The collection of three hundred sword embryos was the achievement of Dushan Sword Lineage's sword bestowment this time, which can be said to be truly astonishing.

Many reasons contributed to this: accumulated experience, the true Sword Heart developed over half a year of battles by outstanding disciples of the Sword Lineage; plus outstanding talents from all over the Continent who aspire to Sword Dao. These factors are irreplicable, leading to a grand occasion where three hundred out of five hundred sword embryos were collected.

Out of the three hundred sword embryos, two hundred forty-nine were taken by the disciples of the Sword Lineage, including forty-eight Golden Core cultivators and two hundred one Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The Outer Path cultivators took fifty-two sword embryos, including the four people they had been paying attention to all along.

The three Masters just gritted their teeth; fearing something brings it about, and all four of the most problematic individuals succeeded without exception.

Cao Xie might attract hatred for the Sword Lineage, Tie Guan might cause them trouble with the Anchor Chain, Xiyao Gu is an unignited bomb, while Yan Baiyi might lead them to lose their most powerful potential ally…

"Is this a success or a failure?" Master Shi was deeply troubled.

"More lice don't itch, more debt doesn't worry; it's the Sect Hierarch who should worry, what does it have to do with us?" Master Zong began to shift blame.

"You only consider the trouble they might bring, but have you thought about the strength they could bring to the Sword Lineage?" Master Hai's eyes were deep.

That day, Dushan was filled with jubilation, for within a day they gained three hundred true Sword Cultivators, including a whole hundred Golden Core Sword Cultivators, which was combat power visible to the naked eye.

The Daoist Sect has its methods, and the Sword Lineage has its own ways, but the common point is the same: self-strengthening without cease. This self-strengthening process surpassed any period in the past two thousand years of cultivation history, marking the last sprint before the great change.

The Outer Path visitors had a good harvest this time, but still, compared to the previous Dushan Grand Ceremony, out of more than four hundred people, only fifty-two succeeded, leaving most disappointed.

But it's no matter, there will be another chance next year. For cultivators, a year is nothing; as long as their will is firm, there will be a day of success, which is the basic quality of a cultivator.

Some left, some stayed at the foot of Dushan; the harsh cold couldn't stop their determination, a scene occurring everywhere, not just at Dushan.

After gaining the sword embryo, Sword Lineage disciples can practice swordsmanship, but Outer Path disciples cannot; they only obtained the sword embryo but have not truly joined the Sword Lineage. This requires a process.

Starting from helping Master Wu build the Ice Hall, sharpening swords, hearts, and tempers.

If they were novice cultivators, they might feel bored, harbor grievances, and be impatient; this shallow understanding does not occur in Golden Core cultivators.

Each has at least a hundred or two hundred years of cultivation experience, clearly understanding the importance of laying a foundation, so without needing reminders, they know what they should do and shouldn't do.

They may still be novices in swordsmanship, but in cultivation, they are seasoned veterans; this is also why these people are highly favored by each Daoist lineage, they require no supervision, each will be responsible for themselves.

First Year: Build houses, nurture the sword.

Second Year: Build houses, nurture the sword, practice Sword Holding Skill.

Third Year: Enter the sect, engage with basic skills, nurture the sword, practice Sword Holding Skill.

Fourth Year: Begin true swordsmanship training.

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In the architectural complex of the Ice and Snow Sword Pavilion, the Treasure Hall of the Sect Hierarch.

Hou Niao awoke from deep meditation; after five years, he finally understood the Gold Element, now his Five Elements Mysterious Light has grasped four, only the Fire Element remains for completion.

Two hundred years of journey, so much difficulty, just for the Five Elements he spent a lot of time, but it was all worthwhile.

Among the Five Elements, the Earth, Water, and Gold Elements relied on Five Elements Spiritual Pearls, a fortuitous occurrence proving how difficult it is to comprehend the Five Elements through personal understanding alone at the Golden Core Stage, even after extensive discussion at the Anhe Daoist Sect with the two Masters, he didn't form Gold Element Mysterious Light; eventually, external aid was needed.

Such was his experience; what about cultivators without the help of Five Elements Spiritual Pearls? This was the reason for his sharp Mysterious Light, both personal and situational.

Only the Wood Element was not achieved through a Wood Spirit Orb but from insights in a small town in Sui Mo City, which in retrospect made him curious about what kind of place that was to be comparable to Five Elements Spiritual Pearls.

Speaking of which, it's been a long time since he saw the old blind man, somewhat missing him.

Excluding distractions, he wanted to test the power of his swordsmanship after mastering another element, which made him anticipate.

First, he began slowly rotating the Five Elements Mysterious Light within his Purple Mansion. Previously, his highest record was fifty rotations per breath, beyond which appeared temporary Five Elements Dizziness, but now that he mastered an additional element, surely he could increase the speed more.

The Mysterious Light accelerated slowly, spinning faster and faster, quickly surpassing fifty rotations; he paused briefly at this speed, carefully sensing, detecting nothing amiss, so he continued to accelerate.

Fifty, sixty... eighty, until he finally sensed a hint of sluggishness at ninety; this is normal, the more profound the understanding of the Five Elements, the greater the later improvement, by the time he fully masters the Five Elements, the rotation speed might easily reach two hundred.

Four strands of Mysterious Light are real, one is illusory, the cutting facets became three, with a control of Mysterious Light, it circled and emerged, forming a small river of Sword Qi in front, ninety rotations per breath, two hundred seventy Sword Lights, this level already surpassed the Sword Light Division of most people.

Yet he hadn't even started true Sword Light Division.

Upon further division, the sword transformed into three, the Sword Lights swiftly reaching over eight hundred, further dividing was limited by spiritual power, finally stopping at nine hundred ninety-nine, a thousand Sword Lights is a barrier, his spiritual power presently insufficient to sustain it.

In fact, the second Sword Light Division held little meaning, from over eight hundred to over nine hundred, the increase wasn't much, instead, it wasted control time.

At this level of practice, rapid Sword Light frequency became the most suitable option for him, relatively more practical than increasing spiritual power was mastering the Fire Element.

He also tried other sword techniques, such as the Thunderbolt Secret Sword; his main battle methods currently were walking on two legs, one in Sword Light Division, the other in Thunderbolt Secret Sword, which was sufficient for now.

He preferred honing important methods to the extreme.

Reflecting on the cultivation process since returning from the Hell Star, it went relatively well; major progress was in cultivation, long since at the Golden Core Late Stage, with little improvement in the last ten years, being in the essence refinement and compression phase after absorbing Grand Elixirs.

The next step is to push his cultivation to Great Perfection to prepare for the Upper Realm before Jinxiu's Heaven Creation.

Not just him, but every Golden Core, in Jinxiu, the Upper Realm…

Everyone is thinking, perhaps they will become that key figure in the Heaven Creation?

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