Chapter 137: Primordial Power

Qiong Qi took the Storage Ring, muttering, and led the ferocious beasts to chase the Blood Demon Sect disciples!

"That stinky kid gives no respect at all! Doesn't even let this emperor show off!"

Then, Ye Liuyun released Bai Hu and other ferocious beasts to clean up the battlefield, while he rested with the senior brothers aside, chatting about the events of the past days.

Everyone, seeing that he had tamed so many ferocious beasts, felt both terrified and envious.

When Ye Liuyun asked, he learned that all their people had gathered; the remaining ones had all died while being pursued and killed by the Blood Demon Sect.

"You all recover quickly; next, it's our turn to hunt them down!" Ye Liuyun comforted them briefly, then let them rush to heal and recover.

Nan Xin'er and Qi Tianyue hadn't expended much and didn't need to rest, so they came over to chat a few words with Ye Liuyun.

But Ye Liuyun rode a fire wolf and left, leaving Shi Yuan and Bai Hu to guard these people. He departed because, after using Divine Sense to examine Blood Hand's Storage Ring, he found not only some holy relic fragments but also a special monster core and a map.

The level of that monster core seemed not to be that of an ordinary Monster Beast. The map also appeared to be of this place, marked only with a single red dot.

He needed to find Qiong Qi to ask what that was and what the map was for.

And he also wanted to discuss with Qiong Qi where to go next.

After the two met, Qiong Qi confirmed that the monster core was the one left by the former monster emperor of this place.

"Where did this Blood Demon Sect disciple come from? I've searched for years and never found it! Keep this thing; you can wait until you break through the Sea Transformation realm, and let it lend you a hand."

After speaking, it took out the map and looked at it again.

"This is... this is the Primordial Power of this space!" Qiong Qi shouted in surprise: "How could they have found such a place?"

"What is called Primordial Power?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"It is the energy that sustains this space's existence, like a ferocious beast's core that stores its power. This Primordial Power is equivalent to the space's core," Qiong Qi explained.

Ye Liuyun instantly understood. "If this Primordial Power is taken away, wouldn't this space be completely destroyed?"

Qiong Qi also nodded solemnly and asked, "Don't you want to destroy this place? Shall we go take it?"

"I intend to ruin this treasured land, but I never meant to annihilate the ferocious beasts here!" Ye Liuyun had never considered completely destroying this place.

Qiong Qi thought for a moment and advised, "But it seems they are already after this place's Primordial Power. If you don't take it, they will eventually take it, and we won't know who will benefit. Rather than that, it's better for you to take it."

"But if I take this Primordial Power, can we still get out?" Ye Liuyun asked anxiously.

"Bring me your teleportation card so I can see it."

Ye Liuyun immediately gave his record card to Qiong Qi. Qiong Qi, proficient in Formation, studied it for a while and then returned it to him.

"It won't affect your exit. But we can't take it too early; taking it at the end is safest," Qiong Qi said.

Ye Liuyun nodded, "Alright, we'll first go check, then for the next two days let the ferocious beasts try to kill the Blood Demon Sect disciples, and on the final day retrieve the Primordial Power."

"Just the two of us, let's go now. I don't want that good thing to fall cheap to outsiders," Qiong Qi suggested.

Lei Ming whined on Ye Liuyun's shoulder, protesting that she was still there, but the two ignored her outright.

"Fine! Then we leave right now."

Ye Liuyun leapt onto Qiong Qi's back, and Qiong Qi carried him, flying toward the location marked on the map.

Qiong Qi, familiar with the Secret Realm, quickly flew there. From a distance they spotted over two hundred Blood Demon Sect disciples guarding the spot.

The two did not hesitate, rushed in and began slaughtering. Ye Liuyun also captured a few survivors to gather information.

It turned out that just after they found this place, Blood Hand was summoned to capture disciples of the Holy Martial Academy, so these people were left here waiting for Blood Hand's return.

They discovered the entrance, but without Blood Hand's orders they dared not enter, so they kept guarding here, waiting for Blood Hand to return.

However, they were not from a local branch but came from the barbarian faction's branch. The Blood Demon Sect disciples entering the Secret Realm this time came from the Dazhou, Qi Tian, and barbarian branches.

Ye Liuyun, Qiong Qi, and Lei Ming cleared all those disciples.

Among the three, Qiong Qi was still the strongest. His Spiritual Soul Attack knocked down a whole area at once. Ye Liuyun tried using a soul sword attack, but his speed still lagged behind Qiong Qi's!

Unless he had a hundred soul swords!

"Huh? Why not? I can forge more soul swords!"

Thinking of this, Ye Liuyun's heart stirred. His Trump Card for survival, now infused with thunder and holy fire, would be limitless if a hundred more appeared at once.

"You've cultivated the Da Yan Soul Technique?" Qiong Qi asked in surprise.

"How did you know?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"The secret of the Da Yan Soul Technique lies in transmuting myriad forms. If you hadn't cultivated it, how could you turn Divine Sense into a sword?" Qiong Qi laughed.

"Transmuting myriad forms?" Ye Liuyun asked, puzzled.

Qiong Qi stared at him as if looking at a monster. "You wouldn't be unaware, would you? This soul technique lets your Divine Sense become any object or creature."

"Ah?" Ye Liuyun suddenly realized, instantly controlling the soul sword to transform into a soul dragon, lunging at a Blood Demon Sect disciple. Indeed, the soul dragon had the same effect as the soul sword, directly destroying the disciple's Divine Sense.

After trying it, Ye Liuyun asked, "Besides shape‑shifting, it doesn't seem to increase power! What other functions does the Da Yan Soul Technique have?"

"Your Soul isn't strong enough yet. When your Soul can leave the body, you'll grasp its power. Transform into anything you wish—do you still have opponents?" Qiong Qi, uninterested, rushed out to slay the fleeing Blood Demon Sect disciples.

Ye Liuyun thought about it and felt eager, though it was still a distant goal; for now, he'd aim to forge ten thousand swords.

They quickly cleared the Blood Demon Sect disciples here, and after cleaning the battlefield, entered a Cave.

The Cave twisted downward; after walking for a while, they reached a great hall.

In the hall sat a Monster Beast nine‑tailed white fox.

Seeing them arrive, it instead greeted them.

"No need to fear; I'm merely a wisp of a lingering soul and won't harm you."

Qiong Qi nearly jumped when he saw her.

"Are you the former monster emperor of this place?"

"Correct! Thank you for continuously helping me manage this Secret Realm."

The nine‑tailed white fox said, "Not long ago I sensed an evil aura approaching, so I tossed my pre‑death monster core out, hoping to lure it away. If that failed, I was prepared to let the Primordial Power self‑destruct. Unexpectedly, that aura did leave. Then you arrived—how fortunate!"

Ye Liuyun considered the cause and effect, thought for a moment, and said, "It's not luck. It's just that we happened to kill that person."