Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Jiang Ding performed the mana technique, murmuring an incantation.

Streams of blue-gold sword Qi emerged between his palms, fusing into the small mountain storage treasure in front of him, riddled with cracks, spreading to every tiny fissure, like strands of fine thread, sewing the cracks together, reinforcing them multiple times to prevent damage.

After a while, the light faded.

”Let me see how much money Zhong Yuanzi has…”

Having done all this, Jiang Ding looked towards the center of the storage treasure, no, the core of the storage mystic realm.

Heavenly materials and earthly treasures formed mountains, spirit stones formed seas!

This was no exaggeration!

It was the actual scene he was witnessing; treasure light soaring into the sky, straight up into the clouds, enough to make any cultivator lose themselves in this sight in an instant.

All sorts of third and fourth-rank heavenly materials and earthly treasures, various treasures, nascent treasures, array flags, Dao soldier soul tablets, palace flying chariots… and so forth, everything one could want, all likely the necessities that Zhong Yuanzi required for his cultivation and treasure refining, and what his subordinates had presented to him.

Daoist disciples were nothing like Jiang Ding’s austere existence.

They had vast territories, even parts of several minor thousand worlds as personal property, an immense abundance of Qi-cultivating foundation-establishment golden pill servants, and even their own Dao soldier armies.

Daoist disciples, the crown princes of the immortal sects.

”Estimating comprehensively…”

No matter how many spirit stones and heavenly materials and earthly treasures there were, there would come a time when they could be all accounted for. Jiang Ding took a deep breath.

”Their value, two hundred and twenty billion low-grade spirit stones!”

”How can it be so little?”

”Zhong Yuanzi, what’s going on? Too poor!”

After being shocked, Jiang Ding was somewhat dissatisfied, ”I have nearly a hundred billion low-grade spirit stones in assets, how can you have only a little over two hundred billion?”

”Is this the presence a domain overlord Daoist disciple of several dozen minor thousand worlds should have?”

”Is this reasonable?!”

Of course, ninety-nine percent of the nearly one hundred billion low-grade spirit stones in assets were loans from the Immortal Gate Central Low-Interest Bank, a premise he subconsciously overlooked.

”Forget it, forget it.”

”Buddy will just barely manage, generously letting you off the hook.”

Jiang Ding’s restraint broke down the next second.

He joyfully transferred the heavenly materials and earthly treasures and spirit stones from the mountain treasure to his storage jade pendant.

This small mountain treasure was an important research material, which he planned to hand over to the Immortal Gate. He would also provide a detailed explanation of his reasoning and would not use it himself.

Moreover, even if he were to use it himself, he would need to ask a senior to refine it again to eliminate all potential risks.

After a bout of scavenging, he filled several storage jade pendants and storage bags to the brim.

”Finally, this one,”

Jiang Ding’s gaze landed on the black and white chessboard, his expression solemn.

Refinement Void Level tool embryo!

Heaps upon heaps of heavenly materials and earthly treasures would pale in comparison beneath the term ”Refining Nothingness” with their value at least in the tens of billions of lower-grade spirit stones, and were essentially unobtainable, only allowing for a rough comparison of their value.

This was something that could affect the power dynamics of a domain.

”However, the withdrawal of the seed from the Xuanwu Divine Court will cause certain damage to the spirituality of the materials…”

Jiang Ding felt somewhat pained, as his Divine Sense surged into the chessboard, carefully assessing it.

”The already damaged life treasure’s spirituality has been tainted, needing to be refined anew, requiring the intervention of Heavenly Monarch Wanji. Moreover, it has to be done within the Immortal Gate, utilizing a Refinement Void Level great formation... The cost will be high, with the service fee alone likely to take up a great deal.”

”The material is Xuanwu Divine Gold, unique to the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, equivalent to the Taiqing Spirit Iron of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion. Its property is super-strong energy conduction, including mana, Divine Sense, and the power of the belief in incense fire.”

Xuanwu Divine Gold!

Clang!

Clang, clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword became excited, vibrating incessantly, conveying a strong sense of longing. Vague images of smelting, forging, and heavenly thunder tribulations appeared in his sea of consciousness.

”Stop shouting, I know this one,”

Jiang Ding rolled his eyes.

The Great Sun Sword Pavilion possesses a technique known as ”Nine Heavens Ascension Sword Crafting Skills,” which is infamously notorious within the domain, with a fearsome reputation!

Its raw materials are the Life Treasures tainted with blood of the Xuanwu Daoists from the Eight Great Immortal Sects and Immortal Gate. Then they attract the domain’s Heavenly Thunder to smelt and forge the Life Flying Swords for the Dari Swordsmen.

The Great Sun Sword Pavilion has great ambitions to integrate the Law-Breaking capabilities of Immortal Gold from the Immortal Gate, the energy conduction of Xuanwu Divine Metal from the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, the endless source cycle of the Five Elements Void Copper from the Five Elements Heavenly Sect, the creative vitality of Green Wood Heavenly Seeds from the Green Wood Immortal Sect to nurture Immortal Souls, Wanshou Immortal Sect... In short, they aim to merge the Divine Metals of nine great domains into one.

It could be said that the desires of the Dari Swordsmen for the Immortal Sect Disciples are all-encompassing.

”Unfortunately, only an incomplete version of this technique exists within the Immortal Gate.”

”However, the complete version has not been lost.”

Jiang Ding’s eyes twinkled, ”This technique was divided and sealed within their own sects by eight Masters of Refining Nothingness and the Central Array Spirit Computer during the battle that led to the destruction of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion.”

”Some believe that this sword-crafting technique is a crucial factor in the current turmoil of the domain, with various overlords waging endless wars.”

”Because, this sword-crafting technique was devised by the ruling power of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion after expending countless efforts, as a supreme method above Void Refinement!”

”Indeed, within this domain, this sword-crafting technique, this treasure-crafting technique, is the most suitable for this location to achieve breakthroughs above Refining Nothingness. None of the techniques passed down by the Eight Great Immortal Sects can compare to it.”

Jiang Ding, through the instincts of his Taiqing Flying Sword, appraised the black and white chessboard before him.

”Xuanwu Divine Metal is damaged and in insufficient quantity... Damn that old thing!”

”Not enough for even one portion.”

Clang!

The Taiqing Flying Sword expressed its furor.

”Solution... killing another Xuanwu Daoist should do the trick,”

”But even if we refine a complete portion of Xuanwu Divine Metal, utilizing it will still be difficult...”

Jiang Ding frowned.

He had glanced over the incomplete ”Nine Heavens Immortal Spirit Sword Casting Technique” and couldn’t understand the content, but he did grasp the principle.

From the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation onwards, it’s ideal to slay an Immortal Sect Disciple with each tribulation, claiming their Life Treasure, using the Heavenly Tribulation as the furnace and Sword Intent as the kindling, to forge a new Taiqing Flying Sword.

Of course, that is the best scenario.

If external conditions aren’t as favorable, one can proceed during Divine Thunder at Divinity Transformation or even Void Refining Thunder Tribulation, melting multiple Divine Metals of Immortal Sects tainted with blood at once. The effects may diminish somewhat, and the risks drastically escalate.

”I wonder if the Immortal Gate’s metallurgical industry can restore some parts of the incomplete technique...”

Jiang Ding said with a headache.

As one of the very few, perhaps the only clue above Refining Nothingness within the Immortal Gate, he didn’t believe that the sect had not conducted research on this.

If you don’t know, ask.

Immediately, Jiang Ding communicated with the command center of the Starry Sky Troops, inquiring with the elders.

”Hold on, I specialize in the Array Spirit, so I don’t know much about this area. Let me ask someone from the Material Research Institute,”

came the response from Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch.

”Thank you for your hard work, Senior!”

Jiang Ding perked up.

He knew that saying ’not much’ was an understatement.

No Nascent Soul Cultivator would be disinterested in the achievements above Void Refinement; they would have certainly reviewed related outcomes. It was just that the venerable elder was academically rigorous and would not lightly offer an opinion on a field outside his own research.

After a month,

Divine Mechanism Heavenly Monarch gave a reply.

”Heavenly Monarch Wanji and several Material Research Institute’s Heavenly Monarchs said it’s doable. Within three to four thousand years, they can produce an initial version for you. It may not be perfectly compatible, but it will at least be usable,”

”It should be useful for the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation.”

”Thank you, Senior, thanks to Heavenly Monarch Wanji, and thanks to the other seniors!”

Jiang Ding was overjoyed.