Outsiders knew what was happening, but not why. The Lotus Avatar relied heavily on the Seven Suppressing Swords at present, but he was not as completely confined within their range as outsiders believed. In truth, he had always made his own Supreme Sword Dao his foundation, and his range of movement was far greater than people imagined. He had simply never shown it. His progress in the Sword Dao had also gone much further than outsiders thought. Perhaps Nine-Ren Mountain had some inkling of his strength, but without having fought him, the other party could hardly know his true capabilities.
The Lotus Avatar then looked toward the South Sea. He and his true self shared a mysterious connection. Though separated by tens of millions of miles, at his current level of cultivation, he could still sense him faintly. It was much like how Lu Xiaotian's demonized projection clone in the Extreme Cloud Demon Cavern of the Demon Realm had sensed another projection clone and gone to devour it.
The Lotus Avatar was naturally far stronger than that demonized projection clone. Yet the projection clone had encountered a fortuitous opportunity in the Extreme Cloud Demon Cavern, completely escaped his true self's control, and forged a destiny of its own. Though its strength was currently only equivalent to that of a Profound Immortal, it was difficult to predict how far it might develop. Still, the projection clone had been born with an incomplete Primordial Spirit. It was only a wisp of Lu Xiaotian's divine sense, and its foundation was ultimately too weak. The Lotus Avatar was different: his Primordial Spirit was an independent secondary Primordial Spirit that Lu Xiaotian had cultivated through the soul-splitting method. It had cultivated alongside his true self for many years, only gradually separating after they reached the