This time, however, Zhu Zhuqing had misunderstood Xi Yao.
"It seems we still underestimated the Heaven-Suppressing Devil Emperor. Perhaps he foresaw this day long ago!"
Xi Yao shook her head. Only now did she understand the gulf between a God King and the Emperor Realm.
Though they were only one realm apart, the difference was like that between a giant and an infant.
Or rather, a God King could still be called a powerful human, but after becoming an emperor, one could no longer be called human.
One became the Heavenly Dao.
Of the three thousand Great Daos, only by truly comprehending one could a person break into the Emperor Realm.
That was also why so many God Kings could never enter the Emperor Realm in their entire lives.
At that point, it could no longer be called cultivation, but enlightenment.
Without true enlightenment, one remained flesh and mortal bone in the end.
And Zhao Ru could be said to have reached the pinnacle of the Emperor Realm. It was even quite possible that he already had one foot in the Origin Realm.
Zhao Su had once told Xi Yao that the Great Freedom Origin Art had three levels, and only upon reaching the third could it be considered truly perfect.
Yet even Zhao Ru, who had reached the Emperor Realm, had supposedly remained at the first level.
Now it seemed that Zhao Ru had actually comprehended the second level of the Great Freedom Origin Art long ago.
He had merely sealed that second level inside Zhao Su.
His fatherly love could truly be called a mountain.
To help Zhao Su reconstruct his divine soul, Zhao Ru had effectively given up his own chance to enter the Origin Realm.
He had completely separated the second level of the Great Freedom