’Anyun Emperor still wants to condemn me?’
He had thought Anyun Emperor was ready to let the matter rest, but he hadn’t expected him to be so insistent. A sense of anger began to boil up inside Luoyu.
’Is this never going to end?’
With Zun Lie Venerable right there, Luoyu wasn’t too afraid. In a low voice, he said, "Anyun Emperor, I don’t know what Li Yang told you, but Li Yang and I have had many conflicts. It would be normal for him to slander me. If possible, I would like to confront Li Yang personally."
"Confront?"
Anyun Emperor glanced at Luoyu and said coldly, "Li Yang has been accepted as a disciple by the great Eternal Ancestor. He is currently receiving guidance on his cultivation. Is he someone you think you can just meet?"
"Eter... Eternal Ancestor?"
Luoyu’s face, which had been contorted with anger, went slack with shock upon hearing this.
’Li Yang... was accepted as a disciple by the Eternal Ancestor?’
Before, the Sovereigns wouldn’t accept Li Yang, so he had always assumed Li Yang would be taken in by an Emperor.
What kind of existence was the Eternal Ancestor? He was one of the strongest experts in the Human Race! Even the teacher of his own ancestor, Zun Lie Venerable—the Primordial Ancestor—was at most on par with the Eternal Ancestor in terms of strength!
Did Li Yang’s status now rival that of his own ancestor, Zun Lie Venerable?
’How is this possible?’
Luoyu’s heart was filled with shock, but even more so with disbelief. He simply refused to believe that Li Yang—the same man he could have had imprisoned at will back at the Beast Origin Sect—could have stumbled upon such a great opportunity!
"Luoyu, I guided your cultivation in the past, but I neglected to pay attention to your character."
Zun Lie Venerable looked at Luoyu and said gravely, "I hereby sentence you to one hundred million years of imprisonment in the First Abyss Prison!"
Disappointment was clear in his eyes. If Luoyu had confessed willingly, the sentence would have likely been ten million years. But since he refused to admit his guilt, the sentence was increased tenfold!
"The First Abyss Prison?" Luoyu’s expression changed drastically when he heard this. He knew exactly what kind of place the First Abyss Prison was.
It was the most terrifying of places—dark, lonely, and filled with endless torment. For Deities, entering it was pure torture.
Luoyu had only cultivated for a hundred thousand years so far. How many times was one hundred million years compared to a hundred thousand?
Anxious and resentful, Luoyu ultimately didn’t dare to object. He meekly lowered his head and said, "Yes, Ancestor, Anyun Emperor. I... accept my punishment."
He had denied everything vehemently before, but now he didn’t dare utter another word.
It was no joke. This imprisonment was surely ordered by the Eternal Ancestor. How could he dare to show even a hint of defiance to a command from the Eternal Ancestor?
At this moment, more unacceptable to Luoyu than his own punishment was the fact that Li Yang had been accepted as the Eternal Ancestor’s disciple.
’How is this possible? How could Li Yang have such a great opportunity?’ Luoyu roared furiously in his heart.
A disciple of the Human Race’s strongest expert! Li Yang’s identity and status had skyrocketed, and even his path of growth would become incredibly smooth!
’It’s hopeless.’ Luoyu felt aggrieved and deeply resentful.
But then, he roared again in his heart, ’Li Yang, even if you’ve become the Eternal Ancestor’s disciple, you are still weak! And the weak don’t always get the chance to grow strong!’
How many peerlessly talented geniuses had fallen before they could reach their full potential? Right now, Luoyu wished for nothing more than for Li Yang to perish.
’The stronger the Talent you display, the more the Alien Races will want to kill you!’
’I’ll be watching you from the First Abyss Prison. Let’s see just how far you can grow!’ Luoyu raged inwardly.
He had thought the conflict between him and Li Yang would be a complete blowout, utterly one-sided.
He was a member of the powerful Zun Lie Clan, while Li Yang was backed by the incredibly weak Earth and the Blade Slaughter Sect Master, who wasn’t even at the Emperor Level.
There was simply no comparison between the two.
But in just over two short months, such a dramatic change had occurred.
Li Yang had ascended to the heavens in a single step, becoming the Eternal Ancestor’s disciple, while he himself was about to be imprisoned for a hundred million years to endure torment!
...
While Luoyu was being imprisoned, Li Yang, on the other hand, was in high spirits. He was currently in the Virtual World, standing before Zhou Yao, his son Li Dong, and a few others.
"Dad, you’re amazing!" Li Dong said, extremely excited. "The Deity who imprisoned me let me go. He was super polite and kept apologizing."
Li Dong was thrilled. He knew about the conflict between his father and Luoyu. When he was captured earlier, he thought he would never get out. He had secretly cursed himself for not staying home, which had given Luoyu the opportunity to catch him.
But less than an hour after being locked up, he was released.
"It’s not that I’m amazing, it’s that my teacher is."
Li Yang smiled, feeling very pleased. By now, he had naturally learned that Luoyu had been sentenced to one hundred million years in the First Abyss Prison.
’This is what it means to be powerful!’ Li Yang couldn’t help but think.
In reality, Luoyu’s background was terrifying. Aside from a handful of existences at the Ancestor Realm and Sovereign Realm of the Human Race, the Zun Lie Clan was among the most powerful. Capturing Luoyu should have been extremely difficult.
But faced with a single sentence from the Eternal Ancestor, even a top-tier Emperor expert like Zun Lie was frightened into personally arresting Luoyu!
This was power!
Luoyu, an opponent he himself couldn’t resist, was completely neutralized by a single sentence from the Eternal Ancestor. He could no longer cause any trouble!
"Zhou Yao, Xiaodong, Luoyu has been captured. No one should dare to cause trouble for Earth now."
It was no joke. Li Yang had just passed the 40th step of the Deities’ Path and been accepted as the Eternal Ancestor’s disciple. Who would dare to move against Earth now?
"Still, we should keep a low profile. Earth has had too little time to develop and is too weak. We need to accelerate our development with more resources!" Li Yang instructed.
"Understood, Li Yang."
"Don’t worry, Dad."
Both Zhou Yao and Li Dong nodded.
...
After spending a little more time in the Virtual World, Li Yang logged out. He found himself on a vast plaza.
In the middle of the plaza stood a phantom figure, a long spear in its hand, standing perfectly still.
Looking at the phantom, Li Yang marveled, "Teacher is truly incredible. He understands the Destruction Spear Skill so deeply that he can even arrange a whole series of opponents for me!"
In a short time, he had already fought several of these phantoms. All of them used the Destruction Spear Skill, but each focused on a different aspect, using only a portion of the complete art.
And with every phantom he defeated, Li Yang could feel his own Destruction Spear Skill improving.
It was like a difficult problem with a thousand detailed steps to its solution. Each phantom had mastered one of those steps. By defeating a phantom, Li Yang naturally progressed a little further in his mastery of the Destruction Spear Skill.
Li Yang felt that in the eyes of the Eternal Ancestor, the Destruction Spear Skill held no secrets at all; it had been completely deconstructed.
’Time to keep fighting!’
Li Yang took a deep breath. ’Luoyu’s matter is resolved, and Earth has nothing more to worry about. What I need to do now is master the second form of the Destruction Spear Skill as quickly as possible, defeat one hundred virtual opponents, and not disappoint my teacher.’
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