Chapter 3246: Condensing Power

Ye Liuyun and his two clones repeatedly compared the drawn formation diagram with the images in the Sea of Consciousness, and after deeming it fine, handed the diagram to Qiong Qi and the other Formation Masters.

Qiong Qi and several Formation Masters checked the diagram and all found no problem; at least the diagrams they were familiar with were drawn without any error.

Those Formation Masters even followed Ye Liuyun's diagram and directly set up the final great formation, and only after confirming it operated normally did they feel at ease.

After finishing, he asked Qiong Qi, "Why does the formation I etched cease to work after I stamp it onto the ground?"

Qiong Qi was in a good mood, at least his efforts hadn't been in vain for so long, and it was all thanks to Ye Liuyun, so he unusually took the time to explain: "When drawing a formation, the True Essence must be gathered, not released; if you directly stamp out the True Essence, it's no different from unleashing it."

He went on to tell Ye Liuyun how to draw a formation out of thin air. In essence, it is to embed energy into the lines, letting them condense without releasing, and then operate to unleash the Formation's power.

Ye Liuyun immediately began learning, and soon he could follow the patterns and, using the out‑of‑thin‑air drawing method taught by Qiong Qi, directly set up simple Formations.

"Haha, does that make me a Formation Master now?" Ye Liuyun asked Qiong Qi with a laugh.

He merely thought it was fun, tried it casually, and wasn't actually intending to study Formations.

"Hmm," Qiong Qi nodded, teasing, "With that thick skin of yours, once you master it you could go out and fool people."

Ye Liuyun smiled, paid it no mind, and immediately used the Black Tower's teleportation, returning to the underwater base of the Desolate Sea, taking everyone back to cultivate.

Qiong Qi's mission at Wan Hua Sect was fully completed, so there was no need to stay here any longer.

Now his Formation Masters, Alchemists and Refiners are plenty, and the troops have ample equipment, pills and other resources. Moreover, with abundant resources and a Zhan Tai to train on, there's no need to cause trouble elsewhere.

After returning, Ye Liuyun began cultivating, first absorbing a Dragon Soul, but he suddenly discovered that half of that Dragon Soul's Soul had been absorbed by his Guardian God Seal. caso

"What's going on?" Ye Liuyun, still encountering this for the first time, saw his Guardian God Seal competing with him for resources.

However, after his Guardian God Soul absorbed those Dragon Souls, it became more agile in battle and coordinated more seamlessly with him, so Ye Liuyun thought it wasn't a bad thing and let it continue absorbing.

Seeing the good effect, he also let his clones try it, refining some Soul power into each Guardian God Seal.

Especially his own Golden Dragon Guardian God Seal, which after receiving the Dragon Soul saw a huge boost; its attack power increased severalfold. Ye Liuyun immediately supplemented it with two more Dragon Souls, further strengthening it.

Now the three Guardian God Seals are each more solid, cooperate better with him, and have stronger attack power.

Thus, when he and his clones later cultivate Soul, they will also allocate some Soul power to the Guardian God Seals.

Later, he refined a Dragon Body, intending to enhance his Physical Body.

But his battle god armor spoke to him with Divine Sense: "Master, I previously absorbed some Dragon Spring Liquid to improve myself, but my absorption was slow; I was close to advancing a grade.

When you refine the Dragon Body, could you give me some energy so I can immediately advance to Void Stage Third Grade? Otherwise, my own gradual evolution will take longer."

"Uh…" Ye Liuyun hadn't expected the battle god armor to also vie for resources with him.

But he knew the armor was also part of his strength; especially its Soul, bloodline, Physical Body and Divine Core are linked to the armor, so accelerating its advancement also makes him safer.

Thus he agreed to the battle god armor, allocating a portion of the energy to it while absorbing the Dragon Body.

Fortunately, the armor didn't absorb much energy; it directly advanced a grade and then stopped absorbing.

"Void Stage Third Grade! Even if I reach the Higher World, I'll be safer!" ωωwcaso

Ye Liuyun thought the resources weren't given in vain. The rest is for him to continue nurturing the armor, waiting for an opportunity for it to advance further.

Next, Ye Liuyun and his clones continued to condense Soul, bloodline, Physical Body, Divine Core and Guardian God Seals, then entered the Zhan Tai to boost Spatial Power and Heaven and Earth Power.

After purifying their Bloodline Power with a pure blood pearl, they absorbed a great deal of bloodline resources that Lan Xin and others had uncovered, and the three of them took turns using the pure blood pearl for another purification.

This time, Ye Liuyun cultivated within his clone's Space World for three months, raising his realm to the Unified Eight‑Mid‑Eighth Realm. Yet his various powers were unusually solid, especially his Divine Core, which he repeatedly suppressed the realm with.

He even began using Heaven and Earth Power together with his thunder and lightning power to repeatedly temper his Divine Core, and only after it could no longer be suppressed did he break through a minor realm.

His strength, however, increased by more than several times. Now, relying solely on his Divine Core, he could stand toe‑to‑toe with Unified Ninth‑Layer Summit Martial Cultivators.

Combined with his sword intent and Heaven and Earth Power, many Unified Ninth‑Layer Summit Martial Cultivators are simply no match, and he no longer needs to send out his Guardian God Seals to fight.

He gradually felt that battling Ninth‑Layer Summit strongmen no longer offered a challenge, so he let them don Void Stage armor and wield Void Stage weapons for another fight.

But as soon as they clashed, he suffered a heavy loss; facing Void Stage armor, his Demon Slaying Sword could not pierce the opponent's defense. Even using all his power was useless.

After being hit many times, he was battered all over—though not severe, it looked rather grim.

After the battle, Ye Liuyun tended his wounds while marveling at the Kuailei's strength.

"It seems my Physical Body is still not strong enough! The Demon Slaying Sword's power is insufficient—it can't even split Void Stage armor!"

Ye Liuyun not only realized he should strengthen his Physical Body, but also thought he should reinforce the Demon Slaying Sword's body.

The Demon Slaying Sword buzzed in agreement, and even had Ye Liuyun refine the impenetrable Metal Puppet, supplementing its blade.

He sought out the Ancestor of Heavenly Fire, asking how to enhance the Demon Slaying Sword.

The Ancestor of Heavenly Fire handed him the newly reforged Nine‑Dragon Swallowing Heaven Tripod.

"Perfect, I've already modified this tripod for you. You already possess flame and thunder and lightning power, so you can re‑temper your Demon Slaying Sword.

But you'll need better materials and to fuse in some of your current Soul and bloodline; that will make it stronger."

"I have to forge it myself?" Ye Liuyun thought the Ancestor of Heavenly Fire was unwilling to help him.