Skyfire Star Domain.
Without anyone noticing, the many sword cultivators had already purged this star domain bordering the Vermilion Bird Star Domain.
For tens of thousands of years, these sword cultivators had fought and killed without pause. Many Sword Heirs set out alone, chose a direction and a great world, then went straight for that world's strongest fighter. Victory meant success; defeat meant flight. If they could not escape, they died.
Many sword cultivators died. Many survived.
Some survivors advanced along their Dao Paths. Others gained nothing and kept drawing their swords to fight. Both outcomes were common.
On the whole, the Grand Dream Sword Realm let the sword cultivators discuss the Great Dao with one another without holding anything back and develop True Immortal Heir Techniques. Their foundations in the sword Dao grew far deeper than they otherwise would have, as though they were constantly working with an eighth-step sword cultivator and drawing inspiration from the wisdom of countless prodigies across the endless starry sky.
That constant inspiration and opportunity greatly increased both the Vermilion Bird Star Domain sword cultivators' chances of winning their duels and their chances of advancing afterward.
A Sacred Sword Duel provided one percent of the inspiration; the sword cultivator's own foundation supplied the groundwork and ninety-nine percent of the sweat. Both were equally important. Without either one, their Dao would suffer.
Now, under the Great Sun Sword Heir's rule, they had both.
The sword cultivators of the present age were quick to recognize it.
Under the Great Sun Sword Heir, they took part in developing True Immortal Heir Techniques and continually exchanged ideas with prodigies from across the endless starry sky. Their foundations in the sword Dao grew far faster than usual, and their loyalty rose with them. At a word from the Great