From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

’None?’ Li Yang searched, but he came up empty-handed.

He was now a disciple of the Eternal Ancestor, so his authority was naturally high. If he couldn’t find any materials on the ”Saintfall” within the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, it meant they probably didn’t have any.

Li Yang was naturally interested in the ”Saintfall,” an Innate Emperor. He might even be able to gestate such a lifeform in the future. After all, as his strength grew, so too would his soul.

”Soul Ink, do you know which race obtained the Saintfall’s body parts after it perished?” Li Yang asked.

”I don’t know, but I doubt any race managed to get them,” Soul Ink said. ”That Saintfall was incredibly powerful. It was hunted down and seems to have entered a forbidden zone alone before vanishing completely.”

”Vanished after entering a forbidden zone?” Li Yang frowned slightly.

If the Saintfall’s body parts were out there, he would definitely have tried to collect them, but it seemed hopeless now.

After a moment of thought, Li Yang decided to let it go.

’Forget it. I won’t dwell on it. My avatars are already ridiculously overpowered. It’s not good to be too greedy.’

At this point, Li Yang himself had no idea just how many trump cards he possessed.

There was no hope of obtaining the remains of an Innate Emperor-level Saintfall right now, so there was no point in overthinking it.

’The Dark Insect King was only recently created. For now, it’ll stay on Earth and focus on comprehending the Dark Law.’

After a glance at the Dark Insect King, Li Yang left behind a wealth of resources, including various secret manuals on the Dark Law that he had specifically redeemed from the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall.

Studying these manuals would naturally speed up its comprehension of the law.

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Back on Earth, Li Yang spent a full week at home, cherishing the time with his family.

A week later, Li Yang finally decided it was time to leave.

”Zhou Yao, Xiaodong, I’m heading to the Slaughter Battlefield. It might be a very long time before I return, so I’m leaving everything at home in your hands.”

Li Yang looked at the two of them and said, ”If anything comes up, contact me immediately.”

The Slaughter Battlefield was not within the territory of the Human Race. The journey alone would take a very long time.

Once he was at the Slaughter Battlefield, Li Yang was certain it would be a long, long time before he returned!

According to his plan, he likely wouldn’t come back until after he had become a Deity.

Given the progress of his various avatars, it would only take a hundred or two hundred years for him to fully become a Fire Deity and a Time Deity.

Therefore, he estimated he would be away from home for one to two hundred years.

”Dad, don’t worry. Absolutely no one would dare to cause trouble for Earth now, and we’ll keep the people of Earth in check,” Li Dong said quickly, looking at his father.

His gaze was filled with admiration for his father. He had always seen his father as his role model, cultivating diligently in his desire to become a powerful expert.

As for Zhou Yao, her eyes were filled with immense worry. ”Li Yang, you must be careful,” she said.

The Slaughter Battlefield... just the name told you what kind of place it was. Countless experts went there to face slaughter, and the probability of death was extremely high.

”Don’t worry,” Li Yang nodded.

”Yangyang.”

Beside them, Li Guohai and Zhao Rou also had faces full of concern.

”Dad, Mom, Zhou Yao, Xiaodong... I’m off.”

After bidding farewell to his family, Li Yang left Earth alone.

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Inside the spacecraft, Li Yang watched the chaotic currents recede into the distance. ’I wonder when I’ll be back next time,’ he thought.

He was not even a hundred years old, yet this trip would likely keep him away for more than a century. Li Yang’s feelings were naturally complex.

But this was a necessary part of his journey of growth.

Composing himself, Li Yang sat down cross-legged. With a wave of his right hand, a drop of blood appeared in his palm—it was the Primordial Dragon Essence Blood!

”Li Yang, how has absorbing the Primordial Dragon Essence Blood been going for you?” Soul Ink’s phantom projection materialized and asked.

Li Yang replied, ”I can absorb it, but not very quickly.”

Hearing this, Soul Ink said, ”Being able to refine and absorb the Ancestral Dragon’s blood while still in the Divine Realm means you’re highly compatible with it. In the future, even when you reach the Emperor Level, using the Primordial Dragon Essence Blood to increase your strength two- or threefold won’t be a problem.”

Li Yang nodded, though he wasn’t particularly thrilled.

After redeeming the Primordial Dragon Essence Blood from the Eternal Saint Hall of the Human Race and returning to Earth, he had spent two months absorbing it, but his strength had barely increased at all.

’I’ll have to take it slow. The journey to the Slaughter Battlefield will take at least two and a half years. During that time, my original body will focus completely on refining the Primordial Dragon Essence Blood!’

If he could refine such a treasure, the boost to his strength would be immense!

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For the foreseeable future, Li Yang began the process of refining the Primordial Dragon Essence Blood.

At first, he truly felt how difficult it was to refine the essence blood. His physical body seemed to be strongly rejecting it.

However, after half a year, as his body began to integrate with the essence blood, Li Yang discovered that the difficulty of refining it was actually decreasing! His refining speed was increasing!

’What’s going on?’

Li Yang was very surprised and immediately asked Soul Ink.

”What? The difficulty of refining the Primordial Dragon Essence Blood is decreasing? And your refining speed is getting faster and faster?” Hearing Li Yang’s report, Soul Ink was clearly just as surprised, its eyes filled with confusion.

”From what I understand, the difficulty of refining Primordial Dragon Essence Blood should only increase. The further you get, the less you should be able to absorb. Is there something special about your physical body?”

Seeing that even Soul Ink didn’t know the reason, Li Yang thought to himself, ’Something special about my physical body?’

A thought suddenly struck him. ’Could it be because of the Inner Power Skill from the mysterious little sword?’

The Inner Power Skill from the mysterious little sword had started by tempering his physical body! Only later did it shift to cultivating his soul.

Li Yang had always thought the later, soul-cultivating part was the most incredible aspect, as it not only perfected his soul but also allowed his World Tree avatar to continuously gestate new avatars.

As for the initial body-tempering part, Li Yang had never thought much of it.

’But now that I think about it, since it’s a Cultivation Technique from the mysterious little sword, with body tempering first and soul cultivation second... could the two parts truly be that disparate in significance?’

’Perhaps the Inner Power Skill from the mysterious little sword raised my physical body to a perfect state!’

Previously, when he tempered his body in the Thunder Pool of the Thunder Spirit Race, he had displayed a powerful physical Talent, even causing the Artifact Spirit within the Thunder Pool to emerge and ask to leave with him.

The more Li Yang thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

’Whatever the reason, if I can refine more of the Ancestral Dragon’s blood, my strength will definitely increase even more!’

As these thoughts raced through his mind, Li Yang felt a growing sense of joy.

He would naturally be happy about his strength growing even more by refining more of the Ancestral Dragon’s blood.

’Let’s continue!’

This discovery filled Li Yang with even more motivation.

And so, Li Yang continued his refinement.

Time continued to pass.

One month… two months…

Li Yang spent the entire time absorbing the blood, and soon, two and a half years had passed.

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