Before he knew it, eight thousand years had slipped by. Ian Song couldn’t help but feel a bit emotional—thank goodness he hadn’t fused the Pangu Bloodline in the main world back then. Otherwise, even with the Divine Temple’s time cheat, it would’ve taken him more than ten years, maybe even longer.
After a brief moment of reflection, he calmed himself and started reviewing his own cultivation.
First, his physical body: with the Pangu Bloodline’s boost, his Body of Ten Thousand Stars had automatically advanced to the peak of the fifth layer.
He was certain that if he ran into Dragon Emperor Arden again, the opponent wouldn’t be able to break through his defense with the fifth-layer peak Body of Ten Thousand Stars.
And by stepping into the fifth layer, he had awakened another divine ability—the Eyes of Annihilation.
Once activated, his eyes could unleash two beams of annihilating divine light, instantly killing Golden Immortal-level opponents.
But this ability came with a major limitation: it could only be used once a month.
It was basically a hidden trump card for emergencies.
As for his Immortal-Dao cultivation, it was still stuck at the late Tribulation stage. But if he wanted, he could immediately face the final Heavenly Tribulation and step into the Human Immortal realm; on the martial path, he was still at peak Demigod, and likewise, could break through whenever he wished.
Next up was his divine soul.
Compared to before, his divine soul was now at least a hundred times more condensed—even Golden Immortals might not be able to match him.
But the biggest gain was his potential.
Ian could feel that every cell in his body radiated incredible vitality, packed with endless potential. If he unleashed it all, his cultivation would soar to a terrifying new level.
But he didn’t plan to burn through all his potential at once. Instead, he’d take it slow and steady, step by step—only then could he go even further.
With a thought, Ian instantly teleported outside the Divine Temple, then burst out from beneath the sea.
Splash!
Water sprayed everywhere as Ian hovered in midair, his aura bursting forth. Instantly, the world changed—where the sky had been clear, it suddenly darkened as massive thunderclouds gathered overhead.
In just a few dozen breaths, a thick tribulation cloud spanning a hundred acres formed in the sky.
Crack! Boom!
Lightning flashed and thunder roared, making the air for hundreds of miles around feel oppressively heavy.
The sea creatures must've sensed danger—they scattered, fleeing far away.
After brewing for nearly half an hour, the tribulation cloud overhead had grown oppressively thick, like a black cloud pressing down on a city about to collapse.
Boom!
A pillar of thunder crashed down from the heavens, striking Ian Song head-on.
His clothes were instantly shredded to dust, and even all his hair was zapped clean off by the lightning. But his skin glowed with a jade-like radiance, utterly unharmed.
The power of that lightning had reached the Earth Immortal level. Any other tribulation transcender would’ve been blasted to smithereens, but for Ian, it was barely a tickle.
After a brief pause, the second bolt of lightning followed right after.
The second bolt was even stronger, but Ian still took it head-on.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the next fifteen minutes, seven more bolts of heavenly thunder struck. The last one was as powerful as a peak Earth Immortal’s attack, but all it did was make Ian feel a slight twinge of pain.