Cao Dezhi personally escorted Xu Yuan back at an extremely fast speed.
With Xu Yuan stabilizing the surrounding space using his dream realm, Cao Dezhi was able to unleash his power without any repercussions. The few kilometers of the Abyss Passage were traversed in the blink of an eye.
Xu Yuan had no objections to what Cao Dezhi said.
The greatest benefit of this spatial passage for him was the transformation between reality and illusion.
The original Dream Space merged with the Abyss Passage, with cosmic space participation, turning into a coexistent state of reality and illusion. In this state, Xu Yuan's own dream realm could easily integrate into the surrounding space.
This not only allowed him to stabilize the surrounding spatial forces more effortlessly but also enabled him to experience the differences in the surrounding space.
Previously, Xu Yuan studied and referenced the Douluo plane to evolve the dream realm towards reality, but the efficiency was not high.
Now, however, Xu Yuan could reference this spatial passage, significantly improving the efficiency of evolution.
Time passed.
Following Cao Dezhi's advice, Xu Yuan meditated near the periphery of the spatial passage for about ten days.
Half a month had passed since the original Dream Space fused with the Abyss Passage. During this half month, Xu Yuan made significant progress, at least completing the realism of the dream realm.
Moreover, he achieved the transformation between reality and illusion in one step.
"The evolution of this passage is ongoing. Nodes similar to stellar crystals continue to emerge. The strength of the entire spatial passage and the concentration of stellar energy are increasing, continuing to evolve."
This was the conclusion reached by the Blood God Legion after half a month of research.
Every part of the spatial passage continued to improve, becoming increasingly closer to a complete plane.
However, the plane laws of this spatial passage differed from those of normal planes. They lacked a systematic structure and instead seemed more inclined to absorb cosmic stellar energy and convert it into various resources.
This was naturally beneficial for Douluo Star.
Not only did they temporarily not need to worry about the threat of the Abyss army, but they could also harvest many heavenly treasures with stellar energy as raw materials and develop numerous soul-guided technologies based on this.
For the current spatial passage, the Blood God Legion named it "Yidi." (Meaning "Strange Place", the "yi" used is the same as the Strange Flames in BTTH)
A wondrous place.
If it weren't connected to the Abyss on the other side, the Blood God Legion would have started extensive searches and opened up Yidi to external soul masters.
Unfortunately, the Abyss threat still existed, and within just half a month, both sides came into contact again.
Currently, both sides collided around the quarter-way point of the passage.
From the quarter-way point onward, Abyss creatures began to appear frequently, while the Blood God Legion occupied only a quarter of the passage!
If they didn't resist and allowed Abyss creatures to spread, they might still be able to diffuse throughout the entire passage.
Having preemptively occupied the quarter position and developed it into a stronghold, the Blood God Legion naturally couldn't stand idly by and watch this territory being taken over.
Currently, Yidi had become an important domain for resource production, not just a simple buffer passage.
Anyway, spreading to the quarter position meant Abyss creatures could no longer receive reinforcements as easily as before the channel mutation.
Each Abyss creature that reached this position had already gone through a round of spatial force screening, meaning they were already heavily depleted and in a dazed state.
"Based on this trend, the evolution of Yidi may continue for quite some time," Xu Yuan concluded his seclusion.
Over these half months, Jiang Wuyue successfully broke through.
The bottleneck at level seventy had held Jiang Wuyue back.
But it wasn't a bad thing. At least it gave him the opportunity to absorb a large amount of stellar energy, refine his soul power quality, and complete the formation of his soul core.
Reaching level seventy and forming a soul core was considered a rare opportunity in this era.
Otherwise, following normal cultivation, Jiang Wuyue might only have the chance to form a soul core after level seventy—perhaps at level seventy-four or even at level seventy-nine when breaking through to eighty. If it were the latter, it would actually be a disadvantage. Not only would he enjoy the benefits of the soul core for only a short period, from level eighty to eighty-nine, but he would also face the enormous bottleneck of integrating the soul core at level eighty.
In half a month, Jiang Wuyue smoothly absorbed and digested the stellar energy he harvested during the Abyss Tide, precipitated the previously absorbed stellar energy, successfully formed a soul core, and reached level seventy.
As for Xu Yuan, he had long surpassed level seventy and continued his cultivation but hadn't yet bestowed himself with the seventh soul ring.
"Since this place is still evolving, large-scale contact with Abyss creatures will take some time. I'll first formally introduce May to my master and then return to the academy. It's also time to bring out the nine dragon kings."
Xu Yuan had already communicated everything he needed to say, and the source of information was clear. He could now carry the nine dragon kings again.
An old saying goes, having an elder at home is like having a treasure. Carrying nine of them ensured Xu Yuan wouldn't suffer a loss in knowledge.
"You want to take Jiang Wuyue back to the mainland to obtain a spirit soul?"
Xu Yuan had only told Jiang Wuyue earlier, and Jiang Wuyue had just broken through, so he hadn't submitted a specific application yet.
Xu Yuan didn't want to wait for layers of approval, wasting time, so he directly approached Cao Dezhi.
"That's right."
"Do you have a reasonable reason?"
A convincing one that the Federation absolutely couldn't oppose.
Xu Yuan didn't hide anything and frankly stated, "Tyrant Dragon soul spirit."
Cao Dezhi's pupils contracted.
He took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "Alright, I approve your departure from the Blood God Legion. You only have three months; you must return within three months."
Cao Dezhi thought for a moment, reiterated, and solemnly reminded Xu Yuan, "Remember, you must return within three months. I estimate that the evolution of Yidi will yield results in about three months. Once results are out, a major battle may erupt, but it will also be an opportunity—at least very important for you."
"Don't worry, Senior, this trip is purely for obtaining a spirit soul," Xu Yuan assured.
Cao Dezhi waved his hand, signaling Xu Yuan to leave.
Xu Yuan left the Blood God Camp, holding the document signed by Blood One, and departed from the Blood God Legion with Jiang Wuyue without hindrance.
"I've never left Blood God Legion before."
Jiang Wuyue found everything along the way fascinating. Even seeing the desert didn't bore him; instead, he was full of interest.
Although he knew the Endless Mountain Range led to the largest desert on the Douluo continent, he had never seen it.
Now he finally got to witness it.
"Let's go. We only have three months, and you have many tasks."
Though it was said that he only needed to fuse a new soul spirit, Xu Yuan had planned quite a lot for Jiang Wuyue.
The two traveled non-stop, crossing the Western Great Desert, with their first destination being Tian Dou City.
Tian Dou City.
Headquarters of the Blacksmiths Association.
Mu Ye carefully examined Jiang Wuyue's condition and was very satisfied.
Through previous communications, Mu Ye already basically understood Jiang Wuyue's situation, but seeing it firsthand pleased him even more.
After several months, Mu Ye had just finished training his third disciple, Wang Jinyang, and now officially took on his fourth disciple. The rise of the Body Sect was beginning to show signs.
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