After reaching the advanced Cyclic Derivation stage, Lin Xun was now a single step away from the Supreme King stage.

With one more advancement, he would exceed the boundaries of the five greater cultivation realms and enter a whole new stage: the Life Death King stage!

The essence of this realm was to decipher the mysteries of life and death and to tread the path of immortality.

With the battle for the great age fast approaching, it could be said that Lin Xun only needed to further refine his cultivation and bring it to the point of perfection. Then, he would be able to compete for the legendary Supreme King stage.

As for the half-step King stage...

Lin Xun now knew that the so-called ‘half-step King stage’ was what they called experts who had managed to take a single step through the door when attacking the boundary of life and death, but ultimately failed to properly forge their dao to become a true King.

In short, it was nothing more than a glorified title for experts who had failed to reach the King stage!

These experts might be strong since they had succeeded in breaking the shackles of the five greater cultivation stages. However, they were stuck at the...