A place of unknowable darkness.
"My eye... was destroyed!"
The voice in the darkness was exceedingly gloomy as it said:
"I clearly saw that lamp... but what in the world destroyed it? I didn't even notice!"
"...Could he... be stronger than you? Was it him who made the move?"
A trace of fear colored those words!
Yet atop the Dark Throne, the monotonous voice merely said:
"He doesn't understand swordsmanship at all... As for your eye... perhaps it wasn't destroyed by anyone."
"What do you mean? He doesn't understand swordsmanship?"
"My eye wasn't destroyed by anyone? Could it have destroyed itself?"
The voice in the darkness seemed to carry a hint of anger.
The monotonous voice atop the Dark Throne said:
"Although I didn't watch that world as you did... I am connected with him in mind and spirit. Do you know what he thought when he saw my swordsmanship diagram?"
The voice in the darkness said:
"What?"
There seemed to be disappointment in the words from atop the Dark Throne.
"He didn't even perceive the sword intent. He took my true-form swordsmanship diagram... entirely for an ordinary carving, and even chiseled at it for quite a while..."
At those words, the voice in the darkness fell silent for a long, long time.
"Could your Dao Body really be that useless... Did he truly never cultivate?"
The voice in the darkness was utterly bewildered.
"But... how exactly was my eye destroyed..."
The voice atop the Dark Throne sounded:
"...He truly is a good-for-nothing. Aside from the life of an ordinary person, there's nothing left in his mind."
"As for your eye... perhaps I should congratulate you. It was destroyed very well..."
At that, the voice in the darkness grew furious.
"Congratulate me?! Destroyed very well?"
Was that even something a