There were some cultivation requirements for Lockbreakers, though they were merely minimum requirements. For example, a Discerning Elementary Lockbreaker had to at least be a Melder, while a Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker had to at least be an Explorer. This was simply the minimum level of strength needed for each Lockbreaker level, rather than the cultivation limit that a Lockbreaker of a specific level could achieve.

One needed to be an Enlighter and also master a sourcebox array in order to become an Array Master. While it was also possible to become a Senior Array Master as an Enlighter, a Realm Array Master had to be an Envoy. Array Grandmasters also needed to be Envoys, though Lu Yin was not very clear about how many tribulations one needed to pass for one to become an Array Grandmaster. All he knew was that all the Array Grandmasters that he had encountered were either Semi-Progenitors or peak Envoys, like Grandmaster Xiu Ming.

As for Grandmaster Qiu Ling, whom Lu Yin was Possessing, she was a seven-tribulation Envoy, which was very close to Grandmaster Xiu Ming’s cultivation level, but just slightly lacking. She was just weak enough that Lu Yin was able to Possess her. If she were a Semi-Progenitor like many other Array Grandmasters, Lu Yin would not have been able to forcibly Possess her no matter what.

Possessing an Array Grandmaster was far more useful to Lu Yin than Possessing any peak Envoy. Just the woman’s lockbreaking experience alone was a...