"Miao Ziqiong, just you wait.
The humiliation you brought me, I will make you, your adulterous lover, and your bastard child repay me a thousand, ten thousand times over!"
After his servant had left, the man in white revealed a venomous expression, speaking each word with deliberate emphasis.
Inside the Phantom Tower.
"The enemies I will face from now on are going to become stronger and stronger.
Therefore, I must properly improve my own strength," Ye Yunfei said to himself as he sat cross-legged in a secluded corner of the tower.
"First, let's raise my cultivation realm another level.
Not long ago, I refined a batch of Aura of Huangdao True Gold and cultivated the Greenwood Emperor Body to its perfected state. Therefore, raising my spiritual power realm again won't cause my foundation to become unstable."
With this thought, Ye Yunfei began to assault the next realm.
For Ye Yunfei, breaking through in spiritual power cultivation was no difficult matter.
This was because he possessed a lifetime's worth of cultivation experience spanning a millennium. He had profound insights into every single spiritual power realm.
Moreover, Ye Yunfei also possessed the Chaos Divine Meridians and was cultivating the Nine-Yang Scripture.
With a wave of his hand, Ye Yunfei brought out a massive pile of cultivation resources.
There were spirit herbs, elixirs, spirit crystals, and many other precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. They piled up into small hills around his body, completely engulfing him.
Ye Yunfei flicked his sleeves, sending dozens of jade vials flying. He opened all their lids and inhaled with his mouth open.
Each of these dozens of vials contained Divine Dao Pills.
Swoosh...
A vast number of Divine Dao Pills were continuously sucked into his mouth and swallowed.
Rumble...
An immense medicinal force erupted endlessly, instantly filling every part of Ye Yunfei's body.
His Perfected Greenwood Emperor Body had elevated his physical body's quality to a terrifying level.
Therefore, even consuming so many Divine Dao Pills simultaneously posed no risk of body explosion.
If it were any other martial artist, even an Imperial Realm master wouldn't dare take so many Divine Dao Pills at once!
Rumble...
From within Ye Yunfei's dantian, a golden sphere roughly three hundred meters in diameter shot out, hovering above his head and releasing rolling golden light.
This golden sphere represented the First Yang of the Nine-Yang Scripture!
Next, another golden sphere, dozens of meters large, emerged.
This golden sphere represented the Second Yang of the Nine-Yang Scripture!
Afterwards, Ye Yunfei continuously absorbed and refined more and more resources.
Vast quantities of spirit herbs, elixirs, spirit crystals, and various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were ceaselessly drawn into Ye Yunfei's stomach for direct refinement.
The golden sphere representing the Second Yang began to slowly enlarge in volume.
Three months later.
The golden sphere representing the Second Yang had already reached a diameter of approximately one hundred meters!
Five months later.
The golden sphere representing the Second Yang had grown to a diameter of two hundred meters!
"It's time to break through to a higher realm," Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
He continued cultivating.
One month later.
Boom...
Ye Yunfei's body shuddered violently as a powerful aura of spiritual power burst forth.
Mid Soul Formation Realm!
Another month passed.
Boom...
Ye Yunfei's cultivation realm broke through once more.
Late Soul Formation Realm!
"That's enough.
With my current spiritual power intensity, I'm at least on par with a mid-stage Imperial Realm cultivator.
Coupled with my various techniques and trump cards, even if I encounter a late-stage Imperial Realm expert, I'll have the power to fight," Ye Yunfei thought inwardly.
"What aspect of my strength should I enhance next?"
Ye Yunfei began to ponder.
"In terms of physique, I temporarily lack enough bloodline essence to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Blood-Refining Body Art Forging Art.
In terms of Soul Power, I can refine another batch of pills containing soul energy to raise it.
As for combat techniques, I'll choose another martial art to cultivate so my offensive methods aren't too monotonous when facing enemies."
Currently, his strongest martial arts were the Five Elements Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, the Heavenly Soul Sword, the Weapon Control Technique, the Nine Palaces Totem Wheel, the Flying Immortal's Sword, and his proficiency with spatial energy allowing him to traverse space at will.
There was also the Hidden Thorn, useful for ambushes.
Therefore, he didn't have too few, nor too many techniques.
"I'll choose the Heaven-Borrowing Nine Burials Fist.
That fist technique was one of my most skilled martial arts in my past life, and also one of my ultimate killing moves," Ye Yunfei deliberated for a moment before recalling this fist art and muttering.
The Heaven-Borrowing Nine Burials Fist was a profound fist technique that focused on borrowing the momentum of heaven and earth for one's own use.
Once executed, this technique could harness the energy, laws, and grand momentum of the surrounding world, applying them to one's fist. Combined with the user's own spiritual power, a single punch unleashed terrifying power.
'Burial Fist' meant that a single punch possessed the effect of burying everything!
It was a martial art that allowed for effortless transcending of cultivation levels in battle!
However, cultivating the Heaven-Borrowing Nine Burials Fist placed extremely high demands on one's physical body and comprehension of the world's laws.
If one's physical body wasn't strong enough, attempting to borrow the surrounding world's energy, laws, and momentum could cause one's own body to collapse!
Without profound comprehension of the world's laws, it was simply impossible to master this technique.
However, Ye Yunfei possessed sufficient qualifications to cultivate this fist art!
Thus, Ye Yunfei proceeded to cultivate the Heaven-Borrowing Nine Burials Fist!
At the same time.
Somewhere in the starry void.
Rumble, rumble…
Starships flew forward.
A dense cluster of starships formed a massive fleet, a truly spectacular sight.
"Report to the Grand General! There are a total of five star domains ahead: Horn Star Domain, Taiheng Star Domain, Xuanhuang Star Domain, Ziwei Star Domain, and Flying Horse Star Domain.
All five are relatively small-scale star domains.
They should be easy targets for conquest by our Empire's great army." Suddenly, a starship rapidly approached the massive fleet from ahead, then halted. A lean, muscular man stepped out and called out loudly.
"Halt!"
A loud command issued from within one of the ships.
Then, a Grand General with a majestic demeanor, clad in glistening golden armor, emerged from the starship.
"Which star domain is the weakest?" the Grand General asked.
"The weakest should be the Ziwei Star Domain," the muscular man replied.
"Good. We'll defeat them one by one, from weakest to strongest.
First, conquer the Ziwei Star Domain.
The army will immediately attack the Ziwei Star Domain now. Anyone who resists, show no mercy—kill them all!" The Grand General thought for a moment before speaking calmly.
"Yes!"
From the various starships, ear-splitting roars resounded simultaneously.
"Set off," the Grand General commanded with a wave.
Rumble, rumble…
The fleet of starships advanced toward the Ziwei Star Domain, bristling with killing intent.
"Great calamity! A terrible disaster is about to befall our part of the starry void!"
Inside a secret chamber at the headquarters of the Heavenly Secrets Sect, within the Sacred Domain of the Xuanhuang Star Domain, a withered old man stared at the scattered ancient bronze coins before him, his face drastically paling.
This old man was none other than Patriarch Baiyun!