World Fog is Too Close (Problem is Still Present! Don't List as Resolved yet!)

I am currently running on 1.18.1, and this issue is still present. I was quite looking forward to my realm no longer having fog. Currently, the render distance seems to be set somewhere around 12 chunks, even when I turn my settings up to 32 chunks. Had I known this would be an issue, I would have canceled my realms subscription.