The Demon Lord Yiyuan took the bead and flew to a planet with a teleportation array to initiate the transfer.
The celestial beings guarding the teleportation array, upon seeing a being of the Taiyi Golden Immortal level, respectfully stepped forward and asked, "Sir, to which location do you wish to be teleported?"
Demon Lord Yiyuan surveyed the star chart and said, "I wish to be teleported to this planet."
The celestial beings guarding the teleportation array looked at the location of the planet on the star chart and said, "This is the furthest planet from here. Sir, please pay the teleportation fee."
Even Taiyi Golden Immortals were required to pay the teleportation fee. Of course, in some star regions, certain celestial beings managing teleportation arrays might pay on behalf of Taiyi Golden Immortals to curry favor.
However, the celestial being responsible for this particular teleportation array was managing a crucial one for a vast area. The battlefield lay ahead, and therefore, the celestial being had no reason to pay for Demon Lord Yiyuan, whom they did not recognize as a Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Demon Lord Yiyuan said nothing and directly produced spirit stones to pay the teleportation fee.
The celestial being managing the teleportation array was not overly surprised. Many Taiyi Golden Immortals had paid normally when using this teleportation array.
The celestial being managing the teleportation array activated the array.
As the teleportation array activated, Demon Lord Yiyuan stepped onto it. The array whirred to life, and Demon Lord Yiyuan was teleported away.
Demon Lord Yiyuan soon reappeared on a distant planet.
Upon exiting one teleportation array, Demon Lord Yiyuan immediately teleported to another planet.
Although Demon Lord Yiyuan could also perform spatial jumps, the distances he could cover with such jumps were not enough to reach the furthest locations. Therefore, using spatial teleportation arrays was more convenient and less strenuous.
During dozens of consecutive teleports, many celestial beings managing the arrays, upon recognizing a Taiyi Golden Immortal, immediately activated the arrays and let Demon Lord Yiyuan depart without collecting the fee, hoping to leave a good impression.
But how could Demon Lord Yiyuan remember ordinary Earth Immortals or Heavenly Immortals? In his eyes, these were like common soldiers, mere ants.
Demon Lord Yiyuan continuously used teleportation arrays, and after dozens of such transfers, he finally reached his destination.
Within this star system, there was also a miniature teleportation array. However, this miniature teleportation array was not on a planet but in space beside a planet.
As Demon Lord Yiyuan emerged from the teleportation array, the surrounding celestial beings, upon seeing a Taiyi Golden Immortal arrive, assumed he was there for reinforcement and greeted him respectfully.
After exiting the teleportation array, Demon Lord Yiyuan directly asked, "What is the current situation at the micro-spatial channel?"
A celestial being stepped forward and said, "Sir, a fierce battle is currently underway at the micro-spatial channel. Ten Taiyi Golden Immortals are engaged in combat there. Those withered black creatures are very powerful."
Even as he emerged, Demon Lord Yiyuan could already sense the location of the micro-spatial channel.
With a flash of light, Demon Lord Yiyuan flew to the vicinity of the micro-spatial channel. Outside the channel, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal had set up a formation. Within the Grand Unity Golden Immortal's formation, a multitude of withered black creatures were present. While they couldn't break the formation set up by the Grand Unity Golden Immortal, they could deploy various arrays within it. The spherical formation, spanning one hundred kilometers in volume, was now completely dark, rendering everything inside indiscernible.
Inside the formation, Taiyi Golden Immortals from the Immortal-Demonic Great Universe and Taiyi Golden Immortals from the Withered Black Universe were engaged in combat.
Upon Demon Lord Yiyuan's arrival, the Taiyi Golden Immortals from the Immortal-Demonic Great Universe ceased their fighting and flew out of the formation.
They all assumed Demon Lord Yiyuan had come to reinforce them.
"Fellow Daoist, your arrival is most welcome. With eleven Taiyi Golden Immortals now, we are sure to eliminate these ten Taiyi Golden Immortals from the Withered Black Universe."
"May I ask your name, fellow Daoist?"
Demon Lord Yiyuan replied, "I am Demon Lord Yiyuan. Without further delay, let us enter and eliminate those ten withered black creatures!"
"Hahaha, fellow Daoist is indeed eager for righteousness. However, after the消耗 within, our spiritual energy is clearly insufficient. We must wait a while longer to recover fully."
Demon Lord Yiyuan nodded and said, "Indeed, you require time to recover. Please do so. I will stand guard here to prevent any sneak attacks from malcontents."
"Excellent."
"Thank you, fellow Daoist."
These Taiyi Golden Immortals truly believed Demon Lord Yiyuan had come to help them. They all let down their guard and dispersed to thousands of kilometers away to meditate and recover their spiritual energy.
The surrounding spiritual energy was rapidly absorbed into their bodies. If ordinary celestial beings were nearby, they would feel as if they had entered a vacuum of spiritual energy.
Demon Lord Yiyuan glanced at the Taiyi Golden Immortals, who were now thousands of kilometers away, and then flew towards the Grand Unity Golden Immortal's formation.
The Taiyi Golden Immortals cultivating in the distance gave it no further thought, assuming Demon Lord Yiyuan was heading to the edge of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal's formation to experience the brutal Taiyi Golden Immortal-level withered black creatures within.
The Taiyi Golden Immortal-level withered black creatures inside the Grand Unity Golden Immortal's formation, while unable to sense Demon Lord Yiyuan's true strength, had seen him conversing and laughing with the other Taiyi Golden Immortals. They knew he was undoubtedly a Taiyi Golden Immortal as well.
The ten Taiyi Golden Immortal-level withered black creatures within the Grand Unity Golden Immortal's formation secretly prepared themselves. If a Taiyi Golden Immortal were to enter, they would immediately swarm and kill them.
Demon Lord Yiyuan stopped before the Grand Unity Golden Immortal's formation. He then produced the bead, which exuded black gas, and displayed it to the Taiyi Golden Immortal-level withered black creatures within.
The withered black creatures inside saw the bead, but due to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal's formation, they could not ascertain if it was the same type they had seen before.
The Taiyi Golden Immortal-level withered black creatures inside exchanged confused glances.
Meanwhile, the Taiyi Golden Immortals recovering their spiritual energy thousands of kilometers away sensed that the situation here seemed to be taking a turn for the worse.
The Taiyi Golden Immortals sent telepathic messages to Demon Lord Yiyuan.
"Fellow Daoist, what is that in your hand?"
"Fellow Daoist, I sense that thing is extremely ominous."
Demon Lord Yiyuan ignored the Taiyi Golden Immortals' messages and directly threw the bead.
As the bead struck the Grand Formation, the black gas within erupted.
Instantly, the entire Grand Formation vibrated, and then the black gas actually melted through the Grand Formation.
The withered black creatures inside immediately rushed out. The situation immediately spun out of control...