Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

”The second Earth Evil Prohibition is complete,”

”It will take several months of rest for the Flying Sword before I can begin the next round of refining.”

Jiang Ding placed his hand on the Taiqing Flying Sword and closed his eyes for a moment to feel it before setting it down.

”With this rate of efficiency, plus the time for cultivation and converting Cultivation Methods, I should be able to complete refining two Earth Evil Prohibitions every year. To upgrade the prohibitions in the Flying Sword to that of a top-grade Magic Treasure would need...”

”Six years,” he surmised.

However, although the increase in the Flying Sword’s power due to the Earth Evil Prohibitions would be quite terrifying to a Golden Pill Monk, it wasn’t of much importance to the Taiqing Flying Sword, which already had the preliminary ability to break through space.

Only when the Earth Evil Prohibitions reached perfection at seventy-two layers, surviving the Magic Treasure celestial tribulation and transforming into a Heavenly Gang Ban, could its strength be truly enhanced further.

”Whether low, middle, or top-grade, the prohibitions for the Taiqing Flying Sword aren’t a bottleneck; the difficulty of refining them does tend to double as it progresses, to a degree that would baffle ninety-nine percent of the Golden Pill Monks in the world,”

”But for me, the difficulty of the seventy-second layer of Earth Evil Prohibitions is the same as the first layer. There is no difference,”

”Refining two Earth Evil Prohibitions each year...”

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, calculating in his mind.

”It would take a total of thirty-six years for the Taiqing Flying Sword to be promoted to a Nascent Treasure, and my strength would undergo a manifold increase.”

Buzz!

The Taiqing Flying Sword vibrated joyfully, flew up into the sky, and then fell back to the ground, deeply piercing into it.

Moments later, a Sun God Tree emerged from the soil, splendid and brilliant, its light illuminating hundreds of kilometers.

Under the tree, a young man in green sat cross-legged, his magical aura constantly adjusting and changing, entering into a deep state of meditation.

Cultivation life is just like this, tranquil as water.

Each year from January to March was for attending classes, learning Cultivation Methods under Immortal Dinghai, learning Army Formations under Immortal Luling, one class per year.

In April and May as well as November and December, I would refine the Taiqing Flying Sword twice, adding two Earth Evil Prohibitions.

The rest of the time was spent on cultivation and converting Cultivation Methods, participating in research on the Great Sun Nascent Soul Art, third-stage Sword Escaping, and other aspects, accumulating a step at a time the foundation of the Immortal Path.

...

Before I knew it, five years had passed.

Underneath the Sun God Tree, within a fifty-kilometer radius, the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and the Great Sun Essence were drawn together and filtered by the crown of the tree, forming two Qi dragons that poured into the nostrils of the young man in green seated below.

With each breath, fierce winds arose, and the clouds swayed.

After a long time, the cycle of Zhou Tian ended.

Boom!

Suddenly, amidst the daylight, thunderclaps appeared, and vibrant blue electromagnetic currents became chaotic and violent in the sky, creating the impression of a sudden entrance into a stormy weather with electromagnetic disturbances.

After a while, the storm clouds dispersed.

The sky cleared.

Underneath the Sun God Wood, the originally slightly disordered aura of the young man instantly transformed, becoming primordial and flawless, merging tightly with the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi, indistinguishable from one another.

With every inhalation, Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi and Great Sun light naturally flowed into the Dantian, refined by the phantom of the Nine Aperture Golden Core.

With every exhalation, a stream of expelled Qi blew away, scattering the sea of clouds at the edge of the sky, leaving ten thousand miles cloudless.

”The ’All-transforming Magnetic Origin Sutra’ Golden Pill chapter is successfully converted.”

”I can now officially begin Cultivation at the Golden Pellet Realm.”

Jiang Ding’s heart was filled with joy, and as he opened his eyes, the aura that filled the earth and sky slowly retracted.

Inner Vision Dantian.

In the Dantian, the Nine Aperture Golden Core spun ceaselessly, and underneath it in the sea of Qi, liquid Mana tumbled, already stored to nearly one-third of its capacity.

It wasn’t my accumulation over these years that looked like this at the moment of advancing to Golden Pill.

This is the benefit of laying a solid foundation at the Foundation Building stage.

”Middle Jindan Stage, I can make a breakthrough within ten years. There’s no bottleneck,”

Jiang Ding did a quick calculation and arrived at the answer.

”The Cultivation Method issue has been resolved, now it’s time to consider the Concealment Spell and the Sword Escaping Technique.”

”There’s no Sword Escaping Technique available at the moment, so let’s start with the Concealment Spell and the basic Electromagnetic Escape Technique.”

Jiang Ding’s Divine Sense communicated with the Xianmen Library, flipping through and searching within it.

When it came to surviving in the world of cultivators, he had his own set of insights.

The Concealment Spell was of utmost importance, even surpassing the Escape Technique.

If a cultivator stronger than you rarely moved slower than you, the likelihood of escape without great luck was extremely low.

It was best not to be discovered in the first place.

That’s exactly what a Concealment Spell was for—not to be effective within the Divine Sense range of a more powerful being, as that’s hardly realistic, but rather to ensure that no information about oneself was obtained before making contact with higher-order cultivators. That would be sufficient.

”Electromagnetic system, third-order top level, Concealment Spell.”

Jiang Ding set the search parameters and began to look from top to bottom.

”’Magnetic Concealment Skills’, third-order top level, utilizing the Power of Ten Thousand Magnets to reflect light waves, constructing virtual Divine Sense channels, shielding and misleading the Divine Sense of cultivators, allowing it to pass through oneself harmlessly... Mastered to completion, there’s a certain probability of evading the Divine Sense Scanning of a Nascent Soul Monk.”

”This one will do.”

After a brief comparison with the top five Concealment Spells, Jiang Ding made his decision.

This was the best third-order Concealment Spell of the Xianmen Sect; if cultivated to a major success, it could make a fool of someone of the same level on the spot, and if perfected, it might even permit escape from under the Divine Sense of a Nascent Soul Monk.

The only drawback was that it was incredibly difficult.

Many cultivators with extraordinary comprehension who practiced Jing-level Cultivation Methods dared not choose this particular Concealment Spell, fearing it would take up too much time without yielding results, thus delaying their cultivation.

But to him, who possessed a Nascent Soul-level Divine Soul, these challenges were certainly not a problem.

”As for the Escape Technique... the best third-order top level Escape Technique is called ’Magnetic Space Flash’.”

Jiang Ding was captivated by a certain Escape Technique.

”It requires a Jing-level Electromagnetic Cultivation Method, and a certain understanding of space. Furthermore, the cultivator also needs a certain self-preservation strength amidst spatial turbulence. Ideally, talents like the Space Spiritual Root would be a plus.”

”Once cultivated to minor accomplishment, one can transform into an electric current, flashing short distances in space, achieving true short-range instant transmission, with the potential to escape from a Nascent Soul Monk... unless he harbors a vendetta against you that won’t cease until you’re dead.”

”This one is not bad.”

Jiang Ding’s eyes flickered.

He didn’t possess the Space Spiritual Root, but the Taiqing Flying Sword could breach space, ensuring his survival amidst the spatial chaos was not a problem.

”If ’Magnetic Space Flash’ can be cultivated to a major success, the Escape speed should be able to surpass some Nascent Soul Monks, undoubtedly greatly expanding the tactical maneuvering space.”

Having made up his mind, Jiang Ding became absentminded for a moment.

His Divine Sense poured into the Xianmen Library, sweeping over the vast and complex Spiritual Script of ’Magnetic Space Flash’ and ’Magnetic Concealment Skills,’ then gradually downloaded them into his own Divine Soul.

A day passed in its entirety.

The download of the two third-order top-level spells was complete.

Jiang Ding snapped out of his absentminded state and began to comprehend ’Magnetic Concealment Skills’ first.

”Quite difficult, it will probably take about two years just to get a grasp on it, and that’s considering having a teacher to assist in the explanation.”

Jiang Ding talked to himself.

After reaching the Golden Pill Realm, he had gradually adapted to Cultivation and refining treasures, which easily took years.

Just as he was about to enter a new round of meditation and Cultivation, his heart trembled, and a slight chill touched him all over.

”A life-and-death crisis...”

Jiang Ding was startled, and then his expression turned grave.

He quickly used his Divine Sense and Sword Intent to check himself internally while preparing to report to the Central Array Spirit Computer.

Inside Xianmen Sect, what kind of person or event could bring him a life-and-death crisis?

After a while, he relaxed.

”Not here.”

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, ”It’s somewhere else, coming from Nanofluid Robot Armor-25. It’s being transmitted through it.”

He glanced at the broken sword tip inside his Storage Jade Pendant, and his figure disappeared from sight.