Years passed, and it had been a thousand years since Ye Yun’s current incarnation had arrived in this world.
In these thousand years, the development of the entire human race could be described as earth-shattering. After Sun Xiaoshan had killed all the elites of the Holy Mountain and the Three Heavenly Races, the human race successively migrated to the Central Domain. Their numbers, which were initially two billion, had grown to over three hundred billion, almost covering every corner of the Central Domain.
The Qingyue Sect, which was once just an ordinary sect, had now become the sole super-sect in this world. The Heavenly Venerate realm, which they once had to look up to, now had over a thousand experts within the Qingyue Sect. As for Sun Xiaoshan’s cultivation, he had surpassed Great Power, Star Realm, Moon Realm, and Sun Realm, directly reaching the Half-Saint realm. His advancement speed was remarkable, even by the standards of the Ten Directions Universe.
“The Heavenly Dao’s pressure is growing stronger!”
Sun Xiaoshan stood at the peak of the Holy Mountain, gazing at the vast expanse of the Ten Thousand Mountains, a sigh escaping his lips.
As Sun Xiaoshan’s cultivation repeatedly broke the taboos of this universe, he had long been noticed by the Heavenly Dao of this realm. To suppress his rapid cultivation progress, Sun Xiaoshan had faced his first tribulation lightning in this world when he broke through to the Half-Saint realm. Since then, a thick layer of dark clouds had covered the Holy Mountain for over a hundred years. Within these clouds, lightning dragons roamed, casting a menacing gaze upon Sun Xiaoshan, who was cultivating in seclusion below.
That tribulation could be said to be incomparable even to the lightning tribulation Ye Yun faced when breaking through to Great Saint in the Ten Directions Heaven and Earth. One could imagine that the Heavenly Dao of this realm seemed to regard him as a thorn in its side. The lightning tribulation that had been accumulating in the sky for a century was now of unimaginable power. It was not just Sun Xiaoshan, who was only a Half-Saint, but even Great Saints and Monarchs would be pulverized under such immense heavenly might.
“Xiaoshan, if you can’t bear it, then go back. The human race’s strength is now enough to overlook the entire world. Even those worlds you mentioned, I believe we can handle them.” Sun Dashan looked at the son in name, his face filled with worry.
After the human race settled in the Central Domain, Sun Xiaoshan revealed his true identity to everyone. To this, neither Sun Dashan, Luo Meiyun, nor Sun Xiaoyun showed any surprise. Now, a thousand years later, with Sun Xiaoshan’s unreserved efforts, Sun Dashan’s strength had also broken through to the peak of the Heavenly Venerate realm, just one step away from becoming a Great Power.
What surprised Sun Xiaoshan the most was his younger sister, Sun Xiaoyun, who was more than ten years younger than him. She possessed considerable cultivation talent, breaking through to the Star Realm in just a thousand years, reaching the early stage of the Star Realm, just like Dongfang Dao. It was important to note that the core disciples Sun Xiaoshan had personally nurtured had only barely reached the early stage of the Great Power realm.
“Sect Master, our human race has now completely controlled the Central Domain. Furthermore, the other three domains are also retreating under our armies. It is estimated that it will not be long before we can completely eradicate these foreign races.”
Dongfang Dao looked at Sun Xiaoshan with complex emotions, his tone filled with reverence. If Sun Xiaoshan had not revealed his identity, how would they, the elders of the Qingyue Sect, have had the courage to wage war against the twelve tribes of the three domains simultaneously?
The current human army numbered over two billion, all composed of cultivators from the Spirit Refinement realm to the Golden Core realm. Although incomparable to Ye Yun’s army in the Ten Directions Universe, it was sufficient for the human race to stand on the stage of history for hundreds of thousands of years in this world without decline.
“The Four Domains and Twelve Tribes are not my concern. What I worry about is the Southern Barrens. Cang Lang once mentioned the demon race, which means there is at least one demon race in the Southern Barrens, and possibly other races as well,” Sun Xiaoshan said.
Now, not only was his cultivation breakthrough suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, but even his divine sense on this planet was heavily suppressed, even weaker than when he was in the Heavenly Venerate realm.
The overall strength of the human race had now surpassed all others in the world, and the pressure accumulating above his head was enough to obliterate him in the next heavenly tribulation.
Following this, Sun Xiaoshan began to make arrangements in earnest. He estimated that the heavenly might gathered above him would descend soon.
Therefore, before the heavenly might descended, he needed to visit the Southern Barrens. Preferably, he would slaughter all the powerhouses in the Southern Barrens before his tribulation.
Before heading to the Southern Barrens, Sun Xiaoshan needed to ensure the Qingyue Sect was well-arranged, especially for his parents and sister. It was unknown how long this world would take to fully evolve, and he did not wish for his parents to perish before this world truly opened up.
He was relatively at ease about Sun Xiaoyun. Not to mention that she was now the Sect Master of the Qingyue Sect, her cultivation and talent were already top-notch among the human race. Furthermore, Sun Xiaoshan had sent her many cultivation techniques over the years, coupled with terrifying techniques like the Great Nirvana Scripture, her cultivation progress would only become more astounding.
What truly worried Sun Xiaoshan was his mother, Luo Meiyun. Even with the endless resources poured in by Sun Xiaoshan, her current strength had barely broken through to the early stage of the Heavenly Venerate realm, significantly lagging behind Sun Dashan’s peak Heavenly Venerate realm.
To this end, Sun Xiaoshan spent several months collecting tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones to support his parents’ future cultivation.
“Brother, are you really going to the Southern Barrens?” Sun Xiaoyun asked Sun Xiaoshan in the Sect Master’s hall.
“I must go. The heavenly might is immense, and it will likely descend within a month. Xiaoyun, take care of Father and Mother after I leave. Don’t focus solely on cultivation; it’s also good to go out and see the world occasionally.”
Sun Xiaoshan found his sister quite exasperating. She had been as formidable as her mother when she was young, but as she grew, she became a cultivation fanatic, engrossed in cultivation like an addict.
A day later, Sun Xiaoshan made several flashes and entered the depths of the Southern Barrens, carrying immense heavenly might. Wherever he passed, chaos ensued. Within the Qingyue Sect, countless inner disciples rushed to the border between the Central Domain and the Southern Barrens, preventing a beast tide from erupting due to Sun Xiaoshan’s intrusion.