"Fourth Brother, what do you think—or rather, what do you sense? What realms are I, your Second Brother, your Third Brother, Ou Tuo, Xie Tianhe, Hei Tian, Yang Beng, Yin Yi, Pill King Shuilian, and the others at?" Great Sage of Sea Quelling asked solemnly.
"Realms of cultivation? Aren't you all in the Dao Entry Realm?" Ye Zhen asked, puzzled.
"The Dao Entry Realm is only one realm. Within it, there are nine levels. Which level of the Dao Entry Realm do you think each of us is at?" Great Sage of Sea Quelling asked again.
"This?"
Ye Zhen frowned. Great Sage of Sea Quelling's question was rather strange, but upon careful consideration, it truly was a question.
Ye Zhen did not seem to have sensed any obvious disparity in cultivation between these Dao Entry Realm experts. Thinking back on it now, their cultivations seemed about the same.
Especially Yang Beng, who had fought Ye Zhen several times, and the three men closest to Ye Zhen—Great Sage of Sea Quelling, Great Sage of the Sea, and Sea Breaking Great Sage. At first glance, of those four, Great Sage of Sea Quelling was the strongest, Great Sage of the Sea and Sea Breaking Great Sage were roughly equal, and Yang Beng was the weakest.
Yet Ye Zhen's impression was, in essence, merely a ranking of their combat strength, not the strength of their cultivation.
Now that he considered it carefully, the cultivation aura Yang Beng emitted did not seem any different from that of the three Great Sages.
At that thought, Ye Zhen instantly entered the state of Clear Heart Sword Intent. His divine sense abruptly surged from his body and swept recklessly over the three Great Sages, probing them.
That probe made Ye Zhen's expression abruptly freeze.
"The three elder