Su Xin's theory was indeed novel—so novel that an ordinary person simply could not have imagined it.
Back in the day, powerhouses of Great Heavenly Demon Venerable's generation had all advanced into the Heaven-Connecting Realm through Stealing Heaven Grade. It was a method they had discovered by chance, and the first method they had found. It was precisely by relying on this method that they had been able to stand divided against the Monster Race, reaching the Heaven-Connecting Realm that human martial artists of the past could never attain, slaying the Monster Race's Great Sages, and launching a complete counteroffensive against them.
Thus, by normal reasoning, since this was the first method they had discovered, it should also have been the correct one. Great Heavenly Demon Venerable and the others had already entered the Heaven-Connecting Realm; how could they possibly turn back and consider whether the path they had taken was wrong?
If everything Su Xin said was true, then it was precisely this method of Stealing Heaven Grade that they had adopted which had led them into a misconception and restricted their development beyond the Heaven-Connecting Realm.
Great Heavenly Demon Venerable stroked his chin and pondered. "In that case, it really is possible.
"The Human Emperor never used this method to advance into the Heaven-Connecting Realm, yet his strength far surpassed ours.
"And you, brat, chose another method entirely—one different even from the Human Emperor's—to enter the Heaven-Connecting Realm. Your strength cannot be judged by ordinary standards either.
"Damn it, I think I understand now. It seems we were fooled by those charlatans like the Taoist Ancestor!
"Their calculation that only nine Heaven-Connecting Realm experts could emerge between heaven and earth was not wrong. There were only nine portions of heavenly secret; once everyone divided them up, that made