Given Tian Xuan's knowledge, he naturally knew how dramatically a cultivator's strength would increase after repeatedly reversing their golden core and tempering it through tribulation lightning. Especially after learning that Ling Tian had only reversed his golden core twice and was already comparable to Shi Yi, he admired the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique even more. Of course, he had also seen Ling Tian's potential.
In Tian Xuan's eyes, if Ling Tian could reverse his golden core many times—at least six or seven—then his strength would reach the level Tian Xuan had attained at his peak. If he could reverse it nine times, surpassing Tian Xuan would be all but inevitable. And if Ling Tian then consumed a Phoenix Soul Fruit and was reborn through nirvana, perhaps he could, like Shi Yi, approach the level of a Saint without limit.
Of course, Shi Yi here meant after he had received Tian Xuan's beast-soul inheritance and consumed a Phoenix Soul Fruit to be reborn through nirvana.
Though it had never seen the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique, Tian Xuan could tell from the reversal of the golden core alone that cultivators who practiced it possessed far more vigorous life force than ordinary cultivators. That also meant they would grow stronger.
In Tian Xuan's eyes, Ling Tian, who practiced the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique, would definitely live long enough to see the Phoenix Soul Fruit condense again, perhaps even many times. Then, after giving one Phoenix Soul Fruit to Shi Yi, it could give another to Ling Tian as well. That way, both men might approach the level of a Saint without limit.
It would be difficult for Shi Yi, alone and infinitely close to the level of a Saint, to break free of the Lord of the Universe's restraints. But if Ling Tian,