The warm reunion with his family, the peaceful sight of the continent returning to tranquility, and the weighty responsibility of protection he felt as the Heavenly Ancestor were like the purest warm current, slowly soothing Lin Langtian's somewhat taut mind after returning from battle.
Yet beneath this peace, a deeper stirring was quietly brewing and rising within him.
His cultivation had long been stabilized at the peak of Ninth-grade Supreme. Having also refined the Myriad Spirit Bird's essence blood and undergone the tempering of the Divine Sea, the depth of his foundation and the majesty of his power far surpassed those of others at the same level.
But the chasm-like threshold of Earthly Supreme required more than an accumulation of power. It also required an evolutionary transformation of one's physical body and soul.
Clearly, such a transformation could not be achieved through ordinary personal accumulation alone. It required the catalyst of a certain opportunity.
In the Great Thousand World, Supreme Realm experts were countless. Ninth-grade Supremes might not be everywhere, but they were still quite common.
Yet among them, fewer than one in a hundred could truly advance from Ninth-grade Supreme to Earthly Supreme. The reason was that they lacked the opportunity to advance to Earthly Supreme.
But Lin Langtian happened to possess a uniquely blessed "opportunity" beyond the reach of other Ninth-grade Supremes.
Because he was the Plane Master of the Heavenly Profound Continent!
Back when the Outer Realm Evil Race had launched their massive invasion and the Demonic Emperor had sought to wipe out the continent's countless living beings in one stroke, Lin Langtian had gained the recognition of this plane's spirit. He had branded his own mark deep into the heart of the continent, becoming its true master in every sense.
At the time, however, his level