The Saint Tiger Sect's sect master and Grand Elder had to be given credit: they had a keen eye. The moment they saw their disciples stopped by the energy barrier, they realized that Ling Tian had sealed off the entire sect compound and judged him to be powerful. Then, when they heard Ling Tian admit he was Yu Ying's master, they became even more certain of his strength. Panic seized them. In their minds, any cultivator who could seal off such a vast stretch of space in such a short time had to be at least a Twenty-second Heaven of Near-Saint expert.
A Twenty-second Heaven of Near-Saint expert was someone they could only look up to. They would have no chance of fighting back against such a master; with just a thought, he could suppress them. The realization left them despairing. The Saint Tiger Sect's sect master and Grand Elder believed that anyone capable of instantly sealing such a vast stretch of space had to be at least a Twenty-second Heaven of Near-Saint expert. They judged this because, in their minds, even a cultivator at the peak of the Twenty-first Heaven of Near-Saint would struggle to pull off such a feat.
And it was no wonder. The Saint Tiger Sect's sect master and Grand Elder had never ventured into the God Realm. They knew nothing of the Myriad Sword Demon Extermination Grand Formation or the Buddha Kingdom World. Nor did they know that, after the God Realm's cultivators incorporated the runes of Rune Cultivators, their mastery of formation runes and restrictions had far surpassed that of cultivators from beyond the realms. Ling Tian was among the very best in this regard.
Of course, even all that wasn't enough to make the Saint Tiger Sect's experts misjudge him. They could never