The Celestial Welcome Hall was located at the gate of Azuresoul Sword Mountain. There was a pine tree thousands of meters in height on the cliff near the hall. Its needle-like leaves looked like green swords that filled the sky, making an entire world of swords.

There were currently thousands of swordpupils standing in front of the entrance, all of whom were over a hundred years old. However, they all looked and felt like middle-aged folk. People like Sovereign Xi, who still looked young and nubile at the age of five hundred, were like them in some regard. Given Tianming's current physique and his level of cultivation, he wouldn't really age before reaching the age of five hundred. That was what differentiated lower life forms from...