It had been more than a hundred thousand years since he had left his hometown. Whether it was Muxuan's obsession or Ye Muxuan himself, he needed to go back!
"Of course." White Phoenix Palace Master nodded. "The news that you passed the Eighteenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge will definitely spread, and the Alien Races will certainly set their assassination plans in motion. Returning to your hometown for a while before coming back could also help throw them off."
"But remember: no matter how familiar you are with the Outer Battlefield, once you leave the Barracks Base, danger is everywhere. A single moment of carelessness or inattention could cost you your life."
A genius who could pass the Eighteenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge after only cultivating for a little over a hundred thousand years was absolutely worth the Alien Races spending a fortune to assassinate! Just look at Kedi. He was Chaos City Lord's personal disciple, yet the Bug Race still schemed to assassinate him. Even Chaos City Lord couldn't bring him back by reversing time!
The Core Members of the Five Great Powers had a long-standing tradition of undergoing life-and-death trials in the Outer Battlefield or a Universe Secret Region during their World Lord stage. Ye Muxuan's departure from Chaos City and disappearance from public view would certainly attract the attention of those with ulterior motives. Naturally, they would keep an eye on the World Lords appearing in the Outer Battlefield or Universe Secret Regions, especially the powerful ones!
Not to mention, Ye Muxuan had fought in the Outer Battlefield for more than a hundred thousand years. Some of his information had surely fallen into the hands of the Alien Races!
"After I take care of some things back home, I'll return to the Outer Battlefield. Once I've completed my life-and-death trials there, I'll consider exploring some Universe Secret Regions. But by then, I'll be preparing to break through to Immortality." Ye Muxuan gave White Phoenix Palace Master a rough idea of his plans for cultivation.
This had been his goal all along for his World Lord stage! Or rather, most ambitious World Lords were striving to break through to Immortality! He had only left out one extremely important part of his plan!
"Several of your senior brothers, including Heavenly Feather King, are also in the Outer Battlefield. You can get in touch with them there. You know their Virtual Universe contact information." White Phoenix Palace Master reminded him.
Ye Muxuan nodded. He knew that besides Heavenly Feather King, three other senior brothers were currently in the Outer Battlefield. Of the four, Heavenly Feather King was the strongest. Of the other three, one was a High King and two were Peak Marquises!
Heavenly Feather King had exceptionally high talent and comprehension. Although he had joined the sect later, becoming a disciple only a little before Ye Muxuan, his strength had improved rapidly. He had long since surpassed many of his senior brothers and sisters, and now ranked among the top five!
If he advanced further and reached Limit King Level, he would be on par with the Third Senior Brother, surpassed only by the Seventh and First Senior Brothers!
"This is my token. It's made of nothing more than C9 Grade Alloy. If you run into danger, you can crush it." White Phoenix Palace Master took out a silver token engraved with a lifelike winged bird and handed it to Ye Muxuan. "It bears a wisp of my Spiritual Imprint. The moment the token breaks, I'll sense it and rush to you as quickly as I can."
"Thank you, Teacher!" Ye Muxuan respectfully accepted the silver token and carefully put it away. It was another trump card, raising his chances of survival by a whole level.
"But I hope you never have to crush it. I hope you can rely on yourself, step over the corpses of the Alien Races, and become someone they can no longer assassinate—someone as powerful as your Seventh Senior Brother, who can kill until the Alien Races tremble in fear." White Phoenix Palace Master continued her warning. "Most important of all, never let yourself be enslaved. If you encounter danger you truly can't withstand, self-destruct at once. If you become a Soul Slave, even I won't be able to save you!"
"Yes, I'll remember!" Ye Muxuan's heart trembled. Once he became a Soul Slave, he would never have another chance to turn things around!
"All right. You've just finished studying the Chaos Stele, so you must have some thoughts to work through. I also have matters to attend to in Chaos City. If anything comes up, you can come to my independent plane anytime." As White Phoenix Palace Master spoke, her figure vanished.
After his teacher disappeared from sight, Ye Muxuan lowered his head and remained silent for a long while. Then he went upstairs to the quiet room, took out the pair of dark green battle boots, and began refining them.
The Top-tier Heavy Treasure battle boots, Treading Wind, had two Secret Patterns. Ye Muxuan was only a World Lord. Even though his Law Comprehension had reached the Eighteenth Layer, his foundation still limited him, and he could only activate the first Secret Pattern. It was the same with his Soul-type Top-tier Heavy Treasure, Soul Brilliance.
After all, in theory, Heavy Treasures were only used by Universe Venerables. Being able to activate even the first Secret Pattern already proved how extraordinary his Law Comprehension was.
"Looks like I need to cultivate not only a Soul Defense Secret Technique but also a movement technique." After a moment's thought in the quiet room, Ye Muxuan connected to the Virtual Universe.
There was already a message waiting for him from within the Virtual Universe.
Ye Muxuan opened it and took a look. He was a World Lord who had come from the Outer Battlefield, so by rights he was supposed to leave Chaos City tomorrow. But as a Heavenly Region Core Member who had passed the Eighteenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge, from the moment he passed, he had gained the right to reside in Chaos City permanently. So he needed to confirm whether he would leave with the others tomorrow.
Opening a Cosmic Passage between the Initial Universe and the Original Universe each time came at a cost, and the number of such passages was fixed. After all, Original Ancestor was permanently suppressed and could not open any more Cosmic Passages. Ye Muxuan's current status was not high enough for one to be opened just for him.
After a brief pause, Ye Muxuan chose to leave with the others tomorrow.
After submitting his choice, Ye Muxuan turned his attention to the Secret Techniques in the Virtual Universe Company's collection. He had plenty of points now. After acquiring Treading Wind and Soul Brilliance, he would need to study and explore the first Secret Patterns of both treasures in depth, so he could create the Secret Techniques best suited to him.
Soul Brilliance was a Soul-type Heavy Treasure, and all its power was focused on soul defense. It was exactly suited to a Fighter like Ye Muxuan, so before setting out for the Outer Battlefield, he needed to cultivate a Soul Defense Secret Technique.
Treading Wind was a pair of battle boots, a Heavy Treasure for escaping and staying alive. To bring out the full value of this kind of treasure, he would need a movement technique that complemented it. In most cases, though, his movement technique was tied to his saber technique. This time, he would need to cultivate a new one. Before that, he could study the movement techniques created by the predecessors in the treasury.
Once he had studied Treading Wind's first Secret Pattern, he could look into movement techniques more specifically. There was no need to rush for now, so Ye Muxuan focused most of his attention on Soul Defense Secret Techniques.
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