Jiu Feng Venerable's own heart was in turmoil. If Hu Yanbo could affect a Universe Overlord, that could only mean he already possessed the strength of one.
Otherwise, a Venerable could never affect an Overlord!
Even a combined strike from ten Advanced Universe Venerables would only roughly match a Universe Overlord's.
Uncertainty filled his heart, but at Venerable Qingfeng's question, he still shook his head firmly. His tone carried a certainty he needed to convince even himself of. "He definitely hasn't broken through!"
Why did Jiu Feng dare to be so certain?
Simply because he had not seen the Universe Origin Law descend!
Whether someone broke through from World Lord to Immortal, or from Immortal to Universe Venerable, the same principle applied.
Whenever the essence of a life underwent a fundamental leap, the vast Universe Origin Law would descend directly above that individual, forming an immense ocean of swirling energy to help transform their Divine Body. The commotion was enormous, impossible to conceal.
The breakthrough from Immortal to Universe Venerable was especially dramatic. Even members of the Human Race, whose Divine Bodies were relatively small, would summon a five-colored law vortex at least a hundred kilometers across!
On Purple Thorn Island, where countless inheritors gathered and the slightest disturbance became common knowledge, there was no way such a tremendous descent of origin energy could escape watchful eyes if Hu Yanbo had truly broken through-much less Jiu Feng Venerable's, when he had been watching Hu Yanbo all along.
Jiu Feng Venerable had barely left Hu Yanbo's side recently. He could be absolutely certain that nothing of the sort had happened!
Of course, the Universe Origin Law did choose the most suitable body to descend upon-but that required a massive clone.
Yet Jiu Feng Venerable could only shake his head at that