Venerable Qingyun's dojo.
Nangong Aoyun watched the battle with burning eyes. The defiance on her face had finally disappeared, replaced by a solemn expression.
"I never expected Shi Yuanhao to be this strong. His sword domain has been refined to such a degree that even six late-stage Transcendent Realm experts can't stand against him. He really is the strongest beneath the True Man Realm, and not just in name."
Venerable Qingyun's lips curved into a smile as he glanced at her. "Are you convinced now? You should know that Fang Mo forced Shi Yuanhao to leave after paying compensation when Fang Mo was still in the Transcendent Realm. No one won or lost outright, but everyone knows Shi Yuanhao was defeated. And at the time, Fang Mo hadn't even reached the peak of the Transcendent Realm!"
"Master, can one person really be that powerful? To have such strength without even reaching the peak of the Transcendent Realm?"
Nangong Aoyun still found it hard to believe. She was exceptionally talented, but she knew that each realm was like climbing to heaven; although the Transcendent Realm had four stages, there was a huge gulf between each one.
Shi Yuanhao was already at the very peak of the peak. He could be considered half a step into the True Man Realm.
He had already taken half a step forward in terms of quality, yet Fang Mo, who hadn't even reached the peak of the Transcendent Realm, had actually beaten Shi Yuanhao so badly that he didn't dare continue fighting and had to pay compensation to get away. That showed just how formidable Fang Mo was.
"You wouldn't be so surprised if you knew that he had cultivated the Savage Body Refining Art to the fifth stage, perfected, condensed nearly three hundred Hegemon Body