你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,需要特别注意句子的动词时态和语态.你的任务是将这段句子翻译成英文,确保保留中文文本的原意,同时正确使用动词时态和虚拟语气.
文本:不过，仅就已知的情况，这位常师伯也是广乘山中生代强者中有数的顶尖人物，晋升元符后期境界比傅恩书还要早，同辈人中也就燕狄、方准和石铁三人在他之上。
翻译:
Still, just from what he knew, this senior apprentice-uncle Zhang was one of the peak figures of Broad Creed Mountain’s senior generation, having stepped into the late Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster realm even earlier than Fu Enshu. Amongst those of the same generation, there had only been the Broad Creed Three Heroes who had been stronger than him.
不过，仅就已知的情况，这位常师伯也是广乘山中生代强者中有数的顶尖人物，晋升元符后期境界比傅恩书还要早，同辈人中也就燕狄、方准和石铁三人在他之上。