Even among the twelve Ancient Immortal Continents, peerless powerhouses who have cultivated to the level of the Canopy Immortal Emperor are exceptionally rare. In the vast Yundu Continent, only Kong Huanyu had achieved this status; all others reached at most the peak of the Thousand-Throne Immortal Emperor realm.
The Thousand-Throne realm is named as such simply because those who reach it can withstand a thousand strikes from a Canopy Immortal Emperor. This underscores the immense chasm between the two levels.
As the preeminent figure of Yundu Continent, Kong Huanyu was loath to abandon millions of years of cultivation and prestige, nor was he willing to relinquish the grand ambitions of the Jing-Tian lineage to dominate the continent. When Chen Xuan, the successor of the Eternal Night, first appeared, Kong Huanyu had dismissed him with disdain. That changed only after Chen Xuan displayed miraculous feats within the Nine-Vaults Dao Ruins and, ultimately, survived the Reenactment of the Heavenly Dao.
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