I and countless versions of myself simultaneously travel through time.

Ye Yan finally took stock of the materials sent by the Star Palace. These were all treasures accumulated over tens of thousands of years in the Chaotic Star Sea. The Heavenly Star Stone was silvery-white and contained the power of stars. It was the core material for reinforcing the spatial array. The Primordial Magnetic Divine Sand was mined from the depths of the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain. It had its own magnetic power and could stabilize the spatial channel. The Void Stone was a rare spatial attribute ore and was the key to expanding the teleportation array. There were also Star Pattern Iron, Void Spirit Crystal, Five Elements Jade... Each piece was priceless and would be enough to make Nascent Soul cultivators fight tooth and nail if they were outside.

Ye Yan nodded in satisfaction; Xinggong hadn't dared to hold back this time.

Otherwise, someone else will join the Banyaza group.

He sat cross-legged in front of the ancient teleportation array and put the materials into the array's core one by one.

With hands forming hand seals, spiritual light surged into the array's patterns like a tide. The originally dim array patterns gradually lit up, emitting a buzzing vibration.

With a thought, Ye Yan unleashed the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame from his palm, melting the rare materials into liquid and precisely injecting it into every node of the formation.

In an instant, a beam of light shot into the sky, and the entire teleportation array seemed to come alive.

Ye Yan scanned the array with his divine sense and found that its capacity had increased several times over, enough to accommodate hundreds of people being teleported at the same time.

He shook his head; it was still too small.

He didn't want a few dozen people, but the mobilization of a large army of hundreds or thousands.

Over the next few days, he continued to refine, reinforce, and expand the teleportation array, increasing its range again and again.

By the fifth day, the formation was able to accommodate more than 500 people being teleported at the same time.

Ye Yan stopped what he was doing and frowned in thought.

not enough.

There are many cultivators in Tiannan, and five hundred people at a time is too slow. He suddenly had an idea and took out a man-made banner.

Since its creation, this banner has always appeared shrouded in black mist, exuding a sinister aura, making it seem to anyone who sees it as a demonic artifact.

Ye Yan frowned. This appearance would make others think he was a demonic cultivator, which wouldn't sound good if word got out.

He raised his hand and waved it, burning away all the black energy in the banner, and then re-tempering it with the spiritual light of the five elements.

A moment later, the banner turned pure white, shimmering with spiritual light and exuding an aura of righteousness.

It is clearly a treasure of the righteous path.

Ye Yan nodded in satisfaction.

He reset the function of the artificial banner, so that any cultivator who travels from Tiannan to the Chaotic Star Sea via this teleportation array will be automatically marked with a wisp of banner spirit energy.

This aura will not affect a cultivator's cultivation or mind, but when needed, it can sense the location of each person through the artificial banner, and even temporarily convert them into banner slaves if necessary.

"This is the right way to do it," Ye Yan sighed, his tone quite smug. "I'm not enslaving them, I'm just adding a safety net. If someone betrays the Heavenly Court, we'll have a backup plan. Ascending to the Spirit Realm isn't free; only then can the potential for immortality be fully developed."

As for the spirit stones needed for teleportation, Ye Yan waved his hand and said that only low-grade spirit stones would be needed.

The Heavenly Court has just been established and cannot treat its subordinates harshly.

With everything ready, Ye Yan stepped into the teleportation array, and in a flash of inspiration, he returned to Tiannan.

He instantly tore through space and flew towards the Luoyun Sect. The mountains and rivers of Yue Kingdom rushed past beneath his feet. Ye Yan suddenly remembered that the largest sect in Yue Kingdom was the Yanyue Sect, which was also Nangong Wan's sect.

He frowned. Since it was on his way, he might as well go and snatch this "sister-in-law" back.

Han Li is still in seclusion in the Chaotic Star Sea. As his older brother, he has to keep an eye on him and, incidentally, strengthen the Falling Cloud Sect.

Ye Yan changed direction and flew towards the Hidden Moon Sect.

At the entrance of the Hidden Moon Sect, two Foundation Establishment stage guards were meditating. Suddenly, an overwhelming pressure descended from the sky, turning their faces pale. Looking up, they saw a figure standing in mid-air, his robes fluttering, his body radiating spiritual light, like an immortal descending to earth.

"Who goes there!" The guard's voice trembled.

"Ye Yan," he said calmly, walking towards the mountain gate with his hands behind his back, "have your elders come to see me."

The guard was stunned, then his pupils shrank sharply. Ye Yan? Tian

Ye Yan, the number one Nascent Soul cultivator in the South, the Supreme Elder of the Luoyun Sect, and the Lord of the Heavenly Court.

This name has been making headlines in Tiannan recently. It is said that this person single-handedly subdued the entire righteous alliance and the demonic path, and even a late-stage Nascent Soul monster was no match for him.

"Please wait a moment, senior! I'll go and inform them right away!" The guard scrambled towards the inner gate.

Ye Yan waited for less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before the Grand Elder of the Hidden Moon Sect, Nangong Wan's senior sister, rushed over.

This woman was beautiful and her cultivation was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. At this moment, her expression was solemn, and she was followed by several Core Formation elders.

The moment they saw Ye Yan, they all gasped in astonishment—Peak Nascent Soul Stage!

With such cultivation, the entire Hidden Moon Sect combined wouldn't be enough to defeat him with one hand.

"Senior Ye, your presence is an honor to our humble abode, the Hidden Moon Sect. May I ask what your instructions are?" The eldest sister bowed respectfully, her voice tinged with nervousness.

Without wasting words, Ye Yan raised his hand and unleashed a beam of spiritual light, directly planting a restriction on his senior sister.

The eldest sister's expression changed drastically. Before she could resist, Ye Yan's hand was already on her crown, searching her soul.

In an instant, Ye Yan learned where Nangong Wan lived and the recent situation of the Hidden Moon Sect.

He released his grip, leaving his senior sister aside, and turned to walk towards the inner courtyard of the Hidden Moon Sect.

The Foundation Establishment disciples stared in disbelief at this scene. Were they here to wipe out the entire sect?

Why are you being so polite?

Why did he walk in by himself?

When Ye Yan pushed open the door to Nangong Wan's bedroom, Nangong Wan was sitting cross-legged on the bed cultivating.

She was dressed in white, with flowing black hair, a cool and beautiful face, and a faint aura of spirituality emanating from her.

Noticing someone had intruded, she suddenly opened her eyes and froze when she saw who it was.

"Ye... Ye Yan?"

She remembered this person.

She had met Ye Yan once before. At that time, Ye Yan was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator, while she was already a Core Formation stage disciple of the Hidden Moon Sect.

Later, Ye Yan's reputation grew, and she heard about it, but she never imagined that the two of them would meet again in this way.

She could no longer see through Ye Yan's aura at all.

That unfathomable level of cultivation made it difficult for her to even breathe.

"Fellow Daoist Nangong, how have you been?" Ye Yan smiled slightly. "Come with me."

"Where to?"

"Luoyun Sect. From now on, you will be an elder of Luoyun Sect." Ye Yan said casually, as if inviting her to visit his neighbor.

Nangong Wan remained silent for a moment, then finally nodded.

It wasn't that she didn't want to resist, but that she simply couldn't.

Ye Yan took Nangong Wan back to Luoyun Sect, found Cheng Tiankun, and arranged for Nangong Wan to become a sect elder. At this time, the restriction was not struck by lightning.

Cheng Tiankun looked at him in surprise: "Senior Brother Ye, didn't you go to the Chaotic Star Sea? How come you're back so soon?"

"The Star Palace in the Chaotic Star Sea has been resolved, but it will take some time to fully control it." Ye Yan waved his hand. "First, we need to unify Tiannan. Junior Brother Cheng, what's been happening in Tiannan lately?"

Cheng Tiankun stroked his beard, his expression grave: "The Righteous Alliance and the Demonic Path are very dissatisfied with your Heavenly Court. Especially Wei Wuyai and the Old Demon of Hehuan, who have said they want to come and meet you."

Ye Yan raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly: "Let them come. Since they're already here, they might as well stay."

One day later, Ye Yan officially announced: the Righteous Path Alliance, the Demonic Path, and the Nine Kingdoms Alliance must either join the Heavenly Court or die.

When the news spread, the Old Demon of Hehuan and Wei Wuyai were furious.

Both of them were old monsters in the late Nascent Soul stage, who had roamed Tiannan for hundreds of years. How could they have ever suffered such humiliation?

They immediately came together to see just how capable Ye Yan really was.

In front of the main hall of the Luoyun Sect, Wei Wuyai and the Hehuan Old Demon stood side by side. They sized up Ye Yan, their eyes filled with disdain. Peak late-stage Nascent Soul?

That's all there is to it.

Were they both late bloomers?

Two against one, how could we possibly lose?

We will win!

Ye Yan looked at them and smiled. He raised his hand, and a giant hand formed from the five elements of spiritual light descended from the sky, directly grabbing at the two of them.

Wei Wuyai and the Old Demon Hehuan's expressions changed drastically. They tried to dodge, but found that the surrounding space was completely sealed off, and they couldn't even move a finger.

The giant hand closed, and the two of them were held in its palm like chicks.

"Since you're both here, don't rush off," Ye Yan said with a smile.

He made a grasping motion with his five fingers and directly separated the two people's nascent souls from their physical bodies.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators screamed in terror as Ye Yan casually tossed them into the "Cultivator Space," a fantasy game he had developed, filled with all sorts of torturous dungeons.

The two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators' physical bodies were suspended in mid-air, perfectly preserved.

One day later, the Luoyun Sect announced that the Righteous Path Alliance and the Demonic Path had officially merged into the Heavenly Court and would travel together to the Chaotic Star Sea.

When Wei Wuyai was released from the illusion, he was covered in sweat, his face was deathly pale, and his lips were trembling.

In the hallucination, he was subjected to "ultimate humiliation" by several muscular men in turn; the mental torture was more terrifying than any form of torture.

He vomited violently, and his eyes were filled with fear as he looked at Ye Yan.

He's even more demonic than the demonic path!

Ye Yan patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Wei, don't worry, we share both good times and bad. The Heavenly Court has always been like this, never mistreating its own people."

Wei Wuyai was on the verge of tears when he suddenly felt a surge of magical power within his body, and he actually broke through to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

He was stunned for a moment, then blurted out, "Huh! I never imagined I was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm!"

Ye Yan nodded: "Okay."

The Old Demon of Hehuan was also released and similarly marked with the Banner Slave Mark.

Both of them have now been incorporated into the artificial banner and become Ye Yan's fighting force.

Ye Yan's magical power became even more abundant, bringing him one step closer to the Nascent Soul stage.

He stood atop the Luoyun Sect mountain, overlooking the surging sea of ​​clouds, pondering his next move.

With the southern sky settled, the next step is the chaotic star sea.

A message came from Master Zhiyang of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.

Willing to reconcile.