"Hurry up and stop that little bastard from leaving!"
Seeing Ye Yunfei's figure gradually fading away within the formations, several Sovereign Gods grew anxious. Instantly, they deployed every means at their disposal, attempting to break through Ye Yunfei's defensive arrays.
However, the formations Ye Yunfei had set up were high-level and immensely powerful. Even with so many Sovereign Gods attacking simultaneously, destroying them quickly proved extremely difficult.
Soon, Ye Yunfei had vanished completely.
"With this Water God Pearl, my comprehension of the Water Great Dao Law is sure to advance rapidly," Ye Yunfei thought, his Soul Power sensing the vast water energy and the advanced water law principles contained within the pearl. He was very satisfied with this treasure.
"Miss Zhou, these things are for you."
Ye Yunfei took out two spatial rings and handed them to Zhou Wanqing.
Zhou Wanqing was currently inside the Phantom Tower, secluded in cultivation.
According to her own assessment, she was on the verge of a breakthrough. That's why she wasn't accompanying Ye Yunfei outside but had instead chosen to enter the Phantom Tower for quiet meditation, hoping to grasp the opportunity to advance her cultivation.
"Young Master Ye, these things are far too precious!"
Zhou Wanqing sensed the contents of the two spatial rings Ye Yunfei handed her and couldn't help but exclaim in shock, speaking immediately.
The two rings were packed with a large quantity of various treasures, each extremely valuable.
In truth, these items came from the Sovereign Gods Ye Yunfei had either slain or sealed away.
After entering Tianmu Shenjun's Cultivation Grotto and undergoing such a lengthy period of exploration and treasure hunting, each of those Sovereign Gods had reaped substantial rewards.
Now, all their possessions had fallen into Ye Yunfei's hands. He was giving a portion to Zhou Wanqing.
Even though Zhou Wanqing hadn't been of much help while following him, given Ye Yunfei's character, he would never hog all the spoils.
"It's fine, Miss Zhou, please take them. I've gained a great deal myself," Ye Yunfei said with a smile.
"Alright then, Young Master Ye. I won't stand on ceremony," Zhou Wanqing replied.
Having spent considerable time with Ye Yunfei, she naturally understood his temperament and knew he was sincere in his gift. She didn't decline further and directly accepted the two spatial rings.
"Miss Zhou, these Divine Pills might aid you in your breakthrough," Ye Yunfei said, taking out a vial of Divine Pills and offering it to Zhou Wanqing.
"Very well, thank you, Young Master Ye!"
Zhou Wanqing knew that any medicinal pill Ye Yunfei gave would be of exceptional quality. If he said they would help with her breakthrough, they undoubtedly would.
Immediately afterwards, she swallowed the Divine Pills Ye Yunfei had given her and focused her entire being on breaking through her cultivation bottleneck.
"With this Water God Pearl, you might be able to cultivate some high-grade water attribute techniques and secret arts," Hun Lao's voice came from within. "The ice-based techniques you cultivated after obtaining the Chaos Profound Ice Essence were quite powerful."
"You're right. But currently, I don't possess any exceptionally high-level water attribute techniques," Ye Yunfei replied immediately. "However, I did capture a Sovereign God from the Guardian Faction earlier. That fellow seems to cultivate water attribute techniques. I'll devour his Soul Body now and see if I can obtain the water techniques from his memories."
Not long ago, within the ocean, Ye Yunfei had sealed away a Fifth-Level Sovereign God surnamed Hu. That particular Sovereign God primarily cultivated water energy techniques.
Ye Yunfei promptly located that Hu Sovereign God's Soul Body. Over this period, Ye Yunfei had sealed away quite a few Sovereign Gods' Soul Bodies, all imprisoned within the Phantom Tower.
Each of these Soul Bodies had been severely injured and was utterly incapable of resistance.
Ye Yunfei released several dozen enormous Soul Power planets, which swarmed forward and began forcefully devouring this Fifth-Level Sovereign God's Soul Body.
"Kid, what do you think you're doing?! I'm a Sovereign God of the Guardian Faction! Have you considered the consequences of killing me?" The sealed Soul Body of the Fifth-Level Sovereign God was unable to resist. He stared at the large, planet-like spheres of Soul Power encircling him, his inner terror barely masked by a blustering roar.
"I've slain far too many of your Guardian Faction members to ever bother considering the consequences," Ye Yunfei stated coldly.
"You'll see, kid! Even if you kill me, your end won't be any better than mine! Our Guardian Faction will never let you go!" The Fifth-Level Sovereign God's Soul Body was being continuously gnawed at by the dozens of massive Soul Power planets. Soon, his Soul Body grew feeble, his voice filled with despair as he spoke.
He knew he couldn't escape death this time.
"Still concerned about my safety even at death's door? Save your breath."
Ye Yunfei's cold, merciless voice echoed. Moments later, the Fifth-Level Sovereign God's Soul Body was completely devoured.
Next, Ye Yunfei began sifting through its memories.
"This fellow indeed cultivated several rather high-level water attribute techniques!" Ye Yunfei exclaimed with pleasant surprise.
"I'll start cultivating them right now."
After thoroughly reading through the several water attribute techniques multiple times, Ye Yunfei immediately decided to begin cultivation.
With the Water God Pearl in hand, Ye Yunfei believed learning water attribute techniques should be a relatively straightforward matter.
Thus, Ye Yunfei immediately utilized his dozen or so Soul Bodies to begin cultivating the water techniques.
In the following period, Ye Yunfei used his teleportation token to continuously teleport throughout the core region of Tianmu Shenjun's Cultivation Grotto, ceaselessly collecting more treasures.
These treasures included magical artifacts, technique legacies, and various natural treasures and resources. Of course, the most abundant category was medicinal herbs.
One could say this core region was planted everywhere with invaluable herbs.
Ye Yunfei also excavated several high-grade mineral veins and crystal deposits, obtaining vast quantities of energy crystals in many different varieties. All were at the Sovereign God level, with more than half being at the Sovereign God level.
With the internal map from the teleportation token, Ye Yunfei could accurately teleport to his destination each time, resulting in highly efficient expeditions and, naturally, excellent harvests.
"According to the map within the teleportation token, a valuable treasure should be here, and it's related to Samsara."
Ye Yunfei's figure appeared above a vast, expansive plain. The plain was shrouded in thick, eerie white mist.
Within that white mist, vague, strange figures could be seen moving back and forth. Occasionally, bizarre, fantastical scenes would flicker into view.
"This place indeed possesses incredibly rich Samsara energy as well as a very advanced level of Samsara law," Ye Yunfei murmured, standing in the air above the plain as he watched the strange scenes unfolding within the white mist below.
In one of the scenes he glimpsed, there were six pitch-black holes, and occasionally, strange figures would enter those holes and disappear.