Chapter 2889: Sparking Suspicion

"Fine! To deal with the other two families, we'll still need your Divine Soul Power. You should first find a safe place to cultivate!"

Qiong Qi also thought that the other two families could no longer launch a strong attack. The strength of these great families was far greater than he had imagined.

Especially at their clan headquarters, there were simply too many strong ones. The Zhou family was an example. If the ferocious beast hadn't used a self‑destruct method to catch them off guard, they would probably have been surrounded by even more strong ones.

Ye Liuyun thought for a moment and decided that the Qin family was relatively safe. He immediately activated the Spirit Cat Warship, traversed the void, and returned to the Qin family. Moreover, he had already reclaimed the Spirit Cat Warship, so the final stretch he rushed back at full speed on his own.

After returning to the Qin family, he also relayed the Wan family's information to them, saying that the Wan family's ferocious beasts were in revolt and that the Wan family couldn't attend to them for the time being, so they need not worry. Biquku

Timewise, his round‑trip rush was just right.

But Qin Mengxi grew suspicious of Ye Liuyun: "You just went to the Wan family and happened to arrive right when the Wan family's ferocious beasts were in revolt; isn't that too coincidental?"

They had already thought Ye Liuyun was no ordinary troublemaker since the last time Ye Liuyun stirred up trouble, inciting Martial Cultivators to kill the Wan family elders and disciples.

And this time, as soon as Ye Liuyun left, something happened to the Wan family, so they naturally didn't believe it could be that coincidental. However, what Ye Liuyun did didn't harm their own family, so they wouldn't report Ye Liuyun.

Nevertheless, they directly voiced their thoughts to Ye Liuyun, hoping that future actions could include them, so they could also broaden their horizons.

Ye Liuyun could not admit anything, merely saying it was indeed a coincidence, and did not agree to their request.

Qin Mengxi's strength was too weak; taking them along would only be a hindrance. In this move, Ye Liuyun didn't need anyone else, not even Ye Tiandao was unleashed.

"Are you disliking me because my realm is low?" Qin Mengxi asked directly.

"How could that be? It's just that I really didn't do anything!" Ye Liuyun could only insincerely placate them.

Qin Mengxi said no more and immediately returned to cultivate, intending to quickly raise their realm to catch up with Ye Liuyun.

What they didn't know was that although Ye Liuyun's realm was only one level higher than theirs, the actual combat power was far greater, and Ye Liuyun's battle experience, even after they had trained for years—

—might still be unattainable.

Ye Liuyun merely noted them, and seeing that they didn't report but went to cultivate, felt relieved and led everyone back to the clone's Space World to accelerate cultivation.

The Souls that surged into his Sea of Consciousness had just been digested by the Ten Thousand Gods Command. With Divine Soul Power overwhelming, Ye Liuyun had the clone release its Souls, letting them be absorbed together with him.

The Secret Realm seized from the Zhou family, he now knows, is a place that condenses Divine Soul Power. So he intends to absorb all that Divine Soul Power first, then refine it further.

Qiong Qi will go absorb those fire sources, taking half of the fire source power and leaving the other half for Ye Liuyun.

Ye Tiandao uses the five‑colored Refinement Stone to cultivate the Physical Body. This five‑colored Refinement Stone enhances Physical Body strength more comprehensively than the Blade‑Wind Sword‑Rain Gorge, which only boosts metal attributes.

Moreover, the five‑colored Refinement Stone not only universally improves Physical Body quality but also purifies impurities within the Physical Body.

After Ye Liuyun and the clone absorbed a massive amount of Divine Soul Power, the Souls grew three to four times larger. However, the Souls' forms are still vague, clearly having just been absorbed and not yet fully refined.

"Perfect—let's enter that Soul Secret Realm and see the results!"

Ye Liuyun didn't linger and entered that Soul Secret Realm directly, continuing to refine the Soul.

That Soul Secret Realm was already fully under Ye Liuyun's control. Inside were some Zhou family disciples who were cultivating; Ye Liuyun seized them and handed them over to Ye Tiandao to deal with.

Within the Secret Realm, there was a tremendous pressure on the Souls; the deeper toward the center, the stronger the pressure. Relying on their own powerful Souls, Ye Liuyun and the clone reached the center and refined their Souls.

The ethereal shadows of their Souls were instantly compressed and began shrinking. This compression process inflicted immense pain on the Souls. Ye Liuyun's Ten Thousand Gods Command immediately radiated brilliance, keeping him conscious.

The clone, after a short while, simply fainted.

Ye Liuyun looked with his Golden Pupil and found that even though the clone had fainted, the compression process continued, which didn't affect the result.

"Alas!" Ye Liuyun sighed, feeling envious of the clone.

This pain on the Soul is a non‑human torment; he also wanted to faint, but the Ten Thousand Gods Command kept him awake, and he also

could only endure it, treating it as self‑cultivation.

Precisely because of this torment, his Divine Soul Power became more condensed than the clone's compressed Soul. After noticing this difference, Ye Liuyun immediately pulled the clone's Soul into his own Sea of Consciousness, letting the two Souls also taste a living‑than‑death feeling.

In the Secret Realm, the Soul's compression speed was rapid; in less than two days, Ye Liuyun's Soul's form returned to its original size.

"Hoo!"

Ye Liuyun exhaled at that moment.

His Soul has now been compressed to the extreme; the painful sensation has gradually faded. Looking at his current Soul, although its size has reverted to roughly the original, it has solidified to a near‑human state. Moreover, its attacks now have a tangible, substantial quality. Biquku

"This refined Soul is truly powerful! It seems my original Soul wasn't solidified enough!"

From the Soul's size, Ye Liuyun realized his previous Soul had also been compressed considerably.

He then rushed to the Ancient Wilderness Secret Realm, ushering everyone else into this Soul Secret Realm.

"Your Physical Body refinements are all nearly done; go refine your Souls now!"

Thus the group entered the Secret Realm again to refine their Souls. Ye Liuyun himself returned to the five‑colored Refinement Stone to cultivate his Physical Body.

This time, under the five‑colored Refinement Stone's effect, his interior expelled many impurities, and his Physical Body was further enhanced.

He had Qiong Qi subdue three ferocious beasts of the Second Realm, which took turns attacking him and the clone. Whether Soul attacks or Physical Body attacks, he needed no defense; the three beasts exhausted all their techniques and still couldn't touch him.

Now the clone's Soul and Physical Body power have finally caught up with the main body.

"Only Bloodline Power remains! Once we seize the Tang family's Blood Spirit Pool, you should be fully caught up!" Ye Liuyun told the clone.

The clone reminded Ye Liuyun: "If we can capture the An family's Secret Realm with that golden liquid, perhaps we could use it to create another clone. The Tree Demon's Wan Hua Jin Ling Fruit has long ripened and has been kept for you!"

Ye Liuyun nodded, looking forward: "The Qian Long Academy's Qian Long Pool is certainly beyond my current realm to absorb! We'll see then; if there's enough of that liquid, creating another clone would be fine!"