Rumble! The sword light slammed into the distant restriction, cleaving a crack through it. Lotus Avatar beckoned with one hand and seized Zhao Xiuyuan, then flashed away like thunder and a sword, crossing the restriction just before it sealed shut again.
"N-Nameless D-Da... Daoist, no, S-Senior. Have you advanced to True Immortal?"
Once he could move again, Zhao Xiuyuan stood off to one side and looked at Lotus Avatar. The latter's glasslike eyes made him afraid to look for long. Even a single extra glance seemed capable of scorching his mind with the sword intent and thunder within them.
"Am I really that frightening now?" Lotus Avatar nodded, puzzled by Zhao Xiuyuan's expression.
"Y-You do look a little different. It's not that I'm afraid, but the sword intent and thunderous aura in Senior's eyes are too intense. This junior dares not look for long," Zhao Xiuyuan said.
Lotus Avatar pointed a finger, and a hazy white mist gathered before him into a mirror. His eyes in the reflection were indeed greatly changed from before. No wonder Zhao Xiuyuan hadn't dared look him in the eye. He had only just advanced, and the sword intent within him was at its peak, not yet fully settled. This Supreme Sword Dao was both majestic and imposing, and overbearing beyond compare. It fused the sword-embryo path he had cultivated with the Five-Thunder Sword Art. While his sword intent remained unrestrained, forget Zhao Xiuyuan—even Tu Xingyun, or a True Immortal with a weaker foundation, would probably struggle to meet his gaze for long.
At present, Lotus Avatar himself wasn't entirely sure what specific art he was cultivating. It wasn't wholly the sword-embryo secret art, nor was it wholly the Five-Thunder Sword Art. Perhaps it was both. But none of that mattered anymore. After advancing to