Chapter 781: Tearing Open the Void

The Dao xu still sits in the middle of the great river.

As for guarding the Dao xu, the Tree Demon itself has reached the Zao Hua Realm Peak, sufficient to ensure the island's safety. Ye Liuyun need not worry.

The Tree Demon also handed the Wan Hua Jin Ling Fruit directly to Ye Liuyun.

The fruit is about the size of a fist, entirely golden. From its shape one can roughly discern a human form.

Ye Liuyun carefully stored the Wan Hua Jin Ling Fruit.

The Tree Demon, having found a new home for itself, is clearly in a good mood.

"You kid are lucky. In another ten‑some years, you'll bear another fruit!"

"Senior, don't you need the fruit yourself?"

Ye Liuyun is somewhat curious why the Tree Demon is so generous.

The Tree Demon hears this and bursts into hearty laughter. "What would I need it for? Trees bear fruit for people to eat, right? Have you ever seen a tree eat its own fruit?"

"But the seed of the fruit can grow into a tree again?" Ye Liuyun is a bit puzzled.

The Tree Demon shakes its head and sighs: "My kind of tree is different. It requires a special soil called Golden Spirit Soil, propagated by grafting onto a ten‑thousand‑year ancient log."

I have cultivated a ten‑thousand‑year ancient log, which lies beneath this Dao xu, soaking in the water. But this Golden Spirit Soil, like my tree species, is equally rare and not easy to come by!"

"Golden Spirit Soil? I'll keep an eye out for it!" Ye Liuyun notes the name. If he comes across it, he doesn't mind fetching some for the Tree Demon, after all the Tree Demon is now a permanent resident of his Space World.

"Alright, then thank you in advance!" The Tree Demon politely replies, without harboring great expectations.

After they chat for a while, Ye Liuyun leaves the Space World, leaving the Tree Demon to adapt to the new environment.

"Time to go, there are no more treasures in this Secret Realm!"

Ye Liuyun thinks of this and suddenly realizes that Qiong Qi never told him how to leave!

He hurriedly uses the Divine Soul Contract to contact Qiong Qi, but finds the distance too great and cannot reach him!

"That guy is so unreliable! If he left on his own, how am I supposed to get out!"

Ye Liuyun begins to worry.

He first arrives at the entrance, but finds no exit. The entrance is one‑way.

He tries contacting Qiong Qi again, still to no avail.

Now he is truly bewildered.

He is now inside the Secret Realm, not on the fragmented continent outside. He doesn't know whether, after ten days, the external spatial force will expel him.

If he cannot, he may be trapped here forever!

Ye Liuyun, frantic like a headless fly, darts around the Secret Realm, still unable to find an exit.

He returns to the Space World to ask the Tree Demon, who also doesn't know the exit.

"What am I to do? Must I wait here forever for Qiong Qi to return? That guy is unreliable; what if he's already gone and won't come back?"

Ye Liuyun feels a bit anxious.

"Isn't your spatial power strong? You could just tear through the Secret Realm's barrier and get out!" the Tree Demon suggests.

"Exactly!" Ye Liuyun's eyes brighten at the suggestion.

"I'll give it a try!" he says, impatiently stepping out of his own Space World,

After exiting, he immediately hides in the void, activates his Golden Pupil, and observes the spatial structure of the Secret Realm.

What appears before his eyes are layers upon layers of space stacked together.

Fortunately, this Secret Realm is built only upon the seventh‑level space foundation. In theory, Ye Liuyun's spatial power can break the barrier and leave.

Only this is his first time doing such a thing, and he's not yet proficient.

He first observes for a while, feeling that the method of constructing this Secret Realm is much like his own.

After he understands it, it seems much simpler.

He even deliberately finds a relatively weak spot, tears open the seventh‑level void, and breaches into the eighth‑level space.

He then emerges, only to find himself still in the same place.

"Uh… I forgot to shift!"

Ye Liuyun sighs and has to try again.

He once more hides in the seventh‑level void, pierces the barrier, enters the eighth‑level space, and takes a step forward.

Behind him, a rift in the void appears, then slowly closes.

If he could see himself, he would notice that he, like those strong ones, has directly torn the void and left.

When Ye Liuyun reappears, the scenery before him has changed.

"Did I just get out? So tearing the void is that easy! Where am I?"

Ye Liuyun confirms this is not the previous Secret Realm.

It could also be that his step was too big, traveling too far, and for a moment he doesn't know his location.

He never expected that moving through the void to exit the Secret Realm could be so simple!

It feels like taking just a couple of casual steps.

"Looks like the things I can do aren't difficult; the difficult ones I can't!"

After emerging, Ye Liuyun both confirms his position and searches for the whereabouts of the nearby Monster Beasts.

The closest to him turns out to be Lei Ming.

Moreover, via the Divine Soul Contract, Ye Liuyun senses that Lei Ming is currently not dangerous.

So he doesn't rush, releases Wu Qingcheng and the others, lets them get some fresh air, and takes them to find Lei Ming.

When they find Lei Ming, they are all amused.

Lei Ming reveals his true form, resembling a small hill, sprawled in a sea of flowers, snoring loudly.

"She does know how to pick a spot; the scenery here is really nice," Su Miaoyin laughs.

"This girl, she's really good at slacking off!" Ye Liuyun also shook his head helplessly.

"Monster beasts sleeping is cultivation, so don't keep saying she's lazy!" Wu Qingcheng knew Lei Ming feared Ye Liuyun would say she was lazy, so she still wanted to speak up for her.

Ye Liuyun also laughed and said: "Fine, I'll just consider her as cultivating!"

But when they got closer, Ye Liuyun discovered something was off.

They had gotten so close, yet Lei Ming showed no reaction.

He tried using the Divine Soul Contract to communicate with Lei Ming, but Lei Ming also gave no response.

"Step back!" Ye Liuyun immediately warned Wu Qingcheng and the others.

Wu Qingcheng and the others also changed expression and immediately retreated from this sea of flowers.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil and Divine Sense were carefully examining Lei Ming, yet they found nothing wrong.

Lei Ming seemed to be truly asleep, his body unharmed.

"Hmm?"

Ye Liuyun also grew puzzled. As a martial cultivator, how could one sleep so deeply!

"Illusion Realm!"

Ye Liuyun immediately thought that Lei Ming might have been hit by an illusion-type attack.

He also began to quickly survey the surroundings, and soon discovered a particularly bewitching flower, unlike any other, whose aura also displayed the cultivation of the Zao Hua Realm.