Just like that, the Golden Sand Tribe completely submitted to the Eternal Tribe, and the Eternal Tribe immediately became a second-level tribe, with 4,850 households. It needed only another 150 households to officially become a third-level tribe.
That day, Ye Chen was practicing swordplay in the courtyard. He had been a Supreme for some time now, but the Five Elements Swordplay had yet to reach major completion. This was also why he could not advance further and become an existence on par with True Martial Supreme and Heaven Demon Sovereign. After all, even without sacred artifacts, those two were high-tier Super Supremes. Without the sacred artifact Heavenly Sword, Ye Chen was merely a mid-tier Super Supreme, a full level beneath them.
"Although the martial arts essence of the Three Realms Supreme has benefited me greatly and caused my swordplay to advance by leaps and bounds, what belongs to others ultimately belongs to others. I can draw inspiration from it, but I cannot copy it. For the Five Elements Swordplay to reach major completion, I must find something new to inspire myself, or accumulate experience through the years like True Martial Supreme and the others. But that would be far too slow."
Ye Chen frowned slightly. At his current realm, making progress was exceedingly difficult. The only thing he was confident he could improve at present was his Spirit Body, but without precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures, that was futile as well.
Tap, tap, tap!
A knock came from outside the courtyard gate.
"Come in!"
Ye Chen said casually.
The one who entered was Jin Ba, the leader of the Golden Sand Tribe. "Supreme!" Jin Ba said respectfully.
The Eternal Tribe could do without the old village chief, and it could do without anyone else, but it could not do