Seen that way, He Xixiang really was formidable.
She had already been that powerful as a child, and now, after who knew how many years of cultivation, it was probably just as Lü Qingyi had said: until a true Immortal Emperor appeared, no one was He Xixiang's match.
"But why hasn't my Master come back yet?"
At that, Lü Qingyi looked a little helpless.
"Half-step Immortal Emperors are very hard to kill, and your Master thinks that if one punch doesn't kill someone, that means they always have some means of escape. Since she couldn't catch the Old Ancestors of the Three Families, she's very angry right now and is learning escape techniques."
Ying Huaixu: "..."
He asked curiously, "So they really are that good at escape techniques?"
Lü Qingyi shook her head.
"She punched them into powder, but even a half-step Immortal Emperor can potentially regenerate from a drop of blood. After regenerating, they keep running. Well, how does that not count as a Blood Shield?"
Ying Huaixu: "..."
Still, Ying Huaixu felt that the cultivation realms in this world were a little overpowered.
"Can Quasi-Immortal Emperors really revive whenever they want? Without paying any price?"
Lü Qingyi thought for a moment.
"It's not that there's no price. Anyway, once you reach half-step Immortal Emperor, you're essentially eternal. As long as there's energy between heaven and earth, an Immortal Emperor will endure forever."
"But if their divine body is blasted apart, reviving takes a great deal of energy. Their cultivation realm might temporarily drop, but their Immortal Emperor essence remains. Given a little time, they can recover quickly."
Ying Huaixu scratched his head. "Doesn't that mean once you attain it, you have it forever?"
Lü Qingyi nodded. "That's not wrong."
Ying Huaixu asked again, "Then just how powerful is