In the Cultivation World, it was not impossible to challenge someone above one's level through cultivation alone—only as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
First, the gap in level could not be too great. One or two minor realms were more or less the limit, and even then, the weaker side needed high-grade spells far superior to the opponent's.
But if one did not rely on personal cultivation alone, there were quite a few methods to consider.
For example, powerful magic treasures, pills with special effects, and... arrays.
Among them, arrays had the most powerful effects. With sufficient preparation beforehand, theoretically speaking, even a Qi Refinement cultivator could possibly ambush and bring down a cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment.
To deal with Liu Bingxuan, Zhou Qing could not possibly confront him head-on.
Unless he used the Iron Pellet Technique empowered by his magnetic-field ability, or forcibly shook the other man's mind with magnetic-field vibrations, he could not be Liu Bingxuan's match through cultivation alone.
Even if he could defeat Liu Bingxuan, openly fighting within the sect was not a good choice.
His goal was not merely to teach Liu Bingxuan a lesson. He also wanted him to reap what he had sown, confess to framing Wei Xu, and receive the punishment he deserved.
That required more careful thought.
Zhou Qing spent most of the night pondering this problem. Even when he took a walk through the bamboo grove in the morning, he was still thinking.
In the end, Zhou Qing focused his attention on the mutual interference of spiritual energy waves.
While studying arrays, Zhou Qing had noticed that spiritual energy waves of different frequencies produced different interference effects.
Some spiritual energy waves could travel alongside one another without interference. Some canceled each other out, while others