"Though I am far from my prime now, Zhuge Ming and his people created my Personal Armor and helped me achieve the True Martial Mode, not to mention curing the discord between my soul and body. Even though my overall strength, building on the insights I gained from my battle with Shi Wushuang, is still at least thirty to forty percent lower than my peak during the Seven Seas World era, it is still beyond the reach of any ordinary Divine Aspect Realm martial artist. Yet, compared to the man before me, the gap in our strength is actually this vast?!"
Hao Qi's heart was filled with profound shock. One had to realize that his combat power was already exceptionally high. Whether it was the martial arts manifested by his heart form—the Hundred Styles and the Self Style—or the Ranked Human path he walked upon, he possessed a character Template. The essence of life it provided was practically that of a humanoid Ranked Creature. Combined with the path of the Ranked Human, his growth in strength felt almost like cheating, to say nothing of the martial arts that came with his System, especially the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, which had granted him a leap in power.
And that was merely his surface strength. His soft power was also terrifyingly formidable: his comprehension of the Will of Archaic Barbarism, the Dragon Ultimate Intent, the Six-Form True Dragon Decision, and on top of all that, his peak battle against Shi Wushuang where he sacrificed everything to attain the Benevolent …
Chapter 453