Chapter 1457: A Horse Off the Reins (III)
“If there are nine ranks to exalted emperors... does that mean the New Martial Human King is a ninth rank exalted emperor?” Li Hao couldn’t help but ask.
“No,” Zu An shook his head. “Just because the category exists doesn’t mean there’s someone occupying it. The area that we’re in actually has a name—the Red Moon Region! For purposes of identification, we usually name a region after the strongest world within it.
“The strongest world in this locality is the Red Moon major world. It’s said that the Red Moon master is an eighth rank exalted emperor. Who knows if that’s true or just legend?
“The New Martial Human King should be a premier existence of seventh rank. He would find it difficult to kill the Utmost Dark master if not!”
“The New Martial Human King... isn’t the strongest?” Li Hao found it hard to believe. The Red Moon master was even stronger?
And neither of them are ninth rank? I thought these two were the strongest existences among exalted emperors!
“It makes no difference to us,” Zu An laughed. “Whether it’s seventh or ninth rank, we’re no match for them at all. Those ranks might remain out of reach for us our entire lives. Fellow daoist might not understand this since you’re a newcomer to the chaos universe. There is a great gap between exalted emperors.
“One must fulfill at least two conditions to become a seventh rank exalted emperor. First, their world must attain major world status. Second, their great dao has been perfected and even in prime condition! Lastly, they need to be both master of the world and of the great dao to stand a chance of breaking through. There’s no hope for us just based on that alone!” Zu An shook his head.
“I see... Li Hao nodded dazedly. “Then why... did New Martial attack a major world?”
“Now that’s a long story. New Martial and Red Moon should be the two strongest worlds in the Red Moon Region. Red Moon prepared to attack New Martial a few decades ago to devour it, but New Martial struck back instead.
“War is yet to commence, but everything’s turned into a mess. It should be the New Martial Human King behind the destruction of Elysian Fields and Utmost Dark. He knows he can’t measure up to the Red Moon master, so he’s swallowing other worlds in an attempt to make it to eighth rank!”
Zu An wasn’t fully aware of the situation either, this was just his speculation. He pointed ahead next.