Hou Niao's soul body was relatively solid, strong enough to support him through the agony of death more than a dozen times. His swordsmanship also improved through such cycles of life and death, which is why he rarely sparred with his peers but could kill someone when he did strike.
Li Chuping had always found this point very strange, not knowing how this guy's swordsmanship was trained. It also led to his low profile within the Shan Sect Quanzhen, with many not knowing him because he always remained at the fringes of the mainstream stage. In the capital for several months, countless sword fighting events came and went, all ignored by him. To him, what kind of sword fighting could be more thrilling than combating with Sword Three?
Today's Soul Realm sword fighting seemed vaguely different, as if there was an eye watching him from the shadows. Was this surveillance from the Heavenly Dao? Or perhaps, a higher presence within the Soul Realm?