Chapter 3868: Re‑Refining

Ye Liuyun now fully controls the Primordial Power, but normally lets Ye Ling act as his chief steward, tending his Cave Heaven World. He also does not casually mobilize the Cave Heaven World's power for battle, which would waste Primordial Power for no reason.

The Clone Puppet also sent him more than twenty Xingqiu, along with the captured prisoners; they contributed many Xingqiu, and he will need to gradually fuse all those Xingqiu.

The four newly captured prisoners were promptly refined by Sun Que into Metal Puppets; together with the nine Cave Heaven Seventh/Eighth Level Realm Kuailei from before, the total is now thirteen.

Zhan Kong, the painter, Gu Changhong, Qianhuan, the Demon King and Bà Tiān are not included. These are the people Ye Liuyun keeps by his side, and his relationship with them is closer.

The duty of piloting the Flying Boat is now mainly handled by Murong Tian, with Sòng Cháng'ān occasionally swapping in to give him a rest. The Kuailei are all working on increasing their Soul power, which also requires cultivation time.

Within his Cave Heaven World, the accelerated Xingqiu gradually increased its speed to five times the external time, and Ye Liuyun halted it.

He felt this time advantage was already obvious, and there was no need to expend more power to sustain the time acceleration.

After he now fully controls the Primordial Power, he realized how energy‑intensive it is to maintain a Xingqiu's time acceleration, and the faster it goes, the greater the consumption.

It was then he understood why Ye Ling is always so busy. She generates spiritual energy for him, compensating the consumption. So he treats Ye Ling better, grateful for her many contributions.

The others immediately came to this accelerated Xingqiu to cultivate, staking out their own territories. Even with fivefold time acceleration, it is far faster than their normal cultivation.

Especially for Sun Que, it is crucial.

Now all the Kuailei are waiting for him to repair and upgrade them. With fivefold speed time acceleration, he can soon achieve a breakthrough.

After the Xingqiu's rotation stabilizes, Ye Liuyun begins to focus on absorbing that Space Crystal's spiritual marrow.

He then realized that fully absorbing all the Dao principle power within that essence is not easy. He can only absorb a little each time, bit by bit.

Even with fivefold time acceleration, it still takes at least several months to completely absorb the Dao principles from the entire essence.

Moreover, mere absorption is insufficient; he must continuously practice, apply, and comprehend this spatial power to truly master the Dao principles.

Coincidentally, Zhan Kong is also rapidly enhancing his spatial law power, so he and Ye Liuyun often spar together.

The Monster Beasts and the women also cherish these Space Crystals, striving to absorb and practice with them. Thus their Flying Boats often pause, allowing everyone to go into the void for mutual training.

Consequently, it took them nearly three months to reach the next Xing Xi.

Everyone's spatial power increased greatly. Ye Liuyun also boosted his fortune and Buddha Demon Power, and the mass of his Divine Core rose significantly. The women's realms also advanced by one level overall.

The most pleasing thing is that Sun Que finally broke through to the Cultivation Realm under time acceleration.

When he broke through, everyone came out to watch his crossing of the Thunder Tribulation.

"Ha ha, this baby is getting everyone's attention! No wonder the artificer is popular wherever they go!" Lei Ming exclaimed, marveling at the artificer's significance.

The Kuailei wait for him to remold his Physical Body, others await his upgrading of weapons, gear, and treasure grades, while Ye Liuyun looks forward to an overall boost in combat power.

If Sun Que can forge Kuailei of higher grades within the Cultivation Realm, they would become even more invincible.

Under everyone's gaze, Sun Que passed the Thunder Tribulation. The anti‑thunder treasure he forged not only deflected the tribulation but also absorbed a good amount of its power, and can boost the thunder spirit power of Ye Liuyun, the Clone Puppet, and Lei Ming.

A win‑win.

"This guy even gains benefits from breakthroughs through artificery!" Ye Liuyun praised his skill.

The Thunder Tribulation that breaks into the Cultivation Realm is the Nine‑Colored Thunder Tribulation. Last time they gained much from the Magic Vine's breakthrough, though they only absorbed a little from the side.

This time, most of the tribulation's power was stored by Sun Que, allowing their thunder spirit power to increase dramatically again.

Ye Liuyun has always been generous to Sun Que; the energy inside the golden egg is at his disposal. This mutual benefit and assistance is indeed reciprocal.

Sun Que is also quite grateful to Ye Liuyun; after all, he is a captive but has suffered no abuse, instead being highly valued, with cultivation resources taken care of and many high‑grade materials used for artificery.

This treatment is far better than before he was captured. So he not only bears no hatred toward Ye Liuyun, but feels fortunate to have such a master.

Ye Liuyun normally does not impose any Slave Seal restrictions on him, and he does not feel enslaved.

"Take a rest before forging more; there's no rush. First, solidify your realm!"

Ye Liuyun also instructed him to solidify his realm. He plans to have Sun Que continue upgrading alongside him. With Sun Que as this treasure, his future combat power will keep growing.

After Sun Que spent two days consolidating his realm, he became busy again.

He had been waiting this day for a long time.

He didn't rush to modify the Metal Puppet first; instead he began experiments with the Skeleton Puppet.

Ye Liuyun had previously collected many Dragon Bones, both whole and fragments, and kept them all for him; he can experiment freely.

Even the Skeleton Puppets originally forged can be freely modified by him.

After a few days of work, Sun Que managed to produce several Skeleton Puppets of Hédào Sānchóng.

But Sun Que told Ye Liuyun that if he uses Dragon Bones above Hédào Wǔchóng in the Cultivation Realm, the grade could be even higher.

However, the cost and time for forging Kuailei and modifying Kuailei are similar, making modification somewhat easier for him.

As for Metal Puppets, they can generally be modified to around Hédào Sānchóng strength; the rest depends on how strong their Divine Soul Power is.

"Then just take your time modifying those Kuailei; there's no hurry. Do your best with the Metal Puppet!"

Ye Liuyun thought this was already quite good, far better than he had expected.

So Sun Que was the first to start modifying the Clone Puppet. This counted as one of his successful works, and he was very invested.

At the same time, several other Kuailei entered the modification process, temporarily separating their Soul from their Physical Body, and beginning to melt the Physical Body.

Half a month later, just before Ye Liuyun's party reached the next Xingqiu, the Clone Puppet's modification was completed first.

"What realm?" Ye Liuyun couldn't discern its exact level. He could only sense the Clone Puppet's aura blazing like a rainbow, exuding a terrifying pressure.

"Hédào Wǔchóng! At present, the Soul and Physical Body's metallic composition can only reach this level!" the Clone Puppet told Ye Liuyun.