Sword Cultivators

It seems the only option is to dig a tunnel on the island. Long Xuan's gaze turned thoughtful.

However, digging to this location from the island would take an extremely long time and be a massive undertaking that cannot be done now.

He planned to memorize the location and come back to rob the tomb when he had time in the future.

He was well aware of the dangers of tomb raiding. Even the Gu King might perish in this tomb, so what? His abilities were specifically designed for tomb raiding.

For the Origin Realm, how about he simply replicated the ancient tomb underground using the Origin Realm? Then he could run into the replicated Illusion Realm and challenge it endlessly.

This is equivalent to him having countless lives in a game, allowing him to try countless times. No matter how difficult the level is, he will eventually break through it. This is too unfair. What tomb can withstand his robbing?

Having made up his mind, Long Xuan began to swim upstream, and he made a note of this place for the time being, for another day.

He swam for an unknown amount of time before finally surfacing, spitting out water, and then panting heavily, his eyes filled with excitement.

Suddenly, a transparent bottle appeared in his hand, and inside the bottle was a small jellyfish.

This jellyfish is transparent and has a red digestive system inside. It is bell-shaped, like a lighthouse.

Upon seeing the jellyfish in the bottle, Long Xuan's eyes burned with excitement, his heart pounding wildly. He hadn't expected to make such an unexpected discovery while swimming upwards.

Look what he discovered! He unexpectedly discovered the famous Lighthouse Jellyfish from his previous life.

This creature is truly terrifying; its abilities are probably beyond the imagination of most people.

When other organisms are aging and about to die, this thing can rejuvenate them, and there is no limit to the number of times it can do so.

The ability to rejuvenate an infinite number of times means immortality, and these are among the few beings capable of achieving immortality.

There are countless abilities in this world, but what ability can compare to immortality?

Faced with countless options, anyone would choose the ability to grant immortality rather than the ability to generate immense offensive power.

The ability to live forever was truly worthy of research, and he couldn't wait to take out paper and pen. Of course, he didn't want to study the Gu Recipe here.

He was just anxious to see if the abilities of the Lighthouse Jellyfish could be transferred to a human through the process of refining poison.

With his cheat code indicating right or wrong, he only needs to write down a sentence on a piece of paper to determine whether the ability to reverse aging theoretically exists.

He walked to a rock on the shore and quickly wrote on a piece of paper:

Rejuvenation Gu

Main material: Lighthouse Jellyfish

Ability: Allows the host to rejuvenate as they age, with no limit on the number of times.

As soon as he finished writing this passage, progress appeared on the paper, and he quickly broke into a jubilant smile. But the smile soon froze on his face, and his eyes showed shock.

Good grief, the progress is only [0.0000001%].

So many zeros! This Gu Recipe has gone down to several decimal places! It must require hundreds of millions of ingredients!

Long Xuan's lips twitched incessantly, and his fingers trembled.

At this point, he completely lost his composure.

That would take forever, maybe even until the end of time!

"Holy crap! Sorry to bother you! Sorry to bother you!"

Startled, Long Xuan hurriedly tore the paper to shreds and threw it into the water. Gu Recipe whoever wanted to grind for that Gu formula could do it; he certainly wasn't going to.

Once you start working on this Gu Recipe, it will cost you your life. The time it takes is not just a few hundred years; you might not succeed even if you worked on it for eight lifetimes. He didn't want to waste his entire life on this.

To understand the concept of Gu Recipe containing hundreds of millions of ingredients, just think about how many years it would take a writer to complete a 100 million-word novel.

The more extraordinary something is, the more limitations it will have; it's definitely not something that's easy to obtain.

He had long anticipated that such an incredible ability would require a lot of materials, and he had already prepared himself mentally, but this was just too outrageous!

Even though he was mentally prepared, he was still scared half to death.

It's just a matter of immortality; is it really necessary to use so many materials? That's outrageous.

He was completely numb.

Although he no longer intended to study the Gu Recipe of Lighthouse Jellyfish, he still did not choose to release Lighthouse Jellyfish.

Meeting was fate, and he decided to keep the Lighthouse Jellyfish in his Spirit Spring so that it could accompany him as he grew.

He wanted to see how many times this Lighthouse Jellyfish would rejuvenate on his path to immortality, to see who would outlive whom in the end, and to see whether he would live longer or it would live longer.

He put away the water bottle containing the Lighthouse Jellyfish, placed it in Insect-Rearing Pouch, then took off his wet clothes, changed into dry ones, and walked towards the campfire.

By this time, his clones had already caught a lot of spirit fish. His clones completely replicated his abilities, and were adept at fishing in the water, able to withstand pressure and barely needing to breathe. Before long, they had caught enough fish.

Long Xuan walked to the fire and began to roast the spirit fish. The others who went to the center of the island to hunt spirit beasts had not yet returned. At this moment, besides himself, only Long Ziyan and Long Ruoxue remained.

The two beauties, having nothing better to do, were sparring. Their contest was quite a sight to behold, and Long Xuan watched with appreciative eyes.

Long Ziyan's usual fighting style is still using a sword. The Sword Qi exudes an astonishing chill and is incredibly powerful. Those who are injured by it will either die or be maimed.

Long Xuan still remembered that back in the ancient tomb, he was wearing a second-tier Dragon Silkworm Robe, making it virtually impossible for someone of the same tier to break through his defenses.

Long Ziyan's clone was clearly at the Peak Spirit-Gathering Stage at the time, yet a casual strike managed to shatter his second-tier Dragon Silkworm Robe, a feat far exceeding his level. If it weren't for the Water Bear Gu, he would probably have been finished off by that attack.

After getting to know her for so long, Long Xuan realized that she was not actually a pure Gu cultivator. Because she Innate Sword Bone, she was extremely suitable to become a sword cultivator. Once she became a sword cultivator, her combat power would be ten times that of an ordinary sword cultivator.

Therefore, she chose the path of being a Gu cultivator and a sword cultivator, making her a rare dual-profession individual. This path certainly grants strong combat power, but it also requires more time compared to others of the same level.

It is said that sword cultivators are the most offensive among all professions in the world. Once they have the support of Sword Bone, their attack power is enough to injure enemies even if they are in a different realm. This is also the reason why Long Ziyan was able to break through the second-tier Dragon Silkworm Robe with her Spirit Gathering Stage cultivation.

Of course, this only means that a sword cultivator with Sword Bone can break through the defenses of someone who is a whole realm higher than themselves, but it does not mean that they have the ability to fight across realms. Fighting across realms is very rare in this world.

"As expected of the Sword Bone wielder, such immense killing power! The Earthworker, whose defense was invincible, was like paper under her sword!" Long Qian put down his prey and walked over, watching the two people competing, his expression gradually becoming serious.

Seeing Long Qian sitting next to him, Long Xuan asked curiously, "Senior, could you tell me about sword cultivation? To be honest, I have never encountered a professional sword cultivator other than a Gu cultivator so far."

Although his clone was very knowledgeable, he actually knew nothing about sword cultivation.

In all the years he's been in this world, he's never seen a single sword cultivator, nor any other profession. He's also never seen any books about sword cultivators. Since he can't find anything in books, he naturally can't understand it.

So far, all the people he has met are Gu cultivators; the other professionals seem to have never existed in this world, and the library is completely blank.

"Hehe, the realm division for sword cultivators is the same as that for Gu cultivators; the realm divisions for all professions are basically the same."

"However, once they reach the Spirit Severing Stage, Gu cultivators are more often called Gu King, while sword cultivators are called Sword King, Ghost Cultivator are called Ghost King, body cultivators are called Martial Kings, and so on."

"The difference in their levels is only that small."

"However, it's practically impossible for you to meet other professionals in the Gu World. You need to think about why this world is called the Gu World. Since it's called the Gu World, it's naturally a world unique to Gu cultivators."

"In this world, everyone cultivates Gu poison; sword cultivators are practically nonexistent. Although there are occasional texts about sword cultivation, they are far too few, and the lineage is incomplete."

"It's incredibly difficult for Long Ziyan to walk the path of sword cultivation in this world. There's no complete lineage for sword cultivation here, and she can't find a master to learn from. She has to figure everything out on her own. The path of self-study is so arduous. It's such a waste of her excellent Sword Bone."

Long Qian looked regretful.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan had even more questions and asked again, "Since there are records about sword cultivators in this world, it means that sword cultivators once existed in this world, or at least there were traces of sword cultivators."

Why did they all eventually disappear? And what about the other professionals? Since they existed before, why have they all vanished now?

Long Qian shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but there are many myths and legends circulating in the Gu World, and there are explanations in those myths and legends."

"However, as you also know, the vast majority of myths are stories created by humans; they are fictional, and their authenticity remains to be verified."

"I'm not sure if this myth is true, would you like to hear it?" Long Qian asked Long Xuan with a smile.

"I'm all ears." Long Xuan sat up straight, revealing an interested expression.

Long Qian nodded, looked at the firelight, and slowly recounted, "Legend has it that in a very distant time, a vast world called the Desolate Realm was cut into three thousand parts by a terrifying being, and thus it came to be known as the Three Thousand Worlds."

"Humanity, on the other hand, occupies three realms: the Human Realm, the Spirit World, and the Divine Realm."

"The beings who rule the three realms are the gods of the human race. Gods are actually cultivators at the highest level, and because cultivators at this level can achieve immortality, they are called gods by people."

"There are very few cultivators who can reach this level, because the Heavenly Dao limits the number of immortals, so the prerequisite for cultivating to godhood is to first obtain Divine Position."

"Divine Position are also called Godhead, and each power constitutes one Godhead."

"For example, if you cultivate fire, then after you reach the highest level, you will become the God of Fire. However, there can only be one God of Fire in the world. Once the God of Fire is born, it is impossible for a second God of Fire to appear in the world."

"Unless the god of fire has died, the world will not give birth to another god of fire."

"With all the Divine Position already occupied, no matter how talented the person below is, it's impossible for them to become a god, let alone achieve immortality."

"Unless you discover new power and create a new Godhead, you can only pray that some ancient god has died unexpectedly."