I get stronger every day I live.

Chapter 172 Abandon Kindness, Kill for Others!

The celestial realm that everyone yearns for turns out to be a man-eating worm cave. Who can accept such a stark contrast?

Even powerful beings in the Mortal Immortal Realm have become targets of parasitic control by the Zerg. How could those who have just ascended possibly escape such a hellish fate?

Lai Yang pondered for a long time without speaking.

He originally planned to settle down in the Immortal Realm, then repair the Ascension Gate and find an opportunity to bring Chu Xiao and the others to the Immortal Realm.

Now things are really messed up. Forget about bringing them up, I myself could lose my life at any moment.

The thought of a world ruled by the Zerg, coupled with the plight of these people and the scene inside the wormhole, is enough to fill one with despair.

Many people abandon the fine clothes and delicacies, popularity and fame of the mortal world, abandon their relatives and friends, abandon their good life, only wanting to ascend to immortality and attain the Great Dao.

The result was that they became food for the Zerg, or even slaves.

After learning the truth, the group was able to accept it and their mental state did not collapse.

"For the sake of our kin, I'll tell you something else. The insect race behind the Insect Candle is very powerful, with beings comparable to Golden Immortals. You just said you dealt with the Insect Candle, and soon that news will reach the insect race behind it. At that time, you will face the pursuit of billions of insects behind the Insect Candle, with nowhere to run or nowhere to go. If you leave now, you might be able to live a few more days." The man's face was pale, and his voice was low.

“A powerhouse comparable to the Golden Immortal realm… I’m new to the Xuanming Realm and not very clear about the realm divisions here. What realm is the Golden Immortal realm?” Lai Yang asked.

The man gave Lai Yang a deep look, then explained, "I won't go into detail about the realms before the Mortal Immortal Realm, as you already know them yourself. After the Mortal Immortal Realm comes the True Immortal Realm, and after the True Immortal Realm comes the Golden Immortal Realm. After the Golden Immortal Realm come the Taiyi Golden Immortal, the Daluo Golden Immortal, the Quasi-Saint, and the Hunyuan Daluo. The Hunyuan Daluo is also known as the Immortal Emperor."

Lai Yang listened attentively, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Mortal Immortal Realm, True Immortal Realm, Golden Immortal Realm, Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm, Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, Quasi-Saint, Hunyuan Daluo.

It sounds somewhat similar to the ancient cultivation system I read in my past life.

Does the insect race behind the insect candle have Golden Immortal realm? His current physical cultivation is only at the fourth level of Mortal Immortal realm, still some distance from the fifth level of Mortal Immortal realm.

There are two major realms separating them, so they might not be easy to deal with.

Furthermore, with insectoids at the Golden Immortal Realm, how could the clan possibly lack insectoids at the True Immortal Realm level?

If Lai Yang were to be surrounded by a group of True Immortal Realm insectoids, even he might be in mortal danger.

This is a tricky situation. Will they give Lai Yang time to slowly develop? It's obvious that's impossible.

If Lai Yang does nothing and only seeks stability...

Based on the rate of improvement in physical cultivation, it takes less than twenty years to advance to a minor realm of the Mortal Immortal Realm.

After breaking through to the True Immortal Realm, breaking through to a minor realm requires 12800 points of basic attributes and takes approximately forty years.

In other words, with Lai Yang's current cultivation level not even reaching the fifth level of the Mortal Immortal Realm, it would take him at least five hundred years to break through to the Golden Immortal Realm.

If it were a more stable world, five hundred years would be nothing to him, just a blink of an eye.

But now it's hard to say. He killed Chongzhu, and in the Xuanming Realm, which is ruled by the insect race and where humans are as worthless as ants, he probably won't have a good time.

"What is the strongest insectoid realm in the Xuanming Realm? Do you know?"

"Currently, there are five insect emperors ruling the Xuanming Realm, all of whom are at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level."

"Only the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm? I thought there would be an Immortal Emperor level being. Could it be that no Immortal Emperor level expert has come to save the Xuanming Realm?" Lai Yang was taken aback upon hearing this.

"What kind of existence is an Immortal Emperor? How could such a great figure care about the life and death of a weak plane like ours? Let alone an Immortal Emperor, I have never even truly seen a Taiyi Golden Immortal in my life." The man laughed self-deprecatingly.

Lai Yang felt a lump in his throat for a moment, unsure of what to say.

Indeed, in the eyes of the Celestial Emperor, the Xuanming Realm might be as insignificant as dust.

As the saying goes, "One flower, one world; one leaf, one Bodhi tree," there are countless worlds and planes, as numerous as the stars in the sky. How could a powerful immortal emperor care about such trivial matters?

"When the Zerg invaded the Xuanming Realm, all the powerful figures who could escape fled when they saw how fierce the Zerg were coming. They didn't even leave us any cultivation resources. Those who couldn't escape or stayed behind were almost all killed by the Zerg. Our minds were parasitized and controlled by the Zerg, and even suicide became a luxury. We lived a life worse than death every day. This kind of life can finally end. I can finally... finally be free."

The man looked up and shed two lines of painful tears. Then, without hesitation, he took his own life and fell to the ground as a corpse.

Upon seeing this, Lai Yang's heart trembled, as if a fire was burning in his chest.

"Thank you for saving us. You should go now. I hope you can live a good life."

“My body is tainted. I have no face to continue living. I don’t want to be captured by the Zerg and have my body used to incubate their eggs.”

"If you can't escape, you must commit suicide, you absolutely must! Don't let them catch you!"

"Please, let us be free."

Faced with those pairs of eyes filled with despair, Lai Yang couldn't help but be moved and his heart trembled, feeling as if something was gripping his heart.

He wanted to help them, but what could he do in his current state? Should he lead tens of thousands of people to escape?
Even if Lai Yang could successfully lead them out, where could they go? The Xuanming Realm was already finished.

In that case, he will not only fail to save them, but will also drag himself down to his death.

Faced with the crowd's desperate and painful pleas, Lai Yang remained silent, his face grim.

Finally, Lai Yang's figure disappeared from everyone's sight.

If it's someone he has a grudge against, or if it's to eliminate them completely, Lai Yang can act without hesitation.

However, Lai Yang simply couldn't bring himself to end the lives of a group of innocent human brethren, and he was also unwilling to bear the burden of this undeserved karmic debt.

If they really want to die, they have countless ways to commit suicide after being freed from the parasite's control.

Perhaps after they calm down, they won't want to die anymore. There is always hope in life, and certainly not everyone wants to die.

Lai Yang has no way to take them away, at least not for the time being, as his current strength is too weak compared to the insectoid race of the Xuanming Realm.

What kind of bullshit immortal realm is this? It's practically the end of the world!
Listen to them and inform the insect kings of the Xuanming Realm that there are five of them, all of whom are at least Taiyi Golden Immortals.

If we want to wipe them out and reclaim the Xuanming Realm from the Zerg's rule, relying solely on the system's daily stat boosts is too slow.

Lai Yang will have to wait nearly two thousand years to break through to the physical body of a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

It's been too long, too long, he doesn't want to wait that long.

Rather than living a life of anxiety and unease, it's better to take the initiative.

Once in the Xuanming Realm, as long as he has enough resources, Lai Yang can quickly improve his cultivation level by relying on his own efforts.

Don't forget, Lai Yang's highest spiritual root aptitude is now innate, which is above the Immortal grade.

Simply put, he has the bearing of an emperor!
Considering the current plight of the human race in the Xuanming Realm, Lai Yang resolutely chose to discard any superfluous kindness in his heart. What he was going to do next was to exterminate the entire race!
He wanted to completely wipe the Zerg from the Xuanming Realm, and he would stop at nothing to achieve this.

Lai Yang unleashed his divine sense, instantly bringing every blade of grass and tree within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles under his control. Then, Lai Yang concentrated his sword intent, annihilating all weak creatures within the reach of his divine sense and mercilessly transforming them into his own attributes.

Although the probability of one in 100,000 is very small, the number of beings in the Xuanming Realm is enough to support his insane slaughter.

Lai Yang gave the impression of being possessed by a demon, seemingly intent on annihilating all living beings in the entire Xuanming Realm, from large insectoid monsters to a small ant on the ground, none could escape his wicked hand.

In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of insectoid creatures died under his sword intent.

Lai Yang closed his eyes, focusing intently on coordinating his sword intent with his divine sense.

Kill anything that flies in the sky!

Kill any creatures that run on the ground!

Kill anything that swims in the water!

Kill any that haven't hatched yet!

【Strength +1】

[Defense +1]

【Lifespan +1】

【Spirit +1】

……

Unbeknownst to him, Lai Yang's sword intent grew increasingly terrifying, seemingly imbued with a hint of death.

All Zerg creatures, whether powerful or weak, are treated equally under his sword; once targeted, death is the only outcome.

In less than an hour, Lai Yang's physical cultivation broke through again, successfully reaching the fifth level of the Mortal Immortal Realm!
【Lai Yang】

[Realm Level: Eighth Realm, First Stage]

[Spiritual Roots: Mixed Spiritual Roots]

[Qualification: Innate]

[Qi and Blood: Eight Realms, Fifth Level]

[Power: Eighth Realm, Fifth Level]

[Defense: Eighth Realm, Fifth Level]

[Agility: Eighth Realm, Fifth Level]

[Spirit: Eight Realms, Fifth Level]

[Mana: 427 times increase]

【Lifespan: 3+】

His physical body broke through to the fifth level of the Mortal Immortal Realm, his magical power increased by more than four hundred times, and even his lifespan more than doubled.

In the Mortal Immortal Realm, each breakthrough of a minor realm represents a leap in one's life level, and each breakthrough adds several thousand years to one's lifespan limit.

In addition to the lifespan he gained from killing countless insectoids, Lai Yang's lifespan has increased from over 20,000 when he first ascended to the Immortal Realm to over 30,000 now.

Without Lai Yang's deep reverence for life, coupled with a system that grants the chance to increase physical strength and soul cultivation by killing living beings, it's simply terrifying.

Such methods of enhancing one's strength can even make people unconsciously immerse themselves in them, unable to extricate themselves.

In less than two days, apart from humans, not a single living creature could be seen within a radius of a million miles, not even larvae sleeping deep underground.

Lai Yang prepared to move to another location to continue harvesting, leaving a large amount of food for the previous humans beforehand.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from the distant sky, and a large group of dark shadows rushed towards Lai Yang's direction.

Upon closer inspection, the large black shadows were actually formed by insectoid creatures. Judging from the size of the insectoid army, there were at least hundreds of millions of them, including many beings at the seventh and eighth realms.

Leading the insectoid army was a monster with an insect head and a human body, whose oppressive aura was much stronger than that of the Insect Candle.

Lai Yang subconsciously used the system function to check the other party's cultivation level, then sighed regretfully and muttered in dissatisfaction, "They're only at the peak of the eighth realm. I thought that at least a True Immortal realm insectoid powerhouse would come this time. They really underestimate me."

At the same level, even if Lai Yang were to defeat his opponent, he would at most gain a little bit of all attributes, which is better than nothing.

However, what Lai Yang envied most was the hundreds of millions of Zerg soldiers it brought. These weren't just weak insects; they were more likely to provide Lai Yang with attribute points.

Lai Yang unleashed a torrent of sword intent, like a peerless divine sword piercing through heaven and earth as he thrust towards the Zerg army.

The insectoid powerhouse at the peak of the eighth realm was taken aback when he sensed Lai Yang's aura.

It never expected that, instead of immediately tucking their tails between their legs and running away when they saw them coming, the other party would actually dare to attack them. How was this any different from courting death?
"Kill him." The insectoid powerhouse at the peak of the eighth realm didn't waste any words. Faced with a creature that dared to resist them, he immediately ordered his insectoid army to annihilate the attacking enemy.

In an instant, Lai Yang moved as if he were in an empty field. Wherever he went, the chilling sword energy was like a giant insect net, easily tearing apart the bodies of the insect race.

Whether they were Zerg cannon fodder, Zerg soldiers, or Zerg captains, they were all treated equally under Lai Yang's sword aura.

Their prized carapaces, capable of easily withstanding attacks from other creatures of the same realm, were as fragile as tofu before those hair-thin sword energies.

As the sounds of flesh tearing apart rang out, countless Zerg corpses fell, as if a rain of Zerg corpses was falling from the sky.

The insect-headed, human-bodied peak-level insectoid powerhouse vanished into the void, suddenly appearing behind Lai Yang to launch a sneak attack. Its claws, each half a meter long, were like sharp steel blades, viciously grabbing at Lai Yang's head, a cruel and bloodthirsty smile on its face.

Just as it was about to succeed, a wisp of sword energy sliced ​​across its neck, and its head flew off instantly, while its body fell forward uncontrollably.

"Huh? That's my body?"

Before the insectoid leader, at the peak of the eighth realm, could escape, several more sword lights struck down, annihilating the last bit of immortal spirit of the insectoid powerhouse.

Lai Yang didn't even glance at it once.

After easily dealing with the approaching Zerg powerhouses, Lai Yang sealed off the space within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, fearing that these Zerg might escape in the chaos.

Even the weak insectoids with questionable intelligence were suddenly terrified by Lai Yang's killing spree. They scurried around like headless flies, making thumping noises, trying to escape their cage in this way.

However, Lai Yang had no intention of letting them go, not even a single insect!
After everything was over, Lai Yang looked down at the Zerg corpses on the ground. His indifferent and cold expression was like that of a demon emerging from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, which was terrifying.

Lai Yang looked down at his palm, clenched his fist slightly, and felt the power surging within him. He felt no joy, but rather a strong sense of urgency.

"Eighth level of the Mortal Immortal Realm is far from enough."

(End of this chapter)