Chen Lin's expression grew grave at Yuan Qing's words.
Traveling Merchants were exceptionally unusual beings in the Nightmare Realm, and Yuan Qing was even a Five-Star merchant. If even he feared Sword Woman so deeply, it was easy to imagine how terrifying she must be.
She had probably already surpassed the eternal tier.
At that thought, something stirred in Chen Lin's mind.
He asked, "Fairy Yuan, do you know whether there are any higher realms above the Eternal Realm?"
"Of course there are."
Yuan Qing answered casually.
Then he said evenly, "This isn't any great secret, so I can tell you for free. Above Eternity is the Dominator Realm. However, the boundary realm we inhabit is too low in rank to contain any true Dominators. Even Sword Woman has merely comprehended some of the mysteries of a Dominator and can wield a little of their power."
"A Dominator?"
Chen Lin murmured.
This was indeed his first time hearing of this realm, and it broadened his horizons. But such a realm was far too distant for him to speculate about what abilities it might grant.
One thing was certain, though: the being who had altered the laws of the Heavenly Dao and caused Eternal Realm cultivators across the Rainbow Realm to perish had been a Dominator.
"What about above the Dominator Realm?"
Chen Lin asked again.
Since Yuan Qing was willing to answer for free, he could not let this opportunity slip away.
"I don't know what lies above the Dominator Realm either. Among the known cultivation systems, a Dominator stands at the pinnacle."
Yuan Qing answered readily.
Then he added, "But in my understanding, cultivation cannot possibly have an endpoint. What has an endpoint is the cultivation environment. As long as the energy between heaven and earth is of a