Martial Cultivator Chapter 342: Even a Great Sword Immortal Won't Do

In the world of cultivators, even after countless years of bitter cultivation, one cannot see or touch eternal life either. The only pinnacle that one could see was the realm at the end of Nepenthe.

Various cultivation factions had different names for this realm. Daoists praised it with the title "Great Sage," while the sword cultivators described it as "Great Sword Immortal."

Every sword cultivator, at the moment they first gripped a sword, probably dreamed of one day stepping into the end of Nepenthe, standing atop the solitary peak of the sword path, becoming the so-called great sword immortal.

When Gan Yong first went up the mountain, when his master bestowed him the flying sword New Mirror, he was full of youthful vigor and high aspirations. He thought that within a few decades, he would step into that realm, standing at the pinnacle of the sword path, watching other sword cultivators as if they were nothing.

However, as his cultivation realm continued to rise, and he found that his fellow sword cultivators of the same sect could no longer rival him, Gan Yong's gaze was fixed only on the realm of Great Sword Immortal. Yet, when he truly attempted to step into the realm of Nepenthe, to be called a sword immortal, he realized that progressing further had become incredibly challenging. The realm of Great Sword Immortal had gradually become an insurmountable mountain at the end of his vision. Despite numerous attempts, he could not reach the summit.

Why did he choose to challenge fellow sword cultivators of the same generation thirty years ago? It was actually to find an opportunity for himself, to see if he could glimpse the realm of Great Sword Immortal amidst sword competition. Even when he encountered that sword immortal from the Sword Sect later, even though he eventually lost and became blind, unable to see again, he did not fall into despair. It was likely for this reason.

But after losing his vision, his sword heart remained untarnished, still longing for the so-called realm of great sword immortal.

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