Little Shi was incredibly powerful. Even without using the Sacred Beast Seven-Style Severing Slash, he could fight a master who had only just reached the Quasi-Saint level without falling behind. If he used the slash, he could even kill such an opponent. That showed just how terrifying his strength had become. Yet Ling Tian had survived the Sacred Beast Seven-Style Severing Slash. That alone was enough to shock everyone.
It made sense. Ling Tian's survival proved that he had life-saving abilities on par with a Quasi-Saint. For a Saint God at the Great Perfection stage to possess such abilities was enough to move anyone.
After this battle, the Young Leader and the Ancient Divine Beasts of Soul Severing Cliff greatly changed their impression of Ling Tian. At last, they understood that he was qualified to become the future master of Fengyun Pavilion.
Before, when the Ancient Divine Beasts of Soul Severing Cliff sensed that Ling Tian had not cultivated the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique, they had looked down on him. In their eyes, Ling Tian had avoided cultivating it because he feared the dangers involved. A cultivator like that was unworthy of becoming Fengyun Pavilion's future master.
But after learning from that Thunder Beast that Ling Tian planned to cultivate the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique only after reaching the Great Perfection stage of Saint God—or even touching the threshold of the Quasi-Saint level—they had changed their opinion of him. They thought him courageous, but still hadn't taken him too seriously. They didn't even believe he could successfully cultivate the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique. Even after the Young Leader explained things, they still thought his chances of cultivating it on his own were slim.
But after seeing Ling Tian fight Little Shi hand-to-hand without falling far behind, they changed their opinion