At the War God Academy, Ye Tian's palace atop the Floating Divine Mountain had lain silent for days.
The towering waves he had stirred in the outside world seemed not to have disturbed the peace here.
Yet this peace felt more like the oppressive stillness before a storm.
It was a sign that energy, drawn inward to its utmost limit, was about to unleash a bloody tempest.
Deep within the palace, Ye Tian sat cross-legged, his imperial aura fully harmonized and restrained, revealing nothing.
But the vast divine power hidden deep within his blood and bones resembled a dormant Primordial Ferocious Beast.
Once awakened, it would shatter stone and startle the heavens, sweeping aside every enemy in the world.
His cultivation at the fourth heaven of the Great Emperor Realm had stabilized considerably.
He had even advanced further, touching the threshold of the fifth heaven.
Had outsiders learned how swiftly Ye Tian's cultivation was rising, their eyes would surely have widened in utter horror.
After all... even Holy Sons and Divine Sons backed by Immortal Forces, ancient Dao Lineages, and Super Sacred Lands faced the same difficulty.
Once they reached the humanity domain peak, advancing on a firm foundation was no simple matter.
Even each minor realm required caution, painstaking refinement, and comprehension of the profound mysteries of the Great Dao, progressing little by little.
Among the countless young prodigies, few could even reach the humanity domain peak.
And of those, countless more struggled bitterly at that peak, unable to break through.
Even by the time they died, they might never enter the divine dao domain and become true deities.
Immortality lay within sight, yet beyond their grasp.
But Ye Tian could close his eyes and open them again, and his cultivation would surge through the Great Emperor Realm.
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