When Lu Changsheng emerged from seclusion, he had reached the Sixth Immortal Emperor Realm.
His ninth disciple, Dugu Aotian, had broken through a major realm, and the system rewarded him with a light purple, crystal-clear Immortal Sword. Surrounding this Immortal Sword were purple divine thunders, flickering in and out of existence, with the faint sound of thunder rumbling around it.
Lu Changsheng finally obtained a Dao Artifact-level Divine Sword treasure.
Lu Changsheng imprinted his own mark into the Immortal Sword, Refining the Divine Sword “Purple Lightning Clear Frost” into his own treasure.
The Immortal Sword “Purple Lightning Clear Frost,” replaced the Qing Emperor Sword, becoming Lu Changsheng’s treasure for performing his Swordsmanship.
When Lu Changsheng conjured the Immortal Sword, just a gentle wave created lightning and thunder, shattering the Qi Sea of Yuntai Peak with Sword Qi.
“What a powerful treasure,”
Lu Changsheng felt the sharpness of this sword.
Even the “Eternal Indestructible Art” cultivated to the second layer could not withstand the edge of this sword.
At least, one would need to cultivate to the third layer to contend physically with Purple Lightning Clear Frost.
“I will continue to cultivate.”
With one hundred thousand years until the Heavenly Court convention, Lu Changsheng had ten millennia to catch up to the son of the Heavenly Emperor.
In the competition of martial excellence at the Heavenly Court convention, Immortal Pills cannot be used, so one could only rely on pure strength to defeat the Emperor’s son.
After the incident in Qianyuan Cave Heaven, each Holy Land strengthened its defenses, the Demon Realm and Blood Sea Palace vanished without a trace, and tranquility returned to the Immortal Realm.
Every millennium, Lu Changsheng spent five hundred years learning under the guidance of an Ancient Ancestor.
This Ancient Ancestor’s realm was extremely high, her insight piercing, imparting enlightenment with a mere gesture.
Her realm was even above that of the Elder Ancestor of Lin Clan, the Jiang Family Ancestor, and others.
This Ancient Ancestor might have had some connection with establishing the Holy Land of Mount Taihua.
She had once witnessed the funeral of the Mount Taihua Goddess.
Lin Qinghan posed a question to the Ancient Ancestor, “If the Mount Taihua Goddess had reached the Longevity Immortal Realm, why did she still fall?”
The Ancient Ancestor’s gaze turned murky, as if recalling the past, “Under normal circumstances, one could indeed achieve eternal life, but this eternity is only in terms of the physical body and soul, capable of enduring perpetually. However, upon encountering a more powerful being or entering a dangerous place, one may still be slain. Not even heaven and earth can last forever; how much less so for those who cultivate within this world? Those old fellows who have reached the Immortal Realm now pursue something higher, and that pursuit is… eternity.”
Lin Qinghan continued to inquire, “Then, has anyone achieved this state of eternity?”
The Ancient Ancestor shook her head, “I have already told you, even heaven and earth cannot remain unchanged forever, let alone talk of eternity.”
Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan fell silent.
The Ancestor was right.
Having reached a realm like hers, one could already be considered immortal, without limits on lifespan.
However, immortal does not mean indestructible.
Even those with infinite lifespans could perish under a mudslide.
Those experts of the Longevity Immortal Realm almost all cautiously cultivate, seeking the elusive realm of eternity.
That is why such great experts seldom appear before the common folk; their sole pursuit is eternal indestructibility.
Under most circumstances, it is rare to disturb them.
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According to this Ancestor, no one in the Three Realms could achieve eternal life.
Even the mighty Demon Lord had perished.
The Old Demon Marshal and the Old Dragon Emperor had disappeared without a trace.
The Taiyin Goddess had been turned into a puppet.
The Mount Taihua Goddess was buried with grandeur.
“However, the ancient powers are pursuing eternity in various ways,”
The Ancestor cast away her previous negativity, her gaze sharpening, her presence akin to a Divine Sword towering between heaven and earth, making the mountains behind tremble.
Lu Changsheng thought for a moment and felt that the Ancestor’s words may not be false.
The Ancient Powers indeed seek eternal life in various ways.
For example, Lu Changsheng’s eleventh disciple, Chen Yi, was the reincarnation of an Ancient Buddha.
The powerful Buddhas, through the secret technique of reincarnation, gain rebirth and continuously push their limits.
And there are even more extreme methods.
An Ancient Ancestor from Guanghan Palace specifically seizes the bodies of young prodigies from Holy Lands. By accumulating power over several lifetimes, however, during the seizure of Xia Ningxue’s body, her consciousness deeply embedded with the Goddess’s power eradicated the Ancestor’s Divine Sense; instead, the accumulated power of several lifetimes became sealed within Xia Ningxue.
All these experts are attempting different paths to eternity, though essentially, all bear risks.
Reincarnated Buddhas may be killed by enemies before they mature in a certain lifetime.
And seizing bodies is risky; one never knows when it might backfire.
“Talking about this with you might be premature, wait until you reach the Divine King Realm. Otherwise, when the catastrophe comes, you will be but ants. Let the Ancestor see how well you’ve learned your Swordsmanship,”
The Ancient Ancestor asked Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan to demonstrate their Swordsmanship.
“Ancestor, I have gained some insight into the Fourth Sword Realm,”
“Not bad… Hmm? The Fourth Sword Realm?”
The Ancient Ancestor was stunned.
How much time had passed, and Lu Changsheng had already learned the Fourth Sword Realm?
The Sect-Defending Skills of Mount Taihua, “One Sword Across Ages,” has only five Sword Realms, and each realm is a hundred times more difficult to master than the previous one.
To glimpse the Fourth Sword Realm in the Ninth Rank Divine King Realm is already to be a Sword Dao genius.
To glimpse the Fourth Sword Realm at the Great Accomplishment Immortal Emperor Realm is to be the genius among geniuses of the Sword Dao.
And Lu Changsheng was just in the Sixth Immortal Emperor Realm but had already glimpsed the Fourth Sword Realm?
By the time Lu Changsheng reached the Ninth Immortal Emperor Realm, wouldn’t he have fully mastered the Fourth Sword Realm, and possibly even fully mastered the Fifth Sword Realm by the time he reached the Divine King Realm!