Spring went and spring came. Flowers bloomed and wilted.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, thirty years had passed.
The Heavenly Chaotic Star Field had been peaceful for decades. Warriors from other realms thought they had gone the wrong way.
This place was countless times more stable than the other star regions. The twelve Sovereigns had established a strategy to recuperate and build up strength, and they controlled the entire star region's situation.
Aside from the occasional skirmish, there are few large-scale battles.
The Grim Reaper had been very stable all these years, and there had been no major incidents. It was just that some hedonistic young masters would occasionally cause a little trouble, which was nothing much.
Nowadays, those hedonistic young masters had also learned their lesson. They played low-key and went to the small cities of their own clans to play. Even if something happened, they could still suppress it.
What happened to Lu An back then had made them restrain themselves. They did not dare to act recklessly. At most, they would threaten and tempt him.
In the past few years, the Grim Reaper had gained another five experts who were infinitely close to becoming paragons. Their overall strength was ranked seventh among the twelve Juggernauts.
Of course, this was just a superficial ranking. As a matter of fact, none of the other Overlords dared to provoke the Grim Reaper because the Grim Reaper had Lu Li.
Lu Li had been keeping a low profile for the past 30 years. There was almost no news about him.
He would only occasionally come out to let the world know that he was still around.
He spent the rest of his time in seclusion, thinking of ways to improve his combat strength.
Lu Li cultivated for 30 years and consumed many elixirs. His body and soul were strengthened. He studied several laws on the stele. Apart from that, he gained nothing.
Lu Li was only an early Saint King. He had comprehended a few laws, but it did not increase his overall battle prowess by much.
His main battle prowess came from external objects, such as flames, Divine Liquid of Destruction, Spirit Array Techniques, and the frost energy he obtained later on.
If he comprehended the laws, the power would be too weak, not as strong as his original methods.
Lu Li wasn't in a rush, because there was no point in rushing.
Tens of thousands of years ago, the Emperor of Yu and the others were already at the same level of battle prowess as they were now. Over the past tens of thousands of years, their progress had been very slow. Could it be that they didn't want to live anymore?
At Lu Li's age, it was already incredible that he had achieved what he had. It was hard to find one in ten thousand years. What else could Lu Li be dissatisfied with?
Lu Li had the "Master God's Map" that the Ice Empress had obtained. He had named it himself. With this Master God's Map, he didn't need to leave his house to know what was going on in the world.
Apart from the realms of the Fourth Heaven and above, he could explore all the realms of the great world.
Little White had yet to return, and no one knew which mystic realm it had gone to for seclusion.
These secret realms were not on the map so Lu Li could not find them.
The King of the Eastern Region was still alive and the Eastern Region was peaceful, so Lu Li had nothing to worry about.
Over the years, Lu Li felt like he had nothing to do.
The lack of progress in his cultivation made him dispirited.
The rest of the Lu Alliance was fine, and the Grim Reaper was also fine. He didn't need to care at all.
Apart from occasionally accompanying his wife, giving pointers to his juniors and Lu An, patrolling the realms controlled by the Lu Alliance, and visiting other Sovereigns, he had nothing else to do.
In the past few years, he had even visited the Grim Reaper's arcane realms and explored all the places that were beneficial for cultivation.
However, it was not very meaningful. He was standing too high, and these secret realms were not particularly helpful to him.
In the past 30 years, Lu Meng's overall strength had increased quite a bit. There were already more than ten Emperor-level experts, and close to ten thousand sixth tribulation experts.
What was worth mentioning was that Lu An had broken through to Disaster Six. Disaster Six in the Chaotic Sky Star Field was barely considered a character, so it was not too embarrassing.
Over the years, Lu Meng had sent back a portion of her disciples and brought back tens of thousands of elites from the middle king realms.
This was the strategy formulated by the leaders of Lu Meng. The elites from the middle king realms would stay and cultivate for a while.
If they were slow, they would be sent back. In this way, resources would not be wasted, and the overall strength of the middle king realms could be enhanced, creating a virtuous cycle.
Otherwise, when everyone was outside and unwilling to go back, some of the promising ones from the middle king realms would run away …
Lu Li basically didn't care about the affairs of his faction. Lu Ling and the three core Great Patriarchs were in charge. Lu Ling and the three Great Patriarchs made the decisions together.
Lu Li had set a principle. Interests could be fought over but not too much. Otherwise, the other factions would be dissatisfied and there would be internal strife.
With nothing to do, Lu Li decided to leave the Chaotic Sky Region and return to the Universe Region.
He didn't want to have fun. He wanted to go to the Ice River Valley.
There were two reasons for going to the Ice River Valley. First, Blood Fairy had been studying for decades and had made great progress in terms of Divine Glyphs.
She wanted to go to the Ice River Valley to continue studying and to see if she was right. She also wanted to find a way to crack some of the Divine Glyphs.
Another reason was that Lu Li wanted to explore the Ice Harem Palace. There might be an almighty being there. There must be many treasures in the palace. The treasures were not important. What Lu Li wanted was to learn something from the palace.
If there were powerful Dao patterns left in the palace and Lu Li could study them, his abilities would soar.
Jiang Qiling and Bai Qiuxue were satisfied that Lu Li could stay at home for decades. Therefore, when Lu Li said he wanted to go out for at least decades, they didn't say anything.
They just told Lu Li to be careful and come back as soon as possible.
This time, Lu Li planned to leave in secret. He wouldn't tell anyone apart from his family.
Lu Ling could crush a jade talisman and he could communicate with her at once. He could let Lu Ling pass on his orders.
If there was an emergency, he could come back in half a year at the top of his speed.
The grim reaper was strong. Even if there were invaders, he should be able to survive for half a year.
Even if something were to happen to the grim reaper, Lu Li would still be a deterrent. Who would dare to touch the grim reaper as long as he was alive?
After he told his family, Lu Li gathered several core Great Patriarchs and gave them some instructions.
He said he had learned something recently and he was going to cultivate for dozens of years. He asked them to go to Lu Ling if they needed help.
If they couldn't handle it, they could ask Lu Ling to go to him.
Lu Li didn't usually manage things. It was Lu Ling who made the decisions.
Therefore, it didn't make any difference whether he gave them instructions or not.
The Great Patriarchs told Lu Li to focus on cultivation and that they would report to Lu Ling and deal with it together.
Lu Li talked to Sovereign Mo, Sovereign Yi and Sovereign Yu for a while. The two of them didn't mind.
They would cultivate for dozens of years at a time. Usually, nothing serious would happen. If something did happen, they could just come out.
The three of them told Lu Li to focus on cultivation and they wouldn't disturb him in general.
Now that the grim reaper was fine, the other leaders were wondering if they should cultivate to reach the consummate realm as well.
Emperor Li had been cultivating recently, trying to reach the consummate realm as well.
With Lu Li as the leader, the grim reaper had to take the last step to change the situation.
Anyone that could reach the consummate realm would be the supreme ruler of the grim reaper. All the other leaders would have to kneel and surrender.
Five days later, Lu Li left. He used the Traceless Path to sneak away.
The Tianyue City was filled with top-level scouts. It was impossible for him to leave without being noticed.
After hiding for half a month, Lu Li left the territory of the grim reaper.
He used the Art of Transfiguration and changed his appearance. Then, he took a battleship and flew out of the universe.