C1991 Double sky!
So this middle-aged man wasn't a high level Saint Emperor, but a half-step Heavenly Monarch.
Only those with half a step into the Heavenly Sovereign Realm or higher would be able to use Heaven Breaker and directly bring them from the first stage to the second stage without needing to go through a teleportation formation.
"It's too scary, to actually have the means of Heaven Breaker