"You'd better not look so unconvinced. You aren't qualified for it. If he wanted to kill you, all he needed was the intent to kill; a single thought could slaughter you ten million times over!" The old man looked at his young disciple and spoke with rare sternness. "Before him, how were you any different from an ant?"
"Alas, these past years, everything has gone smoothly for you. But precisely because of that, you've become too carried away. My cultivation is no longer what it was, and I never taught you just how terrifying an Emperor was. Before an Emperor, all worldly power is a joke!"
"I'm a Quasi-Emperor!" The youth finally could not help talking back.
"A Quasi-Emperor? What did a Quasi-Emperor amount to before an Emperor? Anyone who could escape an Emperor's hands could be praised by the world for ten thousand years. Why did you think that was?" The old man's expression grew even more solemn. "Didn't you receive the intelligence from Celestial Peak Island? Over a hundred Quasi-Emperors from the Heavenly Dao Teachings lasted only a fleeting moment longer before him. Wasn't Bai Daozi stronger than you? And what happened to him? Even wielding a Dao Artifact, he was still easily slain by Ye Xiwen—and that was when Ye Xiwen was seriously injured. Before him, you're far too green!"
"Never mind Ye Xiwen—even me, though I'm no longer at my peak, crushing someone like you to death would take no effort at all!"
"Master, could even you at your peak not compare to him?" the youth asked, looking at the old man.
"At my peak? I don't know. My cultivation is no longer what it was, and I can't see through Ye Xiwen's true strength now. I can only tell you that he is very strong.