Long Ling thought over her disciple Yun Xiao's question but did not scold her for being fanciful.
Having followed Luo Qing for so long, Long Ling could be considered well-informed.
She had a fairly clear understanding of a Sage's divine abilities and wondrous techniques.
The saying that everyone beneath a Sage was an ant.
That saying was not wrong.
But if a hundred thousand Great Luo and over a hundred Quasi-Sages truly gathered to form a Hunyuan grand formation.
Setting aside everything else, just consider the Heavenly Court's Great Formation of the Stars.
If Great Luo Golden Immortals were used as the formation's lowest-level foundation points.
A Sage might not actually be able to win.
Long Ling ultimately took the relatively weaker strength of the two Sages, Jieyin and Zhunti, into account and gave her answer.
"Win, but not prevail!"
"Why?"
"Sages are imperishable through the Ten Thousand Calamities. Even if a Sage kills another Sage, they cannot completely destroy them.
Even if a Sage were reduced to ashes, they could still return from death through the Dao.
The ten-direction Immortals and Gods could deploy a Hunyuan grand formation and defeat a Sage temporarily.
But if they dragged it out until the end, the ones certain to perish would be the ten-direction Great Luo and Quasi-Sages."
Long Ling seriously explained this to her disciple Yun Xiao.
For any realm beneath Sagedom, if you possessed an extraordinarily heaven-defying talent and an unparalleled Divine Treasure.
It was not unusual to defeat an Upper Immortal despite being in a lower realm.
But defeating a Sage despite being in a lower realm was absolutely impossible.
Even if one possessed a Hunyuan killing grand formation and held an Innate Killing Supreme Treasure, one still could not completely destroy a Sage.
Upon hearing her teacher's explanation,