Top Universe Overlords could be considered the beings closest to the level of Universe Masters.
In terms of combat power, they could even rival ordinary Universe Masters.
Yet they were still Universe Venerables, not Universe Masters.
Taking that final step was immensely difficult.
Every Top Universe Overlord was an astonishing talent, yet so many of them remained trapped at that final step, unable to break through even after countless eras.
Beings like these Top Universe Overlords were already so extraordinary as Universe Venerables that once they took the final step and spent a little time consolidating their gains, they would generally start at no less than the level of a Third-Order Universe Master.
Yet it was as though some unseen shackle barred their way. The more extraordinary these Universe Venerables were, the harder it became for them to take that final step.
By contrast, among some Universe Overlords and even High Venerables, a very few could take that final step and become ordinary Universe Masters.
Every gain and loss truly had its place in fate.
"Lord of Sky Wolf, have you come to give me an assignment?" Venerable Tianhua asked.
"Mm, there's something I need to trouble you to make a trip for."
The Lord of Sky Wolf said, "Have you heard of that human, Yun He?"
"A little." Venerable Tianhua nodded. "An extraordinary genius born into the Human Race within the past few thousand years. He became Undying after cultivating for less than ten thousand years, and the inheritors dubbed him Black Hole King. I hear he's currently cultivating in the Ancestral God Cult."
"That's right. That's him." Intense killing intent surfaced in the Lord of Sky Wolf's eyes. "As long as he stayed put on Purple Thorn Island and cultivated, there was nothing I could do to