``` [The Spirit Transformation Period was also divided into the early, middle, and late stages.]
[The gap between each minor stage was likewise immense. An Early Spirit Transformation Heavenly Monarch could generally not contend with a middle-stage Heavenly Monarch.]
[Given the environment of the Human Realm during the Near Ancient Era, no middle-stage Heavenly Monarch had appeared in a hundred thousand years.]
[During the Primordial Era, the Human Realm still retained its former standing, and the world abounded in resources. There had been a faint hope of producing powerful middle-stage or even late-stage Heavenly Monarchs.]
[Why were the sword-cultivating Heavenly Monarchs of Heavenly Sword Peak hailed as the strongest fighters in the Human Realm, unmatched by other Heavenly Monarchs?]
[It was because the legacy left by the Sword Lord, combined with the killing power unique to sword cultivators, allowed them to wield middle-stage Spirit Transformation strength even under ordinary circumstances.]
[Thus, throughout those hundred thousand years, regardless of how the other fourteen supreme factions rose and fell, or whether they produced Heavenly Monarchs,]
[Heavenly Sword Peak's position had never wavered. This was not merely because the Sword Lord's reputation sheltered it, but because of its absolute strength and reserves.]
[You were delighted. The advantages and reserves you had accumulated over several simulations all erupted into their full potential after you entered the Spirit Transformation Period.]
[With my current strength, if I encounter Heavenly Monarch Skycang again, I stand a good chance of severely injuring or even killing him.]
[You thought to yourself.]
[Of course, this assumed that Heavenly Monarch Skycang neither fled nor hid within the fifth-tier grand array at his stronghold.]
[Moreover, killing him would come at the price of backlash from the Human Realm itself, potentially leaving you severely injured or even shortening your lifespan.]
[*Heavenly Monarch Skycang