Chapter 2578: Chapter 2578
The Tianhong Dynasty had dug its own grave by provoking Ye Liuyun, only to be utterly annihilated in the end.
Ye Liuyun reaped substantial rewards from the conquest. The royal treasury and military resources all fell into his hands, along with vast quantities of ore, medicinal herbs, and divine crystal veins. Even the captive aliens and his demonic army now had ample cultivation resources and provisions. The campaign had certainly been worth the effort.
With the Tianhong Dynasty now fully under his control and reborn as the Shengyuan Dynasty, Ye Liuyun wasted no time. He activated the Black Tower’s teleportation array and returned to his ongoing war against the alien invaders.
Within every alien stronghold, the strong preyed upon the weak, devouring each other in desperate bids to grow stronger. Yet no matter how much they improved, they stood no chance against Ye Liuyun.
Instead, their escalating threats only intensified the pressure on Wu Qingcheng and the others, pushing them to advance at an even faster pace.
Ye Liuyun soon noticed the aliens’ rising power. Through soul-searching, he learned they were actively scheming against him.
Having already wiped out nearly half of the alien bases in the western region, Ye Liuyun grew concerned that the remaining forces might attempt to seize the primordial energy ahead of schedule. He decided to accelerate his campaign.
He divided his forces strategically. The captive aliens, including Hongguang and Mulai, formed one group under the watchful supervision of the Demon Vine. Meanwhile, he and his doppelgänger led the beasts and his female companions in two separate squads, ensuring a balanced distribution of strength as they set out to eradicate the remaining alien outposts.
Additionally, Ye Liuyun dispatched over a dozen scout teams—his elite "Hawk Squads"—to survey the western territories and pinpoint the exact locations of the alien bases.
Soon, the three main forces fanned out, launching simultaneous assaults. To expedite the operation, even Ye Liuyun personally joined the fray.
The moment he entered battle, he immobilized the aliens with his spatial power before unleashing devastating blasts of profound and celestial energy, annihilating nearly all the defenders guarding the altars. Any stragglers were swiftly cut down by his Demon-Slaying Blade, each swing honing his mastery of sword intent.
Through relentless combat, he had refined his technique to the point where a single strike now conjured eighty-one golden blades, each crackling with lightning.
Yet his Buddhist radiance and thunderforce had reached their limits. To progress further, he would need to return to refining his spiritual energy blades.
Meanwhile, his allies scattered across the battlefield, effortlessly picking off the scattered remnants of the alien forces. Each of them now far surpassed the alien soldiers in strength—even the White Tiger had begun training its own legion in the heat of battle.
The same went for the clones—each had grown capable of handling things independently. If not for Ye Liuyun’s concern that the alien race might suddenly unleash more powerful warriors against them, he could have easily assigned Lei Ming and the others to lead separate teams, scattering their forces completely.
Hongguang and Mulai, along with the other captured aliens, showed no mercy either when dealing with their own kind. They even competed with the Demon Vine to see who could eliminate more enemies, clearing out strongholds faster than Ye Liuyun’s own team.
Unlike the others, they didn’t bother refining the essence energy they harvested. Instead, they stored it all away, saving it for Ye Liuyun.
With all three teams working in unison, their advance accelerated dramatically, leaving the alien forces in a state of panic.
Xing Yan, the golden-armored chieftain of the alien race, grew increasingly uneasy as Ye Liuyun’s forces grew stronger. In response, he dispatched the last three of their elders, ordering them to lead a contingent of elite warriors to focus their efforts on Hongguang’s team.
"Rescue them if possible—but if there’s no chance, just kill them outright!"
Xing Yan’s orders were ruthless, demanding no leniency. If capture wasn’t feasible, execution was the only option.
The forces they sent this time were roughly on par with Hongguang and Mulai’s group in terms of strength. But with the Demon Vine on their side, the situation changed entirely.
In the end, one of the three alien elders fell to the Demon Vine.
Another was slain by Mulai himself. Then, with Hongguang leading the charge alongside the two remaining golden-armored alien elders, they swiftly overwhelmed the last elder in a three-on-one battle, wiping out the alien race’s final trio of high-ranking warriors.
Hongguang and the Demon Vine had no interest in taking prisoners—they saw these aliens as nothing more than resources to be harvested. As a result, no survivors were left behind.
The only exception was the few Three-Eyed Aliens the enemy had brought along. The Demon Vine refined two of their white-light eyes, while the remaining two white-light and two black-light eyes were set aside to be handed over to Ye Liuyun later.
After the battle, the Demon Vine even took the intact essence energy stored in the alien elders’ spatial rings, dutifully collecting it all for Ye Liuyun.
As for the alien prisoners, while they weren’t given access to complete essence energy, they still had plenty of fragmented world essences to sustain their cultivation for a long time. They weren’t exactly mistreated—just deprived of any extra resources.
With this victory, the three teams under Ye Liuyun’s command became unstoppable, advancing forward at an even more relentless pace.
The alien races were completely caught off guard, their western territories now utterly powerless to resist Ye Liuyun’s advance.
They had even begun mobilizing all their elite warriors—both the Golden and Silver Armored clans—preparing for the possibility of Ye Liuyun assaulting their stronghold. Veteran alien powerhouses like Xingyan were already on high alert, and ten new Golden Armored elders had been selected to bolster their ranks.
Truth be told, the alien stronghold still held a significant advantage in overall strength compared to Ye Liuyun and his forces. A reckless attack would have been a gamble with uncertain outcomes.
But Ye Liuyun had no such intentions. Instead, he focused entirely on securing resources and elevating the strength of his allies. The alien stronghold could wait until they were truly ready.
Meanwhile, he ordered Dian Qing and his martial cultivators to sweep through the surrounding minor realms, using their base as a hub to systematically purge the remaining alien presence and drive them out of the western regions for good.
During this time, Ye Liuyun and his avatar also claimed two relatively intact alien outposts, absorbing them into his spatial realm. Now, besides the original massive world at its core, his spatial domain housed four additional worlds, each comparable in size to a sacred land.
With such power at his disposal, he could effortlessly crush alien elders like Hongguang. Yet he remained cautious, continuously refining and infusing more primordial essence into his realm. If he could amass worlds on such a scale, surely the aliens had someone capable of the same. So long as time allowed, he would keep expanding his spatial domain’s might.
Time manipulation was another priority for Ye Liuyun. He dedicated hours daily to honing this ability, never slacking. His mastery had nearly reached the level of the Violet Kylin’s original prowess.
Of course, the Violet Kylin’s temporal power was an innate talent, allowing it to progress swiftly—Ye Liuyun still had ground to cover. Even so, he could now freeze time for fifteen or sixteen breaths, even rewind it by a few moments. In practical terms, this ability was already on par with the fabled Time Halo.
His companions had also expanded their own spatial realms, absorbing primordial essence to strengthen themselves. In terms of spatial power alone, none of them were weak anymore. At the very least, they could hold their own against someone like Dian Qing—no longer easy prey, nor could he casually strike them down.
