Spring City, Sima Family territory.
As one of Great Jin's eight great aristocratic families, the Sima Family stood at the height of glory and possessed formidable strength. Although they had not produced a Dharma Body expert for many years, every generation had seen no shortage of External Scenery Pinnacle powerhouses.
An External Scenery Pinnacle expert wielding a clan-protecting Divine Weapon in a desperate battle could contend with a Dharma Body-level Land Immortal for a short time. That was enough to safeguard the inheritance and ensure the bloodline endured.
The power that Divine Weapons of this Lifetime could unleash was closer to the strength of cultivators at the corresponding level than the Saint Weapons of Shrouding the Heavens.
Especially Other Shore Divine Weapons—regarding them as somewhat weaker Other Shore existences would not be wrong.
Today, "Formless Sword" He Jiu was brewing tea and discussing the sword with Sima Ling. They had met while roaming the martial world in the past and were on good terms, though they had ultimately chosen different paths.
He Jiu occupied first place on the Human Ranking with his Nine Apertures cultivation, deliberately suppressing his realm because he harbored even greater ambitions.
Sima Ling, meanwhile, had chosen to advance early to Half-Step Exterior Landscape and slowly temper herself, hoping to naturally ascend to the External Scenery Realm in the future.
Sima Ling was ordinary in appearance, but her eyes were lively. She said, "Though your mind is made up, excess is as bad as deficiency. Some things may not need to be forced."
"With your accumulation, if you break through, you could probably advance to the External Scenery Realm within one or two years at most."
Opening the Life-and-Death Profound Gate was the step that established one's future path and determined one's foundation, potential, cultivation ceiling, and