Xuanhuan: The Empress and I Swapped Bodies - Chapter 98

While Liu Ningxian was immersed in cultivation, Ye Wushuang was also deep in his own training.

However, he wasn’t just practicing the Kunpeng Dao Technique—he was attempting to merge it with the Void Beast’s spatial Dao Technique.

The corpse of the Void Beast that Ye Wushuang and Imperial Clan Elder Liu Ning had slain had been collected by the Divine Dragon Imperial Family.

With ease, Ye Wushuang extracted and comprehended the spatial Dao Technique from its remains.

The Void Beast’s hide also held immense value—it could be forged into a treasure capable of traversing space.

But Ye Wushuang didn’t involve himself in that.

Once he grasped the Void Dao Technique, he set aside the Void Beast’s remains.

Now, merging the Void Dao Technique with the Kunpeng Dao Technique posed a significant challenge even for him.

After all, no one had ever attempted such a feat before.

The very idea sounded overwhelmingly difficult.

Only someone of extraordinary genius could possibly succeed.

It was only because Ye Wushuang trusted in the Divine Dragon Empress’s unparalleled talent that he dared to try.

And once he began, something remarkable happened.

In his experiments, the Void Dao Technique and the Kunpeng Dao Technique truly began to merge—bit by bit.

The fusion was seamless, without the slightest conflict.

It was as if the two techniques had always been compatible.

But that was impossible.

If their Dao Techniques had been inherently compatible, the two races would have combined them long ago, creating an invincible technique.

The reason Ye Wushuang felt this way was simply because his talent was too monstrous.

Under his overwhelming genius, the Kunpeng and Void Dao Techniques merged effortlessly.

The process seemed natural, as if it were meant to be.

But in truth, it was Ye Wushuang’s terrifying aptitude that forced the two techniques to harmonize.

Unaware of this, Ye Wushuang simply pressed forward when he sensed the fusion progressing.

He knew such an opportunity was rare—if he missed it now, it might never come again.

With that in mind, he resolved to merge the two techniques in one go.

As a result, Murong Wan’er came looking for him several times, only to find him still in seclusion.

Fortunately, she had no urgent matters, so she didn’t disturb him.

This session of closed-door cultivation lasted an entire month.

A month was an eternity to Ye Wushuang.

Though he had already stepped into the realm of cultivation, he hadn’t fully adapted to a cultivator’s mindset.

To most cultivators, a month of seclusion was an extremely short time—barely the blink of an eye.

Many of them secluded themselves for decades, centuries, or even millennia.

So, emerging after just a month was practically unheard of.

But after that month, something unusual happened at Ye Wushuang’s secluded training grounds.

An even larger Kunpeng phantom appeared in the sky above his retreat.

At first glance, it seemed identical to the previous one—only vastly more enormous.

Its size was almost unnatural.

This time, even more people gathered in the Divine Dragon Imperial Palace to witness the colossal Kunpeng phantom.

Imperial Clan Elder Liu Ning also appeared once more—though alone this time, as Liu Ningxian was still in seclusion.

Gazing at the massive phantom, Liu Ning furrowed his brow in thought.

“This is still the Kunpeng Dao Technique… but why does it feel different from last time?”

“Is the only change that the Kunpeng has grown larger?”

Ye Wushuang, of course, had no idea about Liu Ning’s musings.

Having successfully merged the Kunpeng and Void Dao Techniques, he was now ready to test his new creation.

Outwardly, his new technique appeared identical to the original Kunpeng Dao Technique—just with a more massive phantom.

But internally, it had undergone a qualitative transformation.

Then, in the next instant—Ye Wushuang moved.

With just a faint tremble, he vanished from the Divine Dragon Imperial Palace.

At first, no one noticed.

Even Liu Ning only sensed a slight quiver in Ye Wushuang’s figure before everything seemed normal again.

But two breaths later, everyone’s jaws dropped in shock.

Ye Wushuang’s figure, which had been standing there moments ago, began to fade like an afterimage before dissipating entirely.

The crowd stood frozen for several breaths, stunned.

Only then did they realize—Ye Wushuang had already left the moment his figure trembled.

What they had been staring at was merely a residual shadow, lingering because his speed had surpassed even the decay of afterimages.

He had moved so fast that not even his phantom could keep up.

By the time they noticed, he was long gone.

Liu Ning immediately began scanning the surroundings, trying to locate Ye Wushuang.

His spiritual sense stretched across vast distances—tens of thousands of miles, then hundreds of thousands.

Yet, to his astonishment, Ye Wushuang was nowhere to be found within that range.

It was as if he had simply… vanished from the world.

Liu Ning’s shock deepened.

He expanded his search further, sweeping across the entire realm—but still found no trace of Ye Wushuang.

It felt as though Ye Wushuang had left this world entirely.

But how was that possible?

The entire sequence had taken mere moments.

In such a short time, no one should be able to cross an entire world.

Liu Ning’s certainty wavered.

“Could he have… truly left this world in an instant?”

“Or… has something unexpected happened?”

He had no idea that Ye Wushuang had merged the Void Beast’s spatial techniques with the Kunpeng Dao Technique.

Had he known, his jaw would have hit the floor—and he would have immediately tried tracing spatial disturbances to locate Ye Wushuang.

Still, deep down, Liu Ning refused to believe anything had gone wrong.

Ye Wushuang’s power was simply too overwhelming.

With that secret art that could multiply his combat strength tenfold in an instant, he was destined to stand unrivaled under heaven.

So Liu Ning remained calm, standing firm as he waited.

He would wait for Ye Wushuang’s return—and then demand an explanation for just how he had disappeared.