Chapter 2262: Reserve Power

After returning, the first thing he did was exchange a lot of resources with the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance, allowing the half‑beast army to continue cultivating.

Not long after, most of the Foreign Tribe on the Alien Battlefield had been eliminated, the Foreign Tribe's main base was taken over by a Martial Cultivator arranged by Li Yuanlang, and Ye Liuyun withdrew the spearhead unit led by Yuan Hao.

The Alien Battlefield no longer needs them, so it's better to return and cultivate.

After all, the Central Dynasty here has richer resources.

The Foreign Tribe in the lower‑level trial grounds were gradually exhausted, lacking reinforcements, and were eventually defeated by Human Race Martial Cultivators who breached the base.

At this point, the Foreign Tribe was completely driven out of the Divine Realm.

Many Martial Cultivators of Seventh/Eighth Level Realm rushed to the real Alien Battlefield to kill the remaining scattered Foreign Tribe, exchanging them for resources to cultivate.

Ye Liuyun led his massive army to begin a collective cultivation boost.

Although their Foreign Tribe invasion crisis has essentially been resolved, other regions still face the danger of Foreign Tribe attacks.

Moreover, they may later encounter a counter‑attack from the Foreign Tribe.

Therefore, strengthening their power is their safeguard.

Under Ye Liuyun's governance, the Divine Realm's environment becomes increasingly stable, and the realms of Martial Cultivators across the lands continuously improve.

Tong Xin and others are using ordinary materials to custom‑make a batch of war chariots and Crystal Stone cannons for the Alien Battlefield.

The material known as black gold is constantly kept secret by Ye Liuyun, preventing its spread.

Once such supplies spread, the Foreign Tribe would have time to prepare and upgrade their gear, which would be detrimental to their resistance against the Foreign Tribe.

He also made a return trip to Mojie, bringing back a substantial amount of ore and timber.

Moreover, the Demon Race half‑beasts and Demon Race forces he controls were not defeated; instead, they engaged in a stand‑off with the Demon Race Central Dynasty.

Because their troops are plentiful, Ye Liuyun assigned Mohu to lead twenty thousand Demon Race half‑beasts to attempt cultivating the technique he recommended.

Of course, they have already been fully controlled by Ye Liuyun with Nine Nether Prelude; after they cultivated Divine Soul Power, he also implanted Slave Seals on them.

The techniques are hand‑picked by Ye Liuyun, sufficient for them to cultivate to the Divine Realm.

These Demon Race half‑beasts now have strength close to his half‑beast army; after further cultivation, their actual combat power will be even greater.

Ye Liuyun is merely conducting a trial, stockpiling combat power for future needs.

He also leaves his half‑beast army in this Demon Race world.

The environment here is more suitable for their cultivation.

Afterwards, Ye Liuyun returns to the Divine Realm to cultivate peacefully.

He originally intended, after eradicating the Foreign Tribe, to contact humans from other worlds, but now it seems the Foreign Tribe side certainly has super‑Divine Realm strongmen; his current strength is truly insufficient.

Since he is going out to negotiate an alliance, if his own power is lacking, he may be despised and achieve little.

Hence he began accelerating his cultivation, waiting until he reaches the Ninth Realm before proceeding.

At that time, the Eighth Realm soldiers in his army can also ascend to the Ninth Realm, so removing his current troops won't leave the Divine Realm overly empty.

Ye Liuyun's maneuvers are secretly preparing backup power for the Divine Realm.

Over at Li Yuanlang's side, he both dispatches people to eliminate scattered Foreign Tribe and researches weapons to counter them.

He is very interested in Ye Liuyun's Demon Slaying Sword, hoping to see if he can find material specifically for combating the Demon Race.

Ye Liuyun thinks this idea isn't bad.

Thus the Ten Thousand Merchants Alliance and the Spirit Cloud Business Association both begin searching for these exorcism stones.

Through their joint efforts, they have found more than ten exorcism stones.

Yet this quantity is far insufficient for mass‑producing weapons.

Ye Liuyun immediately issued a realm‑wide notice, offering heavy rewards for information on exorcism stone sources.

Not long after, Ye Liuyun received a message from a Demon Race witch in the Southern Region, saying they have related news and a few exorcism stones in hand.

When Ye Liuyun first subjugated the Southern Demon Race, it was a massive slaughter that cost him considerable effort.

It's been so long since he visited, and he doesn't know whether these Demon Race are still honest.

The Duanmo Pass now also has a Teleportation Array.

So Ye Liuyun used the Teleportation Array to rush personally to the Demon Race for a look.

Along the way, he learned that the Demon Race is actually quite docile.

It seems that under the witch's leadership, the Demon Race currently has no intention to expand.

Ye Liuyun went straight to the Demon Race capital city to meet the witch.

"You're already a God King, yet you come out yourself, still so bold! Aren't you afraid we'll detain you again?"

The witch didn't expect Ye Liuyun to come in person, and alone.

"Ha ha, you want to learn from your father?

Just afraid you'll lift a stone only to smash your own foot!"

Ye Liuyun warned her.

"That's all in the past; you've already taken revenge, so don't bring it up again! I really have news to tell you!"

The witch immediately changed the subject to avoid Ye Liuyun truly misunderstanding her.

While speaking, she also produced several exorcism stones, handing them to Ye Liuyun for verification.

"Not bad, it is indeed this thing!"

Ye Liuyun confirmed.

"This thing isn't from our world.

Our Demon Race's gateway that connects to the Foreign Tribe, actually our predecessors have already investigated it before.

These exorcism stones were found there."

The witch told Ye Liuyun.

"You mean these exorcism stones come from the Foreign Tribe world?"

That entrance/exit, wasn't it sealed by the formation?

Ye Liuyun asked.

The Witch explained to Ye Liuyun: "These demon-subduing stones were all obtained by our Demon Race's senior experts before the formation was sealed, when they went in to get them."

We were worried that if this thing fell into Human Race hands, it would be detrimental to our Demon Race, so we never made it public.

But our Demon Race's seniors said that there are indeed many such ores over there.

However, he didn't dare bring too much back, fearing that this stuff would leak out and be used against our Demon Race.

"Then you're not worried now?"

Ye Liuyun countered.

"The Central Dynasty is too strong."

"I think we should know our limits and not oppose you."

"It would be better to let you use it to resist the Foreign Tribe; that also counts as a way of protecting ourselves."

"Moreover, I think this thing is just a material."

"True strength doesn't rely on these things."

"Weapons can still kill people; are we not going to let the Human Race use weapons?"

"The Witch is actually quite open-minded about these matters."

Ye Liuyun nodded in approval: "Letting you take over the Demon Race is indeed correct."

"You see further than many people!"

Ye Liuyun then asked about some more details, immediately had his clone use the Black Tower to teleport back to the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance, bringing Qiong Qi and the other Formation Masters here, so they could study the sealing formation and prepare to go in and explore.

After these Formation Masters researched, they also told Ye Liuyun that to go in and find the demon-subduing stones, they definitely needed to unseal the original formation.

But afterwards there were two solutions: one is to directly destroy this passage, permanently eliminating this future trouble.

The other is to reseal it again.

But as long as it's a seal, there will eventually be a day when it loosens.