Chapter 3395

Baluo had turned over all the income from the businesses he had run over the years to Xuanyuan Ling. Luan Ping, meanwhile, moved into the city lord’s residence on the trade planet, where he could either follow Baluo and learn how to manage the merchant guild or venture out on his own. The choice was his.

Ye Liuyun left Luan Ping ten puppets at the ninth level of the Unity Realm and ten ferocious beasts at the peak of the ninth level of the Unity Realm. He was mainly worried that after he left, Luan Ping might attract the attention of powerful forces with ulterior motives.

However, Ye Liuyun did not leave him overly powerful forces like the golden dragon Puppet. He was afraid that Luan Ping would rely too heavily on external power and lose the motivation to improve his own strength.

Ye Liuyun also encouraged Luan Ping to venture out more in the future, make more friends, and carve out a world of his own.

"This world is enormous. Even I haven’t reached its borders. Only by venturing out can you find better resources and see even more wondrous worlds.

I won’t be taking you with me to the Void World this time. You’ll have to reach the Void World through your own efforts!"

By this point, Luan Ping had grown into a graceful young man. Although his realm was still insufficient, Ye Liuyun believed that with his own strength, he would eventually be able to reach the Void World.

Luan Ping was very obedient as well. Whatever Ye Liuyun said, he listened to. Ye Liuyun taught him everything he could, and from then on, the rest was up to Luan Ping to cultivate on his own.

Luan Ping simply couldn’t bear to part with Ye Liuyun. He wanted to stay here and accompany him through his breakthrough, and he also wanted to witness what it was like to break through into the Void World, so he temporarily remained here with Ye Liuyun.

Whenever he had time, Ye Liuyun chatted with him about what he had seen and heard outside, and passed on to Luan Ping all the maps he knew.

He also informed his master, Li Yuanlang, and some of his friends. He returned to the spatial world and even visited the central continent of the mortal realm, Cangyun Continent, the Ye family, and Sacred Martial Academy, making the rounds to visit his former masters, friends, and the others.

Liang Xue, Lin Xueying, Qi Tianyue, and the other women also took this opportunity to return home for a visit.

However, he did not make a grand occasion of it. After returning and seeing that everything was normal, he merely greeted some acquaintances before leaving again.

After he returned, Ye Liuyun calmly went back into the spatial world within his avatar and began cultivating his divine essence.

As for his divine soul power, the larger of his two soul sources was already nearly as powerful as his true self, while the smaller one had reached sixty to seventy percent of his true self’s level. Moreover, both soul sources continued refining more soul sources, rapidly growing stronger.

According to Yue Ying, his power of bloodline should now be stronger than Yue Tianyang’s, and at least far stronger than hers. Even the Dragon Maiden, who possessed a Draconis bloodline, was inferior to him in power of bloodline. Furthermore, when he unleashed his God of War bloodline, it exerted an even greater suppressive force on others.

After taking Vajra Pills improved by the alchemists and tempering his body under the pressure of the formation disc, his physical body could now adapt to the pressure of the Void World.

His divine essence was actually already solid enough for him to break through to the next realm. Ye Liuyun was merely suppressing it as much as possible, hoping to refine it until it became even more condensed.

Thus, during this final stretch of time, he accelerated the refinement of his divine essence, divine soul, and power of bloodline while continuing to temper his physical body with the pressure formation disc.

Under the tremendous pressure of the Void World, he no longer needed to use blade intent or Spatial Force to support himself. However, he still needed the power of heaven and earth or divine essence to completely break free from the pressure’s restrictions, so his combat strength would certainly be affected.

Ye Liuyun wanted to cultivate until he could withstand the pressure of the Void World without borrowing any power at all before breaking through to the next realm.

Therefore, his cultivation method during this period was to continually temper his physical body within the pressure formation disc, refine dragon bodies, and take Vajra Pills.

He also had a golden Marrow Washing Pill and a Void Fruit that he had never used, intending to wait until his physical body was nearly ready before taking them.

Unfortunately, his physical body was now improving extremely slowly. He had refined more than a dozen dragon bodies in succession, and his body had absorbed the Vajra Pills, yet he still could not withstand the pressure of the Void World.

The moment he withdrew the support of the power of heaven and earth or his divine essence, he would immediately be crushed until his tendons snapped, his bones broke, and his internal organs were damaged.

"This won’t do! If I go to the Void World like this, I won’t have the slightest power to resist!" Ye Liuyun also began asking the Book Demon for advice.

"Since you can still absorb the dragon bodies and Vajra Pills, that means your body-tempering still has room for improvement. Why are you in such a hurry? Just improve it slowly!" This time, the Book Demon was unexpectedly the one urging him not to rush.

He also felt that if Ye Liuyun’s strength was insufficient, going to the Void World would only bring him suffering. He might as well cultivate here until he was ready before leaving.

Ye Liuyun therefore hardened his resolve. Together with his two avatars, he continually refined dragon bodies, then used Vajra Pills to improve the quality of their physical bodies. Only after he truly could not refine any more did he distribute the remaining dragon bodies among the demonic beasts and the others around him.

His physical body had indeed grown considerably stronger, but he still needed the assistance of some divine essence or the power of heaven and earth to withstand the pressure of the Void World.

"That’s enough. Take the Marrow Washing Pill now, then undergo the baptism of heavenly thunder and bathe in tribulation liquid. Your physical body should be just about ready after that," the Book Demon reminded Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun also felt that this was probably the right approach. In any case, he could no longer improve through his current method and could only try something else.

Thus, he began taking the Marrow Washing Pill together with his avatars. At the same time, he gave the Void Fruits to his two avatars so that all three of them could take them and break through together.

By then, Luan Ping, Cang Jinsong, and the other alliance elders were already waiting at the city lord’s residence. They were prepared to benefit from his breakthrough, absorb some tribulation liquid, and witness the spectacular sight of a martial cultivator breaking through into the Void World.

Before taking the Marrow Washing Pill, Ye Liuyun also partially sealed off the spatial worlds of himself and his avatars. The uninhabited sections were completely opened, while the sections with people in them were sealed off, lest the inhabitants be crushed outright by the pressure of the Void World.

The Marrow Washing Pill Ye Liuyun took was more effective than those taken by his two avatars, as it was a pill from the Void World. However, both avatars were already strong enough, so the weaker medicinal effect did not delay their breakthroughs.

This Marrow Washing Pill was also extremely effective. During this period, Ye Liuyun had absorbed a large amount of divine souls and bloodlines, refined quite a few dragon bodies, and taken many Vajra Pills, so there were a great deal of impurities in his body.

It was certainly necessary to cleanse himself thoroughly before entering the Void World. The Marrow Washing Pill began with his divine soul, purifying it bit by bit.

After being purified by the Marrow Washing Pill, his soul sources instantly shrank considerably. However, they became even more condensed, and a considerable portion of the divine soul he had been refining was assimilated into them.

His power of bloodline, however, contained very few impurities. Yuehong, the bloodline Spiritual Demon, was indeed highly capable in this regard. She had already purified nearly all the impurities in Ye Liuyun’s bloodline. In addition, he possessed a Blood-Cleansing Pearl, so there were not many impurities left in his bloodline. The Marrow Washing Pill merely helped improve its quality slightly.

The main issue was his physical body. This time, the Marrow Washing Pill expelled a thick layer of impurities from within him. Before the pill had even finished exerting its effects, Ye Liuyun already sensed that his physical body should now be able to withstand the pressure of the Void World without relying on any external power.