This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 1613 - 60: A Century, One Sword

The Wilderness Realm, one of the Nine Heavens.

The Wilderness Realm does not neighbor the Sky Dome Heaven or the Abyss. It is separated from Sky Dome Heaven by the Netherworld, a realm of reincarnation accessible only to dead souls.

The Netherworld, difficult for living beings to enter, stands between the Wilderness Realm and Sky Dome Heaven like a heavenly chasm.

Due to the barrier of the Netherworld, from ancient times to the present, the Wilderness Realm has never had any interaction with Sky Dome Heaven, not even a word exchanged.

Naturally, the cultivation systems of the two realms are also completely different, as different as heaven and earth.

Wilderness Realm, where people do not cultivate the Tao but cultivate destiny!

Cultivating destiny.

Those who cultivate destiny are those whom Heaven's Mandate favors.

But without Heaven's Mandate, one will remain ordinary for life, with nothing to cultivate.

From this perspective, the cultivation path of the Wilderness Realm is somewhat similar to the Abyss—the bloodline of the Demon Race is akin to the Heaven's Mandate of the people of the Wilderness.

However, there are significant differences between them.

Because the Heaven's Mandate of the people of the Wilderness can transform with cultivation, life trajectory, and temperament.

Defying destiny and changing fate is not an empty talk.

In this regard, the cultivation path of the Wilderness Realm seems very similar to that of Sky Dome Heaven—cultivators are not inherently noble or lowly.

....

This ancient and boundless barbarian wilderness.

In this vast land, everything seems magnified several times.

Majestic mountains stretch endlessly, one after another.

The trees, large enough to be called giants in Sky Dome Heaven, are common here.

Among the myriad peaks and valleys, giant beasts of the wild roam rampant, their roars shaking the countless massive trees, causing leaves the size of washbasins to rustle down.

From time to time, the cries of fierce birds echo from the high heavens, their calls piercing stone and metal. Looking up, one would see massive flocks of giant birds flying past.

This is the Great Wilderness, also known as the Wilderness Realm.

Wilderness is the main theme of this world.

.....

In the boundless forests, several figures leap forward.

They tread upon the earth, their movements as fast as lightning, soon stopping in front of a village.

... It turns out to be a group of braided children.

"Even after being in the Great Wilderness for five hundred years, I still marvel at the strength of you Wilderness people." In the sky above the village, a man in a green robe, looking frail compared to those children below, remarked with admiration.

Beside the "frail" man, another man stood suspended in the air.

This was an incredibly sturdy man, his stature nearly equivalent to two of the frail men.

However, this robust man showed great respect toward the "frail" man in front of him.

"Sect Master, you have been in the Great Wilderness for only five hundred years, yet you have made the people of the Wilderness submit to your sword, and that is truly remarkable." He looked at the frail man with full respect and admiration.

"You, Bei Yan, your swordsmanship hasn't improved, but your flattery skills have certainly deepened," the frail man said with a gentle, warm smile, playfully scolding.

"This is not flattery; it's a fact recognized by the people of the Wilderness," the man called Bei Yan said earnestly.

He was always straightforward, and would not utter such "flattering" words if not genuinely felt.

For the man before him, no amount of praise would be too much.

Because this seemingly frail man is the most naturally gifted presence in the Wilderness Realm for the past five hundred years.

He has only cultivated for more than five hundred years yet has swept through the contemporary world, and even among the older generations, few can compete with him.

He shattered myths, in this world where destiny reigns, creating an unprecedented new path.

He has no Heaven's Mandate, but he himself is the Heaven's Mandate.

The path he created was initially called "pseudo-path" by others.

Because it was a "dead-end" completely different from awakening the Heaven's Mandate, he considered an external sword as his Heaven's Mandate, using it to cultivate destiny.

Sword cultivation?

What a joke?

External objects are ultimately external, a strength that does not belong to oneself, and will one day disappear, hence unreliable.

Moreover, using external objects as Heaven's Mandate is to set a self-imprisonment, isn't it?

External objects have limits, while oneself is limitless and can grow stronger infinitely.

Undoubtedly, this is a dead-end.

Initially, the people of the Wilderness thought so.

However, the anticipated limit never appeared—as if the Wilderness people were defying destiny, the sword being the Heaven's Mandate also continued to grow stronger with him.

Thus, countless people without their own awakened Heaven's Mandate went madly trying to follow this path, but ultimately it was always impassable.

Using an external object as Heaven's Mandate was even more difficult than awakening Heaven's Mandate, no one knows how he managed it.

But he did not keep it a secret, and soon, he named his self-created path "Wilderness Sword Faction," and established the Wilderness Sword Sect, widely accepting disciples so that countless people without Heaven's Mandate could also have the strength to contend with those with Heaven's Mandate.

With his strength alone, he created a new legend in the history of cultivation in the Wilderness Realm, redefining the structure of the people of the Wilderness.

His name is,

Ji Chuan.

......

"You're going to be the sect master, so speak with more authority in the future," Ji Chuan laughed.

"Sect Master..." Bei Yan looked at Ji Chuan, unable to calm his emotions for a long time, opened his mouth, and hesitated to speak.

"The Sword Dao in the Wilderness Realm began with you, Sect Master, and if it flourishes in the Great Wilderness, isn't that equivalent to making the Sword Sect flourish? Why are you determined to remember that distant Sword Sect?" Eventually, he opened his mouth to try and persuade him.

Although he had said such things many times before.

Ji Chuan, with his unparalleled talent, was known as the most powerful Immeasurable presence in the Great Wilderness, sweeping through countless ancient figures, suppressing various tribes and sects, none daring to defy.

In the eyes of all the people of the Wilderness Sword Sect, Ji Chuan will inevitably become an invincible existence, leading the Wilderness Sword Sect to oversee the land of the Great Wilderness. Now he is leaving, which is truly regrettable.

Ji Chuan shook his head and said to Bei Yan: "Bei Yan, the Sword Sect is not only my sect."

"It's my home as well." He said in a low voice.

A wanderer will eventually return home, regardless of achievements and fame.

....

Today, the Wilderness Sword Sect is particularly lively, bustling with people, many from the Wilderness gathered.

These Wilderness people are not all disciples of the Wilderness Sword Sect, but also many Outer Sect Wilderness people.

Among them, some have a connection with Ji Chuan, while others are high-ranking members of sects with good relations with the Wilderness Sword Sect; learning that Ji Chuan is leaving the Great Wilderness, they all set off to bid farewell.

Wilderness Sword Sect, treasury district.

At this time, the treasury doors were wide open for Ji Chuan, revealing precious materials sparkling and shimmering with divine light rushing to the sky.

Among them are both the treasures of the Wilderness Sword Sect and those sent by cultivators of various sects, mainly precious materials unique to the Wilderness Realm, as well as rare herbs.

"So many treasures!" The eyes of the woman beside Ji Chuan couldn't help but go wide.

"Knowing we are leaving, they specially gathered a hundred years' tribute in advance to see us off." Ji Chuan smiled gently, looking at the woman with affection.

With a thought, he collected these treasures into the mustard seed in his hand.

Ji Chuan was not a person who coveted treasures, but these treasures could be taken back to the Sword Sect.

Leaving the Sword Sect for five hundred years, returning surely requires bringing some gifts.

It was for this reason that he did not refuse everyone's kindness.

After gathering all the treasures, Ji Chuan said to the woman lightly, "After being Dao Companions for so many years, I can finally take you to meet my Master."

The woman, who had been very excited, suddenly became shy and a little nervous upon hearing this.

"What if your Master doesn't like me...." she bit her lip and said.

Ji Chuan looked at the woman.

She stood elegantly, dressed in purple, with purple aura surrounding her, skin white as snow, her oval face full of tenderness, although married to him for years, she remained as youthful as a maiden.

"Such a lovely disciple-in-law, how could Master not like you?" Ji Chuan stroked the woman's smooth and soft hair, smiling.

......

"So, ready to start?" the woman asked.

"It's up to you, Shiyin." Ji Chuan said softly.

Qiu Shiyin nodded vigorously.

....

Returning from the Wilderness Realm to the Nine Heavens is not a simple task.

Or rather, it should be said that it is very difficult.

Otherwise, over all these years, there wouldn't have been just one visitor from the Nine Heavens in the Great Wilderness, Ji Chuan.

Thus, the people of the Wilderness were gathered not only to bid farewell to Ji Chuan, but many were curious to see how he would leave.

Ji Chuan did not keep it a secret.

Because there was no need.

Currently, only he and Qiu Shiyin have the ability to walk this path.

More accurately, it should be said that only Qiu Shiyin can walk this path.

.......

Ji Chuan is not a person of the Wilderness Realm, so he can't speak of Heaven's Mandate; he could only take a different route, using the sword as Heaven's Mandate to walk the cultivation path of the Wilderness Realm.

He was a Sword Cultivator.

There is an inseparable bond between a Sword Cultivator and their Life-bound Sword.

The characteristic of the Life-bound Sword growing together with the Sword Cultivator also led to the path that the Wilderness people thought was a dead end being opened.

By this chance conjunction, combining the Sword Cultivator path with the cultivation system of the Wilderness people, Ji Chuan embarked on a path of Sword Cultivation never seen before.

He remains a Sword Cultivator.

But now, an Archaic Sword Cultivator.

Qiu Shiyin, however, was different from him.

Qiu Shiyin reincarnated into the Wilderness Realm, so in this life, she was a person of the Wilderness and had the chance to awaken Heaven's Mandate.

She did indeed awaken Heaven's Mandate.

She ranked within the Heaven's Mandate sequence, at position fifty-one, an extremely high sequence.

Yes, Heaven's Mandate is also tiered, divided into sequences.

Those in the sequence before seventy-two are considered extremely high.

This type of Heaven's Mandate either grants the Awakener exceedingly strong combat power or allows mastery of unimaginable special abilities.

Qiu Shiyin's Heaven's Mandate is called "Source Pursuit."

It does not provide any combat power augmentation to Qiu Shiyin, but it allows her to trace the sources of all things in the world.

Amongst them, it includes tracing Ji Chuan's origin.

He comes from the Nine Heavens.

But with two realms separating them, without a certain level of cultivation, Qiu Shiyin could not apply this Heaven's Mandate to Ji Chuan.

After five hundred years, Qiu Shiyin finally acquired this ability.

.....

Qiu Shiyin began to wield her Heaven's Mandate.

A powerful Wilderness force flowed outward, enveloping Ji Chuan.

In this moment, a vision appeared around Ji Chuan.

A large, black river surged forth, emerging from some unknown point in the Void, then flowed into Ji Chuan's body.

Within the black river were various illusory and ethereal images, each scene centered around Ji Chuan.

This vision could only be seen by Qiu Shiyin.

It seemed as if five hundred years were flowing backward.

Qiu Shiyin gazed wide-eyed, watching the images in the river retreat continuously, watching Ji Chuan grow weaker, until he appeared mysteriously in the Great Wilderness with a radiant white ghost flower.

Then, the world spun, with all sights undergoing a tremendous upheaval.

A dim, yellow world with a mighty river running through it.

That was the Oblivion River.

The Netherworld!

The Netherworld's image lasted less than a breath's time before the scenes in the black river shifted again.

An entirely different world appeared.

This time, it was... the Nine Heavens!

It was precisely at this moment that a small boat appeared atop the black river.

"Go!" Qiu Shiyin leaped towards the small boat, speaking hastily.

Ji Chuan did not hesitate, following behind Qiu Shiyin onto the boat.

Boom!

The river surged and rolled, carrying the small boat forward.

While ahead on the unwilling river, a gate had already appeared.

In a blink of an eye, the small boat carried Ji Chuan and Qiu Shiyin through the gate, disappearing.

Then, the river also vanished.

In the sky, there was a cacophony. The chatter and discussions were extremely chaotic.

Numerous Wilderness folks gazed silently at the now empty Void, lost in their thoughts.

"From now on, the Great Wilderness will have no Ji Chuan." Someone couldn't help but sigh.

"Sect Master forever." Bei Yan, eyes red, heard the words and murmured to himself.

......

Indeed, Ji Chuan was merely a fleeting visitor to the Great Wilderness for five hundred years, like a dazzling meteor flashing past.

But he left behind a sword in the Great Wilderness.

A sword destined never to dim, only to shine brighter and more splendid.

A hundred years, a sword.