Chapter 238: Chapter 224: In Time, You Will Naturally Understand

[Upon learning more, you asked whether it was related to those Black Insects. The gray-robed middle-aged man hesitated for a moment but said nothing more. He simply shared half a cup of wine with you, smiling as he left the place.]

[You swallowed the Spirit Wine, and you could feel that it seemed to have some special power. This power was stimulating the Sword Dao energy within your body, and you could sense that this Spirit Wine could help you break through a bottleneck.]

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[In the year 98,061 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, Pei Xinghe was severely injured by a Demon King, dragging his half-crippled body back to the Battle Absolute Sword Institute. Returning from the Reflection World, you used seven types of Spirit Medicine from Sword Mountain River to rebuild his physical body and meridians, channeling Sword Essence to stabilize his cultivation. Pei Xinghe retained his cultivation and body.]

[The next day, you personally captured that Demon King and sealed its Demon Soul into a rusty sword for Pei Xinghe to handle himself.]

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[In the year 98,065 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, you went on another mission. You felt that the frequency of your missions was decreasing, and it seemed that your presence in Sword Mountain River was slowly diminishing as well.]

This diminishing presence was as if others’ memories of Pei Min were fading, only sighing when someone mentioned Pei Min, realizing he was the Golden Core rising star from the Wood Realm.

It wasn’t just Pei Min; two other Celestial Prides who entered the void around the same time, Li Heu and Changyu, experienced similar phenomena to varying degrees.

This was due to the frequent use of the Fire of Hope.

The Fire of Hope was complex, incorporating countless Cultivation Techniques besides Sword Dao, including profound arts like Cultivation Qi Mechanism Observation.

The predecessors within the Fire of Hope had passed away and no longer existed in the world; even their souls were offered up to the Fire of Hope. Frequently interacting with them would make one’s aura resemble theirs, seemingly not of this world.

Nonetheless, compared to the assistance of the Fire of Hope, these side effects were minor. Moreover, one could eliminate these side effects by paying a certain price.

There was simply no need. No Golden Core Master or Nascent Soul Sword Venerable would refrain from returning to the void.

[Some Sword Venerables chose to establish a Sword Institute named after their honorific title to stabilize their presence and pass down their lineage in Sword Mountain River. With the reputation constantly forged by your disciple Pei Xinghe, your presence didn’t diminish too much.]

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[In the year 98,071 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, you returned from the Reflection World and had an epiphany at the Endless Sea.]

[You unexpectedly obtained a set of the not-so-high-grade Seven Stars Sword Technique. Yet, from it, you achieved an epiphany, integrating your seven Sword Dao into it. On the basis of the Five Elements, you incorporated the Heaven-Breaking Sword Intent and Vast Sword Intent into the Seven Stars, faintly transforming them into the Five Elements Yin Yang.]

[The Sword Intent soared into the sky, breaking through a layer of calm. The sea roared with waves, and the surrounding Spiritual Qi crazily poured into your body’s meridians, even the Spiritual Qi in the sea water was wildly absorbed by you.]

[The Five Elements Yin Yang Ten Thousand Swords Map slowly appeared on your body. You could feel the strong feedback from the Unity Sword Body, and you seized the opportunity to attempt a breakthrough.]

[After three months at sea, you broke through to the Late-Stage Golden Core. Your talent reached the Celestial Spirit Root level, specifically a Celestial Spirit Root with balanced Five Elements.]

[You departed with your sword, observed by mortals on the coast who recorded the scene in their minds and transformed it into a Visualization Image, leading to the emergence of a large sword sect in the mortal world.]

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[In the year 98,073 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, you successfully nurtured the Sword Spirit of the Peak Sword. At this moment, all seven of your Lifebound Swords contained Sword Spirits. With further nurturing and infusion, these seven Lifebound Swords could virtually ascend to the Spirit Treasure Level.]

[You no longer held the position of Instructor Elder. Your fame in the Battle Absolute Sword Institute gradually diminished, becoming one of the mysterious Golden Core Nascent Soul Elders in Sword Mountain River.]

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[In the year 98,075 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, Pei Xinghe broke through to Golden Core, achieving the status of a Golden Core Master.]

[You congratulated Pei Xinghe with a smile, yet you no longer urged him to cultivate. Perhaps deep down, you did not wish for Pei Xinghe to know the cruel truth of this world…]

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[In the year 98,079 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, Yang Ziyi broke through to Golden Core. Both of your direct disciples achieved the Golden Core, creating a renowned tale within the Battle Absolute Sword Institute of the bond between master and disciples.]

[In the same year, you gave your two disciples a final lecture, saying, “The path ahead is yours to walk…”]

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[In the year 98,110 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, on your two-hundredth birthday, you invited only a few friends and your disciples, casually marking your bicentennial celebration.]

[At two hundred years old, a Late-Stage Golden Core is considerably young, yet in your heart, there wasn’t much relaxation.]

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[In the year 98,123 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, you once again encountered a woman resembling Qingling, as well as that gray-robed middle-aged man.]

[You made a probing move, yet your Sword Dao cultivation, infinitely close to a Nascent Soul Sword Venerable, was instantly suppressed.]

[The gray-robed middle-aged man looked at you somewhat reproachfully, and with a wave, the yellow small sword pendant on you flew out…]

“Senior, you…” Pei Min reached out, wanting to grasp the pendant, but the gray-robed middle-aged man pressed down on him with one hand.

“This pendant… the aura is somewhat familiar…” A look of confusion suddenly appeared on the gray-robed middle-aged man’s face.

“Familiar aura?” Pei Min was taken aback.

“Like… an old acquaintance…”

“Take it back, it seems there’s something inside…”

“Something?”

Pei Min looked at the Sword Talisman in his hand with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

“Senior, you…”

When Pei Min looked up again, the gray-robed middle-aged man had disappeared.

“Kid, there’s no need to look for me anymore. Go to the skies and fight well; these matters… don’t need your concern.”

The carefree voice came, clearly the voice of the gray-robed middle-aged man, but it seemed he had just woken up from a drunken state, now sobering up.

“This pendant with the Sword Talisman…”

Pei Min’s Divine Sense surged into it, yet he couldn’t sense anything special within.

[You do not know what is inside the pendant.]

[You merely kept this matter in mind, continuing to keep the yellow small sword pendant stored safely.]

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[In the year 98,126 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, at the Void Defense Line, you assisted other Golden Core comrades in repelling a Tier Two Black Insect at the cost of severe injuries. Breaking past and then rebuilding, your physical body, Sword Essence, and Spirit all experienced a degree of growth.]

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[In the year 98,145 of the Celestial Sword Calendar, Sword Mountain River experienced vicissitudes. Some Sword Institutes within disbanded, while new ones began from scratch.]

[Your thoughts turned, returning to the mortal world. The dynasties on earth remained in constant strife, controlled by the cycles dictated by Sword Mountain River. Occasionally, those who discovered patterns and attempted to break them, such as exceptionally gifted Celestial Prides, were either recruited under Sword Mountain River’s influence due to their Sword Dao talents or ruthlessly slain.]

[The Sword Dynasty, transcending ordinary mortal dynasties, still primarily served Sword Mountain River, continuously supplying resources from the earth.]

[You returned to the Jinjian Dynasty; the Pei Family remained a behemoth. Yet, as your presence continued to weaken, the Pei Family’s deterrent power began to wane. That chubby emperor who once called you ’big brother’ had long perished, and his descendants forgot the ancestors’ instructions, trying to move against the Pei Family.]

[You did not interfere, only sending word to Yang Ziyi. On that day, Pei Xinghe performed a Sword Slash on a Golden Core Demon Cultivator at the outskirts of the Jinjian Dynasty, with the ensuing battle shaking heaven and earth. The aftermath shattered the imperial capital’s walls of the Jinjian Dynasty. After the fight, Pei Xinghe went to the Pei Family, quelling any disturbances within the Jinjian Dynasty.]

[You spent half a year resting in the mortal world with Pei Xinghe and Yang Ziyi before returning to the Reflection World.]

[Pei Xinghe and Yang Ziyi both expressed curiosity about your recent disappearances, to which you, like Elder Li had done before, simply smiled and said, “You will understand in time.”]

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