Great Saint

Biodata

Power Progression

The following records Lu Chen’s documented advancement into and beyond the Great Saint realm.

Realm Characteristics

Entry Requirements

• Time alone is insufficient: Unlike powerful physiques that can eventually reach peak Saint King after attaining sainthood, Great Saint requires exceptional talent, brilliance, and perseverance 341.
• Imperial inheritance does not guarantee success: Even with Ancient Emperor Scriptures, powerful bloodlines, and favorable primordial cultivation conditions, each Primordial Imperial Clan produced only one or two Great Saints 341.
• The Saint King barrier is decisive: Under ordinary circumstances, even an early Great Saint can easily crush a peak Saint King 322.
• Attainment creates potential, not certainty: Great Saints are described as possessing the talent and constitution to have a chance at Proving the Dao 344.

Standing and Rarity

• A Great Saint can dominate an Ancient Life Star and reign over an entire star domain 268 398.
• An Ancient Life Star may possess only a few Great Saints, even when Saints from other domains are gathering there 344.
• Wei Yi’s presence alone could have supported the rebuilding of Tianxuan into the most flourishing Holy Land of the Dharma-Ending Age; his grief prevented him from pursuing that ambition 203.
• Great Saints became less rare during the Golden Age, as prodigies rose together over several hundred years 398.

Abilities & Limits

Destructive Power

• A Great Saint can destroy half an enormous Ancient Star with a raised hand and kill a peak Saint King in one blow 344.
• Great Saint battle aftershocks can annihilate nearby Saints and tear Saint Kings apart 343.
• Battles between sufficiently powerful representatives of the Human and Ancient Races threatened devastation extending to the Big Dipper Star Domain itself 270.

Vitality and Dao Cultivation

• Lu Chen replenished his Great Saint vitality by drawing an ocean of universal vital essence into his body, while stellar power condensed around him 342.
• Great Saint insights are valuable cultivation resources: Lu Chen preserved a stone wall bearing such insights to aid his understanding of the Saint realm 277 278.
• Great Saint-level formation patterns can repel intruders and hold back encroaching chaos, as demonstrated in the northern-pole grotto-heaven 341.

Lifespan and Mortality

• The usual lifespan is six or seven thousand years; Lu Chen entered the realm before reaching two hundred 342.
• Great Saints still face death and Dao Transformation. Daoist Qinghuang reached the end of his lifespan on the Mythical Ancient Road 326.
• Immortal substances can extend life: more than twenty strands of northern pole immortal light rescued an elderly peak Great Saint from the brink of Dao Transformation 341.

Higher-Power Limitations

• Quasi-Emperors: An ordinary Great Saint’s body can be shattered by a Quasi-Emperor’s aura. No Great Saint had defeated a Quasi-Emperor, even through divine prohibition 353.
• Emperor formations: Three Great Saints died within Kunlun’s Emperor Formation 187.
• Extreme Dao attacks: Even a tiny strand of the completed Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation’s sword light could reduce a Great Saint to ash 335.
• Forbidden terrain: The Gods and Demons Burial Ground could bar Great Saints; Lu Chen entered by using an Emperor Weapon to cut through its Dao obstruction 329.

Known Holders

Other documented holders include a Great Saint Tyrannosaurus, the Ji Family’s hidden Great Saint ancestor, an elderly female Great Saint at the northern pole, and the Tongtian Divine Rat and Three-Legged Phoenix Great Saints 308 341 342 351.

Associated Weapons & Artifacts

• Nine-Layer Immortal Gold Pagoda: Became a true Great Saint Artifact after Lu Chen’s breakthrough; forged from seven immortal metals 342.
• Heaven-Measuring Ruler: The immortal tear green gold weapon of the peak Saint Spirit fought in the Fire Domain; clashed with Lu Chen’s pagoda as a fully awakened Great Saint Weapon 343.
• Great Saint Battle Armor: The Never-Sun Royal Clan deployed this armor against Wushi’s former residence, but it failed to breach his formation defenses 241.
• Emperor Weapons: Great Saints can wield these without making them Great Saint-grade weapons. Qian Lun used the Myriad Dragon Bell, while the Golden King carried the Golden Mace 345.

Major Story Events

Qixia Plain

Dongfang Taiyi’s overwhelming strength prompted Hun Tuo and Kun Zhou to intervene. The arrival of human Great Saints, followed by Gai Jiuyou’s Quasi-Emperor presence, established that humanity possessed reserves capable of resisting the Primordial Myriad Races 268 269.

The confrontation ended with all Saint Realm experts withdrawing from open action, leaving the stage to the younger generation. Lu Chen remained exempt because he had not yet become a Saint, despite possessing Saint-slaying strength 270.

Lu Chen’s Great Saint Tribulation

Lu Chen entered the realm after cultivating in the abandoned northern-pole Road to Immortality. His tribulation manifested the Dao imprints of the Taiyin Human Emperor and Solar Saint Emperor, whose combined powers evolved into the Chaos Great Dao 341.

Their attacks nearly destroyed his body and primordial spirit. He survived through the Phoenix Tribulation Rebirth Art and ultimately shattered both imprints with the Battle Immortal Seal, emerging at Great Saint fifth heaven 341.

Fire Domain Battles

Lu Chen killed a peak Great Saint Saint Spirit that had seized the Demon Emperor Ruler. Qian Lun and the Golden King then attacked with Ancient Emperor Weapons; Lu Chen countered by deploying an equally powerful Dao Body, killed Qian Lun, and grievously wounded the Golden King before Hun Tuo intervened 342 343 345.

The Golden Age

Great Saints from across the universe increasingly gathered on Big Dipper as the Immortal Path approached. Several hundred years later, unfamiliar Great Saints attended Lu Chen’s Jade Lake sermon, illustrating how much more common the realm had become during the Golden Age 342 398.