From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

”Haha, a Star Lord Realm genius? Li Yang, you’re quite capable, aren’t you?”

Luoyu grinned menacingly. He didn’t waste any more words. ”Just you wait for what I have in store for you!”

He didn’t care at all whether Li Yang agreed or not. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and left.

After him, the various Deities and Emperors also departed.

In the blink of an eye, only Li Yang, Sect Master Blade Slaughter, and Hei Xu remained in the entire area.

”Li Yang.”

Sect Master Blade Slaughter looked at his disciple, his eyes clearly grave. He said, ”This Luoyu will likely take some measures to suppress Earth next. You must be prepared. The methods Luoyu used before were not honorable, and he might use some dishonorable tactics again.”

Previously, Luoyu had directly used Earth to threaten Li Yang.

Open and direct suppression would be one thing, but Sect Master Blade Slaughter was afraid Luoyu would play dirty.

”Teacher, I know.”

Li Yang nodded, his expression now incredibly grim.

Luoyu was undoubtedly a source of immense pressure for him at this moment.

He was a Four-Element Deity backed by the powerful Zun Lie Clan. No matter how he looked at it, there was no way he could win against him.

As he thought this over, Li Yang suddenly asked, ”Teacher, you’ve said before that during the Star Lord Realm training period, if someone passes the fortieth step of the Divine Realm Path within the first hundred years, a Dominator will descend to take them as a disciple?”

The Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall has a thousand-year training period for Star Lord Realm geniuses. During this millennium, the speed of their progress can naturally be demonstrated on the Divine Realm Path.

The faster they progressed, the more attention they naturally received.

Take Mixed Void, for example. He was previously hailed as one of the top 100 geniuses in the history of the Human Race, but that was in reference to the Law Realm.

The fortieth step of the Human Race’s Divine Realm Path corresponds to the Divine Realm.

The Divine Realm Path is a test of one’s strength and comprehension of Laws. Passing the final step, the forty-ninth, means that one has become a Deity!

In reality, because of the various attacks and trump cards one masters, their strength might be far greater than that of an ordinary Deity by the time they actually achieve the Divine Realm.

For example, Li Yang could already match a Deity while still at the Star Lord Realm.

Among the other geniuses cultivated by the Human Race, although not many could match a Deity at the Star Lord Realm, a considerable number could do so at the World Realm.

Therefore, reaching the fortieth step of the Divine Realm Path already represents having the strength of the most basic Deity!

And during the thousand-year training period for the Star Lord Realm, passing the fortieth step of the Human Race’s path within the first hundred years means one has the power to kill Deities!

To date, no more than sixty such geniuses have ever appeared in the Human Race!

Whenever one appears, a Dominator will descend and directly take them as a disciple!

Because such a genius represents a Talent even greater than that of Mixed Void!

To be able to kill a Deity in such a short time at the Star Lord Realm... what about when they reach the World Realm? Or even when they truly become a Deity? How terrifying would their strength be then?

Hearing Li Yang’s question, Sect Master Blade Slaughter nodded and said, ”It’s not a 100% guarantee that a Dominator will take a disciple, but it is highly probable.”

”Our Human Race has seen three such prodigies before. One passed the fortieth step of the Divine Realm Path in his ninetieth year of Star Lord Realm training. Another passed in his eighty-fifth year, and the last in his seventieth. After they passed, a Dominator descended for each of them and took them as a disciple.”

”That’s why, Li Yang, I told you to strive to pass it within a hundred years.”

No Dominator has ever officially stated their rules for accepting disciples, but when such a monstrous genius appears, they are almost always tempted.

Hearing Sect Master Blade Slaughter’s words, Li Yang said, ”Teacher, your student plans to return to the Saint Hall.”

At these words, Sect Master Blade Slaughter’s eyes suddenly lit up. ”Li Yang, you now have the strength to kill a Deity?”

Li Yang’s earlier question seemed to imply he was preparing to challenge the fortieth step of the Divine Realm Path.

Li Yang nodded and said, ”Almost. I should be able to succeed within these next two months.”

A few months ago, Li Yang already possessed the strength to truly match a Deity!

But matching a Deity and killing a Deity are two completely different concepts.

After all, between two Deities, one being only slightly stronger makes it impossible to kill the other.

However, in the past few months, Li Yang’s rate of progress had once again increased dramatically!

His Fire Nether Divine Beast clone and Time Divine Tree clone had been continuously comprehending in the legacy grounds of the Fire Nether Divine Beast and Time Divine Tree races, respectively. When he returned to the Saint Hall before, he had used up twelve legacy opportunities at once.

Even after leaving the legacy palace of the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, he had gained many inspirations from those twelve opportunities, and he had mostly assimilated them over the past few months.

In those few months, his comprehension of Laws had once again advanced a great deal!

The most crucial part was the Destruction Spear Skill left behind by the Profound Destruction Dominator!

As long as he mastered the second form of the Destruction Spear Skill, he could likely kill a Deity with ease! At this moment, Li Yang felt he was getting closer and closer to mastering it.

It would take him two months to travel from the Solar System back to the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall. It was entirely possible for him to master it in that time.

’Even if I can’t master it, I can just enter the legacy palace again and force my comprehension!’ Li Yang thought to himself.

The Human Race’s legacy palace provided legacies, but one still needed to comprehend them on their own. The best results came from accumulating difficult points over a long period of comprehension and then resolving them all at once inside the legacy palace.

That was why Li Yang had never tried to force his comprehension before.

One could only obtain forty-nine legacy opportunities by passing the entire Divine Realm Path. He had used twelve of them last time. Of course, he had to use them sparingly.

But now, Li Yang had made his decision!

’If I still haven’t mastered the second form of the Destruction Spear Skill by the time I reach the Saint Hall, then I’ll enter the legacy palace and use a legacy to master it as quickly as possible!’ A glint flashed in Li Yang’s eyes.

The Emperors had previously discussed the possibility of Li Yang taking an Emperor as his teacher, but Li Yang’s target wasn’t an Emperor—it was a Dominator!

This was also something Sect Master Blade Slaughter had discussed with him before.

Sect Master Blade Slaughter had also encouraged him to try and be accepted as a Dominator’s disciple.

Now that Luoyu had officially declared war on him, there was no way Li Yang could gain the upper hand.

Luoyu was a Four-Element Deity, and behind him were Fire Cloud Emperor and Zun Lie Venerable. Moreover, that Zun Lie Venerable was the disciple of the strongest expert in the Mixed Void Martial Saint Realm!

Li Yang knew his own limits. Therefore, this was now his only chance!

”Success is possible in two months?”

Hearing this, a look of joy immediately appeared in Sect Master Blade Slaughter’s eyes.

”Good! Li Yang, of the ten geniuses who passed the fortieth step of the Divine Realm Path within a hundred years at the Star Lord Realm and possessed the strength to kill Deities, nine were taken as disciples by Dominators. Only one did not succeed. But if you pass, a Dominator will absolutely descend for you!”

How long had it been since Li Yang broke through to the Star Lord Realm? His training period hadn’t even reached twenty years!

Twenty years and a hundred years—those were two entirely different concepts!