Chapter 3499: Resting In Place

Ye Tiandao then asked Ye Liuyun: "What will happen to Chen Yueying then?"

"No delay! After we capture it, we can still let her father become Prince; we're not trying to seize their royal authority. Then I'll go negotiate with her father."

Ye Liuyun answered affirmatively. He would not let Chen Yueying alone affect the life-and-death of the entire army.

But they are still far from achieving their goal. Their strength now can't even seize the scattered planets they have.

On this planet there are many Martial Cultivators of the Taixu Fifth and Sixth Layers. Most Martial Cultivators are at the Taixu Second and Third Layers, stronger than their army.

So after Ye Liuyun's forces capture a city, Qiong Qi sets up a Defense Array and they rest in place. Outside only a few Metal Puppet soldiers remain as a façade. All other soldiers accelerate cultivation inside Ye Liuyun's Space World.

Martial Cultivators often sneak attack them; each time they trap the intruders with formations laid by Qiong Qi and other Formation Masters, then Ye Liuyun, together with Peng Lie and other strongmen and Monster Beasts, strike.

The resources Peng Lie's group obtains are also given by Ye Liuyun, so they can quickly improve their strength.

The Monster Beasts Chi Lian and Zhu Que advance fastest. The two absorbed massive Bloodline Power and Soul Power on the battlefield, quickly reaching the Second Realm.

Then the other Monster Beasts also catch up in realm under abundant resources and accelerated time.

Ye Liuyun isn't in a hurry to cultivate the Divine Core. Instead, he uses this time to repair his Soul, which was damaged in earlier battles, and continuously uses the Soul‑Refining Cauldron to forge Soul Sources, letting his Soul Sources devour and grow.

Since he intends to use Divine Soul Power as a trump card, he must forge it into the strongest. Moreover, his goal isn't just to be twice as strong as ordinary Seventh Layer Martial Cultivators, but three times stronger.

Thus in the recent period, even when he finds time to return to the Space World and accelerate time, he only cultivates his Soul and condenses some Bloodline. As for cultivating the Divine Core, he can only rely on his technique to improve automatically.

Yu Xiaofeng and others will soon break through their realms, so Ye Liuyun will become more relaxed soon.

The women around Ye Liuyun are increasingly breaking into the Taixu realm. This

During this period, Xiao Yunfang, Meng Qingyin, Feng Wanru, Qin Mengxi, A Xing, Lin Feier, Li Xinran, Song Girl, Xiao Lan'er, Piao Yun, and Qing Yan—these women who often fight—have all broken into the Taixu realm, making his surroundings lively again.

Especially Xiao Yunfang and Meng Qingyin, who broke through earliest, can now join the battles and help Ye Tiandao train the Reinforcement Troops.

Moreover, once they break through, Seventh Tier armor, weapons, and treasures are already prepared for them, so once they adapt to the environment, they won't face great danger on the battlefield.

These people have relatively strong Soul and Bloodline Power. At least within the same tier they won't be inferior to disciples of the Qianling Sect. Once they gain better cultivation resources, their improvement speed will increase.

Tong Xin and other Smiths are researching with the previously captured Sun Yuntong how to improve fire‑power war‑cars and heavy crossbows. However, among Ye Liuyun's former Smiths, only the Heavenly Fire Ancestor has broken into the Taixu realm; the others still cannot forge Void Tier weapons.

Once the Heavenly Fire Ancestor breaks into the Taixu realm, he can quickly forge Taixu Third Layer weapons and treasures, accelerating his progress.

So he began using soldiers' gear for practice, first upgrading Metal Puppets. During the rest period, he used better materials to convert two thousand True Tier Eighth/Ninth Grade Metal Puppets into Void Tier Third Grade ones.

Afterwards, he gradually forged Void Tier Third Grade armor and weapons for the soldiers as practice.

The Alchemists' situation is similar; two senior Alchemists who hadn't broken through for years finally did, and can now forge Void Tier pills. Lin Luoyi and Lin Xiyao are still a bit short and have not yet entered the Taixu realm.

However, they also need Alchemists, formulas, medicinal herbs and other resources from the Taixu World. For now Ye Liuyun can only let them make do with what they have, and figure out solutions later.

Hou Yuanqi, who had been chasing Ye Liuyun's group, now again detected their previous battle aura through the Mastiff and began accelerating his pursuit toward them.

Moreover, the closer the Mastiff got, the clearer it sensed Ye Liuyun's group's aura. So Hou Yuanqi grew excited.

Their chase out of the Western Kingdom has already spanned half a year.

Time in the Flying Boat had been stifling to the point of madness. Now they finally see a glimmer of escape, so both the Martial Cultivator strongmen and soldiers following are extremely excited.

At this point Ye Liuyun feels the soldiers have rested enough and begins leading the army to strike other local Martial Cultivator forces.

Local Martial Cultivators are not high-level. Each time Ye Liuyun first takes his own Martial Cultivators to clear out some Taixu Fourth and Fifth Layer cultivators, then the main army follows to clear the lower‑level ones.

Their progress is also slow; after capturing a location they rest for a while, giving soldiers ample recovery and cultivation time. Leaders like Ye Tiandao also train the Reinforcement Troops, selecting qualified soldiers to replenish the Death Legion.

Thus Ye Liuyun's advance is not fast; after two or three months the army has taken over just over half the territory, but the soldiers become more proficient and have largely adapted to the Taixu World's environment.

At this moment Hou Yuanqi's warship finally catches up.

Within the army, Ye Liuyun had already seen the warship in the Xingkong. Though he does not know Hou Yuanqi, he could clearly recognize the soldiers' uniforms and insignia as those of the Marquis of the Heavenly Realm.

"Based on how long they've been following, it's clear they've been chasing us all along and have some tracking ability!" Ye Liuyun immediately told Chen Yueying, also describing some of those Martial Cultivators.

"They really followed? The Martial Cultivator leading them is the Marquis of the Heavenly Realm's eldest son, Hou Yuanqi." Chen Yueying was startled by the news.

She hadn't expected the Marquis of the Heavenly Realm could chase them so far, even sending his other son. Judging by the number of Martial Cultivators, the Marquis must have dispatched his strongest forces.

"The Marquis of the Heavenly Realm has sent all the Marquis's elite. What should we do? Should we avoid them?" she asked Ye Liuyun immediately.

"It's only a hundred thousand; our Reinforcement Troops already outnumber them! Since they sent them, why should we flee.

First see what they intend. They have many elites; if we clash head‑on, casualties will be heavy, making future campaigns harder. It's best to eliminate some of their strong ones first!"