The heavens were vast, and countless domains rose and fell. Throughout history, innumerable prodigies, overlords, Dao ancestors, and demonic venerables had regarded the Emperor Lord Realm as the supreme pinnacle of their age. The world believed that Emperor Lords stood at the end of the Great Dao, at the summit of all arts, able to govern life and death across the heavens, determine the rise and fall of epochs, and possess an undying supreme Dao fruit. Yet no mortal Emperor Lord had ever glimpsed the highest secrets of those who truly looked down upon Chaos and transcended epochs. The Emperor Lord Realm was merely the imperial gateway into the Great Dao of the heavens, not the end of cultivation.
Deep within the eternal chaos origin slumbered a complete and rigid system of supreme realms, each ascending toward the heavens. It comprised five stages, each overpowering the one below it. Every stage transcended the laws of the heavens and stood above time and reincarnation. This was the ultimate Dao path, accessible only to those who touched the chaos origin and broke free of the shackles of heaven and earth. It was also the path of advancement reserved for Lin Feng, through which he would shatter barriers, transcend his limits, traverse eternity, and suppress the dark catastrophe. From highest to lowest, the five realms were separated by towering barriers and absolute rules. There were no shortcuts. They were the supreme classifications rooted in the very origin of the myriad Daos.
The first realm: Hongmeng Saint Emperor. This was the first supreme threshold beyond the absolute perfection of a mortal emperor: breaking the shackles of the Emperor Lord Realm, shattering the chains of heaven and earth, and condensing an epoch's sacred Dao. Ordinary Emperor Lords were bound by worldly fortune and epochal rules,