The academy's overseers were all one-in-ten-thousand experts. They were not all disciples from previous batches, as some were actually the followers the elders had recruited during their trips outside. 

These four were recruited as followers by Elder Shadowflash and were able to enter the academy as overseers. But like Xiang Shaoyun, they were merely regular overseers. Sure, they still had above-average strength, but they definitely weren't as strong as the geniuses that could actually fight people several stages above them.

The second-stage Sovereign facing Xiang Shaoyun was a mid second-stage Sovereign, but he could display the strength of a peak second-stage. That was actually quite impressive among cultivators.

Earlier, he had failed to capture Xiang...