haven’t heard a single beast roar or bird cry, and I can’t sense even the slightest hint of fiendbeast aura.
It seems as though all the fiendbeasts in this Fiendbeast Forest have already found places to hide.
Fiendbeasts’ perception is far stronger than ours as human martial artists. This indicates that the powerhouse undergoing tribulation likely possesses terrifying strength, one that has intimidated all the fiendbeasts in this Fiendbeast Forest." The old man continued his analysis.
"It truly is so!
Apart from the sounds of the tribulation lightning, this Fiendbeast Forest, normally so lively, now can’t be heard emitting any fiendbeast cries, nor can any fiendbeast aura be sensed!"
Those around, hearing the old man’s words, immediately focused their senses. They discovered the old man’s words were true!
"We also must be careful and keep a low profile, lest we offend the powerhouse undergoing tribulation within the Fiendbeast Forest. Otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable." The old man warned.
Upon hearing the old man’s reminder, everyone else immediately dared not speak further. They all watched from afar with respectful gazes aimed at the vast expanse of oppressively thick dark clouds and the dragon-like thick bolts of lightning high above the Fiendbeast Forest.
**Boom boom…**
At this moment, within the Fiendbeast Forest, masses of tribulation clouds still piled up above Ye Yunfei’s head. Thick bolts of lightning roamed wildly, searching for a target.
Seated cross-legged amidst the mountains, Ye Yunfei had converged all his auras, like dried wood or stone.
"It’s fortunate Teacher Liu previously taught me this profound secret technique for evading Lightning Tribulations. Otherwise, I might not have been able to evade a Lightning Tribulation of this level."
Sensing the vast Lightning Tribulation above, Ye Yunfei secretly felt shocked.
If it were facing the tribulation, confronting the Tribulation Lightning head-on, Ye Yunfei naturally wouldn’t be afraid. But evading a Lightning Tribulation was even more difficult!
**Boom rumble rumble…**
The terrifying Tribulation Lightning continuously boomed high above the Fiendbeast Forest. The dark, oppressively thick cloud layer seemed to hide a world-destroying beast, its destructive aura continuously spreading, almost pervading the entire world.
Within the entire Fiendbeast Forest, all the fiendbeasts were scared witless, tucking their tails and finding places to hide, each beast trembling in fear.
"What’s going on?
It’s been half a day. This Lightning Tribulation looks increasingly more terrifying, yet it still hasn’t begun. What’s happening?"
Around the Fiendbeast Forest, many human martial artists were observing this terrifying Lightning Tribulation. After waiting for half a day, one of them couldn't help but call out.
"What do you all know? The Lightning Tribulation of a powerhouse is hardly comparable to that of an ordinary person.
The longer this Lightning Tribulation brews, the more powerful it will be once it begins.
I estimate that after experiencing this Lightning Tribulation, it’s questionable whether half of this Fiendbeast Forest will remain standing." The elderly man who had spoken earlier stated.
However, right at this moment.
The dark, oppressively thick tribulation clouds in the high sky suddenly began to disperse. The thick bolts of lightning also gradually vanished.
"Look, the tribulation clouds and lightning are starting to disappear. This Lightning Tribulation seems to be dispersing!" someone exclaimed.
"How could this happen?" The old man who had just spoken couldn't help but be startled.
Although this old man was aged, his realm and strength were actually quite ordinary. He couldn't possibly see that someone was evading a tribulation to cultivate the Ninety-Nine Return to Perfection Immortal.
"Finally over."
Within the Fiendbeast Forest, Ye Yunfei opened his eyes and glanced up at the vanished Tribulation Lightning above. He spoke aloud.
"Earlier, I saved a little girl. I’ll place her in this world."
Ye Yunfei stood up, suddenly remembering that not long ago, while rushing back to the Tianyan World Cluster with the Peng siblings Peng Rou and Peng Fang, he had encountered the Demon Race army attacking a world and had casually saved a little girl. This little girl needed to be properly settled, as Ye Yunfei couldn’t keep her with him forever.
"That old man, though his strength isn’t very great, likes to lecture others, and his knowledge isn’t particularly broad, he seems to have a relatively decent heart and is a warm-hearted person.
Alright, I’ll entrust her to his care."
Ye Yunfei's gaze suddenly turned toward the edge of the Fiendbeast Forest, focusing on the old man who had been continuously explaining the earlier tribulation to those around him. He nodded slightly.
Ye Yunfei excelled in Heart Force energy. For living beings with lower realms and strength, he only needed to use Heart Force energy to probe them slightly to roughly gauge their character and nature.