Chapter 766: Three Years of Secret Training

The face-to-face confrontation between Ye Feng and Shi Hun left everyone momentarily stunned. After all, Shi Hun was the undisputed strongest warrior in the Foreign Lands. Ye Feng, on the other hand, was merely a young man whose cultivation had just risen to the ninth level—far from even reaching the tenth level.
Yet, Shi Hun’s attacks were effortlessly deflected. This scene completely exceeded everyone’s imagination. Shi Hun’s powers were at the 343rd level, and among the human warriors present, only Tian Dao was stronger than him. Yet Ye Feng was able to launch attacks of equal strength.
Only after witnessing this did everyone realize that Ye Feng’s claim of having defeated Shi Kong wasn’t an exaggeration.
The human camp was naturally overjoyed, as they now had another top-tier warrior. The Foreign Lands camp, however, looked displeased. Just a few days ago, Ye Feng was only a sixth-level warrior, but now he had grown into a ninth-level warrior. More importantly, he could even confront a warrior of Shi Hun’s caliber head-on. Though he might not be Shi Hun’s match, it was still astonishing. If he reached the tenth level and had more time to refine his powers further, one day he would surpass Shi Hun and become the second-strongest warrior in the human camp after Tian Dao. His potential was simply terrifying—just thinking about it made people uneasy.
“So you’ve been hiding this well all along… I really underestimated you.” Shi Hun narrowed his eyes slightly, but it couldn’t hide the cold murderous intent in them. For him, Ye Feng posed a threat far beyond expectations. He couldn’t afford to let him grow any further. A thousand thoughts raced through his mind about how to crush him at the earliest opportunity.
At that moment, Tian Dao finally stepped in. With one step, he blocked Ye Feng behind him. “Shi Hun, Shi Kong was killed because he was weak—his own fault. If he hadn’t provoked Ye Feng, he wouldn’t have perished. If you want to fight, I, Tian Dao, will accompany you to the end. Even if your Grand Elder is here today, I can still take Ye Feng back safely. Not to mention your forces in the Foreign Lands are weaker than ours right now.”
Shi Hun remained silent for a long time before snorting coldly, “Hmph. We’ll meet on the battlefield!”
With that, he waved his sleeves and left with his men.
After Shi Hun and his group departed, Tian Dao turned and asked, “Are you alright?”

He was somewhat worried that Ye Feng had used some forbidden technique to withstand Shi Hun’s attack earlier, which might have side effects on his body.
Ye Feng shook his head gently. “I’m fine. Although I’m not a match for Shi Hun now, it’s not hard to get away unharmed. In the Outer Lands, what concerns me most isn’t Shi Hun, but the Grand Elder and the Second Elder of the Devouring Clan…”
“The Second Elder?” Tian Dao looked at Ye Feng with confusion.
“The Grand Elder of the Devouring Clan is the strongest. The Second and Third Elders are roughly on par, only slightly stronger than Shi Hun,” Bu Xiao explained, assuming Ye Feng didn’t know.
“I got different information from Shi Kong,” Ye Feng said, shaking his head. “Among the Devouring Clan, the strongest is the Second Elder. He’s been in seclusion, and it’s said that the universe within him is about to reach a higher dimension.”
“What?” Tian Dao and Bu Xiao exclaimed almost simultaneously.
“This information should be true, because after devouring that guy Shi Kong, I also obtained his memories, which match what he said before.” Ye Feng frowned slightly. He would have preferred that what Shi Kong had said earlier was just exaggeration, but the facts in his memories were exactly the same as Shi Kong’s description, with almost no discrepancies.
“After returning this time, I need to enter seclusion thoroughly to see if I can reach that level,” Tian Dao seemed determined, but looking at his expression, Ye Feng felt a hint of unease.
“I need to train hard too,” Bu Xiao nodded and then looked at Ye Feng. “Otherwise, I’ll be outdone by my own son.”
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After leaving the secret realm, Ye Feng went straight into the Refinement Realm. The hundred-billion-fold time acceleration could save him a lot of time.
Once inside the Refinement Realm, the first thing he did was take out that legendary sword. He carefully examined the several cracks on the sword and stroked it, causing it to emit soft hums.
A slight smile appeared on Ye Feng’s lips as he sent his spiritual power into the Void Realm. “Use the supreme privilege to repair this legendary sword.”
“A complete repair requires three uses of the supreme privilege. But I think it’s worth it for such a legendary sword,” the Void Realm replied quickly.
“Three times then. Fix it quickly,” Ye Feng nodded.

This repair took a full three days. When Ye Feng held that simply designed long sword, he even felt as if he had no rival—its sharpness was simply astonishing. Ye Feng didn’t even need to channel any power; with a casual swing, it could cause tremors in this supreme realm’s space. After all, even at his peak, Ye Feng could only create minor cracks in this supreme realm when using all his strength.

After repairing the long sword, Ye Feng used his supreme privileges six more times to fully restore that armor and the Imperial Demon Plant.

Of course, Ye Feng gave the Imperial Demon Plant to Jin Wen. With this treasure-level plant, Jin Wen’s attack power would rise by far more than just a little.

After completing these tasks, Ye Feng took Jin Wen and Luo Yan into a state of seclusion. He immersed his soul in the sea of consciousness, sat in front of the talismans, and activated his supreme privileges once each to achieve enlightenment and bestow blessings. Although it consumed some of his lifespan, it wouldn’t disrupt his practice every time he tried to comprehend the heavens.

In the sea of consciousness, the flow of time was exactly the same as outside, unaffected by the time acceleration caused by the most powerful treasures.

This period of seclusion wasn’t long—only about three years—before Ye Feng’s practice was interrupted by a message from the Heavenly Dao. Yet, those three years of enlightenment allowed his mastery of divine powers to reach level 430. One day of enlightenment cost him 100 million years of lifespan, while three years cost him over 100 billion years. But for Ye Feng, this wasn’t a big deal.

Fortunately, Luo Yan and Jin Wen were practicing under the time acceleration of 10 billion times that of the normal world. Ye Feng’s three years were equivalent to 30 billion years for them, and their mastery of divine powers had also reached the same level as Ye Feng’s.

The message from the Heavenly Dao was brief, just a few words: “War has begun. Come to the Meteor River as soon as possible…”

Ye Feng, who had planned to push his mastery of divine powers to its limit in one go, sighed helplessly. “Why did it have to happen so early???”