Time drifted by, and in the blink of an eye another twenty or thirty thousand years passed.
Over this long stretch of time, Ling Tian and the others had grown vastly stronger overall, especially after several cultivators who had reversed their cultivation three or four times joined the elite squad. During these years, they had also destroyed three or four sect strongholds—a major loss for Chi Xue and the others.
Perhaps because they knew there were still many Heavenly Slaves in the God Realm, or perhaps because they knew how powerful Ling Tian's side had become, the super experts who occasionally appeared near them never made a move against them.
"Ling Tian, after all these years, your strength has made another qualitative leap. You should be at the upper end of the middle stage of Quasi-Sage Level Five, close to the advanced stage," Poxiong said in Ling Tian's mind. "At your current level, you can hold your own one-on-one against an ordinary Quasi-Sage Level Six expert. If you make good use of your various secret arts, you might even defeat one. At the very least, you won't lose."
"But I still can't beat Xiao Shi. He's invincible beneath Quasi-Sage Level Six," Ling Tian said with a sigh.
"All these years, Xiao Shi has been absorbing Tian Xuan's cultivation experience and the soul power he left behind. That's given him a tremendous boost, almost as much as yours. On top of that, he can fight by wielding an immense amount of Origin Power. It's only natural that you're no match for him," Poxiong said casually.
That was true. Ling Tian's Small World was vast—even larger than those of many Ancient Divine Beasts like the Jade Devouring Sky Python and the Heaven-Devouring Hou—but it still couldn't compare to Xiao Shi's. A larger