With a single slash of his blade, Ye Liuyun summoned the energy crystal powering the altar along with the alien resources into his grasp. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The remaining extraterrestrials couldn’t even glimpse what was happening in the starry void, completely unaware of their assailant. All they sensed was the terrifying power radiating from those golden war blades, filling them with primal dread.

Then came the thunder. Lei Ming swung his massive hammer downward, unleashing a sea of lightning that engulfed the altar area. The remaining aliens were instantly reduced to ashes by the devastating electric force.

Impressed by the lightning’s potency, Ye Liuyun began channeling its power into his Buddha-light golden blades, enhancing their lethality against the alien foes.

Meanwhile, the Dragon Maiden revealed her true form—a colossal black serpent coiling around the planet. With one clawed swipe, she excavated a massive chunk of terrain, exposing the world’s primordial energy source. Without ceremony, she seized the glowing essence and absorbed it into her spatial realm for refinement.

Liang Xue employed her innate affinity with spiritual energy, manifesting countless ethereal swords across the planet’s surface that hunted down the remaining alien soldiers and corpse demons. With a graceful wave, she gathered all alien remains with telekinetic precision, depositing them into a Interspatial Ring for the Demon-Sealing Stele and Devil Vine to consume.

Her mastery over cosmic forces now rivaled Ye Liuyun’s, though her raw combat power still fell short due to inferior Yuan energy quality.

The Songstress and Little Lan’er never even had time to join the fray before the battle concluded. After the Demon-Sealing Stele and Devil Vine finished absorbing energy from the alien corpses, the storage rings were passed to Lan Xin and Qing Yan for processing.

Their teamwork was flawless—no planet could withstand their assault for more than two hours before being cleansed of aliens and stripped of resources.

As they journeyed onward, they occasionally incorporated suitable islands or planets into their spatial realms, accelerating the refinement process within their avatars’ dimensional pockets.

In Ye Liuyun’s spatial world, the largest planet had already grown ten times vaster than the Holy Land, orbited by numerous islands of varying sizes. The combined power contained within these pocket dimensions was nothing short of apocalyptic.

Others frequently ventured out to expand their territories, using these opportunities to bolster their strength. Whenever they encountered enemy outposts, they showed no mercy whatsoever.

Ye Liuyun once even gathered all his power and swung his blade at an entire planet, nearly cleaving it in two.

As the battles progressed, Ye Liuyun and his companions gradually took a step back, leaving the opportunities to others—Wu Qingcheng, Man Shu, Feng Hongxiu, Helian Xiu, Xia Lingshuang, Xia Tianqiong, as well as the Stone Ape, White Tiger, and Vespera.

Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger also gifted their daggers—Whisper and Frostblade—to the Songstress and Little Lan’er. The blades’ razor-sharp edges made them perfect for the two assassins’ lethal purposes.

After nearly a year of relentless effort, Ye Liuyun and his allies had nearly wiped out all the enemy outposts in the northern warzone.

With that accomplished, they shifted their focus to the western warzone. Though they weren’t yet confident enough to strike at the enemy’s stronghold, they decided to start dismantling the peripheral bases first.

Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger devoted themselves to mastering the power of time, preparing for the eventual assault on the enemy’s heartland.

The enemy, too, was making preparations.

Ever since their crushing defeat at Sanda, they had ceased launching attacks on the sacred lands. The entire northern warzone had fallen into an eerie lull.

Over the years, the enemy had nurtured a new generation of Three-Eyed Golden Armors, their strength vastly enhanced.

These warriors had absorbed and refined countless eyes from their fallen kin, and they had ruthlessly devoured weaker members of their own kind to fuel their growth.

Day after day, they honed their skills in relentless combat, sharpening their battle instincts. Some were even dispatched to different warzones, subjected to life-and-death trials to temper their resolve.

From this brutal selection process, the ten strongest Three-Eyed Golden Armors were chosen for further elite training.

Yet, the enemy had not anticipated Ye Liuyun’s swift return.

To buy more time for their warriors’ cultivation, the Golden Armor Chieftain, Xing Yan, dispatched two elders to intercept Ye Liuyun and slow his advance.

For this interception, the two elders from the alien race had made thorough preparations.

From the ranks of the golden-armored and silver-armored warriors, they handpicked ten experts at the Dominator Realm, along with five hundred warriors at the third level of the Celestial Realm and thirty ordinary three-eyed aliens, all tasked with ambushing Ye Liuyun and his group.

The two elders, both golden-armored warriors, were named Hongguang and Quansheng. Not only were they formidable in combat, but each also possessed a particularly troublesome treasure.

Hongguang wielded the Suppression Tower. Anyone trapped beneath it would find their true energy completely sealed, rendering them as powerless as an ordinary person—utterly at his mercy.

Quansheng, on the other hand, carried the Blood Silkworm Threads—a set of crimson filaments he used as weapons. In battle, these threads would gradually entangle his opponent, and with a single tug, they could slice a person into countless pieces. The threads were unnaturally sharp, capable of cutting through even armor and other defensive artifacts.

Moreover, aware that some of Ye Liuyun’s companions possessed the ability to turn invisible, the two elders borrowed a Revelation Mirror from their clan leader. No matter how well-hidden someone was, the mirror would expose them instantly.

They entrusted the mirror to another golden-armored warrior, supported by five three-eyed aliens, ensuring that any invisible cultivators would be swiftly detected and eliminated.

Once everything was in place, the alien forces tracked Ye Liuyun’s movements and headed toward a stronghold in the western war zone, lying in wait for his arrival.

That day, just as Wu Qingcheng and her team had seized an alien outpost and were about to collect the source energy, they were suddenly ambushed.

A group of fifteen human cultivators—including one elder at the Dominator Realm—surrounded Wu Qingcheng and the other women.

Wu Qingcheng immediately signaled Ge Nü and the others to hold back and remain hidden.

Ge Nü, Xiao Lan’er, Phantom Hand, Xenocide, and Xuanwu had just been practicing assassination techniques, eliminating several alien warriors before this unexpected encounter.

By now, however, Ge Nü and Xiao Lan’er had already positioned themselves behind the Dominator Realm elder.

Phantom Hand had slipped behind a young nobleman who appeared to be the leader of the group, while Xenocide and Xuanwu had each chosen formidable opponents, ready to strike.

Lan Bing and Bai Hu sniffed the air but detected no trace of alien energy from these men.

Feng Hongxiu stepped forward and demanded, "Who are you people? Why are you blocking our way?"