Xu Ying still stood there in a daze, his heart unable to calm for a long while.
That silver-haired young man's strength was simply too powerful—so powerful that Xu Ying found it somewhat inconceivable.
Ever since becoming a Qi Refiner, Xu Ying had rarely encountered an opponent in the same realm. Even when someone could stand shoulder to shoulder with him, they would soon be defeated.
But this silver-haired young man was the first person to make him feel that he could not be defeated.
"The disciple of Taiyi Dao Lord, the later-generation successor of Emperor Haotian... There are many areas where I fall short of him. As for Primordial Qi, Profound Qi, and Yuan Qi, I've only just understood the basics and haven't yet comprehended the mysteries of the Nine Profound Transformations. But for him, that's merely the starting point."
Xu Ying exhaled a breath of foul air and murmured, "What Profound Qi produces emerges from emptiness; what Yuan Qi produces emerges from the cave; what Primordial Qi produces emerges from nothingness. Thus, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and the three transform and generate until the Nine Profound. From nine, return to one, and only then can one enter the true Dao. I still need to comprehend the Nine Profound and return from nine to one. In this, I'm inferior to him."
The second way Xu Ying fell short of the silver-haired man was in the number of Great Daos he controlled. He grasped more than two hundred Great Daos and fused them into the Taiyi Great Dao.
More than two hundred Great Daos meant more than two hundred Cave Abysses. After he merged with the Dao, those more than two hundred Cave Abysses would merge as well, transforming into the Taiyi Cave Abyss.