Returning to the Human Race Together

"She was about to break through and become a Supreme Path Realm cultivator. But..."

Song Zhong looked at Lord of Cherished Flowers above him and said speechlessly, "Didn't you know to put your clothes on first? It's only because I'm the only one here. Otherwise, wouldn't that be a huge loss? Once you finish your tribulation, just wait and see whether I spank you."

As he spoke, he suddenly realized something.

After they had defeated those cultivators, Lord of Absolute Sword and Lord of Vanishing Shadows had flown over. Then, just after their victory, the remnants of those two Saints had appeared. He had not even had time to clean up the battlefield.

What if the heavenly tribulation descended shortly and shattered heaven and earth, blasting all those Immortal Artifacts and Universe Rings on the ground somewhere else where he could not find them?

Besides, who knew when The Ruins would vanish?

Song Zhong hurriedly flew around and gathered up all the Immortal Artifacts and Universe Rings.

Once he had finished everything, he stood some distance away and watched Lord of Cherished Flowers, who was completely enveloped by Tribulation Clouds.

A heavenly tribulation was finally about to descend, so of course he had to take advantage of it. Although this tribulation was somewhat terrifying—after all, it was a tribulation for breaking through into the Supreme Path Realm.

Still, merely taking in some of the tribulation lightning should not be a problem.

Especially since he had soaked in the pool for so long. His physical body had strengthened by an unknown amount. Although the pool water had mainly allowed him to comprehend the Yin-Yang Way, with strengthening his body merely as an added benefit, it was still an improvement—and this pool water had been condensed from all the resources of the Saints!

At the same time, another ruin appeared in the Universe, one that only Immortal Emperors could enter.

Wutian Immortal Emperor immediately left the Human Great Thousand World and entered the ruins.

There were not many Immortal Emperors left in the entire Universe. He naturally had to fight for such an opportunity.

He was the third strongest expert of the Human Race. He could not let his Senior Brother and Song Zhong handle everything. He too had to contribute to the Human Race.

Before they knew it, a year had passed.

Within the ruins where Song Zhong was located, the heavenly tribulation that had gathered through the void finally dissipated. Lord of Cherished Flowers also descended from the sky. There was not a trace of injury or even charred marks on her body. Her skin remained smooth and lustrous...

"I can feel strength unlike anything I've ever felt before." Lord of Cherished Flowers looked at Song Zhong, her eyes brimming with unprecedented confidence. The Yin-Yang Great Dao taught by those two Saints was simply too profound.

If she had broken through to the Supreme Path Realm under normal circumstances, she definitely would not have become this powerful.

Although she was only at the early stage of the Supreme Path Realm, she felt that she was now stronger—far, far stronger—than many peak Supreme Path Realm cultivators she had encountered before.

At her current cultivation level, she was absolutely among the most exceptional Heavenly Prodigies!

What she had received was the inheritance of Saints, along with the Saints' Yin-Yang Energy!

Song Zhong swept his gaze over Lord of Cherished Flowers from head to toe, then waved his hand. "Alright, I know they're big. It's not like I haven't seen them before. Stop puffing out your chest and get dressed already. Let's head back to the Human Race."

Silver Light Lord had previously said that he had sent more than ten Immortal Emperors into the Human Race. Song Zhong could not help but worry. Now that Lord of Cherished Flowers had finished her tribulation, he naturally had to return and take a look.

"Alright, I'll go back with you."

Lord of Cherished Flowers swiftly put on her clothes and flew out of The Ruins with Song Zhong.

The instant they flew out of The Ruins, the entire place visibly began to crack, fracture, and collapse...

Without the power of the two Saints' remnant souls, and without any cultivators left within, The Ruins was about to disappear as well.

Lord of Cherished Flowers glanced back at The Ruins, then quickly took out a Flying Boat and carried Song Zhong toward the Human Great Thousand World.

In truth, Song Zhong could now fly directly through the Universe. Though he was an Immortal Emperor Realm cultivator, he cultivated the Spatial Dao, and his comprehension of the Spatial Dao had reached the Supreme Realm—perhaps even surpassed that of many Supreme Realm cultivators.

Although his cultivation had fallen back to the early Immortal Emperor Realm, his comprehension remained.

It was simply too conspicuous for an Immortal Emperor to fly through the Universe like that. Traveling inside a Flying Boat was more low-key.

Besides, if someone could drive, why fly themselves?

Inside the Flying Boat, he could also do things he liked, such as studying the art of artifact forging and examining the resources inside those Universe Rings.

There had been so many cultivators in The Ruins, yet in the end, only he and Lord of Cherished Flowers remained. That meant all the other cultivators' Universe Rings and Immortal Artifacts now belonged to the two of them.

In particular, these cultivators had all tried to improve their strength before entering The Ruins in hopes of obtaining the inheritance. Every cultivator possessed an Immortal Artifact.

Some even had two, or more.

"This Universe Ring even has two Immortal Artifacts inside... There are so many resources. Whose Universe Ring was this? Right, after reaching the Supreme Path Realm, one could wield two or even several Immortal Artifacts.

"But when they entered The Ruins, they were only at the Supreme Realm and could wield just one Immortal Artifact. Naturally, they kept the other one in their Universe Ring."

"Let me look at this Universe Ring... What a pauper. It only has a few God Crystals."

"This one isn't bad. There are quite a few resources inside, and this stone seems pretty good."

Song Zhong and Lord of Cherished Flowers continuously examined one Universe Ring after another, along with each Immortal Artifact.

Before long, Lord of Cherished Flowers gave a soft cry.

"This Immortal Artifact is suitable for cultivators who practice the Yin-Yang Way. It's even a Yellow-Rank Low Grade Immortal Artifact... I wonder which expert who cultivated the Yin-Yang Way left it behind after dying." Lord of Cherished Flowers looked at Song Zhong and asked, "Can this Immortal Artifact be mine?"

"Go ahead and take it. My Yin-Yang Way differs from yours, and I can't use Immortal Artifacts right now anyway." Song Zhong waved his hand indifferently. "But Yellow-Rank Low Grade is far too lousy. We can barely use any of these Immortal Artifacts. Once we get back, we'll melt them all down, extract the materials, and forge a better one."

"There's no need to melt them all down. We can sell them and exchange them directly for resources. Anything we can't trade, we'll melt down afterward. Then, once we return to the Human Race, I'll forge it. But I only need to use a small portion. We should keep the remaining resources."

Lord of Cherished Flowers calculated carefully. "We were lucky this time. We killed many Heavenly Prodigies and obtained so many resources. But under normal circumstances, we could never have acquired this many resources. We simply wouldn't have been their match.

"So we can't squander everything in one go."

Although she now felt incomparably powerful, she understood even better just how invincible Song Zhong was among cultivators of the same realm.

She believed herself to be among the absolute best at the same cultivation level, yet she did not dare claim that she, like Song Zhong, stood so far ahead of others at the same level that it was like a sheer cliff.

Therefore, she only intended to use a small portion of the resources and leave most of them for Song Zhong. Once Song Zhong reached the Supreme Realm, he could forge Immortal Artifacts for himself.

Although Immortal Artifacts could be forged by other cultivators, Immortal Artifacts forged by one's own hands were still better suited to oneself.

The two studied these Immortal Artifacts as they flew toward the Human Race.

Suddenly, Song Zhong froze after opening a Universe Ring.

"Whose Universe Ring is this? So many Immortal Artifacts! There's way too much stuff in here!"