From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

"Li Yang passed the twelfth step of the Path of Deities?"

"Li Yang’s progress is just too fast. He’s almost catching up to Mixed Void."

"A miracle. This is simply a miracle."

"It wasn’t enough that the Eternal Saint Hall produced Mixed Void; now there’s Li Yang too. Even our Hunyuan Martial Saint Realm has never produced a genius of this caliber."

...

Across the entire Human Race, countless powerhouses were discussing it.

The twelfth step of the Path of Deities! A monstrous genius that the Human Race might only see once every hundred billion years. The appearance of even one such individual would draw an unimaginable amount of attention.

Within the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, some powerhouses enjoyed keeping an eye on geniuses, but most paid little attention.

Then there was the other colossal power of the Human Race—the Hunyuan Martial Saint Realm!

To those powerhouses, a genius like Lan Yu wasn’t even worth their notice; only someone like Mixed Void could capture their attention.

But now, even these powerhouses from the Hunyuan Martial Saint Realm had heard of Li Yang.

Any genius who passed the twelfth step of the Path of Deities within a hundred years at the Longevity Realm was destined for an extraordinary future, guaranteed to at least reach the level of a powerful Deity!

The news spread rapidly. The two behemoth factions of the Human Race, the empires of the Three Thousand Star Continent, and even the various Deity-level forces all learned of the event.

It was such an incredible event that those who heard the news couldn’t help but tell others. One by one, the story spread, and in a short time, the name Li Yang had truly reached most places where the powerhouses of the Human Race resided. Even the Alien Races had come to know his name.

...

This was an immeasurably vast mountain peak, and coiled around it was a colossal python.

The python was at least ten thousand kilometers long. Its body was a deep purple-black, and the aura it exuded was shockingly powerful.

This was the territory of the Demon Race!

The Demon Race, whose overall strength was in no way inferior to the Human Race. In terms of numbers, potential, and various other aspects, they could contend with humanity!

And in the Cosmos, the Demon Race were the fiercest rivals of the Human Race. The Path of Deities, for example, was filled with demonic beasts for the humans’ nurtured geniuses to slay.

SWOOSH!

Suddenly, a wolf-like demonic beast flew over from the distance.

"What is it?"

The giant purple-black python stared at the wolf-like beast and spoke.

Its voice was hoarse, enough to make one’s skin crawl.

"Lord Wilderness, we just received news. After Mixed Void, the Human Race has produced another genius who has passed the twelfth step of the Path of Deities," the wolf-like beast reported hastily.

"Oh? Another genius on par with Mixed Void?" the giant purple-black python asked, its brow furrowing slightly.

The appearance of Mixed Void, a genius ranked among the top one hundred in human history, was a joyous surprise for the Human Race, but it made the Demon Race wish they could kill him on the spot.

They had already formulated numerous plans, ready to strike and kill Mixed Void the moment they had a chance!

"Yes, my lord. The genius is named Li Yang. He joined the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall ranked tenth, which wasn’t particularly eye-catching. But he has progressed continuously since then. It took him thirty-six years to pass the twelfth step of the Human Race’s Path of Deities. According to our intelligence, his rate of progress over the last twenty years is completely on par with Mixed Void. Furthermore, Li Yang has only been alive for sixty years—he’s even younger than Mixed Void," the wolf-like beast quickly explained, providing a detailed report on Li Yang.

’Sixty years, yet he has the strength to kill a World Lord... This Li Yang is indeed no less a threat than Mixed Void.’

The purple-black python nodded, a cold killing intent flashing in its eyes.

’I will make the necessary arrangements. After passing the twelfth step of the Path of Deities, Li Yang will inevitably choose to break through to the Star Lord Realm and leave the Eternal Saint Hall. That will be our chance.’

’If he’s too well-protected at the Star Lord Realm and we get no opportunity, then he will eventually leave the protection of the Human Race when he reaches the World Realm. That will be the time for us to strike.’

A human genius like this... of course they had to kill him before he could fully mature.

...

"ROAR!"

In a region immensely distant from the territories of the Human Race, colossal beasts gathered, letting out astonishing roars.

These creatures were entirely golden, covered in layers of scales. Each scale was etched with incredibly intricate patterns.

They had two legs, each with three claws. Overall... they looked like dragons.

"The Human Race has produced another peerless genius, Li Yang!"

"Wasn’t one Mixed Void enough for them?!"

"Why can’t our great Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon race produce such a genius?"

These dragon-like behemoths roared in fury, their eyes filled with unwillingness.

Their life-forms were of a high level. Although not born as Deities, they could master three profundities of the Space Law just by growing up normally, far surpassing the Human Race.

But their overall strength was a huge cut below the Human Race! And geniuses rarely ever appeared among them.

Unwilling and furious, they too yearned for geniuses to appear and elevate their race’s power.

But their race had far too few geniuses.

Meanwhile, the already powerful Human Race continuously produced monstrous talents.

Their race had never once produced a genius with Talent on the level of Mixed Void or Li Yang. Their most powerful talents were only on par with the human Lan Yu.

The flames of jealousy consumed the hearts of these Sky-Fierce Flood Dragons.

...

The Demon Race, the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon race, the Thunder Star Beast race, and so on... countless Alien Races had now learned the name Li Yang.

Some wanted to kill him, some were jealous of the Human Race... In short, Li Yang had truly become famous overnight.

...

「Within the Yangyuan Empire, in the Virtual World.」

Tianluo was still completely unaware of Li Yang’s situation. He looked at the old man before him, frowned slightly, and said, "You say the people of Earth seem to have found some kind of backing?"

The old man was none other than Kande.

Previously, Li Dong and the others on Earth had suddenly adopted a tough stance, showing no fear of the Kande Clan’s threats. This had left Kande feeling a bit panicked.

Without Li Yang, the strongest person on Earth was Shen Xuan. Of course, a mere Longevity Realm expert like Shen Xuan was nothing; he couldn’t withstand a single blow from their clan.

However, Shen Xuan had joined a Deity-level force. To prevent any complications, Tianluo had casually arranged for someone to keep Shen Xuan occupied, rendering him unable to help Earth.

Therefore, Earth’s strongest combatant wasn’t even at the Law Realm. With such feeble strength, they were like fish on a chopping block, to be toyed with at will.

Kande couldn’t figure out why Earth was acting so tough.

So, after leaving Earth, he immediately sought out Tianluo to report the news.

However, Tianluo had been cultivating, so Kande had to wait for a while before seeing him.

"Yes, Young Master Tianluo."

Kande said respectfully, "Li Dong received a message, and his attitude suddenly became very defiant. He showed no fear of my threats. That message must be the key."

"Li Dong?"

Hearing the name, Tianluo’s eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of murderous intent flickering through them before vanishing.

Li Dong was Li Yang’s son. Tianluo had hated Li Yang to the bone. Now that Li Yang was dead, he had no way to get his revenge, so he transferred that hatred to Li Dong.

However, Li Yang’s former Talent had been too formidable. Even in death, many people were still watching his family.

If he dared to kill Li Dong, the repercussions would be too great, so he didn’t dare to act rashly.

Of course, while he didn’t dare to kill Li Yang’s family, like Li Dong, he had no such reservations about others. Besides Li Yang’s family, no one would care about anyone else.

’Only when I finally get rid of Li Yang’s family will I be satisfied,’ Tianluo thought to himself.

’As time went on, the name Li Yang would gradually be forgotten. That would be the time to deal with his family.’

’He would wait patiently for that day to arrive.’

Looking at the reporting Kande, Tianluo said indifferently, "Kande, if you don’t know, then why don’t you investigate?"

Tianluo continued calmly, "Besides, can’t you just forcefully take a look at that message? You’re a Star Lord Realm expert. You can’t tell me you’re unable to view the messages of Li Dong, who isn’t even at the Law Realm."

"This..." Upon hearing this, Kande said, trembling with fear, "Young Master Tianluo, I didn’t think that far ahead at the time."

The key was that Li Dong’s sudden defiance had instilled a trace of apprehension in his heart, so he hadn’t dared to make any moves.

As the two were speaking, suddenly...

A figure quickly approached from the distance. Judging by his face, he was also from the Yuanlan Clan.

"Uncle Yan, what is it?" Tianluo asked upon seeing the figure.

The newcomer was a World Realm expert from their clan named Yan Hen.

Yan Hen wore a serious expression as he said, "Tianluo, the Patriarch sent me to tell you something. Li Yang is not dead."

"What did you say?"

Until now, Tianluo’s expression had been calm, but upon hearing this news, his face changed drastically.

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