As everyone knew, in the Hengwu Domain, only those who had reached the Great Sage Realm were qualified to set foot on the Martial Dao Ladder.
And Great Sages could generally climb no higher than the first hundred steps of the Martial Dao Ladder.
Steps 101 through 200 were reserved for Heavenly Sage powerhouses.
And so it went.
Steps 201 through 300 belonged to Lord Sage Tier powerhouses.
From step 301 up to step 400 lay the exclusive domain of Saint King Rank powerhouses. Throughout the long history of Martial Dao, few had ever broken this near-ironclad rule.
After three years of seclusion, Li Yun's cultivation had firmly reached Lord Sage Perfection. By all rights, he should have made it only to the three-hundredth step of the Martial Dao Ladder.
Yet he had reached step 309.
What did that mean?
It meant that although his cultivation was at Lord Sage Perfection, with his Heaven's Will Dao Fruit at its core, he could withstand the pressure of heaven and earth that only Saint King Rank powerhouses could endure. The power he could actually unleash had already surpassed Lord Sage Perfection altogether.
He now had genuine Saint King-level combat strength!
Such a feat bordered on madness.
If word got out, it would undoubtedly send a shockwave through the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
And with Saint King Rank combat strength, he truly counted as a formidable expert within the Through-Ancient Dynasty.
After all, the Through-Ancient Dynasty ruled only thirty-six Star Domains in total, and the Domain Lords of those domains were generally no more than Saint King Rank powerhouses.
By that measure, Li Yun's Saint King Rank combat strength already made him a power in his own right within the Through-Ancient Dynasty, capable of ruling a Star Domain.
Yet Li Yun himself was still somewhat