Those in the Body Integration Realm among the Upper Three Realms were known as grandmasters. After Yan Xuanhe cleaved the heavens with a single sword, the Upper Three Realms had become shrouded in mystery. Only those of peerless talent and great fortune could attain such a realm.
For the present Dry Abyss Realm, the Upper Three Realms were far too elusive. The world's Vital Energy was insufficient to sustain the existence of the Upper Three Realms. To become a grandmaster, one had to seek a path forward through the Three Thousand Worlds.
The Upper Three Realms were difficult to reach. Nether Communion was the realm of masters, and masters stood at the absolute pinnacle of the world.
Below masters, those in the Spirit Transformation Realm could be called top-tier experts, powerful figures capable of holding down an entire region.
Unrivaled Palace and Sword Heart Studio had deep foundations, and neither lacked top-tier experts. The two Spirit Transformation cultivators who took the field both possessed impressive attainments in the sword.
One condensed water with Sword Qi into a mirror. Within it, her three thousand strands of dark hair stirred without wind, every hair-tip wreathed in fine sword-glints, like a galaxy cascading from the heavens. Her sword momentum shifted again, and the phantom of a blue lotus manifested. It bloomed with twelve petals, each petal containing sword intent.
Sword Heart Studio cultivated both Dao and Buddha, half Daoist and half Buddhist. Seeing the Zen mysteries contained within this female Spirit Transformation cultivator's sword momentum, one could tell that her cultivation method leaned toward the Buddhist path.
Xiang Yuan caught the scent of the world's laws. Looking toward the female cultivator, he saw that her appearance resembled that of Sima Qingyan's master, Lay Buddhist Lingyu. Both wore monk's robes. Lost in memories, he