In the Cultivation Realm, there is a common understanding: it's easy to overcome an adversary of a lower grade rank, but difficult to defeat one of a higher realm.
For instance, if you are in the Golden Core Realm at the Soul Storing Rank, to defeat a cultivator of a higher rank in the Root Seeking or Obscure Weave Rank, if your Golden Core is of a higher grade, or you possess some Supreme Rank powerful Immortal Sword or Magical Treasure, a counter kill is not impossible.
But if your opponent is in the Nascent Soul Realm, or even the Immortal Realm, then you practically stand no chance at all.
Even the strong First Grade Golden Core Wei Dongliu has only managed to kill the wandering monk Yu Wen of the Nascent Soul Realm once by relying on the power of the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword and the opponent's hesitation to incur damage to his treasures, and even then he did not manage to kill him completely.
