Li Ye found a secluded spot, brought out the Imitation Myriad Heavens Pagoda, and shrank it to the size of a speck of dust, nearly impossible to notice.
Inside the pagoda, he refined the Level 7 Dao Realm.
Little did he know that the Dao Realm Mist Sea was in an uproar.
No one knew how powerful the Chai Family's Domain Ships were, but they were remarkably fast.
In just half a month, their forces had spread across every corner of the Dao Realm Mist Sea. The clan also had a mysterious Communication Talisman, supposedly crafted by a True Immortal.
It could transmit messages between them without being affected by any magnetic interference. Even in the Dao Realm Mist, they could communicate with one another.
They asked everyone they encountered about Li Ye's whereabouts.
Everyone said they didn't know.
The Chai Family's forces were furious.
But they had received one consistent answer: none of the people who had seen Li Ye knew who he was.
He might have come from an outer domain.
He might even have been one of the geniuses from the Myriad Domains who had come to train.
"What's it got to do with us that you can't catch the person who fused with a Level 9 Dao Realm?"
That day, someone shouted angrily.
The Chai Family's higher-ups had made a decision that enraged both gods and men: capture the geniuses from the Myriad Domains and force Li Ye to show himself.
Because the Dao Realm Mist Sea was so unusual, many geniuses from the Myriad Domains chose to stay when they passed through.
Some Dao Realms already had owners, but entry was still permitted if one paid a certain admission fee.
For a time, the geniuses from the Myriad Domains were plunged into misery. They suffered