Talented youth, extraordinary person, eccentric, hero, lord, marquis, king, emperor, sovereign, sage—these were the ten great realms of Spirit Beast Masters recognized throughout the Nine Provinces, dividing the world and setting the standard under heaven.
It was said that this standard had been passed down since ancient times. The imperial and sovereign powerhouses had even discovered within the Abyssal Sea Eye that this same system had been used in the era of the Ancient Sages.
Within this pyramid of power, Talented Youth was the shallowest foundational tier, the minimum standard for entering the ranks. Those who failed to reach it could not be considered qualified Spirit Beast Masters.
"From the coming-of-age ceremony to Talented Youth, then Extraordinary Person, Eccentric, and Lord... Now I've reached the high stage of the Emperor rank. Looking back, it truly feels like a dream." Chu Yun sighed inwardly.
He understood the hardships of cultivation all too well. The later a Spirit Beast Master progressed, the more enormous their demand for resources became. Especially upon reaching the Emperor rank, that demand surged geometrically, to a terrifying extent.
A King-rank Spirit Beast Master who possessed at most a thousand demon creatures was already considered an oddity. Yet an Emperor-rank Spirit Beast Master had to manage an entire world. Aside from innate demon creatures, acquired demon creatures could no longer be counted individually; they had to be measured by tribes and clans.
Take Chu Yun's Immortal Pouch World, for instance. It already contained more than three hundred thousand Demon Plants and over one hundred and fifty thousand Demon Beasts. The Demon Plants and Demon Beasts multiplied and lived within the Immortal Pouch, absorbing primordial energy to grow while also producing world power in return, nourishing the entire Immortal Pouch World.
Of course, for now, those returns were still