I get stronger every day I live.

Chapter 178 Insectoid Beast, Daughter of Flame

The moment the Great Luo Insect Avatar descended, even Shen Lingchuan, who was far away in Spider Emperor City, sensed something amiss with its powerful and terrifying aura.

His gaze unconsciously drifted towards the direction of Lai Yang in the void, a strange unease creeping into his heart.

However, the terrifying aura of the Great Luo suddenly dissipated very quickly.

Shen Lingchuan was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but mutter in surprise, "What's going on? Why did that aura of a Great Luo suddenly appear and then suddenly disappear? Could it be that Fellow Daoist Lai did something?"

At this moment, the sudden appearance of a Great Luo in the Xuanming Realm could not be thought of by Shen Lingchuan other than the reinforcements summoned by the Zerg.

He even immediately made plans to hide back in the Xuanming Cave.

However, to his great surprise, the aura suddenly dissipated after a short while, as if it had been a false alarm.

On the other side, the crimson sword energy slashed down the insectoid Grand Luo clone, and the last two insect kings were stunned, their minds engulfed in an unprecedented storm of chaos.

A Great Luo! That's a Great Luo Golden Immortal powerhouse from their insectoid race!

A powerful being who has mastered the laws can easily annihilate a being at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm with a wave of their hand, even if it is only a clone with less than one percent of their own combat power that descends to this world.

Such a powerful clone was actually slain by a single sword strike from the human before him.

They must still be dreaming. When did the experts of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm become so weak?
Moreover, that person was the master behind them, a powerful insectoid being whom they deeply admired and revered.

"Is this the confidence you have to challenge me? Heh, even your Zerg's Great Luo Golden Immortals are nothing special. This clown dares to make me submit? He's trash who can't even withstand a single strike from me. How laughable."

Lai Yang turned to look at the last two insect kings, his words cutting to the bone, making the two insect kings' faces extremely ugly.

"How dare you offend that lord! My insectoid army will surely descend upon the Xuanming Realm once more and make you regret it!"

"Alright, the final game time is over. You can all die now."

Lai Yang had no time to waste any more words with them. He had also probed the power of the Great Luo Golden Immortal behind the Zerg. There were still many things to do.

Lai Yang swung his sword, and the ultimate sword intent annihilated the life force of the last two insect kings, giving them no chance to revive and regenerate.

Thus, all five eleventh-realm insectoid beings who ruled the Xuanming Realm were annihilated by Lai Yang alone with a single sword.

The deaths of the Insect Kings plunged countless Insectoids into chaos.

Soon, the surviving Tenth Realm Insectoid powerhouses resolutely chose to lead their respective Insectoid clansmen to escape the Xuanming Realm.

Even the Insect King of the Eleventh Realm is dead. If they continue to remain on this plane, they will surely die in the future.

After all, they don't have the protection of a treasure like the Xuanming Pagoda.

Lai Yang was startled when he realized the Zerg had left.

Holy crap, these Zerg are his energy storage on his back! He was planning to let them reproduce more before harvesting attribute points.

Insects, how can I live without you insects!

In order to save them, Lai Yang had no choice but to send them to reincarnation ahead of time.

However, Lai Yang's strength has its limits. The more Zerg he kills, the faster the other Zerg run away.

They even went so far as to use a sacrificial ritual to open a spatial passage to other dimensions to escape.

In the last six months, most of the powerful insectoids were either killed by Lai Yang or fled. Only some weak ordinary insectoids or unhatched insect eggs remained in the Xuanming Realm.

Lai Yang couldn't help but feel regretful, and beat his chest in frustration.

Why did he act so ostentatiously? Wouldn't it have been better to secretly eliminate all the Zerg's powerful members? That way, he might have been able to trap the Zerg in the Xuanming Realm and slowly use them as experience points to improve his attributes.

That was so wrong, so incredibly wrong, sigh…

There was no other way now, so Lai Yang rescued all the other surviving humans from the Xuanming Realm and brought them to Spider Emperor City to settle down.

In the vast Xuanming Realm, the human race has less than 30 million people left, and most of them have lost their minds.

Most importantly, after being swept away by the Zerg army, the resources available to the human race in the Xuanming Realm became extremely scarce.

Restoring the former prosperity of the Xuanming Realm to its former glory will be no easy task for Shen Lingchuan.

When Lai Yang returned, Shen Lingchuan noticed that the aura of the powerful insectoid beings in the Xuanming Realm was dwindling, and he was overjoyed: "Fellow Daoist Lai, I never imagined that you actually did it. You drove the insectoids out of the Xuanming Realm."

“I will do my best to fulfill my promise.” Lai Yang nodded, then asked with a puzzled look, “By the way, when I’m killing the insectoids, I often feel a mysterious power flowing into my body. Do you know what that is?”

"Oh? Is that so? Let me take a look."

Upon hearing this, Shen Lingchuan immediately used a secret technique to check Lai Yang's condition.

Shen Lingchuan was startled when he saw it, his eyes widening slightly: "Such a dense aura of fortune!"

"The power of destiny?" Upon hearing this, Lai Yang was slightly taken aback.

It turns out that the mysterious energy his body had been actively absorbing was the so-called power of destiny.

This explains why the power of destiny is both ethereal and undeniably real.

The power of destiny is also known by countless people as an omnipotent power.

Breakthroughs in cultivation realms, comprehending cultivation techniques, formations, alchemy, weapon crafting, health, and even the lives of ordinary people.

It can play an undeniable role in almost anything you can think of that is related to luck.

Among them, using the power of Qi to cultivate and break through realms is the most basic and common method in the immortal realm.

"Fellow Daoist Lai's fortune is truly enviable. This is perhaps the immense fortune you gained from slaying the insectoid race and changing the fate of the Xuanming Realm's destruction. If you can refine it all, you will surely be able to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm in one fell swoop." Shen Lingchuan's words were filled with deep envy.

"Hehe, this is all thanks to Fellow Daoist Shen's help. Without Fellow Daoist Shen's help, how could I have dealt with the insect race of the Xuanming Realm so easily?"

"I dare not take credit for it. It is all thanks to Fellow Daoist Lai's own efforts. Fellow Daoist Shen has achieved so much at such a young age. There is no doubt that he will become an Immortal Emperor in the future. I only hope that Fellow Daoist Lai will not forget the Xuanming Realm when the time comes and can provide some assistance. I will be satisfied then."

Shen Lingchuan looked at Lai Yang and instinctively felt that the person in front of him was no ordinary person and would surely have a bright future.

The opportunity to befriend him now is also a stroke of luck for him.

When we first met, he was just a true immortal.

It's terrifying that he was able to resolve the insectoid threat that was ravaging the entire Xuanming Realm by simply staying in the Xuanming Tower for three years.

Shen Lingchuan had a vague feeling that he was witnessing the rise of an unparalleled immortal emperor.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Shen, if you need any help in the future, just let me know," Lai Yang promised, then added, "By the way, Fellow Daoist Shen, I have another favor to ask." "Fellow Daoist Lai, there's no need to be so polite. Just say it," Shen Lingchuan said with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist, could you lend me your Xuanming Tower for a while longer to cultivate in seclusion?" Lai Yang asked somewhat embarrassedly.

The Immortal Realm is too dangerous. I encountered the avatar of a Great Luo Golden Immortal not long after I ascended.

If a Grand Immortal from the Zerg were to personally descend, to be honest, Lai Yang might not be confident that he could still kill the opponent with a single sword strike.

A true Great Immortal is an being who has mastered the laws, and nothing can escape the constraints of the laws of the universe.

Even if Lai Yang wanted to break through all laws with his own strength, he would first have to improve his physical strength to have a chance.

Furthermore, the Zerg have powerful beings at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. If an being above the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm were to descend, would his mere few million years of lifespan be enough to sustain him?

“Of course, but maintaining the Xuanming Tower requires enormous resources. Over the past ten thousand years, the Xuanming Sect’s foundation has been almost completely exhausted by me. I’m afraid the immortal stones I have left won’t last much longer,” Shen Lingchuan said with a slightly troubled expression.

Upon hearing this, Lai Yang took out several storage bags and handed them to Shen Lingchuan, saying, "These are things I obtained when I was exterminating the insectoid race. See if there's anything you need inside."

Shen Lingchuan didn't stand on ceremony. He raised his hand and sucked the storage bag into his palm, then probed it with his divine sense.

The next moment, a look of joy appeared on Shen Lingchuan's face: "Great, with these resources, it should be enough to support the consumption required to open the Xuanming Tower for ten years."

Ten years outside the Xuanming Tower corresponds to approximately three thousand six hundred and fifty years inside.

Lai Yang currently needs 51,200 attribute points to advance to a minor realm in the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, which would take approximately 140 years.

It's estimated that it will take about 800 years for the physical body to reach the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage.

Once you reach the Great Luo realm, the time required to advance to the next minor realm will double, requiring three hundred years.

Simply put, theoretically, as long as Lai Yang stays in the Xuanming Tower for ten years, his physical strength will be able to break through to the ninth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, and his spirit will be able to break through to at least the Quasi-Saint Realm!
His physical body, at the ninth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, combined with his spiritual power at the Quasi-Saint realm, was enough to allow him to calmly face most troubles.

Upon realizing this, Lai Yang's face lit up with a joyful smile, and he said in a clear voice, "In that case, I'll leave it to you, fellow Daoist."

"Fellow Daoist's single-minded devotion to the Dao truly earns my admiration," Shen Lingchuan said sincerely.

Even he would find it hard to say that he could have persisted in his secluded cultivation for thousands of years.

Moreover, simply engaging in arduous practice may not necessarily lead to a breakthrough in one's spiritual realm.

To reach their current level of cultivation, one needs not only to absorb sufficient cultivation resources and immortal energy, but more importantly, to comprehend the Dao and its laws.

If one's understanding of one's state of mind is insufficient, even ten thousand years of arduous cultivation will not lead to a new breakthrough in one's spiritual realm.

Therefore, Shen Lingchuan secretly admired Lai Yang. He was able to cross a major realm in a thousand years of seclusion, and even kill five Taiyi Golden Immortal level insectoid powerhouses in a short period of time. Even the most talented person in the Xuanming Sect could not do such an incredible thing.

He couldn't help but wonder if the person in front of him was a reincarnation of a powerful being at the Quasi-Saint level or above.

Because apart from a powerful being reincarnated from the celestial realm, he truly found it hard to believe that anyone could accomplish something so outrageous.

Lai Yang chuckled lightly: "Hehe, fellow Daoist, you flatter me."

If it weren't for the need to survive, who would willingly go into seclusion and cultivate for thousands of years? It would be incredibly boring and tedious.

In other words, he has a long enough lifespan, and in order to live a long life in the Immortal Realm without having to walk on thin ice and suffer from all kinds of mistreatment, Lai Yang would rather suffer in advance than live a life of having to be subservient to others in the Immortal Realm later.

If he hadn't offended the Zerg right after ascending to immortality, and had no other choice, he would have liked to find a place to live for thousands of years before emerging from seclusion.

Now that he has encountered such a time-limited magical treasure as the Xuanming Tower, how could he not make good use of it?

Although Lai Yang possesses an immortal body, his disciples and Daoist partners in the lower realms do not. Cultivators at the Tribulation Transcending Realm can only live for a maximum of five thousand years before their lifespan comes to an end.

So before that, Lai Yang thought he should become stronger as soon as possible.

If given the chance, Lai Yang still wants to bring them all to the Immortal Realm, since the Immortal Continent cannot break through to the Mortal Immortal Realm, and lifespan is ultimately limited.

Once they enter the immortal realm, they will be able to live longer, and he will be able to protect their safety.

And so, Lai Yang once again voluntarily entered the Xuanming Tower to cultivate.

Meanwhile, deep within the cosmos, a figure larger than any star opened its eyes. With a casual wave of its hand, it tore apart a weak dimensional star, and the countless dangerous insectoid armies of various shapes that followed it seized the opportunity to launch a massive invasion.

In an instant, countless voices erupted from that celestial body: anger, fear, terror, despair, resilience, and defiance…

However, no matter how hard they struggled to survive and how tenaciously they resisted, they could not escape the fate of being wiped out and devoured by the endless army of Zerg.

The Zerg ruthlessly plundered all the resources on the plane of existence, turning it into a desolate wasteland that seemed to have died.

Suddenly, the insectoid behemoth, larger than a star, seemed to sense something. Its eyes flashed with anger, and its voice carried a hint of rage as it said, "Insignificant humans, how dare you slay my avatar! Very well, very well! When my true form descends upon the Xuanming Realm, it will be your death day!"

Just then, hundreds of powerful auras appeared in the cosmic starry sky. The weakest among them was a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and the strongest had already entered the mid-stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

They attacked the Zerg as soon as they saw them, showing no mercy whatsoever.

The terrifying power even shattered the starry sky, obliterating countless weak star planes around it.

"Zerg, prepare to die!"

"It's you guys again, you damned bastards, you're so persistent."

The Zerg behemoth sensed the approaching figure and its expression changed slightly.

The powerful being at the mid-stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm ignored the other insectoids and charged straight towards the direction where the giant insectoid beast was located.

The Zerg behemoth seemed to be very wary of the newcomer's strength. It immediately ordered the Zerg powerhouse beside it to step forward and hold off the newcomer. Then, it opened its mouth and unleashed a breath containing earth-shattering energy at the newcomer.

The newcomer was engulfed in flames, resembling a majestic fire giant. Any insectoid creatures that approached her were instantly burned to death by the power of the flames.

With a wave of her hand, she conjured a fireball as blazing as the sun and blasted it towards the Zerg behemoth.

The two forces intertwined and collided, and the residual energy released made the surrounding void seem to be obliterated, leaving everything silent.

Unwilling to linger, the Zerg behemoth immediately led its horde into the void and fled.

Upon seeing this, the newcomer withdrew her power, and the blazing flames burning around her gradually dissipated, revealing her original beautiful appearance.

She had long, wavy hair like flames, and a flaming lotus mark was imprinted between her eyebrows, making her look extremely sacred and extraordinary.

The woman looked at the plane before her, ravaged and destroyed by the insectoid race, her phoenix eyes filled with intense anger.

"We're late."

(End of this chapter)