Chapter 1650: Releasing Power

After several bouts of hardship, Ye Liuyun and his clone spent increasingly longer time in the ninth layer of the void.

His Physical Body and all his various strengths also saw great improvement.

Each time he and his clone emerged, their bones were crushed and all their powers were exhausted, requiring further cultivation to replenish.

But after each recovery, they felt a bit stronger, and that joy made him forget the pain.

Thus they kept running into the void with tireless enthusiasm.

"I think you have a masochistic streak!" Qiong Qi mocked him.

Ye Liuyun ignored it; as long as he could improve his strength, he didn't care what others said.

Until Ye Liuyun's last entry, when he suddenly noticed signs of collapse in the ninth layer of the void.

He knew that after the Secret Realm's Primordial Power was siphoned away, there were already signs it could no longer sustain the realm.

He and his clone immediately withdrew and warned Qiong Qi and Man Shu.

At this moment, the Magma Pool had dwindled to a small puddle, and the Ice Crystals were even smaller.

Qiong Qi and Man Shu stopped on the spot.

"That's about enough, let's leave it at that!"

Qiong Qi also felt he had absorbed enough. The remaining bit wasn't worth absorbing, lest it cause trouble when exiting.

Ye Liuyun gathered everyone back into the Space World, piloted the Flying Shuttle, and rushed to the Secret Realm's entrance.

It took a lot of time to get in, but exiting took less than two days.

Using his Divine Sense, Ye Liuyun scanned beneath the yellow sand and found that the Lava below had already vanished.

The Secret Realm's temperature had returned to normal, yet it appeared even more desolate, feeling more barren than a desert.

Moreover, there was little spiritual energy inside, making it unsuitable for cultivation.

At the entrance, Qiong Qi broke the seal; after they left, he did not reseal it.

Ye Liuyun laughed, "The next person who discovers this Secret Realm will end up crying to death! There's nothing inside!"

"How can there be nothing? There's still plenty of Primordial Power inside! At least enough to sustain this space!" Qiong Qi retorted.

"What's the use? It can't be absorbed. If absorbed, the Secret Realm would collapse and they'd die inside! I think you should reseal it to prevent anyone from being trapped dead!" Ye Liuyun suggested.

Qiong Qi replied indifferently, "You think only you have a Flying Shuttle? Others might have means too. If someone of a lower realm absorbs even a little, they might advance. Stop worrying all the time; without you the world would collapse!"

"Fine, suit yourself!" Ye Liuyun said, seeing he wouldn't budge and having no choice. Moreover, Qiong Qi's words weren't entirely without reason.

"Let's go!" Ye Liuyun released the Flying Shuttle again, taking Qiong Qi toward the nearby Teleportation Array.

"This time we got a lot! I haven't wasted these years!" On the way, Qiong Qi proudly chatted with Ye Liuyun.

"Hmm, you truly didn't waste time, and we all benefited greatly! You'd better find more places like this!" Ye Liuyun laughed.

Hearing that, Qiong Qi seriously began to think.

"You have a point. Since you can't reach the Divine Realm anytime soon, why don't I use this time to look for another Secret Realm?"

"Huh? You actually have a goal? Any Yin Fire?" Ye Liuyun asked hopefully.

"There is! I once found the scent of Yin Fire. However, its Fire Flame Power isn't as strong as here, and it probably doesn't need so many people!" Qiong Qi said directly.

"Then I'll send everyone back and go with you to check it out?" Ye Liuyun asked.

"Fine! Since you might not cultivate properly back there, better come with me to gather resources and maybe raise your realm!" Qiong Qi agreed.

So Ye Liuyun sped the Flying Shuttle, passed through the Teleportation Array, and rushed back to Yi Cheng.

After returning, the Demon Cultivator disciples went back to the Sect to cultivate.

Ye Liuyun also summoned everyone inside the Space World, telling them he would continue the expedition.

The others also wanted to go; even if they couldn't use them, they could still cultivate within the Space World.

Thus Ye Liuyun had Wu Qingcheng and the others handle their current tasks, then prepared to depart again.

Ye Liuyun then went to find Zhu Youfu and obtained many fire‑resistant Formation Plates.

Qiong Qi and Man Shu were both in the Space World—one busy purifying fire, the other gathering Ice Power. Ye Liuyun was also practicing drawing various forces within the space to better balance fire and ice.

When Qiong Qi finished, he had Ye Liuyun clear the Space World, to prevent fire and Ice Power from suddenly releasing and harming anyone.

"Are you ready?" Qiong Qi asked Ye Liuyun and Man Shu.

"Ready!" Man Shu and Ye Liuyun replied together.

Ye Liuyun also had some authority in Xuecheng, but he let Man Shu control the release of Ice Power, so he could focus on handling fire.

After confirming, Qiong Qi also floated with Ye Liuyun, took out the Broken Copper Cauldron, and began releasing fire.

Qiong Qi released slowly, sending a thin stream of fire into the air, which then linked to his cauldron, continuously emitting fire power.

Man Shu cooperated, releasing Ice Power bit by bit to counter the fire.

Ye Liuyun controlled the emitted fire, condensing it into a sphere.

"This little fire, can it serve as a sun?" Ye Liuyun wondered, seeing the fire was scant.

"Why the rush! This is fire source power. If you release it all at once, can your Space World handle it?" Qiong Qi said, maintaining a posture, pouring out bit by bit.

"Looks like another time‑consuming job!"

Seeing this, Ye Liuyun summoned his clone, and together they expanded the Space World. He would occasionally return to glance and solidify the fire sphere.

Qiong Qi kept the same posture, pouring out for five days.

The fire sphere had already become larger than Ye Liuyun!

"Your Broken Copper Cauldron really can hold that!" Ye Liuyun praised.

"I told you it contains a universe! It's still early, this is only…" Qiong Qi began to brag again.

Ye Liuyun turned and went to Man Shu's side to talk with her.

A few more days passed, and Qiong Qi and Man Shu grew tired and stopped to rest.

They landed on the ground, gazing from afar at the small sphere in the sky, and Ye Liuyun sighed, "It's far from a real sun!"

"That's good enough! You really want it as big as the sun! Your Space World isn't that big either!" Qiong Qi said.

"Indeed. Having one is better than none!" Ye Liuyun wasn't greedy either.