Dominating the Late Stage

Crack!

A thick five-colored light screen split with cracks, but before Fang Qing's next strike could fall, the Shang Family ancestor retreated and vanished into the void.

When he reappeared, he was already several hundred zhang away.

Sure enough—combat between Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators was utterly different from that of the Nascent Soul Early and Middle Stages. Great Cultivators could traverse the void with ease; it was already somewhat akin to combat at the Purple Palace level.

Fang Qing did not pursue. He merely gave the Heaven-Hearing Bell a light tap.

Countless bulges and cracks surfaced over the two black lotuses. Assaulted from within and without, they exploded apart, revealing the Mystic Fire Demon Zombie and True Spirit Puppet, both roaring skyward.

My strength—even if I only mobilize my primary Nascent Soul and leave the second one untouched—is enough to rival an ordinary Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Cultivator. That is because I also have the status of a Great True Person empowering me.

If I were to use my second Nascent Soul, the fourth-rank puppet, or even a Heaven-Penetrating Spirit Treasure... that would be harder to say. The Shang Family ancestor might very well die here.

He gained a rough estimate of his own strength.

The Shang Family ancestor was even more astonished. "Fellow Daoist... you truly possess the combat strength of a Great Cultivator."

From their exchange just now, the Shang Family ancestor had confirmed that this mysterious cultivator surnamed Fang possessed immensely powerful mana, no weaker than that of a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, and was also capable of traversing the void.

Though his cultivation realm was not that of a Great Cultivator, both his displayed abilities and combat strength undoubtedly placed him at the Great Cultivator level, standing atop all Nascent Soul Cultivators of