Chapter 2589: Chapter 2589
"Um... where will you go next?" Meng Qingyin finally couldn’t hold back and asked.
Ye Liuyun replied honestly, "I plan to head east to continue exterminating the alien races."
"Will we meet again?" Meng Qingyin stood rigidly at attention, her posture perfectly straight, but a faint blush crept across her cheeks.
"That I can’t say for sure. It depends on whether your alliance decides to march east. I’ll discuss it with your alliance leader soon. But regardless of your decision, the northern and western armies will be heading there."
Ye Liuyun had only just conceived the idea and hadn’t yet consulted the alliance, so he didn’t know their stance.
"Alright then!" Meng Qingyin turned and left without another word, returning to lead her troops back to the alliance’s main force. She immediately contacted the alliance leader, requesting to train soldiers in the Death Corps’ style and proposing a continued push eastward.
After Meng Qingyin departed, Ye Liuyun also reached out to the alliance leader to discuss their next steps. He shared his plan: first, he would lead the allied forces to forge an alliance with the eastern factions before jointly assaulting the alien stronghold.
Upon hearing Ye Liuyun’s proposal, the alliance began deliberations. After all, their ultimate goal was to strike the alien races, and they needed to weigh their options carefully.
The various armies took advantage of the lull to rest and recuperate. Ye Liuyun, in no particular hurry, also settled down with his own people to relax.
Wu Qingcheng and the others, in particular, were already deeply engrossed in breaking through to higher realms.
Seizing the opportunity, Ye Liuyun assessed the strengths of Yuer, Jin Yuanhui, Lin Xueying, A Xing, Piao Yun, Luo Yurou, Lan Ruobing, Lin Feier, Yun Mengyi, and Qing Yan. He noticed that, apart from A Xing, Piao Yun, Lin Feier, and Qing Yan, the other women weren’t particularly driven to improve their combat prowess.
So, Ye Liuyun summoned only those four out of the spatial world, deciding to personally train them in battle. The others could progress at their own pace—they no longer needed his close supervision.
These four were all at the critical bottleneck of the tenth level of the Immortal Realm. Ye Liuyun believed that with some guidance, once they surpassed this stage, their advancement would become much smoother.
Their slow progress at the tenth level was mainly due to insufficient combat experience and the subpar quality of their true essence.
Ye Liuyun first bestowed upon each of them the essence of a complete world, allowing them to refine and integrate it into their spatial realms. Then, he paired them up for sparring sessions, offering pointed critiques on their combat techniques.
Next, he guided them in honing their spatial powers. He even let them absorb the remaining divine souls of the triple-layered Celestial-tier alien races within the spatial world, bolstering their spiritual strength.
Meanwhile, Ye Liuyun dispatched numerous scout teams from the Falcon Unit to gather intelligence on the alien strongholds in the eastern region.
On Meng Qingyin’s side, the alliance entrusted her with command over a trial legion of a hundred thousand soldiers for training purposes. With no immediate battles to fight, she focused on drilling the troops from the basics while persistently urging the alliance to mobilize forces toward the east.
The alliance, recognizing this as a prime opportunity to eradicate the alien threat once and for all, eventually agreed.
After replenishing their equipment and ranks, the grand army set out eastward.
By then, Ye Liuyun and his group—including A’Xing—had trained to near readiness, making it the perfect time to test their skills against the aliens.
Of course, Ye Liuyun didn’t march with the main force. Instead, he raced ahead to the alien outposts alone. With the Demon Vine and the Demon-Sealing Stele still digesting the vast quantities of alien essence they had recently consumed, he decided against deploying Hong Guang, Mu Lai, and the others for now.
Since the situation in the east remained unclear, he opted to let them continue their cultivation for the time being.
During battles, A’Xing and the others often received support from summoned beasts or allies like Feng Hongxiu, ensuring their safety. This allowed Ye Liuyun and his avatar to take turns cultivating without wasting time.
The aliens in the eastern strongholds were desperately strengthening themselves—hardly any remained below the ninth level of the Immortal Realm, making them ideal opponents for A’Xing’s group.
This time, Ye Liuyun didn’t methodically sweep through every alien outpost. Instead, he carved a path from the heart of the eastern warzone toward the frontlines, engaging in skirmishes along the way.
Meanwhile, the alliance’s three-million-strong army followed Ye Liuyun’s strategy, advancing directly to the eastern front to forge alliances with local forces. Naturally, this meant Ye Liuyun’s progress was slower by comparison.
He estimated the main force would take roughly half a year to arrive. Only Meng Qingyin, determined to temper her soldiers through real combat, made frequent stops at alien strongholds.
Ye Liuyun’s reserve forces were fully occupied with absorbing and refining resources, no longer needing further training. Thus, he assigned Dian Qing and the others to accompany Meng Qingyin. This arrangement not only shielded them from attacks by powerful alien forces but also allowed them to gather additional cultivation resources.
Meng Qingyin’s army of a hundred thousand soldiers was neither overwhelmingly large nor insignificantly small. Given the aliens’ tendency to prey on the weak, this number was just right for her to train her troops effectively.
With Meng Qingyin herself already at the Dominator Realm, bolstered by the presence of Dian Qing and his companions, their safety was well assured.
However, the size of her force also brought considerable pressure. Some alien strongholds still housed garrisons of two to three hundred thousand soldiers, testing not only the combat prowess of her troops but also her own command abilities. As a result, her advance was even slower than Ye Liuyun’s.
Though casualties were high, the soldiers’ improvement was remarkably swift.
Ye Liuyun, in no hurry to push forward, trusted the alliance and commanders like Liu Kui to handle negotiations with the eastern factions.
Instead, he focused on honing the skills of A Xing and the others, giving them ample opportunities to engage in battle. Within just over three months, A Xing and her companions had all broken through to the first level of the Celestial Being Realm.
Ye Liuyun then had each of them refine an entire world to enhance the power of their spatial realms, ensuring they could protect themselves in critical moments.
Once their new realms stabilized, he led them back into combat for further training. Enemies at the second and third levels of the Celestial Being Realm, as well as those below it, were left to the Demon Vine and the Demon-Sealing Stele to handle. Meanwhile, Dominator-level aliens became practice targets for Wu Qingcheng and others who had recently broken through to that realm.
Ye Liuyun himself practiced using spatial power to control each alien stronghold, shuttling between two locations at a time. With his spatial abilities now enhanced, his speed through the void grew increasingly rapid—he could reach the next stronghold within three days at most.
While Ye Liuyun and his group focused on strengthening themselves and Meng Qingyin dedicated herself to training her troops, the alliance army finally arrived at the eastern front.
To their surprise, there was no sign of alien aggression there.
By the time they reached the east, Zhou Qiang had long since secured his position as tribal chief, merging two tribes into one unified, powerful faction.
All opposition within the Zhou Tribe had been thoroughly purged, leaving it entirely under Zhou Qiang’s control.
After engaging with the alliance’s negotiation envoys, Zhou Qiang realized Ye Liuyun was not among the troops—only the alliance’s forces had been dispatched.
Following the aliens’ instructions, Zhou Qiang then demanded that the alliance demonstrate their sincerity first.
