To ordinary people, a Heaven-Tier Powerhouse was a being who lived in legends, far beyond their reach.
No matter how many tales they had heard, or how much admiration, reverence, or even fear they felt, there was always something unreal about such beings.
For them, suddenly facing a Heaven-Tier Powerhouse often inspired shock and curiosity more than anything else. Some exceptionally courageous souls even dared to challenge one, hoping to prove themselves.
For Earth Rank Experts, however, or high-ranking yakshas like Ye'e Mannali, Heaven-Tier Powerhouses were all too real.
They had more opportunities to come into contact with Heaven-Tier Powerhouses, even to converse or spar with them, and truly experience that great power beyond the mortal world.
Thus, the greater their cultivation and the higher their standing, the better they understood just how terrifying and invincible such beings were.
Only a Heaven-Tier Powerhouse could contend with another Heaven-Tier Powerhouse. This had long been the consensus throughout the myriad worlds. Though rumors occasionally surfaced of Earth Rank cultivators holding their own against Heaven Tier foes, those cases remained rare. Ye'e Mannali did not believe herself to be such an exceptional expert.
"How could a Heaven-Tier Powerhouse appear here! Is this man a human Spirit Tamer? Why does he look so young!"
Ye'e Mannali sensed extreme danger. The chill surrounding her seemed to freeze her blood and marrow in an instant, and even her thoughts began to stiffen.
But the instincts she had honed through long years of cultivation and battle still made her react immediately. She turned and fled.
Ye'e Mannali tried to return to the palace she had just emerged from, hoping to mount some resistance with the few secret arts at her disposal and the subordinates under her command.
Although Earth Rank Experts could not defeat Heaven-Tier Powerhouses, they