As long as your innate talent doesn't hinder your cultivation, and you don't covet Earth-Grade or Heaven-Grade techniques, High-Grade is more than enough.

This year, your snail-paced cultivation finally welcomed a breakthrough, reaching the eighth level of the Spirit Sea realm.

"Trait Daddy, you always manage to surprise me... Oh right, there was that golden 'Mortal Bones' trait before, the one that couldn't be equipped alongside High-Grade Bone Structure."

A thought suddenly struck him.

"So what? My innate talent is hot-swappable, I can equip whichever bone structure I want. When Mortal Bones needs to come into play, I'll just swap in Low-Grade Bone Structure. It's all about doing whatever I please!"

The Core Formation realm mentioned by Mortal Bones still hasn't appeared in any simulation to this day. It's probably a realm even higher than the Martial God realm.

The fifty-third year, seventy-one years old.

You replaced "Low-Grade Bone Structure" with "Man and Sword as One".

You weren't in a hurry to go to the Limitless Sword Sect. First, you enjoyed the thrill of rapid cultivation progress in the Eastern Wastes.

The Eastern Wastes had many demons, many spirit plants, and very few people.

You really were like a puppy falling into a latrine pit.

Refining demon souls, using the Nine Provinces Cauldron to concoct pills—you fiercely advanced along both paths.

Your cultivation broke through once more, reaching the ninth level of the Spirit Sea realm.

The fifty-fourth year, seventy-two years old.

The matter of the demon tribe's attack had to be dealt with.

You returned to the Limitless Sword Sect and saw the Sword Lord again.

Hearing that the "Demon-Slaying Sage Hand" had returned, many of the sect's old-timers rushed over to catch a glimpse.

Some of the newer disciples who had arrived in recent years had also heard legends about you and came to broaden their horizons.

Time had passed, and the Sword Lord's elegance remained unchanged, but you were already old and frail.

The Sword Lord warmly grasped your hand.

"Chen Dong, I never thought you'd come back. I thought you had already..."

You scratched your head awkwardly.

"Well, Sword Lord... Actually, my name isn't Chen Dong. It's Chen Yi."

"It's fine. A name is just a label. What you're called isn't important."

You were surrounded by Sword Sect disciples who had come to "pay homage," packed in so tightly not even a drop of water could leak through.

In this moment, you also got a taste of the treatment the Sword Lord received.

Turns out the Limitless Sword Sect is just a fandom; whoever is awesome gets the fans.

The place was crowded and too many eyes were watching. You signaled to the Sword Lord to step aside for a private word.

On a cliffside, you revealed the demon tribe's subsequent actions to the Sword Lord.

A blitzkrieg on the Eastern Wastes, a million elite demon troops pressing on the border...

The Sword Lord fell into thoughtful silence.

"How do you know all this? Is the information reliable?"

"I'm afraid you wouldn't believe me even if I told you. But this matter is of grave importance. If the demon tribe attacks, the Limitless Sword Sect will bear the brunt. It's best to prepare defenses early."

"To be honest with you, recently we have indeed discovered many traces of Great Wastes demon tribe forces operating in the Eastern Wastes.

Normally, Great Wastes demons wouldn't frequently enter the Five Regions.

It's likely just as you said. The demon tribe is willing to tear up the agreement and launch a war between our two races.

But... how can my Limitless Sword Sect alone possibly resist them..."

"This isn't a matter for the Limitless Sword Sect alone. The entire Five Regions need to get involved, set up defenses in advance, and make preparations early."

"I do have some modest connections with the major sects. I can try to persuade them. But as for the secular governments, I'm afraid I..."

You coughed lightly.

"In that regard... I have some connections."

"Oh?"

"The Great Khan of the Northern Frontier, the Emperor of the Central Plains, the Female Emperor of the Southern Borderlands... I can speak with all of them. As for the Spirit Artifact Nation that Xiliang has now created... that's even less of a problem."

The look in the Sword Lord's eyes gradually gained a touch of respect.

Your background is simply too vast!

It feels a bit overwhelming, almost hard to contain!

However, the Sword Lord's face still showed worry. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

He knew that even if all parties were willing to prepare defenses early, facing the demon tribe in a full-scale war would be anything but easy.

"By the way, there's also you, the 'Demon Tribe's Bane.' I never expected that with Low-Grade Bone Structure, you managed to break through again and reach the Spirit Sea realm. If your realm were even higher, the demon tribe would surely have an even bigger headache..."

"Sword Lord, I now possess High-Grade Bone Structure."

"Oh? Such a strange event occurred?"

"I obtained some opportunities."

"You must be in your seventies this year, right? If you were a bit younger, with High-Grade Bone Structure and the support of my Sword Sect's resources, reaching the Martial King realm might be a stretch, but the Spirit Condensation realm would be possible..."

When a martial artist reaches the Spirit Condensation realm, their combat power undergoes a transformation because they gain divine sense.

Divine sense is far from just providing a detection ability.

It's panoramic vision, dynamic visual tracking, blind spot capture, crisis premonition...

In short, its uses are endless.

"Sword Lord, if the demon tribe attacks and I must fight for the Five Regions, I will certainly not shirk my duty!

However, even with High-Grade Bone Structure, breaking through to the Spirit Condensation realm in a short time is no easy feat. Who knows if I'll hit a bottleneck at the peak of the Spirit Sea realm..."

Your meaning was very clear.

Given your "special constitution."

As long as you break through, for the demon tribe, it's equivalent to gaining an enemy who is invincible below the Martial King realm, and can trade one for one, or even one for many, against those above the Martial King realm!

Having you deal with top-tier demons might still be difficult, but below the Martial King realm, you would sweep away all obstacles!

The Sword Lord had confidence in you on this point.

After all, back then, he personally witnessed you going on a rampage amidst a horde of demons. Some of those demons even had higher realms than you, yet you slaughtered them all the same.

In a full-scale war between two races, victories at every combat power tier are crucial. It's not just a fight between a handful of top experts.

The Sword Lord thought for a moment.

"If you can truly reach the peak of the Spirit Sea realm, I can help you break through to the Spirit Condensation realm as soon as possible. You should know that within our Limitless Sword Sect, there is a Sword Heart Divine Tree..."

He repeated the same words once more.

On the surface, you appeared curious, as if hearing it for the first time, but inside you were as steady as an old dog.

"If I can receive the assistance of the Immortal Peach, I am confident I can reach the Spirit Condensation realm within five years!"

The Sword Lord shook his head.

"That's still not reliable enough. For resisting the demon tribe, you are crucial. Your breakthrough must be a stable, guaranteed breakthrough. We cannot gamble on the chance and waste this opportunity with the Immortal Peach..."

The Sword Heart Immortal Peach also cannot guarantee a one hundred percent success rate in helping you break through from the peak of the Spirit Sea realm to the Spirit Condensation realm.

Unless you get stuck at the Spirit Sea realm for eight or ten years, accumulating enough insights and experience, just needing that final push.

Given the current situation, there isn't that much time for you.

Furthermore, forget High-Grade Bone Structure, even Heaven-Grade Bone Structure couldn't break through a major realm without encountering any bottlenecks at all.

Fortunately, there is a way.

"Transform the Immortal Peach into an ingredient and refine the Five Regions Sacred Pill!"

Another new thing appeared.

You had never heard of this before.

"The tree of the Eastern Wastes, the flower of the Southern Borderlands, the water of Xiliang, the grass of the Northern Frontier, the soil of the Central Plains!

Find these five supreme treasures of the Five Regions, then combine them with the Five Regions Sacred Pill formula stored in Danxiang Valley of the Southern Borderlands, and you can refine the Five Regions Sacred Pill!

This pill can be called the number one miraculous pill of the current age!

A dying person who takes it can immediately return from death's door, with all injuries and illnesses gone, and vitality energy overflowing!

An ordinary person who takes it can increase their lifespan by twenty years, experience a great surge in cultivation, undergo marrow cleansing and meridian cleansing from then on, and greatly increase their comprehension!

Using it to break through to the Spirit Condensation realm is absolutely guaranteed!"

You let out a bitter laugh.

"Sword Lord, using something like this to break through to the Spirit Condensation realm seems a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut."

"If war breaks out between the two races, I hope you can become an unexpected sharp blade, delivering a fatal blow to the demon tribe at the critical moment. Using these treasures on you is definitely not 'using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.'"

Anyway, you haven't reached Perfection in the Spirit Sea realm yet, and you just happen to need to go persuade all parties to participate in early defense preparations. Taking this opportunity to search for the Five Regions supreme treasures is quite fitting.

Since that's the case, you decided to add a bit more to the prize pool.

"Sword Lord, what needs improvement isn't just my cultivation. There's one more thing that, if we can retrieve it, will play a crucial role in our race's defense against the demon tribe!"

"What thing?"

"The Demon Refining Pot!"