'Red Shadow Palm' Duan Xing was also a veteran martial artist of the Spiritual Aperture Realm.
Most martial artists of their age and realm had abandoned the idea of adventurously advancing to the next realm, especially given their age, where the price of daring aggression is death.
But giving up on breaking through to the next acupoint realm doesn't mean they would slack off in their cultivation.
While combat power and realm are directly related, within the same realm, one's realm doesn't necessarily represent their combat power.
People like Duan Xing, even though they had given up on furthering their preparation, had devoted all of their time to honing their combat skills.
It could be said that in terms of combat power, despite their age disqualifying them from being on the ranking list, they do not believe they are worse than the renowned martial artists on the list.
