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
• The possession of a Great Emperor allows a faction to establish and sustain an imperial dynasty, while factions without one are considered rootless and liable to be replaced by stronger powers. 647
• A Great Emperor can reliably contend with another Great Emperor; major conflicts between experts of the realm require Great Emperor-level intervention. 628
• 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
• Great Emperor battles can reshape the fates of entire dynasties and may continue for decades; the conflict between the Great Emperors in the Nine Heavens lasts thirty years. 634
• A Great Emperor’s presence is tied to a faction’s fortune. If a dynasty is left without its Great Emperor Realm powerhouse for too long, its fortune suffers losses. 972
• 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
• A Great Emperor’s destiny is greatly beneficial to cultivation, and the flourishing destiny of the new era can restore awakened Ancient Times experts while helping them advance further. 946
• Great Emperor Realm cultivators resonate with heaven and earth, and their enduring existence allows Ancient Times experts to survive into later eras and revive after periods of slumber. 925
• Some long-lived Great Emperor veterans can restore youthful appearances, as demonstrated by the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor and Heavenly Mystery Old Man. 888
• Great Emperor inheritances can include Emperor Weapons, emperor-grade cultivation methods, divine abilities, and other vast resources, as demonstrated by Great Emperor Blue Mountain’s legacy. 209
• Reaching the realm does not end cultivation. Progress afterward is described as harder than climbing to heaven without ancient opportunities. 827
• In the worlds beyond the Eternal Star Gate, the Great Emperor Realm is only the level of a regional powerhouse and remains far beneath the universe’s true rulers. 1044
• Combat strength varies greatly within the realm. An ancient Great Emperor possessing the Ancient Twin Pupils could overwhelm several lower-ranked Great Emperors simultaneously, while Wen Tiansheng’s middle-stage cultivation places him above the earlier Great Emperors Qin Jiuge had encountered. 27 860
• Breakthroughs can produce extensive heavenly phenomena. Qin Jiuge’s attainment is accompanied by dragon roars, rosy radiance, seven-colored Dao light, and purple qi; Xiao Yan’s breakthrough produces an auspicious dragon-and-phoenix manifestation. 823 971
• A Great Emperor’s understanding of lower realms can make them an exceptionally effective cultivation guide. After his breakthrough, Qin Jiuge explains the Quasi-Emperor path to his family and affiliated forces, helping them avoid detours and improve their prospects of reaching the Half-step Great Emperor Realm. 827
• Former Great Emperors can retain formidable power as remnant souls without retaining their complete living cultivation. The Black Demon Great Emperor’s remnant soul possesses at least Supreme Realm combat strength and survives for tens of thousands of years with the support of a soul-nourishing treasure. 209
• Great Emperor methods can reinforce defensive formations sufficiently to resist prolonged attacks from lower-realm forces, as demonstrated by the Sky Origin Imperial Capital’s city-protecting formation. 630 634

Emperor Weapons and Inheritances

• Emperor Weapons are defined as weapons that have been wielded by a Great Emperor. Their numbers on the Sky Profound Continent decline after the Great Emperors’ mysterious disappearance thousands of years earlier, leaving even Sacred Lands and Immortal Imperial Clans with few such weapons. 81
• Possessing an Emperor Weapon does not establish that its wielder has attained the Great Emperor Realm. Supreme and Quasi-Emperor cultivators can wield them, while Qin Jiuge uses multiple Emperor Weapons long before his own imperial breakthrough. 81 118 222 316
• During the earlier era, damaged Emperor Weapons are comparatively plentiful, whereas nearly intact examples are exceptionally rare. The complete God-Slaying Orb therefore presents a particularly serious threat to the Supremes confronting Qin Jiuge. 222
• Emperor-grade techniques can become enduring clan inheritances. The Lan Family’s Five-Finger Divine Sword was created by its ancient Five-Finger Great Emperor and is subsequently used by Cangyang Supreme. 221
• Great Emperor Blue Mountain and the Black Demon Great Emperor fought each other to the death. According to the God-Slaying Orb, both might otherwise have advanced to a still higher realm. 209

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
• Although cultivators commonly believe that each generation has a limited number of Great Emperor positions, the world’s approaching ascension has weakened the realm’s former exclusivity. 666 676
• 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
• A breakthrough requires more than a cultivation method: heavenly timing, geographical advantage, human harmony, Destiny, accumulated foundation, innate talent, and sufficient heavenly treasures are all presented as necessary factors. 968
• Failure to meet these requirements exposes the aspirant to Lightning Tribulation and other trials from heaven and earth that can annihilate them completely. 968
• Qin Jiuge completes his own breakthrough after gathering the necessary preparations and cultivating at the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, where the aura linking the Human Realm and Yao Realm is especially dense. 820 822 823
• Possessing a divine ability or secret technique at the perfected level is identified as one of the necessary conditions for attaining the realm. The imperial dynasties still protected by Great Emperors understand this criterion. 385
• Golden Face and Silver Face initially offer access to the Yao Realm’s Method to Become Emperor in exchange for Qin Jiuge freeing the demons trapped within the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. They offer a Heavenly Dao Oath that the freed pagoda will return to the Yao Realm rather than remain in the Human Realm. 666
• Access to a reliable method is often constrained by personal ties. Sikong Changfeng initially seeks Wen Tiansheng’s help because the other available Great Emperors are expected to reserve their methods for their own children or disciples. 881
• The breakthrough process heightens the aspirant’s sensitivity as their aura resonates with heaven and earth, allowing Qin Jiuge to recognize the arrival of further opportunities. 882

Half-step Great Emperor Realm

The Half-step Great Emperor Realm is a transitional state based on incomplete primordial energy rather than a stable equivalent to the true Great Emperor Realm. 675

• A cultivator can obtain the initial half-strand of primordial energy through heaven-favored fortune and the gathered essence of heaven and earth, or by using peak Quasi-Emperor cultivation to trigger qualitative change and condense it. 675
• Nurturing this incomplete strand into a complete one requires effort comparable to, or greater than, starting from the beginning. 675
• Because the gap between the half-step and true realms remains immense, Half-step Great Emperor experts commonly enter seclusion to perfect their primordial energy as quickly as possible. 675
• Qin Jiuge’s caution when Wen Tiansheng awakens illustrates the disparity: despite already being a Half-step Great Emperor, he cannot resolve the Merman Clan’s predicament in the presence of a true Great Emperor. 674
• Recovering an old title does not necessarily mean recovering the corresponding cultivation. The Heavenly Poison Great Emperor is still at the Half-step Great Emperor Realm during the gathering of Great Emperors and expects the Myriad Poison Spirit Body to enable his return to the true realm. 868 869

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
• The Eternal Star Gate is also central to a Great Emperor’s later advancement; progress through the Great Emperor Realm is necessary to travel its path. 925
• Great Emperor Realm cultivators are advised to stabilize their cultivation before entering the Eternal Star Gate, whose dangers can exceed the capabilities of a newly advanced expert. 837
• Access to cultivation opportunities in places such as Chaos Town is closely guarded by descendants and bloodlines of Great Emperor Realm experts. 837

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
• Xiao Yan’s preparations combine her accumulated foundation, the Azure Emperor’s support, and Qin Jiuge’s fortune. Before the actual breakthrough, her aura already suggests Great Emperor-level combat power despite her remaining in the Half-step Great Emperor Realm. 969 970
• The technique initially weakens heaven and earth’s trials by granting Xiao Yan Heavenly Dao favor. When she continues toward the middle stage, heaven and earth sense the deception and direct heavenly thunder and earthly fire against her; Qin Jiuge’s status as Child of Destiny cannot resolve this trial for her. 969 972
• Xiao Yan completes the middle-stage breakthrough after forty days. 972
• Sikong Changfeng later uses the technique with a massive accumulation of Destiny and support from Li Tianran and Evil God Moro, advancing directly across the imperial threshold and into the middle stage. 1046 1047

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
• Sikong Changfeng uses opportunities connected to the Evil God World to break through directly to the middle stage of the Great Emperor Realm. 1046 1047
• Sikong Changfeng’s advancement is connected to his agreement to join the faction of Evil God Chris, while the Rogue Cultivator Alliance joins the Sky Profound Imperial Dynasty. 1047
• After learning of these methods, the Four Symbols Quasi-Emperor, Cloud Sea Quasi-Emperor, and Frost Sacred Master seek Qin Jiuge’s assistance. Having touched upon the Half-step Great Emperor Realm, they favor the middle- and lower-tier routes rather than the strongest but least reliable upper-tier method. 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
• Before the Inner Devil Tribulation, an aspirant who completes the breakthrough must still pass the final heavenly barrier; failure means the entire attempt comes to nothing. 861
• 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
• Great Emperor bloodlines give Imperial Clans exceptional advantages in supporting and nurturing their descendants, contributing to the enduring status of such clans. 371
• An inherited Method to Become Emperor is not automatically trustworthy. Without a reliable guide, aspirants risk false methods, hidden dangers, or traps designed to turn them into cultivation resources for their predecessors. 968
• Attempting to track the aura of a former Great Emperor can provoke backlash far exceeding that associated with a Quasi-Emperor. Qin Jiuge suppresses and disperses this backlash while helping the Mountain Tribe Patriarch track the Azure Emperor. 547
• Resources effective in lower realms can lose much of their value after imperial attainment. Qin Jiuge finds Chaos Town’s Chaos Qi, ice-and-fire extremes, and cold-and-fire poison barely one percent as effective as before, inferior even to a moment of enlightenment. 827
• Great Emperor-level combat power is not always proof of a completed breakthrough. Li Xuanmiao temporarily possesses such strength through his earth power while still below the realm, at the cost of some backlash. 953
• External formations can also bridge part of the gap. The King of Zhenbei’s formation allows his Half-step Great Emperor cultivation to contend with a true Great Emperor, although this remains a factional trump card rather than actual attainment. 760
• Raw force cannot necessarily secure lasting Destiny. The Heavenly Yao Emperor explains that indiscriminately making enemies throughout the Yao Realm’s southern region would leave little fortune to seize even if he prevailed militarily. 685
• Continued advancement must preserve a stable foundation. Even after obtaining late-stage Great Emperor strength, Qin Jiuge recognizes the need to progress gradually rather than rush toward the peak. 1044

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, the Heavenly Mystery Old Man, and the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor, 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
• The alliance’s members suppress their Great Emperor auras when entering the Yao Realm, allowing them to operate without detection unless observed by specialists with exceptional perception. 887
• During the confrontation with the Yellow Robe Monster, Great Emperor Realm experts from the Three Great Dynasties again stand together to confront a middle-stage Great Emperor threat. 966
• Stronghold defense limits which Great Emperors can participate in expeditions. The Azure Emperor and Sky Phoenix Ancestor remain to guard their respective bases, while the Heavenly Yao Emperor and Wen Tiansheng likewise have responsibilities in the Yao Realm and Overseas Region. 887
• Many of the awakened Old Monsters initially possess only Half-step Great Emperor cultivation. The alliance therefore regards its concentration of true Great Emperors as a decisive advantage despite the enemies’ ancient secret arts. 887
• The mass revival of Ancient Times experts later leads to a declaration of war against Qin Jiuge and the Great Emperor Alliance. The Three Great Dynasties exercise caution when confronting nearly ten Great Emperor Realm enemies and coordinate their full strength and formations. 953 960
• Defeated enemies can become cultivation resources. After killing the Yellow Robe Monster, the Heavenly Poison Great Emperor divides his resources between Feng Liuxing and Li Tianran, reinforcing both their cultivation and the political cooperation between their dynasties. 964 967
• The arrival of three Evil God World Great Emperors further strengthens the Sky Profound Imperial Dynasty’s standing. Public reports describe the newcomers as three middle-stage experts, although Moro’s own cultivation is separately stated to have reached the late stage. 1045 1046