Chapter 140: Sword Cultivator

It seems the only option is to dig a tunnel on the island, thought Long Xuan, his expression contemplative.

However, digging from the island to this location would take an extremely long time. It's a massive project and certainly not something that can be done right away.

He planned to remember this location and come back to raid the tomb when he had the time.

As for the dangers of tomb raiding, he was well aware. Even if the Gu King might perish in this tomb, so what? His entire skillset was practically made for tomb raiding.

For instance, in the Origin Realm, why not just copy the underground tomb using the Origin Realm? Then he could endlessly challenge the copied version himself.

This would be like having infinite lives in a game, allowing countless attempts. No matter how difficult the challenge, it would eventually be overcome. This was simply too convenient—what tomb could withstand such repeated raids?

Having made up his mind, Long Xuan began swimming upward. He temporarily committed this place to memory, knowing he had plenty of time in the future.

He wasn’t sure how long he swam, but eventually, he emerged from the water, gasping for air, his eyes filled with excitement.

At some point, an additional transparent bottle appeared in his hand. Inside the bottle was a small jellyfish.

This jellyfish was transparent with a red digestive system inside. Its shape was bell-like, resembling a lighthouse.

Seeing the jellyfish in the bottle, Long Xuan's eyes gleamed, and his heart pounded wildly. He hadn’t expected to make such an unexpected discovery while swimming upwards.

Look at what he had found! By sheer luck, he had stumbled upon the famous immortal jellyfish from his previous life.

This creature was truly terrifying; its ability was beyond most people’s imagination.

When other creatures aged and were about to die, this jellyfish could actually revert to a younger state, and it had no limit to how many times it could do so.

Infinite rejuvenation meant eternal life, making it one of the few creatures that could achieve immortality.

In a world with countless abilities, what could compare to immortality?

Surely anyone, when faced with numerous abilities, would choose the ability to live forever rather than the ability to deal massive damage.

The ability to live forever was incredibly valuable for research. Long Xuan eagerly took out a pen and paper—Certainly not to study a Gu recipe here.

He was just anxious to see if the Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish's ability could be transferred to a human through Gu refinement.

With his golden finger giving him hints, all he needed to do was write a single sentence on paper to determine whether the rejuvenation ability could theoretically exist.

He moved to a rock on the shore and quickly wrote on the paper:

Rejuvenation Gu

Main Ingredient: Turritopsis dohrnii

Ability: Allows the host to revert to a younger state when aging, with no limit on the number of times.

As soon as he finished writing, the progress appeared on the paper. His face broke into a joyful smile, but that smile quickly froze as his eyes showed shock.

Wow, the progress was a mere [0.0000001%].

So many zeros—it was down to several decimal places! This Gu recipe probably required over a hundred of millions of different materials!

Seeing Long Qian sit beside him, Long Xuan curiously asked, "Senior, could you tell me about Sword Cultivators? To be honest, until now, I've never encountered practitioners of other paths besides Gu cultivation."

Although his clone was well-learned, Long Xuan himself knew nothing about Sword Cultivators.

Having been in this world for so many years, he had never seen a Sword Cultivator, nor had he encountered practitioners of any other professions. He hadn't found any records about Sword Cultivators in the books either; everything he looked for was simply not there. Naturally, he couldn't understand what was missing.

So far, everyone he had met was a Gu practitioner, and other professions seemed to have never appeared in this world, leaving the archives blank.

"Heh, the realm divisions for Sword Cultivators are the same as those for Gu practitioners. The realm divisions are pretty much consistent across all professions."

"It's just that after reaching the Soul Projection stage, Gu practitioners are more often called Gu Kings, while Sword Cultivators are called Sword Kings, Ghost Cultivators are called Ghost Kings, and Body Cultivators are called Martial Kings... and so on."

"The differences in realm names are minor."

"However, if you wish to see other practitioners in the Gu Realm, that’s almost impossible. You have to remember why this world is called the Gu Realm. Since it's called the Gu Realm, it naturally belongs exclusively to Gu practitioners."

"In this world, everyone cultivates Gu. Sword Cultivators are almost non-existent. Although there are occasional records about Sword Cultivators, these records are too few, and the inheritance is incomplete."

"Long Ziyan has chosen an incredibly difficult path in this world. Sword Cultivators don't have a complete inheritance here, and she can't find a master to learn from. She has to rely entirely on herself, and self-learning is extremely challenging. It's a real shame for such a good Sword Bone."

Long Qian showed a look of regret.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan had even more questions and asked again, "Since there are records of Sword Cultivators in this world, it means Sword Cultivators once existed, or at least left traces."

"Why did they all disappear? And what about the other professions? Since they existed before, why have they all vanished now?"

Long Qian shook his head and replied, "I'm not sure, but many myths and legends are passed down in the Gu Realm, and some of these myths provide explanations."

"But as you know, most myths are stories made up by humans, fictional tales that have yet to be verified."

"I'm not certain whether these myths are true. Do you want to hear them?" Long Qian looked at Long Xuan with a smile.

"Yes, I'm all ears," Long Xuan said, sitting up straight with a look of interest.

Long Qian nodded and looked into the fire, slowly beginning to tell the tale: "It is said that in a time extremely distant, a vast world called the Desolate Realm was split into three thousand pieces by a terrifying entity, which is why it came to be known as the Three Thousand Worlds."

"And the human race exclusively occupied three of these worlds, known as the Human Realm, the Spiritual/Spirit Realm, and the Divine Realm."

"The entities that ruled these three realms were the gods of the human race. Gods are essentially the highest level of cultivators, for at this level, cultivators can achieve eternal life, and thus people call them gods."

"However, cultivators who can reach this level are exceedingly rare because the Heavenly Dao limits the number of immortals. Therefore, the prerequisite for becoming a god is to first obtain a Divine Position."

"Divine Positions are also known as Divine Titles, with each power corresponding to one Divine Title."

"For example, if you cultivate fire, once you reach the highest realm, you become the Fire God. However, there can only ever be one Fire God. Once a Fire God is born, the world will never see another Fire God."

"Unless the Fire God dies, only then will the world produce a new Fire God."

"In a situation where all Divine Positions are filled, no matter how talented someone is, they cannot become a god, nor can they achieve eternal life."

"Unless you discover a new power and create a new Divine Title, your only hope is for an old god to die unexpectedly."