C17 Triennial Results

Wanren Pool was not far from the hut. It was a small pond that had been dug out by hand. The area around it was only fifty feet in size, and the water in the pool was so clear that one could see the bottom.

Although it was said to be Wanren, there were only three sabers, a wooden sabre, an ordinary steel sabre, and a large pitch-black saber inserted into the pool.

The large blade was very heavy. Lei Ao tried for a bit, but even with his abnormal strength, he was still unable to pull it out. Furthermore, the wooden sabre was too brittle. After thinking about it, the sabre was still the most suitable one.

After taking his steel knife to chop bamboo, he spent the entire afternoon covering a simple and crude bamboo house. Then, Lei Ao began to wander around. In the evening, someone would bring him food. After eating, he would rest and recover his spirit for tomorrow's cultivation.

The next morning, when Lei Ao woke up, he found that Old Man Skyblade was already outside practicing his saber skills. He quickly ran over and knelt on the ground to acknowledge Lei Ao as his teacher.

"Get up. This old man does not like these vulgar etiquette. Since you entered the blade faction, then you should know a bit about the blade faction's origins."

When Old Man Skyblade was imparting the blade techniques to Lei Ao, he first told him about the blade faction's history.

The blade faction had existed for tens of thousands of years. The first blade faction's master was originally a cultivator, but due to fate, he entered an ancient battlefield and discovered traces left behind by ancient experts when they exchanged moves.

At that time, the Sect Leader was a prodigy who created the five moves of the Sky Blade with few traces left behind. Afterwards, he abandoned the path and entered the blade, and relied on the five forms to travel the entire cultivation world without a single loss in a thousand years.

This was the origin of the blade faction. In these ten thousand years, the blade faction's development was getting bigger and bigger and it had already leaped to become the leader of the cultivation world. The only one that could contend against it was the Tyrant Sword Pavilion.

As he spoke till here, the Heavenly Saber Pavilion old man suddenly sighed: "On the surface, the blade faction and Tyrant Sword Pavilion are the strongest, but in reality, that's not the case. In the entire cultivation world, the blade faction and Tyrant Sword Pavilion can only be considered second-rate sects. And the first sect master wasn't invincible, he was defeated in his later years, which was why he dispiritedly chose to retreat. "

"There are stronger sects than the blade faction?" Lei Ao was surprised, but then he snapped out of it and said, "Is that the Rogue Alliance?"

"You know of the Disperse Alliance?" The old man was slightly surprised, but he quickly shook his head and said: "I am not talking about the Dispersion Alliance. Although there are a lot of them, they are not united within, so they are not a threat to the blade faction."

"What's that?"

"Remember, there are three major powers in the cultivation world. They are the Immortal Alliance, the Demon Cave, and the Infernal domain.

The Immortal Alliance represented all of the cultivators. The Demon Cave referred to the demi-humans and the Infernal domain was the holy land of the demonic cultivators. These three powers had been at loggerheads since ancient times, mutually controlling each other.

First of all, the Monster race had the most demon beasts. Although the internal competition was fierce, when there were enemies, they would put down their personal grudges and go abroad. Some powerful demon beasts possessed the bloodline of a God Beast from ancient times, and the ones in charge of them were the Monster King and the thirty-six hole Demonic Commander-in-Chief.

Legend has it that during the archaic era, demons truly did exist. They had long horns, wings on their back, and were clad in scales. They were extremely powerful. However, this was only a legend. In the later generations, no one had ever seen this so-called devil.

The three major powers of the demon race were: Misty Lock Tower, Shang Ye Pavilion, and Heavenly Fiend Castle.

There were very few members in the Shang Ye Pavilion and this power seemed to only target the Buddhist Sect. Normally when they met the Immortal Alliance, they rarely took the initiative to attack them.

The leader was the Heavenly Demon Lord, he was born with a cruel nature, he had once massacred 999 pregnant women in order to cultivate demonic artifacts, so he had to seize the Purple River Carriage that was in his womb.

The Immortal Alliance had pursued and killed him many times, but unfortunately, the Heavenly Demon Lord was extremely strong. Every time he lost, he would return empty-handed.

In the final Misty Lock Tower, this force was the most mysterious. It was rare for even the Infernal domain to know of their existence. Legend has it that this was an inheritance left behind by the genuine demons of ancient times. They possessed the bloodline of the true demons, but the truth was still unknown to everyone.

Because for tens of thousands of years, the Misty Lock Tower had almost never been used in the world before, and the Demon Lord had only wanted to dominate the Demon Area in order to subdue the Misty Lock Tower. However, in the end, the power of the Heavenly Fiend Castle had been reduced by 30%, which also proved the strength of the Misty Lock Tower, and made it the true hegemon of the Demon Area.

The remaining ones were the Immortal Union formed by cultivators. The Immortal Alliance didn't have an alliance head, but only ten Elders. They were the chosen representatives of the ten great sects, and both the Saber Sect and the Tyrant Sword Pavilion had their own spots.

On the surface, the Immortal Alliance was supported by the blade faction and the Tyrant Sword Pavilion, but that was not the case. Those small sects that usually kept a low profile were in fact hiding powerful forces behind their backs. These sects all had distant inheritances.

For example, the Mao Mountain Sect's Old Man Skyblade had bluntly said that even if the Saber Sect and the Tyrant Sword Pavilion combined forces, it would still be difficult for them to compete with Mao Shan.

The Immortal Alliance wasn't supported by the Mao Mountain Sect, nor was it supported by any of the ten great sects. It was those hidden sects.

These sects were the same as the Misty Lock Tower. They rarely went out, and those who knew of their existence were only the leaders of the major powers.

After listening to Old Man Tiandao's description, Lei Ao had a better understanding of the cultivation world. A surge of hot blood was boiling in his heart. This was the life that he had always desired.

The first five were created by the founder of the blade faction. After ten thousand years of evolution, the five forms of the blade technique had already evolved from simple and complex, giving up on all kinds of styles, and only needed to be used for actual attacks, which were extremely powerful.

The five types of sabre techniques were the first: Lin Fan. The second stance: Moon Slayer. The third movement, Sea Divide. The fourth stance, Mountain Breaker. The fifth stance, Destruction.

Each of the five sabers techniques was stronger than the last. And the later the moves, the greater the requirement on one's cultivation and strength. They were not something that could be casually displayed.

The last two moves were comprehended by the old man Skyblade from the huge beast's body. Although they have evolved for hundreds of years, they have yet to reach the perfect realm. These two saber moves were even more powerful than the first five, but they were also extremely heavy on the body.

An incomplete technique could be said to be injuring both the enemy and oneself. The old man had warned him to be extremely careful when executing the two moves.

Other than the Seven Styles of Heavenly Saber, there was also the movement technique he created from the spatial principle of the Incantation Chains, the Howling Wind Technique.

The Howling Wind Method was divided into three levels, the first level, the second level, Vanishing Shadow, and the third level, Greater Teleportation.

Upon reaching the first level, one's speed would increase tenfold, while the second level would increase to a hundred times more terrifying.

As for the third level, this was only Sky Blade Old Man's imagination. He wanted to create a teleportation technique that did not require much effort on the part of his body, but he had not made any progress in the past several hundred years.

For the next three years, Lei Ao had been cultivating on the Absolute Saber Cliff. Ever since he learned the blade faction's mental cultivation method, he only needed a month to raise his cultivation to the Nine Layered Heavens stage, and then another half year to advance from the Nine Layered Heavens to the Great Perfection stage.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he was still unable to break through to the Transcending Mortality Stage.

Old Man Skyblade taught them very seriously. Firstly, he admired Lei Ao's perception and secondly, it was probably because both of them had been trapped in the deep ravine. He didn't even ask Lei Ao to contribute the Great Sky Falling Palm Seal.

However, he was reminded that the giant beast itself was an embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, and its strength was above the Immortal Realm.

Each of its moves contained a hint of the Dao Realm. Not only was it powerful, it was also extremely domineering. Lei Ao had obtained the Great Sky Falling Palm Imprint, so he had to train diligently. This was his ultimate life saving move.

When it came to being tyrannical, the old man had even specifically explained the blade faction's concept to Lei Ao.

Saber was an overlord's weapon. A practitioner of saber was not only tyrannical in their style, but also in their character. As long as they were convinced that the saber was correct, they could do it as they pleased without a need to worry too much about it.

For a long time now, the blade faction had always been a tyrannical synonym in the cultivation world. When doing things, they would only ask about one's heart and when they met strong people, no other sect was willing to directly clash with them.

In the blink of an eye, spring and winter had passed. Three years had passed in the blink of an eye, and today was the appointed day between Old Man Skyblade and the Sect Master.

"Unknowingly, you have followed me and practiced for three years. You have also mastered the Seven Styles of Heavenly Saber. It is time to go down the mountain and train in seclusion without being able to break through."

Old man Skyblade looked at Lei Ao with a gratified expression. In just three years, Lei Ao had not only mastered the first stage of the Howling Wind Technique, but he was also able to execute the first three moves of the Seven Styles of Heavenly Saber. This progress was beyond his expectations.

Moreover, to be able to execute a third move while still in the Dao Understanding realm, there was only one person in all of the past geniuses of the blade faction, Lei Ao. The old man was extremely satisfied with this disciple.