"Thank you for the Sword Saint's guidance this time."
"No need. We are merely working together for the Great Thousand World."
The middle-aged man standing before them with his hands behind his back nodded. For a capable beauty with such bright eyes, it had been a long time since he had seen a sword cultivator reach this stage.
Not to mention that she had not even come from their Sword Domain, but from another lower plane.
Compared to other paths, sword cultivation did not demand such exceptional talent. Outstanding talent was naturally best, but conversely, even if one's talent was rather ordinary, or even poor, the sword would not abandon its master.
Although he was still striving to uphold such rules within the Sword Domain, ensuring as much as possible that everyone received resources corresponding to what they gave, those with extraordinary talent could still rise above the rest more easily. There was nothing to be done about that.
Yet those who reached the final step were often not the dazzling young prodigies of their youth.
"Come to think of it, the Sword Domain has not produced another Saint Grade cultivator in a very long time."
The man in green robes said.
"Though we are sword cultivators, it is not quite as the outside rumors claim. Even sword cultivators cannot guarantee a breakthrough into Saint Grade after reaching Immortal Grade perfection."
Nalan Yanran could not help falling silent for a moment upon hearing this.
Xiao Yi Xian beside her could not help asking, "Why is that?"
The man in green robes glanced at the lovely figure who housed all the poisons in the world, yet did not intend to answer himself.
"—Because cultivating the sword is also cultivating the heart. The more one devotes oneself to it, the more one