After enduring his Lightning Tribulation, this elder of the Earth Demon Clan finally broke through and became a Heavenly God.
"Hahaha... Our Earth Demon Clan has finally given birth to a Heavenly God."
After his breakthrough, the Earth Demon Clan elder was extremely excited. He rose into the air and arrived before Ye Yunfei.
"Young Master Ye, the reason our Earth Demon Clan possesses its current strength and was able to produce a Heavenly God is primarily due to your support and assistance. Without Young Master Ye, our Earth Demon Clan could not have developed so rapidly."
The elder greeted Ye Yunfei with a deep, respectful bow and spoke with gratitude.
"There's no need for such courtesy, Senior. In truth, this achievement is mainly due to your Earth Demon Clan's profound heritage and diligent cultivation. What I did was merely a trivial effort."
Ye Yunfei replied with a smile.
"Young Master Ye, we understand the truth of the matter perfectly well. Such a great kindness cannot be adequately repaid with mere words. From now on, our Earth Demon Clan will follow Young Master Ye with even greater determination."
The elder declared loudly.
Not long after, Xuanhuang Continent welcomed many more Lightning Tribulations of the Heavenly God level.
Some time ago, these high-ranking members of the Alliance Army had followed Ye Yunfei through battle after battle, accumulating sufficient real combat experience. Furthermore, Ye Yunfei had continuously provided them with large quantities of targeted medicinal pills and abundant cultivation resources. As a result, the high-ranking officers of the Alliance Army finally ushered in a continuous series of breakthroughs in their realms.
About a year later, the Alliance Army had newly produced seven Heavenly Gods.
This meant that, from then on, the Alliance Army had genuinely become a major force possessing Heavenly Gods.
Among the seven Heavenly Gods, two were elders of the Earth Demon Clan.
"Hahaha… Our Earth Demon Clan now possesses two Heavenly Gods, and the number of True Gods has exceeded one hundred and fifty. This was simply unimaginable in the past. It can be said our Earth Demon Clan has become one of the top-ranking races in this void in terms of strength."
The entire Earth Demon Clan was extremely excited. The hearty laughter of the clan's two Heavenly God elders echoed across Xuanhuang Continent.
"Reporting to Young Master Ye, during this period, our Alliance Army has added seven Heavenly Gods, four to five hundred True Gods, and several thousand Void Gods. Our overall strength has progressed by leaps and bounds."
Elder Qi reported excitedly to Ye Yunfei.
"This is just the beginning."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Elder Qi, you should also go into seclusion for cultivation. See if you can break through and become a Heavenly God sooner."
Sensing Elder Qi's aura, Ye Yunfei spoke up.
This Elder Qi was already a Perfect True God. Moreover, his talent was excellent, and his accumulation was also sufficient.
"Take these cultivation resources. Start your secluded cultivation now."
With a wave of his hand, Ye Yunfei sent several spatial rings flying to Elder Qi.
"Thank you, Young Master Ye. I will go into seclusion immediately."
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, Elder Qi was extremely excited and immediately stored away the spatial rings. He understood that if Ye Yunfei felt it possible for him to become a Heavenly God, it meant he truly might be on the verge of a breakthrough. Previously, Ye Yunfei had said similar things to those who later became Heavenly Gods right before their breakthroughs.
Ye Yunfei teleported Elder Qi into the Phantom Tower for his secluded cultivation.
Sure enough, not long after, Elder Qi also ushered in his Lightning Tribulation and ultimately broke through to become a Heavenly God.
Thus, the Alliance Army gained another Heavenly God. Furthermore, the other high-ranking Alliance Army members who had not yet become Heavenly Gods were inspired. One by one, they began cultivating desperately, devoting the vast majority of their time and energy to their cultivation.
Seeing their superiors continuously breaking through, the ordinary members of the Alliance Army were also infected. A culture of desperate cultivation swept through the Alliance Army from top to bottom.
Everyone focused on cultivation and breakthroughs. Even when meeting each other, the first thing they inquired about was how long the other had been in seclusion recently and whether they had broken through.
Under these circumstances, the overall strength of the Alliance Army began to rise continuously.
Moreover, the Alliance Army had now established branch strongholds and operated various businesses in the vast majority of world clusters within the Sixth Void, earning a colossal amount of cultivation resources every day. This caused the Alliance Army's scale and overall strength to expand at an astonishing rate.
Not long after, it truly became the most powerful super force within the Sixth Void.
"I must seize the time to cultivate and strive to improve my strength as quickly as possible."
Watching the gradually strengthening Alliance Army, Ye Yunfei's heart was still filled with a sense of crisis. Because he understood that the current peace and development were only temporary. The Prison Master and that old Wizard would definitely not accept defeat in the Sixth Void. At some moment in the not-too-distant future, they would surely come back with a vengeance.
And next time, they might come in their true bodies!
The Prison Master and the old Wizard's true bodies must be Sovereign Gods. Having to face two Sovereign Gods then would surely be a more severe situation than before.
Therefore, the sense of crisis in Ye Yunfei's heart grew heavier. His main body remained in secluded cultivation within the Phantom Tower, only sending out an avatar to move about when necessary.
As he had just broken through not long ago, Ye Yunfei shifted his cultivation focus to other areas, including Soul Power energy, Dao Laws, Heart Force energy, formations, alchemy, and other skills and secret arts.
While cultivating, Ye Yunfei dispatched a large number of personnel to gather various resources he needed.
They mainly sought three types of materials: Origin Bloodlines of different races, materials for refining puppets, and various medicinal herbs and natural treasures for alchemy.
The purpose of collecting Origin Bloodlines from different races was, of course, to further cultivate the All-Souls Forging Physique Art.
At the same time, Ye Yunfei also wanted to refine a batch of puppets.
The puppets he refined previously were almost two-thirds destroyed in the last battle. The puppets Ye Yunfei crafted not only possessed combat strength at the Void God level but also had incredibly tough bodies. Having such a large group of puppets on the battlefield could unleash tremendous combat power. In the previous battle at the Lingxiao Sect, it was precisely because Ye Yunfei released tens of thousands of puppets to charge at the very front of the army that the Alliance Army's casualties were greatly reduced.
As for alchemy materials, although Ye Yunfei currently possessed an almost uncountable number of various medicinal herbs, his avatars were continuously refining pills inside the Phantom Tower, consuming a staggering amount of herbs.
Therefore, whenever the opportunity arose, Ye Yunfei would continuously replenish the various medicinal herbs and other natural treasures needed for alchemy.
Not long after, the materials Ye Yunfei needed for refining puppets and for alchemy began to pour back into the headquarters in a steady stream, delivered into his hands.
As for collecting the Origin Bloodlines of different races, the difficulty was much greater.
Because most of the over three thousand Origin Bloodlines Ye Yunfei had used previously were common in the world. The Origin Bloodlines that had been used could not be utilized again for cultivation, so what Ye Yunfei needed to collect were Origin Bloodlines different from those three thousand plus, which made the task much more challenging.
Ye Yunfei had already listed out the three thousand plus races whose Origin Bloodlines he had previously used, imprinting them into a jade slip, which he handed over to the Alliance Army members for identification. Any Origin Bloodline present on this list need not be collected again.
"Reporting to Young Master Ye! We have discovered a Small World containing several rare races. Our Alliance Army personnel tried to enter to collect the Origin Bloodlines of those races, but we were discovered and driven out. Then the Small World sealed itself completely. We tried many methods but couldn't enter again. Later, Elder Qi personally rushed over, but he also couldn't re-enter the Small World. Elder Qi specifically sent me back to report to Young Master Ye."
While in secluded cultivation, Ye Yunfei suddenly received a message.
"There is such a thing? Then I shall personally go and take a look."
After receiving the message and thinking for a moment, Ye Yunfei exited the Phantom Tower.
Recently, Ye Yunfei's cultivation had felt somewhat stagnant, and he had intended to take a trip outside anyway.
A middle-aged man was waiting for Ye Yunfei outside. Seeing Ye Yunfei, he immediately stepped forward and saluted respectfully. This middle-aged man was a trusted aide of Elder Qi, also specifically responsible for the Alliance Army's intelligence work.
"Lead the way. Let's set off immediately."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Subsequently, Ye Yunfei and the middle-aged man left Xuanhuang Continent. Ye Yunfei took out a flying ship and headed rapidly towards the location specified by the middle-aged man, eventually arriving at a world cluster.
Ye Yunfei had been to this world cluster before; it was an ordinary one within the Sixth Void.
The middle-aged man led Ye Yunfei into one of the worlds within it, descending upon a vast, boundless ocean.
"Young Master Ye, the Small World lies at the bottom of this ocean."
As soon as Ye Yunfei arrived above the sea surface, Elder Qi emerged from the waters and addressed him.
"Let's go down and take a look now."
Ye Yunfei nodded, then entered the water with Elder Qi, quickly descending to the seabed.
"There is indeed an entrance to a Small World over there,"
Hun Lao remarked immediately.
Ye Yunfei's Soul Power energy sensed over, and sure enough, he detected spatial fluctuations at that location. With Ye Yunfei's spatial cultivation, he could tell at a glance that there was an entrance to a Small World there.
Moreover, over a dozen True Gods of the Alliance Army were already at that spot.
"There are fluctuations of a formation,"
Ye Yunfei walked up to the Small World's entrance and said softly.
"We pay our respects to Young Master Ye!"
As soon as the dozen-plus True Gods saw Ye Yunfei, they hurriedly saluted with utmost respect.
"Young Master Ye, this Small World entrance has been arranged with extremely sophisticated spatial formations. I have made many attempts to break the formations and enter, but all have failed,"
Elder Qi, standing beside Ye Yunfei, spoke up.
"Our people previously entered this Small World and confirmed the presence of several relatively rare races inside. However, while they were investigating the Origin Bloodlines of those races, they were discovered and driven out. Then the entrance to this Small World was sealed. It's possible the beings inside this Small World are unwilling to have excessive contact with the outside world."
Elder Qi reported to Ye Yunfei.