"Perhaps."
Shi Yi neither agreed nor disagreed.
Defeating someone of a higher realm was inherently uncertain, because the gap in strength between beings within the same realm could be negligible or as vast as the gulf between heaven and earth.
If he encountered a first-generation prodigy who had just entered the True God realm, Shi Yi would have a hard time defeating them with his own strength alone.
After all, first-generation prodigies could break the rules and strike down those above them.
Of course, that ability would diminish rapidly as their cultivation advanced. As great waves sifted the sand, fewer beings remained the farther one climbed, and their talent and strength grew ever greater. The weak were mostly washed out, unable to climb higher, while the gaps between realms continued to widen.
To maintain the ability to defeat those above one's realm, one had to surpass the limits at every step and reach inconceivable heights. That was far too difficult, practically impossible.
"It's time I left."
Shi Yi suddenly spoke.
Lin Ni had long expected this and nodded, her gaze calm.
Ever since the Sun God Tree had brought Shi Yi to the Upper Realm, he had cultivated seated on the branch that bore the Sun God Flower. Several months had passed in the blink of an eye. At this stage, Shi Yi had already received everything he should, and the Sun God Tree would not give him what he should not receive. In the end, he had to walk his own path, one step at a time. Flooding him with nourishment would be no different from forcefully pouring power into him, and would destroy this peerless prodigy.
The Sun God Tree had always maintained that balance well.
"It is time to leave," the Reincarnation Disk murmured. Shi Yi could