C1113 Ice and Wood
Although Xu Hai was a Whole Sovereign, it was still a Venerable Lord Level in the end. Since Shang Honglian was already a Spirit Lord, the so called Spirit Lord meant that he had reached the Soul Mirror.
Venerable Lord required two major realms, the Awakening Realm and the Spirit Realm in order to reach the Soul Realm.
Within the Cultivation Realm