But this gap could be bridged. By relying on Talismans, Spiritual Artifacts, Arrays, or other external means, a Qi Cultivator could even kill a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. In the end, though, these were all just external aids.
However, the world would always produce geniuses who could fight across realms without relying on any such aids.
Defeating an opponent one or several Small Realms higher was the mark of a genius.
But even among geniuses, there was another group—true prodigies who could kill a Foundation Establishment Cultivator while still in the Qi Cultivation Stage, all without any external aid.
Song Qingxing, for example, had such potential. His self-created Sword One and Sword Two techniques were incredibly ingenious. Once his Cultivation advanced further, it wouldn't be impossible for him to kill a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
