From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

”Peak of King Level. I’ve reached it!”

Sensing his new power, a brilliant smile spread across Li Yang’s face.

A month had passed. During that time, he had been constantly refining the Earth Spirit Liquid, and his power had advanced by leaps and bounds!

And now, he had finally become the strongest of the King Level experts!

After all, of the nearly two hundred King Level cultivators on Earth, over ninety percent were at the Early King Level. Fewer than twenty were at the Mid King Level, and only three had reached the Late King Level!

The only one who had surpassed Late King Level was Shen Xuan!

’Now, aside from Palace Master Shen Xuan, I’m the strongest person on Earth!’

For those who walk the path of cultivation, isn’t power one of the greatest pursuits? And now, Li Yang’s power had reached such a level!

Taking a moment to feel out his new state, Li Yang clearly sensed a massive bottleneck.

The previous bottleneck between the Peak of Heaven-level and the King Level had posed no challenge for him. He had broken through naturally upon reaching the peak.

But now, Li Yang could clearly feel this bottleneck was solid. He saw no way to break through it.

”To advance from the Peak of Spiritual Awakening Realm to the Law Realm, you must comprehend the corresponding Thunder Law. If you can’t grasp it, you’ll be trapped in this realm for life, unable to break through.”

Soul Ink floated out, looked at Li Yang, and said calmly, ”How much longer until your Thunder Star Beast avatar is fully formed?”

A month had passed, but there was still no sign of activity from Li Yang’s Thunder Star Beast avatar.

Li Yang sensed the situation within the World Tree’s incubation space. ”Six more days,” he said.

’The octopus avatar only took a few hours to incubate, but the Thunder Star Beast avatar is taking thirty-six days!’

Soul Ink nodded. ”You don’t understand the Thunder Law now, but you’ll figure it out quickly once the Thunder Star Beast avatar is fully formed.”

In truth, a Law was something that had to be experienced firsthand. And as a soul, though he seemed powerful, he was actually of little use.

When they first met, he had little effect on Li Yang, aside from growing larger to try and scare him.

This was due to the special properties of the Soul Crystal.

Soul annihilation was a technique that cultivators with avatars feared above all else!

Because if the soul was annihilated, all of its avatars would die at the same instant.

But the Soul Crystal could allow him to survive even a soul-annihilation attack, a testament to its heaven-defying power!

But with such a powerful effect, it naturally came with significant limitations.

As he was now, aside from his past experience, he didn’t possess much actual power.

Li Yang nodded, his heart filled with anticipation.

’Training is over. It’s time to head back.’ He glanced at the tunnel he had dug.

Looking at the remaining Earth Spirit Liquid, Li Yang asked, ”Soul Ink, do you know where I can find any more of this? Can I have my parents use some?”

Hearing this, Soul Ink shook his head directly. ”I only help you. I have no interest in helping others. Besides, Earth Spirit Liquid is not easy to preserve. Its Spiritual Power will rapidly dissipate once you take it out. You won’t be able to store it.”

Hearing this, Li Yang had no choice but to give up on the idea.

Without another word, Li Yang headed back up the tunnel.

When he reached the surface, his phone rang.

He checked his phone. He had a few missed calls, one from his sister, Li Xue. She had also sent him a lot of voice messages on WeChat.

’Is my sister trying to reach me for something urgent?’ Li Yang wondered, tapping on a voice message.

Instantly, a young child’s voice piped up.

”Uncle, I’m at Grandpa and Grandma’s house! How come you’re not here?”

”Uncle, why didn’t you answer when I called?”

”Uncle, Mommy says she wants to eat a big lobster.”

...

As the messages played one after another, Li Yang broke into a laugh.

The messages were from his little niece, Zhang Tongtong.

His sister had brought his niece back to Coastal City today.

Li Yang called her back and had a nice chat with his little niece.

On his way back to Coastal City, he made a quick detour to the seafloor and caught two large lobsters.

...

「Coastal City, Shuxiang District.」

A little girl, who looked to be four or five years old, was happily running around and playing with her friends.

It’s easy for children to start playing together.

One of the children hung up her watch phone and said to her playmates, ”My uncle is coming back soon! He’s going to bring me a really big lobster.”

”Really?”

”Your uncle is so cool!”

”I ate lobster yesterday, you know. I had a bunch of them.”

The little friends chatted away.

”Tongtong.”

The little girl who had been speaking suddenly heard the call, and her head snapped in that direction. She immediately took off, her short legs carrying her over.

”Uncle, you’re back!”

Though she was excited, she stopped about two meters away from Li Yang, not daring to get any closer.

The reason was the two giant lobsters Li Yang was holding, each a full sixty centimeters long.

A child would naturally be a little frightened by lobsters that large.

”Uncle, those lobsters are so big!”

Little Tongtong was a mix of excitement and delight. She stared at the two big lobsters in Li Yang’s hands, wanting to get a closer look but not quite daring to.

Li Yang chuckled. ”Let’s go. We’re having this for lunch today.”

He led the little girl back home.

The other children watched Tongtong with envy.

”That lobster is huge! It’s bigger than me!”

”Tongtong wasn’t lying.”

”Her uncle is so cool.”

”My uncle is cool too. He catches fish for me to eat.”

”Why don’t I have an uncle?”

...

With his little shadow in tow, Li Yang arrived home.

”Sis, Brother-in-law.”

Li Yang smiled and called out to his sister, Li Xue, and his brother-in-law, Zhang Hang, who were inside.

Zhang Hang was a graduate student working in the research sector. He had attended the same university as Li Xue; they had started dating, stayed together, gotten married, and had little Tongtong.

Zhang Hang smiled at Li Yang. ”Li Yang, you’re back.”

He knew a little about Li Yang being a Cultivator, though not much. He couldn’t describe how shocked he’d been when he first found out.

As for Li Xue, her eyes went to the lobsters in Li Yang’s hands. ”Yangyang, where did you get two lobsters this huge?” she asked in surprise.

Li Yang glanced at little Tongtong and said with a grin, ”I just happened to run into them by the shore, so I grabbed them.”

”Yangyang, you’re back.”

Just then, Li Guohai and Zhao Rou also came out, and the family enjoyed a nice meal together.

After not staying home for too long, Li Yang headed over to Coastal University.

A month had gone by, and Zhou Yao’s school year had already started.

Li Yang had even accompanied her on the first day of school.

When he arrived at the campus gate, a pretty girl was already waiting.

When she saw a figure approaching in the distance, her face instantly broke into a smile. She hurried over and said, ”Li Yang.”

Li Yang took Zhou Yao’s hand and said with a smile, ”Let’s go. Last time, you said you’d give me a proper tour of Coastal University once you were familiar with it.”

The young couple strolled around Coastal University, and Li Yang felt perfectly content.

Over the past month, he had spent his time with Zhou Yao whenever he wasn’t training, and their relationship had progressed by leaps and bounds.

After leaving the university, Li Yang received a call from Shao Jie.

After he hung up, a look of surprise appeared on Li Yang’s face.

’There’s another Relic Space on that island?’

’Not only that, but they gathered dozens of King Level Cultivators and still couldn’t get in?’

Shao Jie had called to inform him that Shen Xuan was ordering them to gather at the Celestial Origin Palace before heading to the island together.

Li Yang naturally chose to obey Shen Xuan’s command. He immediately set off for Jing City and returned to the Celestial Origin Palace.