Great Emperor Realm

Biodata

Power Progression

Realm Hierarchy

Characteristics

• A Great Emperor Realm expert is regarded as the fundamental basis of an Imperial Dynasty; without one, even powerful factions are considered vulnerable. 636 800
• Great Emperors possess immense deterrence: the awakening of Sky Origin Ancestor immediately prompted calls for the Qin Family’s Great Emperor-level experts to intervene. 800
• The realm is not omnipotent. Even a true Great Emperor cannot suppress everything or achieve omniscience. 448
• In general, a Great Emperor can only be reliably killed by another Great Emperor; methods left by lesser cultivators have an extremely low chance of succeeding. 789
• Great Emperor-level power can shield its user from demonic influence that overwhelms lesser cultivators. 989
• Reaching the realm does not end cultivation. Progress afterward is described as harder than climbing to heaven without ancient opportunities. 827

Attainment

Destiny and the Method to Become Emperor

The Great Emperor Realm traditionally has an extremely low rate of attainment, with only a handful of Great Emperors emerging across the continent over many years. 666

• The Heavenly Yao Emperor possesses an ancient human-world method that can help Qin Jiuge attain the realm, though its requirements are exceptionally strict and ordinary people cannot use it. 666
• Immortal Power from the Demon Suppressing Pagoda can shatter a cultivator’s limitations and enable a breakthrough to the Great Emperor Realm. 668
• The world’s impending upgrade reduces the Great Emperor Realm from a former “forbidden zone” and makes the Method to Become Emperor a catalyst for wider change. 676
• Great Emperor candidates require sufficient Destiny. In an incomplete world, the ordinary chance of success is stated to be below ten percent. 796

Eternal Star Gate

The Eternal Star Gate provides an alternative route to breakthrough.

• Killing Half-step Great Emperor Star Beasts can yield traces of Origin to Become Emperor. 796
• Combining these Origins into a single stream of vital energy raises the stated chance of success to less than thirty percent. 796
• The route remains dangerous even when compared with a genuine Method to Become Emperor. 796

Heaven-Defying Secret Technique

The Heaven-Defying Secret Technique can force extraordinary advancement, but carries severe consequences.

• The Azure Emperor uses it to support Xiao Yan’s breakthrough, making her the Child of Destiny—or “child of the Heavenly Dao”—during the process. 969
• Xiao Yan first reaches the Great Emperor Realm and then successfully advances directly to the middle stage. 971 972
• The technique creates karmic entanglement and consequences that the Azure Emperor ultimately has to face alone. 989
• Qin Jiuge later uses the Merit Heavenly Book to remove the technique’s effects and karmic entanglement from Xiao Yan and the Azure Emperor. 1024

Evil God World Methods

The Evil God World divides methods of attaining the Great Emperor Realm into upper, middle, and lower tiers.

• Upper-tier methods forge the strongest Dao foundation but have the lowest success rate. 1047
• Middle- and lower-tier methods are more desirable to cultivators seeking a less demanding route. 1047
• Forging a Great Emperor Dao foundation through these methods requires pure Evil God Power and therefore a journey to the Evil God World. 1047

Tribulations and Limits

• Great Emperor Realm cultivators must face an Inner Devil Tribulation; it must be overcome alone, as prior warning would compromise the experience. 860
• A cultivator may temporarily stabilize after recognizing the tribulation, but fully overcoming it and consolidating the realm remains a long process. 860
• Arduous cultivation is considered necessary for future progress; reliance on treasures alone lowers the probability of a successful breakthrough. 925
• A Great Emperor’s direct bloodline can normally support only one Great Emperor at a time, unless that Great Emperor leaves the world. 675
• This restriction does not apply to groups that are not the Great Emperor’s direct bloodline, such as the Merman Clan in Wen Tiansheng’s case. 675

Known Great Emperor Realm Cultivators

Great Emperor Alliance

• The Azure Emperor proposes a Day of the Great Emperors every three years for mutual sparring, allowing cultivators of the realm to improve while preventing fatal outcomes through outside intervention. 868
• Qin Jiuge later gathers Great Emperor Realm experts, including Feng Jiuqing and the Heavenly Mystery Old Man, to establish an alliance. 887
• The alliance intends to secure the Yao Realm as a retreat for its affiliated imperial dynasties and forces. 887
• The joint governance of Qin Jiuge, the Sky Phoenix Ancestor, and the Heavenly Yao Emperor preserves peace for nearly thirty years and deters newly awakened Ancient Times experts from acting openly. 881