Opening the Origin Foundation Realm
The sharp shout, like a thunderclap, rolled in from afar.
Yi Yun ignored him but didn't stop. He slapped Gongsun Yang several more times until his whole body was limp and boneless, then tossed him aside like a dead dog.
Then, Yi Yun turned around and looked at the person who had suddenly rushed over.
There were three people in total. Two of them were from the Lihuo Sect, and the last one was wearing a yellow robe with the Shentu Family crest embroidered on it, so he was obviously from the Shentu Family.
Ever since they became sworn enemies with the Lin family, the Shentu Family has always intervened in anything that opposes the Lin family, even if it doesn't bring them any benefit.
These people looked like ordinary people in their fifties. When they flew over, they were aggressive and seemed determined to devour Yi Yun alive.
Yi Yun had been in seclusion in the God Descending Tower for seven years, and his strength had greatly increased. In addition, he possessed the Purple Crystal and had opened his Heavenly Eye, allowing him to see the cultivation levels of these people.
Their cultivation levels are all above the Dao Seed Realm, which is the Kaiyuan Realm.
Martial arts cultivation begins with the fifth level of Body Refinement, laying the foundation and drawing qi into the body.
When one's blood contains purple qi and one's marrow is like red frost, that is the Purple Blood Realm.
Upon reaching the pinnacle of the Purple Blood Realm, a martial artist can establish a foundation and enter the Origin Foundation Realm.
The Yuanji is the starting point of martial arts. Planting the seed of law in the Yuanji leads to the Dao Seed Realm.
The seed of the Dao sprouted, broke through the primordial foundation, and slowly grew, eventually growing into a Heavenly Dao Tree that reached the heavens.
In the initial stage of the sprouting of the Heavenly Dao Tree, the Dao Seed has just broken through the Foundation Establishment stage; this process is called "Foundation Establishment".
Getting a Dao Seed to sprout is no easy task. Many martial artists may have condensed a Law Seed, but perhaps their foundation is not solid enough, or the quality of the Law Seed is too low, so their Dao Seed remains just a seed for them, unable to take root and sprout.
Such a seed of Tao can only be called a dead seed.
Those who can allow their Dao Seed to sprout, break through the Foundation Establishment stage, and enter the Kaiyuan Realm are all outstanding individuals in the Dao Seed Realm.
If Kaiyuan Realm expert were in the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, they would be revered as a sage.
The entire Tai'a Divine Kingdom, with its hundreds of millions of people, would produce not a single sage for hundreds of years.
Even if one does manage to reach the initial stage of the Kaiyuan Realm, they often only manage to break through to the next level and remain stuck there for life, unable to advance any further.
Even so, he would become a great figure in the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, on par with the God Emperor, and would oversee an ancient Lineage, ensuring Lineage prosperity for ten thousand years.
As for the Tianyuan Realm, it is filled with experts far beyond what the Tai'a Divine Kingdom can match. Even so, the Kaiyuan Realm warriors in the Tianyuan Realm are not commonplace; they are powerful figures who can dominate a region.
For example, Yi Yun previously killed the Eight-headed Sea Dragon in the Mist Demon Sea and rescued several disciples of the White Bai Ling Sect. The Bai Ling Sect was famous throughout the surrounding area, but their Supreme Elder was only at the mid-stage of the Kaiyuan Realm.
Such a supreme elder is enough to awe all sides and become the guardian deity of the sect.
As for those who truly surpass the Kaiyuan Realm, they are revered by the world as Emperor!
The forces that can have Emperor presiding over them are all top-tier forces in the Tianyuan Realm, such as the Lin family, the Lihuo Sect, and the Shentu Family.
Among these Lineage, the number of Emperor is very small. When Shentu Nantian set a trap in Chuzhou City and used Yi Yun as bait to deal with the Shepherd Boy, he only invited one Emperor - the Myriad Ghosts Emperor.
A powerful Myriad Ghosts Emperor, along with numerous experts at the Kaiyuan Realm, attempted to kill a Shepherd Boy, but was utterly defeated by him. Even the Myriad Ghosts Emperor was killed by the Shepherd Boy, causing Shentu Nantian to lose much of his prestige within the Shentu Family.
Shentu Nantian thought that by marrying Lin Xin Tong, he could consolidate his position in the Lineage again, but Yi Yun ruined it. He was dragged to the Lin family dungeon and ravaged, and all his possessions were stolen. In the end, the Shentu Family paid the price to redeem Shentu Nantian.
At that time, Shentu Nantian had already lost all prestige and placed his last bet on the Empress Secret Realm, but this time... he lost his life.
For the Shentu Family now, a martial artist at the Kaiyuan Realm holds a very high status and can serve as an elder in the Lineage. Even Granny Thousand Hands is only at the peak of the Kaiyuan Realm.
Over the years, Granny Thousand Hands has been leading the Shentu Family members to patrol the area near the Eternal Vortex of the Undying Sea. She has used her own wealth to set up countless large formations to monitor the area within 100,000 miles around the entrance to the Empress Secret Realm. No matter what happens, it will not escape her notice.
She was obsessed with finding Yi Yun's whereabouts, almost like she was possessed.
As for the elder sent by the Shentu Family to the Lin family to monitor their movements, he was in the early to mid-stage of the Kaiyuan Realm.
"You little brat! I told you to stop, are you deaf!"
The Outer Elder of the Lihuo Sect was filled with murderous intent. He had already called for a halt, but Yi Yun completely ignored him. How could he tolerate being disregarded by a junior?
He stared intently at Yi Yun. As a martial artist at the Kaiyuan Realm, he had already activated his Heavenly Eye and possessed a set of techniques for observing people.
Although Yi Yun was acting mysteriously, and seemed to be using some secret method to conceal his cultivation level, making things unclear, this elder of the Lihuo Sect could still sense that Yi Yun's cultivation level was definitely no higher than the Kaiyuan Realm; he was simply exceptionally talented.
In that sense, Yi Yun is still just a junior.
"Brother Gongsun, why waste words with him? Just capture him and take him back to the Lihuo Sect for punishment!"
As the elder of the Shentu Family was speaking, he was about to attack Yi Yun when, at that moment, an old man's voice came from the Lin family's mountain gate. "Wait, everyone!"
People looked in the direction of the sound and saw a short, stout middle-aged man with a round face and small eyes fly out from the Lin family's gate.
Despite his large size, he was incredibly fast, taking only a few steps at a time to reach the scene of the incident.
He was Outer Elder in charge of the Lin family's security. Normally, he wouldn't get involved in conflicts between the younger generation, but now that the younger ones had been beaten and the older ones had come out, he had no choice but to show up.
"Everyone, please calm down, what's going on?"
This short, stout middle-aged man, with his peace-making demeanor and harmless appearance, looked like a kind-hearted old man.
However, Yi Yun noticed that the short, stout middle-aged man, seeing Gongsun Yang's miserable state, revealed a hint of schadenfreude in the corner of his eye.
Having been bullied for years by various forces in conjunction with the Martial Arts Alliance, the Lin family naturally harbored resentment.
"Fatty Qiao, stop playing dumb! My people from the Lihuo Sect were beaten half to death at the gates of your Lin Family Mountain. Your Lin Family owes the Lihuo Sect an explanation for this!"
The elder of the Lihuo Sect said in a fit of exasperation.
This short, stout middle-aged man, Lin Qiao, was in charge of the Lin family's security, so he naturally knew the elders of the Lihuo Sect who were monitoring the Lin family. (To be continued~^~)