Their fists collided.
Ye Hong stood his ground, but Xiao Xuan reeled as though struck by lightning, stumbling back a step despite himself.
A single step.
That was enough to make the Xiao Family patriarch's expression change dramatically.
"Impossible!"
He had imagined that even if Ye Hong had broken through to the Heavenly Human Realm, he could never be his match.
But now...
Only when they actually exchanged blows did Xiao Xuan realize, to his astonishment, that he was at a disadvantage.
How was that possible?
He had not followed the traditional cultivation system. He had used a far more powerful system to break through to the Heavenly Human Realm. Nor was he merely an ordinary heavenly being now—he had already reached the heavenly being third layer.
The heavenly being third layer.
The peak of transcendence.
He was only a hair's breadth away from sainthood.
By comparison...
Ye Hong had been crippled for so many years. Even if he had truly turned his fortunes around afterward, it was absolutely impossible for him to catch up and surpass Xiao Xuan's cultivation.
And so...
Xiao Xuan began to question everything he knew.
Renowned as a genius all his life, he doubted himself for the first time.
However...
While Xiao Xuan was mired in self-doubt, Ye Hong had no intention of holding back. He immediately launched his attack.
Faced with that overwhelming pressure...
Xiao Xuan could no longer afford to dwell on it. He could only focus his mind on responding.
Within the sea of consciousness...
Qin Er's voice rang out. "This Xiao Xuan is no ordinary heavenly being. He has reached the heavenly being third layer. I've also discovered that he isn't following an ordinary path, but a method of fleshly sainthood.
"Generally speaking, someone at the heavenly being third layer of