In the 20,002nd year of the Devouring Heaven Calendar,
Scarlet Glow River Forbidden Zone,
On this day,
Beneath the Abyss, Tan Lin slowly opened his eyes, a flash of golden light vanishing from them.
His aura was far more restrained than when he had first undergone tribulation several centuries ago.
Although the Formless curse now clung to him, even if that ominous force truly erupted in his later years, it would be nothing more than a minor ailment to him.
Besides, he was still in the prime of his vitality, the age when he could fight. After several thousand years of recuperation and enlightenment, his mental state was better than ever.
And after these several thousand years of accumulation,
Within the All-Causes Soul Pearl, the Fireflies that had continuously emerged had lit the Deep Crimson Light Points from the original seven during his tribulation to sixteen now.
This was undoubtedly a considerable amount. It was the feedback accumulated over the years after the five Saint Spirits of Southern Ridge had been destroyed, and after the Female Emperor had later eradicated the Saint Spirit Ancestral Court of Southern Ridge.
Of course, during the period when he was clearly alive in the eyes of outside cultivators, the rate at which Fireflies emerged could not compare to the ten thousand years when he had been imprisoned in the Abyss and the outside world had believed him dead.
The growth of Fireflies over these several thousand years depended on many factors. It also included the "share" that had accumulated over the years from the Fireflies born of the black and miscellaneous lines of the Restricted-Area Supremes.
Back when he had broken through the suppression of the Myriad Daos and the will of the universe's laws during his tribulation, he could certainly have succeeded by