Although someone at Xuan Qing's level of cultivation no longer had any true weaknesses.
Even if they had initially been poor at close combat, after attaining the Dao Realm, they could send a portion of their consciousness into countless possible futures, entering worlds where martial arts flourished, throwing themselves into the mortal realm, and forging martial skill from nothing.
If once was not enough, then twice; if twice was not enough, then ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times...
Passing in and out of one future possibility after another, they could always temper a formidable combat instinct and close-quarters ability.
The only things that could limit their performance were, in part, their own understanding of themselves, and in another part, the degree of compatibility between their condensed natal Dao qi—or rather, their gathered Dao Fruit—and the Dao principles and laws operating within heaven and earth when they manifested outwardly.
Thus, when Dao Realm cultivators spoke of excelling at a certain kind of combat, they often meant that this combat style allowed them to circulate their natal Dao qi more effectively, seize the initiative most quickly, and borrow the greatest amount of external power. It did not mean that changing their fighting method would cause their strength to plummet.
Therefore, after Daoist Xuan Qing endured Tongtian's initial fierce assault, Tongtian's mana began to fall behind its expenditure. Xuan Qing, who fought steadily and solidly, instead gained a certain advantage.
Indeed, with his abundant Dao qi, Daoist Xuan Qing was now able to press down on Daoist Tongtian, whose Highest Purity qi was running scarce.
Yet Xuan Qing had no intention of continuing to fight Tongtian at close range.
For people such as Yu Chen and Xuan Qing, who cultivated the Taiyi Immortal Dao, their natal Dao qi