Chapter 3057: Obvious Effect

After that, Ye Liuyun began to refine Divine Core according to the new method.

He discovered that the Mysterious Origin, which had changed color after merging with Heaven and Earth Power, turned back to gold.

The Heaven and Earth Power completely merged into the Mysterious Origin, becoming Divine Core. And his Divine Core, circulating again along the new Meridian pathways, can automatically absorb ambient spiritual energy and Heaven and Earth Power, generating more Divine Core and also achieving a compressing refinement effect.

The Condensing Core technique he had learned from Bao Long was replaced by the new method of refining Divine Core. It is more efficient and consumes less.

The only regret is that the Transformation Cauldron can no longer meet his needs. The Divine Core produced by the cauldron still requires several internal cycles before it fully transforms into Divine Core.

However, his Divine Core is refined far more than his previous Mysterious Origin. Now that the Divine Core fills his core pill, it amounts to three times the previous amount. Moreover, the more he refines Divine Core in the future, the larger the gap will become.

Nevertheless, the Storage Yuan Stone does not hinder usage; whatever Divine Core he inputs is output as Divine Core, and his and his duplicates' Divine Core can still be exchanged.

"The benefits still outweigh the drawbacks! At least my strength has increased," Ye Liuyun concluded.

After the Meridian and Divine Core were restructured, Ye Liuyun finally entered the cultivation state. Though the Transformation Cauldron cannot fully satisfy his needs, the energy it converts is definitely much faster than his own conversion.

Now that he has time to cultivate, he no longer uses that star system's Primordial Source, intending to reserve it for when he breaks through.

Ten days later, the Martial Cultivators guarding him outside had already left the Wasteland Sea World, switched to Flying Boats, and rushed toward the Bridge Crossing Star System.

The resources of the Wasteland Sea World had all been looted by Ye Liuyun, so he no longer needed to stay here; instead, he planned to return to the Bridge Crossing Star System first, letting the monster beasts and women practice there and seize resources.

He, however, intended to remain in the Huo Yin Star System, seeking suitable opponents for combat training. Yet he must first safely send them out of the Huo Yin Star System before parting ways with them.

At this moment, of the thirty‑six captives in his hands, only eight remained alive; the three Guiyi Eighth Layer elites were still present. Leng Qingshao and Leng Qingyao had also fought incessantly, now exhausted. Their sibling pair together with two pterosaur ferocious beasts could handle the Guiyi Mid‑Eighth Realm elites. Without the two of them, this group would have been annihilated long ago.

The Martial Cultivators of the Wasteland Sea World no longer followed them. The Martial Cultivators who had previously attacked them were mostly Guiyi Seventh‑Eighth Layer cultivators; having lost too many, they realized this group's strength and dared not scheme against them again.

Yet Leng Qingshao and Leng Qingyao fought alongside outsiders, and some of the Martial Cultivators captured by Ye Liuyun were recognized—many were members of the major families here. Thus the news spread quickly, claiming these people were being controlled by Ye Liuyun.

Some prominent families, having learned of this, began dispatching interceptors. Especially the Leng family, aware of the sibling duo's powerful combined strike, sent an Elder of Guiyi Ninth Layer Early Stage to lead a team, accompanied by ten Guiyi Eighth Layer Early‑Mid Stage elites, to intercept them.

At this point, Ye Liuyun had already transformed all the Mysterious Origin in his core pill into Divine Core.

The Divine Core in the core pill again emitted Golden Light. The power it contained was three times stronger than his previous Mysterious Origin. Now, relying solely on his Divine Core, he can directly battle Guiyi Sixth Layer Martial Cultivators.

Combined with his Spatial Power and Heaven and Earth Power, facing Guiyi Seventh Layer elites is also no problem.

The pill spirit's effect had long vanished, but Ye Liuyun remembered clearly the sensation of manipulating the great trends of Heaven and Earth, and he had also undergone ample combat training. Thus his understanding and application of those trends now essentially guarantees that within the Guiyi realm, any further breakthroughs will not encounter bottlenecks.

However, in future battles he will need to practice and boost his Heaven and Earth Power more to achieve that same effect.

Ye Liuyun's current cultivation still centers on refining Divine Core; he fills the Divine Core in the Storage Yuan Stone while practicing to let his own Divine

Soul invoke Heaven and Earth Power to strike.

He previously killed the Fluctuating Young Master by channeling Heaven and Earth Power under the pill spirit's influence, a single punch detonating one of his Souls. Having mastered this move, he no longer worries when facing even stronger Souls.

However, now that the pill spirit's effect has vanished, his Soul's invocation of Heaven and Earth Power is noticeably weaker, currently not even as strong as a Soul Blade.

After Ye Liuyun fully replenished the Storage Yuan Stones, he also appeared aboard a Flying Boat; he originally intended to spar with these people to get accustomed to his Divine Core's power. But he found their True Essence had been depleted, and they were all cultivating recovery.

Their Storage Rings had already been seized by Ye Liuyun, so these days they have been cultivating using the resources taken from those rings.

Seeing that they fought earnestly yet suffered badly, with some still bearing unrecovered injuries, Ye Liuyun immediately revived them, gathered them into his duplicate's Space World, and granted them some Primordial Power to accelerate recovery.

Subsequently, he switched to a faster Flying Boat, letting the Guiyi Ninth Layer Metal Puppet pilot it toward the Bridge Crossing Star System.

He also deliberately activated the Flying Boat's Divine Sense shielding formation to lure the Martial Cultivators scheming against him.

He was soon intercepted, but once the other side spoke, he realized they were after people, not the Martial Cultivators from the Wasteland Sea World who had been hunting him.

Nevertheless, this did not stop him from acting.

He immediately released his other two duplicates; the three of them acted together, using Divine Core and Heaven and Earth Power to battle those Martial Cultivators. He handed the leading Guiyi Eighth Layer Martial Cultivator to the Metal Puppet.

His recent cultivation effect proved quite evident after the trial.

His Divine Core, Spatial Power, and Heaven and Earth Power give him ease even against Guiyi Seventh Layer elites. Moreover, while battling one strong opponent, he can also release a Soul to attack another foe.

However, for his Soul to use Heaven and Earth Power to eliminate an opponent's Soul takes too long. When faced with many opponents, he cannot wait and instead lets that Soul transform into a Soul Blade to directly slash the opponent's Soul.

So he first seized time to eliminate some opponents before letting his Soul practice.

Ye Liuyun and his two duplicates quickly wiped out the opponents. The remaining individuals were all relatively weak Guiyi Seventh Layer Martial Cultivators, making it much easier for Ye Liuyun to finish them off.

The Metal Puppet, after eliminating the opponent's strongest Martial Cultivator, withdrew and ceased acting, leaving the remaining training to Ye Liuyun.