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Five Sword Cultivators, who had once been Ascenders of the Three Proofs in the past, now took the lives of five others and used the method of substituting luggage for the peach stiffening technique, thereby obtaining the qualifications to travel within the Jiawu Realm. Although they did not display any Divine Skills, with just one step, they traversed the distance of an entire state.

The Jiawu Realm consists of twenty-five states, and while some states are absurdly large, even the smallest state covers a direct distance of over a hundred miles, a distance that even a Sword Cultivator would take a long time to fly across.

This method of stepping across such vast distances in a single stride far surpassed Tan Shuchang's cloud-stepping technique in its breadth and reach.

The destinations of these five individuals were, respectively, Fuzhou, Sparrow State, and Old State. These three states, though not barren lands in the Jiawu Realm and even suitable for cultivators to practice in, usually wouldn't see cultivators unless they were in search of rare materials and treasures.

Moreover, these three states no longer had a single common person; the mortal populace had migrated away a long time ago.

However, it wasn't because of the Mountain-Sea Beasts that are numerous in these places; their presence wasn't enough to drive cultivators to such extremes.

The real reason was the numerous pathways to the Land of Yin and Darkness that existed here.

These paths are incredibly secretive; one could hardly find them even if actively searching, and most who have seen the pathways to the Land of Yin and Darkness stumbled upon them by chance.

This Land of Yin and Darkness can indeed be entered by the living, but once inside, it's no different from being dead.

Of course, it's not guaranteed that you can't leave once you're there, but those who can enter and leave the Land of Yin and Darkness are no ordinary individuals, so they don't serve as a typical case.

At this moment, one of the individuals arrived in Fuzhou; his posture was natural without the slightest trace of rigidity, his aura ethereal without a hint of gloom or strangeness. But as he stopped and began to speak, a cold wind emerged.

"Without sound or color, one struggles; within boundaries, profit is sought."

As the individual uttered these eight words, it was as if celestial music had descended, causing the vital energy of the place to violently fluctuate, as malevolent energy surged, pure energy sank, spiritual energy turned turbid, the essence of humanity scattered, and yin energy swarmed in...

In the midst of such strange phenomena, a stone pillar engraved with a twisted corpse slowly rose.

At the same time, identical scenes appeared in Sparrow State and Old State. As the phrase "Without sound or color, one struggles; within boundaries, profit is sought" was spoken, amidst the celestial anomalies, stone pillars slowly rose.

What differed was that the stone pillar in Fuzhou was engraved with a twisted corpse, in Sparrow State was a corpse torn into pieces, and in Old State was one that appeared decayed as if it were a zombie.

When these three stone pillars appeared simultaneously, a door that should not exist in the mortal world also began to emerge slowly.

This door was a simple stone portal.

It was so rudimentary it could be on par with the dilapidated wooden gate found at the entrance to the Peach Blossom Wonderland, marked by extensive weathering.

As the door opened, a path appeared that could be either winding and narrow or straight and wide, within this dominion.

A few breaths later, three individuals from the Heavenly Sword Mansion gathered here.

"If it weren't absolutely necessary, I really wouldn't want to take this Path of the Ancient Yin..." one of them spoke, his voice normally commanding now unusually tinged with fluctuations.

The Path of the Ancient Yin provided a safe return from the Land of Yin and Darkness, for those who used other means to traverse would inevitably be affected by it.

Shortly after, the three entered the path one after the other.

As they stepped onto the Path of the Ancient Yin, livor mortis uncontrollably manifested on their vibrant bodies. By the time they were halfway through, their bodies were covered in corpse hair.

A heavy stench of death emanated from within them.

However, once they had completed the path, all abnormalities vanished from them. In their place, auspicious scenes enveloped them, pure air swirled around, and law swords seemed to move freely.

Then, with a wave of their hands as if they were swords, they directly blasted open the doors at the end of the Path of the Ancient Yin.

The moment the doors opened, sunlight flooded in!

...

Out of the five who departed from the Heavenly Sword Mansion, three took the Path of the Ancient Yin, while the other two headed to the Upper Clear View and Western Tuo Mountain respectively. According to the message passed down to them by Dugu Jianyin, these two places had each managed to refine a Son of the Heavenly Mandate, and were also fortunate to gain heavenly favor.

These were the standard attributes of a Son of the Heavenly Mandate and a reflection of whether someone was indeed one.

Tan Shuchang was overly conspicuous, but had not been considered a Son of the Heavenly Mandate because he had neither refined the power of the Heavenly Mandate nor received heaven's favor.

Moreover, his luck was utterly ordinary.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

This was quite common; one could find such luck in just about any ordinary Cultivator.

At this time, neither of them directly entered these two sects.

Although both were Ascenders of the Three Proofs and had now taken the fates of others to gain the right to emerge under the sunlight, and were able to exert the strength of an Immortal of the First Proof, both sects were ultimately not simple. Moreover, both sects had their patriarchal ancestors and, after ascending, were even blessed with their origins.

The patriarchal ancestors of Sword Mountain were numerous and powerful, while those of the Upper Clear View and Western Expansion Mountain enjoyed the shade of a large tree. Only their Heavenly Sword Mansion had inadvertently offended a True Immortal and now had to hide in secrecy.

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