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The Great Emperor Has Nine Grades; I Am the Seventh
Azure Emperor stood high, Great Emperor Jiuyou stood firm, and the Heavenly Court stood both high and firm.
What was the Heavenly Court? It governed what Great Emperors could not govern; it quelled the ominous calamities Great Emperors could not suppress.
The Cai Clan Great Saint prostrated himself in worship, his voice trembling slightly as though he had seen a Divine Spirit. He bowed deeply and asked, "Has the Supreme Being already broken through into that realm?"
To ordinary people, the Imperial Dao was unimaginably distant. But Gai Jiuyou was a godlike man, not an ordinary person.
Eight thousand years ago, the Cai Clan Great Saint had been young and inexperienced, having only just embarked on the path of cultivation. Yet Gai Jiuyou had been peerless in his prime, standing at the pinnacle of his life. After cultivating for a thousand years, he had broken through the Nine Heavens Pass, triggered an Emperor Tribulation, and nearly attained the Dao.
To people of their generation, Gai Jiuyou had been a miracle, a Divine Spirit seated high above the Nine Heavens. They had grown up listening to this Supreme Being's legends.
If anyone else claimed to be an Emperor, the Cai Clan Great Saint would have scoffed, believing them to be nothing more than a Quasi-Emperor or a false emperor.
But Gai Jiuyou was different. He was someone who had nearly attained the Dao!
"Saints are divided into nine heavens, and Emperors likewise have nine grades. One grade beyond heaven, and one becomes an immortal in the mortal world."
Gai Jiuyou stood with his hands behind his back, contemplating the Great Emperors throughout history, recalling all manner of secrets from Lin Xian's Dao, and exploring the profound mysteries beyond the Immortal