While at the Immortal Sect, Shen Changchuan had sparred with Senior Brother Hou Ping, who was at the peak third level of Spirit Wandering Realm.
Thus, he had some understanding of the power of the third level of Spirit Wandering Realm.
However,
their sparring had not been a fight to the death, and Senior Brother Hou Ping had most likely held back.
Thus, that estimate of his combat strength was not particularly accurate.
But Shen Changchuan could sense that,
if they truly fought to the death, he would undoubtedly lose!
That was only natural.
Although he possessed the advantage of true intent,
Senior Brother Hou Ping had once rivaled Situ Yuan, one of the supreme geniuses of the previous generation of inner disciples. Now that he had reached the peak third level of Spirit Wandering Realm, how could he not have mastered some true intent himself?
Once the gap in true intent was closed,
Hou Ping could rely entirely on his Spirit Wandering Realm power to deliver what amounted to a higher-dimensional strike against him!
Thus, Shen Changchuan concluded that,
in a fight to the death,
he would most likely be no match for Senior Brother Hou Ping.
Then again,
not everyone at the peak third level of Spirit Wandering Realm was the same.
Cultivators of the Immortal Sect
were themselves geniuses by the standards of the outside cultivation world!
Senior Brother Hou Ping's strength at the peak third level of Spirit Wandering Realm was an entirely different matter from that of someone at the same level outside the Immortal Sect!
Even in Spirit Wandering Realm, true intent remained the exclusive province of geniuses among geniuses!
After all, many of the Spirit Wandering Realm cultivators who had come to watch Shen Changchuan's battle with Xuan Tianxing had done so precisely