Two months earlier, under the guidance of his master, Sword Venerable, Xie Qingtian had gone to visit the ancestor of the Sky-Piercing Sword Sect.
He hoped to receive guidance from the ancestor of the Sky-Piercing Sword Sect, break through his inner demon, and reclaim his sword heart.
After some conversation,
the ancestor of the Sky-Piercing Sword Sect had pointed out a direction for him.
That was to go outside, experience the bustle and turmoil of the human world, experience the myriad things under heaven, and witness the might of heaven and earth.
He had pointed out a direction for Xie Qingtian,
and that was to head to the Death Forbidden Zone.
In the eyes of the ancestor of the Sky-Piercing Sword Sect, Xie Qingtian's problem was neither particularly serious nor particularly trivial.
In his experience, the reason Xie Qingtian had suffered such a blow and fallen into an inner demon was largely because he had been a favored child of heaven in everyone's eyes since childhood. All along the way, he had faced nothing but the admiring gazes of others.
Moreover, he was not good with words or socializing, and had an aloof personality. Throughout his cultivation, he had mostly worked hard alone.
Thus,
when Yang Qingyun appeared,
and appeared as a prodigy of the same generation who stood above him,
Xie Qingtian's competitive spirit was stirred. He soon made surpassing Yang Qingyun his ultimate goal—and the foundation of his sword heart.
This approach had both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage was that he had a clear goal and a clear benchmark ahead of him. This allowed Xie Qingtian to cultivate tirelessly, constantly advancing under his opponent's immense pressure. In the end, despite being born in the barren Southern Heaven Domain, he achieved something that even the younger generation of