In the real world, time passed day by day.
And as time flowed on, the day Zhao Cheng would open a new instance drew ever closer. As for Zhao Xiaoxiang, although she had gained the authority to log off, she had never left the Grotto-Heaven World.
She had completely immersed herself in that world.
However, as the Grotto-Heaven World evolved, the flow of time within it grew slower and slower, no longer possessing the terrifying time difference it had at the very beginning.
This meant that the Grotto-Heaven World was gradually stabilizing.
Within the Grotto-Heaven, it took Zhao Xiaoxiang two years to leave the forest. She hunted without cease, defeating one powerful creature after another, until every powerful creature had been added to her menu. She ate raw flesh and drank blood, and in the process, her swordsmanship grew increasingly fierce.
In truth, she could have made fire. At first, she had eaten cooked food as well, but later she came to realize that bestiality had its purpose. Though the law of the jungle ran contrary to human morality in some respects, it was the law of nature.
Humanity and bestiality were indeed opposed in certain places, yet at a higher level, they were also one.
The Sword Master's path was Myriad Phenomena—using all phenomena to temper the Sword Heart, no longer being bound by the individual forms and moves of swordsmanship itself.
During her travels, Zhao Xiaoxiang came to understand this. Myriad Phenomena—the natural law of the jungle was one kind of phenomenon among them.
To comprehend the mysteries of this aspect, she deliberately immersed herself in it.
At first, she was unaccustomed to it, but gradually, all creatures in her eyes came to be divided into two kinds: those that tasted good, and those that did not.
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