Chapter 103: Climbing the Sword Stairway-At the Summit, I Stand Above All! (Please Vote~)

"Through ten thousand calamities and a thousand lives, I came to this one; only now did I feel my body grow light enough to fly. I cast off home and country beyond the cloud-wreathed mountains, refining soul and spirit with the essence of sun and moon!"

The lingering verse rang out from the mountains, its voice resounding and its force majestic.

Halfway up the mountain, Wan Jinzhao was leading newly admitted junior disciples through the sights of Heavenly Drum Peak. Hearing Chen Zhuo's poem, he froze.

Uh, this...

Wan Jinzhao vaguely remembered that nearly a month ago, when his master had brought his junior brother back to the mountain, Chen Zhuo had recited a poem then, too.

At the time, Wan Jinzhao had called it utter nonsense.

Later, his master had asked him to teach his junior brother a little about poetry when he had time. But Wan Jinzhao had soon forgotten such a trivial matter.

Yet here they were today, and Chen Zhuo had recited a poem brimming with the resonance of the Dao.

It was not perfectly structured, perhaps, but only cultivators could savor the mysteries in its sense of the Great Dao.

"Was this even fair?"

Wan Jinzhao once again felt a profound helplessness.

Combat, cultivation, swordsmanship, even poetry—how was his junior brother so proficient at everything?

Was a Heavenly Spiritual Root really that superior?

Even True Person Liu of the Jade Radiance Sect had not been like this!

A Heavenly Spiritual Root among Heavenly Spiritual Roots truly lived up to its name.

Wan Jinzhao sighed. He instructed a few veteran disciples to lead the newcomers up the mountain and show them around, then headed for Heavenly Drum Grotto-Heaven himself.

Cloud and mist swirled. As soon as he landed, Wan Jinzhao saw Chen Zhuo step through the