In terms of strength, Han Ze at that time would be no different from the many Innate Gods that had appeared at the dawn of All Heavens.
These Innate Gods had not been created by any single world. Rather, they were manifestations of the rules within the myriad worlds, and in essence, they stood above the rules of any one world.
Yet there had never been a perfect living being in the world. These Innate Gods, immensely powerful from birth, found reproduction extraordinarily difficult. Even when they were fortunate enough to bear one or two offspring, those offspring were far inferior to the first generation. Over time, no living Innate Gods remained in the world.
However, the might of these Innate Gods had been engraved into the Historical Records for all eternity. The formidable powers they wielded represented the end of the Dao and were also known as divine authorities.
In ancient times, the earliest Immortal Emperor-level beings had used these Innate Gods as their models. Only by raising the Dao they had verified beyond its limits could they become emperors. This had also been the earliest method of becoming an emperor.
But after so much time had passed, there was long more than one path to becoming an emperor! Nowadays, breaking through the limits of one's verified Dao to obtain a divine authority was merely one of the simpler and more widespread methods.
Take the Emperor Donghua you knew. He had used his Lifebound Supreme Treasure, the Eastern Emperor Bell, as an opportunity to drive his own transformation and attain the imperial throne. This method was somewhat more difficult than obtaining a divine authority and required exceptionally harsh conditions.
Likewise, there were those who became emperors through Supernatural Powers and Techniques, through the physical body, through the divine soul,