Boom…
A gigantic Kunpeng rushed forth from behind Ye Yunfei, its Heaven-spanning wings abruptly unfurling.
Whoosh…
Immediately, a reaction occurred within this spatial rift. The spatial energy and Spatial Laws present here began to gently undulate.
"Only by completely altering the spatial energy and Spatial Laws within this spatial rift can the forces of the Ancient Demon Race be prevented from using this tear to enter Tianxuan Continent. This is the only way to truly rid Tianxuan Continent of this lingering threat," Ye Yunfei's voice resonated within the spatial rift.
Time slowly flowed by.
One day, two days, three days…
Unnoticed, well over half a month had passed.
At this moment, in the Ancient Demon Realm.
"Reporting to Demon King Aoyue, it's been well over half a month with no sign of Ye Yunfei's reappearance. It seems he truly is dead," an Ancient Demon Race expert declared loudly to Demon King Aoyue within a hall shrouded in demonic mist.
"With five Minor Mystic Pill Realm experts self-destructing together, Ye Yunfei should have found it impossible to escape death. A pity. If we could have captured him and brought him back, our Ancient Demon Race would have had the chance to obtain the advanced cultivation techniques and martial skills he possessed," Demon King Aoyue, seated on his high throne, sighed lightly.
"By the way, has there been any word from Prince Tianmo? Has he found the Sky-Shading Cover?" Demon King Aoyue inquired.
"No word yet. Presumably, Prince Tianmo is still searching." the Ancient Demon Race expert replied.
"Send an order to Prince Tianmo. He must find the Sky-Shading Cover and bring it back to me. The Sky-Shading Cover is an important treasure of the Tianji Sect and absolutely cannot be lost," Demon King Aoyue said.
"Understood," the expert responded.
"Also, immediately organize a large army. I will personally take action to find a way to send them into Tianxuan Continent. With Ye Yunfei dead, there is no one left on Tianxuan Continent capable of stopping our army. This time, Tianxuan Continent has caused our Ancient Demon Race such heavy losses. I will slaughter every single living being on that continent—spare none! Only then will the hatred in my heart be quelled!" Demon King Aoyue spat out through gritted teeth.
"My lord, in the previous period, our Ancient Demon Race lost too many forces on Tianxuan Continent. In this hurried state, I'm afraid it will be difficult to raise a large army all at once. The majority of our forces are garrisoned abroad. Recalling them will take some time," the expert answered.
"I give you one month to organize an army. Is that enough time?" Demon King Aoyue said.
"It is sufficient," the expert replied.
At this moment, on Tianxuan Continent, at Hujie City.
After over half a month of strenuous effort, a new Hujie City was finally rebuilt.
However, City Lord Gu stood atop the city wall accompanied by a group of Grotto-Heaven Realm experts, each one shaking their heads and sighing, unable to feel any joy.
"Rebuilding Hujie City isn't the difficult part. But trying to place large-scale formations on these walls like before is impossible to accomplish," Gu Chengzhu lamented, shaking his head.
The previous Hujie City's walls had been filled with numerous masterful Formations. It was precisely because of those abundant, sophisticated Formations that the old city had been incomparably sturdy, easy to defend and hard to attack.
After all, the Formations of the past could not even be broken by Grotto-Heaven Realm experts! That is why the Otherworldly Army had been unable to breach Hujie City! Thus, it had become a sturdy fortress protecting Tianxuan Continent!
But now, while this newly built Hujie City's walls also had some Formations arrayed on them, they were all extremely low-level ones, fragile and easily shattered.
One could imagine that once the Otherworldly Army attacked again, this newly built Hujie City would likely fail to hold them back.
At this thought, Gu Chengzhu couldn't muster any joy.
"Dispatch orders. Find all those on Tianxuan Continent who know how to construct Formations. Also, spare no expense to gather formation materials. We must array as many Formations as possible atop this new Hujie City," Gu Chengzhu said slowly.
Following City Lord Gu's order, Hujie City's forces mobilized, searching everywhere for Formation practitioners and collecting materials.
At this time, across Tianxuan Continent, normal order had been restored in all regions.
Especially in the Central Continent, its former bustle and prosperity had returned.
Each sect, clan, and empire began focusing on development.
In the previous period, due to the invasion of the Otherworldly Army, the power structure in the Central Continent had become rather chaotic.
Moreover, every force had organized its members to resist the Otherworldly Army.
During the battles with the invaders, some forces suffered heavy casualties and saw their strength sharply decline.
Other forces, however, sustained minimal losses and managed to preserve their strength relatively well.
Consequently, a realignment of territorial control began among the various forces, leading to struggles for territory.
Especially the empty zones left behind by cities razed and sects annihilated by the otherworldly forces became targets of contention.
For a time, the lands of the Central Continent were quite lively with conflicts and killings over territorial disputes.
This day, in a certain city in the Central Continent, within an outpost of Hudao Academy.
"This is Shenfeng Sect's territory now. Everyone from Hudao Academy, get out! Otherwise, you'll die!" An elder of Shenfeng Sect, leading a group of men, barged in and shouted coldly.
"This has always been Hudao Academy's territory! You people of Shenfeng Sect, don't go too far!" a steward from Hudao Academy roared furiously.
"Kill!" With a wave of his hand, the Shenfeng Sect elder ordered with a cold sneer.
Soon.
Mere moments later, within this Hudao Academy outpost, not a single person from Hudao Academy remained. They were either killed or had fled.
Thus, this outpost became Shenfeng Sect's property!
Similar incidents occurred repeatedly.
Not only Shenfeng Sect, but also forces from Fengyun Family, Xiao Clan, and Tianyan Sect started making moves, seizing Hudao Academy's properties in the Central Continent.
Clearly, these four top powers were joining forces again to suppress Hudao Academy!
They believed that with Ye Yunfei dead, they no longer had anything to fear from Hudao Academy!
Soon, another month passed.
Within the spatial rift before Hujie City, a colossal Kunpeng floated quietly in the passageway.
With each breath of this Kunpeng, the spatial energy and Spatial Laws within the spatial channel undulated regularly, rising and falling like the tides.
Inside the Kunpeng, Ye Yunfei sat cross-legged, resembling an old monk deep in meditation.
During this period, Ye Yunfei had been constantly cultivating spatial energy. His mastery over it continued to rise.
As a Heavenly Emperor, Ye Yunfei was intimately familiar with spatial energy and Spatial Laws.
In his peak of strength from a previous life, he could effortlessly traverse different times, spaces, and even planes!
He could even utilize spatial energy and Spatial Laws to create a Small World!
"It's time to initiate a transformation in the structure of this spatial rift," Ye Yunfei suddenly opened his eyes at a certain moment.