"Qin Hao's aura..." The Storm Sovereign, Illusion Master Lingyan, Azure Li Lord, Lord Zhenheng, and the other Sovereigns looked Qin Hao up and down, their expressions wavering between shock and doubt.
Five Epochs had passed. The Storm Sovereign, Illusion Master Lingyan, and the others had all advanced in their cultivation.
The Storm Sovereign was the strongest among them, having become a Five-Tribulation Sovereign. Illusion Master Lingyan came next. He was now a Four Tribulations Peak Sovereign, just one step from the Five-Tribulation level.
Azure Li Lord, Lord Zhenheng, and the others had also become Four-Tribulation Sovereigns and consolidated their cultivation.
But they had not seen Qin Hao for more than three Epochs. Now that they met again...
They stared in bewilderment at Qin Hao. He stood before them like an ordinary mortal, without the slightest fluctuation. They could not sense a trace of Great Dao Aura from him.
If they had not seen for themselves that the young man was Qin Hao, they would have taken him for a mortal with no cultivation whatsoever.
He was that ordinary!
"How is this possible?" The Storm Sovereign was baffled. "I am a Five-Tribulation Sovereign, while Qin Hao is only a Half-Step Sovereign. How could I fail to see through him?"
There were only two possibilities.
"Qin Hao crippled his own cultivation."
"Or..."
"His comprehension of the Great Dao has far surpassed mine."
That was what shook the Storm Sovereign.
Could Qin Hao have crippled his own cultivation?
Once someone did that, cultivating back to their former level was all but impossible.
Besides.
Even if Qin Hao had started cultivating again, the Storm Sovereign could not possibly have failed to sense any aura from him.
He could not have seemed like an ordinary mortal.
That left only one possibility.
"Qin Hao's comprehension of