Chapter 2883: Chapter 2883
Ye Liuyun continued his soul-searching and gleaned more information from Wan Congshan’s consciousness.
The area they were in was near the source energy of this planet. At the same time, there were two other training teams from the Tang and An families present in the vicinity.
The three teams coordinated with each other—one guarded the perimeter while the other two hunted down external martial practitioners, advancing in turns and working together. After eliminating these outsiders, they would also mine some golden light crystals to take away.
However, Ye Liuyun’s group of three hardly counted as a proper martial practitioner team, so Wan Congshan and his companions hadn’t paid them much attention. As a result, they hadn’t yet alerted the other two teams about them.
All the uninhabited planets in the Exorcism Star System had already been cordoned off by the four great families, turning them into hunting grounds for their disciples. Near the source energy here, the Wan family had set up an array. Only disciples of the Wan family could activate this array to mine the golden light crystals.
From Wan Congshan’s memories, Ye Liuyun learned that these planets could be claimed by those who possessed the power of Buddhist light. However, the locals would never attempt to seize these planets or extract their source energy, lest they disrupt the integrity of their star system.
Ye Liuyun decided that Wan Congshan might still be useful, so instead of killing him, he stored him away in his spatial realm.
"Lucky for us this guy came knocking on our door. If we’d accidentally killed him, finding the source energy would’ve been much harder!" Ye Liuyun thought to himself, relieved.
He pressed forward with Li Daoyuan and Ye Tiandao. The golden light crystals found in the storage rings of the Wan family disciples were all handed to Li Daoyuan, who absorbed them as they walked.
As for the cores of the Wan disciples, Ye Liuyun gave them to Lei Ming and Hei Shan to absorb the Buddhist light energy within.
Lei Ming had practiced the Buddhist-Demon Golden Body technique with Ye Liuyun back in the Cangyun Continent. Now, with an abundance of Buddhist light resources, Ye Liuyun encouraged him to train in the mutual conversion of Buddhist and demonic forces, enhancing his survival skills.
Hei Shan was also a key figure Ye Liuyun intended to nurture. He taught him the method of converting Buddhist and demonic forces, allowing him to harness the power of Buddhist light. This would make him even more effective in future battles against the alien races.
Afterward, Ye Liuyun retreated into his clone’s spatial realm to recover his advance energy energy, switching places with his clone to continue the fight.
The clone and Ye Tiandao hadn’t gone far when they spotted six martial practitioners fleeing in panic. All six were at the late-stage Dominator realm, clearly not formidable opponents. Without hesitation, the clone and Ye Tiandao struck.
"Stop fighting! The Tang family’s team is right behind us!" one of the fleeing martial practitioners shouted.
The clone’s divine sense had long detected the team of martial cultivators pursuing them from behind, led by a powerhouse at the Unity Realm.
Yet, he paid them no mind. Together with Ye Tiandao, they swiftly took down three opponents. Some tried to flee, but Li Daoyuan unleashed his oppressive aura, cutting off their escape until every last one was eliminated.
The Tang family’s pursuing team also sensed the formidable aura emanating from Li Daoyuan. However, their leader, far from retreating, charged forward with blazing battle intent. He saw this as a rare opportunity to face a worthy opponent and refused to let it slip away. The other Tang disciples wasted no time engaging the clone and Ye Tiandao in combat—no words, no hesitation—far more decisive than the Wan family’s group.
Their combat prowess seemed significantly stronger than the Wan family’s forces. The only drawback was that they had just finished another battle, leaving their true essence somewhat depleted. Even so, after the clone eliminated four disciples at the late-stage Sovereign Realm, his own profound energy ran dry, forcing him to tap into the reserves stored in his Energy Stone. His mastery of Heaven and Earth energy paled in comparison to Ye Liuyun’s, so he had to compensate by burning through more profound energy to maintain his offensive power.
Once the Energy Stone was exhausted, he had no choice but to draw Tian Shi, his blade, and cut down the remaining Tang disciples to end the fight.
Once again, the three of them encircled the Tang family’s Unity Realm disciple. This warrior, named Tang Xiao, was one of the Tang family’s elite—not only powerful but also battle-hardened.
His strength surpassed Li Daoyuan’s, and with the blessing of Buddha’s Light energy, he even managed to suppress Li Daoyuan in combat. Ye Liuyun observed for a while, allowing Li Daoyuan to temper himself further before finally unleashing his soul power to subdue Tang Xiao.
Ye Liuyun had already realized that if they wanted to approach the source energy on these uninhabited planets in the future, they would need disciples from the ten great families to act as "keys" to unlock the formations. Naturally, he wouldn’t kill them all.
Moreover, the disciples of these major families were genuinely formidable. Keeping them alive would prove more effective in the fight against the alien races later.
After clearing the battlefield, they didn’t press forward immediately. Instead, they retreated into the clone’s spatial world to recover at an accelerated pace, leaving only Ye Tiandao outside with a few Unity Realm experts to stand guard.
Now that Ye Liuyun and his clone no longer shared synchronized profound energy, their combat efficiency had noticeably dropped. After every battle, each had to cultivate their own reserves separately—no longer able to alternate between fighting and recovering.
A day later, once Ye Liuyun and Li Daoyuan had fully recuperated, they resumed their advance. Yet, from then on, they had to pause and rest after every engagement. Even against martial cultivators without Buddha’s Light energy, victory didn’t come easily.
Ye Liuyun and his clone nearly exhausted their profound energy in every fight. Li Daoyuan, too, suffered gradual depletion, and Ye Liuyun made sure he fully recovered before each new battle.
During their cultivation breaks, Ye Tiandao led a squad of Unity Realm experts in another skirmish, wiping out yet another team of martial cultivators.
Half a month later, Ye Liuyun and his group finally arrived at the location of the primordial energy. At that moment, his divine sense detected that the martial cultivators from the An Family were being besieged from three sides by rival factions.
The An Family cultivators had pursued their enemies too aggressively this time, inadvertently drawing the attention of all three factions, who immediately banded together to annihilate them. Whether local or outsiders, martial cultivators were quick to shed blood the moment they crossed paths.
Even if the An Family cultivators were formidable, fighting one against three was unsustainable. They swiftly sent distress signals to Tang Xiao and Wan Congshan—but received no response.
Seeing the situation, Ye Liuyun wasted no time. He summoned his doppelgänger, Tang Xiao, and Wan Congshan to join the battle, while also instructing Ye Tiandao to deploy a group of Unity Realm experts.
"Wipe them all out. Leave the An Family’s strongest to me! Kill!" he commanded before leading the charge.
Both sides in the ongoing battle were momentarily stunned, unsure whose side these newcomers were on—until they realized the reinforcements were attacking indiscriminately.
The An Family’s leader was a woman, whom Ye Liuyun knew as An Ran. At first, spotting Tang Xiao and Wan Congshan, she felt a flicker of relief. But her relief turned to shock when the two suddenly turned their blades against her.
"What are you doing?" she demanded, parrying their strikes in confusion.
Seizing the moment while her attention was divided, Ye Liuyun unleashed his divine soul, invading her consciousness in an instant—and with a single stroke, he took control.
