Just as Ling Tian was preparing to attack the Buddha Kingdom World, Po Qiong stopped him. Drawing on his powerful spiritual perception, Po Qiong had sensed that a formidable force was still hidden within Wu De—far greater than the strength he had shown, and even much greater than Ling Tian's. It was quite possible that Wu De had reached, or even surpassed, the peak of the Near-Saint Seventeenth Heaven.
Even though Ling Tian had now broken through to the Near-Saint Seventeenth Heaven, he stood no chance against a cultivator at the peak of that realm, even if that cultivator had mediocre aptitude. What was more, the person he intended to attack was Wu De, who was anything but mediocre. Buddhist cultivators were also unusual: even one with ordinary aptitude could become immensely powerful with sufficient insight. Wu De was undoubtedly a devoted Buddhist cultivator with extraordinary insight—so much so that Ling Tian fell far short of him in that regard. That meant Ling Tian was no match for Wu De.
If Wu De's hidden strength truly surpassed Ling Tian's, then even if Ling Tian forcibly broke through the Buddha Kingdom World and reached Wu De, he might fail to "capture" him and instead be suppressed and sealed by Wu De. If that happened, Ling Tian would never again have a chance to stop him. With that in mind, Ling Tian naturally became much more cautious.
"Po Qiong, are you sure my master is hiding a powerful force within him, one far stronger than me?!" Ling Tian asked. His expression grew grave as he spoke, and at the same time he tried his hardest to sense whether anything about Wu De seemed unusual.
"Mm. I can't make it out very clearly, but your master's hidden strength is definitely much greater than