Jianghai Martial Arts Hall.
Inside a special training room.
The fluorescent lights cast a soft glow, and the space was open and spotless.
Under the lights, Li Zixuan sat cross-legged on the floor, dressed in white as radiant as the moon.
Before her stood a stone figure carved with Star Markings, faint traces of Star Power drifting from it.
"Phew..."
Li Zixuan exhaled softly as sword intent flowed around her.
In an instant.
The air in the room trembled, and fierce sword qi erupted, producing a crisp ringing sound like the cry of a sword.
"This is the final insight into One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate."
At that thought.
Li Zixuan calmed her mind and, following her memories, carefully guided the sword qi to burst forth.
Buzz, buzz, buzz! The ringing of swords in the room grew ever clearer, linking together like someone strumming a sword in song.
But in truth.
Li Zixuan had not brought a sword into the hall. Instead, she used her body as a sword, comprehending the perfected mysteries of One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate.
Her heart was as vast as sea and sky; all things could become swords.
During this precious moment of enlightenment, the concept of time drifted away into vagueness.
No one knew how much time had passed.
Li Zixuan slowly opened her eyes, looked once more at the stone figure before her, bent her arm, and raised two fingers.
In an instant, the violent sword qi in the room subsided before converging into a single point, all of it restrained at her fingertips. Its edge was completely concealed, poised to strike.
"Sever."
Li Zixuan murmured, pointing directly at the stone figure's brow.
The air boiled in an instant. The sword qi gathered at her fingertips shot out like a white