The 5th stage was exceptional. From a natural point of view, it was impossible to achieve this cultivation. In a way, the Sages escaped the rules of normal living beings in this world.
For example, Lothur could see the rules behind the existence of living beings and inanimate things. His powers could affect entire regions, and he could kill hundreds of thousands of people at once if he so chose.
This was all very extreme, and it could only be achieved with the help of external resources because reaching the 5th stage through cultivation was impossible. Only by using Soul Bones, magnificent items, pills, potions, special resources, and so on, could one achieve such powerful cultivation.
As something that was achieved artificially, being at the 5th stage had its dangers!
Just as a cell that escapes the body's control will eventually be attacked by everything the body has, a being that has reached the 5th stage in this world will be rejected by it.
