Junior Brother Arrives

"This is a Domain!"

"I can sense it, within this ten-mile radius, my combat power will be infinitely boosted. Whether it's Sword Intent, Sword Aura, or Sword Essence, all will be greatly enhanced."

"This is the Grandmaster realm!"

Li Jiusheng experienced this wondrous feeling. Within the ten-mile wilderness, with a single thought, Sword Energy raged. Each Sword Energy was terrifying, embodying the Sword Dao Li Jiusheng had comprehended and the Sword Techniques he had cultivated.

"The books say that those who have just entered the Grandmaster realm and can condense a complete Domain covering three meters are considered successful. But mine spans a full ten miles, comparable to some veteran Grandmasters, or even Great Grandmasters." Li Jiusheng knew in his heart that this was due to his profound accumulation.

The Dao left behind by the Thousand-Year Sword God of the Old Land's strike, the physical body Li Jiusheng had tempered along the way, the methods he had cultivated – all these converged to form his ten-mile Domain.

"My strength has increased to fifty Dragon Elephant Powers." Li Jiusheng clenched his fist, feeling immense power surge through him. He clearly sensed his strength doubling, which caused his eyes to gradually brighten.

A ten-mile Domain, fifty Dragon Elephant Powers. This was merely upon entering the Grandmaster realm. For Li Jiusheng, his future was limitless.

"The books also say that Grandmasters have many peculiar effects within their own Domains, such as flight." Li Jiusheng decisively decided to try. For mortals, the first goal of cultivation was flight.

The ability to fly made one a cultivator in the eyes of mortals, and this standard was also common in the cultivation world.

There was a saying in the cultivation world: to enter the Grandmaster realm and be able to fly is to officially step onto the path of cultivation.

Grandmasters have a lifespan of three hundred years. Generally, it is only in the late Grandmaster realm that they expand their Domain to allow themselves to fly using its power. This flight speed cannot be too fast, otherwise, the Domain's power cannot keep up, and they will fall.

Li Jiusheng's breakthrough immediately granted him a ten-mile radius, so he didn't have to worry about flight.

With a thought, he controlled his Domain, lifting himself up and soaring through the wind.

For a moment, Li Jiusheng was like an immortal god, rising into the air, bathed in the morning sun. He felt utterly refreshed, undergoing an incomparably brilliant transformation.

"This is what a cultivator is!" As he glided above the clouds, watching the first rays of dawn, Li Jiusheng's heart opened wide. He felt a sense of boundless space with a single thought, his mind becoming grand and clear.

"This sea of clouds is vast, stretching beyond sight. The world is immense, yet the morning glow can illuminate it all. One's efforts in life should be like the morning sun, like the Great Sun." Li Jiusheng couldn't help but sigh.

[You bathed in the morning sun, your heart felt a resonance, coalescing into the Great Sun Nirvana Scripture.]

[You have learned the Great Sun Nirvana Scripture.]

A stream of information entered his mind. Li Jiusheng was overjoyed and immediately checked it.

Within his mind, there was a Great Sun Rulai, emitting boundless radiance, like the sun, dazzling and blinding, making it impossible to open his eyes, approach, or see its face clearly.

However, Li Jiusheng, through mental fluctuations, comprehended this cultivation method.

[Great Sun Nirvana Scripture] is a cultivation method for the body. The Buddha, under the sun's radiance, found the flaws in his own body and, through Nirvana, achieved rebirth, attaining the immaculate Golden Body.

[Great Sun Nirvana Scripture] is a top-tier Buddhist method for cultivating the physical body. It requires multiple Nirvanas, each time a new flower blooming on the old body, followed by the flower bearing fruit.

"Just in time, my [Mountain and Wild New Life Method] is nearing its first Nirvana. The arrival of this scripture will accelerate the process, bringing my Nirvana sooner and providing an additional layer of security." Li Jiusheng said joyfully. He placed the [Great Sun Nirvana Scripture] and [Mountain and Wild New Life Method] together, finding that they complemented each other perfectly. It couldn't be more comfortable.

Just as Li Jiusheng was rejoicing, a voice echoed through the rolling sea of clouds: "Congratulations, Senior Brother, on successfully breaking through the Xiantian shackles and achieving the Grandmaster position."

From the sea of clouds, a figure slowly emerged. It was Li Qingshan, the current Sect Master of Shangqing Palace, his face filled with shock as he looked at Li Jiusheng.

Although he spoke congratulations, Li Qingshan's astonishment was undeniable.

The last time he saw Li Jiusheng, he had just broken through to the Innate Golden Core, far from the Xiantian peak, let alone the Grandmaster realm.

Yet now, seeing Li Jiusheng again, he had already achieved the Grandmaster realm and could fly with such skill, indicating that Li Jiusheng's control and application of his Domain were masterful.

But this was only a matter of days?

Li Qingshan looked at Li Jiusheng. After offering his congratulations, he didn't know what else to say for a moment.

He was considered a peerless talent, the hope of Shangqing Palace, and his cultivation speed was already very fast. However, compared to his Senior Brother's progress, his own records were nothing to boast about.

Li Jiusheng noticed Li Qingshan's shock and proactively asked, "You've been Sect Master for seven days, how does it feel?"

Li Qingshan snapped back to reality and said with a wry smile, "Now I understand why the cultivation of Sect Masters in various sects is generally not high. There are simply too many trivial matters, making it impossible to cultivate."

For the past seven days, every detail of the sect's affairs had to be brought to Li Qingshan, which greatly angered him. He was determined to thoroughly reform Shangqing Palace; otherwise, if he had to oversee everything, when would he have time to cultivate?

Li Jiusheng brought Li Qingshan down from the clouds and into the Scripture Repository Pavilion. The morning dew on the mountain was heavy, but no one disturbed them. Li Jiusheng and Li Qingshan stood side by side, looking at the mountains outside, chatting about matters.

"You need someone to assist you. You make the decisions on major matters," Li Jiusheng said.

"Senior Brother is right. I've already found someone. From now on, I'll hand over the trivial matters to him," Li Qingshan nodded, then hesitated as if he wanted to say something more.

Li Jiusheng calmly said, "Ask whatever you want to ask, why are you hesitating?"

Li Qingshan immediately asked, "Senior Brother, was that sword strike you made?"

"Why do you think it was me?" Li Jiusheng retorted.

"Because that sword strike originated from the Scripture Repository Pavilion. No one else saw it but me," Li Qingshan said in a low voice.

Li Jiusheng gazed into the distance, his hands behind his back, and said softly, "It was the Thousand-Year Sword God of the Old Land who struck."

"The Thousand-Year Sword God of the Old Land? Wasn't he dead for hundreds of years?" Li Qingshan was shocked.

"Unwilling, his residual soul appeared and struck towards the Luochuan Sect. What happened after that sword strike?" Li Jiusheng asked curiously. He had been in the Scripture Repository Pavilion, with very little contact with the outside world, and had been in seclusion, so he knew nothing.

Li Qingshan said, "That sword strike directly shattered the ancestral foundation of Emperor Wu of Zhou. It is said that on that day, he roared continuously, killed several disciples of the Luochuan Sect, and finally went into seclusion in anger. It will likely be some time before he emerges. The danger to our Shangqing Palace is temporarily averted."

"His ancestral foundation was shattered again, can it be repaired?" Li Jiusheng muttered.

"Without extremely rare heavenly treasures, it's difficult!" Li Qingshan said happily. Emperor Wu of Zhou had previously been a mountain pressing down on him, making it difficult to even breathe. Now that this mountain had been temporarily moved, he was naturally delighted.