‘That's probably it.’
He felt deeply anxious and uneasy.
As Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao communicated via telepathy, Ye Yunfei felt another portion of energy and laws within his body being forcefully extracted. It slowly coalesced into a figure in front of the ship.
Within less than the span of a breath, two figures had fully materialized before the ship.
One male, one female, both appearing quite young—a pair of teenage youths.
‘I never thought I would meet you two little ones again in this manner.
Have you been well all these years?’
The figure atop the Heavenly God Coffin spoke in a benevolent voice.
However, the pair before the ship did not reply; they seemed to lack independent consciousness, merely being agglomerations of energy and laws.
‘What a long time… so much time has passed since I last saw you.
Yet, it also feels so swift—such a vast stretch of time seems to have passed in the blink of an eye.
I wonder how you two are now. If possible, let us meet again in the future.’
After a moment, the figure on the Heavenly God Coffin spoke again.
As his words fell, he gave a light flick of his sleeve.
The bodies of the man and woman before the ship gently shattered, transforming back into two streams of energy and laws. They then surged into the ship, pouring into Ye Yunfei's body.
Rumble…
Ye Yunfei felt as if two mighty, endless rivers were simultaneously flooding into his meridians, vast and overwhelming.
Boom! Boom!
All eight of Ye Yunfei's Divine Meridians manifested within him, devouring these two immense streams of energy like whales swallowing a long river.
‘What's happening?
The energy extracted from me was not this much!’
Ye Yunfei was utterly astonished.
In mere moments, Ye Yunfei found the meridians within his body filled to bursting with energy, and all of it was at the Deity level.
Such vast energy even caused his meridians to begin swelling, his flesh following suit. Simultaneously, he felt an inexhaustible strength, as if he held boundless power within.
‘Help me carry a message back to your world.’
At this moment, Ye Yunfei heard a voice suddenly sound within his soul sea. Immediately after, a piece of information appeared there.
Rumble…
Before Ye Yunfei could react, the Heavenly God Coffin ahead lurched violently, crashing into the boundless, misty gray fog region ahead.
Boom!
The space ahead shattered, a massive spatial rift torn open by the impact.
The Heavenly God Coffin surged forward, plunging into that spatial rift and vanishing from sight.
‘The Heavenly God Coffin seems to have left this expanse of void! How unbelievable. The Heavenly God Coffin, a legend circulating for so long within the Chaotic Void Sea, has just departed.’
Hun Lao said in surprise.
However, Ye Yunfei was in no state to pay attention to anything else. The energy within his body continued to surge torrentially, impacting his meridians and causing both them and his flesh to swell continuously, like a human-shaped balloon.
‘Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, you take charge of the Phantom Tower. Find a remote, desolate place; I need to go into seclusion and cultivate.’
Ye Yunfei said to the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
Ye Yunfei knew he had to quickly refine that vast quantity of high-level energy within his body, making it his own. Otherwise, this energy would cause him harm.
Having said that, Ye Yunfei immediately entered a state of secluded cultivation, activating the Nine Yang Ancient Scripture. Great amounts of high-level energy churned and surged within his meridians.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm retracted the flying ship, took the Phantom Tower, transformed into a barely perceptible golden gleam, and directly tunneled into space, disappearing.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several figures shot over, stopping right where Ye Yunfei's flying ship had been moments before.
‘Strange. Where did that kid Ye Yunfei go? His ship was clearly just here.’
A middle-aged man spoke, unleashing his Soul Power energy to search for traces of Ye Yunfei.
‘We all thought the kid was surely dead, yet he survived after all. The master of the Heavenly God Coffin merely summoned his ship here, didn't kill him.’
Another said.
‘Speaking of which, who exactly were that man and woman who appeared before Ye Yunfei's ship earlier?
Judging by the tone of the Heavenly God Coffin master, he seemed to know them?
Odd. Where did those two, who suddenly appeared before the ship, come from?
Could they be related to that kid Ye Yunfei?’
Someone else recalled the pair that had suddenly appeared and the words spoken by the figure on the Heavenly God Coffin.
‘I think those two appearing abruptly are most likely related to Ye Yunfei. I suspect the kid might have gained some benefit.
Of all the people the master of the Heavenly God Coffin could have summoned, he singled out Ye Yunfei. Something fishy is going on!
Let's find the kid first!’
Another voice chimed in.
Everyone had personally witnessed the appearance of the pair and heard the words from the figure on the Heavenly God Coffin. They knew there was a reason behind it, likely tied to Ye Yunfei.
However, the facts—the extraction of energy and laws from Ye Yunfei's body, their enhanced return, and the figure on the coffin entrusting Ye Yunfei with delivering a message—were, of course, unknown to these people. They could only guess wildly.
‘Search!’
Some began scouring the nearby area for Ye Yunfei.
Other flying ships came and went through this region; these were all Restorers, also searching for Ye Yunfei.
There were also some concealed figures, draped in a hazy aura of law energies that obscured their features, searching everywhere. These were all Watchers.
Earlier, not only had a group of Restorers followed the Heavenly God Coffin here, but many Watchers had tracked it as well.
After all, the Heavenly God Coffin was one of the oldest and most mysterious legends in the Chaotic Void Sea, and everyone was intensely curious about it.
Upon hearing the coffin had reappeared, both the Restorers and the Watchers had immediately dispatched people to track and observe.
By now, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, carrying the Phantom Tower, had long since stealthily left that patch of void, speeding away into the distance.
Not long ago, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had experienced several consecutive breakthroughs in its bloodline, its ability to traverse space constantly improving. Now, even a Perfected Demigod would struggle to detect the spatial fluctuations when it tunneled through space.
‘No use searching; he's already left.
He probably went in that direction.’
Suddenly, a figure with indistinguishable features pointed in a direction and spoke gravely.
This direction was precisely where the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had gone.
‘The master of the Heavenly God Coffin most likely communicated with that kid Ye Yunfei. Ye Yunfei might well have received some boon from him.’
The figure added.
A benefit from a Heavenly God!
Hearing this, everyone's hearts stirred, and they couldn't help but reveal expressions of greed.
‘After him!’
Immediately, people began pursuing in the direction the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had taken.
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‘This should do.
This patch of void seems desolate and remote; no one should come here.
We'll stay here for a while.’
After traveling for some time, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm arrived at what appeared to be a very isolated expanse of void and stopped, speaking aloud.
Looking out, there were no world clusters or individual worlds anywhere around, nor any signs of life.
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm took out a large handful of formation flags and began tossing them out, swiftly arranging a small spatial formation. It then entered that small formation space.
Ye Yunfei had refined a vast number of formation flags, distributing many to Hun Lao, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm, and other companions for unexpected future needs.
At this moment, inside the Phantom Tower.
Ye Yunfei was attempting to refine the high-level energy within his body.
This energy was purely at the Deity level and currently completely suppressed his own energy. It also kept his body in a state of swelling.
‘I understand now. This energy was likely a gift to you from the master of the Heavenly God Coffin.’
Hun Lao, who was also sensing Ye Yunfei's internal condition, suddenly spoke.
‘That is possible.
This energy is at the Heavenly God level, seemingly boundless, and contains profoundly profound laws.
If I can refine this powerful Heavenly God-level energy, making it my own, I should reap great benefits.’
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Although the energy within him continuously surged through his meridians, causing great discomfort—particularly a sensation that his body might explode—Ye Yunfei felt that if he successfully refined it, he would gain immense advantages.
This high-level energy might have been an unintentional act by the Heavenly God Coffin master. Perhaps when intending to return the energy extracted from Ye Yunfei, he casually waved his hand and inadvertently returned far more. Or perhaps it was intentional: a deliberate gift of high-level energy for Ye Yunfei to refine and comprehend.
Regardless, Ye Yunfei understood this high-level energy would bring him great benefit.
Unknowingly, five years passed within the Phantom Tower.
Throughout those five years, Ye Yunfei had continuously been operating the Nine Yang Ancient Scripture.
Five years later.
‘I've finally completely refined the energy within my body.’
Ye Yunfei suddenly let out a breath and murmured softly.
Rumble…
As his thoughts moved, powerful energy began churning majestically within him. The energy in his eight Divine Meridians roiled like eight vast oceans.
‘Although my cultivation realm hasn't changed, the energy within my body feels fundamentally reborn, having ascended to a whole new level.
The same quantity of energy, but its intensity and destructive power are at least ten times greater than before!’
Ye Yunfei keenly sensed the potency of the energy within him and spoke joyfully.
‘The master of the Heavenly God Coffin entrusted you with delivering a message back to the Three Thousand Worlds. That energy was likely his payment to you.
Otherwise, a powerhouse at his level should have astonishing control over energy. He couldn't have made such a mistake; he knew exactly how much energy he extracted from you.
Therefore, it was undoubtedly intentional—deliberately gifted to you.’
Hun Lao commented.
During this period, Hun Lao had also been in seclusion. However, his cultivation was unique, allowing him to stop at any moment without fearing disruption, and he could maintain his cultivation while staying aware of external events.
It could be said that for a member of the Primal Chaos World Tree race, there was no risk of cultivation deviation or qi deviation due to disturbance.
‘Hmm, that senior likely intentionally gave me that boon.’
Ye Yunfei felt Hun Lao's reasoning was sound.
‘My Lightning Tribulation is coming again.’
At this moment, Ye Yunfei felt his tribulation approaching. He immediately exited the Phantom Tower and indeed saw dark, oppressive tribulation clouds gathering in the space above.
Ye Yunfei promptly sat down in a meditative posture, converging his aura to begin evading the tribulation.
As his power grew, Ye Yunfei could now control his various auras with much greater precision and tightness.
Therefore, the tribulation high in the sky soon lost all sense of Ye Yunfei's aura.
Gradually, signs of the tribulation dispersing appeared, as it could no longer sense Ye Yunfei at all.
However, just at that moment...
‘Hehe…
So you're hiding here trying to evade your tribulation to Perfected Demigod?
Pity, this tribulation of yours is doomed to fail.’
A cold laugh suddenly rang out.
Boom! Boom!
A dozen magical artifacts simultaneously manifested, all blasting towards Ye Yunfei.
‘It's those guys who were pursuing the Heavenly God Coffin earlier!’
Hun Lao telepathically messaged Ye Yunfei.
‘Keep focusing on evading the tribulation; let us handle these guys!’
Hun Lao continued, immediately taking action.
Rustle…
Numerous jade-green branches appeared simultaneously, rapidly extending through space like emerald dragons, moving to intercept the incoming artifacts.
‘Let us join the fight!’
At this moment, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm proved exceptionally reliable, appearing before Ye Yunfei and taking action directly.
Clang! Clang!
Countless golden threads continuously emerged, interweaving to form a massive golden net cast towards the distance.
This was a racial divine ability the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm had awakened not long ago: Golden Silkworm Divine Threads.
These golden threads were incredibly tough, possessing formidable space-locking capabilities and could also be used as ropes to bind enemies.
In the next instant, several figures simultaneously manifested, swiftly retreating to evade the golden net cast by the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
‘It's actually a member of the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm race!’
By now, the attackers who had initiated the ambush recognized the beast's race and cried out in astonishment.
‘Ye Yunfei is indeed accompanied by a Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm! I've heard this race belongs to an ancient relic beast lineage; once fully matured, their strength rivals that of Deities!
Capture this Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm and bring it back. With beast-taming arts, we can train it, and in the future, we'll have a Deity-level enforcer at our disposal!’
One shouted.
‘Want to capture your granddaddy me? Do you have the skill for it!’
Enraged by the comment, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm waved its hand, tossing out a large handful of formation flags that instantly formed several large arrays, violently smashing towards the speaker.
Whoosh!
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm transformed into a golden gleam, flashed through space, and appeared right in front of that person. It opened its mouth and spat, hurling out dense golden threads that instantly sealed the space around its target.
Boom!
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm threw a punch, its fist expanding brilliantly, golden light dazzling.
Before the person could react, they were sent flying by the punch, vomiting blood continuously.
‘Truly worthy of the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm race!’
The others witnessing this felt a shiver of fear.
‘Master, focus on evading the tribulation! For now, let the few of us hold them back!’
Hu Miao had also emerged from the Phantom Tower.
She knew that during evasive tribulation, one could not engage in combat, as fighting inevitably leaked various auras. That would lead to failure in evading the tribulation.
And if evasion failed, achieving the 'Eighty-One Returns to True Immortal' level Perfected Demigod would be impossible.