Dao Seal

Having gained sufficient sensibility toward their **Grand Dao**, an Emperor that has condensed a **Dao Seal** has reached a masterful level of control over their primary Principles, and can easily outclass Pseudo-Great Emperors. Due to the limits of the Heavenly Way, and barring unusual circumstances (i.e. World Tree Subtree), the only Emperors within Universe Worlds capable of achieving this step are those who have successfully seized the chance to become a Great Emperor.

A Dao Seal is the condensed and focused accumulation of a person’s lifetime Martial Arts practice, energies, and foundation. It is created by condensing these aspects around one of the 3,000 Grand Daos, with each Dao directly correlating to a cultivator’s attainments toward particular World Principles. For example, Yang Kai's Seal was built based on his attainments toward **Space Principles**, as he chose to focus on the **Dao of Space**. This step is necessary for a cultivator to become a Great Emperor and/or to promote to the Open Heaven Realm. Generally, condensing a Dao Seal also allows a cultivator to break through the fetter of their respective Universe World in order to explore the Outer Universe.

In the Outer Universe (3,000 Worlds), it is much easier to condense a Dao Seal than in Universe Worlds. This is because the bottle of the Heavenly Way no longer applies, and condensing a Dao Seal is no longer tied to becoming a Great Emperor. However, even in the Outer Universe, it is said that 90% of Emperors are unable to gain sufficient sensibility toward their Grand Dao in order to condense a Dao Seal on their own. Therefore, many must rely on external forces in order to help them to advance on the path of the Martial Dao, such as the Grand Dao Pill. Once a cultivator condenses a Dao Seal without becoming a Great Emperor, they can no longer acquire the title.

Due to the obvious and significant difference between a cultivator that has condensed a Dao Seal versus one that has not, Yang Kai once suggested to himself that it should be considered its own **Dao Seal Realm** between the Emperor and Open Heaven Realms, but the 3,000 Worlds still consider it to be part of the Emperor Realm. The next step after condensing a Dao Seal is called Half-Step Open Heaven.

## Great Emperor

There is a higher class of Emperor (or above) exclusive to Universe Worlds called **Great Emperor**. These are usually former Pseudo-Great Emperors that have been acknowledged by their World‘s Will (Heavenly Way), allowing them to both condense a **Dao Seal** and transfer the **World Force**. This allows them to display the power of Low Rank Open Heaven Realm in most Universe Worlds, making them virtually invincible vs Pseudo-Great Emperors and below.

However, the World Force belongs to the Universe World, and a Great Emperor that is too far away from their world cannot draw upon it. In many ways, the Great Emperor relationship with their Universe World is similar to a Star Master’s relationship to their Cultivation Star. Therefore, Great Emperor is **not a cultivation realm**, but rather a title granted to those fortunate and talented few who are chosen by their world.

Having become an extension of their World's Will, Great Emperors can borrow the strength of their world's World Principles to a profound degree, including those for which they have no significant attainments. However, Great Emperors can also lose the privileges of their title if they betray their Universe World (i.e. Can Ye), most significantly stripping them of their ability to transfer the World Force.

### World Force

Also known as the **Power of Heaven and Earth**, World Force stems from the Source of a Universe World, and is far more powerful and mysterious than the strength of World Principles. Upon reaching the cultivation level of a Great Emperor (i.e. condensing a Dao Seal), cultivators have mastered control over their primary Principles relative to others. World Force, however, is something that only Emperors with the Great Emperor title can sense and transfer within their own Great Worlds. Containing the power and will of an entire Universe World, it is this power that makes Great Emperors practically invincible existences among the native inhabitants of their respective Great World.

### Bottle of the World

According to a Universe World’s Heavenly Way, there is a limit to how many Emperors can condense a Dao Seal and become a Great Emperor. For instance, as Yang Yan explained, Star Boundary’s limit was once 10 Great Emperors. Demon Realm, however, had a limit of 12 Demon Saints (Great Emperors).

The bottle of a Universe World is based on its overall level of Martial Dao. Therefore, a Universe World’s bottle can be expanded if its background is improved to a significant enough degree. For instance, Yang Kai once concluded that Star Boundary and Demon Realm would gain many new Great Emperors/Demon Saints in the future due to the miraculous changes brought by the World Tree Subtree.

### Monster Race Great Emperor

For information on Monster Race Great Emperors, check out the Open Heaven page's **Monster Emperor** Section.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 4074
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 4309
3. ↑ Chapter 3792
4. ↑ Chapter 3828
5. ↑ Chapter 3834
6. ↑ Chapter 3823
7. ↑ Chapter 4792
8. ↑ Chapter 3943
9. ↑ Chapter 3945
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chapter 4613
11. ↑ Chapter 4312
12. ↑ Chapter 4229
13. ↑ Chapter 4163
14. ↑ Chapter 3796
15. ↑ Chapter 2499
16. ↑ Chapter 3944
17. ↑ Chapter 3194
18. ↑ Chapter 5560