Preparing to Merge with the Dao

This was a space that appeared to shimmer with flowing light and dazzling colors.

The aura within this space was vast and lofty, its might permeating every corner. Clearly, this was no ordinary place.

"Eh? Another Life-Death Dao Lord who has embarked upon the Ultimate Dao?" A voice suddenly rang out within the space.

At that moment, a humanoid figure suddenly condensed within the vast, radiant space. He wore a black robe and had a fair face, blood-red pupils, and features that were handsome yet extraordinarily sinister.

He looked at the several figures who had entered, his face filled with puzzlement. "How strange. Only one Ultimate Dao Lord is born after endless ages, yet two have appeared simultaneously in your Domain during a single era?"

Lei Zhan and Ji Ning exchanged glances, then immediately smiled.

"Guiyi greets you, Senior."

"Senior." Ji Ning and Nine Dust also looked toward the sinister black-robed figure and bowed respectfully.

"Daoist Lord Guiyi." The black-robed man's gaze settled on Lei Zhan, and he could not help asking, "I heard Daoist Lord Beiming call you 'Master.' Are you Daoist Lord Beiming's master?"

"He walks the path of the Ultimate Sword Dao, but you... seem to walk the Dao of Space-Time?"

"The Dao I walk is the Omega Dao of Space-Time." Lei Zhan smiled. "As for Ji Ning, when I first met him, I merely felt that we were fated, so I accepted him as my disciple. I only passed down a set of sword techniques to him. As for his eventual path onto the Ultimate Dao, that was entirely his own fortune."

In truth, the situation was far more complicated than Lei Zhan made it sound.

Passing down merely a single sword art could not possibly have allowed Ji Ning to embark upon the Ultimate Sword