(footnote explains the spoiler title) [1]

Yang Qi knew that neither the Grand Emperor's Pagoda, the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth, the Heaven-Dominating Golden Swordbreaker, nor any of his other techniques would do him any good against Ghost Emperor Yama.

It was true that the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth was the most primeval of consummate techniques, representative of the might of the Lord.

If he ran into an ordinary Great Sage, he would at least have the chance to escape with his life. But Ghost Emperor Yama was no ordinary Great Sage. He was a devil king from primeval times, and it had taken an entire team of Great Sages to seal him back in the day. Just now, he had locked down the entire area without even trying, which was something that bordered on the power of immortals.

In the Great Sage level, each and every step was vastly more powerful than the previous, and there was absolutely no question that Ghost Emperor Yama was a high-level Great Sage. His command of countless magical laws insured that not even the chancellors of the great institutes could do anything to him.

Of course, the chancellor of the Demi-Immortal Institute...