Pseudo Exalted Grade beings could kill a Tier 9 being with a single slap. But their path for transcendence had forever been barred. Except if they could find some treasures that could cleanse their body completely and wash away their cultivation so they could start anew.
Otherwise they would forever remain at that level. But how easy was it to find such treasures? And even if someone could find such treasures, how many would have the courage to take it?
Because once you are advanced in age, it is much harder to progress unlike when one is at the prime of their youth.
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While one place rejoiced from the emergence of a human powerhouse, another place despaired.
The demons looked at the godlike being who seemed to be the darling of elements. All elements danced at his fingertips while he continued to fire one spell after another at the demons.