Lito's words gave Ian Song a reminder.
But Ian didn't fully trust him, so he activated his soul-type Divine Ability and took control of him.
Fortunately, Lito wasn't scheming this time—he really did reveal the secret just to please Ian.
Otherwise, Ian would have had no choice but to kill him.
But should he actually cultivate the Heavenly Dao Ascension Method?
If he did, he'd definitely end up opposing the current Heavenly Dao.
And if the current Heavenly Dao found out, it might go all out to erase him.
After struggling with it for a while...
Ian decided to shelve it for now.
Right now, his actual strength mostly comes from formations and the Sacred Mountain; his real cultivation is only about equal to an ordinary God-King. Facing a God Emperor, he'd be toast.
So right now, the most important thing is to get through his God-King Tribulation and become a true God-King.
Yushan Prefecture.
Because Ian killed a God-King, all of Yushan Prefecture was thrown into chaos, but after a few months, the whole prefectural city settled down again.
Meanwhile, the God-Demon Corps sent a new Six-Star God-Demon to serve as the branch leader.
One day...
At the city gate, a bunch of city guards lounged around, barely paying attention to the gods coming and going, just collecting entry fees.
Suddenly—
Eight extremely tall, muscular beings appeared in their line of sight. Their exposed skin was covered in scales, and a few of the males even had single horns on their foreheads.
"Stop right there—who are you people?"
The city guards snapped to attention and shouted at the eight, their eyes full of caution.