The Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine, both under attack from the three-eyed aliens, sensed the imminent threat and flew into a rage. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The Demon-Sealing Stele charged straight through the blinding white light, crushing one of the three-eyed aliens into a pulp. Meanwhile, the Demon Vine, in its fury, coiled around its attacker and squeezed until the alien burst apart, then devoured the mangled remains whole.

"Wait—!" Ye Liuyun tried to stop them, but it was already too late.

He was currently locked in combat with an alien adept in spatial manipulation, yet his attention remained fixed on the three-eyed ones, fearing they might harm the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon and the Vermilion Bird. His clone, meanwhile, was engaged in a fierce battle with a golden-armored alien elite, leaving no room to assist elsewhere.

After draining the crushed alien of its energy, the Demon-Sealing Stele turned to attack other foes. But it failed to notice that the alien’s third eye remained completely intact. Spotting this, the Demon Vine lashed out with a tendril, swallowing the eye without a second thought.

Neither of them paid it much attention—it was merely an act of vengeance against the two three-eyed aliens. As for Ye Liuyun, he assumed the Demon-Sealing Stele had absorbed it and didn’t give it another thought.

By now, Mu Lai had already slain several aliens. Some of the stronger ones attempted to invade his consciousness with their spiritual attacks, only to be obliterated by the Vermilion Bird and the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon lurking behind him. Their role was simple: shield Mu Lai from such assaults.

Then, a silver-armored alien suddenly released another three-eyed foe, whose dark beam of light extinguished one of the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon’s souls. But Mu Lai retaliated instantly, cutting the attacker down.

Had that alien followed Mu Xi’s orders and targeted Mu Lai first, the outcome might have been fatal for him.

Ye Liuyun’s two half-beast corpse demon puppets proved invaluable. Though they couldn’t catch the few aliens skilled in spatial evasion, every other foe they managed to reach was swiftly eliminated.

Even the Demon Vine and the Demon-Sealing Stele learned to cooperate. Against aliens with spatial abilities, one would pin the enemy down while the other ensnared it before it could escape. Then, they took turns draining the creature’s energy.

Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger were facing off against formidable alien warriors who could harness the power of spatial realms. These foes wielded considerable spatial abilities, making each battle an arduous struggle for Ye Liuyun. Time and again, he narrowly escaped peril only by summoning his golden blade, forged from the radiant power of Buddhist light.

This Buddhist light proved remarkably effective—even these alien adversaries found it nearly impossible to recover from a single slash. During combat, Ye Liuyun wielded both the golden blade and potent curses, severely disrupting the aliens’ movements. Recognizing these forces as their bane, the enemies grew hesitant, no longer daring to attack with full force.

As the battles dragged on, the spatial energy the aliens borrowed from their realms gradually waned. Eventually, Ye Liuyun realized that by channeling his full strength—drawing upon both his profound Yuan energy and the power of heaven and earth—he could now go toe-to-toe with these weakened foes.

It was then that he truly grasped how much stronger he had become.

The longer the fight lasted, the more the aliens’ borrowed spatial power diminished. Soon, the two were no match for Ye Liuyun. His golden blade carved deep wounds into them, and his curses ensnared them completely, stripping away their last vestiges of resistance. With their souls defenseless, Ye Liuyun devoured their spiritual energy without hesitation.

Once free, he wasted no time in extracting the eyes from the three-eyed aliens he and his doppelganger had slain, as well as those killed by Mulai.

Mulai, having exhausted much of its energy from firing too many white beams, was in dire need of replenishment. Ye Liuyun handed over the freshly acquired demon crystals, urging it to recover swiftly. With the alien forces growing ever stronger, he couldn’t afford to lose Mulai’s aid in battle.

As for the two half-beast corpse demon puppets, Ye Liuyun considered their usefulness and decided they were still valuable assets. He distributed the energy orbs obtained from the battlefield to them, ensuring they could recharge and continue fighting.

Meanwhile, the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine absorbed the remaining alien corpses, replenishing the energy they had lost from being scorched by the white beams. Even after consuming these powerful foes, they barely managed to recover their depleted strength.

At the same time, the Vermilion Bird assisted the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon in subduing another alien, allowing it to feast on the creature’s soul and mend its own damaged spirit. Still, the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon had suffered significant losses—once a titan of spiritual power, it was now noticeably weakened.

Determined to restore his allies, Ye Liuyun led the Demon-Sealing Stele, the Demon Vine, the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon, and the Vermilion Bird on a hunt for more alien prey. Each would take what they needed to recover—and grow stronger.

He and his doppelganger seized the opportunity to absorb more spiritual energy. He noticed that some of the alien races possessed spiritual power nearly on par with his own.

To counter these formidable alien adversaries, it was time to enhance his own spiritual strength.

The moment Ye Liuyun and his group spotted the alien forces, they surged forward like tigers pouncing into a flock of sheep.

Using spatial power, he immediately suppressed the stronger warriors among the alien ranks, then unleashed his spiritual energy to devour their souls. The lifeless bodies were tossed to the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine.

When the mood for battle struck, a single swing of his blade unleashed twenty-one golden arcs, cutting down swathes of enemies. A single palm strike could obliterate entire groups.

These once-troublesome foes now seemed increasingly insignificant before him.

"Dealing with these aliens is almost too easy!"

Eventually, Ye Liuyun couldn’t even be bothered to strike himself, leaving the task of absorbing spiritual energy to his doppelganger while the others handled the rest.

The spiritual energy harvested by the Demon-Sealing Stele and the Demon Vine was allocated to the Vermilion Bird and the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon, with the Vermilion Bird assisting the latter in swiftly replenishing its lost spiritual power.

Soon after, the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon retreated into Ye Liuyun’s Void Stone to consolidate its newly absorbed energy, while the Vermilion Bird took center stage.

With a piercing cry, its spiritual energy shattered the weaker alien minds, its dark flames absorbing their lingering souls. A single flap of its wings unleashed infernos that incinerated entire battalions—much to the Demon Vine’s vocal protests about wasted resources.

Once the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon stabilized its gains, the group sought out another alien army to annihilate.

By the time they were done, half of the twenty-odd alien legions in this world had been wiped out.

Only when the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon had absorbed its fill and the others were exhausted did Ye Liuyun finally deploy his elite squad to mop up the remaining aliens and corpse demons.

Upon their return, Ye Liuyun’s two half-beast corpse demon puppets had already located the world’s source energy as instructed and were absorbing it at full capacity.

Ye Liuyun planned to use them as shields against the Three-Eyed Aliens, whose blinding white light posed too great a threat. These puppets would serve as perfect decoys.

Thus, he decided to allocate all the source energy here to them, ensuring they had ample power for sustained combat.

With that settled, Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger retreated into the Void Stone to refine the eyes they had harvested from the Three-Eyed Aliens.