The Imperial Sovereign level was all about the process of forming the immortal embryo. With an immortal embryo and a corresponding canon, one could step into the level of the Quasi-Immortal Grand Emperor. After, the immortal embryo would become a mature immortal, and canon would become a tributary, and the Quasi-Immortal would become a Lower Immortal!1

Countless cultivators dreamed of reaching those three levels. But it was extremely rare for people to actually succeed. Every major level was like a brutal elimination process. Each step along the way required destined opportunities and good fortune. You also need to build up impressive reserve powers.0

What was more, because the Fifth Star Ring had outlawed gods, cultivators didn’t really have any natural predators. That was why there were more Imperial Sovereigns than in places like Revered Ancient. But if you looked at them as a proportion of the cultivator population in general, they were still rare.1

In the Revered Ancient mainland, gods still wreaked havoc. Mutagen was everywhere, and life was hard. Even when it was in its heyday, the cultivator population there didn’t come close to the Fifth Star...0