Emperor Grade

Biodata

Power Progression

Classification

Emperor Grade denotes both a realm of existence and the grade of exceptional cultivation resources. An Emperor Grade cultivator is commonly called a Great Emperor or Martial Emperor. Great Emperors are treated as beings above Quasi-Emperors, with the difference compared to that between a god and a mortal 274.

The classification also applies to:

• Cultivation Techniques — Extremely rare arts that may remain incomprehensible even to Martial Emperors 187.
• Treasures and weapons — Objects valuable enough to provoke conflict between Great Emperors 275.
• Emperor Bodies — Energy-based bodies with immense durability and regenerative capacity 274 310.
• Internal universes — Cosmic spaces left by Emperor Grade beings; a living Great Emperor’s power can destabilize and collapse one 288.
• Emperor Races — Clans with Emperor Grade experts whose destiny allows them to produce extraordinarily gifted Imperial Sons 275.

Characteristics

Emperor Physique

An Emperor Grade body is a pure energy body rather than an ordinary physical form. Its size reflects its energetic reserve: larger Emperor Bodies are harder to destroy, and lethal wounds to conventional vital points are not necessarily fatal 274.

• A damaged Emperor Body can repair itself by consuming immense energy. 310
• Even a long-dead Great Emperor corpse retains defenses difficult for lower-level cultivators to breach. 285
• Emperor Grade combat is dangerous enough that battles are expected to occur in the starry sky rather than within the Vast Domain. 274

Aura and Presence

The aura of an Emperor Grade can cover cities and distant regions, overwhelm beings below the same grade, and cause weaker cultivators to kneel in fear 257 274.

• More than a thousand Emperor Grade existences can gather within a single domain, as demonstrated by the Longevity Domain’s imperial reception. 271
• The Longevity Domain is stated to possess over a thousand Emperor Grade existences and more than three hundred Emperor Grade Cultivation Techniques. 265
• The Vast Domain has over a hundred Emperor Grade existences, while Emperor Grade Cultivation Techniques are far scarcer and often kept secret. 289

Advancement and Tribulations

Major Emperor Grade breakthroughs require an Emperor Tribulation. These tribulations apply when advancing into Chaotic World Emperor Grade and when crossing between the subsequent major Emperor Grade divisions 331.

• Success — Greatly increases destiny and produces a world-shattering transformation. 299
• Failure — May cause injuries severe enough to force hundreds of millions of years of sleep, or annihilate both body and soul. 299
• Exception — Su Xiaobai initially avoided Emperor Tribulation because his power rose through cultivation-technique stacking and amplification rather than a Life Gene Level breakthrough. 331

Emperor Grade Cultivation Techniques

Emperor Grade Cultivation Techniques are among the most contested assets in the Vast Domain. Their appearance on the Cultivation Technique Ranking can draw dozens of Great Emperors and trigger cross-domain pursuit 257 276.

• The Divine Blazing Extreme Blood Eyes entered the ranking in third place as the first Emperor Grade pupil technique recorded in the Vast Domain. 256 257
• The technique’s emergence was identified as the forty-fourth Emperor Grade Cultivation Technique and caused more than forty Great Emperors to gather. 257
• Great Emperors commonly conceal their techniques; one who tried to disclose two such techniques was killed, while his possessions and clan were plundered. 289
• A technique above Emperor Grade is classified as a Half-Ancestor Emperor Law. 290

Known Emperor Grade Techniques

Inheritances and Treasures

Emperor Grade inheritances preserve cultivation insights, experiences, techniques, and treasures for later successors 189. The Azure Emperor’s Martial Emperor Inheritance is one such legacy and repeatedly attracted vast numbers of Quasi-Emperors and Great Emperors 274.

• Emperor Grade inheritances can produce new Great Emperors, which is why the Vast Domain tolerates the lethal competition surrounding them. 274
• The Azure Emperor’s internal universe contained more than a hundred Emperor Grade items, including weapons, armor, talismans, formations, and other treasures. 285
• The Great Sun Emperor Wood is an Emperor Grade Treasure Tree discovered in the Azure Emperor’s internal universe. 278
• Great Emperors may possess Emperor Grade protective artifacts, but such artifacts can still be shattered by sufficiently overwhelming force. 310

Notable Emperor Grade Figures

• Azure Emperor — A former paramount figure of the Vast Domain who fought three enemies alone in domain wars, created a Martial Emperor Inheritance, and was ultimately slain by the Longevity Great Emperor. 274
• Longevity Great Emperor — Founder and absolute ruler of the Longevity Emperor Race; he seeks to advance beyond Emperor Grade toward World-Shaking and Half-Ancestor levels. 270 308
• Dragon Axe Great Emperor — Ranked first among the Vast Domain’s Great Emperors and described as its sole Half-Step Shocking World Great Emperor. 299
• Six Laws Great Emperor — A Great Emperor who mastered the Karma Great Dao and pursued the Divine Blazing Extreme Blood Eyes for its value to his pupil-based path. 257 277
• World-Shaking Spirit Bottle Empress — An Imperial Realm figure whose World-Shaking Emperor Grade status vastly exceeds ordinary Great Emperors. 308
• Empress Lingping — A Ninth-Level World-Shaking Emperor Grade whose combat power is comparable to a Two Tribulation Half-Ancestor. 336