Chapter 402: Returning to Earth

Of course, Li Yang was unaware of the events unfolding in the Demon Race.

After leaving the Thunder Spirit Race, the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall didn’t arrange any further opportunities for him this time.

After all, the Star Lord Realm lasted for a thousand years. Even if Li Yang was to receive a series of opportunities arranged by the Eternal Saint Hall, they would be spaced out over a longer period. It was impossible for them to occur every few years.

With no unexpected incidents along the way, Li Yang returned directly to Earth.

’I’m back.’ Looking at the familiar scenery of Earth, Li Yang felt himself relax.

Every time he returned to Earth, the tension he carried would truly dissipate, and he would feel an inexplicable sense of relief wash over him.

"Yangyang." "Li Yang." "Dad."

Not far away, Li Guohai, Zhao Rou, Zhou Yao, Li Dong, and others were all there. Seeing Li Yang appear, they quickly called out.

Looking at his family, a smile touched Li Yang’s lips, and he quickly flew over.

...

"Grandpa."

Coastal City, in Li Yang’s old home. Li Yang gazed at the two young children before him, his face wreathed in smiles.

The time he had spent with the Star Moon Race and the Thunder Spirit Race added up to over a decade, and his son Li Dong’s eldest son was already a teenager.

And in those ten-plus years, he had gained another grandson and a granddaughter.

At this time, Li Yang had a total of two grandsons and one granddaughter.

Right now on Earth, there was no family planning whatsoever, only encouragement to have more children!

Earth’s previous total population was over seven billion. This number sounded quite large.

But upon contact with the Cosmos, one would find that nearly every life-bearing planet had a population far exceeding Earth’s. Planets with hundreds of billions of inhabitants were numerous!

Moreover, if you really counted, there were many planets with populations in the trillions, and even some with populations of ten trillion or a hundred trillion.

The Cosmos was so vast that if a population grew too large, its people could simply move to other planets.

But if Earth’s seven-odd billion people moved to other planets in the Milky Way Galaxy, there would be very few people left on Earth.

Therefore, the entire Earth now had a strong sense of crisis and was constantly trying to increase its population.

"Li Yang, Earth’s total population has now reached over twenty billion. As time goes on, the population will grow faster and faster," Zhou Yao said with a smile.

Before, there were lifespan limitations, and living to one hundred was a rare feat. But now, even without breaking through to the Law Realm, the physical enhancement from cultivation made it easy for people to live well past one hundred.

"Earth’s strength is too weak. The more people, the better."

Li Yang said, "This isn’t the time to be stingy with resources. The more people there are, the more likely it is for geniuses to appear."

Speaking of which, Li Yang asked, "How many Law Realm cultivators are there on Earth now?"

Zhou Yao replied, "Not counting us, there are a total of ninety-five."

The Law Realm only required one to touch a trace of a law to break through. It had been difficult for such cultivators to appear on Earth before because resources were too scarce, and there were no Cultivation Techniques.

Previously, when Li Yang returned from the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, he had exchanged for a large batch of cultivation manuals, law manuals, and so on, and released them on Earth.

This was no joke. Li Yang had returned to Earth with the achievement of passing the twelfth step of the Human Race’s Path of Deities, and was even granted 100 million contribution points. The law manuals and other things he exchanged for were absolutely perfect for beginners to comprehend, being among the most top-tier cultivation manuals.

And in these ten-plus years, thanks to the resources Li Yang brought back, the number of Law Realm cultivators on Earth began to increase continuously, reaching over ninety by now!

Li Yang’s parents, Li Guohai and Zhao Rou, as well as his wife Zhou Yao, son Li Dong, and sister Li Xue, had all broken through to the Law Realm!

Including them, the total number of Law Realm cultivators on Earth had already exceeded one hundred!

This was the benefit of resources!

Without resources, even a genius would have their light obscured.

Even massive powers like the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall would periodically bestow access to the Path of Deities, allowing all Law Realm cultivators of the Human Race to enter and freely use the resources inside for cultivation!

As long as one had Talent, they could rise quickly on the Path of Deities!

"Don’t be stingy with resources. As long as someone has Talent, cultivate them vigorously."

Li Yang said directly, "For a planet to become strong, it needs numbers. With more people, the probability of geniuses appearing increases."

Li Yang had seen much by now. Take some families in the Cosmos—forget planets, a single family could have a population in the hundreds of millions.

Right now, their entire Li family only had about ten people. The difference was far too great.

Out of ten thousand people, if the probability of a genius appearing is one in a thousand, then there will only be ten geniuses.

But among a hundred million people, even if the probability drops tenfold to one in ten thousand, there would still be ten thousand geniuses!

The gap was easy to imagine.

As for resources, Li Yang was not lacking at all right now.

Not to mention the over 80 million contribution points he still had, Li Yang also had twenty Evil Qi Crystal Stones on him!

Each of these Evil Qi Crystal Stones was worth a sky-high price of ten billion contribution points!

It could be said that right now, many Deities were not as wealthy as Li Yang.

"I know."

Zhou Yao nodded. With a wave of her right hand, several stones appeared.

The stones were entirely black, covered in numerous patterns that looked just like dragon scales.

As a whole, each looked like a small, young insect.

"Dragon Scale Insect."

Li Yang looked at the stones before him. These were all incomparably precious Dragon Scale Insects.

Dragon Scale Insects also enhanced one’s strength—they enhanced one’s overall strength, simultaneously improving the physical body and the power of one’s laws.

Cultivating Evil Qi required an extremely strong physical body Talent, so very few people could practice it.

But the Dragon Scale Insect had no such restrictions. Almost anyone could use it; the only difference was the speed at which they could refine it.

A single Dragon Scale Insect was enough to make a cultivator at the Peak of World Realm fight for it madly.

This was because if a cultivator at the Peak of World Realm refined one Dragon Scale Insect, their overall strength could increase fivefold.

Refining two might not increase their strength tenfold, but an eight or nine-fold increase was still possible.

Refining three...

If one continued to refine them, their overall strength could continuously increase. One could only imagine how powerful its effect was.

Deities might look down on one or two Dragon Scale Insects, but a sufficient number would be enough to drive even Deities into a frenzy!

However, Dragon Scale Insects were extremely rare in the Cosmos. Even if everyone knew this treasure was of great benefit to one’s strength, they couldn’t obtain it, so they could only give up on this path to power.

"Li Yang, over the past ten-plus years, the mechanical lifeforms have been constantly surveying and have discovered a total of twenty-three Dragon Scale Insects," Zhou Yao said.

"They’re all here now."

"Mm." Li Yang nodded, accepting the Dragon Scale Insects.

’What secrets does the Solar System hold?’

The Solar System definitely held a secret. For these incomparably rare Dragon Scale Insects to be discovered one after another was proof.

In most other places where Dragon Scale Insects were found, only one would ever appear.