The reason Shang Xia chose to fight 2 rank six Star Beasts at once was to test out his Six Harmony Rod Technique. He planned to use the first 3 moves in order to prepare to unleash the fourth! Of course, he was confident he would be able to take them down regardless of whether he could complete his Rod Technique or not.2

In the time he spent in seclusion, he came up with a general idea of what his fourth strike should be.0

The fastest way to test out his ideas and technique would be through real combat!0

Those rank six Star Beasts weren’t weaklings that had just reached their current level. In terms of cultivation level, one could be compared to a second tier True Immortal...0