"The Northern Continent, Peak of the Firmament, Sword God Family, one sword to subdue the heavens!"

Lin Bai frowned as he looked at Ban Ye.

Ban Ye chuckled and said, "The Sword God Family is a super family that has existed on the Barbaric Ancient Continent since ancient times. Their origins can be traced back to the world’s distant past!"

"Over the years, as the warriors changed, the Sword God Family produced countless talents. All Sword Cultivators under heaven take pride in joining the Sword God Family. How many warriors once ventured to the Northern Continent, hoping to be accepted into the Sword God Family!"

"But the Sword God Family only accepts warriors with extraordinary talent in swordsmanship. Many warriors do not qualify, but they refuse to give up, behaving recklessly before the Sword God Family!"

"Over time, the Sword God Family grew tired of this, and thus announced their hidden seclusion from the world!"

"They closed off their mountain gates, and ever since then, it has been exceedingly difficult for warriors on the Barbaric Ancient Continent to step into the Sword God Family!"

"The Sword God Family declared that anyone daring to trespass would be annihilated by a thousand swords!"

"Since then, warriors on the Barbaric Ancient Continent have rarely found the Sword God Family, and to this day, many do not know where the family’s land is located."

"But they know one thing: it is on the Northern Continent, at the peak of the firmament, where the Sword God Family subdues the heavens with one sword!"

"Therefore, warriors on the Northern Continent believe the Sword God Family is located at the peak of the firmament!"

"As to precisely where? No one knows."

Ban Ye said with a smile.

Lin Bai listened to Ban Ye’s explanation and said lightly, "So, if the Sword God Family doesn’t come to find us, it’s quite difficult for us to enter the Sword God Family?"

Ban Ye nodded, "Yes."

Lin Bai asked, "Isn’t there any other way to get to the Sword God Family?"

Ban Ye replied, "There is, only one way!"

Curiously, Lin Bai asked, "What way?"

Ban Ye smiled, "If you are a warrior invited by the Sword God Family!"

Lin Bai frowned, "What do you mean?"

Ban Ye said, "Young brother, as I mentioned, the Sword God Family closed their mountain gates, but they are not disinterested in worldly matters!"

"There is a special group within the Sword God Family that selects outstanding swordsmanship talents on the Barbaric Ancient Continent. Once you are recognized by them, you can receive an invitation!"

"Then, you can naturally go to the Sword God Family to cultivate!"

"From then on, you will also become a disciple of the Sword God Family!"

"Generally speaking, the Sword God Family recruits more talents in the Northern Continent, and fewer disciples in the Eastern, Southern, and Western Continents, as well as in the Central Holy Nation!"

"After all, the East Continent has a super power known as the East Continent Academy, which is almost as profound as the Sword God Family!"

"The Southern Continent has the Poison God Clan, the Western Continent has the Buddhism Sect, and the Central Holy Nation needs no mention, for talents are naturally all taken by the Central Holy Nation!"

"On the Eastern, Southern, and Western Continents, unless one is truly obsessed with swordsmanship, they rarely wish to leave their homeland to join the Sword God Family!"

"Therefore, in recent millennia, the Sword God Family has focused on selecting disciples from the Northern Continent!"

Ban Ye said with a smile.

Lin Bai asked, "So how can one be invited by the Sword God Family? Is it possible to find a contact for the Sword God Family on the Northern Continent?"

Ban Ye shook his head, "No, only the Sword God Family knows the contact!"

"Young brother, if you wish to go to the Sword God Family, it’s very simple!"

"As long as you make a name for yourself on the Northern Continent and have exceptional achievements in swordsmanship, you don’t need to find the people of the Sword God Family; they will naturally come looking for you!"

Ban Ye said with a smile.

"I see," Lin Bai nodded in realization.

Ban Ye continued, "A year ago, on the land of the Northern Continent, there was an unparalleled Tianjiao named Li Wenyuan, who was born with an Emperor-grade Martial Soul, awakened at the age of eighteen, ascended to the heavens at twenty, and reached the Death Reversal Realm at twenty-one!"

"Moreover, he consecutively defeated thirteen strong ones across realms, gaining the attention of the Sword God Family, and a year ago, he was invited to the Peak of the Firmament to cultivate by the Sword God Family!"

Lin Bai nodded silently.

Ban Ye continued, "In addition, every once in a while, Sky Sword City in Lounan Ancient Country holds a Martial Arts Competition for Sword Cultivators. Warriors who exhibit extraordinary accomplishments in the competition are also invited by the Sword God Family!"

Lin Bai frowned, "What is the Sky Sword City Competition?"

Ban Ye said, "It is said that the Sky Sword City Competition is secretly arranged by the Sword God Family, its purpose being to offer an opportunity to those warriors who are not particularly outstanding to enter the Sword God Family!"

"Young brother, you must know that not all warriors under heaven are as outstanding as Li Wenyuan, born with an Emperor-grade Martial Soul. Many warriors have Heaven-level or Earth-grade Martial Souls..."

"Yet they are ardently dedicated to swordsmanship and wish to enter the Sword God Family!"

"But ordinarily, the Sword God Family looks down upon this, thus they organize this competition!"

"If you achieve remarkable results in the competition, the Sword God Family will still invite you!"

"However, how perilous it is!"

Ban Ye clicked his tongue.

Lin Bai asked, "Why is that?"

Ban Ye said, "Sky Sword City is located within Yunmeng Marsh in Lounan Ancient Country, where there are toxic mists and insects that can instantly kill someone in the Death Reversal Realm, as well as Demon Beasts comparable to those in the Wending Realm!"

"It is a forbidden area of life!"

"Ordinary warriors dread this, and to reach Sky Sword City, they must first pass through Yunmeng Marsh!"

"Over the years, of those warriors who wish to participate in the Martial Arts Competition in Sky Sword City, two-thirds die within Yunmeng Marsh, and only a few step into Sky Sword City!"

"And those who can survive Yunmeng Marsh and step into Sky Sword City, how could they be ordinary?!"

"The key is that one must also take first place among this group of geniuses to receive the Sword God Family’s invitation to enter!"

"The difficulty is nearly impossible, as ascending to heaven!"

Ban Ye shook his head and said.

"Yet even so, every year the Sky Sword City Competition sees countless warriors from all over the Barbaric Ancient Continent come, hoping to use it as their chance to enter the Sword God Family to cultivate!"

"Not just them, every year Sword Cultivators from the Northern Continent are eager to try as well!"

"It has developed into a cause of pride to set foot in Sky Sword City!"

"Some Sword Cultivators even go there specifically for Sky Sword City! Setting foot in Sky Sword City displays their extraordinary strength and skills, naturally allowing them to become famous in the Northern Continent!"

Ban Ye said.

As Lin Bai listened to Ban Ye’s calm explanation, he now realized that entering the Sword God Family was not an easy task.

Either you have extraordinary natural talent in swordsmanship, born as a peerless Tianjiao.

Or you must cross Yunmeng Marsh, enter Sky Sword City, and after defeating all competition, be invited by the Sword God Family.

Both ways are like ascending to heaven!