On the side, Huang Chengcheng, Qin Huai’an, Zhu Tianshou, and Zhuge Cang heard the conversation between Yang Fei and Tong Yunshu, and were burning with anxiety.

The meaning of these two young people was that they were determined to go to the Southern Domain’s Shang Qing Sect.

But that was far too dangerous.

Who knew whether what Wan Ping and Wan Fang said was true or not—what if it was a lie deliberately fabricated by the Southern Domain to trick Yang Fei into going over?

The human heart is sinister; the cultivators of Earth couldn’t help but maliciously speculate about the intentions of the Southern Domain Cultivation World.

After all, for the Southern Domain Cultivation World, taking down Yang Fei was equivalent to taking down Earth; they could then obtain an endless stream of vast cultivation resources from Earth.

This kind of plunder was what the strong had always loved to do since ancient times.

Because the best way to amass wealth was plunder; this had never changed from ancient times to the present.

Zhuge Cang couldn’t help saying, "Yang Fei, Yun Shu, you really need to calm down, don’t be impulsive. This may well be a scheme by the Southern Domain Cultivation World to lure you over."

Wan Ping and Wan Fang’s faces changed drastically, and they hurriedly explained, "Senior Yang, fellow Daoists, everything we have said is absolutely true. There is not a single lie."

"Yes, we’ve been here for years, and you’ve treated us with grace and righteousness. The Shang Qing Sect and Earth have even established a permanent retinue relationship. For our Shang Qing Sect, maintaining such a peaceful relationship long-term is the best choice; we absolutely cannot do such treacherous things. If there is even half a sentence of falsehood, may we be punished by the Heavenly Dao and never be reborn."

Yang Fei said lightly, "Whether you are lying or not, I can tell with a single test."

With that, with a flick of his mind, the Soul Binding Rope lashed out, and the Primordial Spirits of the two were all drawn into the Soul Binding Rope.

Wan Ping and Wan Fang instantly lost their Primordial Spirit Consciousness, and their bodies went limp and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Qin Huai’an and the others were secretly shocked.

Yang Fei’s methods were truly getting stronger and stronger.

These two were Peak of Late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, yet their Primordial Spirits were directly extracted by Yang Fei with the Soul Binding Rope in an instant. For Yang Fei now, dealing with Foundation Establishment Cultivators was simply far too easy.

Yang Fei split off a strand of Divine Sense and entered the world within the Soul Binding Rope, reading the memory information in the Primordial Spirits of Wan Ping and Wan Fang.

Very quickly, he released their Primordial Spirits.

Wan Fang and Wan Ping woke up in an instant, and when they looked at Yang Fei again, there was only deep fear left in their hearts.

This guy was too strong!

They had only heard of Yang Fei’s name before, knew that he was formidable, but had never personally verified it, and thus could never truly grasp how powerful he was. Now they finally understood why the Six Great Cultivation Forces of the Southern South Domain could not easily conquer Earth.

Judging from the Divine Power Means Yang Fei had just displayed, no matter how many Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators the Southern Domain sent over, they were just coming to deliver their heads.

"Well?" Tong Yunshu saw that Yang Fei had read the memory information of Wan Ping and Wan Fang, and hurriedly asked.

Huang Chengcheng, Qin Huai’an, and the others were also anxiously watching Yang Fei from the side.

Yang Fei said, "There is not a single lie in what they said."

Qin Huai’an, Huang Chengcheng, Zhu Tianshou, and Zhuge Cang all sighed inwardly, and at the same time all frowned.

Zhu Tianshou couldn’t help reminding, "We still cannot let down our guard."

Zhuge Cang also said, "That’s right. If I truly wanted to trick you into going over, I’d only need to arrange things in secret a little, and I could achieve this."

Yang Fei nodded. "Seniors, I understand your concerns and know what you are thinking. At the same time, I also understand very well that the Southern Domain may indeed be setting up a scheme to lure me over. But since Sister Xuanyu’s life is now hanging by a thread, and only my Soul Binding Rope can save her, both emotionally and rationally I must go."

Seeing his firm tone and the look of a man whose mind was already made up, although they were worried, they also knew they could no longer say anything more.

Not to mention that Yang Fei was someone whose decisions not even ten oxen could drag back; even if he weren’t, with Yang Fei’s current Cultivation Realm, if he wanted to leave, who could stop him?

Qin Huai’an sighed, "Yang Fei, I know that anything you decide you will definitely do, but I still want to remind you: Yanyang has not yet come out of seclusion, and we still don’t know what her situation is. The fact that Earth has the situation it does today is the result of your forbearance and struggle over many years. It was not easy. If we lose you, Earth will not be able to block the Southern Domain Cultivation World’s invasion. Think it through carefully."

Yang Fei looked at Qin Huai’an and said, "Grandpa, these years, we on Earth have already endured enough."

Qin Huai’an sighed inwardly and said, "Yes, we’ve endured enough, and for long enough. But since we’ve already endured for so long, can’t we endure a little longer? The overall situation comes first!"

"The overall situation comes first..."

Yang Fei repeated these four words, then suddenly let out a cold laugh. "I was originally someone who acted as I pleased, only seeking to live happily, freely and unrestrained. Before the Great Cataclysm, I was like that, living with unbridled ease. But after the Great Cataclysm descended, and with the Southern Domain Cultivation World’s invasion, I, Yang Fei, have no longer been the same Yang Fei I was. For the so-called ’overall situation,’ I’ve endured many things, and many times I haven’t been happy at all."

Qin Huai’an looked at him with a complicated expression, a trace of heartache appearing in his eyes.

Huang Chengcheng also sighed inwardly and couldn’t help saying, "Fei’er, these years the pressure on you has been too great, and you’ve taken on too much karmic burden for others. My Taoist path is originally about cultivating a carefree and unrestrained life, acting as the heart desires. You used to do this very well, but now you indeed have gone against the Taoist ideal. Now, whatever you want to do, just go and do it, freely and to your heart’s content. Don’t keep taking on karmic burdens for others. You only need to do what you yourself want to do."

Zhu Tianshou and Zhuge Cang both silently nodded. Thinking of everything Yang Fei had done for Earth and for everyone over these years, they were all filled with gratitude and admiration.

All of them understood Yang Fei; they knew how arrogant he had been in the past, and had also witnessed his continual forbearance over these years because of all sorts of reasons.

Yang Fei looked at Huang Chengcheng, and a trace of warmth and emotion rose in his heart.

He was already at Core Formation Cultivation, his Dao Heart firm. At this moment, as he decided to return to his old self, his whole being became clear in thought, and that former air of arrogant self-confidence once again surged forth from him.

"In this life of just a few decades, what I, Yang Fei, pursue is acting as I please, free and unrestrained. When I was mortal, I, Yang Fei, lived with style; now that I’ve embarked on cultivation, yet I’m cowering and shrinking, bound by this Earth World—wouldn’t that make the world laugh at me."

He laughed a few times, his aura surging, and said loudly, "I’ve already endured for too many years; now I don’t want to endure anymore. Since death is the final grand act in everyone’s life, then this final act in my life, I, Yang Fei, must make it a brilliant one. Even if I die, I, Yang Fei, must leave a name behind in the Southern Domain Cultivation World."

He took Tong Yunshu’s hand and said, "This trip is fraught with ten thousand dangers. Do you truly want to accompany me?"

"Live and die together." Tong Yunshu said firmly.

Yang Fei said, "Then we’ll live and die together."

After he finished, he said to Wan Ping and Wan Fang, "Let’s go; come with me to the Southern Domain."