"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
The tranquil East Sea erupted in wave after wave of enormous swells. Layer upon layer surged toward the distant horizon, and the waves took a long time to subside.
"Pop!" "Pop!" "Pop!"...
One enormous bubble after another rose from the depths and burst on the surface, sending out rings of ripples.
"Boom!"
A white figure burst through the water, trailing a long streak of sword light. He spun in the air before landing on the sea. His hair hung loose, his features were resolute, and his gaze was as sharp as a sword. He was Li Yi's apprentice—and his only apprentice—Stone in Sword!
As the apprentice of one of the Primordial World's most powerful beings, Stone in Sword kept a low profile. Many people didn't even know Li Yi had taken on an apprentice. Ever since he became Li Yi's disciple, he had quietly cultivated, either listening to Li Yi expound the Dao from time to time or silently honing and contemplating his own Sword Dao.
"How many years has it been? Am I finally about to break through today?" Stone in Sword kept his master's warning in mind: he must not attain the Great Luo Golden Immortal until he had comprehended his own Sword Dao. So he had kept his cultivation suppressed all these years. From the Azure Flood Dragon, he had learned that his master had followed the same path, and he had always looked up to him as a model.
As the apprentice of one of the Primordial World's few powerful beings, Stone in Sword had never made attaining the Great Luo Golden Immortal his goal. The Primordial Golden Immortal of Great Luo—or even the Great Dao itself—was what he sought.
Seated cross-legged on the sea, Stone in Sword silently deduced his Sword Dao,