"Not for now. At least, not before the Thousand-Year Period," Shi Hen said. "Even if the Hall Master is injured and his strength greatly diminished, he is not someone just anyone can challenge. If Pang Ji truly made a move, who knows how great a price he would have to pay? He certainly won't do that before the Thousand-Year Period. No one knows what realm Pang Ji's strength has reached over these years. At least for now, his aim is to compete with the Hall Master once more. He has always brooded over his defeat in the struggle for the Hall Master's Seat back then. Throughout his life, he has looked down on everyone of his generation. Even those one generation or several generations above him never caught his eye. Such was his aloof pride. Yet a man like that ultimately lost to someone of his own generation. He will never accept it."
"But... but wasn't the Hall Master invincible under heaven? Even if he was injured, once his wounds heal, who could be a match for him?" Huang Xiao asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Yes, the Hall Master was once invincible under heaven. But that was with the Demon Hall's support. Since he left the Demon Hall, and even suffered grave injuries because of it, I fear that even if his wounds heal now, he will not match his peak of a thousand years ago," Shi Hen said.
"How is that possible?" Huang Xiao asked in astonishment. "Could the Hall Master's internal power not have advanced over nearly a thousand years?"
"It is not that the Hall Master's internal power cannot advance, but that the Hall Master's strength was at its absolute peak a thousand years ago. Recovering that level of strength now seems unlikely. Otherwise, Pang Ji could not have