The disciples hurried to Ye Yun's side, surrounding him, wanting to see if he was injured.
"Master, are you really alright?"
"What are you saying? Are you hoping your master gets into trouble, you little girl?"
"Of course not, we are all very worried about you."
"Heh heh, when has this master ever failed when he makes a move?"
Ye Yun looked at his female disciples with a gentle smile on his lips, feeling a warmth in his heart.
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"
Suddenly, the dark aura fluctuated rapidly, and the power of black water surged madly towards the center.
"Hmm?"
Ye Yun's eyes sharpened, and he immediately realized that these powers were converging into divine essence, and at the same time, the divine essence of the Black Python Venerable was showing signs of a counterattack.
"You all retreat!"
"Master?"
"Don't be afraid, I'll handle it!"
Ye Yun gestured, and the disciples retreated a hundred zhang away.
"Black Python Venerable, your body has been completely annihilated. It's laughable that you're still trying to use your condensed divine essence to counterattack."
Facing Ye Yun's taunt, the divine essence did not respond, but instead gathered the power of black water.
Soon, these forces transformed into the shape of a black python, roaring and charging towards Ye Yun.
"Truly a persistent spirit. Since the divine essence has appeared, it shall become my captive."
Ye Yun opened his large hand, and a heavenly net instantly materialized in the void, descending from the sky.
"Roar!"
The divine essence was still roaring, but it could not escape the binding of the Heaven-Covering Formation. Then, the giant python's form gradually dissipated, turning into its original divine essence form, which was then collected into Ye Yun's hand.
"The divine essence of a Mid-level Lord God. This is a treasure. Put it away."
Ye Yun stored the divine essence into his Chaos Space. He had now collected two Lord God-level divine essences. When Xiao Ai's cultivation improved further, he could give these divine essences to her.
"Hmm, I'm really looking forward to seeing what good things I'll get in return when I give these divine essences away."
After storing the divine essence, Ye Yun's mind was filled with fantasies of what the situation would be after giving them away.
"Master, you're too amazing! You actually managed to instantly kill a Mid-level Lord God!"
Seeing that Ye Yun was truly unharmed and had even easily subdued the divine essence of the Black Python Venerable, the disciples finally reacted and exclaimed in admiration.
"I am the master of such geniuses as you. If I couldn't accomplish this small feat, I would be ashamed of myself."
"Wuwu, Master is too strong! When will we be able to reach your level?"
"Don't be too modest, and don't rush for quick success. You must be steady and grounded. You will succeed sooner or later."
"Yes, Master."
The women nodded and bowed.
At this moment, Ye Yun saw a black light flashing. It was the ninth-tier divine artifact, the Black Water Sword.
"Collect!"
Ye Yun grabbed the void with his hand, and the Black Water Sword flew into his palm.
"All of you, focus on improving yourselves. Whoever breaks through to the Heavenly God realm first will get this Black Water Sword."
"Master, that's unfair! Xiao Meng is the one who can break through the fastest right now."
Fang Zhiwei came forward, grabbed Ye Yun's arm, and pouted.
"Heh heh, then you need to work harder, perhaps you can catch up to Xiao Meng. Besides, this Black Water Sword itself is most compatible with Xiao Meng's cultivation technique. Are you jealous?"
"Xiao Meng is my good junior sister, how could I be jealous? I'm just reminding Master that you can't show favoritism."
"You little girl, are you lecturing your master now? As long as you work hard to improve, I will give rewards, and I will never show favoritism."
"Okay, Master, you said it! I'm going to get serious now."
"That would be for the best."
A hint of a smile appeared on Ye Yun's lips. If he could inspire more potential in his disciples, that would be the best outcome.
"No, there are many powerful beings approaching outside."
Suddenly, Ye Yun sensed extremely powerful forces rapidly approaching. Recalling his previous battle with the Black Python Venerable, such a commotion must have spread.
"Quickly search for treasures here, we need to leave this place as soon as possible."
"Yes, Master!"
The disciples, seeing Ye Yun's urgency, immediately took action.
Ye Yun looked towards the void behind him, sensing a familiar aura.
"You've come so fast, Heavenly Scythe Star Lord!"
This aura was precisely from the Heavenly Scythe Star Lord. Ye Yun deduced that the Heavenly Scythe Star Lord must have set out as soon as they descended into this abyss.
"Master, there's something strange over here. I don't know what it is."
"Master, come and see quickly."
Several female disciples called out towards Ye Yun's location.
"Alright!"
Ye Yun flashed to where Lin Xueyan was. Upon closer inspection, in the black water pool ahead, objects that looked like grapes, shimmering with light, were floating in the water.
"This should be the Water Bodhi that the Black Python Venerable mentioned. He guarded it so diligently; it must be a cultivation treasure."
Ye Yun recalled his previous conversation with the Black Python Venerable and concluded that these were Water Bodhi.
"Water Bodhi? Then let's pick them quickly."
"Don't be rash!"
Seeing Xiao Ai about to step forward to pick the Water Bodhi, Ye Yun stopped her.
"A treasure that even a Mid-level Lord God values so highly is not that simple."
Ye Yun made the women retreat and approached the black water pool himself.
He gently touched the surface of the water, and immediately, his fingers began to sizzle.
"Such powerful corrosive force. As expected, it's dangerous."
Ye Yun circulated his palms, using the divine ability "Grand Shifting of Heaven and Earth." The Water Bodhi in the water were instantly exchanged through space by the divine ability and fell into Ye Yun's hands.
"Master, you really have a way!"
"This application of spatial power is far more powerful than my Void Divine Power!"
Xiao Ai's face was filled with adoration. Her Void Divine Power cultivation was already very strong, but Ye Yun's "Grand Shifting of Heaven and Earth" was even more exquisite and profound, completely beyond comparison to her "Spatial Teleportation Technique."
"Xiao Ai, when you cultivate to the High-level Heavenly God realm, I will teach you this 'Grand Shifting of Heaven and Earth.'"
"Wow, that's great."
Xiao Ai was extremely excited. If she could cultivate this "Grand Shifting of Heaven and Earth," her strength would increase by more than tenfold.
"The Water Bodhi are obtained, disciples, let's go!"
All the Water Bodhi in the black water pool were acquired by Ye Yun using the "Grand Shifting of Heaven and Earth" with skillful and rapid movements.
But just as they were about to return the way they came, the Heavenly Scythe Star Lord, along with the elites of the Heavenly Scythe Domain, appeared not far away.
"Star Lord, it's here."
"Hmm, there's a strong energy fluctuation here. I didn't expect Ye Aotian's strength to improve again. Such terrifying talent makes me think of someone."
"Who?"
The elders of the Heavenly Scythe Domain all looked at him, extremely curious.
"I've already sent people to secretly investigate the situation of experts in various worlds. At that time, I received information that although the Heavenly Domain is a first-level great world, its Star Lord is incredibly powerful with extremely high talent. This cannot help but make me speculate."