Chapter 1063: The Path of the Special Sword Cultivator

Because of the Earth Deity Path, the Jianyu is undergoing dramatic changes. In just a short hundred years, countless talents have risen.

Because of the Earth Deity Path, the Qi of Luck of the Jianyu has also surged accordingly.

Over these hundred years, Loose Cultivators have been searching the mountains and forests for Spirit Veins as much as possible, then grooming the Earth Veins and continuously strengthening them.

Ordinary lands have been transformed into Spiritual Lands, and ordinary Spiritual Lands have been transformed into higher-grade Spiritual Lands.

As for a Spirit Domain, one has yet to appear.

Even Su Fan, an expert proficient in grooming Earth Veins, is currently unable to open up a Spirit Domain.

However, for the mountain gate Spirit Vein where the Sword Sect is located, with him as the lead, he coordinates with three hundred disciples who practice the Earth Deity Path to set up arrays together and strengthen the Earth Vein.

Over these hundred years, the Spiritual Land of the Sword Sect has already improved by more than double; while it still cannot rank at the forefront across the entire Nanzhan Buzhou, within the Jianyu, those that can be stronger than the Spiritual Land where the Sword Sect is located can be counted on one hand.

There are even a few spirit holes where the Spirit Energy has already reached the level of liquefaction.

In these short hundred years, the strength of the Sword Sect has improved significantly.

Especially those disciples who switched to the Earth Deity Path, at least those who put effort into grooming the Earth Veins, have each gained quite a few benefits.

The Sword Sect's own Inheritance is not bad; whether it is the Sword Dao Inheritance left behind by Gai Nie, or the cultivation paths brought out by Su Fan—the Martial Dao and the Refining Body path—all belong to superior Daoist arts.

The Nine Refinements Golden Body Art, if placed in Nanzhan Buzhou, might not be looked upon favorably by top-tier Great Sects, but those Golden Immortal-level sects would definitely covet it.

A body-tempering cultivation method like the Nine Refinements Golden Body Art is extremely versatile, whether one follows the Golden Elixir Great Dao of the primordial spirit, the Talisman Core Dao of this world, or the Sword Cultivator path.

Tempering the Fleshly Body has benefits for all of them.

Dual cultivation of Dharma and body, while difficult, is even more powerful in combat capability once successful and bolstered.

The most famous are Yang Jian and Nezha; Yang Jian primarily cultivates the Eight-Nine Profound Art, which is attaining the Dao through the Fleshly Body, but he has not abandoned the Yuqing Immortal Art among the Three Teachings' Daoist arts.

Nezha is the same; because of his lotus body, the latter also attaches great importance to the Fleshly Body.

Sword Sect disciples are primarily Sword Cultivators, and although Sword Cultivators focus solely on the Sword Dao, a strong Fleshly Body actually has great benefits for their practice of the Sword Dao.

In ancient times, there was even a powerful Sword Cultivator who used sword Qi to temper his Fleshly Body, making his Fleshly Body defense peerless, following the Sword Shield path.

With a strong Fleshly Body and peerless attacks, he used his Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation to resist a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

One must know that the other party was not relying on any Innate Spiritual Treasure, but was purely relying on his own combat power to confront a Great Luo Golden Immortal, even though he failed in the end.

But at the time, it still stirred up a wave of ripples.

Sword Cultivators are inherently very formidable, especially powerful Sword Cultivators in terms of Sword Dao; each one is like a madman in battle.

Sword Cultivators can rely on their own Sword Dao to even negate some of the effects of spiritual treasures.

If combined with a peerless defensive Fleshly Body, one can imagine that this is not an effect of one plus one equals two.

It is precisely because of this that the ancient Sword Cultivator was able to confront a Great Luo Golden Immortal with the cultivation of a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

One must know that the higher the cultivation, the more exceptionally difficult it is to fight above one's rank.

Unless one possesses a good Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Generally speaking, a Sword Cultivator might be able to fight above their rank during the True Immortal or Golden Immortal stages, but after reaching the Golden Immortal stage, once they reach Taiyi Golden Immortal and begin to involve laws, the threat of the Sword Dao begins to drop significantly.

Just like Gai Nie, at the Golden Immortal stage, he could confront an Immortal who had just entered the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage; however, once he himself enters the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage, he can at most confront an Immortal at the Taiyi Golden Immortal Peak, and a Great Luo Golden Immortal is likely almost impossible.

If it were a disciple from a Great Sect, I fear that even with Gai Nie's Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation, he might not be their opponent.

Especially those from the Three Teachings, as they themselves cultivate the Daoist arts passed down by the Saints; such Daoist arts still have a very significant impact on the improvement of strength.

Just like that Yang Jian, who cultivates the top-tier Fleshly Body method, the Eight-Nine Profound Art; within the same realm, there are almost few who can be his enemy.

One must know that Yang Jian does not have any very famous magic treasures in his hands; his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear is actually at most an Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

Compared to the power of some Innate Spiritual Treasures, it is still much worse.

But within the Heavenly Court, his combat power among the Great Luo Golden Immortals is also renowned; that was fought for, carved out from the Blood Sea.

The prestige of the Heavenly Court's War God was not obtained by relying on his status.

Gai Nie's Sword Dao is very strong, but placed within the Three Realms, it is not that formidable.

If it were the same realm, I fear Gai Nie would truly not be Yang Jian's opponent.

It is not that Gai Nie's Sword Dao is not good, but that Yang Jian is even more formidable.

Of course, Gai Nie, who has cultivated the Nine Refinements Golden Body Art, will only have even greater strength in the future.

The stronger the Fleshly Body, the more powerful Sword Dao he can comprehend.

There is a type of Ancient Sword Dao in the Three Realms that involves cultivating a Sword Seed, gestating a Sword Seed, and then continuously nurturing it, using the Sword Seed to replace one's own primordial spirit.

In the end, the Sword Seed can also be transformed into a life-bound spiritual treasure used for combat, with power exceeding some Acquired Spiritual Treasures.

However, pinning one's own cultivation on this Sword Seed means that once the Sword Seed has a problem, then one is finished.

Especially when the Sword Seed is transformed into a spirit sword for combat, it is even more dangerous, even though the spirit sword transformed from this Sword Seed is indeed incomparably powerful and very compatible.

But once it collides with an Innate Spiritual Treasure and suffers any damage, it is equivalent to the primordial spirit leaving the Fleshly Body to fight someone.

Of course, ancient cultivators who follow this Sword Dao use their essence, Qi, and spirit to nourish the Sword Seed; this Sword Dao is more dangerous, but once cultivation is successful, it is also very terrifying.

The combat power is several times or even more powerful than that of ordinary Sword Cultivators.

It is just that this is an extreme Sword Dao cultivation method, and there are not many true Sword Cultivators who follow this path.

First of all, condensing the Sword Seed is no small matter, which can stop a large portion of Sword Cultivators.

But once one embarks on this Sword Cultivator path, one's own combat power becomes very strong; in the Primordial World, only by being strong can one live better.

There were indeed many in ancient times who followed this path, and for Sword Cultivators who followed this path, if their Fleshly Body was strong, it was also beneficial for them in strengthening the Sword Seed.

It is just that this Sword Cultivator path is increasingly rare nowadays, but strengthening the Fleshly Body also has great benefits for ordinary Sword Cultivators.

What is a Sword Cultivator? It is one who only attacks and does not defend; in their eyes, the best defense is offense.

Therefore, Sword Cultivators are often called madmen, which also stems from this.

Once the Fleshly Body is strong, then during battle, having a strong Fleshly Body defense provides even greater support for them.

The Sword Sect's Sword Cultivator disciples now also set aside a bit of time to cultivate the Nine Refinements Golden Body Art passed down by Su Fan.

One must know that this is a Fleshly Body method that can be cultivated to above the Golden Immortal stage.

A Sword Cultivator is not some kind of fool.