Puppet Seed

Within a resplendent, golden palace, Xiao Yun sat cross-legged, recalling his discussion of the Dao with Lei Zhan.

It had to be said that Lei Zhan's character might be lacking, but when it came to the Sword Dao, he was indeed a peerless genius—the strongest sword cultivator of the current era.

That old fellow is probably truly close to attaining the Sword Emperor Dao. He didn't fool me either; I benefited greatly from him. Xiao Yun thought to himself.

His discussion with Lei Zhan had yielded tremendous gains, especially deepening his understanding of the Thunder Sword Dao.

Of course, Lei Zhan had not deliberately intended to guide Xiao Yun. In Lei Zhan's eyes, Xiao Yun had once failed in his attempt to attain the Sword Emperor Dao, so his Sword Dao cultivation was surely above Lei Zhan's own. Thus, he had not concealed anything.

As for the few Sword Dao insights Xiao Yun had put forth, they had all come from the Human Emperor and the Sword Venerable's comprehensions. Naturally, they had thoroughly stunned Lei Zhan.

It was like a mathematics test. Lei Zhan could score over ninety, while Xiao Yun could not solve a single question—but he knew all the answers.

In Lei Zhan's view, since Xiao Yun already knew the answers, how could he possibly not know how to solve the questions? So he told Xiao Yun the entire process of solving them, which naturally benefited Xiao Yun immensely.

"My Cosmic Sword Canon is still somewhat imperfect. It can continue to be refined." The more Xiao Yun contemplated it, the greater his gains became.

After all, Xiao Yun had activated the Epiphany System and remained constantly within a state of epiphany.

As he was now, he utterly lacked no epiphanies.

If necessary, Xiao Yun could activate epiphany every