Ye Yunfei stood in the center, his gaze sweeping slowly, scrutinizing each faction one by one.
The members of the surrounding factions were rather intimidated seeing Ye Yunfei standing there wordlessly, his expression icy. Some faint-hearted individuals even began to shiver uncontrollably.
During this period, the various legends about Ye Yunfei had become common knowledge to everyone. Particularly the fact that he had annihilated five major forces in one go, each of their headquarters slaughtered clean—such things were utterly terrifying.
Many sneaked glances at Ye Yunfei. The thought of the myriad tales about him made their bodies tremble incessantly.
"Very well. I will accept all the items you've presented. The grievances between us are all settled.
However, it's best you do not provoke me again in the future, or bear the consequences yourselves. I won't be this agreeable every time."
Ultimately, Ye Yunfei chose to forgive. He accepted all the treasures offered by these dozen or so factions and spoke coldly.
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the members of the surrounding factions were overjoyed. The representatives who had spoken out, in particular, all offered respectful thanks to Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei waved his hand dismissively, turned, and departed, not intending to waste further words on them.
"This is for the best. You've settled your grudges, so this void can now truly calm down. I suppose it will enter a period of stable development henceforth," Hun Lao remarked with a sigh.
"Yes, it's high time this realm developed properly.
After the ancient Chaos Void Sea shattered into eight fragments, this Eighth Void is the weakest among the fragments in terms of overall strength. It barely entered a new Era of Deities, yet endured oppression from the Guardian Faction for so long. Starting now, this void can enter a period of stable development," Ye Yunfei nodded.
Ye Yunfei refrained from further slaughter precisely because of such sentiments.
"Thinking this way is a blessing for this void. As long as you agree, this void can enter a stable and rapid development period," Hun Lao chuckled.
Before long, another piece of news about Ye Yunfei began to spread rapidly throughout the void: Ye Yunfei had reached a reconciliation with most of the factions he had past conflicts with.
Once this news spread, countless individuals sighed in relief. Even those completely unrelated inexplicably felt their moods lift considerably.
Because in the preceding period, the massacres Ye Yunfei had carried out in this void, along with all sorts of legends about him, had exerted too great an influence, creating widespread fear and unrest.
Now, hearing that Ye Yunfei had reconciled with those factions meant the void would finally regain peace—a situation most people were happy to see.
"Our void is about to enter a period of rapid development; a golden age approaches!
From now on, our fragment of the void is truly entering a brand-new Era of Deities.
In this new era, everyone, every faction, will experience improvement."
Many seers in the void performed divinations regarding the future fate of this realm, and all results were encouraging.
At this time, Ye Yunfei was still traversing the Eighth Void. Previously preoccupied with various matters, he hadn't been very familiar with the Eighth Void. There were many World Clusters he had never visited. Ye Yunfei intended to use this period to properly acquaint himself with the Eighth Void.
In the following days, Ye Yunfei strode through the void, passing through one World Cluster after another, crossing one stretch of void space after another.
He saw the void gradually calming down. Each sect, each family, each World Cluster began a period of steady development. Conflicts between different factions were rare, and peace and harmony prevailed throughout the void.
Ye Yunfei entered many unfamiliar World Clusters he had never visited before, appreciating their local customs and ways of life.
Some time later, on this day, Ye Yunfei suddenly arrived before a relatively large World Cluster.
"This should be the Tianchen World Cluster. The ancient long-distance teleportation array leading to the Sixth Void is located within this World Cluster," Ye Yunfei said softly before the World Cluster.
Previously, in the True Phoenix Tomb, Ye Yunfei had befriended seven Deities and a woman named Liu Ju. Both the seven Deities and Liu Ju originated from the Sixth Void. At that time, they told Ye Yunfei the specific location of an ancient long-distance teleportation array leading to the Sixth Void—right within this Tianchen World Cluster.
"Since I'm here, I might as well take a look," Ye Yunfei proceeded into the Tianchen World Cluster.
During this period of wandering the void, Ye Yunfei had not shown his true appearance. Instead, he altered both his appearance and Soul Body aura, becoming an unfamiliar man. Therefore, no one could recognize Ye Yunfei anymore.
Within the Eighth Void, rumors circulated that Ye Yunfei had already returned to the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds. No one knew Ye Yunfei was still traversing the void.
Upon entering the Tianchen World Cluster, Ye Yunfei followed the specific location told to him by the seven Deities and Liu Ju from the Sixth Void. He entered an ordinary Small World and arrived within a stretch of pristine forest within this Small World.
This ancient forest teemed with many powerful savage beasts, many possessing Demigod-level strength. Generally, aside from Deities, no one dared to venture here casually.
Arriving before this forest, Ye Yunfei verified the location and then walked in.
The moment Ye Yunfei entered, several ferocious-looking, massive savage beasts appeared, ready to pounce and attack.
Ye Yunfei's body trembled slightly, releasing terrifying physical strength that formed a rolling storm of power sweeping outward. It directly flattened a large swath of towering trees around him.
The few savage beasts, sensing the terrifying physical strength emanating from Ye Yunfei, shivered with fear and turned to flee. But the next moment, they were sent flying away by the sweeping aura of his raw power.
Ye Yunfei proceeded deep into the forest, where he perceived the aura of Formations energy at a certain location in its depths.
Apparently, that spot was protected by several extremely sophisticated Concealment Formations. These formations were cleverly hidden. Though placed here for an immeasurable span of time, even an ordinary Void God would find it hard to detect these formations immediately upon arrival.
Only a Formation master like Ye Yunfei, with his considerable attainments in Formations, could spot them instantly.
Reaching these formations, Ye Yunfei halted his steps and began sensing them.
"These formations are all of a very high level," Ye Yunfei frowned lightly, unable to decipher them for a while.
In the following time, Ye Yunfei stood before these formations, releasing his Soul Power energy to analyze and study them.
And he remained standing there for a full six months.
Then, one day, half a year later.
"I can finally penetrate these formations," Ye Yunfei's face suddenly lit up with joy. He retrieved a set of Formation-Piercing Flags and tossed them forward, where they inserted into the space ahead.
Immediately, the great formations began to sway and tremble.
Ye Yunfei took a step forward, as if passing through several layers of constantly rippling water, directly traversing the formations ahead. Then, an ancient temple appeared before his eyes.
This temple seemed utterly ordinary, even quite dilapidated.
But Ye Yunfei instantly sensed a terrifying, intangible pressure emanating from the temple, actually halting his advancing steps.
Somewhat startled, Ye Yunfei thought that given his current strength, the pressure emanating from this temple could actually block him—somewhat frightening.
"This is a forbidden area of our sect. Outsiders without permission are strictly forbidden to trespass, or death awaits."
An ancient, weathered voice emerged from within the temple. Hearing this, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but frown slightly.
"It seems this place was left behind by some ancient faction, equipped with defensive mechanisms.
But if that's the case, how could those seven Deities and that woman from the Sixth Void freely come and go here?" Hun Lao couldn't help but speak up.
"Perhaps they originally belong to this faction," Ye Yunfei thought for a moment and said.
"That's possible. Those fellows told you the location of this ancient teleportation array, but didn't they consider whether you could enter?
Or perhaps they were very confident in your strength, believing you could break through by force?" Hun Lao suggested.
"That's possible," Ye Yunfei felt somewhat helpless.
"Seriously? Those guys are that brainless?" the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm cried out.
"I think you should try releasing your Soul Power aura," Hun Lao suddenly said to Ye Yunfei.
"Alright!" Ye Yunfei nodded, immediately releasing his Soul Power aura and extending it toward the temple.
*Rumble…*
The ancient temple ahead suddenly responded. Its gate slowly began to open, and the terrifying pressure that had been crushing toward Ye Yunfei gradually faded.
"It seems they prepared for me in advance. I nearly accused them wrongly earlier," Ye Yunfei smiled, watching the slowly opening temple gate.
"Seems they displayed your soul aura to this temple before leaving and made some arrangements. When the temple senses your aura, it automatically opens its gate," Hun Lao said.
"That should be the case," Ye Yunfei nodded, then stepped into the temple.
At the center of the temple stood an ancient altar emanating dense spacetime energy. The temple walls were carved with various ancient, mysterious runes. The terrifying, intangible pressure emanating from the temple earlier was released precisely by these mysterious runes.
"This indeed is an extremely sophisticated long-distance teleportation array," Ye Yunfei couldn't help but exclaim after standing before the altar, studying and analyzing it for a moment.
"Using this Teleportation Altar, one should be able to reach the Sixth Void," Hun Lao stated.