Lu Yuan's slap had indeed landed on that Heavenly Sovereign's face.
But it also seemed to have slapped everyone's worldview.
It shattered everyone's worldview into pieces.
To the point that they could no longer tell whether what lay before them was an illusion.
"Wh-..."
"Wh-..."
"What..."
"What kind of joke..."
There were Earth Supremes in the surrounding crowd, but even more Supremes. No one could tell who had spoken, but from that halting pace—or rather, those stammering words born of sheer fright—they could hear the barely concealed shock and just how thoroughly that person's worldview had been shattered.
At this moment, no one cared who had said it anymore.
After all, it was the truth.
At the very least, it voiced what they were all thinking.
And their shock truly needed an outlet.
Good heavens.
They had actually watched an Earth Supreme send their own Pseudo Heavenly Sovereign flying with a single slap. Judging by the disparity between the two—by the ease on that Earth Supreme's face, and by the mountains and buildings their Hall Master had smashed through after being slapped away—it gave them the bizarre illusion of an adult beating up a child.
In other words.
If their cultivation and realms had been reversed.
If the other side had been a Pseudo Heavenly Sovereign.
And their side had been an Earth Supreme.
Then this outcome would have been perfectly normal.
And entirely reasonable.
The difference between realms only grew larger the further one advanced.
Not everyone possessed the ability to fight above their realm.
Moreover, most abilities to fight above one's realm gradually weakened.
For example, a God Soul Realm cultivator might, due to their cultivation art and choice of spirit beast, possess the ability to cross an entire major realm and kill a Heaven Fusion Realm expert.