Chapter 280: Another 5 Years

Li Yang was unaware of the impact he’d had on the other geniuses. Led by the old man, he finally arrived at the summit of the Lianyun Mountain Range.

Looking around, there were clearly far fewer palaces on the summit than on the mountainside.

’I wonder where Mixed Void and Lan Yu live?’ Li Yang thought to himself.

Previously, he hadn’t seen either Lan Yu or Mixed Void, even after clearing the fifth step of the Path of Deities.

"Li Yang, this is where you’ll be living," the old man said with a smile, leading Li Yang to a specific location.

On the summit, the entire void seemed much closer. The secret patterns of the laws within it felt magnified, and their fluctuations became far clearer.

"Thank you for the trouble," Li Yang said.

"Haha, it’s nothing. Li Yang, if you have any problems while living here, feel free to find me directly," the old man said with a laugh.

Changing residences didn’t require any complicated procedures this time.

After talking for a while, the old man left, leaving Li Yang alone on the mountain peak.

He took in his surroundings for a moment, then with a thought, his consciousness entered the Virtual World.

He arrived in the Milky Way Galaxy sector of the Virtual World.

"Yangyang."

Seeing Li Yang appear, Li Guohai and Zhao Rou said excitedly.

"Dad, Mom," Li Yang said with a smile, looking at his parents.

"Hehe, Li Yang."

Beside Li Guohai and Zhao Rou was another old man—Zhao Rou’s father, Zhao Qianxing, Li Yang’s so-called grandfather.

Li Yang was already used to this scene.

Ever since he was accepted into the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, Zhao Qianxing had been shamelessly sticking by his parents’ side.

Every time he met his parents in the Virtual World, Zhao Qianxing was sure to be there.

However, Li Yang had always just ignored Zhao Qianxing.

Seeing Li Yang ignore him, Zhao Qianxing kept the smile on his face, but inwardly he was miserable.

Regret!

He couldn’t begin to describe how much he regretted it!

After Li Yang became the Lord of Earth, his status there had reached an unimaginable level.

And then, during the talent selection for the Human Race’s Three Thousand Star Continent, Li Yang had actually placed tenth and was accepted into the Eternal Saint Hall, becoming a peerless genius!

The Eternal Saint Hall—one of the most powerful factions in the entire Human Race!

With Li Yang accepted, no one dared to offend people from Earth as they traveled the Cosmos!

Within the Milky Way Galaxy, people from Earth were treated almost like nobility. Even factions led by World Masters with million-year lifespans tried to curry favor with them.

This just showed how high Li Yang’s status was now!

But his relationship with Li Yang was not good.

And before, he’d had plenty of opportunities to improve it.

...

After spending some time with his parents, Li Yang went to see his wife and child.

"Dad."

A boy who looked to be ten years old was gazing at Li Yang, his eyes filled with adoration. This was Li Yang’s son, Li Dong.

Although he was only ten, Li Dong looked more like he was twelve or thirteen.

Moreover, Li Dong had already begun to cultivate. His strength had even reached the Peak of King Level, and he was currently trying to comprehend the laws.

Young Li Dong idolized Li Yang. Usually, in the Virtual World, whenever the topic of geniuses came up, he would only talk about his father!

Looking at his family, a rare sense of peace settled over Li Yang.

...

"Zhou Yao, how are things with the trouble on Earth?" Li Yang asked.

Following Li Yang’s rise, Earth had been completely exposed to everyone.

Many people were interested in the planet that had produced a peerless genius like Li Yang, so naturally, many came to visit. Among these visitors were quite a few from major factions.

With more people, there was a higher chance of conflict.

Many ordinary factions of Deities might give Li Yang face and not cause trouble on Earth, but some of the more powerful ones couldn’t care less about him.

Within the Yangyuan Empire, most factions of Deities were ordinary, but there were some powerful ones as well.

They didn’t fear Li Yang very much.

Moreover, in the past few years, Li Yang’s star had faded in the Eternal Saint Hall. He had fallen from the ranks of the top geniuses to the bottom, seemingly becoming ordinary.

Back then, the number of conflicts on Earth had suddenly increased.

When he had entered the Virtual World before, Zhou Yao had told him about some of the things happening on Earth.

Zhou Yao smiled and said, "Li Yang, it’s already been resolved. Just twenty days ago, the people from the faction of Deities causing the most trouble took the initiative to send gifts and express their apologies."

"That’s good," Li Yang nodded.

Twenty days ago was precisely when he had his sudden breakthrough, clearing four consecutive steps on the Path of Deities and displaying a powerful Talent that rivaled Lan Yu’s!

...

Back at the summit of the Lianyun Mountain Range, Li Yang silently gazed at the secret patterns of the laws in the void.

’Even though I’m far away in the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, I completely influence Earth...’

When he was an ordinary genius of the Eternal Saint Hall, those powerful factions of Deities didn’t care about Earth.

But now that he was a peerless genius of the Eternal Saint Hall, those same powerful factions didn’t dare to provoke Earth.

His potential completely influenced Earth’s destiny.

Without a peerless genius like him, it was likely that even weak Star Lord Realm factions wouldn’t have cared about an even weaker planet like Earth.

’I have to cultivate even harder. My potential makes those factions wary now, but in the future, I will use my true strength to intimidate them all!’

Li Yang took a deep breath, a glint in his eyes.

Earth, his home planet, had been exposed to countless eyes with his rise.

But besides him, Earth’s overall strength was at the bottom of any galaxy. No one would have cared about it otherwise.

He had to display even greater Talent, and gradually, transform that talent and potential into true strength!

Then, no one would ever dare to bully Earth again!

...

And so, Li Yang’s long journey of cultivation began once more!

He resumed his study of the *Yuan Wu Collection of Space, Lightning, and Fire Element Attack Methods*. Out of a thousand techniques, Li Yang had only learned one hundred and had not yet reached his limit.

He could quickly master at least another hundred.

Furthermore, the Blade Slaughter Sect Master had also found Li Yang numerous attack techniques that fused the profound skills of instant teleportation, explosive power, and Melting Essence!

Li Yang could clearly continue to progress rapidly, just as he had for the past four-plus years.

Time continued to pass. Now on the summit of the Lianyun Mountain Range, Li Yang’s efficiency in comprehending the laws was naturally even higher!

He continued to master the attack techniques from the Yuan Wu collection, one after another.

One year... two years...

It wasn’t just Li Yang; the other geniuses were also cultivating frantically.

Li Yang wanted to catch up to Lan Yu and Mixed Void. Dilunxi wanted to catch up to Li Yang, Lan Yu, and Mixed Void.

Long Zhan, Mute, and the others also wanted to catch up to the group ahead of them!

Not a single genius dared to slack off!

In the blink of an eye, another five years passed!