Three days later, the turbulence caused by the Profound Wither Island finally settled down. Since there were two more months until Lin Yun had to leave the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect to head for the Ancient Barren Domain, Lin Yun knew that he had to become stronger.

Although he was confident, he still had to guarantee that nothing would go wrong. It would be humiliating if he failed the test and couldn’t enter the Sword Sect. After all, he had already considered himself a disciple of the Sword Sect, or he wouldn’t be calling Feng Jue his senior brother.

The Violet Palace, Heavenly Soul, Empyrean, and Elysium Core Realms were also the Mortal Path. This meant that no matter how strong you were, you would still be considered a mortal, and making a breakthrough from the Elysium Core Realm meant that you had slowly started to transcendent from being a mortal.

If one couldn’t make a breakthrough from the Elysium Core Realm, one would still be a mortal with a limited lifespan. Above the Mortal Path would be the Saint Path. It wasn’t easy to reach Saint Path because one had to undergo nine divine dragon transformations and nirvana before getting to the...