"Why is your power so immense? You are clearly not an Era Overlord, yet you possess the strength to crush a practitioner at the Fifth Step of the Path of Return to Truth. Could it be that you are not on the Fifth Step of the Path of Return to Truth at all?" Hanshuang asked, shocked.
Although she knew she might face total annihilation, she had lived for so many aeons that she had long grown weary of the world. Everything in her eyes had lost its value. Her only remaining hope—her sole obsession—was to become an Era Overlord. Yet, after passing through an entire era, she had come to a grim realization: if she had failed to become an Era Overlord in her own era, there was even less possibility of achieving it in eras to come. The Fifth Step of the Path of Return to Truth was the absolute limit.
Over the years, Hanshuang had speculated on many possibilities, including the existence of paths other than the Path of Return to Truth. While she had never encountered anyone who had walked a different path, that did not mean it was impossible. Perhaps the Path of Return to Truth was not the only road to invincibility. Now, having been suppressed by Chu Yuan, she was certain: Chu Yuan had forged a completely new path. He was definitely not walking the Path of Return to Truth. She herself was at the Fifth Step, having stagnated there for over an era, her strength having long since reached its zenith. Yet Chu Yuan could suppress her with ease, despite not being an Era Overlord himself.
Chapter 279