Sanda gritted his teeth at the sight of the Violet Kylin emerging before him.

If it weren’t for Ye Liuyun possessing such a ferocious beast, he wouldn’t have suffered such a crushing defeat this time.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun’s doppelgänger and Mulai materialized invisibly by his side. Mulai surveyed the battlefield, where Sanda’s once-mighty army of ten million had dwindled to a mere two million. A wry thought crossed his mind: *Anyone who crosses Ye Liuyun is doomed to misfortune.*

Having followed Ye Liuyun for so long, Mulai knew all too well the extent of his power. Beyond the forces currently deployed, Ye Liuyun still held his deadliest weapons in reserve—the elite Blade Corps and the demonic legion.

Though Mulai was curious about Sanda’s true strength, he was certain of one thing: today, Sanda would meet his end.

Ye Liuyun shared the same sentiment. He hadn’t even bothered to unleash the two half-beast corpse demon puppets, preferring to give his subordinates a chance to hone their skills. As for Sanda, he left him entirely to his doppelgänger and Mulai to handle.

Yu Xiaofeng issued the order to advance, and the army began its steady march forward.

The vanguard consisted of row upon row of war chariots, followed by puppet beasts and two lines of energy cannons. They had no intention of engaging in direct combat until more than half of the enemy forces had been obliterated—casualties had to be minimized.

Against such weaponry, the alien horde had no choice but to throw bodies into the fray. Sanda, meanwhile, frantically relayed messages to the elders of his kind, urging them to prioritize upgrading their equipment.

Soon, the battlefield echoed with agonized screams as swathes of alien soldiers were annihilated under the relentless barrage.

"Send them in too!" Sanda commanded, deploying his last reserve—a force of fifty thousand warriors at the first and second tiers of the Celestial Realm.

This was the final gamble. Perhaps, in the chaos, he could still carve out an opportunity.

The airborne force immediately swooped down toward Ye Liuyun with murderous intent.

Ye Liuyun wasted no time, commanding his armored soldiers to intercept the attackers while sending Lei Ming and the others to hone their skills in battle.

Sang Da, too, sprang into action, leading a group of gold and silver-armored alien warriors into the fray.

Mounted atop his nine-headed demonic dragon, Ye Liuyun charged straight for Sang Da, with Mu Lai following closely behind.

Meanwhile, the Violet Kylin lunged at the gold-armored aliens. Its mere movement sent a ripple of terror through their ranks—none had expected the legendary beast to target them. But with no retreat, they had no choice but to steel themselves and fight.

The Violet Kylin, whose cultivation far surpassed theirs, would normally have disdained such opponents. However, Ye Liuyun had tasked it with capturing some of these aliens alive to serve as training dummies for his companions.

He had even sweetened the deal, explaining that with these prisoners keeping Lei Ming and the others occupied, the Kylin would have more time to focus on its own cultivation. That was all the persuasion it needed.

The moment it struck, the Violet Kylin unleashed its mastery over time, effortlessly stripping away the aliens’ soul-defense artifacts. With a few light but precise strikes, it wounded each of them before handing them off to Ye Liuyun’s clones. Its job was done.

As soon as the Kylin withdrew its temporal power, the clones swiftly branded the injured aliens with slave seals before tossing them into a spatial realm to recover.

Sang Da was stunned—his entire retinue had been subdued in the blink of an eye.

Now locked in combat with Ye Liuyun, Sang Da’s fury burned white-hot. The sight of his nemesis made his blood boil.

Ye Liuyun had stripped him of his hard-earned title as the "Undefeated King," humiliating him beyond measure. All Sang Da wanted was to tear the man apart.

But Ye Liuyun, having rigorously trained alongside the Violet Kylin, was no pushover. He held his own against Sang Da with surprising ease.

This left Sang Da utterly bewildered. Despite being only at the third level of the Heavenly Realm, Ye Liuyun fought with the prowess of a Dominator—especially when it came to spatial manipulation, which far surpassed Sang Da’s own.

Struggling to defend himself, Sang Da found his attacks constantly missing their mark, leaving him flustered and outmatched.

Sanda repeatedly harnessed the power of spatial manipulation to launch full-force attacks against Ye Liuyun, yet each strike was effortlessly deflected by Ye Liuyun’s own spatial abilities.

Mid-battle, Sanda stole a glance at the battlefield. His forces were being slaughtered by Ye Liuyun’s soldiers, sealing their fate in a crushing defeat. With a silent sigh, he made one final report to the Elders of his kind, detailing Ye Liuyun’s terrifying strength, before resorting to his last trump card.

After another all-out assault, Sanda abruptly summoned a doppelgänger. Though slightly weaker in cultivation, this clone was a Three-Eyed Otherworlder, draped in an invisibility cloak Sanda had prepared in advance. The moment it materialized, it unleashed a beam of white light straight at Ye Liuyun.

But Ye Liuyun had already noticed Sanda’s distraction—his eyes darting toward the battlefield—and had been bracing for treachery. Every move he made, every evasion, was calculated, leaving himself room to react.

The instant Sanda’s clone appeared, Ye Liuyun’s golden pupils locked onto it, instantly recognizing it as a Three-Eyed Otherworlder. He was already priming his spatial powers to teleport away. By the time the white light surged forth, Ye Liuyun was already in motion.

Moreover, the clone’s attack lacked the devastating force of a fully refined Three-Eyed Otherworlder’s power—clearly, Sanda hadn’t absorbed enough of their essence.

Just as Ye Liuyun dodged the first strike, Sanda’s soul attack struck. Though Sanda’s soul force was inferior to Ye Liuyun’s, it should have been enough to momentarily hinder his movements—just long enough for the clone’s white light to land.

It was a clever gambit: sacrifice his own soul to buy an opening for his clone’s ambush. Against most opponents, even the strongest, it might have worked.

But when Sanda’s soul force invaded Ye Liuyun’s consciousness, Ye Liuyun merely smirked—his movements never faltering.

Then, a streak of black light shot straight into the clone’s mind. Acting on Ye Liuyun’s command, Mulai struck with pinpoint precision, obliterating Sanda’s doppelgänger.

Sanda’s divine soul was now completely enveloped by the golden radiance of the Ten Thousand Gods Decree within Ye Liuyun’s consciousness sea, and it had utterly ceased its struggles.

"Alas!" Sanda let out a long sigh, resigned to its fate as the decree prepared to fully consume its soul.

Ye Liuyun didn’t hesitate either. Sanda was of little use to him—at best, a mere practice dummy—so absorbing its soul to strengthen his own spiritual power was the obvious choice.

After eliminating Sanda and its clones, Ye Liuyun collected their corpses and instructed Mulai to stow away the Cloak of Concealment. Mulai was then free to hunt down stray alien warriors to gather cultivation resources for himself.

With no significant threats remaining in the area, Ye Liuyun no longer needed to intervene. His clones would suffice to keep an eye on Liang Xue and the others, ensuring their safety.

Without delay, Ye Liuyun retreated into the spatial realm of his clone to resume his cultivation. Before leaving, he also confiscated the storage rings from Sanda, the golden-armored aliens, and the silver-armored aliens.

Each of those rings contained vast amounts of cultivation resources. While the Purple Kylin Snake might have overlooked them, Ye Liuyun certainly hadn’t.

On the battlefield, aside from the armored soldiers, Lei Ming, Liang Xue, and the demonic beasts fighting with all their might, Ye Liuyun’s army had already whittled down the alien forces to a negligible number.

Now encircling the remnants, his troops engaged in close combat, using the alien soldiers as live training targets.

This campaign had been a total disaster for the alien invaders. Without securing even a minor victory, they had been utterly annihilated by Ye Liuyun’s forces.