Pain intertwined in myriad threads within the Lake of Heart, where it emerged only to be suppressed by the Sword Intent of Destruction, not allowing it to affect one's true nature.
The next moment, a scene appeared before Jiang Ding.
It was a boy practicing swordsmanship in Shallow Water Village, age eleven or twelve, not yet an adult, logging into "Sword Dominance" every day, tirelessly practicing the village's signature Basic Sword Skills, the "Fish-Slaying Sword Skill," with the systematic help, until the game time limit for minors was reached.
His dream was to be admitted to the Adult Sword Dao Department, to become the handsome and dashing Sword Immortal from television and movies.
"This is good, the youth of the Xianmen Sect have new dreams..."
Jiang Ding said to himself as his eyes blurred momentarily.