King Realm

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Power Progression

The following advancements document Lin Xuan’s entry into and progress through the realm.

Cultivation Requirements

Entry and Dao Integration

• Minimum requirement: A Tribulation Realm cultivator must comprehend at least one Great Dao to enter the King Realm 2.
• Dao integration: After entry, cultivators integrate the Great Dao they have comprehended. Completing that integration produces First Level Perfection 19.
• Further advancement: Comprehending a second Great Dao qualifies a cultivator for the Second Layer; integrating it completes that layer’s progression 19 23.
• Resource demands: Breaking through requires enormous spiritual power. Lin Xuan’s earlier attempt nearly exhausted his wealth 15.
• Failure risk: Lin Xuan’s first failed attempt reduced him from Tribulation Realm Ninth Layer Perfection to the Seventh Layer 3.

Multiple Great Daos

Comprehending several Great Daos before entry increases initial combat strength, but becomes progressively more difficult 2 3.

Advancement to the Emperor Realm

• An ordinary cultivator at King Realm Ninth Level Perfection must survive nine lightning tribulations, corresponding to their nine Great Daos 19.
• Each successive tribulation is more terrifying; many Ninth Level Perfection cultivators die attempting the transition 19.
• Lin Xuan expects to face twenty-two tribulations because he has comprehended twenty-two Great Daos 19.
• The difficulty of this transition is cited as the reason the Seven Moon-Reflecting Kingdoms have no Emperor Realm cultivators 19.

Abilities and Combat Strength

Flight

• Unaided flight is ordinarily available only to King Realm experts 9.
• Lin Xuan flies before entering the realm because his spiritual power already matches a true King Realm cultivator’s 9.

Spiritual Pressure

• King Realm experts can release pressure to intimidate weaker cultivators. King Mingkong uses it to suppress competing bidders at the Dusk Moon Auction 12.
• Pressure can also incapacitate opponents when the disparity is sufficient: Lin Xuan forces more than twenty King Realm experts to their knees after his breakthrough 20.

Realm and Layer Differences

• Under normal circumstances, even ten cultivators at Tribulation Realm Ninth Layer Perfection cannot match one King Realm expert 3.
• Each King Realm layer represents a major increase in strength. A Second Layer cultivator can easily crush several First Layer cultivators 22.
• Realm alone does not determine victory. Sword Intent, physiques, cultivation methods, and additional Great Daos can enable exceptional cultivators to overcome these gaps 3 9 19.

Demon King Comparison

• Demon Kings occupy the equivalent rank among Demon Beasts but are generally stronger than human cultivators of the same realm 8.
• Defeating or killing a same-realm Demon King normally requires at least two or three human King Realm experts working together, without guaranteeing success 8.
• Mu Yue and three fellow King Realm cultivators failed to subdue the Purple Scorpion Demon King; it seriously injured two of them 10.

Breakthrough Resources

• Great Dao Golden Pill — A lost sixth-grade pill from High Antiquity that helps its user comprehend at least nine Great Daos when breaking through. Its value exceeds that of ordinary eighth-grade pills 2.
• Formation Dao Profound Pill — Lin Xuan’s eight-pattern pill provides a route to four sword-formation Great Daos, expanding his planned total from eighteen to twenty-two 5.
• Heaven-Gathering Mystic Pill — Accelerates Lin Xuan’s absorption of the spirit spring during his breakthrough 18.
• Oasis spirit spring — Supplies enough spiritual power for Lin Xuan to reach First Level Perfection immediately upon entering the realm 18 19.
• Withered tree’s Spiritual Qi — Sustains a gathering that includes more than a dozen King Realm cultivators and enables Lin Xuan’s advancement to the Second Layer 23.

Regional Standing

• Azure Yang Sword Sect: The top ten peak masters are all King Realm cultivators. Most of the sect’s more than ten King Realm experts are at the First Layer; only the top three peak masters are at the Second Layer or above 4.
• Factional power: The Second Peak Master’s advancement to the Third Layer removes the Holy Maiden faction’s previous advantage in top-level combat strength 4.
• King-tier lineages: The Silver Frost Yan Household has four King Realm experts, led by Second Layer cultivator Yan Song 20.
• Travel protection: Weaker cultivators hire King Realm escorts for the dangerous journey through the Moon-Reflecting Mountain Range, although even King Realm experts risk death in its inner reaches 15 16.
• Inter-sect warfare: A battle involving more than twenty King Realm experts is described as a scale normally associated with wars between the kingdoms’ ten great sects 20.

Notable Practitioners

Exceptions to Normal Realm Limits

• Lin Xuan before breakthrough: Kills the First Layer Purple Scorpion Demon King with one Ice Sword strike while still in the Tribulation Realm 9.
• Chu Yuechan: Defeats King Realm opponents while at Tribulation Realm Ninth Level; one challenger suffers severe injuries after three strikes 22.
• Lin Xuan after breakthrough: Slaughters more than twenty King Realm cultivators with one strike, demonstrating combat strength far beyond his First Level Perfection cultivation 19 21 22.