Saint Master was an honorific, the world's recognition of his attainments in the Domain, which had reached the level of a Domain Saint Master.
The title alone suggested that, in his era, he had been the only person in the entire Lesser Netherworld to reach that level.
Otherwise, such a title, one that described mastery of the Domain, would never have been bestowed on him alone.
If there had been other Domain Saint Masters back then, who would "Saint Master" have referred to?
It was like the title of Saint. If only one Saint had existed in the entire Lesser Netherworld, the title would probably have referred specifically to him.
But the Lesser Netherworld had many Saints, so they needed names to distinguish them, such as Saint Jia and Saint Yi.
Heaven-Reflecting Ones were common enough; Domain Saint Masters were not. That alone showed how much weight the title carried.
Within the Lesser Netherworld, it was the pinnacle of the Domain, just as Illuminating the Heavens was the highest peak of the Evolution Path there.
The levels beyond it—Domain Divine Master and even Celestial Master—were more than the Lesser Netherworld could nurture.
Enabling a Saint to fight a Heaven-Reflecting One through Domain techniques was extraordinary indeed. It had a hint of the True Path from the age of the Sacred Ruins.
The Evolution Path was all smoke and mirrors. If you wanted to truly take flight and stand proudly above the Heavens and the rest of the Heavens, you had to walk the path of the Domain.
That was the secret code of the Great Dao, right there.
The Saint Master's real name was Yi Chen, a name that sounded a little unconventional.
In truth, he had always been a somewhat unconventional person.
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