Swordsman Era

[Ding!]

[Main quest completed: Pass down the Nine Levels of Martial Arts and ascend as the Demon Lord and Martial Ancestor of the Ancient Martial World.]

[Quest reward obtained: Formless Divine Skill (perfect version).]

The Formless Divine Skill.

Ye Zhuo took it as a little bonus.

With his eyes closed, he mastered it completely, reaching the Subtlety Realm.

"The next era of the martial world—I'm coming."

[Main quest unlocked: The External Power Era is about to begin. Await the Swordsman Era, the last age of glory.]

[Quest reward: Four Extremes of Chaos (perfect version).]

This technique could seize the power of heaven and earth and draw it into the body.

It was, in other words, a formidable method of absorbing energy.

Its one drawback was that practitioners were relatively weaker by day.

Fortunately, the perfect version eliminated that flaw.

It was an external power technique that would otherwise have meant certain death.

But the strong only grew stronger. If they seized enough power through external cultivation, they could make up for any shortcomings.

Ye Zhuo glanced at the new quest and immediately understood what lay ahead for the Ancient Martial World.

"So it's finally coming to an end. After the Swordsman Era, martial arts will focus more and more on external power. Their limitless possibilities will be gone.

"I wonder whether that will count as completing the quest, or whether I'll have to usher in a new era."

He quietly closed his eyes.

Ye Zhuo led the Demon Cult's disciples north, all the way into the Far North.

Ice covered the land, where only creatures such as polar bears lived.

Day and night blurred together beneath the aurora.

"It's beautiful!"

Delighted, everyone looked up at the magnificent sky.

"Isn't it?"

Ye Zhuo smiled too.

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