Ye Liuyun and his doppelgänger worked in tandem, harnessing spatial energy to gradually constrict the alien’s movement, tightening the invisible cage around it.

The creature never anticipated that their spatial manipulation would be this formidable—together, they had it trapped. The very space around it began collapsing inward, pressing relentlessly. If this stalemate continued, even its resilience would crumble.

In desperation, the alien unleashed another surge of power from its spatial realm, violently repelling the forces binding it. Seizing the opening, it bolted toward the starry void. That earlier strike it had landed on Ye Liuyun had been fueled by this same dimensional energy, making it far deadlier than any ordinary attack.

"Seal the altar!" Ye Liuyun commanded, summoning a group of allied aliens to blockade the ritual platform. Without hesitation, he and his doppelgänger gave chase.

Their golden eyes pierced the vastness of space, tracking the fugitive no matter how it twisted and turned. Soon, they closed the gap, and the battle reignited.

Outnumbered, the alien stood no chance. Ye Liuyun dominated the fight, forcing the creature to repeatedly tap into its spatial realm just to survive. Meanwhile, he and his counterpart wielded spatial energy offensively, honing their mastery with every clash.

As the fight dragged on, a pattern emerged—the alien’s attacks grew progressively weaker. It had overdrawn from its dimensional reserves, pushing its realm to the brink of collapse.

In contrast, Ye Liuyun and his doppelgänger only grew stronger, their spatial assaults more refined, more relentless. When they finally cornered the alien again, it suddenly attempted to bargain.

"What could you possibly have to say to me?" Ye Liuyun scoffed, sensing its desperation.

"I have vital information!" the alien blurted out.

"Alright, speak up!" Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger paused their assault, giving the creature a chance to explain itself.

Yet, in a suicidal move, the alien unleashed its spiritual force, attempting to invade Ye Liuyun’s consciousness.

"...This is practically the same as surrendering!"

Ye Liuyun was speechless. He hadn’t even had his fill of fighting yet!

The alien, on the other hand, was utterly devastated. What it had intended as a surprise attack turned into willingly delivering itself into Ye Liuyun’s hands.

With no other choice, Ye Liuyun reluctantly branded the alien with a slave seal. Through soul-searching, he confirmed that the creature could no longer draw power from the spatial realm.

Ye Liuyun then confiscated all the resources the alien carried and ordered it to keep fighting.

"Don’t think surrendering gets you out of this! From now on, you’ll be called Blue Armor—my personal sparring partner!"

This time, however, he left Blue Armor to his doppelganger, allowing the clone to hone its spatial abilities.

Since their minds were linked, any progress one made in spatial manipulation would instantly reflect in the other.

Against the doppelganger alone, Blue Armor—though stripped of its spatial powers—could still hold its own. Once a formidable warrior among its kind, it now served as nothing more than a training dummy. Resentment burned in its heart, but resistance was futile.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun returned to the alien stronghold to clean up the chaos.

The doppelganger and Blue Armor continued their battle as they made their way back, staying close to the alien base. Their exchanges of combat insights accelerated Ye Liuyun’s mastery of spatial energy.

Upon his return, Ye Liuyun commanded the aliens under his control to reactivate the altar, preparing for the next wave of enemies.

Before its capture, Blue Armor had already sent a distress signal to its kin. In response, the aliens dispatched two more spatial masters and a golden-armored, three-eyed warrior.

The moment these figures emerged from the teleportation portal, Ye Liuyun was startled.

"Holy crap! The aliens are going all out!"

If he allowed them to launch the first attack, the people and soldiers around him would undoubtedly suffer heavy losses.

Without a second thought, he seized the brief moment when the newcomers were still disoriented. Activating his Time Halo, he froze time and swiftly branded all three with slave seals. Then, he immediately ordered the teleportation altar to be sealed shut again.

"Whew! That was close!"

Ye Liuyun exhaled sharply in relief.

Next, he began sifting through the memories of the golden-armored alien.

"Just as I thought—the Golden-Armored Clan has successfully hybridized the Three-Eyed Golden-Armored variant." Though he had anticipated this outcome, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of unease.

For now, the Three-Eyed Golden-Armored aliens were still rare, but who knew how that might change in the future?

The one that had arrived this time was a formidable warrior capable of unleashing both white and black beams of light. As expected, they enhanced their power by harvesting the eyes of Three-Eyed aliens.

With that in mind, Ye Liuyun promptly plucked out the golden-armored alien’s third eye and refined it for himself. Then, he tossed the corpse to the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine to be devoured.

The other two aliens watched in silent dread, their hearts pounding, unsure of what torment Ye Liuyun had in store for them.

Through memory extraction, Ye Liuyun learned that both were martial cultivators who wielded spatial power and could even harness the energy of spatial realms. Such elites were rare even among the alien ranks—true top-tier warriors.

They typically served as bodyguards for the Golden-Armored Clan and were seldom deployed to the battlefield.

"Off to the cosmos you go—sparring partners for my troops!"

Ye Liuyun sent them into the starry void to spar with his doppelganger in practicing spatial powers, though he restricted their access to the world’s energy. He instructed them to conserve this power for critical moments when he might need it.

Afterward, Ye Liuyun returned to his spatial realm to refine the golden-armored being’s third eye. Meanwhile, his doppelganger not only trained with them in spatial manipulation but also extracted information about a demonic realm outpost occupied by the alien invaders.

By the time Ye Liuyun completed his refinement, his forces had nearly wiped out the aliens and corpse demons in the area, securing vast resources. Ye Liuyun then plundered the local mineral deposits and absorbed the world’s origin energy into his spatial realm before setting off with his doppelganger toward the demonic outpost.

Their primary goal was to help the doppelganger expand his spatial world.

The moment they emerged from the teleportation channel, Ye Liuyun and his allies swiftly eliminated the aliens near the altar while ordering the immediate shutdown of the portal. This precaution prevented the invaders from sending reinforcements to interfere with their seizure of the demonic planet. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

By now, seizing altars no longer required the assistance of alien elites like the Blue Armor. With just his inner circle and beast companions, Ye Liuyun could effortlessly purge the surrounding invaders.

Once the area was secured, he unleashed his army to systematically cleanse the remaining alien forces. Meanwhile, his doppelganger set to work excavating and communing with the origin energy—crystalline orbs pulsing with the same dark power as demonic cores.

The origin energy within the doppelganger’s spatial realm paled in comparison to the potency here. Thus, he first had to voraciously absorb a portion of it before bombarding it with relentless spiritual assaults to force its submission.

This time, the harvesting process was destined to be a lengthy one.