你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,需要特别注意句子的动词时态和语态.你的任务是将这段句子翻译成英文,确保保留中文文本的原意,同时正确使用动词时态和虚拟语气.
文本:想当初，他闭关数年，功德圆满出关，成功更进一步，登临武圣二重境界，何等意气风发，圣兵大日衡天尺在手，俨然八极大世界最强者，几乎有横扫天下之势。
翻译:
Back then, he had successfully left secluded cultivation following a period of a few years, having ascended to the second level of the Martial Saint realm. How incomparably glorious and supreme he had been back then, with the Sacred Artifact, the Great Sun Heaven Measuring Ruler in hand. He had been the strongest expert of the Eight Extremities World, virtually able to sweep through all under the heavens.
想当初，他闭关数年，功德圆满出关，成功更进一步，登临武圣二重境界，何等意气风发，圣兵大日衡天尺在手，俨然八极大世界最强者，几乎有横扫天下之势。