Sword Pointed at the Purple Dragon Domain

Back to Ian Song.

With the Pangu Bloodline in his veins, Ian had long since broken free from any realm restrictions. Over the past century, his cultivation advanced at a breakneck pace, reaching the tenth layer of the Ancestral Immortal Realm.

His soul had also completed its sixth metamorphosis.

The Chaos Origin Force within him had now evolved into Chaos Immortal Force, an even higher-level power.

As for his physical body, it had reached artifact-level toughness—ordinary Dao-Ancestral Artifacts couldn’t even pierce his skin.

And then there was his Prestige.

Over the past century, Ian didn’t just unite nearly ten billion Immortals across the Barbarian Wastes—he also raised the overall cultivation level of those Immortals by several grades. On top of that, billions more Immortals ascended during this time.

Meanwhile, ascenders struggling in other regions, after hearing about the benefits of the Barbarian Wastes, flocked over en masse. The population of the Barbarian Wastes soared past fifteen billion.

Fortunately, Ian had incorporated the smaller cities into his system; otherwise, the thirty-seven mega-cities alone would never have been enough to house everyone.

As a result, his Prestige had already surpassed forty billion over the past century.

He could now afford four hundred Big Lottery Draws.

But with the population exploding and countless Immortals growing stronger, resources in the Barbarian Wastes became extremely scarce.

Ian tried to establish trade with the Eight Immortal Domains, Thirty-Six Cave-Heavens, and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands.

Maybe those great powers saw his influence growing too fast and became wary; they constantly obstructed his caravans, imposing all sorts of difficulties and impossible high taxes.

As a result, the caravans worked hard but not only failed to earn a single immortal stone—they actually lost quite a bit.

Even though Ian had plenty of resources, he couldn’t just subsidize all those Immortals himself. So the only solution was war—to seize more territory.

His first target: the Purple Dragon Domain.

Currently, the Purple Dragon Domain had already been carved up by major powers from the other seven Immortal Domains.

Ian wasn’t afraid of this at all.

Ancestor Cyrus had already advanced to the fourteenth layer of the Ancestral Immortal Realm. Thanks to his god-level cultivation method, he was even stronger than most fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals.