Within the Endless Sea, a searing sword radiance suddenly appeared over the formerly tranquil waters, evaporating countless tons of seawater.
Yet that sword radiance met no obstruction along the way, traveling a full million li across the sea before slowly fading away.
Under that single sword strike, innumerable sea beasts perished.
At the end of the sword radiance, a black-robed man smiled as he looked at his right hand.
"This venerable one has taken that step. Such immense power truly is intoxicating."
Xiaoyao murmured to himself. Ever since Ye Lin had taken that step, his own cultivation had smoothly reached the early Earth Immortal realm.
He had always been trying every possible way to wipe out the sea beast clan that had previously retaliated against him, but his cultivation had been insufficient, so he could only carry out sneak attacks in secret.
Ever since entering the Earth Immortal realm, that one sword strike had directly wiped out the entire sea beast clan.
After finishing everything, Xiaoyao tore open space and stepped inside. No one knew where he had gone.
Within an enormous valley, a young man sat cross-legged inside a pitch-black cave. Not a trace of aura emanated from him, while wisps of decay coiled around his body.
"Half-step Earth Immortal... is it still not enough?"
At that moment, the young man opened his eyes. A trace of regret flashed through them, along with utter unwillingness across his face.
When Ye Lin had refined him back then, the materials used had all been of the lowest grade, which caused his body to be fundamentally unable to bear the cultivation Ye Lin later brought him.
In order to keep up as much as possible, every day he was either searching for materials to strengthen himself or on the way to search