From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

’The Peak of the Spirit Awakening Realm... so that means the Peak of King Level!’

After reaching the King Level, Li Yang could sense just how difficult cultivation in the King Level Realm was.

Even with his mysterious Cultivation Technique, it would take him several years at least to cultivate from the Early King Level to the Peak of King Level. ’And now Soul Ink can help me get there so quickly?’

”Let’s go. The first destination is five thousand meters underground, a hundred kilometers from your current location.”

Li Yang immediately set off, following Soul Ink’s instructions.

He arrived at the destination shortly after.

After digging away the earth in front of him, an underground river appeared. In one section of the river, he was surprised to see a white liquid.

The moment he saw it, Li Yang could feel the dense Spiritual Power contained within the white liquid.

”Is that Earth Spirit Liquid?” Li Yang’s eyes lit up as he stared at the white liquid.

The section on Spirit Fruits and Medicinal Herbs from the Celestial Origin Palace’s archives mentioned Earth Spirit Liquid. It was a natural treasure filled with dense Spiritual Power that could significantly boost one’s strength!

”There’s no one else here. You can cultivate right here,” Soul Ink said.

Li Yang nodded, sat down cross-legged, and began to circulate his Cultivation Technique.

Immediately, Li Yang felt surges of dense Spiritual Power being drawn into his body.

The Spiritual Power entered his bloodstream and circulated throughout his body, and Li Yang could clearly feel his strength growing.

The increments were small, but his power was rising steadily.

After all, the King Level required an immense amount of Spiritual Power. Otherwise, more than ninety percent of those at the King Level wouldn’t be stuck in the Early Stage.

The Spiritual Power required to advance from the Early Stage to the Middle Stage alone was two to three times more than what a Cultivator absorbed going from Yellow Level all the way to the Peak of Heaven-level! This showed just how difficult it was to advance!

Even with Li Yang’s incredibly potent Cultivation Technique, it would have taken him over a year just to get from the Early King Level to the Middle King Level.

But now, none of that was a problem!

BOOM! BOOM!

Surges of energy entered his body, and Li Yang’s strength rose continuously.

Time passed, and the white Earth Spirit Liquid before him visibly diminished.

One hour... two hours...

In the blink of an eye, four hours had passed!

Previously, when Li Yang had refined Spirit Fruits, absorbing their Spiritual Power had only taken a few minutes. Now, however, it had taken him this long!

In fact, this was one of the reasons Earth Spirit Liquid was so difficult to refine.

Earth Spirit Liquid wasn’t like Spirit Fruits and Medicinal Herbs. An ordinary person could consume those without issue, and their body would even absorb a small amount.

But if an ordinary person were to swallow Earth Spirit Liquid, there would only be one outcome: their body would explode, killing them instantly.

...

After continuously absorbing and refining it, all the Earth Spirit Liquid was finally gone. At that moment, the aura fluctuating from Li Yang’s body reached an extremely powerful level!

”Middle King Level!”

Li Yang stood up and assessed his own strength. A smile touched the corners of his lips.

After refining all that Earth Spirit Liquid, his strength had skyrocketed!

Middle King Level. There were only twenty such individuals on the entire planet!

And now, he wasn’t just at the Middle King Level—he was already about a quarter of the way to the next stage!

Elated, Li Yang asked directly, ”Soul Ink, where’s the next location?”

He couldn’t wait to get to the next spot and continue refining Earth Spirit Liquid.

This feeling of his power increasing so rapidly was incredible.

”The next location?”

Soul Ink’s ethereal form floated out, hovering in front of Li Yang.

He glanced at Li Yang and said, ”I’ll take you in a week.”

Hearing this, Li Yang was taken aback. ”Why?”

”Such a cultivation novice,” Soul Ink said, shaking his head. ”Then again, your Earth is too backward, and its overall cultivation strength is so weak.”

He sighed before continuing, ”Don’t you know that impatience is the greatest taboo in cultivation? Your strength just jumped to its current level—it’s at least two or three times what it was, right? With such a massive increase, don’t you think you need to adapt to it completely?”

”Cultivation is a gradual process. When faced with a sudden surge in power, you should be wary even as you rejoice. You need to make that sudden power truly your own.”

Li Yang nodded, understanding what Soul Ink meant.

It was like studying. After learning something new in class, you had to constantly review it to truly make the knowledge your own.

In reality, cultivation was even more difficult than studying.

”So, for the next week, you need to properly familiarize yourself with your newfound power.”

Soul Ink said, ”Your Thunder Star Beast avatar still needs over a month to finish gestating. Even if you reached the Peak of the Spirit Awakening Realm today, you still wouldn’t be able to comprehend any Laws. The timing is perfect. In this next month or so, you can raise your cultivation to the Peak of King Level. The Thunder Star Beast will be ready then as well, and you can attempt to comprehend the Thunder Law to prepare for your breakthrough to the Law Realm.”

”Okay.”

Li Yang nodded in immediate agreement.

According to Soul Ink, comprehending the Thunder Law was normally incredibly difficult. Without comprehending it, even if he reached the Peak of King Level, he would be trapped at a bottleneck, completely unable to break through.

But once the Thunder Star Beast avatar finished gestating, his comprehension of the Thunder Law would become much, much easier.

Therefore, he didn’t need to increase his strength too quickly. He just had to reach the Peak of King Level before the Thunder Star Beast was ready.

After a final glance at the underground space, Li Yang didn’t linger and immediately headed back.

There was no signal thousands of meters deep underground, so he wouldn’t have received any calls or messages.

...

Time passed. For the next week, Li Yang focused on practicing his Sword Technique.

The Profound Blue Sword Skill had a total of eight forms, corresponding to the four stages before the King Level and the four stages within the King Level.

Therefore, Li Yang didn’t switch to practicing anything else.

On the fifth day after his strength advanced to the Middle King Level, Li Yang had more or less mastered the sixth form of the Profound Blue Sword Skill.

SWISH!

As the longsword swung, a beam of sword-light shot out, and a series of sharp hisses seemed to tear through the air.

The terrifying fluctuations of lightning would make even an Early King Level Cultivator’s blood run cold.

’Haha, give me a few more days, and I might be able to completely master the sixth form of the Profound Blue Sword Skill!’ Li Yang thought, pleased.

As he practiced, an ethereal form floated beside him—it was Soul Ink.

Soul Ink was stroking his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

”Li Yang, why did you choose a longsword?” he asked suddenly.

Li Yang paused at the question. He thought for a moment before replying, ”I just picked it at random.”

Soul Ink nodded. ”Then when you truly reach the Law Realm, you should switch weapons.”

”Switch weapons?” Li Yang was even more stunned. ”Why would I do that?”

Soul Ink explained, ”Considering your lightning attribute and your soon-to-be-ready Thunder Star Beast avatar, I think there is a method of attack that would suit you perfectly. However, it requires a Six Elements Spear.”

Seeing that Li Yang probably didn’t know what a Six Elements Spear was, he waved his right hand. Ethereal energy coalesced into the shape of a weapon similar to a longspear, but with a more complex design.