The Peak of the True Qi Realm's Ninth Layer!

A few days later, Ye Chen activated White Bone Claw and gouged five holes in a piece of hard ironstone with a single strike, yet his hand was completely unharmed.

"I've finally mastered Pure Yang Claw. I'll keep working and strive to cultivate it to the minor accomplishment stage."

When Ye Chen reached the entry stage of Pure White Bone Claw, Lin Ye received tenfold feedback, and his White Bone Claw broke straight through to the major accomplishment stage.

Of course, he had cultivated several mystic-grade martial arts to the perfection stage, so White Bone Claw's major accomplishment merely gave him another means at his disposal. His strength had barely improved.

"It's time to bring out the Illusory Devil Cave."

Lin Ye had already chosen a location. There happened to be a cave on the back mountain, so he planned to put the Illusory Devil Cave there.

Soon, he arrived at the cave.

"Claim the Illusory Devil Cave and place it here."

Boom!

The cave shook, and then its appearance changed completely, becoming the extraordinarily eerie Illusory Devil Cave. Since he could now control it, he walked inside without the slightest fear.

Piles of white bones filled the Illusory Devil Cave. One look was enough to tell it was a place of the demonic path.

The Illusory Devil Cave was a place filled with illusions. It could simulate the character and will of demonic-path disciples and temper their spiritual strength.

"This Illusory Devil Cave needs a few changes. Its style is too much like a devil sect's."

He made some minor changes to the entire Illusory Devil Cave. Fortunately, he had the highest level of authority here and could modify its illusion formations. Otherwise, if he let the disciples enter, something was bound to go wrong.

Before long, he had modified the entire Illusory Devil Cave, chiefly by replacing its backdrops. At least it was no longer so eerie or full of bones everywhere. He also added some illusions and made other changes, so that illusions involving various emotions could temper the disciples and strengthen their state of mind, preventing them from advancing so quickly that their character couldn't keep up.

Afterward, Lin Ye sent a message to each disciple, telling them about the Illusion Cave. Every disciple was required to venture into it once a month and remain inside for at least an hour.

The Illusion Cave? I should head back.

After swallowing a late-stage first-tier giant serpent Demon Beast, Yang Yang opened his great mouth in a ferocious grin. But he realized how ferocious his smile looked and quickly changed it, making it considerably more amiable, at least.

He always felt that the Furnace Body Refining Technique had changed his bearing and that his style was becoming more and more twisted. It was far inferior to the cultivation methods his second junior brother and third junior sister practiced: the more they cultivated, the better their bearing became and the more attractive they looked. Fortunately, his cultivation method really was powerful, and he wasn't going to switch.

Whoosh!

Yang Yang moved, speeding through the jungle. His cultivation had already reached the Body Refining Ninth Layer, and even many Body Forging Realm martial artists were no match for him now. After all, he cultivated an earth-grade Body Refining Cultivation Method, so his physical body was fearsome indeed.

Before long, all five disciples had returned.

"Master."

The five disciples spoke respectfully in turn.

"Mm. Go venture into the Illusion Cave. Your cultivation has progressed too quickly lately, and you need to settle your state of mind. The Illusion Cave can also temper your spiritual strength."

"Yes, Master."

The five disciples all went over.

An hour later.

The disciples emerged from the Illusory Devil Cave one after another, their faces deathly pale. Clearly, their experiences had not been pleasant.

In the days that followed, the five disciples went through all sorts of illusions. Their state of mind gradually improved, and so did their spiritual strength. Lin Ye received tenfold feedback, so his spiritual strength naturally surged as well.

His junior sister Yu Yu had also entered the Illusion Cave, but after going a few times, she no longer wanted to. Lin Ye did not insist. After all, Yu Yu cultivated on her own and practiced a righteous-path cultivation method, so she did not need to consolidate her state of mind.

His junior sister Yu Yu also completed a breakthrough, becoming the Black-Yellow Sect's second True Qi Realm martial artist.

Before anyone realized it, another month had passed.

His eldest disciple Ye Chen had broken through to the second layer of the Body Forging Realm. His second disciple, Dongfang Bai, and third disciple, Dongfang Rou, had both broken through to the Body Tempering Ninth Layer. His fourth disciple, Yang Yang, had advanced even faster and was now at the Body Casting Realm Third Layer. His fifth disciple, Han Bing, had also broken through to the Body Tempering Ninth Layer.

His disciples' cultivation had improved so quickly that, after the tenfold feedback, Lin Ye's cultivation rose straight to the peak of the Ninth Layer of the True Qi Realm. He was only one step away from the next realm.

During this time, the disciples had slain a great many Demon Beasts and even provoked a third-tier Demon Beast. If Lin Ye had not personally stepped in and killed it, the disciples would have been in trouble.

At present, the disciples had exchanged for every martial art except Blood Demon True Body. They had even exchanged for the mid-tier earth-grade Demonic Shadow Clone Technique and the low-tier earth-grade Taiyi Devil Needle.

Among them, Ye Chen focused on several martial arts: the Demonic Shadow Clone Technique, Blood Demon Finger, Blood Escape Technique, and White Bone Claw. But the Demonic Shadow Clone Technique was not so easy to master. After all, it was a mid-tier earth-grade martial art.

During this time, Ye Chen had also been training diligently in the cultivation tower.

On this day.

Ye Chen's body suddenly became three demonic shadows. He had successfully reached the entry stage of the Demonic Shadow Clone Technique.

"I did it! Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

Ye Chen was thrilled. Having mastered this martial art, his strength had soared. Even if he encountered an ordinary martial artist at the seventh layer of the Body Forging Realm or above, he would not be afraid in the slightest and would even dare to fight them.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host's disciple Ye Chen for mastering the Demonic Shadow Clone Technique. Tenfold feedback: the host has successfully raised the Demonic Shadow Clone Technique to the major accomplishment stage."

Boom!

Lin Ye fully comprehended a wealth of insights into the Demonic Shadow Clone Technique. His mastery of it ascended to heaven in a single step, reaching the major accomplishment stage.

A mid-tier earth-grade martial art at the major accomplishment stage was enough to make his strength soar dramatically.

"Not bad. That boy Ye Chen has been working fairly hard."

Lin Ye smiled.

Now he was counting on these disciples to work a little harder and help him break through his shackles and reach the realm above the True Qi Realm—the Innate Realm.

To break through to the Innate Realm, one first had to transform True Qi into Innate True Qi. Once Innate True Qi filled the whole body and the physical body returned to its innate state, one could enter the Innate Realm. It was a realm that was very difficult to break into, but upon doing so, one's lifespan could reach two hundred years.

Just as he was counting on his disciples to make breakthroughs and help him reach the Innate Realm, the system sent another task.

"Ding! The Heaven and Earth Devil Sect's development has begun to get on track, but the many forces of the outside world still know nothing of the Heaven and Earth Devil Sect's fearsome name. A task is now being issued: host, send disciples down the mountain to gain experience and spread the Heaven and Earth Devil Sect's fearsome name. Requirements: make one hundred thousand people aware of the Heaven and Earth Devil Sect and kill ten righteous-path disciples."

"Current progress: recognition (976/100000), righteous-path disciples killed (0/10)."

"What? Only nine hundred-odd people know about my Black-Yellow Sect?"

Lin Ye had thought there were at least several thousand, but it turned out there were only a few hundred. The nearby towns had several thousand people, so clearly many ordinary people in those towns had no idea what the Black-Yellow Sect was.

"Kill ten righteous-path disciples. That probably doesn't mean just any ten martial artists; they need to be disciples of those sects. Fortunately, there's no time limit on this task, so I can take it slowly. As it happens, those two boys Ye Chen and Yang Yang have already broken through to the Body Forging Realm. It's time for them to go out and gain experience."

So Lin Ye summoned Ye Chen and Yang Yang.