"Alright, let's get going."
Ye Yunfei said to Qin Xiaoyu and stepped onto the Teleportation Altar.
"I have to warn you in advance, there should be people from the Autumn Wind Group guarding the other end of this altar," Qin Xiaoyu said, following Ye Yunfei onto the altar.
"Don't worry about it."
Ye Yunfei smiled, then directly activated the Teleportation Altar.
With a rumble, the altar beneath their feet erupted with a dazzling divine glow. Rolling spatial energy and spatial laws gushed out, then a powerful teleportation energy enveloped both Ye Yunfei and Qin Xiaoyu, tearing open a teleportation channel above the altar before they departed.
The next moment, both Ye Yunfei and Qin Xiaoyu disappeared from the Teleportation Altar.
"I wonder what results his journey to the outer realms will bring this time?"
As Ye Yunfei left the Eighth Void, two grey-robed elders with profound auras sat cross-legged atop a tall mountain within the Colorless Abyss of the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds. The two elders sat facing each other, a chessboard between them adorned with numerous black and white pieces as they played. One of the grey-robed elders suddenly spoke.
"Given his will and talent, I believe he will achieve greater development in the outer voids. I look forward to him growing up swiftly enough to stand alone. Then, when the final decisive battle arrives, our side will have gained another great general."
The other grey-robed elder spoke, his gaze turning to the position where Ye Yunfei's departure altar was located.
"He still needs experience and growth. There's no hurry; we can wait slowly."
A grey-robed elder said.
Then the two elders continued their game of chess.
After teleporting for a while, Ye Yunfei felt a sudden jolt in his body, then the teleportation ended. He found himself standing on a Teleportation Altar, with Qin Xiaoyu standing close beside him.
"Someone's teleported back! Looks like our men have captured that little wretch from the Qin Family and are escorting her back."
As soon as Ye Yunfei and Qin Xiaoyu appeared on the Teleportation Altar, a voice rang out, and several people began walking towards them.
Ye Yunfei looked around and saw a dilapidated palace. The Teleportation Altar stood right in the center, surrounded by over a dozen people – all Deities.
Seeing activity on the altar, the Deities were overjoyed and immediately closed in.
"These are indeed Autumn Wind Group members," Ye Yunfei thought to himself.
"Oh no, they're all Autumn Wind Group people!"
Qin Xiaoyu transmitted a frantic message to Ye Yunfei at this moment.
"Eh? Wait!
That's not right!
Why are there a man and a woman?
Both are so young, and the woman looks like that Qin Family wretch.
Where are our Autumn Wind Group people? Why didn't they return?"
Now seeing clearly the young man and woman standing on the altar, the Autumn Wind Group members froze in confusion.
"Since they're Autumn Wind Group members, I won't stand on ceremony."
Ye Yunfei swept his Soul Power senses over the dozen-plus Autumn Wind Group members. He detected five Intermediate Void Gods and eleven primary Void Gods – sixteen in total.
"Never mind the details! Let's seize this pair first!"
One of the Autumn Wind Group members shouted, then charged towards Ye Yunfei and Qin Xiaoyu.
With a thought from Ye Yunfei, a white short sword shot out from within his body.
Crack! Crack! Crack!...
The white short sword transformed into a streak of white light, flashing by at terrifying speed. In less than a single breath, all dozen-plus Autumn Wind Group members inside the palace were minced into pulp.
To end things quickly, Ye Yunfei had directly employed a true god artifact, concerned that prolonging the fight might attract more Autumn Wind Group members.
"That's a true god artifact!
And you wield it with such terrifying power!"
Qin Xiaoyu instantly recognized the white short sword as a true god artifact and cried out in shock.
Instantly annihilating over a dozen Deities, several of whom were Intermediate Void Gods – such combat prowess impressed her immensely.
"Ahh… What's going on?!"
One miserable shriek after another rang out, followed by over a dozen Soul Bodies simultaneously manifesting within the palace.
It turned out Ye Yunfei had only shattered the physical bodies of these Autumn Wind Group members, not extinguishing their Soul Bodies, for he intended to devour them.
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
Over thirty Soul Power planets simultaneously appeared, howling as they rushed towards those Soul Bodies. Then, Huang Shang also emerged, unleashing towering spectral miasma that instantly filled the interior of the entire palace with billowing ghostly fog. Countless phantoms of hunting ghosts and wraiths drifted back and forth within the palace, emitting yin, sinister ghostly energy. The whole palace seemed transformed into a haunted domain.
"Oh no! A ghost cultivator!"
The Soul Bodies of the dozen-plus Autumn Wind Group members were terrified out of their wits – as everyone knew, ghost cultivators were the natural enemies of Soul Bodies.
The dozen-plus Soul Bodies desperately tried to flee the palace, but how could Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang let them escape? Moments later, these Soul Bodies were divided between Ye Yunfei and Huang Shang.
Simultaneously, Ye Yunfei released his Blood Clan Doppelgänger to refine and absorb the bloodline essences left behind by the dozen-plus Autumn Wind Group members.
"Your Blood Clan Doppelgänger should now be able to handle Intermediate Void Gods with ease, right?"
Hun Lao asked.
"Should be able to defeat Intermediate Void Gods effortlessly. I estimate it could even handle Advanced Void Gods if encountered,"
Ye Yunfei assessed the energy emanating from his Blood Clan Doppelgänger. It had refined and absorbed too many Deity bloodline essences, its strength continuously rising.
"This Teleportation Altar leads to the Eighth Void. If discovered later, more people would travel to the Eighth Void from here, inevitably bringing hidden dangers.
No, I must modify this Teleportation Altar."
Ye Yunfei gazed at the altar in the palace center and thought to himself.
Then Ye Yunfei took out a large number of formation flags and array-materials, beginning to modify this Teleportation Altar.
Previously, after killing the Guardian Faction's ten Perfected Void Gods, Ye Yunfei had conducted an in-depth study of the Teleportation Altar they had used to reach the Eighth Void, and even performed modifications. Therefore, Ye Yunfei had relatively deep understanding of such long-distance Teleportation Altars.
Soon after, the Teleportation Altar in the palace center began violently trembling, its internal structure starting to change. A while later, the altar grew quiet again.
"From now on, only I can use this Teleportation Altar. If others try to force its activation, it will immediately explode, rendering it completely useless."
Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Let's leave this place."
Ye Yunfei said to Qin Xiaoyu, then flashed out of the palace to find boundless seawater around them.
The palace was indeed on the seabed. Looking out, schools of deep-sea fish swam collectively around. Special seals inside the palace prevented seawater from entering.
"Wait, I'll set up some formations first."
Ye Yunfei thought for a moment, then took out a large batch of formation flags, continuously tossing them out. He arranged several dozen large-scale formations around the palace – some had confusing effects, some isolating effects, and some offensive effects.
After finishing the formations, Ye Yunfei brought Qin Xiaoyu shooting up into the sky, soon breaking through the sea surface.
"I've finally returned to the Sixth Void! How wonderful!"
Qin Xiaoyu looked at the world before her, somewhat excited.
"Weren't you the one who said you didn't want to come back and wanted to play in the Eighth Void for a while longer?"
Ye Yunfei said lightly.
"This Sixth Void is my true hometown. Of course I'm excited to return home now!"
Qin Xiaoyu said.
"Come on, I'll show you around. Now that we've come to the Sixth Void, it's my turn to play host."
Qin Xiaoyu led the way forward.
"Let's learn about this Sixth Void for now, then decide next steps."
Ye Yunfei thought to himself, walking beside Qin Xiaoyu.
Being new here, Ye Yunfei had no specific destination or urgent tasks.
Soon after, Qin Xiaoyu led Ye Yunfei out of the world where the Teleportation Altar was located. Outside was a relatively large world cluster.
Looking around, bustling and lively scenes were everywhere.
"The Sixth Void's overall strength truly far surpasses our Eighth Void's."
Traveling through this world cluster, Ye Yunfei encountered numerous Deities, even quite a few Advanced Divine passing by. In the Eighth Void, Intermediate Void Gods were already rare, and encountering Advanced Divine Deities was even harder due to their scarcity.
"Hey, Qin Xiaoyu! So you're here!"
Suddenly, a surprised voice rang out, and over a dozen young men and women began surrounding Ye Yunfei and Qin Xiaoyu.
"Qin Xiaoyu, where did you go previously?
Our Qin Family dispatched so many people searching everywhere for you, yet after all this time searching, they couldn't even find your shadow.
You left the clan without notice, sneaking away. Now the Patriarch is furious."
A tall girl, around Qin Xiaoyu's age, spoke. Hidden within her words was a touch of gloating.
"Eh?
Qin Xiaoyu, who is he?
How could you be together with a strange man? Could it be that you suddenly disappeared for so long just to be with him?
Qin Xiaoyu, your actions are too much.
The clan already arranged a marriage alliance partner for you, yet at the engagement banquet you left without a word, sneaking out.
Your actions brought shame to both our Qin Family and the Sima Family. And now you're still messing around outside with a strange man? If this gets out, what reaction do you think the higher-ups of our Qin Family and the Sima Family will have?"
Suddenly, the girl's gaze fell upon Ye Yunfei as she asked in shock.
"Qin Xiaoqian, it's none of your business who I'm with! I never liked that Sima Hao to begin with! Why should I be forced into a marriage alliance with him?
Qin Xiaoqian, if you care so much about the Qin Family's face, why don't you go marry Sima Hao yourself?"
Qin Xiaoyu retorted.
"Qin Xiaoyu, your marriage alliance with Sima Hao was personally decided by our Qin Family Patriarch and the Sima Family Patriarch! Did you think you could change it casually?
Plus, Sima Hao fell for you at first sight and insists on marrying no one but you! So you're the only one who can be in this alliance with Sima Hao!"
Qin Xiaoqian declared.
"Qin Xiaoyu, you're too bold! Not only did you sneak away from the clan during your engagement banquet, but you're also outside with another man! Shame on you for being a core disciple of a great clan!"
Another young woman sneered.
Other young men and women also chimed in, all mocking and ridiculing.
Qin Xiaoyu stood alone, outnumbered, unable to win the argument. She stamped her foot in frustration.
"Hey, kid! Who are you?
You're quite bold, daring to be with Qin Xiaoyu! Aren't you afraid the Sima Family will come settle accounts with you?"
A young man sneered at Ye Yunfei, directly launching an attack.