"I understand the elders' doubts. In truth, I have doubts myself. His physique was originally that of an ordinary human, yet through 'Flesh Star body tempering,' he strengthened his flesh to rival an elementary gods-and-devils sacred body. It truly beggars belief," the Divine Emperor said.
The Grand Elder frowned. "For a cultivator to temper his body with Flesh Stars is already enough to shock the world. Among the peerless prodigies alive today, fewer than a hundred are known to cultivate this art. Could he be one of those hundred?"
As mentioned earlier, Celestial Stars were divided into Leather Celestial Stars, Flesh Stars, and Bone Celestial Stars.
Ordinary people were fortunate to refine any Celestial Star at all. Most used Leather Celestial Stars.
Flesh Stars already belonged to the realm of major sects' prodigies, but those prodigies used them to construct the reincarnation starfields within their bodies, not to temper their flesh.
There was only one explanation for someone willing to use the "Flesh Stars" even prodigies dreamed of for body tempering: the Celestial Stars he used to construct his reincarnation starfield were the higher-ranked Bone Celestial Stars.
How difficult was it to produce Bone Celestial Stars?
Only peerless prodigies with extraordinary comprehension, extraordinary perseverance, extraordinary fortune, and incomparably solid foundations had any chance of producing them.
Did such people exist?
Yes, but very few!
As the Grand Elder of the Ancient Gate, he knew the world's outstanding young talents intimately. To his knowledge, fewer than a hundred possessed Bone Celestial Stars.
Those hundred all belonged to the Top Three Sects, Six Paths, or Nine Gates.
Most were also holy sons or holy maidens.
Thus, he suspected that this Young Master Su might be a holy son or holy maiden of one of those nineteen world-renowned powers.
The Second Elder stepped