Yuan's Ascension

"Your saber technique is truly unique and brilliant. I can scarcely offer better guidance," Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu remarked with genuine admiration. "Once you break through to Dao Zenithel, the power of this single strike would almost reach the Peak Dao Zenithel level."

Peak Dao Zenithel level? Wu Yuan pondered thoughtfully.

Throughout these one million years, his ether body had cultivated within the depths of the mysterious Frostheaven Peak. In that span of time, he had fully comprehended over ten thousand True Saint ultimate techniques. As for the nearly one thousand Dao Zenithel ultimate techniques, he hadn't mastered them all. Even so, the accumulation of all these insights was already unfathomably deep.

Four hundred thousand years ago, the Five Moves of Destruction had inspired Wu Yuan to begin crafting a new saber technique. It began to take shape two hundred thousand years ago, after which he sought Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu's guidance. Since then, he had withdrawn into seclusion, refining and deriving it.

Not long ago, the technique underwent another transformation.

“From your assessment, it seems I still fall somewhat short compared to Eldritch Progenitors like Zhu Rong and Xuan Ming," Wu Yuan said with a smile tugging at his lips.

"Making progress as a Dao Zenithel is incredibly difficult," Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu sighed. "That you could improve so dramatically in such a brief time is already inconceivable. Clearly, you gained some remarkable opportunities during the contest for the Xuanhuang Dao Treasure."

Wu Yuan acknowledged this with a slight nod.

Indeed, Dao Zenithels found it extraordinarily difficult to make progress. Through years of exchanges with Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu, Wu Yuan had gained insight into the levels of power at the Dao Zenithel stage.

For those like Cloud Saint and True Saint Yan Huo who had taken the fourth step, if they broke through to become Dao Zenithels without creating a Dao Zenithel ultimate technique, they would rank at the very bottom. Their combat power would be classified at the early-stage Dao Zenithel level.

Such powerhouses were rare among Dao Zenithels and seldom appeared in public, preferring instead to cultivate in seclusion to create ultimate techniques.

Then there were those like True Saint Luan Hai who had created a Dao Zenithel ultimate technique. Once they broke through, after nurturing a Chaos Treasure perfectly attuned to themselves using the essence of their Eternal Realm, they would possess mid-stage Dao Zenithel combat power. These were the Standard Dao Zenithels.