Because he is a bloodline returner, breaking through in one breath to the Great Emperor realm, without undergoing any heavenly tribulation, he has directly stepped into the mid-tier Emperor Realm!
His true strength has already surpassed the newly ascended Emperors who have just undergone the Great Emperor Tribulation.
As for the so-called Great Emperor Tribulation, its difficulty is not set to challenge true Emperor Realm powerhouses.
It tests those who have just broken through the shackles of the Quasi Emperor, with one foot stepping into the threshold of the Emperor, their aura still unstable, and realm not yet solidified.
Cultivators of this level can only be considered infinitely close to an Emperor, but not a true Emperor.
If the difficulty of the Great Emperor Heavenly Tribulation were truly aligned with the full-fledged Emperor Realm.
