The progress of a Dao Master could be divided into three major stages:0

The first stage was during the sempiternal lifeform phase, when they could only bear a strand of the Great Dao's Authority. They were merely close to the essence of the Great Dao, enabling their comprehension to skyrocket, but they could not be called a true Dao Master yet.0

The second stage spanned from Perennial to True Saint. Their consciousness had perfectly merged with the essence of the Great Dao, but their strength wasn’t sufficient to control the Great Dao's Authority. At this stage, the essence of the Great Dao primarily assisted with cultivation and comprehending one's self-created Dao.0

The third stage came with reaching the Dao Zenithel stage, when the Saint Realm transformed into an Eternal Realm. Only with the Eternal Realm's power could one bear the full might of the Great Dao's essence. At this stage, one became a true Dao Master.0

For other Dao Masters, their self-created Daos are weak, and their Eternal Realms are initially very weak. Yet with the essences of the Great Daos, they can greatly compensate for these deficiencies. A glimmer shone in Wu Yuan's eyes. But my Eternal Realm is already no weaker than the Eternal Realms of other Dao Zenithels.1

With the added empowerment of the essence of the Great Dao…0

Wu Yuan's heart surged with exhilaration. His initial assumption had been modest, thinking that his breakthrough would merely...0