From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

Soul Ink was overjoyed.

The faster Li Yang grew, the greater his own chances of being revived in the future!

”Li Yang, your luck is truly heaven-defying. It’s a good thing you didn’t discover any other extremely high-level life forms before this,” Soul Ink sighed in amazement.

If he had found something like the Thunder Star Beast and gestated it, the World Tree would never have been able to create the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon. They would have never known the World Tree was capable of gestating such an incredibly high-level life form!

It was all a series of coincidences, but they came at the perfect moment. If that isn’t heaven-defying luck, what is?

The Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar was several times more incredible than the Thunder Star Beast avatar!

After saying this, Soul Ink quickly asked, ”Li Yang, how long do you think it will take to gestate the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar?”

Li Yang focused his senses for a moment. He could feel that the process within the gestation space was incredibly slow.

”I’d say at least four months,” Li Yang concluded.

Previously, the octopus avatar took only four hours to gestate, and the Thunder Star Beast avatar took thirty-six days. But now, gestating the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar would require at least four months!

Soul Ink nodded. ”Yes, the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar is a higher-level life form, so it’s normal for the gestation to take this long. Four months isn’t a long time. Just be patient.”

Li Yang nodded as well and took a deep breath.

The gestation of the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar meant his path of cultivation would be even smoother! The threat to Earth was significantly reduced!

’The World Tree will remain on the seabed.’

With a wave of his right hand, a Spatial Ring appeared. Li Yang then placed the World Tree avatar directly inside it.

He then hid the Spatial Ring in an extremely secluded spot on the ocean floor.

’Hidden like this, it would be impossible for anyone who came here to find the World Tree!’

Li Yang now had several bodies: his original body, the World Tree avatar, the octopus avatar, the Thunder Star Beast avatar, and the still-gestating Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon avatar.

However, the World Tree avatar was undoubtedly the most important.

This was because if his original body and other avatars were to die, the World Tree avatar could resurrect them.

But if the World Tree avatar died, his original body and other avatars could not bring it back.

And if his main body and other avatars were to die after that, it would be permanent.

After securing the World Tree avatar, Li Yang departed.

...

After leaving, Li Yang found Shen Xuan.

”What? Li Yang, you’re saying it wasn’t just Jin Mola targeting Earth, but his backer, Celestial Net? And this Celestial Net is a peerless genius from the Yuanlan Clan, and also a prodigy being trained by the Yangyuan Empire?”

Shen Xuan’s expression shifted drastically as he listened to Li Yang.

Having lived far longer than Li Yang, he knew exactly what these revelations implied. He could even foresee a danger far greater than Li Yang imagined!

As a peerless genius, Celestial Net was surely held in the highest regard by the Yuanlan Clan. His status was far beyond anything Jin Mola could compare to.

And what’s more, he was a prodigy being trained by the Yangyuan Empire!

The Yangyuan Empire was the ruler of this entire region of the Human Race’s domain!

And the Yangyuan Emperor was a terrifying existence who had surpassed the Divine Realm!

Even Deities with eternal life had to bow before him. It was impossible to imagine his true power!

Li Yang’s expression was also grave. ”Big Brother, Celestial Net is accompanied by a Lord of the Starry Sky. There must be something precious on the planets around Earth, something far more valuable than a Purple Brilliance Crystal Stone mine! Celestial Net was so confident he could kill me easily that he admitted it.”

From Celestial Net’s perspective, there was no way Li Yang could escape. He believed he could kill him with a simple wave of his hand, so he didn’t bother denying Li Yang’s speculation, admitting that there was treasure on the planets near Earth.

But who could have known that Li Yang would escape using spatial teleportation, learning the full truth in the process.

”A Lord of the Starry Sky...”

Shen Xuan’s heart sank. He looked at Li Yang and asked, ”Li Yang, what’s your plan...”

As the two strongest individuals on Earth, they held the planet’s fate in their hands.

Li Yang said, ”Big Brother, Earth is currently under the novice protection period granted by the Milky Way Galaxy branch of the Human Race Saint Hall. Celestial Net wouldn’t dare provoke the Saint Hall, so we are safe for the next twenty years. I plan to get people to survey the planets around Earth and find that treasure!”

”If we find the treasure, we can sell it through the branch of the Human Race Saint Hall!”

For someone of Celestial Net’s status to be so desperate for it, Li Yang figured it was likely a treasure that would tempt even World Realm Cultivators!

Shen Xuan nodded. ”Li Yang, that’s a sound plan. Let’s do it. If we find the treasure and sell it off, Celestial Net of the Yuanlan Clan will be forced to give up.”

They discussed the matter quickly. Once they were finished, Li Yang added, ”Big Brother, I bought many things on my trip to the Cosmos, including these resources.”

He paused for a moment before continuing, ”In the Cosmos, anyone can become a Cultivator. They use a Cultivation Technique called the Spirit Awakening Skill. By practicing the Spirit Awakening Skill and using a bottle of Spirit Awakening Potion, anyone’s body can be changed to the point where it can absorb Spiritual Power on its own!”

The difference between Cultivators and ordinary people on Earth is that a Cultivator’s body can absorb Spiritual Power and continuously grow stronger.

But an ordinary person’s body can’t, making any Cultivation Technique useless for them.

However, the Spirit Awakening Skill, combined with the Spirit Awakening Potion, can trigger a slight evolution in the body, allowing any ordinary person to absorb Spiritual Power and begin cultivating.

On any life-bearing planet with contact to the Cosmos, there are no ordinary people. The weakest are at the Mortal Realm, possessing at least Yellow-rank strength.

At these words, Shen Xuan’s eyes lit up. He asked immediately, ”Li Yang, how many people on Earth can start cultivating with the Spirit Awakening Potion you brought back?”

His voice trembled with barely concealed excitement.

Earth has too few Cultivators. It’s a fundamental weakness that seemed impossible to change.

Li Yang replied, ”Every single person on Earth.”

The Spirit Awakening Potion only enables ordinary people to cultivate, so it isn’t particularly expensive. Li Yang had over a hundred billion Galaxy Coins, so he only had to spend a small fraction of it to buy enough for all several billion people on Earth.

”Excellent! Li Yang, I’ll make the arrangements immediately! We’ll make every single person on Earth a Cultivator as soon as possible!” Shen Xuan exclaimed, overjoyed.

The Spirit Awakening Potion and the Spirit Awakening Skill were a matter of monumental importance for all of Earth.

After gestating his avatar and finishing his discussion with Shen Xuan, Li Yang took a flyer and returned to Coastal City in just one minute.

He had bought a flyer in the Cosmos as well. In terms of quality and speed, it was far inferior to the one from Lu Tower, but it was still incredibly fast, capable of reaching any point on Earth in a matter of minutes.

WHOOSH!

The flyer landed, and Li Yang walked out.

”That’s... Lord Li Yang.”

”It really is.”

”Haha, this is our lucky day.”

There were people walking below who sensed the commotion from above. When they saw Li Yang, their faces immediately lit up with excitement.