The sword light paused before it revolved around him.

Then, it hummed.

"I know you are trying to please me, but it’s definitely working. You are right. I cannot cut fate because I am not strong enough."

"A swordsman is someone who can cut anything. The more I cultivated, the more I realized there are things I couldn’t cut."

"Until one day, all of this doubt became my inner demon. When I fell for this inner demon, that thing captured me."

"Not all women chose this tower to escape from death. I certainly didn’t. But if you want to be my husband, you have to prove your worth."

At this moment, Tyler raised his head and said.

"I never said I want to be your husband."

At this moment, the temperature of the room suddenly got colder. Tyler could feel a chilling aura that almost froze his soul.

Elena turned pale and fell to her knees.

"But if you don’t become my husband, I will destroy it. Destroying it will destroy your soul."

"I am only saying this because you are the one who helped me break through."

"I will teach you swordsmanship to repay your help."

Hearing her words, Tyler asked.

"No, I can train in swordsmanship on my own. Can you help me with the Fire Empress?"

"I can not kill her. I can control her movements. If she tries to harm you and your family, I will make my move."

"But do you understand what this means? Her resentment will only grow stronger."

"If you die by old age, she will not only destroy your family but also this world and many others."

At this moment, Tyler couldn’t help but feel speechless.

He wasn’t a hero, but the thought of having his world destroyed after his death felt quite horrible.

"In other words, I have no choice but to dual cultivate with her?"

"From your current situation, that’s the case. Besides, I don’t think it’s bad. You were previously controlled by her, so you fear her power."

"But with me around, she can’t control you anymore."

At this moment, Tyler speechlessly muttered.

"And here I was planning to wait a decade without cultivating just to force her to make a binding vow?"

Hearing his words, Elena gulped heavily while the sword spoke with a strange voice.

"You were really planning something like that?"

Tyler heavily sighed and sat down.

"Of course, I was. Think about it, just a few words helped you cross a barrier that you haven’t crossed for so many years."

"Compared to me, they are more excited for dual cultivation. Of course, I am not talking about everyone."

"But at least that Fire Empress wants to dual cultivate and improve her comprehension of the Dao of Fire."

"But if I never reach the next level, either she would have to strike a bargain with me or gain nothing at all."

"My death will definitely weaken the tower so she can escape after that, but she will definitely be targeted by Heavenly Dao upon leaving this tower."

"So, she either self-destructs due to anger or she agrees with the bargain."

Hearing that, the sword fell silent, and so did Elena.

Although Elena didn’t understand much of it, she realized there were probably a few more women inside Tyler’s soul.

And, they were imprisoned in something called a tower that was connected to Tyler.

Unlike this sword woman, that fire woman entered the tower to dual cultivate, but if Tyler didn’t dual cultivate with her, she would definitely fall.

Because Heavenly Dao wouldn’t allow her to exist.

"Heh? Do you really think I will die?"

A resentful voice rang inside his head.

Tyler was stunned when he heard that.

He looked at the sword in shock and asked.

"What do you mean she won’t die?"

The sword sighed.

"People of her level have a way to escape from Heavenly Dao, but that also means they will remain at that level forever, never being able to improve."

"Many have chosen this path. Zeus, Odin, Vishnu, Ra, Mephisto, Lucifer, Michael, Lilith, and many more have created separate dimensions outside the universe."

"By connecting their life-force to those dimensions, they can live forever, but that also means without devouring others’ dimensions or this universe, they can’t improve."

"None of us wants to choose this path unless we have no choice. So, your idea of killing her won’t work."

Hearing that, Tyler was speechless.

When did those mythological figures start appearing in cultivation worlds?

Just because translation had spread worldwide didn’t mean the cultivation world should have these gods and demons.

’Couldn’t this universe be more serious with its source material?’

Tyler couldn’t help but curse in his mind.

This was a mess, a huge mess that he didn’t want to get involved in.

No wonder this world didn’t mention Qi but used the term mana. Those gods and demons were already influencing this world.

But then again, Qi and Mana were just different terms for similar kinds of energy.

Of course, mana was more of an external release energy, while Qi was more of an internal growth energy.

At this moment, Tyler took a deep breath and released it.

Suddenly, he knelt in front of the sword and said.

"Please, teach me swordsmanship!"

If there was one thing that impacted his mentality about the cultivation world, it was swordsmanship.

And, there was one person, a woman whose swordsmanship truly impressed him.

It was so impressive that the protagonist himself chose to rely on her throughout the story.

It wasn’t that the protagonist was weak. He was one of the strongest people in the world, and he was also one of the most talented.

But every time he improved, he should face an enemy, not one, not two, not three, but nine whole realms above him.

Sometimes even more!

If he were in the Mana Condensation Realm, his enemies would be at the Living Tribulation Realm.

So, he had no choice but to rely on this woman who ended all of his problems with the sword.

The Sword!

Not a sword, not swords, but one sword ended all problems.

Whether it was a person, a family, a country, a continent, a planet, a star system, a galaxy, a universe, a fourth dimension, a fifth dimension, a sixth dimension, a ninth dimension, infinite dimensions, multiverses, an infinite timeline.

Nothing could force her to use the second sword!

Although that world and this world were completely different, Tyler believed cultivation worlds had a similar background and elements.

Because of this, Tyler deeply believed that if he trained enough, if he remained loyal to his sword, one day, he would reach that level.

Not just because one person reached that level.

Two more people reached that same level.

And both did it with their swords.

At this moment, the woman inside the tower was in deep thought.

She had never encountered someone who was so loyal to swordsmanship.

Not even she was so deeply connected to her swordsmanship. She did achieve one of the highest levels of swordsmanship.

But if she were this loyal, she wouldn’t have developed such an inner demon.

At this moment, she was truly speechless at the fate.

On one hand, as a swordsman, she wanted to cut this fate that brought her together with Tyler.

At the same time, she couldn’t help but respect it because without this fate, she wouldn’t have met Tyler.

In her billions of years of lifespan, nobody impressed her as much as Tyler did.

At this moment, she even thought of using her reputation as a Blood Sword Empress to scare Tyler.

"Are you sure you want to be my disciple? My swordsmanship is so unique in this world that if your mind isn’t strong enough, you will become a killing machine."

"I slaughtered two billion, five hundred and eighty million, seven hundred and eighty thousand, four hundred and ninety-five people to forge my Blood Sword Domain."

"Every time I swung my sword, I took a life."

When Elena heard those words, her face turned pale, and her body couldn’t stop shaking.

This time, the sword wasn’t even releasing a bit of power. Those were just words, but they frightened her so much that she couldn’t stop shaking.

Tyler raised his head and said.

"Teacher, I’ve said this many times, and I will continue saying this. Cultivators are thieves and murderers. As long as my sword doesn’t hurt the innocent, my swordsmanship will never stop."

Suddenly, the room got colder as the sound came from the depths of his soul.

"What if your sword cut an innocent person?"

"That means my swordsmanship is wrong. I will drop it and start a new swordsmanship."

Tyler had no hesitation in his words.

His advantage in swordsmanship was rock solid because he knew that as long as he didn’t betray his initial intent, his swordsmanship would never stop.

If her technique did force him to kill an innocent person, he would just give up.

But in this world of cultivation, who are innocent?