Chapter 447: Breakthrough Amidst Battle

Ye Liuyun's Thunder Fire Domain had never been unleashed; he kept refining his blade intent. Since the blade intent seed formed, it had never fought so wildly—normally a single strike ends the fight.

Now is a good time for training. He also noticed that the opponents opposite him raise their realm by one layer every ten days. So he didn't rush to use the Heavenly Gang Domain. He can wait until opponents of his own realm appear before using it.

During the fight, Ye Liuyun felt his realm being solidified. As True Essence was continuously consumed and replenished, his realm had already advanced to the later stage of the first layer of the Heavenly Gang Realm.

"It seems that once outside, as long as the energy is sufficient, breaking through to the second layer of the Yuan Dan Realm will be no problem,"

When Ye Liuyun thought he was about to break through again, he became even more spirited in battle.

The Demon Slaying Sword was also thrilled this time, frequently shouting at Ye Liuyun. Its Divine Sense, which rarely communicated with Ye Liuyun, was excited and kept chatting with him endlessly.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed. Bai Hu was the first to retreat.

His current opponent is already at the seventh layer of the Yuan Dan Realm. His True Essence finally ran out, and after fighting until his last breath, he was forced to retreat by the stone platform.

After emerging, he immediately resumed cultivation, preparing to break through to the Heavenly Gang Realm.

Lei Ming persisted inside for twenty days longer than Bai Hu; this illustrates the difference between the True Essence of the Heavenly Gang Realm and that of the Yuan Dan Realm. The disparity in quality is hard to compensate.

Only Ye Liuyun, after three days, still stood on the platform. The others calculated the time; he should now be a Martial Cultivator battling at the first layer of the Heavenly Gang Realm.

Even the instrument spirit of the War Wolf Horn was astonished. It had never seen anyone fight opponents of the same tier. Mainly because the number of opponents was huge; to defeat them, one's strength must far exceed theirs.

And Ye Liuyun precisely possesses that strength.

He is now indeed giving his all, relying on the abundant True Essence from the twin Yuan Dan pills and his rapid recovery ability to barely sustain himself.

Blade intent, Heavenly Gang Domain, Buddha‑Demon Golden Body—every available method has already been employed.

But he clearly felt that the consumption rate of True Essence far outpaced its replenishment. He feared that soon he would have to rely solely on his Physical Body.

Thus, he took out a Spirit Stone to replenish True Essence. However, the stone's energy was too weak for him now; even a single stone could not replenish much.

Suddenly, he recalled the gem he had found in the Royal Palace's Treasure Vault. Its energy should be sufficient, though he wasn't sure if he could absorb it.

"Take it out and try; if it doesn't work, say so," thinking this, he took the stone out and began to absorb it.

But no matter how he tried to absorb it, the stone gave no response.

He sliced the stone in half with his blade; it still gave no response. He burned it, even melting the stone's surface, yet there was still no reaction.

"Try Buddha Light," Ye Liuyun suddenly thought; the stone's luster was also golden, so he decided to test it with Buddha Light. The Buddha Light within him had never been strong; he only used it against Corpse Demons or ghosts.

Unexpectedly, the stone reacted at the first try. The massive energy it contained began to be drawn by Buddha Light, surging into Ye Liuyun's body.

Moreover, once this energy surged in, Ye Liuyun could not stop it. The energy seemed almost conscious, automatically drilling into his body.

"Damn, if this energy keeps growing, I might break through," Ye Liuyun worried silently.

After entering his body, the energy immediately merged with Buddha Light, eventually becoming a property of True Essence.

He only felt his Buddha‑Demon Golden Body instantly ascend a level. The body, previously cultivated to the fifth layer, immediately broke through to the sixth, with stronger defense and more solid Buddha‑Demon phantom.

Immediately, under the impact of this massive energy, Ye Liuyun's realm also broke through to the second layer of the Heavenly Gang Realm.

"This is trouble!" Ye Liuyun feared his breakthrough would be disturbed and aborted. At best he'd need another breakthrough; at worst it would damage his martial foundation.

Strangely, while he was breaking through, golden light burst from his whole body, whereas the enemies attacking him froze completely, as if waiting for his breakthrough.

The situation was urgent; he had no time to think further, so he immediately sat cross‑legged and began focusing on the breakthrough.

True Essence within his body began to surge rapidly, doubling in quantity, and even its quality increased noticeably under the golden light. Ye Liuyun's battlefield breakthrough was, indeed, a double harvest.

He sensed that although this energy was not Buddha Light, once assimilated by Buddha Light it instantly transformed. Its very nature is an energy that strongly suppresses yin‑evil.

People in the Royal Palace cannot absorb it because they lack Buddha Light as a conduit within their bodies.

The energy in that stone was abundant; after Ye Liuyun's breakthrough, he stabilized his realm, replenished True Essence fully, and finally absorbed the remaining energy.

"If I could find more of these stones, my future breakthroughs would be much smoother,"

Ye Liuyun thought of this and self‑deprecatingly shook his head. He knew such opportunities were rare and hard to come by; if they were everywhere, they'd already have been scooped up.

He immediately stopped pondering, grasped his sword, stood up again, and waited to continue fighting the opponents opposite.

At that moment, the opponents also recovered from their frozen state and again charged at him.

Ye Liuyun kept fighting. Yet those outside all sensed his breakthrough and silently crossed their fingers for him.

"How can he break through while still fighting? Doesn't the breakthrough get affected? He's battling opponents of the same realm!" Ninth Princess asked curiously.

No one could answer her. Even the instrument spirit clicked its tongue in amazement. He himself didn't know what was happening inside, nor could he control those stone platforms.

In the virtual battlefield, Ye Liuyun stayed ten more days, facing attacks from second‑layer Heavenly Gang elites. Relying on his Buddha‑Demon Golden Body and alternating his Heavenly Gang Domain, he spent another ten days.

Only when third‑layer Heavenly Gang opponents appeared did he abandon martial resistance and directly used his Soul Domain to start killing.

However, in the virtual battlefield, no matter how many he killed, he could not devour their souls. His purpose was merely to temper his Soul‑cultivated Buddha‑Demon Golden Body.

In the blink of an eye, to the onlookers outside, Ye Liuyun had persisted for four days.

"Heavens! He's now facing fourth‑layer Heavenly Gang opponents!" Ninth Princess, seeing Ye Liuyun still on the stone platform, couldn't help but worry.

She directly asked the instrument spirit, "Your stone platform isn't having any issues, right?"

"How could it? This stone platform has never had problems. If there were any, it's because this person is too perverse!" the instrument spirit retorted.

In fact, at this moment, Ye Liuyun was at his most relaxed in the virtual battlefield. He now spread his Soul Domain openly; anyone entering its range had their souls instantly eradicated by him.

His golden‑armored, Soul‑cultivated Buddha‑Demon Golden Body had reached the seventh layer. His Soul now required no action to command the Buddha‑Demon phantom to fight on its own. Moreover, the phantom had become much more solid, nearly matching the Soul's state.

Ye Liuyun intended to use this chance to let his other Soul also cultivate a Buddha‑Demon Golden Body.