Tianmu Shenjun's Cave was not located within any of the eight void fragments; rather, it floated independently within the Absolute Vacuum, forming its own separate realm. This situation was identical to that of the present-day Sword Realm.
Reaching Tianmu Shenjun's Cave required finding a way to reach a nearby location within the Absolute Vacuum and then entering from there.
The jade slip Elder Pan had given him recorded the location of an ancient Teleportation Altar capable of sending one to the Absolute Vacuum near Tianmu Shenjun's Cave. It also contained an advanced flying treasure usable for navigation within the Absolute Vacuum.
After leaving the Eighth Void, Ye Yunfei went to the Seventh Void and entered a very ordinary world, where he found a formation for teleportation. He used it to teleport to the Fourth Void.
Then, within the Fourth Void, he found an extremely remote Small World. Inside that Small World was an ancient Teleportation Altar.
In ancient times, this Teleportation Altar could teleport one to the vicinity of Tianmu Shenjun's Cave.
This Teleportation Altar had already been under the Hunyuan Sect's control in ancient times. Not long ago, Elder Pan had a divination master perform a special divination on this ancient altar. The result showed that the altar could still teleport to the location near Tianmu Shenjun's Cave. Therefore, Elder Pan had informed Ye Yunfei of this altar's location.
Ye Yunfei sensed the Teleportation Altar, waved his hand, and took out a batch of energy crystals imbued with pure spatial energy, which he inserted into a special groove on the altar.
With a loud boom, the altar was immediately activated. Ye Yunfei stepped onto it and input a spacetime coordinate—the ancient coordinate marking the location of Tianmu Shenjun's Cave.
With a resonant hum, after a single breath, the altar erupted with tremendous teleportation energy, enveloping Ye Yunfei, then tore through space and teleported away.
Next, wrapped in powerful teleportation energy, Ye Yunfei was swiftly transported along an ancient teleportation passage.
No one knew how much time had passed when the teleportation finally ended. Ye Yunfei found himself on a shattered, broken piece of land.
This piece of land was very small, floating within a space of utter chaos, appearing rootless and adrift.
The time and space here were immensely chaotic, constantly fluctuating and changing, presenting a kaleidoscopic sight. The shape of space continuously distorted and warped like formless water ripples, while the flow and direction of time were completely scrambled.
Having already experienced the Absolute Vacuum during his previous journey to the Sword Realm, Ye Yunfei understood he had arrived somewhere within the Absolute Vacuum near Tianmu Shenjun's Cave.
Ye Yunfei immediately took out a flying treasure and entered it.
This was because the Absolute Vacuum was an extremely dangerous place, filled with violent spacetime energies, various bizarre spatial traps, and chaotic, disordered spacetime laws. Beings lacking sufficient strength could easily be shredded to pieces by the warped space and time within the Absolute Vacuum.
"Look, besides us, there are quite a few other beings here as well," Hun Lao said to Ye Yunfei.
Ye Yunfei immediately extended his Soul Power to sense the surroundings.
In the chaotic environment of the Absolute Vacuum, the sensing ability of Soul Power would be massively suppressed and weakened.
Ye Yunfei discovered that the distance he could currently sense was roughly only ten-thousandth of his usual range, or even less.
Fortunately, Ye Yunfei's level of Soul Power was quite excellent. If it were another Heavenly God arriving in this environment, they would probably be as good as blind.
Ye Yunfei saw many flying treasures floating in nearby spatial locations. Those were all advanced treasures capable of flight within the Absolute Vacuum.
These flying treasures varied in type and style, all exuding thick auras of Formations and restrictions.
"Look! That warship is shaped like a long blade and emits a rich aura of blade dao. Could it be that people from the Blade Realm have come?"
Suddenly, the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm exclaimed while pointing in a direction.
Ye Yunfei immediately looked over. Sure enough, in that direction, he saw a flying treasure shaped somewhat like a long blade suspended in the chaotic vacuum, emanating a powerful energy aura of blade dao.
"Indeed. It should be people from the Blade Realm inside," Ye Yunfei replied after sensing the blade dao energy aura emanating from that flying treasure. There was a sense of familiarity, so he immediately confirmed it was definitely the Blade Realm.
Ye Yunfei had already encountered people from the Blade Realm, fought against Blade Realm's Sima Ziyang, and had even been pursued by a great figure from the Blade Realm. Thus, he was relatively familiar with the blade dao energy aura of the Blade Realm.
"The Blade Realm..."
As Ye Yunfei looked at that flying treasure resembling a long blade, a thick killing intent appeared in his gaze.
Back in the Sword Realm, if not for the remnant soul sword cultivators of the Sword Realm and the later intervention of the strong experts from the Ten Thousand Woods Ancestral Land, he would probably have been slain by that great figure from the Blade Realm. Therefore, Ye Yunfei considered his feud with the Blade Realm settled.
"Those guys from the Blade Realm are very strong. Avoid provoking them for now. In ancient times, the Blade Realm was once a formidable force spoken of in the same breath as the Sword Realm. Their foundation and heritage are incredibly frightening, different from ordinary major powers. Any random expert emerging from the Blade Realm could likely shock the entire Chaotic Void Sea," Hun Lao said via voice transmission, worried that Ye Yunfei might act impulsively and provoke those Blade Realm people.
"Don't worry, Hun Lao. I won't actively provoke those from the Blade Realm for the time being. However, one day in the future, I will certainly settle accounts with the Blade Realm. That's one of the missions I currently bear," Ye Yunfei nodded and replied.
"If you want to settle accounts with the Blade Realm, you must quickly increase your realm and strength. With your current realm and strength, you are not yet qualified to seek a reckoning with the Blade Realm," Hun Lao said.
While speaking, Ye Yunfei continued observing the surrounding void and noticed more and more flying treasures quietly appearing, indicating an increasing number of beings were arriving.
"Tianmu Shenjun's Cave should be somewhere nearby here. Should we look for it?" the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm spoke up.
"I think we don't need to search. Because I can already roughly sense the location of Tianmu Shenjun's Cave," Hun Lao said.
"Where is it?"
Upon hearing Hun Lao's words, both Ye Yunfei and the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm asked simultaneously.
"It should be in that direction. Look, all the flying treasures are oriented toward that spot. Moreover, the spatial fluctuations from that position are more peculiar compared to other places. A stable world should be hidden there," Hun Lao said, pointing to a location in the distance.
"Right, I noticed that too. All the flying treasures are facing that direction," the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm immediately said after hearing Hun Lao.
Ye Yunfei's Soul Power immediately extended toward the location Hun Lao mentioned. At first, Ye Yunfei couldn't sense anything.
This was because within the Absolute Vacuum, time and space were too chaotic and disordered, completely different from the outside. Even a powerhouse like Ye Yunfei couldn't immediately discern what was unusual about the space at that location.
"Hun Lao, you truly live up to being from the Chaos World Tree race. Your spatial perception is too strong. In this chaotic, reversed, and disordered environment of Absolute Vacuum, I feel like I've become blind, unable to grasp direction or clearly perceive space. Yet you can sense a stable world there," Ye Yunfei couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"Actually, when it comes to Soul Power level, I'm not necessarily higher than you. But our Chaos World Tree race in ancient times was originally born within this kind of chaotic, disordered Absolute Vacuum environment. So our race is very familiar with Absolute Vacuum; this place is practically our territory," Hun Lao said with a smile.
"Really? Ever since arriving here, I've constantly had a feeling of my heart in my throat. I'm very unaccustomed to this environment, always feeling peril at every turn, worried about getting swept into a dangerous spacetime storm or a spatial trap at any moment. Hun Lao, since your race is so familiar with this Absolute Vacuum environment, then if we encounter any danger here, you can come out and guide us to avoid it later," Hu Miao immediately said upon hearing Hun Lao.
"Rest assured, our Chaos World Tree race is indeed relatively familiar with environments like the Absolute Vacuum. It's hard for other races to adapt to such chaotic spacetime, but for our race, it's like a fish in water. Actually, I already noticed this last time we went to the Sword Realm. Now that we've come here again, my feeling is even clearer—this kind of spatial environment is very suitable for our race," Hun Lao said with a smile.
After speaking, Hun Lao suddenly emerged from the Phantom Shadow Pagoda, left the flying treasure Ye Yunfei was in, and hovered in the space outside.
Hun Lao's main body had originally become a very tall, towering giant tree, but now he transformed into a small tree roughly the height of an ordinary human, emanating dense, pure spatial energy. Emerald-green branches gently swayed in the space, full of vitality.
Hun Lao left the flying treasure, rising and sinking within the utterly chaotic space.
"Hun Lao, be careful," Ye Yunfei immediately cautioned upon seeing Hun Lao hovering in the Absolute Vacuum outside.
After all, this was the Absolute Vacuum, different from ordinary void. Even Ye Yunfei himself had to be cautious in such an environment.
"Don't worry. I feel completely free and comfortable right now. Moreover, I sense that cultivating in such an environment will allow my strength to increase even faster," Hun Lao said with a smile.
After speaking, Hun Lao gave a gentle tremble, moved quickly, and instantly vanished into the adjacent space.
"Hun Lao, where are you going?"
Seeing this, Ye Yunfei couldn't help but be startled and hurriedly asked.
"No need to worry. I'm here."
Hun Lao's voice came from another, opposite direction. Only then did Ye Yunfei notice that Hun Lao had already appeared on the other side of his flying treasure.