The Book of Original Sin, which had been held by Xiok, returned to Su Xiao's hands. He placed it on the table and loosely clasped his hands. Layer upon layer of Sealing Technique arrays emerged and reinforced the Book of Original Sin.
After meeting Xiok, Su Xiao gained a deeper understanding of the paragons. He also learned one thing: the "peak of the paragon realm" and the early, middle, and late stages of the paragon realm could not truly be considered the same concept.
Put more directly, Ranks One through Nine were all part of the development phase. The Transcendent level above Rank Nine was a buffer phase—a buffer before reaching the strongest echelon. That was why, despite both being Transcendents, the gap between Su Xiao and ordinary Transcendents could be so outrageously huge.
Upon reaching the paragon realm, one officially entered the peak echelon. However, this peak echelon covered a much broader range of combat power than the Transcendent level. The gaps between newly advanced paragons, veteran paragons, and top paragons were already considerable. As for the "peak of the paragon realm," it was what ninety-nine percent of paragons dreamed of, yet felt was beyond their reach.
Excluding the Void's First Era, from the Void's Second Era to the present, the known paragons at the peak of the realm were: the Nether God, Lord Soul, the Blade Demon, the Undying Elder, the Deer God, the old demon hag, Madam Spider, and Moon Witch Cecilis.
Whether there were any other "peak paragons" was unknown to Su Xiao's current intelligence network. However, the names listed above were all "peak paragons" who were still alive. If the deceased were included, many familiar names would appear, such as Green Gillian, Marvin Waltz, the old Law Destroyer, Star Devourer Akas, Shiman Archid, Black Moon