Description of Combat Power

Since some readers have been discussing the power levels of the immortal beings, I would like to make a special clarification here.

First of all, I want to emphasize that this book does not follow the power scaling logic of the Wang Ba community, which determines a character's strength purely based on visual feats and dramatic presentation. That is an overly simplistic and crude method of evaluating combat power that I strongly disagree with.

The reason is simple: the production of animations and mangas comes with many limitations, including constraints on portraying large-scale destruction and various narrative considerations. Take Old Celestial Master, for instance. If you have carefully read through the animation and manga, I believe you would not question whether he has the capability to even demolish a building.

To give an example, ordinary practitioners from NaDuoTong can effortlessly lift and carry large courier boxes around. This basically falls into the category of "fodder" among practitioners—something any practitioner can accomplish using their primordial qi. From this alone, we can infer just how formidable the physical strength of ordinary practitioners is, let alone the experts and, most of all, the absolute pinnacle figures.

Furthermore, throughout the various supplementary lore revealed in the later parts of the manga, the feats that practitioners are capable of achieving are already quite staggering. Therefore, the absence of large-scale devastation does not mean a lack of capacity for it. For instance, the Fire Virtue Sect's fire escape techniques, Li Muxuan's human magnetism, Er Zhuang's abilities, or even foreign magic and the like—if genuinely utilized for large-scale destruction, it would be no difficult task at all.

The reason they fail to do so stems from limitations in mindset, knowledge, and combat experience (such as experience in dealing with modern firearms), much like Li Muxuan.

Next, let's discuss the power scaling of the immortal beings. Taking Liu Tianhong as an example, having lived for twelve thousand years, even if his cultivation growth is much slower than that of human practitioners, his innate strength still vastly surpasses the vast majority of practitioners, including the Ten Eminest Elders and the Two Heroes. Relying solely on the "Ghoul-Manipulation Skill" to gauge his combat prowess is inadvisable, especially since the Eight Extraordinary Skills established in the manga's lore have already reached the ultimate pinnacle of mystical arts, defying all conventional logic.

This is also why, whether it is Tu Junfang or Xue Fan, their modifications invariably incorporate the "Ghoul-Manipulation Skill"—because under normal circumstances, only the Eight Extraordinary Skills can counter the Eight Extraordinary Skills.

Of course, the word "instantaneously" used by some readers to describe an event was indeed a bit exaggerated; it was merely a hyperbolic rhetorical device and has now been changed to "effortlessly." I hope everyone will continue to offer your corrections and guidance in the future.

As for why the immortal beings failed to rule the world, the reasons are simple: first, their numbers; second, the sheer duration of their cultivation; and third, that every single era of human civilization produces a supreme pinnacle figure who suppresses their entire generation, whose power transcends that of the immortals.

Finally, I would like to emphasize the current ceiling of power in both the world of Under One Person and this book. The original work is titled *Under One Person*, and as for who this "One Person" refers to, naturally, it goes without saying...

That is, the "Old Celestial Master."

Everyone likely has their own understanding and definition of the Old Celestial Master's combat strength. However, as this is a derivative fanwork, the power scaling is primarily determined by the author, while striving to remain consistent with the principles of cultivation and the logical framework of the worldview of *Under One Person*.

Therefore, I am clarifying this current ceiling of power for everyone's reference in future chapters:

1. The combat strength of the Old Celestial Master exists in a sheer cliff-like gap compared to everyone else. He has already left everyone else far behind on the path of cultivation and, much like many predecessors of the past, has caught a glimpse of the path leading straight to the heavens.

2. Currently, the speed at which the Old Celestial Master travels using his Golden Light technique is comparable to the Golden Light Superior displayed during the San-Yi Sect arc, which translates to covering hundreds of miles in the blink of an eye.

3. His physical and spiritual cultivation is on par with the "Tian" generation of immortal beings, allowing him to trade blows toe-to-toe with the physical bodies of the "Tian" generation immortals while in his Golden Light state.

4. His thunder technique can summon large-scale heavenly lightning, and by utilizing talismans combined with the power of heaven and earth, he can blanket a small city to form a massive thunderstorm.

5. The Old Celestial Master does not fear the Company; rather, he refrains from descending the mountain lightly simply out of concern that going too far with certain actions might implicate the Longhu Mountain, compounded by the karmic shackles of the "Celestial Master's Ordination."

Everything mentioned above is entirely achievable within the worldview already established in the *Under One Person* manga. Coupled with the fact that the Old Celestial Master has been undefeated all the way since his youth and is now a centenarian, these descriptions are by no means exaggerated.

With that, this thousand-odd-word supplementary note comes to an end. I hope everyone will continue to support and follow the new book during its release period. I will definitely go on a chapter-publishing spree once it officially goes live, with ten thousand words a day as the bare minimum.