Of course.
That's not to say the grade of your Dharma Aspect determines the grade of the Grotto Heaven you will forge.
Fate is fickle, and fortune is unpredictable.
Resources, the state of one's Dao heart, accidents, the depth of one's foundation, damage to one's origin...
All these factors...
...could influence the path ahead.
Take the Daylight Saint Child, Wang Tongguang, standing before Wu Dao for example.
In his Dharma Aspect phase, he had achieved the Emperor Grade Twenty-four Heavens.
But because his Dantian Origin was damaged while fighting over a treasure,
he fell from the Emperor Grade when breaking through to the Cave Heavens Realm.
He only managed to forge a Saint Grade Grotto Heaven and wasted a century before opening a Triple Cave Heaven.
As for whether he could reach Ninth Layer Perfection,
that would depend on his future Creation.
But even so,
Wang Tongguang's accomplishments already surpassed ninety-nine percent of the cultivators in All Heavens.
