Why the Heavenly Being Realm Doesn't Bring a Sudden Leap in Strength

Many readers were puzzled that a Dao Child at the eight-step limit saw no major change in strength after advancing to the Heavenly Being realm.

The Heavenly Being realm was a process: a leap toward the limit of a particular branch of the rules, much like an insect's metamorphosis. While it was still a pupa, its strength did not change. Even an increase in magical power or spiritual sense would not greatly improve its strength. For the foremost Dao Children, they had already reached the limit beneath the Supreme and could grow no stronger. This realm was the process of metamorphosing toward the limit of a branch of the rules.

Unless a Dao Child at the eight-step limit of Dao Integration and Nirvana could draw closer to a nine-step Dao Child.

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