Actually, for over ninety-nine percent of Cultivators, advancing to the Sword Spirit Realm within fifty years after reaching the Sword Heart Third Layer Heaven would be nothing more than a fool’s dream.
And yet the difficulty of Zhou Yan’s cultivation was so terrifying... So, is it any wonder that he possessed the combat power of almost near five realms higher?
This, in fact, seemed not the slightest bit unreasonable, as while others put in an effort worth one, he had to put in one hundred and twenty-five times that!
This was under the circumstance where his Qi Jie was at five. If his Qi Jie were to transform to six, it would become a horrifying two hundred and sixteen times that!
"Zhou Yan, I originally didn’t plan to tell you this, wanting you to continue your brave and diligent progression without understanding, but after much consideration, I decided it’s better to inform you. Eventually, you would find out anyway.
Furthermore, with the coming of these troubled times, others can see your situation, too. Until you reach the Sword Spirit Realm, they might as well call you a ’Wasted Body,’ so I’m telling you now.
Currently, based on what the Family Head Zhou Cangmu says, if it’s true, your talent is undoubtedly extraordinary, which is very good. I hope you can maintain this!"
"Ancestor, don’t worry. Four years ago, I was a good-for-nothing, looked down upon for so many years, yet I never surrendered. How could the mere difficulty of cultivation make me bow my head?!
To me, everything in the world is fair. To desire stronger combat power, isn’t it necessary to make greater efforts? If one thinks that progression in cultivation should be easy and their combat power invincible, doesn’t that make other Cultivators’ efforts a waste?
So it’s clear to me, the harder the cultivation, the happier it makes me and the more I look forward to it!"
Zhou Yan was brimming with confidence!
Unknown to others, with the Purple Flame Lotus and an enormously powerful soul, he currently did not lack energy for cultivation!
This cultivation difficulty was related to energy accumulation! With the strength of his soul, wasn’t it thousands of times more potent than an average person? Hence, this hundredfold difficulty could be offset by his soul strength.
Take, for example, a common genius with a soul strength of 1 who can absorb 1 portion of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi in one hour and needs 50 portions to break through a realm, thus they need to cultivate for 50 hours.
Zhou Yan’s soul strength was 1000, allowing him to absorb 1000 portions of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi in an hour. However, since he needed 125 times more Essence Qi than an average cultivator for his training, he required 6250 portions of Essence Qi to achieve a realm breakthrough. So, in reality, he only needed to cultivate for 6.25 hours.
In this sense, he was actually several times faster than average Cultivators.
During the actual cultivation process, not only the accumulation of Essence Qi but also the difficulty of Enlightenment increased, for it was the Enlightenment of different principles! Therefore, balancing all aspects, Zhou Yan’s cultivation speed could match or be slightly faster than that of an average genius Cultivator.
That is why Zhou Yan was not worried at all.
"Mm, good that you think this way. This time, I have assembled Cultivators of the Sword Intent Second Layer Heaven here mainly to discuss one matter with you.
Listen closely to the specifics of this matter, as I will not repeat myself.
If you should die because of this in the future, do not say that I, a person who has lived from the past, did not guide you."
Ancestor Zhou Qian’s voice was exceedingly grave.
At this moment, hearing the words of the Ancestor, even Zhou Yan became serious.
He knew that the so-called ’Nine Origin Reincarnation’ was an extremely extraordinary matter, but his own knowledge of it was very limited.
"The Nine Origin Reincarnation will gradually begin to open. Although it hasn’t opened just yet, it could start today, or perhaps within the next three to five years; no one can be sure. But one thing that is certain is that it will be soon!
Although the Reincarnation hasn’t commenced, the great ancient Voids have started to manifest, which is also a good thing.
Previously, all the great Voids and Ancient Ruins were a whole entity but were later separated and guarded by the supreme powerhouses.
Now that these have all returned, it can be considered a fortuitous occurrence.
"Our Sword Burial Ancestor Star is divided into the Four Deserts and the Three Islands.
The Four Deserts are the East Wasteland, Southern Wilderness, West Wilderness, and the North Desolate Continent; the Three Islands are Netherworld Island, Yuhun Island, and Tianji Island.
Among them, our Southern Wilderness has what’s known as the ’Heavenly Gate’ of the Nine Origin Reincarnation, called ’South Heavenly Gate.’ Hence, in our region, the risks and opportunities are greater.
Of course, other places are equally chaotic.
Once the Heavenly Gate opens, Heaven and Earth Sword Spirit Essence Qi will descend, and Heaven and Earth Sword Spirit Essence Qi will begin to converge, altering our conditions for cultivation.
This will start with nine light pillars.
When the nine light pillars descend, everything will begin, and then it will continue for a thousand years.
Before this happens, we must depend on our own Qi Fortune and encounters, as the best outcome would be to accumulate enough Essence Blood and ideally, unveil our own Sword Soul Void before the light pillars descend.
In that regard, Zhou Yan is doing very well."
Zhou Qian said with significant weight to his words.
His speech made even Zhou Yan feel an indescribable heaviness.
And the other family members, having heard such discourse, again turned their eyes toward Zhou Yan, their gazes filled with immense reverence and adoration.
Clearly, Zhou Yan’s performance in all aspects was the defiance of natural order.
Zhou Yan knew his situation, and following Zhou Qian’s words, it was clear that the Southern Wilderness region was vast, and the outline of the immense Sword Burial Ancestor Star was slowly unveiled by the discourse of this ancient genius.