Moreover, Ye Lingfeng had yet to fully digest the alien demons he had devoured through the Gate of Primordial Origin.
He was also half a "devouring" type, though it only aided his own cultivation growth, making him far more stable than Lin Xiaoxiao.
Over this past month, he had relied on the "remnants" of the alien demons he had once consumed to reach the eleventh level of the Stepping Heaven stage, the "Fatewheel Heaven," two levels above Li Tianming.
As for Ye Lingfeng's combat strength, that depended on who his opponent was.
At his current eleventh level of the Stepping Heaven stage, coupled with Soulfiend's combat strength, if his opponent was a beastmaster, his limit was roughly the first level of the Astralphase Divine Realm.
If his opponent was an Order cultivator, then sorry—his Order would be crippled, and he would also have to endure the agony of a burning Order.
Even someone at the second level of the Astralphase Divine Realm might not be Ye Lingfeng's match.
Overall, Li Tianming was still the most well-rounded. After all, he had chosen the hardest road.
Pure self-cultivation—though the growth of divine intent was slow, it was damn solid!
"Everyone walks a different path. Xiaofeng and Xiaoxiao both have fortunes unique to them. I can't compare myself to them or envy them."
"Put another way, if they didn't even have an advantage in cultivation-level advancement, there would be even less chance of them catching up to me..."
Li Tianming took it all in stride.
Every step he took was solid and steady.
And precisely because of that, every transformation was a monumental change.
"A month has passed. The contest between the Heavenly Palace and the Imperial Star Ranking may only just be beginning."
Having finished this round of cultivation in the