I Have A Sword

Looking at Lou Deyue's mischievous smile, Qing Zhi shook her head with a smile. Romantic feelings?

To be honest, she had a good impression of Young Master Ye, but the good impression had yet to develop into romantic feelings.

Qing Zhi also believed that such feelings had to come about naturally.

All of a sudden, Lou Deyue stopped smiling and glanced at the Primordial Spirit Clan cultivators kneeling on the ground.

"What are you going to do now?" Lou Deyue asked.

Qing Zhi was silent for a while before she said, "I need to reorganize the Primordial Spirit Clan."

Her first goal was to change her clan members' arrogance. From now on, the Primordial Spirit Clan had to stop looking down on others.

Additionally, the Primordial Spirit Clan had to start mingling with the other worlds and universes throughout the vast expanse.

Lou Deyue nodded slightly and said, "I should remind you, your clan is extremely weak right now, and I think your clan members are nursing a grudge against Young Master Ye’s grandfather for killing so many of them..."

Qing Zhi smiled wryly. "Resentment? What right do they have to resent him? Even Young Master Ye is too strong for us to oppose, not to mention that blue-robed sword master. If they're still nursing resentment against Young Master Ye, then we truly deserve to be annihilated."

"Young Master Ye's strength has indeed grown at an astonishing rate," Lou Deyue said, sighing. Then, she seemed to have recalled something and frowned. "The black-robed man who was with your former clan leader earlier seems to be from the Forest Civilization..."

Qing Zhi also frowned. Hadn't the Forest Civilization already relocated? Are they back?

Qing Zhi was a bit worried at the possibility.

***

Meanwhile, Ye Guan and the blue-robed man were walking side by side in the starry sky. T

The blue-robed man suddenly smiled and said, "You have surprised me slightly."

Ye Guan was puzzled. "Surprised?"

"Your growth rate is very fast," the blue-robed man said, nodding.

Ye Guan smiled. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

The blue-robed man replied, "If you've maintained your state of mind, it's a good thing. Otherwise, it's a bad thing."

State of mind. Ye Guan fell silent.

The blue-robed man added, "For now, it seems your state of mind is adequately maintained, but it still needs tempering."

Ye Guan nodded. "I plan to go out and experience more of the world out there."

"That's a great idea," said the blue-robed man with a smile. He then gazed into the distant depths of space and said, “I’ll be leaving soon. If you have any questions, ask now.”

Ye Guan asked earnestly, “Grandfather, can you tell me more about the known cultivation realms?”

The blue-robed man shook his head and replied, “I don’t cultivate in a conventional way, so I’m not very familiar with cultivation realms.”

Ye Guan smiled wryly.

"Of course, I do know a thing or two, especially about the Divine Dao Realm.”

"Okay, tell me more about that, then."

The blue-robed man nodded and explained, “The Divine Dao Realm involves cultivating divinity. The cultivator in that realm becomes stronger the more divinity they accumulate. Ninety percent divinity in this vast expanse is extremely difficult and can be considered to be the summit of cultivation in this vast expanse. However, there's still a difference in strength between experts with ninety percent divinity. Some have very pure divinity, while others have diluted divinity. In other words, the difference between two ninety percent divinity experts can be extremely huge."

Ye Guan nodded slightly. “What else?”

“There's a special realm called 'Opening a Unique Path' for those with ninety percent divinity."

Ye Guan repeated, “'Opening a Unique Path'?”

"Yes, accumulating ninety percent divinity is part of cultivating to the summit of cultivation, but it is an ancient way of cultivating to reach the peak. Different civilizations have different names for it, but it's practically the same thing.

"Anyway, ‘Opening a Unique Path’ means creating a new path in the existing divine path. For instance, the former Clan Master of the Past Clan technically has ninety percent divinity, but strength is unprecedented when compared to other experts on the same realm."

Ye Guan understood. “I see.”

“Above that is the so-called ‘Humanity'.”

Ye Guan hurriedly asked, “Humanity?”

The blue-robed man nodded and explained, “It’s complex, but simply put, ancient wisdom says that human nature is fundamentally good, but it also contains evil. Some people cultivate goodness and suppress evil, while others cultivate evil and suppress goodness. Both paths are valid, but the most crucial thing is to understand oneself, conquer oneself, and be true to oneself.”

Ye Guan fell silent, pondering over the blue-robed man's words.

Just then, Ye Guan recalled his plain-skirt aunt's parting words. "Understand your heart, conquer your heart, and follow your heart."

The blue-robed man smiled and added, "It sounds simple, but it's actually very difficult. Many people can't even understand themselves, let alone conquer themselves. Cultivating humanity means conquering another aspect of oneself. Of course, some people are unwilling to go even further than that and thus remain where they are."

Ye Guan was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

The blue-robed man explained, "To cultivate human nature, one must first achieve one hundred percent divinity. To do that, you must eradicate the final vestiges of your humanity, which is often the hardest part because it represents your initial motivation and true heart."

Ye Guan fell silent. ZHe was suddenly reminded of the First God, who had chosen not to take that final step.

The blue-robed man added, "I know of two qualified people but had chosen not to eradicate their final vestiges of humanity. The first is the First God, and the second is the former Clan Leader of the Past Clan."

The former Clan Leader of the Past Clan? Ye Guan's face darkened. He had almost died at the hands of that woman.

The blue-robed man said, "Although they had chosen not to take that final step, they are still stronger than others who had chosen that final step, especially the Past Clan's Clan Leader."

Ye Guan was puzzled. "Why?"

The blue-robed man smiled. "Because of their obsession."

"Is that last bit of humanity the obsession?"

The blue-robed man nodded. "Yes. The final vestiges of their humanity embody their deepest obsession, which fuels their power in unique ways. It makes them even stronger than those who have fully embraced divinity."

"I understand."

The blue-robed man looked at Ye Guan and said, "You're still on the traditional path, which is perfectly fine. We all walked that path at first. However, when you reach the Divine Dao Realm and start cultivating your divinity, you must be very cautious. Cultivating divinity can easily lead you astray as it grants immense power, which is incredibly tempting."

The blue-robed man then shook his head and smiled. "I think it's a bit meaningless to talk about this right now. This is a journey you have to walk yourself. Otherwise, you will not truly understand its significance."

Ye Guan smiled. "With a grandfather as exceptional as you, I, as your grandson, must strive to be the best. I will always do my best."

"Hahaha!" The blue-robed man laughed heartily.

Ye Guan laughed as well.

Despite some hardships, Ye Guan felt that he was lucky. Although he had been abandoned and was left to fend for himself during his childhood, he actually led a pretty good life in the Ye Clan.

Speaking of the Ye Clan, he suddenly started missing everyone in the Ye Clan—Clan Leader Ye Xiao and his Brother Ye Qing.

Despite the hardships, there were many moments of happiness.

Just then, the blue-robed man stopped and pointed at the stars up ahead, "Do you know how vast the vast expanse is?"

Ye Guan shook his head. "No idea."

"It's infinitely vast," replied the blue-robed man.

Ye Guan fell silent.

The blue-robed man asked, "You've been to the Milky Way, right?"

"Yes," Ye Guan replied.

The blue-robed man softly said, "At first, the people in the Milky Way couldn't leave their world. Do you know why?"

Ye Guan pondered briefly before exclaiming, "They weren't strong enough!"

The blue-robed man shook his head with a smile. "You cunning little guy. Yes, as you said, it's indeed about strength, but more specifically, it's about speed. For instance, they can use special methods to observe civilizations from thousands of years ago, but what they can see are images from millions of years in the past..."

Ye Guan exclaimed, "Time!"

The blue-robed man laughed heartily. "You truly are my grandson... you are smart indeed."

Ye Guan was silent.

"Time is an invisible rule in the universe. It exists to protect the many different civilizations scattered throughout the vast expanse, as there's no way for those civilizations to make contact unless they have enough time to develop. Unfortunately, as the civilizations became stronger through cultivation, they started waging wars on each other, which caused chaos throughout the vast expanse."

Ye Guan's expression turned serious. "Grandfather, are you suggesting that I use that method if I want to create order and resolve conflicts between the vast expanse's many different civilizations?"

The blue-robed man smiled slightly and replied, "Yes, that's just one. I have another suggestion..."

"Is it to cultivate time?" asked Ye Guan.

The blue-robed man boisterously laughed, and his eyes gleamed with satisfaction.

Although he hoped that Ye Guan would find his own path, he couldn't resist giving a hint.

Unbeknownst to him, his hint would save Ye Guan from going on many detours.

He had pointed out a promising path, and Ye Guan would succeed as long as he followed it.

The journey to the peak of cultivation was long and was full of winding paths. It would be great if one could avoid going down those winding paths.

Time... Ye Guan was suddenly reminded of the special spacetime that his plain-skirt aunt had left behind. Ye Guan smiled warmly upon realizing that his aunt had already made a stage for him to dance, even though she hadn't told him anything about it.

Time... Ye Guan looked up at the stars and whispered, "Master Pagoda, the future era is mine."

How could he not succeed when his family was supporting him?

Master Pagoda was silent for a while before replying, "We will do it together."

Ye Guan stared quietly at the stars.