"What is this place?"
Looking at the lifeless world around him, Ye Lin wore a puzzled expression and began walking slowly forward.
This world was nothing but desolation.
There was not the slightest sign of life.
Even the air was filled with a dense aura of destruction.
Suddenly, a thunderous boom rang out. The ground beneath his feet trembled, and terrifying black cracks appeared across the sky.
All around him, bolts of purple lightning charged with destruction crashed mercilessly into the earth.
Ahead of Ye Lin, a black Long Sword stood upright between heaven and earth.
The dense aura of destruction emanating from the black Long Sword made even Ye Lin's heart pound with alarm.
"Destruction. Destroy all things under heaven. Destroy everything that can be destroyed."
Somehow, Ye Lin found himself reciting those words.
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
Ye Lin slowly raised his arm and opened his hand. Wisps of black energy gathered gradually in his palm.
In moments, a black Long Sword had formed in his grasp.
"Enlightenment? I can't believe I've actually entered a state of enlightenment."
Ye Lin spoke in a low voice.
He had read about this kind of situation in books.
Enlightenment was something every cultivator dreamed of experiencing at least once in their life.
But enlightenment was mysterious in the extreme. It came when it came, and some people might never experience it even once in their entire lives.
Others, however, could enter a state of enlightenment just by looking at flowers and plants.
Once in that state, one's comprehension would increase by hundreds or even thousands of times.
And the path one cultivated would be revealed in a special way.
From the countless Great Daos, one could find the path best suited to oneself.
"My sword shall be a