"Little Hao, there's nothing wrong with choosing to cultivate only the Sword Dao Law."
The old man cleared the dishes from the stone table as he spoke. "As long as your Sword Dao Law grows strong enough, reaching the Daluo Golden Immortal realm will be no problem."
"As for what comes after that... Heh. In our Violet Thorn Great World, no one has ever surpassed the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, not even in ancient times."
"Over the years, I've explored countless Secret Realms and ruins. In ancient times, Daluo Golden Immortals could leave the Violet Thorn Great World for a higher world."
"But for some reason, the passage to that world has vanished."
"A few years ago, Lingxiao Ke of the Heavenly Dao Sect and his companions obtained jade slips left by a senior of the Ancient Violet Thorn Sacred Land in his cave abode."
"I received a copy of those slips too. That spatial passage that once appeared in the Parasol Tree Domain may one day be our way out of this world."
"But your cultivation is still too low. Go face your tribulation first and advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm."
"With your strength, you'll be ready to face the Immortal Ascension Tribulation in another twenty or thirty years at most."
"Once you become a True Immortal, I'll take you to the Heaven Scar Sword Abyss in the Rainbowfall Domain."
The tall young man was Ye Hao—the very person the major factions outside were searching for, the one who had carved his name onto the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
No one knew Ye Hao had never left the Violet Thorn Domain. In fact, he was not far from the Nine Tribulations Immortal Inquiry Tower.
Ye Hao nodded. "Yes, Master. I'll go face my tribulation shortly."
He spoke