From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

In one month, Li Yang would represent the Yangyuan Star Continent in a competition against geniuses from other Star Continents.

At a time like this, it was essential to understand the other geniuses from the various Star Continents.

”Geniuses from other Star Continents?” Li Yang accepted the sphere of light.

He knew that the Human Race had three thousand Star Continents, and this time, the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall would only select and recruit three thousand people. That was equivalent to recruiting just one person from each Star Continent.

This was the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall. The minimum standard for the geniuses they recruited was the potential to become Deities in the future!

If a candidate didn’t have at least a fifty percent chance of becoming a Deity, they wouldn’t even be considered for recruitment.

”Alright, Li Yang, I won’t disturb you any longer. You can use this month to continue your training and get into peak condition,” Candy said with a smile.

Li Yang thanked him. After Candy left, he looked at the sphere of light in his hand and began to review the information on the other geniuses.

Among the many geniuses, the top three were highlighted. Some were even explicitly marked as having a high probability of entering the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall.

’So strong... This genius actually passed 2,600 steps of the Path of Deities...’ Li Yang thought as he watched.

He was looking at a young man with a build similar to an Earthling, but with red, arcane markings on his face.

Next to this young man’s profile, it listed 2,600 steps. As for the combat space, he defeated every opponent in a single blow! No exceptions!

And this young man was judged to have the strength to rank among the top ten geniuses in all of the Three Thousand Star Continents!

Top ten among all the geniuses of the Human Race—what did that even mean?

Li Yang kept watching. He focused only on the strongest from each Star Continent and those marked as having the potential to rank within the top three thousand of the entire Human Race.

As for the others, he didn’t need to pay them any mind.

Soon, he had finished reviewing the information on over four thousand geniuses.

”Soul Ink, how do you think my strength compares to these geniuses? Can I get into the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall?” Li Yang asked.

Soul Ink had been watching as well. ”The quality of the Human Race’s geniuses is incredibly high this time,” he exclaimed in amazement. ”They’re at least twice as strong as the last generation!”

He looked at Li Yang, thought for a moment, and said, ”If this were the last selection for the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, you would definitely get in with your current strength. But now, it’s uncertain.”

He was fully aware of Li Yang’s true strength.

When he killed Jun Mo, Li Yang hadn’t even used his full power!

It was always wise to hold a little something back; it could produce unexpected results at a critical moment.

In terms of strength, Li Yang was definitely no weaker than Jin Xu, the current number one in the Yangyuan Star Continent!

In other words, Li Yang was actually the true number one of the Yangyuan Star Continent!

Soul Ink continued, ”There are too many geniuses this time. Just among those who have already shown their strength, over three thousand of them surpass you. And there are likely others who are still hiding their true abilities. If you want to make it into the top three thousand, you’ll have to break through and improve your strength again.”

In the past five-plus years, Li Yang’s progress had been astonishing. He could even instantly kill Jun Mo, and his strength was approaching the Peak of Longevity Realm.

But when placed among the geniuses of the entire Human Race, that same strength wasn’t even enough to squeeze into the top three thousand!

Li Yang remained silent. Watching the videos before him, he had to admit that Soul Ink was telling the truth.

Based on the judgment from all the video information, he truly couldn’t defeat a single one of them.

But this was normal. These three or four thousand people were all the strongest experts from their respective Star Continents. Li Yang’s time spent cultivating was still too short.

Pressure. At this moment, Li Yang clearly felt an immense pressure.

Getting into the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall was clearly not going to be that easy.

’But, I’m not without hope.’

Li Yang took a deep breath. ’The competition is still a month away. Right now, the third form of my Hexagram Spear is about to hit a bottleneck! If I can break through it, I can definitely make it in!’

Mastering the third form of the Hexagram Spear meant one would be invincible within the Longevity Realm!

The difficulty of cultivating it was astounding.

Previously, Li Yang had spent a year mastering the second form of the Hexagram Spear.

As for the third form, even after spending five years on the steps of the Path of Deities and gathering both his Thunder Star Beast and Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clones, he still hadn’t mastered it!

The difficulty of this third form was dozens of times greater than the second!

However, Li Yang was now close to mastering the third form! He felt that in about ten days, he would surely reach the bottleneck.

Of course, reaching the bottleneck was one thing; the hard part was achieving complete mastery!

”Enter the Virtual Combat Space!”

Without spending much time with his family, Li Yang directly entered the combat space and began to train!

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BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Inside the combat space, Li Yang was locked in constant battle with virtual opponents.

These virtual opponents were at the Peak of Longevity Realm!

After fighting continuously for a long time, Li Yang finally stopped.

’As expected, this third form of the Hexagram Spear is hard to master,’ Li Yang thought to himself.

Even with the pressure from the virtual opponents in the Virtual Combat Space, after ten days of relentless fighting, he was still stuck on the final step.

With a thought, Li Yang exited the Virtual World.

”How did it go, Li Yang? Did you master it?” Soul Ink asked when he saw Li Yang leave the Virtual World.

Li Yang shook his head. ”No.”

Soul Ink said calmly, ”The later forms of the Hexagram Spear are progressively harder to master. Mastering the third form makes one invincible in the Longevity Realm! Some peerless geniuses spend over a decade mastering the initial parts of the third form, only to spend another decade on that final sliver of understanding.”

For any Cultivation Technique, the level of perfection is the most difficult to reach.

Take the second form of the Hexagram Spear that Li Yang mastered before. At ninety-nine percent mastery, his strength was not enough to handle someone in the Early Longevity Realm.

But upon mastering that final one percent, his strength instantly skyrocketed, allowing him to kill an Early Longevity Realm expert in a single blow!

”Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. The more you try to force a breakthrough, the harder it becomes. Sometimes, it’s best to let things happen naturally.”

Hearing Soul Ink’s words, Li Yang nodded. ”I know.”

One’s state of mind greatly affects the comprehension of laws; the more anxious you are, the less efficient your comprehension becomes.

Besides, over these ten days, Li Yang had made some progress. He was now truly just a hair’s breadth away from mastering the third form of the Hexagram Spear.

With his current strength, he had a chance of making it into the top three thousand in the overall ranking of the Human Race’s Three Thousand Star Continents, albeit just barely at the very bottom.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yang looked off into the distance.

’Ten days have almost passed. The people from the Yangyuan Empire should be arriving soon!’

Not even twenty minutes later, a colossal flying vessel shot out of a spatial wormhole and descended directly upon Earth.

From the vessel, a burly, middle-aged man flew out.

With his arrival, the very void around Earth seemed to warp, as if the man had become the sole focus of existence.

This was a World Lord, a terrifying existence with a lifespan of a million years! With a wave of his hand, the entire Earth could be instantly annihilated!

In the entire Milky Way Galaxy, there were currently only nine such World Lords.

World Lords varied in strength. The nine World Lords of the Milky Way Galaxy were all quite ordinary. As for this newcomer, he was a top-tier World Realm expert, someone who could single-handedly kill all the other World Lords in the Milky Way Galaxy.

The middle-aged man, Kong Yuan, arrived and smiled at Li Yang. ”Li Yang, let’s go.”

This man was the one dispatched by the Yangyuan Empire to retrieve Li Yang.

Ten thousand geniuses needed to gather within the Yangyuan Empire. Afterward, they would enter the Virtual World to compete against the geniuses from the other Star Continents.

The third round of selections for the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall was about to begin!