A drop of water did not "enter" the sea. The drop of water "became" the sea.
That was the path for a Dao Lord to break through and become an Eternal Lord.
Chu Ming "digested" that information.
Just as you know that "water is wet," not because you memorized water's physical properties, but because you have touched water.
That information "settled" within his Dao Lord Seed, like grains of sand sinking to the bottom of water.
He turned around.
He looked at the six people below the stairs.
Blood Butcher stood on the ninetieth step, the trembling of his blade within its sheath having stopped.
The faces burning upon the blade, their flames changed from leaping to "calm."
Like when the wind ceased and the lake's surface returned to stillness.
Dark Nether stood on the ninety-fifth step. When Chu Ming turned around, his stream of water "flowed" once.
Like someone in the darkness hearing another person's footsteps and turning his head.
Yanji stood on the ninety-second step. When Chu Ming turned around, his flames "brightened" once.
Feng Yao stood on the eighty-fifth step. When Chu Ming turned around, her wind "flowed" toward him.
Kunyu stood on the ninety-eighth step. When Chu Ming turned around, his mountain range became "steadier."
It no longer grew, no longer flickered. It was simply "there."
Abyss Eye stood beneath the stairs. Within her scarlet pupils, that recording rune was "flickering."
The record was complete.
Chu Ming spoke. "The door is open."
Three words.
His voice was not loud, yet it echoed through the hall.
Like when a bell was struck, its chime traveled through the air and reached your ears.
Your ears "resonated" because they heard the sound.
The chaos within the hall "resonated" because it had "heard" those three words.
Every word carried the