Chapter 536: Leaving the Abyss

With the Laws of the Dead, Ye Feng brought all those undead creatures he had originally intended to ignore into his realm, so he could summon them at any time. Supported by the powerful force of these laws, there was no time limit. In fact, his soul power, at the peak level of the Supreme Saint, was already sufficient to summon all inhabitants in the realm. Fortunately, the original inhabitants did not reject undead creatures, as they themselves were part of them.

However, these undead creatures could not be restored to flesh-and-blood beings, because Ye Feng’s repair privilege was applied to the realm itself, making it effective for the original life forms there. As for those who migrated in, they could only return to flesh-and-blood existence if repaired one by one using this privilege.

“The Fifth Domain—the Sacred Domain—has opened!”
“Reward: One instance of the Supreme Comprehension Privilege!”
“Reward: One instance of the Ultimate Resurrection Privilege!”
“Reward: One instance of the Supreme Privilege!”

The news of the Sacred Domain’s opening came late. Originally, the Virtual Realm did not have such intelligence and would usually notify immediately upon a breakthrough. But since it had recognized Ye Feng as its master, it seemed to know when to disturb him and when not.

As soon as he achieved a cultivation breakthrough, Ye Feng began absorbing the Soul Gold Beads, leaving no time to check what was happening in the Virtual Realm. Thus, the realm automatically postponed the notification until Ye Feng had free time.

“The Fifth Domain has opened, which means everything in the Fourth Domain is now free…” Ye Feng’s first reaction was this. “The mother worm finally doesn’t have to gnaw on semi-god-level corpses anymore; it can directly devour god-level corpses.”

In the Realm of Refinement, twelve ten thousand years passed, but only twelve years went by in the abyss.

“Ye Yan is really slow. After twelve years, less than half of that hellish lava has been refined. But thankfully, my cultivation has reached the middle stage of the Sacred Spirit level,” Ye Feng couldn’t help but tease Ye Yan about his refining speed.

“Stop blaming me. If it weren’t for the ten-thousand-fold time acceleration, who knows when you’d finish absorbing those Soul Gold Beads? You should know I work at a one-to-one time ratio each time, and my refinement benefits each of you. In other words, I make the greatest sacrifice,” Ye Yan retorted.

“Alright, then stay here. I’m leaving now,” Ye Feng said, glancing at the empty sixth layer before leaping up to the fifth.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Ye Feng returned to the first layer.

“You’ve gained a lot during this time, right? There’s been quite a change!” Long Tian noticed Ye Feng’s changes immediately. Although his cultivation level wasn’t high enough to detect them, he still guessed, “Have you reached the Saint realm?”
“Mm.” Ye Feng nodded helplessly.
“What’s your current cultivation level?” Long Tian pressed further, seemingly very interested in this question.
“Uh… mid-stage Saint Spirit…” Ye Feng touched his nose. He knew such a fast pace of cultivation would draw widespread criticism, but he couldn’t compromise on it. “Um… I found some hellish lava on the fifth layer. Ye Yan is currently refining it. In a few more years, once the refinement is complete, I should be able to reach late-stage or even peak Saint Spirit…”
“You’re asking me to die by hitting my head against tofu!” Long Tian couldn’t help but sigh.
“Boss, what’s tofu?” Shi Tuo couldn’t help but ask.
“You’d better ask Brother Long about that…” Ye Feng couldn’t help but laugh. “There’s no point for me to stay here. Do you want to go back with me or stay?”
“Which layer have you reached?” Long Tian was more curious about this.
“The sixth layer,” Ye Feng said with a smile. “But there are only six layers here, so it makes no sense to stay any longer. It’s better to take advantage of the time left to explore a few ruins.”
“What kind of monsters are there on the sixth layer?” This time, it was Xiao Bei who asked.
“Saint Venerable level, with a few at the Supreme Saint level. There are also two beings who have surpassed the Saint realm and reached another level,” Ye Feng explained in detail.
“Well, if you can come back alive after that…” Long Tian raised his middle finger in deep disdain.
“Are you leaving or staying to keep fighting the Blade Demons?” Ye Feng was eager to leave. For him, what he had gained here was already enough.
“That Blade Demon’s inner core is really valuable. I plan to collect more of them,” Long Tian was the first to shake his head.
Apart from Bai Yiyi, everyone else also shook their heads, indicating they wanted to stay.
“I already have enough inner cores. What I really need now are soul-related pills or materials,” Bai Yiyi said with a smile.
“Xiao Bai certainly has enough. It can hunt hundreds of Blade Demons in a day,” Long Tian also smiled bitterly. “It’s already hard for us to catch twenty in a day. The number it hunts exceeds the total number we all hunt together.”

“I now have over 1.3 million inner pills. If I can’t consume them all, they can be used to make medicine for you, my lord.” No wonder Bai Yiyi was uninterested—after all, she had killed over 1.3 million monsters. Twelve years of relentless killing had indeed left her physically and mentally exhausted, and she wanted to rest properly. She already relied heavily on Ye Feng, even needing to hold his hand while walking. Now that Ye Feng said they were leaving, she naturally wanted to leave with him as well.

“Soul-based medicine can be prepared soon. Now that we have the formula and the ingredients, all that’s left is to craft it,” Ye Feng reassured her. “You can take a few of these inner pills whenever you’re free, keep taking them until you feel no effect, and then give the rest to me. I’ll help turn them into medicine. Bai Xia, you can’t focus only on soul cultivation—your combat skills also need to improve. Besides soul attacks, I’ll teach you some close-range attacks too. It’s best if you can master an attack-related law, like the Destruction Law of lightning or the Annihilation Law of fire… That way, your survival skills will be stronger.”

“Mm,” Bai Yiyi nodded.

Glancing at the dense crowd of eyeless sword demons around them, Ye Feng summoned his own soul weapon. Unhindered by any restraint, his peak Holy Sage-level soul power controlled the massive weapon as it circled around them.

Inside that circle, all the eyeless sword demons instantly had their souls shattered and died, lying scattered on the ground. With this single attack, Ye Feng must have killed tens of thousands of them.

“Too noisy. Finally, some peace.” Ye Feng glanced at Shi Tou and the others, whose faces still showed shock as they stood with their mouths agape. Shaking his head with a smile, he said, “Hurry up and get the inner pills. Yi Yi and I are leaving first.”

Returning to the top of the Abyss Cliff, he glanced at the noisy flock of demon vultures in the sky and shook his head in disdain. Then, he took Bai Yiyi by the hand and stepped into the vortex at the exit.