Sword Rises in the Blue Lagoon, Why Are All the Sword Cultivation Families Older Than Old Six?

Ye Xuan lowered his head, looking at the Nine Heavens Mountain below. The Ye family members there looked relaxed, their faces filled with happy smiles. Then, he looked towards Nine Heavens City. The current Nine Heavens City was already bustling with noise, with cultivators and mortals visible everywhere in the streets and alleys. From time to time, there were even cultivators flying at low altitudes.

Ye Xuan turned and took out a storage ring, handing it to the Grand Elder, saying, "Here are some mid-level cultivation enhancement pills. Give ten to the Li family, seven of which are a reward for the Li family, and three are to be taken for auction. The rest can be distributed to the clansmen if they need them. Each pill requires 100,000 family contribution points to claim. Those who don't have enough can take them on credit first and make up for it when we get to the Heavenly Profound Realm."

The Grand Elder accepted the storage ring and said, "Yes, Clan Leader."

"Alright, for the next ten years, you still need to pay close attention to the movements on the continent."

"Rest assured, Clan Leader," the elders said in unison.

Ye Xuan didn't linger any longer and returned to the Chaos Dao Tower to begin his seclusion. This time, he wasn't just blindly secluding himself to increase his cultivation because the continent currently lacked Emperor-level resources. If he and the people from the Guardian Hall wanted to quickly improve their cultivation again, they would need to enter the Heavenly Profound Realm or purchase them from the system shop. However, he currently didn't have a single point, so he could only wait until he reached the Heavenly Profound Realm.

This time, Ye Xuan simultaneously improved his cultivation and fought in the Trial Tower, solidifying his foundation and enhancing his combat power.

Once one reached the Great Emperor Realm, it generally took thousands of years to improve by even a small realm with sufficient resources, not to mention the Ancient Emperor and Heavenly Emperor Realms above that, which required at least ten thousand years to start. This excluded those with heaven-defying physiques. Ye Xuan and the Ye family's Supreme Sword Physique both belonged to heaven-defying physiques, but they still needed sufficient resources to shorten their cultivation time. Not to mention those who lacked resources, the small forces with only one or two Emperor Realm experts. It was even harder for them to improve by even a small realm. Those with slightly better aptitude and opportunities might need several times, even ten times the time, while those with average aptitude and poor opportunities might need dozens of times the time, or even be unable to break through in their lifetime.

In the blink of an eye, another ten years had passed. Ye Xuan in front of the Sword Inquiry Tablet slowly opened his eyes, his gaze shifting from chaos to clarity. He thought to himself, "I still haven't entered the Sword Immortal Realm. This realm is indeed worthy of being called the Immortal of Swords. It's too profound. With my current ability, I can only comprehend a trace of it. It seems this is much more difficult than I imagined."

Ye Xuan began to open the system panel to check the information of his clansmen.

Ye Xuan: Current Clan Leader of the Ye Family

Cultivation: Great Emperor Peak

Sword Dao Realm: Sword Domain Perfection

Cultivation Technique: Chaos Sword Scripture

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Ye Xuan clicked on the elders. The cultivation of the eight elders had already reached the mid-stage of the Great Emperor Realm, half a realm lower than him, which was expected. Their Sword Dao Realm was Sword Domain Perfection, which also hadn't changed.

The twelve Supreme Sword Physique holders of the Ye family's Heaven generation, including Mu Bai, had all reached the early stage of the Great Emperor Realm, with a Sword Dao Realm of Sword Domain Perfection.

The cultivation of the rest of the Heaven generation had also reached the peak of the Great Saint Realm. The younger generation, as before, went out to train from time to time, or stayed in the Trial Tower. Their cultivation didn't improve much, but their foundation was extremely solid.

Due to the frequent appearance of Saint Realm resources in the past decade, the first few had already broken through to the Great Saint Realm, while the rest were all below the Great Saint Realm.

The cultivation of the Guardian Hall improved relatively slowly because they had all reached the Emperor Realm. Among the three Supreme Sword Physique holders, 301, 201, and 202, the cultivation of the latter two had already caught up. 301 had advanced to the early stage of the Ancient Emperor Realm, also with Sword Domain Perfection, and had comprehended a trace of the Sword Intent. 201 and 202 were at the peak of the Great Emperor Realm, with Sword Domain Perfection. The remaining seventeen at the peak of the Great Emperor Realm and eighteen at the late stage of the Great Emperor Realm also had Sword Domain Perfection. The rest were all at the early stage of the Great Emperor Realm, with a Sword Dao Realm of Sword Domain Mastery.

The Li family already had twenty-five places for cultivation in the Ye family's residence. The original three old ancestors had all reached the Emperor Realm after taking mid-level cultivation enhancement pills, along with six Quasi-Emperors who had comprehended a trace of the Law of Space, sixteen Saint Kings, and several others who had broken through to the Saint Realm on their own in the past decade. The rest of the Li family members outside were all below the Saint Realm.

The mark of the Saint Realm is the formation of a domain with elemental laws, called the Saint Domain, while the mark of becoming a Great Emperor is the comprehension of a Law of Space, which can distort local space. The Ancient Emperor is the comprehension of a Law of Time, which can distort local time. To become a Heavenly Emperor, one must fuse a trace of the two Laws of Space and Time that they have comprehended, which can distort local spacetime.

For example, in the Law of Space:

Void Power (constructs a void domain to isolate perception, creates void rifts, space devour)

Void Imprisonment (locks the target's position, anchors it through void anchors, seals and imprisons a piece of void)

Space Maze (domain with disordered rules, disordered direction)

Mirror Space, Space Folding, ... and so on

The Law of Time is, at its most basic, time acceleration and deceleration.

Time Imprisonment, Time Reversal, Causal Prediction... and so on.

The power of the Spacetime Law superimposed with the Sword Domain is unimaginable.

At this moment, Ye Xuan received a message from the Grand Elder, saying that representatives of all the major forces of the Azure Profound Continent had arrived at the Nine Heavens Hall in Nine Heavens City, awaiting Ye Xuan's arrival.

Ye Xuan left the Chaos Dao Tower and came to the sky above Nine Heavens Mountain. The continent had already begun to merge and collide. Nine Heavens City was slightly shaking under the protection of the formation. Ye Xuan looked to the west and saw a giant mountain range stretching endlessly from north to south, with no end in sight. The mountainside above was completely hidden in the clouds, and it was impossible to see how high it was.

Ye Xuan thought to himself, "The Heavenly Fracture Mountain Range? It's even more majestic than I imagined."

Ye Xuan collected his thoughts and flashed to the main seat in the Nine Heavens Hall. The Ye family members, the Li family members, and Elder Xue, seeing Ye Xuan in the main seat, stood up and cupped their hands in salute, saying, "Greetings, Clan Leader, Greetings, Ye Clan Leader."

The rest of the people then reacted and hurriedly stood up to salute, "Greetings, Ye Clan Leader."

Ye Xuan smiled and said, "Everyone, there's no need to be so polite, please sit."

The crowd did not sit down, apparently still drumming in their hearts. After all, they had never truly seen the Ye family's current strength.

Ye Xuan gave them a reassuring look, and the crowd began to sit down.

As soon as the crowd sat down, Elder Xue stood up again and said, "Clan Leader Ye, there are only three days left before the complete fusion with the Heavenly Profound Realm. After all, more than 80,000 years have passed, and the strength of the eight major forces in Azure Cloud Continent will have improved a lot. We still need to make arrangements as soon as possible. I wonder what arrangements Clan Leader Ye has."

Ye Xuan said, "Elder Xue, don't be impatient, I will make arrangements later. Please introduce the few people beside you to me."

"Yes, Clan Leader Ye," he said, pointing to the first middle-aged man on his left, "This is Ji Wushang, a fellow Daoist from the Purple Cloud Sect, one of the people sealed by the Azure Profound Great Emperor back then."

Ji Wushang stood up and saluted Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan heard the Purple Cloud Sect, wasn't it the number one power on the continent before? It seems that the Purple Cloud Sect is still around and hasn't completely gone into seclusion.

Elder Xue, seeing Ye Xuan's expression, also explained, "Yes, it is that Purple Cloud Sect. They have never completely gone into seclusion, guarding the last safety of the continent."

He then pointed to the second woman, who looked to be in her thirties, "This fellow Daoist is named Luo Tianyi, from the Illusory Spirit Sect, one of the people sealed by the Azure Profound Great Emperor back then." The woman stood up and saluted.

Ye Xuan nodded, and then pointed to the third man, "This is Xuan Xiaozhi from my Azure Cloud Palace, one of the people sealed back then."

"The fourth is Xie Wuyai from the Xie family, and the fifth is Jiang Linyuan from the Jiang family."

Several people stood up and saluted Ye Xuan at the same time. Ye Xuan waved his hand to let them sit down.