I Am the Tide

After the Mortal Realm came String-Hearing.

To hear the strings and grasp the music's meaning was to glimpse the threshold.

When the bones rang and the marrow trembled, one shed one's mortal frame.

To join with the Dao and form a core was to glimpse the hall beyond.

To dot ink and paint a soul was to gain a spark of divine intent.

To sow a lotus and bring it to bloom was to complete one's foundation in the Dao.

To gaze upon the mountains and seek the Dao was to see the road ahead.

And above Mountain-Viewing Realm...

Was Lamp-Lighting!

One lit the Heart Lamp to illuminate the road ahead.

From then on, I would not see heaven and earth, and heaven and earth would not see me.

Only that one Heart Lamp would burn forever, never going out.

You Chenzi was only at Half-Step Lamp-Lighting.

But...

That was enough to kill the Mountain-Viewing Realm Old Flood Dragon before him!

"Break."

He spoke a single word.

It was as though his word had become law.

The great azure sun slowly rose to meet the deathly pale full moon falling toward it.

Boom—!!!

There was no suspense at all.

Before the great azure sun, the seemingly terrifying moon and black sea shattered in an instant, like bubbles bursting.

"Pfft—!!!"

Jiao Mo sprayed a mouthful of blood.

His gray robe had already burst apart, exposing a body covered in cracks.

His aura had withered, and he was in a sorry state.

"You..."

Jiao Mo clutched his chest, his eyes full of horror.

"You... your Heart Lamp... has been lit?!"

Towering waves surged through his heart.

Only half a step separated Half-Step Lamp-Lighting from true Lamp-Lighting.

But between Lamp-Lighting and Mountain-Viewing Realm lay a chasm as wide as the heavens!

That last