Ore veins form under specific conditions.

And when ore veins appear, they do so in droves. Entire star systems could see them cropping up on numerous planets!

In Young Master Tianluo’s eyes, the region around Earth clearly possessed the special conditions necessary to nurture a great number of these veins.

Purple Brilliance Crystal Stones, Geocentric Meteoric Iron—treasures that would tempt even the masters of the starry expanse!

As for the Dragon Scale Insects, they were enough to drive even experts at the Peak of World Realm into a frenzy!

All of these things had appeared on the planets surrounding Earth, making them Earth’s resources!

’For so many to appear at once, there’s a high probability that other planets have resources, too!’

’When you add it all up...’

Even someone with Young Master Tianluo’s disposition found it difficult to suppress the greed welling up in his heart.

But these resources belonged to Earth. And with Earth currently under the protection of the Human Race Saint Hall, absolutely no one dared stir up trouble there.

A flicker of greed crossed his eyes. Young Master Tianluo said abruptly, "I’m leaving at once. I will head to the Milky Way Galaxy."

Jin Mola was taken aback.

Young Master Tianluo’s expression was cold. "I am determined to claim the resources on the planets surrounding Earth. Therefore, I cannot give Earth a single opportunity. A genius like Li Yang must die!"

He had grand designs on Earth’s resources, but Li Yang’s existence gave Earth a chance to fight back.

A single genius could very well lead Earth to prosperity, leaving him with no chance to seize its resources.

The best solution was to kill Li Yang. Then Earth would have no genius!

’In twenty years, an Earth without a genius won’t have developed at all. The Human Race Saint Hall’s protection period will expire, and then it will be time for my harvest!’

In short, he wanted to strip Earth of any means to recover, severing all potential for growth by strangling the anomaly that was Li Yang.

’Since that useless Jin Mola can’t find Li Yang, I’ll go to the Milky Way Galaxy myself!’

’With my status, thoroughly investigating someone within the Milky Way Galaxy shouldn’t be difficult at all!’

...

Young Master Tianluo set out for the Milky Way Galaxy. Meanwhile, inside the Virtual World, Li Yang was relentlessly training day after day.

Fighting virtual opponents, refining his Body Technique, and so on...

Ten days after breaking through to the Mid-Law Realm, Li Yang consumed another energy potion.

The energy in this potion was many times more concentrated than the last.

After consuming it, Li Yang’s strength rose again, reaching the Late Law Realm.

Then, he began fighting virtual opponents at the Late Law Realm.

This time, it took him only a day to completely defeat the Late Law Realm virtual opponent.

The Six Elements Spear Body Technique undoubtedly played the biggest role in this.

After another twenty days of constant training, Li Yang consumed the final energy potion.

Upon consuming it, his strength finally reached the Peak of Law Realm!

...

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Within the space, Li Yang’s figure weaved back and forth, locked in combat with a virtual opponent.

His Body Technique was incredibly elusive, allowing him to continuously evade his opponent’s strikes while landing one attack after another.

As time passed, the virtual opponent’s aura grew progressively weaker.

Then, at the opportune moment, Li Yang suddenly lunged forward. The spear in his hand shot out like a bolt of lightning, piercing straight through the virtual opponent’s throat.

The virtual opponent’s aura vanished, and its entire figure dissipated, defeated by Li Yang.

Within the space, Li Yang gripped his spear, a smile touching the corners of his lips.

"Success!"

The virtual opponent before him was of "average" difficulty in the combat space, its strength at the Peak of Law Realm.

And now, after all this time, Li Yang had finally defeated it.

"Not bad. In just over a month, you’ve not only consolidated your strength at the Peak of Law Realm but can also defeat an average-level virtual opponent. Li Yang, you’re progressing much faster than I imagined."

After exiting the Virtual World, Li Yang reported the battle’s outcome to Soul Ink, who replied with a smile.

"However," he added, "you were only able to achieve this primarily through your comprehension of the Thunder Law and the Hexagram Spear."

The Thunder Star Beast avatar’s speed of comprehending the Thunder Law was extremely fast, especially after breaking through to the Law Realm. In just over a month, Li Yang’s mastery of the Thunder Law had clearly improved by a large margin.

Many who reached the Law Realm found further comprehension exceedingly difficult; after their lucky breakthrough, their progress would stall. Li Yang’s level of comprehension already surpassed theirs!

"I know."

Li Yang smiled. Even though he had relied on the Hexagram Spear and other advantages, he was still quite satisfied with his performance.

’Before, I couldn’t even handle a virtual opponent on easy mode. Now I can defeat one on average. Of course I’m satisfied.’

’I can definitely keep improving from here!’

Soul Ink watched Li Yang. Even he felt the young man’s progress was astonishingly fast—nearly twice as fast as he had anticipated.

He didn’t say this out loud, however, fearing it would make Li Yang arrogant. So, he would occasionally offer some criticism to keep him level-headed.

As they were talking, the bracelet on Li Yang’s wrist suddenly beeped. He glanced down at it, his expression shifting slightly.

’A message from my avatar?’

The message was from the Milky Way Galaxy Auction House. Auction houses were the biggest hubs for the circulation of treasures.

If a high-level life form similar to a Thunder Star Beast were to appear in the Milky Way Galaxy, it would very likely end up at an auction house.

That’s why Li Yang had previously asked the auction house to notify him immediately if such a creature appeared.

For the past month, in addition to his training, Li Yang had constantly been inquiring about powerful World Realm-level life forms, but he had heard nothing.

But now, a message had come!

The message was simple: "A Relic Space has appeared on Celestial Wave Star in the Milky Way Galaxy. It was left by Lombart, an expert who was invincible at the World Realm. Lombart has now appeared and revealed numerous treasures, one of which is the blood of a Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon!"

"A Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon?"

Li Yang muttered the name to himself.

Li Yang had specifically researched life forms that were naturally born at the World Realm level before.

The Thunder Star Beast was a thunder-element creature, naturally able to master "Blast," one of the four great profundities of the Thunder Law!

As for the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon, it was even more outrageously powerful than a Thunder Star Beast!

It possessed the Spatial Attribute. The four great profundities of the Space Law were Spatial Domain, Teleportation, Space Freeze, and Spatial Collapse.

And a Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon, upon reaching maturity, could master three of these great profundities: Spatial Domain, Teleportation, and Space Freeze!

The Space Law only has four profundities in total. A Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon could master three just by growing up. If it managed to master the final one, it would reach the level of the Divine Realm!

How absurdly powerful was that?

Even a Thunder Star Beast paled in comparison.

"A Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon?"

Soul Ink was also reading the message. Seeing the tempted look on Li Yang’s face, he said, "Li Yang, I take it you’re thinking of trying to nurture such a powerful life form?"

Li Yang didn’t deny it, nodding. "The thought did cross my mind."

’If I could nurture a life form that powerful, how incredible would that be?’

"Don’t even think about it," Soul Ink said, shaking his head. "A high-level life form that naturally masters three great profundities... you could probably count all of them in the entire Cosmos on two hands. The life-level of your World Tree isn’t even as high as a Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon’s. How could you possibly nurture one?"