Although they were brothers, the age difference between Gao Xuebo and Long Xueji was quite huge.
Gao Xuebo could be considered as the oldest Martial Saint in the Roving Jade Heavens.
In terms of age, even if he was younger than the World beyond Worlds' Earth Exalt – Wang Zhengcheng, he was still considered a senior.
Wang Zhengcheng had old injuries, which was why he stayed in the mortal realm.
If he tried to push open the Immortal Door and undergo the Immortal Mortal Tribulation, other than dying, there was no other possibility.
If it wasn't for the numerous life-prolonging pills and medicines, his lifespan might have already reached its end.
As for Gao Xuebo, he had already ascended to the Human Exalt Realm for many years. Then, he remained stagnant.
Long Xueji, who was much younger than him, had already successfully pushed open the Immortal Door and surpassed him.
Even the juniors – He Mian and Yu Ye – had already reached the pinnacle of the mortal realm and stood side by side with him.
When Yan Zhaoge saw Gao Xuebo the last time, he had a faint guess that he was nurturing his sword like the Cloud Conquest Emperor.
The Dragon Spring Emperor – Long Xingquan was also in the same situation.
However, a guess was just a guess, and it might not be accurate. The three of them might have already exhausted their potential, and their current cultivation realm would be their final pinnacle.
However, after personally interacting with the Cloud Conquest Emperor and Gao Xuebo, Yan Zhaoge felt that they shouldn't be like that.
"Senior apprentice-uncle Long and junior apprentice-brother Gao are also cultivating the Prime Clear ancient art – Sheathe Edge and Nurture the Sword." The Sword Sovereign – Yue Zhenbei answered Yan Zhaoge's question.
Yan Zhaoge nodded, "As expected."
The same martial arts, the same environment, and the same conditions, different people's achievements would be different.
If the cultivation of supreme martial arts, the cultivation environment, the guidance of famous teachers, sufficient resources, and many other external factors were taken into account, the heights that different people could reach might be as different as the heavens and the earth.
Why was it said that living a long life didn't mean that one would be strong?
It was because many people couldn't continue breaking through their bottlenecks after reaching a certain height in their cultivation path.
In the remaining years of their lives, if there weren't any huge changes, they could only stop at their current realm until their lifespan came to an end. Ashes to ashes, ashes to ashes.
No matter if it was the prosperous era of martial arts before the Great Calamity or the era after the Great Calamity, it was always the same.
Of course, the longer one lived, the more hope there would be. There was a higher possibility of encountering opportunities and opportunities that one never imagined before, allowing them to miraculously break through their bottlenecks.
But that was a rare case.
The problem most people faced was that even Celestial Realm experts had different lifespans.
The earlier one reached a higher realm, the more time they would have to work hard and search for the possibility of further breakthroughs.
As such, Yan Zhaoge, Yan Di, Nie Jingshen, Chen Qianhua, Long Xueji, Yu Ye, He Mian, and the others were hailed as heaven's favored ones, destined to become legends.
On one hand, it was because they were able to reach such a high realm at such a young age, which meant that they had great potential and wouldn't stop so easily.
On the one hand, it was also because they had more time to work hard.
However, things were hard to predict. It was normal for one to suddenly stop at a bottleneck for a thousand years or even longer after advancing by leaps and bounds in the past.
Therefore, no one dared to be careless on the path of martial arts. They all moved forward devoutly and diligently.
The ancient art of the Prime Clear lineage, Sheathe Edge and Nurture the Sword, was created by Senior.
Sword cultivators specialized in the art of killing, which was inferior to the art of health in the first place. Even if there were specialized methods to nourish one's health, one would still be at a disadvantage in terms of lifespan.
When fighting against others, while one's combat prowess was strong and incisive, there was also a negative side effect, which was the difficulty of breaking through realms.
Among the Three Clear lineages, the difficulty of breaking through realms was the highest for the Prime Clear lineage.
Before pushing open the Immortal Door, the situation was slightly more optimistic. However, after becoming an Immortal, especially when a True Immortal was breaking through to the Profound Immortal Realm, the difficulty would be much higher.
After all, the first type of Immortal qi that a True Immortal Emperor refined was either Evil Qi or Righteous Qi.
If other conditions were the same, martial art practitioners that cultivated one of these two types of Immortal qi would have the highest combat prowess.
However, these two types of Immortal qi were also the hardest to fuse with other Immortal qis to form Immortal Aura.
The most typical example of how difficult sword cultivators were to improve was none other than Yan Zhaoge's grandfather, the Exalted Gold Luminary – Yan Xintang.
Yan Xintang was known as the Sword God. In the past, he was one of the New Kunlun Nine Luminaries. His strength was outstanding. However, among the nine of them, he was the last to pass through the Pure Profound Tribulation and become a Profound Immortal.
Although the Prime Clear lineage's secret Sword Nurturing Art would cause martial art practitioners to stay in their current realm for a longer period of time, even later than other martial art practitioners of the same cultivation path. After breaking through to the next realm, their subsequent cultivation would save a lot of time, and they would have a higher chance of breaking through to the next realm.
The help would vary from person to person, and there would also be a limit to it.
However, it was extremely difficult to improve further. When an expert reached a higher realm, even the slightest bit of help would be extremely precious if they wanted to continue improving.
Only, this Sheathe Edge Nurturing Sword Art had an extremely huge risk. Throughout history, there were many Prime Clear experts that failed to nurture their sword, and ended up breaking their own cultivation.
The martial art practitioners would have to make the choice themselves.
If they didn't nurture their sword, after breaking through to the next realm normally, they might still be far away from the next realm after a thousand years of hard work.
By nurturing their sword, they would temporarily hold back and stay in their current realm for a thousand years. After breaking through, they might be one step closer to the next realm. However, they would have to bear the risk.
Of course, those who had the ability to walk on this path didn't have to. It depended on the individual's will and environmental conditions.
If they stayed in their current realm for a long period of time, it would cause their strength to stay in their current realm. If the external environment was dangerous, it would be difficult.
If the Roving Jade Heavens didn't have the Profound and Vine Sovereigns, the Dragon Spring Emperor and the Cloud Conquest Emperor wouldn't be able to nurture their swords for a thousand years.
In the long years after the Great Calamity, the Prime Clear lineage had lost many experts when they fought against the Immortal Court's heretics due to their aggressive and forceful style.
After that, they also experienced a split similar to the World beyond Worlds.
Fortunately, compared to the World beyond Worlds, there were fewer peak experts that left the Roving Jade Heavens. That was why the Roving Jade Heavens still had its current state.
Otherwise, it would be even more difficult if their vitality was greatly damaged.
"Chen Qianhua obtained the Heaven Opening Scripture and pushed open the Immortal Door?" The Sword Sovereign – Yue Zhenbei suddenly recalled something. He glanced at everyone and finally stopped at Long Xueji.
Previously, when Long Xueji and Chen Qianhua were fighting in the Pill Hall, the Lofty Sovereign – Zhang Buxu appeared, and Yue Zhenbei arrived a little later.
Although Yue Zhenbei focused his attention on fighting against Zhang Buxu, he could tell the changes in Chen Qianhua when he saw the battle between Long Xueji and Chen Qianhua.
"It's the Heaven Opening Scripture." Long Xueji nodded, "Also, he should have learned the Heaven Opening Scripture first, and then passed the Immortal Mortal Tribulation."
Yue Zhenbei's expression turned serious. After pondering for a while, he turned around and looked at Yan Zhaoge and the others. He said, "Just like what you said, the things that happened in the World beyond Worlds and Elder Yang's actions in the Restful Immortal Valley, I'm afraid that Chen Qianhua obtaining the Heaven Opening Scripture was also his doing."
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