"Wu Yuan, we shall now share some truths with you," the white-robed boy Bai Sui slowly began to speak. His voice was childish, but his eyes held a reminiscent look. "It was a very, very long time ago... Throughout the passing of samsara cycles of heaven and earth, the vast cosmic sea remained eternally unchanging, while the Dao Masters always stood at the pinnacle.0

“The strength of the Dao Masters was equivalent to the Dao Zenithels, Fourth-step Eternals. They were also the first batch of Dao Zenithel existences. You should know this," Bai Sui said.0

Dao Zenithel? Wu Yuan nodded slightly.0

He had some understanding of this information from the Taiyuan Divine Court's intelligence archives after his qi refiner self became an Overlord. However, the descriptions were rather vague.0

There were five stages of the Overlord level.0

Eternal lifeforms were similarly divided into five stages by numerous eternal beings over many samsara cycles. These are also known as the five steps of eternity.0

The first step of eternity was the Perennial stage. Those at this stage were the weakest eternal beings. The vast majority were naturally-born eternal lifeforms, or universe-born lifeforms who achieved eternity through Stowing Away. Fourth-stage Overlords could generally match them.0

The second step of eternity was the Dao Pioneer stage. This...0