"Master, I wish to leave."
The Sword Crown spoke after a moment of hesitation.
"Mm, understood."
Chu Kuangren nodded slightly.
"Won't you ask what I'm going to do, Master?"
"You're going to the Burial Sword Sea."
"Yes." The Sword Crown nodded slightly. "Sooner or later, matters between the Blade Crown and me must be settled."
In the past, the Sword Crown had lost to the Blade Crown. That battle had always been a thorn in his heart, and another battle between them was inevitable.
Two days later.
The Sword Crown left.
On this journey to the Burial Sword Sea, victory or defeat was uncertain, and life or death was hard to predict. Even so, he went without a backward glance.
"If I return alive, I will continue to follow you, Master. I will climb mountains of blades and plunge into seas of fire for you without hesitation."
Before leaving, the Sword Crown smiled faintly.
Hearing this, Chu Kuangren could not help rolling his eyes.
Now that was a death flag like no other.
After the Sword Crown left, Chu Kuangren gained another unexpected harvest: the Divine Enlightenment Wine he had brewed earlier was ready.
Looking at the ten full jars of Divine Enlightenment Wine before him, Chu Kuangren could not help licking his lips. "This wine can bring people into a state of sudden enlightenment, allowing them to further develop everything they have learned. It will help me even now."
Thus, he decisively took the ten jars of Divine Enlightenment Wine into closed-door cultivation.
And while he was in seclusion.
Above a stretch of sea somewhere in the Qinglan Immortal Realm, several cultivators were fighting a sea beast. Terrifying energy fluctuations swept across much of the sea's surface, churning the waters and sending waves surging.
A while later, the cultivators