Huang Xiao thought that made sense. He had absorbed the auras of five powerful drops of essence blood, but the later auras had not actually been as effective as the first.
Even if he were allowed to absorb another five, he probably would not improve much further.
There had to be a limit to this kind of improvement, and his current state was probably that limit.
"If you truly want to improve further, you can only rely on your own insights. Perhaps you might break through this limit," Huo Lian said with another sigh.
"Patriarch, is there no one who has surpassed the Void Realm now?" Huang Xiao asked.
"Among those alive now, aside from Kui Yong, there should be no one that this old man knows of." Huo Lian paused, then continued, "However, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly might be an exception. She was Zuo Qiu Yi's woman back then. It is hard to say what special means she might possess. Perhaps they could allow her strength to surpass the Void Realm."
"What?" Huang Xiao exclaimed. "Then she should be Number One in the world now."
"Hmph, it is not as though her cultivation realm has truly surpassed the Void Realm," Huo Lian snorted. "It is merely an increase in strength. You could call it a kind of false transcendence."
"Like false Shattering the Void?" Huang Xiao asked.
"Exactly." Huo Lian nodded. "Neither is real. It is just that Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly's identity makes this old man more wary of her."
Huang Xiao understood what the Patriarch meant.
After all, this involved Senior Immortal Alchemist. Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly surely possessed some of his miraculous means.
Back then, he had been the undisputed Number One in the world and had obtained the complete Longevity and Imperishability Scripture. Such strength was beyond imagination.