What Lu Ye knew of how Dao Realm cultivators' strength was classified all came from the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky. And the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky's intelligence in this regard came from years of contact and exploration with Star Abyss cultivators, along with some conjectures of their own.
According to the intelligence gathered by the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky, Ninth Layer Dao should have been the ultimate limit. After all, nine was the utmost number; there should not have been any experts of Tenth Dao or Eleventh Dao...
But now, it seemed things were not quite so.
Moreover, the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky did not actually have a very clear understanding of how Star Abyss cultivators were classified. Over the past several centuries, the strongest enemies they had encountered had only been around Seven or Eight Dao.
That did explain why that Eight Dao expert from the Mechanical Armor Starry Sky had vanished without a trace after charging into the Star Abyss.
Clearly, there were beings stronger than Ninth Layer Dao within the Star Abyss. An Eight Dao cultivator who went in was simply not worth looking at.
"By my reckoning, the Star Abyss Gate has limitations. When it first opens, it is not stable enough, so those who can pass through are not very powerful. But as time passes and the Star Abyss Gate becomes increasingly stable, the strength of those who can cross will gradually increase. Then, once the Star Abyss Gate expands, even stronger beings will be able to pass through."
Chen Wulei's words reminded Lu Ye of the opening of the Star Abyss Gate at the Myriad Phenomena Sea. Three Star Abyss cultivators had come through then, and none of them had forged a Dao Realm.
In the Star Abyss, such strength might not have been