Supreme Warrior in the City

After Taoist Venerable left in a fit of pique, everyone also held some dissatisfaction towards Su Yang.

Shortly after returning to the Human Clan’s stronghold, many supreme beings began to make excuses to leave, claiming they would observe the condition of the Great World, thus departing from the Human Clan’s base.

Su Yang knew that these people, like Taoist Venerable, were dissatisfied with him, which is why they chose to leave.

However, Su Yang did not stop them.

After all, even Su Yang himself knew what he was doing was indefensible.

He could not explain the Misty Qi matter to everyone, naturally making it impossible for them to understand his actions.

If he were in their place, he would be very displeased if someone kept delaying instead of dealing with the Seven Great Heavenly Venerable, let alone others?

To Su Yang, as long as these people didn’t head to the Land of Origin or seek the Seven Great Heavenly Venerable, he didn’t need to worry too much.

The current Great World, although full of danger, saw these departing individuals as outstanding among the supreme beings.

For instance, the Taoist Venerable and Human Emperor, both were exceptionally powerful among supreme beings.

Even the others who left, though not the top among supreme beings, departed together in groups, ensuring mutual support in any situation.

Moreover, they carried the Earth Principle Jade Pendant given by Su Yang.

Even if faced with danger, they could crush the pendant to summon aid.

As long as they didn’t encounter the Seven Great Heavenly Venerable, no peril would ensue.

As for the Seven Great Heavenly Venerable, Su Yang had no concern.

For he believed they wouldn’t come to the Great World.

Firstly, Su Yang thought these seven were trapped within that black hole, unable to come out.

Furthermore, as Su Yang previously mentioned.

If these seven could directly act to kill them, why bother nurturing a Guardian God?

Hence, Su Yang was not worried about the Seven Great Heavenly Venerable coming to the Great World.

Without them, those leaving supreme beings truly had no worries.

Though many supreme beings were resurrecting in the Great World, recovering their peak strength would take a considerable amount of time.

Waiting another thousand years might still not restore them much, only the outstanding among them might regain a supreme being’s strength first.

Most supreme beings would require two thousand to three thousand years, or even longer, to recover their peak strength.

Under such circumstance, the Great World really harbors no danger.

Su Yang set a timeline for himself, within five hundred years, regardless of whether the tempering of the Misty Qi concluded, he must enter the Land of Origin.

Failing that, he couldn’t justify himself to the Human Clan members!

After arranging matters concerning the Human Clan, Su Yang returned to the World Tree, continuing his tempering process.

During these five hundred years, Su Yang also kept observing the Misty Qi, hoping to discern when it would be fully absorbed.

However, after two hundred years, Su Yang despaired.

Because the quantity of Misty Qi seemed unchanged.

No matter how the Undying Golden Body and Undying Bone tempered, despite using the World Tree for absorption, or the tempering by Pangu Axe, the Misty Qi remained unaffected.

Pangu Axe, Undying Golden Body, Undying Bone, including Su Yang’s soul, all underwent significant tempering.

Su Yang unmistakably felt he absorbed a great deal of Misty Qi.

Yet, the volume of Misty Qi hadn’t altered in the slightest, as if it were so vast that his absorption could not even dent it.

Su Yang was bewildered; at such a pace, five hundred years, even five thousand, fifty thousand, wouldn’t suffice to absorb all of the Misty Qi!

Yet, Su Yang clearly felt his strength growing immensely fast.

His combat power had increased severalfold compared to before.

Mind you, previously, his strength was already among the strongest of supreme beings.

Now, with such rapid progress, what level had his power reached?

Needless to say, figures like the First God of the Heavenly Sect were certainly no match for him.

But the critical question was, how large was the gap between him and the Seven Great Heavenly Venerable?

As these thoughts occupied Su Yang’s mind, he continued cultivating inside the World Tree.

Despite becoming extremely strong, he realized he was still far from the Seven Great Heavenly Venerable.

The only thing he needed to do in these five hundred years was to maximize his strength.

One day, during cultivation, Su Yang suddenly sensed a familiar aura outside, unmistakably belonging to Taoist Venerable!

Su Yang couldn’t help but feel excited.

Taoist Venerable had left the Human Clan’s stronghold over two hundred years ago, and finally returned!

He immediately restored the Undying Golden Body and Undying Bone, exited the World Tree, and rushed outside.

At that moment, he saw a group approaching.

The leader was the Eternal Divine Emperor.

With a hurried expression, upon seeing Su Yang, he urgently exclaimed, "Su Alliance Leader, something has happened!"

"Something has happened to Taoist Venerable!"

"What?" Su Yang exclaimed in shock, sensing no apparent change in Taoist Venerable’s power; what had happened?

"What’s the situation?" Su Yang asked while swiftly flying over.

Upon arrival, Su Yang saw that among the Eternal Divine Emperor’s group, a small circle of light formed.

Inside this light circle stood none other than Taoist Venerable.

Yet, at this moment, Taoist Venerable had lost his previous brilliance, seemingly losing consciousness.

Contained within the circle, Taoist Venerable kept struggling and roaring, attempting to break free. His intense power caused the circle to tremble continuously, seemingly close to shattering.

Su Yang understood that the light circle was a restriction jointly set by the Eternal Divine Emperor’s group.

Without this restriction, Taoist Venerable would break out, with unknown consequences.

"What’s going on?" Su Yang frowned, puzzled by Taoist Venerable’s current state.

Having reached the strongest realm, how could it be possible to suddenly lose consciousness? Even in death, one wouldn’t lose awareness!

The Eternal Divine Emperor shook his head, "I don’t know what happened either."

"A few days ago, a supreme being arrived at our location, delivering news from the Human Emperor, requesting our presence."

"When we arrived, we found the Human Emperor was fighting Taoist Venerable."

"At that time, Taoist Venerable was already in this state, and we jointly contained him first!"