"Emperor Venerable is also the realm of many Grotto-Heaven masters. Most masters of the Realm Domain Lands and the powers of the Overseas Immortal Islands are at this level. As I mentioned before, legends say that in the ancient age of the Nine Emperors, there were the Three Envoys, the Eight Kings, and the Thirty-Six Saints—
"Those legends are true. Above Emperor Venerable is Saint. The Saint realm is an intermediate, transitional stage. An ordinary Saint's Great Dao is eighty to a hundred thousand meters long, providing an amplification of nearly threefold. Top Saints working together can shatter the Sixth Heaven. Some of the more famous or top-ranking Grotto-Heaven masters have Saint-level combat strength, but they are very few. Above Saint is Heavenly King, which is divided into three stages: Level 6 Heavenly King, Level 7 Heavenly King, and Level 8 Heavenly King. As the names suggest, at the very least, they must be able to shatter the Earth Cave's Sixth, Seventh, or Eighth Heaven with ease. I won't go into their exact combat strength. You can calculate that yourself—"
Lu Hao spoke with a smile.
Zhang Tao, meanwhile, was too stunned by Lu Hao's words to speak. Precisely because he could calculate it, he understood how terrifying that combat strength was. He had thought someone capable of breaking the Fifth Heaven already counted as an expert. Lu Hao had indeed said that reaching Emperor Venerable meant barely qualifying for the big leagues, and that even their deaths would produce extraordinary phenomena. But compared with the realms beyond it, that level was still far too weak. A single Level 6 Heavenly King could probably kill an Emperor Venerable or a Saint at will, without giving them any chance to resist. The gap was simply too vast.
Lu Hao took a