Flying in the sky, Su Yang scanned the surroundings and took a deep breath. Although the Nine Realms seemed so small to him now, this was still his hometown, and returning here, he finally felt a sense of coming home.

After waiting for a moment, Su Yang sensed a familiar aura and couldn’t help but smile.

At the same time, hundreds of people flew out from the Jieyue Tower, led by a young man with a longsword, shouting, "Stop them, hurry and notify the masters, there’s an invasion!"

These hundreds of people quickly flew over, surrounding Su Yang and the three others. They no longer dared to make a move, as the earlier confrontation had already shown them the vast gap between them and Su Yang.

Moreover, countless people were taking flight from afar, all rushing towards this place with great momentum.

These were the cultivators stationed nearby. Upon receiving news of an invasion, they charged out immediately to intercept the intruders.

The strength of these people was average, so they naturally couldn’t perceive the abilities of Su Yang and his companions. However, the fact that Su Yang and the others could easily enter the Nine Realms made them hesitant to act rashly, for they weren’t fools.

Seeing these people surround Su Yang, the young man with the longsword was also filled with indignation. He had been taught in the sect founded by Ye Wantong and regarded Ye Wantong as a fairy in the sky. Previously, the Second City Lord had casually called Ye Wantong by name, which had already angered him. But the Second City Lord also claimed that Ye Wantong was Su Yang’s wife, which he found even more unbearable.

These people were born later, after Su Yang had already left. They hadn’t experienced Su Yang’s era. Besides, the true powerhouses had all entered the World Melting Furnace for cultivation. So they knew nothing of Su Yang’s name, nor about Ye Wantong’s story.

In their eyes, Ye Wantong was always a snow-white figure, as beautiful as a heavenly immortal, someone no one could offend. Naturally, they didn’t know that Ye Wantong had already married. In fact, in their hearts, they didn’t think any man was worthy of Ye Wantong.

Now, someone claimed to be Ye Wantong’s husband. Who could accept it? Who could be convinced?

However, just when these people were extremely angry and about to attack Su Yang and his companions, a white figure swiftly descended from the sky, arriving next to Su Yang in the blink of an eye.

Before anyone could see clearly, the figure in white had already thrown herself into Su Yang’s arms.

At this moment, everyone finally saw clearly that this white-as-snow woman was none other than Ye Wantong, revered by all as a celestial being, the supreme of the Nine Realms! 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The originally enraged young man with the longsword was suddenly stunned. This... what was going on? Why would this otherworldly fairy throw herself into the arms of a man?

Everyone was bewildered, and at that moment, something shocking occurred to them.

"Hahaha, you brat, you finally came back!" With a burst of laughter, a man also dressed in white emerged on a sword, landing not far from Su Yang.

"Isn’t that Ye the Sword Saint!?" someone exclaimed.

"It really is Ye the Sword Saint, that’s Fairy Ye’s father! Wasn’t he in seclusion? Why did he come out too?"

"Not just him, but look beside him, isn’t that Senior Su Zhan?"

"And that one, isn’t it the Martial Champion?"

"Beigong War God, Beigong War God, don’t you see?"

"Qi Zhishan!"

"..."

One after another, powerful figures from the Nine Realms appeared, causing the crowd to exclaim in surprise.

These were strong individuals they had only heard of in legends, and now they appeared one after another before everyone, making them wonder if they were hallucinating.

Many of them had never seen even one of these people in their entire lives, and now all of them appeared. What concept was this?

Yet these individuals didn’t pay attention to the exclamations below; instead, under the stunned gazes of the crowd, they all flew over to Su Yang’s side. Their expressions were filled with immense joy, further shocking everyone.

The young man with the longsword was completely dumbfounded now, with only one thought in his mind: Could this person really be Ye Wantong’s husband?

After Su Yang opened the World Melting Furnace, he deliberately downplayed his influence in the Nine Realms. With many masters entering the melting furnace, few people in the Nine Realms knew Su Yang’s name, and consequently, stories about him naturally decreased.

To Su Yang, while he spent nearly a hundred years outside, he merely accomplished a few tasks. However, for the Nine Realms, it was a very long time, long enough for his generation to all enter the World Melting Furnace.

How could the later generations know of this once heaven-defying figure, this truly controlling figure of the Nine Realms!

Seeing everyone, Su Yang was also quite emotional. After so many years, he still deeply missed the relatives and friends in the Nine Realms.

Su Yang ignored those who previously blocked him. These people were merely performing their duties; to stop him was a normal thing, and he wouldn’t bother about such trivial matters.

After entering the World Melting Furnace, Su Yang finally had a general understanding of the Nine Realms’ strength.

Currently, there were already more than a dozen people in the Nine Realms who had entered the Saint Emperor Realm. Among them, Ye Wantong was the first to enter the Saint Emperor Realm and was the strongest among the dozen.

The other individuals entered the Saint Emperor Realm at different times. However, the cultivators who reached the Saint Emperor Realm were primarily those who obtained divine artifacts from the Feather Spirit Palace, like Beigong War God, Qi Zhishan, and Mahakaya, among others, who also achieved the Saint Emperor Realm.

Though the Netherworld King, who long ago reached the Saint Realm, had not yet entered the Saint Emperor Realm. He couldn’t, due to not acquiring a divine artifact from the Feather Spirit Palace. Without the augmentation of a divine artifact, after Su Yang released the Xuan-level Spiritual Energy, the cultivation speed of the Netherworld King was far inferior to those who obtained divine artifacts, and he was consequently surpassed.

Seeing the current strength of the Nine Realms, Su Yang was filled with emotion. Although the population wasn’t as large as a Demon Beast Dynasty, its true strength surpassed more than a dozen Demon Beast Dynasties. Now, the Nine Realms were not something anyone could easily manipulate!

Of course, Su Yang also knew, their battlefield was no longer just the Nine Realms. Their battlefield had long shifted to the war between the Human Clan and the Guardian Gods, and even involved the Demon Beast Clan!

So, although the Nine Realms’ strength was not weak now, compared to the forthcoming great war, the strength of the Nine Realms was still far from sufficient.