At the same time, Mo Shang's words left them even more shaken.
After so many years of the sect remaining closed, they had all guessed that the Myriad Refining Sect must have nurtured many powerful experts within.
After all, it possessed two Top-grade Origin Veins.
But the sudden appearance of five Half-step Perfection experts instantly multiplied the pressure on them.
One had to know that the late Twelfth Order, even the peak of the late stage, could still possibly be forced through with sufficient resources.
But Half-step Perfection was different. No matter how many resources one possessed, without sufficient talent and opportunity, one simply could not step across that threshold.
Otherwise, after all these years, why had so few people appeared even at Half-step Perfection, let alone the Perfection Realm?
This was a hurdle, a chasm in the genes of living beings.
Only by shattering this barrier could one truly shed one's mortal shell and be reborn, stepping into the so-called immortal realm!
What made their eyes burn with the greatest envy was the Top-grade Origin Veins.
Every Top-grade Origin Vein was different from all other Origin Veins.
It was said that cultivating within the range covered by a Top-grade Origin Vein not only yielded twice the result with half the effort, but also offered a certain chance of taking that step and entering Perfection.
Only by entering Perfection could one hope to advance further and touch the legendary Immortal King Realm.
"So the rumors were true. Top-grade Origin Veins really can allow people to enter the Perfection Realm!"
The experts of the Seven Great Sects felt their hearts blaze.
It seemed their years of guarding had not been in vain.
Now that the Sect Protecting Great Array had been activated, as long as they could obtain the Top-grade Origin