Five Regions Holy Pill, A Steady Breakthrough

As long as your root bone doesn't hinder your cultivation, you don't ask for Earth-tier or Heaven-tier; High-tier is already enough.

This year, your cultivation, which had been growing at a snail's pace, finally ushered in a breakthrough, reaching the eighth level of the Spirit Sea Realm.

"Oh, Daddy Trait, you always bring me some surprises... Right, there was a golden 'Mortal Bone' before, which couldn't be equipped with a high-tier root bone."

On second thought.

"So? My root bone is hot-swappable too. I can equip whichever root bone I want. When the Mortal Bone needs to take effect, I'll just switch to the low-tier root bone. It's just that flexible!"

The Core Transformation Realm mentioned by the Mortal Bone hasn't been seen in the simulation yet. I'm afraid it's a realm even higher than the Martial God.

Year Fifty-Three, seventy-one years old.

You replaced "Low-Tier Root Bone" with "Man and Sword as One."

You didn't rush to the Limitless Sword Sect. First, you enjoyed the thrill of a rapid cultivation boost in the Eastern Wasteland.

The Eastern Wasteland has many demons, many spiritual plants, and few people.

You were truly like a kid in a candy store.

Refining demon souls and concocting pills with the Nine Provinces Cauldron—you aggressively improved your strength through these two paths.

Your cultivation broke through again, reaching the ninth level of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Year Fifty-Four, seventy-two years old.

The matter of the demon attack had to be dealt with.

You returned to the Limitless Sword Sect and met the Sword Master again.

Hearing that the Demon-Slaying Master had returned, many elders of the Limitless Sword Sect rushed over to watch.

Some of the newly arrived disciples over the years had also heard of your legend and came over to broaden their horizons.

Time flew by. The Sword Master's elegance remained the same, but you were already old and frail.

The Sword Master shook your hand affectionately.

"Chen Dong, I didn't expect you to come back. I thought you had already..."

You scratched your head awkwardly.

"Well, Sword Master... Actually, my name isn't Chen Dong. My name is Chen Yi."

"No matter. A name is merely a title; what you are called is not important."

You were surrounded tightly by the Sword Sect disciples who came to make a pilgrimage.

At this moment, you also felt a trace of the treatment a Sword Master received.

It turned out the Limitless Sword Sect was just like a fandom; whoever was awesome got idolized.

There were too many people and prying eyes here, so you motioned for the Sword Master to step aside for a private chat.

On a cliff, you revealed the demons' subsequent actions to the Sword Master.

A blitzkrieg on the Eastern Wasteland, with a million elite demons bearing down on the border...

The Sword Master looked thoughtful.

"How do you know this? Is the information reliable?"

"I'm afraid you wouldn't believe me even if I told you, but the matter is of great importance. If the demons attack, the Limitless Sword Sect will bear the brunt. It's better to set up defenses early."

"To be honest, we have indeed found many traces of Great Wilderness demon factions active in the Eastern Wasteland recently. Normally, the Great Wilderness demons wouldn't enter the Five Domains so frequently. I'm afraid it's really as you said: the demons are willing to tear up the treaty and launch a war between our two races. But how can my Limitless Sword Sect resist them alone..."

"This matter is not just the Limitless Sword Sect's business. All Five Domains need to get involved, deploy defenses in advance, and make early preparations."

"I do have some face with the major sects and can try to lobby them, but as for the mortal regimes, I..."

You coughed.

"In that regard... I have some connections."

"Oh?"

"The Great Khan of the Northern Territory, the Emperor of the Central Plains, the Empress of the Southern Border—I can talk to all of them. As for the Spiritual Artifact Nation that Western Liang has recently established... that's even less of a problem."

The look in the Sword Master's eyes toward you gradually gained a touch of respect.

Your background is way too massive!

It feels like he can barely keep you in check!

However, the Sword Master still looked worried.

He knew that even if all factions were willing to prepare defenses in advance, facing a full-scale war with the demons, this battle would absolutely not be easy.

"Right, there's also you, the 'Demon Nemesis.' I didn't expect that with your low-tier root bone, you would actually break through again and reach the Spirit Sea Realm. If your realm were even higher, the demons would probably have an even bigger headache..."

"Sword Master, I now have a high-tier root bone."

"Oh? There is such a bizarre thing?"

"I obtained some fortuitous encounters."

"You're in your seventies this year, right? If you were a bit younger, with a high-tier root bone and the support of my Sword Sect's foundation, let alone reaching the Martial King Realm, the Soul Condensation Realm would still be possible..."

When a martial artist reaches the Soul Condensation Realm, their combat power undergoes a transformation because they develop divine sense.

Divine sense is absolutely not as simple as just providing a detection ability.

It also offers a panoramic perspective, dynamic vision, blind spot capturing, crisis warning...

In short, its wonderful uses are endless.

"Sword Master, if the demons attack, I am duty-bound to fight for the Five Domains! However, even with a high-tier root bone, breaking through to the Soul Condensation Realm in a short time is no easy task. I don't even know if I'll encounter a bottleneck at the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm..."

Your meaning was very clear.

With your special physique.

As long as you break through, for the demons, it's equivalent to adding a formidable enemy who is invincible below the Martial King Realm, and can trade one-for-one, or even one-for-many, against those above the Martial King Realm!

Having you deal with top-tier demons might not work, but below the Martial King Realm, you would sweep away all obstacles!

On this point, the Sword Master had confidence in you.

After all, back in the day, he had seen with his own eyes how you went on an unmatched rampage among a group of demons. Even when there were demons with higher realms than yours, you massacred them all the same.

In a full-scale war between the two races, the victory or defeat at every combat power level is crucial. It is not just a battle between a handful of top-tier experts.

The Sword Master thought for a moment.

"If you can really reach the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm, I can help you break through to the Soul Condensation Realm as quickly as possible. You should know that in our Limitless Sword Sect, there is a Sword Heart Divine Tree..."

The Sword Master repeated the same words once again.

On the surface, you looked curious, as if hearing it for the first time, but inside, you were as steady as an old dog.

"If I can get the help of the Immortal Peach, I am confident I can reach the Soul Condensation Realm within five years!"

The Sword Master shook his head.

"It's still not appropriate enough. In resisting the demons, you are crucial. If you want to break through, you must do it securely. You cannot gamble on probabilities and waste the opportunity of the Immortal Peach..."

The Sword Heart Immortal Peach couldn't guarantee a completely certain chance of helping you break through from the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm to the Soul Condensation Realm.

Unless you had been stuck at the Spirit Sea Realm for ten or eight years, having accumulated enough comprehension and experience, and were only lacking that final push.

Under the current circumstances, there wasn't that much time for you.

Besides, let alone a high-tier root bone, even a Heaven-tier root bone couldn't directly break through a major realm without any bottlenecks at all.

Fortunately, there was a way.

"Turn the Immortal Peach into a medicinal ingredient to refine the Five Domains Holy Pill!"

Another new thing popped up.

You had never heard of this before.

"The trees of the Eastern Wasteland, the flowers of the Southern Border, the waters of Western Liang, the grass of the Northern Territory, and the soil of the Central Plains! Find these five ultimate treasures of the Five Domains, and combine them with the recipe for the Five Domains Holy Pill stored in the Pill Fragrance Valley of the Southern Border, and you can refine the Five Domains Holy Pill! This pill can be called the number one miraculous pill in the world! If a dying person takes it, they can immediately come back to life, fully healed of all injuries and illnesses, with their vitality overflowing! If an ordinary person takes it, their lifespan can be extended by twenty years, their cultivation will soar, their meridians and marrow will be cleansed, and their comprehension will greatly increase!

["...using this to break through to the Soul Condensation Realm will absolutely be no problem!"]

[You gave a bitter smile.]

["Sword Master, isn't using this item to break through to the Soul Condensation Realm a bit of a waste of a great treasure?"]

["If the two races go to war, I hope you can become an unexpected blade, dealing a fatal blow to the demon race at a critical moment. Using these treasures on you is by no means a 'waste'."]

[In any case, you had not yet reached the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm, and you happened to need to lobby various factions to participate in early defense preparations. Taking this opportunity to search for the supreme treasures of the Five Domains was quite fitting.]

[Since that was the case, you decided to raise the stakes a bit more.]

["Sword Master, it is not just my cultivation that needs to be improved. There is another item that, if retrieved, will play a crucial role in our race's defense against the demons!"]

["What item?"]

["The Demon-Refining Pot!"]