Prior to the Neo-Dawn Ascendant Emperor's arrival, the populace of Mystic Ascendant Realm experts throughout the eighteen regions, both open and concealed, could be tallied within the tens of millions, with the vast majority of these cultivators having 'failed' their ascension from mortality, entering the Mystic Star Phase and forming a Mystic Core enveloping their Astral Souls. As for the number of top experts, open and concealed, Earthly Saints barely exceeded two hundred.