When Xu Xueqing appeared, Ao Liu was studying her as well. Once he sensed the embryonic divine path within her, he smiled. "At last, someone in charge has come..."
At a glance, he could tell that Xu Xueqing also possessed the power of the divine path, and that this power was utterly different from that of Mei Sicheng and the other two former Luo Chen Sword Palace members. The difference was like that between a system file and a shortcut. Xu Xueqing held no specific divine office or godhood. Her role was that of a "god who managed gods"—a so-called god above gods. Neither her authority nor her abilities could be compared to those of the former Luo Chen Sword Palace trio.
Of course, because she possessed "no specific divine authority," Xu Xueqing had not gained many powers useful in battle either. If her combat strength had risen somewhat after coming to Divine Capital, it was only because she now had immense divine power at her disposal—after years of development, Divine Capital's divine path system was only slightly inferior to the divine kingdom the Holy Emperor had cultivated over two thousand years.
If Xu Xueqing faced Mei Sicheng and employed her authority specifically directed against human gods, she could win with ease. But if each relied on their own methods, she, a Body Integration Cultivator unskilled in combat, might not truly be stronger than Mei Sicheng, a half-step Body Integration Cultivator specializing in battle.
This was also deliberately designed by the Immortal Alliance. In their vision of the future, all work involved in maintaining the mortal world's operation and handling the crucial exchanges between the immortal path and the mundane world would be handed over to the divine path. Before that, they had to impose layer upon layer of restrictions