Chapter 1278: Escape Route

Thinking of this, he suddenly wanted to return to the Cangyun Continent.

With his current strength, he is definitely the strongest on the Cangyun Continent.

So whether becoming the strongest this time is a viable path, he will know as soon as he goes back and tries.

"Perhaps this Underworld God's pursuit is the opportunity for me to go back."

Thinking of this, Ye Liuyun made up his mind. Once the Underworld God arrives, he can flee toward the Cangyun Continent.

Of course he won't take a straight line; he must trouble the Underworld God further, otherwise the Underworld God will catch up to him.

After Ye Liuyun confirmed his escape route and settled on the idea of becoming the strongest on this continent to protect his family, he began to cultivate with peace of mind, awaiting the Underworld God's arrival.

When dealing with the Foreign Tribe, he lets Emperor Xia's dynasty charge ahead while he provides support.

Since he resolved his inner demon, his mood has become much brighter.

Even under the Underworld God's pressure, he seems to have more hope to face it.

Thus he no longer worries that those following him will be implicated.

He pre‑notified his parents and those around him, asking who wanted to return to the Cangyun Continent for a look.

Seeing these people helping him build a great force, Ye Liuyun also opened his mind.

Their assistance to Ye Liuyun is actually helping themselves construct a safety barrier; within this great force, everyone's joint effort makes them stronger.

In the end, Liang Xue wants to go back to see her father, and Ye Liuyun brings her into the Space World. It also gives her a chance to cultivate properly during this period, making up for lost time.

Liang Xue's mission naturally falls onto Wu Qingcheng and Su Miaoyin.

The other women also envy Liang Xue for having a solid reason to return with Ye Liuyun.

They all want to face the Underworld God's relentless pursuit alongside Ye Liuyun. Yet someone needs to hold the fort here; if everyone leaves, Zhuge Feiyu alone would find it hard to manage such a large operation.

Ye Liuyun's parents do not request to go back with him.

They worry that staying with Ye Liuyun would add psychological burden, affecting his decisions against the Underworld God.

They only ask Ye Liuyun to bring back more resources for the Ye Clan, so the Ye Clan can develop better.

Ye Liuyun also finds that once his inner demon is lifted, his mood indeed clears considerably.

From now on he need not overthink; he can simply execute his own plan.

Thus, once he steadies his mind, his cultivation speed truly accelerates.

"No wonder some say the inner demon is the Martial Cultivator's greatest enemy! It seems it does have an impact!"

Ye Liuyun's previous goals were steadfast, so he never experienced an inner demon.

He also concluded that only when a Martial Cultivator wavers does an inner demon arise.

After completing a stage goal, his uncertainty about the future path allowed the inner demon to seize the chance.

With a truly firm goal, there's no time for overthinking, so an inner demon won't arise.

What Ye Liuyun now focuses on is seizing time to boost strength and confront the Underworld God.

He categorized all resources, stockpiling those that can quickly enhance his strength and are easy to absorb and transmute.

After the Underworld God arrives, he may have no time to gather resources, so those stored can be used then.

The resources he now uses for cultivation are either unusable by others or slightly hard to transmute; he can slowly absorb them over time, avoiding waste.

In battles with the Foreign Tribe, he occasionally joins in between cultivation sessions to move around and test his progress.

Soon, Ye Liuyun's realm advanced to the late stage of Earth Sovereign Tier 3.

The jump from the third to fourth level of the Life‑Death realm is relatively large, so advancement is naturally slower. Ye Liuyun is unhurried, focusing on solidifying his foundation and not speeding up because of the Underworld God's threat.

When Ye Liuyun reappeared on the battlefield, Tuomu Hai ordered all teams searching for Ye Liuyun to be recalled.

During this period, people kept attempting to assassinate Ye Liuyun.

Some sneaked into his city to ambush, but were detected by a Formation and became targets for Ye Liuyun to spar with and absorb Divine Soul Power.

Others struck at Ye Liuyun amid the chaos of battle.

Ye Liuyun suffered setbacks from this, once ambushed by a Tianzun Realm strongman. Even though his Physical Body is robust, he was beaten to the point of spitting blood.

But for Ye Liuyun, this training also has benefits.

The Physical Body grows stronger with practice; as long as it isn't killed, once injuries heal it becomes a notch stronger than before.

He actually hopes to take more wounds, ideally raising his Physical Body to withstand attacks from Divine Rank strongmen.

However, he knows this is a lofty wish; even after years of fighting, he likely won't reach that level.

While Ye Liuyun cultivates, his clone is not idle, constantly using time to close the Physical Body gap.

Mo Tianheng's genius earth treasures that boost Physical Body strength were given to the clone.

Thus the clone's Physical Body strength also rose considerably during this time; though slightly weaker than Ye Liuyun's, the gap isn't large.

Divine Soul Power is the same.

Since the battlefield yields abundant Divine Soul Power to absorb, the clone's strength surged dramatically, becoming a major aid for Ye Liuyun against the Underworld God.

Ye Liuyun's Vajra Divine Bow has been handed to the clone to familiarize.

The two often wear identical battle armor, taking turns to appear on the battlefield; no one can tell them apart.

"Hope the Underworld God will fall for the trap then!"

This move now is Ye Liuyun's most important trump card.

The clone's method of confusing the Underworld God can be used only once. In other words, he has only one chance to deliver a killing blow to the Underworld God.

If he misses this chance, he will truly have to keep fleeing from the Underworld God until he can truly confront it.

But that time span may stretch to a dozen years or more, and if the Underworld God catches up by accident, it will be dangerous.

Thus Ye Liuyun and his clone repeatedly practice coordination, striving for perfection.

Ye Liuyun also often finds empty places to test the Hunting Demon Bow.

He usually has no targets to kill within the Space World and worries the Space World cannot withstand the impact of the Hunting Demon Bow.

Only after he and his avatar had drilled repeatedly, becoming familiar with the coordinated practice, did they stop.

"The Underworld God will probably arrive in another two or three months!"

Ye Liuyun had also been constantly paying attention to the distance between the Underworld God and himself, as well as the Underworld God's speed of advance.