Chapter 1324: A Landscape of Utter Desolation

These days the Southern Region has completely lost all vitality; many flowers, grasses and trees have already withered, and not a single living creature can be seen.

Everywhere is barren and grayish, looking extremely desolate.

Every city has been smashed beyond recognition, a landscape of utter desolation.

Both inside and outside the cities, untreated skeletal remains are everywhere, making it look like a human hell.

"The destructive power of these Foreign Tribe is truly astonishing! I have no idea where they came from!" Ye Liuyun has always been curious about which world these Foreign Tribe hail from.

If given a chance, he would indeed like to go and kill them to see.

But he also knows his current strength is certainly insufficient.

Even the War God furrows his brow at the Foreign Tribe, let alone someone at his present level.

"I wonder what strength the Divine Realm's Foreign Tribe possess? How come they appear everywhere?"

Ye Liuyun racked his brain but found no answer, so he could only set these questions aside for now.

"Regardless, I should first improve my own strength!"

Finally, Ye Liuyun found an empty city, recorded its coordinates outside, then entered the city, cleared an empty courtyard, set up a Formation Flag to guard against Corpse Demon ambushes, and began cultivating there.

At this moment, the Underworld God's position should be nearing the Zhongyang Dalu again.

People from the Triangular Chaotic Realm have already messaged Ye Liuyun that the Underworld God has passed through.

No word yet from Moyu Yi Cheng, but it is probably close as well.

"If the Underworld God rushes over again, I should still be able to break through the First Realm!" Ye Liuyun thought to himself.

In the recent major battles, he has collected plenty of Foreign Tribe and Corpse Demon core pills, and even gathered many Storage Rings and their contents.

Those supplies are actually almost enough for him to form an army!

Every time Qin Peng sweeps the battlefield, he makes a hefty haul. That's why many soldiers are eager to enlist. If they encounter a wealthy corpse, they strike it rich!

The resources Ye Liuyun now holds are sufficient for a long period of cultivation.

He is unsure how much energy is needed for the mid‑late stage of the Celestial Sovereign, but the energy he currently possesses will certainly allow him to break through to the early Celestial Sovereign stage without issue!

In the time that follows, Ye Liuyun and his clone continuously accelerate cultivation within the Xuan Kong Shi.

The Formation Plate Zhu Youfu gave him can now be activated up to the eighth level, and it does not hinder his cultivation at all.

He has already sent a Transmission Voice to Zhu Youfu, asking him to make an enhanced version and deliver it to an inn in the Triangular Chaotic Realm, waiting for him to retrieve it.

Since learning that the pressure in the Divine Realm is far greater than here, he has already begun preparing in advance.

Anyway, this kind of pressure training does no harm to him.

Zhu Youfu also consulted the Artifact Refining Master again, jointly researching a more powerful pressure Formation Plate.

Ye Tiandao went out twice. Both times, missed Corpse Demons, drawn by the scent, breached the Formation. Ye Liuyun handed them over to Ye Tiandao to deal with.

The ten stone men and over a hundred Metal Puppets left on the battlefield, Ye Liuyun kept with him this time as well.

He has encountered too many bandits before, which reminded him that he needs some power to swiftly subdue bandits or sects, lest urgent problems arise.

A month later, Ye Liuyun encountered a team clearing Corpse Demons again.

The previous large army had already withdrawn. This time, the allied forces were responsible for clearing the missed Foreign Tribe again.

Ye Liuyun still used the old method, folded the Formation Flag, then used the Invisibility Cloak to avoid meeting those soldiers, not wanting to expose his location.

"Emperor Xia is indeed cautious. These Corpse Demons probably need several sweeps back and forth; many slip through. Mainly because the area is too vast.

Even with such sweeps, once the southerners return, they must center on the cities and sweep outward again."

Ye Liuyun assumes Emperor Xia could also think of these.

"The empire has many capable people; I will no longer worry about these!"

Ye Liuyun also resolved not to meddle in these matters any longer.

What he needed to do is already done; further involvement would likely make it hard to extricate himself!

Sure enough, after a short while, the allied forces broke into smaller units, dispersing to each city, then using each city as a base to sweep the surrounding areas back and forth.

Cornered with nowhere to go, Ye Liuyun could only dig a random Cave and set up a Formation Flag.

Thus, he not only has to evade the allied patrols but also guard against missed Corpse Demons. Naturally, his cultivation progress is slightly affected.

More than ten days after the Underworld God returned to the Zhongyang Dalu, there was still no sign of his breakthrough.

But he suddenly realized that the Underworld God seemed not to be heading straight for him, but toward the Imperial City.

"What does this mean?" Ye Liuyun was also quite puzzled.

He immediately contacted Xia Tianqiong and the others. They were also monitoring the Underworld God's movements.

"Could the Underworld God be aiming to threaten Emperor Xia, forbidding you from returning to the Zhongyang Dalu?" Zhuge Feiyu analyzed.

"Hmm, that's possible! I reckon the Underworld God is already half‑infuriated by me! So he'll definitely look for ways to avoid my back‑and‑forth trouble! At least he won't have to run that far each time!"

After Zhuge Feiyu's reminder, Ye Liuyun also thought this possibility was very high.

Their guess proved correct; the Underworld God rushed straight to the Imperial City to warn Emperor Xia not to allow Ye Liuyun to re‑enter.

At first, Emperor Xia thought Ye Liuyun had run to the Imperial City again.

"I didn't offend him! Why did he bring the Underworld God here?"

Emperor Xia immediately produced a Transmission Talisman to ask Ye Liuyun, only to learn that Ye Liuyun had never left the Southern Region.

Ye Liuyun also conveyed his speculation to Emperor Xia.

"If the Underworld God truly threatens me this way, how should I respond?" Emperor Xia sought Ye Liuyun's opinion.

"Agree to him! The Foreign Tribe's war is over, and I don't have to come back!" Ye Liuyun said decisively.

He cannot, for his own selfish gain, let the Underworld God retaliate against the entire Zhongyang Dalu.

Having just eradicated the Foreign Tribe, another Underworld God would be too much for the Zhongyang Dalu to endure!

"Alright then, take good care of yourself!" Emperor Xia also agreed.

He concluded that since Ye Liuyun dared say that, it meant his impression of him was not great.

However, the Underworld God didn't need his answer at all.

He arrived outside the imperial city and declared outright, "If Ye Liuyun dares to return to Zhongyang Dalu again, I will wipe out your imperial city on the spot!"

After the Underworld God finished announcing, he left immediately and continued to pursue Ye Liuyun.

Emperor Xia could only smile wryly, helpless.

"This is the deterrent power of the strong!"

Ye Liuyun, upon learning the news, was both laughing and crying!

"That Underworld God is truly overbearing!"