Venerable Realm

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Nature

A Venerable is a cultivator who has merged completely with a Great Dao and condensed a Dao Fruit. At this point, the cultivator is treated as an embodiment of that Dao rather than merely someone who wields its principles 623.

The realm is exceptionally rare. Even second-step cultivators may never encounter a Venerable in their lifetimes, leaving Saints as the usual apex combatants whenever Venerables are absent 536.

Dao Fruit

The Dao Fruit is the defining mark and foundation of a Venerable Realm cultivator.

• It represents the Great Dao integrated by the Venerable and enables unity between their body and Dao 539 623.
• It can greatly extend lifespan; ordinary Venerables are said to live around one hundred million years, with longer survival possible through sustained body-and-Dao unity 528.
• It can be used to establish a personal domain in which the Venerable's Dao Principles suppress external principles 623.
• Damaging a Dao Fruit can severely injure its owner, destroy the fruit, or cause a loss of cultivation; Venerables normally use it only in life-or-death battles 539.
• Most Venerables have cultivated a branch Dao rather than an entire Great Dao 606.

Dao Domains

By drawing on a Dao Fruit, a Venerable can create a domain in which their own Great Dao overwhelms competing Dao Principles.

• The Sky Lizard Demon Venerable used his Dao Fruit to force other Dao Principles out of his surroundings while resisting the Bright Moon Cauldron 623.
• A Venerable's domain can make external communication impossible amid the clash of Dao Principles 677.
• A true Venerable's authority over their Dao may cause a lower cultivator's own Dao Principles to backlash when they intend to attack them 606.

Cultivation Requirements and Restrictions

A Saint Realm cultivator's future path is largely determined by the Great Dao incorporated into their Dharma Aspect. Prodigies may integrate several Great Daos before advancing in order to retain more options on the road toward the Venerable Realm 531.

• Only one Venerable can hold a given Great Dao as its master. If a Dao Fruit already exists for that Dao, another cultivator cannot reach the Venerable Realm through the same route 548.
• Venerable-level cultivation techniques provide insight and a possible path, but cannot overcome an occupied Great Dao 548 550.
• The scarcity of masterless Great Daos makes techniques capable of leading to Venerable attainment especially valuable 548.
• A Spirit Grass within the Heavenly Inquiry Secret Realm is said to be capable of elevating a mortal directly to the Venerable Realm 722.

Combat Power

The difference between Saint and Venerable is ordinarily considered insurmountable. Even millions of Saint Realm cultivators are stated to be unable to defeat a single Venerable under normal circumstances 709.

• A Venerable's full-force attack can devastate an ordinary continent island; the Sky Lizard Demon Venerable's punch was described as sufficient to shatter one 623.
• Venerable battles can disrupt the surrounding Dao Principles and leave lower-realm bystanders unable to communicate with the outside world 677.
• Demon Race Venerables are particularly feared for their physical strength, cultivated through arts such as the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art 623.
• A prepared Integration Realm formation master may still force a Venerable to pay a heavy price to survive an ambush 570.

Exceptional Saint Realm fighters can challenge this boundary. Overlord Saber reportedly killed a Venerable while still a Saint, and Shen Lin later slew multiple Venerable Realm opponents after integrating the Great Dao of Saber Techniques 570 713.

Venerable-Class Items

• Magic Treasures — Artifacts that fully embody the mysteries of a Dao Principle. An awakened Artifact Spirit can wield combat power comparable to a Venerable Realm cultivator 469 624.
• Dao Artifacts — The more common weapon type for Venerables, since Magic Treasures are extraordinarily difficult to forge and may obstruct others from reaching the pinnacle of their corresponding Dao 469.
• Venerable Talismans — Talismans created by Venerable Realm masters. Certain Spirit Locking Talismans can temporarily seal a Magic Treasure's spiritual essence and reduce it to an ordinary weapon 669.
• Venerable-level cultivation techniques and martial arts — Rare inheritances containing insights into a Venerable's Great Dao. The Myriad Treasures Pavilion had not received one in roughly three million years before the Dark Soul Secret Canon was consigned 551.

Influence and Organization

Venerables are strategic assets whose presence can determine the standing of entire clans.

• The Myriad Treasures Pavilion has seven leaders, all of whom are Venerable Realm experts 551.
• The Demon Race's ten strongest Venerables form its Elder Council; ordinary Demon Race Venerables are comparatively expendable because the race produces them faster than other major races 746.
• The Heavenly Venerable Stele records Venerable names and affiliations, but its ordering does not indicate strength. A name disappearing entirely signifies that the listed Venerable has been killed 535.
• Major clans covet rival Venerables' cultivation arts because the techniques may reveal weaknesses in their Dao and create an opportunity to replace them as the holder of that Great Dao 551 564.

Known Venerables

• Nether Soul Venerable — Supreme figure of the Wraith Clan and controller of the land of soul reincarnation; his Dark Soul Secret Canon caused Chaos Sea-wide interest when it was put up for auction 434 551.
• Nether Slaughter — The Wraith Clan's oldest known Venerable, feared by the Heavenly Demon for his strength rather than his age 540.
• Sky Lizard Demon Venerable — Senior Demon Race Venerable who fought Heaven Burning Venerable in the past and wielded a Dao Fruit-based domain 534 623.
• Heaven Burning Venerable — Renowned master of artifact forging and alchemy who cultivated the Great Dao of Flame; his Sea Burning Flame killed multiple Venerables of the same realm 434.
• Cold Snow Saber Venerable — A late-Venerable Realm saber cultivator who concealed his true cultivation before facing Shen Lin in the Life-and-Death Arena 749.
• Feather Emperor Venerable — Former controller of the Sacred Feather Clan who sought to reclaim his power through the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art and Fortune Swap 662.