Whether they admitted it or not, from the moment the illusory Ancestor Chen appeared, Shang Qing had been nearly invincible. Even the Sixth Continent cultivators couldn't find fault with him.
"If you're so eager to pass, then I'll let you through. The higher you climb, the harder you'll fall." Shang Qing spoke calmly, his gaze sweeping over Bu Kong, Zhi Yi, and Yao Xuan. He had changed his mind.
Bu Kong's expression darkened. Shang Qing's thinking was exactly the same as his. He was willing to let the many experts pass because he wanted to defeat them on a higher stage. And Shang Qing wanted to do the same. Fine—let's see who was stronger.
Ancestor Chen was invincible, but he was only a stream of energy. He had no intelligence.
Intelligence was fundamental to a person. Bu Kong wasn't about to fear a mindless humanoid monster.
If Shang Qing could conjure an intelligent Ancestor Chen, there would be no point in anyone else fighting. The reason everyone still hoped to contend with him was that, even if he could borrow Ancestor Chen's power, he couldn't borrow his intelligence.
A body without intelligence couldn't come close to matching Ancestor Chen's power at the same cultivation level.
Of course, even so, contending with the power of a mindless Ancestor Chen would be extremely difficult. What's more, Shang Qing could conjure more than one Ancestor Chen. That was the most despairing part.
Just as Shang Qing had said, if they wanted to pass, he would let them. The result would be the same either way.
However, not every Sixth Continent cultivator was allowed through.
They had to be at least close to a Domain Progenitor's level of strength. That let the Sixth Continent cultivators breathe a sigh of relief.
Shang Qing had absolute