Chapter 660: Continent Formed by a Small Thousand World

Accompanied by the fall of the first three-colored thunder tribulation, a graceful figure soared into the sky and flew toward the thunder tribulation.

The person passing the tribulation was precisely Ye Qingshuang, who was in closed-door cultivation in the Qingxuan

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Bolts of Lei Jie struck down with a roar, only to be continuously weakened by the rule-based attacks launched by Ye Qingshuang as she soared into the sky.

Yet, these weakened bolts of Lei Jie did not land on Ye Qingshuang; instead, they were all collected by her into the small dantian world she had opened up.

Suppressed by her small dantian world, they were transformed into nourishment and absorbed by it.

That's right, during the years she spent in seclusion, Ye Qingshuang had already taken the step of switching to the Dongxuan Fudi Self-Dao taught by Ye Qingxuan before breaking through to the Void Penetration Realm.

Because she had opened up her small dantian world in advance, Ye Qingshuang had already thoroughly stepped over the threshold of the Void Penetration Realm just as her cultivation base broke through, even before she had weathered the Lei Jie.

She could easily withstand the first few bolts of Lei Jie without needing to use any magic treasures.

The reason she did not completely shatter the first few bolts of Lei Jie was not because she was unable to.

It was simply because Ye Qingshuang wanted to turn her Lei Jie into nourishment to accelerate the growth of her small dantian world.

"Bang!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Just like that, with every bolt of Lei Jie she weathered, Ye Qingshuang's small dantian world expanded by a fraction, and her strength increased by a fraction as well.

As the three-colored Lei Jie, containing the energy of heaven and earth, were swallowed by her small dantian world, the aura of Ye Qingshuang's cultivation base became increasingly formidable.

Before the Lei Jie had even fully passed, her Void Penetration Realm cultivation base had already completely stabilized.

Consequently, Ye Qingshuang handled the subsequent bolts of Lei Jie with equal ease.

"Boom!"

As the final bolt of Lei Jie descended, it was weakened by Ye Qingshuang's rule-based attacks, then drawn into her small dantian world to be suppressed and devoured.

Ye Qingshuang successfully weathered her Void Penetration Lei Jie.

Standing in mid-air high above, after operating her small dantian world to finish devouring the final bolt of Lei Jie.

Ye Qingshuang moved slightly, instantly arriving not far in front of Ye Zhaoheng, Ye Zhaoyu, Liu Yun'er, and Liu Cai'er, and asked in a cold voice:

"Who are you people? Why are you here?"

Sensing the cold aura inadvertently radiating from Ye Qingshuang, Liu Cai'er, whose cultivation base had not yet broken through to the Void Penetration Realm, subconsciously hid behind Liu Yun'er.

Seeing this, Liu Yun'er frowned slightly and cast a somewhat dissatisfied glance at Ye Qingshuang.

At this moment, Ye Zhaoheng stepped forward, examined Ye Qingshuang's frost-covered face, and spoke:

"Our Young Master is Ye Qingxuan; we four are the Young Master's attendants, and this space is the Dongxuan Fudi our Young Master opened up."

"Acting on the Young Master's orders, we are here to protect the fellow Daoist who is in seclusion breaking through within the Dongxuan Fudi, which is why we four arrived here at the time of your tribulation."

Although Ye Zhaoheng, Ye Zhaoyu, Liu Yun'er, and Liu Cai'er were attendants who had followed Ye Qingxuan for a long time.

Ye Qingshuang had not known Ye Qingxuan's identity before and had always followed the orders of Ye Qingxuan's external avatar, the Lord of Dongyuncheng.

Moreover, under Ye Qingxuan's indulgence, Ye Qingshuang did not need to accept or complete tasks for Dongyuncheng; she had always been training in the outside world, looking for opportunities to hunt the Green Demon Clan.

Therefore, during this period, Ye Zhaoheng, Ye Zhaoyu, Liu Yun'er, Liu Cai'er, and Ye Qingshuang did not know each other.

It was precisely because of this that Ye Qingshuang was vigilant after discovering the four of them.

Hearing Ye Zhaoheng's words now, Ye Qingshuang's expression softened slightly; after scanning her surroundings, she asked again:

"Where is Qingxuan? Where is he?"

Hearing how Ye Qingshuang addressed Ye Qingxuan, Ye Zhaoheng felt a stir in his heart and responded with some curiosity: "Our Young Master has already entered deep seclusion; may I ask who this fellow Daoist is?"

Learning that Ye Qingxuan was in seclusion, Ye Qingshuang felt a bit disappointed, but her face remained expressionless as she replied indifferently:

"My name is Ye Qingshuang, a friend from the same clan as Qingxuan."

"Ye Qingshuang?"

Hearing Ye Qingshuang's words, Ye Zhaoheng and the Ye Zhaoyu beside him showed thoughtful expressions, both feeling that the name seemed somewhat familiar.

"Are you from the Ye family, just like us?"

After pondering for a moment, Ye Zhaoyu suddenly widened his eyes, looked at Ye Qingshuang, and said in disbelief: "You... are you Clan Aunt Qingshuang? A member of the Ye family from the same generation as our Young Master Ye Qingxuan?"

Ye Zhaoheng, standing to the side, also reacted at this moment, looking at Ye Qingshuang in great shock.

Although Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu were both members of the Ye family, just like Ye Qingshuang.

Before becoming Ye Qingxuan's attendants, Ye Zhaoheng, Ye Zhaoyu, and Ye Qingshuang had all lived in the original Ye family.

But at that time, there was little interaction between Ye Zhaoheng, Ye Zhaoyu, and Ye Qingshuang.

Added to the fact that Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu were young at the time, and a thousand years had passed since then, there had been earth-shaking changes for everyone.

So, based on appearance alone, it was difficult for Ye Zhaoheng, Ye Zhaoyu, and Ye Qingshuang to recognize each other.

It was not until they learned Ye Qingshuang's name that Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu were able to search their distant memories and find information related to her.

Opposite them, hearing Ye Zhaoyu address her as Clan Aunt, Ye Qingshuang's face immediately showed dissatisfaction, and she questioned:

"Who exactly are you? Why do you call me Clan Aunt?"

Seeing Ye Qingshuang's dissatisfaction, Ye Zhaoyu hurriedly explained: "My name is Ye Zhaoyu, and the person beside me is my elder brother, Ye Zhaoheng; we brothers are both members of the Ye family."

"According to the seniority in the Ye family at the time, we brothers should address the Young Master as Clan Uncle, so naturally, we would address you as Clan Aunt."

Hearing this, Ye Qingshuang looked at Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu with some surprise.

She had not expected that, besides her and Ye Qingxuan, she would be able to see other surviving members of the Ye family in this space.

After a moment of silence, Ye Qingshuang still said with some dissatisfaction:

"Regardless, you two are not to call me Clan Aunt from now on."

Seeing this, Ye Zhaoyu scratched his head in embarrassment, feeling at a loss:

"Then, how should my brother and I address you in the future?"

After all, Ye Qingshuang was an elder of the original Ye family; if she wouldn't let them call her Clan Aunt, Ye Zhaoyu really didn't know how to address her for the moment.

Or perhaps they should just address each other as 'fellow Daoist'? It didn't matter to the two of them, but clearly, the relationship between Ye Qingshuang and their Young Master Ye Qingxuan was not ordinary.

Without receiving a signal from their Young Master Ye Qingxuan, the two of them dared not address Ye Qingshuang casually.

And after hearing Ye Zhaoyu's question, Ye Qingshuang fell silent for a moment, not knowing how to reply to the two brothers.

Just as the atmosphere in the area became somewhat strange, Ye Zhaoheng suddenly spoke, changing the subject:

"By the way, not long ago, surviving members of the Ye family came to the Xuantian Sect to find the Young Master, and now, with the Young Master's help, they have already rebuilt the Ye family in the outside world."

Hearing this, a rare flicker of emotion appeared in Ye Qingshuang's icy eyes, and she subconsciously asked: "When was the Ye family rebuilt? Where are they now?" It could be said that the total destruction of the Ye family back then had always been a wound in Ye Qingshuang's heart that was difficult to heal.

The fall of her grandfather and the destruction of the Ye family were the series of events that caused Ye Qingshuang's personality to change drastically and become increasingly cold in her later years.

This was also the main reason she had been obsessed with hunting the Green Demon Clan previously.

Now that she learned the Ye family had been rebuilt, although this Ye family might no longer have the traces she remembered, Ye Qingshuang still couldn't help but feel moved and wanted to go back to the Ye family to take a look.

Facing Ye Qingshuang's inquiry, Ye Zhaoheng did not hide anything.

He recounted the rebuilding of the Ye family and then told Ye Qingshuang the current address of the Ye family's ancestral grounds.

After obtaining the address of the Ye family, Ye Qingshuang was about to turn and leave, but her figure suddenly paused; she turned her head to look at the brothers Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu and instructed:

"After Qingxuan comes out of seclusion, you two tell Qingxuan that I have gone to the Ye family; I might stay there for a while."

After saying this, Ye Qingshuang flew toward the boundary gate leading to the outside world established in the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi.

After Ye Qingshuang left, the somewhat embarrassed Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Yun'er and Liu Cai'er, who had not dared to interrupt, also instantly relaxed their expressions.

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Liu Cai'er stepped out from behind Liu Yun'er, patted her chest, and said: "That Clan Aunt Qingshuang's aura is so cold!"

"Could it be that Clan Aunt Qingshuang has comprehended the Law of Ice? However, the aura radiating from this Clan Aunt Qingshuang also seems to faintly reveal a bone-chilling murderous intent."

Hearing this, Liu Yun'er tapped Liu Cai'er on the head and lectured: "Cai'er, do not be rude; you must not discuss the Young Master's friends behind their backs."

As she spoke, Liu Yun'er looked in the direction Ye Qingshuang had left, her eyes thoughtful:

"Perhaps the change in this Clan Aunt Qingshuang's aura has something to do with her constitution?"

Ye Qingshuang's seemingly cold aura was actually just derived from an extreme murderous intent.

But Liu Yun'er could faintly perceive that, besides the power of laws, there seemed to be an extreme, inherent murderous origin power hidden within Ye Qingshuang's body.

On the other side.

After Ye Qingshuang left the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi, she did not appear in the Eastern Region, but instead arrived at a stronghold Ye Qingxuan had opened up in the Southern Region.

Previously, the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi could only condense seven boundary gates.

And in the Eastern Region where the Xuantian Sect was located, because the spatial node of the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi was within the Xuantian Sect itself.

Ye Qingxuan, Ye Zhaoheng, and the others did not need boundary gates; they could appear in the Xuantian Sect from the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi and then travel to various parts of the Eastern Region.

Therefore, the boundary gate established in the Xingguang Mountain Range of the Eastern Region's Xingzhou had already been moved to other major regions by Ye Qingxuan's avatar.

Since Ye Qingshuang did not have a Xuantian Sect token, appearing rashly within the Xuantian Sect would likely result in being suppressed or even strangled by the Xuantian Sect's protective grand formation.

So Ye Qingshuang intended to first teleport to the Southern Region and then return to the Eastern Region to head to the Ye family's new ancestral grounds.

In the backyard of an unremarkable shop in the capital city of a core province in the Southern Region.

With a flash of light, Ye Qingshuang's figure suddenly appeared in this place.

After teleporting over, Ye Qingshuang immediately scanned and examined the surrounding environment, then bowed slightly to an old man not far away in the backyard who was resting with his eyes closed and whose depth could not be discerned.

Afterward, Ye Qingshuang quickly left the place and flew toward the outside of the provincial capital.

Not long after, the old man in the shop's backyard, who had sensed the teleportation fluctuations, slowly opened his eyes; various profound mysteries appeared in his gaze, as if he had not yet fully awakened from a deep state of enlightenment.

Looking in the direction Ye Qingshuang had left, he murmured to himself:

"Is that Qingshuang's aura? Has she come out of seclusion?"

After saying this, he closed his eyes again and returned to his previous state.

Ye Qingshuang did not know that this old man in the shop's backyard was actually an avatar of Ye Qingxuan.

Not only the boundary gate in the Southern Region, but basically every boundary gate connected to the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi was guarded by an avatar of Ye Qingxuan.

Over the years, Ye Qingshuang had traveled through boundary gates to train in many regions; she knew that every boundary gate was guarded by an unfathomable senior.

But she did not know that these people were actually all avatars of Ye Qingxuan.

Up to now, Ye Qingshuang only knew that the Lord of Dongyuncheng and the mysterious merchant from before were Ye Qingxuan's avatars, through her previous guesses and face-to-face confirmation with Ye Qingxuan.

Regarding Ye Qingxuan's other avatars, Ye Qingshuang knew nothing.

That was why, after arriving at the location of the Southern Region's boundary gate, Ye Qingshuang had bowed slightly to the expert guarding the place, just as she had done before, and then left directly.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Several massive streaks of light tore through the sky, falling toward the endless sea of the Di Xuan Realm.

Wrapped within these streaks of light were Small Thousand Worlds that had lost their status, being pulled into the Di Xuan Realm one after another under its traction.

With the acceleration of the Myriad Worlds Integration Plan, many Small Thousand Worlds had been knocked down from their status and fallen into the Di Xuan Realm over these years.

These Small Thousand Worlds, after falling into the Di Xuan Realm and being compressed and reinforced by the laws of heaven and earth of the Di Xuan Realm.

After their surface area was significantly compressed and reduced, they eventually fell into the depths of various directions of the Di Xuan Realm's endless sea, settling down as large landmasses within the Di Xuan Realm.

However, because the resources within these continents had been scavenged clean by cultivators of the Di Xuan Realm in advance, it would take a considerable amount of time to thoroughly integrate into the Di Xuan Realm's system and regenerate various extraordinary resources.

Therefore, in the short term, these continents were not occupied by any human forces.

After all, for the major forces, spending a little time in the endless sea of the Di Xuan Realm to find any ownerless large, or even medium or small, islands.

Would yield far more resources than the continents formed by these Small Thousand Worlds.

As time went on, seeing that no forces were coming to take over these continents formed by the Small Thousand Worlds.

For the sake of the development of these continents, the major hegemon-level forces of the Di Xuan Realm successively relocated the original mortal humans from these Small Thousand Worlds back to the continents formed by the various Small Thousand Worlds to develop.

To protect the safety of these mortal humans, the major hegemon-level forces also set up large barriers around these continents, forbidding any cultivators from entering them privately.

However, to ensure that the path of immortality within these continents would not be completely severed, delaying some human prodigies with outstanding talent within them.

The major hegemon-level forces all left behind inheritances capable of cultivating to the Nascent Soul Realm within these continents.

If, relying on the future cultivation environment of the continent, someone could cultivate to the Nascent Soul Realm, then naturally someone would come to receive them and integrate them into the true Di Xuan Realm.

Although they had just integrated into the Di Xuan Realm, and had previously been scavenged clean of spiritual veins and various resources by cultivators of the Di Xuan Realm.

To the point that these continents formed by the Small Thousand Worlds were currently not even comparable to the barren regions of the Di Xuan Realm.

But these continents were ultimately formed by Small Thousand Worlds, and with the subsequent transformation by the rules of the Di Xuan Realm, the speed of subsequent recovery would become faster and faster.

For those with truly outstanding talent.

Cultivating to the Nascent Soul Realm within these continents formed by the Small Thousand Worlds during their lifetime was not a difficult task.

(End of chapter)