From the moment his two bodies merged into one, Xiao Yun's physical body had already reached the peak of the strongest Great Emperor. Now, he intended to use the World-Destroying Divine Punishment to temper his body, break through the bottleneck, and step into the Heavenly Emperor realm.
As for his cultivation, when he leaped out of the Time-Space River, he had already entered the Heavenly Emperor realm with the power of his merged bodies.
Of course, only Xiao Yun himself knew this. Those outside merely thought that Xiao Yun had just attained the Dao.
After all, who would have imagined that a Great Emperor who had just attained the Dao would directly advance to become a Heavenly Emperor? This had already set a historical record.
If not unprecedented and never to be surpassed, then at the very least, without equal in all ages before.
"I can finally be called Heavenly Emperor Xiao in name and truth."
Bathed in crimson lightning, Xiao Yun smiled. His long years of painstaking cultivation had not been in vain. At last, he had gained power beyond imagination.
His cultivation was at the lower Heavenly Emperor realm, while his physical body was about to advance to the lower Heavenly Emperor realm.
With the two combined, Xiao Yun would be able to fight a middle Heavenly Emperor across realms.
Add Xiao Yun's talent to the equation, and while he might not necessarily be able to contend against an upper Heavenly Emperor, he would at least have no fear of one. Even if he could not win, he could still protect himself.
Such combat power would make him an overlord of one region even on the Immortal Path.
What was more, Xiao Yun had only just attained the Dao. Once he cultivated the Cosmic Sword Path to perfection,