The traces of the alien race hadn’t completely vanished.

As Ye Liuyun traveled onward, his golden eyes spotted yet another planet occupied by the aliens from a distance. What puzzled him, however, was that these aliens weren’t clustered together in groups. Instead, they kept their distance from one another, each staking out their own territory like savage beasts.

Here, the aliens came in all varieties—except for the gold-armored and silver-armored ones. Yet nearly all of them were at the Dominator level, making them formidable opponents.

Ye Liuyun immediately turned to the two gold-armored elders for answers. The pair looked just as baffled, staring for a long while before hazarding a guess—these were likely exiles, banished here for past transgressions.

Ye Liuyun, however, was delighted. With so many powerful aliens around, they’d make perfect sparring partners. He ordered Hongguang and the two gold-armored elders to scout ahead while he summoned the women and demonic beasts from his spatial world, ready for battle.

But what shocked them was the exiles’ reaction. The moment they laid eyes on the gold-armored aliens, they showed no reverence—only immediate, violent hostility.

These exiled aliens weren’t just strong; they were battle-hardened and utterly ruthless. In no time, Hongguang and the two elders found themselves outmatched, torn apart and devoured by the exiles.

"Stay sharp, everyone!" Ye Liuyun warned before leading the charge.

What followed was true combat. Every fighter gave their all, clashing with the exiles in fierce, exhilarating battles.

Strangely, the exiles fought alone, never coordinating with one another. They also didn’t draw power from spatial worlds—whether they lacked the ability or simply chose not to, it was unclear.

After a prolonged duel, Ye Liuyun finally overpowered one of the aliens and used a soul attack to probe its memories.

The truth was, these aliens had indeed been exiled here. Once banished, they turned on each other, devouring their kin to grow stronger. They carved out territories by force, slaughtered the native creatures, and then resumed their cannibalistic struggles.

Though they weren’t united, they shared a deep hatred for the gold-armored and silver-armored aliens. Most had been exiled for refusing to acknowledge their rule or resisting their oppression.

That’s why they would swarm and tear apart any golden-armored alien they encountered. But when it came to Ye Liuyun and his group, they saw them merely as competitors for food, and each had to rely on their own strength to prevail. During these fights, other aliens wouldn’t interfere.

They had no knowledge of alchemy or artifact forging either. Past experiences from their weaker days had made them too fearful to leave this planet. Even those bold enough to venture out—regardless of whether the outside world treated them well or poorly—never returned to rally their kin. Most of them also lacked powerful spatial realms to rely on.

So even though they had grown stronger, they remained trapped here. Over time, their way of life had devolved into something akin to wild beasts, dominating the entire planet.

After learning this, Ye Liuyun felt even more at ease letting his companions train here. However, the aliens were simply too powerful. A Xing, Piao Yun, Lin Fei’er, and Qing Yan couldn’t defeat even a single alien even when fighting together, forcing Ye Liuyun to keep them inside his spatial realm.

Most of the other women had to team up in pairs to barely overcome one alien. Only Liang Xue and Feng Hongxiu could manage a solo fight, though with great difficulty. To help them in critical moments, Ye Liuyun gave each of them one of his half-beast undead puppets.

Lei Ming and the Dragon Girl, on the other hand, relished these opponents, battling with wild enthusiasm. Their strength far surpassed the previous challenges, making even the once-formidable Hong Guang seem weak in comparison.

Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger also enjoyed several fierce battles before retreating to cultivate, seizing the opportunity to refine the quality of their Profound Energy.

As for the alien corpses, they were all stockpiled for the Demon Vine and the Demon-Sealing Stele to use as cultivation resources.

This world had no resources suitable for the aliens, but Ye Liuyun’s own reserves were abundant. After each battle, he replenished his energy by absorbing the aliens’ source power.

A month later, he could already feel a noticeable improvement in the purity of his Profound Energy—and even sensed the stirrings of an impending breakthrough.

Thus, he and his doppelganger increased their frequency of engagements. By now, nearly half the aliens on the planet had been wiped out by their group and their beasts—and that was without unleashing the Demon-Sealing Stele, the Demon Vine, or the Purple Kylin Snake.

Every day, the world trembled with explosions and the earth shook violently. Even the aliens yet untouched by their assault knew what was happening.

Some of them began preemptively attacking neighboring tribes to strengthen themselves, preparing for the inevitable conflict.

As a result, battles erupted everywhere. The shockwaves of clashes between Sovereign-level fighters rippled endlessly through the skies, their residual energy spilling into the void of space.

And space was far from empty. Among the drifting cosmic beasts, a massive white ice bear happened to pass near the planet. Sensing the turmoil, it immediately turned and charged toward the source of the chaos.

The ice bear, a formidable creature at the Dominator Second Level, bounded over with eager excitement to join the fray. Meanwhile, far in the distance, a keen-eyed falcon had been silently tracking the beast’s movements.

Perched atop the falcon was a human martial cultivator, a man in his forties dressed like a tribal hunter, seemingly on a hunt. Yet his cultivation level matched the ice bear’s—Dominator Second Level.

"Let’s check it out!" the cultivator commanded upon receiving the falcon’s signal. With a powerful flap of its wings, the falcon tore through the void, covering twice the distance Ye Liuyun could traverse using spatial energy in a single leap.

"ROAR!"

The moment the ice bear appeared, it unleashed a deafening roar, its chilling aura instantly plunging the surrounding temperature into a biting freeze.

Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger wasted no time charging forward. This Dominator Second Level ice bear had piqued his interest far more than the ongoing battle. Likewise, Lei Ming and Long Nü abandoned their skirmish with the alien creatures, rushing to assist him against the new threat.

Terrified by the ice bear’s overwhelming presence, the alien beings cowered on the ground, not daring to show themselves.

The ice bear, initially treating the encounter as mere play, grew exhilarated at the prospect of worthy opponents. It had long sensed the sinister aura of the alien beings but held no interest in them—without a method to refine their energy cores, defeating them would yield no reward.

But the humans, the true dragon, and the thunder beast before it? They were prey worth devouring. Especially Lei Ming and Long Nü, whose massive forms promised a hearty meal. Without hesitation, the ice bear swiped a massive paw lazily toward Ye Liuyun and his doppelganger.